Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
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https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/12/04/russian-navy-general-killed-
in-ukraine-governor-says-a83303
A Russian Navy general was killed while on duty in Ukraine, the governor of Russia's southern Voronezh region said Monday, confirming earlier reports of the senior officer's death.
Major General Vladimir Zavadsky died at age 45 “while on combat duty in the special operation zone,” Voronezh Governor Alexander Gusev wrote on the messaging app Telegram, adding that the general served as deputy commander of the Northern Fleet’s 14th Army Corps.
Gusev did not elaborate further on the circumstances of Zavadsky’s death.
But he did note that Zavadsky had until 2021 commanded a Russian tank unit, with which the Voronezh region has “long-standing good relations.”
Unconfirmed reports of Zavadsky’s death first appeared late last month in a closed online chat group for graduates of the military school he attended, according to the BBC’s Russian service.
According to the report, which cited an unidentified graduate’s online communications, Zavadsky was killed by a mine.
BBC Russia said conflicting reports indicated that Zavadsky was either killed in eastern Ukraine's Kharkiv region or southern Ukraine’s Kherson region.
He is at least the seventh Russian general to have been killed in Ukraine since President Vladimir Putin ordered troops to invade the neighboring country in February 2022, according to data collected by the BBC's Russian service and the independent news website Mediazona.
Russian military authorities have not commented on the reported deaths of their senior officers and have not updated the army’s death toll since September 2022.
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In stark contrast to the Russian Way of War, in the U.S. every death is counted, year after year:
The central objective of DCAS is to collect and maintain U.S. casualty information on warfighters who have fallen in global or regional conflicts involving the United States. This site is maintained by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).
https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/summaryData/deaths/byYearManner
https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/ofs/namesOfFalle
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General Philip M. Breedlove, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, chastised Western countries for their inadequate support of Ukraine in combat. He believes that there's a lack of political will to decisively defeat Russia, citing a dearth of advanced equipment, ammunition, and proper support.
Why? Because the consequences of Putin's downfall in Russia are uncertain. Consequently, the current deadlock in the East is viewed as "beneficial and relatively safe" by the West.
https://essanews.com/putin-believed-he-could-act-with-impunity-powerfu
l-remarks-on-the-conflict-in-ukraine,6969737124231297a
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Russians' support of Ukraine war collapses, finds poll
By Joshua Askew • Updated Dec 04, 2023
https://www.euronews.com/2023/12/02/russians-support-of-ukraine-war-co
llapses-finds-poll
Conducting polls in authoritarian states, like Russia, is notoriously difficult. The Kremlin has criminalised criticism of the war and spends millions on pro-war propaganda, meaning they may not reflect the realities of the situation.
Chronicles, founded by Russian opposition politician Aleksei Miniailo, says its surveys offer an accurate snapshot of public opinion, however.
The Moscow-based research group asked 1,199 adults across Russia a series of questions in a phone poll between 17 and 22 October.
It found the number of core war supporters - those who express "consistent" approval of the war and want the invasion to continue until it has achieved its goals - fell from 22% in February 2023 to 12% in October.
Chronicles' survey revealed that 40% of Russians support the withdrawal of troops from Ukraine without war aims being achieved. This number has remained consistent throughout 2023.
Thirty-three per cent were against exiting Ukraine and wanted the war to continue, though this number has steadily fallen from 47% in February to 39% in July.
One reason why support for the war is falling could be that Russians are increasingly feeling the pinch and seeing a more gloomy future due to the fallout from the invasion, as a separate survey has shown: https://www.euronews.com/2023/09/26/bursts-of-anxiety-impact-of-ukrain
e-war-on-russians-laid-bare-in-poll
Polling by Chronicle echoed this, finding that 44% of respondents have experienced a decrease in family income.
Putin announced a significant increase in military spending this week, with about 30% of the country's budget directed toward the armed forces in 2024.
The survey also showed how the situation was impacting peoples' lives.
More than half of the Russian population (52%) recently faced anxiety or depression, up from around a third (32%) in March 2022.
Those on lower incomes were more likely to report negative mental effects.
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Russian Defense Ministry proposes changing medical requirements for military service after Putin orders troop increase
Source: Meduza | 1:59 am, December 4, 2023
https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/04/russian-defense-ministry-proposes
-changing-medical-fitness-requirements-for-military-service-after-putin-orders-troop-increase
The Russian Defense Ministry has proposed changing its medical fitness requirements for citizens with health issues that “do not have a significant impact” on their ability to perform military service.
Exactly what policies the ministry intends to change is unclear: information about the plan has appeared on the government’s official legal portal, though the proposal itself has not. The published document says only that the changes are aimed at “improving” the health requirments for conscripts, contract soldiers, and draftees.
