"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (6 Viewers)

[Escuadrilla Azul]

The NK government is therefore having serious problems recruiting personnel to send to Ukraine.

Kind of surprising this.

I'm with Thumpalumpacus in the assumption of use of forced labour but in a second thought, it could be a great risky for NK to send 'enemies of the state' to the Donbass, were they could attempt to flee to the west and have a fair chance of success due to the porous frontline.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Kind of surprising this.

I'm with Thumpalumpacus in the assumption of use of forced labour but in a second thought, it could be a great risky for NK to send 'enemies of the state' to the Donbass, were they could attempt to flee to the west and have a fair chance of success due to the porous frontline.

I wasn't thinking about "enemies of the state" being impressed, but simply impressing civilians with construction experience. Of course, the risk of defection would still be high, I'd think.

 

[ThomasP]

The matter of starvation in North Korea is very overused and largely propagandistic in nature.

The only real famine/mass starvation event in recent NK history occurred in the 1990s (1995-1998? I think). It was not the result of the nature of the NK government, but was simply the result of a series of massive rainfalls and flooding that occurred in 1995. It is estimated that over 70% of the nation's rice crop was destroyed. Very few countries are in a position to handle such natural disasters.

In general, most of the references to the NK people starving are references to this event.

Also the propagandistic focus of the NK government has instilled in the average person a fear of the outside world. While the standard of living in NK is not particularly high, the majority of the people are what I think is usually referred to as 'provincial', and like most peoples they want to stay home and feel they are secure. Going to a strange country, far away, into a war zone, at the behest of a foreign government that they have no real reason to trust, . . .? Apparently, it is not an easy sell.

 

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[SaparotRob]

I had a thought (I know, right?). When Russia goes around peddling their crap to third world nations, Ukraine should offer the same stuff for free and throw in fifty Hryvnia just to haul it away. What would that do for putler's bottom line?

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

I had a thought (I know, right?). When Russia goes around peddling their crap to third world nations, Ukraine should offer the same stuff for free and throw in fifty Hryvnia just to haul it away. What would that do for putler's bottom line?

Ask the Tractor Brigade -- they know what they have on stock, and Top Men say that they're willing to haggle..

 

[Admiral Beez]

Russian AFVs are not having a good day.

FEX.NET

fex.net

 

[Admiral Beez]

The progress here is just incredible.

 

[Greg Boeser]

One of our customers came in today after returning from a trip to Ukraine. He said morale over there is sky high. Shared pictures of some of the devestation, and some shrapnel he brought back.

 

[manta22]

Did you see the warning sign about picking up souvenirs in the video I posted?

 

[RogerdeLluria]

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In addition there are rumors of UAF atacking Izium from the south. If true it's an exact repeat of operation Fredericus II
"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."

 

[Admiral Beez]

Latest map I've seen



In addition there are rumors of UAF atacking Izium from the south. If true it's an exact repeat of operation Fredericus II
"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."

Ten thousand POWs will be good leverage to recover the Mariupol defenders and civilians forcibly deported to Russia. Putin might not want the POWs back, but upon seeing them marched through Kyiv, their families will.

 

[RogerdeLluria]

Russian AFVs are not having a good day.

FEX.NET

fex.net

Tanks neither

 

[SaparotRob]

Russian AFVs are not having a good day.

FEX.NET

fex.net

Typical NATO propaganda. It is a Russian Naval training film on how to go down with the ship.

 

[RogerdeLluria]

"Almost" official 50 thousand: Russia published information about the losses of the army in Ukraine - Ukraine Today .org

The published document is dated 08/26/2022, that is, it does not include data before the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Russian opposition leader Mikhail Khodorkovsky published information about the dead soldiers of the regular troops of the Russian Federation. He gave the...

ukrainetoday.org

 

[Admiral Beez]

"Almost" official 50 thousand: Russia published information about the losses of the army in Ukraine - Ukraine Today .org

The published document is dated 08/26/2022, that is, it does not include data before the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Russian opposition leader Mikhail Khodorkovsky published information about the dead soldiers of the regular troops of the Russian Federation. He gave the...

ukrainetoday.org

It's a good website (no title)

 

[SaparotRob]

Ten thousand POWs will be good leverage to recover the Mariupol defenders and civilians forcibly deported to Russia. Putin might not want the POWs back, but upon seeing them marched through Kyiv, their families will.

Let's just hope the Russian people get to see it. How putler will explain to the world that this is going all to plan will be fun.

 

[RogerdeLluria]

Latest map I've seen



In addition there are rumors of UAF atacking Izium from the south. If true it's an exact repeat of operation Fredericus II
"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again."

ISW is reporting both, the extend of the advances and the attacks to Izium from the south

 

[GrauGeist]

Tanks neither

And of course, we know who's waiting around the corner for that tank...