TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org

The Analyst has not been heard from for awhile. Today he or she reappeared with a vengeance.

From "The Analyst":

UKRAINE CRUSHES RUSSIAN ASSAULT

The Russians have been persistently trying to reach the Sherevets River as part of their attempts to advance on the key town of Lyman they were driven from in September 2022.
If they can cross the river - which is more of a lake at this point, Lyman will be wide open.
As with so much else in the last couple of weeks, they have been using large amounts of armour, usually carrying an overload of soldiers. They get them as close to their objective as they can and then whoever survives the journey takes control of it and it’s then down to Ukraine to try and remove them while Russia steps up trying to add more soldiers using another armoured column to get them there.
Yesterday the Russians deployed a TOS-1 thermobaric launcher to ensure there was nobody waiting for their troops. Fortunately, Ukrainian drones spotted it, as they have to get close to the front line due to their short range, and it was destroyed before it could do anything.
Russian communications being what they are, failed to inform their advancing column they were heading into an unsuppressed position. What with the mines, ATGM’s, artillery and drone strikes laying in wait, things would soon get nasty.
The Russian column headed by a pair of T-90 assault tanks started to advance.
One of them had a ‘Bolk’ EW jamming device on its turret which had been strapped on to a wooden pallet with ropes, in turn roped on to the tank. Ever professional the Russians!
It didn’t help. The tank was quickly damaged and the crew fled. It was later recovered by the Ukrainians. The other one was soon destroyed - within moments the entire 6 vehicle column attack was obliterated. They clearly had zero discipline as some started to bolt for the exit and some the target, but it did no good.
Over the course of the day several other single tank attacks were crushed - one bizarrely carrying 24 infantrymen standing on every part of it. Another TOS-1 was also found later by night vision drones and eliminated.
Their target in these attacks is the village of Terny on the east bank of the river. Ukraine holds it and doesn’t want to lose it because they have to keep Russia from crossing the river.
Russia managed to create a salient here that pushed right up to the village outskirts, but it’s open and flat and they can be seen coming for over 2km. This latest attack has taken the very same route the last two had. In fact the captured tank was abandoned next to one that had been destroyed in a previous attack. The Russian tactics seem to be even now, just repeat the same thing regardless and eventually you’ll get through. The cost in men and material just doesn’t concern them, as long as they are doing something, however insane.
The attacks are stupefying in their naivety.
Russian drones and artillery seem in short supply here and they have little back up before these attacks and virtually no preparation.
They drive into an area that’s covered by six separate Ukrainian units who have exceptional views of the incoming attacks.
The units the Russians have been using here were transferred from the Kupiansk sector further north. They’re mostly from the 1st Guards Tank Army (once a semi-elite force and much feared when stationed in the DDR during the Cold War), but that reputation was wiped out in 2022.
The question is why so many of these armoured assaults? They’ve been incredibly frequent and mostly disastrous.
It seems they are trying to take advantage of the solid ground before the traditional spring rains turn the area to mud again. They know Ukraine has little artillery and are trying to take advantage of that too. The EW device roped on to the tank (also now in Ukrainian hands), suggests they are aware of the reliance on drones to make up for shells.
The Ukrainians do have the advantage of quality drones and extensive reconnaissance capability which gives them the time to prepare their trap for incoming attacks. Add to that the geography which favours the defence and the slapdash way the Russians behave.

Another good day for Ukraine!

🤡 The Kremlin threatened Lithuania due to the deployment of German troops

Russia will take “special measures” in response to the sending of about 20 German soldiers to Lithuania and Germany’s plans to open a military base in the country, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

“This is a continuation of escalating tension, creating pockets of danger for us at our borders, which, of course, requires us to take special measures to ensure our own security,” Peskov said.

Lithuania agreed with Germany to send a German military brigade of about 4,800 soldiers to the country until 2027 late last year. This measure was needed to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/mary-trump-says-donald-trump-just-made-one-of-the-biggest-mistakes-of-his-life/55420/

Remember when Greg Abbott spoiled hundreds of millions worth of produce, contributing to inflation? He needs keepers like Trump has.

