Here we go again-Ukraine once again pt2

[Dargo]

Originally Posted by Skybird

The question is also where the electricity for these is coming from. That they build production sites does not mean that these produce at 100% - or at all. I expect that their factories produce only at a fracton of their designed capacities.

The Transmission System Operators of Continental Europe will increase their export capacity to Ukraine and Moldova by 400 megawatts (MW) to 2.1 gigawatts (GW) starting Dec. 1

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We have not yet received promised number of air defense systems from NATO countries, - Zelenskyy

Ukraine has not yet received 6-7 air defense systems to protect the sky, which NATO countries promised to transfer to Ukraine during the summer summit of the Alliance.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this in an interview with representatives of the leading media of the Nordic countries, Censor.NET reports.

He recalled that on the eve of the summit in Washington in July, NATO countries said they were not ready to see Ukraine in the Alliance while a full-scale war was ongoing. Instead, they suggested strengthening air defense.

"They said they were not ready to take more decisive steps in this direction. But they are ready to give us, for example, six or seven specific systems that will protect our skies," Zelenskyy said.

The Head of State noted that it was impossible to compare these two things - an invitation to NATO and strengthening air defense, but Ukraine agreed to the offer.

The President emphasized that air defense systems are critically important for Ukraine and it would be a risk to lose this opportunity.

According to Zelenskyy, Ukraine and its partners had agreed to deliver the systems by September 1, but as of October 30, this number of systems had not been delivered.

He emphasized that Ukraine was counting on this assistance on the eve of the third winter with power outages and other "tests."

"If we have not received this yet, we cannot count on this great support for the air defense system during the heating season, which has already begun," Zelenskyy added. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3517556

[mapuc]

What on earth is Putin doing?

That is the question one is left with after the renowned Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has assessed that the Russian economy will overheat and reach a point where it 'burns out'.

The think tank thus assesses in its latest analysis that Putin may be forced to find a new way to obtain resources for his war, for example via mobilization, or instead change the way of waging war in Ukraine.

Ekstra Bladet has asked senior researcher at DIIS Flemming Splidsboel what he thinks Putin will do.

- He will tend to wage war in a less expensive way, but that will make it more difficult to hold on to territory. In the Russian narrative, there are Ukrainians on Russian territory in Eastern Ukraine.

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[Catfish]

Originally Posted by mapuc

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"In the Russian narrative, there are Ukrainians on Russian territory in Eastern Ukraine."

The "russsian narrative" is only Putin's fantasy and has nothing to do with reality, not even with what the russians think.

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[Dargo]

Nordic countries to finance arms purchases from Ukrainian manufacturers

All Nordic countries have confirmed their readiness to finance the purchase of weapons from Ukrainian manufacturers. Herman Smetanin, Ukraine’s Minister of Strategic Industries, said the funding will be based on the Danish model. In particular, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland have confirmed their readiness to provide funding. Ukrainian manufacturers have increased their production capacity and are producing weapons that remain in warehouses and do not reach the Defense Forces due to a lack of state funds for their purchase. “I remember exactly one year ago, in October 2023, when we first realised that we were able to produce more than we had the funds to buy. And we started thinking with our team about how to fund it all,” Herman Smetanin shared. Ukraine is capable of producing and implementing more projects that would help the country in the war, but the only pressing issue is funding... https://mil.in.ua/en/news/nordic-cou...manufacturers/

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Dargo

Nordic countries to finance arms purchases from Ukrainian manufacturers

All Nordic countries have confirmed their readiness to finance the purchase of weapons from Ukrainian manufacturers. Herman Smetanin, Ukraine’s Minister of Strategic Industries, said the funding will be based on the Danish model. In particular, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland have confirmed their readiness to provide funding. Ukrainian manufacturers have increased their production capacity and are producing weapons that remain in warehouses and do not reach the Defense Forces due to a lack of state funds for their purchase. “I remember exactly one year ago, in October 2023, when we first realised that we were able to produce more than we had the funds to buy. And we started thinking with our team about how to fund it all,” Herman Smetanin shared. Ukraine is capable of producing and implementing more projects that would help the country in the war, but the only pressing issue is funding... https://mil.in.ua/en/news/nordic-cou...manufacturers/

This is good news indeed-They need all the weapons, ammos and boots on the ground and in the air. The Ukrainians are under pressure(Watch my latest video)

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[Skybird]

Russian troops are now standing less than 6km before Pokrovsk, constantly advancing. The last village south of the town has been taken.



Behind Pokrovsk - there is practically nothing in hardened defence lines anymore. Pokrovsk marks a stronghold in the last defence line. Its like a headstone in a stone arch. Take that headstone out, and dont be surprised by what the arch then does.

