Putin's War. Week 26: A Bizarre Assassination in Moscow, a Nuclear Power Plant Held Hostage, and Ukraine Launches (Maybe) Its First Offensive

Red ^ | 08/29/2022 | streiff

[Widget Jr]

Ping.

You may find the part about Dugin's death of interest.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Putin's War. Week 26...

WW2 Germany defeated France in 6 weeks.

[BenLurkin]

Nazi fanatics make difficult opponents.

[Cathi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfKnwUjakyA

Scott Ritter Extra Ep. 8: Ask the Inspector

[Berlin_Freeper]

Brave people defending their Country and Freedom make difficult opponents.

Fixed it for you, Putin Stooge.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Anoher Victory for Ukraine! Be ready for a Victory a dat from now on! The war is over and Russia has LOST. The hero Troops will be in Crimea on two weeks, the war over in six. I predict Putin will be dead by Christmas and a new government in place in the Duma. Peace is coming soon. Just a few more Billion dollars and more wonder weapons! Stop sending old junk from Soviet Times! Send us some Raptors — America’s best and trainers to teach Ukraine how to used them! A no fly zone too! This war should be the most important thing on America’s mind.

[familyop]

Russia to Hold Military Drills With China, Others
The Associated Press by way of NTD
By Vladimir Isachenkov
Aug 29, 2022
"The drills...will engage troops from several ex-Soviet nations, China, India, Laos, Mongolia, Nicaragua, and Syria...The drills reflect increasing defense ties between Moscow and Beijing, which have grown stronger since Russia sent its troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24. The Chinese communist regime has pointedly refused to criticize Russia’s action, blaming the United States and NATO for provoking Moscow, and has blasted punishing sanctions imposed on Moscow."

[Widget Jr]

I'm curious. How does Ritter propose to have meaningful dialogue with Russian citizens? Under Russian law, criticizing the special operation and calling it and invasion is a crime. When Russia offered safe passage to allow ships carrying grain to leave Ukraine, in under a day they attacked the port. Russian forces used the same trick in Syria. Call for a cease fire, regroup, then break it first when there is any advantage.

It is not possible to have meaningful dialogue, when one side has demonstrated for years they will exploit it at every turn and can not be trusted to keep any word given.

[familyop]

Looks like The Associated Press obtained the information from the Russian Defence Ministry Press Service according to this article.

Russia to hold war games with China amid tensions over Ukraine invasion
https://www.euronews.com/2022/08/29/russia-to-hold-war-games-with-china-amid-tensions-over-ukraine-invasion

[familyop]

Mistakenly posted to another thread with an erroneous link. Sorry about that.

Ukrainian troops liberated 4 villages in Kherson Oblast from Russian occupation
https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/08/30/ukrainian-troops-liberated-4-villages-in-kherson-oblast-from-russian-occupation/

Ukraine troops ‘break through Russian lines’ in long-awaited counter-offensive in Kherson
https://inews.co.uk/news/ukraine-troops-break-through-russian-lines-counter-offensive-kherson-1822416?ITO=newsnow
Ukraine claims it can take back the crucial Kherson region but Washington sources caution that it is not yet clear whether Kyiv has massed sufficient forces for a sustained all-out assault to push Kremlin forces back into Crimea
inews.co.uk
By Cahal Milmo
August 29, 2022

[familyop]

You might also find this interesting.

Russian Efforts to Raise Numbers of Troops 'Unlikely to Succeed,' U.S. Official Says
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3143381/russian-efforts-to-raise-numbers-of-troops-unlikely-to-succeed-us-official-says/
United States Department of Defense
AUG. 29, 2022
BY JIM GARAMONE, DOD NEWS

Russia is desperately trying to fill its ranks depleted by its poor showing in its unprovoked war on Ukraine, a senior defense official said speaking on background today. Russia is seeking to increase the size of its military by 137,000 to 1.15 million. U.S. officials have said that Russia has lost between 60,000 and 80,000 troops in its misguided war on Ukraine.

[Image] Smoke fills the area in front of a military tank that recently fired its artillery.

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the increase be in place effective in January 2023.

