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passin' thru
Hella good song fer the dance floor; less impressive as geopolitical policy eh
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AlfaMan
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What people don't realize is that we just lost access to (and proxy control over) the world's largest yellowcake supplies. Whoever got us kicked out of Niger should be strung up. We've just relinquished control over the largest supplies of raw uranium in the world.
What idiots.
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BY THOMAS NEWDICK | PUBLISHED MAR 18, 2024 4:15 PM EDT
On the back of Vladimir Putin’s inevitable victory in Russia’s presidential election, the Kremlin has said that it’s looking at plans to create a so-called “buffer zone” in Ukrainian territory close to the border. While anything other than another term for President Putin would have been unthinkable, Moscow is now having to confront the threat of constant Ukrainian strikes on its own territory, and especially its critical energy sector. This, in addition to cross-border incursions by pro-Ukrainian forces that are more robust than they have been in the past, are examples of how things are becoming more complicated on the home front.
View: https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1769501956148437101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1769501956148437101%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
The idea of a buffer zone to protect Russian territory from Ukrainian attacks was raised by Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, who explained to reporters:
“Against the backdrop of drone attacks and the shelling of our territory — public facilities, residential buildings — measures must be taken to secure these territories. They can only be secured by creating some kind of buffer zone so that any means that the enemy uses to strike us are out of range.”
Clearly, such an ambition is entirely unrealistic, at this point, given the fact that Ukraine has repeatedly demonstrated its ability to use long-range drones to attack Russian targets as far away as Moscow and St. Petersburg. As noted earlier, Russian oil infrastructure has been subject to extensive attacks by Ukrainian drones in recent weeks and has had a major impact. Among recent targets have been oil facilities in Kaluga, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Ryazan, and Samara.
View: https://twitter.com/ELINTNews/status/1769179142979830072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1769179142979830072%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
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Nevertheless, there has been growing concern in Russia about the much more concerted attacks aimed against its border areas, especially in the Belgorod region, which has come under regular attack — including by artillery and rockets — since 2022.
Attacks on Belgorod were stepped up in the run-up to the Russian election and today the local governor said that another two people had been killed and four more injured by Ukrainian shelling. The latest strikes reportedly happened in the village of Nikolskoye.
View: https://twitter.com/NatalkaKyiv/status/1768712168608788576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1768712168608788576%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
After winning his fifth term as president, Putin also referenced the possibility of establishing a buffer zone:
“I do not exclude that, bearing in mind the tragic events taking place today, that we will be forced at some point, when we deem it appropriate, to create a certain ‘sanitary zone’ in the territories today under the Kyiv regime,” he said.
Putin added that such a zone might have to be big enough to stop foreign-made weapons from striking Russian territory. That ambition reveals the challenges of such a plan but also ignores the fact that, so far, Western-supplied long-range weapons have not been used to hit targets within Russia, only being used on Russian-occupied territory, including Crimea. Meanwhile, Ukraine is using domestically produced one-way attack drones, as well as converted Soviet-era jet-powered reconnaissance drones, to strike targets deep within the Russian Federation proper.
View: https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1768943116604555602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1768943116604555602%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
Were Russia to attempt to create some kind of buffer zone within Ukraine, the obvious candidate might well be the Kharkiv region. The Kremlin’s forces already seized much of this territory at the start of their full-scale invasion in February 2022, but by September of the same year, they had been removed from this area by Ukrainian counteroffensives.
Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak told Reuters today that Putin’s statement about the buffer zone is a clear declaration that the war will escalate.
“This is ... a direct manifest statement that the war will only escalate,” he said.
Meanwhile, Putin’s landslide election victory has been met with both fierce criticism and congratulations.
Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Putin and said that Beijing would continue to promote its partnership with Moscow.
“Your re-election is a full demonstration of the support of the Russian people for you,” Xi was quoted as saying by Xinhua News.
View: https://twitter.com/PDChina/status/1769650268826894372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1769650268826894372%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
Immediately prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Beijing and Moscow cemented their ties with a “no limits” partnership being declared.
The European Union said that the election took place under highly restricted conditions “exacerbated by Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine” and noted that no international observers were present.
The E.U. also said that “so-called elections” held in the territories of Ukraine that Russia has temporarily occupied were “null and void.”
“This has not been a free and fair election. It has been based on repression and intimidation,” said the E.U.’s chief diplomat, Josep Borrell.
View: https://twitter.com/JosepBorrellF/status/1769685831617335692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1769685831617335692%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
In the United States, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby, said: “The elections are obviously not free nor fair given how Mr. Putin has imprisoned political opponents and prevented others from running against him.”
Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom, one of Ukraine’s staunchest allies, U.K. Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron said that Putin’s election victory highlighted the “depth of repression” in Russia.
View: https://twitter.com/David_Cameron/status/1769436775473135966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1769436775473135966%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
“These Russian elections starkly underline the depth of repression under President Putin’s regime, which seeks to silence any opposition to his illegal war,” Cameron said.
The French Foreign Ministry slammed the Russian election for being neither free nor democratic while praising the courage of “the many Russian citizens who peacefully protested against this attack on their fundamental political rights.”
Among those seen casting their vote in the election was Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the general staff of the Russian Armed Forces and first deputy minister of defence. Gerasimov made a rare public appearance as he placed his vote together with Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu. The status of Gerasimov is often a point of inquiry and rumor. In recent weeks, there had been rumors that Gerasimov may have been killed in a Ukrainian attack on Saki in Crimea. The latest sighting should finally put that unconfirmed speculation to rest.
