Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
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I love a happy ending.
“HUR has published a video showing the elimination, by a precision air bomb, of the son of a lieutenant general â the commander of the 18th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces â Guards Lieutenant Vasily Marzoev.
He was in charge of a UAV crew that was detected by aerial reconnaissance in the village of Plavni, Vasylivka district, Zaporizhzhia region.”
https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1982882494354526572
That news about the death of an important Russian general’s son is an individual tragedy, but lends hope for more generals urging Putin to bring the troops home. This news is right up there with the recent report at this thread on how Russia pulled elite troops from various regions on the front. They were to be used for an attack on an important salient. Unfortunately, rather than use these elite troops training in more complex forms of attack, this commander ordered them to be a meat wave, and few will ever return to their former units. The Russian top generals corp cannot let go of their great Soviet mass attack strategy. They don’t seem to understand how much bigger the Russian population was in those days.
The son was an active, uniformed combatant, and the father, a uniformed war criminal.
Kyiv Independent (27 Oct):
“Lieutenant Vasily Marzoev was killed by a glide bomb after drone operators in his unit were spotted in the village of Plavni, HUR said in a post on Telegram, adding he was also at the position at the time of the strike.
“The liquidated Vasily is the son of Lieutenant General Arkady Marzoev, commander of the 18th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, who is involved in the commission of war crimes against Ukrainian civilians in Kherson,” HUR said.”
And how battlefield intelligence was much harder to get, artillery was much less precise, along with air dropped munitions, and then there are drones.
You can run but you can not hide very well anymore
Dod you see where vehicles are being damaged as the businesses are cutting the fuel they get which is not working.
When the potato water starts to run out that may top gas shortage as triggering eventđ
It is pitin who has in word and speeches how he laments the fall of the Soviet Union.
Sadly the short dictator without a mustache is doing his best to recreate the misery that was the Soviet Union.đ
Sanctions shaking up Russian oil companies.
Lukoil to sell foreign assets after US sanctions
Kyiv Independent (October 27)
“Lukoil, one of Russia’s largest oil producers, said it plans to sell its foreign assets following new U.S. sanctions targeting the company and its subsidiaries.
“PJSC Lukoil informs that owing to introduction of restrictive measures against the company and its subsidiaries by some states, the company announces its intention to sell its international assets,” Lukoil said in a statement published on its website...
...The recent U.S. sanctions, announced on Oct. 22, target Russia’s two largest oil companies â Rosneft and Lukoil â along with dozens of their subsidiaries, effectively freezing all U.S.-based assets of those companies.
The sanctions also open the door for secondary penalties against foreign institutions that handle transactions with those on the blacklist...
...Lukoil and Rosneft are critical parts of Russia’s economy. Together, they account for nearly half of the country’s crude-oil exports â approximately 3 million barrels per day. As the country’s largest private energy company, Lukoil accounts for roughly 15% of the national output and 2% of the global production.
The new restrictions extend far beyond the parent firms, covering six Lukoil subsidiaries and 28 Rosneft enterprises. Among them is Lukoil-Western Siberia, which alone accounts for around 40% of the company’s hydrocarbon production.”
Big Indian companies (Private and State-Owned) dropping Russian oil like a hot potato.
OilPrice.com (27 Oct):
“Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the countryâs largest state-owned refiner, said it will fully comply with international sanctions related to crude oil imports from Russia. âWe will abide by all sanctions imposed by the international community,â IOC Chairman Arvinder Singh Sahney said on Monday (27 OCt)...
...According to trade data, Russian oil accounted for about 21% of IOCâs total crude imports between April and September. The company, like other Indian refiners, has relied heavily on discounted Russian barrels since 2022, but tightening Western sanctions are now prompting a reassessment of those trade flows...
...Following Washingtonâs move on October 22, the European Union introduced its own measures, including a full transaction ban on Rosneft and Gazprom Neft...
... IOCâs subsidiary, Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL), has already cut its Russian crude intake by half this month in response to the latest U.S. restrictions.
The developments have also prompted private refiners to clarify their stance. Reliance Industries Ltd, led by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, pledged last week to fully comply with Western sanctions...
