THE UKRAINIAN ARMY HAS BEEN DEFEATED. WHAT’S LEFT IS MOP-UP

The Wall Street Journal
Russia's Munitions Shortages Raise Questions Over How Long It Can Continue Ukraine War

 

Former army officer explains what Putin plans to do with Zaporizhzhia

 

Someone really loves Putin.

Putin got in over his head and his whole war with Ukraine is a huge black eye for him.

 

Wise words

 

True facts.

 

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 22

Click here to read the full report.

Key Takeaways

• The Kremlin may be setting information conditions for a false-flag attack in Belgorod Oblast.
• The Russian military has significantly depleted its arsenal of high-precision missiles but will likely still threaten Ukrainian infrastructure.
• The Russian military is likely struggling to replenish its arsenal of high-precision weapons systems.
• The Belarusian prime minister traveled to Iran to discuss economic cooperation and possible security ties.
• Russian military movements suggest that Russian forces are likely reinforcing positions in eastern Zaporizhia and western Donetsk oblasts.
• Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations along the Svatove-Kreminna line.
• Russian forces continued offensive operations around Bakhmut and Avdiivka.
• Crimean occupation officials demonstrated heightened unease—likely over Ukrainian strikes on Russian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) in the peninsula and ongoing military operations on the Kinburn Spit.
• The Kremlin continues to deflect concerns about mobilization onto the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD).
• Russian sources continue to tout the forced adoption of Ukrainian children into Russian families. . . .

The Russian Armed Forces are continuing to suffer losses among personnel due to poor training, lack of equipment, and diminishing morale. A Russian investigative outlet, 7x7 – Horizontal Russia, reported that at least 39 mobilized Russian men have died before reaching the frontlines due to health problems and suicide.[76] Other opposition outlets, citing Primorsky Krai mobilized men, stated that only 19 men out of 120 belonging to the 155th Separate Guards Marine Brigade survived the battle for Pavlivka.[77] The Guardian reported that Kherson City locals also noted that Russian forces constantly burned dead Russian servicemen at a landfill, which has likely had negative impacts on Russian morale.[78] Mobilized servicemen continued to show poor discipline as video footage from Yurga, Kemerovo Oblast showed mobilized men fighting with locals at a cafe.[79] . . .

 

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev - “The enemies continue to carefully “calculate” our launches and our supplies. In vain they hope for the exhaustion of our possibilities. To be continued. Enough for everyone!”

Western analysts have been writing since March that the Russians will run out of missiles. But they don't end. And they won't end.
By the way, Western analysts assured everyone that the sanctions would kill the Russian economy. However, the sanctions are killing the Western economy.

Do not read Western media. It's bad for the brain.

 

You are running out of precision missiles and sanctions are crushing your economy. No one ever said these things would happen overnight. Sanctions definitely take time to have full effect, especially with certain sanctions having yet to take effect.

 

Chechen fighters join Ukrainian military to take revenge on Putin


"Ukraine's victory in this war is inevitable, hence the inevitable liberation of the Caucasus."

Won't that be interesting to see.

 

European Parliament Names Russia a State Sponsor of Terrorism. The European Parliament on Wednesday declared Russia a “state sponsor” of terrorism over its targeting of Ukrainian civilians. The declaration is a first for the EU, though it is largely symbolic as the bloc does not have a legal framework targeting “state sponsors of terrorism.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had called for the designation to signal the EU’s support for Kyiv. A Russian foreign ministry spokesperson responded by saying the European Parliament should be designated “as a sponsor of idiocy.” Deutsche Welle Reuters

 

Some Russian Commanders Allegedly Encouraged Sexual Violence in Ukraine. British lawyer Wayne Jordash, who is assisting Ukrainian war crimes investigations, told Reuters that there is evidence some Russian commanders encouraged or even ordered sexual violence by Russian military personnel in Ukraine. Jordash said interviews with authorities, doctors and alleged victims and their family members north of Kyiv showed sexual violence on a level that suggests “planning on a more systematic level.” He did not say how widespread the abuses are or name specific individuals, though he suggested sexual violence may be even more prevalent in areas occupied by Russian for longer periods. Widespread or systematic sexual violence can amount to crimes against humanity. Russia maintains it has not committed war crimes or targeted civilians in Ukraine. Reuters