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Ukraine Situation Report: Putin Now Talking About Creating A “Buffer Zone”
In the wake of his election victory, Putin says he is considering a "buffer zone" to protect Russian territory from Ukrainian attacks.
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Ukraine Situation Report: Putin Now Talking About Creating A “Buffer Zone”
In the wake of his election victory, Putin says he is considering a “buffer zone” to protect Russian territory from Ukrainian attacks.BY THOMAS NEWDICK | PUBLISHED MAR 18, 2024 4:15 PM EDT
On the back of Vladimir Putin’s inevitable victory in Russia’s presidential election, the Kremlin has said that it’s looking at plans to create a so-called “buffer zone” in Ukrainian territory close to the border. While anything other than another term for President Putin would have been unthinkable, Moscow is now having to confront the threat of constant Ukrainian strikes on its own territory, and especially its critical energy sector. This, in addition to cross-border incursions by pro-Ukrainian forces that are more robust than they have been in the past, are examples of how things are becoming more complicated on the home front.
View: https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1769501956148437101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1769501956148437101%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
The idea of a buffer zone to protect Russian territory from Ukrainian attacks was raised by Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, who explained to reporters:
“Against the backdrop of drone attacks and the shelling of our territory — public facilities, residential buildings — measures must be taken to secure these territories. They can only be secured by creating some kind of buffer zone so that any means that the enemy uses to strike us are out of range.”
Clearly, such an ambition is entirely unrealistic, at this point, given the fact that Ukraine has repeatedly demonstrated its ability to use long-range drones to attack Russian targets as far away as Moscow and St. Petersburg. As noted earlier, Russian oil infrastructure has been subject to extensive attacks by Ukrainian drones in recent weeks and has had a major impact. Among recent targets have been oil facilities in Kaluga, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Ryazan, and Samara.
View: https://twitter.com/ELINTNews/status/1769179142979830072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1769179142979830072%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
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Nevertheless, there has been growing concern in Russia about the much more concerted attacks aimed against its border areas, especially in the Belgorod region, which has come under regular attack — including by artillery and rockets — since 2022.
Attacks on Belgorod were stepped up in the run-up to the Russian election and today the local governor said that another two people had been killed and four more injured by Ukrainian shelling. The latest strikes reportedly happened in the village of Nikolskoye.
View: https://twitter.com/NatalkaKyiv/status/1768712168608788576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1768712168608788576%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
After winning his fifth term as president, Putin also referenced the possibility of establishing a buffer zone:
“I do not exclude that, bearing in mind the tragic events taking place today, that we will be forced at some point, when we deem it appropriate, to create a certain ‘sanitary zone’ in the territories today under the Kyiv regime,” he said.
Putin added that such a zone might have to be big enough to stop foreign-made weapons from striking Russian territory. That ambition reveals the challenges of such a plan but also ignores the fact that, so far, Western-supplied long-range weapons have not been used to hit targets within Russia, only being used on Russian-occupied territory, including Crimea. Meanwhile, Ukraine is using domestically produced one-way attack drones, as well as converted Soviet-era jet-powered reconnaissance drones, to strike targets deep within the Russian Federation proper.
View: https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1768943116604555602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1768943116604555602%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
Were Russia to attempt to create some kind of buffer zone within Ukraine, the obvious candidate might well be the Kharkiv region. The Kremlin’s forces already seized much of this territory at the start of their full-scale invasion in February 2022, but by September of the same year, they had been removed from this area by Ukrainian counteroffensives.
Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak told Reuters today that Putin’s statement about the buffer zone is a clear declaration that the war will escalate.
“This is ... a direct manifest statement that the war will only escalate,” he said.
Meanwhile, Putin’s landslide election victory has been met with both fierce criticism and congratulations.
Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Putin and said that Beijing would continue to promote its partnership with Moscow.
“Your re-election is a full demonstration of the support of the Russian people for you,” Xi was quoted as saying by Xinhua News.
View: https://twitter.com/PDChina/status/1769650268826894372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1769650268826894372%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
Immediately prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Beijing and Moscow cemented their ties with a “no limits” partnership being declared.
The European Union said that the election took place under highly restricted conditions “exacerbated by Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine” and noted that no international observers were present.
The E.U. also said that “so-called elections” held in the territories of Ukraine that Russia has temporarily occupied were “null and void.”
“This has not been a free and fair election. It has been based on repression and intimidation,” said the E.U.’s chief diplomat, Josep Borrell.
View: https://twitter.com/JosepBorrellF/status/1769685831617335692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1769685831617335692%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
In the United States, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby, said: “The elections are obviously not free nor fair given how Mr. Putin has imprisoned political opponents and prevented others from running against him.”
Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom, one of Ukraine’s staunchest allies, U.K. Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron said that Putin’s election victory highlighted the “depth of repression” in Russia.
View: https://twitter.com/David_Cameron/status/1769436775473135966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1769436775473135966%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
“These Russian elections starkly underline the depth of repression under President Putin’s regime, which seeks to silence any opposition to his illegal war,” Cameron said.
The French Foreign Ministry slammed the Russian election for being neither free nor democratic while praising the courage of “the many Russian citizens who peacefully protested against this attack on their fundamental political rights.”
