War Reports - 2023-11-17
The Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed an air attack on Stanokonstantinov in the Khmelnitsky region.
The air force is urging local residents to remain in shelters.
Explosions reported. Type unknown.
#source Ukrainian Strana (https://t.me/stranaua/131745)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Kozache
🕰 Date: ~16.11.2023
📌 Coordinates: 51.480000, 34.258200
📝 Description: The Russian military attacks the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Kozache.
🖥 id: 16112023.1133
✉️source: https://t.me/rusich_army/11794
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Hryhorivka
🕰 Date: ~16.11.2023
📌 Coordinates: 48.639222, 37.857222
📝 Description: Russian artillery bombs Ukrainian Armed Forces positions near Hryhorivka.
🖥 id: 16112023.1643
✉️source: https://t.me/Sever_Z/2028
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Mykilske
🕰 Date: ~16.11.2023
📌 Coordinates: 46.7188055, 32.7463174
📝 Description: Russian military destroyed Gvozdika Ukrainian Armed Forces near Mykilske.
🖥 id: 16112023.1648
✉️source: https://t.me/Juncker_ZOV/91
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Novoivanivka
🕰 Date: ~16.11.2023
📌 Coordinates: 47.783314, 36.492640
📝 Description: The Russian Lantset destroyed the Gvozdika howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Novoivanivka.
🖥 id: 16112023.1800
✉️source: https://t.me/creamy_caprice/3121
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Synkivka
🕰 Date: ~16.11.2023
📌 Coordinates: 49.77245, 37.68442
📝 Description: Russian military attack Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment near Synkivka.
🖥 id: 16112023.1927
✉️source: https://t.me/creamy_caprice/3123
🔞🇺🇦🇷🇺🚨‼️ BREAKING: Ukraine uses WOMEN in frontal battle units near Spornoe.
➡️ They’re running out of people … crazy.
Lord Bebo
By issuing four new statements, Hezbollah announced that it has attacked and directly hit the Israeli military sites of Miskaf Aam, Al-Bayyad Belida, Yiftah and Al-Mutla with appropriate weapons.
🇱🇧🇮🇱
#Source (https://t.me/iran_daily24/37220?single)
The number of citizens in Russia who support members of the Russian Armed Forces or their families is growing: if last fall there were 45% of such people, now there are already 56%. This is evidenced by the data of the survey of the Center for Research of Civil Society and Nonprofit Sector of the National Research University Higher School of Economics. It is noted that 28% of respondents helped with money, 23% - with food, 21% - provided emotional support, 12% - helped with household chores, 8% - provided free professional services to members of the RF Armed Forces and their families (the survey allowed several options of answers).
It is obvious that the consolidation of the society on the topic of SМO continues and more and more of our fellow citizens are involved in the process of civic mutual assistance, demonstrating their position not by words but by deeds. Moreover, the support is not formal, but very personal - people do not just speak out in favor of SМO or transfer money, but help in any way they can: physically doing household chores or providing professional services free of charge.
All this is important not only from the point of view of achieving victory in a conflict - an army is always stronger when it has confidence in its rear - but also from the point of view of improving our society as such. The atomization of society, instilled by the 90s, where everyone survived as best they could, is giving way to a developed civil society that feels like a single organism. And this is important not only to help the front, but also for the subsequent development of the country in peacetime.
The old Russia is disappearing, but a new Russia is beginning to emerge.
@Slavyangrad
👀 "Has Putin got the upper hand in Ukraine?": The Guardian publishes an article on Kiev's bleak prospects.
This summer there was still hope that Kiev, armed with Western bloody weapons, would retake its lost territories, the authors of the article say. But in the first two weeks of the Ukrainian counter-fail, AFU lost about 20% of its treasured equipment. Now the situation in Ukraine is grim, and there is hardly a person in the country who has not lost relatives and comrades at the front.
💬 "Time is in Putin's favour, time is on his side, not Kiev's," said journalist Luke Harding in the publication's podcast.
