Is Ukraine about to have a war?
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I’m shocked, I tell you, shocked….
Russian soldiers who have been injured in the war in Ukraine are finding that promised compensation money from the Russian government is not being paid due to military bureaucracy. "We are just meat with splinters for them," one soldier says. ⬇️
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...054702592.html
Russian soldiers who have been injured in the war in Ukraine are finding that promised compensation money from the Russian government is not being paid due to military bureaucracy. "We are just meat with splinters for them," one soldier says. ⬇️
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...054702592.html
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If true, not only have they killed or wounded a very large number of the enemy, but they've rendered the survivors militarily useless and a significant burden on an already struggling support chain. What a strike!
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I’m shocked, I tell you, shocked….
Russian soldiers who have been injured in the war in Ukraine are finding that promised compensation money from the Russian government is not being paid due to military bureaucracy. "We are just meat with splinters for them," one soldier says. ⬇️
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...054702592.html
Russian soldiers who have been injured in the war in Ukraine are finding that promised compensation money from the Russian government is not being paid due to military bureaucracy. "We are just meat with splinters for them," one soldier says. ⬇️
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...054702592.html
(Accepted that a single report on Twitter may not reflect the general situation)
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I think you missed ORAC's irony.
I think you missed ORAC's irony.
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Strangely enough, that is no surprise to me. I would expect Putin to ensure that all resources are focused on showing a picture of normality in the major cities!
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Well, here's another Putin failure. From the New York Times today:
On Tuesday, the wholesale price for European natural gas, measured by the benchmark Dutch T.T.F. futures contract for February, was selling for around 76 euros a megawatt-hour. On the eve of Russia’s push into its neighbor last February, the contract sold for about €88.
This is a remarkable turnaround. Just months ago, as Russia curtailed and eventually cut off most exports of the fuel to Europe, there were intense fears that the continent would run out of gas this winter. That pushed prices to an August peak of more than €340 a megawatt-hour, about five times current levels.
Those concerns have largely faded, even though Russia used to provide about 40 percent of Europe’s consumption of gas, which is widely used to heat homes, run businesses and generate electricity. “We now have a well-supplied E.U. gas market, even without Russian gas,” said Henning Gloystein, the director for energy, climate and resources at Eurasia Group, a political risk firm. “That’s reflected in current prices,” he added.
This is a remarkable turnaround. Just months ago, as Russia curtailed and eventually cut off most exports of the fuel to Europe, there were intense fears that the continent would run out of gas this winter. That pushed prices to an August peak of more than €340 a megawatt-hour, about five times current levels.
Those concerns have largely faded, even though Russia used to provide about 40 percent of Europe’s consumption of gas, which is widely used to heat homes, run businesses and generate electricity. “We now have a well-supplied E.U. gas market, even without Russian gas,” said Henning Gloystein, the director for energy, climate and resources at Eurasia Group, a political risk firm. “That’s reflected in current prices,” he added.
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Circling in twitter that Ukraine hit a Russian training center in Chulakivka, Kherson oblast, resulting in 500 WIA (as stated by Ukraine MoD, link to the official statement in the link underneath).
If true, this adds to the Makiivka casualties rather significantly.
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato...asualties.html
If true, this adds to the Makiivka casualties rather significantly.
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato...asualties.html
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Circling in twitter that Ukraine hit a Russian training center in Chulakivka, Kherson oblast, resulting in 500 WIA (as stated by Ukraine MoD, link to the official statement in the link underneath).
If true, this adds to the Makiivka casualties rather significantly.
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato...asualties.html
If true, this adds to the Makiivka casualties rather significantly.
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato...asualties.html
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I remember being told once that if it was at all possible to injure large numbers of the enemy then that was a better tactic than killing a few of them. I wasn't really paying attention at the time, as it wasn't long after I made the jump to become an ossifer, but it stuck in my mind as it seemed to be common sense, at least for civilised people. The resources used to care for the wounded reduce the level of resource available to the enemy to fight. Probably doesn't apply to Russia. They DSTGAS about caring for their wounded, other than wasting a round or two on changing them from 300's to 200's.
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Russian sources indicate multiple attacks causing hundreds of kia/wia
https://twitter.com/kyivindependent/...uQ-m7aaRLi9oJg
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Explains a lot... Although after seeing a few RuZZian training videos I'm not quite sure if this makes any difference.
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Here is an even bigger bang, not seen it before ubx99
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Re-posted to make visible......
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Here is an even bigger bang, not seen it before ubx99
https://twitter.com/StepanGronk/stat...51401132347392
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