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[Regnum] Ukraine could face “severe and deadly” frosts this winter because the country has failed to protect its energy system facilities, the British newspaper The Times reported.
"Kiev's failure to build protection for electrical substations... left the country vulnerable to winter," the publication notes.
The authors of the article specified that back in February 2024, engineers from Britain, the USA, Germany and Japan recommended that Ukrainian specialists build structures to protect energy facilities from strikes. They were talking about bunkers for electrical substations, which are considered the "third level of protection."
The publication also emphasizes that for nine months the Ukrainian authorities have done nothing to achieve this. Journalists suggested that such a result could be the result of corruption in Ukrainian departments.
The article also says that approximately 80% of Ukraine's energy infrastructure is damaged or destroyed, which could leave the country facing serious problems this coming winter.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on September 25, the head of the Kyiv regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, said that all thermal power plants and almost all hydroelectric power plants had been destroyed in Ukraine. He also added that many people in the country would be left without electricity in the winter.
On November 4, the British newspaper Daily Express wrote that in Ukraine, as preparations for the upcoming winter began, concerns arose about possible long-term power outages. According to journalists, Ukrainian authorities fear that the power could be out for 14 hours a day.
On November 17, Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko announced a massive attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. He claimed that the strikes had hit facilities across the country. Following the official's statement, emergency power outages were introduced in regions of Ukraine.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga called this attack one of the largest on the country's critical infrastructure. The Russian Defense Ministry released information that Russian military forces launched a massive strike on energy and gas production facilities used for the military-industrial complex, as well as military enterprises in Ukraine.
In April 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized that Russia was forced to respond to Ukraine's attacks on Russia's energy facilities. In addition, the head of state also emphasized that, for humanitarian reasons, the Russian Armed Forces did not carry out attacks in the winter so as not to leave Ukrainian social institutions and hospitals without energy supply.
[ZERO] A Saturday report in Financial Times has claimed that Russia has recruited hundreds of mercenaries from Yemen to fighting against Ukraine. It comes amid recent Washington allegations that Moscow is increasingly looking abroad to bolster depleting troop ranks.
Some of the Yemeni recruits were cited in the FT report as saying they were initially promised jobs with "high salaries" and eventual Russian citizenship, but after a Houthi-linked company got them to Russia they were "forcibly inducted into the Russian army and sent to the front lines in Ukraine."
The FT characterized it as a "shadowy trafficking operation" which is an extension of illicit arms dealing between Russia and Yemen, something which has been alleged by Western sources for months now.
On Moscow's developing closer relations with the Iran-backed Houthis, who are currently waging a war against Israel and international shipping in the Red Sea, US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking told FT that Russia is "actively pursuing contacts."
He alleged that Russian personnel have been in the capital of Sana'a facilitating this dialogue. "The kinds of weapons being discussed are very alarming and would enable the Houthis to better target ships in the Red Sea and potentially beyond," Lenderking said to FT.
The FT says it has proof, having published a purported contracted between the Russian armed forces and a Yemeni recruit:
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The Kremlin doesn't want to conscript folks from Moscow or St. Petersburg, and the 'provinces' are increasingly unwilling to be considered, you have to go somewhere.
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It's a useful policy, you get weapons in exchange for people you didn't want to have standing around.
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"Aaaiiiieee! I've been Shanghaied Sana'ad!"
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I think if people really believed and considered ZeroHedge a reliable source, suicide rates would be a lot higher. Black Pills R Us. Not my cup of tea, I always prefer another unrelated source before I believe anything published on ZH. Not that my opinion makes this article false. It's just my opinion that ZH sourcing is usually garbage level.
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They do get excitable, ‘tis true. Sometimes hysterical. But they also show their links, so one can verify their sources instead of just trusting them. And sometimes they pose the question that leads to additional research.
[Washington Examiner] The Russian Armed Forces captured a former British army soldier fighting on behalf of Ukraine.