Among those seen casting their vote in the election was Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the general staff of the Russian Armed Forces and first deputy minister of defence. Gerasimov made a rare public appearance as he placed his vote together with Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu. The status of Gerasimov is often a point of inquiry and rumor. In recent weeks, there had been rumors that Gerasimov may have been killed in a Ukrainian attack on Saki in Crimea. The latest sighting should finally put that unconfirmed speculation to rest.
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Before diving into more developments from the conflict in Ukraine, The War Zone readers can review our previous coverage here.
At the time, the Russian Ministry of Defense said “terrorist formations” had tried to invade Russia’s Belgorod region, with an attack launched in three directions, supported by tanks and other armored fighting vehicles. The Russians also said that another four attacks were repulsed in Russia’s Kursk region. Three separate groups were reportedly involved: the Freedom of Russia Legion, the Siberian Battalion, and the Russian Volunteer Corps.
A Ukrainian journalist, Andriy Tsaplienko, shared a video of an explosion on Friday that he says provided evidence of a VKS airstrike on Russian soil.
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A volunteer from the Freedom of Russia Legion told Newsweek that the rebel fighters plan to eventually “march on Moscow,” to achieve their goal of the “liberation of Russia from Putin.” The fighter added: “We may not be able to pull it off now, but that is our overarching mission.”
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In an interview over the weekend, French President Emmanuel Macron said that Western ground operations in Ukraine might be necessary “at some point.”
The statement comes a month after Macron refused to rule out putting troops on the ground in Ukraine, something that caused no little consternation among some other European allies.
Despite that — and a predictably hostile reception from Russia — the French president has not backed down from his position.
“Maybe at some point — I don’t want it, I won’t take the initiative — we will have to have operations on the ground, whatever they may be, to counter the Russian forces,” Macron told newspaper Le Parisien in an interview.
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Russian drone and missile attacks against Ukraine continue. The Ukrainian Air Force claimed that of the 22 drones launched by Russia overnight, its defenses destroyed 17. The air force also wrote on Telegram that Russia launched seven missiles against Ukraine overnight, although it’s unclear what targets they hit and if any were intercepted.
The video below shows the purported destruction of an Iranian-designed Shahed-type drone over Odesa by Ukrainian air defenses on the previous night.
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Over the weekend there were reports from Ukraine of dozens of Russian attacks close to the border, with officials claiming that there were more than 60 shelling incidents in the district of Sumy, northeastern Ukraine, on Sunday alone; these are said to have killed one person. Previous heavy shelling by Russia had led to a mass evacuation of the Sumy region having been launched late last week.
Ukrainian officials also said that one person was killed and at least eight injured in a Russian missile attack on the Black Sea port city of Mykolaiv, also on Sunday.
Russian tactical nuclear weapons have arrived in neighboring Belarus, according to unnamed Western officials, speaking to Foreign Policy. Plans to move the weapons — understood to be air-dropped freefall bombs — several hundred miles closer to NATO territory had been outlined in June last year, but there had not been confirmation from officials that they had arrived there until now.
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Authorities in the pro-Russia region of Transnistria, in Moldova, blamed Ukraine for what they said was a drone strike on a helicopter at a military base in the breakaway republic on Sunday. A video appeared across social media showing a drone flying toward a Mi-8 Hip helicopter, which then burst into flames.
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Moldova’s Bureau for Reintegration Policies said in a statement that after examining video footage, they “do not confirm any attack” on Transnistria and called it “an attempt to cause fear and panic in the region.”
There are certainly very legitimate questions about the incident as depicted in the video. First, it’s notable that the helicopter has been out of action for at least several years, based on satellite imagery.
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The fact that a video camera was set up and able to record the moment of the purported drone strike is also puzzling, while open-source imagery analysts have raised several issues with the apparent path of the drone toward the helicopter, as the drone suddenly disappears from the footage. Speculation has also been raised about the nature of the explosion, which seems to have more in common with a detonation outward from inside the helicopter, rather than it having been struck by an external object.
View: https://twitter.com/SanderRegter/status/1769431757655249315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1769431757655249315%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
Nevertheless, the incident is symptomatic of tensions surrounding Transnistria.
Earlier this year, officials in Transnistria requested from Russia for protection against what it says is a concerted campaign directed against its economy by the Moldovan government.
There have also been reports suggesting that Transnistria may be poised to stage a referendum on its potential annexation by Russia.
The breakaway republic already receives economic and military support from Moscow, including around 1,500 Russian soldiers stationed on Transnistrian soil.
In the past, Moscow has also tried pushing the narrative that Ukraine is poised to make a military move against the region, without any evidence to back those claims.
Russia has lost examples of its TOS-1A thermobaric rocket launchers in the past, notably to Ukrainian drones. The results, however, are never less than dramatic, with the thermobaric rockets used by the system resulting in enormous secondary explosions, sending debris flying in all directions. The same is true of this apparently recent engagement, again pitting a Ukrainian drone against the notorious TOS-1.
View: https://twitter.com/SythUK/status/1768385592746705186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1768385592746705186%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
Somewhat older developments from the battlefield next, but no less interesting. The following video is said to have been taken in late February, during house-to-house fighting in Krasnohorivka, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
According to information provided along with the video, the footage was recorded by Ukrainian soldiers of the 3rd Assault Brigade, using GoPro cameras. The combat took place as the brigade prevented an attempted Russian breakthrough and ended with the Ukrainians clearing Krasnohorivka of enemy forces.
