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Russian military convoy has advanced from Ivankiv to outskirts of Kyiv, satellite images show (17 miles long)
CNN ^ | February 28th, 2022 | Paul P. Murphy

Posted on 02/28/2022 8:10:18 PM PST by Mariner

A Russian military convoy that was outside of Ivankiv, Ukraine, on Sunday has since made it to the outskirts of Kyiv, satellite images show.

On Sunday, the convoy was roughly 40 miles northwest of the Ukrainian capital, according to images provided by Maxar Technologies.

Maxar said that roughly 17 miles of roadway is chocked full of the convoy, which consists of armored vehicles, tanks, towed artillery and other logistical vehicles.

The private US company said the convoy was located on the T-1011 highway at Antonov air base around 11:11 a.m local time.

Antonov is roughly 17 miles from the center of the Ukrainian capital.

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To: AdmSmith

Not only does Russia’s cozy relationship with North Korea signal its NeoSoviet character but it also demonstrates its traditional top down economic thinking. When there is a labor shortage in North Dakota, our citizens will migrate there seeking good paying jobs. The government does not need to get involved. Much of the labor force in the temporarily occupied Donbas is from Russia’s extreme far east. They work on roads, bridges, and in constructing military facilities. They did not migrate to the war torn region on their own volition.


5,621 posted on 12/13/2023 4:35:40 AM PST by Monterrosa-24 (Saludemos la patria orgullosos)
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To: Monterrosa-24

True.


5,622 posted on 12/14/2023 4:36:01 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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5,623 posted on 12/14/2023 4:38:56 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: AdmSmith
That is why Putin is not talking about losses today.
5,624 posted on 12/14/2023 4:48:21 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 12, 2023

The Russian State Duma adopted a series of laws on December 12 to help further bolster Rosgvardia’s and the Federal Security Service's (FSB) force generation capacity. The Duma adopted a law that allows Rosgvardia to create and use volunteer formations at the decision of Russian President Vladimir Putin and stipulates that these formations will perform certain unspecified defense tasks during periods of mobilization, martial law, conditions of armed conflict, and special military operations.[89] The Duma also approved a law allowing Russian conscripts to serve in the FSB Border Service.[90] The Duma approved another bill that introduces criminal penalties for discrediting Rosgvardia volunteers, similar to existing laws against discrediting the Russian military and irregular formations, and for providing assistance to countries that prosecute Rosgvardia volunteers.[91]

full report https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-12-2023

5,625 posted on 12/14/2023 5:01:20 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 13, 2023

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) stripped naturalized Russian citizens of their Russian citizenship for the first time, likely as part of ongoing migrant crackdowns aimed at coercing migrants into Russian military service while placating the xenophobic Russian ultranationalist community. The MVD reported on December 13 that it stripped two naturalized Russian citizens of their Russian citizenship after Russian law enforcement arrested them on drug trafficking charges.[42] Russian opposition outlet Meduza noted that this is the first instance of Russian authorities stripping naturalized citizens of their Russian citizenship since the law, which expanded the list of crimes under which Russian authorities can revoke an individual's citizenship, came into force in October 2023.[43] Russian reporting did not specify what Russian authorities intend to do with the two individuals stripped of their Russian citizenship, however. The Russian government may send the two individuals to a migrant detention center where Russian authorities routinely coerce migrants without Russian citizenship into signing contracts with the Russian military.[44] Russian state-controlled outlet RIA Novosti reported on December 13 that Russian authorities arrested the former Head of the St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast MVD Migration Office, Andrei Kolesnikov, on suspicion of complicity in “legalizing over 100,000 foreigners” in 2022.[45] The Russian government is likely trying to publicize Kolesnikov’s arrest in order to appease the Russian ultranationalist community, which supports the war in Ukraine and opposes the inclusion of migrants into Russian society while continuing to rely on migrants for crypto-mobilization efforts and to offset domestic labor shortages. ISW continues to assess that the Kremlin does not have a clearly defined policy regarding migrants as Russian authorities continue to pursue incoherent and competing efforts to restrict migrant work in Russia, coerce them into the Russian military, and exploit their labor.

full report https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-13-2023

5,626 posted on 12/14/2023 5:05:41 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: AdmSmith
Russian blogger:

Kadyrov admitted that Russia will not be able to fulfill the goals of the SVO [= invasion of Ukraine]

Ramzan Kadyrov said that the special operation could end in the summer of 2024. This statement caused surprise, because the head of Chechnya had previously publicly stated that the war would not end until all the goals of the [invasion of Ukraine] were achieved.