 

Russia relaunches Soviet-era Moskvich car brand using a former Renault plant
Published Wed, Nov 23 2022

Key Points

• Production of the Soviet-era Moskvich car relaunched in Russia on Wednesday at a former Renault factory.
• The relaunch comes as Russia strives for a self-sufficient economy as the country’s finances continue to be choked by sanctions and other ramifications of its invasion of Ukraine.

... https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/23/rus...h-car-brand-using-a-former-renault-plant.html

Next to return will be the bread lines

 

English guy, German guy and an Orc in a bar nattering about their cars
English guys says"I'm going on holiday to the continent next week and haven't decided whether to take the Rolls or the Jaguar"
German guy says "when I'm in Germany I only drive the BMW but when I drive abroad I like to drive my Mercedes"
Orc pipes up "we Russians do similar, we only have Moskvitch for traveling inside the motherland, and tanks everywhere else."

 

..think its about time the Ukes were given longer range stuff and get going on dropping all the rail and road bridges in Russia heading to Ukraine and start destroying Russia's power infrastructure ...oh yeah....and their TV transmission masts.....shut Vlad Solovyov up

 

Ukraine Conflict Updates

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 23

Click here to read the full report.

Key Takeaways

• The Russian military conducted another set of massive, coordinated missile strikes on Ukrainian critical infrastructure.
• Russian politicians continue to promote openly genocidal rhetoric against Ukraine.
• The Kremlin continues to pursue its maximalist goals and is likely issuing vague statements about its intent to mislead Western Countries into pressuring Ukraine into negotiations.
• Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations in the directions of Kreminna and Svatove.
• Russian forces continued offensive operations around Bakhmut and Avdiivka.
• Russian forces continued defensive operations on the east (left) bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast.
• The Kremlin is continuing crypto-mobilization efforts at the expense of other Russian security services.
• Russian forces and occupation officials continued to forcibly relocate residents and confiscate their property. . . .

The Russian military conducted another set of massive, coordinated missile strikes on Ukrainian critical infrastructure in a misguided attempt to degrade the Ukrainian will to fight. Ukrainian Air Force Command reported on November 23 that Russian forces launched 70 cruise missiles and five drones at Ukrainian critical infrastructure targets.[1] Ukrainian Air Force Command reported that Ukrainian air defenses shot down 51 of the Russian cruise missiles and all five drones.[2] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces struck residential buildings, thermal power plants, and substations in the city of Kyiv as well as in Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Lviv, and Zaporizhia oblasts.[3] Ukrainian, Russian, and social media sources claimed that Russian forces also struck targets in Ivano-Frankivsk, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Poltava, Kirovohrad, and Kharkiv oblasts.[4] Ukrainian officials reported widespread disruptions to energy, heating, and water supplies as a result of the Russian strikes.[5] ISW has previously assessed that the Russian military is still able to attack Ukrainian critical infrastructure at scale in the near term despite continuing to deplete its arsenal of high-precision weapons systems.[6] Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar stated that the Russian military mistakenly believes that the destruction of energy infrastructure will direct Ukrainian efforts to protect rear areas and divert Ukrainian attention away from the front in eastern and southern Ukraine.[7] Malyar stated that Russia’s campaign against critical infrastructure will not weaken the motivation of Ukraine’s civilian population, and the Ukrainian Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov asserted that Russian missile and drone strikes will not coerce Ukraine into negotiations.[8] . . . .