“We were assigned this task at 2:00 a.m. and in the morning we left,” Estet, a platoon commander with the 1st Assault Company, 2nd Assault Battalion, recalled.
Estet says that the Russians ignored the offer to surrender.
“Their skills were not at a high level,” Darvin, the acting commander of the 3rd Assault Company, added. “But the level of resilience and motivation was good. Even when they were surrounded, although they had no opportunity to retreat or run away, because they would have been killed immediately, they still fought and fought back. It cost us some effort to destroy them.”
While the Ukrainians relied heavily on grenades and first-person-view (FPV) drones, the video also shows how they used an M113 armored personnel carrier to ensure a rapid evacuation of casualties. They were ultimately successful in holding Krasnohorivka, denying the Russians a potential bridgehead for breaking through the front line.
The extensive Russian efforts to use electronic warfare on the battlefield appear to have led to a new development.
View: https://twitter.com/giammaiot2/status/1767893992488726989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1767893992488726989%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
According to Russian reports, the mobile Borshchevik system is designed to detect Starlink terminals — which provide high-speed internet connections vital to Ukrainian battlefield communications — and the first examples are now being completed.
The same account claims that the mobile direction-finding complex “can detect the location of Starlink terminals at a distance of up to 10 kilometers [6.2 miles] with an accuracy of 60 meters [66 yards].”
“The complex can be installed on a vehicle chassis, which makes it convenient to use on the front line,” the source adds.
Details are now available for the following electronic warfare complex, described as a multi-frequency system and apparently seen undergoing trials in the Kherson region in southern Ukraine. The video is, however, further evidence that Ukraine is working hard to keep up with Russian developments in this field, in which it was regarded as something of a leader — at least prior to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
View: https://twitter.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1768004510243262541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1768004510243262541%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
A new video reveals that Ukraine has received at least one more U.S.-made UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, following the appearance last year of the first example in service with the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, or GUR.
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Before diving into more developments from the conflict in Ukraine, The War Zone readers can review our previous coverage here.
The Latest
While the Kremlin talks up the possibility of a buffer zone in Ukraine, it also appears to be having problems closer to home, with strikes on its territory by its own military. Reports state that the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have been bombing targets within Russian Federation borders, part of the fallout of the cross-border raids launched by pro-Ukrainian forces last week.At the time, the Russian Ministry of Defense said “terrorist formations” had tried to invade Russia’s Belgorod region, with an attack launched in three directions, supported by tanks and other armored fighting vehicles. The Russians also said that another four attacks were repulsed in Russia’s Kursk region. Three separate groups were reportedly involved: the Freedom of Russia Legion, the Siberian Battalion, and the Russian Volunteer Corps.
A Ukrainian journalist, Andriy Tsaplienko, shared a video of an explosion on Friday that he says provided evidence of a VKS airstrike on Russian soil.
View: https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1768971549065834535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1768971549065834535%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
A volunteer from the Freedom of Russia Legion told Newsweek that the rebel fighters plan to eventually “march on Moscow,” to achieve their goal of the “liberation of Russia from Putin.” The fighter added: “We may not be able to pull it off now, but that is our overarching mission.”
View: https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1769677455411810517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1769677455411810517%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
In an interview over the weekend, French President Emmanuel Macron said that Western ground operations in Ukraine might be necessary “at some point.”
The statement comes a month after Macron refused to rule out putting troops on the ground in Ukraine, something that caused no little consternation among some other European allies.
Despite that — and a predictably hostile reception from Russia — the French president has not backed down from his position.
“Maybe at some point — I don’t want it, I won’t take the initiative — we will have to have operations on the ground, whatever they may be, to counter the Russian forces,” Macron told newspaper Le Parisien in an interview.
View: https://twitter.com/banderafella/status/1768364382038196559?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1768364382038196559%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
Russian drone and missile attacks against Ukraine continue. The Ukrainian Air Force claimed that of the 22 drones launched by Russia overnight, its defenses destroyed 17. The air force also wrote on Telegram that Russia launched seven missiles against Ukraine overnight, although it’s unclear what targets they hit and if any were intercepted.
The video below shows the purported destruction of an Iranian-designed Shahed-type drone over Odesa by Ukrainian air defenses on the previous night.
View: https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1769728441748689008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1769728441748689008%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
Over the weekend there were reports from Ukraine of dozens of Russian attacks close to the border, with officials claiming that there were more than 60 shelling incidents in the district of Sumy, northeastern Ukraine, on Sunday alone; these are said to have killed one person. Previous heavy shelling by Russia had led to a mass evacuation of the Sumy region having been launched late last week.
Ukrainian officials also said that one person was killed and at least eight injured in a Russian missile attack on the Black Sea port city of Mykolaiv, also on Sunday.
Russian tactical nuclear weapons have arrived in neighboring Belarus, according to unnamed Western officials, speaking to Foreign Policy. Plans to move the weapons — understood to be air-dropped freefall bombs — several hundred miles closer to NATO territory had been outlined in June last year, but there had not been confirmation from officials that they had arrived there until now.
View: https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1768386613908799829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1768386613908799829%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
Authorities in the pro-Russia region of Transnistria, in Moldova, blamed Ukraine for what they said was a drone strike on a helicopter at a military base in the breakaway republic on Sunday. A video appeared across social media showing a drone flying toward a Mi-8 Hip helicopter, which then burst into flames.
