Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
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This may be why the Kremlin wants veterans in Siberia:
A Century Later, China Might Want Outer Manchuria Back
https://intpolicydigest.org/a-century-later-china-might-want-outer-manchuria-back/
Another night, another Russian oil refinery struck. What Air Defense doink?
Kyiv Independent (16 Oct):
“Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in Russia’s Saratov Oblast overnight on Oct. 16, Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SSO) has confirmed.
“The Saratov Refinery is one of the oldest Russian oil refining enterprises, formerly known as the Cracking Plant, and is part of the Rosneft oil company,” the SSO said in a post on social media.
“The volume of oil processing as of 2020 is 7.2 million tons, and in 2023 it is 4.8 million tons. Recall that the SSO struck this facility exactly a month ago, on Sept. 16, 2025.””
Has been my thoughts for sometime that China is using their “friendship with no limits” to drain Russia and weaken them enough take back the land Russia “stole” from them.
How fascinating would it be that China uses their same playbook on pitin.
Doubt there would be much international action if China were to do this as opposed to invading Taiwan.
Lots of upsides for China, water(largest freshwater lake in the world is there and northern China needs water), oil and gas wells(why pay for the milk when you can own the cow)
Without that revenue Russia is certainly screwed, China getting hold of these red resources is not good either, but pitin did that.
I see The Blintz is still having trouble with typos.
Do as I say not as I do, or good for me not for thee
Poor pitin who has been using long range cruise missiles and ballistic missiles since the beginning of the war, and importing weapons, ammunition, and missiles from NK, Iran, and likely China, and they are whining that Ukraine will do the same from western countries
Russian mir is fascinating
They have???
Must be watching RT, and even if they do, it has taken Russia almost as long as they fought the “Nazis “( who they started WW2 with as allies).
Pitin remains a master strategist 😂😂😂😂
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It's time for the daily WALL OF TEXT
The US has for months been helping Ukraine mount long-range strikes on Russian energy facilities, in what officials say is a co-ordinated effort to weaken Vladimir Putin’s economy and force him to the negotiating table.
American intelligence shared with Kyiv has enabled strikes on important Russian energy assets including oil refineries far beyond the frontline, according to multiple Ukrainian and US officials familiar with the campaign.
The previously unreported support has intensified since midsummer and has been crucial in helping Ukraine carry out attacks that Joe Biden’s White House discouraged. Kyiv’s strikes have driven up energy prices in Russia and prompted Moscow to cut diesel exports and import fuel.
The intelligence sharing is the latest sign that Trump has deepened his support for Ukraine as his frustration with Russia has grown.
The shift came after a phone call between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in July, when the FT reported the US president asked whether Ukraine could strike Moscow if Washington provided long-range weapons.
Trump signalled his backing for a strategy to “make them [Russians] feel the pain” and compel the Kremlin to negotiate, said the two people briefed on the call. The White House later said Trump was “merely asking a question, not encouraging further killing”.
The US intelligence helps Kyiv shape route planning, altitude, timing and mission decisions, enabling Ukraine’s long-range, one-way attack drones to evade Russian air defences, said the officials familiar with the matter.
Three people familiar with the operation said Washington was closely involved in all stages of planning. A US official said Ukraine selected the targets for long-range strikes and Washington then provided intelligence on the sites’ vulnerabilities.
But others involved and briefed on the operations said the US had also set out target priorities for the Ukrainians. One of them described Kyiv’s drone force as the “instrument” for Washington to undermine Russia’s economy and push Putin towards a settlement.
Trump has been open about his disappointment with Putin since he rolled out the red carpet for his Russian counterpart at an Alaska summit that made little tangible progress. This was a factor in Trump’s shift in support of deeper strikes, the people said.”
https://archive.is/Px7wy#selection-2311.0-2323.256
Washington has long shared intelligence with Kyiv to assist in attacks on Russian military targets in occupied areas of Ukraine, and to provide advanced warning of Russian missile and drone strikes. The Biden administration approved strikes with US HIMARS and ATACMS missiles inside a Russian region bordering Ukraine after North Korea deployed troops there to bolster Moscow’s forces.
But the US has not acknowledged a direct role in Ukraine’s strikes on Russian energy facilities. Washington has long remained cautious about actions that could escalate the war and draw it more directly into conflict with Moscow.
The growing operational support from the Trump administration starkly contrasts with earlier in the US president’s second term, when he briefly halted intelligence sharing and military aid to Kyiv to pressure it into peace talks with Moscow.
Zelenskyy declined to speak about US intelligence’s role in his army’s deep strikes inside Russia in a briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday. But he said Ukraine was “working with US intelligence, primarily to defend ourselves”, referring to the Patriot, NASAMS and Iris-T air defense systems provided by western partners.
Ukraine’s recent success with deep strikes was mostly because of technological upgrades to drones and increased domestic production, which has allowed Kyiv to launch more at once. “Our drones, drone-missiles and some missiles are getting better: more uses, greater production,” he said.
Most of the deep strikes are conducted by Ukraine’s SBU security service and the Unmanned Systems Forces branch of the country’s Armed Forces. But other intelligence and military units also play roles in the attacks.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s Fire Point and Liutyi long-range drones - sometimes up to 300 in a single operation - had led the swarm attacks. But Ukrainian forces had also recently fired domestically-produced Neptune and Flamingo missiles at targets inside Russia.
