Here we go again-Ukraine once again pt2

[Skybird]

[Frankfurter Rundschau] The Russian Ministry of Defence announced: "On 8 April this year, as a result of an attack by the Iskander operational-tactical missile system, the armed forces of the Russian Federation completely destroyed a warehouse and a workshop for heavy unmanned missiles in the city of Zaporizhia." A video showing the Iskander strike was distributed. Neither the footage nor the information could be independently verified.

The Russian state news agency Tass reported that the missile "hit the exact centre of the building", leaving "the surrounding buildings practically undamaged, while the workshop itself was almost completely destroyed." The Russian Ministry of Defence stated that the attack was a direct response to recent Ukrainian strikes against Russian oil and gas facilities.

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Drones play a central role in the war in Ukraine and attacks have increased significantly in recent months. As a protective measure, numerous oil companies in Russia have reduced their petrol production in areas close to the border. The Russian statistics service Rosstat reported that petrol production in the country fell by around 7.4 per cent in the week to 24 March.

According to the Ministry of Defence, Russia has threatened to increase "long-range precision weapons attacks on companies in the military-industrial complex, workshops for the production of weapons, and the production of gasoline" in the coming months.

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This tells me that they have degraded Ukraine's air defences decisively and that Ukraine'S air defence ammunition reserves are about to run dry.

[Jimbuna]

Zelensky invites Trump for visit as Kyiv developing ‘unstoppable’ AI-powered drone

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has invited Donald Trump to visit Ukraine amid concerns about the former US president’s ideas about the war.

Speaking to Politico, Zelensky rejected proposals, backed by the likes of Trump, that Ukraine could end the war with Russia by making territorial concessions.

“If the deal is that we just give up our territories, and that’s the idea behind it, then it’s a very primitive idea,” he said.

He added: “We said that we would like Donald Trump to come to Ukraine, see everything with his own eyes and draw his own conclusions. In any case, I am ready to meet him and discuss the issue.”

Trump has reportedly expressed interest in the offer. David Cameron appeared to have failed in his own attempts to persuade Trump to help bring $60bn in military aid to Ukraine when he visited him at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday.

It comes as Ukraine revealed they were developing “unstoppable” AI-powered drones in a push to create an image recognition targeting system to hunt targets.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...918fcfc4&ei=48

[Jimbuna]

Three EU countries in desperate scramble to save Putin's next invasion target

Three EU countries are currently involved in a desperate scramble to stop Putin in invading another country. In a bid to bolster Moldova's resilience against increasing Russian pressure, the 'Weimar Triangle' comprising Germany, France, and Poland has pledged joint investment to stabilise the country's fragile public finances.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced the collaborative initiative following discussions with her Moldovan counterpart, Mihai Popsoi, in Berlin on Tuesday.

Baerbock stressed the significance of fortifying Moldova's security, particularly in economic terms, within the framework of the Weimar Triangle.

As Moldova edges closer to commencing official EU accession talks, it faces mounting challenges, exacerbated by Russian interference and the economic fallout from the conflict in Ukraine.
While European assistance has been extended to Moldova through bilateral channels and the multilateral Moldova Support Platform, plans are underway to enhance the role of the Weimar Triangle as a conduit for unified European action.

Baerbock stressed that future support must transcend mere aid, advocating for substantial business investments to bolster Moldova's economic resilience.

"Aid alone cannot counter [Russia's] hybrid warfare, but economic strength must come from the country itself. This means that investment is key," Baerbock said.

The revitalisation of collaboration within the Weimar format has gained momentum, with a recent emphasis on addressing defence issues and the Ukrainian conflict.

In March, leaders from the three EU nations convened in Berlin, delineating shared priorities for assisting Ukraine, which included stimulating the country's economy through investments in defence industries.

Moldova stands to benefit significantly from EU support and eventual accession, offering a beacon of hope for its citizens amid economic challenges exacerbated by its historical reliance on Russian energy supplies.

For Popsoi, Moldova's Foreign Minister, EU assistance and the prospect of accession represent a pathway to a brighter future for his compatriots. He underscored the profound impact of the ongoing conflict on Moldova's economic stability, highlighting the imperative for diversification away from dependence on Russian energy.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...4ae30fba&ei=10

[Skybird]

How economic negotiations are militarily deterring to Russia or could repel a military attack is beyond me.

