re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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Russia's economy and war effort is coming under increasing strain, which will pose increasingly acute challenges to Russian President Vladimir Putin's ability to sustain the war over the long term.

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Sending billions of dollars over to a war that is a lost cause while the people of N Carolina who have lost everything sleep in tents and/or in their cars as they are abandoned by their government.

Funding the IDF while the people of N Carolina who have lost everything sleep in tents and/or in their cars as they are abandoned by their government.

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Yes I have been to NC and I have seen it.I happen to spend alot of time in NC

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The Armed Forces of Ukraine are finishing the construction of fortifications in the Zaporizhzhia region.

This was announced by the head of RMA, Ivan Fedorov.

"The second line is already 99.9% finished, the third line will be conditionally finished in the coming weeks. The task is to make the Zaporizhzhia region a fortress," Fedorov said.

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The russians throw the wounded on the assault against the background of losses near Lyman, — MDI.

Losses on the part of the russian army are serious, some groups have lost combat capability. Due to the lack of proper shelter from Ukrainian forces' drones, the demoralized troops refuse to go into battle.

The command of the russian federation forces even lightly wounded soldiers to attack, using methods of intimidation and pressure.

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The black market of weapons is flourishing in Russia

The Federal Security Service said today that it has discovered a network of "illegal weapons workshops" in 39 regions of the country. The special service said that it had identified and suppressed the activities of 124 gunsmiths from 59 clandestine workshops located, in particular, in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sevastopol and the so-called "DPR".

According to the FSB, more than 330 firearms were seized, including shotguns, grenade launchers, flamethrowers and mortars, about 300 kilograms of explosives, 123 electric detonators and more than 633 thousand rounds of ammunition.

Apparently, corruption in the Russian Ministry of Defense only continues to grow, because those "workshops" that have been uncovered by Russian security forces today are only a small part of what is stolen from the warehouses of the Russian army and sold to "black" arms dealers.

Meanwhile, reports of the closure of such "black shops" for the sale and production of weapons in Russia have become a mass phenomenon since the beginning of the full-scale war.

So at the end of March 2024, the Russian media reported on the closure of a network of “illegal gun shops” where 562 units of firearms of domestic and foreign production were seized, as well as more than 80000 rounds of various caliber, more than 30 kg of gunpowder and TNT, 127 major parts of weapons.

Already in October, the Federal Security Service of Russia stated that for two months it had seized 352 firearms from illegal circulation and stopped the work of 42 "illegal weapon workshops".

According to their data, they seized 42 grenade launchers, 6 machine guns, 67 automatic rifles, 12 submachine guns, 105 rifles, carbines and shotguns and 120 pistols and revolvers. In addition, the agency found 507 grenades, shells and various mines, as well as 138,000 rounds of ammunition and 33 kilograms of explosives.

One of the most common places where such "illegal weapons workshops" are covered is, unexpectedly, the Russian-occupied so-called "DPR" and "LPR".

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One reason why the Russian Central Bank struggles to control inflation is that interest rates hardly influence the ruble exchange rate. Before 2022, higher rates would lead to a stronger ruble, leading to lower prices in Russia. This doesn't work anymore due to war & sanctions.

Since 2022, the link between Russia's capital market and international capital markets is mostly severed. Russians don't invest abroad and foreigners don't invest in Russia, for reasons beyond the Central Bank's control. The ruble exchange rate listens to trade alone.

The Central Bank writes that a 1% interest rate hike nowadays results in only an 0.2% ruble appreciation. Before 2022, this effect was several times stronger, and it was quite convenient for the regulator, because this type of monetary policy transmission is so fast and direct.

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North Korea sends inexperienced soldiers to Russia for war against Ukraine - WSJ

The North Korean military, which is only in the initial stages of service, lacks the necessary physical training and combat experience outside their country.

The publication notes that their special training was mainly focused on operations in the mountainous terrain of South Korea - which is quite different from positional warfare on flat terrain along the Ukrainian-Russian border.

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North Korea did not provide kim jong-un's elite troops to russia for the war in Ukraine, — WSJ.

Intelligence and video footage indicate that many of the soldiers sent are teenagers and young recruits. The soldiers appear short and thin, which may indicate a malnutrition problem in North Korea.

NATO Secretary General Rutte confirmed that russia is recruiting soldiers from North Korea in the war against Ukraine. He called on the russian federation and the DPRK to immediately stop these actions.

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President Zelensky on the upcoming US election: "Not everything depends on the US elections ... We don't know who will be the next president, but certainly, the two-party support of Ukraine will continue.

We will certainly find it difficult if the policy [towards Ukraine] changes completely, and in this case, we'll be thinking how to work with this. But not now, and only then."

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According to HUR, the Russian army is intensifying its offensive near Lyman in Donetsk, deploying additional assault units from its 283rd and 488th motorized rifle regiments. UDF have inflicted heavy losses, rendering some Russian assault groups combat ineffective. Morale among Russian troops is low, with many refusing to fight due to a lack of protection against Ukrainian drones. In response, the Russian command is pressuring and coercing lightly wounded soldiers into further assaults.

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Weekend map thread for week ending Sunday 27th October 2024

Highlights: Large Russian gains in the Vuhledar and Selydove areas marked, with Russian forces breaking through the Ukrainian lines and raising the flag in Bohoyavlenka, 9 kilometers northwest of Vuhledar, and being sighted near the settlements to the west.

Russian forces captured Selydove, raising the flag over the town and also raising a flag in Vyshneve.

We're expecting Russian flag raises in the rest of Hirnyk and Kurakhivka any day now.

To be clear to anyone that just shrugs these off - these are not normal movements. Ukrainian forces are in disarray, and there is now a very good chance for Russia to capitalise upon these efforts and conquer significant areas

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Just because it is written in some news report, doesn't make it reality.

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If you're going to throw this at someone, why aren't you on the front in Ukraine right now? My god, the double standards.

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You do realize we are capable of doing more than one thing at a time right?


Of course he does. But he only cares about making political points.

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That dude made it an and or or statement.

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Sending billions of dollars over to a war that is a lost cause while the people of N Carolina who have lost everything sleep in tents and/or in their cars as they are abandoned by their government.

Funding the IDF while the people of N Carolina who have lost everything sleep in tents and/or in their cars as they are abandoned by their government.

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