Latest developments and discussion of recent events in the Ukraine War

[Mavideol]

Ukraine says it has hit one of Russia’s largest oil refineries in a drone strike

https://au.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-says-hit-one-russia-003122932.html

 

[Mavideol]

US intensifies sanctions on Russia in bid to give Ukraine, Trump leverage

https://au.yahoo.com/news/us-intensifies-sanctions-russia-bid-204405329.html

[Mavideol]

Biden admin imposes harsh sanctions on Russian oil industry to cut off funding for Ukraine war effort

 

https://au.yahoo.com/news/biden-admin-imposes-harsh-sanctions-153000695.html

[Mavideol]

ROFL.......belly aches with so much laughing

Bizarre new film uses AI to depict Putin wearing soiled adult nappies

https://au.yahoo.com/news/bizarre-film-uses-ai-depict-000304746.html

 

 

 

 

[3NUMBAS]

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-conducts-precision-strike-on-russian-army-command-post-in-donetsk-oblast-general-staff-claims/
 

Ukraine conducts 'precision strike' on Russian army command post in Donetsk Oblast, General Staff claims

[metisdead]

Posts with derogatory nicknames, intentional misspellings, or personal remarks will be removed. Spell names correctly for all sides of the debate.

[3NUMBAS]

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/01/12/7493102/index.amp
 

 

 Drone strikes inflict heavy losses on North Korean assault groups in Ukraine, ISW says

[thaibeachlovers]

18 hours ago, kwonitoy said:

 

Sooooo, all of a sudden the clown Boris becomes a good guy by being rude to Putin, LOL.

 

Wasn't Boris the one that made the war happen by telling Zelensky not to negotiate? Tell me if I'm wrong.

[stevenl]

7 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Sooooo, all of a sudden the clown Boris becomes a good guy by being rude to Putin, LOL.

 

Wasn't Boris the one that made the war happen by telling Zelensky not to negotiate? Tell me if I'm wrong.

You're wrong, just as Chamberlain was wrong.

[Mavideol]

Captured North Korean soldiers confirm Pyongyang’s role in Russia’s war effort

 

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/captured-north-korean-soldiers-confirm-pyongyang-s-role-in-russia-s-war-effort/ar-BB1rkQGj?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LCTS&cvid=3ba2c868153246b0b28eb6a5685aa1f1&ei=18

[GroveHillWanderer]

Interesting perspective from S. Frederick Starr, Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and former adviser to three US presidents. 

 

Based mainly on statements by various people within Russia itself, Starr sees multiple signs of weakness bedeviling the Russian war effort, especially on the economic front and his view is that:

 

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At this point, Putin’s best hope would be to reach some kind of territorial deal that will enable him or his successor to withdraw what’s left of the Russian army. Put bluntly, his hand is weaker than commonly assumed.

 

Ukraine and Russia’s Collapsing Home Front

 

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/ukraine-and-russia’s-collapsing-home-front-213869

 

Just one man's opinion but an apparently well-informed one.

[problemfarang]

Tomorrow flying to bangkok... 2 weeks.. then come back to my unit again. 

 

[stevenl]

3 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

Interesting perspective from S. Frederick Starr, Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and former adviser to three US presidents. 

 

Based mainly on statements by various people within Russia itself, Starr sees multiple signs of weakness bedeviling the Russian war effort, especially on the economic front and his view is that:

 

 

Ukraine and Russia’s Collapsing Home Front

 

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/ukraine-and-russia’s-collapsing-home-front-213869

 

Just one man's opinion but an apparently well-informed one.

I agree with that, have posted similar myself.

[3NUMBAS]

Russian economy like a house of cards

 

https://english.nv.ua/amp/putin-s-wartime-economy-is-a-house-of-cards-ft-analysis-reveals-50481100.html

[problemfarang]

i just want to add something i dont know if its mentioned or not before..

north korean soldiers are all putins dream. zombie soldiers. no questioning or else but just obey the orders to dead

great for the meat wave

the thing is.. north korean reality kicks in. north korean soldiers are physically not good enough due to less protein.. etc. most likely they met a real food first time in their life when they were training in russia. but now again at the front their food is not that good. 

