Running Newsticker for the War in Ukraine

I laughed my butt off at the Slovak gentleman's description of Orban. “Funny” how history repeats itself in that Hungary was one of a s all handful of Central European countries who were NAZI friendly.

 

Yes NATO strong but spare parts weak it seems.

 

Iran is a bastion of terrorism so what else but evil can we expect from the Iraniacs.

 

Some of the guys of AZOV are out there in the far right wing orbit of Uranus but I have to admit that they have shown to be tough fighters. Tattoos are stupid in my opinion but I admit that in Vietnam I almost got one that said “F#$& You Ho Chi Minh “ but then I sobered up.

 

Those are cool indeed ……

 

It was one beautiful failure … a missile named Satan burns like it was launched in the fires of hell. Ha ha ha

 

Wrecked Russian tank placed outside embassy in Berlin
Wrecked Russian tank placed outside embassy in Berlin


A wrecked Russian T-72 tank, secured from the Ukrainian village of Dmytrivka outside Kyiv, is displayed near the Brandenburg Gate during an event to mark the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Berlin, Feb. 24. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)
A destroyed Russian tank placed outside Russia’s embassy in Berlin was gaining attention on the streets and social media Friday, on the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The tank is a wrecked Russian T-72 that was destroyed during fighting in Kyiv in March last year, close to Bucha, organizers said in a statement. Germans lined up to take selfies and hold up Ukrainian flags near the Brandenburg Gate during an event to mark the anniversary of Russia’s invasion.

Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany said in a brief statement that he would visit the exhibit, calling it an expression of solidarity. It was organized by Enno Lenze and Wieland Giebel from the Berlin Story Bunker, a civil society group. “I saw the murder and terror against the population with my own eyes on every visit,” said Lenze, who traveled to Ukraine. “On the other hand, I want to take a clear stand at the right place in Berlin.”. . . .

 

Germany has increased its number of 2A6 by 4, with Portugal and Sweden as Partners they have a Battalion together.

May Wotan bless Germany richly.

 

Good news…

 

Russian officials hold defiant celebration in D.C. embassy

A Washington, D.C., embassy party commemorating the founding of the Red Army was crashed by protesters looking to make Moscow's diplomats uncomfortable.

Holiday honors Russian armed forces »

 

World
INSIDER
Ukrainian soldiers with life-changing war injuries posed for portraits saying they are 'living monuments' of a brutal war

 

There are words for folks like Putin..........but they are not acceptable here

 

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 24, 2023

Click here to read the full report.
Key Takeaways

• The Kremlin did not comment on the first anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, likely because Russia has failed to achieve any of its stated objectives and has not made significant territorial gains since July 2022.
• A Russian source capitalized on China's release of a 12-point peace plan to inaccurately portray China as supporting Russia's war in Ukraine.
• US intelligence reportedly continues to assess that China is seriously considering sending lethal aid to Russia amid continued pressure from Western sanctions regimes on Russia's defense industrial base.
• Western governments made a variety of statements on the provision of military aid to Ukraine on February 24.
• The Kremlin escalated its information condition-setting for a possible false-flag operation in occupied Transnistria, Moldova.
• Russian forces continued to conduct ground attacks northwest of Svatove and near Kreminna.
• Russian sources confirmed that Russian forces have split certain Airborne (VDV) force formations across at least two axes of advance.
• Russian forces made marginal territorial gains around Bakhmut and continued to conduct ground attacks across the Donetsk Oblast front line.
• Ukrainian officials suggested that Russian forces may feel insecure in east (left) bank Kherson Oblast.
• Russian authorities continue measures to expand the capacity of Russian peacekeepers.
• Russian sources likely attempted to shift the blame for scandals associated with Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) commanders to the conventional Russian military.
• Ukrainian partisans likely blew up a railway segment near Poshtove, Crimea.

Ukrainian officials suggested that Russian forces may feel insecure about their ability to maintain control of the east (left) bank Kherson Oblast. Ukrainian Kherson Oblast Military Administration Adviser Serhiy Khlan stated on February 23 that Russian forces increased their presence in areas close to the Dnipro River and have defined security in the Henichesk area as "conditional."[54] Ukrainian Southern Operational Command Spokesperson Natalia Humenyuk reported that Russian forces have intensified shelling against areas in west (right) bank Kherson Oblast.[55] Khlan reported that Ukrainian forces struck a Russian ammunition depot in Nova Kakhovka on February 24 after Russian forces moved equipment to the area on February 23.[56] . . . .

