Update from Ukraine | Crazy Stupid Ruzzian Attack attempt | They never learn

You can’t comprehend the difference between an expense and an investment.

FYI, an investment earns a return. It can be interest or a dividend or a gain.

Defeating Russia is a very good return on investment. Living under a rock, it is difficult for you to see there is a world of American interest beyond your extremely limited field of view

It is possible that Russia is occupying slightly more territory since the fall fighting season started. However, I strongly suspect that Russian control in Crimea has been considerably weakened by Ukraine military activity, partisans, and nature (the big storm that destroyed constal defenses). And Crimea is a big chunck of the total territory that Russia says is its goal to keep.

Kremlin snuff box, a Russian blogger.
https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/3282

It was not for nothing that Putin mentioned Odessa. Last night, two boats with marines moved to Zmeiny [ Snake ] Island. Alas, they all died

It turned out that Vladimir Putin was not in vain talking about Odessa during his press conference.

On Friday night, two boats with marines were advanced in the direction of Zmeiny [ Snake ] Island.

Despite the fact that the boats were modern and fast, they were unable to reach their target. According to our data, the floating craft were attacked from the air.

Unfortunately, the attempt to break through to Zmeiny was unsuccessful. Between 12 and 14 military personnel were killed or missing. There is no exact information at this time.

Navy sources say the operation was ill-prepared under current conditions. After all, a plan was used that was developed back in the summer, in completely different weather conditions.

One of the boats almost capsized in the sea on the way to the island. No matter how sad it may sound, the military died not far from the place where the cruiser “Moscow” sank - about 50 kilometers from Zmeiny [ Snake ] Island.

It is important to explain that Zmeiny is the key to controlling maritime shipping in Ukraine. And a direct path to Odessa.

After taking control of the Northern Military District at the beginning, within a few months the Russian Armed Forces had to leave the island.

Since then, it has been controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but Zmeiny [ Snake ] is under constant attacks from our aviation.

It is true that in addition to ATACMS we have a number of types of weapons that are expired and nearing time for disposal. Is it true that when we provide these weapons to Ukraine or others that we say we are giving these materials at the “when new” price? If so, that we are really giving much less actual value to our allies, and rather than saying we are giving money to the tune of a very small 5% or 6% of our total military budget, then the amount we are giving is even less than that. Other countries only use the value as “used goods” when doing their bookkeeping on donations.

I have not looked at this video yet, but among the subjects listed, I did not see mention of the following information.

When the US oil companies left Russia, then Russia lost important skills of maintaining oil producing equipment in their extreme Arctic conditions. This has to be hurting by now with winter upon them.

The fact that oil prices are going down has got to be hurting Russia too. This despite the fact OPEC (Saudi Arabia) are promoting reduced production to help keep oil prices higher. It is not working. A week ago I drove down to the Virginia portion of the Delmarva Peninsula. Prices ranged as low as $2.89 to $3.15 during the drive. On the return, passing through DC, an entering price on Route 50 was below $3.00 and a friend reported paying $2.94 last week in their favorite cheap gas place in DC. Since DC ALWAYS votes Democrat in presidential elections, these are NOT political prices, nor are the low prices in pro Trump Delmarva Virginia.

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