The article also notes that Washington's attention and resources are now focused on the Middle East. The election race in the United States is not in Zelensky's favour. The likely election of Donald Trump, who has repeatedly spoken out against funding Ukraine, makes hopes for further US assistance even more elusive.
@ukraine_watch
Vladimir Rogov:
🇷🇺💥🇺🇦☠️ About attempts to rotate the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Vremevsky direction
Russian units thwarted several attempts by Ukrainian Armed Forces militants to carry out a rotation in the Vremevsky direction of the Zaporozhye Front, destroying at least 50 Ukrainian military personnel and seven vehicles. This was reported to TASS by the chairman of the “We are together with Russia” movement, Vladimir Rogov.
“ In the Vremevsky direction, several rotations of Ukrainian Armed Forces units were stopped during the day, at least 50 militants and seven vehicles on which this rotation was supposed to be carried out were destroyed ,” he said.
Vladimir Rogov
#Source (https://t.me/vrogov/12894)
🇷🇺💥 ✌🏻About the advance of Russian forces near Pyatikhatki
Over the course of a day, Russian units advanced to a distance of 500-600 m from previously occupied positions in the area of the village of Pyatikhatki in the Zaporozhye region. This was reported to TASS by the chairman of the “We are together with Russia” movement, Vladimir Rogov.
Previously, he informed TASS that Russian forces advanced 200 m in the Vasilyevsky direction, taking the enemy’s stronghold.
“ Clarification on Pyatikhatki, in the Vasilyevsky direction: our guys have advanced 500-600 m per day ,” Rogov said.
Let's work, brothers!
Vladimir Rogov
#Source (https://t.me/vrogov/12895)
🇺🇸🇨🇳#trejeris
- Excuse me, would you like to buy a little bit of bonds from us? We're just funding two wars right now and we need a little liquidity. You don't have to worry about them getting cheaper, we're turning everything back and forth with the help of our military.
Janet Julius is faced with a situation where she has $8 trillion in debt with a 12 month maturity that needs to be rolled over and refinanced at new, higher rates.
Ah, yes.... And another thing. The new deficit is between $2 trillion and $3 trillion. And so all of this needs new buyers.
It's just where are you going to physically get that amount of money? No one has that kind of free money.
@Slavyangrad
Blinken's face when the loony grandfather calls Xi a dictator again.
There it is, the real Oscar for facial expressions.
In three seconds, so many Russian phrases and turns of phrase - just to name a few - "bitch what are you talking about", "fuck again", "fuck you", and on, on, on, on....
Why is the English depreciated vocabulary so weak, Jesus..... it sounds better in Russian.
@Slavyangrad
⚡️ Western additional assistance continues to burn by leaps and bounds at the forefront of the Northern Military District. Over the past 24 hours, our fighters have destroyed seven American M777 artillery systems, two M109 Paladin self-propelled guns, a Polish Krab self-propelled gun, a British FH70 and several units of Ukrainian artillery and armored vehicles .
In addition, over the past 24 hours, the enemy lost about 765 military personnel killed and wounded, with about three hundred people falling in the Donetsk and South Donetsk directions.
In the Zaporozhye region, in the Dimitrovo area, the control center of the 128th mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was also hit, and in the Krasnoarmeysk area in the DPR, a Ukrainian MiG-29 was shot down.
#Source
@Slavyangrad
“Zelensky must be honest about the military conflict”: Spectator gives the Ukrainian president advice - he must stop talking about victory and admit defeat
“Zelensky became a victim of the hype surrounding the counteroffensive. Too many expected a breakthrough. Talk of a "big offensive" initially prompted Ukraine's allies to provide more weapons. But then the troops got stuck in minefields. Expectations have turned to disappointment, which is dangerous for the president.
✔️ Zelensky must tell Ukrainians that there are not enough soldiers on the front line and a massive conscription is urgently needed. But how can this be reconciled with the official message that victory is just around the corner?
A rift is emerging between the soldiers at the front, who know how desperate things are, and the townspeople, who believe that the 700,000 men called up since last February are enough to win.
