TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
Hours after last night's Ukrainian drone attack, Russia's Marynivka military airfield in Volgograd continues to detonate.
This airfield, located in the Kalachevsky district of Volgograd
is (or was) home to Su-24MR frontline reconnaissance aircraft.
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Several Russian TV stations were forced to temporarily close down broadcasting today as Ukraine's Military Intelligence (HUR) cyber forces injected a dose of reality into their regular stream of propaganda.
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Sounds like he went there to pick a fight
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/something-wrong-with-jd-vance/57821/
Oleksandr is one of the best air defense soldiers of the "West" Air Command. He is a lieutenant colonel, commander of the anti-aircraft missile division. From the first day of the russian full-scale aggression, it has demonstrated impressive effectiveness and courage in the battles for the sky. Began to fight on the Buk M1 anti-aircraft missile system.
On the morning of February 25, his combat calculation hit its first target - a russian helicopter that was approaching the Gostomel airport.
- After the defense of the airport, we were tasked to go to the Kyiv region and protect the sky of the capital from enemy aircraft. Already during the march, they made a stop and destroyed a russian plane. They worked in various areas around the capital: from Vasylkovo to Svyatoshyn. Two more helicopters were shot down near Svyatoshyn, Oleksandr says. - Then they took up positions 10 kilometers from the battle line and covered our troops from there.
During the first, most difficult month of the war, during the defense of the Kyiv region, his self-propelled fire installation destroyed twenty enemy targets. These are airplanes, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles of the occupiers.
- One night, two Su-34s were destroyed in just one hour. How do you feel when you shoot down a Su-34 with a full complement of bombs that it is going to drop on our infantry? A feeling of joy and satisfaction. And still peace. I reacted very calmly to everything. And he calmly performed combat work, - recalls Oleksandr. - You should not worry and create a nervous atmosphere around. And you always have to be careful. Underestimating risks is the first step to failure. The most destroyed target during our stay in the Kyiv region was the russian Mi-28 helicopter. How did we win in anti-aircraft battles? Thanks to endurance, cunning and cold calculation. They were in an ambush, did not reveal themselves, were involved in the work only when they received information that the target was in the zone of our defeat. After that we had about 30 seconds to detect, capture and destroy her and leave our position as quickly as possible. Because right away enemy planes fired anti-radar missiles at us. Then we also learned that the best medicine for all diseases is adrenaline in your blood from everything that is happening around you. During the first month of the great war, we did everything on adrenaline. At an air temperature of minus 15 degrees, with wet feet, they sat in a cold self-propelled fire installation for days with breaks for rest in a frozen dugout. We could not start a fire and unmask ourselves. And no one got sick. Didn't even cough.
Subsequently, Oleksandr's unit was relocated to the south of the country in the Odesa region. Here, anti-aircraft fighters destroyed ten cruise missiles and attack UAVs of the russians. After completing the mission in the south, his division went abroad. In a training center in Germany, the rocket engineers quickly mastered a new anti-aircraft missile complex and returned to the Motherland.
- We have already destroyed 45 air targets at this complex. This is in half a year. So far..., says Oleksandr. – The most effective anti-aircraft battle – seven destroyed cruise missiles for one enemy missile-aircraft strike. We had two such cases. We spend one rocket on one target. That is, the efficiency is one hundred percent. We even managed to destroy six enemy missiles with five of ours. The russian missile exploded after being hit by our missile and destroyed another cruise missile with its fragments.
In total, Alexander has 75 destroyed enemy targets. For his combat work, he was awarded the Orders of Bohdan Khmelnytsky third, second and first degrees, the Order "For Courage" of the third degree and the medal "For the Defense of Ukraine".
📸✍🏻 Air Command "West"
Ladies, I think he might be single.
Stanislav Khvostov was born in Kharkiv. After the 9th grade, he entered the Kharkiv Radio Technical College majoring in "Computer programming", but a year later he decided to study at the Professional Education Center No. 1, where he chose the field of "Mechanical Engineering".
He planned to enter the Military Institute of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University. In peaceful life, he worked as a freight forwarder. Played guitar and piano. Loved kickboxing.
In 2020, the boy joined the 92nd separate mechanized brigade named after the head of the army Ivan Sirk. He served in the city of Okhtyrka, Sumy region. He took part in the war in the east - in Popasnaya, Luhansk region.
On March 27, 2022, soldier Stanislav Khvostov, nicknamed Harry, died during the defense of the city of Kharkiv. The soldier received a mine-explosive injury incompatible with life.
Operational information of the General Staff of Ukraine as of 10:00 p.m. 08/21/2024 regarding the Russian invasion
A total of 110 combat clashes took place since the beginning of this day. Ukrainian defenders continue to resolutely repel the enemy's attempts to advance deep into our territory, inflicting effective fire damage on the occupiers. The hottest situation remains in the Pokrovsky direction.
Today, the Russian invaders launched a single missile strike with two missiles and 76 airstrikes on the territory of Ukraine, dropping 100 anti-aircraft missiles. They also fired more than three thousand shots at the positions of our troops and populated areas.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy attacked the defense lines of our soldiers near Liptsi and Vovchansk five times. Four attacks repulsed, one continues.
