For Those Who Might Be Wondering Why We Might Be In Ukraine

[ChloeTzang]

Lukashenko is taking Belarus visibly more distance from Putin. He moved the Belarus military away from the Ukrainian border and now he's "congratulating" Ukraine on its Independence Day:

"The Belarusian land has always treated the warm-hearted and hardworking people of Ukraine with special respect and warmth. For a long time, our nations found strength in unity, shared joy and sorrow, shelter and bread, overcame adversity together and were proud of their successes. We are united not only by a common destiny and family ties, but also by the desire to be friends and get along with our neighbors"

Beyond the propaganda, there's a development here. He's gradually distancing himself from Putin, which is quite significant, to be honest. Lukashenko has been doing his best to keep Belarus out of this war since it started, and he has succeeded, so far. My opinion is, for whatever that's worth, that he is eyeing the end game and backing away as best he can in little steps, while taking care not to have Putin fall him out a window or drink polonium tea.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Game changing move by Ukraine! Reports of a Neptune cruise missile hitting a Russian ammo dump in Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh Oblast. This is a successful hit by a Neptune missile in land attack mode in a GPS denied/heavy jamming environment. The Ukrainians' seem to have successfully modified an anti-ship radar seeker into a cruise missile capable of accurately hitting land targets. That's a turning point - if they can do this, and they were already extending the range, then they don't need the German Taurus. Hehehehehehe. Can we whisper. Kerch Bridge. The tables are turning! Voronezh Oblast is a vital logistics support area for Rus forces across Kursk all the way through to the central Donbas area. Crictical times especially as Rus is moving major units into Kursk.

Finally Neptune is adapted. Now the real fun can begin for Russia. This is a huge development by Ukraine in the war. Ukraine can now hit Russia with its own missiles. N more "restrictions" from poopy pants Sullivan.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1827129635181568364

 

[ChloeTzang]

 

[astuffedshirt_perv]

I did a report on this in my history class last fall.

Great, now we have know-it-all college kids in the thread.

 

[ChloeTzang]

"It's the third Ukrainian Independence Day they said would never happen.

Yet, here we are.

Mourning our dead, having firm friends by our side, doing what is right, breaking our way through so many no's and never's -- and having good hope, after all.

This day belongs not only to us Ukrainians but also to all good people around the world whose faith and aid help this wonderful country, which never deserved such a terrible plight, survive and fight to see another sunrise.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

Life will win over death, and light will win over darkness."
Illia Ponomarenko

 

[ChloeTzang]

Kerosene tank time at Proletarsk.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1827340442737705252

 

[ChloeTzang]

On #Ukraine's Independence Day, President Zelensky slaps down Putin in a speech recorded from the border between Sumy and Kursk. "....whatever the enemy was bringing to our land has now returned to their home. And the one who wanted to turn our land into a buffer zone should think about preventing his country from becoming a buffer federation....A sick old man from the Red Square, who constantly threatens everyone with the red button, will not dictate any of his red lines to us. Only Ukraine and Ukrainians will determine how to live, what path to take, and what choice to make. Because this is how independence works....

https://www.president.gov.ua/en/new...-zelenskogo-z-nagodi-dnya-nezalezhnosti-92805

 

[Rightguide]

US government inability to monitor Ukraine supplies​

GAO says that DoD officials are often unaware of transfers authorized by the State Department until they are identified upon entry to Ukraine, if at all.
John HillAugust 22, 2024

The US government is unable to track military supplies transferred to Ukraine by third-party donors due to “inconsistent communication” between departments.

Based on its findings, published on 20 August 2024, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has put forward several recommendations to foster information sharing in Washington, thereby allowing the government to identify where US manufactured items are delivered.

The State Department is responsible for authorizing third-party transfers (TPTs) of defense articles of US origin. So far, the department has approved 217 cases by more than 26 foreign donors to Ukraine as of April 2024.


The Department of Defense (DoD) is required to conduct end-use monitoring of these items; however, it is limited in its ability to do so.

More here: https://www.army-technology.com/news/us-government-inability-to-monitor-ukraine-supplies/?cf-view

I'm sure Zelensky has enough American Dollars to fund an extravagant life style far from Ukraine once he able to effect a successful escape as his popularity continues to evaporate into thin air.

