Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
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Ukraine leader defiant as drone strikes hit Russia again
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Drones struck inside Russia’s border with Ukraine Tuesday in the second day of attacks exposing the vulnerability of some of Moscow’s most important military sites, observers said.
Ukrainian officials did not formally confirm carrying out drone strikes inside Russia, and they have maintained ambiguity over previous high-profile attacks.
But Ukrainian presidential adviser Mikhail Podolyak taunted Moscow in comments on Twitter, and Britain’s Defense Ministry said Russia was likely to consider the attacks on Russian bases more than 500 kilometers (300 miles) from the border with Ukraine as “some of the most strategically significant failures of force protection since its invasion of Ukraine.”
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Ukraine war: South Korea weapons, including tanks, arrive in Poland after US$5.8 billion deal
Polish President Andrzej Duda, South Korean officials among group welcoming an initial shipment of tanks and artillery guns to Poland, an EU and Nato member
Poland says South Korea responded quickly to its need to increase its deterrence and defence potential as Russia’s war in Ukraine, just over the border, continues
Polish President Andrzej Duda and the country’s defence minister on Tuesday took delivery of a first shipment of tanks and howitzers from South Korea, hailing the swift implementation of a deal signed in the summer in the face of the war in neighbouring Ukraine.
Duda and Mariusz Blaszczak were in the Polish Navy port of Gdynia, on the Baltic coast, to mark the arrival by sea of the first 10 Black Panther K2 tanks, along with 24 Thunder K9 howitzers, a kind of long-range artillery weapon, from a US$5.8 billion deal with Seoul.
They stressed that South Korea responded quickly to the need by Poland, a European Union nation and Nato member, to urgently increase its deterrence and defence potential as Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has invaded Ukraine, just across Poland’s eastern border. Poland also borders Russia.
Korean government and defence industry officials were also present to see the weapons arrive.
“This is the future, this is the real strengthening of Poland’s security,” Duda said, standing before the tanks and the howitzers. “In order to stop aggression, to stop the enemy, it is necessary for the army to have this modern equipment,” he added.
More deliveries are planned between now and 2025. Poland is purchasing hundreds of K2 Black Panther tanks made by Hyundai Rotem and K9 Thunder howitzers made by Hanhwa Defence. The deal includes training, logistics and ammunition.
The conservative government in Warsaw is also buying Korean FA-50 fighter jets, a light training and combat aircraft made jointly by Korea Aerospace and Lockheed Martin, for some US$3 billion.
Poland is also seeking a technology transfer so it can launch production domestically.
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3202294/south-korea-wea
pons-including-tanks-arrive-poland-after-us58-billion-deal
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that his army could be fighting in Ukraine for a long time, but for now there will be no second call-up of soldiers.
Putin has rarely spoken about the duration of a war that he began more than nine months ago but told loyalists in a televised meeting on Wednesday it could go on for some time yet.
"This can be a long process," he said.
Putin, in his remarks, said the risk of a nuclear war was growing but Russia would not recklessly threaten to use such weapons.
"We haven't gone mad, we realise what nuclear weapons are," Putin said. "We have these means in more advanced and modern form than any other nuclear country ... But we aren't about to run around the world brandishing this weapon like a razor."
Putin has said he has no regrets about launching a war that has become Europe's most devastating since World War Two.
He said Russia had achieved a "significant result" with the acquisition of "new territories" - a reference to the annexation of four partly occupied regions in September that Ukraine and most members of the United Nations condemned as illegal.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-acknowledges-russias-war-uk
raine-could-be-long-one-2022-12-07/
(I am unconvinced that Putin is sane. Time will tell.)
TIME magazine named Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, and ‘the spirit of Ukraine’ have been named the Person of the Year. “This year’s choice was the most clear-cut in memory. Whether the battle for Ukraine fills one with hope or with fear, Volodymyr Zelensky galvanized the world in a way we haven’t seen in decades,” Edward Felsenthal, TIME's CEO, wrote. Apart from Zelenskyy, Felsenthal praised volunteers, activists, and servicemen who had a heart for Ukraine and committed to release the country from suffering. The TIME cover is sustained in blue and yellow colors with Zelenskyy surrounded by other influential public figures in the center.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/katyasoldak/2022/12/07/wednesday-december
-7-russias-war-on-ukraine-daily-news-and-information-from-ukraine/
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An ex-Russian military commander who visited the frontline in Ukraine said Russian soldiers are in disarray as a result of fighting a war with no clear purpose and poor strategic planning by the Kremlin.