The initiative comes just days after Vladimir Putin issued an order to increase the size of Russia’s military by 170,000 people. The Defense Ministry said the additional soldiers will consist of “citizens who show a willingness to serve under contract.”
Russia needs cannon fodder, not soldiers. If a Russian will only live a few months in battle, why do they need to be strong, healthy, and competent? Send enough runts, weaklings, and lard buckets to Ukraine and the Ukrainians will run out of ammo and be overwhelmed by Russia's numbers. Then victory is certain! See the tens of millions of Russians who died fighting Germans. That strategy worked in the past and will work again in the present! https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory2/chapter/casu
alties-of-world-war-ii/
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Meanwhile, Meduza (same source) estimates the total #of Russian soldiers killed at only 37,000 as of last week.
Hardly a figure that matches the idea of a military that runs "meat puppets". Also, Russian lengthy training and weapons-heavy "preparation" of a battlefield (you REALLY should watch Military Summary Channel!) also tells a story of a military that is careful of its soldiers.
In sum: unmitigated bull-twaddle.
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Quote:In contrast to Russia, the US military publishes names, dates, and pay grades for every death. Keeping the death toll a secret does not help any side, but it does lead to wasting lives, Signym.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Meanwhile, Meduza (same source) estimates the total #of Russian soldiers killed at only 37,000 as of last week.
Hardly a figure that matches the idea of a military that runs "meat puppets". Also, Russian lengthy training and weapons-heavy "preparation" of a battlefield (you REALLY should watch Military Summary Channel!) also tells a story of a military that is careful of its soldiers.
In sum: unmitigated bull-twaddle.
https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/summaryData/deaths/byYearManner
https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/ofs/namesOfFalle
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Russia unaware of Ukraine war death toll due to military’s ‘culture of dishonest reporting’
Business Insider | Published: 2:22am, 5 Dec, 2023
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3243826/uk
raine-war-russia-unaware-death-toll-due-militarys-culture-dishonest-reporting-uk-intelligence
Russian officials likely don’t know how many of their own soldiers have been killed or injured since the invasion of Ukraine because Russia’s military has a history of dishonesty in reporting those figures, according to the UK Ministry of Defence.
The UK MOD said in an intelligence update on Monday that Russia has likely seen up to 350,000 casualties since it launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
But it gave the number as an estimate, as there is no confirmed accurate measure for Russian losses.
Russia likely doesn’t have an accurate count itself, the MOD said.
“Even among Russian officials there is likely a low level of understanding about total casualty figures because of a long-established culture of dishonest reporting within the military,” it said.
The UK ministry broke down Russian casualties into likely numbers of injured and killed between the traditional military and soldiers with the Wagner Group, a mercenary force that played a key role earlier in the war and experienced huge losses.
Russia’s traditional military has likely experienced between 180,000 and 240,000 personnel wounded and about 50,000 killed, the UK MOD said, while the Wagner Group has seen about 40,000 wounded and 20,000 killed, it added.
This would mean about 290,000 to 350,000 total casualties.
That is in line with other estimates: The head of Nato said last week that Russia has had more than 300,000 casualties, but warned that those losses don’t mean it will stop its war efforts.
Ukraine said that, as of Monday, Russia has had more than 332,000 casualties in its invasion.
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Reality Check for Putin as Russians Get Damn Tired of War
Kremlin propagandists are pushing the idea that the West is tired of this war. That is true but it’s clear Russians are even more sick of it.
By Julia Davis | Dec. 04, 2023 8:01PM EST
https://www.thedailybeast.com/reality-check-for-vladimir-putin-as-russ
ians-get-damn-tired-of-ukraine-war
The wives of those who were mobilized in the beginning of the invasion have recently started to express their outrage with the fact that their husbands are yet to be relieved through rotation. The women authored a petition and disseminated stickers that said, “Bring my husband back. I’m fucking tired of this.” This movement is currently being strangled, with participating military wives being taken in for questioning and threatened with being potentially charged for “discrediting the army.”
Putin’s decree wasn’t meant to address these complaints but merely to fill the gaps created by Russia’s massive casualties, while the true extent of the losses remains taboo within the country. During his Saturday show on Solovyov Live, Mardan did his best to dispel the notion that the new infusion of manpower was meant to replenish the 300,000 dead — a number he also denied.
Instead of acknowledging that multiple countries are preparing to defend themselves from Russian aggression, State Duma member Andrey Gurulyov claimed that aggressors have encircled Russia and plot to attack it. He asserted, “Today, our army should be ready for WWIII.”
Russia’s workforce is also being depleted. Last Tuesday, during the broadcast of the state TV show 60 Minutes, Dmitry Abzalov, Director of the Center for Strategic Communications, noted: “Our main problem, the limiting factor, is the absence of the workforce. Next year, our GDP may decrease because we are shorthanded.” Abzalov hinted that the workers were sent to the frontlines or moved to work in the factories producing weapons, equipment and ammunition for the military.
