Early reports of US himars rockets hitting targets inside Russia. Targets include ammo depots, military bases, and troop gathering areas. Number of targets hit, and damage reports unknown at this time. Early report suggests Ukraine is doing a whole lot of kabooming inside of Russia.
No big news today. Battles continue along the entire front. However, Ukraine has not only halted Russia's big northern push. Ukraine is taking back small areas of land they lost. Drone warfare is very rapidly evolving. Ukraine now has special drone/artillery units so good, they are compared to special op units. They completely dominate the areas these units operate in. Also, Ukraine technology has incorporated AI into hunter killer drones. They now can id tanks, and take them out. Scary stuff for the Russians on the front.
"The muffled tongue of Big Ben tolled nine by the clock as the cortege left the palace, but on history's clock it was sunset, and the sun of the old world was setting in a dying blaze of splendor never to be seen again."
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You have to love it when Putin cites "The West"....as if it includes every country outside of Siberia...last time I looked, S Korea, Japan and many allies are actually "East" of Russia
When your neighbor bombs your home and workplace...kills your power grid and rapes and kills your family it's hardly time to become Ghandi or just surrender. Most people aren't built that way. Choices. If you've ever experienced a real war....the "play" analogy is pretty far from reality. It's not a video game.
Anton is some time advisor to the president. He doesn't seem so optimistic today but I think he still has faith in Ukrainian victory. Ukraine yesterday knocked out a russian tugboat with sea drones and 3 oil refineries with air drones. They continue to knock out russian artillery systems at a rate of 30-50 a day, which is really an incredible feat. @Gerashchenko_en Regarding Putin's yesterday's interview: He expects a long war. Judging by his speech, his cognitive functions are not impaired and he expects to rule for many years. My conclusion is that he feels super confident. He has a strategy. And he believes that Ukraine and its allies have no strategy. Putin realizes that there is a war of attrition. And he's ready for it. Putin is sure he is beyond punishment: occupied Crimea, shot down Boeing MH17, war crimes in Ukraine, Bucha, Mariupol, murdered Nemtsov and Navalny, and so much more. But Putin continues to be dialogued with, interviewed. He has allies, trade with Russia continues. All this tells the criminal that he can move on. That none of the democratic countries can or will really stand up to him - a dictator with nuclear weapons. Russian bombs are exploding in Ukrainian cities, in the center of Europe. In the city of millions, Kharkiv, children study in underground schools. The world has accepted this as something routine. The war in Ukraine has moved to the background, although it is very close and the price of a quiet life in Europe is paid by Ukrainian soldiers. I feel very uncertain about the future of not just my country, but the world as a whole. The Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people who support the AFU are the only real force holding back this monster and mad Russia.
You fools may be about to get your wish. All for a region of Ukraine that wanted to join with Russia anyway.