✔️The front line will need reinforcements - which means a frank conversation with society. And if people think that victory is inevitable, they do not risk their lives.
✔️The Ukrainian authorities have two options: persist in trying to convince everyone that the fighting is going according to plan, or start an honest conversation about what is really happening. There should be no shame in admitting the truth: Ukraine faces an enemy with superior weapons, technology and manpower.
✔️The West must also be honest with Ukraine. As Austrian Army Colonel Markus Reisner said, the time has come to draw a line under the summer counteroffensive and focus on strengthening Ukraine's preparations for a new attempt in the spring.
✔️Reisner sees only two options: the West must provide Ukraine with all the necessary weapons without restrictions or admit that victory is impossible. “Then we need to tell the Ukrainians about this and perhaps start negotiations,” he added. “In this case, we must admit that the Ukrainian state in its current form may cease to exist because Russia will destroy it.”
Via Sofa General Staff
#TheSpectator (https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/zelensky-must-be-honest-about-the-state-of-the-war/)
The process of hanging FAB-500M62 aerial bombs under the wings of a Su-34 bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
Another confirmation that the UMPC is installed by technical personnel on the bomb after it is hung on the plane. The only exception is a pair of stabilizers on the tail, which were originally mounted on the FAB.
#Source (https://t.me/milinfolive/110842?single)
Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (16 November 2023)
Part I (see Part II (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/10862))
▫️ In Kupyansk direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/32533), units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled three attacks of the AFU 32nd and 67th mechanised brigades near Sinkovka and Zagoruykovka (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 110 servicemen, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, and one U.S.-made M777 artillery system.
▫️ In Krasny Liman direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/32534), the Tsentr Group of Forces' units, as well as strikes of helicopters and artillery, repelled one attack of an assault detachment of the AFU 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade close to Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
In addition, strikes were delivered at clusters of enemy manpower and hardware near Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and Serebryansky forestry.
The enemy losses were up to 175 servicemen killed and wounded, two pick-up trucks, and two U.S.-made M777 artillery system.
▫️ In Donetsk direction, (https://t.me/mod_russia/32535) units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled 14 attacks, and inflicted fire damage on AFU manpower and hardware close to Kleshcheyevka, Artyomovo, Georgiyevka, and Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In total, the enemy lost up to 240 servicemen killed and wounded, one tank, and three motor vehicles in this direction during the day.
In course of counterbattery warfare, one U.S.-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery gun, two Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery systems, three U.S.-made M777 artillery systems, as well as one MT-12 Rapira anti-tank gun were neutralised.
▫️ In South Donetsk direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/32536), units of the Vostok Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade and 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Ugledar and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 70 servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two pick-up trucks.
In course of the counter-battery warfare, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system and one UK-made FH70 howitzer were destroyed.
Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (16 November 2023)
Part II (see Part I (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/10861))
▫️ In Zaporozhye direction, (https://t.me/mod_russia/32537) units of the Russian Group of Forces, aviation and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the 33rd, 116th, and 118th mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Rabotino, Uspenovka, and Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy's losses in this area amounted to up to 100 servicemen, two tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, as well as one Giatsint-B gun.
▫️ In Kherson direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/32537), up to 70 servicemen and two motor vehicles were neutralised as a result of fire defeat during the day.
Also, one U.S.-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, and Msta-B howitzer were hit during counter-battery warfare.
▫️ Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces eliminated one command post of the AFU 128th Mountain Assault Brigade near Dmitrovo (Zaporozhye region), as well as manpower and military hardware in 132 areas.
▫️ Fighter jets of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down one MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force close Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People's Republic).
▫️ Air defence systems have shot down two HIMARS MLRS projectiles and one U.S.-made JDAM aerial guided bomb.
▫️ In addition, 26 unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down close to Kremennaya (Lugansk People's Republic), Novoandreyevka, Lipovoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Mirnoye, Romanovskoye, and Pavlovka (Zaporozhye region).
😏 The US Congress agreed on a draft budget excluding aid to Israel and Ukraine
According to CNN, 87 senators voted for the bill, 11 opposed it.
