Previous day’s thread: https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4211653/posts
Summarizing this war:
A tragedy for Ukraine.
A disaster for RuZZia.
A strategic win for the USA.
“Why Internet Trolls Do What They Do and How to Spot Russian Fakes”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLtBzvw0—0
“Here is the best-kept secret about U.S. military aid to Ukraine: Most of the money is being spent here in the United States. That’s right: Funds that lawmakers approve to arm Ukraine are not going directly to Ukraine but being used stateside to build new weapons or to replace weapons sent to replace weapons sent to Kyiv from U.S. stockpiles. Of the $68 billion in military and related assistance Congress has approved since Russia invaded Ukraine, almost 90 percent is going to Americans, one analysis found.”
https://twitter.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/1730119780873441750
For our pro-Putin friends who claim that the Donbas should be Russian:
“This is the map of the Ukrainian-speaking area in 1897 according to the population census conducted by the russian empire. As you can see, it goes beyond the border of modern Ukraine.
1/n
2/ Especially interesting is the region to the right across Azov sea. It is called Kuban, and it was populated mostly by Ukrainians. Since then, those areas have been russified and people living there now almost forgot their roots and identify themselves as russians.
3/ In 1933, whole Ukrainian villages in Donbas region were killed by starvation, and the russian-speaking population was moved to replace them. That’s why most in Donbas speak russian. Russia russified Donbas, just as they are trying to russify the newly occupied territories.
4/ This is precisely why Ukraine needs to return its territories, because otherwise russia will simply eliminate everything Ukrainian on those territories, including Ukrainian people, as they have done in the past.”
https://twitter.com/rshereme/status/1749066672458141761?t=NE-ZC88dQ7lhQIWaxsTy7w&s=19
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GEXu3iJWwAA4teF?format=jpg&name=medium
ORYX, the propaganda website that turned the tide of war against the RuZZZZians!!!!
Lol
Update on the conflict in Ukraine for January 21, 2024…
- As Ukraine and its Western sponsors continue losing the conflict strategically, Ukraine continues conducting military operations to win public relations victories;
- Ukrainian drone strikes on St. Petersburg and a Russian oil depot inflicted no tactically or strategically significant damage;
- Such strikes have demonstratably only galvanized the Russian population further behind Moscow and are admittedly aimed at encouraging the Ukrainian population to remain invested in the conflict;
- The US government has claimed that without further financial aid, Ukraine will decisively lose the conflict, omitting the fact that even with additional financial resources, the arms and ammunition Ukraine needs does not exist to be purchased and transferred to Ukraine in the first place;
- France has urged arms manufacturers to boost output, claiming to have switched to a “war economy mode,” despite the necessary prerequisites to do so not being met and France being unable to boost output without huge investments in both money measured in billions, and time measured in years;
- The fate of a Russian A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft continues to remain at the center of Western commentary, specifically because of a lack of strategically significant developments in Ukraine’s favor on the battlefield. The fact that Western media admits the allegedly destroyed plane has already been replaced reveals how insignificant the incident is;
- The Western media continues promoting narratives of heavy Russian losses around Avdeevka, identical to narratives that preceded the fall of Bakhmut to Russian forces last year;
- While such narratives are meant to depict Russia as weak and failing, the relentless tidal wave of men and equipment would not be possible unless Russia possessed vastly superior means of raising manpower and military industrial output;
This video shows the most spectacular destruction of russian equipment. Great job!
https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1749121193905451290
This is confirmed by our sources. According to their data, the SBU drones worked well on target - the damage was precise, a large-scale fire started, which is still burning, and the Russians were forced to evacuate the employees.
"Oil terminal "Ust-Luga Oil" in the Leningrad region is an important object for the enemy. Fuel is processed there, which, in particular, is also supplied to the troops of the Russian Federation. A successful attack on such a terminal causes not only economic losses to the enemy, depriving the occupiers of the opportunity to earn money for waging war in Ukraine, but also significantly complicates fuel logistics for the Russian military," our source adds.
https://twitter.com/jurgen_nauditt/status/1749015974999695422
Clearly a highly successful attack.
Target intel deserves some of the credit.
DMPI...Desired Mean Point of Impact...what is DMPI?
The drones were programmed with specific DMPIs, to maximize damage.
DMPIs are determined by photo interpretation of satellite images and possibly by photos posted to the internet.
Regardless, DMPI selection is an important part of mission planning.
https://twitter.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1749148080262226344
Perhaps they can pick up some eggs while they are at it.
Congratulations to the Marine Oil Terminal on its successful interception of a Ukrainian drone. Keep up the good work.
https://twitter.com/2ug2ug/status/1748887163112927378
Great news from Stain Petersburn, where the Marine Oil Terminal in Ust Luga is aflame having successfully intercepted a drone
https://twitter.com/GlasnostGone/status/1749172186722582566
Ruzzia had to use a lot of water to put out the fire. Most of that water has turned ice (picture below). Most of the ice will have to be removed to repair the damage.
Idle tankers are costing someone a lot of money.
The port has already declared force majeure (I'm not paying).
https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1749192343469818032
Most of that fuel was probably going to be used to support ruzzia's illegal invasion of Ukraine.