...Reliance, Indiaâs largest private refiner and the top importer of Russian oil, holds a long-term contract with Rosneft to purchase up to 500,000 barrels per day.”
It is in India’s long range best interest to do what will send Putin home as quickly as possible. We may see serious starvation and malnutrition in a number of countries because of the grain harvests that may not occur in Ukraine and Russia this fall. India probably has nearly a billion people who will suffer this year and next because of food shortages and high prices for basic food stuffs. The govt. will also suffer as it tries to limit the pain of the Indian people. I wonder how much China will be affected by such shortages and the influence it will have on their relations with Russia?
When President Trump gets back from his Asia trip later this week, Hungary’s President is in the hot seat, over Russian oil purchases. Trump is relentless. Russia is Doomed.
What a weird little toad.
Victor Orban too.
Coming to the White House this week, to answer how he plans to transition off of Russian oil and gas supply.
Also today, Iraq is asking OPEC for another million barrels per day of production quota. Guess which competitor will be the bill payer? (Hint: It starts with an âRâ, and ends inâussiaâ)
Also, today, Japan is preparing to massively accelerate the recommissioning of nuclear power plants.
Russia is Doomed, because of Putin.
Oil is fungible, dimwit.
Next Tuesday.
The Kremlin is intensifying its cognitive warfare effort aimed at coercing the United States to make decisions about the war in Ukraine that are favorable to Russia, including by blaming the United States for Russia's own failure to meaningfully engage in negotiations. Kremlin officials and prominent government voices in the Russian information space are beginning to more directly accuse US President Donald Trump of impeding peace negotiations in Ukraine by refusing to acquiesce to Russia's long-held maximalist demands. The Kremlin voices are aiming to push the Trump administration to engage in economic cooperation with Russia and cease US support for Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gave a lengthy interview to Hungarian channel Ultrahang, published on October 26, wherein he claimed that the Kremlin was ready to cooperate with the United States to end the war based on previous discussions before the August 2025 bilateral Alaska summit, but blamed the Trump administration for pulling away from negotiations.[1] Lavrov claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin is still willing to meet with Trump but that the Kremlin will wait for the United States to initiate further negotiations. Lavrov is attempting to shift blame away from Russia's own unwillingness to compromise by falsely accusing the Trump administration of being the impediment to peace. Lavrov also used the interview to advance several boilerplate Russian informational lines that attempt to sow division between the United States and Europe and to deprive Ukraine of support from its Western partners. Lavrov accused European states of impeding the peace process by pressuring Trump. Lavrov reiterated Russia's demands that Ukraine not join NATO and insinuated that Ukraine is attempting to use peace negotiations to âbuy themselves some timeâ before Russia seizes more territory.
Other Russian officials and information space voices amplified similar narratives, including direct criticisms of Trump, on October 27. Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed that US-Russian relations are at a âminimum levelâ and that there are âtimid effortsâ to improve bilateral relations.[2] Other Russian officials publicly claimed that Russia remains ready for a leader-level meeting but that there is no progress in scheduling this meeting.[3] Russian State Duma International Affairs Committee First Deputy Head Alexei Chepa claimed that pressure from Ukraine is causing the United States to change its position on the war.[4] Russian state business outlet Kommersant amplified political observer Dmitry Trenin, who claimed that Trump is not interested in a peace deal and that internal US political pressure is influencing Trump.[5] Russian state newspaper Izvestia amplified political commentator Vadim Trukhachev, who falsely accused European states of undermining the possibility of a Trump-Putin meeting in Budapest out of their own self-interest.[6] The Kremlin has intensified these various rhetorical lines back into both the Russian and international information spaces after US officials recently cancelled the Budapest summit and imposed new sanctions on Russia's energy sector.[7] The Kremlin likely aims to coerce the United States into bilateral rapprochement and lifting the recent economic restrictions against Russia. The Kremlin likely also aims to justify its refusals to compromise and negotiate an end to the war to the domestic Russian audience.