Its about brute force, dear EU fellows - brute force, and nothing else.

[Rockstar]

What was Zelensky thinking? When an extremely popular Ukrainian general suggests mobilization you don’t fire them. You use this extremely popular General to inspire a call to arms to defend your independence.

Ukraine should look at the history of the U.S. on how to mobilize their people to arms. As the video below shows even a nation as divided as ours, was able to get their act together and make a difference.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Skybird

How economic negotiations are militarily deterring to Russia or could repel a military attack is beyond me.

Its about brute force, dear EU fellows - brute force, and nothing else.

Precisely

[mapuc]

Markus

[mapuc]

Markus

[Dargo]

European defence groups warn over reliance on Chinese cotton used in gunpowder

Western countries’ push to strengthen Ukraine’s military has sent demand for ammunition soaring. European defence contractors have warned that reliance on Chinese cotton used in gunpowder for ammunition threatens their ability to expand output as western countries race to bolster Ukraine’s overstretched military. Cotton linters, a byproduct and a primary ingredient needed to produce nitrocellulose, are used in artillery shells and other explosives.

Demand for ammunition has soared with Ukraine consuming shells at high rates in its war against Russia. But defence contractors have struggled to scale up output because of supply chain constraints of various inputs, including nitrocellulose, also known as “guncotton”. Leading arms producers, including Sweden’s Saab and Germany’s Rheinmetall, warned that Europe was overly dependent on linters from China, which accounts for just under half of the global trade. https://www.ft.com/content/23807ef8-...b-9c9ad3a27e82

[Skybird]

[Focus] "Holy War": Kremlin paper reveals Putin's true plan and his big goal
A strategy paper by the Russian Orthodox Church reveals a crazy plan by Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. This document, produced under the leadership of Patriarch Cyril, ex-KGB agent and Putin friend, also reveals the Russian president's true goal.

In the document, the "special military operation" in Ukraine is described as a "holy war" by the Russians. This is a "new stage in the national liberation struggle of the Russian people against the criminal Kiev regime and the collective West behind it", it continues.

This is followed by a remarkable admission: the war has been "waged in the territories of south-western Russia since 2014". Unlike Putin himself, the Russian Orthodox Church thus admits that what has been happening in eastern Ukraine since 2014 is not a civil war.

Then one of the true goals of the war is revealed: "The entire territory of modern Ukraine should fall into the zone of Russia's exclusive influence." And: "The possibility of a Russophobic political regime hostile to Russia and its people prevailing on this territory (...) must be completely ruled out." In plain language, this means that Ukrainians should never again be able to decide for themselves who governs them.

The war was also intended to "restore the unity of the Russian people". This suggests that Russians living abroad should also return. "Russia must become a refuge for all compatriots in the world who are suffering from the onslaught of Western globalism, wars and discrimination," it continues. Foreigners are also welcome if they share Russian "values".
This is also intended to counteract the problem of the shrinking population and achieve "intensive natural population growth". The long-term goal: 600 million people in Russia - that would be more than four times as many as today. There are currently 144 million people living in Russia, and the trend is downwards. The church is even planning financial and other incentives to achieve this.


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Megalomania meets nationalism meets racism. No, we are not talking about Nazi Germany, we are talking about contemporary fascist Russia this time. And the slave-keeping orthodox church does once again what it has always done best in all its existence: keeping people in slavery of its feudal political-religous owners.

Zum Kotzen.

And Trump's minions and the Scholzians and Macronians have nothing better to do than to arrange themselves with this. Why not, the enslavement of Wetsenr populations is in high speed as well, just that it is done not with war, but with cpountergfeit money, material redistribution bottom to top, corruption of scinece and massive industry lobbying.
Friedrich A. v. Hayek: The Road to Serfdom. Maybe sounding old-fashioned in language and structure, but it is top actual. He was right with his explanations and projections. With evertyhing.Reading this can make you lose all hope. There's no way out - unless you're dead just in time and haven't had any children.

Man's world sucks.

