re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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That’s a best case scenario. Granted, I hope you’re right, but I’ve become quite cynical at this point.

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The Ukrainian grid has also been connected to other Eastern European countries. Those countries still use a lot more coal than Western Europe. They were dependent upon Russia for coal and gas, but they have stopped buying gas from Russia in 2015. It’s already replaced the coal from the Donbas by increasing production around Dnipro and Lviv. It has also increased imports from Australia and South Africa and others (unfortunately the Biden administration has stopped the USA from cashing in on this). Plus Ukraine was a an electricity exporter to Europe before this invasion and the majority of Ukraine’s electricity generation is from nuclear and those nuclear power stations are still working (at the moment).

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British Defence Intelligence
UPDATE ON UKRAINE 19 August 2022
INTELLIGENCE UPDATE

Russian strikes on residential areas of Kharkiv killed at least 12 civilians on the afternoon of 17 August 2022. Although the front line in this sector has moved little since May, Ukraine's second city has been one of the most consistently shelled since start of the invasion, when Russian forces probably aimed to reach the outskirts with 24 hours.

Sitting around 15 km from the Russian front line, Kharkiv has suffered because it remains within range of most types of Russian artillery. Multiple rocket launchers and generally inaccurate area weapons have caused devastation across large parts of the city.

Russian forces hold the Kharkiv sector relatively lightly but continue to conduct local raids and probing attacks against Ukrainian forces. They are probably trying to force Ukraine to maintain significant forces on this front, to prevent them from being employed as a counter-attack force elsewhere.

ICEYE Signs Contract to Provide Government of Ukraine with Access to Its SAR Satellite Constellation

Helsinki, FINLAND – August 18, 2022 – ICEYE, the global leader in persistent monitoring with radar satellite imaging, has signed a contract with the Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation which will provide the Government of Ukraine with ICEYE’s Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite imaging capabilities.

As part of the agreement, ICEYE will transfer full capabilities of one of its SAR satellites already in orbit for the Government of Ukraine’s use over the region. The SAR satellite will be operated by ICEYE. In addition, ICEYE will provide access to its constellation of SAR satellites, allowing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to receive radar satellite imagery on critical locations with a high revisit frequency.

At any given time, most of the Earth is covered in clouds or darkness. Unlike traditional Earth observation satellites, ICEYE’s small radar imaging satellites can form high-resolution images of areas of the Earth in daylight, at night, and through cloud cover. In other words, they can collect images and data from any part of the Earth multiple times a day, with the necessary reliability for critical decision making. ICEYE has successfully launched 21 spacecraft to date and operates the world’s largest fleet of commercial SAR satellites.

ICEYE Press Release

There is an entrepreneurial young lady from Ukraine who stumbled across an OT thread about playground sets from last Christmas.

She posted a link to their company's site and said they have really awesome products.

I immediately thought of this thread and figured it could be a win win. If any of you baws are in the market for a nice wooden playset and want to support Ukraine and stick it to Putin go check out her post OT LINK

* The company looks pretty legit and I kinda respect her hustle. Also I am not affiliated with them if the spam police are on patrol.

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people our age know nothing more than stories what our parents and grandparents went through.

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And using them as the example further proves my point, as they didn't really riot in the winter. In 1967 and 68, there wasn't one example of civil unrest that occurred during the winter. If we go earlier to the Red Summer of 1919, there was maybe one example of a riot in winter, in November of that year in Wilmington, Delaware. Going by history suggests that civil unrest on a large-scale in the middle of winter is a rare occurrence.

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Will they though? Vlad just has to threaten them with it.

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Vlad has already threatened them and Europe responded. That political option is mostly exhausted.

By this guys estimation, Russia has roughly 2 years worth of artillery supply left

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College isnt that different from the past, except for costs

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Considering the expansion of programs and admin staff, this is not a correct statement. Its very different from the past. The realm of social science has exploded with all kinds of fringe shite, which is sold to kids at an inflated price.

Colleges at one time exposed kids to various types of ideology. That isn't happening today, across the board.

You might be shocked to know that small government conservative students enjoyed the heck out of James Carville's class in politics at Tulane. I was told by one student that everything brought up was fully discussed. By definition that is a Classic Liberal education, aka libertarianism

That’s not gonna be a problem. My guy in Russia talked about rumblings from the Kremlin. So word is they are talking finally about negotiations-again brokered by Turkey, they are actually wondering if the territorial gains they’ve made are sufficient to use as a leverage. Time passing and stuff being hit in Crimea is apparently startling for them. Questions are being asked if Ukrainians have infiltrated GRU FSB as some very important information especially about Crimea and Odessa has recently leaked to Ukrainians that could only be known by senior level people. Grain shipments unimpeded and therefore bridge is safe. Red line has been drawn about Nuclear PP, Russia responsible for safety any “accident” sounds like it might be viewed as act of war on NATO.