View: https://twitter.com/Faytuks/status/1769387878356766950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1769387878356766950%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
Moldova’s Bureau for Reintegration Policies said in a statement that after examining video footage, they “do not confirm any attack” on Transnistria and called it “an attempt to cause fear and panic in the region.”
There are certainly very legitimate questions about the incident as depicted in the video. First, it’s notable that the helicopter has been out of action for at least several years, based on satellite imagery.
View: https://twitter.com/vcdgf555/status/1769396365397008850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1769396365397008850%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
The fact that a video camera was set up and able to record the moment of the purported drone strike is also puzzling, while open-source imagery analysts have raised several issues with the apparent path of the drone toward the helicopter, as the drone suddenly disappears from the footage. Speculation has also been raised about the nature of the explosion, which seems to have more in common with a detonation outward from inside the helicopter, rather than it having been struck by an external object.
View: https://twitter.com/SanderRegter/status/1769431757655249315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1769431757655249315%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
Nevertheless, the incident is symptomatic of tensions surrounding Transnistria.
Earlier this year, officials in Transnistria requested from Russia for protection against what it says is a concerted campaign directed against its economy by the Moldovan government.
There have also been reports suggesting that Transnistria may be poised to stage a referendum on its potential annexation by Russia.
The breakaway republic already receives economic and military support from Moscow, including around 1,500 Russian soldiers stationed on Transnistrian soil.
In the past, Moscow has also tried pushing the narrative that Ukraine is poised to make a military move against the region, without any evidence to back those claims.
Russia has lost examples of its TOS-1A thermobaric rocket launchers in the past, notably to Ukrainian drones. The results, however, are never less than dramatic, with the thermobaric rockets used by the system resulting in enormous secondary explosions, sending debris flying in all directions. The same is true of this apparently recent engagement, again pitting a Ukrainian drone against the notorious TOS-1.
View: https://twitter.com/SythUK/status/1768385592746705186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1768385592746705186%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
Somewhat older developments from the battlefield next, but no less interesting. The following video is said to have been taken in late February, during house-to-house fighting in Krasnohorivka, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
According to information provided along with the video, the footage was recorded by Ukrainian soldiers of the 3rd Assault Brigade, using GoPro cameras. The combat took place as the brigade prevented an attempted Russian breakthrough and ended with the Ukrainians clearing Krasnohorivka of enemy forces.
“We were assigned this task at 2:00 a.m. and in the morning we left,” Estet, a platoon commander with the 1st Assault Company, 2nd Assault Battalion, recalled.
Estet says that the Russians ignored the offer to surrender.
“Their skills were not at a high level,” Darvin, the acting commander of the 3rd Assault Company, added. “But the level of resilience and motivation was good. Even when they were surrounded, although they had no opportunity to retreat or run away, because they would have been killed immediately, they still fought and fought back. It cost us some effort to destroy them.”
While the Ukrainians relied heavily on grenades and first-person-view (FPV) drones, the video also shows how they used an M113 armored personnel carrier to ensure a rapid evacuation of casualties. They were ultimately successful in holding Krasnohorivka, denying the Russians a potential bridgehead for breaking through the front line.
The extensive Russian efforts to use electronic warfare on the battlefield appear to have led to a new development.
View: https://twitter.com/giammaiot2/status/1767893992488726989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1767893992488726989%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
According to Russian reports, the mobile Borshchevik system is designed to detect Starlink terminals — which provide high-speed internet connections vital to Ukrainian battlefield communications — and the first examples are now being completed.
The same account claims that the mobile direction-finding complex “can detect the location of Starlink terminals at a distance of up to 10 kilometers [6.2 miles] with an accuracy of 60 meters [66 yards].”
“The complex can be installed on a vehicle chassis, which makes it convenient to use on the front line,” the source adds.
Details are now available for the following electronic warfare complex, described as a multi-frequency system and apparently seen undergoing trials in the Kherson region in southern Ukraine. The video is, however, further evidence that Ukraine is working hard to keep up with Russian developments in this field, in which it was regarded as something of a leader — at least prior to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
View: https://twitter.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1768004510243262541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1768004510243262541%7Ctwgr%5E2521aeb6ca6aa47eb5b9b46da4b858004f03f184%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.twz.com%2Fnews-features%2Fukraine-situation-report-putin-now-talking-about-creating-a-buffer-zone
A new video reveals that Ukraine has received at least one more U.S.-made UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, following the appearance last year of the first example in service with the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, or GUR.
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von Koehler
Has No Life - Lives on TB
The main problem with the Russian idea of a buffer zone is that encompasses the whole of Europa
von Koehler
Has No Life - Lives on TB
3:19 minutes
Congratulations? to Putin's sham election victory.
Well with the US and EU shutting down their Nuke Power plants and Russia being the world leader in Nuclear Power - not a problem - I am sure Russia will be glad to help them mine and process the yellowcake (uranium).
You get results - you get elected.
DD Geopolitics
Do you want to know why the West hates Putin? Because Putin is good for Russia and is making it stronger. Follow: https://t.me/RussianBaZa
t.me
Putin Wins, Ukraine is Losing and Israel Doubles Down — My Weekly chat with the Judge
The West just can’t handle the truth — i.e., Vladimir Putin enjoys great popularity and easily won re-election. The whining and carping from Western political leaders filled the legacy media as they insisted Russia held a sham, illegal election. Boo hoo. After the debacle in 2020 and the subsequent imprisonment of hundreds of Trump supporters with unfounded charges of insurrection, the United States is in no position to lecture any other country about free and fair elections. It is hypocrisy on steroids.
