World War III

[Handlebars]

In some ways this war was a self-own by the Russians because they export most of their grain through ports that are now unusable due to the war.

That didn't age well.
Germany is now prepping warmup spaces for their citizens that may be without heat this winter. They are being told to take short cool showers, if they must, for under 5 minutes,and to avoid laundering their clothes. Industry is looking at closing down.
In Moscow, though, people with the munchies can't buy reconstituted fries at the new McD clone.

 

[Mulezen]

Some of the comments are worthwhile…try ‘most liked’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/22/russia-ukraine-mi6-intelligence-pause/

 

[Handlebars]

Some of the comments are worthwhile…try ‘most liked’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/22/russia-ukraine-mi6-intelligence-pause/

Sure. Or wait for the next example of the nazis holing up where the civilians are hiding.

 

[Mr. Coffee]

I think the big question is how much of an offensive Ukraine is going to be able to put together in the next few weeks. Especially given their recent losses and the operational challenges they will face launching such an offensive.

Honestly a very modest yet successful offensive will likely be the best outcome we can hope for.

 

[Handlebars]

I think the big question is how much of an offensive Ukraine is going to be able to put together in the next few weeks. Especially given their recent losses and the operational challenges they will face launching such an offensive.

Honestly a very modest yet successful offensive will likely be the best outcome we can hope for.

Yep. Take a town or two and lose a couple thousand more men, and lose the towns. The Russians have already seemingly been able to destroy a HiMARs and possibly have been able to purchase one, and are able to intercept the missiles.

 

[Handlebars]

Update...possibly up to 4 HiMARs have been hit.

 

[Handlebars]

I think the big question is how much of an offensive Ukraine is going to be able to put together in the next few weeks. Especially given their recent losses and the operational challenges they will face launching such an offensive.

Honestly a very modest yet successful offensive will likely be the best outcome we can hope for.

Yep, their propaganda ministry said they went on an offensive, took a town, and were looking at an encircled 2000 Russian troops.
One day later......nah, the nazi forces got creamed again.

 

[Mr. Coffee]

Reports are trickling in from the Kherson region that the bridge over the Inhulets River is impassable and the Antonovskiy Bridge over the Dnipro River is severely damaged and impassable to heavy equipment and trucks.

This makes the resupply of Rushka forces in Kherson problematic, and will make it difficult for them to retreat with all of their equipment.

On another note, I suspect that the temptation for allied countries providing assistance, in particular the US and UK, to "loan" personnel to the Ukrainians is probably overwhelming. Probably a lot of the technical support and maintenance for the M142 and M270 systems recently sent to Ukraine is provided by civilian contractors working for BAE or Northrup Grumman. Chances are that there are also a lot of observers and military attaches from those countries providing assistance and some training on staff work and planning (something the Ukrainians aren't likely to be particularly good at on their own).

It is more likely the UK is doing this on a larger scale than the US, if only because of the likely political firestorm in the US if this got out, or got framed maliciously by nefarious forces in the US.

 

[Mulezen]

Ukraine update: Russia asks for 'green corridor' to evacuate encircled troops north of Kherson

Back in early May, I wrote an update on Ukraine in which I insisted that that the tide had turned and that Ukraine was about to do big things in Kherson and Kharkiv. Which, yeah, that didn’t exactly pan out. Though to be fair, at the time Russia still...

www.dailykos.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/24/ukriane-himars-russia-us/

 

[Handlebars]

“Our people there are not quite successful and experience a certain lack of strength to close this story,”
“Not everything there is favorable for ours.”
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Arestovich

Always Muley with the fake news

Ukraine update: Russia asks for 'green corridor' to evacuate encircled troops north of Kherson

Back in early May, I wrote an update on Ukraine in which I insisted that that the tide had turned and that Ukraine was about to do big things in Kherson and Kharkiv. Which, yeah, that didn’t exactly pan out. Though to be fair, at the time Russia still...

www.dailykos.com

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/24/ukriane-himars-russia-us/

 

[Handlebars]

Reports are trickling in from the Kherson region that the bridge over the Inhulets River is impassable and the Antonovskiy Bridge over the Dnipro River is severely damaged and impassable to heavy equipment and trucks.

This makes the resupply of Rushka forces in Kherson problematic, and will make it difficult for them to retreat with all of their equipment.

Looks like the holes could be fairly easily patched or even just covered over

 

[Handlebars]

The nazis are again showing the world their colors:

Deputy Prime Minister / Minister of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk announced this on Telegram, reports Ukrainian News Agency.

"Introduction of criminal liability for obtaining a Russian passport: this is exactly what was discussed today at a closed interdepartmental meeting," she said.

Vereshchuk notes that this issue is not so much a legal one as a political one: on the one hand, the passport of the occupier helps a person to survive in a temporary occupation; on the other hand, Ukrainians stand to the death on the front lines, including ensuring there are never Russians on Ukrainian soil.

 

[Handlebars]

You do not really know how damaged the beams and support structure is otherwise you could just temporarily put down a metal plate, we did it all the time on excavations on roads and such.

True. However, reports are that the support structure is not damaged. There are pics of the holes being repaired

 

[tomjasz]

You do not really know how damaged the beams and support structure is otherwise you could just temporarily put down a metal plate, we did it all the time on excavations on roads and such.

Stop feeding Handlefarts. The stench will soon subside.

 

[Handlebars]

Tom, is your early career height as hall monitor being relived?

 

[Handlebars]

Reports are trickling in from the Kherson region that the bridge over the Inhulets River is impassable and the Antonovskiy Bridge over the Dnipro River is severely damaged and impassable to heavy equipment and trucks.

This makes the resupply of Rushka forces in Kherson problematic, and will make it difficult for them to retreat with all of their equipment.

Nope. Nope. Bridge is being repaired and concrete is going in and an alternative pontoon bridge is being constructed as well.
Presidementia Biden is unfit.
He corrupted Ukraine with his crackhead bagman, he ruined the western economy, then joined with the nazis, and now he's looking at an escape by provoking a military confrontation with China.

 

[Handlebars]

Now another Nordsteam1 turbine needs servicing and Europe's 40% flow is not going to 100%, instead looks like its first going to be 20%. 7 of 9 turbines need work. Cold showers and warm-up hostels in Germany beginning this fall?
All for going with the nazi forces. But then, they did say they were bringing in de-industrialization before this ever happened.
Canadian government is now saying they will mess with de-nitrogenizing Canadian farms (bankrupt farmers to help WEF take the land)

 

[JES2020]

He corrupted Ukraine with his crackhead bagman, he ruined the western economy, then joined with the nazis, and now he's looking at an escape by provoking a military confrontation with China.

Don't tell me you're a supporter of the orange menace?

 

[Handlebars]

Don't tell me you're a supporter of the orange menace?

He's questionable too. But he didn't destroy the nation. Biden openly bragged that he had the prosecutor (investigating his bagman son Hunter) fired by threatening Quid Pro Quo with immediate freezing of US "loan" money he was bringing, fired on the spot. Biden was running Ukraine, the most corrupt nation in Europe. Hunter even was involved in Ukraine biolabs

What exactly the orange menace did is I guess, in your imagination. Can you say what it is that he did? We might agree.

 

[JES2020]

But he didn't destroy the nation.

Wait what? Is the nation destroyed???? Dang and I thought it was going to be a good day.

Come on, there was a tiny little pandemic, ignored by the orange one, (consequently the US has the most infections).
Then there is that little war in Ukraine .
Supply chain issues.
These things can hardly be blamed on Joe.

Don't get me wrong , I 'm not a fan but put the blame where it belongs.