A Russian Telegram user posted two videos of the interrogation of 22-year-old James Scott Rhys Anderson. In the interrogation, Anderson portrayed himself as an uninspired recruit, saying he had only joined the Ukrainian International Legion after being fired from the U.K. army.
"I was in the British Army before, from 2019 to 2023, 22 Signal Regiment. Just a private, I was a signalman. One Signal Brigade, 22 Signal Regiment, 252 Squadron," he said.
"So when I got fired from my job I applied on the International Legion webpage. I had just lost everything, I had just lost my job. My dad was away in prison. I see it on the TV," Anderson added while shaking his head. "It was a stupid idea."
He revealed that he had flown to Poland and crossed the border into Ukraine by land. He said that his commander abruptly sent him to Kursk after taking his passport and other possessions.
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The Russians will keep him out of the gene pool for a while but I bet eventually they'll release him. They've just played him for all the propaganda he's worth and they have no more use for him. They certainly won't want to feed him or use a jail cell to house him.
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[LB] It is about the border of Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
by Ivanna Kapustyanskas
The Russians are trying to break through in the south of the Donetsk region. We are talking about the Dnieper direction, where the enemy is actively conducting combat reconnaissance in order to identify the positions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine and is preparing for assault operations.
This was stated by the spokesman of the Defense Forces of the South, Vladyslav Voloshyn, Armiya.Inform writes.
"On the Orihiv and Gulyaipil directions, the enemy is preparing to carry out assault actions and soon, there is a high probability that he will start assault actions, trying to wedge into our defense," Voloshyn notes.
The enemy is preparing small groups of infantry, which conduct classes specifically for assault operations. In addition, in the southern directions, the enemy drops ammunition, conducts aerial reconnaissance, using UAVs, engineering reconnaissance, advance routes.
"The enemy is actively trying to hit the previously identified ones in these directions... and finds out where our fire equipment is located, tries to suppress and destroy them in order to make it easier for them to conduct assault actions," the spokesman added.
During the past day, the enemy used combat equipment only to transport groups of infantry and, in the event of that, to support their assault actions with fire.
"The enemy is trying to break through to the south of Donetsk region, at the junction of Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions, where one of the largest settlements in this area is located - Velyka Novosilka," Vladyslav Voloshyn summarized.
The General Staff informs: 227 combat clashes were recorded during the past day. Most of the clashes were recorded in the Pokrovsk, Kurakhiv and Vremiv directions.
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[Korrespondent] In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces 41 times.
The Russians launched one missile strike (four missiles), 48 airstrikes, dropping 54 guided air bombs. In addition, they used 540 drones to strike and carried out more than 3,000 attacks on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions and populated areas.
In total, 198 combat clashes have occurred since the beginning of this day. Ukrainian defenders continue to resolutely repel the enemy's attempts to advance deep into our territory, inflicting fire damage on them. This was reported in the General Staff report on Sunday, November 24.
The Russian invaders launched one missile strike (four missiles) on Ukrainian territory, 48 air strikes, dropping 54 guided air bombs. In addition, they used 540 kamikaze drones to destroy the territory and carried out more than three thousand attacks on our troops' positions and populated areas.
In the Kharkov direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our units in the areas of Kazachya Lopan, Tikhoye and Volchanskoye six times.
In the Kupyansk direction, the aggressor carried out attacks near Novomlynsk, Kolesnikovka, Kruglyakovka, Senkovy and Lozovaya. Ukrainian defenders stopped 11 enemy attacks, four more are still ongoing. The enemy also carried out an airstrike on Boguslavka.
In the Liman direction, Russian invaders attacked the positions of the defense forces 20 times near the settlements of Druzhelyubovka, Grekovka, Novoegorovka, Terny, Yampolevka, Torskoye and Serebryanka. Also, the city of Liman was hit by enemy air strikes today.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy tried to advance at Chasovy Yar and Stupochki. The defense forces stopped four attacks by the invaders.
