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    Budanov admits Ukraine big counter-offensive is over



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    🇷🇺The killing fields at Priyutny: the 34th brigade destroys and captures the Ukrainian Armed Forces with entire units, seizing positions at the junction of Zaporozhye and the DPR

    In the South Donetsk direction, reconnaissance and infantry of the Southern Military District, during the ongoing offensive operation in the Priyutnoye area, destroyed significant forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, taking many prisoners and forcing the survivors to flee.

    With the active support of kamikaze drones, artillery, and mortars, reconnaissance, special forces, and motorized infantry captured about two dozen enemy strongholds, pushing the enemy away from an important populated area.

    The footage shows one of the recent operations.

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    https://x.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1713258350870221076



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    In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian troops retreated from the village of Sinkovka, Voenkor Lisitsyn, and several Russian TG channels reported.

    According to their information, the Russian army entered the northeastern outskirts of the settlement. Now our fighters are consolidating their positions.

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    https://x.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1713249439228350953


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    The physical situation from the recent map is not expected to change quickly, but yes, it is asserted that Avdeevka is partially suppressed:



    As a result of the Russian offensive, the main road used for military supplies of the AFU from Orlovka to Avdeevka came under Russian fire control, and communication with the Ukrainian group in the town was complicated.

    The threat of creating a cauldron will force the Ukrainian military command to send additional forces and large amount of supplies to the area, where they will be destroyed by Russian fire.

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    Quote Israel told Zelensky not to visit – media
    The Ukrainian president was reportedly told “the time is not right” to visit amid the conflict with Hamas
    16 Oct, 2023 15:18
    https://www.rt.com/news/585060-israe...nsky-no-visit/

    Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky had reportedly wished to visit Israel as a gesture of solidarity in the aftermath of the conflict between the country and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. However, Israeli media reported on Monday that he was advised against visiting.

    Zelensky was allegedly told “the time is not right” for making such a visit, YNet reported. After touring Europe again, the Ukrainian president wanted to travel to the country alongside US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

    The Ukrainian president’s intention to visit Israel to show “solidarity” was first reported by Axios last Wednesday. The trip would have boosted “international support for Israel’s counteroffensive against Hamas in Gaza,” the report suggested.
    article continues at: https://www.rt.com/news/585060-israe...nsky-no-visit/
    A couple possible ways to read this, if this indeed happened:
    • Zelinsky has a home in Isreal. I believe his parents live there. He wants asylum before the Azov battalion decides to slaughter him. I imagine that Azov could find no more fitting way to end their failed war by blaming it on and slaughtering a Jew (or someone partly Jewish, a mere technical difference to Azov.)

    • Israel is really saying to Zelinsky: "Like you, we are conducting our own mass slaughter of hundreds of thousands of innocents on behalf of various international corporate interest and billionaires. We don't need the bad PR from your failed mass sacrifice to reflect negatively on our own, which is showing so much promise."

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    Quote Posted by Kryztian (here)

    A couple possible ways to read this, if this indeed happened:
    • Zelinsky has a home in Isreal. I believe his parents live there. He wants asylum before the Azov battalion decides to slaughter him. I imagine that Azov could find no more fitting way to end their failed war by blaming it on and slaughtering a Jew (or someone partly Jewish, a mere technical difference to Azov.)
    • Israel is really saying to Zelinsky: "Like you, we are conducting our own mass slaughter of hundreds of thousands of innocents on behalf of various international corporate interest and billionaires. We don't need the bad PR from your failed mass sacrifice to reflect negatively on our own, which is showing so much promise."
    And/or:
    • The situation here is serious, complicated, risky, and nothing to do with you or Ukraine. Don't try to hitchhike on Israel's cause to try to bolster your own failed enterprise. We have other things to worry about, and so do you.

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    West ‘fed up’ with Zelensky – Lavrov 16 Oct, 2023

    Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergey Marchenko recently acknowledged that Western backers are growing tired of supporting Kiev

    The West is increasingly losing patience with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has claimed. The diplomat cited the subdued welcome that the Ukrainian leader recently received on a visit to Romania.

    Speaking at a meeting with Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov and Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, Lavrov argued that “everyone is fed up” with Zelensky, the Russia 1 TV channel reported on Sunday.

    According to the broadcaster, the diplomat quoted Romanian Senator Diana Sosoaca, who directed an angry tirade at the Ukrainian president ahead of his visit to Bucharest last week.

