Ukraine
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Made for tv psy-ops, a propaganda campaign designed by the love child of Justin Trudeau and Meghan Markle. Same drama-school mindset. These are professionals employed in a world of make-believe.
https://spectatorworld.com/topic/zelensky-journalist-safari-ukraine-russia/
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“[Jessica] Chastain is only the latest celebrity du jour to hold court with Zelensky, who has taken on a celebrity status of his own in American media culture. He was asked to appear at the Oscars and did appear at the Grammys via video message. Last month, actor Sean Penn took a meeting with Zelensky. In June, actor Ben Stiller met with Zelensky in the presidential palace. In May, on Zelensky’s invitation, U2 gave a 40-minute performance in a Kyiv metro station. Angelina Jolie, a UN-designated humanitarian, visited as well. Last month, Zelensky and his wife Olena posed for a much heralded photo spread in Vogue for famed photographer Annie Leibovitz. The spread drew head scratches and some backlash on social media for what was deemed misguided priorities.
“I don’t fault Zelensky for taking high-profile meetings with international celebrities. He’s doing what he can using a star-hungry media to keep the atrocities in his country at the forefront of people’s minds. I do, however, question what kind of military strategy and diplomatic expertise the guy from Zoolander and the chick from Zero Dark Thirty can offer.”
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Big strike on Crimea air base - ammunition dumps and several planes go boom. Reports of huge traffic jams as people get the fuck out which is unsurprising. Seems Ukraine is keeping quiet on how it happened, with a bit of trolling that it could be a Russian 'accident'. Not sure if this is special forces wizardry or the new weapons systems Ukraine are using.
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On Sunday (local time), Russian- the appointed Governor of annexed Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozzhaev, wrote a warning on Telegram to Russian tourists.
"I remind you: try to shoot less photos and do not upload videos of how our AD works. If you are filming or taking pictures, at least don’t reference to the area,"Razvozzhaev said.
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I read they are heading towards a town/city (Kupyansk) which is a railroad nexus - if Ukraine forces can secure that it'll really fuck up Russian supply lines in the Kharkiv region.
edit - found the place names
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I wonder if the Kherson offensive was a ruse? Get the Russians reinforcing west of the river then bottleneck them after the bridges are blown. Then real counter attack in Kharkiv oblast.
Its the only thing that makes the 'much publicused' part of the Kherson offensive make sense. I just thought every one in the modern age were just blabber mouths. Maybe they were smarter than I thought. Including some US source going off record saying they had helped with the Khrrson plan,advising to limit it etc. That kind of off-record comment made me roll my eyes, but if it was a ruse then my impression should be revised up.
Maybe I'm giving too much credit, could just be opportunism.
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@Rapido it makes a lot of sense and given the US intel and advice Ukraine is receiving I'm sure that is helping with tactics (or is it strategy... I always get that mixed up). From a bunch of sources today it sounds like the biggest surprise has been how fast and how far the offensive has gone. Seems Russian defense in depth was pretty shallow and now a big issue is the number of POWs!
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Looks ripe for encirclement if Russia still has forces available.
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@antipodean surely Ukraine won't be oblivious to that risk, and if they are rolling the dice you'd hope it's a calculated risk.
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@Paekakboyz said in Ukraine:
@antipodean surely Ukraine won't be oblivious to that risk, and if they are rolling the dice you'd hope it's a calculated risk.
Well it's happened to vastly superior armies than Ukraine's. Withdraw, extend enemy's logistics train as they chase their success, encircle, cut off and destroy.
I'd expect the Russians to have this in their specialitet curriculums.
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This is pretty gnarly. Apparently sub launched missiles striking at power plants. Seems a real case of if we can't win the war we'll fuck your infrastructure as best we can.
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@Paekakboyz said in Ukraine:
This is pretty gnarly. Apparently sub launched missiles striking at power plants. Seems a real case of if we can't win the war we'll fuck your infrastructure as best we can.
A bit of scorched earth as they head toward winter.
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@NTA to make them buy more gas! oh, wait!
I read the strikes were on civilian power stations, but I have no idea if there is/was a military rationale for hitting them - or if it's just Russia kicking some toys over on their way back to their border.
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@antipodean just wait for Russian to accidentally nuke them instead of the Ukrainian forces