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
⚡Bloomberg: “Kursk is the first time since World War II that another country’s official land army has invaded Russia
Yesterday, Putin, grim-faced, summoned his army and security chiefs for an explanation. Furious Russian military bloggers accused top officials of staggering incompetence.
Ukraine has said nothing about the mission or its purpose. Theories abound, from an attempt to seize territory as a potential bargaining chip in future negotiations with Moscow to a diversionary tactic to relieve pressure on Ukraine’s stretched defenses by drawing Russian forces away from the front lines.
The episode exposes the fragility of Russia’s border defenses, with a growing number of Russian troops fighting directly in Ukraine. It has boosted Ukrainian morale.
And it has also undermined the Kremlin’s carefully crafted image of Putin as a protector of ordinary Russians.
Instead, the war he started in Ukraine is now increasingly spilling over into Russia, where people in border regions live under constant threat of shelling and drone strikes on key industrial sites.
For Ukraine, this is likely to bolster Kyiv's argument that U.S. and European allies should not fear the Kremlin’s threats of escalation, and that Ukraine should be allowed to fight Moscow in any way it sees fit to hasten the end of the war.”
The Ukrainian Armed Forces broke through defensive fortifications in the Kursk region of russia in just one day, - built at a cost of over 15 billion rubles
During the attack in the Kursk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to break through two lines of fortifications that the Russian authorities built over 2.5 years of war, spending 15 billion rubles. It took the Ukrainian military about a day to do this, writes "Agency".
The construction of two reinforced lines of defense in the Kursk region was first announced on October 23, 2022, by then Governor Roman Starovoit (now the Minister of Transport of Russia). By that time, according to him, two lines were already ready, and by November 5 he promised to finish the third. The Russian Defense Ministry and the regional border department of the FSB took part in the construction.
⚡️ Today, Internet resources of the Kursk region of russia were subjected to a massive DDoS attack. As a result, many services failed and are temporarily unavailable.
"Specialists from the regional Ministry of Digital Development and Communications are making every effort to restore the functionality of the resources of the Kursk Region Administration as soon as possible", the enemy regional administration reports.
I tend to not give polls much weight.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/this-is-a-trend-not-a-bounce/57592/
The dog pound is looking for you Don-old
They want to put you in a cage.
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/living-like-dogs-donald-trump-melts-down-about-losing/57604/
🇺🇸🇹🇷US demands Turkey to stop illegal transfer of technology to Russia, threatens consequences
"We need Turkey to stop the illegal transfer of US technology to Russia. We need progress on this matter from the Turkish government and industry, and quickly, or we will have no choice but to make those who circumvent our export controls face the consequences," said Assistant Secretary of Commerce Matthew Axelrod in a statement.
It is also recalled that Axelrod recently held talks with Turkish officials in Istanbul and Ankara on this issue.
According to the FT, due to the trade relations between Turkey and Russia, the US has previously added 18 Turkish companies to a special list: US firms need to obtain special licences to sell a number of categories of goods to these companies. The US administration has also repeatedly imposed sanctions on Turkish companies on charges of supporting the Russian defence industry.
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The UN is worthless
😡🇺🇳 The attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region represents an escalation; the UN would like to see a de-escalation of the situation, — the office of the UN Secretary General
🇪🇺Ukraine, according to international law, has the legal right to defend itself, including striking the aggressor on its territory, — European Commission spokesman Peter Stano regarding the events in the Kursk region
"The EU continues to fully support Ukraine's legitimate right to protection against Russian aggression and its efforts to restore sovereignty and territorial integrity," said the spokesperson of the European Commission.
- What about the condemnation that Zakharova called for?
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There’s a lack of air defence in the frontline because we know Ukraine has been using its fighters to strike at positions there. Indeed the only Russian success destroying aircraft is hitting them on the ground using spy drones and ballistic missiles.
There does come a time when military strategy falls apart because there are no resources to support it. And that’s where I think we are.
Crimea was hit from the sea where jammers and radars were useless. Drones wander across Russian airspace with impunity. Ukrainian air forces operate against frontline positions unafraid of Russian fighters or air defences. The evidence suggests what strategy there was has collapsed in the face of harsh realities and chronic attrition.
‘The Analyst’ MilStratOnX
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦!
From ‘The Analyst’ (Military & Strategic) X: MilStratOnX
RUSSIAN AIR DEFENCE STRATEGY IN TATTERS
It’s been a hideous few weeks for the Russians in terms of air defence and air operations.
Having at one point abandoned Crimea for its fleet, had its bases for helicopters and its air force destroyed, its comms and satellite control systems destroyed, there seemed little reason to bother with protecting it. But rather than accept Crimea had been made largely untenable - yet also the reality that even if it was, Ukraine was in no position and may never be to retake it by military means, Russian pride (mostly Putin’s I’d wager), demanded that more effort be put in to defend it.
So new EW jammers and S-400 systems were redeployed from arguably more vital frontline operations to meet the demand.
The resulting destruction of these units in recent days has proved hyper-embarrassing. The Russians failed to understand that the advent of longer range ATACMS, the loss of their radars giving 360 coverage and the fact I’m pretty sure the Ukrainians are using longer range StormShadow than they were originally (nobody is saying a word about it so I’m assuming it’s true, because normally when you ask the question you get an unequivocal ‘no’, but this time nothing, so that’s an unwillingness to say yes, but a declination to lie by saying no).
Meanwhile the Ukrainians used as many as 8 ATACMS and 8 StormShadow on the tank repair and storage bases across Luhansk - the Russians claimed they shot half of them down but the devastation was pretty intense one way or another.
The massive drone strikes on the Morosovsk air base were some of the most spectacular we have witnessed in this war to date. The Russians must be stunned that this level of destruction was even possible. They clearly didn’t think it was even at risk of they would have taken more precautions and defended the base.
The explosion of glide bombs in the central warehouse was said to look and sound like a tactical nuclear weapon going off. The explosion was massive and the shockwave did huge damage, levelling almost everything around it. The fires were intense. The majority of the more distant hangars were clearly hit and their roofed areas pockmarked with holes and drone sized entry points. Rubble is everywhere and the satellite photos show a level of destruction that most Cold War interdiction bombers like the Tornado would have been jealous of creating. It’s truly spectacular. A totally new level of destruction for such a huge facility.
And where were the air defences? Diverted to protect Putin’s pride in Crimea where they became toast anyway.
Ukraine of course attacked the base at was crucial in the deployment of glide bombs in the front. Yet it also pushes the Russian air force further away and that in turn increases the operating space for the F-16’s.
So we have to ask what is Russia’s air defence plan?
The loss of key S-400 units is now at the point of criticality. Lesser systems may have tactical expediency but the real Crown Jewels are the S-400’s and they clearly don’t have many left. They still obsess over the Crimean bridge because we all know that sooner or later that thing is coming down one way or another. It would be a huge blow to Putin’s personal prestige, so it requires defending even as major military air bases are taken out.
I actually struggle to ascertain what Russia’s air defence strategy is other than defend prestige related areas and infrastructure. It certainly isn’t focused on defending the oil refineries, or much else that really matters. Have they reached the stage where there’s just simply so few S-400 systems left now, they are in last ditch positions to defend only what Putin’s preferences say they should defend?
Russian air operations are dominated by glide bomb delivery. Yet the bases they operate from are now clearly high risk. CONTINUES..
Another incredible victory for Ukraine🥊🇺🇦
In the final of the Olympic boxing tournament (up to 80 kg), Ukrainian Oleksandr Khyzhniak defeated Nurbek Oralbay from Kazakhstan with a score of 3:2, securing his first-ever gold medal.
This is Ukraine’s third gold medal at the 2024 Olympics.
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Kamala will cut him down to size
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/what-does-neil-gorsuch-think-hes-doing/57587/
This article contains photos of Trump vs Harris
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/donald-trumps-lost-capacity/57583/
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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