The Struggle For Ukraine

[krimster2]

since protesting the war is illegal in Russia
surrendering to Ukrainians is the new way to protest the war (and save your ass from western rockets and chinese drones!)

Russia has ALWAYS been "a backwards nation"
they only try to modernize after they lose a war

Putin's Russia has no Secure Command Control or Communications with its military
just like in 1940, when Russian tanks didn't HAVE RADIOS, they used signal flags

Today, Russia military uses "Telegram" for its communication
ruh-roh!!! Telegram CEO was just busted
can you say "prisoner exchange"
see...
I knew ya could
but first, tell us the root server password

[ML]

The conflict with Ukraine, initiated by Russian President Vladimir Putin two and a half years ago, continues to yield devastating losses for Russia. On August 27, Kyiv reported that over 1,280 Russian soldiers were either killed or injured in just one day.

[krimster2]

Putin has... (checks notes)
The SECOND STRONGEST Army in Russia and shrinking

Ukrainian/American Intel and mil-planners are shredding Russians to pieces, cuz Ukrainians don't have mines to deal with and they can freely surround Russians
meanwhile Americanski Spy satellites see every single Russian heading for the front and arranges a "surprise" for them when they're in HIMARS range
and pridorki Russki all travel densely bunched together
end result = a bunch of very dead Russians

mass surrenders are VERY upsetting to Putin and top officials
so that's the ticket, instead of a military coup against Putin
the entire Russian military should surrender to Ukraine!!

Putin doesn't trust the Russian military to handle Kursk, he put the FSB and his personal bodyguard in charge
so you know Kursk is gonna crash HARD
the name is a curse for Russians
KOOOORSK

it also looks like Ukraine is gearing up to open a new front, somewhere in the south
it might be psy-ops though

[krimster2]

another day...
another Russian fuel depot in flames

so "a gas station masquerading as a country"
now has to ration fuel!!!

and if you're not the Russian military, guess how much your ration is?
don't worry, city buses have already been sent to the front to carry ammo after trucks were all destroyed early in the war, they don't use fuel either

everybody in Russia walks now, no fuel required

2% of all Russian men between the ages of 20-50 have ALREADY been killed or wounded in the war and they also don't use any fuel

really, the purpose of the whole war, was actually to reduce domestic fuel consumption in Russia

one day...
a tiny ice crystal up in the stratosphere
fell to earth
and started an avalanche

this is gonna happen in Russia one day..an avalanche of anger and frustration

when I lived in Sevastopol, I lived nest door to a Russian military base
I befriended young Russian recruits I'd meet in the street next to my home
and I'd buy cigarettes for them
and I enjoyed talking to them about their life in the Russian military
they were just "kids"

I hate how these kids are being sacrificed by cynical rich assholes in their pursuit of power and wealth
the same way I hated it in Vietnam

when will humanity learn to STOP fighting these kinds of useless wars, all done for the sake of those who profit from it
if war is just politics "by other means"
maybe ya'll need to focus on "other means" a bit more...

Corruption was the door through which Russia COULD'VE controlled Ukraine
without firing a shot, and in 2014, Putin was 90% of the way to a complete ukrainian acquistion
before Maidan blew it up

so that made Putin take a big gamble over invading Ukraine and he lost that bet totally
and now his big gamble is "can he can outlast the west"
if he loses this gamble, he's DONE
but, even if if HE wins...
Russia will lose an immense amount of people and money

what's good for Putin, is not so good for Russia
Russia needs a leader that's GOOD for Russia
but Putin killed them all
so I guess Russia is phuqued, always was phuqued, and always will be

if you're Russian, the only thing you should be thinking, is how the hell do I GTF out of here
in 20 more years, you might be thinking the same way about the USA when it goes the way of the Soviet Union

most people can never see the forrest
cuz all the trees are in their way

the truth is always right in front of you
if you learn to open yur eyes
and see it

but yur gonna be scared at what ya see coming down the road

Bon Chance mes amis
yur gonna need it more than you can ever know

[Trenchcoat]

everybody in Russia walks now, no fuel required

2% of all Russian men between the ages of 20-50 have ALREADY been killed or wounded in the war and they also don't use any fuel

