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  • in reply to: The Hearty Salon 15/05/2023 … Open Thread #13914
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    To Mr P (and others of course)

    You were talking about the Russian strike on the Ukrainian weapons and the wind direction and so on.

    Vanessa Beeley had these few comments. It starts here: https://t.me/VanessaBeeley/14669 and I leave it to you to make sense of (if there is sense).

    The radiation detectors sited in Poland to the NW of the explosion in Ukraine show a highly significant increase in gamma radiation. The wind direction is SE so this fits with a plume from the explosion site. Uranium daughters Thorium-234 and Protoactinium 234m have gamma ray decays. The 94kev gamma ray from Th-234 is a 6% decay but there is a lot of Uranium. So they would show up on the Eurados detectors.

    Access to the European gamma detectors network has been blocked by the German server.

    Prof. Chris Busby

    Radiological Maps – European Commission
    https://remap.jrc.ec.europa.eu/Consent/Simple.aspx

    remap.jrc.ec.europa.eu (https://remap.jrc.ec.europa.eu/Consent/Simple.aspx)
    Radiological Maps – European Commission
    The Radioactivity Environmental Monitoring (REM) group of the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)

    “The Eurados monitors have sharply risen by about 50% to the NW of the explosion site. More than 4 Standard Deviations, so statistically significant . Not a Radon spike as no frontal weather systems. Wind is SE so this stuff is coming to Berlin and across Europe, whatever it is. Could be Uranium.Black smoke UO2. Contrary to the bullshit, Uranium is a weak gamma emitter due to the short life daughters Th234 and Pa234m and so would appear on the Eurados gamma detectors if there were enough of it. Alternatively maybe they will get a bit of beta through the windows.” — Dr. Chris Busby

    in reply to: The Hearty Salon 15/05/2023 … Open Thread #13910
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    Hi AHH, you know something? … I found a way to confirm or not, the idea that Khan is perhaps a western stooge or darling or carbon cutout, whichever.  But oh dear, it will take some time and I’m not volunteering lol.

    The crazy idea is to go through all of the UN General Assembly votes and see how Pakistan voted in actuality while Khan was leader.  It will be telling, but too much work indeed!    So we wait and see what comes.  My interest is mainly geopolitical and I cannot bear to see another internal destabilization.

    Another thing .. just a fun thing and a little meaningless .. having grown up in a British Colony, everyone knows how to cheat at cricket.  I don’t know if you’ve watched them, but the bowlers usually polish the ball against their clothing or sometimes with a towel.  The fast bowlers may have something in their pocket, or a button on their uniform, or something such like or even scratch it with a fingernail.   So, this is called ball tampering, to change the aerodynamics of the ball.  I mean those guys bowl like over 150 kilometers.  I guess this is a common cheat if even I know about it, and I’m not a cricket fan.  The cricket school boys can give one lessons in this and it is there that I learned about ball tampering.

     

    in reply to: Daily War Room ZZZZZzzzzzz #13887
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    ⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

    (16 May 2023)

    Both parts (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/7430))

    ⚠️The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation launched a combined attack with long-range precision-guided air- and sea-based weapons against the AFU units, as well as depots of ammunition, weapons and military equipment supplied by Western countries.

    💥 The goal of the attack has been reached. All the assigned targets have been neutralised.

    💥 U.S.-manufactured Patriot surface-to-air missile system has been struck by Kinnzhal hypersonic glide vehicle in Kiev.

    ◽️In Kupyansk direction, the attacks, launched by aviation and artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces, have resulted in the neutralisation of the AFU manpower and hardware close to Novomlynsk and Kislovka (Kharkov region).

    💥 The actions of five Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups have been suppressed close to Timkovka, Masiutovka, Kotlyarovka (Kharkov region), and Novosyolovskoye and Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People’s Republic).

    💥 The enemy losses were up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen and 4 motor vehicles.

    ◽️In Krasny Liman direction, the attacks, launched by Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems of the Tsentr Group of Forces, have resulted in the neutralisation of the AFU units close to Nevskoye, Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic) and Grigorovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

    💥 The AFU losses were up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 infantry vehicles, and 1 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer.

    ◽️In Donetsk direction, the assault detachments continued to conduct offensive actions against the enemy in the western part of Artyomovsk.

    💥 The units of the Yug Group of Forces held the enemy by covering the flanks of the assault units.

    ◽️The most difficult situation was near Krasnoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), where the units of the 4th Motorised Rifle Brigade have repelled 10 AFU attacks.

    💥 The enemy losses were over 70 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 infantry fighting vehicle and 2 armoured personnel carriers.

    💥Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, as well as artillery of the Yug Group of Forces inflicted a fire damage on the enemy units close to Chasov Yar and Bogdanovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

    💥As a result of the air strike, a road overpass, that used to transport the enemy reinforcements to the town of Artyomovsk, has been destroyed close to Krasnoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

    ✈️Russian aviation have made 9 sorties in this area during the day. The Group’s artillery have performed 74 firing missions.

