Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
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Quote:Any name, Applebaum or Apolebaum or any other name would have gotten the same response from you because you didn't read beyond the name.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Anne Apolebaum runs elbows with fellow neocons Bill Kristol, Robert Kagan, John Bolton. Haven't you noticed that she always writes whackadoodle opinions?
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Same old Russian tricks in the country west of Ukraine https://maps.app.goo.gl/5icii3CqwvkBcsz57
Kremlin officials and mouthpieces continue to set information conditions to destabilize Moldova, likely as part of efforts to prevent Moldova’s integration into the EU and the West among other objectives. Alexei Polishchuk, the director of the Second Department of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Countries at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), claimed in an interview with Kremlin newswire TASS published on January 28 that Moldova has begun to “destroy its ties” with CIS member states and the Russia-led CIS organization as a whole and that there are rumors that Moldova plans to leave the CIS by the end of 2024.[1] Polishchuk claimed that this decision would not benefit Moldovan interests or citizens and would be unprofitable for the Moldovan economy. Polishchuk also claimed that the settlement of the Transnistria issue in Moldova is in a “deep crisis” and that Moldova’s economic pressure on Transnistria since the beginning of 2024 has “further delayed” any solution.[2] Polishchuk claimed that Russia is ready to fix deteriorating relations between Moldova and Transnistria “as a mediator and guarantor” to the settlement.[3] Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Serebrian stated on January 28 that Moldova would not return to the 5+2 Transnistria negotiating process that included Russia as long as Russian-Ukrainian relations do not improve and Russia’s war in Ukraine continues.[4]
A prominent Kremlin-affiliated Russian milblogger, who has recently fixated on the Moldova-Transnistria conflict, continued to highlight alleged discontent in Moldova’s breakaway and autonomous regions. The milblogger claimed that about 50,000 people in Transnistria participated in a rally protesting against Moldovan economic pressure on Transnistria on January 24.[5] The milblogger also stated that Sergei Ibrishim, the Head of the Main Directorate of Agro-Industrial Complex of Gagauzia, sent a request recently to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for Russia to send fertilizer to Gagauzia as humanitarian aid.[6] Ibrishim also reportedly claimed that Gagauzia’s agricultural producers are unable to sell their products to Russia after Moldova’s decision in July 2023 to leave the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly and asked Lavrov to abolish excise taxes and customs duties for Russian imports from Gagauzia.[7] Polishchuk’s and the milblogger’s comments are likely aimed at dissuading Moldova from leaving the CIS and Russia’s wider sphere of influence, setting information conditions to create economic discontent within Moldova, and posturing Russia as an economic and security guarantor in Moldova.
Russia notably accused Ukraine of abandoning and disregarding the Minsk Agreements that had largely frozen the conflict after Russia’s 2014 invasion in the lead up to Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and Russia may be setting information conditions to make similar claims against Moldova.[8] ISW previously assessed that the Kremlin is likely setting information conditions to justify future Russian aggression in Moldova under the guise of protecting its “compatriots abroad” and the “Russian World” (Russkiy Mir) - concepts that are purposely based on vague definitions of ethnic Russians and Russian speakers in foreign countries.[9] Russia may attempt to justify its aggression or destabilization efforts in Moldova by claiming that Transnistrian residents are in danger due to Moldova’s alleged abandonment of the Transnistria settlement process. ISW recently observed suggestions that the Kremlin may be turning to rhetorical narratives that appeal to a wider audience beyond the “Russian World.”[10]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campai
gn-assessment-january-28-2024
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Wall Street Journal Video
Russian attempts to break through are largely being thwarted by well-prepared defenses
A clip from a video provided by Ukraine’s 30th Mechanized Brigade shows a column of Russian military vehicles, and a missile hitting the one in front.
By Isabel Coles | Updated Jan. 29, 2024 12:00 am ET
https://www.wsj.com/world/this-ambush-shows-how-ukraine-is-holding-the
-line-b5d094a6
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Wall Street Journal Video
Russian attempts to break through are largely being thwarted by well-prepared defenses
A clip from a video provided by Ukraine’s 30th Mechanized Brigade shows a column of Russian military vehicles, and a missile hitting the one in front.
By Isabel Coles | Updated Jan. 29, 2024 12:00 am ET
https://www.wsj.com/world/this-ambush-shows-how-ukraine-is-holding-the
-line-b5d094a6
AFAIK Russia isn't attempting a breakthrough anywhere but Adiivka. Shoigu called the current Russia strategy "active defense" but Mercouris' description 'aggressive attrition" seems more descriptive. The way it works is Russia engages Ukraine in a way that doesn't cause heavy casualties on their side but attrits Ukrainian equipment and soldiers. Russia seems more than willing to lose equipment: they use (and lose) their FAB bombs and drones and APCs and tanks liberally (and missiles and drones on Ukraine's deep logistical hubs) but the purpose seems to be only to engage Ukraine's army enough to get them to fight, not "gain territory at all costs".
