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Russian lines at the Dnieper River completely collapsed
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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukraine asked the US to hand over ATACMS long-range missile systems with the condition of agreeing on the targets that will be hit by them
[EspresoTV] The Ukrainian government is reportedly offering the US "full and permanent visibility" of lists of Russian targets planned to be hit by ATACMS. This actually gives the United States the opportunity to prohibit strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation, which in Washington can be seen as a sign of escalation and even involvement in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

"We have, in fact, described precisely what specific targets we need to hit on our territory, which we cannot achieve with what we have now. The categories of targets are clear and do not change," says the interlocutor from the Ukrainian side on condition of anonymity.

In particular, it is about: logistics routes, airfields, air bases and weapons warehouses in the south and east of Ukraine, including the occupied Crimea. ATACMS is also expected to allow Ukraine to strike Iranian drone launch sites, which Ukrainian forces are currently unable to do.

The White House believes that Ukraine has enough HIMARS salvo fire systems, and it is worth focusing on them, since some CNN interlocutors believe that the very fact of ATACMS approval can be considered in Moscow as crossing a "red line" and an excuse to call the US a party to the conflict.

One of CNN's interlocutors from the American side explains the refusal to provide ATACMS as follows: "little benefit, many risks." At the same time, Kyiv believes that the reason lies primarily in Washington's reluctance to overcome the "psychological threshold".

On September 25, the Pentagon announced that Ukraine currently does not need long-range missiles for HIMARS - ATACMS, which can hit at a distance of about 300 km.

On September 3, the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stated that Ukraine did not receive long-range ATACMS missiles, because at this stage of the war it successfully performs its tasks with the help of shorter-range weapons.
Posted by: DarthVader || 10/03/2022 11:15 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:


Top Russian court rules in favor of 4 Ukrainian regions' annexation
Comes as a surprise, huh? Yeah, floored me too.
Posted by: Fred || 10/03/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  in other, unrelated news, Top Court Members admit they have seen a lessening fear of heights and suicidal thoughts!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 10/03/2022 13:12 Comments || Top||

#2  Unedited footage from Putin’s recent war rally in Moscow appears to show complete indifference among the captive crowd of bussed-in state workers. It seems propagandists added cheers and chants in the editing room. Is anything in Russia not faked?
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 10/03/2022 14:21 Comments || Top||

#3  "I feel like I can walk past a window again!"
Posted by: Matt || 10/03/2022 14:25 Comments || Top||


Russian lines at the Dnieper River completely collapsed. All surviving Russians units in that sector try to establish new perimeter at Dudchany
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Posted by: Fred || 10/03/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  biggest ukraine victory yet in Kherson
Posted by: Lord Garth || 10/03/2022 0:23 Comments || Top||


#3  Approaching Nova Khakhovka or boasting?
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 10/03/2022 13:21 Comments || Top||

#4  I would suspect boasting or panic. There were unconfirmed reports of the UA being in Baryslav yesterday, but no photos or anything to corroborate.

The Russians are definitely on their heels and the rains should end tomorrow for a while so Ukraine has a nice window for further advances over fields once they dry out a bit.
Posted by: DarthVader || 10/03/2022 13:28 Comments || Top||

#5  Although it is a good chance there may be some Ukrainian special forces units running around the rear their creating panic and chaos. They sure did that in the last couple offensives.
Posted by: DarthVader || 10/03/2022 13:36 Comments || Top||

#6  To the north of Lyman, Borova is liberated. Possibly without a fight.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 10/03/2022 13:43 Comments || Top||

#7  I expect the Ukrainians are surrounding and bypassing any strongpoints. The Ukrainians can reinforce and defeat the Russians piecemeal.

In Dudchany, the Russians have blown a bridge into the city.

As far a Khakovka, it a heck of a long way. But is sounds like recon units are roaming all over NW Kherson.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 10/03/2022 13:48 Comments || Top||

#8  Ukraine Captures a Fully Loaded TOS-1 in Kherson
Posted by: DarthVader || 10/03/2022 14:08 Comments || Top||

#9  A Russian channel is saying that Ukraine has taken Dudchany, Kherson Oblast.

With the blown up bridge in Dudchany, the Ukrainians will have to make a substantial detour on secondary roads. The bridge was on the main highway heading south.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 10/03/2022 16:07 Comments || Top||

#10  #7 sound like the Ukrainians are using Motti tactics on an operational scale.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/03/2022 16:10 Comments || Top||


Lots of reports currently about Ukrainian advances in Kherson and Luhansk
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Posted by: Fred || 10/03/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  What blows my mind is how the forces in Donetsk just keep attacking, day after pointless day, regardless of the situation.

I'm coming to the conclusion that it's the only thing they can do. They have no mobility at all. No way to reinforce or shift to the crisis points. They can only 'reinforce in place'.
Posted by: Mitch H. || 10/03/2022 3:08 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ agree

Russians are managing to get failing grades in

tactics
strategy
logistics

all simultaneously
Posted by: Lord Garth || 10/03/2022 13:12 Comments || Top||

#3 
Wondering if Russia is pulling the old Russia battle tactic of trick of slow roll back and wait for Winter. Let the advancing forces over extend themselves. Then shit the crap out them in a late Spring, early Summer offensive. It did work with both Hitler and Napoleon armies.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 10/03/2022 16:55 Comments || Top||

#4  NN2N1, there are a couple of differences between Hitler/Napoleon and the Ukrainians:
1. Hitler/Napoleon were the invaders.
2. They did not expect to be there for the winter, and were unprepared for it.
3. The Ukrainians largely share a climate with the Russians
4. The Ukrainians are defending their own homeland.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 10/03/2022 17:19 Comments || Top||

#5  What Rambler says is true but Ukrainians may well be getting themselves overextended.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/03/2022 18:23 Comments || Top||


Video-Report for @bild from inside Lyman
Posted by: Fred || 10/03/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats


Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: October 2nd, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 23:40 Boris Johnson will become the head of the party group Conservative Friends of Ukraine in the UK Parliament, writes The Daily Telegraph.

