The Ukraine war thread
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@Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:
Interesting article. Basically re-iterates what the blogger said - this will divert Russian troops to a defensive posture, further impairing their effectiveness elsewhere. "Whack-a-Mole," indeed.
Also, I don't think one should forget about the psychological impact of an attack on Russian soil - and not just by haphazard drone attacks.
ETA: Also, looking at a map, it appears that Bolgorad is only about 20 km from the Ukraine border. Makes it a nice, easy-to-reach target.
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Indeed, it appears to be a special military operation of some sort. It is certainly ramping up Russian paranoia and hysteria:
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Putin and maps...
https://glavcom.ua/publications/velikij-konfuz-malenkoho-kartohrafa-putina-929447.html
Also on CNN via Youtube
Dumb-dumber-(fill in whatever suits you) 🥴
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@Wim said in The Ukraine war thread:
https://glavcom.ua/publications/velikij-konfuz-malenkoho-kartohrafa-putina-929447.html
Wanna go back a few centuries? Have at it.
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Putin’s expertise in historical geography is leading to mirthful memes:
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/24/putins-antique-map-stunt-stirs-meme-storm-a81260
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Russia's 'conditions for peace.'
The deputy to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said “Ukraine must”:
- Refuse to join NATO and the EU
- Commit to a ‘neutral, non-aligned status’
- End the resistance of its Armed Forces
- Cease the supply of Western weapons
- Recognize the ‘new territorial realities’ (Moscow’s euphemism for the illegal occupation of Ukrainian lands)
- Make Russian a state language ‘at the legislative level’
He also characterized Russia’s genocidal war of aggression against Ukraine as “the realization of the right of peoples to self-determination”, co-opting decolonialist language from the United Nations.
Read also: Russia abandons several villages in Belgorod Oblast, Russian partisans now fighting in Moscow Oblast – HUR
While these positions are obviously unacceptable to Ukraine – even before the thousands of war crimes Russia has committed against Ukrainians – Galuzin listed them as conditions “for achieving a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace.”Galuzin claimed that the Kremlin has not changed the initial goals of its criminal war, falsely labeling them as "protecting the residents of Donbas, demilitarizing and denazifying Ukraine, and eliminating threats to Russia's security that originate from its territory."
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Russia is blaming Ukraine for launching a drone attack on Moscow early Tuesday which reportedly left two people injured and several buildings damaged, a rare incident in the Russian capital after months of war.
While incidents in Moscow are uncommon, residents in Kyiv have faced 17 airstrikes this month. There was a Russian bombardment of the Ukrainian capital overnight, which officials said killed at least one person.
At least three residential buildings in Moscow were damaged by drones on Tuesday, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported, citing emergency services and residents.
Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said there were no serious injuries reported from the aerial assault, which caused “minor damage” and emergency services were on the scene.
Ukraine has denied direct involvement with Tuesday’s drone attack on Moscow.
There have been a handful of incidents within Russian territory since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbor last February, with most of the fighting taking place inside Ukraine.
Earlier this month, two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were destroyed over the Kremlin in a murky attack that Russia blamed on Kyiv and claimed was an attempt to target Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kyiv forcefully denied the allegation.
On Tuesday, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Kyiv was also at fault for what it called a “terrorist attack” that involved eight aircraft-type UAVs which were shot down or diverted earlier in the morning.
“All enemy UAVs were destroyed,” the defense ministry said in a statement. “Three of them were suppressed by electronic warfare, lost control and deviated from their intended targets.
“Another five UAVs were shot down by the Pantsir-S surface-to-air missile system in the Moscow region,” it added.
