Putin again, looking fairly fit.
Again, I will ask, but this is unlikely to be real Putin as one thing he doesn't tend to do is sit down with a load of people, even if they have been cherry picked.
Putin again, looking fairly fit.
Putin again, looking fairly fit.
The Ukraine Min of Defence publish this every morning. I always thought it was a bit of an overcount for propaganda tbhThe figures for Russian dead that come from Ukraine are battle field body counts, though they will be a substantial underestimate of the true figure. I don't know what that current tally is. It doesn't take into account those killed by missiles/artillery behind enemy lines, nor does it take into account those that die in hospitals. I would be surprised if the numbers weren't way in excess of 100,000. My mate might have a better idea. I'll ask. He has been snowed under with our work this last couple of days. He may have more time to write this weekend.
The Ukraine Min of Defence publish this every morning. I always thought it was a bit of an overcount for propaganda tbh
Our man seemed to have gone quiet on us. I was missing his updates.
All very interesting stuff. Lots of personal opinion, but he certainly seems to know the subject very well.
I won't post what he sent me today as it was basically a video of Wagnerites sodomising a reluctant Mobik.
This one is from me, but it just about confirms everything he has been saying for months.
Thanks for the update.Stuff
"I am noting that the media pundits are rapidly swinging back to the age old adage of theirs that we should appease Putin and make peace that awards him to keep large parts of Ukraine.
The reason is per usual that Putin will use nukes if he is not "given something".
I remember when pundits had a moral backbone and was named Walter Cronkite (and other famous journalists from yon golden days).
Thankfully this is not flying well amongst politicians. Heck, even German Chancellor Scholts grew a backbone when he discovered that he could still save himself a cushy job as Chairman of the Board of a gas company for when he leaves politics.
Day after he secured a deal between Germany and Ukraine's gas company he was all of a sudden all for sending more and modern weapons to Ukraine to hasten Russia being evicted.
And now he secured a second Gassy Chair from Qatar, signing a 15 year long gas deal...
Moscow
The Pundits in Moscow is now seeing the light and stating publically that when they lose they will all be sent to Hague, including the street sweaper of Kremlin.
Russian TV is also airing Duma Senators talking openly about the possibility of having to surrender.
I find this odd, if the Duma is starting to talk openly like this something momentous is happening behind the scenes.
Minsk
My erstwhile boss just dropped a bomb.
He publically admitted that the Belarusian former Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei was a Western asset directly run by him.
It is a brilliant move that will send all sorts of uncertainty into the FSB, GRU and KGB.
It is also a warning that some metric of justice will be had from whomever ordered the hit. Patrushev really took a dump when ordering this hit.
Russia again
Video evidence of Wagnerite rape specialist motivating mobiks have started to come out, this is causing all sorts of discussions in Russia. Also, a Russian high ranking mob boss, Grisha Moskovsky, has gone public declaring that Prigozhin was used for sexual pleasure by him and others while in prison.
"Those who follow Prigozhin and join Wagner are following a cuck (Russian prison term for men pleasing high ranking prisoners), they are lower than cucks".
Grisha then warned any prisoner who takes up weapons that there would be consequences for them from the Russian Mob.
He also claimed that Prigozhin and his cohorts would attempt to take power in Russia.
If I were Prigozhin I would be rather nervous about windows after this, and stay away from any prisoner Wagnerites...
Basically, this was a public hit order from Grisha.
Oh, and why now was Prigozhin sent to prison? He trafficked children, what a model Russian.
And in Russia more and more dragons teeth and trenches are dug, and more and more mines.
The Governors of Belgorod and Kursk have started to form militias since they do not trust the armys ability to defend their oblasts.
More Governors seem willing to follow suit.
Russian confidence is dropping like a stone.
Frontline
Ukraine is now bombarding Polohy and Tokmak like there was no tomorrow and Russian sources are claiming high losses in both Towns.
Surovikin is ever more convinced that he is in for some real butthurt at Melitopol, so he is renewing his efforts of building fortifications at the roads into Crimea.
He has ordered civilian companies in Crimea to build Dragons Teeth for defence lines. I am curious about if he will make real ones that are bigger and that are dug down, or if he will use the same **** as everywhere else? My guess is that he will make proper ones.
Anyway, as soon as things dry up, or freeze over, I suspect that he will indeed live in interesting times.
Over in Luhansk Ukraine is taking a village here and there as they prepare for their large winter offensive.
It will come quicker than the Melitopol campaign for natural reasons, Luhansk is way colder and has an earlier winter.
In Bakhmut the zombies are ambling forth in great numbers, so many that the Ukrainians are having a hard time keeping up.
Many of them just get up and shuffle forward without guns, they just want it over with.
It is definitely up there with the large battles of the first world war.
In a way the zombified Russians are emblematic of the entire Russian army now, it has turned into a zombie army fighting a zombie war. The army is dead, but it still continues to fight.
The war is over, but still the war is trying to eat brains...
Over in Kherson it is still Artillery Fest and Himars O'Clock at the same time.
That in combination with a heavy mechanized brigade roaming behind their lines is highly instructive.
Many of them find it to be a very good idea to be somewhere else.
Comments about the sexual inability of their leadership is uttered over the radio when they discover tanks rolling up from the wrong side of their own lines.
China
It is now known what the Russian airplanes was picking up, it was spare parts for powerplants, refineries, electricity substations, district heating powerplants and technicians to help with the maintenance.
This was the reality behind the Energy Partnership Without Limits that was announced today. It also included that China will be getting the same ridiculous discounts on oil and gas as previously. It is good to remember that China is getting half price now, meaning that Russia is de facto making a loss on every single sold barrel.
Russkies awesomely negotiating themselves into bankruptcy.
China seems to have a bit of problem with motivating their soldiers to go fight the protestors. Several units have been put in lockdown after refusing orders.
Regardless, more robust retaliation against the protesters are being in the making. I suspect that it will not be pretty."
What came after this was stuff that I'd have to ban myself for.
Bakhmut is trending on twitter at the moment and some of the footage is just awful. It's so senseless this waste of life.
It has a WW1 feel to it. A few people have likened it to Verdun and it does seem comparable is many ways.
What's happening in Bakhmut?
It is a town on the Donbass frontline that Russia have been trying to capture for months, but Ukraine have hung on and resisted. It was a Wagner Group target at first, but Russia has thrown reinforcements.
Ukraine is massively outnumbered, but I think they have been effectively using intelligence, drones and artillery to atrit the Russian forces. So in several months they haven't moved much but lost a lot of men and used up a lot of ammunition on both sides.
There doesn't seem to be a huge strategic benefit in taking it worth all this effort, but perhaps it is now symbolic.
It's would seem it has tied down a lot of Russian forces and bought time, allowing Ukraine to break through elsewhere where the Russian lines were weaker.
Brutal battle though. Trench warfare, large losses to artillery on both sides it seems, but more for Russia it looks like.
Sounds brutal AF
If you go on twitter and search #Bakhmut