RuZZian Tank losses RunningTotal: 1494
November 2022 – 76
October 2022 – 212
September 2022 - 217
August 2022 – 74
July 2022 – 108
June 2022 – 67
May 2022 – 148
April 2022 – 243
Feb 24 - March 2022 – 350
RuZZian Artillery losses Running Total: 423
November 2022 – 44
October 2022 – 64
September 2022 - 73
August 2022 – 21
July 2022 – 21
June 2022 – 18
May 2022 – 20
April 2022 – 52
Feb 24 - March 2022 – 110
George? Is that you?
I’d rather this energy be devoted top documenting where all of our billions of dollars went.
Reuters: “Russia will wait until a full damage assessment to the Nord Stream gas pipelines is done before deciding on any repairs, if any, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.”
Swedish investigators announced recently that it was definitely intentional sabotage, and they have samples of the explosive residue, among other evidence.
BRUSSELS, Nov 17 (Reuters) - “The European Union’s executive is on track to unblocking billions of euros in funds for Hungary this year after Prime Minister Viktor Orban bowed to pressure from the bloc over democratic checks and balances, EU sources said.
At stake is up to 14.7 billion euros ($15.3 billion), or nearly 10% of Hungary’s estimated 2022 GDP, with any approval conditional on Orban continuing to improve the independence of the judiciary and anti-corruption safeguards, the sources said.”
I’d guess that Finnish and Swedish accession into NATO is part of the deal as well.
Ukraine: military situation update with maps, Nov 17, 2022
(’Orc’ is associated with the various hoards of 13th century Mongol invaders, as well as LOTR evil villains)
War in Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP2QApi8G2TKc8NZmeDWSUg/videos
Artillery (key to success in this war), Fuller explanation of Orc military structure, Other Bonus articles - see previous postings in “Attack on Europe” (FR title search).
(Numbered printed material below - Some of the items below may be out of date, and not updated yet)
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. The entirety of the analysis is from a Ukrainian guy named War in Ukraine’s daily video - I only transcribe it. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... )
-—> Current to date and past MAPS: <——
https://militaryland.net/
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Extra:
-—> Ukraine Situation Report: Concerns Continue To Loom Over U.S. Weapons Stocks <——
Nine months of high intensity warfare in Ukraine has taken its toll on U.S. weapons stockpiles.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-concerns-continue-to-loom-over-u-s-weapons-stocks
Excerpts:
The U.S. military has depleted considerable stocks of precision munitions and artillery shells after providing large sums of materiel to Ukraine for use in the ongoing struggle against Russia. However, the Pentagon maintains it will not part with so many weapons that its strategic reserves are threatened ...
Perhaps anticipating a renewed offensive by Russian or allied Belorussian forces from the north, a fortified border wall has been constructed between Ukraine and Belarus. The video below shows that the wall appears to be mainly built of concrete and topped by coiled razor wire. That should at least slow a ground offensive from the northeast while Ukraine focuses on ousting Russian forces it’s the south and east.
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Summary:
no major changes.
Key areas:
- Oskil river area: no changes
- North Donbass area: no changes.
- Central Donbass (Donetsk West): no changes.
- Zaporizhya: no changes.
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••Energy - Skipped
Ukraine and Russia, Kazakhstan grain deal - Skipped
China and UK
UK government is forcing Chinese company to divest its semiconductor manufacturer they acquired in 2019 called Newport Wafer Fab.
China & Taiwan - Skipped
UK & Taxes - Skipped
Federal Reserve & Interest rates - Skipped
Russian air strikes & electricity distribution infrastructure - Skipped
Military Situation
Understand Ukraine did not maintain all of the military equipment, since it became independent in 1991: it was extremely poorly maintained in extremely poor conditions, and now its no surprised that it actually doesn’t do what its supposed to do, and not to mention that was produced about 40 years ago, where the shelf life may have expired.
Russia got this Kamikaze drones from Iran, and they are extremely successful; they’ve been destroying quite a bit of Ukrainian equipment, especially near the Russian side being using them quite a lot in, and they destroy very good high quality equipment like those Polish self-propelled howitzers, Krabs some I think think even like Ceasars from from France as well, but and then tanks as well so its definitely turning into the big problem and the loss of the equipment that’s happening is not sustainable for Ukrainian side, and at the same time, there is a short window to come up with some strategic answer so far there was there is no answer it just goes unpunished, and there is no even much of the changes in the military or attempts to do anything about that.
Russian mobilized troops official number is 300,000 which I don’t believe its just like you open the well and you never close it so its like evergreen mobilization that’s what’s really what’s going on there, however what I would say is that as I said before majority of this mobilized soldiers will hit the front line in December; so there is very high chance at end of December and sometime in January of Russian Command will try to launch some offensive to achieve whatever goal they decided - hard to say right now - more likely than not, its going to be something about capturing their remainder of the Donetsk region and also Zaporizhya - we’ll see what happens there, but they definitely will try to strike back at Ukrainian side.
