Well, to be fair, they were starving at home too.
Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
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Well, to be fair, they were starving at home too.
That will toughen them up right fast. There’s gotta be a local town they can loot or failing that, a stray Russian they could ask over for dinner.
North Korean Troops in Russia Are Starving in Kursk Region
https://en.defence-ua.com/news/north_korean_troops_in_russia_are_starving_in_kursk_region-12747.html
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov used his interview with an American media personality to reiterate Kremlin talking points that are intended to shape American foreign policy and achieve a US-Russia reset detrimental to US interests and on the Kremlin's terms. Lavrov stated during the interview published on December 5 that the Kremlin wants “normal” relations with the United States and reiterated longstanding Kremlin rhetorical lines attempting to blame the United States and NATO for undermining relations with Russia. Lavrov’s statements largely aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin's November 7 talking points that also advocated for a US-Russia reset on Russia's terms.[27] Lavrov also indicated that the Kremlin still has no intentions to negotiate on any terms other than its own and falsely claimed that Russia wants to end the war in Ukraine on the basis of the United Nations (UN) Charter - despite Russia's continuing to violate the UN Charter by waging its illegal war of conquest against Ukraine in violation of Ukrainian sovereignty, territorial integrity, and Russia‘s previous treaties with Ukraine. Lavrov rejected any notion of Russian forces withdrawing from occupied Ukraine and falsely claimed that Russia is not attempting to “exterminate” the Ukrainian people. Lavrov’s statements are part of the Kremlin's continued effort to shape American foreign policy so the United States engages with Russia on terms favorable to the Kremlin without offering any concessions favorable to the United States or conceding any of the Kremlin's maximalist objectives either in Ukraine or globally.[28]
The Russian military continues to lose parts of its officer corps, a resource that is difficult to replenish, as part of Russia's ever-increasing casualties.[110] Russian opposition outlet Vazhnye Istorii (iStories) reported on December 5 that almost one-quarter of the 74 officers who were in the 2022 graduating class of the Donetsk Higher Combined Arms Command School in occupied Donetsk Oblast had died in Ukraine by November 2024.[111] About one-tenth of all 294 officers who graduated from the school between 2020 and 2024 have died.
Russian forces have not yet evacuated the Russian naval base in Tartus, Syria as of December 6, but it remains unclear whether Russia will keep its vessels at the port as Syrian rebels continue to advance swiftly across regime-held territory. Former Norwegian Navy officer and independent OSINT analyst Thord Are Iversen assessed that the Russian Novorossiysk Kilo-class submarine, a Gorshkov-class frigate, the Admiral Grigorovich Grigorovich-class frigate, and possibly the Vyazma Kaliningradneft-class oiler have returned to the port in Tartus based on satellite imagery collected on December 6.[1] Satellite imagery collected on December 3 showed that Russia had removed all of its ships stationed at Tartus - the Admiral Grigorovich frigate, the Novorossisysk submarine, the Admiral Gorshkov and Admiral Golovko Gorskhov-class frigates, and likely the Vyazma oiler and the Yelnya Altay-class oiler - from the port sometime between December 1 and 3.[2] The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed on December 3 that ten Russian naval vessels, including the Admiral Gorshkov and Admiral Golovko frigates and Novorossiysk submarine, participated in hypersonic and cruise missile launch exercises in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, and Russian Chief of the General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov reportedly informed the US about Russian exercises in the Mediterranean during a call on November 27.[3] It is unclear if Russia removed the Admiral Grigorovich and the two oilers from Tartus as part of the exercise as well. Some of the vessels that Russian forces removed from Tartus between December 1 and 3 have not returned to port as of December 6.
Bloomberg reported on December 6 that a person close to the Kremlin stated that Russia does not have a plan to save Syrian President Bashar al Assad and that Russia is unlikely to create such a plan as long as pro-regime forces continue to abandon their positions.[4] The Russian Embassy in Syria notably announced on December 6 that Russian citizens living in Syria should leave the country on commercial flights due to the “difficult military and political situation” in Syria.[5] It remains unclear whether Russia plans to continue to maintain all of these vessels at Tartus or is planning to evacuate all or some of them elsewhere.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-6-2024
https://bsky.app/profile/coupsure.bsky.social/post/3lco37outmk2x
I watched the destruction of 3 large Russian military vehicles and their crews at comment #9159, and then my independent minded Chromebook jumped to the link below, This link went to a long article, that I read from beginning to end, after clicking the video picture.
Legal talk
@unitingexperts
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Putin: Grandmaster or Puppet? Explore the facts and decide for yourself.
From this article: “Currently, a set of certain facts indicates that the Russian President is just a nominal figure, while behind him are the real masters of the country — anticultists, and they are doing terrible things, pushing Russia and the whole world into an abyss.”
There is considerable discussion of a dual citizen American, Alexander Dvorkin, who has spent at least 20 years in Russia pushing the “anticultist agenda.” It then goes on to consider other people who form part of this anticultist effort and their influence on Putin. I was surprised that NO mention was made of Alexandr Dugin, who some people call “Putin’s Brain.” based on the book Dugin published in 1997 on how to swallow Europe and rule the world. Does anyone here know more about these “anticultist” and their potential danger as being hard line, reckless people advising Putin? It would not surprise me if Medvedev was one of them.