Attacks on military recruitment offices in Russia reportedly continued as Russian officials punish previous perpetrators of such attacks. A Russian source claimed on February 23 that an unknown person threw a Molotov cocktail at an enlistment office in Murmansk City.[68] A Russian source stated on February 23 that a Volgograd City Court sentenced a Russian citizen to over four years in prison for an arson attack on a military recruitment office in Volgograd City in May 2022.[69] . . .

 

A look back at the start of the war.

Politico
'Something Was Badly Wrong': When Washington Realized Russia Was Actually Invading Ukraine

 

Why America Really Doesn't Have a Choice in Ukraine
Michael McFaul, MSNBC




The good news is that Ukraine won the first year of this war. The bad news is that the war continues. Read More

 

Discreetly, and at peril, Russian volunteers help Ukrainian refugees
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https://gagadget.com/en/219127-its-...14-german-leopard-2-tanks-to-ukraine-updated/


It's official: Poland transfers 14 German Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine (updated)

By: Myroslav Trinko | 24.02.2023,
https://gagadget.com/en/219127-its-...14-german-leopard-2-tanks-to-ukraine-updated/









Poland sent 2 tanks over last week. So this is now the full complement of promised tanks by Poland and the transfer was blessed by Germany. So let these Leopards feast on Russian bears or just plain ole Russians.
A promise made a promise kept.
Thanks for the tanks

 

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 25, 2023

Click here to read the full report.
Key Takeaways

• UK, French, and German officials are reportedly preparing a NATO-Ukraine pact that falls far short of the protections Ukraine would receive from NATO membership and appears to reflect a desire to press Ukraine to accept a negotiated settlement on unfavorable terms.
• Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko plans to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, possibly to assist Russia and China in sanctions evasion amidst reports that China is seriously considering sending Russia lethal aid.
• US President Joe Biden rejected China’s 12-point peace plan as Russian sources continue to capitalize on the announcement of the plan to vilify the West and Ukraine.
• Lukashenko breathed new life into the Kremlin’s Transnistria information operation by falsely claiming that opening a Transnistrian front would be in the West’s interests.
• Russian authorities detained more than 50 people at anti-war demonstrations in 14 Russian cities on February 24.
• Wagner Group Financier Yevgeny Prigozhin and his supporters criticized Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu over his son-in-law Alexei Stolyarov’s alleged Instagram “likes” of anti-war posts.
• Russian forces continued to conduct ground attacks northwest of Svatove and near Kreminna.
• Russian forces made marginal territorial gains around Bakhmut and Avdiivka and continued to conduct ground attacks across the Donetsk Oblast front line.
• Russian forces continue to struggle to conduct effective combat operations on the Zaporizhia Oblast front line.
• Russian forces are continuing to suffer significant losses on the battlefield prompting some milbloggers to criticize the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) for failing to recognize the scale of the casualties.
• Russian authorities are exploiting Ukrainian children from Mariupol as propaganda to falsely portray Russia as the savior of occupied areas. . . .

Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces continue to establish military positions in civilian areas in east (left) bank Kherson Oblast. Head of the Ukrainian Joint Coordination Press Center of the Southern Forces Nataliya Humenyuk stated on February 25 that Russian military positions in civilian areas complicate the Ukrainian ability to strike against Russian positions.[50] Humenyuk also stated that Russian forces have moved the majority of their forces tens of kilometers back from the Dnipro River bank and are reinforcing their positions with mobilized personnel. . . .

Russian forces are continuing to suffer significant losses on the battlefield prompting some milbloggers to criticize the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) for failing to recognize the scale of the casualties. BBC and Russian opposition outlet Mediazona confirmed that Russian forces suffered confirmed 15,136 casualties based on open source information such as publicly available obituaries since the start of the war.[52] BBC and Mediazona also reported that Russian forces lost over 1,200 mobilized servicemen, over 1,300 convicts, over 1,800 officers, and 199 lieutenant colonels, colonels, and generals. Western officials previously reported that Russian forces sustained almost 200,000 casualties since the beginning of the invasion.[53] Idel.Realii reported that as of February 23, Russian officials confirmed that 3,312 residents of the Volga (Povolzhye) region died in combat.[54] Omsk Oblast Civil Association observed that the Russian official records indicate that 237 residents of Omsk Oblast died in Ukraine, and a local Svedlovsk Oblast project found that 97 mobilized men from Sverdlovsk Oblast were killed in combat.[55] A prominent Russian nationalist critic noted that Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and the rest of the military leadership are silent over Russia’s heavy losses.[56] . . . .

