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For those following the details of the Ukraine (counter-)offensive, in the first 20 mins of his video update for today Alexander Mercouris gives a measured summary of the state of play so far.
(In short: Ukraine losing far too much too quickly for this to be sustainable for too long.)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Un2nczEqzns
- Democrat War Pig Knows Nothing About Ukraine!
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Shoigu at the arsenals and storage bases of the Western Military District checked the preparation of equipment for shipment to the special operation zone.
The minister demanded to reduce the time for receiving equipment from enterprises and its delivery to the troops, drew attention to the installation of additional protection for armored vehicles, taking into account the special operation.
https://twitter.com/djuric_zlatko/st...49695749005312
- Ukraine Is NOT A Humanitarian War – Says RFK Jr.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦Today, near Bakhmut, the AFU tried another attack, lost 3 tanks burned with crews, the rest fled in panic.
Filmed from "Zara" drone, 200th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade brigade worked on the AFU tanks.
Probably the "elite" Nazi regiment "Azov" tried "Banzai offensive"...
DDgeopolitics
https://twitter.com/dana916/status/1666904423975510026
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Ukraine dam’s reservoir can no longer cool nuclear plant: operator
The reservoir which had been created by the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine can no longer supply water to cool reactors at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the dam’s operator said Thursday.
Ukrhydroenergo’s chief executive Igor Syrota said the water level at the reservoir had gone “below the critical point of 12.7 metres (42 feet)”.
This means it could no longer supply “the ponds at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station to cool the plant”, he said on Ukrainian television.
The dam sits on the Dnipro river, forming a reservoir that provides the cooling water for the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, Europe’s largest, some 150 kilometres (90 miles) upstream.
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi, who is due to visit the plant next week, said this week that the water could no longer be pumped if the level went below 12.7 metres.
Existing water in cooling ponds at the plant and elsewhere can still be used “for some time” to cool the reactors and the spent fuel pools in the reactor buildings, Grossi said.
Additionally, a large cooling pond next to the site is “currently full and has enough in storage to supply the plant for several months, as its six reactors are in shutdown mode”, he said.
“It is therefore vital that this cooling pond remains intact… I call on all sides to ensure nothing is done to undermine that,” Grossi told a meeting of the agency’s board of governors.
The IAEA has a team of experts at the plant.
The Russian-held dam was destroyed on Tuesday, and Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of being behind it, with both saying that an explosion caused the breach.
Plant staff have already implemented measures to limit the consumption of water, using it for only “essential nuclear-safety related activities”, Grossi said earlier.
“There is a preparedness for events like this… But clearly, this is making an already very difficult and unpredictable nuclear safety and security situation even more so,” Grossi said.
The plant’s reactors have already been shut down, but they still need cooling water to ensure there is no nuclear disaster.
“Absence of cooling water in the essential cooling water systems for an extended period of time would cause fuel melt and inoperability of the emergency diesel generators,” Grossi warned.
He has repeatedly called for the protection of the plant as shelling has taken place near it and also several times disrupted its crucial power supply.
https://insiderpaper.com/ukraine-dam...tors-operator/
https://twitter.com/dana916/status/1666911181418659840
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APU is abandoning expensive Western equipment!
Attention is drawn to an interesting nuance that the characteristic difference between the notorious counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the "Bakhmut meat grinder" was a huge amount of abandoned military equipment.
That is, the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not try to pull out expensive gifts from Western partners, but simply throw them on the battlefield, saving their lives.
Its the opinion, it is highly likely that these are the consequences of the notorious "grave" - people were forcibly taken into the Ukrainian army, they did not want to fight and do not want to die.
Abandoned equipment is the best advertisement for further negotiations with the United States and its allies...
Lord of War
https://twitter.com/dana916/status/1666892649888899081
This is very trivial, but it also tells a story. For those who can't see the short video, this is a Ukrainian soldier showing what's in the 'canned meat' he has to eat as his military rations. It's largely slimy gobbets of fat, and looks nothing short of disgusting. I wouldn't give it to my dog.
Readers of this thread with good memories may remember an earlier, contrasting video, which would now be near-impossible to find. It showed a bunch of Ukrainian soldiers who had just come across some Russian military rations, and were making all kinds of jokes about "now we can see the pig food, we should give it to the animals', etc etc.
When they opened it, all in real time on camera, they were amazed. Besides several options for a good main course meal, it had goodies like chocolate, coffee, orange juice, and vitamins. It was like a First Class airline meal.
But don't watch this first one if you're in the middle of eating something right now! :ROFL::facepalm:
https://t.me/thecoppermountain/4416
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I found it. Look at this: :bigsmile:Quote:
Posted by Bill Ryan
Light relief here. This is very very funny. :ROFL: The Russian rations box they opened is better than you'd get as a meal on a first class flight costing $10,000.Quote:
Posted by Ravenlocke