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/how-greg-abbott-ruined-a-town/55409/

“Russia will definitely fall apart. It’s impossible to talk to them, to have any kind of conversation with them, they will deceive you. You can’t negotiate with them. If you negotiate with Russia, they need to be placed on a lower level, so that they know that when they climb in there they will get hit with a baton on the head,” said Chechen commander Muslim Madiyev, who came to Ukraine in 2016 and began to fight the russians together with the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

He stressed that the war cannot be frozen.

“Under no circumstances. They must be finished off, brought to the end. Katsap will understand only this way. They must be beaten, the army must be wiped out. Or they must be scattered throughout russia so that they can never gather again,”
- Madiyev said in an interview.

(picture and text google-translated)
@ukrainejournal

🥃 Russia has significantly increased alcohol production

Alcohol enterprises in the russian federation in January-March of this year produced 15.948 million decaliters (dal) of vodka, which is 3.1% more than in the same period in 2023.

Cognac production increased by 6.5%, to 1.89 million decaliters. In total, 23.547 million decaliters of alcoholic beverages with a strength above 9 degrees were produced, which is 8.5% more than last year.

Over the three months of the year, wineries produced 7.125 million dal of grape wines, which is 25.8% more than in the same period last year. Sparkling (champagne) wines produced 3.248 million decaliters (42.7% more), liqueur wines - 379.5 thousand decaliters (36.4% more).

Production of low-alcohol drinks increased by 18.5%, to 5.16 million decaliters.

Well then, На здоровье! 🍻🤪

@ukrainejournal

🐬 In the Black Sea in March 130 dolphins died

“Among those found were shell-shocked animals with symptoms of sonar damage. At the same time, many of the dead were white-sided dolphins. But now we have received terrible information about the large-scale death of dolphins - another 130 in March 2024 alone, whose bodies were found off different shores of the Krasnodar Territory - Sochi, Novorossiysk,”
Doctor of Biological Sciences, professor and scientific journalist Ivan Rusev wrote.

Rusev notes that the Russian fleet is constantly in those waters, using sonar devices that kill marine mammals.

“Previously, before the start of the war, dolphin strandings in March were a very rare occurrence. And now, according to our estimates, the real number of dead in 2024 is already several thousand animals , taking into account the fact that the sea throws out only 5% of dead bodies,”
Rusev added.

It's worth noting that before the movement of most of the Black Sea Fleet ships to Novorossiysk, the same situation with the death of dolphins was off the coast of Crimea.

@ukrainejournal

Poor corrupt Donnie. Nobody is cutting him any slack
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/donald-trump-just-had-a-stunningly-ugly-24-hours/55406/

https://t.me/noel_reports/10649

https://t.me/noel_reports/10648

His wife bought an expensive home.

https://kyivindependent.com/sbu-cybersecurity-chief-suspended-following-media-investigation/

Putin vs. Putin: Polls suggest even loyalists desire change in Russia's leadership.

In the aftermath of russia’s latest round of one-sided “presidential elections,” Kremlin authorities presented the public with results similar to those seen in places like North Korea — 87% in favor of the dear leader, at least officially. Yet pinpointing the true extent of support for Putin among Russians actually presents a challenge, as conventional opinion polls lose relevance when society is in the grip of a military dictatorship. However, researchers of public sentiment have observed a fascinating trend: when asked to envision the ideal leader for their country, even Russians who express staunch loyalty to the ruling regime and its policies describe someone vastly different from Putin. Moreover, when contemplating a vision of the state’s future, they advocate for a course diametrically opposed to their country’s current trajectory.

Paradoxically, even though many Russians appear loyal to the Putin regime and have accepted their lack of alternative political paths, they are not merely prepared for change — they actively desire it. This inclination may not be readily apparent to external observers and currently holds no capacity to influence the political process in the country. However, its existence indicates that if circumstances were to arise in which such changes could be enacted, people would offer them decisive support.

