That is horrifying.
Quite clearly the writer thinks that Ukraine is a colony of Russia.
He is part of a Nationalist batallion so he definately does.
The Ukrainians have launched an attack on the Kharkiv front. Unclear if it’s a real attack or just a diversion. Reports of terriotiral gain, but very unclear.
News from Kharkiv
Pretty decent analysis this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cilE7t9OWE
The sooner the Russian model disappears down the toilet the better. It’s just blatant colonialism and exploitation. Aside from this one, there have been quite a few articles and pieces about Russian practices against their ethnic minorities, their recruitment strategies in these areas and the disproportionate casualties suffered by these populations as compared to Moscow, for example.
Gleaning an opinion from these pieces is difficult to put a finger on as disgust about Russian activities in the Ukraine by members of these minorities mingles with sorrow at the plight of their people. One cannot on one hand admit they’re being exploited and providing disproportionate numbers of troops without then also admitting that if they’re prevalent in the Russian forces, even if viewed as dispensable, that they surely are guilty of the atrocities committed against the Ukrainian populace as well, like the guy who did the castration being from Tuva in Siberia.
Anyway, this is just to showcase that Russian policy is offensive, even within their own borders. It’s bloated, exploitive, corrupt and to a very large extent inhumane to its own citizens. It’s an outdated edifice of a time that, for all their current faults and past crimes, is generally behind most Western countries.
That’s all fair enough. Though the winter months is a two sided coin. He mentions it will be difficult to advance one the autumn rains, and therefore mud, arrives, but it will also make it difficult for Russia to outflank and cut off the advancing Ukrainian troops.
More partisan action against Russian command in occupied areas.
Thought this one was quite interesting, if perhaps not for the pilot of the jet, that is. Pretty rare footage of a jet being hit. Hard to tell what hit it or if the jet following was the attacker or his partner as there is very little context before and after. Regardless, it’s combat footage and rare at that. Jet gets hit with the bang that you hear, btw.
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MANPAD did it.
Ka-52 reportedly downed by Ukrainian forces. Impact is right at the end. This particular air craft type has suffered horrendous losses since the war began. In a fleet of about 130 they’re approaching 20% losses, or perhaps even surpassed it, in just 6 months of war.
Big news from Kharkiv front which we talked about yesterday.
A very sobering read concerning the Kherson offensive. This article should be read, but of course, we only see fragments of the truth from those who POV we hear from. But still.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/07/ukraine-kherson-offensive-casualties-ammunition/
I worry Ukraine might exhaust itself in the Kherson direction as losses mounts. We have many stories of Russian incompetence and bad morale, but they are now mostly fighting VDV and as we read from the article, the enemy is unsurprisingly formidable.
Apparantly, they are also now attacking from the north, and RUM-int that there is fighting inside Chkalovske
I suspect that Russia is relying on reserve forces on the front lines, while UA troops have been training for the past few months on this counter-offensive. Am hoping that this is a sign of things to come.
I see a lot of Americans pissed off on how much money is being dumped into Ukraine by the US Govt right now, but after 10 years of their Gulf War v1 and v2 it seems very…hypocritical.
It’s difficult to do maneuver warfare in late authum and early winter and lines of contact tends to be frozen more often than not. Late winter is however different, frozen ground is good for armour.
not good for troops though.
You should read the washington post article I posted. Both sides are now fielding a lot of inexperienced troops at various different theatres, and lots of Ukrainian soldiers are highly inexperienced. At Kherson front, Russia has the VDV stalling the Ukrainian advance and they have a lot of high quality troops there. In Kharkiv, Ukraine just struck a part of the lines defended by Rosgvardia and satellites and have broken through.