Western air defense missiles travel at between two-, to four-times faster than Russian cruise missiles, and they're smaller, so might not be visible on video footage.

They do work, though, as you see.

— Euan MacDonald (@Euan_MacDonald) November 17, 2022

For anyone who hasn't had the pleasure of following along with this thread from day one, this is a site that archives a lot of the unhinged, Kremlin sponsored Russian propaganda that's been shared here over the past year… and then some! Have fun down THAT rabbit hole.

http://www.russialies.com/

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Epic choice of music with the Thomas the Tank Engine theme.

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If they really wanted to f*** up Russian railroads, they'd insert Thomas and crew to actually haul trains. They'd crash every bit of rolling stock inside of a month.

The boat of the 1st maritime guard unit of the city of Odesa, BG-21 (project UMS-1000) accompanies the tanker MRC SEMIRAMIS in the northwestern part of the Black Sea as part of the "grain corridor"

November 18 pic.twitter.com/JZUVuN8BTK

— ТРУХА⚡️English (@TpyxaNews) November 19, 2022

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Cut off the water and then starve them out? CRIMEA

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Could be considered a war crime. Probably won't "officially" be the policy.

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It's also been a part of siege warfare since siege warfare was invented. That's why it was always important to have wells inside the castle and the walled portion of any fortified city.

Apartment buildings must pose a serious threat to Russian security,

Kherson rn...#russiaisateroriststate#RussiaTerroristState pic.twitter.com/YOjIbX2p06

— MAKS 22🇺🇦 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) November 19, 2022

This appears to be gaining momentum

Sergei Markov writes on Telegram today that Prigozhin is becoming the "voice of the people" because "he tells the truth" https://t.co/doJdwOcpuN https://t.co/Au0aoo7Jka pic.twitter.com/0eLqKuXL8V

— Francis Scarr (@francis_scarr) November 19, 2022

More smoke in the Moscov engine room.

Secret Signs Show Putin's Own Henchmen Are Turning on Him

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A human rights group that works closely with Russian inmates and investigates abuses by the security services has reportedly received a flood of calls from members of those same security services desperately trying to flee.

Gulagu.net, founded by Vladimir Osechkin, reports that the final straw appears to have been the brutal sledgehammer-execution video released by Russia's private army last weeka stomach-churning extrajudicial killing that the Kremlin politely averted its eyes from while the Putin-linked businessman thought to be behind it uses it for his own PR campaign.

"The reprisal with the use of a sledgehammer and the cruelty of [Wagner Group founder Yevgeny] Prigozhin, with the tacit consent of Putin, had an unexpected effect: for the third day, there is a steady stream of messages to the Gulagu.net hotline from employees of the Interior Ministry, the [Investigative Committee], the FSB and the [Federal Protective Service], the Federal Bailiff Service, etc., who want to leave the territory of lawlessness and cruelty," Gulagu.net reported.

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"The incident with a missile hitting Poland on Tuesday almost became a prologue to the seizure of power in Russia," the channel reported Thursday, claiming that high-ranking security officials had gathered in the immediate aftermath of the strike for "informal consultations."

"Knowing Putin's penchant for raising the stakes through escalation… this group of security officials quickly became convinced that in response to a Russian strike on a country included in NATO there could be both a retaliatory strike and an ultimatum."

So, according to the channel, they decided that "if the U.S. leadership and the adjoining countries show readiness for a harsh response, then the best way out would be to remove the current Russian president, Vladimir Putin, from power and create a collegial council of security officials to 'temporarily' take control of the country into their own hands … blaming all the problems on either a seriously ill or law-breaking president."

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Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 19 November 2022

Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t.co/QETLoujAbb

🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/Q0kqdha4pT

— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) November 19, 2022

Russian reporter claims that the army and the occupier administration are planning to leave Oleshky on the left bank of Dnieper. pic.twitter.com/7ndRFp8hDv

— Dmitri (@wartranslated) November 19, 2022

Wonder who in the west is buying that debt…

Doubling down and pushing the envelope.

ISW: RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 18

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Russian officials are preparing for further covert mobilization efforts even as the fall conscription cycle is underway, likely further flooding the already overburdened Russian force generation apparatus in such a way that will be detrimental to the development of mobilized and conscripted servicemen.

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Russian mil. reporter talks about artillery in the Russian army: both at the start of the war and now, they still use old-school adjustment methods including "having to climb a tree". Without civilian drones, they say the war "would have already been lost". pic.twitter.com/VaR1kNEwRF

— Dmitri (@wartranslated) November 19, 2022

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Doubling down and pushing the envelope.

ISW: RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, NOVEMBER 18

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Russian officials are preparing for further covert mobilization efforts even as the fall conscription cycle is underway, likely further flooding the already overburdened Russian force generation apparatus in such a way that will be detrimental to the development of mobilized and conscripted servicemen.

