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2. Battlefield updates
Russia’s military expansion is likely to have little impact on the Ukraine war, Britain’s Defense Ministry said. The expansion announced Thursday was set to increase Russia’s military from 1.9 million personnel to 2.04 million, coming into effect in 2023, but Britain said the expansion was “unlikely” to substantively increase Russia’s combat power, because it had already “lost tens of thousands of troops.” The ministry added that “very few” new contract servicemen are being recruited, and conscripts do not have to serve outside Russia.
The Dnipropetrovsk region was shelled with heavy artillery overnight Sunday, according to the regional governor, Valentyn Reznichenko. The area includes Nikopol, across the river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. More than 1,500 families were left without electricity; residential buildings and cars were damaged, he said, but no casualties were reported. The Washington Post could not independently verify the claims.
3. Human toll
The story of little Liza, killed in her stroller by a Russian missile. Headlines about the 4-year-old girl who was killed by a Russian strike in Vinnytsia in July reverberated around the world. Her mother Iryna Dmytrieva, in her first interview since leaving the hospital for her own injuries, says she keeps replaying those final moments with Liza.
Russians using the nuke plant as a form of “human shield” to protect their equipment.
The Nuke plant is doing more to protect their junk than their SAMS ...Pathetic really.
The old Soviet Union was in Afghanistan for 9 years before they left. We were there 20 years. WHY, does anyone expect Ukraine to be a quickly settled “war”??
Less than 9yrs, yes very likely. How much less, who knows. This is a simple siege and battle of attrition. They are notoriously slow.
Got any more sob stories for the forum - like you’’ve ever lost a minute of sleep over dead kids.
Phony, fake bag-o-$***.