TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org

Russian sources:

An explosion at an electrical substation in the town of Pogar, Bryansk region. It is located 30 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.

According to local residents, the area has completely disappeared. The causes and victims are still unknown, there is no official information.

In total, four explosions occurred in the village of Pogar, Bryansk region.

Two were near the administrative building, the third was in a field next to a gas station, and the fourth hit an electrical substation, local residents told us. There is no electricity in at least four settlements.
@DiDiAussie

Successful destruction of electrical substation.
https://t.me/WarriorsUkrainian/11909

The Bundestag has declared that Ukraine has the right to launch missiles towards Russian Federation territory.

This statement was made by Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, the head of the Bundestag's defense committee, who called on the German government to promptly provide Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles.

"Furthermore, international law permits Ukraine to target military facilities within the territory of the Russian aggressor, regardless of the origin or supplier of these weapons," she emphasized.

Difficulties of Russian translation. The influence of Russian propaganda is becoming increasingly apparent. The third season of the popular series "The Morning Show" was recently released on Apple TV, with the war in Ukraine as one of its central themes.

However, in Russia, this series can only be accessed through pirated platforms. The translator, whether being brainwashed or truly unconscious, has become a tool for Russian propaganda, promoting fabricated narratives and distorting the original content of the video.

This footage serves as an example of how Russian propaganda can manipulate people's perceptions. In the fourth episode of the series, the protagonist, who, according to the plot, is a journalist in Mariupol, mentions that the Russians are shelling the city (as seen in the English version above). However, in the pirated translation, the word 'Russians' has been replaced with 'mercenaries' and 'Azov' (as shown in the Russian version with English verbatim subtitles below).

We offer friendly advice to everyone: refrain from consuming Russian content, as there is no guarantee that it presents an accurate depiction of the world. Better watch in Ukrainian translation or the original version, since those are never lost in translation.

Good Morning Resisters

New drones for Ukraine
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/metinvest-hands-over-a-batch-of-drones-worth-uah-4-million-to-the-ukrainian-military/

Russian drones in Romania.
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/russian-drones-might-have-crashed-again-in-romania/

Elon Musk approves defunding Ukraine
https://t.me/liveukraine_media/14242

Ex President Chump wants to shoot shoplifters.

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-suggests-shooting-shoplifters-during-222250260.html

The impeachment hearing shit show

https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/republicans-held-an-impeachment-hearing?utm_source=substack&publication_id=1162742&post_id=137486924&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=70k1h

A popular cancer treatment can kill.
https://www.medscape.com/s/viewarticle/995556?ecd=wnl_edit_tpal_etid5905217&uac=425294EJ&impID=5905217

They are destroying Russia's Black Sea fleet.

https://news.yahoo.com/ukraines-relentless-targeting-black-sea-002207514.html

Goodnight from Roman
https://t.me/WarriorsUkrainian/11894

TOP NEWS TODAY 🥰😌

🇩🇪🇺🇦 "Germany allowed Rheinmetall to create a joint defense enterprise with Ukraine", - the head of Germany's Federal Office for Cartels

🇺🇸✈️ "Training of Ukrainian pilots to master American F-16 fighters has started in the USA", - Pentagon

👀 Russian air defense shot down its own SU-35 near Tokmak ✈️

💪🏻 "Ukraine became a member of the Board of Governors of the IAEA for 2023-2025", — Zelensky

🔥 The Legion "Freedom of Russia" successfully completed the task in the Belgorod region

🤯 For the first time in history, large-scale exercises will be held throughout Russia under martial law, mobilization and destruction of 70% of housing, - Baza

🇫🇷🇺🇦 "Ukraine has signed about 20 agreements with French defense manufacturers", - the press service of the French Ministry of Defense said.

