WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia

[Spiral]

He doesn't look like a guy you would mess with...

General of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Sergey Surovikin, was put in charge of Russia’s “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine

Surovikin’s nickname within the Russian Armed Forces is Cannibal. He’s known as a tough MF@R, a hardliner

He’s currently in charge of southern group of the Russian Army & led several offensives which saw Ukrainian troops encircled and destroyed in LPR

He’s also largely accredited as the sole reason why the Syrian government was able to regain its territory from ISIS

He does not believe in retreats & does not favour surgical approach to strikes. In Syria, we noticed that his approach was rather “go big or go home” — huge aerial bombardments were his thing

He’s also rumoured to be next in-line to eventually retire Gerasimov as the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces

(Now confirmed)

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by Spiral (here)
He doesn't look like a guy you would mess with...

General of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Sergey Surovikin, was put in charge of Russia’s “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine

Surovikin’s nickname within the Russian Armed Forces is Cannibal. He’s known as a tough MF@R, a hardliner

He’s currently in charge of southern group of the Russian Army & led several offensives which saw Ukrainian troops encircled and destroyed in LPR

He’s also largely accredited as the sole reason why the Syrian government was able to regain its territory from ISIS

He does not believe in retreats & does not favour surgical approach to strikes. In Syria, we noticed that his approach was rather “go big or go home” — huge aerial bombardments were his thing

He’s also rumoured to be next in-line to eventually retire Gerasimov as the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces

(Now confirmed)

For readers who don't have Telegram, here he is:

https://t.me/intelslava/38603



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My comment referring to Surovikin being General of the Russian Aerospace Forces: it might be very possible that the Russian Air Force, which is extremely powerful but so far barely utilized, will now start to play a much more prominent and decisive role.

[Ravenlocke]

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[Bill Ryan]

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Reports are already coming in that rail traffic can continue uninterrupted, with one lane of the roadway still intact and soon re-opened to traffic. Ferries are also being mobilized, so in practical terms there will be no problem with supplies to or from Crimea.

[Ravenlocke]

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https://www.rt.com/russia/564284-cri...orist-ukraine/
Moscow points to Kiev’s ‘terrorist nature’ after bridge explosion


Ukraine’s reaction to the explosion that damaged the Crimean Bridge speaks to the “terrorist nature” of its leadership, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. The bridge was closed for traffic after a truck blew up early on Saturday.

“The reaction of the Kiev regime to the destruction of civilian infrastructure testifies to its terrorist nature,” Zakharova wrote on Telegram several hours after the blast.

Ukrainian officials have stopped short of claiming responsibility for the explosion, but an aide to President Vladimir Zelensky, Mikhail Podoliak, warned on Twitter earlier that what happened at the bridge, called the Kerch Bridge, was “just the beginning.”

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry also tweeted that “the guided missile cruiser Moskva and the Kerch Bridge – two notorious symbols of Russian power in Ukrainian Crimea – have gone down. What’s next in line, russkies [Russians]?”

Russia’s Black Sea flagship Moskva sank off the coast of Odessa in April. According to Moscow, a fire broke out on board, causing the detonation of ammunition. However, Kiev claimed to have struck the cruiser.

Crimean Bridge explosion 'just the beginning,’ Ukraine warns
Crimean Bridge explosion 'just the beginning,’ Ukraine warns
Various Ukrainian officials have promised to attack the Kerch Bridge, which connects the Russian peninsula of Crimea to the country’s Krasnodar Region, on several occasions since the conflict between Moscow and Kiev broke out in late February.

The blast on Europe’s longest bridge occurred at around 6am local time, leading to a partial collapse of the road on the part of the bridge used by vehicles. A blaze also broke out on the parallel rail section, where seven fuel tanks caught fire.

Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee said that a truck blew up as it was traveling along the 19-km-long structure. CCTV videos from the scene also showed a vehicle exploding.

The fire has already been extinguished, and the damage caused by the blast is being assessed. The Crimean authorities said that ferry service would be provided while the bridge is being repaired.

[Ravenlocke]

https://twitter.com/RWApodcast/statu...79189527404544

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[Ravenlocke]

A little more background about Army General Sergey Surovikin

https://twitter.com/RWApodcast/statu...20381967298562

https://twitter.com/RWApodcast/statu...21156915286017

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Now they say the FSB did it!

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[ExomatrixTV]

• Zelensky Calls For Nuclear First Strikes Against Russia:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=KqouWrGu7tY

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dramatically upped the rhetorical ante this week by calling for NATO to launch pre-emptive nuclear strikes against Russia, in order to prevent the Russians from launching their own nuclear strikes. The statement was so insanely and unnecessarily provocative that the t-shirt clad leader immediately walked it back, his lackeys claiming that Zelensky had only been talking about increasing sanctions on Russia. So what if that makes absolutely no sense? Jimmy and America’s Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss Zelensky’s out-of-pocket suggestion that would likely bring about World War III and global nuclear armageddon.

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Zaporozhye Nuclear Plant Shelling Just Cost Kiev 20% of Its Traditional Sources of Electricity


After falling into the Russian military’s hands in March, the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has been subjected to months of shelling attacks by Ukrainian forces. Late last month, the last of the plant’s six reactors was disconnected from the grid to minimize risks caused by incessant bombardment.



