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

[Jabberwocky]

Pro Ukrainian sources reporting forces from Kupyansk and Borova have linked up. New push reportedly heading for Svatove.

 

[RogerdeLluria]

Ukraine already pushing successfully in 2 fronts.


and ... there are rumours they may open a 3rd one

 

[swampyankee]

Chechen leader to send teenage sons to fight on Ukraine front

The Chechen leader says now will be the time for his three teenage sons — aged 16, 15 and 14 — to "prove themselves in a real fight" on Russia's Ukraine front.

www.abc.net.au

Sending children to war? Disgusting

 

[buffnut453]

Interesting report from Lyman after its liberation:

Ukraine war: Liberated town shows human cost of Russia's defeat

The BBC's Orla Guerin finds desolate scenes in Lyman, a town Ukraine recaptured from Russia.

www.bbc.com

 

[buffnut453]

This has been reported elsewhere but it still provides interesting insights into the in-fighting among Kremlin loyalists. The comments at the end about "hotheads" and "turbo patriots" are particularly noteworthy.

Ukraine war: Lyman retreat sparks rare criticism of Russian top brass

Some pro-war Russians are tiring of what they perceive to be an overly cautious military leadership.

www.bbc.com

 

[Admiral Beez]

This is a harsh account, only for the Strong hearted. But shows why Ukrainians should not stop this war, under any circumstances, until the last russian is out of their rightful borders.
And why we, the west, shouldn't stop supporting them.

Agreed. I don't know how Ukraine is going to forgive Russia for this. It took a complete regime and mindset change away from fascism in Germany for Israel and the Jewish people to come to terms and rapprochement with the Germans. There is hope though, as Germany and Israel today share excellent relations, spurred on by the former's accepting of its history.

Germany and Israel: Bilateral relations

Germany has a unique relationship with Israel. This stems from Germany’s responsibility for the Shoah, the systematic genocide of six million European Jews under National Socialism. Since diplomatic…

www.auswaertiges-amt.de

Perhaps that's the path Russia must go, to hit rock bottom, and then to reach up to others, including those it persecuted for help out of the pit. Let's hope my yet to be conceived grandchildren get to see that day.

 

[fubar57]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-war-1.6605262

 

[buffnut453]

Another update on the situation in Kherson. More progress for Ukrainian forces:

Dramatic battlefield changes in Kherson as of this morning. This is a Russian map. The Ukrainian army is pressing toward Mylove, which threatened to envelopment of Russian forces. Accordingly, the remaining Russian troops in NE Kherson pulled back to establish more defensible lines, giving up Davydiv Brid, and setting the stage for defense of the Nova Khakova dam/bridge at Beryslavka and Kozatske.

Former FSB officer and former Russian separatist defense minister, Igor Girken, was furious about the withdrawal from Davydiv Brid as the Russians had fought tough battles to seize it and were well-entrenched. Now, he believes the goal of the Russian command is to reduce size of the front line and ensure control of the dam, the crossing, and the water supply to Crimea.



Concentrating forces above the dam, however, makes them vulnerable to artillery—especially HIMARS—attacks. This could be the beginning of the endgame in Kherson for the Russians.

 

[RogerdeLluria]

Yes, definitely the situation around Kherson is developing fast. Many villages have been liberated in the last 30-40 hours.





Edit adding more recent map:

 

[buffnut453]

Ukraine could liberate the entire north bank of the Dnipro River within a week. One can only hope!!!!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I so want to be a fly on the wall in the "Führerbunker."

 

[SaparotRob]

We can hope that the subs are as well "maintained" as the tanks. If so the test will probably destroy the sub.

Seeing as how I got this info from a YouTube site I hesitated to mention it. The presenter said that no Russian sub is quieter than the day it's first launched. I don't know when that was for Belgorod. I didn't pay attention to its Doomsday Kamikaze Torpedo of Doom, Death Weapon.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Another airfield to hit?

 

[Admiral Beez]

Ukraine could liberate the entire north bank of the Dnipro River within a week. One can only hope!!!!

Only but the most loyal to Putin in Russia's Kherson force north of the Dnieper river must be considering to surrender. What's the downside? You'll get to live, likely be well treated and fed and when this is over return to your families.

 

[Admiral Beez]

I so want to be a fly on the wall in the "Führerbunker."

If this is true, the discussions in the bunker must be wild.

Russia feared to be planning major nuclear test near border with Ukraine: report

Russian President Vladimir Putin is feared to be planning a nuclear test on the border with Ukraine — where officials in the capital, Kyiv, are already handing out potassium iodine pills read…

nypost.com

 

[SaparotRob]

Another airfield to hit?

I'll see Special Kherson Cat's 10 ATACMS and raise her another 20!

 

[GrauGeist]

Seeing as how I got this info from a YouTube site I hesitated to mention it. The presenter said that no Russian sub is quieter than the day it's first launched. I don't know when that was for Belgorod. I didn't pay attention to its Doomsday Kamikaze Torpedo of Doom, Death Weapon.

Yeah - one of Vladolph Putler's "Wunder Waffe" weapons.

The supposed doomsday "torpedoes" (which are more the size of a medium range missile) are claimed to generate a 1,600 foot high, radioactive tsunami.

Ok, so that's nothing new. Test Baker, at Bikini Atoll in July '46 was detonated at a depth of 90 feet, created a water column over a mile high and a tsunami 94 feet tall. It was a 21kt bomb.

Any nuclear equipped military can do the same thing if they drop a nuke in the water...

 

[GrauGeist]

Another airfield to hit?

Why not capture it instead?

 

[SaparotRob]

Can't we just use those cool warheads that spray a whole lot of "boom-lets" to wreck the Russian junk? It slices, dices, peels and grates!

 

[Admiral Beez]

Why not capture it instead?

Per the above post it's 105 km away. Blast it first, capture it later.