Zobel said:

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The name of the church that has ties ot moscow is the Ukranian Orthodox Church (UOC) as opposed to the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU). Only so many letters to make acronyms with...

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JFABNRGR said:

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aggiehawg said:

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Not sure how I feel about this. As an American and retired attorney outlawing a religion goes against my principles. But the rest of the world doesn't necessarily have the same principles.

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Its really a KGB/FSB/Kremlin policing/intel arm masked as a religion.

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And what people often overlook is that Patriarch Kirill is literally ex KGB who made a fortune in contraband sales before he was elevated to his current position of holiness.

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Rossticus said:

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Russian President Vladimir Putin fell down the stairs and soiled himself this week https://t.co/QDDPS4KdpZ

— AlexandruC4 (@AlexandruC4) December 2, 2022

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If our intelligence is so good we know when Putin shat his pants we should know every "move" they're making.

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Literally and figuratively!

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Corporal Punishment said:

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This figure seems extraordinarily low IMO:

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Late Thursday, Mykhailo Podolyak, a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, relayed new figures about Ukrainian soldiers killed in battle, while noting that the number of injured troops was higher and civilian casualty counts were "significant."

"We have official figures from the general staff, we have official figures from the top command, and they amount to between 10,000 and 12,500-13,000 killed," Podolyak told Channel 24.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/official-says-over-10000-ukrainian-troops-killed-in-war/ar-AA14OFCW

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I'm sure the numbers are under reported for moral purposes.

I also think they don't have the horrible wounded to dead ratio Russia has on the battlefield either. They've stressed evacuating wounded soldiers and keeping the ratio closer to Allied military numbers.

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let's look at reality though.

of course the Ukes want to save all their wounded. In Afghanistan the US wounded would be operated on within 15 minutes.

but Ukraine has been shattered in the east, hospitals without electricity or supplies, vast refugee problems, supply problems, even the roadways and bridges are destroyed.

much less how many mobile field hospitals have we ever even seen in Ukraine?

I haven't seen a single one in the last 8 months.

so it's not like the Ukes are this ultra modern force able to save their wounded at a rate similar to the USA with helicopters and the most advanced hospitals in the world. I have seen video of more Russkie military ambulances and field hospitals than I have Ukrainian.

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This just popped up on reddit. Two CASVAC helos coming in/out with wounded.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarRoom/comments/zaztd3/archive_footage_of_medical_evacuation_from/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

russia wants to trade leaving Zapp Nuke Facility for uninterrupted O&G through Ukraine.

https://news.yahoo.com/russia-ready-abandon-zaporizhzhia-npp-134953114.html

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russia wants to trade leaving Zapp Nuke Facility for uninterrupted O&G through Ukraine.

https://news.yahoo.com/russia-ready-abandon-zaporizhzhia-npp-134953114.html

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They have been so trustworthy on all of the deals they have made so far...

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Blackout in Kherson after Russian shelling hit power lines

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https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/2-december-blackout-in-kherson-after-russian-shelling-hit

Strikes were reported on a Russian oil depot in Shakhtarsk, 60+km to the front line, ~an hour ago pic.twitter.com/89WddDLkVu

— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) December 2, 2022

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Rossticus said:

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Russian President Vladimir Putin fell down the stairs and soiled himself this week https://t.co/QDDPS4KdpZ

— AlexandruC4 (@AlexandruC4) December 2, 2022

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If our intelligence is so good we know when Putin shat his pants we should know every move they're making.

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I doubt the story. The NY Post article also cites a random Telegram channel as its source.

Impossible to verify but a happy thought nonetheless.

I'm quite sure they have no idea the validity of this. Just another article and piece of news we have to sift through to draw our own conclusions.

The Bakhmut footage early on looks like a smaller Mariupol.

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I'm quite sure they have no idea the validity of this. Just another article and piece of news we have to sift through to draw our own conclusions.

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I personally concluded it happened. Because Putin.

More GEPARDS and that's a good thing.

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More GEPARDS and that's a good thing.

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Ukraine needs more air defense and they need it yesterday.

Oop

For all these low tech drones they need radar guided guns. Missiles aren't the answer for drones.

I wish i had time to watch all these videos.

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Strikes were reported on a Russian oil depot in Shakhtarsk, 60+km to the front line, ~an hour ago pic.twitter.com/89WddDLkVu

— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) December 2, 2022

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Sounds like a moving train. Can't be certain the target was also a train but its always nice to take out the train, tracks, and whatever war freight the train was carrying all at the same time.