Kremlin officials continued to reject Trump's proposed ceasefire while reiterating Russia's commitment to its original war aims. Lavrov rejected Trump's recently proposed ceasefire on the current frontline, while agreeing with Trump's statement at the August 2025 US-Russia summit in Alaska that Ukraine and Russia need to not just reach a ceasefire but reach a war termination agreement.[8] Lavrov claimed that European leaders only support an immediate ceasefire without preconditions in order to allow Ukraine to rearm and attack. Chepa similarly claimed that a ceasefire would give Ukraine the chance âto catch its breathâ and attack Russia in the future.[9] Chepa claimed that Russia would accept a ceasefire only if the West stops weapons supply to Ukraine and if Ukraine withdraws from Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia oblasts â essentially reiterating some of Russia's war termination demands as a precondition for a ceasefire.
Kremlin officials continue to demonstrate Russia's unwavering territorial aims in Ukraine, including claims that extend beyond the four illegally annexed oblasts. Lavrov claimed that Russia recognizes Ukraine's independence but that Russian control over Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia oblasts is enshrined in the Russian Constitution.[10] Lavrov attempted to use Russia's sham and illegal referendums in occupied Ukraine in 2014 and 2022 as evidence that most of the population âvotedâ for Russian annexation. Lavrov claimed that Russian-speakers in the four oblasts have faced persecution from the Ukrainian government and that the people in occupied Zaporizhia and Kherson oblasts âwelcomed Russian soldiers.â Lavrov claimed that Russia is seizing territory in Ukraine not out of âimperial spiritâ but out of concern for the people âwho feel part of Russian culture.â Lavrov claimed that the war is not about territory but about the people and the cities they have built and specifically referenced Odesa City at the time of Catherine the Great in the late 18th century. Kremlin statements demanding all of Zaporizhia and Kherson oblasts undermine other Russian offers to cede territory in southern Ukraine for all of Donetsk Oblast.[11] Continued Kremlin references to Odesa City, which Russian officials have called a âRussianâ city, demonstrate Russia's territorial ambitions even beyond the four illegally annexed oblasts.[12]
Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) CEO and key Kremlin negotiator Kirill Dmitriev notably acknowledged on October 24 in an interview with CNN that Ukraine has altered its negotiating position and offered compromises by agreeing to a ceasefire along the current line.[13] Dmitriev reiterated on October 26 to Russian audiences, however, that Russia remains committed to its original war aims and desire to seize all of the four oblasts in eastern and southern Ukraine.[14] Dmitrievâs statements are an implicit acknowledgment that Russia is responsible for the lack of progress toward peace and that Russia wants the United States, Ukraine, and the broader West to capitulate to Russia's demands.
Russia continued nuclear saber-rattling efforts in response to Trump's dismissal of the Russian Burevestnik missile test. Trump stated on October 27 that Putin should end the war in Ukraine instead of testing a nuclear-powered missile and noted that the United States has a nuclear submarine stationed close to Russia that âdoes [not] have to go 8,000 milesâ (in reference to Kremlin claims that the Burevestnik missile flew 14,000 kilometers, or 8,700 miles).[15] Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed that Russia's missile test should not strain US-Russia relations, especially as the relations are at âa minimal levelâ already.[16] Russian Security Council Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev, who frequently represents fringe Kremlin positions and directly communicates the subtext of messages from other Russian officials, congratulated âRussia's friendsâ on the test of the Burevestnik missile on his English-language X account in an attempt to threaten Russia's adversaries.[17] Kremlin officials amplified the tests and issued subtle threats to deploy the missiles against the United States, claiming that the missiles could reach âanywhereâ in North America should the United States supply Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles.[18] Russian State Duma Defense Committee Chairperson Andrei Kartapolov claimed that âit will be too lateâ by the time European states âunderstandâ the Burevestnik.[19] Russia's parading of the Burevstnik and veiled nuclear threats are part of wider Kremlin efforts to use a combination of carrots and sticks unrelated to the war in Ukraine to push the United States to give in to concessions about the war.[20] The Kremlin similarly paraded the Oreshnik ballistic missile following testing the missile in Ukraine in November 2024 as part of nuclear saber-rattling efforts to convince the West to dial back support for Ukraine, but this effort fizzled out after it failed to achieve the Kremlin's intended effect.[21]
Both Ukrainian and Russian forces continue to advance in the Pokrovsk direction, underscoring the fluid and interspersed nature of the frontline on this sector of the front. Geolocated footage published on October 27 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced on Nakhimova Street in western Pokrovsk.[22] Additional geolocated footage published on October 27 shows Ukrainian forces assaulting Russian positions in eastern Rodynske (north of Pokrovsk), indicating that Ukrainian forces recently advanced in the area.[23] The Ukrainian brigade that published the footage reported that Ukrainian forces control Rodynske and that limited Russian infantry have entered the settlement's outskirts.[24] Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets reported that Ukrainian forces destroyed all three Russian armored vehicles in a recent platoon-sized mechanized assault near Krasnyi Lyman (just southeast of Rodynske) but that small Russian infantry groups subsequently entered southern Rodynske.[25] Mashovets stated that the small Russian groups are attempting to hold positions within the settlement and that Ukrainian forces are counterattacking.
