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[Regnum] US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told the media that he “has no idea” what obstacles from the US authorities journalist Tucker Carlson is talking about , claiming that he was prohibited from interviewing Russian President Vladimir Putin.
It is noted that while blaming the American authorities, Carlson did not explain the details of the situation that occurred a month ago.
"I have no idea what he's talking about," Miller told reporters.
As Regnum reported, Tucker Carlson on September 24 accused the people at the helm in the United States of disrupting an interview that the journalist planned to take with President Putin.
Vladimir Putin, when communicating with foreign media, is always frank and explains Moscow’s position, the Russian leader’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on September 25.
“We are convinced that sooner or later such a moment will come. The President, when communicating with foreign media, is frank and always explains the country’s position,” Peskov said, answering a corresponding question.
The US authorities forbade Carlson to interview the Russian President because they are afraid that the Americans will hear the voice of the Russian President, Senator Alexei Pushkov said on September 25.
American authorities have prohibited journalist Tucker Carlson from interviewing Russian President Vladimir Putin because they are afraid that Americans will hear the voice of the Russian president, Senator Alexei Pushkov said on September 25 at a plenary meeting of the Federation Council.
According to him, Carlson is known for his critical speeches about the Joe Biden administration , which is the reason for the ban on interviews. Pushkov noted that the American media passed over this fact in silence.
The senator added that the situation around Ukraine is at a turning point. He noted that a public opinion poll conducted in the United States in August 2023 showed that 51% of respondents were against the continuation of military and financial assistance to Kiev, and in Congress a number of Republicans directly opposed the provision of such assistance.
“Under these conditions, the White House administration is afraid that the Americans will hear Putin’s voice. In Washington, they are afraid of such an interview with a popular opposition journalist. That’s why they prohibit their citizens from hearing first-hand about the content of Russia’s actions and policies,” Pushkov said.
As reported by IA Regnum , Margarita Simonyan , editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya media group and RT television channel , previously stated that former Fox News host Tucker Carlson requested an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Sunday, August 27, she asked to bring this information to the head of state.
However, Carlson later accused the people at the helm in the United States of disrupting the planned interview. He explained that the American government had been making very aggressive attempts for decades to control everything that was available in the American media. At the same time, press workers, according to Carlson, are simply afraid to say anything that could accidentally offend people in power.
[gCaptain] by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) In a world where the Pacific is becoming a cauldron of geopolitical tensions and Russia’s actions in Ukraine highlight the paramount importance of military logistics, the strategic chessboard is experiencing moves that are unparalleled. Maersk, the Danish maritime behemoth and a principal commercial transportation partner for the U.S. military, has chosen to divest its U.S. flagged tanker fleet along with select U.S. military contracts to Maritime Partners, a relatively minor entity operating under the Jones Act. Concurrently, the company is escalating its investments gloablly including in China, prompting speculations into whether these developments are interconnected. The answer is not so simple.
Maersk’s journey with U.S. flagged ships got a boost with the acquisition of SeaLand in 1999, a company established by the pioneer of containerization, Malcom McLean. This acquisition merged SeaLand with Maersk Lines Limited, a U.S.-based subsidiary managing both the fleet and military contracts. Maersk’s commitment to supporting its U.S.-flagged fleet has until recently, been unwavering, offering thousands of union jobs to U.S. Merchant Mariners over the years including the crew aboard Captain Philip’s ill-fated ship Maersk Alabama.
However, with rising geopolitical tensions and the US government’s renewed focus on maritime policy, the US Maritime Administration (MARAD) is emerging from decades of neglect with few additional resources to manage relationships. This is evident in the stark contrast between MARAD, which has only 800 staff members, and its sister agency, the Federal Aviation Administration, which employs 45,000 people. As a result, the US Government — including MARAD, the Biden administration and Congress — is now facing a complex set of challenges that are hindering companies like Maersk from strengthening America’s maritime industry. An industry is increasingly important for a military facing severe logistical challenges in the Black and South China Seas.
When asked about investments in China vs the United states Ed Hanley, Vice President Maersk Line Limited, said the company has been expanding strategically to better serve the North American market. In 2020, Maersk acquired Performance Team to strengthen its presence. In 2021, it acquired Visible Supply Chain Management to enhance its supply chain capabilities. In 2022, Maersk incorporated Pilot Freight Services into its portfolio.
According to Hanley, Maersk executive interviewed by gCaptain today, the company plans to maintain its support and investment in container services and the US Maritime Security Program. However, it has already divested its critical tanker fleet and contracts to manage military grey hull ships. Maersk also was clear the recent divestiture of sale of assets received the approval of key military stakeholders including the US Maritime Administration (MARAD), Military Sealift Command (MSC) and the US Transportation Command (TRANSCOM).
How critical are those assets to the US Military? Very.
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Add to that the utter reliance on "just in time" manufacturing and shipment. There are no longer the huge warehouses if inventory awaiting shipment that could absorb delays and hiccups in product availability at the retail outlets. Now the creation of that can of Campbell's tomato soup is directly linked to the cash register swipe at Wally World, with inventory en route constituting the bulk of product extant. The systems elasticity, huge in the pre-computer/internet era, has been sized down to very thin margins. Worse, whole market systems are totally reliant on electronic inter-connectivity for shipping, handling and customer tracking/billing/accounts management. If a manual system were needed as a result of huge hacking/denial/cyber-warfare attacks by the folks in Guangzhu, I suspect most companies are clueless and/or lack a backup plan.
[60 Min via BLAZE] The U.S. has spent billions of dollars aiding Ukraine as that Eastern European nation battles against a brutal Russian invasion, but the aid has gone beyond simply assisting the embattled country with armaments. "60 Minutes" has reported that the U.S. is purchasing "seeds and fertilizer for Ukrainian farmers and covering the salaries of Ukraine's first responders — all 57,000 of them." The report also stated that the U.S. is "subsidizing small businesses."
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responded to the report by indicating that the U.S. should help its own. "Modest suggestion: Let’s support farmers, small businesses, and first responders in our own country instead," he tweeted.
"You don’t live in a country, you live in a tax farm for a global empire," BlazeTV host Auron MacIntyre posted.
[Business Insider on Yahoo] Russian President Vladimir Putin may have given his defense minister until early next month to stop Ukraine's counteroffensive, according to the Institute for the Study of War.
Citing an "insider" Telegram channel called Kremlin Secrets, the ISW said that Putin reportedly gave Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu "a deadline" of early October "to improve the situation on the frontlines, stop Ukrainian counteroffensives, and have Russian forces regain the initiative to launch an offensive operation against a larger city," like Kherson, Odessa, Kharkiv, or Dnepropetrovsk.
The message posted to the Telegram channel said that Shoigu agreed to both of those demands and promised to make them happen.
ISW noted that if Putin's demand to dramatically improve Russia's standing on the frontlines is true, it could explain why Russian forces are launching frequent counterattacks even if they come at a steep cost to the Russian military.
"ISW has previously observed instances in which" Russia's ministry of defense, "fearing the imminent loss of Putin's favor, intensified its efforts to purge commanders who offered honest but negative views and advice and pursued unachievable military objectives at the expense of Russian forces," the institute's assessment said.
[Liga UA] A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle exploded on an airfield in Russia’s Kursk region, killing and injuring the command of a Russian aviation regiment, a source in Ukrainian defence intelligence, or GUR, told LIGA.net.
The attack targeted the Khalino airfield, named after the nearby village, 7 kilometres east from Kursk, where Russia’s 14th Zhdanov guards fighter aviation regiment, armed with Su-30SM aircraft, is based.
According to the source, the attack killed the regiment’s commander, one of his deputies, "a group of aviation officers", a Russian military counterintelligence (FSB) operative, and airfield workers.