Yes, now it is unlikely that anyone will be able to accurately reproduce all the goals of the [invasion of Ukraine], because they changed with the course of hostilities, but it is obvious that neither the demilitarization of Ukraine nor denazification can happen before the summer. Moreover, our interlocutors at the General Staff fear that the Russian Armed Forces may not take control of the entire territory of the DPR and LPR before the summer. Namely, it was under the pretext of the liberation of Donbass that the [invasion of Ukraine] began.

Thus, Kadyrov publicly admitted that the authorities are planning to reach an agreement and put the [invasion of Ukraine] on pause. There has been a lot of talk about this lately. Among other things, we wrote about Vladimir Putin's desire to stop the bloodshed and accumulate strength for a new breakthrough.

But there is another side to this whole story - since the goals of the [invasion of Ukraine] were not achieved, a fair question arises - why was so much effort spent and why did so many people die, including essentially civilians who were mobilized for the war? This issue, by the way, is also being discussed in right-wing circles, where they do not support the authorities’ idea of ​​freezing the conflict.
https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/3272

5,627 posted on 12/14/2023 5:19:42 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Russian blogger:

Demobilization and a new wave of mobilization. What did Putin hint at?

With his words that Odessa is a Russian city, Vladimir Putin hinted that a new wave of mobilization in our country is inevitable.

This opinion was expressed to us by a high-ranking source in the Ministry of Defense. “Yes, Vladimir Vladimirovich said that there is no need for a second wave of mobilization. At the moment it is true, the President told the truth. But everything will change next year,” the military man is sure.

In 2024, according to the interlocutor, firstly, there may be an attempt by our country to expand the [invasion of Ukraine] and compete for new conquests. “Odessa is in our plans. Therefore, when Vladimir Vladimirovich remembers the city, it's not just like that. This is a hint of our plans and the fact that we will have to mobilize, and seriously,” he noted.

“Secondly, a decision has already been made to demobilize some of the mobilized – it was not for nothing that the president praised them. Some of them will be rewarded by being sent home. The decision has already been made, believe me. I don't know whether Vladimir Vladimirovich will talk about it on a direct line (the conversation took place before the end of this event with the participation of the president - ed.), but he will definitely say when the time comes (we wrote when this could happen - ed.) “ - the source also said.

He refused to disclose specific figures (how many people can be demobilized and how many can be recruited into the army next year).

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/3274

5,628 posted on 12/14/2023 5:23:50 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: AdmSmith
Russian blogger:

Putin upset the military in the Northern Military District zone with “terrible” words about losses and confirmed our insight about problems with the ruble.

During the president's direct line, three officers who are fighting on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region contacted us. They asked to publish their entire appeal to Vladimir Putin: “Vladimir Vladimirovich is not being told the truth about the situation at the front! The President said today that our losses in the Krynok region were “sanitary”, only wounded. This is a terrible lie! We want to know who reported to the Supreme Commander false information to the commander-in-chief.

Over the past week, on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, we have lost about 110 people killed and seriously wounded. The enemy is constantly expanding its bridgehead, troop control is weak, reinforcements have been deployed, but this is not enough! We ask Vladimir Vladimirovich to understand the situation and punish those who bring false information to him. We believe that we need to start with Shoigu and Gerasimov, they are also responsible for what is happening in the Kherson region,” the military wrote.

We forwarded the officers’ appeal to the Kremlin. Sources promised that Putin would get acquainted with it.

By the way, during the direct line, the president confirmed our insider : he expects that the problems with the ruble exchange rate will be resolved and considers them temporary. Two sources in the Kremlin told us that if this does not happen, Vladimir Vladimirovich is ready to dismiss Elvira Nabiullina.

