▶Latest >Strelkov: All 4 Kherson bridges are no longer operational >UAF launched a counteroffensive in Kherson Oblast >Shoigu: Russia is slowing down the offensive on purpose to minimize civilian casualties >25 people died from Russian missile attack on Independence Day >Fires across eastern Ukraine including Mariupol and the ZNPP >Putin signs a decree to increase the Russian armed forces by 137,000 to 1.15 million >Germany to send IRIS-T air defense systems in the coming weeks >US to send $3 billion in aid to Ukraine (largest one yet) >Azov denies Vovk Natalya's ever served in the Azov regiment >FSB: Darya Dugina's car was blown up by Vovk Natalya, an Azov servicewoman, who fled to Estonia afterwards >Antonovsky bridge was hit again, casualties reported by TASS >Darya Dugina's car exploded in Moscow >Explosions around Belgorod and Sevastopol reported, AA activity around the Kerch bridge >3 drone strikes in Crimea: Dhzankoy air base and Azovske ammunition depot and a transformer. >Igor Strelkov tried to mobilize himself but was detained in Crimea >Smooker strikes a Russian airbase near Sevastapol, Crimea (9-14 aircraft destroyed) >Biden admin to announce a $1 billion weapons package for Ukraine
Exclusive: William Blair IM to sell Russian bonds at heavy discount as selling window opens The institutions reportedly include JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Jefferies Financial Group, They are essentially providing investors internationally with a window to dispose of these assets. Wood said indicative pricing for the sale of the bonds was in the low 20s, having been priced around 90 before the war. ‘The counterparties on the other side that tend to be buying are international hedge funds. If we wanted to get rid of these bonds, there is a lot of paperwork to be done and we’ve got to be comfortable that we’re happy with the conditions that the counterparties are imposing on us. citywireselector.com/news/exclusive-william-blair-im-to-sell-russian-bonds-at-heavy-discount-as-selling-window-opens/a2395757
A virtual army of impish cartoon pooches is waging war on Russia Mr Singer notes that Israel’s army, involved in its own meme wars with Hamas in recent years, learnt that it needed to respond quickly and push authority down to officers in their 20s and 30s—something that would cause many generals to flinch. The lesson may be that virtual communities, coming together spontaneously and without direction, can handily out-meme even the largest and best-resourced armies. “President Putin has comprehensively lost the information war in Ukraine and in the West,” judged Jeremy Fleming, the head of gchq economist.com/europe/2022/08/31/a-virtual-army-of-impish-cartoon-pooches-is-waging-war-on-russia
School Is for Making Citizens In our increasingly diverse nation, insulating students from lessons about racism will create a generation ill equipped to participate in a multiracial democracy. America’s book banners and anti-critical race theory zealots are following a path well worn by authoritarian regimes in Russia and Hungary, which have issued laws targeting the teaching of L.G.B.T.Q. issues. In the current U.S. debates, both the authoritarians and those people committed to multiracial democracy recognize that education is inherently political, because it enables students to understand, question and change their world. Such cross-racial solidarity is essential for members of our most diverse generation. nytimes.com/2022/09/01/opinion/us-school-citizenship.html
Inflation Tightens Its Grip on Europe Consumer prices in Europe continued their steady upward march in August, driven by soaring food and fuel prices and shortages caused by clogged supply chains, the New York Times reported. In the 19 countries that use the euro as currency, the annual inflation rate jumped to a fresh record of 9.1 percent, up from 8.9 percent in July, according to estimates released Wednesday by the European Commission’s statistical office. A year earlier, inflation was 3 percent nytimes.com/2022/08/31/business/eurozone-inflation.html
After more than three months of preparation, the Ukrainian army on Monday launched its highly-anticipated counteroffensive in southern Ukraine.
The twin goals: to cut off and destroy the dozens of Russian battalions dug in north of the Dnipro River, then liberate the strategic port city of Kherson from its Russian occupiers.
Photos, videos and official statements in the two days since the purported launch of the counteroffensive seem to confirm that the operation is real, not just propaganda.
But it’s less clear how successful the Ukrainians have been in the first 48 hours of their counteroffensive. Reporting by CNN indicates the Ukrainians have advanced most of the way to Kherson. Other sources are skeptical of CNN’s claim.
CNN on Monday cited an unnamed Ukrainian military source asserting Kyiv’s forces—around three-dozen battalions in a dozen brigades, perhaps 20,000 troops in all—already had liberated four settlements south of the former front line, nominally 15 miles north of Kherson.
Three of the liberated settlements—Novodmytrivka, Arkhanhel's'ke and Pravdyne—make perfect sense, as all lie near to the front. Ukrainian battalions would’ve needed to advance a mile or less to reach them.
Tomyna Balka, by contrast, is at least six miles from the old line of contact. Merely reaching Tomyna Balka, 12 miles west of Kherson, could require Ukrainian troops to advance for the better part of a day across open, treeless terrain. A risky proposition.
If the Ukrainians have liberated Tomyna Balka, they’re within striking distance of the Russian garrison—part of the 49th Combined Arms Army—in Kherson. Worse for the Russians, a rapid Ukrainian advance that deep into formerly Russian-held territory could threaten the supply lines of Russian forces to the west.
need counsel /ugh/ want to buy a game called love money and rock&roll BUT i don't want monke to use my money to bomb ukies, does anyone know if the guys at soviet games are monke worshipers or normal russians
James Scott
nah it's just what that shitty pmc is named, isn't it?