23:37 Speaker of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Cherevaty officially confirmed the liberation of the village of Torskoye near Liman: "Our military took the village of Torskoye, located on the way to Kremennaya, they are hitting with artillery fire an enemy unit that is trying to gain a foothold in Kremennaya and build a defense."

23:35 Zelensky, in an evening video message, announced the release of Arkhangelsk and Myrolyubovka, Kherson region.

23:24 Yermak, as part of his visit to Turkey, held a trilateral meeting with Erdogan's chief adviser Ibrahim Kalin and Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan. In addition, Yermak, together with the Ukrainian delegation, visited the facilities of Baikar. Zelensky stressed that this meeting "is not symbolic, but quite practical: we are preparing to create a training center and a plant of the Baikar company in Ukraine, as well as to jointly produce aircraft engines."

23:13 Zelensky, in an evening video message, spoke about the "important events" that took place today in Turkey: "As part of the visit of the First Lady of Ukraine, the Head of the Office and our other representatives ... the first corvette for our state was launched from those that must be built by the Turkish side. Corvette Hetman Ivan Mazepa... I consider it very symbolic that he received just such a name. Despite centuries of Russian false propaganda, historical truth and justice still win. And there is not a single reason that our project to build a new fleet has failed for Ukraine. We are implementing all our plans."

21:05 Over the current day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Zaitsevo, Bakhmutskoye, Bakhmut, Odradovka, Pervomayskoye, Disputed and Vyemka, the General Staff said in an evening report . Against the backdrop of the successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in certain sectors of the front, Russian troops began to surrender more often and are trying to leave the zone of active hostilities deep into the temporarily occupied territory.

20:43 Zaluzhny said that he had a telephone conversation with the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States, General Mark Milley, and discussed issues of meeting the needs of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in repelling Russian armed aggression.

19:51 In the Kharkiv region, a car was found with five dead residents of Kupyansk, who tried to move to Kharkiv on May 6, but stumbled upon an enemy mine in a field near the village of Vasilenkovo, the National Police reported.

19:44 According to the bills submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, the borders of the so-called "DPR" and "LPR", as well as the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, which the Russian Federation allegedly "annexed" to itself, will be determined by the borders that existed "on the day of their formation and adoption into Russia."

18:19 Zelensky said that he talked with Macron, discussed the importance of strengthening defense support for Ukraine, the situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, and the need for its immediate demilitarization.

17:58 Pope Francis appealed to the presidents of Russia and Ukraine with an appeal to end the war. He urged Putin to "stop the spiral of violence and death" in Ukraine "out of love for his own people" and denounced the threat of nuclear war as absurd. And the pontiff asked Zelensky "to be open to serious proposals for concluding peace." Both sides, he said, must find a way out of the crisis.

17:35 In Mariupol, an excavator blew up on a mine, which, while digging, hit a Russian shell or an air bomb. The explosion was so powerful that half of the city could hear it well, Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor, said: "Russian weapons kill again. Fortunately, again Russian citizens or civilian occupiers. But the level of danger for Mariupol residents is difficult to overestimate."

16:21 The United States is ready to allocate $1.5 billion a month to Ukraine until the end of the war to finance the budget and urge the EU to do the same, writes Bloomberg.

16:19 Kuleba said that he had a conversation with Rafael Grossi and informed that Ukraine was ready to facilitate the rotation of IAEA experts at the ZNPP. Kuleba stressed that Russia should withdraw troops and military equipment from the station. Grossi, according to Kuleba, assured that the IAEA is making every effort to release the ZNPP director kidnapped by Russia.

16:09 Denmark, Norway and Germany will finance the production of Slovak self-propelled guns Zuzana 2 for Ukraine, the Danish Foreign Ministry said. In total, the countries agreed to donate about 92 million euros.

15:40 Podolyak said that the number of wounded Russian soldiers was three times more than those killed, that is, it reached about 180 thousand: “Everything is going according to plan, so the Russian death counter has turned a new page. 60,000 Russian marauders have already died on Ukrainian soil. There are three times more wounded It's time to ask the "armies" of rapidly mobilized office workers: where did the "second army of professionals" go?

15:27 Podolyak said that in 48 hours from the signing of Zelensky's application for NATO membership, ten countries of the bloc have already supported Ukraine's membership: "Basically, these are countries that remember the poisonous claws of the Russian Empire well. Thanks to the allies for demonstrating leadership and responsibility. History is being created today".

15:19 Putin submitted to the State Duma bills on the annexation of the "DPR", "LPR", Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. The decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation assumes that:

  • "DPR", "LPR", Kherson and Zaporozhye regions are considered "accepted" into the Russian Federation from the date of signing the agreements - September 30;

  • the transitional period for the "integration" of new regions into the economic, financial, credit and legal systems of the Russian Federation, as well as into the system of state authorities of the Russian Federation, is set until January 1, 2026;

  • new regions will retain their current names - "DPR", "LPR", Kherson and Zaporozhye regions;

  • the leaders of the "DPR" and "LPR" will be called "heads of the republics", Kherson and Zaporozhye regions - "governors";

  • Putin, within 10 days from the date of "acceptance" into the Russian Federation, appoints acting "leaders" of new subjects;

  • citizens of Ukraine and stateless persons residing in the territory of the occupied regions on the day of annexation are "recognized" as citizens of the Russian Federation;

  • the state language of the "LPR" and "DPR" is Russian; at the same time, the Russian Federation allegedly "guarantees" to all peoples in the "LPR", "DPR", Kherson and Zaporozhye regions "the right to preserve and study" their native language.

14:15 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced a missile attack on the building of the SBU in Dnipro.

14:02 The presidents of nine NATO countries from Central and Eastern Europe issued a joint statement condemning Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories and urging the alliance to significantly increase military assistance to Ukraine. The leaders of the countries also supported Ukraine's membership in NATO. The statement was signed by the presidents of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

13:14 The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation decided to recognize the "agreements" on the "acceptance of new subjects into Russia" as consistent with the constitution.

13:10 Zelensky said that as of 12:30 Liman was completely cleared.