Igor Girkin, a former Federal Security Service officer and military chief who led the annexation of Crimea in 2014, has recently been a critic of Russia's military strategy in Ukraine, often dispensing his views on Telegram.
On Tuesday, Girkin recounted what he saw at the front on Telegram and said that Russian troops are fighting with no clear "strategic goals."
"Simply put, the troops are fighting 'by inertia,' not having the slightest idea of the ultimate strategic goals of the current military campaign," he wrote, according to Insider's translation of his Telegram post.
He continued that the lack of a clear purpose and the conditions for victory or simply ending the war is causing "apathy" amongst the soldiers.
"In most parts of the RF (Russian Federation) Armed Forces, soldiers and officers do not understand: In the name of what, for what, and with what purposes they are fighting. It's a mystery for them: What is the condition for victory or just a condition for ending the war," Gurkin wrote. "And the authorities of the Russian Federation are not able to explain this to them, since setting a clear goal for the SMO [Special Military Operation] means 'limiting room for maneuver' — that is, losing the opportunity to declare the goals of the SMO as achieved at any moment that the Kremlin leaders consider convenient."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ex-russian-operative-who-visited-
the-front-in-ukraine-says-russian-troops-are-in-disarray-due-to-a-crisis-of-strategic-planning/ar-AA152azR
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The Tu-141 reconnaissance drone, which Ukraine may have modified into a cruise missile with 1,000 km range - can strike Russian strategic bomber air bases. Only 142 of them were made, we don't know how many UA has, and the Soviets used to use them for target practice.
One of these is known to have crashed in Zagreb, Croatia, 550 km from Ukraine, on March 10, presumably after having suffered a catastrophic navigation failure.
Unknown weapons, but within the Tu-141's range, struck the Saki airbase in UA's Russian-occupied Crimea on Aug 9. On Oct. 9, an explosion struck the Crimea bridge between UA's Crimea and Russia - at a distance even further than the Saki attack, but still within Tu-141's range.
If we assume that the same drones were used to attack Russian air bases on Dec. 5 and Dec. 6, then we know that at least four have been used. How many did the Soviets destroy? How many were used in tests? How many are left? Nobody knows.
Ukraine, however, is a highly developed, industrial country. It can produce rockets, aircraft, and advanced avionics using its own resources. Its people are innovative and ingenious. It has already produced an indigenous sea attack drone. Expect more surprises.
Yuri Knutov warns that Ukraine could strike nuclear power or chemical plants in Russia to create an ecological disaster
Ukraine's long-range strikes on Russian airfields are creating panic amongst Kremlin propagandists.
1:29 PM · Dec 7, 2022
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/12/7/2140642/-Ukraine-Invasion-D
ay-288-Bells-and-Spectators-of-the-Theater-of-War
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*yawn*
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Quote:In most parts of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, soldiers and officers do not understand in the name of what, for what, and with what purposes they are fighting. It's a mystery for them what is the condition for victory or just a condition for ending the war. The authorities of the Russian Federation are not able to explain this to them, since setting a clear goal for the SMO [Special Military Operation] means 'limiting room for maneuver' — that is, losing the opportunity to declare the goals of the SMO as achieved at any moment that the Kremlin leaders consider convenient.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
*yawn*
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ex-russian-operative-who-visited-
the-front-in-ukraine-says-russian-troops-are-in-disarray-due-to-a-crisis-of-strategic-planning/ar-AA152azR
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Well... Now I'm yawning harder than I've ever yawned before.
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In the most one-sided trade in the history of bartering, Biden* just gave Putin one of his Russian arms dealers in trade for a black, lesbian pothead woman who plays a sport that nobody watches and is subsidized by a sport that men play and people actually watch.
Trump would have at least held out for the US Marine who's spent the last 4 years in the Russian gulag as part of the deal.
But I'm sure he was a straight white male and that Putin has fully respected his straight white male privilege status and will continue to do so until America has a real president that will get him back home.
Fuck Joe Biden*.
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