Prigozhin’s call for more ammunition at the very eve of the Ukrainian offensive is more than comedy. Shoigu’s troops failed left and right to advance even a meter, primarily because of the heroic Ukrainian defense and the Russian incompetence, but also because Bakhmut was given every priority. In the end even Russian paratroopers had to make up for PMC Wagner’s failed attempts to advance, costing even more resources.
Russians needed that city so badly that they have wasted every available reserve and more. I’m pretty sure that Shoigu realizes that when Ukrainians break through the lines then it will be his head which will be demanded first. He won’t diminish his already bad odds by giving his rival even a bullet. The feud which both of those men were having, publicly, is now paying off.
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1652407955709468674
The EU is doing the world (including Russia) a favor.
More commentary:
1) Putin has ordered that Bakhmut must be taken by May 8th, in time for the Soviet Victory Day parade on May 9th. He has threatened Shoigu and others with dire consequences.
2) Prigozhin has Putin’s blessing as head of Wagner PMC, a mercenary group established and largely controlled by the FSB & GRU (Russian Military Intelligence).
3) Army and intel services famously hate each other. The jockeying for power between the various factions has been ongoing.
4) Expect Wagner PMC to retreat from Bakhmut in the coming days to completely screw over Shoigu and the Russian army. This is a perfect way for Prigozhin to setup Shoigu and other generals.
5) For May 9th, Ukrainians may end up controlling all of Bakhmut, and possibly much, much more. This would have highly unpredictable domino effects domestically in Russia.
6) Right now, the Russian Game of Thrones is just backstabbing, scheming in the shadows, assassinations, and so on. But Bakhmut may turn out to be the catalyst to ignite a ‘hot’ civil war among the factions in Russia.
https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1652399267179565057
All 3 sides are wrong on this.
This is so flagrant a lie that I have reported it as abuse.
https://www.dw.com/en/us-combats-drought-with-recycled-water/video-65395319
This video was released yesterday. Watch as much as you can stand. California's water crisis has been created by mismanagement, stupidity and graft. The Southwest in general has seen huge population increases without a corresponding increase in infrastructure to handle the increased demand for water. There was no trend in actual long term precipitation until this last year when it was skewed greatly into the wetness issue.
“California has heavy rainfall from time to time, but years of drought have exacerbated the constant threat of water shortages. Water utilities in Los Angeles are quickly recycling stinky sludge into clean drinking water.”
The video acknowledges that heavy rain for months has turned even the some of the most drought-prone areas in California into muddy messes. They gloss over that the snowfall in the mountains have reached levels never measured in modern times. And yet we are still subjected to this leftist enviro-whako nonsense?
In my experience sources that lie to you about some of their favored leftist nonsense cannot be trusted in other areas either. So believe this coverage about Ukraine if it makes you happy, but try and remember that when things seem like they are not going the way that you were told they were that just maybe someone was blowing smoke up your backside.
Supposedly Prigozhin says that he lost 5 men for every one Ukraine lost. Not surprising considering that Putin wouldn’t even given him ammunition.
It would be a real shame if Wagner were to take Bakhmut, and then have to give it up because they are out of everything, bullets.
But everybody says Bakhmut is a great Russian victory.
Gee, I thought the Wagner Group vowed to fight to the last man. Oh, this just in, Prigo IS the last man.
Gee, I thought the Wagner Group vowed to fight to the last man. Oh, this just in, Prigo IS the last man.