The bill to temporarily keep the government running will now go to Biden, who is expected to sign it.
#Source (https://t.me/avdeevkaru/40118)
Russian assault infantry is fighting on the northeastern outskirts of the Avdeevsky coke plant.
🇷🇺 Sofa General Staff
#Source (https://t.me/jnb_news/38376)
From an essay published in the Wall Street Journal today:
Putin has reason to believe that time is on his side. At the front line, there are no indications that Russia is losing what has become a war of attrition.
Nobody likes a truth teller…
#source (https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/its-time-to-end-magical-thinking-about-russias-defeat-f6d0b8de)
@Slavyangrad
Ukraine War Analyses
Everyone knows the western media narrative already. The western narrative is that Putin is insane, dying, and trying to rebuild the Soviet Union. If you are content with that, stick with MSNBC. Our normal format is daily reports. This section is for articles, discussions, and data that remain relevant over time. Each is a clickable link to a full article. This section will be updated frequently. Articles are added in order of original publication, so added articles we not always be at the top.
Why the US Military Costs so Much
More and more girls on the front…
_Surovikin_
Footage of a Mi-28N Night Hunter launching a guided missile toward AFU military equipment/hardware.
Blackrussiantv
The Bay Bridge in San Francisco has been turned into a parking lot by anti-Israel protestors demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.
CitizenFreePres
Blinken looked like he wanted to crawl into a hole when Biden said Xi is a dictator.
CitizenFreePres
Around 50 men from the AFU tried attacking our troops on the borders of Belgorod. Roughly half of them were liquidated and here are the POWs. The interesting part is these aren't Ukrainians but traitors of the Russian Federation who are funded by the US.
Paul Craig Roberts, former assistant to the US Treasury Department's chief of staff: Ukraine was a wave that created problems for Russia. And it has subsided. Ukraine is devastated. They have no army left. All the weapons we sent them didn't work, and there's no one left to fight. Ukraine is finished. It's over. They're done. They just lost. Half the population has left the country. Armies are exsanguinated.
Note: drugs flowed from Ukraine to Russia, fraudulent call centers and a bunch more malicious activity from that side
@Slavyangrad
From Kadyrov's channel:
On the western outskirts of Kleshcheevka, the Ukrainian Nazis suffered further losses. Drone pilots from the “Barbarian” detachment of the legendary “AKHMAT” special forces worked on them professionally.
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Aerial reconnaissance revealed the enemy's movements and promptly transmitted the coordinates to the artillerymen of the 4th Brigade of the 2nd Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces. As a result, accurate hits and an enemy unit literally crushed by a crushing blow. His positions were not only dismantled by artillery, but were even attacked with ATGMs following additional guidance from specialists from the UAV squad. The footage is not for the particularly impressionable, but the action takes place at the front and there is no escape from this reality. If the other side does not want to lay down their arms and take the only true chance to survive, such an outcome awaits every unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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I thank the soldiers for the successful operation. I wish you new success and good luck! AKHMAT-POWER!!!
#Source (https://t.me/RKadyrov_95/4156)
Report from 1 hour ago:
✔️Explosions are heard in Starokonstantinov, Khmelnitsky region. Kamikaze drones "Geran-2" operate at a military airfield.
Zin Note: Reminder, the Starokonstantinov airfield is where the SU-24s that launch the storm shadows against Crimea originate.
#Source (https://t.me/avdeevkaru/40137)
💥 The mystery of the Russian Lancet drone: how a low-cost UAV turned into a "silent nightmare" for an expensive NATO equipment.
We often publish a lot of videos of Russian drones destroying various NATO equipment. So today we're going to tell you about a real marvel drone! What is the Lancet? How does it work? How did an inexpensive drone outperform every NATO weapon?
The ZALA Lancet is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and loitering munition developed by the Russian company ZALA Aero Group; a smart, highly accurate and highly effective kamikaze drone. The Lancet is essentially a flying guided bomb that autonomously decides what to destroy.
