Ukraine and the Russian invasion, 2022-24

[The39thStep]

It's wild how Zelensky will sack a general just because some Right Sektor hooligan tells him to on Telegram.

Former member of Right Sector. I'll have you know he is The Guardian's 'leader of Ukraine’s revered Azov regiment'.

 

[JimW]

Meduza does a calculation of Russian casualties based on mortality data: Double the dead Federal mortality data suggests at least 64,000 Russian soldiers have died fighting in Ukraine — Meduza

 

[two sheds]

Ukrainian hackers target Russian military-linked firms

The hackers successfully erased vast amounts of data from companies linked with the Russian military.

tvpworld.com

 

[Pickman's model]

There'll be new metros in the likes of mariupol in months - the north Koreans are famous for their tunnelling

It seems the lines will run further west than expected

 

[TopCat]

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It seems the lines will run further west than expected

Has the mail backed this up in some way?

 

[Spandex]

Has the mail backed this up in some way?

Everyone's favourite Ukraine supporting, arms industry funded thinktank says:

There is currently no evidence supporting recent reports that North Korea may be sending engineering forces to rear areas of occupied Ukraine, and ISW has been unable to locate the North Korean confirmation that some Western amplifications allege has been made.

 

[Silas Loom]

Everyone's favourite Ukraine supporting, arms industry funded thinktank says:

There is currently no evidence supporting recent reports that North Korea may be sending engineering forces to rear areas of occupied Ukraine, and ISW has been unable to locate the North Korean confirmation that some Western amplifications allege has been made.

ISW reported it in the first place!

Institute for the Study of War

The likely Islamic State (IS) affiliate Wilayat Kavkaz terrorist attacks in the Republic of Dagestan on June 23 have increased fears within the Russian information space about further attacks and instability in the North Caucasus.

understandingwar.org

North Korea will reportedly send military construction and engineering forces to participate in "reconstruction work" in occupied Donetsk Oblast as early as July 2024.[18]

South Korean TV network TV Chosun, citing a South Korean government official, reported on June 21 that South Korea expects North Korea to dispatch a large-scale engineering force to occupied Donetsk Oblast as early as July 2024 and that the force will help rebuild infrastructure in occupied Donetsk City.[19] The North Korean military reportedly operates 10 engineering brigades, and TV Chosun estimated that North Korea could earn up to $115 million in unspecified foreign currency each year from Russia if it dispatches three or four engineering brigades to occupied Ukraine.[20] Pentagon Press Secretary Major General Pat Ryder stated on June 25 that the US will "keep an eye" on this development and suggested that North Korea should "question" its decision to send its forces to be "cannon fodder" in Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine.[21] Russia and North Korea signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement on June 19, but Russian President Vladimir Putin later attempted to downplay the importance of the agreement and the possibility of North Korean troops serving in Ukraine.[22]ISW noted that Russia appears to be pursuing a coalition of friendly states with historically warm ties to the Soviet Union, including North Korea and Vietnam, to form the basis of an alternative world order.[23] ISW has yet to observe reporting that suggests that North Korean military personnel intend to participate in combat operations in Ukraine, but direct North Korean engineering support can free up Russian combat power for operations along the frontline and aid Russian efforts to expand military infrastructure and defensive fortifications in occupied Ukraine.

 

[ska invita]

Meduza does a calculation of Russian casualties based on mortality data: Double the dead Federal mortality data suggests at least 64,000 Russian soldiers have died fighting in Ukraine — Meduza

iirc the prisoners-to-wagner deaths would be about 20,000 of those.

 

[Dystopiary]

iirc the prisoners-to-wagner deaths would be about 20,000 of those.

Wagner deaths were about that for Bakhmut alone, and of those, prisoner deaths were around 17,000.

Mediazona said the prisoners were treated as expendable, and it certainly looks that way.

Ukraine and the Russian invasion, 2022-24

 

[The39thStep]

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Azov Chief of Staff Krotevych spoke out against a truce with the Russians: «Don't even think about it, if you try, it will be bad​

The Chief of Staff of the 12th Azov Special Forces Regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine Bohdan Krotevych believes that negotiations with Russia regarding the end of the war are impossible. A military man is determined to fight until complete victory over the enemy.

He published such posts on his social network X on May 30, responding to the latest statements of the Ukrainian authorities regarding preparations for the second Peace Summit with the probable involvement of the Russian Federation.

