Germany's top diplomat is in Kyiv as Ukraine girds for impact of U.S. election on the war

Why are russian soldiers training in Ukraine? I thought we were assured that it was a million Donbas residents fighting this war along with locally sourced artillery shells and Su-57s.

Answer - Donbass is a vast territory. Training grounds are required for all sorts of reasons. Local formations need to be trained too. While the photos are labelled Russian soldiers, this description now equally applies to local volunteers. This reality takes a while to sink in clearly.

JJEToday 06:48 am JST

Answer - Donbass is a vast territory. Training grounds are required for all sorts of reasons. Local formations need to be trained too. While the photos are labelled Russian soldiers, this description now equally applies to local volunteers. This reality takes a while to sink in clearly.

Oh I see I see. It's a million Donbas soldiers who are now called russian soldiers. And some North Koreans thrown in for good measure because why not?

The war is at a critical moment for Ukraine, with the Russian army making creeping gains on the battlefield and another hard winter ahead after Russia relentlessly battered the Ukrainian power grid.

RFAF have captured more territory in October than any other month of this year. Basically, since June there has been a significant uptick. Here is the graph to prove it:

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When Russia adopted the region, people could apply for Russian passports. Many did. Also important to observe Moscow guaranteed people down there their pensions (which Kyiv stole). They are but some of the reasons for the organic support Russia enjoys down there.

Ukraine’s top commander, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, said Saturday his troops are struggling to hold back “one of the most powerful (Russian) offensives” of the war.

What is evident, should one closely monitor developments on the main line of contact, is that Moscow is actually the one with a realistic victory plan. The Pokrovsk front and South-Donetsk sector are clearly what the general is referring to down there.

As the UAF manpower crisis erodes further while they are attrited, the overall problems will multiply and loss of territory will logically follow.

Still have not seen any hard evidence of NK special forces in Russia.

Russia fired some 80 Shahed drones at Ukrainian cities overnight, Ukraine’s air force said.

They are actually called Geran drones and they are made domestically in large quantities. They are constantly developed with recent reports indicating an optical guidance system.

This graph below has the relevant information. Don't be fooled by the alleged high interception rate; half the reason Russia even uses these drones is to merely deplete Western AD ammo, which costs far more than the drone itself.

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JJEToday 06:54 am JST

The war is at a critical moment for Ukraine, with the Russian army making creeping gains on the battlefield and another hard winter ahead after Russia relentlessly battered the Ukrainian power grid.

RFAF have captured more territory in October than any other month of this year. Basically, since June there has been a significant uptick. Here is the graph to prove it:

https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/2ff5310a-52f2-4c59-bb6d-e5cf93f92c64_1128x679.jpeg (1128×679)

Graph doesn't include the 2022 counteroffensive which removed 12,000 square kilometers from the terrorist, so yeah, 2x zero is still zero.

Operative word is "this year". 2022 is so yesteryear. That territory will come back almost by force of gravity as UAF manpower issues go from bad to worse. Watch.

Germany is Ukraine’s second biggest weapons supplier after the U.S., and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock vowed that Berlin’s backing would remain steadfast.

Bearbock can opine what she wants, the fact is if US support is stopped, the war is over and the conflict will be settled diplomatically, as it should have years ago.

TaiwanIsNot

Why are russian soldiers training in Ukraine? I thought we were assured that it was a million Donbas residents fighting this war along with locally sourced artillery shells and Su-57s.

The article does not say that "russian soldiers training in Ukraine". Read again. And about the Dombas, the local militas fought a long war, but they would have been overrun by the full-scale assault by the UKR troops that was being prepared in 2020.

Annalenas 360 degreese...sure her talk or opinion "matters"...prd vo vesmire

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Annalenas 360 degreese...

Annalena is green activist, swept into an office that she has zero qualifications for. Her stupid statements are legendary. In Japan, her most profound contribution to diplomatic exchange was her complaining about heated toilet seats being an environmentally unfriendly waste of energy.