12:22 The Australian government announced the introduction of individual sanctions against 28 Russian officials responsible for the annexation of Ukrainian regions. In particular, sanctions will be imposed against the mayor of Moscow, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, Putin's first deputy Sergei Kiriyenko, collaborators whom Russia has appointed heads of the occupation administrations, and others. Australia also joins Ukraine's genocide lawsuit against Russia.

11:43 Poland has completed the construction of a fence on the border with Belarus and today the Polish border is the best protected in Europe, Stanislav Zharin, the government's authorized representative for information space security, said. Construction cost 330 million euros.

10:41 British intelligence notes that the loss of Liman was a serious political setback for Putin and led to a new wave of public criticism of the Russian military leadership. The loss is especially noticeable due to the fact that Lyman is located in the Donetsk region, which Russia tried to annex. Further losses in illegally occupied territories will almost certainly lead to increased public criticism and pressure on the high command, analysts say.

10:37 This morning in the Akhtyrsky district of the Sumy region, a car of Ukrtelecom signalmen blew up on an enemy mine, which drove off to the side of the road near the TV tower. There were four people in the car, one died on the spot, three were hospitalized, said the head of the Sumy OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.

10:33 In the Nikolaev area as a result of enemy attack with. Shevchenko of the Shevchenko community, two people were killed, a residential building was partially destroyed, said the head of the OVA Vitaliy Kim.

10:18 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, three civilians were killed - two in Avdeevka and one in Paraskoveevka. Nine more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.

10:16 Russians struck at the residential quarter of Nikolaev. Currently, damage is known to four apartment buildings. Preliminarily, seven people were injured, said the mayor of the city Alexander Senkevich. One of the shells exploded on the territory of the hospital, the windows were shattered by the shock wave and debris. The transformer substation, power grids and gas pipeline were also damaged. Some houses were left without electricity and gas.

10:10 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of October 2. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kramatorsk and Bakhmut directions.

  • personnel - about 60,110 (+500) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 2377 (+23),

  • armored combat vehicles - 4975 (+26),

  • artillery systems - 1405 (+8),

  • MLRS - 337 (+1),

  • air defense systems - 176 (+0),

  • aircraft - 264 (+0),

  • helicopters - 227 (+1),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 1015 (+6),

  • cruise missiles - 246 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 15 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 3796 (+10),

  • special equipment - 131 (+0).

10:04 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Putin is probably more interested in keeping the territories of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, rather than strengthening his position in the Lugansk region. According to analysts, this is evidenced by the defeat in Liman.

The ISW also believes that Russia probably wants to take legal responsibility for the Zaporizhzhya NPP, and it was for this reason that the director of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, Igor Murashov, was detained. The occupiers plan to transfer ZNPP under the control of Rosatom and create a new legal entity for ZNPP. Probably, the Russian Federation will try to use its control over the ZNPP to put pressure on the IAEA in order to legitimize the illegal annexation of the occupied territory.

Meanwhile, Russian troops made another unsuccessful attempt to attack Cossack Lopan in the north of the Kharkov region. Such attacks indicate that Putin likely retains a goal of regaining control of territory outside the occupied areas and is willing to commit military resources to such offensives rather than focusing on defense against the Ukrainian counter-offensive in Donbas.

09:55 Roskomnadzor has restricted access to the SoundCloud music service, the reason is "fake news about a special operation" in Ukraine, Russian media write.

09:43 The Washington Post writes that as part of the last big exchange of prisoners, the Russian oligarch Abramovich was an intermediary - he communicated with the head of the FSB and Yermak. According to the publication, the FSB was against the exchange of Azov, but Putin wanted to return Medvedchuk.

09:21 Russians attacked Krivoy Rog at night with a kamikaze drone that hit the building of a local lyceum in the city center. Two floors of the building were destroyed, a fire broke out, which has already been extinguished. There were no casualties, the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said.

09:03 The air force reported that tonight they shot down five of the seven Shahed-136 kamikaze drones with which the enemy attacked Nikolayevshchina.

08:40 At night, the enemy attacked Zaporozhye and the suburbs with four S-300 missiles - the industrial infrastructure was destroyed, there were no casualties, the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh said.

08:01 During the day, units of the Defense Forces repulsed enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kazachya Lopan, Vyemka, Bakhmutskoye, Bakhmut, Veselaia Dolina and Pervomayskoye, the General Staff said in the morning report.

00:36 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine officially confirmed the capture of Liman: "The soldiers of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with brother-in-arms from the National Guard of Ukraine, liberated and took control of the settlement of Liman in the Donetsk region."
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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief October 2nd (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 21:03 Breaking News

Another TsIPSO stuffing about the Kherson direction!

We received a call from our friends on the front line, not from colonels and generals! And from ordinary ordinary soldiers who are in the area of ​​the settlement of Kostromka.

They tell us that there are breakthroughs, but they have been stopped in the Kostroma area.

Losses are not significant on our part.

20:15 Ukraine blocked the exit to the liberated part of the Zaporozhye region

19:55 In the Tula region, enterprises are urgently increasing output for the army

▪️Tula is the weapons capital of Russia, everyone knows, but Tula craftsmen can do much more. The enterprises of the region solve the issues of clothing provision.
▪️On behalf of Governor Aleksey Dyumin, a number of industries are increasing their production capacity for the Ministry of Defense, and some have changed their profile to the production of, among other things, sleeping bags, trunks and gloves.
▪️Regional authorities promise to provide all-round support to these enterprises.

This is what the authorities of all regions should do.

19:55 The enemy has not stopped and is conducting a powerful offensive in the Beryslav direction in the Kherson region. During the fighting yesterday and today, the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered heavy losses, but they threw new forces into the battle and continued the offensive.

The 126th Guards Coastal Defense Brigade took the brunt.

18:50 Units, staffed by mobilized military personnel and volunteers, pass intensive combat training at training grounds in the rear areas of a special military operation

◽️At training places, mobilized servicemen consolidate practical skills in conducting combat operations as part of platoons, companies (batteries) in urban or industrial buildings and rough terrain.

◽️After completion of training, these units will begin to carry out tasks for the control and defense of the liberated territories, and will also operate as part of reserve and reinforcement units.

17:39 Destroyed counter offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Davydov Brod

In the afternoon, the Armed Forces made another attempt to attack Davydov Brod. As a result of their offensive, the equipment was burned, and the infantry flew off to Bandera!