 

“Russian authorities detained more than 50 people at anti-war demonstrationsin 14 Russian cities on February 24.”

• I am surprised that there are still anti war demonstrators on going on in Russia though tiny small minute.

 

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The Telegraph
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin says Russian people 'may not survive'

 

Nukes, Nazis and lies: 5 takeaways from Putin's annual address to Russia

Yahoo News

 

I heard this speach...........and he sounds like he is from another " reality."


Starting to question his psychological state .....as he is rather delusional. (delusions of grandiosity........with paranoia )

 

World
The Hill
Zelensky sacks commander of Ukraine’s joint forces

 

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 26, 2023

Click here to read the full report.
ISW is publishing an abbreviated campaign update today, February 26. This report focuses on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attempt to avoid ordering involuntary mobilization by launching a series of irregular volunteer force generation campaigns since late May 2022 and the consequences of that attempt. Putin sought to satisfy the requirement for replacements following Russian defeats around Kyiv by conducting a voluntary recruitment campaign building on the existing campaigns already being conducted by quasi-official ultranationalist groups such as the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR) or the Wagner Group. Putin unsuccessfully attempted to establish new all-volunteer formations over the summer that competed with other existing quasi-official formations. Putin eventually abandoned his volunteer recruitment campaign after Ukrainian forces liberated much of Kharkiv Oblast between September 6 and September 11, ordering partial reserve mobilization on September 21.

Russia likely began to run out of combat-ready forces by late May 2022, forcing Russian President Vladimir Putin to decide between launching a volunteer recruitment campaign or ordering an unpopular involuntary reserve call-up. ISW observed several indicators that suggested that the Russian military command had begun to suffer significant manpower shortages in May 2022. Russian forces began withdrawing from their positions immediately around Kharkiv City in mid-May, and ISW assessed that Russian forces had abandoned their offensive on the Izyum-Slovyansk line in favor of concentrating forces for the seizure of Severodonetsk-Lysychansk.[1] The inability of Russian forces to pursue offensives on both Severodonetsk-Lysychansk and Slovyansk simultaneously reflected serious limitations in Russian combat power. Russian veteran communities apparently came to the same conclusion and called on Putin and the Russian MoD to immediately declare partial mobilization while improving the mobilization call-up system for subsequent mobilization waves in May 2022.[2] The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) had likely advised Putin that he needed to declare mobilization as soon as possible to ensure that Russia had sufficient combat power to continue offensive operations past the capture of the Severodonetsk-Lysychansk line. . . .

The specter of limitless Russian manpower is a myth. Putin has already been forced to make difficult and suboptimal choices to offset the terrible losses his war has inflicted on the Russian military, and he will face similarly difficult choices in 2023 if he persists in his determination to use military force to impose his will on Ukraine and the West. Russia can mobilize more manpower, and Putin will likely do so rather than give up. But the costs to Putin and Russia of the measures he will likely need to take at this point will begin to mount rapidly. . . .

Key inflections in ongoing military operations on February 26:

• Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) Vadym Skibitsky stated that Ukrainian forces will be ready for a counteroffensive this upcoming spring and that one of Ukraine’s strategic goals will be to drive a wedge into the Russian front in southern Ukraine between Crimea and the Russian mainland.[43]

• Russian President Vladimir Putin falsely stated that the West is trying to break up the Russian Federation and suggested that Western security assistance to Ukraine makes the West a participant in the war.[44] Putin leaned on a longstanding rhetorical line of effort for raising domestic support for the war by falsely claiming that the West is threatening the survival of the Russian people as a unified ethnic group.[45]

• Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stated that the types of systems that the West provides to Ukraine will determine how far Russian forces need to push threats away from Russia’s borders, likely in support of an ongoing Russian information operation aimed at discouraging the Western provision of specific systems to Ukraine.[46]

• US Central Intelligence Director William Burns stated on February 25 that the CIA is confident that Chinese leadership is considering the provision of lethal equipment to Russia but has not made a final decision.[47]

• Russian forces continued to conduct unsuccessful operations northwest of Svatove and near Kreminna.[48]

 

The Hill
Zelensky sacks commander of Ukraine’s joint forces