re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Ukrainian Azovstal defender, who was part of POW trade, admits 60% of Mariupol is pro-Russian (they wanted to join Russia), 20% neutral, 20% support Ukraine

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They seem very unbiased

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David Kasatkin. The Nazi 'chemist'. Tortured and killed Russians in Donbass. Shot Colonel of UAF. Shot soldier in Azovstal that was surrendering. Threatened Russian politicians and families. Threatened Kadyrov and family. Identified by tattoos.

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That Twitter account may not be but the guy in the video is a Ukraine Nazi apparently.

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Ukrainian Azovstal defender, who was part of POW trade, admits 60% of Mariupol is pro-Russian (they wanted to join Russia), 20% neutral, 20% support Ukraine

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Russian marines have said their 'incompetent' generals are treating them as 'cannon fodder' after their unit suffered devastating losses, with 300 men reportedly killed or wounded in four days of heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine.

Marines from Russia's 155th Naval Infantry Brigade wrote a scathing letter to their regional governor, claiming they had lost 300 servicemen in a four day massacre in Pavlivka thanks to the catastrophic planning of Generals Rustam Muradov and Zurab Akhmedov.

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The marines demanded in their letter that Vladimir Putin is personally told of the alleged massacre and sets up an independent military commission.

The letter comes as Russian soldiers from a different battalion claimed that more than 500 of their comrades had been killed in the village of Makiivka, an hour north of Pavlivka.

Indeed, new figures suggest that more than 100,000 Russian soldiers have been killed so far in the war.

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“We have contacted the commanders,” he wrote. “Yes, there are losses. There are heavy battles going on. But the losses are not as big as they say in this appeal.”

Russia’s Ministry of Defense, issuing an unusual denial to a specific complaint from its servicemen, said in response to the letter that the division had not suffered “significant losses.”

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The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) issued a rare statement on November 7 in response to extensive Russian milblogger outcry on November 6 about reported extensive losses and poor command within the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet

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The Russian MoD issued a rare response on November 7 to the outcry on and claimed that less than one percent of the brigade was killed and less than seven percent was wounded within the past 10 days, and that Ukrainian forces suffered high losses instead

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The Russian MoD has remained remarkably tight-lipped about milblogger critiques of Russian failures throughout the war in Ukraine — unlike the Kremlin, which will occasionally indirectly address milblogger narratives. The MoD’s public response to milblogger outcry indicates that some Russian milbloggers have considerable leverage to shape MoD interactions in the information space and additionally suggests that the situation in Pavlivka is dire enough to warrant a response.

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Discourse regarding the widespread failures of the Russian military establishment has pervaded beyond the milblogger information space and is increasingly coloring social dynamics

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The Russian pro-war siloviki faction is increasing its influence in part to advance personal interests in Russia and occupied Ukraine, not strictly to win the war

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Another member of the siloviki party, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, is also reportedly attempting to secure business opportunities on the back of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Both Prigozhin and Kadyrov remain independent figures within Russia due to Putin’s dependency on their forces in Ukraine.

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Prigozhin is continuing to pose himself as a Russian strongman within foreign affairs by promoting his own engagement in election interference.

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Russian forces have greatly depleted their arsenal of high-precision weapons systems and have suffered significant aviation losses and will likely struggle to maintain the current pace of the Russian military’s coordinated campaign against Ukrainian critical infrastructure

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Russian occupation authorities are likely beginning a new phase of evacuations from Kherson Oblast.

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Key Takeaways

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) issued a rare statement on November 7 in response to extensive Russian milblogger outcry about reported extensive losses and poor command within the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet.

The Russian pro-war siloviki faction (including Yevgeny Prigozhin and Ramzan Kadyrov) is increasing its influence in part to advance personal interests in Russia and occupied Ukraine, not strictly to win the war.

Russian forces have greatly depleted their arsenal of high-precision weapons systems and have suffered significant aviation losses and will likely struggle to maintain the current pace of the Russian military’s coordinated campaign against Ukrainian critical infrastructure.

Russian occupation authorities likely began a new phase of evacuations from Kherson Oblast.

Russian troops continued efforts to fix Ukrainian troops against the international border in northeastern Kharkiv Oblast.

Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian troops continued counteroffensive operations in the Svatove direction.

Russian sources claimed that Russian troops conducted limited counterattacks to regain lost positions west of Kreminna.

Russian sources widely claimed that proxy and Wagner Group troops entered the outskirts of Bilohorivka.

Russian sources reported that Ukrainian troops are massing in the Kherson Oblast direction.

Russian troops continued offensive operations around Bakhmut, in the Avdiivka-Donetsk City area, and in western Donetsk Oblast.

Ukrainian forces conducted limited interdiction efforts against Russian concentration areas in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Russian President Vladimir Putin continued to make public statements and signed additional decrees to portray himself as taking steps to fix fundamental problems with partial mobilization in Russia.

Russian and occupation officials continue to abduct Ukrainian children, intimidate civilians, and escalate filtration measures.

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