17:36 "Teachers who went to work were shot" - residents of the Kharkiv region about the atrocities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Elena, a refugee from the Kharkiv region, could not hold back her tears telling about the ruthlessness of the Nazis

16:41 Voenkor Kots said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine entered the village of Torskoye, 20 kilometers from the places of deployment of the RF Armed Forces

16:00 In Kherson region, militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine used HIMERS with cassettes for the first time

Sources say this @wargonzoin this direction. We are talking about M26 unguided projectiles with cluster munitions. This is a barbaric weapon. It is worth saying that all modifications of this ammunition are discontinued in the United States of America. It is because of the disastrous consequences of their use. However, as it turned out, Ukraine received them.

15:00 The Russian Defense Ministry reports that a blow was struck on the objects of the Security Service of Ukraine. More than 35 SBU employees, including foreign advisers, were killed as a result of a strike on the building of the SBU administration in Dnepropetrovsk on September 29.

About 40 SBU employees are listed as missing.

14:03 The Ukrainian military tried to carry out an offensive simultaneously on the Nikolaevsky, Andreevsky and Kryovyi Rog tactical directions - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

14:03 In just a day of active hostilities in the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 43 Ukrainian tanks, 89 units of other military equipment and over 400 Ukrainian servicemen - Russian Defense Ministry

14:03 Destruction of positions of two American-made M777A1 155-mm howitzers on the northern outskirts of the village of Preobrazhenka, 09/25/2022.

The shelling of the Ukrainian artillery position was carried out by cannon and rocket artillery of the RF Armed Forces. One enemy howitzer was destroyed, the second was seriously damaged.

14:03 German Minister of Defense Christine Lambrecht, having made a "heroic sortie" to Odessa, was very indignant that she had to sit in a bomb shelter for 45 minutes and listen to Reznikov's groans about how Kyiv needs air defense and missile defense systems.

Then she complained to reporters that the siren scared her, and Reznikov aggravated with stories about the terrible Russian Caliber who were hunting for her.

It should be noted that the Zelensky resort to sophisticated methods of pressure on foreign tourists who travel to Ukraine to demonstrate their "heroism" and exorbitant support.

It is very strange that the Odessa Hotel where the minister went, the representative of the sponsoring country of Ukrainian terrorism, remained intact. It is simply impossible to accuse someone, but this couple of good intentions and peacekeeping.

13:21 During a special operation, you get used to everything. Junior Sergeant Nikita Viger calmly does his job - provides communication between units and command. And this despite the intense shelling and “arrivals”. (Video)

13:21 Heroically hold back defense of Davydov Ford Pskov paratroopers.

The paratroopers said: "We didn’t retreat and we won’t retreat, despite the overwhelming advantage of the enemy in manpower and equipment, as we burned them, we will continue."

12:42 The enemy's ammunition depot has left the chat. Artillery destroys enemy infrastructure in the Kherson direction.

11:44 Artillery shelling enemy positions in the Zaporozhye direction

11:43 Airborne beat enemy near Kherson. Self-propelled artillery mounts "Nona" are used for fire damage

10:33 Frontline summary on the morning of 02.10.22

Units of the Ukrainian army are already in Liman. You can't argue with this fact. What's next? The most probable is the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Kremennaya along the highway. This saves the attackers from having to overcome the forest that adjoins the city from the northwest and southwest. There are no water barriers in this area.

In turn, Russian artillery hits the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kupyansk, thus trying to prevent the advance of the Ukrainian army in this direction. And the goal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is access to Nizhnyaya Duvanka and Svatov. These are key settlements in terms of supplying the group of allied forces in the Luhansk region.

PMC "Wagner" are trying to attack in the area of ​​Soledar and Bakhmut.

To the north of Gorlovka, allied forces are advancing on the village of Zaitsevo. Southeast storm New York.

In the Kherson region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to attack on the left bank of the Ingulets and take Davydov Brod.

10:33 In Kyiv dismantled memorial plaque to the Hero of the Soviet Union, General Dmitry Mikhailovich Karbyshev.

Karbyshev is not just a legend: an unbroken man, tortured by the Nazis: who was sitting in a concentration camp, he was turned into an ice column, doused with water in the cold. I was at the site of this concentration camp, and decades later it is a monstrous place.

Karbyshev is, in a sense, an ideal Russian: a Cossack by birth, a nobleman, a participant in the Russian-Japanese, World War I, from March 1918 he joined the Red Army. In the 1940s, the world's largest specialist in military engineering, author of many works.

09:28 Loud in Zaporozhye. This morning, a series of explosions sounded in the regional center, temporarily under the control of the Zelensky regime, from 06:20. Air defense work was also heard.

The strikes are targeting military and civilian infrastructure facilities used by Zelensky's militants and foreign mercenaries as military bases and storage sites for weapons and ammunition. Reported by Vladimir Rogov

07:31 Footage of the combat work of Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces during a special military operation

Attack aviation crews carried out rocket air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Missile launches were carried out in pairs from low altitudes.

As a result of the combat use of aviation weapons, camouflaged fortified field positions and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

Video Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

07:30 At night there was an attempt to break through to Davydov Brod, the enemy was destroyed. The situation is under control.

05:20 A total of 10 explosions in the air were heard in Novaya Kakhovka. Air defense works, the city administration reported.

05:01 Heroes of the special operation.

In the course of a special military operation, the unit under the command of Kirill, showing courage and heroism in carrying out combat missions, captured a strategically important height in cooperation with a tank platoon.

"We agreed that the tanks would support us with fire. While the tanks were working on landing, we went to this line. We ran out there very quickly. This interaction led to success," said Kirill, commander of a motorized rifle platoon.

Video of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

03:35 Calculations of self-propelled guns "Malka" with perfect accuracy erase the fortified areas of Ukrainian militants into dust

The advantage of the weapon lies not only in its range, but also in firepower and accuracy. Just one shot is enough to destroy the command post of Ukrainian nationalists.Video"News".

01:55 It is reported about strikes on objects in Krivoy Rog.

