Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
Wild Thing.
“”We will cut heads off! We cut off and we will cut off heads!”
This is what Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma deputy from Chechnya, reportedly says during a session in the context of a discussion of the confrontation between Chechens and Ingush in front of the Wildberries office.
In Russia, the law hasn’t worked for a long time, and everything is decided by organized crime groups, clans, and private armies. “
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1839627001939792112
Drunk Boy!
“Medvedev threatened “small” countries with a Russian nuclear strike, saying that NATO won’t help them in time.”
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1839669057487835573
“Putin and what army? Why Russia keeps putting off mobilization”
“Exactly two years ago, with the Russian Armed Forces facing catastrophic manpower shortages on the front in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin announced a “partial mobilization.” The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) had just executed a lightning counteroffensive that liberated large swathes of the Kharkiv region, and Kyiv’s troops were already preparing to do the same around Kherson. Although Russia managed to stabilize the situation in 2023, rumors of a new wave of mobilization have never ceased to circulate, and the recent Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region has given them new momentum. Russia’s acute personnel shortage is evidenced by the facts that Russian commanders are forcing wounded soldiers back to the front, that its army is still making use of poorly trained conscripts, and that after nearly two months, Russia still has not been able to dislodge Ukrainian forces from Kursk Region. Military experts believe Russia could mobilize another 300,000 troops, but that it would struggle to equip and arm them. Meanwhile, mobilization would come at a huge political cost, as those Russians who might have been willing to take up arms have largely already enlisted, and drafting men who are reluctant to fight presents a series of added difficulties.
On the battlefield in Ukraine, August and early September were marked by Russia’s offensive in the Pokrovsk sector of the Donetsk Region. While the advance was fairly rapid by the standards of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Russian “war correspondents” have been complaining almost constantly about shortages of personnel and the resulting exhaustion within the advancing group. More and more wounded soldiers in recovery are being forced back to the front, and UAV operators and servicemen from other military branches are being transferred to serve in the infantry (1, 2).
As a result, pro-war Russians are wondering whether a new wave of mobilization is in order, especially since Ukraine has reinvigorated efforts to expand its ranks with the adoption of a draft dodgers law. If Wall Street Journal sources are to be believed, Russian commanders were already emphasizing the need for mobilization to Putin more than six months ago.
To the displeasure of the “patriotic” crowd, Russian officials at various levels of government continue to assure the public that no new wave of mobilization is planned (1, 2, 3), and they frequently report on the supposed successes of contract military recruitment — which is stimulated by frequent pay raises for those willing to enlist voluntarily. The Russian leadership most likely expects to meet at least its short-term military objectives — such as the complete capture of the Donetsk Region — without calling a nationwide mobilization.
The Kremlin’s calculations do not seem to have been affected by the Ukrainian breakthrough into Russia’s Kursk Region: according to estimates from Ukrainian military observer Kostiantyn Mashovets, the Russian command managed to pull roughly 35,500 troops to this sector in a few weeks by transferring reserves from quieter parts of the front. As a result, Russian forces even launched a counter-offensive and regained control over several villages.”
https://theins.press/en/politics/274905
“Another challenge Russia will inevitably face with the anticipated new mobilization is a shortage of arms and military equipment. With the help of satellite images, OSINT analysts regularly document the depletion of Russia’s stocks of tanks, armored fighting vehicles, and artillery. In addition, the effort to de-mothball all existing stocks is limited by the country’s repair plant capacity and the condition of the remaining vehicles and is hardly sufficient to make up for equipment losses at the front. Under these conditions, the capabilities of newly mobilized units would lag far behind those of the first wave, not to mention of Russia’s “pre-war” brigades and divisions.”
“Israel targeted the leader of Hezbollah in a massive airstrike against the militant group’s headquarters in Beirut on Friday, according to a U.S. official, two Israeli officials and two people familiar with the matter. The attack dramatically escalates the conflict in Lebanon and throws into doubt whether the Biden administration can clinch a cease-fire deal to head off a full-scale war.
It remains unclear whether the strike successfully killed or wounded Hassan Nasrallah, or if he was even in the building that was hit.”
While Zelenskyy strong-armed Democratic leaders into signing artillery shells that will kill children and another check for $8 billion, @realDonaldTrump stood firm for U.S. interests vowing quick peace and fiscal sanity. DJT has made Republicans the party of peace and skilled diplomacy.
https://t.co/C5sU38WB0X— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) September 27, 2024
meanwhile, reports that 9 Iranian surface to air missiles have entered the US to target DJT’s Plane.
I wonder if there is anything remaining of Hezbollah leadership. Seems almost all of them have been killed. If IDF killed Nasrallah, then I expect fireworks over the next few days, but with or without Nasrallah, they may lack the command and control to plan and execute a well coordinated attack, and end up just losing more capability.
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