The drone, they said, was allegedly intercepted by Russian electronic warfare near the airfield, and then "safely landed" on the runway.
"The leadership of the aviation regiment and FSB officers arrived to inspect it and take further photos. When the 'respectable' delegation tried to inspect the 'trophy' UAV, a munition detonated," the source explained.
They added that a ’powerful’ explosion occurred right on the runway, and the dead and wounded were "taken away from the scene for a long time."
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[LB] Chernihiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Odesa, and Donetsk regions were also attacked.
The enemy carried out eight shellings (142 explosions) in the Chernihiv region during the day. Used mortars, artillery, rocket systems of volley fire. He visited the communities of Chernihiv and Novgorod-Siversky districts. In one of the villages of the Novgorod-Siversk community, a car was damaged as a result of explosions. There were no reports of casualties among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure. The data is being verified, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.
At night, the Russians shelled the Seredino-Budsk community of the Sumy region. 10 mortar explosions were recorded. No consequences. Yesterday, during the day, the Rashists carried out 15 shellings of the border territories and settlements of the Sumy region. 77 explosions were recorded. The communities of Bilopolska, Khotynska, Krasnopilska, Myropolska, Seredino-Budska, and Novoslobidska came under fire. In the Seredyno-Budsk community, two private houses were damaged as a result of one of the shellings.
In Dnipropetrovsk region, a fire broke out at an industrial plant in Kryvyi Rih at night due to falling debris of a downed UAV. Rescuers extinguished the fire. Twice the aggressor attacked the Nikopol district. With heavy artillery, he hit the Pokrovska rural and Myrivska communities. Dry grass took over; the flames have already been tamed. An agricultural company and a power line were mutilated. It passed without any deaths or injuries. Yesterday afternoon, the Russians were caught in the Nikopol district. The Marganets community was hit by enemy artillery. Dry grass took over. Firefighters promptly extinguished the fire. People were not injured.
In Mykolaivska, air defense forces and means destroyed a Kalibr-type cruise missile at night. This morning, enemy artillery shelled Ochakov. There were no casualties.
In Luhansk, two phosphorus-magnesium munitions were fired by snipers at Novolyubivka, which ignited dry grass around the settlement. 10 explosions were recorded in nearby Nevsky, the village is under constant fire from the Russians. Yesterday, the enemy also carried out airstrikes on Novoyehorivka and Nevsky. Nevske and Bilogorivka suffered from artillery and mortar fire. During the day, the enemy fired 145 rounds (543 shells).
Cherneshchyna suffered an airstrike in Kharkivska over the past day. More than 16 settlements were hit by artillery and mortar fire: Odnorobivka, Baranivka of the Bogodukhiv district, Vovchansk, Vilkhuvatka, Stroivka, Dvorichna, Synkivka, Ivanivka, Kislivka, Berestovka. Yesterday, in the Andriivki district, a KAMAZ vehicle blew up as a result of hitting an explosive device during field work. The 62-year-old driver was hospitalized at the regional hospital with injuries.
In Zaporizhzhia, over the past day, rioters have carried out 140 attacks on 23 settlements in the region. 129 artillery shells hit the territory of Levadny, Preobrazhenka, Olhivsky, Charivny, Chervony, Malaya Tokmachka, Kamiansky, Pavlivka, Pyatikhatok and other towns and villages in the line of fire. The enemy attacked Gulyaipole, Novodanilivka, and Novodarivka from UAVs, shelled Novodanilivka, Robotyne, and Poltavka with anti-aircraft missiles, and five airstrikes were also recorded on Orikhov and Malia Tokmachka. 17 reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings, farm buildings and infrastructure facilities. Residents of peaceful communities were not injured.
In Donetsk, the Russians fired 22 rounds at populated areas of the region. 10 settlements were under the fire of the Rashists: Novoselivka Persha, Avdiivka, Orlivka, Shakhtarske, Zarichne, Oleksandropil, Kurakhivka, Kurdyumivka, Toretsk, Severny. 12 residential buildings, three power lines, an outbuilding, a tractor, a civilian car were damaged. In a day, two people died in the region.
Odessa was attacked by the Rashists at night with attack drones and two types of missiles. Unfortunately, there is a hit. Port infrastructure came under attack. A fire broke out in a non-residential high-rise in Odessa. It was quickly eliminated. Also, destruction was recorded in a warehouse and one of the private houses of Odesa district. In Odesa, one civilian was injured as a result of the blast wave. The woman was injured by shrapnel and is currently receiving all the necessary help at a local hospital.
In Khersonska tonight the enemy shelled Kherson. The building of the educational institution was damaged. In the morning, the Rashists struck the settlements of Olhivka and Lviv from aviation. Information on casualties and destruction is being established.
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy fired 87 rounds (497 shells), including six rounds at Kherson. The Russian military targeted the districts of 23 settlements in the region; the territory and buildings of medical and educational institutions, a church, an object of critical infrastructure in the Berislav district, the territory and buildings of factories in Kherson.
The Rashists also struck Berislav from aviation. Private houses were destroyed. A woman died. Her identity is being established. Injured policeman born in 1990. Also, a 48-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman received injuries of varying degrees. All the injured were taken to the hospital. Doctors provide them with the necessary assistance.
Another airstrike hit the village of Lviv. A 67-year-old man died. The occupiers dealt another blow to the center of Kherson. People who were just going to the store are now in the hospital. These are men in their 80s and 50s. Doctors assess their condition as moderate. Three more people, men aged 54 and 81 and a 41-year-old woman, received minor injuries. And they will be treated on an outpatient basis.
The enemy dropped two aerial bombs on the city of Kherson. One was aimed at an industrial zone in the Dnipro district, the other at civil infrastructure in the Korabelny district. A person was injured as a result of the KAB reset at one of the enterprises in Kherson. A 49-year-old female security guard who was on the premises was injured. She has minor injuries. Help was provided on the spot. In just one day, two people were killed and 11 more were injured due to Russian aggression.
The occupiers dealt another blow to the center of Kherson. People who were just going to the store are now in the hospital. These are men in their 80s and 50s. Doctors assess their condition as moderate. Three more people, men aged 54 and 81 and a 41-year-old woman, received minor injuries. And they will be treated on an outpatient basis.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:27 “Governor” of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev announced a missile attack on the city; air defense forces allegedly shot down one missile in the area of the Belbek airfield. Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that air defense systems allegedly destroyed seven drones over the Belgorod region.
22:14 Zelensky said in an evening video message that more than 160 companies from 26 countries from different parts of the world - America, Asia, Europe, Australia - will take part in the first Defense Industries Forum.
20:45 The US Department of Commerce announced trade restrictions against 11 Chinese and five Russian companies supplying components for the production of drones for the Russian army.
20:06 The Russian army again attacked the Dnieper district of Kherson: according to preliminary information, three people were killed and three more were wounded, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin.
19:31 The Russians fired artillery at a market in the Dnieper district of Kherson, one person was wounded, said the head of the OBA Alexander Prokudin.
19:24 A breakthrough of the Defense Forces is brewing in the Zaporozhye region. ISW analysts note a “very dynamic situation” in the Ukrainian counter-offensive and “positive indicators” on the front sector near Orekhov, Zaporozhye region. Read more in the material Promotion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South .
18:48 The UK has transferred more than 1,500 sets of equipment for mine clearance and ammunition disposal to Ukraine, the country's government reported. Before this, British sappers conducted training for Ukrainian military personnel to clear mines, ammunition and other explosive devices.