Even Dima of the Military Summary channel makes that mistake. Over and over he'll say something like "Russia bombed/ attacked with drones/ shelled/ stormed Ukrainian positions but nothing happened on the ground". Well, the front line may not have moved, but Ukraine just lost another 10-300 soldiers and 3-25 armored vehicles, howitzers/ radars/ stockpiles/ fortifications or whatever the hell Russia was aiming at. (These BTW are realistic estimates for each engagement from weeks of watching Military Summary channel.)
According to Mediazona, Russian losses per day have declined during this phase.
And altho the goal of Russian forces isnt to take territory, Russia is nonetheless nibbling territory all along the front line.
Dima says Ukraine is preparing the next big northern city, Kupiansk, for defense by laying minefields, setting armaments in heavy buildings, and creating observation points in tall buildings etc. Ukraine is also evacuating villages along the northern border between Russia and Kharkiv. The fear is that Russia will attack from the north and swoop south, behind the current front lines. Im not sure how realistic that fear is bc so far I haven't seen any indication of "big arrow" offenses, which is the western way of war, not Russia's.
You're welcome for the summary of how the war is going along the front line.
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So Ukraine was throwing a lot of chaff into the air about shooting down a plane loaded with Ukrainian POWs being transported for a prisoner swap.
They first denied it happened, then claimed it was "staged" because there were no bodies. Well, somebody published a gruesome video of a body part found on the scene: the upper right hand approximately quarter of what used to be a person. (If you want to know what a body looks like after getting blown apart and falling tens of thouands of feet, I can post a link. Let me just say that it was like a bag of skin with everything inside having been "splatted" out, the head looking like something that had been set in a two ton press. I've never seen anything like it before. But the part that remained was fully identifiable by the tattoos on its "arm".)
This wouldn't be the first time they killed their own, since they struck barracks housing their POWS and killed at least 50.
Why Ukraine would do this, I don't know. They don't get anything out of it except discouraging their soldiers from surrendering or participating in prisoner swaps.
Maybe Ukraine's Russian POWs were beaten so badly Ukraine didn't have enough healthy prisoners to swap? Or maybe local defense made a mistake.
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The Javelin: A High-Cost, High-Impact Weapon
By BNN Correspondents | Updated Jan 29, 2024 at 7:31 am EST
https://www.bnnbreaking.com/world/russia/ukrainian-javelin-missile-ope
rator-gagauz-strikes-at-the-heart-of-russian-forces/
The Javelin missile, an investment worth $178,000 for each launcher and an additional $78,000 for every replacement missile, has demonstrated its mettle by breaching the defenses of some of the most formidable tanks, including Russia’s T-90 main battle tank. The missile system’s modus operandi involves latching onto a target’s thermal image, making it a formidable tool that can be wielded by a team of two soldiers or a lone operator. Its impressive range of up to 2.5 miles facilitates strikes from a safe distance.
The Ukrainian soldiers have not shied away from expressing their gratitude for the influx of anti-tank weapons from Britain.
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Quote:Russia either produces 65 crushed Ukrainian bodies matching the prisoner exchange list or else it is lying.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
So Ukraine was throwing a lot of chaff into the air about shooting down a plane loaded with Ukrainian POWs being transported for a prisoner swap.
They first denied it happened, then claimed it was "staged" because there were no bodies. Well, somebody published a gruesome video of a body part found on the scene: the upper right hand approximately quarter of what used to be a person. (If you want to know what a body looks like after getting blown apart and falling tens of thouands of feet, I can post a link. Let me just say that it was like a bag of skin with everything inside having been "splatted" out, the head looking like something that had been set in a two ton press. I've never seen anything like it before. But the part that remained was fully identifiable by the tattoos on its "arm".)
Only five bodies delivered to Belgorod morgue
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/25/europe/russian-plane-crash-belgorod-ukr
aine-intl/index.html
Where are the bodies?
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3250033/wh
ere-are-bodies-ukraine-presses-russia-proof-pow-deaths
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If you want to know why so few bodies were found, look at this part of the debris field.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/EPe8Vk5teEfo/
Be prepared for that gruesome body part.
Most pieces of plane are very small in this video. Maybe pieces are bigger in another part of the debris field. But I'm surprised they found identifiable body parts. At this point, they'd need to do DNA testing on bits and pieces.
Ukraine can pay for the testing ...
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Oh, I see your delusional insistence on 65 bodies was shut down by reality.
Good.
It's about time some reality seeped into your brain.
*****
Oh, BTW, you never served in combat anywhere. You borrowed your daddy's history and are living on daddy's money and posting from mommy's basement.
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