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

[Mavideol]

NYT reporting "accidentally" published Russian soldiers comments on their boss

 

New York Times article accidentally leaked numbers of Russian soldiers who criticised Ukraine war and Putin

https://au.yahoo.com/news/york-times-article-accidentally-leaked-222308003.html

[Mavideol]

wonder what's happening behind closed doors with Putin and the "mercenary" Wagner chief

Russia's 'desperate' move in brutal battle shows they're 'losing this war'

Russian mercenaries are claiming victory in one key city, but the group has been described as a 'bunch of clowns'.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/russias-desperate-move-in-brutal-battle-shows-theyre-losing-this-war-051839484.html

Terrified Draftees Expose Russia’s New Scheme to Cover Up Cannon Fodder Deaths

https://www.yahoo.com/news/terrified-draftees-expose-russia-scheme-124210753.html

[Bkk Brian]

From one of the Russian BBC correspondents 

 

LONG READ - Prison, war and revenge killing: the inside story of the Wagner ‘sledgehammer murder’ case

In the summer of 2022 a Russian prison inmate serving a 28-year sentence for murder, volunteered to go to fight in Ukraine. He ended up dead, but not on the battlefield. The story of the life and death of Yevgeny Nuzhin, a killer, a mercenary, but also a husband, father and grandfather, is a grim illustration of how Russia is increasingly using its prison population as an expendable source of new blood on the deadly frontline in eastern Ukraine.

This is an updated version of an award-winning BBC Russian story first published on November 17, 2022.

https://bbcrussian.substack.com/p/the-inside-story-of-wagner-murder-case

[Bkk Brian]

The mine is back in Ukrainian hands...

 

Ukrainian military says it is conducting counterattacks in Soledar

The Ukrainian military said Thursday that it was conducting counterattacks in Soledar, the eastern town that has been the subject of intense Russian bombardment.

“After several days of pulling back, we've even made a small advance,” Ukraine's 46th Airmobile Brigade said on Telegram. “The railway station is ours. The mine is ours. We are waiting for support. Soledar is Ukraine.”

https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-1-12-23/h_47c6f959b03b6327593850aa4e584698

[tgw]

from https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-1-12-23/h_47c6f959b03b6327593850aa4e584698

 

Top pro-Kremlin military blogger says Russian commander replacement designed to "stop blurring responsibility"

 

I wondered before what the change in leadership was all about, and now it becomes clear: they set up a fall man

[rudi49jr]

Looking at all the war crimes Russia is committing in Ukraine, this is arguably one of the more heinous ones:

 

 

That’s 2,000 kids abducted in just over 10 days. Makes you wonder how many they took last year. Must be in the tens of thousands. Russia really is a terrorist state and needs to be treated and isolated as such.

[Rimmer]

Ukraine confident UK will send Challenger 2 tanks to help war effort

Ukraine is confident Britain will announce it plans to send about 10 Challenger 2 tanks to Kyiv shortly, a move it hopes will help Germany finally allow its Leopard 2s to be re-exported to the embattled country.

A formal announcement is anticipated on Monday but Ukrainian sources indicated they understood that Britain had already decided in favour, as pressure mounts on Berlin ahead of a meeting of western defence ministers next Friday.

Earlier this week, it emerged that Britain was considering supplying Ukraine with the tanks, following months of requests from Kyiv – with a final decision in the hands of the prime minister, Rishi Sunak.

See more:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/13/ukraine-confident-uk-will-send-challenger-2-tanks-to-help-war-effort?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1673619518

 

 

 

[jvs]

4 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

Ukraine confident UK will send Challenger 2 tanks to help war effort

Ukraine is confident Britain will announce it plans to send about 10 Challenger 2 tanks to Kyiv shortly, a move it hopes will help Germany finally allow its Leopard 2s to be re-exported to the embattled country.

A formal announcement is anticipated on Monday but Ukrainian sources indicated they understood that Britain had already decided in favour, as pressure mounts on Berlin ahead of a meeting of western defence ministers next Friday.

Earlier this week, it emerged that Britain was considering supplying Ukraine with the tanks, following months of requests from Kyiv – with a final decision in the hands of the prime minister, Rishi Sunak.

See more:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/13/ukraine-confident-uk-will-send-challenger-2-tanks-to-help-war-effort?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1673619518

 

 

 

Hope fully soon a few countries will be sending Leopard 2 tanks.

It could make a difference really fast.

Germany is no longer against the idea of sending and the same

goes for the Netherlands,Poland and Finland.

if i am correct.

The countries just need permission to send them from the country of origin,which is Germany.

