"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (2 Viewers)

[Snowman]

Agreed with you of course, not with this hypocritical POS.

 

[GrauGeist]

Even though the situation in Israel is tragic, I literally laughed out loud when I read Putin's statements.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Even though the situation in Israel is tragic, I literally laughed out loud when I read Putin's statements.

His sanctimony is disgusting given the blood on his hands. More than ever I want to see him take the Big Nap.

We need a Private Jackson here.

 

[SaparotRob]

Putin and all his works must fail before he dies. It must be proved that he and his policies are failures. I don't want his vodka flavored Kool-Ade followers to say "he would have succeeded had he not died. It was his replacement that did not have the true vision." It must be abundantly clear that the failure is all his. It must all come crashing down while he is still in charge. It must be unmistakably clear that he was the cause of Ukrainian and Russian suffering.

 

[Greg Boeser]

BISHKEK, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Friday for an end to the bloodshed in the Middle East and cautioned Israel that a ground offensive in Gaza would lead to an "absolutely unacceptable" number of civilian casualties.

[...]

"And most importantly, the civilian casualties will be absolutely unacceptable. Now the main thing is to stop the bloodshed," Putin said at a summit in Kyrgyzstan with other former republics of the Soviet Union.

Putin cautions Israel against using tactics in Gaza like Nazi siege of Leningrad

Russian President Vladimir Putin cautioned Israel on Friday against laying siege to Gaza in the same way that Nazi Germany besieged Leningrad, saying a ground offensive there would lead to an "absolutely unacceptable" number of civilian casualties.

www.reuters.com

Physician, heal thyself ... and STFU until you do so.

I Guess some civilian casualties are more acceptable than others.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

French police are probing possible poisoning of Russian journalist who denounced Ukraine war on TV

French prosecutors are investigating a suspected poisoning of a Russian journalist who fled Russia after denouncing the war in Ukraine on live TV.

apnews.com

PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors are investigating a suspected poisoning Thursday of a Russian journalist who fled after denouncing the war in Ukraine on live TV.

Marina Ovsyannikova called emergency services and was hospitalized after suddenly falling ill as she left her Paris apartment and said she suspected she was poisoned, the Paris prosecutor's office said.

Police were examining her apartment and an investigation was underway, the prosecutor's office said.

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, which helped Ovsyannikova escape Russia and settle in France, said its team has been ''at her side'' since she sought medical attention. The group, known also by its French acronym RSF, did not have further information about what happened.

Ovsyannikova, who worked at Russian state television Channel One, drew international attention in March 2022 after appearing behind the anchor of an evening news broadcast with a sign that said, "Stop the war, don't believe the propaganda, they are lying to you here."

She last longer than Prigbuddy

 

[manta22]

His sanctimony is disgusting given the blood on his hands. More than ever I want to see him take the Big Nap.

We need a Private Jackson here.

or von Stauffenberg

 

[GrauGeist]

I Guess some civilian casualties are more acceptable than others.

I suspect that Herr Putler considers Ukrainians as untermensch (or недочеловек) therefore don't count.

 

[Glider]

Putin and all his works must fail before he dies. It must be proved that he and his policies are failures. I don't want his vodka flavored Kool-Ade followers to say "he would have succeeded had he not died. It was his replacement that did not have the true vision." It must be abundantly clear that the failure is all his. It must all come crashing down while he is still in charge. It must be unmistakably clear that he was the cause of Ukrainian and Russian suffering.

I believe that a number of his works are failing. If this is the result of one of the largest attacks Russia has launched this year. then things are not getting any better.

Source the Independent

Russian troops are "exhausted" after suffering "significant" losses following their major attack on the key Ukrainian town of Avdiivka, a US war think tank has said. Russian and Ukrainian forces fought fierce battles around the strategically important eastern town for a third day after Moscow launched one of its biggest military offensives in months.

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported on Thursday that Vladimir Putin's troops are subsequently "exhausted", according to Russian "Vostok" Battalion Commander Alexander Khodakovsky, who is now even "advocating for Russian forces to freeze the frontlines in Ukraine" in order to make replacements.

The ISW added that, in the face of relentless attacks, Ukrainian forces have managed to destroy at least 36 Russian armoured vehicles, including tanks, according to a Ukrainian reserve officer.

 

[MiTasol]

I Guess some civilian casualties are more acceptable than others.

I like your misquote of Animal Farm - wish I had thought of it first

 

[buffnut453]

It would be cool if a way could be found to do this:

UK explores using frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine defence

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says "we need to do everything we can" to disrupt Russia's ability to fund the war.

www.bbc.com

 

[Greg Boeser]

I like your misquote of Animal Farm - wish I had thought of it first

Allusion. Not a misquote. Glad you caught it.

