@VoicesofWW2 And he would sign copies of his book personally, by post order or in his pharmacy. I am lucky to have met him still to get my signed copy - such a friendly, humble man. To stand before the most highly decorated tank ace of WW2.. unreal. Bought vitamins and we joked about life.
@IndianaGPA Amazing. Cats have the fastest reflexes of all mammals, however - the bear would have to get lucky to even hit or catch a healthy cat. And whoever felt cat claws on their skin (even though bear noses are leathery tough, not soft) knows the shock value of getting pawed by a cat..
The price of bread in Ukraine is paid in blood.
A russian drone killed a combine harvester operator as he was harvesting wheat.
The harvest went up in flames.
This is how russia wages war against those who feed the world.
Today, many were shocked by yet another video of the drone “safari” Russians are carrying out against civilians in Kherson. A Russian drone deliberately hunted down a man selling vegetables and detonated right next to him. The Russians even admitted to the crime, showing zero regret and openly boasting about tormenting people. The man was wounded in the blast. Every single day, ordinary people in Kherson face these Russian "safaris."
The world must see this. It must see every piece of evidence that Russia has gone mad and that its soldiers take pleasure in killing and abusing civilians. Without pressure on Russia, the dismantling of its capacity for aggression, and real security guarantees, it is simply impossible to imagine the world being able to coexist with this evil. We must remain resolute in defending life. We must act and support life in ways that force Russia to seriously think about peace rather than expanding the range of its drones.
This is not just about Ukraine. Russia’s campaign against human life must be stopped here in Ukraine before it spreads further. Finland and Kazakhstan, the Baltic states and Poland, the countries of the South Caucasus, Romania, and Moldova—all should work together to ensure real security guarantees and bring Russia’s war to an end. Peace is needed, which requires cooperation among everyone in the world who truly values peace. Thank you to everyone standing with Ukraine!
@CrimeanVoyager@usf_army And still they are 600km from Kiyv.. wonder what makes them roll around in the fields in the middle of nowwhere and waste their lives for it...
@tatianabe632@M_M_MacFadyen@JayinKyiv Oh, so you are an expert on refinery construction then?
Well, let's see who is right.. in half a year come winter we will know... better buy some blankets..
We continue to carry out our deep and mid-range strikes against Russian infrastructure facilities that prop up Russia’s aggression. Our strikes under the long-range sanctions plan are always about justified responses aimed at depriving the Russian war machine of its resources. In particular, today action was taken against three logistics centers in different regions of the Russian Federation – in Sarapul, Kazan, and Volgograd, at distances ranging from around 500 to nearly 1,300 kilometers.
In the Krasnodar region, a maritime terminal was hit. The facility is about 270 kilometers from the front line. Also, nearly 480 kilometers from the line of contact, an oil refinery in the Volgograd region was hit. There were also successful strikes in the Sea of Azov.
We are protecting our people and will continue to act as necessary to achieve peace. Thank you to all our warriors who are delivering these precise and important results for Ukraine.
The currently burning Wildberries facility in Ryazan was not only the 4th largest (not 5th), but the newest, completed less than 2 years ago.
With the company's known outstanding debt of at least $17.8 billion, a banking crisis is setting up nicely.
Targeting huge, heavily indebted, low margin businesses is Ukraine's genius move of the war.
Petraeus: The death zone in Ukraine extends 35 kilometers on either side of the front lines — defined by drone battery life. Tanks can't survive. Armored vehicles can't survive. Nothing can.
Neither side even drives vehicles anymore. Russians keep trying and keep proving it.
Petraeus: No trenches — drones fly through. Soldiers in survivability positions hundreds of meters apart, not mutually supporting. Resupplied by ground robots.
Commanders can't visit the front line. Soldiers stay 60+ days. In urban areas, some couldn't be extracted for months.
Petraeus: Russian advances mean individual soldiers running forward trying to dig in. Drone units pick them up immediately, cycle surveillance drones, then FPV attack drones arrive.
You see them hitting around the soldier in the woods until one connects. It doesn't end well.
Petraeus: Ukraine is about to isolate Crimea. Gasoline so short they won't sell it to civilians. Tourists who came for beaches are trying to get home any way they can.
Kerch Bridge rail no longer works. Ferries knocked out. Land bridges destroyed. Pontoon bridges now targeted.
Petraeus: Ukraine took down Russia's air defenses steadily. Russia pulls them to Moscow — vulnerabilities open everywhere else. Moscow refinery hit three nights running, out at least six months.
They're going after fuel storage, refineries, gas lines from Siberia to the west.
Petraeus: Real prospect now that Putin might need a cessation of hostilities himself. Oil sanctions reimposed, national welfare fund running out of money.
Crimea isolated, front lines cut off, economy crushed — all of this could force Putin to recognize he should end this war.
Source: text of Tymofiy Milovanov