re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Todays status update from Rybar
https://t.me/rybar/39512

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?????????? Attack on Donbass: the situation in the east of Ukraine
by the end of September 28, 2022

??Kharkiv direction:

??Ukrainian formations continue to make attempts to break through the defense of the RF Armed Forces at the Liman 1st - Tavolzhanka line. The Russian forces managed to repulse the attack of the assault detachments of the 14th brigade in Tavolzhanka, the enemy was forced to retreat to regroup.

??The Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to gain a foothold in the area of ??the Kupyansk-Uzlovaya station and Kovsharovka. According to some reports, after intense fighting, the RF Armed Forces left Kupyansk.

??Russian troops attacked the areas where the M777 howitzer crews of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are located in Dvurechnaya. At the same time, the RF Armed Forces worked on manpower, equipment and enemy facilities in Golubovka, Kupyansk and Senkovo.

??Liman direction:

??Ukrainian units made an unsuccessful attempt to storm Liman from Dibrov. At the same time, the next offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Ozerny and Shchukovo ended in failure.

??On the northern flank, Ukrainian formations established control over the village of Katerynivka. At the same time, the enemy is making attempts to occupy the territory near the village of Kolodezi in order to cut off the road from Svatovo, through which the group in Liman is being supplied.

??The offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues in the direction of the village of Borovoe, the Ukrainian units have fortified themselves in the village of Peski-Radkovsky. Mobile groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operate in the area of ??the southern outskirts of Podliman.

??On the western flank, Ukrainian units are advancing from two directions to the Shandrigolovo area: from the north, the Armed Forces of Ukraine occupied the village of Sredne and, according to preliminary data, Novoselivka.

??Russian forces managed to repulse another attempt of the enemy attack on the village of Drobyshevo.

??On the entire sector of the front, Ukrainian formations suffer significant losses in manpower and equipment. To make up for irretrievable losses, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is transferring reserves to combat zones.

??Bakhmut (Artemovsk) direction:

??Assault detachments of "PMC Wagner" continue to advance on the positions of the 93rd ombr of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ??Bakhmut (Artemovsk). At the same time, the RF Armed Forces are striking at enemy logistics stations in Bakhmutsky and Vesela Dolina.

??On the southern flank, the "Wagnerites" are fighting fierce battles with Ukrainian formations in the village of Otradovka.

??Luhansk region:

??Ukrainian formations using HIMARS MLRS fired at civilian infrastructure in Lisichansk, Alchevsk and Perevalsk.

??Donetsk direction:

??The Russian Armed Forces during the offensive near Maryinka and Pesok did not achieve their goals and suffered losses

??The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine put the unit of the 68th brigade on full combat readiness for a possible counteroffensive on the positions of the allied forces in the area of ??Prechistovka and Pavlovka.

??Zaporozhye direction:

??The Ukrainian command of the "Dnepr" grouping continues to draw up manpower and equipment to carry out the planned offensive against the positions of Russian troops in the Orekhovsky and Gulyai-Polye sectors of the front.

??Subdivisions of the 65th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine intend to make another attempt to attack the positions of the 35th brigade of the Russian Armed Forces in the Nesteryanka area.

??The RF Armed Forces worked on enemy military facilities and infrastructure in Zaporozhye, Stepnogorsk, Novonikolaevka and Stepnoy, part of the shells were shot down by air defense systems.

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We should combine Obama's 'Cash for Clunkers' with a 'gun buyback' program except for the metric shiton of Toyota Hiluxes (Hili? Hilex? What the frick is the plural of Hilux?) in the Middle East. They already have the mounts and those areas need the money.

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White Toyota Hiluxes might stick out like a sore dick in the breeze in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine has plenty of vehicles to turn into technicals, but they need vehicles to move supplies from their railheads to the front. Send them Toyota Hiluxes with all terrain tires to carry ammo and food to the troops. That way a winter offensive does not outrun its supply lines like the September offensive did.

Sending the Ukrainians a few dozen freight locomotives would not hurt either.