 

[J_P_C]

Are the engines on the A-10 a relatively common model? I think I may have read that somewhere. Would those engines be found on some of the aircraft operated by Ukrainian International Airlines? If so, having technicians already familiar with the type and a preexisting logistics chain might lend some validity to sending them to Ukraine.

gas generator is pretty much common to the CF-34 family, fan module and engine externals not as much

 

[SaparotRob]

So I'm a nutshell, no.

 

[Ascent]

View: https://twitter.com/albafella1/status/1712803461891330467?t=48Kv1n_zLL5MvT_3cZWrcw&s=19

 

[Admiral Beez]

View: https://twitter.com/albafella1/status/1712803461891330467?t=48Kv1n_zLL5MvT_3cZWrcw&s=19

I must admit that since deleting my Twitter/X account in the summer I have not missed it at all. I like seeing these posts here, since I needn't go to the app.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

KYIV, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Fighting along the northern portion of Ukraine's eastern front has "significantly worsened" in recent days, the commander of Kyiv's ground forces said on Saturday.

Oleksandr Syrskyi, who was visiting Ukrainian troops in the area, said Russian forces had regrouped after suffering losses and were attacking around the village of Makiivka and towards the city of Kupiansk.

"The main objective of the enemy is the defeat of a grouping of our troops, the encirclement of Kupiansk and to reach the Oskil River," he said in comments carried by an official military platform.


Syrskyi added that Russian forces were carrying out "dozens" of assaults each day, but that Ukrainian troops had been ready and were holding their ground.

The development comes as Kremlin forces were also pummelling the strategic Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, on a different section of the eastern front, in what Russian and Western officials said amounted to a new offensive.

A four-month-old Ukrainian counteroffensive has made some progress in both the east, near Bakhmut, and in the south, where Kyiv hopes to reach the Sea of Azov, but gains have been incremental.

Top Ukraine general says fighting in northeast has 'significantly worsened'

Fighting along the northern portion of Ukraine's eastern front has "significantly worsened" in recent days, the commander of Kyiv's ground forces said on Saturday.

www.reuters.com

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

KYIV, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Russia's military pressed on with fierce assaults on the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka on Saturday, with shelling so fierce that emergency crews were unable to recover the dead from wrecked buildings, the town's top administrative official said.

It was the fifth straight day of assaults on the town in Ukraine's industrial heartland of Donbas, focal point of Moscow's 19-month-old invasion of its neighbour.

Both Russia and the United States have described the upsurge in violence around Avdiivka as a new Russian offensive.

Fighting intensified in other sectors of the 1,000-km-long (600-mile) front. One top Ukrainian commander said clashes further north had "significantly worsened", while another said Russian losses were mounting in the war's southern sectors.

No letup in Russian strikes on Ukrainian town of Avdiivka

Russia's military pressed on with fierce assaults on the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka on Saturday, with shelling so fierce that emergency crews were unable to recover the dead from wrecked buildings, the town's top administrative official said.

reuters.com

 

[GrauGeist]

Excellent article about the current situation:

Seizing the Initiative in Ukraine: Waging War in a Defense Dominant World

Ukraine retains the initiative in the war but advanced an average of only 90 meters per day, based on new CSIS analysis of the summer offensive and a comparative review of cases since World War I.

www.csis.org

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

BRUSSELS — The Pentagon calls it FrankenSAM — a project that cobbles together air defense weapons for Ukraine from an array of parts from around the world.

But now, as congressional gridlock delays funding for the war in Ukraine, the Frankenstein-like program for surface-to-air missiles has become more of a life saver and a reliable way to get working weapons to the battlefield now. The rapid delivery of the systems comes as Ukraine tries to ward off Russian airstrikes and make as many gains as possible before troops are slowed down by weather.

A senior U.S. defense official said Thursday that the U.S. has been able to improvise and build a new missile launcher from radars and other parts contributed by allies and partners. The system will be able to launch AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles, which the U.S. announced Wednesday it will send to Ukraine in the latest aid package.

At the same time, U.S. engineers have been able to work with Ukraine to modify a Soviet-era Buk air defense launcher so that it can fire RIM-7 missiles, which the U.S. has in large quantities. Ukraine has a number of the Buk systems, but its supply of missiles had been dwindling.

Both of those systems, the official said, are moving to Ukraine this fall, in an effort to meet critical air defense needs as it struggles to retake territory the Russians have seized and gain a solid battlefield footing as the muddy season hits ahead of the winter freeze.

Pentagon program cobbles together air defense weapons for Ukraine

The Pentagon calls it FrankenSAM.

www.marinecorpstimes.com

It's vital that these are in place before the Russians resume their energy campaign this winter.