[problemfarang]

UPDATE:

Zelensky said he is ok with exchange of north korean soldiers. but russia said they are not korean. 

btw let me remind you that the POWs interrogation done with a korean translater. because they cannot speak english or russian

there is a very clear video of this interrogation. first time i saw a person who brained washed more then a russian

but the youngest one who is 19 said that he doesnt want to go back to north korea or russia. he wants to stay here and even fight for ukraine. 

 

i still dont have any info about the italian POW sorry all i know is his military id card and face. i can put his photo if needed 

[thaibeachlovers]

17 hours ago, stevenl said:

You're wrong, just as Chamberlain was wrong.

You obviously know nothing about the situation necessitating Chamberlain's actions, so why would I give credence to anything else you post?

 

[problemfarang]

EDIT:

one of my friend who is there.. told me there is a south korean guy who is doing the translation.. and at some point he said that these guys are (not the one wounded from the mouth because he still cannot speak) speaking very low level of korean. im not sure what he means but i do believe they come from farmer family.. its like thai has many dialects. so the meanings and language is different.. he said sometimes the translator cannot understand the guy says.. he understand 80%

well still no update about the italian guy

will give more info if i hear more.. 

[thaibeachlovers]

10 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

Interesting perspective from S. Frederick Starr, Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute and former adviser to three US presidents. 

 

Based mainly on statements by various people within Russia itself, Starr sees multiple signs of weakness bedeviling the Russian war effort, especially on the economic front and his view is that:

 

 

Ukraine and Russia’s Collapsing Home Front

 

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/ukraine-and-russia’s-collapsing-home-front-213869

 

Just one man's opinion but an apparently well-informed one.

Hardly unbiased though. Same old same old Russia's doomed that we've seen the past couple years. I'll believe it if it happens.

 

Various people? Nothing to say who they are and why they hold their opinions. LOL.

[problemfarang]

On 1/11/2025 at 5:41 AM, kwonitoy said:

Good to get some in person context to the ground war, you're obviously Infantry.

 

I was a captain in turkish su alti taaruz (SAT) which is SEAL in US navy.

[kwonitoy]

 

[kwonitoy]

 

[ericbj]

Those who think NATO countries should increase their military budgets by a few percent to be able to confront the Russian Federation on the battlefield are likely grossly underestimating the financial requirements, and the strains to be imposed upon their already extenuated economies.

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1333250/wwii-military-spending-share-income/

 

Western Europe is currently governed by economic imbeciles, for whom diplomacy is an unknown art.  And as if that is not enough, they are also unable to master the arts of war, which are supposed to be an extension of diplomacy.

 

Post-Soviet Russia was never a threat to Western European nations and in fact sought closer relations with them.

Then Atlanticist aggressive anti-Russian propaganda and menacing expansionism forced the Russian government to reconsider its position.

 

At the same time, by arousing patriotic sentiment, NATO threats have encouraged greater public support for Putin's government.  The opposite of what was intended.

 

Even now, I do not believe Russia seeks to overrun western Europe.  They are not that illogical.

 

There were years of deliberate NATO provocation and, finally, a powerful Ukrainian striking force assembled and softenng-up barrage unleashed, before Russia resorted to a pre-emptive military strike.  Those that fail to understand this should study the sequence of preceding events.

 

Of course there were other ramifications that led to the decision-making.  Does anyone believe these days that NATO interventions in the Middle East, North Africa, and South-East Europe were all about human rights and democracy?

 

Western official and MSM narratives seek to indoctrinate Western Europeans into believing this fable of a nascent Russian expansionism, projecting onto Russians the characteristics of the accusers.

 

If the war-mongering propagandists carry on hard enough and long enough about Russian intentions of overrunning NATO nations, perhaps one day the idea might take root and have them say to themselves "Why not do it?"  But the way things are going they will not need to.  West European nations are self-destructing.

 

[thaibeachlovers]

7 hours ago, ericbj said:

Those who think NATO countries should increase their military budgets by a few percent to be able to confront the Russian Federation on the battlefield are likely grossly underestimating the financial requirements, and the strains to be imposed upon their already extenuated economies.

