Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
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Zelenskiy accused Russian soldiers of war crimes and killing civilians in Kherson. “Investigators have already documented more than 400 Russian war crimes. Bodies of dead civilians and servicemen have been found. The Russian army left behind the same savagery it did in other regions of the country it entered,” he said on Sunday.
Significant new damage to the major Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine, which the Russians attempted to blow up during their withdrawal from nearby Kherson, was seen via satellite imagery from US company Maxar. Ukrainian authorities are trying to assess the damage and it is not clear if the structural integrity of the reservoir is at risk. With a water volume of 18.2 cubic km, the reservoir could flood a huge area, including the city of Kherson, if destroyed.
Pro-Moscow forces are putting up a fierce fight in the eastern Donetsk region. “Battles in Donetsk region are just as intense as they have been in previous days,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. “The level of Russian attacks has not declined. And the level of our resilience and courage is at its highest. We will not allow them through our defence.”
US Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, said some sanctions on Russia could remain in place even after any peace agreement with Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported. Yellen said that any eventual peace agreement would involve a review of the penalties the US and its allies have imposed on Russia’s economy, according to the Journal. “I suppose in the context of some peace agreement, adjustment of sanctions is possible and could be appropriate,” Yellen said in an interview in Indonesia, where she is attending the G20 summit.
Russia’s education minister, Sergey Kravstov, has said that military training will return to Russian schools next September, according to the latest update by the UK’s Ministry of Defence. The programme is supported by Russia’s Ministry of Defence, which states that no less than 140 hours per academic year should be devoted to this training.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/14/russia-ukraine-war-at-a-
glance-what-we-know-on-day-265-of-the-invasion
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Both sides are already fighting in very muddy conditions. They will not likely stop fighting when winter freezes the ground and makes it even more conducive to large-scale mechanized maneuver warfare. Combat is more likely to intensify than to slacken as temperatures drop.
Any attempt at a ceasefire or cessation of hostilities at this time would overwhelmingly favor Russia. Putin should desire such a ceasefire in his own interest. He should recognize that he needs to give his forces time to recover and allow the reservists flowing into the theater time to integrate into their units, train up, and prepare for serious combat. He should want to stop the Ukrainians from capitalizing on the emotional lift of their recent victories. The fact that Putin continues to whip his generals to offensives in these circumstances is thus a grave error from a military perspective. It likely results from whatever psychological factors led Putin to order the invasion in the first place but also increasingly from Putin’s need to show his toughness to the hardline faction led, at least in public, by Wagner financier Yevgeny Prigozhin. Putin is unlikely to be willing to seek a ceasefire, therefore, unless it is accompanied by tremendous Ukrainian or international concessions.
Napoleon famously quipped: Never interrupt your enemy whilst he is in the midst of making a mistake. That aphorism has never been truer — Ukraine and its backers should take advantage of Putin’s error by continuing to press the counter-offensive in circumstances far more favorable to Kyiv than to Moscow.
https://web.archive.org/web/20221114075054/https://www.understandingwa
r.org/backgrounder/ukraine-conflict-updates
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Putin’s losing. Now what?
Western allies are war-gaming scenarios, from accelerating civilian atrocities in Ukraine to sabotage in Europe to Russian schemes to bide time.
Sabotage European life
Russia is unlikely to directly challenge a NATO ally, but the Kremlin appears increasingly willing to clandestinely take out the systems undergirding NATO countries’ societies.
First, there were explosions on the Nord Stream undersea gas pipelines linking Russia and Europe — a sabotage plot with suspected Kremlin fingerprints.
Then, over the weekend, someone cut the cables keeping Germany’s trains running, raising the specter of another possible Kremlin plot.
Other possible sabotage scenarios are, disturbingly, myriad.
“We have many pipelines, oil and gas, we have data cables,” said Latvia’s Prime Minister Krišjanis Karinš.
“We simply need to increase our own awareness of what could be vulnerable,” he said in a phone interview, “and then strengthen the defense of our potentially vulnerable infrastructure.”
NATO conceded earlier this year in an updated strategy document that such “hybrid attacks” could grow serious enough to trigger the military alliance’s Article 5 clause, which states that a military attack on one ally is an attack on all.
Speaking on Tuesday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters that following the Nord Stream incidents the alliance has “doubled” its presence in the Baltic and North Seas and that allies are “increasing security around key installations.”
Yet despite efforts over the past years to boost “resilience” across NATO, experts and officials acknowledge that Europe’s infrastructure networks are so vast — and often owned by private companies — that governments’ options are limited.
