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
Attack on Putin's residence
https://t.me/liveukraine_media/13516
the UN Commission found no evidence of genocide. Because they are blind.
Leaky COVID immunity
Activist in Red Square draped in the flag of Ukraine
https://t.me/WarriorsUkrainian/10639
Taking a break in the shade drinking a diet energy drink. Half done with 12 vases.
Today is a flower day. Going to go cut them now.
The Ministry of Defense has authorized the use of the Saker Scout artificial intelligence unmanned aerial vehicle system.
The ministry says that the system recognizes and records the coordinates of the enemy, eliminating the risk of "human error" (when the operator does not notice the target), and is quite resistant to electronic warfare.
The complex includes a flagship reconnaissance drone and several FPV kamikaze drones, which are controlled, in particular, by the flagship drone. All of them operate within a radius of 10 km.
@liveukraine_media
https://t.me/militarnyi_eng/1642
Russian Shaheeds fell in Romania and exploded
CHINA CLAIMS MORE TERRITORIES
Within days of claiming China was not a ‘Hegemonic Power’ by President Xi at the BRICS summit, and just days in advance of the upcoming G20 which he’s decided not to attend, China published a new map of what it regards as Chinese territory, on land and at sea.
It’s entirely likely he was not made aware of it - there is a tense power struggle in China and this looks like it was deliberately published to embarrass him.
China is in meltdown financially, with its housing sector in freefall, government backed investment bond companies on the point of bankruptcy and youth unemployment at 80%. Add to that four devastating typhoons, vast flooding and droughts, a shocking fall in exports and political inertia, China is in deep deep trouble. It’s potentially facing a real famine and is hoarding grain, forcing up prices.
Much of this goes largely unnoticed and unreported in the West, which is just how China likes it, but it’s easy enough to find out. Youth unemployment is so severe the government’s stopped even publishing the figures. And they blame Xi.
The map is at first glance like any other map. Then you start to realise its claimed new areas of Indian controlled Andra-Pradesh, even more of the South China Sea, all of Taiwan and even Japanese islands in the Ryuku chain. Parts of Nepal are also included. But the icing on the cake is its claims to a key island in the Amur River on the border with its ally of convenience, Russia. These two fought a bitter undeclared war in 1969 over the area. It was so vicious the Soviet Secretary General Leonid Brezhnev, asked President Nixon to acquiesce in a Russian nuclear strike on China. He didn’t but it helped generate the idea of the infamous visit to Beijing that began the road to opening China to international markets, and it marked China as an enemy of Russia.
The vast array of nations affected by China’s new map, are not impressed at all. Not one of them is willing to concede it in any way and it’s seems to have simply generated a huge amount of animosity. What was the point of publishing it? Why now? Embarrassing Xi, always a favourite of his opponents in the Chinese Communist Party, seems high on the list. Having let it out he now has to back it or look like he’s not in charge - a fatal mistake in the inner workings of the CPC.
What the whole thing has done is alienate China’s neighbours. There’s almost nobody unaffected by the new claims with a border with China.
The endless encroaching and bullying of other countries - especially at present, the Philippines which is making a stand against the behaviour of Chinese coastguard cutters, has incensed everyone.
All China has done is prove the Americans right, and shown China to be everything it tries to pretend it isn’t. Meanwhile back in China the economic situation is dire and nothing is going right.
One thing it has done is demonstrate Russian powerlessness. Not a word has come from Moscow, even as China claims once again, territorial sovereignty over Russian lands. Little shows how powerless Moscow has become.
If the Chinese walked in and took
it tomorrow there’s nothing they can do. China knows it.
The Analyst
@DiDiAussie
How Little Donnie averted a nuclear war. In his own words. Also in his own mind.
https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/as-if-you-needed-more-proof-that?utm_medium=email
The Ukrainian winter campaign will have three strategic goals, Australian General Mick Ryan said in his Futura Doctrina blog.
▫️Maintain combat capability and strategic initiative. An important element of this item will be diplomacy aimed at continuing supplies of equipment and ammunition to Ukraine and "preventing senseless peace initiatives."
▫️Maintain the momentum of ground, air, and sea operations to avoid a winter stalemate that Russia can use to negotiate a cease-fire.
▫️Get funds to survive a harsh winter as Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure provoke political pressure on the government.
The retired general expects the military to attack where they find weak points in Russian defenses during the winter, as well as strike targets inside the Russian Federation to destroy as many Russian operational systems as possible by spring.
The main struggle of the winter of 2023, Ryan calls the battles for logistics and transport nodes. According to the general, both sides will try to capture or strike at key locations.
This time, in his opinion, will also be used to gather intelligence and logistical preparation necessary for military operations in 2024, writes "Voice of America".
Goodnight from Ukraine
Oleksiy Reznikov has been replaced
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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