Posted on 06/18/2022 3:13:42 PM PDT by Mount Athos
there are plenty of corrupt people in Ukraine eager to cash in.
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The Ukie government was built on corruption. The age old saying in the EU, “ when shaking hands with a Ukrainian, be sure to check to see how many fingers he stole”. Makes sense the Biden’s and Democrats are so passionate about dealing with them.
That said, the Ukies are toast, have been, nothing could save them except a change in leadership. Once Vlad decides to eat Odessa for lunch, they cease to exist as a country. The Ukie war cheerleaders need to realize nothing, no amount of arms, ammo or money can save their corrupted hides.
Like Vietnam, the goal isn’t to win, but to draw it out as long as possible.
Russia’s new messaging on tensions with the US - analysis
Russia’s messaging is that this year marks the end of the “unipolar” world. Russia and its friends in China, Turkey, Iran and other authoritarian states have been saying this for several years. Their goal is to reduce American and Western power.
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to Rossiya-1 TV channel in Sochi (credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/ VIA REUTERS)
© Provided by The Jerusalem Post
But Russian President Vladimir Putin is saying this more openly. “When they won the Cold War, the US declared themselves God’s own representatives on earth, people who have no responsibilities – only interests. They have declared those interests sacred. Now it’s one-way traffic, which makes the world unstable,” Putin told the audience at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday, according to CNN.
“They live in the past on their own under their own delusions,” he said. “They think that... they have won and then everything else is a colony, a backyard – and the people living there are second-class citizens.”
Have you seen this podcast? I found it very interesting though very depressing. The other day a poster opined that it would take more than a decade before we could be ready to fight a near-peer force. He attributed that to our military using mainly coin/diversity/mercs. In other words we currently have no ability to fight Russia.
Now, this podcast with Scott Ritter and Larry Johnson literally piled on to that assessment. Ritter went into detail category by category about our inadequacies and lack of quantity of weaponry. And he feels the rest of NATO is a joke. At best there are a few pockets of potential defense; nowhere is there an offense ability.
After watching this all I can say is I wish we would stop poking the bear...:-(
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/06/scott-ritter-larry-johnson-debate-ukraine/
Not good for the Biden’s Ukie war cheerleaders…
“ ️Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (June 19, 2022)
▫️Offensive towards Severodonetsk is being successfully developed. Units of People’s Militia of the Lugansk People’s Republic supported by the Russian Federation Armed Forces have liberated the settlement of Metyolkino.
▫️Several units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are abandoning the operation area due to low moral and psychological condition, as well as lack of munitions and logistic supply. Thus, a plattoon of the 1st company of the 1st battalion from the 57th Mechanised Infantry Brigade that had been defending near Lisichansk left heavy armament and abandoned its position.
▫️Russian Federation Armed Forces continue launching attacks at military facilities located in Ukraine.
At 12.30 PM, Kalibr high-precision long-distance sea-based missiles were launched at a command post of the Ukrainian troops near the village of Shirokaya Dacha (Dnepropetrovsk region) at the moment when there was being held a working meeting of the commanders of Aleksandriya operational-strategic group.
▫️The attack has resulted in eliminating more than 50 generals and officers of the AFU, including those of the General Staff, the Kakhovka group, airborne assault troops and units that operate towards Nikolayev and Zaporozhye.
▫️At 08.20 AM, Kalibr high-precision long-distance missiles destroyed 10 M777 155-mm howitzers and up to 20 armoured combat vehicles delivered by the West to the Kiev regime over the past 10 days that were located in a transformer plant in Nikolayev.
At 07.20 AM, high-precision air-based missiles neutralised an echelon of personnel, armament and military equipment of the 1st battalion from the 14th Independent Mechanised Brigade that arrived from Vladimir-Volynskiy to the operation area in Donbass.
▫️The attack at the disembarkment point near Gubinikha railway station (Dnepropetrovsk region) has resulted in eliminating more than 100 servicemen of the AFU, 30 tanks and armoured combat vehicles.
▫️At 02.05 AM, the AFU 56th Mechanised Infantry Brigade manpower and military equipment have been neutralised near Selidovo (Donetsk People’s Republic). The attack has resulted in the elimination of up to 20 militants, including foreign mercenaries that formed part of the abovementioned brigade, as well as 2 combat vehicles equipped with Grad multiple rocket-launching system, 10 infantry combat vehicles and armoured personnel carriers.
