Ukraine's second city Kharkiv without power after Russian strikes

 

Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv was for hours left without power after the latest wave of Russian strikes targeted energy stations across the country.

Local officials said as many as nine power facilities were hit as Russian forces fired 76 missiles and carried out drone attacks on Friday.

Kharkiv's mayor said the city suffered "colossal" damage. By the evening, 55% of residents had electricity back.

More:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63997749

 

3 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Ukraine's second city Kharkiv without power after Russian strikes

 

Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv was for hours left without power after the latest wave of Russian strikes targeted energy stations across the country.

Local officials said as many as nine power facilities were hit as Russian forces fired 76 missiles and carried out drone attacks on Friday.

Kharkiv's mayor said the city suffered "colossal" damage. By the evening, 55% of residents had electricity back.

More:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63997749

Russians are losing on all fronts, their only/last option is to play dirt and target public infrastructures, nothing to do with military

An interesting article on how Putin is trying to portray Russia as a defender of traditional values 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/putins-new-strategy-laying-claim-to-traditional-values-11671253263?reflink=share_mobilewebshare

why can Russian win or make any type of land progress  as they have been kicked (on their rear end) over and over

An elite Russian military brigade was basically 'wiped out,' taking so many losses in Ukraine that it will 'take years to rebuild,' report says

https://www.yahoo.com/news/elite-russian-military-brigade-basically-190210330.html

things are getting harder for the Orcs, they are running out of options

 

Russia changes missile strike tactics due ‘to concerns about vulnerability of Crimea’

 

https://au.yahoo.com/news/russia-changes-missile-strike-tactics-083407832.html

 

Vlad is running out of ideas and it appears, so are his generals

Putin sounds out military commanders on Ukraine

A series of defeats in 10 months of fighting, resulting in Russian withdrawals from areas around the capital Kyiv and Ukraine's second city Kharkiv and most recently from the city of Kherson

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/putin-sounds-military-commanders-over-074232081.html

 

While in Russia, Putin's credibility it's rock bottom and miscontentment 

Russia Can Finally See That Putin’s ‘Days Are Numbered’

The war in Ukraine has opened up a credibility gap, and for the first time many Russians no longer feel they can trust what their leader is saying to them.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-finally-see-putin-days-010335807.html

 

1 hour ago, Mavideol said:

things are getting harder for the Orcs, they are running out of options

 

Russia changes missile strike tactics due ‘to concerns about vulnerability of Crimea’

 

https://au.yahoo.com/news/russia-changes-missile-strike-tactics-083407832.html

 

So time to hit Krasnodar in Russia where they are launched from!

Another Russian oligarch falls down the stairs and dies. Like so many oligarchs before him, he obviously suffered from ‘Russian Staircase Cancer’, as American analist Eric Garland put it.

 

 

Ukrainians install Christmas 'tree of invincibility'

Volunteers in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv have made a Christmas tree out of camouflage nets.

 

Tweet from Steve Rosenberg BBC

 

Putin/Lukashenko meetings:

22.02.21 in Russia

22.04.21 Russia

28.05.21 Russia

13.07.21 Russia

29.12.21 Russia

18.02.22 Russia

11.03.22 Russia

12.04.22 Russia

16.05.22 Russia

23.05.22 Russia

25.06.22 Russia

26.09.22 Russia

19.12.22 in Belarus Pattern broken. Wonder why.

https://twitter.com/BBCSteveR/status/1604440695485366272

 

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Tweet from Steve Rosenberg BBC

 

Putin/Lukashenko meetings:

22.02.21 in Russia

22.04.21 Russia

28.05.21 Russia

13.07.21 Russia

29.12.21 Russia

18.02.22 Russia

11.03.22 Russia

12.04.22 Russia

16.05.22 Russia

23.05.22 Russia

25.06.22 Russia

26.09.22 Russia

19.12.22 in Belarus Pattern broken. Wonder why.

https://twitter.com/BBCSteveR/status/1604440695485366272

 

+ Lavrov is in Belarus today.

Henry Kissinger, ever the traitor, continues to sow division among the allies.

 

Kissinger suggested in May that the two sides agree to a “dividing line” that returns to “the status quo ante,” essentially asking Ukraine to cede territory including the Crimean peninsula and parts of the Donetsk region in return for peace. 

In his article over the weekend, the 99-year-old diplomat suggests control of those territories be decided after a ceasefire agreement.

 

https://thehill.com/policy/international/3780225-kissinger-proposes-roadmap-for-talks-to-end-russia-ukraine-war/

 

46 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

Henry Kissinger, ever the traitor, continues to sow division among the allies.

 

Kissinger suggested in May that the two sides agree to a “dividing line” that returns to “the status quo ante,” essentially asking Ukraine to cede territory including the Crimean peninsula and parts of the Donetsk region in return for peace. 

