Ukraine counter offensive
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"Prigozhin in fatal plane crash, Russian officials say"
Yevgeny Prigozhin in fatal plane crash, Russian officials say | Financial Times
Ten die on flight from Moscow to St Petersburg, according to emergency ministry
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Like a repeat of the past , Russian leader knocking off top generals to avoid military take over only to have no one left to fight a war.
Let’s hope history is repeating itself.
Let’s hope history is repeating itself.
German magazine Der Spiegel has published a lengthy and detailed investigation into the attack on the Nord Stream pipeline.
It cites German investigators – who are undertaking “the most important investigation of Germany’s postwar history because of its potential political implications” – and reported that “a striking number of clues point to Ukraine”.
“According to Der Spiegel’s sources, investigators are certain that the saboteurs were in Ukraine before and after the attack. Indeed, the overall picture formed by the puzzles pieces of technical information has grown quite clear.
And the possible motives also seem clear to international security circles: The aim, they says, was to deprive Moscow of an important source of revenue for financing the war against Ukraine. And at the same time to deprive Putin once and for all of his most important instrument of blackmail against the German government.”
It cites German investigators – who are undertaking “the most important investigation of Germany’s postwar history because of its potential political implications” – and reported that “a striking number of clues point to Ukraine”.
“According to Der Spiegel’s sources, investigators are certain that the saboteurs were in Ukraine before and after the attack. Indeed, the overall picture formed by the puzzles pieces of technical information has grown quite clear.
And the possible motives also seem clear to international security circles: The aim, they says, was to deprive Moscow of an important source of revenue for financing the war against Ukraine. And at the same time to deprive Putin once and for all of his most important instrument of blackmail against the German government.”
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Its a welcome escalation that distant Russian military airfields are being successfully targeted, but NATO needs to make a formal declaration that the drones are not being launched from within its member states. The Russians are looking for any reason to hit NATO so we need to snip the allegations in the bud sharpish.
I'm not sure Russia wants a real war with NATO
(Nor does NATO)
It is having enough trouble with the imaginary one
(Nor does NATO)
It is having enough trouble with the imaginary one
A few days ago, I read a newspaper article quoting a report from the US military, saying that Ukraine has suffered huge casualties since their offensive started in June. Before that date, they'd only had about 15,000 deaths, but now the figure is more than 70,000. Another 100,000+ have been wounded. I can't find that exact same article again, but the 70,000 deaths figure is quoted in another couple of places. The concern now is that Ukraine are going to run out of troops before making decisive gains.
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Why must they make decisive gains? They have 27m people in addition to external volunteers. They can keep fighting for years as long as nato keeps paying the wages.
That article would be wrong. The Ukrainian losses have been ongoing throughout. Bahkmut cost a lot of lives as did the other engagements.
The 70,000 estimate may be right but not the timeline of when those occurred.
Intriguingly, you have a point: while Ukraine has captured Zaporizha in the South, Russian forces have made some progress in the Northern sector in the East of Ukraine, suggesting the Ukrainian forces are spread thinly during the counter-offensive, according to a BBC report. A journo was in a vehicle making its way through a forest when it came under drone attack. He looked very, very nervous.
After 555 days of fighting the front lines have hardened along the banks of the Dneiper, heading North...
More News @AlJazeera
More News @AlJazeera
In more Challenger news, it sounds like two of them have been destroyed. One was immobilised by a mine and then destroyed by artillery. The second is claimed to be a victim of guided missile fire
Ukraine’s Powerful 82nd Brigade, Once Held In Reserve, Has Finally Joined The Counteroffensive
The deployment is good and bad news for Kyiv’s counteroffensive, which kicked off with coordinated assaults across southern and eastern Ukraine starting on June 4.www.forbes.com
Various sources, although none imply a breakthrough. Ukraine seems to have switched from trying for a breakthrough to grinding down At multiple points until the line crumbles.
They've gotten a couple of nice reviews from the end users, including a claimed kill at 5km, which is impressive.
Tanks are there to be used.
United States President Joe Biden has announced that the first US-made Abrams tanks will be delivered to Ukraine next week, a crucial delivery at a time when Ukrainian forces are engaged in brutal fighting on the front lines with Russia after months of a slow-moving counteroffensive.
“Next week, the first US Abrams tanks will be delivered in Ukraine,” Biden said at the White House, alongside Zelenskyy, who was making his second visit to the US since the Russian invasion in February 2022.
Allahu Akhbar@Al Jazeera
Too late to assist Ukrainian forces to make a decisive breakthrough of Russian defences and only six weeks to the end of October when further military operations will become bogged down by General Winter, aiding Russian troops to hold the front line.
But a couple of these bad boys alongside the Challengers will bring nightmares to the defenders when operations begin again in the New Year, leaving Putin praying for a Republican victory in the American election.
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