[Jimbuna]

Ukraine's parliament passes a controversial law to boost much-needed conscripts and fill army ranks

Ukraine’s parliament passed a law on Thursday that will govern how the country recruits new conscripts, following months of delay and after thousands of amendments were submitted to water down the initial draft.

Lawmakers dragged their feet for months over the law, which is expected to be unpopular. The law was spurred by a request from the military command under former army Commander Valerii Zaluzhny, who said Ukraine was in need of up to 500,000 new recruits to boost army ranks.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknew...85a27189&ei=12

[Jimbuna]

Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of April 11

There were 55 combat engagements on the front lines in Ukraine over the past day. The enemy actively attacked Ukrainian positions in the Bakhmut and Novopavlivka directions, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Russian attacks

Overall, the enemy launched 8 missile strikes and 93 aerial bombardments, conducting 78 shelling operations from rocket artillery on the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian areas. Unfortunately, there have been casualties among the civilian population due to Russian terrorist attacks.

During the night, Russian occupiers launched another massive strike on Ukraine, using cruise missiles and UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type. According to preliminary information, Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 37 out of 40 UAVs. Information regarding missiles is being clarified.
During the past day, aerial strikes targeted:

・Derhachi, Lyptsi, Vovchansk, Kurylivka, Kruhliakivka of the Kharkiv region;

・Bilohorivka, Serebrianske forestry of the Luhansk region;

・Spivne, Verkhniokamianske, Ivanivka, Oleksandrivka, Semenivka, Novokalynove, Berdychi, Netailove, Krasnohorivka, Kostiantynivka, Vuhledar, Urozhaine, Staromayorsk of the Donetsk region;

・Mala Tokmachka, Robotyne of the Zaporizhzhia region.

More than 120 populated areas in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions were under artillery fire.

Frontline situation

In the Volyn and Polissia direction, the operational situation remains unchanged.

In the Siversk and Slobozhanske direction, the enemy maintains military presence in border areas, conducts sabotage activities to prevent the transfer of Ukrainian troops to threatened directions, and increases the density of minefields along the state border.

In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive actions.

In the Lyman direction, defense forces repelled 3 enemy attacks near the settlement of Terny in the Donetsk region, where the enemy attempted to break through Ukrainian troops' defense.

In the Bakhmut directionn, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 23 attacks in the areas of the settlements Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region; Vyimka, Rozdolivka, Chasiv Yar, Klishchiivka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy attempted to dislodge Ukrainian units from occupied positions.

In the Avdiivka direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 6 attacks near the settlements of Keramik, Berdychi, Umanske, Netailove, and Pervomaiske in the Donetsk region.

In the Novopavlivka direction, Ukrainian military continues to restrain the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Krasnohorivka, Heorhiivka, Novomykhailivka, where the enemy, with aviation support, attempted to breach Ukrainian troops' defense 16 times.

In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders once in the area of Staromayorsk in the Donetsk region.

In the Kherson direction, the enemy persists in its intention to dislodge Ukrainian units from bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnipro River. During the past day, 6 unsuccessful attacks were carried out on Ukrainian troops' positions.

Russian losses

During the past day, the aviation of the defense forces struck one personnel concentration area, one anti-aircraft missile system, one artillery system, and one electronic warfare station of the enemy.

Missile troops units inflicted strikes on 9 personnel concentration areas and one anti-aircraft missile system of the enemy.

On the morning of April 11, Russians attacked Ukraine with missiles.

In Kharkiv and the region, at least nine explosions were heard, and power outages were recorded.

In the Kyiv region, enemy targets hit infrastructure objects.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...85a27189&ei=43

[Skybird]

Russia scores, big time.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68788110

These kind of Russian successes count much, much more than Ukraine sinking a Russian warship here, killing a tank company there. Ukraine has lost 8% of its national energy production in this attack. The damage cannot be repaired, is not temporary.

On radio they said there are first indications of Russia flushing even more soldiers into Ukraine. The point is they will not all get killed - many will survive: brutalazed in their soul, and battle-hardened and combat-experienced. Veterans - by gained experience ready for the war after. Ukraine serves Russians as a war school for the things to come. Brutality coupled with experience make the tougher soldiers.

[Jimbuna]

[Skybird]

Colonel Reisner's latest assessments:


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