In the Toretsk direction, the aggressor made nine attempts to advance forward in the areas of Dilievka, Toretsk and Shcherbinovka, and was rebuffed.
In the Pokrovsk direction, since the beginning of this day, the enemy has attacked 41 times in the areas of Mirolyubovka, Luch, Lisovka, Grigorovka, Dachenskoye, Pustynka and Mlechnoye. Our defenders have repelled 32 enemy assaults, and nine combat contacts are still ongoing.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, the enemy made 57 attempts to break through our defenses near the settlements of Berestki, Solntsevka, Novodmitrovka, Zarya, Kurakhovo, Dalnee, Romanovka, Elizavetovka and Ganivka. 50 combat contacts have been completed, and seven more are still ongoing.
In the Vremivsky direction, the enemy attacked our units 14 times near Trudovoye, Novosyolka and Makarovka, currently two combat clashes are ongoing. Today, the occupiers attacked Velyka Novosyolka with KABs and unguided air missiles.
In the Dnieper direction, the invaders' troops made four unsuccessful attempts to displace the Defense Forces units from their positions. They suffered losses and retreated. The enemy struck Nikolaevka with unguided missiles.
While in other areas there are no significant changes.
The operation in Kursk region continues. The enemy aviation continues to destroy its villages and cities with guided air bombs, Ukrainian soldiers have repelled 21 enemy attacks today, combat clashes continue.
The General Staff noted the soldiers of the 124th separate territorial defense brigade, who effectively destroyed the enemy, inflicting significant losses in manpower and equipment.
As we have already written, according to information from the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council, Andrey Kovalenko, UAVs attacked an arsenal in the Novgorod region of the Russian Federation, where artillery shells, rockets for the Grad, Smerch and Uragan MLRS, Iskanders, North Korean KN230, -400 missiles, and ammunition for the Tor complex are stored.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 95th Air Assault Brigade of the AFU and 5th Border Detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine near Liptsy, Odnorobovka, and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
One counterattack launched by formations of the 92nd Assault Brigade of the AFU and 13th National Guard Brigade was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 50 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, 26 motor vehicles, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer. Two electronic warfare stations have been destroyed.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on formations of the 60th, 63rd, 67th Mechanised brigades, 25th Airborne Brigade of the AFU, 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, and 119th Territorial Defence Brigade near Petropavlovka, Zeleny Gay, Zagryzovo, Kupyansk (Kharkov region), Yampolovka, Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Serebryansky forest.
Four counterattacks launched by assault detachments of the 14th, 53rd, 115th, and 116th Mechanised brigades of the AFU were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 440 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, four pickup trucks, one 152mm D-20 gun, one U.S.-made 155mm M-198 howitzer, and two U.S.-made 105mm M-119 guns. One Anklav-N electronic warfare station and one ammunition depot have been destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 24th, 93rd Mechanised brigades, 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 46th Airmobile Brigade, 79th Air Assault Brigade of the AFU, and 37th Naval nfantry Brigade near Dachnoye, Chasov Yar, Aleksandro-Shultino, Sukhiye Yaly, and Kurakhovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 500 troops, three motor vehicles, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and one UK-made 105-mm L-119 gun. Two ammunition depots have been wiped out.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy's defences and inflicted losses on formations of the 24th, 37th, 100th Mechanised brigades, 152nd Infantry Brigade, Shkval Assault Battalion of the AFU, and 1st National Guard Brigade near Shevchenko, Katerinovka, Kleban-Byk, Zarya, Novaya Poltavka, and Ulakly (Donetsk People's Republic).
Ten counterattacks launched by units of the 23rd, 66th, 117th, 151st, and 157th Mechanised brigades of the AFU, 35th, 38th Naval Infanry brigades, and Lyut Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 380 troops, one U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20 gun, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 47th Artillery Brigade, 101st, 113th, 120th, and 241st Territorial Defence brigades near Novy Komar, Razliv, Konstantinopol (Donetsk People's Republic), and Temirovka (Zaporozhye region).