We will remind you that at one of the conferences in Brussels, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine and its allies are starting to prepare an action plan ahead of the Second Peace Summit for several months. This plan should force the Russian Federation to end the war.

However, in his posts, Bohdan Krotevych claims that today's ceasefire under the peace plan will only mean that the war will be left to future generations.

«No peace without victory. One victory — not a single Russian soldier on the territory of Ukraine. We will not leave this war to our descendants, and you won't either, because if you try, it will be bad,» wrote Bohdan Krotevych.

Krotevych offered his peace plan for victory to the general staff of Azov

A military man is determined to fight until complete victory over the enemy.

nikvesti.com

This may well be a constructive suggestion rather than a veiled threat

 

[TopCat]

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Krotevych offered his peace plan for victory to the general staff of Azov

A military man is determined to fight until complete victory over the enemy.

nikvesti.com

This may well be a constructive suggestion rather than a veiled threat

Well I am certainly supportive of Azov fighting until they are all dead. Perhaps best if this is an internal fight though.

 

[The39thStep]

Aside from the fact that Portugal under the fascist dictater Salazar was member of NATO , Transparancy International Defence and Security list a number of present members of NATO that are judged to be in the same category as Ukraine and even worse

 

[Ax^]

jebus just when did the telegraph turn itself into a parody of the daily express

 

[ska invita]

jebus just when did the telegraph turn itself into a parody of the daily express

A few years ago, but this looks like a proper story
https://archive.ph/QeiGP

 

[The39thStep]

More thoughts in Politico

 

[TopCat]

Ukraine war: Ukrainians struggle as power outages worsen

Russia is pummelling Ukraine's energy grid, forcing Ukrainians to live and work by torch light.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[sleaterkinney]

Bombing a children's hospital today:

Children's hospital hit as Russian strikes kill dozens in Ukraine

Two people were killed at the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital after an intense Russian barrage, officials say.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Artaxerxes]

Bombing a children's hospital today:

Children's hospital hit as Russian strikes kill dozens in Ukraine

Two people were killed at the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital after an intense Russian barrage, officials say.

www.bbc.co.uk

Fuckin Nato

 

[Chz]

 https://twitter.com/alexwickham/status/1809992831840240065

 

[Riklet]

The Ukranian fascists hid a children's hospital in Kiev next to military targets and the glorious Russian armed forces were forced to level it......

Seriously. Ukraine is supposed to start an unconditional peace process with this stuff happening?

 

[TopCat]

The Ukranian fascists hid a children's hospital in Kiev next to military targets and the glorious Russian armed forces were forced to level it......

Seriously. Ukraine is supposed to start an unconditional peace process with this stuff happening?

What do you think Ukraine should do then?

 

[krtek a houby]

What do you think Ukraine should do then?

They need to realise that the jig is up, and surrender sharpish!

 

[TopCat]

They need to realise that the jig is up, and surrender sharpish!

These japes and jokes about nato and surrender and so on increasingly seem tired and ridiculously irrelevant.

 

[TopCat]

Interview on radio four this morning with some military type was arguing that the Ukrainians were aiming at best to stabilise the front. Positives in the north were at the expense of the east as troops were diverted.

With all on demand power plants destroyed and the nation facing a crisis this winter how will current strategy achieve success?

 

[Pickman's model]

Interview on radio four this morning with some military type was arguing that the Ukrainians were aiming at best to stabilise the front. Positives in the north were at the expense of the east as troops were diverted.

With all on demand power plants destroyed and the nation facing a crisis this winter how will current strategy achieve success?

with difficulty presumably

 

[sleaterkinney]

Interview on radio four this morning with some military type was arguing that the Ukrainians were aiming at best to stabilise the front. Positives in the north were at the expense of the east as troops were diverted.

With all on demand power plants destroyed and the nation facing a crisis this winter how will current strategy achieve success?

What is this success you speak of?

 

[krtek a houby]

These japes and jokes about nato and surrender and so on increasingly seem tired and ridiculously irrelevant.

What do you think Ukraine should do then?

 

[UnderOpenSky]

What do you think Ukraine should do then?

Give half the country to Russia.

 

[krtek a houby]

Give half the country to Russia.

It's the sensible decision.

 

[TopCat]

What is this success you speak of?

An improvement in their circumstances. At the present time, things are worsening.