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
Closing the Skies, Liberating Ukraine - Helsinki Commission Congressional Hearing
This Helsinki Commission Hearing examines how, to enable Ukrainian progress in the near- to medium-term, Western military aid must be purposeful and tied to a concrete and actionable theory of Ukrainian victory. The hearing features key experts on Ukraine and its defensive needs, ongoing battlefield dynamics, and policy recommendations to inform the development of future military aid packages.
Long range munitions can destroy key russian offensive capabilities and disrupt its sustainment infrastructure; multi-layered air defense can protect Ukrainian cities and deny russia the air dominance their forces depend upon; and targeted Ukrainian attacks against russian military targets in occupied Ukraine, and in russia itself, can help degrade the russian war economy and boost Ukrainian morale.
With a military unable to compete with Ukrainian defenders on equal footing on the battlefield, russian forces have resorted to employing overwhelming mass of men and materiel, sustained in large part with munitions, drones, and technological inputs from Iran, North Korea, and China. To counteract these russian advantages, Western aid should not only allow Ukrainian forces to hold the line, but to degrade and destroy fixed russian positions, enable offensive operations, and effect general exhaustion and collapse among russian units.
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Operational information of the General Staff as of 08.00 on 14.11.2024 regarding the Russian invasion
Glory to Ukraine!
The nine hundred and ninety-fifth day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.
During the past day, 161 combat clashes took place.
According to available information, yesterday the enemy launched two missile strikes against the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas using five missiles, as well as 100 air strikes, including dropping 179 guided air bombs. In addition, it carried out more than 4,840 attacks, including 124 from rocket salvo systems, and used 1,677 kamikaze drones for strikes.
The enemy carried out airstrikes, in particular in the areas of the settlements of Basivka, Zhuravka, Yunakivka, Velyka Pisarivka, Odnorobivka, Kozacha Lopan, Liptsi, Pischane, Kivsharivka, Zagryzove, Novoosynovka, Kupyansk, Golubivka, Bohuslavka, Sergiivka, Ivanivka, Novoehorivka, Yampolivka, Terny, Siversk, Zvanivka, Mykolaivka, Chasiv Yar, Kramatorsk, Dachne, Katerynivka, Toretsk, Petrivka, Kostyantynivka, Pushkine, Sukha Balka, Myrnograd, Shevchenko, Kurakhove, Velyka Novosilka, Biloghirya, Zelene Pole, Novopil, Natalivka, Zaporizhzhia, Cossack
Over the past day, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces have struck five strikes on personnel concentration areas and air defense systems, one on a control point, and two on enemy artillery systems, and another important enemy object was hit by aviation.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy carried out offensive and assault actions eight times in the Vovchansk and Visoka Yaruga areas.
The number of combat clashes per day in the Kupyansk direction reached 12. The defense forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of Lozova, Kucherivka, Petropavlivka, Kolisnikivka, Zagryzovo, Kruglyakivka, and Pershotravnevo.
In the Lyman direction, our troops stopped eight enemy attacks. The invaders concentrated their main efforts in the areas of Cherneshchyna, Zarichny, Novoyehorivka and Terni settlements.
In the Kramatorsk direction, one skirmish took place in the Stupochky area.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy tried to advance seven times in the Toretsk and Nelipivka areas.
40 attacks, this number in the past day were repelled by our defenders in the Pokrovsky direction. The enemy tried to advance in the vicinity of Sukha Balka, Promeny, Lysivka, Krutoy Yar, Hryhorivka, Dachenskyi, Myrolyubivka, Petrivka, Novooleksiivka, Pustinka.
Defense forces continue to restrain the enemy in the Kurakhiv direction. In the areas of the settlements of Berestka, Illinka, Novoselidivka, Sontsivka, Kreminnaya Balka, Voznesenka, Novodmytrivka, Maksimilyanivka, Dalnye, Antonivka, and Katerynivka, the occupiers tried to break through Ukrainian defense lines 45 times.
Ten enemy attacks were stopped by our defenders in the areas of settlements of Rivnopil, Novopil, Trudove, Kostiantynopolske and Makarivka in the Vremivsk direction.
Enemy units tried three times to advance in the directions of Novodanilivka and Novoandriivka in the Orihiv direction.
In the Dnieper direction, the invaders unsuccessfully attacked the positions of our troops five times.
The operational situation on the Volyn and Polissky directions has not changed significantly. No signs of formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.
On the border with Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy maintains a military presence, conducts reconnaissance and artillery fire.
Defense forces of Ukraine continue to conduct operations in the Kursk direction , where the enemy launched twenty-eight airstrikes over the past day, using 40 guided air bombs, Ukrainian defenders also repelled thirteen enemy attacks.
Together we will win!
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Ðon-old wants to cancel birthright citizenship for children of illegals.
Russian forces entered Kupiansk with two columns of vehicles yesterday
The first column, comprising two MT-LBs, a BMP, and a tank, suffered losses; one MT-LB was hit in the forest, and another reached Svatovska Street before being struck on Nekrasova Street, where about 15 soldiers disembarked and scattered into nearby buildings. The tank was also hit further north.
Ukrainian UAV operators from the 116th and 14th Mechanized Brigades and neighboring units managed to eliminate part of the enemy forces. Though aware of their partial success, Russian forces attempted to send reinforcements, which were also hit.
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⚡️Senate Republicans pick John Thune as new majority leader.
In previous statements, Thune has expressed support for Ukraine, including backing continued U.S. aid to Kyiv amid a Republican-led congressional obstruction campaign. Recently, he has promised to cooperate with President-elect Donald Trump.
👀 A Ukrainian soldier uses a Steam Deck to remotely control a machine gun and engage invaders with 7.62mm fire. Donetsk region
🤝🇹🇼 Taiwan sent Ukraine up to 15 HAWK anti-aircraft missile batteries, — Forbes
Etsy CEO Josh Silverman has a special message for Ukrainians during an interview with Kyiv Post CEO Luc Chénier at the Lisbon Web Summit.
"We're so impressed with the artistry, the passion, the creativity of the over 40,000 Ukrainian sellers," Silverman said, adding that he's "blown away by the resilience of the Ukrainian postal service."
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Seems everything I hear about Pete Hegseth is objectionable. Just the fact that he does not wash his hands should bar him from both the office and polite society. As for not seeing germs, has he ever looked through a microscope? I bet he uses a scope hunting. Same tech in a microscope.
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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