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
😈 A Russian MT-LB, on orders from the unit's command, destroys a Niva vehicle that was handed over to the Russian Armed Forces by volunteers
The alleged reason for this was the soldiers' unauthorized abandonment of the unit and drunkenness
💬 Trump, once again, is trashing Zelenskyy, blames the US for Putin's invasion of Ukraine, and suggests Ukraine must surrender because Russia always wins wars and beat Hitler and Napoleon: "That’s what they do. They fight wars"
Fcking clown 🤡🖕
Alexandra the sniper
Bad Bet-Don-old Trump
CHINA IS SENDING APC’s INTO RUSSIA
It’s no secret that China is playing a vital role in the Russian military industry. Duel use components and lower grade microchips and circuits it can produce in quantity have been big business.
What they haven’t been doing, at least openly, is sending heavy ammunition and equipment.
Until now. I’ve seen two photos from a friendly source showing Russian soldiers training to use a Chinese built APC based on the Sabertooh used by Chinese security police, already in Russian military colours and displaying anti-drone equipment and awareness, the police. Police version shown above.
China has been exporting vast amounts of uniforms, body armour and helmets to Russia - much of it low grade but better than the Russians have produced themselves.
Intelligence suggests that Chinese companies and advisors have been heavily involved in streamlining and improving various military manufacturing plants large and small to bolster Russian military production.
It’s not all been plain sailing. The Russians are to say the least racist, and suffer a superiority complex which is guaranteed to rub the Chinese the wrong way, especially when roles of the past have been so clearly reversed.
The financial aspect of these operations has also been complex, with American tentacles on the financial sector are so deeply entrenched and influential, monetary transactions between Russian and Chinese companies has been fraught with complexity and deviousness trying to bypass sanctions or the threat of them. There’s no question this has depended the difficulty trading between the two states.
In many ways none of this matters because there is a problem here.
If China is going to produce on the scale it, and only it can, war material for Russia, then the fortunes of the war rapidly become skewed in Russia’s favour. If thousands of new IFV’s and APC’s start to appear in the Russian inventory then that’s game changing. It’s a lack of these vehicles that is seriously hindering Russian operations on the frontline.
The question is what can the US do about it?
China isn’t much listening to the US. Its internal situation is dire, with a major unemployment and fiscal crisis bubbling away daily, along with chronic and vast flooding across entire regions of the south.
Yet Chinese internal problems rarely ever stop it chasing its foreign and military interests.
We need to understand what China is doing for Russia and how this will impact Ukraine. This could be a new and dangerous stage of the war.
When I find out more, you’ll read it here.
‘The Analyst’ MilStratOnX
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦!
Charges filed against the dastardly duo for their lie about Haitians eating pets.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/criminal-charges-filed-against-donald-trump-and-jd-vance/58296/
2 grumpy old men and the Prime Minister of Denmark
https://open.substack.com/pub/twogrumpyoldmenonukraine/p/proud-rant-my-little-denmark-is-relative?r=70k1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
CHINA IS SENDING APC’s INTO RUSSIA
It’s no secret that China is playing a vital role in the Russian military industry. Duel use components and lower grade microchips and circuits it can produce in quantity have been big business.
What they haven’t been doing, at least openly, is sending heavy ammunition and equipment.
Until now. I’ve seen two photos from a friendly source showing Russian soldiers training to use a Chinese built APC based on the Sabertooh used by Chinese security police, already in Russian military colours and displaying anti-drone equipment and awareness, the police. Police version shown above.
China has been exporting vast amounts of uniforms, body armour and helmets to Russia - much of it low grade but better than the Russians have produced themselves.
Intelligence suggests that Chinese companies and advisors have been heavily involved in streamlining and improving various military manufacturing plants large and small to bolster Russian military production.
It’s not all been plain sailing. The Russians are to say the least racist, and suffer a superiority complex which is guaranteed to rub the Chinese the wrong way, especially when roles of the past have been so clearly reversed.
The financial aspect of these operations has also been complex, with American tentacles on the financial sector are so deeply entrenched and influential, monetary transactions between Russian and Chinese companies has been fraught with complexity and deviousness trying to bypass sanctions or the threat of them. There’s no question this has depended the difficulty trading between the two states.
In many ways none of this matters because there is a problem here.
If China is going to produce on the scale it, and only it can, war material for Russia, then the fortunes of the war rapidly become skewed in Russia’s favour. If thousands of new IFV’s and APC’s start to appear in the Russian inventory then that’s game changing. It’s a lack of these vehicles that is seriously hindering Russian operations on the frontline.
The question is what can the US do about it?