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@freerussia_report

Importing Pedophiles
Video celebrates US man who fled child pornography charges to enlist in Z army

A former Massachusetts city council member who fled the United States in January just days before he was due to stand trial on charges of possessing child pornography has enlisted in the ruZZian military, according to a video being shared widely on pro-war Z-channels.

The video describes how the man, whom it refers to simply as 'Will', signed a contract with russia’s Dickhead Ministry and allegedly had already seen active combat in the battle for Avdiivka.

“I definitely would do it again, I’d go back if I could,” he told an interviewer while being filmed signing papers at a Z- military recruitment centre.

The video also said that “Will” had been persuaded to enlist by the Russian military’s signing bonus of 745,000 rubles (€7,450) and its bi-monthly salary of 150,000 rubles (€1,500).

However, the man in question has been identified by US TV station WWLP as Wilmer Puello-Mota, a 28-year-old former member of the US National Guard and an erstwhile city councillor in Holyoke, Massachusetts who appears to have left the US on 7 January, two days before he was due to appear in court in Rhode Island to face charges of possessing child pornography.

Puello-Mota’s Facebook page has been updated to say that he currently works for the russian dickhead Ministry in Moscow. It also features photos of the Kremlin and a picture of what appears to be Puello-Mota in russian military uniform operating a drone.

Source

@freerussia_report

Ukrainian and Western intelligence services recruit Russians using hypnosis. - City Hall of Vladimir

The Vladimir administration published a video in which it warned residents about recruiters from Ukrainian and Western intelligence services. The video states that hypnosis is used to recruit apart from money and extortion.

No remote-controlled insertion of mind-blocking control chips?

@freerussia_report

A native of Chechnya, Askhab Uspanov, who was detained the night after the terrorist attack in Crocus, died in the Moscow police department. Relatives believe that security forces staged his suicide by hanging

Meanwhile state media showed a video of the interrogation of "suspects in the Crocus attack". After two weeks of "interrogation", the suspects not only changed their testimony, but also began to speak Russian

Russian TV channels published footage received from the FSB of the interrogation of suspects in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall. In the video, the men actually repeat the version of the Putin regime about the “window” on the Russian-Ukrainian border, which, in particular, contradicts their initial testimony.

For example, in the FSB video, Saydakrami Rachablizoda and Muhammadsobir Fayzov say that they committed a terrorist attack for a million rubles. So somehow the bounty doubled during detantion. Because, at the time of detention, another suspect allegedly declared that he committed the terrorist attack for half a million rubles.

In addition, the Layout channel noticed that in only two weeks of interrogation by FSB officers, the detainees suddenly began to speak perfect Russian. After their arrest, Dalerjon Mirzoev and Muhammadsobir Fayzov communicated with the court and security forces only through an interpreter.

Is that called accelerated learning? 🤔

@freerussia_report

❗️54 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been executed by Russians.

The General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine has opened 27 criminal cases regarding the execution of 54 Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Cases of executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war have been recorded since March 2022. The court has already sentenced the first Russian soldier for the execution of a defence lawyer in Chernihiv region. The investigation is complicated by the fact that prosecutors and investigators usually do not have access to the crime scene or the opportunity to examine the body.

⚡️The former U.S. President Donald Trum posted a video dedicated to the total solar eclipse, which North America observe on April 8.

In the video, under the words “The most important moment in human history will happen in 2024,” Trump’s head covers the Sun and plunges the world into complete darkness.

After this, the phrase appears: “We will save America. Let's make it great again."

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/one-week-untl-all-hell-breaks-loose-donald-trump-goes-off-the-berserk-deep-end/55401/

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/donald-trumps-bond-filing-is-falling-apart-by-the-hour/55403/

In Trump's new ad he is the eclipse.

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/total-eclipse-of-donald-trumps-brain/55414/