🇷🇺🇺🇦 Discussion: Relations with Russia and the war in Ukraine

[squeekness]

General Staff: Russia has lost 476,460 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

This number includes 1,160 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

kyivindependent.com

And yet the war machine rolls on.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

His win is such a joke no wonder people didn't dignify it by showing up.

 

[DA_Champion]

Hakeem Jeffries talks American boots on the ground in Ukraine.

Senior Democrat hints at US boots on the ground in Ukraine

[...]Read More...

unherd.com

There’s a significant likelihood that America will have to get into the conflict,” he said. “Not simply with our money but with our servicemen and servicewomen […] It’s a Churchill or Chamberlain moment.

Jeffries is ignorant of the history of Churchill and Chamberlain, and is overestimating American power.

 

[squeekness]

Hakeem Jeffries talks American boots on the ground in Ukraine.

Senior Democrat hints at US boots on the ground in Ukraine

[...]Read More...

unherd.com

There’s a significant likelihood that America will have to get into the conflict,” he said. “Not simply with our money but with our servicemen and servicewomen […] It’s a Churchill or Chamberlain moment.

Jeffries is ignorant of the history of Churchill and Chamberlain, and is overestimating American power.

I hope we don't send troops in. It hasn't worked out well for us lately.

 

[:eek:]

Ukraine moves to send convicts to the front line — minus the rapists and killers

Those convicted of particularly serious crimes, and some categories of corrupt officials, will not be allowed to choose the front over a jail cell.

www.politico.eu

 

[squeekness]

Ukraine running out of regular men to fight? Not going well....

 

[:eek:]

Russia ramps up attacks on Ukraine’s power plants

BBC Verify has been tracking Russia's attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

www.bbc.com

 

[DA_Champion]

What I've read online, and I don't have the knowledge to gauge the truthiness:

Bombing Ukraine's electric grid costs Ukraine money, and depleted their air defense, but Russia doesn't have the option to complete the job because then the nuclear reactors there could meltdown. They need a base of electricity to run.

 

[squeekness]

What I've read online, and I don't have the knowledge to gauge the truthiness:

Bombing Ukraine's electric grid costs Ukraine money, and depleted their air defense, but Russia doesn't have the option to complete the job because then the nuclear reactors there could meltdown. They need a base of electricity to run.

I'm surprised they even care if there's a meltdown.

 

[blueharvest]

Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskiy fires top bodyguard after failed assassination attempt

No successor identified for head of state guards, two of whose members were accused of plotting to kill Ukrainian president. What we know on 807

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[squeekness]

Hope it accomplishes something.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Leader of world's 'most prolific ransomware group' charged in Lockbit case — $10 million reward for his arrest

Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev is the sixth person charged with federal crimes related to the LockBit ransomware ring that stole more than $500 million.

www.cnbc.com

 

[blueharvest]

Air Force: Ukraine downs 5 Russian drones in south over past day

Ukrainian air defense units shot down five Russian reconnaissance drones in Ukraine's south over the past day, the Air Force reported on May 12.

kyivindependent.com

 

[squeekness]

Air Force: Ukraine downs 5 Russian drones in south over past day

Ukrainian air defense units shot down five Russian reconnaissance drones in Ukraine's south over the past day, the Air Force reported on May 12.

kyivindependent.com

Too bad it doesn't seem to be enough.

 

[DA_Champion]

Following his election victory, Putin is shuffling his cabinet.

Sergei Shoigu was the minister of defense, and will now be secretary of the security council. He's a hiking buddy of Putin, and will now apparently be in a more strategic post.

Andrei Belousov will now be secretary of defense. He has studied economics at Moscow State University, was previously deputy prime minister, and headed the intergovernmental Russian Chinese panel on investment cooperation. What I'm reading is that Putin wants an economist there to make sure that the 7% of Russian GDP going to defense is spent efficiently.

I wonder if Belousov is being groomed to be the next President.

 

[:eek:]

Russians simply walked in, Ukraine troops in Kharkiv tell BBC

The BBC's Jonathan Beale meets front-line soldiers battling Russia's new incursion in north-east Ukraine.

www.bbc.com

 

[squeekness]

Russians simply walked in, Ukraine troops in Kharkiv tell BBC

The BBC's Jonathan Beale meets front-line soldiers battling Russia's new incursion in north-east Ukraine.

www.bbc.com

Well that sucks.

 

[blueharvest]

‘We tell them to go’: civilian life on the edge of Russia’s advance in eastern Ukraine

As Putin’s forces press towards ruined Chasiv Yar, Ukrainians try to survive under bombardment in the shadow of the frontline

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

Russia's 'brazen' and intensifying sabotage campaign across Europe

Vladimir Putin is trying to undermine Western support for Ukraine, according to U.S. and European officials. “Russia is definitely at war with the West,” said an analyst.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[squeekness]

Russia's 'brazen' and intensifying sabotage campaign across Europe

Vladimir Putin is trying to undermine Western support for Ukraine, according to U.S. and European officials. “Russia is definitely at war with the West,” said an analyst.

www.nbcnews.com

Sadly it seems to be working, especially here in the States.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Russian defence minister and long-time Putin ally Sergei Shoigu to be replaced

Sergei Shoigu, who has served as defence minister since 2012, will be moved to another role as Vladimir Putin makes some changes to his top team. Parliament's approval of the new appointments are all but guaranteed, as there is virtually no opposition.

news.sky.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Missiles hit Russian air defence base in Crimea, killing military unit commander

An air defence base in the Ai-Petri, a peak in the Crimean Mountains (temporarily occupied Crimea), has been damaged by a missile attack, killing the commander of the military unit.

www.pravda.com.ua

Storm Shadow Missiles May Have Hit ‘Secret’ Russian Air Defense Base in Crimea

ASTRA reports on Telegram, citing its own sources, that the commander of a Russian military unit sited on Mount Ai-Petri in occupied Crimea was killed in a missile attack on Monday, May 13.

www.kyivpost.com