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Kremlin to hold back on illegal annexation of Ukrainian territories.

According to independent Russian media outlet Meduza, the annexation will be postponed as it now won't have the desired "PR effect" on the Russian population that is dissatisfied with mobilization.

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The Russian people are not responding to the mobilization with the enthusiasm like the Kremlin had hoped. It is becoming increasingly obvious that Russia was planning (and probably still is planning) on annexing these occupied territories and calling the fighting in these territories an attack on the Motherland. The Russian people do not seem to be buying in with that narrative and will likely not rally to the flag anymore than they already have if the Kremlin tried to claim the Motherland has been attacked. Granted it is from Ukrainian media, but it is an interesting tidbit of information.

Also check out Putin's body language from his meeting with Lukashenko. Is it just me or does it look like Puin's body language is showing him as exhausted and worried? Is the Vlad the Great starting to worry that he is losing his grip on power in Mother Russia?

Mobilization of elderly men in Sevastopol, Russian-occupied Crimea.
Visegrad24 News

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Moscow was poised on Wednesday to annex a swath of Ukraine, releasing what it called vote tallies showing support in four partially occupied provinces to join Russia, after what Kyiv and the West denounced as illegal sham referendums held at gunpoint. On Moscow's Red Square, a tribune with giant video screens has been set up, with billboards proclaiming "Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson - Russia!"

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The Russian-installed administrations of the four Ukrainian provinces on Wednesday formally asked Putin to incorporate them into Russia, which Russian officials have suggested is a formality.

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POCCNR stacked GAE fricked

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Also, who do y’all think blew up the pipeline?

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My thoughts a few pages back:

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Now that I’ve read through 12 pages of largely back and forth bull crap and off topic arguing, I find the pipeline sabotage interesting and hopefully at some point we’ll have some sort of credible evidence to provide answers. In the mean time, I have a couple of theories, or probably more accurate, related thoughts not fully developed:

Russian sabotage used for their own gain, whether domestic or international - the pipelines were both shut off, potentially for good, therefore potentially seen as sunk cost to Putin so not much lost in using for propaganda and/or alliance infighting if done properly.

Ukrainian sabotage, but would have to be with help - correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Denmark training Ukrainian troops on their soil? If so, potential operation beginning there out into the Baltic Sea.

US sabotage: potential political benefits with some propaganda the Russia is even further the aggressor and expanding their attempts to disrupt European energy, potentially with the US seeing the pipelines as closed potentially for good so minimal to no harm to European energy.

Nordic sabotage - mixture of political gain & economic gain. They’ve been threatened for their NATO application, they’ve aided Ukraine, history with Russia. Not sure that’s achieved by their sabotage. Economic - energy export growth to the rest of Europe and eliminating potential future means of Russian encroachment.

Poland: laundry list of history and current aid to Ukraine

Baltic sabotage: see Poland

Possibility of singular nations or potentially more likely a group of nations including the US, potentially in blessing only, to sabotage the pipeline to eliminate possibility of German concession to Putin at some point to restart the flow of gas and/or to send them a message we’re done with their waffling. shite or get off the pot. Thinking Poland, Baltics, Nordics, US, UK here.

Don’t really think anyone in the ME could pull this off given need for naval capabilities and the military traffic & monitoring in the region.

Make any kind of sense to anyone else? Just trying to think through possible explanations.

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We haven’t seen much tank on tank action, here is a Video of a russian tank engaging a Ukrainian tank at close range. RIP Ukrainian tank crew.
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1575316113268920321?s=20&t=3BVgXmJIkTO0UKWoUEp7LA

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Video of a tank battle at close range. Reportedly showing a tank from Russia’s Pacific Fleet’s 155th Naval Infantry Brigade striking a Ukrainian tank.

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Whose alter are you?

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This guy LINK and the Russian TV guy finally comes out of the closet

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Peskov: Tomorrow at 15:00 in the #Kremlin, agreements will be signed on the entry of new territories into #Russia.

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