This small plastic munition is an extremely difficult target for enemy air defences. It is impossible to detect, let alone shoot down. Moreover, Lancet is completely invisible in the infrared spectrum.
Inside the kamikaze drone is a thermal imager (which allows it to fly at night), video cameras, a gas analyser, a warning system, a laser designator and a dosimeter. This equipment is removable and can be attached as needed.
The installation of electric engines makes the Russian drone silent; at the same time, this drone does not need satellite navigation, it is able to find a target and attack it on its own.
Russian Lancet drones have already destroyed Leopard 2 tanks, M2 Bradle IFVs, a large number of lorries and one in three M777 howitzers!
The production and use of drones will continue and their characteristics will be improved. After all, the Lancet has gone from being a weapon for localised attacks to a powerful tool for disrupting the great Ukrainian counter-offensive.
@ukraine_watch
Via Creamy Caprice, georeferencing from pro-Ukrainian twitter:
17,11,23 Avdeevka - Industrial zone
Fighting in the Avdeevka area.
The forward position of the Russian Armed Forces on the northern border of the Avdeevskaya Industrial Zone under fire from a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone.
48.121508, 37.786838
#Source (https://t.me/creamy_caprice/3132)
Bin Laden’s 2002 ‘Letter to the US’ is all of the sudden a big deal and must be banned?
Skip to 57:20 in video for Bin Laden story reactions.
Crackdown!
The Guardian took down Bin Laden letter. The MSM and Social Media are now busy getting rid of it. Apparently the worry is that it may interfere with support for war. The social punishment for seeing it appears to be that you will be called a Holocaust Denier and an Anti-Semite.
While we haven’t read it in 20 years, the censorship of it is stupid. It’s 21 years old. Our purpose here is to bring the rest of the story, so here is a link to it for those wishing to read it. It is readily available in Internet archives still.
A Skeptic Disclosure. We’re not Holocaust deniers or Anti-Semites. We’re reporters, and we’re against censorship. This is a news item and you are here for news.
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Vodiane
🕰 Date: ~16.11.2023
📌 Coordinates: 48.1149444, 37.6749435
📝 Description: A Russian kamikaze Shahed MTLB attacks Ukrainian Armed Forces positions near Vodiane.
🖥 id: 17112023.0856
✉️source: https://t.me/russianocontext/1301
MilitarySummaryMap (https://dev.militarysummary.com/)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Bohdanivka
🕰 Date: ~16.11.2023
📌 Coordinates: 48.6227778, 37.9155556
📝 Description: The Russian military is bombing the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Bohdanivka.
🖥 id: 17112023.0832
✉️source: https://t.me/RVvoenkor/56742
MilitarySummaryMap (https://dev.militarysummary.com/)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Novomykhailivka
🕰 Date: ~16.11.2023
📌 Coordinates: 47.856521, 37.467920
📝 Description: Russian FABs are nightmareing the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novomykhailivka.
🖥 id: 17112023.0934
✉️source: https://t.me/voin_dv/5995
MilitarySummaryMap (https://dev.militarysummary.com/)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Horlivka
🕰 Date: ~16.11.2023
📌 Coordinates: 48.361051, 37.941550
📝 Description: Russian artillery is pinning Ukrainian Armed Forces positions to the ground near Horlivka.
🖥 id: 17112023.0958
✉️source: https://t.me/rezervsvo/38060
MilitarySummaryMap (https://dev.militarysummary.com/)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Spirne
🕰 Date: ~16.11.2023
📌 Coordinates: 48.804613, 38.244948
📝 Description: The Russian military is actively fighting to destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces units in Spirne.
🖥 id: 17112023.1020
✉️source: https://t.me/readovkanews/69459
MilitarySummaryMap (https://dev.militarysummary.com/)
Syrian air defenses confront enemy (Israeli) targets assaulting the vicinity of Damascus.
Update:
The attack from Israel resulted in only some material losses and no human losses.
#Source (https://t.me/SabrenNews22/91795)
🔴 🇺🇸🇹🇼 The United States stands for peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, but will continue to supply weapons to the island - White House.