Ukrainian forces continued to target Russian military concentrations and logistics in Luhansk Oblast. The Ukrainian General Staff reported on November 23 that Ukrainian forces struck several Russian manpower and equipment concentrations and destroyed a Russian ammunition depot in Luhansk Oblast in the previous days.[31] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces killed about 50 Russian military personnel and wounded up to 50 others in the strikes.[32] . . . .

Ukrainian forces continued striking Russian concentration areas in Zaporizhia Oblast on November 23. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that a Ukrainian strike destroyed a Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile system near Orikhiv, a checkpoint near Vesele, and a personnel concentration in Melitopol between November 21 and 23.[53] Russian milbloggers continued to warn about the potential of an imminent Ukrainian offensive on the Zaporizhia Oblast frontline.[54] . . .

 

Ahahaha... Our Street Council called the European Parliament a sponsor of idiocy. Let's discuss this statement. These statements are equivalent.

 

Ahahaha... At the World Cup in Qatar, despite the absence of Russians, Arab orchestras walk the streets and perform the Russian song of the war years "Katyusha".

 

Ahahaha.... Kadyrov is waiting for them.

 

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 25

Click here to read the full report.

Key Takeaways

• Reports of a group of understaffed and ill-supplied mobilized personnel are dividing the Russian information space.
• President Vladimir Putin falsely presented a meeting with hand-picked women as an open discussion with mothers of mobilized personnel.
• An investigation by Forbes’ Ukrainian service revealed that the war in Ukraine has had a serious financial impact on the Russian Federation’s annual budget.
• The Russian MoD may have increased the frequency of POW exchanges to soothe discontent in the Russian information space.
• A Ukrainian official confirmed that Ukrainian forces killed Iranian military advisors in Russian-occupied Crimea and threatened to target Iranian military presence on Ukrainian territory.
• Russian military leadership may be circulating a document stating that Russia needs to mobilize five million personnel to win the war in Ukraine, which Russia cannot do.
• Russian forces conducted limited counterattacks to regain lost positions northwest of Svatove and Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations toward Kreminna.
• Russian forces continued to conduct offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka areas, and influential Russian figures may be setting informational conditions to deflect blame for a lack of progress in the Bakhmut area.
• Russian forces continued to establish defenses south of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast and around critical ground lines of communication (GLOCs) connecting Crimea to southern Kherson Oblast.
• Russian sources and officials continue attempts to shape the narrative around a likely second partial mobilization while denying the potential for general mobilization.
• Russian officials are continuing efforts to stimulate demographic change in occupied areas of Ukraine by deporting Ukrainian residents and replacing them with imported Russian citizens. . . .

Ukrainian forces continued to strike Russian force concentrations and military assets on the west (left) bank of the Dnipro River and in rear areas in southern Ukraine. Ukrainian and Russian sources reported that Ukrainian forces struck Russian forces along the east bank of the Dnipro River near Nova Kakhovka, Kakhovka, and Liubimivka, and in the Russian rear in Chaplynka and Skadovsk.[63] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces struck a Russian force concentration in Zeleny Yar, Zaporizhia Oblast on November 23, destroying two trucks, wounding 12 personnel, and killing 20 personnel.[64] . . . .

Russian mobilized forces continue to demonstrate ineptitude and extreme disorder. A Russian source stated on November 23 that mobilized soldiers at a training ground in the center of Fedoseevka, Belgorod Oblast accidentally shot a seven-year-old boy walking home from school.[88] This likely represents Russian failure both in locating a training ground in an urban center and in shooting wildly outside of expected paths and directions. A Russian source reported on November 24 that a recently-mobilized intelligence sergeant accidentally shot and killed a fellow soldier in Tolpino, Kursk Oblast.[89] A Russian source claimed on November 24 that a Russian private stabbed a junior commissioned officer four times during a quarrel over an unspecified topic.[90] A Russian source reported on November 24 that a mobilized soldier from Transbaikalia died from a head injury under mysterious circumstances, and unidentified actors continued to purchase alcohol on his card.[91] . . .

