Russia vs. Ukraine Part 3

[smokingman]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukrainian-troops-fighting-dnipro-river-133023773.html

 

[Brad69]

That's some "Emeny at the Gates"
Stuff. Onward Comrades

 

[DadSmith]

UN condemns Ukraine’s crackdown on its largest Christian church

The UN high commissioner for human rights, Volker Turk, has criticized Kiev’s efforts to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

www.rt.com

 

[smokingman]

Russia got richer even as the war in Ukraine raged on last year, while the West shed trillions of dollars of wealth

UBS's annual wealth report showed Russia added $600 billion of wealth in 2022, with the number of millionaires rising by around 56,000.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Route 45]

 

[Route 45]

 

[smokingman]

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopoliti...ggest-missile-drone-attack-ukraine-wars-start


Russia is out of missiles and drones. The media/NATO said so early last year.

 

[Magyars]

And zelensky is an honest and upright guy who we should spend BILLIONS on to support!

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231227-egypt-journalist-found-dead-after-exposing-luxury-villa-owned-by-zelenskyys-family/

 

[smokingman]

The MDI of the Ministry of Defense: Russia has approximately 550 high-precision missiles left

The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense reported that Russia has approximately 550 high-precision missiles left. This is less than 20 percent of Russiaʼs pre-war reserves

babel.ua

Almost one year later(short just by a couple weeks).....

Russia Pounds Kiev With 100 Missiles As Air War Escalates In Deadly Tit-For-Tat | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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[DragonGunner]

I saw a short clip that Russia is going all out on attacks on Kiev, and ramping up even more each day....little to NO media reporting.

 

[smokingman]

Let this be a lesson. Shovel soldiers are dangerous, even on the modern battlefield. Over a year after they appeared, the shovel soldiers seem to be...um checks notes...Appear to be advancing.

Putin’s troops ‘left to fight with shovels’ as Russia suffers ammunition shortage

Reservists ordered to attack Ukrainian position 'armed with only firearms and shovels'

www.independent.co.uk

Institute for the Study of War

Russian President Vladimir Putin identified the West as Russia’s “enemy” and implied that Russia is fighting in Ukraine in order to defeat the West. Putin responded to a Russian serviceman’s question about Western aid to Ukraine during a meeting at a mili

www.understandingwar.org

British general. "Do we have shovel's?"

'Nothing' Left In UK's Military Stockpiles After Arming Ukraine: Times Of London | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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[smokingman]

The demand (need) for European Lithium supply is so intense German CDU MP Roderich Kiesewetter came right out and admitted the Russia-Ukraine conflict is all about the 500,000 tons or more of the mineral under the ground of the Donbass region. Kiesewetter said, “The European Union supports Ukraine because of lithium deposits in the Donbass.”

Oh?

Is the EU Willing to Go to War Over Lithium? | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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[BugI02]

I doubt the Germans need isotopes of Lithium to boost fission-fusion weapons, so they probably only want it for batteries and EVs (which are the same thing from a lithium standpoint)

So give up on the green menace and you don't need lots of lithium and thus no need for war

 

[DadSmith]

Swedish minister, commander-in-chief warn of possible war in Sweden

Top security actors, including Swedish Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin and the country’s Commander-in-Chief, Micael Bydén, agree that Sweden could soon be facing a war and called for increased resilience, including among the civilian population.

www.euractiv.com

 

[smokingman]

So we shot ourselves in the foot when we restricted SWIFT access. It caused a little limp that is slowly getting worse(see Saudi Arabia selling 12 billion in US treasuries day before yesterday). https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/saudi-arabia-borrows-12-billion-as-em-nations-load-up-on-bonds-1.2019482

But oh no, the children are not done completely destroying faith in the US dollar(federal reserve notes). No...that is what they are trying to do now. If this makes it through(as Yellen pointed out it would take changing the law or a declaration of war) then very few countries will feel money parked at the FED is safe, and that dollars in general can just be stolen if they cross DC. So, to fix the limp it looks like they are going to amputate both legs.

White House Backs Legislation To Seize Frozen Russian Assets For Ukraine Reconstruction | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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[DadSmith]

Ukraine military audit reveals total cost of violations

Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that there were financial violations of $260 million over the last four months.

www.newsweek.com

Ukraine admits $262 million in military corruption

Internal investigation by Ukrainian Defense Ministry uncovers $262 million in corruption costs

www.rt.com

Check Vladimir Zelensky's off shore accounts....

Or maybe that was kickback to the Biden crime family.

 

[Route 45]

Ukraine shoots down Russian A-50 surveillance plane and IL-22 command aircraft

Reports say that the A-50 radar plane was downed over the Sea of Azov while the IL-22 M command plane was damaged.

www.politico.eu

 

[smokingman]

Switzerland hosts President Zelenskyy and offers to host a peace summit for Ukraine

Hosting a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Swiss president said her country has offered to organize a peace summit that aims to help bring an end to Ukraine’s war with Russia.

apnews.com

I am sure this next article being released shortly after had no meaning right?

The New York Times Admits Ukraine Is Losing The War | ZeroHedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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[Brad69]

Yeah when you send people that clearly have disabilities to the front you’re in trouble.

The US Army does allow some Category IV Soldiers to enlist. Normally they are just not book smart but are good at hands on work.

The Ukrainians are in real trouble the European powers do not have anything left to give. The US does not have huge stockpiles of equipment. During the Clinton years stockpiles were scraped.

We sold our M60 tanks and M113’s along with M109’s in the 90’s to mid east countries.

 

[actaeon277]

Weapon stockpiles are always a problem.

People don't like spending on 'unnecessary' stuff.
And weapons are 'unnecessary' during peacetime. Cause people say, well, wars are a thing of the past.
And, if you have a stockpile, you have to keep it current.
Which costs more $$$

And then a war happens, and you have to ramp up production from the peacetime levels.
An example WWII torpedoes.
They SUCKED.
Also, at first they were making them in minuscule numbers.
Not able to make up the numbers being fired.
Of course, if they worked right, they might not have needed to fire quite as many.


Or, look at simple things like bombs.
Vietnam saw WWII bombs still being used.
One reason for some MAJOR problems during carrier fires (I think 3 different carriers).
Cause the WWII bombs had a shorter "cook off" time.
Pretty awful when you watch a video of a fire team rushing in to cool the bombs going off, wiping out an entire firefighting team.