18:43 The number of those wounded as a result of today’s enemy shelling of the city of Volchansk, Chuguevsky district, Kharkov region, has increased to two, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
18:37 Blinken spoke about the growing danger due to deepening cooperation between Russia and the DPRK. According to the US Secretary of State, Russia is “desperately seeking equipment, materials, technology for its ongoing aggression against Ukraine,” and North Korea is “seeking assistance to strengthen and improve its missile programs.”
17:39 “Governor” of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev said that the “authorities” of the occupied city have developed an algorithm for warning about the threat of an air attack. If necessary, notifications will be made in several ways, including using sirens, loudspeakers and on TV. After receiving the signal, you have 30 to 50 minutes to ensure personal safety, Razvozhaev added.
17:02 The Russians shelled the city of Volchansk, Kharkov region, one person was wounded, the prosecutor’s office reported.
16:51 In Berislav, Kherson region, the number of victims of the Russian attack on the housing office has increased to three - one of the wounded died in the hospital, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. In addition, as a result of another shelling of Berislav, another person was wounded.
15:48 British intelligence notes that Russian troops, in order to contain the Ukrainian offensive, are conducting local counterattacks, which are failing. Analysts cite comments from the Russian military community indicating deep frustration among those involved in these counterattacks, especially at Bakhmut. They report ill-conceived offensive actions, lack of artillery support and heavy losses.
Over the past nine months, Russian troops have proven that they are capable of conducting defensive operations, but are not capable of carrying out offensive actions, intelligence officials say.
15:15 For the first time, Ukraine will get through the winter using its own gas, said the head of Naftogaz, Alexey Chernyshev. According to him, in 2023 Naftogaz made a record number of new wells. He expressed confidence that the state will pass the heating season “without shocks.”
14:39 Zelensky confirmed that the first Abrams tanks are already in Ukraine. He also said that covering the Odessa region is now a priority in all negotiations on air defense.
14:07 The New York Times reports, citing sources, that the first Abrams tanks have arrived in Ukraine. More tanks will be sent in the coming months, according to US officials. In total, we are talking about the supply of 31 tanks.
13:44 As a result of the defeat of the Russian Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol, 34 officers were killed, among them the fleet commander, Vice Admiral Viktor Sokolov . Another 105 occupiers were wounded , the headquarters building cannot be restored, the Special Operations Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported.
In addition, as a result of the destruction of the large landing ship Minsk, the irretrievable losses of the invaders amounted to 62 people. The next day the ship was supposed to go on combat duty, so the personnel were present.
13:23 The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has put the Chairman of the International Criminal Court, Piotr Hofmanski, on the wanted list.
13:19 In Odessa, under the rubble of a grain warehouse, the body of the second person killed as a result of a night attack was found, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OBA.
12:46 As a result of an enemy airstrike on the housing office in Berislav, two people were killed and two more were wounded, said the head of the Kherson OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
12:41 As a result of the Russian night attack in Odessa, at least one person was killed, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA. The missile hit a warehouse where grain was stored. Two people working in the premises had not been in contact since the night. At 12:15 p.m., the body of one of the missing was discovered under the rubble. Search and rescue efforts continue.
12:27 In the Kursk region at the Khalino airfield on September 24, a drone attacked the premises where the leadership of the 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment named after. Zhdanov, reports the publication Babel, citing sources in the Main Intelligence Directorate. According to them, the commander of the 14th air regiment, one of his deputies, a group of aviator officers, a representative of the FSB military counterintelligence, and airfield workers were wounded or killed. Currently, intelligence is clarifying data regarding their condition.
Russian military public pages the night before expressed condolences to the relatives and friends of those killed at the airfield, but did not specify the details.
11:53 According to preliminary information, as a result of a Russian airstrike on the Berislav community of the Kherson region, one person was killed and three were injured, but there may still be people under the rubble, the prosecutor’s office reported.
11:24 In the occupied Sorokino (formerly Krasnodon), Luhansk region, a BC warehouse was hit, local publics report. According to them, the Yunost plant was hit, and sounds of detonation were heard.
11:20 The prosecutor's office clarified that as a result of the night attack in Odessa, port infrastructure facilities, granaries, warehouses of a private enterprise and several private households in the suburbs of Odessa were damaged. The Odessa sea terminal and the hotel nearby were destroyed. Debris clearance continues.
10:58 In the morning, the Russians dropped four air bombs on Berislav, Kherson region, one of them hit the building of a housing maintenance office. Currently, one death and several injuries are known, information is being clarified. Another aerial bomb destroyed a residential building, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. Over the past 24 hours, two people were killed and 11 were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
10:29 The United States will allocate $522 million to Ukraine to support the energy system - the corresponding Memorandum was published by the American Embassy. Of this amount, 100 million will be provided subject to certain conditions being met. Among these conditions, in particular, are the approval of a new charter and the creation of a supervisory board of the GTS Operator, holding a competition for the election of members of the Supervisory Board of Energoatom and the creation of PJSC Energoatom.
10:25 Russia was able to avoid the impact of the price ceiling on its oil introduced by Western countries, writes the Financial Times. According to the publication, in August, almost three-quarters of all seaborne oil shipments from the Russian Federation were carried out without Western insurance, which is a lever for complying with the price ceiling. And according to estimates from the Kiev School of Economics, Russia, given the rise in world oil prices since July and the reduction of the discount, will earn at least $15 billion more from oil exports in 2023 than in the past.
09:57 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that Putin could order Shoigu to stop the Ukrainian counteroffensive before the beginning of October. It is likely that Putin ordered all of Russia's initial defensive positions to be held to create the illusion that Ukrainian counteroffensives had achieved zero tactical or operational effect, despite significant Western support.
09:08 During a night attack, a hotel at the Marine Station in Odessa was destroyed, the State Emergency Service reported. The hotel has not been open for several years.
08:41 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that at night the air defense allegedly destroyed four drones over the northwestern part of the Black Sea and over the Crimea, two more over the territory of the Kursk region and also two over the Bryansk region. Ukrainian media report, citing sources in the Main Intelligence Directorate, that the Ministry of Internal Affairs building in Kursk was hit.
08:25 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 25:
personnel - about 276,270 (+420) people,
tanks - 4667 (+5),
armored combat vehicles - 8927 (+13),
artillery systems - 6260 (+27),
MLRS - 791 (+2),
air defense systems - 533 (+2),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 316 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 4895 (+7),
cruise missiles - 1518 (+0),
ships/boats - 20 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 8746 (+12),
special equipment - 918 (+4).
08:09 Air defense destroyed 30 of 33 enemy air targets during the night attack , the Air Force command reported. In particular, the Russians launched 19 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs from the south-eastern direction (Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Russian Federation) - all of them were destroyed. Also, 11 out of 12 Caliber sea-based cruise missiles fired from a small missile ship and a submarine from the Black Sea (Feodosia and Novorossiysk areas) were destroyed. In addition, the enemy used two P-800 Oniks anti-ship missiles from the Sevastopol area - they were not shot down.
Over the past 24 hours, September 24, the air defense also destroyed three Lancet attack UAVs and four operational-tactical level reconnaissance drones.
07:53 Over the past 24 hours, more than 32 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in areas east of Bogdanovka, southeast of Belaya Gora, as well as Kleshcheevka in the Donetsk region; on Avdeevsky - in the Avdeevka area, on Maryinsky - in the Maryinka area of the Donetsk region. In the Melitopol direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue their offensive and repelled enemy attacks in the Rabotino area of the Zaporozhye region.
06:14 At night, the Russians attacked the Odessa region with attack drones and two types of missiles, said the head of the OBA Oleg Kiper. There were hits on the port infrastructure, and a fire broke out in a non-residential high-rise building in Odessa, which was quickly extinguished. Destruction was recorded in a warehouse and one of the private houses in the Odessa region. In Odessa, one person was injured as a result of the blast wave.
