The Ukraine war thread
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Drones attack Russian oil refineries
Drone attacks on Russian soil continued into their second day, with reported strikes on two oil refineries roughly 50 miles from Russia’s highly important Black Sea oil export terminals, local authorities said.
The strikes come just a day after drone attacks in Moscow that damaged buildings and prompted the Kremlin to say it reserves the right to take “severe measures” in response.
Meanwhile, several people have been killed in shelling in the central and eastern Ukrainian regions of Dnipropetrovsk and Russian-occupied Luhansk, according to local offici
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https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1665377461566160898.html
Mikhail Khodaryonok was one of the few Russian state media voices who warned about the difficulties of invading Ukraine before February 2022
Here's what he has to say now /1
Khodaryonok admits that Russia lacks the resources to defend Belgorod, and highlights how Belgorod officials have attacked the Russian Defence Ministry on this
Khodaryonok calls for additional fortifications in Grayvoron and Shebekino /2
Khodaryonok wants air power and artillery to be taken to defend the Russia-Ukraine border. This is how serious the threat is
He says they need to be either taken from frontline areas like Kherson, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia or from the reserves of the Russian military /3
Khodaryonok warns that Ukraine will carry out Shebekino-style incursions in other regions of Russia to stretch their forces across a 1,500km
These operations will be followed by a serious Ukrainian counter-offensive /4
Khodaryonok's commentary spurred extreme reactions on Russian state TV
Alexander Shpakovsky called for an end to the SVO and the start of the Great Patriotic War where all Russians need to participate
The sense of alarm is real after the Belgorod attack /END
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Something definitely percolating there. Not only with armed forces but PsyOps as well:
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/06/05/radio-waves-air-fake-putin-state-of-war-address-a81403
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Damn.
@Jon said in The Ukraine war thread:
Damn.
Each side is accusing the other, of course. However, from what I've read, this limits Ukraine's ability to cross the river and execute their counter-offensive.
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It doesn't make much sense for anyone but Russia to be behind it.
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2023/06/06/why-is-the-nova-kakhovka-dam-so-important/
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It doesn't make much sense for anyone but Russia to be behind it.
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2023/06/06/why-is-the-nova-kakhovka-dam-so-important/
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I clearly remember a time not all that long ago when there was a similar fear that the USSR would collapse. I was even sent to DC to attend a conference discussing the various scenarios and consequences of a collapse. Plenty of gloom and doom in those presentations.
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They might want to rethink the dam thing. It's not working out real well.
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Wagner chief makes some predictions about the Ukraine war ...
I don't get why this Wagner chief keeps making public statements about the Ukraine war. What is there for him to gain from making these public statements?
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Wagner chief makes some predictions about the Ukraine war ...
I don't get why this Wagner chief keeps making public statements about the Ukraine war. What is there for him to gain from making these public statements?
@Axtremus said in The Ukraine war thread:
In order to watch a 54 second news report, I had to watch a 30 second advertisement. Thanks, CNN.
