re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Julia Davis
@JuliaDavisNews

Armen Gasparyan, who hosts his own show on Vladimir Solovyov's channel, gloated over Russia's massive missile attack against Ukraine. He said that Ukrainians are not people and berated them as millions of villagers, all of whom were "born without brains."

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ISW Update

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Key Takeaways:

Russian forces conducted the largest series of missile and drone strikes against Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion on the morning of December 29.

The strike package that Russian forces launched on December 29 appears to be a culmination of several months of Russian experimentation with various drone and missile combinations and efforts to test Ukrainian air defenses.

Russia will continue to conduct strikes against Ukraine at scale in an effort to degrade Ukrainian morale and Ukraine’s ability to sustain its war effort against Russia.

Current Russian missile and drone reserves and production rates likely do not allow Russian forces to conduct regular large-scale missile strikes, but likely do allow for more consistent drone strikes, which can explain the recent pattern of Russian strike packages.

The Kremlin's efforts to sufficiently mobilize Russia's defense industrial base (DIB) in support of its wartime objectives, including large-scale strike series, may been more successful than Western officials previously assessed due in part to Russia’s ability to procure military equipment from its partners and the redistribution of Russia’s resources for military production purposes.

Russian forces have likely routinely attempted to draw and fix limited Ukrainian air defense systems away from the front, and the Russian strikes on December 29 follow recent indications that Ukrainian air defenses may be presenting significant challenges to Russian aviation operations along the frontline.

Western aid remains vital for Ukraine’s ability to defend against Russian strikes, and the end of such aid would likely set conditions for an expanded Russian air campaign In Ukraine.

Western leaders largely viewed the massive Russian strike as evidence that Putin’s maximalist goals in Ukraine remain unchanged, in line with ISW’s long-standing assessment that Putin is not genuinely interested in a ceasefire or any sort of negotiated settlement in Ukraine.

Russian forces made recent confirmed advances northeast of Bakhmut and south of Avdiivka as positional engagements continued across the entire line of contact.

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on December 29 that it has completed Russia’s autumn 2023 conscription cycle, which began on October 1.

Russia continues the forced integration of occupied areas of Ukraine into the Russian system using social services and infrastructure restoration projects.

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In other news, Zelensky continues to show visits troops 1-2 km away from the frontline in Avdiivka. Would Putin have the balls to attempt something similar? I think not.

Well here in the good ol' USA, many military bases, weapon plants, repair facilities are surrounded by civilians - homes, businesses, busy streets....

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I mean it's incredibly lucky for the Ukrainians that the Russians always seem to be so inept when it comes to bombing military targets yet can hit a nursery full of cancer babies and nuns with 100% success rate.

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Actually the Ukrainians shoot down 100% of Russian missiles and drones. We read about it here daily. 50 of 50, 120 of 120.

Somehow the hospitals, schools, churches and apartments get blown to bits though.

Russias dick sounds like it taste phenomenal fwiw

British Defence Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE UPDATE
UPDATE ON UKRAINE
30 December 2023

During the course of 2023, the average daily number of Russian casualties (killed and wounded) in Ukraine has risen by almost 300 per day compared to 2022.

The increase in daily averages, as reported by the Ukrainian authorities, almost certainly reflects the degradation of Russia's forces and its transition to a lower quality, high quantity mass army since the 'partial mobilisation' of reservists in September 2022. It will likely take Russia five to ten years to rebuild a cohort of highly trained and experienced military units.

If casualties continue at the current rate through the next year, by 2025 Russia will have sustained over half a million personnel killed and wounded over three years of war. This is compared to the Soviet Union's 70,000 casualties in the nine-year Soviet-Afghan War.

Stick to buying futures, that’s obviously where 100 points on your stat sheet went

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I don’t know why I poked my head in here but I’m shocked at the Zalensky dick gobbling in here. I thought that was only done by corporate media and US politicians. Had no clue regular people were up his arse too.

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Regular people don’t cheer for our enemies Russia and Iran like you do. Well some do, they congregate on the Poliboard. You’re welcome to join the BRICS club over there.

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The Russian Federation requested a meeting of the UN Security Council in connection with the attack on Bilhorod, Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

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Russian Ministry of Defense now claims that Belgorod was shelled with 2 Vilkha MLRS projectiles with cluster ammunition and RM-70 Vampire missiles(range 20 kms against 35 to the border of Ukraine)

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova accused UK in being behind Ukraine in an attack in Belgorod, calls for meeting of UNSC

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Neither claims make sense.

Vilkha rockets either have 250 kg or 170 kg warheads...aka not the small impact shown below.

RM-70s have a maximum range of 20km.

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I will always chuckle when Russia gets bent out of shape about Ukraine doing to Russia what Russia does to Ukraine