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1333250/wwii-military-spending-share-income/

 

Western Europe is currently governed by economic imbeciles, for whom diplomacy is an unknown art.  And as if that is not enough, they are also unable to master the arts of war, which are supposed to be an extension of diplomacy.

 

Post-Soviet Russia was never a threat to Western European nations and in fact sought closer relations with them.

Then Atlanticist aggressive anti-Russian propaganda and menacing expansionism forced the Russian government to reconsider its position.

 

At the same time, by arousing patriotic sentiment, NATO threats have encouraged greater public support for Putin's government.  The opposite of what was intended.

 

Even now, I do not believe Russia seeks to overrun western Europe.  They are not that illogical.

 

There were years of deliberate NATO provocation and, finally, a powerful Ukrainian striking force assembled and softenng-up barrage unleashed, before Russia resorted to a pre-emptive military strike.  Those that fail to understand this should study the sequence of preceding events.

 

Of course there were other ramifications that led to the decision-making.  Does anyone believe these days that NATO interventions in the Middle East, North Africa, and South-East Europe were all about human rights and democracy?

 

Western official and MSM narratives seek to indoctrinate Western Europeans into believing this fable of a nascent Russian expansionism, projecting onto Russians the characteristics of the accusers.

 

If the war-mongering propagandists carry on hard enough and long enough about Russian intentions of overrunning NATO nations, perhaps one day the idea might take root and have them say to themselves "Why not do it?"  But the way things are going they will not need to.  West European nations are self-destructing.

 

Lots of stuff on there to agree with.

 

West European nations are self-destructing.

Agree.

 

Does anyone believe these days that NATO interventions in the Middle East, North Africa, and South-East Europe were all about human rights and democracy?

Agree.

 

Western Europe is currently governed by economic imbeciles,

Agree, though I would delete "economic" from the sentence.

 

Post-Soviet Russia was never a threat to Western European nations and in fact sought closer relations with them.

Agree. However, western leaders need a boogeyman to justify the economic IMO raping of their economies. If Russia didn't exist it would have to be invented.

 

There were years of deliberate NATO provocation

Agree.

 

And as if that is not enough, they are also unable to master the arts of war, which are supposed to be an extension of diplomacy.

Post war western nations such as the US and the UK had many ex military politicians that had served in the war. W H Bush was probably the last. They understood what war is. The present cabal know nothing about serving.

[Mavideol]

Ukraine obliterates ‘secret’ Russian military facilities after massive drone attack

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/ukraine-obliterates-secret-russian-military-facilities-after-massive-drone-attack/ar-BB1rn54l?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LCTS&cvid=5078214410504d3196eb4bc04cea7bd4&ei=21

 

[Mavideol]

Experts say heavy losses mean Putin will change tactics in Ukraine

 

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/experts-say-heavy-losses-mean-putin-will-change-tactics-in-ukraine/ss-AA1spWRX?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LCTS&cvid=df228448700c4f4fa202ccd6f719d973&ei=4

[Mavideol]

Russia just suffered another major naval blow

 

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/russia-just-suffered-another-major-naval-blow/ss-BB1rlYgr?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LCTS&cvid=5078214410504d3196eb4bc04cea7bd4&ei=42

[Mavideol]

needed a good laugh, Russia propaganda is a good way to ROFL...

“The Kremlin will once again be Europe's policeman” (Russia 1)

 

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/the-kremlin-will-once-again-be-europe-s-policeman-russia-1/ar-BB1rmjRd?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=LCTS&cvid=da733a1a86004762a45fec8c4a38b003&ei=10

[ballpoint]

As the video title says, Ukraine just launched an unknown number of ATACMS missiles at a rocket and missile solid fuel manufacturing facility in Bryansk.  Keep chipping away guys.

 

 

 

[Mavideol]

Putin's Latest Brutal War Strategy Undermined By Ukraine's Effective Response, UK Says

 

https://au.yahoo.com/news/putins-latest-brutal-war-strategy-121913854.html