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[RIA] Why Putin has not yet attacked NATO and when will Russia escalate the Ukrainian conflict - this is the question asked by the authors of a new report by the RAND Corporation , a leading US military think tank. There is some disappointment in their tone. The fact is that over the past year and a half, RAND specialists have been building various “escalation ladders” for us. It was assumed that Russia would either use tactical nuclear weapons or attack American military bases in Europe . In response to the alleged blow, options for retaliation and punishment for Russia were voluptuously developed.
#1
When does Putin attack NATO? Americans need escalation
...One could reasonably suggest that it's because he's crazy but not stupid. IMHO, he knows his own limitations better than we think he does, and as long as he just goes medieval on Ukraine the rest of the world will tut-tut about it, but no Alliance rounds will fall on the soil of the Rodina.
Now, if we get a Black Swan - an idiot pilot who decides to shoot down a recon plane in international airspace, or a sudden collapse of the Russian lines, especially in the Crimea - all bets may be off.
#6
This debt will be handled clandestinely, I would believe. As the West telegraphed their hope, it was all but obvious their intentions to passively aggressively escalate things until russian retaliation so the west could intervene/attack with voter approval.
#7
A year or more of Putin threatening to nuke NATO countries has so far fallen on deaf ears. Perhaps he needs to actually make it happen in order to get their attention.
#8
I thought Russians ARE fighting NATO - the Russian way, on their own land. And beating the $hit out of it.
Put down the crack pipe dude. If NATO, especially the US decided to throw down the Russian military would be completely broken in a month. That would mean nukes as that would be the last line of defense Russia had, so NATO keeps sending weapons (that work well against crap Soviet equipment btw) to Ukraine and let them bleed the bear out.
#9
Put down the crack pipe dude. If NATO, especially the US decided to throw down the Russian military would be completely broken in a month. That would mean nukes as that would be the last line of defense Russia had, so NATO keeps sending weapons (that work well against crap Soviet equipment btw) to Ukraine and let them bleed the bear out
Expensive advanced weaponry look good and work well, but they will not defeat the Russians. Bleeding them dry won't work, coz they are up against a wall, in their estimation. When every tank is destroyed and every rifle is confiscated, they will keep coming.
If you want to really defeat the Russians you must fight them the way they want to fight you, the way they are fighting the Ukrainians and their Nazi curators: in a close quarters knife fight -- in an environment of spinning knives, as I call it.
I doubt our vaunted military could sustain these same levels of casualties and, at the same time, sustain support for the war from the electorate, stuffing ballot boxes notwithstanding.
Can't spin a war with Russia as a positive when all you had to do was to sit down with the Russians and talk it out.
If you really want to defeat the Russians, best sit down at the negotiating table and give them the modest things they have always wanted.
#10
Which is why the analysts counting victory in square kilometers have it wrong. It's measured in dead Russians, and there will have to be lots more before they can decide to end the war by leaving Ukraine. Give the Ukes the tools to do it and we won't be worrying about Russia for a generation.
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I don't think Putin can back down from the "Special Military Operation" at this point without sustaining a lead lobotomy
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#12
When every tank is destroyed and every rifle is confiscated, they will keep coming.
Not exactly true. When faced with invasion, yes they will bleed the country white. But, outside their borders they need to lose around 500k to finally throw in the towel and lose the war. And no, they haven't always won the peace. They have been forced into humiliating treaties after a beating. But, they will come at you again in 10-15 years after they rebuild.
Also the Russians never wanted to talk it out. They never do. They will say one thing and get you focused on that while they kick in your front door. Also kinda their playbook. Shit just look at the 2000s and their behavior. Putie-pie played rope-a-dope with 3 of our presidents and did it well. Now he overplayed his hand.
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I don't think Putin can back down from the "Special Military Operation" at this point without sustaining a lead lobotomy
Putin cannot back down because this is an existential matter for the Russians. And I doubt that he wants to, despite what we read in the Daily Mail. If NATO were to jump in tomorrow, the Russians are in a better defensive position now than they were before the fighting started. Geography matters.
If you are looking to defend Russia against an invasion from the West, there are two good places to do it in Ukraine - either the narrow part in the west by the Polish border or along the Dnipro river. Everywhere else, the terrain is essentially flat and open, perfect for one of those huge set-piece combined arms battles NATO always planned for. So who's up for a Thunder Run to Moscow? Remember the Russians have historical data on this exact scenario from back when Volgograd was Stalingrad. That makes them twitchy about hostile forces in Ukraine.
(victory) is measured in dead Russians
Back when the SMO started, somebody accurately snarked that this was a Big Soviet Army fighting a Smaller Soviet Army.
(spoiler alert: Big Army wins)
You can look at war as a resource management game. You have some amount of troops, territory, and time. You can trade one for another, but if you run out of any of them, you are boned. Russia has 3 times the population and 10 times the GDP. We can give Ukraine stuff but eventually they will run out of people. Does NATO jump in at that point? If so, we're right back to the topic of defending against hostile forces coming from the west.
#15
Empty threats from a barbarous dying people. Sooner they go back home the sooner they can have the civil war to sort themselves out. Stay in Ukraine and the young and middle generation will be killed off, leaving the Russian core vulnerable to be overwhelmed by the oppressed ethnic periphery as well a certain rising power.
The west is finished with Russians for at least a generation. They will be as welcome as the defunct Soviet Union and left to rot as the west moves on.
#16
If NATO were to jump in tomorrow, the Russians are in a better defensive position now than they were before the fighting started. Geography matters.
NATO is now united and surrounds St Petersburg on both sides as well as doubling the front line. That is without Ukraine. Genius! In addition, in any conflict now NATO frontlines, instead of in Poland, will be less than 600km from Moscow through very tank and CAS friendly terrain. Putin Level Genius!!
Text taken from Russian ministry of defense website (available only through a VPN)
[EngMilRu] Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (25 September 2023)
Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have launched a group strike with long-range precision weapons and strike drones against temporary deployment sites of foreign mercenaries and sabotage groups training points of the AFU.
All the facilities have been neutralised. The goal of the attack has been reached.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, have successfully repelled seven attacks by AFU assault groups close to Spornoye, Berestovoye, and Mayorsk (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 445 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, one tank, three infantry fighting vehicles, and 11 motor vehicles.
In addition, in the course of counterbattery warfare, one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system and two 122mm D-30 howitzers have been destroyed.
One ammunition depot of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade of the AFU has been also destroyed near Zvanovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian grouping of troops, aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems have repelled two attacks by the 71th Jaeger Brigade of the AFU close to Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
In addition, AFU 21st and 65th Mechanised Brigades' manpower and hardware clusters have been hit close to Malaya Tokmachka, Novodanilovka, and north of Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were up to 100 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.
During the counterbattery warfare, one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system, one 152mm D-20 gun, one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and four 122mm D-30 howitzers have been destroyed.
In Krasny Liman direction, as a result of coordinated actions of units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, Army Aviation and artillery, two attacks by assault groups of the 67nd Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been repelled north of Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
In addition, one manpower and hardware concentration area of the 12th Azov Special Purpose Brigade has been hit near Serebryansky forestry.
The enemy losses were up to 55 Ukrainian servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks, one 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
In South Donets direction, aviation and artillery of the Vostok Group of Forces have struck manpower and hardware of the 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the AFU and the 110th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Urozhainoye and Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the AFU have been eliminated near Marfopol (Zaporozhye region)
The enemy losses were up to 125 Ukrainian servicemen, two motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20 gun, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
In Kupyansk direction, aviation and artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces have hit manpower and hardware clusters of 14th, 43rd and 66th Mechanised Brigades of the AFU near Sin'kovka, Peschanoye, and Cherneshchyna (Khar'kov region).