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/3275

5,629 posted on 12/14/2023 5:28:31 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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While Putin is continuing his fairy tales about Ukraine, Russians are asking real questions:
“Why does a tray of eggs cost 550 rubles in Dagestan?”
“Mister President, when will the reality in Russia not be different from what is told on television?”
“Why is your reality different with our reality?”

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1735239315477655932

The average hourly salary in russia is 600 Roubles. Having one tray of eggs equal to one hour of work before taxes is alot... Also the median salary is 20% less. As for Dagestan, the average hourly salary is less then 200 Roubles. So almost 3 hours of work

https://twitter.com/Erik34119703/status/1735262431306301577

5,630 posted on 12/14/2023 8:32:58 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 14, 2023

Putin continued to express an increasingly anti-Israel position on the Israel-Hamas war, likely signaling a continuing decline in Russian-Israeli relations. In response to a question posed by a Turkish journalist, Putin called the situation in Gaza a “disaster,” while praising Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his attempts to find a resolution to the conflict.[42] Putin reiterated his support for a Palestinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem and claimed that Russia discussed providing additional measures of humanitarian support to Gaza with several Arab countries, but that Israel rejected the suggestion.[43] Putin notably used his response to several questions unrelated to the Israel-Hamas war to indirectly criticize Israel.[44] A journalist also posed a question that would have allowed Putin to reiterate a Russian rhetorical line directly denouncing antisemitism, but Putin chose to focus on other aspects of the question.[45] Putin has continually expressed anti-Israel positions while feigning interest in being a neutral arbitrator for the conflict, most recently in a December 10 telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.[46]

Ardent Russian ultranationalist and former Russian officer Igor Girkin went on trial and pled not guilty to extremist charges in Moscow City Court on December 14.[62] Girkin’s lawyer, Gadzi Aliyer, stated that the trial was adjourned until December 20 after the Moscow Court read Girkin his charges and heard his plea on December 14.[63] Girkin’s other lawyer, Alexander Molokhov, told Russian opposition outlet Sota that Girkin testified about making an “emotional comment” after reading a complaint on May 25, 2022, which claimed that mobilized Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) personnel did not receive compensation for their service.[64] Girkin’s comment read as follows: “citizens, it is not enough to shoot [officials] for something like this [lack of compensation for mobilized DNR personnel].” Girkin testified that this comment, which became the official reason for his criminal charge, was a figurative expression that was not meant to be taken literally. Girkin added that Russia needed to launch the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2014, that Russia is fighting against the West, and that Russia needs to announce a country-wide martial law instead of freezing the war.[65]

Chairman of the Girkin-led “Angry Patriots Club” Pavel Gubarev publicly denounced Girkin on December 13, a day prior to Girkin’s first trial hearing. Gubarev had previously vaguely implied that he had a conflict with Girkin in September following Girkin’s arrest and announcement of his intent to run for president but has refrained from renouncing his ties with him.[66] Gubarev called Girkin a “lying hypocritical vile schemer and nonentity” on December 13 and claimed that he will release an essay exposing Girkin in the coming days.[67] Gubarev compared Girkin’s arrest to the political arrests of Belarusian opposition leaders and doubled down on his previous claims that the Kremlin imprisoned Girkin over his presidential ambitions.[68] Gubarev claimed that he intends to shatter the public perception of Girkin as a “noble principled warrior and hero” and expose him for being a myth in the information space and a psychopathic personality. Several Russian milbloggers that support the “Angry Patriots Club” claimed that Gubarev’s statement further confirmed that people should not work with Girkin on political issues and denounced Girkin’s presidential ambitions.[69] One milblogger claimed that many people thought that Russian, Ukrainian, or Israeli security and intelligence agents published Gubarev’s rants, but noted that Gubarev’s statements are rooted in a personal conflict with Girkin.[70] While it is unclear what prompted Gubarev to denounce Girkin a day before his trial, this statement and these essays will likely further alienate Girkin’s supporters and damage Girkin’s reputation in the ultranationalist community.

full report: https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-14-2023

5,631 posted on 12/15/2023 12:12:25 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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5,632 posted on 12/15/2023 12:29:52 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: AdmSmith
German newspaper Bild:
Russian Federation plans to capture Kharkiv and Dnipro and continue the war until 2026, BILD, citing sources.

