re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

You’re really pathetic aren’t you? Why would Ukraine put Leopards in Odesa when so many of the drone and missile attacks have come from Crimea? Also I’m guessing by your logic they just shut the rail line down and stopped the train full of tanks right there on the tracks and called it a day. You’re reaching man. Reaching bad.

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Are any of you hearing anything about Prigozhin being ambushed and killed 20 miles outside of Bakhmut?

One of my friends texted me about this earlier in the morning although he said to be wary since it was primarily in Russian social media.

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That's some secretive social media. There's no discussion of anything like this that I've seen. Do you have a link to some mention of this other than a text?

If it’s true and he was in a vehicle convoy that would eliminate a HIMARS strike so it would either have to be Ukrainian artillery with the shot of a lifetime or SOF. 30 km outside of Bakhmut would also be reaching the limits of conventional artillery range and I can’t see Putin calling for his head simply because he knows he’s fricked without Wagner’s forces. I would put the chance of it being real at less than 1% but if it were true it would be one hell of a May 9th gift to Vlad.

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If it happened, and that's a big "if", my money would be that it is a case of Russian Flu, and not Ukraine forces.

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Without a high rise, it would be due smoking

That or they could have run over one of their own land mines. You can never discount the stupidity of Russians. Just when you think they couldn’t be worse they go and outdo themselves.

I would like this to be true but something should have leaked by now.

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At least 4 additional Russian Tu-95MS Strategic Bombers have now appeared near their “Launch Zones” over the Caspian Region; the Bombers seems to be Operating in a “Radio Silence Mode” again as they have the for the last few Missions.

So we currently have 8 Tu-95MS Strategic Bombers, 1 Tu-22M3 Heavy Bomber, and 4 Guided-Missile Frigates that are all most likely Armed with 3M54-1 “Kalibr” Cruise Missiles and Kh-22 Anti-Ship Missiles alongside a few Kh-47M2 “Kinzhal” Hypersonic Missiles.

It is likely going to be a Long Night once again…

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Isw update

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Key Takeaways

Russian forces conducted another large-scale missile and drone strike against Ukraine on the night of May 7 to 8.

Senior Ukrainian officials indicated that Ukrainian forces may be preparing to conduct counteroffensive operations in May or June.

Russian-occupied Transnistria called on Russia to increase its peacekeepers in the region likely to support the Kremlin’s efforts to destabilize Moldova.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is attempting to use the Victory Day parade to show Russia’s continued influence in Central Asia.

Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks on the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line.

Russian forces have made marginal advances within Bakhmut as of May 8 amid reports of intensified Wagner Group forces offensive operations and continued ground attacks along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line.

Russian forces continued defensive operations in southern Ukraine.

Russian authorities have reportedly escalated their campaign targeting ethnic minorities for contract service in the Russian military.

Russian occupation authorities continued to forcibly evacuate civilians in rear areas in Kherson and Zaporizhia oblasts.

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