▫️7 Grad system plattoons and 1 artillery plattoon have been neutralised at their firing positions towards Donetsk within counter-battery warfare.
✈️Operational-tactical and army aviation have destroyed 4 artillery missile and munitions depots near Maksimilyanovka, Avdeyevka, Zelyonoye Pole and Georgiyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic), as well as 1 launching ramp of Buk-M1 air defence missile system near Seversk (Lugansk People’s Republic).
Missile troops and artillery have neutralised 22 command posts, 48 artillery units at their firing positions, the AFU manpower and military equipment in 123 areas.
▫️An attack launched by Iskander operational-tactical missile system at Kharkov tank reparation plant has resulted in destroying 2 launching ramps of Uragan multiple rocket-launching system.
▫️Ukrainian Armed Forces suffer considerable losses caused by counter-battery warfare. A serviceman from the 22nd Mechanised Infantry Brigade of the AFU captured near Peremoga has told that the artillery units involved in operation towards Kharkov had lost 380 servicemen, including 90 who resulted dead over the past 10 days.
Translated for those illiterate in Russian.
The Pentagon has published a complete list of weapons provided to Ukraine:
▫️ more than 1,400 Stinger man-portable air defense systems;
▫️ More than 6,500 Javelin anti-tank missile systems;
▫️ more than 20,000 other anti-tank weapons;
▫️more than 700 Switchblade kamikaze drones;
▫️126 155mm howitzers and 260,000 155mm artillery shells;
▫️108 tactical vehicles for towing 155mm howitzers;
▫️19 tactical vehicles for the evacuation of equipment;
▫️MLRS HIMARS and ammunition for them;
▫️20 Mi-17 helicopters;
▫️hundreds of armored highly mobile multi-purpose wheeled vehicles;
▫️200 M113 armored personnel carriers;
▫️more than 7000 small arms;
▫️ More than 50 million rounds of ammunition for small arms;
▫️75,000 sets of body armor and helmets;
▫️121 Phoenix Ghost tactical unmanned aerial system;
▫️laser-guided missile systems;
▫️ Puma unmanned aerial systems;
▫️ unmanned coastal defense ships;
▫️22 counter-battery radars;
▫️4 anti-mortar radars;
▫️4 air surveillance radars;
▫️2 Harpoon coastal defense systems;
▫️M18A1 Claymore anti-personnel ammunition;
▫️ S-4 explosives and explosive equipment for clearing interference;
▫️tactical secure communication systems;
▫️ Thousands of night vision devices, thermal imaging systems, optics and laser rangefinders;
▫️commercial satellite imagery services;
▫️ protective equipment for the disposal of explosive objects;
▫️chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear protective equipment;
▫️ medical supplies, including first aid kits;
▫️ means of electronic warfare;
▫️field equipment and spare parts;
▫️Funding training, maintenance and support
Western MSM quiet:
“ The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that Kalibr missiles were also used to destroy Western-supplied M777 howitzers and armored vehicles
Dozens of Ukrainian officers killed in missile strike – Russia
FILE PHOTO. The modernized frigate of the Russian Pacific Fleet “Marshal Shaposhnikov” has carried out the first launch of the Kalibr cruise missile in the Sea of Japan, Russia. © Sputnik/Russian Defence Ministry
Russian warships have destroyed a Ukrainian command center with Kalibr cruise missiles, killing dozens officers, Moscow’s Defense Ministry reported on Sunday.
“More than 50 generals and officers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were killed,” the statement outlined.
The strike took place near the village of Shirokaya Dacha in Dnepropetrovsk Region. It hit a compound where commanders of several Ukrainian units had gathered for a meeting, according to Moscow.
The ministry added that Kalibr missiles were also used to destroy 10 M777 howitzers and up to 20 armored vehicles that were recently delivered from the West, and had been stored inside a factory building in the southern city of Nikolayev.
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Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported on Sunday that the country’s artillery destroyed several Russian multiple rocket launchers.
Russia attacked Ukraine in late February, following Kiev’s failure to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements, first signed in 2014, and Moscow’s eventual recognition of the Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The German- and French-brokered protocols were designed to give the breakaway regions special status within the Ukrainian state.
The Kremlin has since demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join the US-led NATO military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked and has denied claims it was planning to retake the two republics by force.
https://www.rt.com/russia/557428-50-ukrainian-generals-officers-killed-russia/
Being picked up now by non western media, so you can boo hoo RT, so wait a few days and see it reported elsewhere.
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