All the women walking will give them good physiques and make them hawt 

Seriously though, even a 2 percent loss of men/eligible men I reckon could have an effect of it making it very competitive for Russian Women to find a man. Even a small shortage can feel like a big shortage with the knock on affect of concern amplifing a perceived problem. Not that I would go out that way for a woman I am really more a man for Ukrainian women it seems. Whether it's the wisest choice

[krimster2]

ukrainian women have muscled legs that pushes their firm buttox higher
if you see a naked ukrainan woman laying face down,
you can bounce a quarter off her booty and it'll fly clear across the room
that's how "tight" she is

normally you only see stuff like that when yur in college
but in Ukraine, you can be middle-aged and still catch sight of nature's magnificence
slava ukrainia

[krimster2]

Ukraine has figured out that it's much better to fight Russia in Russia than it is in Ukraine
so a new front has opened in Belgorod
in the future Ukraine may try to connect the Belgorod and Kursk front

maybe it's a negotiation move, Russia occupies east Ukraine, Ukraine occupies west Russia
this offsets any "treaty advantage" involving territory for Russia, they can do a "prisoner exchange"
this was very well thought out by the Ukrainians, as opposed to the imbecelic moves that Putin makes
Ukrainians have been very shrewd

things are incredibly bad for Russian military now, I feel bad for my relatives
soldiers are being slaughtered and abused by their own incompetant commanders
it's back to "blocking units" to stop retreats
if I were a Russian soldier, I'd just take my AK and start shooting officers
what are they gonna do to me, put me in prison and then send me to the front again?
actually, the smart way to kill officers is during a fire fight with the enemy and use a grenade
we called it "fragging" in the US Army back in the 70s

the Russian military is an organisational "mess"
it's chaos and corruption
they compensate their lack of effectiveness by using cruelty
to their own people as well as the enemy
Putin rules through fear
Russians are like abused children who must obey their abusive father to avoid punishment

Putin can't have another mobilization
cuz the last one, caused more young Russians to leave Russia than were conscripted
Russians voted with their feet
so, if yur a smart gopnick, without education or special skills like speaking English, electronics technician, etc
then ya wanna be a "contract soldier" and get paid mega rubles
also, this way, yur in the "Regular Army" which means you have better support, then all the irregular groups who just get shredded by American weapons like Wagner did

this applies to poor kids who can't afford to attend college and get a deferment to age 27
or bribe local draft board to declare yur kid has bone spurs
in Russia you have to be a blind paraplegic to be exempt from the draft
so it costs a lot to get a document saying that

[Trenchcoat]

Russia has apparently lost over 600,000 soldiers now:

http://euromaidanpress.com/2024/08/30/russo-ukrainian-war-day-918-ukraine-loses-first-f-16-jet-families-of-ukrainian-pows-protest-near-red-cross/

My guess is that Ukraine has probably lost 350,000 - 400,000 soldiers, possibly more but probably about that amount.

Probably about last month or so before Winter starts closing in out in Ukraine & Russia and both sides become frozen in their locations.

[krimster2]

harmonizing with a Ukrainian air raid siren...

http://x.com/i/status/1829207733696114853

almost as good as Trench sitting by the camp fire under a full moon with his feline sidekick
watching the shell bursts over the horizon, while he's playing a sad song on the harmonica

Trench's Babooshka Preservation Society
Delivering food, medication and COMPASSION
to poor lonely old women in Ukraine, who have been left alone after their families fled the country
and there ain't no samaichkee sellin jobs for them, cuz their ain't no samaichkee to sell

Mediafy and Monetize a-la "Bald and Bankrupt" yur Chez Adventures Du Ukrainia
this is YOUR path to REDEMPTION Trench
being a UTUBE Star

if you do this...
you will NOT have to worry about "picking up women"
cuz in Ukraine, these horny Women will PICK YOU UP,
yur an obviously wealthy Anglo-bloody-saxon volunteer who will need regular checkups for STDs as long as yur in Ukraine

and when a Ukrainian woman tries to seduce you
you gonna be like a "deer caught in the headlights"
before you get run over

or...
maybe you should just stay home, and watch porn
and go have dinner at yur mom's house
yeah...i'm pretty sure that's what yur gonna do
just keep yur life on auto-pilot doin nothin
or go have an amazing adventure

wot's it gonna be, me lad?
how many excuses will ya have?
yeah, I thought so...