    Sosoaca called on Romanian President Klaus Iohannis to prevent Zelensky, whom she described as an “arrogant and unconscionable traitor, including to his own country,” from addressing the Romanian parliament. The politician further warned of “bad” consequences should she “catch” the Ukrainian president at the parliament building.

    “We are going to war for Zelensky’s grain! March out of our country, godless man! If you think we will sit idly by, you are wrong!” Sosoaca stated.

    According to Romanian media, the Ukrainian leader’s planned speech to parliament was canceled during his visit last Tuesday. Speaking at a press conference alongside Johannis, Zelensky insisted that he had never intended to make an address.

    The opinion of Kiev in Romania has been adversely affected by the recent inflow of cheap Ukrainian grain into the country, coupled with what some see as discriminatory treatment toward the Romanian ethnic minority in Ukraine.

    Meanwhile, speaking on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings in Marrakech on Saturday, Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergey Marchenko admitted that Kiev is being forced to make “twice the effort right now to convince our partners to provide us with support compared to the last annual meetings [in spring].”

    The official put this trend down to “tiredness” among Ukraine’s backers, who “would like to forget about the war.” The minister also cited the escalation between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and the upcoming presidential election in the US as among the factors drawing attention away from Ukraine.

    https://swentr.site/russia/585020-la...d-up-zelensky/

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    Massive protest in support of Gaza in Morocco capital Rabat

    https://t.me/insiderpaper/22846





    Thousands march in Amsterdam, Netherlands in support of Palestinians

    https://t.me/insiderpaper/22853
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    Just a quick high level point about this crisis.

    We are seeing doom and gloom posts about the collapse of the dollar & the emergence of a new BRICS based financial hegemon. This is unlikely to happen fast, its more like an erosion, or a slight progression towards multi polarity - international portfolios will move a few percent.

    We sit in fear of the Ukraine catastrophe escalating to a global nuclear war. This is possible (and TPTB in part are trying to trigger this), however its far more likely that we are going to see a Ukrainian collapse, caused by Russian increased attacks combined with Ukrainian eroded ammo stocks. This then leads to a frozen situation where Russia holds more than it currently does.

    We see many in the conspiracy community point at the emergence of a Eurasian grouping , and concluding that the corrupt warmongering western elite has over extended and we are seeing yet another disaster created by this group, leading to their end.

    But at a higher level these things are probably not a big consideration. The real elite does not care for the survival of the USA. The real Elite are, as David Icke has said for 30 years, working towards that final struggle between the West and China. We can see that this is now crystallising in this reality, however its NOT THERE YET. Much more work is needed to get there.

    In order to facilitate this, a lot is still needed. A lot has been achieved, however this Ukraine horror fulfils a different role than many think.

    I see this as a kind of 'warm-up war' as the Spanish civil war was. (the Nazis & soviets honed their hardware and tactics in Spain before WW2)

    The west is not ready for the big one. This is because nobody, even the USA has got the manufacturing capacity to sustain a big war. Its proving very difficult to progress this. The west lacks chip manufacturing and rare earths.(and tanks, shells etc)

    On the other side, China lacks some weapons tech. The elite want Russia to pass theirs over. Its happening. However the Chinese have virtually no experience in big wars. They desperately need practise. Their Naval assets are huge but untested.

    These war projects only happen after many years of painstaking work by the elites. This should ensure that both sides are ready, and won't collapse due to a critical failure in any major aspect. We are not there yet. But notice that what is actually happening is that events are allowing these gaps to be filled, and preparations to appear in the open. In the latter stages these things cannot be hidden.

    What we can expect to see is Europe re-emerging from having basically FAKE military capability to having real assets. This is still a project in its infancy.

    We then need the State to establish far greater control of the individual and the information they consume, than currently. We are not there but wow we can see the internet control architecture being built. In the UK, OFCOM is getting draconian new powers. People WILL be penalised for passing on info deemed by the state to be misinfo. We have seen nothing yet but its coming.

    All the WEF tyranny conspiracies are being pump primed now. In the UK vast state money is now allocated to the systematic project to strip people of personal transport & pen them in. The carbon footprint narrative is there but will be enforced to build hundreds of semi closed communities. It will be 'why travel when i have x or y down the street'.

    Electric vehicles are a sham, there will not be enough. Supplies of fossil fuel vehicles will dry up before there are enough battery powered ones.