In the Kupyansk direction, 16 combat clashes took place near Petropavlivka, Synkivka, Stelmakhivka, Berestovo and in the area of Andriivka. Twelve clashes have been completed, four are ongoing.
During the day, Russian invaders attacked Ukrainian positions near Torsky, Novosergiivka, Makiivka, Grekivka, and Sergiivka 17 times in the Lymansky direction. Our defenders repelled 16 attacks, one more - continues.
In the Siverskyi direction, the defenders of the Ukrainian land repelled one enemy assault in the area of Spirny.
In the Kramatorsk direction, six battles were fought near Hryhorivka, Chasovoy Yar and Predtechyny, one of which is still ongoing.
In the Toretsk direction, the Russians attacked Ukrainian troops five times near Toretsk and Severny. They had no success.
Since the beginning of this day, 46 battles have been fought in the Pokrovsky direction near Panteleimonovka, Vozdvizhenka, Zeleny Pol, Myrolyubivka, Grodivka, Mykolaivka, Novogrodivka, Mykhailivka, and Ptychy. Defense forces repelled 44 attacks, two are still ongoing.
According to preliminary information, 238 occupiers killed and wounded were neutralized today in this direction. An armored combat vehicle, an ATGM and a car were also destroyed. In addition, a tank, five artillery systems and an armored combat vehicle were damaged.
In the Kurakhiv direction, the enemy attacked our positions 13 times, tried to advance near Georgiivka, Kostyantynivka, and Pobieda. Received a decent rebuff.
No active actions of the occupiers were noted in the Vremiv, Orikhov, and Dnipro directions. However, the invaders carry out airstrikes and permanently shell the territory of Ukrainian cities and villages and the positions of our units .
Today, it is worth noting the soldiers of the 42nd separate mechanized brigade, who effectively destroyed the enemy, inflicting significant losses in manpower and equipment.
Glory to the Ukrainian defenders!
Glory to Ukraine!
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"I don't consider myself a traitor!" A sergeant in the United States Air Force has volunteered for the SMO.
His name is Will. He's from Boston, Massachusetts. He came to Russia in January. He got Russian citizenship, signed a contract with the Defense Ministry and became a UAV operator with the call sign "Boston." Now he is fighting in the Pokrovskoye (Avdeevskoye) direction as part of the grouping "Center".
Sadly we get these kinda people in every country. @ukrainejournal
I consider him a seriously warped traitor
🌐 Remains of Soviet weapons at storage bases of the Russian Armed Forces, according to a study by the Ukrainian intelligence and research platform "Viyskovy Vishun"
As of early summer 2024, the following remained at Russian storage bases:
Towed artillery:
🟠Before 2022 - 14,111 units;
🟠Summer 2024 - 5,250 units;
🔴Remaining - 37%;
Self-propelled artillery units:
🟠Before 2022 - 4,400 units;
🟠Summer 2024 - 2,565 units;
🔴Remaining: 58%;
MLRS:
🟠Before 2022 - 1052 units;
🟠Summer 2024 - 243 units;
🔴Remaining: 23%;
Tanks:
🟠Before 2022 - 7400 units;
🟠Summer 2024 - 4200 units;
🔴Remaining: 56%;
Armored combat vehicles:
🟠Before 2022 - 15922 units;
🟠Summer 2024 - 8879 units;
🔴Remaining: 55%.
And the condition for a lot of this stuff is terrible. The tanks they are bringing out now are WWII.
🔥 Special operation "Ocheret" - a russian blew up the headquarters with "Storm Zet" officers and went over to the side of Ukraine
🤝 As a result of the successful operation of the "I want to live" project and the "Liberty of Russia" Legion under the name "Ocheret", a serviceman of the russian army blew up the headquarters of the officers of the "Storm Zet" battalion and went over to the side of Ukraine.
👤 In the winter of 2024, a russian FPV pilot with the call sign "Silver" contacted the "Freedom of Russia" Legion.
✔️ According to him, the russian was prompted to cooperate with Ukraine by systematic war and other crimes of the command, including extrajudicial executions, beatings and extortions in the occupation unit.
☑️ Within the framework of interaction with a russian serviceman, Ukraine was able to obtain valuable intelligence data about the location, number and intentions of the enemy in a specific direction of the front.
👉 Then, at a convenient moment, "Silver" threw a grenade into the ventilation hole of the basement of the headquarters of the "Storm Zet" occupation unit, where his combatant and other russian officers were sleeping.
"There were about 15 people in the basement. In this room there was a pipe directly above the bed where the combatant was sleeping. It went out into the street next to the entrance, and we decided to throw a grenade or two into this pipe so that they would explode next to them," he said.
▪️ When the matter was done, the russian escaped along a pre-planned route and crossed over to the territory controlled by Ukraine.
🫡 Today, a russian volunteer has become a recruit of the Freedom of Russia Legion to fight against the criminal Putin regime.
❗️ We would like to remind you that every russian serviceman can use the state program of the Coordination Headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war for voluntary surrender "I want to live".
- GUR
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I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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