0:05 At least five explosions thundered in Kherson, presumably, the air defense system went off.

Posted by: badanov || 10/03/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Ukraine has not invaded Russia, Ukraine has not killed 1 Russian citizen outside of their invasion Army.
Ukraine does not belong to Russia, the UKR Army is showing the 100% corrupt and evil Russian Army the door out of Ukraine fast and the sooner they just flee back to Russia and go home the safer for them( or defect to UKR because it is likely the Russian soldiers are going to be persecuted inside Russia now).
Look at the resignation on this woman's face, she knows reality now, no more believing the big lie bullshit for her and it should not be for Putin's ass sucking American fascist allies in the GOP:

https://twitter.com/seattlecynic/status/1576970143489748993

https://twitter.com/lilygrutcher/status/1576934788304232449

Denazify this:
https://twitter.com/russiansupr/status/1576840426232766464

Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/03/2022 13:06 Comments || Top||

#2  Latest Russian war crime, its hard to keep up. This is what the US GOP has come to, supporting this vicious and hateful Russian people in their quest to own everything that does not belong to the evil creeps:

https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1576972240872034304

BTW, Mongolia's president just offered Russian soldiers asylum, so there's that.
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/03/2022 13:24 Comments || Top||

#3  Here's a US right wing hero. Kinda late on her "FSB Biolabs" in Ukraine propaganda. How much does Putin pay her and Tucker Carlson?

https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1502960938147729413
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/03/2022 13:34 Comments || Top||

#4  I can't understand Russian lingo, these "soldiers" don't seem overly thrilled though. Any of you pro Russian GOP voters want to interpret for those of us who do not prefer Russian culture to free USA culture?

https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1576845412526305280
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/03/2022 13:54 Comments || Top||

#5 
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/03/2022 14:17 Comments || Top||

#6 
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/03/2022 15:54 Comments || Top||

#7  I already told you, Forkbeard, I am not pro-Russian, I am anti-war, especially Biden's proxy war in Ukraine. But, hey, you wanna fight Russians? Go right ahead. Just leave me out of it, don't come crying to me when you get your butt blown off and don't ask me to pay for it.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/03/2022 18:30 Comments || Top||

#8 
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/03/2022 18:49 Comments || Top||

#9 
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/03/2022 18:53 Comments || Top||

#10 
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962 || 10/03/2022 18:58 Comments || Top||

#11  Badanov can't erase these people from his conscience that God created, God loves and Christ died for no matter how much censorship the Russian FSB influence agent tries.
You're gonna face every one of them and so are your American lackeys that are stupid enough to follow your big lies:

https://twitter.com/Mariana_Betsa/status/1576970992508751898


It is a tragedy, no matter whch side you are on.
Posted by: badanov || 10/03/2022 19:14 Comments || Top||

#12  AOL.com? Really?
Posted by: Frank G || 10/03/2022 19:15 Comments || Top||

#13  Our little Forky - he's like a one-man Internet Research Agency.
Posted by: SteveS || 10/03/2022 19:31 Comments || Top||

#14  Here's a US right wing hero. ..Tulsi Gabbard

My dear, you need to to better research. Yes, Ms Gabbard achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel after tours in Iraq and Kuwait in the Army Reserve and Hawaii and California National Guard, yes she was homeschooled as a child, yes she was a martial arts instructor, yes she appears on Fox News. But she also is a lifelong Democratic politician who, despite her personal interests, stepped down as vice chair of the Democratic National Committee to campaign for Bernie Sanders in 2016.

She is not a rightwing hero, merely that currently rara avis in Democratic party politics, thoughtful rather than lockstep — which we on the right find refreshing.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/03/2022 20:08 Comments || Top||

#15  Ungrateful little shits:

Ukrainian ambassador tells Elon Musk to 'f--- off' after billionaire infuriates nation with Twitter poll on ‘How The Russia-Ukraine War Should End’
Posted by: Herman McGurque2447 || 10/03/2022 20:39 Comments || Top||

#16  Link to the above story

You’d think these hysterical little twats would show at least a modicum of gratitude to the man who, for no gain to himself, single handedly kept the internet up in Ukraine….

Separately — pissing matches aside — if Musk no longer supports Joe Biden’s Forever War with Russia, then you can bet that soon a majority of Republicans will follow Trump and Musk and start calling for a negotiated settlement.
Posted by: Herman McGurque2447 || 10/03/2022 20:48 Comments || Top||

#17  "F--- off is my very diplomatic reply to you," Ukraine's outgoing ambassador to Germany, Andrij Melnyk, wrote in response to Musk's tweet.

Melnyk is the Nazi-loving asshole who slandered and insulted Ukraine’s European allies until even the Ukrainians couldn’t tolerate him any longer. Unbelievably, the Ukrainians had sent this Banderite scumbag to Berlin as their ambassador.

Melnyk and his boss aren’t fit to shine Musk’s shoes. This spat may just signify a turning point in Western attitudes toward this war.
Posted by: Herman McGurque2447 || 10/03/2022 20:58 Comments || Top||

#18  Americans have already turned against the war. By a margin of 57% to 32%, American voters support negotiations ASAP to end the war:

According to a poll conducted by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and Data for Progress, 57% of likely voters strongly or somewhat support the US pursuing diplomatic negotiations as soon as possible to end the war in Ukraine, even if it requires Ukraine making compromises with Russia. Just 32% of respondents were strongly or somewhat opposed to this.

And nearly half of the respondents (47%) said they only support the continuation of US military aid to Ukraine if the US is involved in ongoing diplomacy to end the war, while 41% said they support the continuation of US military aid to Ukraine whether the US is involved in ongoing diplomacy or not.

The Biden administration and Congress need to do more diplomatically to help end the war, according to 49% of likely voters, while 37% said they have done enough in this regard, the poll showed.