In his article over the weekend, the 99-year-old diplomat suggests control of those territories be decided after a ceasefire agreement.

 

https://thehill.com/policy/international/3780225-kissinger-proposes-roadmap-for-talks-to-end-russia-ukraine-war/

 

It's in a poor taste your name-calling. Kissinger has never been much shy when a war was to be organized.

That he is now advising a solution leading to peace in order to stop the warmongering and people suffering? That can be only praised. There are nowadays not many who dare to call spade the spade. 

What he really said can be better read here: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-push-for-peace/

 

 

28 minutes ago, Saanim said:

It's in a poor taste your name-calling. Kissinger has never been much shy when a war was to be organized.

That he is now advising a solution leading to peace in order to stop the warmongering and people suffering? That can be only praised. There are nowadays not many who dare to call spade the spade. 

What he really said can be better read here: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-push-for-peace/

 

 

The war mongering was started by Russia, the people suffering is a cause of Russia's illegal invasion:

 

"Peace cannot be reached by a country under attack laying down its arms," "This would not be peace, but occupation."

 

From this years Nobel Peace prize winner.

 

within their own army there are many Ukraine supporters

A Russian tank unit deliberately attacked another Russian position in Ukraine, report says, illustrating vicious rivalries within Putin's army

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-tank-unit-deliberately-attacked-161709325.html

and the quantity of Russians surrendering is growing by the hour

A Million Russians Call Surrender Hotline as Death Toll Nears 100K: Intel

https://www.newsweek.com/million-russians-call-surrender-hotline-death-toll-nears-100k-intel-1767956

 

Over 1 Million Russians Reach Out To Surrender Hotline As Moscow Loses Grip Over War: Kyiv

https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-crisis/over-1-million-russians-reach-out-to-surrender-hotline-as-moscow-loses-grip-over-war-kyiv-articleshow.html

3 hours ago, ozimoron said:

Henry Kissinger, ever the traitor, continues to sow division among the allies.

 

Kissinger suggested in May that the two sides agree to a “dividing line” that returns to “the status quo ante,” essentially asking Ukraine to cede territory including the Crimean peninsula and parts of the Donetsk region in return for peace. 

In his article over the weekend, the 99-year-old diplomat suggests control of those territories be decided after a ceasefire agreement.

 

https://thehill.com/policy/international/3780225-kissinger-proposes-roadmap-for-talks-to-end-russia-ukraine-war/

 

“control of those territories be decided after a ceasefire agreement.”

 

That’s what the Sahrawi did with Morocco in Western Sahara in the 1980’s, agree to a ceasefire. Morocco has been tightening its grip over this territory ever since, throwing thousands of Sahrawi in jail just for speaking their mind, torturing them, sometimes even killing them. And the Sahrawi are still waiting for a definitive solution to this day.
 

I’m just saying, do not trust the Russians! They have shown to be extremely brutal occupiers, and that there can never be peace by giving them what they want, because they will just come up with new demands. 

4 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

They have shown to be extremely brutal occupiers, and that there can never be peace by giving them what they want, because they will just come up with new demands. 

We should give peace to this pile of Russians... 

 

Russian soldiers were sent to the front with maps from the 1960’s and bad intel. They also looked for manuals for their weapons on Wikipedia:

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/17/world/europe/russia-war-putin-facts.html

10 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

+ Lavrov is in Belarus today.

+ Defence Minister Shoigu is also in Belarus. 

The foreign minister of Belarus died a few weeks ago, so maybe they are setting up Kremlin II in Minsk.

12 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

+ Defence Minister Shoigu is also in Belarus. 

The foreign minister of Belarus died a few weeks ago, so maybe they are setting up Kremlin II in Minsk.

Lukashenko, Putin, Lavrov and Shoigu all together in one location. Would be a good time to drop a bomb there, rid the world of four evil bast@rds.

 

 

Rishi Sunak has urged European allies to maintain or boost military support for Ukraine over the coming year.

The PM kicked off a trip to the Baltic region by announcing the UK would send hundreds of thousands of rounds of artillery ammunition to Ukraine.

He also said there could not be peace talks until Russia withdrew its troops.

Last week, the BBC reported that the prime minister had asked for an assessment of the progress of the war in Ukraine.

Zelensky, balls of steel, where's little man Putin today?

 

Ukraine war: Zelensky visits frontline city of Bakhmut

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made an unannounced visit to the frontline city of Bakhmut, where Ukrainian and Russian forces have fought a fierce, months-long battle.

He met troops and handed out awards to soldiers, the presidency said.

For months, Bakhmut has been a key target for Russian forces in the Donetsk region, and has been extremely badly damaged.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64038140

 

 

38 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Zelensky, balls of steel, where's little man Putin today?

Probably in Minsk, sitting at one end of the longest table in the world, social distancing himself some 30 feet from his comrades. Must be a b*tch to understand each other from so far away.