🇪🇺 "The European Union has warned that it may ban the sale of some components to Turkiye and other countries where Iran and Russia buy parts for UAVs", - The Guardian

🇺🇸 "The US House of Representatives nevertheless approved the allocation of $300 million to Ukraine", — Politico

🛡️ "Western leaders urge arms manufacturing in Ukraine", - The New York Times

🇪🇺 Seven EU member states have already placed orders for 155 mm ammunition for Ukraine under the accelerated "EDA" procedure, — Reuters

🇺🇦👀 "Ukraine intends to organize the production of its own air defense systems. For this purpose, relevant specialists will come to our country", - Yermak

👀 "USAID will finance Ukrainian cybersecurity startups for half a billion dollars", - the press service of the Ministry of Digital Transformation said.

🇺🇦 "Tomorrow there will be important news for Ukraine: for our soldiers, for our entire state", —  Zelensky

Another long one from The Analyst

"FROM THE ANALYST"

SOUTHERN FRONT UPDATE

The latest information is that the artillery bombardment around the Verbove and Novopropivka areas is still ongoing, and it’s had a highly detrimental impact on the Russians. They’re losing vehicles and ammunition dumps, never mind a fair bit of artillery to precision strikes.
The Russians have launched a media spin campaign using outdated footage from 3-6 weeks ago saying the Ukrainian attack has been foiled at Verbove, so be very aware they’re trying to undermine everyone’s confidence.
According to the Ukrainians they haven’t even deployed the three primary brigades yet on Verbove and the troops assaulting Novopropivka have the advantage of holding the higher ground which is why things are so difficult for the Russians. Again, it has to be remembered that long before these assaults started, Novopropivka was clearly understood to be very difficult to defend, because of the surrounding terrain. Verbove on the other hand is on flatter ground with low hills around; it both sides have control over them.
Fighting in Novopropivka has been intense for days but the Russians are moving back.
The biggest problem for the Russians is they can’t rotate out either because the Ukrainian bombardment have trapped them or they’re just not allowed to leave. This has resulted in tremendous losses on the VDV forces whose attrition levels are said to be appalling. There is exhaustion and lack of ammo - some units yesterday claimed that bullets for their guns arrived without gunpowder in them and were as good as useless.
HIMARS have been deployed tactically around the front too as these have a massive impact on their targets.
Published video showed an entire Russian counter-assault group carefully making their way on their stomachs over open ground covered with scrub and a cluster munition terminating that operation rather effectively.
I’m very much of the opinion that for Ukraine this is the rolling thunder of artillery storm that will create the ‘empty’ zone that lets them move with speed and set up a momentum - they can use it to manoeuvre and then the tanks and armoured vehicles will attempt a breakthrough. There are more troops on each side here than the Russians started the invasion with.
The lack of air strikes by the Russians has also been noted- it’s as though they know the Ukrainians have brought up air defence units in their rear and won’t risk it.
I was talking with associates this morning and we’re all mentally drained. I am so committed to the need to defeat Russia and always have been these past 45 years, nobody has come closer than Ukraine - and they have to win, they simply have to. We all know it. This is a battle on the road to that victory.
As the great legend of military thinking, Sun Tzu wrote 3000 years ago:
“How victory may be produced for them out of the enemy’s own tactics - that is what the multitude cannot comprehend.
All men see the tactics by which I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy by which victory is evolved.
Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances.”
Anyone who reads and comprehends Sun Tzu and practices his principles wins. As soon as you stop paying attention to them - you loose. The Russians stopped paying attention a long time ago because they think they knew better. What we have to understand is that Sun Tzu boiled everything down to simple unadorned realities. They are fundamentally correct now as they were then. It strikes me that Ukraine’s leaders read it often.

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

Some men were essentially hiding Russian air defense systems that Russia abandoned in their retreat.
https://t.me/liveukraine_media/14234

Lets see how fast they surrender
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/russians-readies-conscription-in-temporarily-occupied-ukrainian-territories/

Trump suffers 3rd degree burns from Milley's farewell speech.
https://news.yahoo.com/gen-milley-strikes-back-trump-212856330.html

President Chump gets burned
https://news.yahoo.com/whoops-gop-lawmaker-accidentally-burns-071503133.html