Prior to the election, Western pollsters learned, much to their surprise, that Putin held an 86% favorability rating. Almost eight out of ten eligible Russians voted in the Presidential election and gave Putin 87% of the vote. The Russian police and military were not roaming the cities and towns forcing people to the polls nor are Russians who do not vote threatened with economic or criminal sanctions. Even the voters in the war torn republics of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporhyzhia turned out in force to vote. My friend, Pepe Escobar, was in Avdeevka to witness the voters lining up and doing their duty as new members of the Russian Federation.
One of the most remarkable moments in the aftermath of the election was Vladimir Putin appearing in Red Square with the three opposition political candidates who ran against him. All four men spoke to the crowd and pledged their allegiance to Mother Russia. Even the Communist candidate, who garnered around 4% of the vote, displayed no rancor and enthusiastically celebrated the 10th anniversary of Crimea’s return to the Russian Federation.
von Koehler
Has No Life - Lives on TB
About two minutes
Russian election officials forcing homeowner to vote for Putin or else.
You threaten, you get votes for Putin.
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Cedar Lake
Connecticut Yankee
Putin is a excellent leader for the Russian peoples.You get results - you get elected.
View attachment 465935DD Geopolitics
Do you want to know why the West hates Putin? Because Putin is good for Russia and is making it stronger. Follow: https://t.me/RussianBaZa
Looks more like Dem Vote Harvesting for Biden in the last election
As for the ones who voted "wrong" and went to DC to protest this Vote Harvesting - tossed in jail for years - and still being hunted down by Biden
Ukraine's Demographics Again Dictate To End The Fight
Been covered before but given the latest Visit to Ukraine by Sen. Lindsey Graham and his push that Ukrainian lawmakers quickly pass a mobilization bill that would make more citizens eligible to be drafted into the military, and he sharply questioned exempting men under 27 from the fight. Other US Neo-Cons are pushing for 18.Only problem - there is almost no one in that age group.
Good review of this topic on MoA.
The neoconservatives have launched their probably last attempt to save their project in Ukraine.
von Koehler
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Russian demographics are as bad and for the same reason: huge losses in WWII.
Using "meat wave" attacks resulting in colossal loses. Russia is still using these exact same tactics today, resulting in huge casualties.
In addition with the collapse of the Soviet Union, it is much smaller than in the 1940's.
This Russian invasion was perhaps inevitable considering that they will not have enough draft age men in the future.
At the rate Russia is advancing, it will take them decades to reach Kviv and at the cost of all their military age men.
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Haybails
When In Doubt, Throttle Out!
I don't want Russian bombers a couple miles off the US coast (in Cuba, for example) . . . so, I can totally understand their desire for the same (or opposite, if that's the correct term).
HB
Haybails
When In Doubt, Throttle Out!
von Koehler
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Not relevant in the age of intercontinental missiles which can reach their targets in minutes.
A buffer zone is meaningless, for both America and Russia.
And Russia in its paranoia, completely overlooks whether their targeted "buffer zone" wants to be included in a new Russian empire or not.
That's why some of the serious supporters of Ukraine are either former Soviet Republics or Warsaw pact members. They remember what it was like to be under the control of Moscow.
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Haybails
When In Doubt, Throttle Out!
wait-n-see
Veteran Member
In this day when we get numberless videos of drone strikes, artillery strikes, small unit fights, commentary from men n the trenches and fighting positions ...... not a single verified video showing a "human" or "meat" wave attack. Why could that be?
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Breaking The Myth of Russian “Human Wave” Attacks
Runt time - 21:59Feb 27, 2024
Debunking military tactics used on the battlefield of Ukraine. To do so, I will also do a historical comparison by looking into the Korean War and the Iran-Iraq War.
Sorry for posting this so late; I dug up the song and then neglected to hit "reply"! But wow, not bad rockin' for 1966 - go Detroit!Hella good song fer the dance floor; less impressive as geopolitical policy eh
But I would consider the song much better and longer-lasting than the present Miss Molly's meager efforts at bullying diplomacy. Maybe she wants to fill the heavy-handed Nuland's place.
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jward
passin' thru
Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
BREAKING:
Poland and Germany are creating an “international armored vehicle coalition” for Ukraine.
The UK, Italy and Sweden have said that they will join it too
Looks like Ukraine will get a new batch of tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carrier
View: https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1770053368599179317?s=20
@visegrad24
BREAKING:
Poland and Germany are creating an “international armored vehicle coalition” for Ukraine.
The UK, Italy and Sweden have said that they will join it too
Looks like Ukraine will get a new batch of tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carrier
View: https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1770053368599179317?s=20
Old Greek
Veteran Member
The Italian tanks only have a reverse gear!
Good to know’
The Italian tanks only have a reverse gear!
Budget and doctrine not keeping up with moves by the Mussolini regime.
I have to wonder what the delivery timeline is seen for this, never mind what exactly would be supplied?
Cedar Lake
Connecticut Yankee
So why is NATO/E..U. so afraid of Russia if that's true?
What is really wrong with Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, France,
Belgium, Netherlands, etc.?