 

 

[Saanim]

1 hour ago, jvs said:

Hope fully soon a few countries will be sending Leopard 2 tanks.

It could make a difference really fast.

Germany is no longer against the idea of sending and the same

goes for the Netherlands,Poland and Finland.

if i am correct.

The countries just need permission to send them from the country of origin,which is Germany.

 

 

Just waiting on the new German war minister...

[jvs]

59 minutes ago, Saanim said:

Just waiting on the new German war minister...

He has said he is no longer against sending Leopard 2 tanks.

 

[rudi49jr]

4 hours ago, Saanim said:

Just waiting on the new German war minister...

It hasn’t been called the war minister in any Western European country since WWII, but the minister of defense. In Russia, though, it is literally the ministry and minister of war. See the difference?

[Social Media]

The UK is to send Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine to bolster the country's war effort, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said.

He spoke to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in a call on Saturday, during which he confirmed he would send the equipment and additional artillery systems, No 10 said.

Downing Street said the move shows "the UK's ambition to intensify support."

The BBC understands the initial commitment is for about a dozen tanks.

[Scott]

A post violating Fair Use Policy has been removed.  

 

[tgw]

23 hours ago, rudi49jr said:

Looking at all the war crimes Russia is committing in Ukraine, this is arguably one of the more heinous ones:

 

 

That’s 2,000 kids abducted in just over 10 days. Makes you wonder how many they took last year. Must be in the tens of thousands. Russia really is a terrorist state and needs to be treated and isolated as such.

the estimated figure of Ukrainian minors abducted by Ruzzia since the 2022  invasion is close to 300.000

[Bkk Brian]

On 1/14/2023 at 12:40 AM, rudi49jr said:

Looking at all the war crimes Russia is committing in Ukraine, this is arguably one of the more heinous ones:

 

 

That’s 2,000 kids abducted in just over 10 days. Makes you wonder how many they took last year. Must be in the tens of thousands. Russia really is a terrorist state and needs to be treated and isolated as such.

Sickening, the thought that so many kids are now in the hands of unknown carer's who probably have had minimal vetting. Their safety is highly concerning. 

 

Frustrating with all that's going on, the attacks on civilian infrastructure, the rapes, executions and kidnappings. If this had been ISIS or a group like what would the world be doing? Russia is a terrorist state. More needs doing to help Ukraine and its people.

[Bkk Brian]

19 hours ago, Rimmer said:

Ukraine confident UK will send Challenger 2 tanks to help war effort

Ukraine is confident Britain will announce it plans to send about 10 Challenger 2 tanks to Kyiv shortly, a move it hopes will help Germany finally allow its Leopard 2s to be re-exported to the embattled country.

A formal announcement is anticipated on Monday but Ukrainian sources indicated they understood that Britain had already decided in favour, as pressure mounts on Berlin ahead of a meeting of western defence ministers next Friday.

Earlier this week, it emerged that Britain was considering supplying Ukraine with the tanks, following months of requests from Kyiv – with a final decision in the hands of the prime minister, Rishi Sunak.

See more:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/13/ukraine-confident-uk-will-send-challenger-2-tanks-to-help-war-effort?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1673619518

 

 

 

Official announcement now published. It is 14 Challenger 2 tanks and around 30 AS90s, which are large, self-propelled guns, operated by five gunners.

 

 

PM accelerates Ukraine support ahead of anniversary of Putin’s war

A flurry of UK diplomatic activity will take place across the globe this week after the Prime Minister directed senior ministers to drive international action as we approach the first anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February.

UK defence and security officials believe a window has opened up where Russia is on the backfoot due to resupply issues and plummeting morale. The Prime Minister is therefore encouraging allies to deploy their planned support for 2023 as soon as possible to have maximum impact.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-accelerates-ukraine-support-ahead-of-anniversary-of-putins-war

[bannork]

Russian barbarism continues.

 

[bannork]

Switzerland as neutral as ever.

 

[tgw]

11 minutes ago, bannork said:

Switzerland as neutral as ever.

 

the Swiss aren't neutral. they are actively aiding Ruzzia with that policy.

 

[bannork]

26 minutes ago, tgw said:

the Swiss aren't neutral. they are actively aiding Ruzzia with that policy.

 

Sorry, I was being sarcastic.

Meanwhile, will the tanks be too little, too late?

I read yesterday that Ukraine gets through six months' production of US ammunition in one month, and for Ukraine to actually take back its territory to 2014 borders, the West would have to seriously ratchet up both arms production and supply to war footing levels.

A  commitment not seen yet.

 

 

[steven100]

Unfortunately these tanks are too little too late ..... Now is a critical turning point in this war imo,  Putin is planning to draft as many as 2,000,000 reservists in the coming days to send to the front line.