Trench...
Go and get thy shit together...
the only opportunity yur EVER gonna find
IS ONE YOU MAKE YOURSELF
so when you choose NOT to ever try to make an opportunity for yourself
then you blame SOCIETY for not just giving you one

all for your mom's Welsh Pudding (with Beef Gravy no doubt on top)...

[krimster2]

http://x.com/i/status/1829803274439999622

a video of Putin goin out to get some piroshkie for lunch, cuz he killed Prigozhin who was also his chef
a convoy of 30 vehicles plus helicopters
paranoid much?
an FPV Drone with a shaped charge would make quick work of an old Volga armored limosine
and pin it on the Chechens

Putin has no satellites though...
ya know why?
cuz Russia's current rate of launching satellites is less than it was in the 1960s
Russia gets it's satellite info from western commercial satellites!!!!
but it's time delayed and lower resolution than what the NSA has
NSA has real-time tracking of russians and can alert you when Russians are in ATACMS range and automatically send data to launchers

the USA like Israel is headed for a fully automated battlefield where things happen instantly cuz fast AI machines make the decisions and not slow humans
meanwhile, Russians are sending mail to HQ and waiting for reply, but before they get a reply, American missiles blew them sky high

Russia is a 20th century military, fighting in a 21st century war
it'd be like a 19th century military fighting a 20th century military

and just like Hitler brought down Germany
Putin will do the same with Russia

the current system in Russia must collapse completly and the Putin oligarchy completely purged before Russia can ever hope to move forward

under the "right set of circumstances"
Ukraine could kill Putin and end the war
but they'd have to "grease the tracks" for the right people to take over
there's really no benefit to Russians continuing the war, only for Putin
so without Putin...

[Trenchcoat]

Strategic Ukrainian minor city on the horizon for Russian forces in the Donbass in the East:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c984g10e22lo

Russian forces are just a few miles from Pokrovsk now with potentially enough time to get to it before winter closes in. Potentially Ukrainian forces can harbour in the city and take done protection from its walls which may help it's overstretched forces there. Russia as the article states are mid using Wagner tactics in the region sending in waves of soldiers to tire out Ukrainian forces and try to overwhelm them. Russia has the numbers but they lose many with this tactic.

Whether troops will now withdraw from Kursk to face the threat in the Donbass or press on in the hope of causing instability in the region to cause greater problems of Putler remains to be seen. They are apparently slowing in their advance now so perhaps now is the opportune moment to retreat and redeploy some of the troops to the Donbass. It doesn't look like Russia has taken the bait and redeployed a lot of troops over there and it's uncertain whether sufficient instability will be caused. It's looking like Ukraine may have to lower the age limit again for conscription to get the necessary troops it needs for the front. Otherwise the risk is Russia could break through and the whole Ukrainian line collapse as a result.

For Ukraine that is a very big threat and real possibility I think with such a long front line that Russia breaks through and rolls up their whole line. It looks like Ukraine needs many more troops there and many troops in reserve to protect against that from happening. Underestimating Russia now is probably the worst moment to do so.

[krimster2]

Trench, instead of struggling to swim....
whatcha do instead see...is ride on top of a wave
you let the wave carry you and do all the work
the war is the wave and yur the surfer

Pokrovsk and Kursk are connected
what goes up in one goes down in the other
Russians are now pulling troops from Pokrovsk to defend Kursk
WHICH WAS THE UKRAINIAN PLAN

meanwhile...
At least 5 targets struck by Ukraine today in and near the Russian capital:
- Moscow oil refinery
- Volodarskaya fuel depot & pipeline distribution facility
- Two thermal powerplants
- Gas distribution line near a powerplant

