Posted on 11/18/2023 6:33:46 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
Previous day’s thread: https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4197518/posts
Summarizing this war:
A tragedy for Ukraine.
A disaster for RuZZia.
A strategic win for the USA.
“Why Internet Trolls Do What They Do and How to Spot Russian Fakes”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLtBzvw0—0
Backup fav video of the day
“Direct strike on Russian invader by FPV kamikaze drone of the 47th Mechanised Brigade on the outskirts of Avdiivka.”
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1725838994708091290
“Russia’s Secretary of the Security Council Patrushev made remarks today about economic mobilization while in the Central Federal District (green below). It’s important to read his speech in context. Most of it was about securing sites from drone attacks and preventing sabotage /1
Patrushev claimed Russia has dealt with “8,000 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces” in border regions Bryansk, Kursk, and Belgorod. Note: these districts have been under increased restrictions for over a year. (think of their status like martial law ultra-lite)/2
Patrushev then adds the importance of protecting critical infrastructure from drones and sabotage, and for this region to develop countermeasures. He often emphasized “biologically hazardous facilities” as needing extra protection /3
He wants “social, transport and energy infrastructure facilities” protected. These are standard critical infrastructure categories, and an expected response to many explosions, drone attacks, and derailments lately. The easiest way is to stop the war, ofc. I digress... /4
Specifically Patrushev says : “it is necessary to quickly complete the establishment of regulatory requirements for equipping these facilities with special technical means of countering unmanned aerial vehicles.” /5
This statement got my attention as part of a larger set of events, “necessary to ensure the formation of mobilization plans for the economies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and municipalities.” but I’ll still qualify this below because it needs context: /6
He’s saying this from the Central Federal District, which as a border region is mostly in a heightened status for over a year. The same can be said for parts of the Russian defense industry and affiliated industries (like textiles to make uniforms etc) /7
According to Russian territorial defense concepts, in a period of martial law or mobilization, civilian and state businesses and local governments have certain responsibilities to provide for, and command relationships with, the military and national guard. /8
Creating closer relationships for mobilization and martial law is something that Shoigu began to spearhead ten years ago in 2013, and as a process is incomplete. Patrushev can ask for these plans, but recent history does not show fast progress. /9
My views on these comments is that they are another box checked to a complex process and trend that has been slowly underway for over a year: to slowly bring the Russian economy into a war footing without spooking the population or shock the elites /10
There have been a series of Russian laws and processes modified to suggest they continue to prepare for a larger mobilization of the economy if needed, but they are not there yet. It’s troubling that they keep putting laws and money in place, as a sign of their intentions/11
It’s worth keeping track of these comments, but note their scale (Central FD regions are a higher mobilization readiness status already), and how quickly the Russian state can get things done while they are stability minded (in other words not so quickly) /12
Defending critical infrastructure from drones and preventing further sabotage is an expected response from them, and they are a little slow on this given how long it’s been happening. /13
Important additional signposts to watch for (if they happen): expansion of martial law procedures to all western and SE Russia regions or beyond, more municipal coordination with fed districts and military district HQs in particular, surge in mobilization related defense orders
a could introduce counter-UAV tech or air defenses for some facilities, but there are many capacity restraints here. ( @sambendett ) Other methods could be more RG force presence on roads and rail—again balanced against capacity and giving an air of normality/control. /15”
https://twitter.com/MassDara/status/1725245015453024513
“Russian 152mm self-propelled artillery system 2S19 «Msta-S» WAS DESTROYED by M142 «HIMARS» in Avdiivka direction, Donetsk region. This artillery will no longer be able to shell Ukrainian positions in Avdiivka”
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1725632899624337858
“The U.S. confirms that it will sustain Ukraine’s long-term use of F-16s by providing spare parts”
https://twitter.com/SamRamani2/status/1725514885050531909
“Russian servicemen are stripped naked and put into pits for refusing to go into meat assault without proper equipment. To get out, they need to pay up 400k rubles. These particular men spent 4 nights in the pit completely naked. This was revealed by the wife of one of the mobilised Russian men who ended up in the pit after refusing orders. The woman said they can be put there for no reason as well if the leadership doesn’t like them. Likewise, she said that to go on leave, one needs to pay the officers 200k rubles in cash. Otherwise, they’ll never leave the zero line.”
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1725838110112514550
“Joint work of the 80th Air Assault Brigade and the 92nd mechanized brigade. Among the destroyed Russian equipment are 4 BMP-1, a T-72B3 and Russian infantry.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1725861068008718611
“An FPV drone flew right into a private house, occupied by Russians in the eastern part of Krynky.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1725842964138598669
“In Askaniya-Nova, occupied Kherson region, a Russian base was destroyed.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1725841877776146646
All by myself, I don’t wanna be by all by myself 🎶🎶🎶
Russia’ Pacific Fleet on The Chopping Block
Kremlin snuff box
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
After meeting with Biden, Xi set his sights on the Russian fleet
An informal delegation from China, which includes serious Beijing lobbyists, urgently arrived in Moscow.
Their task, according to our data, is to prepare the ground for China’s purchase of warships from the Russian fleet.
It has not yet been possible to find out which ships we are talking about.
It would seem that the mission is impossible, because our country is conducting a special operation and is de facto in a state of war.
However, the Chinese delegation brought a comprehensive solution, which also included arguments regarding the need to minimize losses of the Black Sea Fleet, and its readiness to supply the Russian Federation with a number of necessary technological innovations in the field of drone construction.
A meeting with the Minister of Defense and important people in the Kremlin is expected.
Shoigu has no opportunity to refuse the meeting.
It is worth noting that the Chinese leader recently held a meeting with the American president.
The thaw in relations does not mean the arms race in the Pacific is over.
It is precisely for these needs that Beijing intends to buy part of the Russian fleet.
U.S. military supply transport flights supplying Ukraine via Poland have resumed.
The only “attack on Europe” has been our attack on a Russian gas pipeline serving Europe.
Looks like Ukraine won.
We can stop sending them money now, right?
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/11/doom-gloom-kiev-no-eu-supplemental-military-aid/
“’We are having to make tough decisions right now about the security assistance packages that we are providing to Ukraine, because we are coming near the end of the rope’, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said in a briefing with reporters Wednesday. ‘The runway is getting shorter and shorter for our ability to support Ukraine in the manner in which we have been, and that funding is drying up’.
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