re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Yeah, I don’t give a shite. Russians have always been our enemy. My family has spent more than a fair share of time, effort and treasure thwarting Russian efforts over the last 60 years.

I’ll say it again. Dead Russians are a good thing. I’ll add the caveat that I’ll recant this when they stop acting like barbarians.

But….

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We can no more understand a Russian than a Chinaman or a Japanese, and from what I have seen of them, I have no particular desire to understand them, except to ascertain how much lead or iron it takes to kill them.

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-General Patton

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Christopher Miller @ChristopherJM · 5h NEW: Ukraine troops reported outages of Starlink devices on frontline, hindering efforts to liberate territory from Russian forces, Ukrainian officials & soldiers told us.

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It appears the outages are happening in territory once held by Russia. Space X blocks those satellites so Russians can't access the network.


Ukrainians rapidly recapturing or operating in those territories are having trouble.

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Elon butthurt?

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Would be completely on brand for him. He acts like a massive baby every time somebody challenges the bullshite he vomits out. He is completely incapable of ever admitting he's wrong about anything.

Kharkov is Russian, Kharkiv is Ukrainian

Another Russian Ka-52 attack helo shot down over Kherson. Russian aviation is taking very heavy losses.

ISW Update

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Western and Russian reports of fractures within the Kremlin are gaining traction within the Russian information space, undermining the appearance of stability of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime

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Kadyrov and Prigozhin will likely attempt to make minor ground advances in Donetsk Oblast to maintain their prominence and reputation in the nationalist and proxy information spaces.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin may have waited to announce that he had replaced Eastern Military District (EMD) Commander Aleksandr Chaiko until Putin could use Chaiko as a scapegoat for Russian military failures in Kharkiv and Lyman.

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Key Takeaways

Western and Russian reports of fractures within the Kremlin are gaining traction within the Russian information space, undermining the appearance of stability of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime.

Russian President Vladimir Putin may have waited to announce that he had replaced Eastern Military District (EMD) Commander Aleksandr Chaiko until he needed to use Chaiko as a scapegoat for Russian military failures in Kharkiv Oblast and Lyman, Donetsk Oblast.

Ukrainian forces likely continued counteroffensive operations along the Kreminna-Svatove road in western Luhansk Oblast.

Russian forces continued to establish defensive positions in northern Kherson Oblast, and Ukrainian and Russian sources reported ongoing battles north and northwest of Kherson City.

Russian forces continued ground attacks in Donetsk Oblast.

Anecdotal reports of poor conditions for mobilized personnel in the Russian information space are continuing to fuel the accurate narrative of Kremlin and Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) incompetence.

Russian officials offered basic concessions for mobilized men and their families on October 7 but continue to rely on local governments and other non-federal institutions to provide support, including food and training, to newly mobilized men.

Russian occupation authorities in Donetsk Oblast are continuing to forcibly mobilize Ukrainian civilians, belying Russian claims that residents of newly-annexed territories will not be mobilized.

Ukrainian officials in newly liberated Kharkiv Oblast continue to uncover Russian torture chambers and other human rights abuses.

Russian occupation officials have likely failed to repair necessary civilian infrastructure in occupied and illegally-annexed parts of Ukraine in time for winter as temperatures drop.

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The Azov Sea is Russia’s now. Goodnight.

Seems like part has buckled.

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Is this the Kerch Bridge???

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Yeah.