TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z 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 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
The fire at the "Atlas" oil depot in Rostov region of russia has stopped.
8 tanks burned and 4 tanks were significantly damaged.
Kharkiv. In the parking lot near the Epicentr hypermarket, destroyed by a russian missile, a helglyph appeared:
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"God saves our souls. "Patriot" saves our lives".
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❗️ Tonight .A 7-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl are among the victims as Russians have just bombed a center for psychological rehabilitation of children and an orphanage in the city of Sumy.
Ukraine is forbidden by it's allies from striking the Russian airfieilds and launchers where these attacks originate.
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Operational information of the General Staff of Ukraine as of 08.00 02.09.2024 regarding the Russian invasion
Glory to Ukraine!
The nine hundred and twenty-second day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.
The situation at the front remains difficult. The enemy, using their advantage in manpower and equipment, is relentlessly attacking our positions. Ukrainian defenders steadfastly restrained the onslaught of the invaders, inflicting significant losses on the enemy.
In total, 182 combat clashes were recorded during the past day.
According to detailed information, yesterday the enemy launched four missile strikes against the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas using 19 missiles, as well as 71 airstrikes, in particular, dropping 91 anti-aircraft missiles. In addition, he carried out more than 4,500 attacks on populated areas and positions of our troops, 141 of them from rocket salvo systems.
The aggressor carried out airstrikes, in particular, in the areas of the settlements of Bilopol'ya, Velyka Pisarivka, Bunyakine, and Obody of the Sumy region; Petropavlivka, Kupyansk-Vuzlovy, Kharkiv region; Dachne, Druzhba, Oleksandropil, Vugledar, Velyka Novosilka, Selidove of the Donetsk region; Novoandriivka, Pyatihatky in Zaporizhzhia.
Yesterday, the aviation and missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces made 15 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and anti-aircraft defenses of the enemy and two anti-aircraft vehicles of the enemy.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy continued offensive (assault) actions, a total of seven combat clashes took place. The fighting took place in the areas of the settlements of Vovchansk and Liptsi.
16 enemy attacks took place in the Kupyan direction during the day. The defense forces repelled enemy assaults near Sinkivka and Hlushkivka.
The enemy attacked 18 times in the Lyman direction. Tried to advance near Makiivka, Grekivka, Novosadovo, Nevsky and Torsky.
In the Siversky direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled nine assaults by the Russian invaders near Verkhnokamyanskyi and Rozdolivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the occupiers attacked eight times near Andriivka, Klishchiivka, Maisky and Markovo. The situation is under the control of units of the Defense Forces.
In the direction of Toretsk, the enemy, supported by aviation, carried out 20 attacks near Toretsk and Nelipivka.
In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders repelled 63 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor near the settlements of Vozdvizhenka, Zelene Pole, Kalinove, Grodivka, Novogrodivka, Karlivka, Marynivka, and Mykhailivka. The greatest concentration of enemy attacks was in the area of Novogrodivka, the enemy actively used aviation.
In the Kurakhiv direction, the Defense Forces repelled 25 attacks in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Kostyantynivka, and Georgiivka settlements.
According to detailed information, the enemy carried out 14 attacks on our positions near Vodyanyi, Kostyantynivka and Makarivka in the Vremivsk direction.
During the past day, no active offensive actions of the enemy were noted in the Gulyaipil and Orihiv directions.
In the Dnieper direction, two attempts by the occupiers to capture our positions were unsuccessful.
No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Poliske directions.
On the border with the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy from the territory of the Russian Federation is actively using artillery and aviation in the areas of Ukrainian settlements.
Defense forces of Ukraine continue the operation in the Kursk region. Our soldiers are actively causing significant losses in manpower and equipment to the occupying forces.
In general, the invaders lost 1,300 people last day. Also, Ukrainian soldiers destroyed nine tanks, 26 armored fighting vehicles, ten artillery systems, one anti-aircraft missile system, 30 operational-tactical BpLA, 44 vehicles and two units of special equipment of the occupiers.
Join the Defense Forces!
Together we will win!
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🇺🇦 ⚓️ Military units of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result of successful combat operations, amounted the enemy's total losses from August 1, 2024 to August 31, 2024 approximately to:
🔥 personnel - about 1165 people,
🔥 automotive equipment - 34 units,
🔥 watercraft - 43 units,
🔥 storage with ammunition - 35 units,
🔥 artillery systems - 30 units,
🔥 armored combat vehicles ‒ 3 units,
🔥 FPV drones - 2611 units,
🔥 UAVs of the operational-tactical level - 41 units,
🔥 Unmanned aerial vehicle "Shahed - 136/131" ‒ 8 units,
🔥 rockets - 1 unit.
