Ukraine just invaded Russia. Currently occupying a Russian city

[Savvir]

I think you got to come to terms that if you offer any type of nuance to this conflict that goes contrary to the hive mind then you are automatically the enemy or a Putin lover.

I guarantee you once the war ends and the dust settles, publications like NPR or NYT who were calling Azov right wing extremist before the war, but suddenly started calling them Ukraines elite 3rd Assault Brigade or Kraken unit during the war, will be calling them right wing extremist again. Remember Bin Laden and the Mujahideen were our best buds in the 80s.

Both Russia and Ukraine have entrenched elements of their military and government that are nazis. It’s not really an important point because the nazis are fighting each other.

And I would think they aren’t too powerful in Ukraine otherwise they would have never allowed a Jewish president.

If you really wanna get into it, the US would never have a Jewish president because white supremacist ideology/anti semitism is too strong in the voter base. We got nazis too.

 

[Mister Terrific]

 

[Elim Garak]

"Run up in your crib like my name was search warrants."

 

[RickyDiBiase]

get told by some damn farmers "we outside" in your own hood smfh.

 

[3rdWorld]

Them hoes will be fine, Putin should've minded his biz.

Ukraine should turn the tables and take Russia..

 

[east]

i was getting today's playlist ready and wondered... what happens to an army that runs of arty/irreplaceable tanks?

btw i remember when cacs were roasting somalia for acting like somaliland's d-30s were doomsday weapons, now russia's switched to it as their primary gun

Spoiler: really tall pic

 

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Putin Scrambles as Ukrainian Forces Near Russian Nuclear Plant

A Russian mayor said the Ukrainian military is nearing the Kursk nuclear power plant. “The situation is tense,” he added.

www.thedailybeast.com

Putin Scrambles as Ukrainian Forces Near Russian Nuclear Plant​

BOLD MOVE

A Russian mayor said the Ukrainian military is nearing the Kursk nuclear power plant. “The situation is tense,” he added.

Owen Lavine​

Breaking News Intern

Updated Aug. 10, 2024 10:17AM EDT / Published Aug. 09, 2024 7:56PM EDT

Gavriil Grigorov/Reuters​

The mayor of Kurchatov, a Russian town near the border with Ukraine, said that Ukrainian forces had launched a stunning incursion into the country and were advancing toward a nuclear power plant Friday, according to the Washington Post.

The news comes as civilians continue to evacuate the border province of Kursk amid fears that the conflict will continue to creep onto Russian soil. Military commanders have also scrambled to send reinforcements from across the country to the region, where the fighting has been concentrated.

On Monday, Ukrainian forces began the offensive operation in Kursk, an Oblast on Ukraine’s northeastern border with Russia, capturing over 20 Russian villages and parts of the city of Sudja, the Washington Post reported. The Azerbaijani outlet Vesti.az reported on Friday evening that the mayor of Kurchatov, Igor Korpunkov, said in a statement on Telegram that “fighting is several dozen kilometers” from the nuclear plant.

“The situation is tense, a state of emergency is in effect. However, all services and enterprises, including the city administration, are operating normally. I am personally in the city, at my workplace, monitoring the situation,” Korpunkov added.

The International Atomic Energy Agency wrote in a statement to Russian state media organ TASS, on Friday that the IAEA, “is following reports about recent developments and has channels of communication open to both sides of the conflict. At this point there is no reason for concern with regard to nuclear safety and security.”

“IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi reiterates that all nuclear power plants, regardless of where they are situated, should never be a target of an armed attack,” the agency added.

The Institute for the Study of War reported Thursday that Ukrainian forces had penetrated as deep as 35 kilometers (22 miles) into Russian territory. Russian authorities declared a federal emergency in Kursk on Friday night as Ukrainian forces continued to advance, knocking out an entire Russian reinforcement convoy on the E38 highway, according to the Guardian.