The enemy losses were up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen, two motor vehicles, and one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 90 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, two motor vehicles, two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
In addition, one ammunition depot of the 126th Territorial Defence Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been destroyed close to Nikolayevka (Kherson region).
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have eliminated command and observation posts of 105th, 122nd territorial defence brigades near Krasnogorovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Kherson, as well as enemy manpower and military hardware in 116 areas during the day.
The Russian Aerospace Forces have destroyed one Mig-29 fighter of the Ukrainian Air Force close to Dolgintsevo airfield (Dnepropetrovsk region).
Air defence facilities have shot down seven projectiles launched by HIMARS MLRS.
In addition, 33 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been hit close to Bel'ogorovka, Lisichansk (Lugansk People's Republic), Aleksandrovka, Berestovoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Shevchenko, Novoye, Il'chenkovo, and Tokmak (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 478 airplanes, 250 helicopters, 7,115 unmanned aerial vehicles, 438 air defence missile systems, 12,135 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,155 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,533 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 13,449 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 09/25/2023 to 00:00 09/26/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 35 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information has been received about the death of a civilian, a man, in the Kuybyshevsky district of Donetsk. A man was wounded in Nikolskoye.
Four residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, Yasinovataya, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
The areas of eight settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Mironovsky, Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Gol'movsky, Yasinovataya, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Leninsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky, Sovetsky districts), Nikolskoye.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 18 attacks from AGM-88 HARM, attack UAV, 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Gorlovka there were 12 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky there were 3 artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
At Svetlodarsky there was one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
At Volnovakha one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
A total of 119 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 14 artillery attacks were recorded from the AFU.
22:00 Several groups of Geraniums flew out from Crimea - Ukrainian TG channels
The estimated time of entry into Ukrainian airspace is 22.00.
21:45 Our military defended a missile attack - Governor Razvozhaev
According to preliminary data, air defense forces shot down one missile in the area of the Belbek airfield. Work continues.
21:25 Reported explosions in Slavyansk (DPR, occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces)
21:20 They report explosion in Nikolaev:
Ukrainian TG channels report about the missile threat to the region.
20:45 1428 and 1307 Regiments of the Russian Armed Forces continue to destroy AFU along the railway on the Kurdyumovka and Kleshcheevka lines.
20:20 Verbovoe are coming fierce battles.
19:30 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: night combined strike of the Russian Armed Forces
At night, Russian troops attacked targets on Ukrainian territory, including the port infrastructure of the Odessa region.
Local sources indicated very dense air defense work and explosions in the area of the Il'yichevsky port, the Bolshevik district, the village of Il'yinka, and the village of Kotovsky. According to some reports, sounds of secondary detonation were heard from the warehouses of the Yuzhny port.
One of the blows hit the closed Odessa Hotel. Although some resources claim that the building was never used for military purposes, this is not entirely true: back in May, people in uniform were seen there, and for some reason generators were working at the “abandoned” facility. However, there is no objective evidence of the destruction of manpower there during the night raid.
Information also appeared about another combined strike by drones and cruise missiles on the Dolgintsevo airfield near Krivoy Rog.
And already in the morning, footage appeared of the defeat of a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter there: it is possible that this particular episode occurred several days ago, however, the very fact of regular raids indicates the unambiguous attention to it from the Russian Armed Forces and the desire to hit the aircraft located there.
19:00 Reportage about the work of female military doctors on the front line.
18:20 Retribution from heaven: combat workcrews of Su-34 fighter-bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces
Krasnolimansk direction.
The crews of multifunctional Su-34 fighter-bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit command and observation posts and control posts of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as armored combat vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with strikes from guided aerial bombs.
To destroy targets, the pilots used guided munitions, which destroyed fortified enemy structures and equipment.
“Our aviation is ready to meet the F-16, we are waiting. The flight crew is prepared for any conditions,” assured the flight commander with the call sign “Soloist.”
17:50 An aerial bomb arrived at the temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novomikhailovka -video.
17:25 The first batch of Abrams tanks was delivered to Ukraine on Saturday - New York Times.
17:05 The enemy is advancing near Orekhovo: landing destroys BMP Marder on the approaches to Verbovoy
A German infantry fighting vehicle was hit by an accurate hit from an ATGM, after which the militants abandoned the vehicle and fled in horror into the forest belt.
16:25 In Klescheevki. Fierce fighting is taking place close to the railway. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to storm the positions of the Russian Armed Forces and at the same time “get hit with cabbage soup.”
15:50 In the area Kurdyumovka.
The situation is consistently difficult. Our guys are counterattacking the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
15:25 RF Ministry of Defense:On September 25, at about 14.30 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.
A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed over the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.
15:00 Telegram channel “Fisherman“ Strike of the Russian Armed Forces on the echelon of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Rodinsky
Yesterday, footage appeared on the Internet of a strike by the Russian Armed Forces on a train near the village of Rodinskoye in the occupied part of the DPR, which occurred a few days ago.
Judging by the recording, there were also MLRS on the platforms among several dozen wheeled vehicles. The enemy personnel fled after an air explosion and fire.
According to some reports, the target was fired from the Tornado-S MLRS, which made it possible to cover the train 40 km from the front line. At the same time, objective control of fire damage was carried out by a reconnaissance drone, which also flew deep beyond the line of combat contact.
It is difficult to say whether the train was completely destroyed, but this is far from the only blow to a specific outcome. A kilometer to the south, satellite images discovered by colleagues from Lostarmour show a large-scale defeat in the area of the Rodinskaya railway station.
Coupled with the recent raid on the railway junction in Vapnyarka and the statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense about the destruction of two echelons of the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at loading stations, it can be assumed that attacks on enemy trains in the rear are becoming more systematic.
13:50 RF Ministry of Defense: On September 25, at about 13.00 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.
On duty air defense systems destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the Belgorod region and one over the Black Sea.
13:35 Another one appeared on the Internet video attack on the Dolgintsevo airfield east of Krivoy Rog. The target was a MiG-29 parked in the northern part of the facility: after the arrival of loitering ammunition, the fighter cannot be restored.
13:00 APU tried to storm Verbovoe, it was a pathetic attempt that ended before it even began.
12:30 Sergei Shoigu introduced Deputy platoon commander Ivan Kalashnikov to the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.
The award was awarded for the courage and heroism that were demonstrated in repelling an attack by several times superior enemy forces near the village of Urozhaynoye in the South Donetsk direction.
Five fighters confronted twelve Armed Forces of Ukraine and successfully repelled the attack.
11:55 RF Ministry of Defense: On September 25, at about 1030 hrs, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.
On duty air defense systems intercepted one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Kursk region.
11:30 RF Ministry of Defense: On September 25, at about 1000 hrs, another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.
On duty air defense systems intercepted two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Kursk and Bryansk regions.
10:55 Mar'inka. In the direction southeast of Krasnogorovka. There is progress in advance. Recaptured positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:35 RF Ministry of Defense: On September 25, at about 0900 hrs Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.
A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed over the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.
10:00 The criminal Kiev regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- in the village of Kakhovka 12 rounds;
-- in the village of Velikaya Lepetikha 10 rounds;
-- in the village of Solontsy nine rounds;
-- in the village of Peschanovka 16 rounds;
-- in the village of Podstepnoe nine rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki seven rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Korsunka nine rounds;
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Novaya Kakhovka, settlement. Kakhovka, Kardashinka settlement, Korsunka settlement, Krynki settlement, Kazachi Lagery settlement, Dnepryan settlement firing a total of 38 rounds from barrel artillery
Civilian casualties and infrastructure damage are being determined
09:24 They did everything as they were taught: five Russian soldiers repelled an attack by superior enemy forces in the Urozhainy area -video
South Donetsk direction
As the military personnel said, during the day, Ukrainian attack aircraft twice attempted to attack the stronghold with superior forces, but were unable to penetrate the defense of the soldiers of the 37th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade.