Or is it that NATO/E.U. nations are naturally Anti-Slav Russia-phobics and just want to take/steal Russia's natural resources?
Like they tried to do during WWII.
von Koehler
Has No Life - Lives on TB
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wait-n-see
Veteran Member
How Does Russia Keep Hitting High Value Targets?
Run time - 10:56
Mar 15, 2024
Over the past few weeks Russia has shown a new ability to conduct dynamic targeting, striking multiple high value and high payoff targets well behind the line of contact. I believe we’re seeing a change in the Russian targeting process that coincides with a reduction in Ukrainian short range air defense munitions.
Now all they need are FRENCH Tank Crews - sounds like a plan.
Tom McDowell
BAMN
SITREP 3/19/24: French Military Openly Floats 20,000 Troop Deployment
Things keep ratcheting up in Ukraine, with France continuing its saber-rattling escalatory spiral. Let’s quickly run down the new separate signals being sent from all across NATO: In a new Le Parisien piece, Macron reportedly reiterated the eventual need for ground troops to save Ukraine:
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If you could send the crews, support elements and command staffs thru Irwin or GTA before deployment.....
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Cedar Lake
Connecticut Yankee
The Ukraine ambassador to Australia is upset that this has been made available to viewers:
So may be worth viewing before it is taken down.
Ukraine's War: The Other Side
Does need a Russian speaker to watch it and check on the subtitles and also what was being said that was not translated.
The BBC 'reporter' had a translator with him, but his voice could not be heard when translating for the BBC clown.
So may be worth viewing before it is taken down.
Ukraine's War: The Other Side
Does need a Russian speaker to watch it and check on the subtitles and also what was being said that was not translated.
The BBC 'reporter' had a translator with him, but his voice could not be heard when translating for the BBC clown.
Cedar Lake
Connecticut Yankee
Since
1. French troops are already deployed to Ukraine (and have been killed in noticeable numbers, particularly with that one missile strike in Kharkov),
2. French special forces have been in Ukraine even before the beginning of the SMO,
3. a French presence on the ground would not have a game-changing military impact (they'd have to deploy their entire combat-ready Armed Forces to actually change the situation, and even then it's doubtful how much they could actually achieve), it has to be assumed that the only actual purpose of openly announcing and sending French troops in an official capacity is that the French government believes they can render certain areas or targets off limits for Russian advances and strikes because they assume the Russian government would be afraid to attack French troops.
t.me
Note:
The French gov't does not remember the French SF helicopters trying desperately to rescue NATO Officers from The Azovstal Metallurgical Combine, located in Mariupol in June of 2022.
1. French troops are already deployed to Ukraine (and have been killed in noticeable numbers, particularly with that one missile strike in Kharkov),
2. French special forces have been in Ukraine even before the beginning of the SMO,
3. a French presence on the ground would not have a game-changing military impact (they'd have to deploy their entire combat-ready Armed Forces to actually change the situation, and even then it's doubtful how much they could actually achieve), it has to be assumed that the only actual purpose of openly announcing and sending French troops in an official capacity is that the French government believes they can render certain areas or targets off limits for Russian advances and strikes because they assume the Russian government would be afraid to attack French troops.
Geroman
Since 1. French troops are already deployed to Ukraine (and have been killed in noticeable numbers, particularly with that one missile strike in Kharkov), 2. French special forces have been in Ukraine even before the beginning of the SMO, 3. a French presence on the ground would not have a...
t.me
Note:
The French gov't does not remember the French SF helicopters trying desperately to rescue NATO Officers from The Azovstal Metallurgical Combine, located in Mariupol in June of 2022.
Cedar Lake
Connecticut Yankee
Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin writes:
The current leadership of France does not care about the death of ordinary Frenchmen and the concerns of the regions. According to data received by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, a contingent is already being prepared to be sent to Ukraine. At the initial stage it will be about 2 thousand people.
The French military fears that such a significant unit will not be able to remain unnoticed while transferred to Ukraine and stationed there. Thus, it will become a priority legitimate target for attacks from the Russian armed forces. This means that the fate of all the French who have ever come to the territory of the Russian World with a sword awaits such a unit.
Macron will sooner or later have to reveal the ugly truth, but he will strive to delay the confession as much as possible. The Elysee Palace is aware that the number of French deaths has already exceeded a psychologically significant threshold.
The release of such sensitive data can provoke citizens to protest, especially against the backdrop of massive anti-government protests by farmers across the country.
The French army is now noticeably concerned about the increased number of French people killed in Ukraine. Only as a result of the destruction by the Russian Armed Forces of a temporary deployment point for foreigners near Kharkov on January 17, dozens of French citizens were killed, and since then such attacks have become the norm in the Ukrainian conflict.
As the French Ministry of Armed Forces unofficially admits, the country has not seen such losses abroad since the Algerian War in the second half of the 20th century.
The military leadership also fears discontent among current mid-level French army officers. There is a disproportionate number of them among the dead, and already at this stage there are problems with finding “volunteers” to rotate and replace those who left the Ukrainian theater of military operations.
In Paris, they carefully hide not only the number of losses, but also the very fact of the involvement of the French military in Ukraine. Because of this, the departments involved are rushing around in search of solutions to practical issues: the dead must be buried, compensation must be paid to families and pensions for disabled people. All this requires proper documentation, and further “double accounting of death” is fraught with lawsuits from disgruntled relatives.
t.me
Note: Thus, it (they) will become a priority legitimate target for attacks from the Russian armed forces.