    I would say we are at the beginning of the second half of the WW3 preparations.
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    What we can expect to see is Europe re-emerging from having basically FAKE military capability to having real assets. This is still a project in its infancy.
    Very interesting post, Baby Steps, thank you. But how did you arrive at this particular conclusion as our military capability in the UK has been systematically downgraded over several years and we understand there's also a shortage of ammunition going to Ukraine from all countries? In the last World War, for instance, there was massive support from the civilians at home, and we were a different kind of people then too.
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    Quote Posted by Baby Steps (here)
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    What we can expect to see is Europe re-emerging from having basically FAKE military capability to having real assets. This is still a project in its infancy.
    Very interesting post, Baby Steps, thank you. But how did you arrive at this particular conclusion as our military capability in the UK has been systematically downgraded over several years and we understand there's also a shortage of ammunition going to Ukraine from all countries? In the last World War, for instance, there was massive support from the civilians at home, and we were a different kind of people then too.

    Hi thanks.
    We have expensive jets and ships but that is very different from having the capability to repair and replace them in an extended conflict.
    We can deploy at best 40 challenger tanks . So yes our real capability to engage in an extended attritional war like Ukraine is a lot less than the amount the Uk has spent on war might suggest - basically the largest budget in Europe .

    The Uk has no capability left to manufacture tank cannon. British artillery sits idle in Ukraine because we have run out of shells to give them. This kind of thing is similar across Europe .

    If it had not been for the Ukraine catastrophe the fact that most Western European war fighting capability is a sham would not have been revealed . It has been.

    After this conflict we can expect the Europeans to start augmenting their capability. It’s logical but it’s also a key stone for the longer term ww3 project in my view.
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    Quote Posted by Miller (here)
    Quote Posted by Baby Steps (here)
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    What we can expect to see is Europe re-emerging from having basically FAKE military capability to having real assets. This is still a project in its infancy.
    Very interesting post, Baby Steps, thank you. But how did you arrive at this particular conclusion as our military capability in the UK has been systematically downgraded over several years and we understand there's also a shortage of ammunition going to Ukraine from all countries? In the last World War, for instance, there was massive support from the civilians at home, and we were a different kind of people then too.

    Hi thanks.
    We have expensive jets and ships but that is very different from having the capability to repair and replace them in an extended conflict.
    We can deploy at best 40 challenger tanks . So yes our real capability to engage in an extended attritional war like Ukraine is a lot less than the amount the Uk has spent on war might suggest - basically the largest budget in Europe .

    The Uk has no capability left to manufacture tank cannon. British artillery sits idle in Ukraine because we have run out of shells to give them. This kind of thing is similar across Europe .

    If it had not been for the Ukraine catastrophe the fact that most Western European war fighting capability is a sham would not have been revealed . It has been.

    After this conflict we can expect the Europeans to start augmenting their capability. It’s logical but it’s also a key stone for the longer term ww3 project in my view.
    Oh I see . . . I thought you meant that we were holding on to more weaponry than we purported to have. Thanks for the clarification.
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    I hoped the interviewer would ask Cormac Smith about the report that Mrs Zelensky spent $1m+ yesterday in Cartier, New York.
    Not that I trust Newsweek, but they are saying the date on the Cartier's receipt matches one when the couple were in Canada.
    Olena Zelenska spends $1,100,000 on Cartier jewelry, gets sales employee fired
    Stephen * October 4, 2023
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    Zelensky’s wife reportedly spent $1,100,000 on a shopping trip in NYC while visiting the United States together with her husband to shore up continued support from Washington.



    During the visit, Zelensky gave his first in-person address to the UN General Assembly, met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill, and also visited the White house. While Zelensky was blitzing Washington in urgent effort to bolster support for Ukraine, his wife Olena Zelenska was spotted on Fifth Avenue in NYC.

    New York’s Fifth Avenue is the city’s most famous shopping street, and probably the most famous shopping street in the world. A lot of prestigious and high-end stores can be found between 49th and 60th Street on Fifth Avenue including Armani, Gucci, Bergdorf Goodman, Harry Winston, Cartier. Modern day celebrities are often spotted wearing CARTIER pieces: Angelina Jolie, Kylie Jenner, Lupita Nyong’o and … Olena Zelenska. According to our sources, the wife of Ukrainian president is a diehard Cartier enthusiast. Moreover, she has even visited the famous Cartier Mansion during Ukrainian

    President’s visit to NYC to address the United Nations General Assembly, and has reportedly spent $1,100,000 on jewelry.