 

[ll74]

US government inability to monitor Ukraine supplies​

GAO says that DoD officials are often unaware of transfers authorized by the State Department until they are identified upon entry to Ukraine, if at all.
John HillAugust 22, 2024

The US government is unable to track military supplies transferred to Ukraine by third-party donors due to “inconsistent communication” between departments.

Based on its findings, published on 20 August 2024, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has put forward several recommendations to foster information sharing in Washington, thereby allowing the government to identify where US manufactured items are delivered.

The State Department is responsible for authorizing third-party transfers (TPTs) of defense articles of US origin. So far, the department has approved 217 cases by more than 26 foreign donors to Ukraine as of April 2024.


The Department of Defense (DoD) is required to conduct end-use monitoring of these items; however, it is limited in its ability to do so.

More here: https://www.army-technology.com/news/us-government-inability-to-monitor-ukraine-supplies/?cf-view

I'm sure Zelensky has enough American Dollars to fund an extravagant life style far from Ukraine once he able to effect a successful escape as his popularity continues to evaporate into thin air.

Russia invaded Ukraine

 

[ChloeTzang]

US government inability to monitor Ukraine supplies​

GAO says that DoD officials are often unaware of transfers authorized by the State Department until they are identified upon entry to Ukraine, if at all.
John HillAugust 22, 2024

It's actually better if the USA can't track this information. What they don't know, they can't leak it to Russia.

 

[ChloeTzang]

One of the unintended outcomes of russia’s foolish invasion of Ukraine, with the pretext of demilitarizing the fearsome neo-Nazi Ukrainian nationalists, is that Moscow will have a heavily militarized, heavily armed, highly trained, highly innovative and eternally motivated Ukrainian military bordering it. Unlike Moscow whose military has seen progressive degradation over the last 30 months, Ukraine is emerging to be a significant exporter of military wares, know how and innovation as well as going on to have the best equipped and best-trained military in Europe. And likely nuclear-armed too.

Ukraine has just unveiled the "Palyianitsa", a jet-powered drone missile. It was used for the first time today. "Today, a brand new weapon was used for the first time - the Ukrainian drone missile "Palianytsia". This is our new method of retaliation against the aggressor. The enemy has been defeated. It will be very difficult for the Russians, it will be difficult even to say what exactly came, it will be difficult to resist, but it is easy to understand why," Zelenskyy said.

Minister of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin confirmed the president's words about the new development of the domestic military-industrial complex. He said that Ukrainian engineers, together with the military, are determining what the future of defense technology will look like. "Today in Ukraine you can find a drone for any task. In the air, on the ground, and at sea. For strike, reconnaissance, and logistics. At close range, medium range, and deep behind enemy lines. Today we have a completely new class of weapons, rocket drones," the minister said. Kamyshin also emphasized that the Palyanytsia drone missile was successfully used for the first time, hitting an enemy military facility in the temporarily occupied territory. He also added that it is both a drone and a missile, as its tactical and technical characteristics fall under both definitions.

 

[dmallord]

Great, now we have know-it-all college kids in the thread.

College? What college class does 'reports?' Those are generally called term papers not reports. So, senior high schooler? Even more strange than you thought?

 

[ChloeTzang]

The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent - Sun Tzu

It's finally dawning on the Russians that Ukraine has been building, training and equipping an entire new army of about 15+ brigades.... a lot of these were announced back early last year but then Ukraine went silent - those brigades have not been seen in action and have been being built up, equipped, and trained since last year. Go figure where they might appear....the Russian's can't.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Ukraine has released a video officially introducing the Palianytsia — the first Ukrainian long-range rocket drone. Expect strikes on Russian airfields to commence in 10...9...8...7....This really is a TRUE game changer as it bypasses all the US and German restrictions on using their long range weapons and allows the ZSU to strike at strategic targets deep in the Russian rear - airfields, weapons storages, oil refineries and energy infrastructures! They could do those with long range drones, as they have been doing, but those are slow and can be shot down. The Palianytsia is cheap (between $1-300,000 each apparently), fast and effective - compare this to the cost of a cruise missile in the millions, and yes, the warhead is smaller but you get a lot of bangs for the buck.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1827662979300577536