Central Donbas:
The only major development is Russian troops managed to capture a Ukrainian strong major stronghold - its like another 50 or 100 meters of the territory, but what is important is they are creating a deeper and deeper crack in Ukrainian defenses - it will not be possible to hold.
Zaporizhya
Things are quiet here as well - as a whole there is no news about redeployment by either side of all.
@visegrad24
12h
Ukrainian Brigade General Olexiy Gromov stated today that Ukrainian troops have taken control of certain sections of the eastern bank of the Dnipro River.
https://www.moonofalabama.org
The targeting of 330 kilovolt transformers in various switching stations has cut some 50% of the distribution capability of Ukraine's electricity network. These transformers weigh up to 200 tons. There are no replacements. You do not buy them at the next corner but will have order them with years of lead time. As far as I can tell Russia is currently Russia the only producer of transformers of that type.
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The lack of energy is degrading the railway network that brings weapons from the west to the eastern front. It makes redeployment of units from one front section to another very difficult and time consuming. It will give the Russian forces the advantage when they change the Schwerpunkt of their attacks from one corner of the frontline to another.
Another effect of the strikes on the electricity systems and the blackouts in the big cities that follow them is a renewed stream of refugees that will want reach western Europe. It will over time change the public opinion and the political priorities of those countries. If they fail to end the war they will have to carry the burden.
"A Dutch court today (17 Nov) sentenced 3 Russians to life in prison for shooting down the passenger jet MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 civilians
Despite Russian lies about the plane having been shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet, the court said it was clear Russia was behind it."
(Including Igor Girkin, AKA "Strelkov")
War crimes trials from this year's invasion of the Ukraine will be ongoing for many, many years into the futre.
@ChuckPfarrer 2h
KHERSON AXIS/ 1430 UTC 18 NOV/ RU airstrikes hit Kherson area. UKR air defenses down 5 Shahed-136 UAVs, four RU cruise missiles and two RU guided missiles. UKR Gen’l Staff reports RU airstrike against Antonivka, a location deep in occupied S bank territory.
“Houston-based energy firm Criterion Research responded to the news of Freeport’s updated reopening timeline:
At long last, Freeport has given clarification of its timeline for a restart of LNG operations at the long-offline terminal. The company reported that the reconstruction work needed to start initial ops at all three LNG trans, two storage tanks, and one berth was 90% completed, with all work on target for completion by the end of November 2022.
With that in mind, they are now targeting the initial startup in Mid-December 2022. They will then work gradually to a 2 Bcf/d operational rate in January 2023. Full operations at both docks will be reached in March 2023. Freeport will phase on each of its three trains in a “in a slow and deliberate manner, with each train starting separately before restarting a subsequent train.” “
@visegrad24 21h
The initiative by MEP @weimers to have the European Parliament pass a resolution marking Russia as state sponsor of terrorism is moving forward.
An agreement on the text was achieved today.
Declaring Russia as a sponsor of terrorism will have legal ramifications for sanctions.
@ecrgroup Nov 17
MEP Charlie @Weimers calls on the European Parliament to vote through our resolution to label #Russia so during next week’s plenary session.
OilPrice.com:
“The selloff in oil continued on Friday, with WTI prices falling more than 5% as China reportedly asked the Saudis to ship less crude in December.” (WTI dropped below $80 today for the first time in about two months)
“Norway Platform Blaze Stokes Fears of Lower Supply. Production from the semi-submersible Asgard B platform that is operated by Equinor (NYSE:EQNR) in Norway’s continental shelf remains shut in after a fire broke out there last Sunday, cutting some 7% from the country’s 300 MMcmd of gas exports.”
“Returning Nuclear Cool French LNG Appetite. Following a year of reactor shutdowns and labor strikes, slowly returning French nuclear power generation, jumping 11% month-on-month in October to almost 40 TWh, has triggered a marked slowdown in French buying of LNG from the market.”
“SPR Caverns Need a Revamp. The White House asked Congress for $500 million to modernize the salt caverns that hold strategic petroleum stocks in the U.S., located across the Texas and Louisiana coasts, as SPR oil movements corrode the steel pumps and equipment due to the salts involved.”
@bayraktar_1love
In two months, the number of prisoners in men’s colonies in Russia has decreased by a record 23,000 people. This is happening at the same time as the recruitment of Russian prisoners into the “Wagner Group” is taking place
@bayraktar_1love 2h
"Map of Ukrainian railway system for better understanding of importance of Ilovaisk railway station (green circle) in Russian logistics." (It is where supplies from Southern Russia - The Black Sea ports, Rostov, Taganrog, etc. - join into the Ukrainian rail network. It is like the Corps Support Area for the Donetsk Front)