    According to information collected by Boukari Ouédraogo from the Cartier store ex-employee, Olena Zelenska visited the boutique during her and her husband’s visit to New York. “I tried to take her on a quick tour, but she wasn’t interested,” the ex-employee further recalls.

    Zelenska’s visit to the luxury boutique ended up in a very unexpected manner as she snapped at the employee who was trying to assist her with a “Who said I need your opinion?” rant. After that, according to the boutique ex-worker, Zelenska had a talk with the manager. The ex-worker has no idea what the discussion was about but the next day she got fired from the boutique.



    After receiving a “you’re fired” call the next day after Zelenska’s visit, the ex-employee decided to share her story about the bizarre encounter on the Instagram. She has managed to sneak away a copy of a receipt containing Zelenska’s purchases while packing her personal belongings at the boutique.



    After receiving a “you’re fired” call the next day after Zelenska’s visit, the ex-employee decided to share her story about the bizarre encounter on the Instagram. She has managed to sneak away a copy of a receipt containing Zelenska’s purchases while packing her personal belongings at the boutique.

    Here is the full recollection of the incident from the boutique ex-employee’s Instagram account:



    Thanks to Olena Zelenska’s aggressive behavior, her shopping habits went public again. Yes, it’s not the first time the wife of the Ukrainian president was spotted flashing cash in some luxury stores. In December 2022, for example, she has reportedly spent 40,000 euros during her trip to Paris coinciding with her husband asking for more financial support from the United States and the European Union. It seems like her appetite has grown dramatically as the time passed. The question remains, if she has managed to spend $1,100,000 in Cartier alone, how much more money has she spent during her whole shopping spree on New York’s Fifth Avenue that day and who paid for it?
    Wow - just picked up on this; the thread moves so fast I miss loads all the time . . .(Has anyone got any tips for picking up where they left off??)

    So Mrs Z did spend a fortune on jewellery in NY AND Canada AND Paris . . . I learned today that the Zelenskys have a home in Israel, so when they get the go-ahead to leave they'll be taking a sizeable nest egg with them - and no doubt there's millions more we don't even know about. So blatant . . .
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    Quote Posted by Miller (here)
    So Mrs Z did spend a fortune on jewellery in NY AND Canada AND Paris . . . I learned today that the Zelenskys have a home in Israel, so when they get the go-ahead to leave they'll be taking a sizeable nest egg with them - and no doubt there's millions more we don't even know about. So blatant . . .
    Any news reporter speculating on how much Mrs. Z. spends when she enters a luxury store will get lambasted by the MSM as "fake news". This time, however, there was documentary evidence: the receipt.

    In addition to the home in Israel (where Volodymyr Z's parents live) they have one in Italy (rented out to ... Russians ... while Z was telling the world to boycott Russia ) and I believe also in Egypt. Z. was quite wealthy even before becoming President of Ukraine and his name appeared in the Panama Papers for having millions stashed in Panamanian banks.

    Buying the jewelry is probably a smart move on Mrs. Z's part. They may have to flee Ukraine in a hurry, or there many come a time where Volodymyr will be put on trial for extortion, and their assets might be seized. However, the jewelry might be hidden or considered a "personal affect". She can then sell it later to support her life style if her husband is imprisoned.

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    I've seen several posts on the internet speculating that this Cartier story is a sham. For one thing, the 'fired employee' does not fit at all the profile of a typical Cartier employee. That's in addition to the date of the receipt that doesn't match Olena's stay in New York. Receipts can be easily fabricated.

    Personally, I would find it very hard to believe that Olena Zelensky would be so careless as to publicly buy such expensive assets in these particular circumstances where they're begging for USA aid.

    However, I do not doubt for a moment that the Zelenskys have been covertly preparing big $$$ for their eventual escape from Ukraine, to some cushy digs somewhere, and with a substantial loot. They know that remaining in Ukraine would be a death sentence for them. Can you imagine the anger and hatred from the families of the conscripted men sent to their certain death on the battlefield, something Zelensky is entirely responsible for. He sold out his country and betrayed his countrymen.

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    https://www.rt.com/russia/584929-ukr...ia-corruption/

    14 October 2023

    Zelensky orders reporters to keep silent about corruption – Ukrainian media
    The Ukrainian president reportedly told journalists not to mention the issue until the end of the Russia-Ukraine conflict


    President Vladimir Zelensky has allegedly ordered Ukrainian journalists to avoid reporting on corruption, the editor-in-chief of the Zerkalo Nedeli (‘Mirror of the Week’) news outlet has claimed.