National authorities can increase patrols, on land and sea — thus boosting deterrence — but even then it is not feasible to monitor everything. There’s also the cyber threat, which adds yet another unwieldy dimension.
“It is very difficult” to assess in advance where and how an attack could happen, and to adopt protective measures, said Brauss.
“In general,” he added, “we all are vulnerable.”
Buy time
While Putin is seemingly raising the stakes, experts said he is also likely trying to buy time, hoping that cold weather will change the conflict’s dynamics and the west will ultimately tire of arming and funding Ukraine.
“Putin has shifted from ‘how do I win this?’ to ‘how do I avoid losing this?’ approach,” said Mark Galeotti, a senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. He called the Russian leader’s approach “strategic patience.”
Putin’s move to draft several hundred thousand new Russians into the fight is part of this ploy, experts argued.
“The whole purpose for this is to trade bodies for time,” said Hodges, the former American commander.
Western leaders are well aware Putin is betting on war fatigue and high energy prices to reduce public interest in supporting Ukraine. In response, there is a sense in western capitals that Ukraine’s allies must develop their own long-term strategy and still consider Putin — despite the setbacks — a vital threat.
“The problem,” according to one senior western European diplomat, “is that he is still strong, or has strong capabilities at his disposal. Our response to unpredictability can only be predictability. This is what we have ensured over the past months.”
Russia watchers also cautioned that Moscow’s long game — whether under Putin or a possible future regime — can go far beyond Ukraine. Russia has an extensive history of fueling unrest abroad, with a particular focus on the former Soviet countries along the EU’s eastern edge.
“I believe we have to be prepared for further escalations,” said Daniel S. Hamilton, a former U.S. official who is now a senior fellow at the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute. Western governments, he argued on a recent panel, must be “prepared for an unsettled situation as far east as you want to go in Europe.”
Threaten the apocal
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Hello SECOND. Anything Putin does only exposes possible holes in NATO's defense, i.e., cyber. That brings them to or attention and allows us to address them. It shows us what else Russia has in its war arsenal and how it plans to wage wars in the future.
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The Russian army’s trouble runs deep
by Alexander J. Motyl, Opinion Contributor, 11/14/22
Nov. 6 may go down in history as one of the most important dates in the Russo-Ukrainian War. On that day, the 155th Marine Brigade of the Russian armed forces penned a letter to the governor of Primorsky region in the Far East in which they openly and unabashedly blamed their commanders for the loss of 300 men and half their tanks and mechanized vehicles in just four days of fighting against the Ukrainians. https://t.me/grey_zone/15698
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/11/07/elite-russian-marine-unit-sl
ams-military-leaders-for-baffling-battle-losses-a79303
Besides accusing their commanders of falsifying casualty data, they also claim that the commanders are incompetent, concerned only with self-promotion, and utterly indifferent to the lives of their men, whom “they call fodder.” Unfortunately, although “there are good commanders, they are a minority that’s been consumed by the system” that favors “these pedophiles,” the letter states. The 155th Brigade concluded its appeal by asking the governor to “turn to the Supreme One” — presumably a reference to Vladimir Putin — to form an independent commission to investigate matters.
The letter is important for several reasons.
First, the marines were not afraid to make these accusations publicly. That may be because they are fearless fighters who want nothing but justice or desperate soldiers on the margins of survival — or both. Either way, Russian soldiers are obviously getting restless. They know, far better than the ethically challenged Russian population and the morally evil Russian elites, just what conditions are like on the front. The soldiers know they are losing, and they know they are losing because the army is poorly led, poorly equipped, and poorly fed. And I’ll bet the marines also suspect that the “Supreme One” has something to do with the catastrophe that is killing them.
Second, if the 155th Brigade is experiencing such doubts and fears, we may be certain that they are not alone. Many other brigades, facing the same kind of incompetence and experiencing the same kind of losses, surely believe that something is grossly amiss in the army and its leadership. All Russian soldiers along the entire front are probably desperate and suffer from low morale and despondency. While writing an appeal to one governor in the distant East does not amount to a rebellion, it does, if multiplied by scores of not-yet-written letters, presage a rebellious mood that will do nothing to hasten a Russian military victory. It will take very little — a trigger, a spark, some chance event — to spur Russian soldiers to mass insubordination. Before long, the Supreme One will become the focus of the soldiers’ ire.