The West will have provided all it has so far for nothing unless the act seriously and get Ukraine hundreds of tanks and heavy military hardware.

 

Very grave situation at this time .....     what is the West & EU thinking ??   numpties !

[vandeventer]

On 2/25/2022 at 3:38 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

I'll just add that I had thought it was Putin saber rattling to deflect attention away from any problems he may have been having, so I'm a bit surprised he went through with it.

 

The biggest danger IMO is that the west may actually get involved in the fighting, and if that happens covid would be the least of our problems, IMO.

And here I thought I was going to die of old age?

[Mavideol]

1 hour ago, tgw said:

the Swiss aren't neutral. they are actively aiding Ruzzia with that policy.

 

pretty much the same thing they did in WWII with Adolph..... there is no such thing as neutral, it's impossible to achieve but them blocking delivery to Ukraine and allowing it to Qatar has to do with $$$$$$ and Switzerland is well know for "helping" people of holding  "big"  $$$$$$$$$

[Mavideol]

1 hour ago, bannork said:

Switzerland as neutral as ever.

 

same as India, China, Saudi Arabia and a couple more..... really very neutral as long as the $$$$ keep coming

[Bkk Brian]

Deaths from strike on Ukraine apartment tower rise to 23

DNIPRO, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll from a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the southeastern city of Dnipro rose to 23 Sunday, the local government reported as rescue workers scrambled to pull survivors from the rubble.

Emergency crews worked through the frigid night at the multi-story residential building, the site of the worst casualties from a barrage of Russian strikes Saturday on Ukrainian cities. The attacks, which also targeted the capital, Kyiv, and the northeastern city of Kharkiv, ended a two-week lull in Moscow’s widespread strikes on Ukraine’s power infrastructure and urban centers.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-government-united-kingdom-57dc26750d98b0451c6578df8f679953

[rudi49jr]

3 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Deaths from strike on Ukraine apartment tower rise to 23

DNIPRO, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll from a Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the southeastern city of Dnipro rose to 23 Sunday, the local government reported as rescue workers scrambled to pull survivors from the rubble.

Emergency crews worked through the frigid night at the multi-story residential building, the site of the worst casualties from a barrage of Russian strikes Saturday on Ukrainian cities. The attacks, which also targeted the capital, Kyiv, and the northeastern city of Kharkiv, ended a two-week lull in Moscow’s widespread strikes on Ukraine’s power infrastructure and urban centers.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-government-united-kingdom-57dc26750d98b0451c6578df8f679953

And Putin said the military operation in Ukraine is going well and has gained positive momentum. 
 

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-it-launched-missile-strikes-against-ukraine-saturday-2023-01-15/

 

"Everything is developing within the framework of the plan of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff. And I hope that our fighters will please us even more with the results of their combat," Putin said.

If anyone needs either a bullet between the eyes or a quick trip to the ICJ in The Hague, it’s Russia’s number one war criminal Putin. It’s incredible that countries like China and India are still not condemning Russia, and it’s still ‘business’ as usual, as far as these countries are concerned. 

[thaibeachlovers]

17 hours ago, steven100 said:

The West will have provided all it has so far for nothing unless the act seriously and get Ukraine hundreds of tanks and heavy military hardware.

Hundreds of tanks would require thousands more tank crewmen and support personnel, plus additional vehicle recovery vehicles and teams, plus more mechanics, armourers, radio techs, tons of and millions of $ worth of spare parts and the transport to bring them to where they are needed ( all of which will be new as such will not exist in Ukraine ), etc. Also, different tanks and heavy weapons require training the people to use them. Its not the movies where such trained personnel magically appear and jump in and go to war.

 

It's never as simple as some would wish.

 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

5 hours ago, rudi49jr said:

It’s incredible that countries like China and India are still not condemning Russia, and it’s still ‘business’ as usual, as far as these countries are concerned. 

??????????????

Why would they? It's not their war. They have no reason that I can see to go to bat for Europeans of any country in a European war.

Europeans have been fighting each other for many, many centuries.

[thaibeachlovers]

17 hours ago, steven100 said:

Very grave situation at this time .....     what is the West & EU thinking ??   numpties !

What more can they do short of sending their own military and the inevitable casualties that follow?

Have you forgotten that western countries are in financial doodoo because of covid lockdowns and subsequent disruptions in economies?

This isn't a world war and Russia isn't threatening to invade them.

[Saanim]

22 hours ago, tgw said:

the Swiss aren't neutral. they are actively aiding Ruzzia with that policy.

 

How are they neutral when they have joined the EU on all 7 sanction packages?