    The Ukrainian president told journalists not to mention the issue until the end of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to a leading Kievb outlet.

    Speaking at the National Media Talk 2023, Yulia Mostovaya said that she had learned of Zelensky's demand from colleagues who had attended an off-the-record meeting with him.

    The president reportedly made the request after the Ukrainian press published reports about inflated food prices paid by the country’s armed forces.

    According to Ukrainian media reports, including Zerkalo Nedeli, the Defense Ministry had been buying food and clothing for its service members at prices two to three times higher than the market price. For example, the ministry paid up to 17 hryvnia ($0.47) for a single egg and 22 hryvnia ($0.60) for a kilogram of potatoes, while the average prices for those goods at stores in Kiev at the time were about seven hryvnia ($0.19) and eight hryvnia ($0.22), respectively.

    Mostovaya stated that Zelensky’s request to avoid the topic of corruption in media publications was something the Ukrainian press may have considered if Zelensky had presented it in a “balanced manner” and explained that reporting on such issues could affect Ukraine’s battlefield capabilities.

    “We would accept these conditions if the president had said: ‘Here is a person. Here’s his phone number. If you have substantiated facts, please provide them to this person, he will immediately pick up the phone. And give us a week to respond. If there is no reaction within a week, send it to print.’”

    However, no such proposal was put forward by Zelensky, Mostovaya claimed, noting that instead the president told reporters to “remain silent until victory.”

    “If we remain silent, there will be no victory,” the editor-in-chief said.
    The issue of corruption in Ukraine has repeatedly been brought up by journalists and officials, both within the country and in the West.

    Last week, the former president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, stated that Ukraine will likely be unable to join the EU anytime soon because it is “corrupt at all levels of society.” He also urged Brussels not to make any “false promises” to the Ukrainian people who are already “up to their neck in suffering.”

    Ukraine has for years been seen as among the most corrupt countries in Europe and was ranked 116th out of 180 in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index for 2022.

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    • Explaining in just 51 seconds why Ukraine is finished!
    In both the European Union and the United States, support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia is faltering. There is growing reluctance in the American Congress to transfer even more aid to the country. It will not approve any new aid for the time being. The EU is considering a 50 billion euro aid package for Ukraine, but member states such as Hungary are against it.

    • Doomed
    Andrew Napolitano asked political scientist John Mearsheimer on his show whether Ukraine is over. He replied in the affirmative. Mearsheimer referred to a statement by Pentagon Admiral John Kirby: “We will not continue to fund Ukraine long-term.” That means that Ukraine is over, according to the political scientist. “If we pull the plug, the Ukrainians are doomed.”
    • The Russians roll over them
    They don't have enough weapons and money to continue this fight, he said. “The Russians are rolling over them.” President Biden and others have said they will support Ukraine to the end and will not abandon the country. “Well, we're abandoning them now.” Mearsheimer therefore expects Ukraine to collapse, especially in view of the failed counter-offensive.
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    First, this:

    https://t.me/ZandVchannel/83904

    The text:
    Kinzhal (Dagger) - 9 Mach numbers..
    The Russian Aerospace Forces are beginning permanent patrols over the Black Sea, President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference following his visit to China.
    On my instructions, the Russian Military Space Forces begin patrolling in the neutral zone of the airspace over the Black Sea on a permanent basis. And our MiG-31 aircraft are armed with Kinzhal complexes," he said.
    According to the president, this decision was made because of the United States, which "dragged two aviation groups into the Mediterranean Sea."
    The Head of State also recalled that the Kinzhal complexes have a range of over a thousand kilometers at a speed of nine Mach.
    "I warned that this is not a threat, but we will use weapons to monitor what is happening in the Mediterranean," Putin stressed.
    The Kinzhal hypersonic missile, according to the developers, is guaranteed to overcome all existing air and missile defense systems, delivering nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of up to two thousand kilometers



    And this is what made me laugh.

    https://t.me/Slavyangrad/69141

    The text:
    UEBU
    Such a short Russian word. However, some Russian words are now popular in English. Like pogrom.
    So UEBU is a polite (ironic) warning that someone is about to finish his vodka, fix his ushanka, put aside his matryoshka doll, and then he will hit someone in the face with a balalaika.