Unconfirmed reports from later in the day, Friday, from the Ukrainian outlet OBOZ.UA claim that a Ukrainian drone hit the substation of the plant, knocking out power in Kurchatov.

Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh told reporters during a Thursday press conference that Ukraine’s advance into Russia “were within the U.S. policy,” referring to Ukraine’s use of U.S. supplied weaponry in Russian territory.

As the advance continues, Russian army chief Valery Gerasimov was missing from an emergency session of the Russian Security Council convened by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, according to Newsweek.

 

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Russian Milbloggers Blame ‘Incompetence’ for Ukrainian HIMARS Strike That Destroyed Russian Battalion

Russian milbloggers have accused their commanders of criminal incompetence after the strike near the village of Oktyabrskoye in the Kursk region.

www.kyivpost.com

Russian Milbloggers Blame ‘Incompetence’ for Ukrainian HIMARS Strike That Destroyed Russian Battalion​

Russian milbloggers have accused their commanders of criminal incompetence after the strike near the village of Oktyabrskoye in the Kursk region.

by Kyiv Post | August 9, 2024, 1:40 pm

Video posted on several pro-Kremlin Telegram channels overnight on Aug. 8/9 showed a column of Russian military vehicles fiercely burning at the side of the road near the village of Oktyabrskoye in the Rylsky district of the Kursk region.



One of the milbloggers, “Military informant” suggested that Ukrainian forces had struck more than a dozen troop-carrying and logistic vehicles using M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) rockets.

Although there has been no confirmation that the weapon system was used the blogger posted an image that seemed to show debris from an M101 submunition container from the HIMARS M30 rocket.




Image of debris probably from a HIMARS M30 rocket pictured by Russian milblogger on Friday, Aug. 9

Geolocated images and video that were posted on Telegram early on Friday morning showed the burnt-out wreckage of at least 14 vehicles and bodies lying at the side of the road on the approach to the village of Oktyabrskoye as shocked and dazed soldiers stand helplessly by.



Estimates made by some analysts suggest that as many as 500 Russian troops were killed or injured during the attack. This would make it one of the largest single losses for the Russian army since the start of a full-scale war.

Pro-Russian Z-bloggers were outraged by the incident some criticizing Russia’s senior commanders in general and calling for whoever authorized the movement of a column in a war zone to be punished – “We need executions,” military analyst Roman Alekhine wrote.

Some said the movement of an unprotected convoy of more than 10 trucks with military personnel in the Kursk region was little more than a war crime. The “Two Majors” blogger wrote, “Whoever gave the order to move in columns in the area… should be sentenced under the laws of war.”

“Older than Eddy” said, “...it is forbidden to move in columns in a combat zone… Just take the column leader, beat him like a dog, kick him until he starts vomiting and sh***ing under himself.”

Yuri Podolyaka, whose Telegram channel has almost 3 million subscribers, wrote “How much longer? The war is in its third year, and some people still insist on moving in columns in the frontline zone.”

The channel “Thirteenth,” which has links with the Wagner PMC, said those responsible were “brainless creatures.”

“In the third year of the war, even a monkey could be trained, but not some [Russian] Ministry of Defense staff general who gave the orders for such a suicidal march in the frontline zone.”

The location of the strike is almost 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the Ukrainian border and 20 kilometers (13 miles) away from the site of the current fighting, which according to reports on several Russian military blogs, is taking place near the village of Korenevo.

Valery Gerasimov, Russia’s Chief of the General Staff since 2012 had previously assured Putin during a televised meeting on Thursday Aug. 8 that Russian forces had halted the Ukrainian advance in the Kursk region despite all the evidence to the contrary.

 

[Mowgli]

Winters coming.......

 

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[Georgiamuscle]

Remember, this is what Russian winning looks like

 

[Arizax2]

Wild turn of events. shyt got more interesting. I don't see how Putin can save face at all. He's gona look weak cutting a deal but his military is embarrassing themselves also.