Russia is like a giant pimple that Ukraine is squeezing, to make Russia POP and all the juicy goodness comes pouring out

as Navalny said about Russia's oligarchs, before Putin had him killed...
 "You have bad roads and bad healthcare, because they have vineyards, helicopter pads and oyster farms"
and I will add to that, "and yur children are dying in Ukraine to please the very same oligarchs whose children live in mansions in the west"

http://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/ftcms%3Aa7814b21-6af0-47b2-808f-dca973cf853a?source=next-article&fit=scale-down&quality=highest&width=1200&dpr=1

Putin's "Dacha"
Russians need to come out of their vodka fueled hangover and wake the hell up....

and we need to do that HERE as well, cuz we have the same problem
the world needs to de-oligarchize and not live in an Ayn Rand Dystopia where the billionaires run amuck like in Russia and the USA and end up destroying the entire society for their own greed

[Trenchcoat]

Current enlistment age in the Ukrainian Army is quite high these days lol:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qe9ql8v95o

An article on Pokrovsk:

http://www.wsj.com/world/europe/the-last-days-of-pokrovsk-ukrainians-dig-trenches-and-say-goodbye-to-their-city-as-russians-close-in-425436e1

Good to see some Ukrainians helping out to dig trenches ready for their troops to fall back too. They need to defend this all the way, it may become another Bahkmut (i.e destroyed) but this time of more strategic value. If Ukraine can largely hold out here along with the rest of the Ukrainian line through the Winter then Russia will probably have exhausted its Armaments blasting Pokrovsk come around March/April time. There may not be a lot left if Pokrovsk in the end if anything but once the Russians are out of Armaments then it's job is done.

After that Russia is just down to throwing hoards of it's men armed with AK-47's and other small arms at Ukrainians. If they can deal with them well then all sorted.

[krimster2]

those two Iskanderrs that hit Poltava killing 40+ a couple days ago came from the mountains in Northern Crimea
the band of Tatari teenagers (and mostly girls) known as Atesh
are now focusing on them

Russian soldiers will see Russian looking girls in shorts
but they're spies and saboteurs

IMHO, a large FPV drone hitting an Iskander on it's launch platform
flown straight into the warhead and detonated
would take out the whole setup (warhead + rocket propellant = massive explosion)

at Inkerman, Russians converted a cave monestary into a missile storage bunker
you can't hit it with missiles
but you could with a custom FPV Drone with enhanced imaging flown inside
same as with Balaklava

at Kursk, Ukraine is waiting on Russia to bring in heavy equipment and reinforcements
when they do,
American and English missiles will rip them to pieces
and the spy satellites will even count the number of pieces
translate it into Ukrainian and sent this info in a dispatch to the Ukrainian Ministry of Phuqueing Up Russians

it's all a BAD DREAM
plohoi Russki Malchicy, no eat borscht late nights.

PS
Note For Putin (FSB scraping this website - please forward this DIRECTLY to Putin)

You need to setup a focus group that learns EVERY DETAIL of the US funding of the Ukraine War....
this is THE ONLY thing they focus on...

look for opportunities in how to stop it

now that the Biden assassination has been canceled, transfer those people into the US Military Industrial Sabotage Campaign
and do everything possible to help Trump TOTALLY DISRUPT the election in November

if Trump's 2nd Coup attempt fails, then ya need to ramp up the republican attacks on "spending for Ukraine"
keep the pressure on the West's politicians over this, always keep it in the media
this way when the West's economy has a depression it'll HAVE TO CUT-OFF AID, cuz of all the negative propoganda

OK?

if you had prevented Maidan from happening....
or simply let it "burn itself out"
and then go back to corrupting ukraine's leadership
you would've eventually gotten what you wanted
which was first, complete ownership of Ukraine's Natural gas transport, storage and distribution
and from there take over the whole economy and government
and bobmbard Ukrainians with Pro-Russian propaganda

the war was yet another stoopid mistake on top of even more stoopid ones
Borgoi Moy

and now Putin's dug himself in so deeply, there's no way he can ever climb out of that hole
so the only solution Russians have for the Ukrainian quagmire
is to just bury Putin in that hole

but grave diggers are hard to come by in Russia
so somebody else needs to be "encouraged" or motivated to pick up the shovel

normally, it would be the "Oil and Gas Industry" that should try to lead a coup against Putin and the FSB....
dewds like Igor Sechin would be one of the plotters

creeping escalation...
the Russian use of chloropicrin is exponentially increasing
it's more than just a tear inducer, it's a lung irritant....

this is how ya "boil the frog" with chemical warfare
infreqent use of chloropicrin - no pushback
much more frequent use - no pushback
a more toxic agent - ?
Novichok-A236 - ?

