Russian Ukrainian War

[WW2historian]

One thing for sure, that the NK people have it undivided dedication toward their dictator (!) atleast . They will die rather than surrendering.
The new russian tactics is like bypassing all the direct confrontation and seek the flanks to encircle the ukrainian pockets or leaving one single outward road for ukrainians which russia secures the path as fire covered. That's a good way to preserve own manpower while dealing psychological pressure on enemy that they are gona sit idle defending a point while being encircled from all sides without much direct fights.
Now here is the problem... one needs to keep enormous manpower constantly employed to keep the flanks covered and occupied while doing sanitization of the contact lines at a same span. Russia is doing the same at atleast 7 fronts at a time. That needs a big chunk of manpower getting blocked.
SO,the DPRK volunteers will come handy, they will keep the cordon up, while cleaning the holds slowly making the actual experienced russian forces free to attack new flanks before the winter or season change closes up.

OR.

The DPRK volunteers will be just used as recon cannon fodders or showstoppers to locate the defensive points and clusters of Ukrainian troops. That way russia will save much of its soldiers remaining.

This douche is NAFO's managing director. If it were up to him, he would let a million NATO soldier die just for the chance of defeating Russia.

@jurgen_nauditt

I stand with Ukraine. Love destroyed russian tanks. NAFO. Managing Director, Franchisor international education company.

 

[WW2historian]

I can't see a credible source. If it is true, what is the response? NK is already sanctioned, isn't it?

He called Biden an appeaser. That's because anything less than NATO troops on the ground is appeasing Russia.

 

[Spitfire IX]

He called Biden an appeaser. That's because anything less than NATO troops on the ground is appeasing Russia.

There is appeasement in a way. One country attacks another. Many of the victim's neighbours come to its defence through proving military aid. Biden delays or prevents the normal use of weapons provided. Can be seen as a form of appeasement, can't it, handing Russia advantage in the conflict?

 

[Freedom Thru Firepower]

A number of Western media outlets write about the threat of destruction of the Ukrainian steel industry due to the front approaching Pokrovsk

The Economist points out that the largest coking coal mine in Ukraine, Krasnoarmeyskaya Zapadnaya, and the Pokrovsky Mining and Processing Plant are under threat.

In 2021, Ukraine ranked 14th in the world in steel production, but last year it dropped to 24th place. With the loss of the largest mine where coal is mined for metallurgy, Russia will succeed in "destroying the remaining steel industry of Ukraine."

Moreover, the article says, it is not necessary to take Pokrovsk for this.

"As they advance, Russian troops will try to cut off the power supply and block the main road that carries coal west to the remaining steel mills. They will then do the same at another smaller coking coal mine 18km north of Udachny, at Dobropillya," the British magazine writes.

Yesterday, the American magazine Foreign Policy wrote about the same problem

 

[Akim]

This coal mine is probably working now? The analysis is worthy of a monkey's ass.

 

[WW2historian]

There is appeasement in a way. One country attacks another. Many of the victim's neighbours come to its defence through proving military aid. Biden delays or prevents the normal use of weapons provided. Can be seen as a form of appeasement, can't it, handing Russia advantage in the conflict?

This thing is escalating out of control. The reason NK is getting involved is because the west might allow it's missiles to strike deep inside Russia. The dems might lose the white house and the senate. This might be nothing more than a delay tactic. Who knows for sure? I don't think Putin will strike a NATO country in response, mostly because he doesn't have too. Plus I don't think this is much of a threat to Russia. They will spread out their weapon storage facilities, and the west doesn't have enough missiles to make much of a difference anyway. Although the west has pledged billions in weapons, currently they don't have them and it will take years for them to produce them. By that time this thing will be over.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV3Bh1msqz4

 

[Akim]

This thing is escalating out of control. The reason NK is getting involved is because the west might allow it's missiles to strike deep inside Russia. The dems might lose the white house and the senate. This might be nothing more than a delay tactic. Who knows for sure? I don't think Putin will strike a NATO country in response, mostly because he doesn't have too. Plus I don't think this is much of a threat to Russia. They will spread out their weapon storage facilities, and the west doesn't have enough missiles to make much of a difference anyway. Although the west has pledged billions in weapons, currently they don't have them and it will take years for them to produce them. By that time this thing will be over.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV3Bh1msqz4

