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
🇲🇩 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
Recruitment for Ukrainian Legion officially open.
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/recruitment-center-for-ukrainian-legion-opens-up-in-poland/
I think it's only important to Mauritius
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/uk-cedes-chagos-island-sovereignty-to-mauritius/
I think it's only important to Mauritius
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/uk-cedes-chagos-island-sovereignty-to-mauritius/
Air defense activity was reported in Kurchatov, the city where the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant is located.
The Kursk region authorities have officially confirmed that the shelling of Kurchatov did not affect the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in any way.
It was likely that the missile hit an ammunition depot several kilometers from the nuclear power plant.
🇺🇦@ukraine_report 🇺🇦🔱
⚔️ Operational information as of 08.00 on 04.10.2024 regarding the Russian invasion
❗️ The main summary:
🔵 During the past day, 142 combat clashes took place.
🔵 According to detailed information, yesterday the enemy launched three rocket strikes using three rockets, as well as 67 air strikes, including 135 guided air bombs, on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas. In addition, it carried out more than four thousand attacks, including 105 from rocket salvo systems, and used 1,585 kamikaze drones for strikes.
🔥 Fifteen strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and anti-aircraft defenses of the enemy were made in the past day by missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces, in addition, two warehouses of fuel and lubricants, an artillery system, an anti-aircraft vehicle and a radio electronic warfare station were hit.
🔵 In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy carried out offensive and assault actions four times in the districts of Staritsa and Vovchansk.
🔵 The number of combat clashes per day in the Kupyansk direction reached eleven. The defense forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of Sinkivka, Kurylivka, Pischany, Vyshnevo, Petropavlivka, and Pershotravnevo.
🔵 In the Limansk direction, our troops stopped 13 enemy attacks. The invaders concentrated their main efforts in the areas of the settlements of Makiivka, Novosadove, Torske, Druzhelyubivka, Grekivka, and Dronivka.
🔵 One attack near Spirny was repulsed by the Defense Forces in the Siverskyi direction.
🔵 Six attempts by the invaders to advance near Chasovoy Yar, Andriyivka, Bila Hora and Stupochky were stopped by Ukrainian soldiers in the Kramatorsk direction. The situation is under control. The enemy acted with the support of aviation - hit with anti-aircraft guns in the area of Chasovoy Yar.
🔵 The aggressor's aircraft bombarded the areas of Katerynivka, Druzhba and Kleban-Bik settlements in the Toretsk direction, and the enemy tried to advance nine times in the Toretsk, Dachnoi and Nelipivka areas.
🔵 30 attacks, this number over the past day were repelled by our defenders in the Pokrovsky direction. The enemy tried to advance in the vicinity of Sukha Balka, Hirnyk, Promeny, Novotoretsky and Krutoy Yar. The main efforts of the enemy were concentrated in Mykolaivka and Selidovoy districts, where nine and seven skirmishes took place, respectively.
🔵 Defense forces continue to restrain the enemy in the Kurakhiv direction. In the districts of Novooleksandrivka, Tsukuryny, Georgiyivka, Kostyantynivka, Trudovoy, Vozdvizhenka, Antonivka, and Katerynivka, the occupiers tried to break through Ukrainian defense lines 23 times.
🔵 Three enemy attacks were stopped by our defenders in the area of Bogoyavlenka and one - near Maksimivka, in the direction of Vremivsk.
🔵 In the Orihiv direction, enemy units twice tried to advance in the districts of Kamianskyi and Novodanilivka.
🟠 Defense forces of Ukraine continue operations in the Kursk direction. Over the past day, the enemy launched one rocket and fourteen airstrikes on its own territory, using 30 guided air bombs; in addition, they fired almost 300 shots.
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Together we will win!🇺🇦
AFU report.
🇺🇦@ukraine_report 🇺🇦🔱
Source
Vovchansk.
It ended in disaster—for the Russians. Assaulting Ukrainian positions northwest of the 30-building chemical campus, the equivalent of half a Russian battalion—17 MT-LB armored tractors, three tanks and no fewer than 100 infantry—crashed into a wall of Ukrainian firepower.
The Ukrainian army’s 57th Motorized Brigade blasted the Russian assault group with hovering drones dropping grenades—among other weapons, most likely.
When the smoke cleared, 16 MT-LBs and a tank lay wrecked.
There were literal piles of dead and mangled Russians around the smoldering hulks. “Now the guys are finishing off the remaining infantry,” one Ukrainian blogger reported.
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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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