🔥 sea mines - 2 units.
The data is being verified.
Together to victory!
Glory to Ukraine!
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⚡️Turkey has applied for membership in BRICS — Bloomberg, citing sources
Ankara seeks to strengthen its global influence and establish new ties beyond its traditional Western allies, as the Erdoğan administration believes the "geopolitical center of gravity is shifting away from Western economies."
However, Turkey does not intend to distance itself from NATO.
Currently, BRICS includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, the UAE, Iran, Egypt, and Ethiopia.
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Good morning. We got a cold front about 3AM. It's 62⁰ right now.
These were by the 18 year old artist killed in Kharkiv yesterday by the Russian bombardment. And the artist too.
🤡Russian minister of foreign affairs Lavrov congratulated the russian propaganda news agency TASS on the 120th anniversary of its founding.
The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that the phrase "TASS is authorized to declare" is familiar to many generations of Russian and Soviet citizens.
According to the dictator's horseman:
“This is a brand and a sign of quality, proven by more than a century of history,”
"Authorized to declare" - the very anti-thesis of media freedom, of freedom of speech!
On 27 February 2022, "under the circumstances of the new media regulation enforced by the Russian government, which is heavily restricting media freedom", the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) unanimously decided to suspend TASS as "not being able to provide unbiased news", pending an exclusion decision.
- As for the persistent rumour that Lavrov is no longer alive - well, the statement about Lavrov congratulating TASS, was of course released by .. TASS! So the rumour continues.
Maria Drutska has a new video on YouTube
https://youtu.be/O_Q0KVElmGA?si=U7NPoNahy0N4kSFY
A prime example of how to conduct psychological warfare has been released by the russian foreign ministry.
The ministry instil fear in the western politician's minds by releasing statements containing known fear trigger words: nuclear, doctrine, escalation
Unfortunately, western politicians are not immune to this psychological warfare and the russians are having some success in this area - because we allow them to.
As scary as the topic of nuclear war is, the reality is that a system has been created of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD). An attacker cannot be successful - not even the russians.
According to MAD, as soon as a nuclear attack would be launched by russia, a nuclear counter-strike is immediately launched that results in russia's destruction. It is a loss-loss scenario. A zero gain game. As soon as Putin was to press his button, there is no more Putin.
Yet we somehow seem to allow russia to bully our politicians using nuclear rhetoric, such as in the statement just issued below:
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Russia is considering revising its nuclear doctrine due to what it perceives as the "escalation course" of the West.
"Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Serhiy Ryabkov, mentioned that the worsening foreign policy situation, driven by the actions of the United States and its allies, has prompted Moscow to assess whether its current nuclear deterrence strategy is adequate. He stated that the process of updating the relevant document is ongoing, though it's too early to predict when this revision will be finalized."
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And note how it is playing on politician's beliefs that there is room for avoidance of this "scary change". It is "an ongoing process" - it is not too late to change it. "You'd better let us continue killing Ukrainians and we might not do this after all".
Are we letting the bully win?
The Red Line
One of those tiring phrases used so often by politicians and the media is the "red line".
This "line", which, if crossed, represents some form of limit of what can be accepted, and also, a boundary when something will really change or be done about something.
The problem is, if you start looking around for it - you will soon realise that it doesn't exist.
There is a lot of discussion amongst people who like to talk, write and think - as opposed to do and act - about Ukraine launching a counter-attack in Kursk and if this was the correct strategic decision or not, what the objectives are and the different pros and cons.
The one thing the counter-attack against Kursk has shown, is precisely that the red line doesn't exist. Armageddon didn't start when soldiers crossed the border. There was no earth changing moment when some boundary was passed.
And having demonstrated to the world that the red line doesn't exist, what the Ukrainian people really needs, right here and now, is the permission to strike deeper against military targets in russia to defend the people of Ukraine against deadly attacks.
There is no red line preventing this.
There is red blood being spilled every day until this decision is made.
Rest in Peace Oleksii. Eternal memory
When Oleksii saw the footage from Bucha, he felt compelled to fight for his country. Like all mothers, she tried to dissuade him because she didn't want to lose her son but he replied:
If I don't go and someone else doesn't go, then russia will soon be running our backyard.
He died early this year in the Donetsk region, aged just 24. We must not forget his sacrifice, not just for Ukraine but for the free world 😌
His mother, who is broken hearted, wants to emphasize that people from the Roma community are also defending their country.
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I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z 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 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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