“The first ones - they left quickly, the battle literally lasted about 40 minutes. In the evening, movement began again, a tank and two armored fighting vehicles drove towards us,” recalls the squad leader with the call sign “Bumblebee.” “Later we heard on the radio that the tank had been blown up. The armored vehicles began to dismount the infantry.”
The landing attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces found themselves under heavy fire from our mortars, but 12 Ukrainian servicemen still reached the strong point, and a contact battle began.
Only five Russian servicemen resisted superior enemy forces, two of whom were wounded during this battle, but did not retreat and continued to hold the defense. The main onslaught of the assault was taken by the unit commander with the call sign “Bolshoi”. Throughout the entire battle he was in full view of the enemy and conducted targeted fire.
The attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were unable to penetrate our defenses. Despite being outnumbered, they were forced to retreat.
For their courage and professionalism, Russian military personnel were awarded high state awards - the Order of Courage. For the unit commander with the call sign “Bolshoi” this award was the second. Previously, he was awarded the medal "For Courage".
09:21 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 09/24/2023 to 00:00 09/25/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 14 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information was received about the injury of five civilians in the Kiev and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.
Seven residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. No damage to civilian infrastructure was recorded.
The areas of three settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out seven attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Gorlovka there were six artillery attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
On Yasinovatsky there was one artillery attack from 155mm artillery with a cluster warhead.
A total of 42 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 30 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
08:14 Summary on the morning of September 25, 2023
At night, the Russian Armed Forces launched strikes on Odessa and the Odessa region. Footage of a burning hotel was leaked online - foreign military specialists and mercenaries are traditionally based at such facilities. In addition, a combined strike was carried out on the Dolgintsevo military airfield in the Dnepropetrovsk region. There is a detonation of a warehouse, damage to enemy aircraft is reported.
In the Kherson direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting active operations on the islands; FAB strikes have been carried out on enemy concentrations on its shores for the second day.
There has been relative calm on the Zaporozhye front near Novoprokopovka for the last two days; our troops are waiting for a new attack by the enemy. Near Verbovoy, three Ukrainian Armed Forces tanks turned towards the village yesterday, two of them were burned in the fields.
Heavy fighting continues near Kleshcheevka south of Artemovsk.
At night, the enemy tried to attack Crimea with UAVs and missiles. In the Belgorod region in the village. New Volokonovsky district The Armed Forces of Ukraine dropped an explosive device from a drone on a passing car, the driver was wounded. A UAV was shot down in the Belgorod region. In Kursk, an enemy UAV flew into an administrative building, and the Glushkovsky district came under fire.
In the evening, UAVs were destroyed over the Bryansk, Tula and Kursk regions. In the DPR, 5 civilians were injured from artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
08:05 Frontline summary for the morning of 09.25.2023
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, after artillery barrage, tried to move towards Verbovoy. No success. The Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian positions in the village of Rabotino. The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Russians in Tokmak, Kopany, Il'chenkovo, Novoprokopovka and Novopokrovka.On the Donetsk Front, with the support of aviation, the Russian Armed Forces carried out assault operations in Mar'inka and on the southern approaches to Avdievka. Ukrainian artillery worked in Donetsk and Gorlovka.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to break through the defensive lines of Russian troops near the railway in the Kleshcheevka area. The artillery of the Russian Armed Forces is working powerfully on their positions. As in Andreevka, as well as Vesyol (a settlement northeast of Soledar) and Sporny. The Ukrainian attacks Russian units in Kurdyumovka, Bakhmut and Yakovlevka.
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[Regnum] During the summer of 2023, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 70 thousand military personnel in heavy battles during attempts to counterattack on the defensive fortifications of the Russian Armed Forces, former US Army intelligence officer Scott Ritter said on September 25.
“How did 71 thousand Ukrainian soldiers die in just three months of fighting? Light skirmishes? Periodic collisions? Shootouts? No, they were destroyed during heavy fighting,” Ritter said during the Ask the Inspector talk show on YouTube.
As Regnum reported, on September 24, Ritter said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine could stage a coup in Kiev and remove Vladimir Zelensky due to growing disappointment amid huge losses in the ranks of the Kiev army. Representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine consider the policies of the current authorities to be the reason for their failures, the expert emphasized.
On September 12, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces since the beginning of Kiev’s counteroffensive amounted to more than 71,000. In addition, Russian troops during this time destroyed 543 tanks and 18,000 enemy armored vehicles, the head of state noted.
Also in September 2023, the military commissar of the Poltava region, Vitaly Berezhnoy , said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were suffering huge losses. Over the past year, the conscript units of the Kyiv army have lost up to 90% of their personnel, the military commissar said.
#4
100% of Ukrainian tax money is spent on the war. The west, includes Japan and Korea, is supporting other functions of government while the war is fought. It's a force multiplier. Ukraine can sustain a much larger force for the fight than if it also had to pay for the other functions of government.
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[Regnum] As a result of night explosions in the Odessa region of Ukraine, a warehouse in which about a thousand tons of grain was stored was damaged. This was announced by the head of the regional military administration (OMA) Oleg Kiper on the air of the Rada TV channel.
“The warehouse where about 1,000 tons of grain was stored was damaged; it is now being dismantled and the grain is being removed,” Kiper said.
As reported by IA Regnum , earlier the press secretary of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “South” Natalia Gumenyuk said that as a result of several series of explosions, the marine terminal in Odessa was “virtually destroyed.” As the Ukrainian Armed Forces speaker clarified, at least five series of explosions occurred in Odessa at night. The attacks were carried out on port infrastructure, a grain storage facility and a marine terminal. According to Gumenyuk, the marine terminal was “virtually destroyed.”
On September 25, an air raid regime was introduced throughout Ukraine, and explosions occurred in a number of regions. The air raid regime was introduced at 23:53 Moscow time, first in the Odessa and Nikolaev regions, then gradually spread to all regions of Ukraine. The latest, at 00:30 Moscow time, air raid signals sounded in the Rovno, Ivano-Frankovsk and Lvov regions. Citizens are asked to stay in shelters. Explosions are also reported in Krivoy Rog and Dnepropetrovsk, Dnepropetrovsk region of Ukraine, and in Odessa and Nikolaev regions.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
An infographic is at the link.
[ColonelCassad] Losses of the "Ukrainian Foreign Legion" since the beginning of the Northern Military District.
Of the 12,046 known mercenaries who were in this formation, 5,682 were killed, 4,564 left or deserted. There were 1,800 people left as of September. It is important to understand that there are other mercenary formations besides the Foreign Legion. It is also worth considering that NATO regulars often operate under the guise of mercenaries, this especially applies to the Poles, whose number of losses by the fall exceeded 10,000 irretrievable losses.
Text taken from the dzen.ru site of Russian military correspondent Aleksandr Kots
On September 25, 1943, troops of the Western Front, breaking into Smolensk at dawn, liberated the ancient Russian city from the occupiers. On the 80th anniversary of this glorious event, the Russian Ministry of Defense declassified archives about Nazi atrocities. Just one fact: the Nazis celebrated the anniversary of their entry into Smolensk by shooting 2,500 civilians...
Yes, yes, the same SS men who, 80 years later, received a standing ovation from the civilized West.