One counterattack launched by an assault detachment of the 123th Territorial Defence Brigade was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 145 troops, one U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, three motor vehicles, two U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzers, one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, and two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the 60th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU, 103rd and 126th Territorial Defence brigades near Malaya Tokmachka, Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), Veletenskoye, Ponyatovka (Kherson region), and Kherson.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 troops and two motor vehicles.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces delivered strikes at infrastructure of military airfields, UAV workshops and depots, as well as engaged manpower clusters and military hardware in 141 areas.
Air defence units shot down 44 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 649 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 36,603 unmanned aerial vehicles, 586 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,496 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,492 MLRS combat vehicles, 18,472 field artillery guns and mortars, and 28,701 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the 21st, 41st, 44th, 47th mechanised brigades, 17th Heavy Mechanised Brigade, 5th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 112th, 116th, 117th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the AFU near Aleksandriya, Kruglenkoye, Lebedevka, Leonidovka, Mirny, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novoivanovka, Sverdlikovo, Plyokhovo, and Staraya Sorochina.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the enemy near Aleksandriya, Viktorovka, Guyevo, Daryino, Zaoleshenka, Kazachaya Loknya, Kositsa, Kruglenkoye, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Mirny, Nizhny Klin, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novoivanovka, Plyokhovo, Sverdlikovo, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye as well as near Belovody, Zhuravka, Miropolye, and Yunakovka in Sumy region.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 260 troops. One tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, and one mortar were destroyed.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 35,310 troops, 216 tanks, 149 infantry fighting vehicles, 120 armoured personnel carriers, 1,193 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,022 motor vehicles, 300 artillery guns, 40 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 13 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 70 EW stations, 13 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 27 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, six armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 11/24/2024 to 00:00 11/25/2024.
Five cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Information has been received about the death of a civilian.
DAMAGED:
One vehicle.
Four artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
One artillery attack in the Debaltsevo direction.
A total of 14 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:04 Russian military hit using an "Iskander-M" at the location of the concentration of infantry and equipment of the 30th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kramatorsk area.
19:47 The settlement of Ilyinka (south of Kurakhovo) is completely crossed overunder the control of the Russian Armed Forces. The Ukrainian army is retreating again, trying to avoid encirclement.
19:44 Russian troops are advancing in Dzerzhinsk (Ukrainian name - Toretsk) in the DPR, the head of the region Denis Pushilin said. He added that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have not yet received orders to retreat from the city.
18:49 Active fighting is underway in the Kupyansk direction in the Kharkiv region. The Russian Armed Forces are "pressing" the enemy in the direction of the settlement of Borovaya, said the head of the regional military administration, Ganchev.
17:48 Artillerymen destroyed combat armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Servicemen of the reconnaissance unit of the 25th combined arms army of the "West" group of forces, using UAVs, detected the movement of an enemy combat armored vehicle in a wooded area, which was transporting servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result of precise artillery strikes, the target was destroyed.
17:27 Explosions were heard in Khar'kov in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrinform agency reported.
17:22 Explosions in Chernigov. Before this, there were reports of rockets in the direction of the city.
17:20 By the ATGM crew of the 16th Special Forces Brigade in the settlement of Petrovpavlovka, Khar'kov region destroyed another network of receiving and transmitting antennas and repeaters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
17:17 Explosions in Zhytomyr region.
17:00 Explosions in Kyiv region.
16:52 Russian aviation carried out strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the settlements of Temirovka and Zelenoye Pole on the administrative border of the DPR and Zaporizhia Oblast - Vladimir Rogov.
16:40 Explosions are heard in Kyiv, the Glavkom publication reported. An air raid alarm has been declared in the city.