On Saturday, the SBU said its elite Alpha unit’s long-range drones had successfully hit the Bashneft-UNPZ oil refinery in Ufa, some 1,400 kilometres from Ukraine. The plant is one of the largest refineries in Russia, supplying fuel and lubricants to the Russian army.
It marked the 3rd strike on energy facilities in Russia’s Bashkortostan region in the past month.
The SBU told the FT its “long-range strikes are aimed at destroying the enemy’s military potential - including its economic capabilities”. It added Kyiv would work to increase the number and breadth of strikes within Russia.
A White House official said the war “never would have happened” under a Trump presidency and that he was “trying to get it stopped”. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Defense declined to comment.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov earlier this month said it was “obvious” the US and NATO were providing intelligence to Ukraine “on a regular basis” including for strikes on Russian energy targets.
Trump has not decided whether to provide long-range missiles to Ukraine, including Tomahawk cruise missiles, saying on Monday he wanted to find out more about how they would be used.
Zelenskyy on Wednesday said the Tomahawk option was being considered and it “could strengthen Ukraine and sober the Russians up a bit”.
Soon after the July call, the four people familiar with the Ukrainian deep strike drone operation said US intelligence with a new level of specificity began flowing to Kyiv. That information has allowed Kyiv to better map Russian air defenses and plot strike routes.
The tempo of Ukraine’s strikes on Russian oil and gas facilities and pipelines that underpin Moscow’s war effort escalated dramatically in August and September. The damage forced Moscow to curtail diesel exports and increased its reliance on imported fuel.
At least 16 of the country’s 38 oil refineries have been struck, some repeatedly, disrupting more than 1mn barrels a day of refining capacity, according to Energy Aspects, a research group. Russian social media videos, verified by the Financial Times and independent analysts, have shown numerous large oil and gas facilities in flames.
Zelenskyy on Wednesday said Moscow was importing petrol - “notably from Belarus and China” - and had restricted exports. Russia probably lost up to 20 per cent of fuel production capacity because of the Ukrainian strikes, he added.
“Many (Ukraine War veterans) have post-traumatic stress disorder and the Kremlin wants them as far away from normal cities as possible.”
Crime by veterans of the Afghan War was an issue in Russia, and it is bound to be a bigger issue this time, with the higher numbers, and after deliberately mass recruiting hardened criminals from prisons, including the worst of the worst, and a deliberate effort by Prighozin to use the opportunity to jailbreak mafia members. Add in the drug and alcohol problem children, and they have a human capital time bomb to manage.
AD is stronk, just haven’t figured out how to stop the falling debris and smoking accidents😂
Ninety-six are known to have died or gone missing in action.
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-update-2025-10-15/
Sounds like “recruiting” is falling behind as well, need more Cubans and Norks…..
Averaging over 32k per month, yes pitin did that!
It appears a Mr Someone dusted off his HS diploma to add to our discussion
😂😂😂😂
Russia's invasion “was started for a completely different reason,” Prigozhin said. “What was the war for? The war was needed for Shoigu to receive a hero star. … The oligarchic clan that rules Russia needed the war,” he said. “The mentally ill scumbags decided: ‘It's OK, we'll throw in a few thousand more Russian men as cannon fodder. They'll die under artillery fire, but we'll get what we want.’”
“Shoigu killed thousands of the most combat-ready Russian soldiers in the first days of the war,” Prigozhin said, adding that the invasion began even as Zelenskyy and Ukraine were eager for peace. The Ukrainian leader “was ready for agreements. All that needed to be done was to get off Mount Olympus and negotiate with him.”
https://theintercept.com/2023/07/01/prigozhin-truth-putin-war-ukraine/
“Presidents Trump and Zelensky, meeting soon to talk about a new Ukrainian offensive”
That is scheduled for tomorrow clown, Friday, 17 October. Preparatory high level meetings have been underway all week, with the Secretaries of State, War and Treasury, as well as with Raytheon, manufacturer of the Tomahawk.
Winter is coming. Another Russian oil refinery struck last night - Rosneft’s Saratov refinery. Damage to refineries has been exceeding the repair rate, and depleting the availability of critical components needed to restore operation, that China can not supply.
What Air Defense doink clown? Russia’s throat lies bare.
Offensive?
With what army? Did they press-gang the 15-year-olds?
😂😂😂😂
Always was about pitin’s dreams of a greater Russia, and of course greed and power
“Offensive? With what army?”
I guess it will be a surprise to you then. But knowledgeable people, like President Trump, are in advanced talks about it.
But clearly, Russia’s oil lifeline has been deliberately brought to the point of extreme vulnerability. Russia’s last lifeline, after the rest of its economy and finances have already been sacrificed.
Russia does not have friends, it must rent them. Without money to pay, no one gives Russia anything. Without oil, Russia will not have the money.
It is going to be a disaster for Russia, that can not be quickly reversed afterward, even if/when Putin is replaced.
It is the Doom, and Putin is Doom bringer.
Is it Tuesday yet, J. Wellington? 😂😂😂
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