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
Every year on the last weekend of May, the capital of Ukraine celebrates Kyiv Day
It is not known how old Kyiv actually is. Some sources mention the year of the foundation of the capital as 852, but this is not certain. In fact, this is the first written mention of Kyiv with a fixed date in "The Tale of Bygone Years". A city or settlement likely existed long before that.
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Video: Instagram - moisei.
I wanted to share with you several points from an interview Radosław Sikorski, Foreign Minister of Poland gave to the Guardian media. Link to the full article is below.
◾️Poland backs the right of Ukraine to strike at military targets inside Russia - the West has to stop constantly limiting itself in what it does to support Ukraine.
◾️On sanctions: "We should drop the principle of unanimity in sanctions. Some of them have been delayed by one member state blocking them. And also it should be an EU crime to breach EU sanctions and therefore prosecutable by the European prosecution service."
◾️On Putin: "He is an absurd leader of the international conservatism. We are talking about a KGB colonel, for Christ’s sake."
◾️On whether it was permissible for Ukraine to strike military targets inside Russia: "The Russians are hitting the Ukrainian’s electricity grid and their grain terminals and gas storage capacity, civilian infrastructure. The Russian operation is conducted from the HQ at Rostov-on-Don. Apart from not using nuclear weapons, Russia does not limit itself much."
◾️ On "red lines": "Always declaring what our own red line is only invites Moscow to tailor its hostile actions to our constantly changing self-imposed limitations."
Link to full interview of sikorskiradek: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/25/poland-foreign-minister-radoslaw-sikorski-long-term-rearmament-europe
@worldnewschat
ATACMS delivered to Ukraine in April became a new formidable weapon against russia: in a month they hit airfields four times, and air defense systems three times
Since mid-April, when Ukraine began using US-supplied ATACMS missiles with a range of 300 km, it has managed to strike several military targets in the Russian rear. The airfield in Dzhankoy (twice), the Belbek airfield in Sevastopol (twice), as well as the military communications center and the location of air defense systems were attacked. If the United States lifts the restriction on the use of these weapons exclusively on Ukrainian territory, the new missiles will be able to reach Voronezh, Lipetsk, Bryansk and Kaluga .
The transfer of ATACMS missiles with a range of 300 km to Ukraine became known at the end of April. As Reuters wrote, citing a source, Washington sent them secretly, but they were included in the military assistance plan approved by Joe Biden on March 12.
▪️According to the agency, Ukraine first used missiles on April 17, hitting an unnamed Crimean airfield 165 km from the front line. On this day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the airfield in Dzhankoy. The fire also spread to aircraft parking areas, but it is unknown whether the equipment was damaged.
▪️According to Politico, ATACMS was also used for an attack in the Berdyansk area of the Zaporozhye region. The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) noted that the attack targeted the S-300 radar systems.
▪️On April 30, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched another attack on the airfield in Dzhankoy. As a result, at least one launcher of the S-300 or S-400 air defense system was damaged, Radio Liberty wrote . On the same day, the Russian head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, reported on the use of ATACMS missiles by Ukraine.
▪️On May 15 and 16, the Ukrainian Armed Forces twice attacked the Belbek airfield near Sevastopol with ATACMS missiles. According to satellite images, two MiG-31 fighters, one Su-27 and a fuel storage tank were destroyed . The MiG-29 fighter was also seriously damaged. On May 19, as a result of an ATACMS attack on a pier in Sevastopol, the small missile ship Cyclone sank . Information about the defeat of the ship was confirmed by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as the investigation group Conflict Intelligence Team.
▪️At least two successful ATACMS attacks became known this week. On Wednesday, a strike was carried out on an S-400 air defense complex near the city of Mospino in the Donetsk region (45 km from the front line. The Wall Street Journal attributes the attack to new long-range missiles. This strike was caught on video. Pro-war telegram-channel Fighterbomber writes that “the entire S-400 crew is alive.”
▪️Another ATACMS attack occurred the next day, Thursday. The strike was carried out on the army communications center in Alushta, Radio Liberty writes , citing satellite images obtained by the publication.
▪️ “Long-range ATACMS systems have significantly increased the range, value and number of deep targets that Ukraine can attack,” writes The Wall Street Journal. Former US Marine Corps officer and fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Mark Canzian believes that Crimea has become an attractive target because there are many stationary military installations on the peninsula, such as airfields and ports.
▪️For now, Kyiv can only use American missiles to launch strikes on Ukrainian territory. However, it is possible that this restriction may be lifted in the near future. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg are also in favor of this. If this happens, the missiles will be able to reach targets deep behind russia's internationally recognized regions, according to a map compiled by ISW analysts.