[krimster2]

why does "Right Wing America" support Russia?
well comrads...here's why....
http://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-09/u.s._v._kalashnikov_and_afanasyeva_indictment_0.pdf

Amerikinski capitalists will hang themselves and we will sell them the rope for $10 million
this is the headlines in Russian Gazeta
LOL

[krimster2]

ukraine's "new technology" is a thing called "Dragon's Breath"
it's "oichen classne"

it's a big drone with a specially mounted Thermite Sparkler that flies over Russians
it's based on classical Pyrotechnic "Fireworks" technolgy, but with a twist: it uses Thermite for it's core mixture....

it's lit like a giant sparkler, and it "dribbles" molten iron on everything below
it costs about $20 to make one
2 guys with a manual hydraulic press, some pipes and thin steel rods for the inner core is all ya need to make these + powdered aluminum and red iron oxide, and a liitle dextrin or glue
plus some general slow burning gunpowder, and the ignitor
high school students could make this
female high school students...no problemo...just get a longer handle for the press

Russ-see-ya OTOH, is jumping on the Chloropicrin bandwagon, factories makin the stuff are all on OVERTIME Tovarische...
ain't no big thing using Chloropicrin I guess, even though it be like ILLEGAL and all...
this is Putin, sticking his toe in the water
like he did with nerve gas in Syria
to see WTF happens
Like Nikita did in Cuba

#1 military industrial target in the USA are the Javelin Factories (which Russians have already hit one time!)
#2 the cube in Fort Meade Maryland

Russians are offering Mexican Cartels the Sky and the Moon if they supply "soldati" to them here in the USA
I warned you Gringos about an FSB-Sinaloa/New Generation Alliance
well...guess what....
I guess ya'll just blame it on "Sleepy Joe" bein' sleepy and all, right?

ya'll are SO DUMB, that a lot of times I WISH I WORKED FOR THE RUSSIANS
and I would've told Putin "Nyet" on the invasion...
and he woulda been able to do the deal with Rex Tillerson and Exxon
and the world would've been MUCH better
but NOOOOOOOOOOOO....
I had to run back to America, cuz I was afraid Russians were gonna put my jhoppa in a siberian prison that works on secret programs

I'da been retired on a giant ranch bordering a quiet cove on the coast of the Russian Far East that looks EXACTLY like Big Sur....
and I'd show the Russians how to handle the "Chinese Problem" they're gonna have when the Triads come into Siber
I'd show them how the US Army took over the drug trade from the Chinese Triads in the Golden Triangle in the early 70s

at first, I only got LOVE from Russians....
but then things went "sidways"

"my people" have been leaving Russia/Ukraine a long, long time...
for the same reason...
we hear the THUNDER of the coming storm

wait until you see what Russia is gonna be like in a couple of more years...
ain't gonna be no place for old men
sheeet, won't even be any....

a geezer like me would be super rare....
I could get a job in a circus side show
as a foreign geezer who speaks Russian, that's worth 100 Rubles easy....
or...
I play the accordian and have a dancing moneky
and we're both dressed as Russian sailors
ya know what?
why not do both!!!!

Why is Game Theory Useful?

Whenever a Ukrainian drone is shot down by Russians on the frontline, all other Ukrainian drones from the area swarm the location and destroy the Russians. This tactic has proven so successful that Russian soldiers just hide and don't dare try to shoot them down.
this strategy was suggested by Chat-GPT4
it comes up with 3-4 good ones per DAY!!!!



 

[Trenchcoat]

My guess is that after Russia runs out of Artillery & Tanks probably around April time next year, 2025, they'll move to relying on high troop numbers armed with small arms, Kalashnikov's, pistols, etc to try to overwhelm the Ukrainian forces. The loss of Artillery & Tanks won't be easy for Russia but my thoughts are that instead of focusing on gaining territory, gaining cities that Artillery & Tanks are most useful for they will focus instead on draining Ukraine of troops. Russia knows that they have a massive almost inexhaustible supply of troops potentially while Ukraine does not.