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If I understand correctly, Russia is sending in cannon fodder to use up Ukrainian supplies before sending in actual trained troops, for whatever they're worth. Would this necessitate an increase in small arms and ammunition, or other anti-personnel measures?

I read nothing in that ISW analysis that suggested Russia has actual trained troops or a plan to create them. Even if they had a plan, the don't have the equipment and suplies to execute a mass mobilization.

The methods and tools for raising a trained army are forgotten in Russia if the ever actually existed in the Soviet Union. I don't think my eyes and nose are lying to me and Russian forces look and smell like nothing but *****

As I read the ISW article it seems to describe a Russian plan to soak up Ukrainian bullets and artillery with Russian bodies until Ukraine runs out of bullets.

Great breakdown of all three US aid packages for Ukraine. CSIS

Different angle of the gas line explosion.

SAINT-PETERSBURG ⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡ pic.twitter.com/04psdqDaFq

— MAKS 22🇺🇦 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) November 19, 2022

According to U.S Intelligence Officials the Iranian and Russian Governments have finalized a plan to begin the Mass Production of Iranian Developed Drones inside of the Russian Federation, it’s expected that these Drones will be used for the War in Ukraine and future conflicts. pic.twitter.com/ybxAwIOdAV

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) November 19, 2022

Russia has been trying to pass the blame to Ukraine for the lack of diplomacy and has even claimed no diplomacy is causing civilian infrastructure strikes

Yermak's latest statement pins the blame on Russia, as Ukraine does not want to cede any of its territory in talks

— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) November 19, 2022

That's pretty damn optimistic. Wonder what they have up their sleeve?

The Armed Forces of Ukraine can return Crimea by the end of December - Deputy Minister of Defense Volodymyr Havrylov pic.twitter.com/FucifwXP1x

— ТРУХА⚡️English (@TpyxaNews) November 19, 2022

https://cepa.org/article/its-costing-peanuts-for-the-us-to-defeat-russia/

My piece on why US help for Ukraine is the best bang for buck the US will ever get. https://t.co/EJdHMVyA7e

— Timothy Ash (@tashecon) November 19, 2022

London to send 125 anti-aircraft guns to Kyiv to fight drones - Sunak 😍💪🏻😎

— MAKS 22🇺🇦 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) November 19, 2022

I've watched countless videos of Russian troops getting slaughtered attacking Bakhmut. Small groups try to advance, but 🇺🇦 UAV see them & #Ukraine's mortar fire rains down. Surrounding area has been turned into a WW1 battlefield & winter means less cover for Putin's cannon fodder https://t.co/47RxB8TMhI

— Glasnost Gone (@GlasnostGone) November 19, 2022

Meanwhile in Russia: a lawmaker argues that the strikes against Ukraine's critical infrastructure are meant to express Russia's "holy hatred" towards Ukrainians and prompt them to overthrow Zelensky. Others pontificate that freezing Ukrainian civilians will prompt a capitulation. pic.twitter.com/5NXSxnl4B4

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) November 19, 2022

Ukraine's General Staff notices an uptick in Russian forces in Luhansk

Russian troops are displacing local residents from their houses and using residences as military positions

— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) November 19, 2022

Bakhmut pic.twitter.com/9tF99PcoDW

— Aldin 🇧🇦 (@aldin_aba) November 19, 2022

Today's SITREP.

Britain's latest air defence package includes 125 anti-aircraft guns, as well as technology to combat Iranian-made Shahed and Mohajer drones

Sunak's meeting with Zelensky built on Britain's recent provision of 1,000 new anti-air missiles

— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) November 19, 2022

Two Russian fighter jets made a dangerous overflight near NATO ships in the Baltic Sea on November 17, reports Allied Maritime Command of NATO Navy.

SNMG1 was conducting routine operations when the Russian fighter jets flew over them at an altitude of 91m and a distance of 73m. pic.twitter.com/L9WhR0110U

— Hromadske Int. (@Hromadske) November 19, 2022

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Britain's latest air defence package includes 125 anti-aircraft guns, as well as technology to combat Iranian-made Shahed and Mohajer drones

Sunak's meeting with Zelensky built on Britain's recent provision of 1,000 new anti-air missiles

— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) November 19, 2022

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I wonder which AA guns? Unless there's some ancient stuff in storage, not aware of any active British AA guns.

All native British AA guns are ancient except for the Marksman, which they produce but don't field.

Considering the success of the Gepard, the Marksman would be my guess and I suppose it's possible that there are some older units in storage or that they've been able to reach agreements to divert some Marksman units to Ukraine.

100+ still seems like a high number, though.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marksman_anti-aircraft_system

Hawk air defense systems will soon be on combat duty, said Air Command "Center".

"Western analysts estimate the probability of hitting an air target by "Hawk" at 85%. But we are firmly convinced with Ukrainian professionals, this weapon will prove even better," the message reads pic.twitter.com/UgrTgrIq5J

— Hromadske Int. (@Hromadske) November 19, 2022