Originally Posted by Dargo

The Transmission System Operators of Continental Europe will increase their export capacity to Ukraine and Moldova by 400 megawatts (MW) to 2.1 gigawatts (GW) starting Dec. 1

Ukraine had an installed powerplant capacity of 59 GW before the war, needing 22 GW for itself, exporting the rest.

85% of the former capacity for - suzmmarized - energy production and heating has been destroyed (beyond repair). 95% of all thermal powerplants have been destroyed (beyond repair).

Now do the math and see how far you get with those EU power donations. Not very far. This will become the by far coldest and

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[Skybird]

News from the Google-Russian war. Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000


https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/31/t...sia/index.html


[CNN] Google reportedly owes the Kremlin more than 2 undecillion rubles — a 2 followed by 36 zeroes — after refusing to pay fines that are now accruing for blocking pro-Russian channels on YouTube.

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With or without inflation compensation...?

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Russia Eats Away At Territory, And Ukrainian Morale

Progress has been slow but it is relentless. Russia's army has been advancing at several points along the Ukrainian war front for weeks now, gobbling up territory one village at a time.

It has cast doubt over Kyiv's ability to stem the tide, let alone push back the advancing troops.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's army has taken 478 square kilometres of territory since the start of October -- its largest monthly territorial gain since the early weeks of its invasion in February 2022, according to AFP analysis of data from the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

"Russia has been on the offensive for an entire year," said Meduza, a Russian opposition website that has been blocked by Moscow.

"Yet this past week has been one of the toughest -- if not the toughest -- for Ukraine's armed forces during that time," it added.

The ISW data does not point to Ukrainian military collapse in any way, "but what is the most concerning is that it's a pattern", said former French army colonel Michel Goya, a war historian.

"We have seen an acceleration in this progression, with the feeling that it cannot be stopped," he added, describing a "Russian strategy of pressure everywhere, all the time, while waiting for (the defence) to crack, crumble or collapse."

Almost every day, Moscow claims a new victory.

"None of the locations, on their own, have any great importance, but together it represents a great success for the Russian army," said Alexander Khramchikhin, a Moscow-based Russian military analyst.

"The Russian advance, even though not rapid, shows the increasing deterioration (of the situation) in Ukraine."

Since the start of the war, Moscow has maintained artillery superiority.

Despite Western sanctions, Russia has turned its economy into a war machine, with support from allies, headed by Iran and North Korea.

"The Russian war industry produces more weapons than Ukraine receives," said Khramchikhin, and "more ammunition thanks to its industry and that of North Korea".

At the start of this year, a US Congress freeze on a multi-billion-dollar aid package significantly slowed the supply of weapons to Ukraine, "while three million North Korean shells arrived in Russian depots", said Goya.

And Moscow developed a guidance system for bombs, which it uses "by the thousands", he said, adding that some 1,600 North Korean KN-02 ballistic missiles had pummelled Ukraine.

Rather than capturing towns district by district, the Russian army has gone for a suffocation tactic.

"The principle is to threaten to surround the pockets that are then forced to retreat," said Goya.

For Alexander Kots, a war journalist for the popular Russian daily Komsomolskaya Pravda and strong supporter of the invasion, "we refused to storm towns and villages head on, where we would have to eat up every square metre of road, every house."

As such, Ukrainian forces "can be forced to withdraw along a long corridor that is open to fire."

Gradually, the Russian advance has eaten away at Ukrainian morale. Kyiv is struggling to recruit, while the army's disorganisation and corruption facilitate desertions and refusals to fight.

"Beating an enemy is killing their hope. When the sacrifice of those who die is for nothing, there is no sense in fighting on," said Goya.

"The (President Volodymyr) Zelensky government, faced with the war weariness of the civilian population, is struggling to mobilise," said a French military leader on the condition of anonymity.

On Tuesday, Kyiv announced a new mobilisation drive aimed at recruiting 160,000 people, faced with the fear of Russia deploying North Korean troops, in order to boost numbers by 85 percent.

On the flip side, Russia is suffering heavy losses, experts say.

Ivan Klyszcz, from the International Centre for Defence and Security (ICDS) in Estonia, said that at the current rate, Russia "would finish capturing the rest of the Donbas region of Ukraine after several months and at an extremely high cost."

In the meantime, the West is procrastinating.

Zelensky's "victory plan", which was supposed to put him in a position of strength to negotiate, has divided allies, while the US presidential elections in November have created uncertainty.

"It seems that Ukraine will soon realise that it needs a change of course, and that relying on Western partners... will become a counter-productive strategy in the near future," said Klyszcz.

However, the deployment of North Korean troops could provoke a sense of urgency in the West.

But "whether this urgency will translate into new pledges or enhanced support, is yet to be seen," added Klyszcz.
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