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    Of course he is pushing the Kinzhals from the high stance that the Brazil-Russian Gaza Ceasefire would have prevented the hospital incident.

    Turkey cannot quite attack a NATO member, and if they quit NATO, Sweden would be in. Although I am not sure that foreign seas qualify as NATO territory, so that might not matter.

    Russia probably does not have the right anti-ship stuff inside Syria at the exact moment, and the bases are too far away to interdict some stupid American thing at Gaza itself.

    There is nothing necessarily to stop Russia and Iran from loading Syria up with weapons to go after Israel--the Syrians having done practically nothing to Israel despite ongoing incursions. Nor to America at Al Tanf. Although it is in year 56 of a real war, they still have not shown any signs of heating the conflict. Not sure what to make of that.


    I am sure that "monitoring with weapons" means that if certain things appear on the monitor, the weapons will be used.

    Ukrainian losses now appear to exceed 1,000 per day, as if it were getting easier.


    Hit in the face with a balalaika...sheesh...I personally would not want to be on the receiving end of that, let alone these things they do when they are serious.

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    Shoigu announced the preparation of a request for the extradition of the Nazi Gunko, who spoke in the Parliament of Canada

    Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu instructed to prepare an appeal to Interpol and Canada for the extradition of the fugitive SS man Yaroslav Gunko, who was welcomed by the parliament in Ottawa along with the country's prime minister and the visiting Zelensky. According to Shoigu, there are direct facts indicating Gunko’s participation in atrocities against the Soviet population of the Lvov region, as well as the genocide of Jews and Poles.

    “The harboring of this Nazi criminal, on whose hands the blood of hundreds, if not thousands of our citizens, including children, cannot be justified by any reason,” Shoigu emphasized.

    The Canadian prime minister tried to clumsily apologize for the speech of a Nazi from the SS Galicia division. However, in the end he accused Russia of spreading “false propaganda.”

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    Shoigu announced the preparation of a request for the extradition of the Nazi Gunko, who spoke in the Parliament of Canada

    Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu instructed to prepare an appeal to Interpol and Canada for the extradition of the fugitive SS man Yaroslav Gunko, who was welcomed by the parliament in Ottawa along with the country's prime minister and the visiting Zelensky. According to Shoigu, there are direct facts indicating Gunko’s participation in atrocities against the Soviet population of the Lvov region, as well as the genocide of Jews and Poles.

    “The harboring of this Nazi criminal, on whose hands the blood of hundreds, if not thousands of our citizens, including children, cannot be justified by any reason,” Shoigu emphasized.

    The Canadian prime minister tried to clumsily apologize for the speech of a Nazi from the SS Galicia division. However, in the end he accused Russia of spreading “false propaganda.”

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    Putin visited the headquarters of the special military operation

    ▪️ Russian President Vladimir Putin , on his way from China, visited the headquarters of the Armed Forces of Russia in Rostov-on-Don, where he was informed about the course of a special military operation, said the spokesman of the Russian leader, Dmitry Peskov.

    🛻 The Head of State was welcomed by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov .

    https://x.com/Sprinter99800/status/1715236335747805534



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    Map of military operations and the situation on the fronts on the evening of October 19 from Readovka

    ⚔️The situation on the fronts over the past 24 hours:

    ⚫️Svatovo-Kremennoe direction

    The Russian army, having approached Liman the First, continues assault operations in the Sinkovka area. In addition, ours attacked near Makeevka.

    ⚫️Donetsk direction

    North of Avdeevka, our fighters occupied an enemy stronghold in the waste heap area. There are oncoming battles near the railway. To the south of the city, the Russian army advanced from the ring road. In addition, ours continue to storm enemy positions on the western outskirts of Marinka and Novomikhailovka.

    ⚫️ Zaporozhye direction

    In the Orekhovsky sector there are counter-fights - ours counterattacked west of Rabotino, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked near Verbovoy and Novoprokopovka.

    The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the destruction by Russian aviation of a Ukrainian MiG-29 in the Troitsky DPR region. Meanwhile, air defense systems in the Dnepropetrovsk region shot down an Air Force Su-25, as well as a Mi-8 over Zagryzovo, Kharkov region.

    The Russian army attacked an infrastructure facility in Pavlograd, where many important factories and enterprises for the Ukrainian Armed Forces are located. In addition, ours worked on objects 404 in the Stepovoye region, Nikolaev region, as well as in the Sumy region.

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