I feel like if they've been talking internally about wanting to get out for the last while, now's the time because if they pulled out shortly after Trump took office, that would be a pretty big sign of weakness.
Could be as well, that they'd been holding out hoping for Trump to basically hand Ukraine to them but maybe directly or through back channeling he's said that he won't be doing that. That takes me back to the first point where they might feel like better to go out now and claim "victory" than look weak on Trump's watch.
Kadyrov's special status in Russia is only growing. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the personal army of the Chechen warlord has increased by 100% - from 12 000 to 25 000 men, an investigation by Proect.Detali shows. https://twitter.com/user/status/1867186214899437585
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Sergey Yevsyukov, responsible for torture and execution of at least 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russian captivity in 2022, has been assassinated in occupied Donetsk https://twitter.com/user/status/1868212250806554632
This week, we received an answer on how effective the Korean troops are and how much they are helping Russia in the Kursk region.
North Korean army units are being replenished after losses in Russia’s Kursk region. On Dec 14–15, near Plekhovo, Vorozhba, and Martinovka, DPRK units suffered heavy losses—at least 30 soldiers killed or wounded. Near Kurilovka, at least three North Korean troops went missing. https://twitter.com/user/status/1868568758974910793
Ukraine's Air Force reported on a Shahed drone attack overnight. Out of 49 launched, 27 were shot down by regular air defense and 19 were supressed by electronic warfare. https://twitter.com/user/status/1868566632622444841
This week, we received an answer on how effective the Korean troops are and how much they are helping Russia in the Kursk region. Footage of North Korean attacks demonstrates that they lack the skills to conduct modern warfare, which was not a surprise.
A bomb hidden in an electric scooter killed a senior Russian general in charge of nuclear protection forces in Moscow on Tuesday, Russia’s investigative committee said.
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who is chief of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, was killed outside an apartment building some 7 km (4 miles) southeast of the Kremlin.
Kirillov’s death came a day after Ukrainian prosecutors charged the general in absentia with the use of banned chemical weapons in the war on Ukraine. According to the Security Service of Ukraine, more than 4,800 cases of Russian use of chemical munitions have been recorded on Kirillov’s orders since the beginning of the war.
Kirillov had also been sanctioned by Britain for the “abhorrent use of inhumane chemical weapons” on the battlefield in Ukraine.
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Doubt he really cares as long as he gets the nuke info he wants, etc. These are just playing cards to him.
Yeah, IMO these guys were written off as soon as they departed. Maybe he's hoping one or two survive to come back and train the others that he still has. But that's looking unlikely, they seem to be very, very bad at modern combat.
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Despite the Norks being generally ineffective, it's amazing to me how the world hasn't reacted more strongly to another sovereign nation entering the conflict with boots on the ground. 10,000 guys with Kalashnikovs is still 10,000 guys with Kalashnikovs.
I've been reading a pretty obscure WWII book about Canada's role in the war, and although people were generally against war back then and sending troops abroad, almost everyone agreed that Canada needed to ramp up production of arms for themselves, but especially their major allies. Canada gave Britain a billion dollars in 1942. A billion.
We should be doing the same this time.
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The blast that killed Gen Kirillov happened at the house where I lived before moving to Israel. Apparently, he lived in the next entrance. I still owe the apartment in that house, although I rent it out now. The war literally came to my house.
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Despite the Norks being generally ineffective, it's amazing to me how the world hasn't reacted more strongly to another sovereign nation entering the conflict with boots on the ground. 10,000 guys with Kalashnikovs is still 10,000 guys with Kalashnikovs.
I've been reading a pretty obscure WWII book about Canada's role in the war, and although people were generally against war back then and sending troops abroad, almost everyone agreed that Canada needed to ramp up production of arms for themselves, but especially their major allies. Canada gave Britain a billion dollars in 1942. A billion.
We should be doing the same this time.
Not sure how correct that is especially after France fell and the bombs started falling on England, I had 3 uncles that signed up and met countless other vets that all seemed to have one thing in common. They couldn't wait to get over there and kill some Jerry's. Even my grandmother supported her 3 oldest sons going to the fight.
