Long overdue offensive by Ukraine.....I didn't think they would do it before winter and end up ceding to Russia over a long dig-in period
Offensives will do multiples to drive em out,than any amount of sanctions
“Paging Comrade Jerkov, Cleanup in trench 5, I repeat, cleanup on Trench #5”
What I find amazing about modern warfare is how they always manage to sneak in a sound system to accompany the artillery attacks. Some logistics it has to be said.
General Mark Hertling is suggesting that if Ukraine can gain control of the Kherson Oblast, the Russian navy Black Sea fleet might be in big trouble :
Images of damage at building at Zaporizhzhia NPP
petrol and matches
Maybe that whole "energy (free) morkets" idea in Europe was perhaps something appropriate for better times and the "end of history" (?) when there wasn't the kind of disruption and stresses we are experiencing now with both climate change affecting Europe, and fascists like Vlad Putin creating chaos as well. Time for the state (EU & national level) to step in a bigger way, kind of back to the past (?)
Unity is stronger than division.
Cooperative culture will always overcome a fear based culture.
tbf, the Liveau map had shown Russian advances in both North and South of Ukraine over the last week.
Yep doom and gloom merchants better pack up and get their one way tickets back to the motherland
We had two major economic crises in 15 years, one the ECB stepped in and demolished those betting on euro collapse and another EU and various governments stepped in and supported people and businesses thru a near COMPLETE shut down of economies
Good news on the proposed EU intervention. People tend to forget just how much enormous financial clout the EU has and unlimited funds is not an exaggeration but getting them on the same page to do things can be a bit tougher.
Seems they have opened a large front pushing for Kherson
Russian telegram channels also report on the murder of the ex-MP from the "Servant of the People" Alexei Kovalev, whom the Russians appointed "agrarian deputy prime minister" in the "government" of the Kherson region.
Baza writes about it.
According to the public, on August 28 at about 15:00, unknown persons climbed into Kovalev's private house in the city of Holaya Pristan. There, they shot him with a pump-action shotgun and then attacked his 38-year-old partner. She was stabbed in the neck. Kovalev's body with a gunshot wound to the head was found by his mother.
Aleksey Kovalev was killed in the city of Holaya Pristan in his private house (strana.news)
On the economic front, Putin not having good day either
Think ill put my money on HIMARS before any russian precision guided munitions
Elena,65,is a real russian hero
There seems to be a lot of activity around Kherson in particular, but we're getting very little in the way of concrete info - it might be that the Ukrainians are imposing a news blackout of sorts and making sure that no names of specific fighting areas are being revealed.
Looking at nasa firms page there are fire spots all along the line sorta, I doubt it’s agricultural as rest of Ukraine and Russia nearby has very few fire spots
Maybe to early to call it a offensive,but something is in the making
Ukraine is hammering russian positions
I have a very bad feeling about that plant. It has been messed around with for a long time now, and that doesn’t look like stopping. The longer you do something like that, the more you can rationalise and normalise the dangers to yourself. If - when - Putin starts feeling beaten, I wouldn’t put it past him to do something horrible ultimately. For now, it’s “just” playing with fire on a massive scale. :(
https://twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/1564206149783650304
Ukrainian forces have begun "shaping" operations in South Ukraine to prepare the battlefield for a significant Ukrainian counteroffensive, two senior US officials briefed on the intel tell. US believes the long-anticipated counteroffensive will include air and ground ops
That’s on south side of the river by the Dam looking at google
The LiveUA map I was referencing earlier is now showing reports of the counter offensive. I hope it goes well for them.
Lads, stop messing around nuclear reactors!
Interesting insight at the end where the hardline Russian politician is worried that regional battalions will gain too much experience in Ukraine and come back and fight for their own independence from Russia.
Russian governments are always paranoid about their military becoming too powerful. That’s another retardant factor that rarely gets mentioned.
This doesn't look like it's going to age well...
That's an old video.
Already taken positions .
We will catch them up with their own bullets
Something big is definitely happening around Kherson alright. Apparently Russian and Ukrainian Telegram channels are hopping right now, with suggestions that Ukrainian attacks are coming from multiple directions.
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