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Day 292. An explosion at Wagner Group HQ reported. All thermal and hydroelectric power plants are damaged after eight waves of missile attacks. Ukraine orders punitive measures on clerics with Moscow links.
 
The team that never plays a home game.....
"Our cause is to play football. It's very hard," Petrakov said. "Everyone has something else in his head. Someone has relatives where the fighting is going on, someone's relatives are dying. I see it all. My guys are always calling. It is very hard. To understand that you have to be in our shoes. God forbid you ever know what war is."
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/4...-soccer-team-fought-back-amid-war-with-russia
 
Day 293. Ukraine needs USD 1 bn to quickly restore power and heat disrupted by Russian missile strikes. Ukraine intends to continue counteroffensives in winter after the hard freeze enables maneuver warfare. Putin will not hold his traditional end-of-year press conference.
 
Burning through ammo, Russia using 40-year-old rounds, U.S. official says


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A view shows remains of MLRS shells used by Russian troops for military strikes of the city and collected by sappers in Kharkiv, Ukraine November 29, 2022. REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi
WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Russia is turning to decades-old ammunition with high failure rates as it burns through its stockpiles to carry out its nearly 10-month-old invasion of Ukraine, a senior U.S. military official said on Monday.

"They have drawn from (Russia's) aging ammunition stockpile, which does indicate that they are willing to use that older ammunition, some of which was originally produced more than 40 years ago," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The United States accuses Russia of turning to Iran and North Korea for more firepower as it exhausts its regular supplies of ammunition.

The senior U.S. military official assessed that Russia would burn through its fully-serviceable stocks of ammunition by early 2023 if it did not resort to foreign suppliers and older stocks.

"We assess that at the rate of fire that Russia has been using its artillery and rocket ammunition in terms of what we would call fully serviceable artillery and rocket ammunition. They could probably do that until early 2023," the official said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...m_campaign=daily-briefing&utm_term=12-13-2022
 
I don't think these Patriots will be a gamechanger like the HIMARs were. Not really meant for drones.
Day 294. US finalizes plans to send Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine. Belarus started to suddenly check the combat readiness of its army. Kremlin rejects Zelenskyy’s proposal to start withdrawing Russian troops from Ukraine
 
Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 295: Kyiv attacked by 13 Shahed kamikaze drones; all 13 shot down. Belarus holds rapid deployment and combat readiness drills near Ukraine border for the second day. Putin postpones his annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly.
 
Day 297. Russia launched another massive missile attack targeting Ukrainian civilian facilities and power grids. 60 out of 76 missiles downed by Ukrainian Air Defense. Power outages reported around the country.
 
The US cannot allow Russia to succeed. Meeting force with force will bring Putin down which will also send a message to Xi Jinping...otherwise, not only will Ukraine fall but so will Taiwan.
 
Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 298. Russia’s War causes environmental calamity for Ukraine – Zelenskyy. Ukraine’s National Guard Special Forces stop Russian breakthrough in Donetsk Oblast. Russians withdraw troops from 2 towns in Kherson Oblast, collaborators urged to evacuate.
 
russia got a new shipment of kamikze drones from Iran and used about 30 to attack Kyiv overnight, most were shot down but there was some damage.
Day 299. Heating and electricity are back in the capital Kyiv after a massive missile attack on the energy system. Ukraine does not want to invade Moscow – Zelenskyy. Russian attack kills three civilians in Kherson.
 
Ballet world mourns Ukrainian National Ballet dancer Oleksandr Shapoval, killed in action defending Ukraine from Russian invasion.
 
Day 300. Ukraine explores options for a special tribunal to prosecute Russia. Ukrainian Defence Forces down 30 Shahed drones overnight. Russia gets another 250 Shahed UAVs from Iran.
 
Read that Russia is targeting, along with infrastructure, cultural and historical sites. Trying to erase Ukrainian people.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
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that video should be re-dubbed, but with comedy as it's goal.

but seriously, who thinks this is a good propaganda?? Sob story about someone having to sell their POS car to buy sausages, but instead of, oh I don't know, not invading a sovereign nation, lets celebrate that the young man is going off to his death.

And gramps gets to keep his Lada.

I would hope he'd rather give up his car over his own flesh and blood...
 
Day 301. Zelenskyy visits Bakhmut on an unannounced visit. US to allocate USD 44.9 billion in emergency assistance to Ukraine and NATO allies. Russia’s December 19 drone attack on Ukraine was the most massive since the outset of the all-out war.
 
Russia earlier warned the US that providing Ukraine with a patriot system and training them on how to use them, would lead to "an escalation" of the war...which can be translated into Russia privately fears the prospect of Ukraine having those missiles, as well as other weapons.

Personally, I'm glad we made the decision to do it anyway...and the decision reinforces 2 messages...it tells Ukraine "we're with you"...and it's also another big "fuck you" to Putin.


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