 

[ChloeTzang]

 

[ChloeTzang]

ZSU: 47th Mechanized Brigade clip

It's really informative just to look at this and compare it to clips from two and a half years ago, when the ZSU was first mobilizing and lacked everything. Look at the soldiers of the 47th now - well equipped, modern weapons, optical sights, not the old iron sights, body armor, helmets, tactical equipment - two years ago I was collecting donations to buy and ship things like tactical gloves, armor plates and helmets to ZSU units. Now, they're well equipped, trained - and okay it's a promotional clip, but they're moving tactically, on the ball, coordinated, know what they're doing. A huge increase in professionalism and a display of the determination to win this war by the ZSU.

Heroiam Slava!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1827398213713743922

 

[ChloeTzang]

The official video of the new drone missile Palyanytsia announced by President Zelensky yesterday. It's a little different in design and capabilities from the video published by some accounts yesterday, which showed a prototype of another development (drone jet). Thing is, Ukraine is working on multiple designs in parallel so we may end up with a number of variations of these with different capabilities. The USA and Germany wouldn't transfer to the ZSU what they needed, so they went ahead and designed and built them themselves, at a fraction of the cost.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1827608377326809480

 

[ChloeTzang]

 

[ChloeTzang]

 

[ChloeTzang]

Russia tried to kill 3 million Ukrainians today. The Kyiv Dam holds back almost 4 cubic kilometres of water. For scale, that is the equivalent of 1,500 Pyramids of Giza stacked on top of each other. Russia launched missiles at the Kyiv Dam today in an effort to flood Kyiv - a city of 3 million - with 4 cubic kilometres of water. Call it what it is: attempted genocide. When will the Biden Administration wake up? Probably never. Biden's going down in history alongside Neville Chamberlain.

Russian state television propagandists boasted today about Russian missile strikes on the Kyiv Dam. The destruction of the Kyiv Dam would kill millions of Ukrainians. But still the Biden administration and Jake Sullivan won’t let Ukraine fire back to defend itself. We need Trump in office, and unlimited lend lease. Biden and Jake Sullivan are working harder to protected Putin than they are to help Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1828076728675336674

 

[ChloeTzang]

The Biden Administration is blocking the transfer of these Bradley's to Ukraine. They are in a scrap yard in Texas, the hulls are in A+ condition, and a few parts are missing, but overall they are in great shape. They were sold as scrap due to excess, not due to damage! These could be used by Ukraine either to rebuild or as the source for parts to reconstitute damaged Bradley's - stripping working components from a war-damaged Ukrainian Bradley and fitting them int one of these Texas scap hulls would take a few days max, and Ukraine would have another working Bradley. The scrap yard is willing to sell these to Ukraine, Ukraine would buy them outright, but the Biden Administration has blocked the sale of these. Pathetic.

People forget that nearly everything on the Bradley was made to be fixed or replaced a 18 year old kid, with a #2 cross tip screw driver, med flat tip, impact wrench (included in the vehicle), 14mm socket, 1/2 in wrench, 9/16 wrench, hammer, med and large crescent wrench plyers. Thats it! These things were designed to be easily maintainable. A lot of stuff in these is plug in and connect.

 

[ChloeTzang]

“It took 15 years to built the oil storage in Proletarsk. All burnt down in a week. ”The fires in Proletarsk are not completely extinguished, even after 10 days, but there is not much left either. That facility is gone. That's also a few hundred million dollars of fuel gone up in flames, as well as all the infrastructure.

This seems to be a bit more significant of a hit than I was aware of: the Federal POL-depot in Proletarsk contains 8-10% of the total Russian POL reserves. Gone up in smoke.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1828346298526814469

 

[ChloeTzang]

 

[ChloeTzang]

The hatred that Ukrainians now have for this guy is second only to Putin. Only the Biden Administration could possibly be this maladroit, turning a country which should be eternally grateful to the USA into a country which feels our political leadership have continually betrayed them - which, lets make no bones about it, Jake Sullivan has. And there you have it.

 

[ChloeTzang]