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
From ‘The Analyst’ (Military & Strategic) X: MilStratOnX
'SECRET’ CEASEFIRE TALKS ENDED
It’s being alleged that secret ceasefire talks have ended as Ukraine presses on in Kursk.
The Russians use the circular argument that as long as Ukraine persists in Kursk they won’t talk- but it’s OK if they press ahead on the Eastern Front while talks continued. Is it any wonder the talks were going nowhere? Besides they didn’t want them to come to anything anyway.
From ‘The Analyst’ (Military & Strategic) X: MilStratOnX
MORE NEWS ON THE PEACE TALKS
Apparently the Qataris were the centre of efforts for a partial ceasefire agreement. It would not have stopped fighting but it would have stopped any further attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Ukraine has lost 9Gw of the 18Gw it needs to get through the rough parts of winter. As it stands electricity will only be available at peak times for 7 hours a day. If they lose more things decline rapidly.
In exchange Russia wanted an end to the attacks on oil refineries and its own energy grid - which gives you an insight into how much of an effect those attacks have had.
The wider concept of a full ceasefire was never really on the cards - Ukraine wanted the Russians to withdraw completely and the Russians wanted Ukraine to surrender land that Russia hadn’t even occupied. They could not have been further apart.
Then came Kursk and the Russians said they would not send their delegation. Ukraine still wanted to talk but the Qataris said it was pointless. Since then Russia has said it won’t talk as long as Ukraine is in Kursk, something Putin has said publicly.
So we now have yet another cloud over the purpose of the Kursk offensive.
Ukraine had managed to inflict so much damage on Russian refineries that the Russians were ready to stop attacking Ukrainian energy grid systems and civilian targets.
That now won’t happen.
Analytically we can see the Ukrainians have a powerful retaliatory weapon in their drone capabilities if Russia does attempt to strike the energy grid again. They could ramp up their own attacks and do even more. So have they reached a state of deterrence informally?
The only advantage of formalising a deal to not attack key infrastructure would be a trust building exercise that might lead to the wars end.
Right now that is as far away as it’s ever been.
Andriy Boyarsky came from Odesa. For a long time he worked as an investigator in the Bilyaiv district police department. He had the rank of captain.
On March 15, 2024, the Russian army killed Andrii in Odesa. That day the enemy launched rockets from the temporarily occupied Crimea.
At the time of the tragedy, Andrii Boyarsky was serving in the National Police of Ukraine. That day he performed his official duties. In addition to Andriy, another 20 people died as a result of the attack.
The deceased is survived by his parents, wife and three-month-old daughter. Andrii is remembered as a bright, kind and sensitive person.
Ukrainian bank Monobank has been attacked for the third day in a row
According to the co-founder Oleg Horokhovskyi, DDoS attacks are almost non-stop - 5.5 billion requests have already been recorded.
"The situation is under control, but the scale is amazing," he wrote on his Telegram page.
Note: The bank can still be used and the situation is under control. The protection against the attack is so far working. There could be slowdowns experienced for some users.
Medical cannabis has been legalized in Ukraine . Here are the main changes.
🔴 Cannabis can be used for medical purposes.
🔴 Medicines based on it will be sold by prescription in licensed pharmacies.
🔴 Every transaction with medical cannabis will be registered in an electronic system.
🔴 The National Police will strictly control the cultivation of this plant, the production and sale of medicines based on it.
Medical cannabis differs from ordinary cannabis by its lower content of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a substance that causes a feeling of euphoria, changes consciousness and behavior. Instead, it is rich in cannabidiol, which relieves pain, relaxes, improves sleep and appetite.
The Ministry of Health writes that cannabis is effective for the treatment of chronic pain, arthritis, rheumatism, epilepsy, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, etc.
@ukrainejournal
Reportedly an employee of the Ukrainian commandant's office in the Kursk region caught Russian women with looted goods from neighbors. @ukrainejournal
Don-old wonders why we are even having an election. He should concede now and maybe we won't. https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/confused-donald-trump-asks-why-were-even-having-an-election/57770/
Good morning Resisters around the world. An especially good morning to the Valkyries of Ukraine.
A resident of St. Petersburg thought that his neighbor was Ukrainian, and therefore he shot her through the peephole of the front door
A 30-year-old resident of St. Petersburg, who works as a call center operator, went to the police with a complaint about her neighbor in a house on Prospekt Kultury. He came to her door, unscrewed the peephole, stuck a gas pistol in the hole and fired, hitting her left eye.
According to the woman, the neighbor is annoyed with her because he assumes that she is Ukrainian, although this is allegedly not true, writes 78.ru.
A criminal case has not yet been opened.
@freerussia_report
Trump repeats shameless Z-propaganda and hopes to 'get along with Putin' if he wins election
In an interview with Musk, he claimed that the war in Ukraine began because of Biden's "stupidity" - when he spoke about Ukraine's possible accession to NATO. Russia has repeatedly emphasized that this is unacceptable for it, Trump noted. "We have a president with a low IQ. He had a low IQ 30 years ago, and now, probably, he has none at all." He called Putin a "good negotiator."
He also claimed to have tried to dissuade him from starting a war (forgetting totally that this war has been started in 2014): “Don’t do it. You can’t do it, Vladimir. Bad days are coming,” insists that “he would never do that [start a war in Ukraine]. I got along with him. I hope to get along with him now. It will be very good.”
Trump believes that the biggest threat to humanity now is “nuclear warming,” not global warming. “We can’t let something stupid happen because of people like Biden,” he said.
More of his BS
@freerussia_report
Are you still believing in ruZZian fairy tales like Trump? RuZZian war games before 2014.
Russia has been preparing its naval fleet for launching attacks on facilities deep in the territory of Europe using missiles with nuclear warheads in case a conflict with NATO started even before its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
FT reported that the same dossier with 29 classified russian military files contained information that Moscow practised launching of tactical nuclear weapons in the early stages of a conflict with a big state. Latest reveals show how russia envisaged the conflict with the West far beyond its direct border with NATO, planning a series of destructive strikes on the entire Western Europe.
The files, created sometime in 2008-2014, include a list of targets for missiles which can carry both ordinary warheads and tactical nuclear weapons. Russian officers listed the advantages of carrying out nuclear strikes at an early stage of the conflict.
The maps of distant targets, such as coastal France and the town of Barrow-in-Furness in the UK, which were made for illustrative purposes and not for operative use, describe 32 possible NATO targets in Europe for the russian Naval Fleet.
The targets of the russian Baltic Fleet are mostly located in Norway and Germany, including a naval base in Bergen, as well as radar sites and special forces facilities.
The leaked documents indicate that russia preserved its capability to carry tactical nuclear weapons on surface ships, despite the 1991 agreement between the Soviet Union and the US about its destruction.
@freerussia_report
The SBU and the National Police detained 6 more accomplices who helped the FSB by setting fire to AFU vehicles and relay cabinets.
For this sabotage, the FSB recruited four minors and two 18-year-olds who were looking for "easy money" online.
To show their success, the participants filmed each fire.
In Odessa, two people were arrested while attempting to start fire in a railway relay cabinet.
In Mykolaiv, three minors aged 13, 14 and 16 were detained, who helped the FSB, and successfully set fire to two trucks of the AFU.
They also planned to set fire to local government buildings.
Based on the evidence, three persons from Odesa were charged with organised sabotage under martial law and face life imprisonment.
The 16-year-old suspect from Mykolaiv was charged with obstructing the lawful activities of the AFU, and is under 24-hour house arrest. He faces up to 8 years in prison.
For his younger accomplices aged 13 and 14, the issue of prosecuting them is still being decided.
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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