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Detonation of ammunition reported at Plodorodne near Mykhailivka, Zaporizhzhia region

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https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/3-december-detonation-of-ammunition-reported-at-plodorodne

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If they've only lost 13,000 troops they are doing remarkably well. Seems a little too low to be believable IMO.

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That's more than twice as much as the RuZZian's claim. Only 6000 RuZZian troops lost in the Special Operation.

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They are talking about a possible defeat. And that all will be guilty after that defeat. pic.twitter.com/MC8WiedEKx

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) November 30, 2022

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She's saying we "can't afford" to lose the war of aggression we started. We have to go all in until NATO and West capitulate.

When is enough, enough?

Russia stole $1B worth of Ukrainian wheat this year.

REAVERS

Today's SITREP.

At 0:12, it's noted that both Ukrainian and Russian sources claim Ukrainian advances North and South of Kreminna. The P66 highway running through the Chervonopoivka, North of Kreminna, is now no longer considered entirely secure.

At 0:40, Bakhmut is still bloody. Ukrainians count 261 shellings from various artillery systems. Reinforcements have arrived in Bakhmut, including the Special Honor Guard Battalion. That... seems interesting?

https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Special_Honor_Guard_Battalion

At 1:09, he notes that Putin shows little actual sincere interest in negotiations. They talk it up, but they don't actually mean it and show no motion in that direction. Basically, it's a psyop aimed at the West.

At 1:43, Kherson is still under a lot of shelling. Russia is trying to damage the power infrastructure.

At 2:39, we hear that Ukrainian authorities have started evacuation people from the EAST side of the Dnipro river near Kherson. I'm actually confused by this. Has Ukraine secured safe passageway for them? If so, how?

At 2:56, Ukraine is increasingly wary of the the concentration of troops in Belarus and are ready to react.

At 3:54, Partisans in the Luhansk Oblast have disrupted Russian railway logistics, possibly creating an interruption for 14-20 days.

At 4:17: Russia is using a strategic stockpile of weapons, and some missiles are likely being used directly from the assembly line.

At 5:08, he narrates this update from British intelligence:

The armed forces of Belarus and Russia are undergoing training "as a single group, a single army" Lukashenko 🤡🤡🤡

— MAKS 22🇺🇦 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) December 3, 2022

Ukroboronprom created an experimental "pencil for demining" (VPM) SF-1.
Thanks to the exothermic powder mixture, metal shells of explosive objects, for example, ammunition, are effectively detonated.https://t.co/0Y9aqrX7DQ pic.twitter.com/XflBrFpyPd

— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) November 29, 2022

5d
We developed a pencil for demining
Specialists of one of the enterprises of Ukroboronprom created a research sample of the product for the heating of metal (VPM) SF-1, which is similar to a pencil. Thanks to its exothermic powder mixture, it effectively burns metal shells of explosive objects, for example, ammunition. This causes the explosive burnout. Such a pencil can be used during demining of territories.
Developers are already working on the remote use technology of VPM SF-1 using unmanned aerial vehicles. This will increase the quality of demining and save people's lives. It is important that the device is safe to use.
The pencil developer company is a mine operator in Ukraine and received a certificate that gives the right to carry out demining and other explosive objects in our state.
Also, the company Ukroboronprom has its own Center for Humanitarian Demining, which employs high-end specialists. Since 2010, the Center has been accredited to the UN as a mine-mine-related service provider and is a partner of UNMAS, the relevant United Nations service.

2nd amendment example on a national scale- never disarm yourself

Russia not only grotesquely violated the Budapest Memorandum -- while its other signatories remained shamefully silent -- but now the missiles Ukraine gave up are used to kill Ukrainian civilians.

This will haunt the world for centuries. Who would ever give up their nukes now? https://t.co/UsrOMFVeyg

— toomas ilves a.k.a. @toomas_ilves@mastodon.social (@IlvesToomas) December 3, 2022

More details of the UO "Church"

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1599390844653486080.html

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Ukrainian military shot down Russian Ka-52 helicopter

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https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/4-december-ukrainian-military-shot-down-russian-ka52-helicopter

Waffledynamics said:

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The armed forces of Belarus and Russia are undergoing training "as a single group, a single army" Lukashenko 🤡🤡🤡

— MAKS 22🇺🇦 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) December 3, 2022

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No question who's taking point

An extensive video from @wartranslated showing the situation in Bakhmut from the side of Ukrainian soldiers.

According to them the Russian plan is to encircle Bakhmut by the end of this year. But AFU is confident to thwart that plan. #Bakhmut #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/G6Hx1qcB5M

— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) December 4, 2022

Bakhmut is just an absolute blood and guts, knockdown drag out slugfest. Epitome of classic, conventional warfare (or as close as you can get when you take modern tech into consideration).