Russia’s commando units gutted by #ukraine war, U.S. leak shows

Typically, spetsnaz personnel are assigned the sorts of stealthy, high-risk missions ... for which they receive some of the Russian military’s most advanced training. But when Moscow launched its full-scale invasion last year, senior commanders eager to seize momentum and skeptical of their conventional fighters’ prowess deviated from the norm, ordering elite forces into direct combat...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/04/14/leaked-documents-russian-spetsnaz

I tried to maintain a twitter feed of #ukraine. Now it's just fake links and Russian supporters spouting bile.
One less thing to value over there.

"Secret trove offers rare look into Russian cyberwar ambitions"

Source: Former employee, #Ukraine sympathizer

Orgs: NTC Vulkan, Sandworm, GRU, SVR

Tools:
- Skan (allowed Russia’s attackers continuously to analyze the internet for vulnerable systems and compile them in a database for possible future attacks.)

Projects:
- Amezit (details tactics for automating the creation of massive numbers of fake social media accounts for disinformation campaigns)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/03/30/russian-cyberwarfare-documents-vulkan-files/

Military balloons are now being shot down over #Ukraine:

https://t.me/censor_net/24869

#Ukraine

If these numbers are correct, over 1000 Russian soldiers died in one day.

That doesn't happen without extraordinary incompetence in leadership and a complete lack of valuing human life.

I just learned from a friend (a Belarussian refugee) that a friend of his that is visiting from Belarus was asked to report to the recruiting station to "verify some personal data".

This is happening just after Putin was visiting Minsk.

This is also similar to how the Russian conscription process started.

"This will be very bad for Belarus."

@Render #Ukraine

We watched "All Quiet on the Western Front" this weekend.

In the past I might have felt sympathy for the main character: a young German boy joining the army for a glorious battle for his country.

Ultimately, he became a petty thief and had no principles.

The corollaries with the current Russian soldiers in #Ukraine are too striking to ignore.

I'm struck by the messy conditions the Russian soldiers leave behind in #Ukraine as they retreat.
It's consistently everywhere.

This reminds me of the really poor sections of the US. Communities with garbage everywhere. They've little else to do but they don't bother cleaning up their surroundings.

Theory for both: Extensive fetal alcohol syndrome.

We know Russia has a big problem with alcoholism. What if most of their mothers were constantly drunk during pregnancy?

Plausible?

#Ukraine

Biden and the Polish President are currently on a call.
#Ukraine

https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/15-november-the-conversation-between-president-andrzejduda

OK....so...."Combat Mosquitoes" was not on my Bingo Card.
#Ukraine

https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1586096935081242624

Whooopsie!
After criticism, congressional progressives retract Ukraine letter calling for diplomacy
#Ukraine

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/after-criticism-congressional-progressives-retract-ukraine-letter-calling-for-diplomacy

An atrocity now in the works in Kherson, #Ukraine:

"Schoolchildren from Kherson will be evacuated to occupied Crimea."

This is mass kidnapping by a rogue state.

https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/6-october-kherson-russian--authorities-declare-school-holidays

Gen. Hertling's take on the recent Russian conscripts: Heading to the Slaughter.
#Ukraine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/27/putin-recruits-flee-russia/

HUGE counter-offensive underway!

"Ukrainian troops have taken four villages back from Russian occupation in the south near the city of Kherson"
"...village names are Nova Dmytrivka, Arkhanhel’s’ke, Tomyna Balka and Pravdyne."
https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-08-29-22#h_52d9a059a8e55bb86fdb120a2c2b068b

https://deepstatemap.live/en#12/46.6945/32.4776
#Ukraine

A Gen. Hertling perspective on the importance of prioritizing logistics in #Ukraine

https://twitter.com/MarkHertling/status/1537077056680468482

Grim assessment:
"The Ukrainian military is suffering from roughly 100 killed-in-action every day, and 100 to 300 wounded-in action, said Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff."

https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2022-06-15/top-u-s-general-reveals-grim-assessment-of-ukraines-battlefield-deaths
#Ukraine

Progress!
#Ukraine

Meanwhile, a whole lot of very powerful people are going to have to rethink their place in the world as the Starlink juggernaut remakes the world by helping Ukraine win *The 1st Starlink War*
#Ukraine
https://twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/1523828159296286721

Hey @Render, I just listened to a Peter Zeihan video about how the Ukr strategy will probably change in the near future.
1. US Intel is providing highly accurate geo-intel on commanders
2. The Excalibur projectile will provide greater range and accuracy to within 16 ft

These two attributes together will give the Ukr army an ability to execute a decapitation strategy.

Valid?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPNczJ7uTqI

#Ukraine
#OSInt