The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed on October 27 that elements of the Russian 2nd Combined Arms Army (Combined Arms Army [CAA], Central Military District [CMD]) are advancing near the railway station within central Pokrovsk and are destroying the allegedly encircled Ukrainian group in Pokrovsk â reiterating Russian Chief of the General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimovâs October 26 claim that Russian forces had encircled Ukrainian forces near Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad (east of Pokrovsk).[26] Russian milbloggers, including a Kremlin-affiliated milblogger, continued to label Gerasimovâs claim as premature[27]ďżź The Kremlin-affiliated milblogger claimed that Russian forces have not physically interdicted the Ukrainian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) in the area but have fire control over several ďżźdirt roadďżźs.[28]
Ukrainian sources continue to note the porous nature of the frontline and Russia's reliance on infiltration missions within Pokrovsk. The commander of a Ukrainian platoon operating in the Pokrovsk direction stated that around 200 Russian troops have accumulated within Pokrovsk, where they are engaging Ukrainian forces in firefights.[29] The platoon commander reported that Russian forces penetrated the town in fireteams of two to three personnel and are waiting in shelters and basements for reinforcements. The Ukrainian 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Air Assault Forces reported on October 27 that Russian forces who have accumulated within Pokrovsk are not entrenched in a defensive position with cover and concealment.[30] Mashovets noted that it is difficult to determine the location of Ukrainian and Russian positions within Pokrovsk as Russian forces are conducting small group infiltration missions between Ukrainian lines, often resorting to perfidy to disguise themselves as Ukrainian civilians.[31] Mashovets reported that Russian forces are operating in central Pokrovsk near the railway station and throughout southern Pokrovsk, but that Ukrainian forces maintain positions in the Sobachovka neighborhood (eastern Pokrovsk), in the city center, and at the railway station. Mashovets assessed that Ukrainian forces assuredly control the area north of the railway station.[32]
The Russian military command is reportedly deprioritizing offensive operations in the Dobropillya tactical area to focus on Pokrovsk itself. Mashovets reported that the 2nd CAA is Russia's main âstriking forceâ in the Pokrovsk direction and has been advancing in southern and western Pokrovsk over roughly the past two weeks.[33] Mashovets stated that the 2nd CAA received significant manpower reinforcements â reportedly between 6,000 and 10,500 troops in several waves â at least two weeks ago.[34] Mashovets stated that the 51st CAA (formerly 1st Donetsk People's Republic Army Corps [DNR AC], Southern Military District [SMD]) sharply reduced its activity in the Dobropillya salient west of the Kazennyi Torets River in the past week and shifted to focus to the Myrnohrad and Rodynske areas. Mashovets stated that there are unverified reports that naval infantry elements, which the Russian military command recently redeployed to the area of responsibility (AoR) of the 8th CAA (SMD) in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area, are reinforcing the 51st CAA. Mashovets stated that no more than a brigade's worth of forces and means from the 41st CAA (CMD), which is operating in the Novopavlivka direction, are participating in assaults in the 2nd CAAâs AoR south of Pokrovsk. Mashovets noted that elements of the 2nd CAA southwest and south of Pokrovsk are advancing more rapidly than elements of the 51st CAA near Rodynske and Myrnohrad.[35]