"Americans recognize what many in Washington don't: Russia's war in Ukraine is more likely to end at the negotiating table than on the battlefield. And there is a brewing skepticism of Washington's approach to this war, which has been heavy on tough talk and military aid, but light on diplomatic strategy and engagement," said Trita Parsi, executive vice president at the Quincy Institute
Posted by: Whaving || 10/03/2022 21:09 Comments || Top||

#19  Looks like Putin got the attention of Biden’s puppet masters. They’re eager to talk to him again, according to The Hill:

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday said the U.S. has had private, high-level talks with leaders in Moscow about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, explaining the Biden administration is trying to prevent a “rhetorical tit for tat” between the two countries.
Posted by: Whaving || 10/03/2022 21:14 Comments || Top||

#20  The German public has turned decisively against the war.

Germany: Parliament rejects request to increase arms supplies to Ukraine
Reuters
29.09.2022

The CDU/CSU Christian Democratic Union suffered defeat in the Bundestag with a proposal to increase military support for Ukraine. In a roll-call vote, 179 MPs voted in favour of the proposal, 476 were against and one abstained, the German public broadcaster ARD reported.
Posted by: Claitle || 10/03/2022 23:13 Comments || Top||


Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: October 2nd, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:36 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 2, receivedadditional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:

d. Donetsk (Leninsky district):
— str. Quiringa, 51 - private residential building.

n.p. Gorlovka (Kalinin district):

- st. Gorlovsky Division, 91 "a" - the building of the Gorlovsky Eastern Distribution Zone;
- st. Gorlovskaya Division, 91 "b" - administrative building.

As of 21:00, the total number of civilian casualties from AFU attacks for October 2, 2022 is 5 people (two dead, three injured). The information continues to flow.

For today, as of 21:00, the enemy fired 121 units of ammunition of various types, including artillery with a caliber 155mm, 152mm and 122 mm.

Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.

21:29 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have carried out 13 strikes and fired more than 70 rounds of ammunition over the past five hours at the settlements of the DPR, the republic’s representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.

According to information published in Telegram channel representative offices, from 14:38 to 19:25, Ukrainian troops delivered six attacks on the Kirovsky, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, two blows on the village of Novobakhmutovka, one blow on the villages of Novoselovka, Mineralnoe, Luganskoe, Aleksandrovka, Kashtanovoe.

During the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, artillery of 155mm caliber was used, which is supplied to Kyiv by NATO countries, as well as guns of 152mm and 122mm caliber, mortars of 120mm caliber

In total, 73 rounds of ammunition have been fired from the Ukrainian side into the DPR over the past five hours. Over the previous 3.5 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired more than 40 units of ammunition at the settlements of the DPR.

20:34 Artillery units of the Luhansk People's Republic inflict strikes against the enemy with the help of multiple launch rocket systems BM-21 "Grad".

19:15 Rocket artillery of the People's Militia of the LPR supports the offensive of the allied forces on Soledar and Artemovsk.

19:13 Residents of the DPR will be called up for military service in Russia from 2023

"Conscription for military service of citizens of the Russian Federation living on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic is carried out in the manner prescribed by federal laws, starting from 2023," paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the draft law on the admission of the Republic to the Russian Federation says.

19:00 The situation on the new line of defense near Liman - in Kremennaya. After the troops of Russia and Donbass were forced to leave Krasny Liman, the front changed, it shifted to Kremennaya, a city under frequent artillery fire of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, informs corr. iz.ru Dmitry Zimenkin.

Forces from the Liman direction are being drawn to Kremennaya in anticipation of an offensive by enemy forces.

18:15 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on October 2, 2022.

18:05 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for October 2, received additional information on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:

Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):

- as a result of an explosion on a mine PFM "Petal", a man was wounded in 1941.

As of 17:30 on October 2, 74 cases of undermining civilians have already been registered in the Republic, incl. two children, on mines PFM "Petal". One of the injured died in the hospital.

17:41 The limits of the DPR and LPR are determined by the boundaries of their territories that existed on the day of their formation and acceptance into the Russian Federation - an agreement.

17:32 In the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, in the dacha cooperative "Sadovod" on the prohibited anti-personnel mine PFM-1 "Petal" dropped by Ukrainian militants, a man born in 1941 was wounded.

16:31 Flint situation on 02.10.22.

Since yesterday, Kremennaya has become a front-line city.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine, using an offensive impulse, yesterday tried to attack Kremennaya from Terna, but were stopped by our artillery.

Today, the city began to be intensively shelled by artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Reportswargonzo

16:05 Effects of shelling by Ukrainian militants of the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka, as a result of which two people were killed.

15:50 The armed forces of new Russian subjects are proposed to be included in the RF Armed Forces, follows from the constitutional laws on the adoption of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.

15:03 Headquarters of TerO DPR reports:

Ukrainian Nazis attacked the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka. In the village them. Krupskaya killed two men born in 1961. and born in 1963, a man born in 1969 was wounded.

14:01 In the Krasnolimansk direction, as a result of air strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of ??bthe settlement of Yampolovka of the Donetsk People's Republic on units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy's losses amounted to more than 200 military personnel, 320 wounded, 10 tanks and 25 infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed. MO RF

13:45 VFU shelled the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.

Ukrainian militants from positions in Netaylovo again attacked residential areas of the Kuibyshevsky district of the city. 155mm artillery is used against the population.

13:30 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the direction of:

— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: three rounds fired with a caliber of 152mm.
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Zaitsevo: four rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.

12:15 Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee will record and investigate new facts of shelling of Gorlovka within the framework of the criminal case

It is reported that as a result of the shelling of the Gorlovka territory, four people were killed: a man and three women.

Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee will establish all the circumstances of the incident and give them a legal assessment.

12:08 Today at night Ukrainian DRGs again tried to enter our positions between Opytnoye and Donetsk airports.

The result for the enemy: four KIAs and two wounded.

12:05 Ukrainian militants fired at Vladimirovka, Volnovakhsky district. A man born in 1952 was wounded.

11:40 The situation after the withdrawal of the RF Armed Forces from Krasny Liman remains difficult. Fighting continues in the area of Terna, Torskoye and in the forest near Kremennaya. The command of the grouping in this direction now needs to solve the problem of stabilizing the front on the Kremennaya-Svatovo line.

The solution of this problem after the replenishment of the units and the saturation of the battle formations at the expense of the mobilized will make it possible to resume offensive operations in the winter, including with the aim of liberating Krasny Liman. But for now, defensive tasks are on the agenda and they need to be solved, writes Boris Rozhin.