This evening public TV was reporting in detail on the Rumanian situation. I appears just before the election that made a significant difference in the votes for the pro Russia candidate, a lot of new accounts and propaganda was being posted on Tic Toc. I hope we will continue our effort to remove China control from TIc Toc in our own country.
Also from public TV it appears the rebels against Assad’s government continue to make good progress. It is also reported that the S. Korean president has made a brief apology for his martial law move this week. Still no explanation on why he thought it was necessary. Is the Nork/Russia situation having an influence on this behavior? And if so, why?
As I see it, mutual claims, often hiding behind primitive accounting, have a deeper existential basis. This, by the way, is about the too frivolous attitude of some citizens in the post-Soviet space to Russia, which is sometimes underestimated. But practically all the former Soviet republics, having become independent, did not soar into the market stratosphere, as they wanted. Of course, you can consider your small piece of land the center of the Universe, as, for example, the Baltic republics do. But the objective reality is that without Russia, it is impossible to survive within our civilization, no matter how much someone would like it and no matter how brilliant and independent they are. And Europe shows us an example here, which perceives the United States as a civilization-forming state in its commonwealth. So Russia must understand its mission, its universal destiny, so that all neighbors soberly accept the fact that Russia is the core on which our common destiny and well-being depend. And here Russia needs to offer its neighbors in civilization something more serious than gifts and preferences. After all, for excessive generosity of soul sometimes you will not hear even a kind word.
In other words, the war in Ukraine is a holy war, as John Schindler wrote 24FEB2022 https://topsecretumbra.substack.com/p/putins-attack-on-ukraine-is-a-religious
The Russian world, Русский мир, is really crazy.
A critical situation with financing has developed in Abkhazia, and the republic is faced with the impossibility of paying salaries to public sector employees, including law enforcement officers. Currently budget funds are not allocated for the salaries of public sector employees. He emphasized that not a single employee in this sector, including representatives of law enforcement agencies, receives the required payments. Moreover, funding for other mandatory expenses stipulated by law is also completely absent. The acting head of the financial department clarified that all available budget funds are used exclusively to pay for electricity supplies from the Russian Federation.Since September, Russia has stopped social payments to Abkhazia, which were previously used to pay extra for teachers, medical workers and security forces. At the same time, in the conditions of the autumn-winter electricity deficit, electricity supplies from the Russian Federation began to be carried out at commercial rates. The republic is forced to import electricity from Russia, which costs 15 million rubles daily. Since these expenses were not included in the 2024 budget, the government is forced to take emergency measures to find funds. One of these measures was the introduction of rolling blackouts for four hours a day to save resources.As you may recall, the other day the Abkhazian parliament, under pressure from the so-called opposition, decided to ban Russian businesses from operating in the republic. This was a blatant slap in the face to Russia. https://www.mk.ru/economics/2024/12/06/v-abkhazii-konchilis-rossiyskie-dengi-nechem-platit-zarplaty-byudzhetnikam.html
The Presidential Executive Office (PE) of Russia is preparing regional authorities for the end of the special military operation in Ukraine. This can be judged by the traditional seminar for vice-governors held in the Moscow region, where, among other things, the future image of Russia's victory was discussed, Kommersant has learned. The event was attended by the first deputy head of the PE for domestic policy, Sergei Kiriyenko. “The PE proceeds from the fact that the end of the special military operation will happen, and we must be prepared for it,” the publication quotes its source as saying.
The presidential administration believes that the future results of the “special operation” should be perceived in society as a victory. In particular, regional authorities are advised to focus on the “calm majority” in the issue of forming the image of victory, not on “angry patriots” or “liberals.” We are talking about the largest group of the population that will be satisfied with the achievement of the goals of the SVO outlined by the Russian president - denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine, as well as the preservation of the liberated territories. The recommendation given to the vice-governors states: this majority must be preserved and expanded. Vice-Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko believes that peace talks in Ukraine will most likely begin in 2025, writes Tsargrad.
The end for Putler is approaching day by day.
FPV drones attacked the upper structure of the platforms and also provided Battle Damage Assessment (BDA).
⚡️Massive attack by 🇺🇦 Ukrainian kamikaze sea drones on 🇷🇺 Russian-controlled gas production platforms in the Black Sea on December 6
Interestingly, now kamikaze sea drones have become carriers of FPV drones (1:13)
https://x.com/front_ukrainian/status/1865298624931876968
Some additional info:
Perhaps this is a preview of the attack on the Kerch bridge.
https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1865359625475736060
Very interesting!
https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1865338827209908560
Let's hope.
Here is Tucker Carlson's interview with Sergey Lavrov.
I did not find it encouraging, though it will hopefully not be indicative of future agreements.
According to President Zelenskyy, Denmark has sent the second shipment of F-16 planes to Ukraine.
🇩🇰 🇺🇦 Thank you, Denmark! Thanks to the support of partners like you, our skies will be safer.
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1865330963401650351
I believe the F-16s should only be delivered when there are enough qualified pilots to fly them.
THE TRUTH BEHIND THE UKRAINE-RUSSIA CONFLICT
STEP 1: We make promises to Russia (no NATO expansion).
STEP 2: We break every single promise.
STEP 3: We orchestrate the Maidan coup.
STEP 4: Civil war erupts in Eastern Ukraine, fueled by our support.
STEP 5: We ignore the shelling…— Dr. Simon Goddek (@goddeketal) December 7, 2024
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