Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital

[ozimoron]

Why the US is becoming more brazen with its Ukraine support

The Biden administration is arming Ukraine with weapons that can do serious damage to Russian forces, and, unlike early in the war, U.S. officials don’t appear worried about Moscow’s reaction. 

In the past several months, Washington has detailed tranches of new drones, harder-hitting missiles and deadly rocket systems as part of billions of dollars pledged to the former Soviet country. The clear support is a far cry from the early days of the war, when the U.S. government seemed hesitant to list exactly what was being sent into Ukraine so as not to tip off or draw the ire of Moscow. 

 

https://thehill.com/policy/international/3627782-why-the-us-is-becoming-more-brazen-with-its-ukraine-support/

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2 hours ago, ozimoron said:

Why the US is becoming more brazen with its Ukraine support

The Biden administration is arming Ukraine with weapons that can do serious damage to Russian forces, and, unlike early in the war, U.S. officials don’t appear worried about Moscow’s reaction. 

In the past several months, Washington has detailed tranches of new drones, harder-hitting missiles and deadly rocket systems as part of billions of dollars pledged to the former Soviet country. The clear support is a far cry from the early days of the war, when the U.S. government seemed hesitant to list exactly what was being sent into Ukraine so as not to tip off or draw the ire of Moscow. 

 

https://thehill.com/policy/international/3627782-why-the-us-is-becoming-more-brazen-with-its-ukraine-support/

I'm guessing that it's also psychological warfare. Russian morale is not good. Learning what they're up against and what they're going to be up against has to be very discouraging for Russian troops. 

[Rimmer]

The Drones Russia Is Reportedly Receiving From Iran For Its Ukraine War

 

 

Reports state that the first tranche of Iranian drones intended for use in Ukraine has made it to Russia, confirming rumors that have been swirling for weeks, and some U.S. officials have assessed that the delivery is only just the beginning as ‘hundreds’ more are expected to be imported on an undisclosed timeline. Mohajer-6s and the Shahed-series of unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, reportedly make up at least some of the initial shipment, and different variations of the types are capable of various operations including conducting surveillance, strikes, and electronic warfare missions. In this piece, The War Zone will provide an explainer of these systems to try and better understand the role they may play in Ukraine.

 

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/the-drones-russia-is-reportedly-receiving-from-iran-for-its-ukraine-war

 

 

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

I see still nothing going to plan with the orcs.....????

 

Ukraine war: Russia postpones referendum in occupied region

"This is being paused because of the security situation," said Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Russian-appointed administration there.

The Ukrainian army has launched a long-awaited counter-offensive in the south, where Russia plans referendums in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. Speaking on Russian state TV, Mr Stremousov said Ukrainian shelling had damaged the Antonovskiy Bridge to such an extent that vehicles could no longer cross it.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62795976

[BarraMarra]

Ben Wallace has just stated in a statement in the House of Commons that Ukraine forces have been pushing Russian forces backward and an estimated 80 thousand Russian are dead and injured. He also stated that the IAEA Monitors sited at Europe's biggest Nuclear plant have told reporters that Russia only allowed Russian reporters and European reporters were turned away. Make of that what you need about their honesty.  

[rudi49jr]

Ben Stiller, Sean Penn permanently banned from entering Russia. I’m sure they will be crushed….

 

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/ben-stiller-sean-penn-banned-from-russia-1235360858/

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6 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

Ben Stiller, Sean Penn permanently banned from entering Russia. I’m sure they will be crushed….

 

https://variety.com/2022/film/news/ben-stiller-sean-penn-banned-from-russia-1235360858/

No blinis for those bad boys. Fortunately for them, borscht is actually a Ukrainian thing.

[Rimmer]

North Korea supplying Russia with weapons, say US reports

Russia has been forced to buy military hardware from North Korea as sanctions squeeze Moscow's ability to supply its military, US media have reported.

According to declassified intelligence obtained by the New York Times, Russia has bought millions of artillery shells and rockets from Pyongyang.

A US official said Russia would be forced to buy additional North Korean weaponry as the war dragged on.

See more:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62804825

 

[ballpoint]

3 hours ago, Rimmer said:

North Korea supplying Russia with weapons, say US reports

Russia has been forced to buy military hardware from North Korea as sanctions squeeze Moscow's ability to supply its military, US media have reported.

According to declassified intelligence obtained by the New York Times, Russia has bought millions of artillery shells and rockets from Pyongyang.

A US official said Russia would be forced to buy additional North Korean weaponry as the war dragged on.