The Russian authorities are counting on a decrease in Western support for Ukraine, as well as on imitation of peace negotiations in order to mislead the international community. By the end of 2024, it is planned to establish full control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and reach the Oskol River in the Kharkiv region.

By the end of 2026, it is planned to advance further west to the Dnieper, capturing a significant part of the Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions, including Kharkiv, Dnipro and Zaporozhye. On the Kherson front it is planned to hold the defense along the Dnieper without attacking the right bank of Kherson or Odesa.

All eastern territories to the left of the Dnieper must be conquered within 36 months. The Russian authorities are ready to lose up to 100,000 soldiers in Ukraine every year.

https://twitter.com/clashreport/status/1735377504985112958

https://www.bild.de/bild-plus/politik/ausland/politik-ausland/mehr-land-das-ist-putins-kriegsplan-fuer-die-naechsten-drei-jahre-86419892.bild.html

5,633 posted on 12/15/2023 7:15:15 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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5,634 posted on 12/15/2023 8:13:07 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: AdmSmith

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 15, 2023

Kremlin newswire TASS reported on December 14 that “Grom” special units (elite anti-drug special units of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs [MVD]) will fully transition to being subordinated to Rosgvardia in early 2024.[71] An unspecified Russian official told TASS that the transition process has already begun and will take several months to complete.[72] The Russian government formally transferred ”Grom” special units to the control of Rosgvardia in July 2023 following the Wagner Group’s armed rebellion in June 2023.[73

full report: https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-15-2023


5,635 posted on 12/16/2023 12:55:14 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: AdmSmith

5,636 posted on 12/16/2023 12:57:21 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: AdmSmith
Russian blogger:

Putin mentioned Odessa for a reason. Last night, two boats with marines moved to Zmeiny Island [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 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 poorly 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, military personnel died not far from the place where the cruiser “Moscow” sank. - approximately 50 kilometers from Zmeiny 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 is under constant attacks from our aviation.

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/3282

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_Island_(Ukraine)

5,637 posted on 12/16/2023 1:47:50 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: AdmSmith
When you were raised in uncivilized areas:

Almost a third of Russians regularly get lost in modern hypermarkets and leave without what they came for, merchandising experts have found. Another 25% cannot always find a way out into the street from the depths of the store. At the same time, only half of buyers turn to consultants in case of difficulties with navigation.

https://t.me/bankrollo/22393

5,638 posted on 12/16/2023 12:13:12 PM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: Mariner

What would it be like

If russian nazis

We’re occupying south carolina

Using confederate locals

Russian overseas sattelite logistics

To destroy Atlanta Georgia

Putin is a gentleman

Compared to the dnc fascist crazies


5,639 posted on 12/16/2023 12:19:06 PM PST by Firehath (Quackery - An irrelevant simplification / undetected Complex problem - attacking symptoms)
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To: AdmSmith
Back to the old times:

How much longer will eggs become more expensive in Russia? The authorities have responded and hope to do without ration cards for this product

Eggs will rise in price for about two more months. This opinion was expressed to us by a source in the Ministry of Agriculture. “New Year is coming, and no one will reduce the price of this product. After the holidays, there are risks associatedwith the ruble exchange rate. It's no secret that we are going to buy eggs abroad, including in Turkey. And the fall of the ruble could lead to a serious increase in prices,” he believes.

The interlocutor suggested that the state may try to regulate egg prices. “But then they will simply become scarce. And you will almost have to introduce cards for eggs. I hope we can manage without this,” he noted. Another source in the ministry believes that eggs “will rise in price from a month to three or four.” Prices will rise, at best, by another 20%. Our interlocutor refused to talk about the worst case, “so as not to scare people.”

In his opinion, several more products may become more expensive next year. “But I won't say which ones either. We are trying to avoid price increases,” added the representative of the Ministry of Agriculture.

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/3287

It has already happened:

FAS opened cases against Crimean and Kirov producers of chicken eggs due to price increases of up to 94%.

https://t.me/bankrollo/22359

5,640 posted on 12/16/2023 12:27:30 PM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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