Ukrainian strikes on the Belgorod Reservoir dam (southeast of Belgorod City and 11 kilometers from the international border) along the Siverskyi Donets River are reportedly degrading Russian positions in the border areas northeast of Kharkiv City. Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces Commander Major Robert âMagyarâ Brovdi reported on October 26 that Ukrainian forces struck the Belgorod Reservoir dam and that the dam's water level dropped by one meter.[36] Magyar reported that the water flooded Russian positions near Grafovka (immediately southwest of the Belgorod Reservoir Dam). Ukrainian Joint Forces Group Spokesperson Colonel Viktor Trehubov reported that the flooding threatens positions of the Russian 128th Motorized Rifle Brigade (44th Army Corps [AC], Leningrad Military District [LMD]), 116th Rosgvardia Special Purpose Brigade, and 136th Motorized Rifle Brigade (58th Combined Arms Army [CAA], Southern Military District [SMD]) in the area.[37] Trehubov reported that the flooding reduced some of the Russian forcesâ combat capabilities, complicated logistics, and flooded areas of advance, and will therefore require Russian forces to change plans and reduce offensive operations in the area. A Ukrainian army corps operating in northern Kharkiv Oblast reported on October 26 that the strike on the dam cut Russian logistics across the Siverskyi Donets River in the area, as Russian forces had previously taken advantage of shallow water levels following a dry summer.[38] A local Russian media outlet claimed on October 26 that the water levels ârapidlyâ receded from the Belgorod Reservoir dam after Ukrainian forces struck the dam with HIMARS.[39] Belgorod Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov claimed on October 27 that the situation at the Belgorod Reservoir dam is stable.[40]
Balloons flying into Lithuania from Belarusian airspace are impeding operations at the Vilnius Airport. The Vilnius Airport reported that Lithuanian authorities temporarily suspended all air traffic at the airport on the night of October 26 to 27 due to an unspecified number of balloons flying toward the airport.[41] Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga RuginienÄ noted that the balloons flew from the direction of Belarusian airspace and that this was the third consecutive day and fourth total time this past week that balloons from Belarusian airspace have forced the Vilnius Airport to temporarily cease operations.[42] The Lithuanian Border Service reported that it closed land border crossings with Belarus as of the evening of October 26 due to the Belarusian balloons, and Lithuanian Interior Minister Vladislav Kondratovich stated that the border with Belarus will remain closed indefinitely.[43] The Lithuanian Border Service reported that the border closure will not affect Lithuanian citizens, European Union (EU) citizens, and diplomats.[44] RuginienÄ stated on October 27 that Lithuanian forces will take all necessary measures to shoot down these balloons in order to â[send] a signal to Belarus that Lithuania will not tolerate hybrid attacks.â[45] ISW continues to assess that Russia is increasingly engaging in covert and overt attacks against Europe and that ongoing Russian airspace violations and non-conventional activity are likely part of âPhase Zeroâ â Russia's broader informational and psychological condition-setting phase â to prepare for a possible NATO-Russia war in the future.[46] ISW continues to assess that Belarus is Russia's de facto cobelligerent in the war in Ukraine, thus, Belarusian incursions into NATO airspace are part of Russia's broader Phase Zero effort.[47]
âOil is fungible â
True, and that has always been part of the plan. Allow Russia to put oil on the market for world supply, but at a price point where Russia is barely making any profit or in some cases losing money on each barrel.
Russia has plenty of oil, but processing it and moving it is becoming more and more difficult(the gas station with a country is now importing gasoline and diesel), as temperatures drop not only do they have to worry about damage to wells and pipelines from freezing, they have to worry about enough internal supply to provide heat and electricity for their citzens.
All going according to planđ
Dear blithering moron.
Russia has always imported small volumes of gasoline and diesel from Belarus. Please, for the love of god, stop being so dopey.
Bobo, the giddy Shill.
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