Zin Note: This is precisely the logic of the American ruling class, which is stuck in a world order that no longer exists. They will take it to their graves. They simply can't think outside of this framework.
@Slavyangrad
Now at the APEC summit: Biden is lost again.
#Source (https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/58915)
🔴 By video
The Islamic Resistance, Lebanese Hezbollah: Targets a Merkava tank belonging to the Israeli enemy army in the vicinity of the Beranit barracks on the Lebanese-Palestinian border.
#Source (https://t.me/SabrenNews22/91806)
Production of the Shahed-171 UAV and footage of its operation.
#Source (https://t.me/ZOV_Voevoda/3150)
On a serious note, let’s talk mud.
Anyone who’s been following this conflict for any time or in any depth is already familiar with распутица, or rasputitza - mud season.
Eastern Europe is a land I call one of “Red Mud”, due to the amount of blood shed on it. It has played a role in stopping King Charles XII, Napoleon, and Hitler among others.
This is not mud on your boots, but mud you can sink into and drown in.
It coats everything on you and then freezes you. If you try to recover and heat up, it dries and cracks on you.
Infantry struggle to move through this, vehicles bog down in it, tanks can drown in it, and it will happily flood trenches.
This is the sort of terrain that can suck a boot right off of your leg. If you’ve ever gone river walking in deep silt, you know what that feels like.
So it is interesting to note that Russia is conducting assault operations around Avdeevka now, just as the ground is expected to freeze within the next month, and is capturing key MSRs North of it - despite operating in conditions not suitable for such.
Personal conclusions: manpower. It does not make any sense that one side can continue to advance in such terrain offroad while the other cannot unless one has a significant advantage in mass
This is ultimately what failed Ukraine’s “counteroffensive” - they did not have sufficient mass to assault through any one point, and so distributed it to assault across the line in what they passed off as “probing attacks” - resulting in failure across the front.
Will there be a grand Winter offensive from Russia this year?
Unlikely, though I’m sure Western media may try to peddle such a story again. But Russia has maneuvered itself into a position to cut supply to Avdeevka just before it would have gotten easier for Ukraine to reach.
Situation for Ukraine on that particular city is now untenable.
@Slavyangrad
Morning delievery of FABs in Novomikhailovka
#source (https://t.me/voin_dv/5995)
On the economic note,
An update as an American speaking in American units.
The Subway “five dollar footlong” is now some 9-10 dollars for a 6”.
The Carl’s Jr. “Home of the 6 dollar burger” is now 8-9 dollars for a regular burger off the menu and not their “gourmet” line
Taco Bell is now 5-6 dollars for two rudimentary chicken soft tacos
A burrito from Chipotle is now approaching 13 dollars
A burrito from El Pollo Loco is now approaching 11-12 dollars.
The local Mongolian BBQ joint has jumped from 6 dollars for a bowl only to 13.50
Gasoline remains about 5.50, and Goodwill books remain at 2-3 dollars.
All this over the last three years. But sanctions are working, lads.
Also, here’s a local store’s toothpaste.
@Slavyangrad
An air alert has been declared in Sevastopol, Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said
Explosions are heard in Sevastopol
Local residents report loud explosions in Sevastopol. Their cause is not reported. As a security meаsure transport is not working temporarily.
#source (https://t.me/smotri_z/22638)
In the are of the Gorlovka Wast Heap
Video of fire on the enemy in the waste heap area. The enemy has become more active in the Gorlovka area and is trying to advance. Russian soldiers on the ground report that not a single position has come under enemy control. All attacks repulsed!!!
Russian artillery is carrying out intense strikes on the enemy, preventing him from advancing.
#source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/38060)
Footage of a Russian FAB-500 strike against Novomikhailovka in the South Donetsk direction.
#source (https://t.me/voin_dv/5995)
🔴 The enemy confirms our advance on the southern flank of the Avdeevsky direction, south of the settlement of Severney.