So Russia have probably already figured that if they can exhaust Ukraine of troops they can potentially win the war. Ukraine needs to keep so many people in the economy to keep the economy from failing or that will do them in. So they can only move so many men to the front, I don't think they are near the point of exhausting their troops at the moment. It will probably be not until 2026 at the very earliest that Ukraine gets to breaking point, possibly later depending upon circumstances, could be several years even depending on the pace of the war by then it it slows down. Ukraine for it's part will be hoping on Russia falling apart. Russia with it's Soviet stockpiles gone, a bad economy and falling morale could be very vulnerable to those in Russia with some power taking advantage of weaknesses in the system to further their own ends. So potentially the next few years could be times of change. There's the off chance that Russia may eventually throw in the towel and end the war in Ukraine by pulling out but that will probably only happen when it gets pretty exhausted itself of never ending fighting, a collapsing economy, etc.

[krimster2]

Putin's management strategy
Russian soldiers will be flogged, until their morale improves

[Trenchcoat]

Putin's management strategy
Russian soldiers will be flogged, until their morale improves

Lol 😄 that is a good one and I bet probably somewhere near the truth.

Speaking of Russia's economy it's continuing to slide with Russia raising its baseline interest rate up one percent to 19 percent today!

 http://www.euronews.com/business/2024/09/13/russias-central-bank-hikes-rates-to-fight-inflation-fueled-by-military-spending

It's inflation is just over 9 percent!

So with both inflation & interest rates being high that will be having a punishing effect on Russia's economy and no doubt is financially ruining many Russians. Interest rates & inflation will likely only increase while the war in Ukraine continues as that's creating a big economic burden fur the Russian government. I bet many Russians now hope that Putin had never invaded Ukraine, their economy has gone bad ever since.

The only thing probably keeping Russia's economy going is it's Oil & Gas industry. For foreign governments interested in destabilising Russia that could be a vital chip to play with in bringing about Russia's & Putlers downfall. No doubt many in Russia in positions of influence would be willing to manoeuvre to get their hands on thd lucrative Russian Oil & Gas industry.

[krimster2]

the war has caused a 50%++ inflation rise in Russia
and since Russia doesn't produce much consumer goods any more
a big decline in that, since almost all consumer goods have been replaced by the lowest quality Chinese ones

with those kinda interest rates, how do you finance buying a home in Russia? it's the same interest as a credit card, can you imagine charging yur house?

you can't afford that, so you have to wait til yur grandma or mama dies, to get their apartment
and you'll have to fight like hell with yur brothers and sisters to get it

there's a big financial division among gopnicks right now
if yur in the war as a soldier or war worker, you make MUCH more rubles than other workers
inequality breeds dissatisfaction

Russia is a really unhappy place now

[Trenchcoat]

the war has caused a 50%++ inflation rise in Russia
and since Russia doesn't produce much consumer goods any more
a big decline in that, since almost all consumer goods have been replaced by the lowest quality Chinese ones

with those kinda interest rates, how do you finance buying a home in Russia? it's the same interest as a credit card, can you imagine charging yur house?

you can't afford that, so you have to wait til yur grandma or mama dies, to get their apartment
and you'll have to fight like hell with yur brothers and sisters to get it

there's a big financial division among gopnicks right now
if yur in the war as a soldier or war worker, you make MUCH more rubles than other workers
inequality breeds dissatisfaction

Russia is a really unhappy place now

That's an interesting update on the situation inside Russia Krim, thank you it is most appreciated

I imagine for those that wish to brave it, Russia can be a good hunting ground also for WM seeking a FSW at the moment with the economy that way. I guess for some western men a bit of a toss up on where to go for a FSW, Russia or Ukraine? 🤔

[krimster2]

IMHO, it's too dangerous to be a westerner in Russia at the moment, plus yur western credit cards don't work, so ya gotta get a Chinese one like UnionPay
biggest danger is from young "hooligans" picking a fight with you cuz yur a foreigner
and their social status will improve if they play "the knockout game" with your gullivar
Russian public transport is FAR more dangerous to a foreigner than the New York City Subway
Russian militsa will ignore any violence towards you, or even blame you
OTOH, in Ukraine, the exact opposite...