EXCUSE OF THE DAY
The Speaker of the House of Commons of the Canadian Parliament apologized for inviting SS man Yaroslav Gunko to a meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky. Anthony Rota explained that neither members of parliament nor the Ukrainian delegation knew about the past of the distinguished guest. And Prime Minister Trudeau, who applauded the Nazi, had never even heard of his invitation.
It was in vain that the gray-haired fools hesitated in their sympathies for the Nazis. Now they will probably end up on the “Peacemaker” website.
ATTACK OF THE DAY
At night, Russian troops launched a combined attack on Ukrainian Armed Forces targets and seriously damaged the Dolgintsevo military airfield (Krivoy Rog). MiG-29 fighters, carriers of HARM missiles, are based there.
And the rocket's wings go bang-bang-bang-bang.
And behind her is “Kalibrushka” Jump-jump-jump-jump.
He, my dear, smack-smack-smack-smack,
Om-yum-yum-yum
Yes, and sniff, sniff, sniff, sniff!
RIDDLE OF THE DAY
Timeless beauties Jen Psaki
...oh dear...
and Hillary Clinton, having met in front of a television camera, spent the entire airtime talking about men. However, there was only one real man, and Hillary warned that he “will definitely try to interfere in the 2024 elections, as he already did in 2016.”
Guess who the two overseas loneliness are sighing about (hint: not Trump).
CALL OF THE DAY
The Chairman of NATO's European Development Committee, Günther Fehlinger, called on the alliance to strike at Serbia:
“The Serbian war against Kosovo began in Banska. I call on NATO to immediately prepare an intervention against Serbia. Bomb Belgrade right now."
Gunther with Adolf's vocabulary...Why are they so bombarded in Strauss's homeland!
The Canadian parliament in full force of both houses applauds Nazi veteran Jaroslav Gunka
Gunka fought in the ranks of the 14th SS Volunteer Infantry Division "Galicia". Zelensky and Trudeau applauded furiously along with the parliamentarians.
Introducing the SS man, the Speaker of the Canadian Parliament made a tearful speech praising the Nazi criminal for his service:
“I am proud to say that he is from North Bay and my constituency. He is a Ukrainian hero, he is a Canadian hero. And we thank him for all his service! Thank you! (stormy applause, the audience stands up, Gunka shows a protruding finger up).”
By the way, it is very significant that during the second session of applause, the first one in the hall to jump up was the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada Chrystia Freeland (in the photo - the lady in blue behind Zelensky and Trudeau), the granddaughter of the Goebbels propagandist Mikhail Khomyak.
The SS division “Galicia” or “Galicia” is a tactical formation of SS troops of Nazi Germany, recruited from Ukrainian collaborators who supported Bandera ideology. In September 1944, it numbered 12,900 people.
In 1944, the SS division "Galicia" was defeated near Brody near Lvov by troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front, and was then used for punitive operations in Ukraine, Poland, France, etc. For example, she was sent to suppress the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.
These photos show Nazi symbols, Reich eagles, German uniforms and SS barracks. You can see the photos at the link.
There is no fascism! Yes, that's what the fascists say?
[TASS] The President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Piotr Hofmanski has been declared wanted under a criminal article, according to the Russian Interior Ministry’s data base.
"Hofmanski, Piotr Jozef. A Pole. Wanted under an article of the Russian Criminal Code," the database says without mentioning the article involved.
ICC First Vice President Luz del Carmen Ibanez Carranza and Judge Bertram Schmitt are also wanted on criminal charges.
On March 17, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, the Russian presidential commissioner for children's rights, on charges of alleged involvement in war crimes, such as "illegal deportation of the population," including children, and their illegal transfer to Russia.
On March 20, Russia’s Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against ICC Prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan and judges Rosario Salvatore Aitala, Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godinez and Tomoko Akane for taking knowingly illegal action, as there were no grounds for bringing the Russian president and children's ombudsman to criminal responsibility.
In May, charges were brought against Karim Khan and Rosario Aitala. Both were put on the wanted list. Later, Tomoko Akane was also declared wanted.
Under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons of December 14, 1973, heads of state enjoy absolute immunity from the jurisdiction of foreign countries.
[RT] Hungary will not support Ukraine "on any issue" until Kiev restores the rights of ethnic Hungarians on its territory, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in parliament on Monday. Budapest’s backing is vital to Ukraine’s bid to join the EU.
"We will not support Ukraine on any issue in international life until it restores the laws that guaranteed the rights of Transcarpathian Hungarians," Orban said, adding that "for years [the Ukrainians] have been tormenting" Hungarian schools.
Since 2017, successive laws mandating the use of the Ukrainian language have resulted in the closure of around 100 Hungarian schools in Ukraine. These laws have been harshly criticized by the Council of Europe and by human rights organizations.
According to Orban, the situation has deteriorated with the beginning of a new school year, with management at a school in the city of Munkacs forbidding the singing of the Hungarian national anthem or the wearing of Hungarian national colors on the first day back in the classroom.
[Regnum] Now in the Western world there is such an ideology that if a person fights or fought against Russia, then it doesn’t matter to them who he is, a Nazi or not, so the Canadian government did not think about the consequences and invited an SS veteran to the meeting. Political scientist, member of the Council on Interethnic Relations under the President of Russia Bogdan Bezpalko shared this point of view in a conversation with IA Regnum.
Earlier, at a meeting of the Canadian Parliament in honor of the visit of the head of the Kiev regime, among others, they invited 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunk, a veteran of the SS Galicia division, whom Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Roth introduced to the applause of the audience as “a fighter for Ukrainian independence against the Russians during the Second World War.” war." After the incident, the Russian Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov said that Moscow would send a note to Ottawa because of the invitation to a parliamentary meeting of the SS man. Stepanov called the incident an outrage. Poles and representatives of Jewish communities also demanded an apology.
According to Bezpalko, Canada has long demonstrated an active anti-Russian orientation, but this situation undermines the authority of the country itself on the world stage.
“This is a game for the public. And now this has culminated in such a demonstration act, when the Nazi was brought to parliament and saluted, apparently because he fought against Russia. That is, now in the Western world there is such an ideology that if a person fights or fought against Russia, then it doesn’t matter who he is, a Nazi or not,” Bezpalko noted.
However, as the political scientist noted, the Canadian government did not think about the global consequences, since for most countries and peoples any mention of the Nazi ideology of the Second World War remains painful and impossible to justify. Therefore, after the incident, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau disclaimed responsibility for what happened and accused the Speaker of the House of Commons of inviting a Ukrainian SS man to the country’s parliament without warning.
“I think that Trudeau knew about this and now, because of the scandal, he is simply trying to relieve himself of responsibility and shift it to someone else,” the political scientist admitted.
In his opinion, Canada’s elites will now justify their actions to the world community, although they will probably not feel any true guilt. Moreover, as Bezpalko recalled, after World War II, a lot of Nazis moved for permanent residence to the UK, Canada and the USA. Moreover, these were Nazis who made their mark not only on the territory of the former Soviet Union, but also, for example, in the Balkans. In the West, the Nazis continued to live and could even participate in government programs related, for example, to the military industry. As Bezpalko noted, in honor of the arrival of the head of the Kyiv regime, the Canadian government staged a performance with a guest Nazi.
“The official ideology in Ukraine now is Ukrainian nationalism. The people who promoted such ideas are now being heroized. Such organizations are also now considered fundamental in Ukrainian statehood. And in order to give weight to Zelensky, especially for the domestic audience, this veteran was brought there,” Bezpalko said.
In his opinion, Warsaw, as part of the election campaign and diligently demonstrating the interests of the Polish population, will make loud statements, indignant at the fact that the Ukrainian president honored the SS man. However, Bezpalko believes that we should not expect complete discord in Polish-Ukrainian relations.