Third, 300 casualties in just four days are a lot. Fifty percent of tanks and other mechanized vehicles is also a stunningly large figure. Not only do these numbers testify to the incompetence of the Russian army but they also suggest, perhaps even prove, that Ukrainian estimates of Russian fatalities are accurate. As of Nov. 9, the Ukrainians claim to have killed 77,950 Russians. In the past two to three weeks, Kyiv estimated that approximately 500 to 800 Russian soldiers lost their lives daily. The numbers strike some analysts as too high, but the marines’ letter lends them a high degree of plausibility. If only one brigade lost that many soldiers, how many soldiers died if that brigade’s experience wasn’t unique?
In a word, Russia is losing badly, and thousands of young Russians are being sacrificed to the maniacal dreams of an unhinged elite and deranged Supreme One.
Just how delusional Russian elites have become is evident in a Nov. 4 Telegram statement by former president and prime minister Dmitry Medvedev, Putin’s sidekick and attack dog. Here’s an especially juicy part that, I emphasize, reflects the rhetoric of the entire Russian elite:
“A part of a dying world is against us today. It’s a handful of mad Nazi drug add
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I haven't bothered to read, SECOND.
It probably contradicts your immediately previous post.
I hope you don't mind.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Quote:I have a theory that Signym leaves clues to what is wrong with Signym's mind.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I haven't bothered to read, SECOND.
It probably contradicts your immediately previous post.
I hope you don't mind.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Here are two clues from today that were left at around 3 AM in the morning, when sane people are asleep: http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=65350&mid=11646
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Quote:The clues about Signym's state of mind are in the songs!
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Hahaha!! I don't know, but I'm glad it hasn't been driiled into my head, yet!
When was it aired??
I generally DON'T listen to music. I knew people at work, it was their passion. They went to Coachella every year and it was like a competition almost to find the newest most under- appreciated group/singer before anyone else did.
I think the only time I listen is when somebody brings something tomy attention. I heard "some of us" on Bones and "Hallelujah" in Shrek. When I was reviewing data somebody brought me a thumb drive of compiled videogame music, so that started me on PrimeCronus. Or I would hear something that somebody was playing at work that was interesting. One of the posters here (I forget who) put me on to Two Cellos, and that popped up the Pentatonix. And if course there's Favorite Songs that exposes me to music I might not have heard otherwise. I bunny trailed my way to the call to prayer (it's quite beautiful), church bells, and other liturgical music.
But mostly, I don't listen. Lots of music passes me by. I actually listen to geopolitical podcasts when I'm working in the kitchen, it keeps me from getting bored but it's what I call "bubblegum for the mind"- I chew on it while it's there but when it's gone, it's gone.
I should probably find a more productive use fro my ears. Stock picks, or something.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Clue 1) "Hallelujah" in Shrek
Clue 2) "some of us" on Bones
So much sadness in each song:
1) Shrek (2001) - Hallelujah Scene
Shrek didn't use the whole song, but here are the complete Shrek Hallelujah Lyrics
2) Bones ~ Some of Us with lyrics
6ixstringJack gave far too many clues about his damaged mind when he reviewed the movie Joker. 6ix convinced me that his life story is as horrifying as the origin story of the Joker. It is absolutely no surprise when 6ix has written a dozen times: "Fuck Ukraine." The movie version of Joker would feel the same toward Ukraine.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I haven't bothered to read, SECOND.
It probably contradicts your immediately previous post.
I hope you don't mind.
He said Russia is getting its ass kick.
Can_you_see_me_laughing?
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Quote:Son, you don't leave "clues" you leave great sweeping walls of incoherence.
I haven't bothered to read, SECOND.
It probably contradicts your immediately previous post.
I hope you don't mind.
SECIND: I have a theory that Signym leaves clues to what is wrong with Signym's mind. blah blah blah
And libel, personal insults, and red herrings.
When you start putting some thought into your posts, they might be worth reading.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Quote:A new clue for Signym, but about Russia rather than about Signym:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Son, you don't leave "clues" you leave great sweeping walls of incoherence.
I haven't bothered to read, SECOND.
It probably contradicts your immediately previous post.
I hope you don't mind.
SECIND: I have a theory that Signym leaves clues to what is wrong with Signym's mind. blah blah blah
And libel, personal insults, and red herrings.
When you start putting some thought into your posts, they might be worth reading.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
EU at UN-NY @EUatUN tweeted:
Adopted Today @UN General Assembly recognizes Russia must be held accountable for its aggression against Ukraine.
Adopted by 94 to 14 votes, the #UNGA resolution recommends the establishment of a registry of damages & recognizes the need for compensation for damages caused.
European External Action Service - EEAS and 6 others
12:32 PM · Nov 14, 2022 ·Twitter Web App
https://twitter.com/EUatUN/status/1592224051086651392
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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