 

[Viktor]

Ukrainian Harry Potter be like "India is buying Ukrainian blood by purchasing Russian crude oil"

Meanwhile in Goorope -

Czech industry profiting from Russian oil sanctions loophole, research reveals

One company in particular has earned €1.2B in extra profits, despite alternatives being available.

www.politico.eu

 

[WW2historian]

I would like to see the expression on your face after reading this.
Military operation in Ukraine
15 Oct, 08:12

Ukrainian losses: situation in Kursk Region​

Ukraine’s total losses in the Kursk Region have exceeded 23,150 military personnel killed and wounded, the Russian Defense Ministry has said.

 

[Akim]

I would like to see the expression on your face after reading this.
Military operation in Ukraine
15 Oct, 08:12

Ukrainian losses: situation in Kursk Region​

Ukraine’s total losses in the Kursk Region have exceeded 23,150 military personnel killed and wounded, the Russian Defense Ministry has said.

Another 200 F-16s and a star destroyed were shot down. You haven't heard about the Stryker with an American crew.
Of course, I don't believe these numbers. I believe our officials. The commander-in-chief said that there are 50 thousand Russian soldiers there. But for some reason the result is modest, although the Russian general Aludinov, back in August, said that in 2-3 weeks the Ukrainians would be thrown out of the Kursk region.
Soon, North Korean soldiers will come to their aid (there are already 3 thousand of them in the Bryansk region). Local residents will give away their locations faster than the locations of the Russian Guard from Chechnya.

 

[Vinash]

I'm not trying to convince anyone here, but I'm really interested in reporting what's being missed here and seeing how their matrix is being torn apart. Adequate people ask my opinion on various events here. Inadequate ones immediately "throw slippers". Like in that video where two "Russo-turisto" attacked a woman and her daughter on a beach in Egypt because they were speaking Ukrainian. Her husband (a military man on leave) came running to the woman's screams and sent the inadequats to the hospital.

A lot of Indians have an irrational likening towards Russia. 1971 being the most important reason. Most Indians are incapable of seeing Russia in an unbiased way.

Most Indians also have no clue about Russian attitude towards upcoming Indian Chess prodigies. Russia used to be the undisputed King of the Chess world, a title which Indians have taken over recently.

3 Indians are in top 10 currently with their ages being only 18,19 and 21.




Russia's no 1 Chess player i.e Nepo who is no 9 on this list has more or less been making accusations about Indian Chess player i.e Gukesh regarding Cheating. The 18 year old Gukesh has been a prodigy since childhood. Russian World Champion Kramnik who held a chess camp with Gukesh when he was 12/13 predicted that Gukesh will be a future World Chess Champion. Despite this, the butthurt Russian player Nepo has given 2-3 interviews where he more or less says, "I don't understand Gukesh's game. He plays like a Computer" etc i.e inferring that Gukesh is taking Computer help to cheat at Chess.

Also, there are 2-3 more top Russian players who keep attacking rising Indian kids in the Chess world.


View: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1g0pbu5/grischuk_has_4_explanations_for_gukesh_classical/


They aren't taking their own fall well in the Chess world. This applies to their real world fall from superpower status as well.

 

[Akim]

A lot of Indians have an irrational likening towards Russia. 1971 being the most important reason. Most Indians are incapable of seeing Russia in an unbiased way.

Most Indians also have no clue about Russian attitude towards upcoming Indian Chess prodigies. Russia used to be the undisputed King of the Chess world, a title which Indians have taken over recently.

3 Indians are in top 10 currently with their ages being only 18,19 and 21.

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Russia's no 1 Chess player i.e Nepo who is no 9 on this list has more or less been making accusations about Indian Chess player i.e Gukesh regarding Cheating. The 18 year old Gukesh has been a prodigy since childhood. Russian World Champion Kramnik who held a chess camp with Gukesh when he was 12/13 predicted that Gukesh will be a future World Chess Champion. Despite this, the butthurt Russian player Nepo has given 2-3 interviews where he more or less says, "I don't understand Gukesh's game. He plays like a Computer" etc i.e inferring that Gukesh is taking Computer help to cheat at Chess.

Also, there are 2-3 more top Russian players who keep attacking rising Indian kids in the Chess world.


View: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1g0pbu5/grischuk_has_4_explanations_for_gukesh_classical/


They aren't taking their own fall well in the Chess world. This applies to their real world fall from superpower status as well.

Some other country helped India in 1971 and now we have to love Russia? Then let's love the Kazan Khanate, because it was also on Russian territory.
By the way, we have an expression (in the former USSR) - "Kazan orphan". This means that a person has no relatives in the whole world. In reality, when the troops of Tsar Ivan IV captured Kazan in the 15th century, they slaughtered almost all the inhabitants.
Let's go back to India and 1971. It is historical illiteracy to confuse the USSR and modern Russia.

 

[Vinash]

Some other country helped India in 1971 and now we have to love Russia? Then let's love the Kazan Khanate, because it was also on Russian territory.
By the way, we have an expression (in the former USSR) - "Kazan orphan". This means that a person has no relatives in the whole world. In reality, when the troops of Tsar Ivan IV captured Kazan in the 15th century, they slaughtered almost all the inhabitants.
Let's go back to India and 1971. It is historical illiteracy to confuse the USSR and modern Russia.

Russia is seen as the successor and sole representative of USSR. You might not like it but that's the harsh reality.

 

[Akim]

Russia is seen as the successor and sole representative of USSR. You might not like it but that's the harsh reality.

They called themselves this: Successor of ancient Rus', continuer of its Orthodox faith, etc. There is a terrible mix there. And the principle is: We remember the good, we don't remember the bad. In 2010, the Russian parliament apologized to Poland for the execution of Polish officers in 1939, and 5 years later took the apology back. They still haven't apologized to the Finns for the aggressive war. In 1940, they captured Estonia and took away part of its territories. They think that's normal.

 

[WW2historian]

Another 200 F-16s and a star destroyed were shot down. You haven't heard about the Stryker with an American crew.
Of course, I don't believe these numbers. I believe our officials. The commander-in-chief said that there are 50 thousand Russian soldiers there. But for some reason the result is modest, although the Russian general Aludinov, back in August, said that in 2-3 weeks the Ukrainians would be thrown out of the Kursk region.
Soon, North Korean soldiers will come to their aid (there are already 3 thousand of them in the Bryansk region). Local residents will give away their locations faster than the locations of the Russian Guard from Chechnya.

"Of course, I don't believe these numbers. I believe our officials." How can you say you believe them when they never say anything? Remember, Ukraine's policy is not to reveal casualty numbers? It's also like believing a person who was asked a question and replied with, no comment. Wow! he didn't answer, but I believe he was telling the truth. Akim, your illogic has no limits.

 

[Akim]

"Of course, I don't believe these numbers. I believe our officials." How can you say you believe them when they never say anything? Remember, Ukraine's policy is not to reveal casualty numbers? It's also like believing a person who was asked a question and replied with, no comment. Wow! he didn't answer, but I believe he was telling the truth. Akim, your illogic has no limits.

You have some kind of inner anxiety - to know the numbers of our losses. Like the score in a football match.
By the way, do you remember when the last time the Russian Federation talked about its losses? In February 2023. They named the figure of 14 thousand, although American, British, German intelligence spoke of 120-130 thousand. Ours named the figure of 150 thousand killed and wounded. Almost 2 years have passed since then and half a million Russian losses.
In general, the attitude to numbers is a question of "I believe it - I don't believe it". If Harris wins (the primary elections showed that they are "neck and neck", like horses at a hippodrome), will you believe these numbers? Perhaps you will not participate in new events "a la January 6", but you are not obliged to believe them.

 

[Akim]

View: https://x.com/i/status/1846349703715475907
@Boiled_AnDa This is for you so you don't worry about this fool with the Russian flag. Nobody needs her.
The video was made on October 15, when she had a trial - I don't know and I don't care.

 

[WW2historian]

You have some kind of inner anxiety - to know the numbers of our losses. Like the score in a football match.
By the way, do you remember when the last time the Russian Federation talked about its losses? In February 2023. They named the figure of 14 thousand, although American, British, German intelligence spoke of 120-130 thousand. Ours named the figure of 150 thousand killed and wounded. Almost 2 years have passed since then and half a million Russian losses.
In general, the attitude to numbers is a question of "I believe it - I don't believe it". If Harris wins (the primary elections showed that they are "neck and neck", like horses at a hippodrome), will you believe these numbers? Perhaps you will not participate in new events "a la January 6", but you are not obliged to believe them.

I believe the numbers are reasonable, it averages to about 300 killed/wounded a day. Ukraine has not had to deal with mines, however they did have to deal with all kinds of drones, massive amounts of Russian artillery/mortars. Also they are surrounded on three sides, and are outnumbered. I should mention Russia has dropped huge numbers of FAB bombs on them. Ukraine is not dug in and they have to deal with the TOS flamethrower, and cluster rounds. Russia has more armored vehicles. Russia is using massive amounts of missiles. Ukraine can't resupply very well and they have no air cover. There's more, but I think that covers the basics. But you do have a great defense, it's called denial. So please don't take your head out of the sand.

 

[WW2historian]

You have some kind of inner anxiety - to know the numbers of our losses. Like the score in a football match.
By the way, do you remember when the last time the Russian Federation talked about its losses? In February 2023. They named the figure of 14 thousand, although American, British, German intelligence spoke of 120-130 thousand. Ours named the figure of 150 thousand killed and wounded. Almost 2 years have passed since then and half a million Russian losses.
In general, the attitude to numbers is a question of "I believe it - I don't believe it". If Harris wins (the primary elections showed that they are "neck and neck", like horses at a hippodrome), will you believe these numbers? Perhaps you will not participate in new events "a la January 6", but you are not obliged to believe them.

This article came out after 18 months of fighting. It's an objective opinion, but a pro Ukrainians source non the less. It shows KIA and wounded averaging 350 a day. Since Ukraine was the one on the offense in Kursk they will have way more causalities than average. Kursk was just one front, but the numbers of 300 killed/wounded is a very reasonable estimate.

'Dying by the dozens every day' - Ukraine losses climb​

29 August 2023
The figures remain classified. But US officials, quoted by the New York Times, recently put the number at 70,000 dead and as many as 120,000 injured. It is a staggering figure, from an armed forces estimated at only half a million strong. The UN has recorded 9,177 civilian deaths to date.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66581217

 

[Spitfire IX]

I believe the numbers are reasonable, it averages to about 300 killed/wounded a day. Ukraine has not had to deal with mines, however they did have to deal with all kinds of drones, massive amounts of Russian artillery/mortars. Also they are surrounded on three sides, and are outnumbered. I should mention Russia has dropped huge numbers of FAB bombs on them. Ukraine is not dug in and they have to deal with the TOS flamethrower, and cluster rounds. Russia has more armored vehicles. Russia is using massive amounts of missiles. Ukraine can't resupply very well and they have no air cover. There's more, but I think that covers the basics. But you do have a great defense, it's called denial. So please don't take your head out of the sand.

Things may change in the next month. Once the US election is out of the way, Biden no longer needs to be acutely sensitive to public opinion where his Ukraine policies are concerned, so may take steps to increase support for Ukraine until his term ends. If Trump wins and cuts US support, I think that Ukraine will be forced to negotiate from a very poor position unless the EU can greatly increase its support, and very quickly. The question is: how? Has it raised arms production enough to be able to supply Ukraine with enough to hold the territory it still has?

Putin does not care how much his territorial ambition damages Russia (or Ukraine, obviously). He will continue until Russia's economy cracks - which could be years away. There is no good outcome for Ukraine on the horizon: either continuing destruction or accepting the annexation of much of the country.

So far the US has shown no real sign of wanting to defeat Russia's invasion of Ukraine. However, if Harris wins next month and gets serious about the US defeating Russia in this war of arms and sanctions, I know which side should win in a contest between a $25 trillion economy and a $2 trillion economy,