See more:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62804825

 

Coming soon; Every missile that Russia fires will land in the sea, somewhere off the coast of Japan.

 

 

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23 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

Coming soon; Every missile that Russia fires will land in the sea, somewhere off the coast of Japan.

 

 

Funny joke but it is bad news for Ukraine.

[rudi49jr]

24 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Funny joke but it is bad news for Ukraine.

Agreed. And not just Ukraine, but the whole of Europe and possibly NATO. We’re seeing a new axis of evil emerge (Russia, Iran, North-Korea), just like in WWII. One of the problems is that lots of rich people are making lots of money off of this, and they really don’t give two hoots if they have to set the world on fire - literally and/or figuratively- to make an extra billion or two. Scary times. 

[rudi49jr]

The car of colonel Artem Bardin, the Russian military commander of Berdyansk, was blown up with a car bomb, apparently by Ukrainian resistance fighters. Bardin was severely injured and died later in the hospital.

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

20 hours ago, rudi49jr said:

Agreed. And not just Ukraine, but the whole of Europe and possibly NATO. We’re seeing a new axis of evil emerge (Russia, Iran, North-Korea), just like in WWII. One of the problems is that lots of rich people are making lots of money off of this, and they really don’t give two hoots if they have to set the world on fire - literally and/or figuratively- to make an extra billion or two. Scary times. 

Don't miss Myanmar in this new axis of evil you mentioned, Putin met with their leader yesterday in Russia and hailed the positive ties they have together ????

[Mavideol]

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Don't miss Myanmar in this new axis of evil you mentioned, Putin met with their leader yesterday in Russia and hailed the positive ties they have together ????

as the old saying goes "birds of the feather flock together" ... military junta(s), autocratic governments, dictatorship type, etc., they should be all put together inside a room and send in a missile to get rid of them

[thaibeachlovers]

13 hours ago, Mavideol said:

as the old saying goes "birds of the feather flock together" ... military junta(s), autocratic governments, dictatorship type, etc., they should be all put together inside a room and send in a missile to get rid of them

Sadly, it doesn't usually end that way for them. Stalin and Mao ( 2 of the most evil men, IMO, to ever walk on this planet ) died ( far as we know ) of natural causes while still "in charge".

[Mavideol]

7 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Sadly, it doesn't usually end that way for them. Stalin and Mao ( 2 of the most evil men, IMO, to ever walk on this planet ) died ( far as we know ) of natural causes while still "in charge".

there is a 1st for everything, maybe Vlad will be the one

[Mavideol]

He's in a completely different world.... the Russian world, with comments like that one has to wonder his state of (Schizophrenia) mind, he should said that to the parents of the ones that were killed

Putin claims Russia hasn’t ‘lost anything’ in Ukraine

https://nypost.com/2022/09/07/putin-claims-russia-hasnt-lost-anything-in-ukraine/

 

“We have not lost anything and will not lose anything,” Putin said.

“In terms of what we have gained, I can say that the main gain has been the strengthening of our sovereignty,

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/russias-putin-says-west-is-failing-future-is-asia-2022-09-07/

 

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Sept 7 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia had gained, not lost, from the conflict in Ukraine because it was embarking on a new sovereign path that would restore its global clout.

 

What is schizophrenia (schizophrenia)?

• Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning, and can be disabling.

[RJRS1301]

1 hour ago, Mavideol said:

He's in a completely different world.... the Russian world, with comments like that one has to wonder his state of (Schizophrenia) mind, he should said that to the parents of the ones that were killed

Putin claims Russia hasn’t ‘lost anything’ in Ukraine

https://nypost.com/2022/09/07/putin-claims-russia-hasnt-lost-anything-in-ukraine/

 

“We have not lost anything and will not lose anything,” Putin said.

“In terms of what we have gained, I can say that the main gain has been the strengthening of our sovereignty,

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/russias-putin-says-west-is-failing-future-is-asia-2022-09-07/

 

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Sept 7 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia had gained, not lost, from the conflict in Ukraine because it was embarking on a new sovereign path that would restore its global clout.

 

What is schizophrenia (schizophrenia)?

• Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally. Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning, and can be disabling.

More like Trump Delusional Empathy Deficit Disorder  

[tgw]

meanwhile in Russia:

https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-new-09-07-22/h_722d5d1c686d7e431d770888260a63da

 

Ukrainian official tells UN Security Council that 2.5 million people have been forcibly deported to Russia

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Hayovyshyn told the Security Council that thousands of Ukrainian citizens are being forcefully deported to “isolated and depressed regions of Siberia and the far east. The Ambassador said 2.5 million people have been deported, including 38,000 children. 

 

[rudi49jr]

2 hours ago, tgw said:

meanwhile in Russia:

https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-new-09-07-22/h_722d5d1c686d7e431d770888260a63da

 

Ukrainian official tells UN Security Council that 2.5 million people have been forcibly deported to Russia

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

Its really happening.....Slava Ukraine!!

 

Zelenskyy would not go into detail on which villages Ukrainian forces have recaptured, but on Wednesday, social media posts surfaced suggesting the occupied town of Balakliya had been encircled and possibly retaken.

 

Balakliya has been liberated. Amazing footage of the welcome that Ukraine troops receive from the locals

 

 

[Seppius]

This report looks interesting, maybe light at the end of the tunnel

 

 

[LosLobo]

3 hours ago, Seppius said:

This report looks interesting, maybe light at the end of the tunnel

 

 

I had the impression that the FSB were the culprits in the Darya Dugina assassination.

 

Possibly a botched attempt on her father.

 

With so many of Putin's other oligarch buddies falling out of windows anything is possible.

Putin's botched Dugin assassination plot laid bare: ‘All hallmarks of an execution’ | World | News | Express.co.uk

[Rimmer]

Dozens Of Towns Retaken From Russians

Ukraine has fought into occupied territory, capturing equipment and personnel and raising the country’s blue-and-yellow flag along the way.

 

Ukraine’s multipronged offensive that kicked off about a week ago has punched miles into Russian-occupied territory in multiple sectors, with dozens of towns recaptured, scores of prisoners taken, and many pieces of abandoned equipment seized.

 

Brig. Gen. Oleksyi Hromov, Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said Thursday that Ukrainian forces had pierced Russian lines around Kharkiv in the north and pressed more than 30 miles beyond. In a matter of a few days, they have liberated at least 20 settlements, Hromov told the Kyiv Independent news service. Anton Gerashcenko, an advisor to Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs, also confirmed the progress on Sept. 8.

 

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-dozens-of-towns-retaken-from-russians

 

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Theyi're not quite confirming this but they seem quite confident it's true:

 

Top Russian Commander of Invading Army Captured by Ukraine—Report

Ukrainian media outlets and social media users have speculated that a top Russian commander has been captured as Kyiv's counteroffensive against Moscow's forces gathers pace.

Images and video shared on Twitter and Telegram purportedly show Lieutenant General Andrei Sychevoi among a group of Russian troops handcuffed on their knees with one social media user saying they were near Balakliya, in the Kharkiv region

Many noted the similarity of one of the captured men to other images of Sychevoi.

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-sychevoi-capture-commander-1741356

[tgw]

7 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Theyi're not quite confirming this but they seem quite confident it's true:

 

Top Russian Commander of Invading Army Captured by Ukraine—Report

Ukrainian media outlets and social media users have speculated that a top Russian commander has been captured as Kyiv's counteroffensive against Moscow's forces gathers pace.

Images and video shared on Twitter and Telegram purportedly show Lieutenant General Andrei Sychevoi among a group of Russian troops handcuffed on their knees with one social media user saying they were near Balakliya, in the Kharkiv region

Many noted the similarity of one of the captured men to other images of Sychevoi.

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-sychevoi-capture-commander-1741356

I don't think it's him, ear shape, chin shape and skull shape are different.
still wears rank insignia of a lieutenant colonel, so not a bad catch.

[Bkk Brian]

From 2 months ago.................Putin talking out his backside.............????

 

Vladimir Putin has issued one of his most ominous warnings yet, claiming Moscow has barely started its campaign in Ukraine and daring the west to try to defeat it on the battlefield.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/08/putin-claims-russia-has-barely-started-campaign-in-ukraine-dares-west-to-fight-on-battlefield

[Bkk Brian]

1 hour ago, AndyFoxy said:

Russians will win this war.

I guess you must know they will win when they have to resort to buying artillery/shells from N Korea and drones from Iran after the expected 1 week invasion has extended to over 6 months and are now losing ground rapidly.

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3 hours ago, AndyFoxy said:

Russians will win this war.

Up until now I believed oppositely but your impressive presentation has given me doubts. If you had added just one more word I would have been convinced.

[rudi49jr]

6 hours ago, AndyFoxy said:

Russians will win this war.

No, they won’t. Ukraine right now is kicking some serious Russian @ss.