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
Ukraine launched a missile strike in the area of occupied Donetsk, destroying 20 enemies - six of them were North Korean officers - Kyivpost
▪️The event took place on October 3. As a result of the strike, at least 20 occupiers were killed, including six officers from North Korea, who had arrived to hold consultations with their Russian counterparts, intelligence sources told the Kyiv Post. Three more North Korean servicemen were wounded.
▪️According to reports from Russian social networks, before the missile attack, the Russians demonstrated to North Korean representatives the training of personnel for assault and defense.
▪️Last year, the GUR reported the arrival of a limited contingent of military personnel from North Korea to the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine, including units of engineering troops, which indicates active cooperation between the Russian Federation and North Korea.
Putin is planning an endless war, with soldiers starting barely out of daycare.
So, he plans that in 15 years, cannon fodder will be needed in even greater quantities. That is why Russia is going to ban the sale of condoms and contraceptives to some categories of the population and allow others to sell them only by passport.
Russian ideologist Dugin:
"We have decades of confrontation with the West ahead of us. The country needs warriors who will lead this struggle. And mothers who will give birth to these warriors. Therefore, birth rate must be increased urgently. It's a pity that because of bureaucracy, many decisions, not only on condoms, take so long."
According to Dugin, condoms and other contraceptives in Russia will start to be sold only by passport in "the first three-five months" of next year.
"Now we will solve the child-free issue and defeat this nasty thing [the fight against the child-free ideology and movement, which is now being enshrined in law, was among those proposed by Dugin]. And next year, I think we will solve the issues of condoms, divorce, and abortion. In general, we will defeat the depravity that hinders birth rates and contradicts the traditional values of our Motherland," Dugin said.
Putin has said recently that children need to be taught about "important things" from the earliest age. We can guess that the "important things" will not include self-respect and respecting territorial integrity of other countries.
From today's Daily Telegraph
‘Drunk’ colonel sending troops to their deaths sparks Russian TV row
Angry women denounce Col Alexei Ksenofontov for ordering loved ones to undertake suicide missions
Col Alexei Ksenofontov was made a ‘Hero of Russia’ in April Twitter
James Kilner
A Kremlin propaganda ploy to deflect criticism away from a “drunk” front-line commander renowned for ordering soldiers on suicide missions has backfired.
Vladimir Solovyov, the host of state TV Rossiya-One’s daily chat show, last month described soldiers’ widows as liars for accusing Col Alexei Ksenofontov of being drunk and then sending their husbands to their deaths
He told his audience that he personally knew Col Ksenofontov, who was made a “Hero of Russia” in April.
“Alexei is a normal commander, a thinking commander capable of competently preparing and carrying out a task,” he said.
“They have slandered a hero.”
But instead of silencing the mourning women, Mr Solovyov’s intervention has heaped more embarrassment onto the Kremlin by triggering new accusations and given ordinary Russians a rare glimpse of the medieval techniques used by their military commanders.
Vladimir Solovyov’s intervention has heaped more embarrassment onto the Kremlin Aleksandr Kazakov/Alamy
Astra, the Russian opposition Telegram news channel that published the original complaints, said it had received dozens of messages in the past few weeks from angry women.
“After his [show], dozens of relatives of the military contacted the editorial office responding to Solovyov,” it said this week, before posting several more accusations on its Telegram channel.
Some of these criticisms were also posted directly on social media channels.
One woman wrote on the Kremlin-controlled VK social media website that she wanted Col Ksenofontov, whose call sign is “Tiger”, to die as her husband had.
“Solovyov, interview all of us. Look how many women are cursing your Ksenofontov. Talk to the women who wish death to the Tiger,” she wrote.
Criticising the Russian army comes at great risk for people living in Russia. Police arrest people for the slightest indiscretion and charge them with “discrediting the Russian army”, which carries a prison sentence.
Mothers and wives of soldiers in Russia were considered to have some leeway for criticising the government, but earlier this year, police detained several women and have now classified a group that had pushed for men mobilised into the army in 2022 to be given a break as a “foreign agent”. This is a derogatory term and makes it far harder for the group to operate.