11:35 AFU is shelling Gorlovka and Zaitsevo.

Ukrainian militants from positions in Dyleevka continue shelling residential areas of Horlivka. 152mm artillery is used against the population.

11:24 JCCC DPR recorded shelling from the AFU in the direction:

— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Zaitsevo: five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.

10:30 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation as of 02.10.2022

The Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, which are not military targets.

Over the past day, according to the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired 281 pieces of ammunition from the 122mm Grad MLRS, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm mortars and tanks.

The artillery was fired at the areas of ten settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, seven civilians were killed and nine were injured. Twenty-one housing constructions and eight civil infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.

Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: four artillery mounts, two UAVs, eight armored and automotive vehicles. The loss of enemy personnel amounted to 50.

Currently, a set of works is underway to clear anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1C).

10:28 AFU are shelling the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.

Ukrainian militants fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of the city from their positions in Netaylovo. NATO artillery of 155mm caliber is used against the population.

10:00 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. according to the situation on 02.10.2022

Over the past day, during the active offensive operations of the units of the People's Militia of the LPR, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and military equipment. Destroyed:

- up to 60 personnel
- two tanks;
- four artillery mounts
- three armored personnel carriers;
- five units of special automotive equipment.

The enemy continues shelling civilian infrastructure facilities in LPR settlements. Over the past day, the armed formations of Ukraine fired at the settlement. Nizhnyaya Duvanka using the American M142 HIMARS MLRS, firing four missiles. Information about the victims and damage is being specified.

Peaceful life is being restored in the territories of the Lugansk People's Republic liberated from Ukrainian nationalists: engineering and sapper units of the People's Militia of the LPR continue demining.

During October 1, they cleared more than eight hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of the settlements of Purdovka and Aleksandrovka.

The forces of the NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, are delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of these areas.

09:30 Units of the NM LPR, with fire support from the Russian Aerospace Forces, continue to denazify the formations of the Kyiv regime, deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation visited one of the training grounds of the defense department, where military personnel of the 2nd Army Korps LPR are trained before performing combat missions.

Nationalists continue to terrorize the civilian population of Donbass, exposing the cities of the Republic shelling, in Krasnodon, after restoration, the “Unconquered” memorial dedicated to the feat of the Young Guard was solemnly opened, and volunteers, with the support of the NM of the LPR, continue to deliver humanitarian supplies to needy residents of the Republic. Video People's Militia of the LPR.

08:15 Information on the shelling of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on 02.10.2022

08:00 Comprehensive training of mobilized servicemen of the RF Armed Forces continues at the training grounds of the Republic.

At one of the training grounds of the Donetsk People's Republic, intensive training of mobilized military personnel of the RF Armed Forces continues. An officer of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with the call sign "Hammer" spoke about the preparation and comprehensive training of fighters called up as part of partial mobilization. Video People's Militia of the DPR.

07:59 During the day, seven people were killed on the territory of the DPR, 10 more were injured

Over the past 24 hours, from 08:00 on October 1 to 08:00 on October 2, seven people were killed and another 10 civilians were injured as a result of the shelling of the VFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.

07:00 Summary of the LPR Representation in the JCCC for the past 24 hours, October 01.

From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine shelling was recorded on the settlement. Lower Duvanka with the use of the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (four missiles of the M31 GMLRS type).

Information about the victims and damage is being specified. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.

0:10 There is a brief lull in the Avdievka direction near Donetsk: sluggish ping-pong art, attempts to work with reconnaissance groups.

The enemy, who is active in the north of the DPR and the junction of the borders of the LDNR, is still sitting on the defensive here, firing a dozen rounds per day on duty. Y. Kitten

0:04 Three residents of the village of Bakhmutka, located within the boundaries of Gorlovka, died as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko

Posted by: badanov || 10/03/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


Petraeus predicts US would lead NATO response to ‘take out' Russian forces if Putin uses nuclear weapon
[The Hill] Retired Gen. David Petraeus predicted Sunday that the U.S., along with NATO allies, would "take out" Russian forces if Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to use nuclear weapons in his war against neighboring Ukraine.

During an appearance on ABC’s "This Week," Petraeus told co-anchor Jonathan Karl that western powers have to take Russia’s nuclear weapons threats seriously, noting National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan’s recent remarks that US officials have warned the Moscow of "catastrophic consequences" if the Kremlin deploys nuclear weapons.

"And what would happen?" Karl asked.

"Well, again, I have deliberately not talked to Jake about this. I mean, just to give you a hypothetical, we would respond by leading a NATO, a collective effort, that would take out every Russian conventional force that we can see and identify on the battlefield in Ukraine and also in Crimea and every ship in the Black Sea," Petraeus replied.

Karl noted radiation from a nuclear attack in Ukraine would also likely reach nearby NATO countries, effectively making it an attack on the alliance.

"Yes. And perhaps you can make that case. The other case is that this is so horrific that there has to be a response, it cannot go unanswered. But it doesn’t expand, it doesn’t — it’s not nuclear for nuclear," Petraeus added. "You don’t want to, again, get into a nuclear escalation here. But you have to show that this cannot be accepted in any way."

Petraeus’ remarks come after Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday moved ahead with illegally annexing four regions of eastern and southern Ukraine, a move that followed a series of setbacks for Russian forces as the war enters its eighth month.

Putin has also declared a partial military troop mobilization that could call up as many as 300,000 reservists.

Russia is also suspected of causing a pipeline rupture that caused a massive methane leak, and Putin has threatened to cut off gas supplies to European countries as winter approaches.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/03/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,

#1  General, what if the Russians nuke London in response to your response? Are we really going to do this? Maybe it's time we all bend over and kiss our asses goodbye.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/03/2022 12:18 Comments || Top||

#2  ...if he nukes London, there will never be a Russian revival he's so intent upon. He loses everything.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/03/2022 19:19 Comments || Top||

#3  Still haven't self-darwinated because you are an honorless POS. NOBODY gives a Hillary turd what you think.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 10/03/2022 21:45 Comments || Top||

#4  Wait a second… did he actually say the US should go all-out and attack Russia when they have not attacked us?