then on top of the Hooligan issue, there's "the militsa" issue
Russian cops will ALWAYS phuque with you, Ukrainian cops will leave you alone, even help you...

and lastly, the Russian security services....
depending on yur background you can get interviewed by either the FSB or GRU (I had the GRU, cuz my background is "technical" so it's EASIER than the FSB interview + i'm a russo-phile)
if you were in a "sensitive" position in the western military or military industrial complex, Russians will KNOW about it, and ask why you didn't put it on yur visa application
and then threaten you with a siberian prison for illegal entry to Russia....
unless you tell them about Raytheon and Iron Dome....

if I wasn't so afraid of ending up having to work in a Russian prison, I could easily make some serious money right now, for the "Electronic Counter Measures" I could sell to Russians
and banned tech from export scams
but Russia is way too phuqued up right now which greatly increases the risk of "doing bizness" there, not to even mention the ruble-to-dollar hassle, so ya gotta go bitcoin
you can't turn yur back on anyone there, for even a micro-second, mothers sell-out their sons routinely in Russia, a family betrayal really sux in Russia
it's a hard knock life

it's no country for old men like me
and I am someone who is QUITE proficient at protecting myself in all dimensions, having been trained by not one, but two militaries
but when ya play russian roulette, probability theory sez that sometimes pistolet does in fact go BOOM and make a mess!!!

[olgac]

Former MP Alexander Nevzorov.  Some of this is just an understanding of history.  Some is an understanding of how the Russian state works (or doesn't).

Finally saw Nevzorov in person in San Francisco. What an impressive man! He is doing a US tour right now

[Trenchcoat]

Well the Russians are running out of time to take Pokrovsk before Winter sets in. They're not going to be able to do it and instead will face a winter outside the city where they will bombard it with Artillery further than they have already done so and pound it to dust like those they have done do with before:

http://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/09/23/7476371/index.amp

Only problem for Russia is that by the time they have destroyed Pokrovsk with Artillery winter will be almost over but so will their Soviet stockpiles of Artillery and likely their stockpile of tanks as well.

That's a problem for Russia as it will take away it's ability to eventually win Ukrainian cities by demolishing them will Artillery. It's going to stunt Russia's offensive capability and it may even effect it's defensive capability somewhat also. Russia will likely then switch to superiority of numbers and small arms, AK47s, pistols, etc. If I were Ukraine I would expect Russia to build up it's troop numbers over this Winter like it did last Winter but even more so. Ukraine will need to answer a likely switch by Russia to even greater troop numbers as Russia's supply of Soviet Artillery & Tanks comes to an end.

If Ukraine can answer that build up of Russian troops numbers by Summer next year then I think after that Russia will likely slow down in its offensive advances and go more towards defensive. The whole front line will likely slow in action from then on and go into a stalemate situation. If Ukraine is still backed by the West enough Ukraine may even gain the upper hand. Potentially the West look like they may be interested in strengthening Ukraine's hand as Putler's hand gets weaker which will weaken Russia still further.

Toropets was no doubt useful to Ukraine, the effect of weakening Russia's ability to fight on the front may show in the coming weeks as the shortfall in Arms & Armaments from it takes it's toll.

[krimster2]

Toroptes was just the beginning, more followed, and even more to come
cuz a whole bunch of targets that were "off limits"
are now in play, and Russians were completely unprepared

this is bad news for EVERYBODY'S air defensive systems
cuz it means that with enuff drones, you can overcome ANY air defense
Israel and USA should pay attention

there won't be any move by Ukraine in the south, without first taking out the Kerch bridge
it looks like they got something up their sleeve goin on in the south, dunno, their security is WAY tight

the dynamics of the war will dramatically change depending on the outcome of the US election, on Nov 5....

don't worry, GOD, put me on this earth, for just one reason
and that is to nullify BEEL'S Trump vote on Nov 5....

just remeber BEEL, it was me, I want ya to know, it was ME....