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
Putting pressure on EU to stop buying Russian gas.
https://kyivindependent.com/eu-pressures-domestic-importers-to-cut-russian-lng-purchases/
BELGRADE, Serbia — Thousands of Russians lined up at the Russian Embassy school on Sunday for Noon Against Putin, a protest aimed at showing the scale of resistance to the Russian president in an election he had no chance of losing.
The line, stretching over a kilometer, formed a ring around the school, prompting one voter in the crowd to liken it to the Ouroboros, the snake eating itself. Observers said the line in Belgrade was one of the largest turnouts worldwide during Sunday's event.
Around half of those The Moscow Times spoke to were registered to vote, and the other half had come simply to show solidarity for the Noon Against Putin movement, which gained momentum in Serbia in the run-up to the election.
Among them were Pyotr, Alexei, Tanya and Nastya, a group of young Russian professionals in their late 20s living in Belgrade.
None of them believed the vote would change anything, but said “It’s better than doing nothing.”
“It’s for the self-confidence of everyone here. To show the world that there are good people from Russia, to show solidarity to ourselves and each other, to break the spiral of silence, and to show the rest of the world and especially the EU that the Russian anti-war opposition parties need global support,” said Pyotr. “We can’t smash Putin alone.”
He added that he was sending videos of himself in the line to family members still in Russia who support the regime to convince them that the opposition movement is strong.
“The vote will, of course, be rigged.
But crowds at the polling stations cannot be rigged.”
🇺🇦@ukraine_report 🇺🇦🔱
Why too much salt is u healthy
https://theconversationus.cmail19.com/t/r-e-tiklidjy-njyktwidy-r/
Elections at gunpoint:
"Elections" of the President of the Russian Fakeration are being held in the occupied territories of Ukraine .
See how it works
These so-called "elections" are being held this year, for the first time and of course totally illegal, in four occupied Ukrainian regions: Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In these territories, voting started even earlier.
People are allowed to vote with any documents, including Ukrainian passports. Moreover, the voting takes place accompanied by armed soldiers. Residents are also actively forced to participate in elections, adjusted for the conditions of martial law under which voters live.
Although the occupation authorities have set up polling stations, voters are not required to go there, as the same authorities send campaigners with ballot boxes directly to their homes. It means that those cooperating with the Russian authorities walked from house to house with ballot boxes in search of voters, being accompanied by armed soldiers.
Ukrainians living in the occupied territories are also forced to vote by the InformPEC project. It involved home visits to all residents remaining in the Russian-occupied territories, often accompanied by armed men.
They collected personal data to compile voter lists, and during such visits, they sometimes filmed local residents.
Residents have already been sent text messages about the dates of the vote. Tried and tested Soviet methods of attracting people to polling stations, such as free concerts and food grabs, are also used.
The governor of Zaporizhzhia, Ivan Fedorov, claims that residents of his region, which is partially occupied, are being intimidated into voting.
"They go into every apartment, into every house and ask: do you want to vote? he says. "Our residents are very afraid. Of course, if Russians come to your apartment with soldiers and ask if you want to vote for Putin, everyone will answer: okay, fine. Because everyone wants to save their lives. But this does not mean that our citizens want to support Putin."
Meanwhile dictator Pootin reminded that participation in the elections is "a manifestation of patriotic feelings." The head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, said on Friday that "people are enthusiastically going to vote for the future of their country."
Source
Yes, of course they are enthusiastic... but how come you need machine guns for that?
@freerussia_report
You have long ago lost your legitimacy, and in the current circumstances even the semblance of an electoral process has disappeared. It is obvious to everyone that Russia needs immediate and fundamental change. Russia has long overdue the need for a profound transformation of the relationship between the authorities and the people, a frank conversation about new and fair social rules. If you are ready to discuss the future of our country without dictatorship and authoritarianism - we, for our part, are ready for such a conversation. If you still have courage and responsibility - get in touch with us in a way that is convenient for you.