Even so, in new comments published this week by Astra, Alina Bolvinova described how a drunk Col Ksenofontov had ordered her husband on a suicide mission near the town of Avdiivka in February without ammunition for his rifle.
“They were sent out as cannon fodder,” she said. “Can a mentally healthy person give such orders? A person who does not enjoy killing. I think not.”
The Kremlin has deployed mass infantry tactics over the past few months to push forward its front line, suffering more than 1,000 casualties every day.
The Russian military leadership has been heavily criticised throughout the war for its barbaric methods.
Last month, two Russian drone operators posted a video accusing their commander of ordering them on a suicide mission in revenge for an argument. Another video showed an enraged Russian commander punching young soldiers in the face.
According to reports.
This is a Ukrainian jet drone and it flew over the Belgorod region.
The Russians announced they shot it down, but have not shown any footage of the destruction.
🇺🇦@ukraine_report 🇺🇦Liz
Those TU-22 pilots are scared of Ukrainian coastal defenses
If you want to screw up the economy, elect these two.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/no-idea-what-theyre-talking-about/58408/
🇲🇩 russia recruited 130,000 Moldovan citizens to disrupt the EU accession referendum.
Approximately 5% of the country's population participates in the scheme. Only in September, russia transferred $15 million to their accounts so that they would vote against Moldova's accession to the EU and disrupt the referendum.
Funds are transferred to the cards of a bank affiliated with the Ministry of Defense of the russian federation. And instructions on how to vote and spread false information about the EU are distributed on Telegram.
▪️ Already on October 20, the country will hold presidential elections and a referendum on joining the EU. Both votes are important for Moldova, because russia is trying to bring the country back into its sphere of influence.
@ukrainejournal
russia might be not as strong as you think
While everyone focuses on Ukraine's exhaustion, a record number of russians now support ending the war with Ukraine. They are willing to abandon the goals of the "special military operation" and seek compromise.
A record 49% of russians now support ending the war in Ukraine, even if russia's declared goals are not achieved. This is the highest level since the war began.
63% of russians want to conclude a peace agreement with Ukraine within a year, indicating growing war fatigue.
Support for the war is lowest in ethnic republics like Chechnya (39%) and Tyva (46%), while highest in regions closer to the conflict zone like Belgorod (63%).
Moscow and St. Petersburg show higher war support than some ethnic republics, possibly due to concentration of war beneficiaries like government officials and business owners.
Losses at the front are a major concern, especially in ethnic republics and border regions. In Buryatia, Dagestan, and Belgorod, 90% view it as an important issue.
Readiness for mobilization is highest among men aged 50-60, who are least likely to be drafted. Only 6.6% of 18-24 year olds are willing to fight if ordered.
51% of russians are understanding of those who refuse to participate in the war, while only 27% condemn such refusals.
57% of russians assess the possibility of a new mobilization as high, reflecting concerns about manpower shortages.
Given a choice between peace and mobilization, 49% support ending the war without achieving its goals, while only 29% support new mobilization.
63% of russians would support a peace deal with Ukraine involving mutual concessions - an all-time high.
85% want authorities to focus on domestic social and economic issues rather than the war.
86% still support ending the "special operation" after achieving its goals, reflecting an unwillingness to accept defeat even if wrong.
What does this mean? russia is tired, there is fatigue, and the people in russia want the war to be over. But as important is the fear of mobilization by russians. putin can't afford to continue to kill his soldiers in thousands per day. And this is becoming a real issue.
Source (In ruZZia language)
Russian drone attacks against Ukraine reach record levels but experts warn of worse to come
For the first time since the full-scale invasion, Russia launched drone attacks on cities and towns across Ukraine on a daily basis for an entire month.
According to Ukraine's Air Force, 1,339 Shahed-type kamikaze drones targeted the country in September, 1,107 of which were shot down, with some others being jammed by electronic warfare and flying into Russian or Belarusian airspace. Around 45 were unaccounted for with no further details given.
Photo: Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images
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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