15:58 Scouts of the North group of troops discovered and destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank camouflaged in the forests of the Khar'kov region.
15:40 Explosions in Sumy.
15:25 Army aviation crew on a Mi-28NM helicopter as part of a mixed tactical group struck using missiles on personnel and a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.
14:55 Russian troops entered the village of Belogorye in the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhia region, and fighting is currently underway there, Rogov reported.
14:25 The Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Kurakhovsky and Krasnoarmeysky directions. Russian fighters have advanced close to the settlement of Zarya.
"Frontovaya Ptichka" also reported that the Russian Armed Forces are processing enemy positions in the area of the settlement of Zheltoe. Information is coming in that Russian attack aircraft have reached the outskirts of the settlement.
13:52 Control zones and advances: The Russian Armed Forces at the front lines:
– Russian units advanced in the direction of Pushkino and Zarya, as well as near the village of Petrovka.
– The Russian Armed Forces have advanced into the village of Berestki and south of Voznesenka.
11:52 The work of the MLRS of the 18th Combined Arms Army on the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction –video.
11:19 RF Armed Forces released n.p. Pustynka in the Pokrovsky direction, reported the Novosti SVO and Mira channel.
10:52 A large group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has found itself in a fire trap near Kupyansk. This was reported by the security forces.
09:49 The control center for unmanned systems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed in the Krasnolimansk direction, the security forces reported.
They added that the target was discovered using aerial reconnaissance. There were up to two dozen people inside the building, all of whom were killed.
09:31 Russian Armed Forces hit targets in Poltava. Several Geraniums are still in the skies over Ukraine.
08:58 An explosion occurred in the suburbs of Sumy in the area of the bases where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are stationed, said pro-Russian resistance coordinator Lebedev.
08:08 Scouts of the Southern Group of Troops of the Russian Armed Forces using FPV drones destroyed an enemy machine gun position from which the enemy was conducting fire operations.
08:04 Hit on the concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kramatorsk direction.
08:01 The Orlan-10 drone of the Novorossiysk paratroopers detected a concentration of Ukrainian infantrymen, after which the artillery adjusted fire on the enemy –video.
[NYPOST] Russia has sent hundreds of Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... i mercenaries to fight in Ukraine after a company with ties to the Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... terror group tricked them into traveling to Moscow, where they were forced to sign up for the Russian military, according to a report.
Several of the recruits claimed they were approached in July by the Al Jabri company — founded by prominent Houthi politician Abdulwali Abdo Hassan al-Jabri — with the promise of securing a new life in Russia, the Financial Times reports.
Instead, the men were reportedly coerced to sign an enlistment contract they could not read and shipped off to the frontlines as part of a growing relationship between the Kremlin and the Houthi rebels.Officials fear a growing connection with Russia and the Iran-backed terror group, which continues to attack ships in the Red Sea.
Officials fear a growing connection with Russia and the Iran-backed terror group, which continues to attack ships in the Red Sea.
One recruit, identified only as Nabil, told the FT he was just one of some 200 Yemenis forcibly conscripted into the Russian army in September, noting that many of them had no military training at all.
Nabil said he joined Al Jabri, which is registered as a tour operator and retail supplier, in hopes of securing a job in security or engineering to pay for his studies back home.
A month later, he found himself tossed in the front lines, dressed in Russian military wear and hiding in a forest from a Ukraine counter strike.
Others told the outlet they were promised a salary of $2,000 a month, with a $10,000 bonus, to work in Russia manufacturing plants, only to find themselves forced at gunpoint to enlist in the army once they arrived in Moscow.
Representatives for al-Jabri and his company could not be immediately reached for comment.
Farea al Moslemi, an expert on the Gulf region, said it was clear Russia needed to replenish its frontline troops, with Western intelligence alleging Moscow has had 700,000 Russians injured or killed since its invasion began in 2022.
