TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 72 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
Pastor ascending into heaven, leaving his parishioners behind. He must not be well liked. They are happy to see him go.
Russian subsidiary of Bank of China stopped accepting payments from Russian banks, Russian Kommersant media reported.
From June 24, the Russian branch will stop processing payments in yuan from Russian banks on the U.S. sanctions list. The bank will work only with credit organizations that have not fallen under U.S. restrictions.
The decision to halt transactions with sanctioned banks is attributed to fears of secondary sanctions from the United States.
🕯 Ukrainian choreographer Anton Smetsky died at the front.
He joined the Armed Forces as a sapper at the start of the full-scale invasion. Even after a serious injury and leg amputation, Anton returned to the ranks of defenders of Ukraine.
"We must continue to fight, because no one will replace us - people do not want to join the army."
- said Anton in an interview for Channel 24.
Eternal memory to the defender! 🙏🏻
KHARKIV: RUSSIANS SURRENDER & DESERT IN LARGE NUMBERS
With supplies short and food and water a vastly reduced commodity even by Russian meagre standards, morale in the their lines, especially in the Liptsy sector of the front has been dire. This resulted in a a rapidly increasing number of surrendering units.
Ukraine had also been targeting the barrier troops and their headquarters so that these were so reduced, they were in no position to stop the Russians retreating without permission.
The first collapse came after the 7th Motor Rifle Brigade lost most of its forces and equipment being forced into meant grinder attacks against Ukrainian defences around Liptsy.
They lost so many troops that the Russians had to withdraw them to reconstitute the unit, but they failed to replaced them with anything, leaving the remaining units feeling abandoned and vulnerable.
Ukrainian counter attacks placed extreme pressure on the remaining units and they started to collapse.
Russians have been conditioned into not surrendering in most cases, having been fed a bucket load of lies about what will happen to them, including torture, especially genital mutilation, and eye removal, so they have often become too scared to try. Instead they go AWOL, abandoning their positions and fleeing, especially without barrier troops to stop them.
The Chechens were brought in to try and restore some discipline but instead seem to have ended up in the frontline fighting, not Ukrainian but Russian troops trying to retreat without permission.
The Ukrainians quickly isolated where the Chechens were deploying from and targeted that, reducing their numbers and abilities in devastating HIMARS strikes inside Russia.
Another thing that became clear over the past week is that pieces of units form all around the front have been stationed here. Platoon level numbers have been brought up from as far away as Kherson and pretty much everywhere along the front. Detached from their units and commanders the Russian system doesn’t really work well when it comes to communications and resupply and becomes an every man for himself environment behind the lines, while being an incoherent and unstable frontline, far from ideal to defend against determined Ukrainians.
This situation has resulted in Ukrainian gains and a reduction in Russian held territory. Ukraine has opted for the attrition strategy, wearing the Russians out of equipment and progressively weakening them forcing them to keep deploying new units - here where they can contain them rather have them exploit a frontline position elsewhere.
Eventually it’s hoped they will become so weakened that an offensive retake all of the captured areas will be possible.
Yet rumours persist the Russians still want to expand the frontlines here to create their so called buffer zone. If they can’t even maintain what they have without bringing in units from
around the entire front, how will they create enough of a force to widen the operation? Let alone stabilise their own front in Kharkiv.
This farce of an operation has been catastrophically bad for the Russians. They have locked themselves into it and don’t have the humility or common sense to see this is no longer a viable campaign. One of the key aspects of being a good military force commander is knowing when you are wrong and accepting it. That doesn’t happen in Russia without severe consequences. They are too afraid to admit failure.
Kharkiv continues to be the death zone for Russian units - in an area where the commanders are seemingly nervous of new ideas or any common sense, resorting to brutal tactics to control their own forces.
Slava Ukraine
Rest in Peace Martin Jaeger
Estonian volunteer Martin Jaeger, who fought in the ranks of the 3rd Assault Brigade, died defending Ukraine in Luhansk region.
Martin Jaeger, 42, was a professional soldier in the Estonian army: he was part of an elite unit for more than 10 years and had participated in a mission in Afghanistan since 2013. He came to fight in Ukraine more than a year ago, and during this time, he has been in different units. He joined the Third Assault Brigade about a month ago.
Martin Jaager the third Estonian who died defending Ukraine: Ivo Jurak died in Ukraine in March 2023 and Tanel Kriggul - in September.
Eternal memory and eternal glory to the fallen Warrior. Ukraine will never forget your sacrifice.
Donald is debating with dementia patients. Everyone seeks their own level.
🟠 Putin: I am ready to take in 43,000 Palestinian refugees, men of conscription age, for 6 months. After that there will be no need to find them a place to live.
Putin makes humanitarian https://t.me/Israel_Middle_East_Insight/29466r
🗣 Donald Trump complained that he can't afford bacon because it has become too expensive in the USA
There you have it. A Billionaire can't afford bacon but a guy on Social Security can.
🔥 🏚 "Platan" completely burned down
Also, 8 people died and several others were injured
False claims about Biden’s mental health are once again flooding social media
As the US presidential election draws closer, swathes of posts ridiculing President Joe Biden’s fitness to serve another term are being shared widely, but the pictures are usually either manipulated or taken out of context.
Criticism of Joe Biden’s mental health and 81 years of age have dogged him throughout his presidency, with allegations of him being too old and senile for office coming in hard and fast in the run-up to the presidential elections this year.
Many of these claims are supposedly backed up by video evidence of the US president acting strangely, but they’re either manipulated or taken out of context.
The debate surrounding whether there should be a cap on serving politicians’ age is a valid one, but it’s worth remembering that there’s no evidence that 81-year-old Biden is impeded by how old he is.
It should also be noted that his main rival in the presidential race, Donald Trump, is only 3 years younger.
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Anyway, if you need to fake your "evidence", then it's obvious that you are spreading a lie...
@Ukraine_Report
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 72 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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