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I know. My friends and would bicycle over the Marine Park Bridge (now the Gil Hodges Bridge) and count the KC-97s, A-4s and Neptune P2Vs. My Sea Explorer Ship was sponsored by NASNY.Floyd Bennet Field was a Naval Air Station back then.
I'm looking forward to the Ukrainian liberation of the Duchy of St. Petersburg.ISW is reporting Russian military bloggers are voicing concern that the two main supply lines going south to Izyum and Kupiyansk are being threatened by the Ukranian advance.
If these are cut, the whole of the Russian front line west and south of Kupiyansk becomes vulnerable. Ukraine could pivot southwards and roll up 50 or 60 km worth of territory in relatively short order. Basically retake everything to the west of the Oskil river.
That then gives them a solid natural obstacle on their flank, to allow for drives further east-southeast towards Rubizhen/Severodonetsk/Lysychansk.
Alternatively, there's speculation they could get REALLY ambitious and head further east into Luhask Oblast and attempt to cut some more supply lines heading south and west out of Russia. That's an advance of a further 80-100km though.
Yes. I'm sure putler has great concern for those who have served him well.we will see soon - if it is Sychevoy Ukrainians have perfect person to trade him for soldiers from Mariupol
Indeed. Putin hasn't been asking for the return of Viktor Medvedchuk.Yes. I'm sure putler has great concern for those who have served him well.
Interestingly, those women are speaking Russian, not Ukrainian. Their gratitude for these soldiers liberating them calls BS on the Russian narrative about liberating Russian speakers in Eastern Ukraine.
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Notice the use of rivers and terrain that I mentioned earlier. The red salient is isolated form the rest by a river, so in practice in not a salient but a pocket.
When I first saw this map, without reading, I thought it was a classic pincer operation
Notice I said, "…..without reading…."Notice the use of rivers and terrain that I mentioned earlier. The red salient is isolated form the rest by a river, so in practice in not a salient but a pocket.
Not sure if a brain drain is a good idea.They should leave it open to highly degreed folks and their families to help the Russian brain drain.
Notice I said, "…..without reading…."
Very interesting, thanks for sharing!Good artical on why things have been quiet in Moldova, so far:
Transdniestria, Moldova, and Russia’s War in Ukraine
Russia has raised the prospect of using Transdniestria to open a second front against Ukraine and to pressure Moldova.carnegieendowment.org
re Russia buying ammunition from North Korea
It is kind of interesting how the interplay of the sanctions against Russia and North Korea are working out.
In 2015 Russia and NK agreed to use the ruble for all of trade cash payments with each other.
Sanctions imposed in 2017 (universally approved by the UN security council which includes Russia) allow no more than 500,000 barrels or refined oil products/year to be exported to NK. This amounts to the equivalent of about 1 USgal/person in NK. Russia has been providing an additional ~25% over the sanctions through grey market trade. Indigenous oil refining production amounts to less than .1 USgal/person.
The sanctions against Russia regarding trade have grossly reduced the RF exports of oil, thus reducing their ability to purchase goods from other countries.
The recent inflation of the ruble in Russia and devaluation of the ruble worldwide has significantly reduced the amount of goods a ruble can buy, including between Russia and NK.
NK has just recently reached the point where they are unable to pay for the additional oil they have been receiving from Russia through the grey market.
Russia is hurting for lack of ability to purchase goods.
Hence, Russia has effectively agreed to supply oil for free to NK and accept military munitions in trade.
NK now has nuclear weapons, and no longer feels as much need for massive stockpiles of ammunition to prevent invasion. So NK has agreed to draw down their conventional ammunition stocks.
Russia had recently announced that there would be 100,000 NK personnel coming to Ukraine to help rebuild the damage done in the eastern separatist regions.
Because of the devaluation of the ruble, Russia is unable to offer the desired NK personnel a living/worthwhile wage via payment in rubles.
The average NK person has no use for oil, and is apparently unwilling to work for something that they cannot use. (The military uses ~1/2 of all oil products that NK imports, industry accounts for the vast majority of the rest.)
The NK government is therefore having serious problems recruiting personnel to send to Ukraine.
In some ways, this is almost like a tragi-comedy farce movie.