China isn’t much listening to the US. Its internal situation is dire, with a major unemployment and fiscal crisis bubbling away daily, along with chronic and vast flooding across entire regions of the south.
Yet Chinese internal problems rarely ever stop it chasing its foreign and military interests.
We need to understand what China is doing for Russia and how this will impact Ukraine. This could be a new and dangerous stage of the war.
When I find out more, you’ll read it here.
‘The Analyst’ MilStratOnX
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦!
😢 This is the current situation in Vuhledar in the Donetsk region: the Russians are leveling the city with aerial bombs and are pushing from all sides.
Forbes writes that the 72nd OMBr has been defending the city for almost 2 years and is "exhausted", and the Russians are trying to surround them.
The military says that the occupiers entered the city in small groups and are trying to gain a foothold in order to continue the offensive.
The head of the center for countering disinformation comments on the situation:
"Earlier, it was convenient to defend the city, because it is at a height. But with the active arrival of the KAB to the front, the enemy managed to destroy it and move to the flank.
Unfortunately, KAB and aviation are the only things that allow enemy infantry to move."
🇺🇸🇬🇧 The U.S. and the U.K. may "quietly" allow Ukraine to strike russia with Storm Shadow missiles, - the Times
According to the report, the parties have prepared two versions of final statements. Due to unresolved details, they announced the one that mentions continued discussions regarding Ukraine’s authorization for long-range strikes.
The Times claims that permission for strikes on russia using Storm Shadow missiles may be granted as early as next week, and it will be kept secret to avoid giving russia any prior warning of a potential attack.
@ukrainejournal
Ugh!!! Complete and utter bad news from the anonymous Military Analyst. 😫 If you can bear reading it. I hope he's completely misinformed this time. Dianna
FRONTLINE UPDATE
Kursk is difficult to describe as a great deal of OPSEC prevents decent information. The latest is that Ukraine has advanced from
Southern border into Glushkovo, but at the same time seem to have been pushed back further in the main salient from the west. At the same time Ukraine made slight gains to the north. Beyond that the whole scenario is slightly odd and in my opinion the Russian have made notable gains. Whatever the Ukrainians are doing it’s not working out as well as they would like. The Russians themselves are reporting that any of the area they are occupying they are looting - these are Russians looting Russians, it’s just so typical of these orcs.
Vovchansk: nothing new to report since the other day. Russians are on the defensive and we know they are bringing in convict Storm-Z troops.
Kupiansk-Kremina-Svatove: the Russians are very close to the Oskil River now and it seems only like a matter of time.
Further south at Neske and Makivka, the Russians have taken a lot of ground and entered areas the Ukrainian side is still resisting.
Overall the Russians are making very slow progress.
Klieshievka is now as good as lost but is stagnant.
Toretsk/NewYork
Bad news all around.
Russians making continuous gains, using ‘spike’ attacks along key road, tree or rail routes. Ukrainians under immense pressure - frankly it seems slightly desperate.
Pokrovsk - to the north things are stable but the westward advance towards the town is significant. Hodrivka has fallen, the speed of the Russian advance is still too high and too consistent and Ukraine is also loosing a lot of men. Things are bad.
The Russian salient is spreading quickly and there are areas where the Ukrainians are surrounded in three sides.
Maximilianivka - Russia continues to advance along the river through the towns on its banks have advanced substantially.
Pobeda to the south is also under constant threat.
Vuhledar - Russia has shown determination and has advanced substantially- the town is now almost encircled.
Once taken this will
Allow the Russians to begin a swathe of operations to come
North and begin a major pincer movement to slice out the whole south east corner of the front.
Overall: Russia continues to make substantial gains.
Both sides are suffering high casualties relative to their force size.
‘The Analyst’ MilStratOnX
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦!
President Joe Biden vowed to support Ukraine until victory in its war against Russia at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.
Since the war began more than two years ago, Biden said, “our NATO allies and partners and 50 plus nations stood up” against Russia.
“Most importantly, the Ukrainian people stood up. I asked the people in this chamber to stand up for them,” Biden said.
“The good news is, Putin’s war has failed, and as has his core aim,” Biden added. “He set out to destroy Ukraine, but Ukraine is still free. He set out to weaken NATO, but NATO is bigger, stronger, more united than ever before, with two new members, Finland and Sweden.”
“But we cannot let up,” the president added – an allusion to the uncertain future of support for Ukraine both in the US, where former President Donald Trump is seeking another term in office and could implement serious cuts to aid to Ukraine, and around the world.
CNN report.
🇺🇦@ukraine_report 🇺🇦🔱Liz
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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