Ukraine’s national energy grid has lost access to about a fifth of its traditional sources of electricity supplies, with Zaporozhye regional government member Vladimir Rogov announcing Saturday that Ukrainian shelling had damaged the final high-voltage transmission line linking the NPP to the grid.
“Last night, the last high-voltage power transmission line connecting the plant to the power system of Ukraine was damaged and disconnected as a result of shelling by Ukrainian forces,” Rogov said.
The plant has switched to operation using diesel generators, he added.
International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi announced later in the day Saturday that he would visit Russia and Ukraine “to agree on a nuclear safety and security protection zone around the plant,” and dubbed the shelling which struck the plant’s sole source of external power a “tremendously irresponsible” action. As per established IAEA policy, Grossi did not name the culprits behind the shelling attacks.
Also on Saturday, the Russian military reported that the city of Energodar and the ZNPP were shelled twice by the Ukrainian military using Grad multiple launch rocket systems, with a total of 15 rockets fired from the Ukrainian-controlled settlement of Marganets in Dnepropetrovsk region.
Saturday morning’s shelling attacks came just two days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Kiev may soon be forced to stop selling electricity supplies to Europe.
“We won’t have enough to heat our homes. And that time is approaching,” Zelensky said, speaking to Australian officials on Thursday. “We talk all the time about the risks of blackouts. It could be days, weeks,” he added.

The ZNPP and its six VVER-1000/320 reactors, ordinarily generating up to 38,000 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of electrical power, once accounted for about 20 percent of Ukraine’s electricity needs, and some 45 percent of the electricity generated by the nation’s nuclear power plants.
The Russian-administered portion of Zaporozhye region became part of the Russian Federation late last month following a status referendum held between September 23-27 in which 93 percent of residents voted in favor of joining Russia.
Friday’s self-inflicted snipping the ZNPP’s final link to Ukraine’s grid threatens to undermine Zelensky’s ambitious energy swap plans. Throughout the spring and summer, he proposed trading electricity generated by nuclear power for natural gas, and sought to woo foreign investors by selling Ukraine as an untapped energy source that could help Europe address its shortages.
As recently as last month, Zelensky boasted that Ukraine could become a hub for “green energy” in Europe by increasing electricity exports to EU countries. “For this [to take place], it is important that the ZNPP returns to a safe mode of operation and remains connected to the Ukrainian energy grid,” he said. “Even now, with all the difficulties, we can export such a volume of electricity that corresponds to at least 8 percent of the consumption of entire Italy,” he said.
“Our country has a huge natural potential for developing opportunities in green energy and in production of green hydrogen. This is a potential of tens, and possibly hundreds of green gigawatts of electric power and millions of tons of green hydrogen,” Zelensky added.

At the same time, Zelensky warned Ukrainians to brace for the “most difficult” winter in the country’s history, announcing a halt in gas and coal exports, and advising the public to stock up on warm clothes and blankets to prepare for the cold season.
Kiev’s European sponsors are themselves bracing for unprecedented energy shortages sparked by the shortsighted decision to cut themselves off from Russian oil, gas, electricity and coal supplies, and cemented by the unprecedented sabotage attacks against the Nord Stream pipelines.
Last week, European gas infrastructure operator association GIE warned that gas offtake from the region’s underground storage sites had recently begun to exceed supplies being put into storage. Separately, the International Energy Agency indicated that storage would drop to 5 percent of capacity by February if Russian supplies remained cut off and deliveries of LNG were not significantly expanded.
With Europe facing energy shortages of its own and unlikely to share, and Kiev slashing its own access to Russian-sourced energy, it’s unclear how Ukraine will make up for the shortfalls this winter. Even before the escalation of the security crisis this February, successive pro-Western governments’ IMF-authored reforms had driven many Ukrainians into energy poverty, with millions resorting to wood and peat-burning stoves.

[Spiral]

RE the Crimea Bridge explosion;

The guy driving the truck was known for doing "dodgy" transport stuff, probably cash in hand but nothing properly criminal, if the explosion did in fact come from the truck & wasn't a missile or planted explosive device then he was tricked into transporting what he believed was fertiliser, but was in fact a huge amount of explosives.

Fertilisers have been used as part of explosives to deadly effect by the IRA for years, they are the oxygenating part, it also needs a fuel, even just diesel & a detonator.

Explosions are basically fires that burn extremely fast, an RAF armourer once explained to me.

[ExomatrixTV]

• Russian Marines destroy 43 Ukrainian 24th Mechanized Brigade Tank near Kherson!:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=sJPUqKRmgEQ

• Russian UAVs and Grenades Destroy 87 Ukrainian Soldiers in Forest Area!:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=L7bljOrPczs

• Russian Army Blast 65 Ukrainian M777 Howitzer in Kherson!:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=na-gUow5Skk

Kind a weird to see a Pro Nato Pro Ukrainian sharing these videos, they even say: "Enemy Forces" destroyed Ukrainian Nato Weaponry .... etc. etc.

• There are so much more Pro-Nato Pro-Ukrainian videos openly admitting their losses!

See for yourself here ... I wonder why they do that ... anyone?

cheers,
John 🦜🦋🌳

[Snoweagle]

Many Happy Returns to President Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin

Putin was born on 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia), the youngest of three children of Vladimir Spiridonovich Putin (1911–1999) and Maria Ivanovna Putina (née Shelomova; 1911–1998).

Nobody is blocked from engaging in the celebrations :-)

All lives matter :-)

PS I know it was yesterday, thanks in advance . . .