The Ukraine war thread

[George K]

[George K]

Russia has moved missiles off isles disputed with Japan

Multiple air defense missile systems deployed by Russia on two disputed islands off northern Japan in 2020 have been moved off the isles, an analysis of satellite images showed Thursday, raising the possibility that Moscow is repurposing weapons from its Far East for use in the war against Ukraine.

Yu Koizumi, a lecturer at the University of Tokyo, made the analysis based on satellite images of the Etorofu and Kunashiri islands taken by U.S. space tech company Maxar Technologies Inc.

Koizumi said he is also convinced that old tanks and artillery previously stored at a military facility in Sakhalin are being sent to the frontlines in Ukraine.

He also speculates that a large number of old tanks and howitzers at a military facility in southern Sakhalin were sent to Ukraine after being temporarily taken to factories for repairs.

Troops from the Far East are also being dispatched to Ukraine. An elite naval infantry brigade based in Vladivostok has suffered significant losses in combat, and some residents of the Etorofu and Kunashiri islands have died after being mobilized, according to Koizumi.

"The Russian military is deploying all weapons at their disposal, which is evidence of their active engagement in the conflict," Koizumi said.

[Wim]

Like I said before: slowly but steadily...

https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/08/31/frontline-report-ukrainians-breach-6-km-of-russias-defenses-in-one-day/

[Horace]

GoFundMe, Venmo, and Paypal won't extend their services to those questioning the west's participation in the war:

https://thegrayzone.com/2023/08/28/gofundme-freezes-grayzone-fundraiser/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

[Renauda]

@Horace

Did it cross your mind that just may be that they followed the money?

[George K]

"Damaged"

That'll just buff right out, right?

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/moment-of-drone-attack-that-destroyed-il-76s-at-russian-base-seen-in-infrared-image

[Horace]

@Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:

@Horace

Did it cross your mind that just may be that they followed the money?

I doubt financial forensics were involved. More likely cultural pressure.

[Renauda]

@Horace

Of course. How could it be otherwise?

[George K]

LOL

[Renauda]

@George-K

Yes, your source although questionable - https://oko.press/visegrad24-anonomous-account-mystery-revealed - is reporting accurately. PepsiCo is indeed on Kyiv’s naughty list:

https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/09/01/ukraines-anti-graft-agency-recognizes-pepsico-mars-intl-sponsors-of-war/

The same credibility however cannot be said for the Horace’s source, the greyzone.com, as this search link indicates:

https://www.google.com/search?q=thegrayzone.com&sca_esv=561932315&source=hp&ei=SvHxZP-KFPHAkPIP1qGWmAE&oq=thegrayzone.com&gs_lp=EhFtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1ocCIPdGhlZ3JheXpvbmUuY29tSKWrAVC4CViqowFwB3gAkAEAmAGvAaAB6hWqAQQwLjIxuAEDyAEA-AEBqAIPwgIKEAAYAxiPARjqAsICChAuGAMYjwEY6gLCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICERAuGIAEGLEDGIMBGMcBGNEDwgILEAAYigUYsQMYgwHCAgsQLhiABBixAxiDAcICCBAuGIAEGLEDwgIFEC4YgATCAggQABiABBixA8ICDRAuGIAEGMcBGNEDGArCAgQQABgDwgIHEAAYgAQYCsICDRAAGIAEGLEDGIMBGArCAgUQABiABMICBxAuGIAEGArCAg0QLhiABBjHARivARgKwgIQEC4YgAQYxwMYxwEYrwEYCsICDRAuGIMBGLEDGIAEGArCAgoQABiABBjHAxgKwgIFEAAYogTCAhAQABiABBixAxiDARjHAxgK&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-hp

[Horace]

Just like me to side with a far-left news source.

[Mik]

Well crap. We just bought some Ethel M chocolates.

[Jolly]

Silver bullets...

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-send-its-first-depleted-uranium-rounds-ukraine-sources-2023-09-01/

[Mik]

Good piece on the US and NATO. This alone would cause me to not vote for Trump or DeSantis.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-u-s-and-europe-are-splitting-over-ukraine/ar-AA1g8upQ?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=be1dac286cf4479d88610af0021b94d1&ei=54

[George K]

@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:

How Russian Soldiers Ran a "Cleansing" Operation in Bucha

[George K]

And meanwhile, in Putin's hometown, Leningrad St. Petersburg.

[George K]

[Axtremus]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/musk-stopped-ukraine-attack-russian-fleet-starlink-rcna104019

New biography about Elon Musk claims that:

Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his Starlink satellite network over Russian-occupied Crimea last year in order to prevent a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s naval fleet.

The claim was immediately met with criticism from Kyiv.

[George K]

@Axtremus said in The Ukraine war thread:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/musk-stopped-ukraine-attack-russian-fleet-starlink-rcna104019

New biography about Elon Musk claims that:

Musk secretly ordered his engineers to turn off his Starlink satellite network over Russian-occupied Crimea last year in order to prevent a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s naval fleet.

The claim was immediately met with criticism from Kyiv.

[George K]

Last night:

And in Sevastopol: