TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@social.cleverlibre.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 71 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
From "The Analyst":
KHERSON FRONT HEAVY FIGHTING
It seems the Ukrainian Marines have managed to push deeper into the forest in front of Krynky and have entrenched positions there.
Fighting is described as heavy.
The lack of Russian discipline in the region is starting to show.
Making videos and using your own phone on the front lines is something largely expunged from most Russian units. The fact that so many videos are making there way out from this front and the level of criticism they’re levelling against their commanders tells you a great deal.
They’re generally deeply impressed at the level of Ukrainian drone-artillery coordination. They’re very aware that they don’t have that support and lack artillery. They’re also sick of the air force bombings having no coordination and being as much a risk for Russian forces as they are Ukrainian.
On top of that they are being killed by their own minefields. The units that laid them are long gone and there are no maps of where they are because coordination is so poor - so the minefields have become as deadly for Russians as they are potentially for Ukrainians.
One unit complained of using 50 men to mines and its these mines that ended up killing a Russian general this past week.
Yet another video from Russian troops in the 1082nd complains about being ordered to attack the islands with no backup no plan and not a lot of ammunition - and that this endless attack to defend policy was simply loosing men for nothing.
So far videos from five units in the Krynky front have been published in as many days and while they haven’t quite mutinied, they don’t appear to be far from it. They’re so demoralised they just don’t care anymore- but they’re too afraid, thanks to propaganda, to surrender and save themselves.
One unit that obeyed the order to go into the islands is in video complaining that their commander didn’t realise they were tidal and they’ve been stuck sleeping in trees until the water drops.
Commanders have started to react and try to find the troublemakers but all that seems to have done is spread the disquiet further.
So then the question is why is nobody further up the chain doing more to help?
Simply, it’s just not a priority. Local
Forces are deemed sufficient and it’s up to commanders to enforce discipline. There’s also virtually nothing spare anywhere to send here with so much committed to other fronts. Unless Ukraine breaks out and causes a serious frontal collapse - which seems unlikely given their ability to supply over the river, it’s just an irritation in the bigger picture, that local commanders must deal with.
You cannot help but think if they could just get enough over here, if they could sustain the supply, this front could become extremely dangerous for Russia.
Yet again though, we have to remind ourselves, this is the arsehole of the Russian logistics network. It’s the most awkward and difficult area to supply and lacks roads and rail lines of any value. The only real source of supply is from Crimea by road and even that’s inside Ukraine’s ability to interdict.
It’s a front of so much promise but it’s so hard to deliver the results without air cover and and great deal of imagination to solve the supply problem.
I keep thinking of how the Israelis got over the Suez Canal in 1967 and again in 1973. But they had air superiority to protect it. In the end they never exploited their advantages before ceasefires were imposed and they withdrew.
The Ukrainians need fuel pipelines and some kind of continuous ferrying service that runs night and day to build up forces - but you can’t again, do that, without air power to make it safe.
The recent attacks on Crimean air fields also make more sense as these are the bases that are sending the aircraft to drop the glide bombs.
Ukraine needs a force big enough to send the Russians into a panic and flee, but not so big anything they do can’t be followed up and sustained.
I just don’t see how this is going to be exploited any time soon.
And neither do the Russians, which is why high command is doing nothing about it.
Ukraine under fire. The situation in the regions as of this morning.
📍 Chernihiv region
During the day, the enemy shelled the area five times. The Novgorod-Siverskyi and Koryukivskyi districts were shelled from mortars, self-propelled guns and artillery. In the Semenivska community, one residential building was destroyed and two were damaged due to mortar shelling. There is also a hit to the water tower. Two local residents were injured.
📍Sumshchyna
the Russians carried out 22 shelling of the border territories and settlements of the Sumy region. 149 explosions were recorded. At night, the Russians shelled the Krasnopil community. Five mortar explosions were recorded.
📍 Zaporozhye
the Russians made 86 strikes on 19 settlements. 12 enemy drones attacked Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Novodarivka, Charivne, Chervone, Mala Tokmachka and Lugivske, and the occupiers also fired at Mala Tokmachka from MLRS. 73 artillerymen arrived on the territory of Novodanilivka, Biloghirya, Levadny, Poltavka, Robotyny, Plavny, Kamiansky, Stepovoy, Maly Shcherbaky, Pyatikhatky and other front-line towns and villages.
There are three destructions as a result of shelling.
📍Dnipropetrovsk region
The enemy used a kamikaze drone on Nikopol. Damaged utility company. The Russian army terrorized the district center and Chervonogrigorivsk community. Aimed from heavy artillery. Without consequences and victims.
📍 Kharkiv region
In the direction of Slobozhansk, Uda, Stognia of Bogodukhiv district, Veterinarne of Kharkiv district were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar attacks. Kozacha Lopan of the Kharkiv district was hit by airstrikes.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy carried out assaults in the Sinkivka areas, where the defense forces repelled seven attacks. About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire. In the evening, the invaders shelled Kupyansk-Vuzlovy. There is a hit near an apartment building. No casualties.
📍 Luhansk region
During the day, the Russians carried out 131 shellings.
📍Daughter
Avdiivka, Ocheretine, Shcherbynivka, Halytsynivka, Mayorsk, Novobakhmutivka, and Novoekonomichne were under the fire of the Russians. 14 residential buildings, schools, and kindergartens were damaged.
📍 Mykolaiv region
At night, 8 enemy Shahed-131/136 UAVs were destroyed by air defense forces and means. Invaders from the Kinburn spit also shelled the Kutsurub community with artillery. They hit open areas.
In the evening, the enemy hit the Berezansk community with rocket-propelled salvo fire systems. Residential buildings, a garage and a car were damaged in one of the settlements. The resulting fire was extinguished promptly.
📍Kherson region
During the day, the enemy carried out 76 shellings, of which Kherson was shelled five times. the Russians targeted the districts of 24 settlements of the region, the territory of the plant in Kherson, the power grid in the Kherson district. As a result of the Russian shelling of Tyaginka, a 70-year-old local woman was injured and taken to the hospital.
Have any of the debates not been a disaster???
Who will be the next House Republican to bail out?
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/the-next-house-republican-to-go/53432/
Regular people like you and I.
https://t.me/WarriorsUkrainian/15781
🇺🇦🇺🇦. Stand With Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦
https://t.me/WarriorsUkrainian/15783
A disagreement over hostages
https://t.me/pilotblog/8283
Yesterday some Russians shot 2 men who had surrendered. Today they were overrun and killed.
https://t.me/liveukraine_media/15969
They are stopping needed war material at the Polish border.
https://t.me/liveukraine_media/15972
Belarus has been suspended from the Red Cross.
Two Ukrainian soldiers surrendered and were shot
https://t.me/liveukraine_media/15947
Orban finally agreed when the gave him a bit of money
In Ukraine, the Russian sadistic knacker Artyom Lavrentyev, who brutally tortured his mother’s cat in Severodvinsk, has been eliminated.
The creep abused the animal for several weeks and posted about it on the Internet until the cat died from agony.
😿🙀😿
"I really hope that he suffered before he died. I have lived with cats all my life and currently have three of them living with me. Anyone torturing animals deserves the worst possible fate" — @GalaxyCurse
Here is the story about the torturing of Kuzi the cat and jail sentence (no images of the poor cat, it's safe to read).
🇺🇦 🇺🇦 ⚜️
This guy would be right up there with all the billionaires today.
They say whatever comes around goes around. Time for Republicans to dance to their own tune.
They just keep losing. Eventually the judge will become angry. That will become another fun one to watch. 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/georgia-republicans-lose-in-court-again/53405/
This is gonna be a fun game. 🍿 🍿 🍿 🍿 🍿 🍿 🍿 🍿 🍿
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 71 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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