re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Eta: I mean how many times can the Russians change the reasoning of this war and the local population just eat it up

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It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grammes a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be REDUCED to twenty grammes a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.

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Members of the Russian siloviki faction continue to voice their dissatisfaction with Russian war efforts in Ukraine, indicating that Russian President Vladimir Putin will continue to struggle to appease the pro-war constituency in the long term.

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Russian siloviki have also directly confronted Putin regarding the progress of the Russian war in Ukraine, which further highlights their significance within Russian power structures.

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Putin’s regime is largely dependent on Putin’s monopolization of the state information space, but Prigozhin is increasingly challenging that monopoly.

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Prigozhin’s influence in the information space is evident through the positive portrayal of Wagner forces, despite their failure to make significant advances in the Bakhmut area

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Russian officials are increasingly attempting to rhetorically align Russia’s war in Ukraine with religious concepts ostensibly accessible to both Christians and Muslims, likely in order to cater to religious minority groups within the Russian armed forces

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Russian occupation officials continued to indicate that efforts to “evacuate” civilians in Kherson Oblast to the east bank of Dnipro River are part of a wider resettlement scheme.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin held a coordination council meeting on October 25 in which Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin expressed a need to enact additional security measures in border oblasts, likely indicating that the Kremlin intends to utilize recent martial law decrees

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Russian independent polling organization Levada posted survey results on October 25 showing that the number of Russians desiring change has declined despite recent societal stresses introduced by sanctions, mobilization, and the war in Ukraine.

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Key Takeaways

Russian siloviki factions continue to voice dissatisfaction with the Russian war effort in Ukraine, likely indicating that President Vladimir Putin will struggle to appease the pro-war faction.

Direct confrontations between Putin and siloviki members regarding the war in Ukraine illustrate the significance of siloviki factions in Russian power structures.

Russian officials are likely rhetorically realigning the war in Ukraine with religious ideals ostensibly accessible to both Christians and Muslims to cater to religious and ethnic minorities.

Russian occupation officials continue to claim that the evacuations in Kherson Oblast are a part of a larger resettlement program.

Levada polling surveys suggest that the Russian public’s sentiments toward the Russian government have not fundamentally changed despite societal pressures associated with the war in Ukraine.

Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces conducted ground attacks west of Svatove and on Kreminna on October 25.

Russian forces continued to establish fallback and defensive positions on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River.

Russian forces conducted unsuccessful ground attacks in Donetsk Oblast.

The Russian military continues to mobilize personnel in violation of recruitment policies. Russian mobilization efforts also are placing strains on the Russian labor market.

Ukrainian partisans conducted an attack targeting the occupation head in Russian-occupied Zaporizhia Oblast.

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Afghan commandos trained by Allied forces are being recruited by RUSSIA to fight in Ukraine after they were abandoned by the West when the country fell to the Taliban

Up to 30,000 Afghan commandos were abandoned by the West last year

Now they are being recruited by Russia to join in Putin's faltering war effort

It is believed the shadowy Wagner Group is behind the recruitment drive

Now, the US-trained light infantry force that fought side by side with allied troops for nearly 20 years could be joining Vladimir Putin's savage war effort.

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Trump made the plan but Biden had months to override it

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How we handled Afghanistan was a cluster we’re going to be paying for for years.

Trump made the plan but Biden had months to override it. Can’t pass that buck back to the previous administration.

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