Just like the Poles, the British, and other Europeans since the beginning of Russia's SMO.
Already attrited.
The current leadership of France does not care about the death of ordinary Frenchmen and the concerns of the regions. According to data received by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, a contingent is already being prepared to be sent to Ukraine. At the initial stage it will be about 2 thousand people.
The French military fears that such a significant unit will not be able to remain unnoticed while transferred to Ukraine and stationed there. Thus, it will become a priority legitimate target for attacks from the Russian armed forces. This means that the fate of all the French who have ever come to the territory of the Russian World with a sword awaits such a unit.
Macron will sooner or later have to reveal the ugly truth, but he will strive to delay the confession as much as possible. The Elysee Palace is aware that the number of French deaths has already exceeded a psychologically significant threshold.
The release of such sensitive data can provoke citizens to protest, especially against the backdrop of massive anti-government protests by farmers across the country.
The French army is now noticeably concerned about the increased number of French people killed in Ukraine. Only as a result of the destruction by the Russian Armed Forces of a temporary deployment point for foreigners near Kharkov on January 17, dozens of French citizens were killed, and since then such attacks have become the norm in the Ukrainian conflict.
As the French Ministry of Armed Forces unofficially admits, the country has not seen such losses abroad since the Algerian War in the second half of the 20th century.
The military leadership also fears discontent among current mid-level French army officers. There is a disproportionate number of them among the dead, and already at this stage there are problems with finding “volunteers” to rotate and replace those who left the Ukrainian theater of military operations.
In Paris, they carefully hide not only the number of losses, but also the very fact of the involvement of the French military in Ukraine. Because of this, the departments involved are rushing around in search of solutions to practical issues: the dead must be buried, compensation must be paid to families and pensions for disabled people. All this requires proper documentation, and further “double accounting of death” is fraught with lawsuits from disgruntled relatives.
Slavyangrad
Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin writes: ▫️The current leadership of France does not care about the death of ordinary Frenchmen and the concerns of the regions. According to data received by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, a contingent is already being...
t.me
Note: Thus, it (they) will become a priority legitimate target for attacks from the Russian armed forces.
Just like the Poles, the British, and other Europeans since the beginning of Russia's SMO.
Already attrited.
Sweetwood
Senior Member
ICBMs are a 20-30 minutes from launch to target. Other deployments systems, SLBMs(depending on proximity) and shorter range ballistic missiles are in the range of 5-10 minutes. In a first or retaliation strike that time makes a huge difference.
Cedar Lake
Connecticut Yankee
Hmmm...... Russia processes, produces & provides the nuclear rods for the nuclear power plants worldwide.
A percentage of power plants have a 1-2 year supply of these rods on hand. Interesting that they are not sanctioned by the E.U., Canada, U.S., Australia, Japan, South Korea.
So if Russia ''sanctioned'' or simply no longer does business with these nations,
then in a couple of years, Europe goes dark?
Nuclear plants shuttered?
Burns cheap natural gas, nope.
Nordstream 1 & 2 destroyed.
All 1st world nations have electricity and borders, Europe might not have either.
Cedar Lake
Connecticut Yankee
French Troops in Ukraine May Be Play by Macron to Propel Himself to Status of 21st Century Sun King
3 hours ago:
"France's Defense Ministry denies the presence of French soldiers in Ukraine, or plans to send forces to the conflict-torn Eastern European country."
France now says they are backing down, the old Eastern European quagmire, so true.
Hmmm...so what did Russia say?
3 hours ago:
"France's Defense Ministry denies the presence of French soldiers in Ukraine, or plans to send forces to the conflict-torn Eastern European country."
France now says they are backing down, the old Eastern European quagmire, so true.
Hmmm...so what did Russia say?
CaryC
Has No Life - Lives on TB
I'm an arm chair quarterback so may not be relevant, but my thought was "drones". It's the new angle on warfare.
There are probably global drones but I'm thinking of cheap not long range, but low flying (under radar) with a small payload, which can hit something that will go up big.
So will need to be positioned close - Cuba. As compared to Venezuela.
And as I understand it, was the reason for ending the Cuban missile crisis. We take our missiles out of Turkey, they take theirs out of Cuba.
No Communist entity will allow a free democratic entity adjacent to it's borders. There must be a buffer in between. When the Commies took over the Czechoslovakia Republic in 1948, they quickly created a buffer between them and Germany. My Grt Grandfather's ancestral home was in the buffer. It was obliterated.
Mark D
Now running for Emperor.
The Buffer Zone conversation applies to short and medium range ballistic missiles that don't provide 15-20 minutes worth of warning; both sides view those as First Strike weapons. The Buffer Zone conversation also applies to Russia's history of being invaded (alot), and their almost genetic desire for more easily secured approach points for enemy land forces... Their "Paranoia" isn't all that misplaced, especially considering the West's track record of overstepping agreed upon boundaries ever since the Wall fell.
The West had a brief moment during the Clinton administration, where we could have brought the Russians in from the cold and made them our friends, but apparently, the West preferred something more confrontational... Can you imagine the prosperity that would have occurred if Western Europe and Eastern Europe all decided to play nice? But, as history show CLEARLY, Europeans LOVE to fight with each other. So, we get what we have today.