“Yes, there are contradictions between the Polish and Ukrainian national movements. But they are united by hatred of Russia. But as long as there is a common enemy, hatred will unite them. But these are, in principle, second-order actors, and they are controlled by the United States ,” the political scientist concluded.
As reported by IA Regnum , the Jewish organization “Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Center” demanded an apology from the Canadian authorities for honoring a former member of the SS “Galicia” division in the Canadian parliament. Jewish social activists called on Ottawa to explain how Hunka “received recognition” from the Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, Anthony Rota.
Polish Ambassador to Canada Witold Dzielski also said that Warsaw expects an apology for honoring a Ukrainian Nazi in the Canadian parliament. He recalled that the SS “Galicia” was a Ukrainian military formation from World War II that was responsible for the murder of thousands of Poles and Jews.
Later, on his page on the social network X (formerly Twitter), the Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons, Anthony Rota, apologized for inviting a veteran of the SS Galicia division to parliament during the visit of the Ukrainian leader. He admitted that it was entirely his initiative and he deeply regrets his decision.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov noted that many Western countries have raised a generation that does not know who fought with whom, and this is fraught with the return and spread of fascism. He pointed out that fascism is trying to rise to its feet in the center of Europe, something Russia is currently struggling with.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, when communicating with foreign media, is always frank and explains Moscow’s position, the Russian leader’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on September 25.
Peskov: the moment for journalist Carlson’s interview with Putin will come
Thus, he commented on the statement of the former host of the American Fox News channel Tucker Carlson that the US authorities thwarted his plans to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“We are convinced that sooner or later such a moment will come. The President, when communicating with foreign media, is frank and always explains the country’s position,” Peskov said, answering a corresponding question.
As Regnum reported, Carlson previously noted that the US government has been making very aggressive attempts for decades to take control of everything that was available in the American media. At the same time, press workers, according to Carlson, are simply afraid to say anything that could accidentally offend people in power.
Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya media group and RT television channel , said that ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson requested an interview with Russian President Putin.
Many Western countries have raised a generation that does not know who fought with whom, this is fraught with the fact that fascism will appear here and there, it is trying to find its feet in the center of Europe. The press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told reporters about this , commenting on the honoring in the Canadian parliament of the former member of the SS Galicia division Yaroslav Hunka.
“Such a sloppy attitude towards memory, and memory must be preserved. This is outrageous; many Western countries, including Canada, have raised a generation that does not know who fought with whom. This is fraught with the fact that fascism will appear here and there, it is trying to get on its feet in the center of Europe, in Ukraine, which we are fighting against,” Peskov said.
As reported by IA Regnum, earlier parliamentarians, together with Vladimir Zelensky, who arrived on a visit to Canada, supported the 98-year-old SS man with applause. He was introduced to legislators as a veteran of the “struggle for Ukrainian independence against the Russians” during World War II.
The Jewish organization Friends of the Simon Wiesenthal Center demanded an apology from the Canadian authorities for honoring a former member of the SS Galicia division in the Canadian Parliament.
Jewish activists called on Ottawa to explain how Hunka "received recognition" from the Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, Anthony Rota. The parliamentarian has already apologized.
The speaker admitted that he invited Hunka himself, but allegedly learned the details of his biography later. The scandal intensified even more when Canadian opposition leader Pierre Poilievre demanded an apology from the country's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau . Yaroslav Hunka was a member of the Galicia volunteer division, which mainly included Ukrainian nationalists. This unit is known for its atrocities against Jews, Poles, Belarusians and Slovaks.
The incident with the honoring in parliament of the Ukrainian Nazi, veteran of the SS Galicia division Yaroslav Hunka, upset Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau . However, the scandal will not affect further assistance to Kyiv, the politician said during a conversation with reporters.
“It’s extremely upsetting what happened. <…> This is an extremely shameful incident for the Canadian Parliament and society as a whole,” the Prime Minister said.
Trudeau added that the Speaker of the House of Commons, Anthony Rota, has already admitted his mistake and regrets his decision to invite a veteran of the SS Galicia division to the Canadian parliament during the visit of the Ukrainian leader.
At the same time, the Canadian authorities do not intend to refuse to support Ukraine. Ottawa will continue to provide assistance to Kyiv, the prime minister assured.
As Regnum reported, earlier, at a meeting of the Canadian Parliament in honor of the visit of the head of the Kiev regime, among others, 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka, a veteran of the SS Galicia division, was invited, whom Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Roth introduced to the applause of the audience as “a fighter for Ukrainian independence against Russians during the Second World War."
The First Ukrainian Division, also known as the 14th SS Volunteer Infantry Division “Galicia”, better known as the SS Division “Galicia”, was a tactical unit of Nazi Germany recruited from Ukrainian volunteers.
Political scientist, member of the Council on Interethnic Relations under the President of Russia Bogdan Bezpalko said that Canada has long demonstrated an active anti-Russian orientation, but this situation undermines the authority of the country itself on the world stage. According to the expert, the Canadian government did not think about the global consequences, since for most countries and peoples any mention of the Nazi ideology of the Second World War remains painful and impossible to justify.
On September 17, the Canadian government announced the allocation of 33 million Canadian dollars (about $24 million) to provide air defense systems to Kiev. It is noted that the funds will go to a partnership created in June 2023 by several countries under the leadership of Britain to provide air defense systems to Kyiv.
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[Korrespondent] The report reveals numerous documented attacks on civilian infrastructure, which in the vast majority of cases had no military purpose.
The Independent International Commission of Inquiry into Violations in Ukraine at the UN Human Rights Council presented its regular report on its activities. A detailed report on the commission’s activities will be presented to the UN General Assembly in October this year, and to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2024. WAR CRIMES
“There is ample evidence that Russian military forces are committing war crimes in Ukraine, including unlawful attacks with explosives, attacks harming civilians, torture, sexual and gender-based violence, and attacks on energy infrastructure,” the document says. .
The report also points to numerous documented attacks on civilian infrastructure, which in the vast majority of cases had no military purpose and were therefore not legitimate military targets.
These actions on the part of Russia continue to cause harm to the civilian population and medical institutions with protected status, the drafters of the document note.
The commission particularly noted the dam failure at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric station, which left hundreds of houses uninhabitable.
TORTURE
“The commission’s investigations in Kherson and Zaporozhye indicate widespread and systematic use of torture by the Russian military against individuals accused of informing for the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” the report notes. – In some cases, torture was used with such cruelty that it led to the death of the victim. One victim who was subjected to electric shock stated: “Every time I answered that I didn’t know or don’t remember anything, they used electric shock on me... I don’t know how long it lasted. It felt like an eternity.” .
The commission also reported that in the Kherson region, Russian soldiers raped and committed other violent acts of a sexual nature against women aged 19 to 83 years.
INCITEMENT TO GENOCIDE
The commission's interim report also said it was concerned about allegations of genocide in Ukraine.
“For example, some of the rhetoric disseminated by Russian state and other media may constitute incitement to genocide. The Commission continues to investigate these issues. The Commission reiterates its deep concern at the scale and seriousness of the violations and related crimes committed in Ukraine by the Russian armed forces, and emphasizes the need to bring those responsible to justice,” the document says.
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[60 Min via BLAZE] The U.S. has spent billions of dollars aiding Ukraine as that Eastern European nation battles against a brutal Russian invasion, but the aid has gone beyond simply assisting the embattled country with armaments. "60 Minutes" has reported that the U.S. is purchasing "seeds and fertilizer for Ukrainian farmers and covering the salaries of Ukraine's first responders — all 57,000 of them." The report also stated that the U.S. is "subsidizing small businesses."
[TASS] The President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Piotr Hofmanski has been declared wanted under a criminal article, according to the Russian Interior Ministry’s data base.