@ukrainejournal
From "The Analyst":
RUSSIA STILL ISN’T WINNING
As Ukrainian drones destroy a Russian ICBM warning radar that can also see ATACMS launches from Ukraine, and strike Russian airfields with confirmed hits on several aircraft, China surrounds Taiwan and begins an outrageous propaganda campaign demanding war.
The world it seems sits on an almost permanent knife edge, never quite knowing what will happen next.
The grinding progress of Russian activity with losses that are simply mind numbing, is costing them vast amounts for minimal gain. And all this while Ukraine has been almost at its weakest since the war started.
With vast amounts of aid now flowing for the US and the other allies, Russian progress is going to get slower and any progress more costly.
The loss of key strategic sites in Crimea to missile and drone attacks as well as command and control sites, have shocked the Russian military.
Ukrainian targeting of the refineries has been devastating to Russian oil production processing diesel and petrol supplies. It’s making life far more expensive in Russia for fuel.
Russia is in the ludicrous position of exporting crude oil and having to import refined oil products at huge expense.
It’s not all gone Ukraine’s way. The Russians have advanced even if it’s a small distance overall. Its power grid and generation systems are at just 30% - most energy is now imported from Poland and Romania. Zelensky’s legal term in office expired on May 20th and Russia is already using that as a propaganda weapon, despite the Ukrainian constitution allowing such a situation.
Ukraine’s finances are a mess, it’s almost totally dependent on western fiscal manoeuvres and support. The bill to rebuild the country just grows every day - fast approaching $1 trillion.
Oddly Russia and Ukraine are spending about 35% of their state budgets on the war. But Russia’s economy is overheating and burning up resources. Meanwhile the west is spending barely 0.5% of its GDP on the war and slow rolling industrial production to fight Russia through Ukraine.
Overall Russia is losing and has less time to waste. It’s not getting anywhere fast enough - and its economy is likely to melt down faster than it can replace its vast losses.
This war will be about degradation and opportunity. Russian forces just don’t have the equipment they had and they can’t build it fast enough. The pendulum of war is moving slowly back to Ukraine - by 2025 Russia will have started the slippery road to defeat.
A mural dedicated to the fallen Hero Taras Berezyuk was opened in Lviv .
Artist Oleksandr Pryimak painted the nearly 30-meter-long mural for 8 months on a high-rise building located next to the school where the soldier studied.
The mural was opened and consecrated in Sikhov. This is the district that Taras loved the most, because he lived and studied here. Even in the army, the fallen hero had the call sign "Sikhivskyi".
Taras was born in Lviv Oblast. He was an activist of the Lviv football club "Karpaty". He worked as a teacher of history and sociology, head of the economic and technological department at the Lviv Vocational College of Food and Processing Industry of the National University of Food Technologies.
He participated in the Revolution of Dignity. In 2014, he went to war as a volunteer.
With the beginning of a full-scale war, Taras again went to defend Ukraine in the ranks of the 24th OMBr.
Taras Berezyuk died on August 24, 2022. The soldier is 34 years forever.
"Nobody allowed her to leave", says her father.
https://mailchi.mp/kyivindependent/wtf-is-wrong-with-russia-bgy98x23u2?e=7763f0b74a
I don't think Libertarians have any use for Trump
https://open.substack.com/pub/jefftiedrich/p/libertarians-boo-donald-trump-and?r=70k1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Conservatives have ruled for 14 years and f##ked up everything. Now it's time to lose.
Alexander Vindman. Is the name familiar? It is to me, a veteran who remember peacetime heroes as well as wartime ones
Tough but powerful video (from the enemy) of a 47th Brigade Bradley 🐉 coming under artillery fire, catching fire and then being hit by multiple ATGMs.
But even with this, the crew remained alive and was successfully evacuated by another Bradley machine (which was also affected by the FPV at the time of evacuation).
📍 between villages Sokil and Solovyov
@ukrainejournal
⚔️ "People should know the names of Heroes", - Kyrylo Budanov
🎞 Especially for the Day of Heroes, which Ukrainians celebrate annually on May 23, the GUR presented the documentary film "Country of Heroes".
🫡 Together with famous military men and historians, an exclusive interview for the film was given by the head of the GUR, Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov.
"I think it should be a truly state holiday, with support at the state level. People should know the names of the Heroes. We very often do not know the names of our Heroes or what they did. In this way, we partially destroy our history and our identity. Because a person has committed a deed, a serious deed, and no one will even know about it, except for those people who directly saw it - there will be nothing to educate the next generations,"
said Kyrylo Budanov.
🔗 About the unknown pages of our heroic history and the meaning of Heroes' Day, founded in 1941, see the documentary film at the link (English subtitles).
@ukrainejournal
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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