"This effort is unlikely to succeed, as Russia has historically not met personnel and strength targets," the official said. "In fact, if you look at the Russian armed forces, prior to the invasion, they may have already been 150,000 personnel short of their million personnel goal."

Prior to the invasion, roughly a quarter of the Russian force were conscripts and the remainder were professional soldiers. Moscow has been trying to use largely professional soldiers as opposed to conscripts in the Ukraine conflict, the official said. Still, there have been news reports of conscripts — hastily equipped, meagerly supplied and badly trained — being placed on the front lines in Ukraine.

Russian leaders have already begun trying to expand recruitment efforts to staff at least one volunteer battalion per federal district, and to raise a new army corps, the senior defense official said. "They've done this in part by eliminating the upper age limits for new recruits and also by recruiting prisoners," she said. "Many of these new recruits have been observed as older, unfit and ill-trained."

All this suggests to Pentagon officials that "any additional personnel that Russia actually can muster by the end of the year, in fact, may not increase overall Russian combat power," the official said.

[Image] A soldier climbs into and closes the hatch on an armored military vehicle.

Ukrainian government officials have said they have launched an offensive in and around Kherson to retake the strategic city in the south, and a senior U.S. military official, also speaking on background, said there has been an increase in kinetic activity in and around the city. The official did not want to characterize the actions there as a counter offensive just yet. He said there would be more clarity in the next 24 to 36 hours.

The senior military official noted that Ukrainian forces have been moving into the region for some time. The ratio between Ukrainian and Russian forces "are in much better number in terms of equality or parity in the south than they were initially up along the eastern portion of the battlespace. And again, without knowing all the particulars of what the Ukrainians are doing, … they are students of military doctrine. They understand that conducting an attack takes a greater number of forces than if you were on the defense. So, I think they probably have worked to adjust their numbers."

Morale is an aspect of combat and news reports on Russian morale in the south indicate that it was already poor when the unprovoked war started. "Now imagine you're a Russian soldier … a couple of months into it, and you've been getting hit pretty hard by [Ukrainian] artillery and HIMARS," he said.

Add other capabilities, including Ukrainian air attacks which have become "more and more efficient and effective," the senior military official said. This has to have an effect on morale and Ukrainian military officials have seen that "and are working to take advantage of it," he said.

[familyop]

Ukraine isn’t saying much to the general public, yet, about the new offensive in progress in the Kherson Oblast. Here is a brief history and a general statement at the end about what’s going on, though.

The Kherson operation: all you need to know about it
https://youtu.be/4Fzj3edn_T4

[familyop]

Ukrainians launch counteroffensive to retake the country’s South | World News – TVP World
(Polish TV in English)
https://youtu.be/SXrcdZnq0ns

[familyop]

Russia has faced ‘failures’ with Iranian-made drones - US official
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-715880

[Berlin_Freeper]

Forward the Putin Stooge - posting like a child because he has no good Russian invasion news.

[popdonnelly]

Is that how you justify Putin invading another country?

[MalPearce]

Kirill Stremousov Moscow’s man in Kherson, is safely tweeting about the success of the mission in Kherson...

From Russia.

https://twitter.com/sternenko/status/1564535302907125761?t=i0o7xL_Ohm1Jx2OO90edeA&s=19

Maybe he’s just having a holiday.

[Timber Rattler]

THIS Scott Ritter?

Ex-UN inspector gets prison in Pa. sex case

Former United Nations weapons inspector convicted in an online sex sting has been sentenced to up to 5 1/2 years behind bars.

Scott Ritter, 50, of Delmar, N.Y., exchanged explicit messages with a detective posing as a 15-year-old girl, then performed a sex act on himself in front of a webcam.

He testified in his own defense that he believed the person he met in a Yahoo chat room in 2009 was an adult acting out her own fantasy.

But a northeastern Pennsylvania jury convicted Ritter in April. On Wednesday, a Monroe County judge sentenced him to 18 months to 66 months in state prison.

Ritter was taken into custody immediately.

[Flick Lives]

I’m curious. How does Ritter propose to have meaningful dialogue with Russian citizens? Under Russian law, criticizing the special operation and calling it and invasion is a crime.

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How does one have a meaningful dialog in the U.S. where Big Tech platforms prevent posting of any info contrary to the Biden regime’s narrative?