WTF??

Why would we initiate a war with Russia?

This asshole is either insane or just blowing smoke out his ass. Or both
Posted by: Oscar Grumble3522 || 10/03/2022 22:15 Comments || Top||

#5  Karl noted radiation from a nuclear attack in Ukraine would also likely reach nearby NATO countries, effectively making it an attack on the alliance.

I believe the prevailing winds at that latitude are from the west - meaning fallout would blow towards Russia.
Posted by: SteveS || 10/03/2022 22:52 Comments || Top||


Northstream II 'Pig Theory' with dozens of comments
From a comment posted yesterday by our own Mullah Richard.
[LawDog Files] Anyone notice anything interesting about the ruptures at 02:03 hours and 19:03 hours?

Assuming that the map accurately represents the course of the pipelines; and assuming that the map accurately represents the location of the ruptures ... wah-ho, isn’t that interesting, as Dear Old Dad would say?

Even more interesting is this little tidbit, also via email. Russia was having compressor "issues" on Nord 1, enough that the whole sodding compressor station was "shut down" and a "hazardous production facility".

Is anyone else getting the twitchies regarding the fact that at least some of the equipment that keeps the pipeline pressurised was off-line? Just me? Oh, well then. Carry on.

Moving on — multiple sources have confirmed that Nord 2 was full of natural gas; that it was full for at least months; and that said natural gas had never moved.

It. Just. Sat. There. For — allegedly — months.

During normal operations of a pipeline, you run a pig through fairly regularly. A "pig" is a bit of equipment pushed by the gas flow, and as it moves along it shoves water and hydrate slurry down to where it can be removed; and it scrapes compounds off the inside walls (hydrogen sulphide, I’m looking at you) that might be are probably eating your pipe.

Note the part above where the pigs are pushed by the gas. The gas in Nordstream 2 never moved. That means no pig ever went down the line to shove water out, move hydrate slurry, or stop H2S from corroding the steel of the pipeline.

As I said in the previous post — and I will continue to say — none of this rules out intentional Acts of War. There are idiots enough in that region that sabotage can’t be discounted.

How-some-ever ... hydrate plugs.

With that being said, this sudden publicity is really freaking me out, so I’m probably going dark for a few days. I’ve got writing to do, fish to catch, and maybe a deer trail or two to scout.

Y’all have fun.

LawDog
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/03/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,

#1  That some people are recoiling from this explanation as they did from the COVID was a lab leak explanation speaks to either a certain predecided frame of mind or to a specific agenda.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 10/03/2022 11:01 Comments || Top||

#2  MM embrace the power of AND.
Posted by: AlanC || 10/03/2022 12:04 Comments || Top||

#3  otoh(?): The Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Sabotage
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 10/03/2022 15:44 Comments || Top||

#4  Remember that odd private plane crash off of the coast of Latvia a weeks ago?
Posted by: DooDahMan || 10/03/2022 18:06 Comments || Top||

#5  if the ruptures were caused by inside-the-pipeline explosion, how come the leaks seem to have fixed themselves

actually the same question for sabotage - how do you get a big leak of gas that fixes itself
Posted by: Lord Garth || 10/03/2022 19:16 Comments || Top||

#6  Did the leaks fix themselves or did all the gas lingering in the pipe escape?

Also if you shut down the pipe and ran a pig through it, would it push all the gas in the pipeline over to Germany? OR does the pig have some mechanism to allow gas to pass in/around/over it so it doesn't compress things?
Posted by: ruprecht || 10/03/2022 21:58 Comments || Top||


Olde Tyme Religion
Pope Francis calls on Russia to stop 'spiral of violence and death,' also appeals to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to be 'open to serious peace offers'
Posted by: Fred || 10/03/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  From whom would these "serious" peace offers descend?

And do you judge calls for total surrender to Russian demands serious?
Posted by: AlanC || 10/03/2022 11:49 Comments || Top||

#2 
Hummmmm! Maybe I am reading too much into this.
But where was the Pope on this invasion and Mass murder of civilians, destruction of churches, when it looked like Russia was winning?

But now that Putin is having his a$$ handed to him the Pope speaks up.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 10/03/2022 16:26 Comments || Top||

#3  A dove from above: "War, war, war!"
Croaked an Orthodox crow, "Caw, caw, caw,"
And proceeded to feast
On the omen of peace
With an Ostian gull.
"Ha ha ha!"
Posted by: Snolutle Ebbusolet3793 || 10/03/2022 16:59 Comments || Top||



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Mon 2022-10-03
  Russian lines at the Dnieper River completely collapsed
Sun 2022-10-02
  Russia Vetoes A Security Council Res Condemning Annexation Of 4 Ukraine Regions
Sat 2022-10-01
  ISIS fanatics are mauled to death and eaten by LIONS while hiding out during battle over gas reserves in Mozambique
Fri 2022-09-30
   Ukrainian forces have reached the outskirts of Zarichne.
Thu 2022-09-29
  Mobilised Russians call hotline to ask how to surrender
Wed 2022-09-28
  Donbass referendums' results revealed, blank ballots seen counted: Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson, Zaporozhye all choose Russia
Tue 2022-09-27
  Hundreds of Russian vehicles, weapon systems seized during Kharkiv counterattack
Mon 2022-09-26
  Head of Russian Orthodox Church says sacrificing life in war against Ukraine ‘washes away sins.’
Sun 2022-09-25
  Russian authorities detain more than 700 people at protests against partial mobilization
Sat 2022-09-24
  Four Ukraine regions controlled by Russia and pro-Moscow forces have started door to door referendums on Friday on joining Russia
Fri 2022-09-23
  31 killed in Iran protests, as people torch cop shoppes
Thu 2022-09-22
  Man admits to having murdered a teenager for being a Republican
Wed 2022-09-21
  Putin Orders Partial Military Mobilization Amid Setbacks In Ukraine, Warns West 'It's Not A Bluff
Tue 2022-09-20
  New protests in Iran over woman's death after morality police arrest, 5 protesters said killed
Mon 2022-09-19
  ''Kupiansk has surrendered. The enemy is on the left bank of the Oskil:'' pro-Russian military blogger


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