The situation has only gotten worse for Russia recently, with officials claiming the Kremlin lost an average of 1,500 soldiers a day in October, the worst month of casualties for Moscow as the war approaches its third year.
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[ColonelCassad] Today marks 9 years since the Turks shot down our Su-24 in 2015.
Then our "friendship" with "friend Recep" ended. Then there was the period of tomato sanctions, the resignation of Prime Minister Davutoglu, who gave the order to fire, covert negotiations mediated by Kazakhstan, an attempted military coup and assassination of Erdogan, where Russia helped Erdogan survive. And finally, a new format of relations "nothing personal, just business", which continues to this day.
About the people connected with this story:
Some of the militants involved in it were killed during the Syrian war (but some are still alive and hanging out either in Turkey or in Idlib/Jarablus), and Celik served some time on another charge, but not shooting at our pilot. Celik served 5 years.
The pilots who shot down Peshkov's plane were later involved in the case of the attempted coup of 2016 and were accused of involvement in the terrorist organization of Gulen. The case eventually died down.
Davutoglu essentially became a scapegoat and largely buried his presidential ambitions. "Friend Recep" expressed condolences for the Su-24 story very crookedly.
So there is some uncertainty regarding the personal responsibility of the perpetrators.
Well, in terms of the "blood for blood" issue, the Turks were settled in 2020, when airstrikes hit a mechanized column of the Turkish army in Idlib (the Turks admitted 35 killed, unofficial sources claimed 68). The Syrian Air Force accepted responsibility for the strike. As well as for a number of similar stories with strikes on the Turkish army during the battle for southern Idlib in February-March 2020.
Well, in 2020, ours also fought with the Turks in Libya, during Haftar's offensive on Tripoli, where the Wagner PMC worked on Haftar's side, and the SADAT PMC and Turkish mercenaries from Idlib worked on the side of the Libyan GNA. Both sides then also suffered losses in people and equipment.
Which again did not prevent the development of peculiar relations with our "friend Recep", which, among other things, were influenced by the story of the death of the Su-24, after which they tried not to expose their backs to the yataghan of our "friend Recep". This is the peculiarity of the modern world - here we fight in a hybrid manner, here we make deals. Everything is complicated.
[X] Quick analysis. It’s true that sub-munitions are affected by random motions, but this "six-pack" configuration of sub-munitions, perfectly parallel & aligned, demonstrates that random or undesired movements have been meticulously minimized. This ensures any significant increase in CEP (Circular Error Probable) is avoided. As previously calculated, the speed of sub-munitions are in the high-hypersonic regime, meaning the Russian designers pretty much cared about reducing unwanted motions! 1/6
Considering that each group of RVs takes about 0.5s to reach the ground from the cloud, which is about 2 km from the earth's surface, the RVs reach the ground at a speed of about 4 km/s or almost Mach 12. This is breathtaking & staggering! There is no defense against it! 1/4
Note that RVs enter the atmosphere at staggering speeds, typically 16-20 times the speed of sound, traversing the atmosphere in about 20 seconds or reaching altitudes of 20–30 km in around 10 seconds. 3/6
At these speeds, random motions could destroy the sub-munitions, making stability critical. There’s no real need for sub-munitions to perform random or letting suffer from erratic motions by the surrounding. 4/6
They travel far too quickly & are dispersed extensively to be intercepted by any modern air defense systems. If the Oreshnik is capable of maneuvering or executing a wavy flight pattern during or in the final part of the mid-course phase, it would neutralize long range missile defenses even before reentry. It would effectively render interception in the mid-course phase a losing battle.
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"So recall, any comrade who can,
When last this great cycle began,
And, robotic, well-read,
Not a thought in your head,
Greet your nanny: New Bloviate Man!"
Okay, not about Russians at all, only LLMs. Full money back!" [nods toward balalele case]
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Washington Examiner] The Russian Armed Forces captured a former British army soldier fighting on behalf of Ukraine.
