Putin makes extraordinary claim only Russia can protect Ukraine from Polish invasion According to Vladimir Putin, Poland has grand designs on Ukraine and has made the bold claim that Russia is the country's only saving grace. According to Faytuks News, Putin claims that Russia is the only guarantor of Ukraine's territorial integrity. It reported on its Twitter account: "Poland wants to seize territories in western Ukraine. Russia could be the only guarantor of Ukraine's territorial integrity, Putin says. "Nationalist elements in Poland 'sleep and see' in order to take western Ukraine, which Ukraine received thanks to Stalin's decisions after WW2. "This will be the case, the only real guarantor of Ukraine's territorial integrity within its current borders could be Russia - Putin." It follows on from news on Tuesday morning, when reports came in that an oil storage tank had exploded near Kursk city in the Bryansk region of Russia. Roman Starovoyt, the Governor of Kursk, had blamed the attack on a Ukrainian drone, but Ukraine has not taken responsibility for the strike. The Russian news outlet Baza reported that two drones "fell and exploded three meters from diesel fuel tanks." https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...tect-ukraine-from-polish-invasion/ar-AA151KgX
Tucker Carlson threw a major fit over President Zelensky being named Time Person of the Year. He likes Putin much better.
Day 288. Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the spirit of Ukraine become TIME’s 2022 Person of the Year. Russian authorities claim the fire at the airfield in Kursk is caused by a drone attack. Ukrainian Defence Intelligence Chief: Russia still has a stockpile of missiles for several large-scale attacks. https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/12...68esxBlF98lvQHvvUsJvfcba1Q5HLnBSV05CgSAFWo5W8
Day 290. Russians practically destroyed Bakhmut. Russia is trying to get ballistic missiles from Iran. Ukraine atomic agency says Russian forces abducted two nuclear plant staff. https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/12...VaQ5T3eKwA5Rl3mPr6-M7jNyyXqGvjqOiyawBCR92TVNo
Day 291. Russian troops attacked Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Odesa oblasts with Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones. In Odesa, over a million without power. Pentagon green-lights Ukrainian drone strikes inside Russia.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/12/10/europe/viktor-bout-supports-ukraine-war-intl/index.html Freed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout says he 'wholeheartedly' supports Ukraine war and would volunteer if he could
The videos of drones dropping bomblets on russians are great if one is really sadistic or really hates russians.
Day 292. An explosion at Wagner Group HQ reported. All thermal and hydroelectric power plants are damaged after eight waves of missile attacks. Ukraine orders punitive measures on clerics with Moscow links.
Oh, I'm sure he can if he wishes. They take convicted and even presently incarcerated prisoners. And they take guys up to 60 years old.
The team that never plays a home game..... "Our cause is to play football. It's very hard," Petrakov said. "Everyone has something else in his head. Someone has relatives where the fighting is going on, someone's relatives are dying. I see it all. My guys are always calling. It is very hard. To understand that you have to be in our shoes. God forbid you ever know what war is." https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/4...-soccer-team-fought-back-amid-war-with-russia
Day 293. Ukraine needs USD 1 bn to quickly restore power and heat disrupted by Russian missile strikes. Ukraine intends to continue counteroffensives in winter after the hard freeze enables maneuver warfare. Putin will not hold his traditional end-of-year press conference.
Burning through ammo, Russia using 40-year-old rounds, U.S. official says A view shows remains of MLRS shells used by Russian troops for military strikes of the city and collected by sappers in Kharkiv, Ukraine November 29, 2022. REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Russia is turning to decades-old ammunition with high failure rates as it burns through its stockpiles to carry out its nearly 10-month-old invasion of Ukraine, a senior U.S. military official said on Monday. "They have drawn from (Russia's) aging ammunition stockpile, which does indicate that they are willing to use that older ammunition, some of which was originally produced more than 40 years ago," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The United States accuses Russia of turning to Iran and North Korea for more firepower as it exhausts its regular supplies of ammunition. The senior U.S. military official assessed that Russia would burn through its fully-serviceable stocks of ammunition by early 2023 if it did not resort to foreign suppliers and older stocks. "We assess that at the rate of fire that Russia has been using its artillery and rocket ammunition in terms of what we would call fully serviceable artillery and rocket ammunition. They could probably do that until early 2023," the official said. https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...m_campaign=daily-briefing&utm_term=12-13-2022
I don't think these Patriots will be a gamechanger like the HIMARs were. Not really meant for drones. Day 294. US finalizes plans to send Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine. Belarus started to suddenly check the combat readiness of its army. Kremlin rejects Zelenskyy’s proposal to start withdrawing Russian troops from Ukraine
Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 295: Kyiv attacked by 13 Shahed kamikaze drones; all 13 shot down. Belarus holds rapid deployment and combat readiness drills near Ukraine border for the second day. Putin postpones his annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly.
Day 297. Russia launched another massive missile attack targeting Ukrainian civilian facilities and power grids. 60 out of 76 missiles downed by Ukrainian Air Defense. Power outages reported around the country.
This is as good reporting on Ukraine as you will ever see. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...V_RsndhEqU3vetBOP9vlinvhUU0JgOSfUYsEY2hHFfjMQ
