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Speaking of Russian telegram some are now reporting Staromaiorske as lost.

Snipers Yuri Chornomorets on Twitter: "The guys work at the limit of what is possible for a person. In the photo, a sniper, risking himself, stops the attack of the orcs. "So today they stopped the assault. No matter how it was, I have not yet seen a single enemy who, when he hears that a sniper is working, .. 1/4 https://t.co/ca3BetMXVx" / Twitter

Luhansk looks to have stabilised for now at least, with Russia pushed back a bit in a few locations. It also looks like it wasn't an intentional play by the Ukrainians to try and suck Russia into a pocket. They were caught off guard and even have been using areas on that front for training of new recruits. Very surprising, as mentioned previously, Russia haven't been known to simply accumulate large force concentrations unless they're going on the offensive.

While I've lived and worked for nearly 25 years in warzones all over the world, and can tell you pretty much what its like from a civilian point of view living in a city destroyed by war., I'm not military, so any discussion about tactics and weapons, I leave to the experts. Having watched the video, I'd say that he knows what he's talking about, but I think that what he's saying is just generalizing and not rocket science. Military wise. I'd imagine any other military analyst / commander would be thinking along the same lines. He mentions the first armored assault that got destroyed. That was always on the cards, which was why it was not a full scale attack. Ditto, he speaks about the imbalance, especially the air. He also mentions Russian soldiers having to buy their own protective gear to increase their survival chances, and the long duty cycle's Russians face V regular rotations of Ukrainian troops. He doesn't mention how many Family's can afford the better equipment, or what happens to this gear when they reach the front line, where Dedovschina is still alive and well, and they lose this expensive gear within a day or two after arrival. We will see 3 /4 mths down the road what he has to say, but maybe the most important thing he had to say was " You can train and equip men to the nth degree, but once the shooting starts, the outcome is never certain."

Hope all that fancy stuff in the palace is bolted down! He looks the kinda lad that couldn't resist fleecing it!

Amazingly, that comment applies to both the palace and Africa itself.

And after that speech in which he guaranteed to protect the Constitution an rights of Russian citizens, he proceeded to demolish them all, with the so called democratic election that he "won" being the first step.

Time for us to review our aid to some African states. When they start trying to play both sides, time to send a message and since we don't have a military, we cut funding and supports.

A Ukrainian fencer who beat her Russian opponent and refused to shake hands has been disqualified by the FIE. Bizarre considering this has been happening across all sports for the last year and a half with no disqualifications for Ukrainian athletes

Also the below is her Russian opponent

This just adds to the suspicion, Putin described Yevgeny Prigozhin as a traitor just a few weeks back now hes in Russia at an official government event. lots of games being played here. I still think Wagner will have a big role shortly. No doubt when Wagner go on the rampage Putin will say he has no control over them and blame Prigozhin for any atrocities that are committed.

Fingers crossed