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Joint appeal of the Russian Volunteer Corps, the Russian Freedom Legion and the Siberian Battalion to Putin
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Vladimir Putin, the whole world has been watching for several days now as the Russian city of Belgorod, the Belgorod and Kursk regions have turned into an active war zone. At the same time, your administration, despite our repeated appeals, is preventing the evacuation of the civilian population. In this regard, solely because of your ambitions, peaceful people continue to suffer and die. We call on you to stop this circus, think about the fate of innocent Russians and allow the evacuation of civilians from the war zone. Your elections have long since turned into a complete farce. Stop driving ordinary people to polling stations under bombs and artillery shells to participate in your spectacle! Not even forced voting is possible when air raid alarms are sounding!
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Russian daily losses
https://t.me/WarriorsUkrainian/23705
❗️ At night, the Russians carried out a massive drone attack on Odesa.
Intense combat work lasted about 3 hours. "Shaheds" were released from the temporarily occupied Crimea, entered from the Black Sea and maneuvered between residential buildings and in the industrial districts of Odessa.
13 drones were shot down in the sky of Odesa, another 1 in mid-flight in the sky of Mykolaiv Oblast. Unfortunately, it was not possible to avoid the hits. Two preserved agricultural enterprises were damaged in Odesa district. Fires broke out there, industrial buildings were destroyed.
The fire was extinguished quickly. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
From "The Analyst":
AVDIVKA BATTLE SAPS RUSSIAN RESERVES
The Ukrainians have managed for the most part to hold well in front of the areas on the east bank of the river that their new defence lines are being finished on the west of. In the northern part where the river touches Russian controlled land and they can try an come behind it, there have been tougher battles.
The area is geographically difficult for the Russians.
Several rivers flow east to west and fill the river that flows north to south - the same river the defence lines are behind.
These rivers force the Russians into corridors between them and make it difficult to manoeuvre, and they act as a funnel that forces the attackers into a tight targeting zone. As a result the Russians have held back. The northern sector however has appeared most productive for them, but the Ukrainians are having none of it. They keep up fire and counter attacks against the advancing Russians to such a degree that the Russians got bogged down. This was not acceptable to the Russian commanders who were afraid they were loosing the initiative. As a result they decided to do the one thing you only should do in two clear circumstances. They committed their reserves, half reconstituted units savaged in the Avdika attacks.
Reserves that are half reconstituted should only be used in a last ditch defence, or when you are totally sure they will tip the balance of a vital situation in your favour. This was neither, it was excessive pressure to maintain an illusory advance that was going nowhere for cosmetic reasons. That’s just bad generalship.
The consequences of doing this and what it tells us are significant. Firstly they have no other reserves. If they did they would use them. Some of the soldiers were captured and had only been mobilised 8 days prior!
It also tells us they have run out of men again and that building up reserves prior to a summer offensive isn’t going to be easy. Their quality will be minimal.
As it is some of the Russian advances were one way suicide missions. Troops were sent off to engage with zero back up in the full knowledge they weren’t coming back. Just to test minefields and detect the positions of Ukrainian defences.
Something tells me it’s going to be a difficult summer for the next Russian attempts to take more ground.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦!
🇷🇺 The enemy is using the "multi-line" tactic
⚔️ In many areas, the enemy continues to conduct assault operations, while constantly improving its tactics. The war is evolving and it works both ways. Recently, the Katsaps have been able to improve their tactical position by using some interesting tactics.
✈️ At first, the Katsap presses logistics - ways of approach, any movement of equipment to bring in combatants or evacuators, etc. Both artillery and FPV drones are used.
🔥 The enemy first sends the first wave of infantry in squad to platoon strength. He sees our firing points and positions that suppress his attack. Then the second wave is sent with the same forces and begins to suppress our firing points. At the same time, for the enemy, participation in the first or second wave means 95% death. Artillery, FPV drones, and worst of all, CABs are used for suppression.
🔥 Usually, the second wave is followed by professional enemy assault units. But if the first two waves were not suppressed, and there are reserves, the enemy can make repeated attacks. Of course, this is a rather meaty tactic and we can say that the enemy is a cretin, but he succeeds in this way and most importantly, the Katsap can afford to neglect human resources like this.
👤 As one of the fighters of the 47th Brigade, who witnessed the "death conveyor" for Muscovites in Stepove, said, if our combatants had sent them to certain death like that, they would have been shot long ago.
Good morning from Ukraine
Trump had a terrible week. Good!
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/its-all-raining-down-on-donald-trump-now/55054/
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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