Russian morale remains extremely low. A Russian opposition outlet claimed that 250 Russian soldiers in Zaitseve have refused to fight on the front lines and now hide in basements.[99] Russian officers reportedly entered the basements on November 21 and forced out 100 soldiers at gunpoint.[100] . . .

 

The Russian economy is circling the drain.

Western sanctions catch up with Russia’s wartime economy
The establishment of a new council to coordinate military supplies reflects the Kremlin's grave concerns over the economy.
By Catherine Belton and Robyn Dixon

 

World
The New Voice of Ukraine
Wagner Group mercenaries creating illusion of effectiveness, but suffering huge numbers of dead

 

You show destroyed Ukrainian equipment, but say that "Wagner" is suffering losses. Astonishing, allegedly, "logic ".

 

Note the caption.


Destroyed Russian equipment

 

Ukraine Conflict Updates

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 26

Click here to read the full report.

Key Takeaways

• The overall pace of operations in Ukraine is likely to increase in the upcoming weeks as the ground freezes throughout the theater.
• Russian officials are continuing efforts to deport Ukrainian children to Russia.
• Russian officials may be trying to counteract Wagner financier Yevgeny Prigozhin’s growing influence through the promotion of other parallel Russian military structures.
• Russian forces are likely using inert Kh-55 missiles designed solely to carry nuclear warheads in its campaign against Ukrainian infrastructure, highlighting the Russian military’s depletion of high-precision weapons.
• Russian forces continued defensive operations against ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive operations along the Svatove-Kreminna line.
• Russian forces continued offensive operations in the directions of Bakhmut and Avdiivka.
• Russian forces continued establishing fortifications in eastern Kherson Oblast.
• Russian tactical, logistical, and equipment failures continue to decrease morale of Russian troops and drive searches for scapegoats. . . . .

Ukrainian forces continued to strike Russian force concentrations and military assets in Russian rear areas in southern Ukraine. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces struck a Russian ammunition depot in Melitopol, Zaporizhia Oblast, injuring 50 Russian military personnel, and two warehouses in Vasylivskyi Raion, injuring 130 personnel and destroying seven pieces of equipment.[35] The Ukrainian Mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, reported that Ukrainian forces struck a Russian ammunition depot in Mykhailivka on the northern outskirts of Melitopol on November 25.[36] A Russian milblogger claimed that Ukrainian forces struck Chaplynka (40km south of Nova Kakhovka on the T2202 Nova Kakhovka-Armiansk route) and Skadovsk (R57-T2213 intersection on the Kherson City-Skadovsk route) in Kherson Oblast.[37] . . . .

Russian forces are likely using inert Kh-55 cruise missiles in their massive missile strike campaign against Ukrainian critical infrastructure, further highlighting the depletion of the Russian military’s high precision weapons arsenal. The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense (MoD) reported on November 26 that Russia is likely removing nuclear warheads from ageing Kh-55 missiles and launching the missiles without warheads at targets in Ukraine.[13] The UK MoD suggested that Russian forces are likely launching the inert missiles as decoys to divert Ukrainian air defenses.[14] Ukrainian officials have previously reported that Russian forces have extensively used the non-nuclear variant of the missile system, the Kh-555, to conduct strikes on critical Ukrainian infrastructure since mid-October.[15] The Russian military’s likely use of a more strategic weapon system in the role of a decoy for Ukrainian air defenses corroborates ISW’s previous reporting that the Russian military has significantly depleted its arsenal of high-precision missiles.[16] The use of more strategic weapons systems in support of the campaign against Ukrainian infrastructure suggests that the Russian military is heavily committed to the strike campaign and still mistakenly believes that it can generate strategically significant effects through that campaign. . . .

 

Whose signature? your signature?
I don't see any signature.
And by the way, about the signature. Ukrainians very often draw Russian signs on their destroyed equipment (taken out for repair), then photograph it and post it on the Internet for PR.
I even came across photographs of NATO equipment with a Russian pattern and the caption - "Ukrainians destroyed Russian equipment."