#Source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/38099)
Via Boris "Colonel Cassad" Rozhin:
Iranian proxies covered a hangar with equipment at the American military base at Harir in Iraq.
There is no information about the victims.
Iranian proxies promise to attack the US while Israel continues its genocide in Gaza.
#Source (https://t.me/boris_rozhin/104066)
The most sanctioned country in the world - Russia will end 2023 with a profit of $75 billion - Bloomberg
The United States, the world's most indebted country, will end 2023 with losses of $2 trillion, according to the New York Times.
#Source (https://t.me/avdeevkaru/40164)
❗️Arab media reports that Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on a three-day truce in the Gaza Strip.
Perhaps one of the conditions for a temporary ceasefire would be the return of hostages and prisoners of war captured by the Palestinians on the first day of the attack on Israel.
#Source (https://t.me/milinfolive/110902)
A Skeptic Service Note.
We will be traveling on the 23rd, 24th, and 25th of November. Coverage will be reduced depending on Internet availability.
NGP RaZVedka:
⚠️ Brief summary of the situation at the front.
⭕ Kupyansk direction.
There are battles in the area of the settlements of Sinkovka, Timkovka, Ivanovka, the enemy attempted to attack our positions in the Sinkovka area, was unsuccessful, suffered losses and retreated.
⭕ Artemovsk direction.
The Russian Armed Forces continue to expand the bridgehead in the area of the settlement of Kleshcheevka, battles for control of the area of the settlement of Andreevka continue, and our forces have also advanced towards Bogdanovka.
⭕ Avdeevskoe direction.
There are battles going on to the north near the railway, the Russian Armed Forces have significantly approached the settlement of Novokalinovo, and a number of positions have been taken to the west of the waste heap, in the AKHZ area.
On the southern flank, in the area of the industrial zone, our forces are consolidating their positions and preparing for further work.
Fighting continues in the area of Severnoye, control over this area will make it possible to tighten the pincers around Avdeevka even more tightly.
⭕ Zaporozhye direction.
In the area of Verbovoye, the enemy made another attempt to break through our defensive line, but was unsuccessful.
⭕ Kherson direction.
In the area of Krynki, the enemy continues to concentrate a significant amount of manpower, while the situation for the enemy here has become somewhat more complicated. After a series of air strikes, the enemy infantry suffered significant losses, but the latter still has enough infantry to make up for the losses. Continuing the practice of such strikes will certainly affect the enemy's combat capability in the area in the future.
Markus Korhonen, senior associate leading geopolitical risk, at the global intelligence consultancy, S-RM, told Newsweek that should western powers seek to enforce bans on Russian ships transporting Russian oil, “it has the potential to lead to either direct confrontation, or dangerous naval maneuvers by oil tankers in a narrow and shallow sea, the environmental implications of which could be dire”.
Russia has had an "almost complete export volume recovery" in oil after initially being hit hard by the oil cap, Chris Weafer, chief executive officer of strategic consultants Macro-Advisory Ltd, told Newsweek.
Price caps only work if countries enforce them and Russian transport companies have proven nimble, at times changing names to avoid sanction and restriction. A report posted above indicates Russia has made a profit this year and it should be obvious that Russian oil exports are a major reason for this.
#source (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/wests-battle-against-russias-shadow-fleet-could-backfire/ar-AA1k2y7P)
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💥 Russian fighters destroyed another Ukrainian Armed Forces armored vehicle in the Spornoye area
🔹 Russian Ministry of Defense
#Source (https://t.me/mod_russia/32568)
🔴 New US aid to Ukraine risks being delayed until mid-December, and perhaps longer - Bloomberg.
#Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-17/ukraine-aid-from-us-won-t-be-approved-for-a-month-maybe-longer)
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War Reports - 2023-11-18 (Breaking News)
Curators of the Turkish ALTAY tank development project said that work on the tank is continuing and a total of 250 tanks will be produced under the project. It was noted that the engine and transmission section will be supplied from South Korea until the Turkish engine is mastered. To date, 85 MTOs will be imported from South Korea.
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