Day 182/ It appears that the russians decided not to have a full-on missile attack today. probably because there was so much attention concerning it; they would rather kill civilians a dozen at a time so the world won't notice. Today marks the 31st anniversary of Ukraine’s independence and the six months since the beginning of the Russian full-scale war of aggression. A high risk of air strikes. The Russian army continues to focus its efforts on establishing full control over the territory of the Donetsk region, maintaining the captured Oblasts: Kherson, part of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Mykolaiv; has minimal progress in Donbas. Russian government sources confirmed that Russian authorities are bringing Ukrainian children to Russia for adoption, which is a violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Situation around Zaporizhzhia [nuclear plant] is 100% dangerous, says Zelenskyy.
I hope you won't be stopped by a paywall, because this is an incredible job of reporting on how Ukraine won the battle for Kyiv. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...ttle-ukraine-survival/?itid=hp-top-table-main
US Banks Pouring $23 Billion Into Russian 'Carbon Bomb' Projects "When you don't care who you're doing business with," said one climate campaigner, "it does translate into human suffering and lives lost." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2...uring-23-billion-russian-carbon-bomb-projects Edit: While us "patriotic Americans" are all suppose to support the war against Russia. U.S. banks are in bed with Russia, supporting our very own destruction...
One of my Blackrock Russian ETFs got liquidated. lol. oh well. Have a friend who lived in Moscow who worked for a Big 5 consulting firm. They just moved her to Dubai like 2 months ago.
Day 183. At least 15 killed, 50 wounded in Russian missile strike on Chaplyne railway station. Biden announces $3 billion Ukraine military aid package on its Independence Day. Russia maintains the military occupation of ZNPP, the principal risks to reactor operations are likely to remain disruption to the reactors’ cooling systems, damage to its backup power supply, or errors by workers operating under pressure. ECHR obliges Russia to ensure the rights of captured Azovstal defenders. Zelensky addresses UN Security Council: Russia must be held accountable for crime of aggression. Ukraine calls on the world to create special tribunal for Russia’s crimes.
Day 184 For the first time in history, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant shuts down. The connection with the energy system of Ukraine ️at the Zaporizhzhia NPP has been resumed but six power units remain disconnected. Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks in Donbas, in northwestern Kharkiv, and northwestern Kherson Oblasts. Ukrainian forces continued to target Russian military assets and ground lines of communication. Putin signed a decree increasing the number of military personnel of the Russian Federation up to 1,150,000.
Saw this in New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/27/world/europe/ukraine-war-women.html Lennon/McCartney
Not much happening, although partisans in Kherson region killed a couple high ranking collaborators. Day 186. Russia is deploying the newly formed 3rd Army Corps to the front. Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks in Donbas and the Kharkiv Oblast. Ukrainian forces targeted Russian airborne command-and-control elements in Kherson Oblast. Russian and Ukrainian sources traded accusations of shelling the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Russia blocked a key UN document on nuclear weapons due to the occupation of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by the Russian Federation.
Hopefully we've been training Ukraine up on some of the more sophisticated weapons we have, and have been figuring out a way to get them in the air. If we're going to run out of artillery we'd better have something else to offer.
Ukraine has apparently launched their long awaited counteroffensive, we hope for great success and not a great loss of Ukrainian lives. "The Odesa-based newspaper Dumskaya reports that the Units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine concentrated in the southern direction have launched a counteroffensive at night on the right bank of the Dnipro river in Kherson Oblast. Dumskaya says that soldiers deployed on the front lines informed the newspaper that they have already managed to liberate several settlements and advance in the direction of Kherson." https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/08...meyl1N0Qd3e37xb4kaMELE-pS7Jh2aZOiw_erFHl9DSSM
The Ukrainian plan seems to be to trap the entire russian army between Ukrainian lines (roughly the Ingulets River which Ukraine has now crossed in a couple places) and the Dnieper River. This will included Kherson. They have already destroyed all the bridges across the Dnieper. Ukraine's main thrust is that top blue arrow.