Host Evgeny Popov pointed out that one of Putin’s recent decrees was meant to address this problem, by simplifying the process of repatriation of Russians currently living in other countries. He added, “This is being done because we don’t have enough people.” State Duma member Leonid Kalashnikov proposed importing workers from North Korea.
Head of RT Margarita Simonyan had an even better idea. Last Sunday, Simonyan appeared on Sunday Evening With Vladimir Solovyov and predicted that Russia’s demographic crisis would be resolved in the not-so-distant future, when desperate Americans will flock to Russia to take up the jobs the locals don’t want.
Russia’s self-imposed turmoil is so unrelenting that Putin’s mouthpieces resort to increasingly ridiculous suggestions and predictions — but even they find it challenging to obscure the grim reality with a cheerful demeanor.
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German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall announced on December 3 that it won a contract to provide Ukraine with €142 million worth of 155mm artillery rounds.[8]
British outlet The Times highlighted Ukraine's use of British-provided Martlet lightweight missiles to deter large-scale Russian Shahed drone strikes on Kyiv.[9]
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov met with his Belgian counterpart, Ludivine Dedonder, on December 4 to further develop the bilateral Ukrainian-Belgian relationship, particularly in regard to building out Ukraine's defense industrial base with Belgian support.[10]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campai
gn-assessment-december-4-2023
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Russian State Duma Deputy Mikhail Sheremet stated on December 5 that the Duma will try to adopt a proposed bill that would formally designate the Sea of Azov as an internal water of Russia by the end of 2023.[8]
Russia and Ukraine signed and ratified a treaty in 2003 and 2004 that included stipulations that the Sea of Azov is a historically internal water of both Russia and Ukraine and that vessels flying Ukrainian or Russian flags in the Sea of Azov enjoy freedom of navigation.[9]
The proposed bill likely portends a series of corresponding Russian administrative measures that would require maritime traffic en route to or from ports on the Sea of Azov to formally recognize the sea as a Russian internal body of water and, therefore, to de facto recognize Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territories.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campai
gn-assessment-december-5-2023
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More hopium and copium from western media.
Meanwhile
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"Has Kyiv Already Lost?" – Germany's Welt Newspaper Claims Ukraine Is "Crumbling" & That Orbán Was Right But "Nobody Dares Admit It"
Germany’s Welt newspaper, perhaps the most popular publication in the country, is well known for its pro-Ukraine stance and ran numerous articles in the past about the likely success of Ukraine’s military offensive against Russia.
However, in a column published yesterday by the paper’s chief correspondent, Sascha Lehnartz, the assessment of Ukraine’s chances in the war is decidedly bleak.
Entitled “Has Kyiv already lost?” the article describes Ukraine’s military growing increasingly despondent to the point that the country’s commander-in-chief admits there is a “stalemate” at the front.
“Winter is just around the corner. The counteroffensive seems to have failed. The allies are weary. And since the beginning of November at the latest, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has a new opponent who was not necessarily to be expected: his own commander-in-chief, Valery Zaluzhny,” writes Die Welt.
Welt is referring to a recent interview in the Economist, in which Ukraine’s top general, Valery Zaluzhny, stated that “(a)s in the First World War, we have reached a technical level that puts us in a stalemate situation” and that in order for Ukraine to win, it would take miracle weapons to defeat the Russians, “like Chinese gunpowder.”
MORE AT https://rmx.news/defense/has-kyiv-already-lost-germanys-welt-newspaper
-claims-ukraine-is-crumbling-and-that-orban-was-right-but-nobody-dares-admit-it/
$60 Billion for Ukraine?
WHY THROW MORE $$$ INTO A MONEY- PIT?
The analysis that makes most sense to me is that (aside from the nut-bag neocons in the USA and Banderites in Ukraine) there were invisible backers of the "Ukraine project". The MICs in NATO nations, of course. The NATO, Brussels and DC bureaucrats who get to "manage" billions in funds. The scammers up and down the line in Ukraine who pilfered money, supplies, and weapons.
More importantly large transnational banks, investment firms, and corporations and their friendly Ukrainian oligarchs: Yermak, Poroshenko, Akhmetov. Alexander Soros. Black Rock. Monsanto ... those who were assured that Ukraine would "win" and Putin would fall, and there would be a bonanza of acquisitions in Ukraine and even Russia.
Seeing their project fail, they want just "one last payday" before they quit.
Spiders in Glass Jar: Ze Desperately Buys Time as Enemies Plot
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/spiders-in-glass-jar-ze-desperatel
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JUST KEEPING IT REAL, FOLKS.
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