    ◽️In Donetsk direction, the enemy losses were up to 215 Ukrainian servicemen, 5 armoured fighting vehicles, 7 motor vehicles, as well as Msta-B and D-30 howitzers.

    ◽️In South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the attacks, launched by aviation and artillery of the Vostok Group of Forces have resulted in the neutralisation of the enemy units close to Shevchenko and Velikaya Novosyolka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Malinovka, Chervonoye, Belogorye and Novodanilovka (Zaporozhye region).

    ◽️The actions of 1 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group have been disrupted close to Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

    💥 The enemy losses were up to 135 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 motor vehicles, 2 Msta-B howitzers and 1 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system.

    ◽️In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system and 5 motor vehicles.

    💥 Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and Artillery of the Russian Group of Forces have engaged 75 AFU artillery units, manpower, and hardware in 102 areas during the day.

    💥 Fighter Aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces have shot down Su-24 and Su-25 aircraft of Ukrainian Air Force near Varvarovka and Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People’s Republic).

    ◽️Air defence forces intercepted 7 Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles, 3 HARM anti-radar missiles and 7 HIMARS multiple-launch rocket system projectiles.

    💥 Air defence facilities have shot down 22 unmanned aerial vehicles close to Ivanovka and Yevgenovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Topolyovka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Inzhenernoye, Blagoveshchenka (Zaporpzhye region), and Krynki (Kherson region).

    📊In total, 427 airplanes, 233 helicopters, 4,178 unmanned aerial vehicles, 422 air defence missile systems, 9,176 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,100 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 4,828 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 10,233 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.

    in reply to: The Hearty Salon 15/05/2023 … Open Thread #13886
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    I’ll weigh in on the issue of Pakistan.

    People seem to forget that Khan was ousted just after he returned from a visit to Putin and Russia.  That tells a lot.

    The last riots were not western backed because there was no sign of western backed tactics and methods.  I watched many videos and this stands out.

    The west by the name of the US/UK, lawfared him.  So, they cannot like him very much.

    I’ll keep my comments to geopolitical sphere.

    In the Mercouris video that AHH posted, Mercouris agrees that Khan has the ability to bring Pakistan to a standstill.  He also feels that Khan was not a good leader per se.  But what he says, is that if Khan takes part in the upcoming election, he will most certainly win, BUT and it is a BIG BUT … the situation has deteriorated to the extent that even if he wins now, the destabilization of Pakistan is complete and it is questionable if it can be brought under control.

    AHH says that Russia and China did not say much about the first ouster of Khan.  I disagree.  They did not say much, but what they said is completely within what they profess.  China stated that the relationship with Pakistan is not a relationship with political parties, but is a relationship country to country and not political party to country.  They will make their decisions based on whether Pakistan remains friendly with China, or not.

    There was much Russian media, of course after the visit of Khan to Putin.  You did not see it, because it was not the usual Foreign Office statements, but statements from Putin himself.  This one is the most important from the visit:

    The leaders of the two countries discussed the main aspects of bilateral cooperation and exchanged views on current regional topics, including developments in South Asia.

    So geopolitically the South Asia area is, to say the least, jumpy.  The threat of terrorism is large.  China and Russia is concerned about any destabilization because of this.  At the moment Pakistan is under an unelected junta.  This is not a government that will gain trust in the eyes of Russia and China.  The current leadership cannot call elections, because they will lose and they know it.

    So, most needed, is not screeds of tearing Khan apart, it is stabilization.  As with Erdogan (and I really don’t like him), I am hoping that he will finally win with the runof election.  There will be a level of known stabilization.  So with Pakistan.  I would rather have an immensely popular leader that works with his people, than some unelected bunch.  I will not comment on the religious aspects – all that stands out for me, is that if I look at any other leader in the world, I look at effectiveness, and not at religious dogma.

    The situation, and this is not Khan’s fault, is a dream come true for the West.  Khan did not lawfare himself.  If the current leadership wanted to oust Khan, they went about it in the most incredibly stupid way that one could even think of.  That is where the Western collusion can be found.  They divided the country, knowing that Khan is popular.  All the destabilization that they want, and they can continue with growing tame terrorist groupings, take the eyes away from the efforts to stabilize Afghanistan, and create regional chaos.

    Well done, unelected junta.   You worked yourself right into a Western dream come true and Khan is gaining popularity as we go!

    Kahn may not be the best administrator.  But show me a country that came through Covid unscathed with a beautiful economics picture.  There are very few .. Iran to an extent because they were already hardened against Western games.  China of course and Russia is riding high economically.  There are a few more, but they worked their Covid measures totally differently.  In terms of the slowdown of CEPAC, that does not bother me, because many many Belt and Road projects slowed down to basically maintenance mode.  They are picking up now, and we will see a massive Belt and Road summit in China not very long into the future.

    Khan has something going for him and that is the complete adoration of the younger Pakistani.  In today’s environment, that must be used and not abused.  It is a gift to have that cohesion.  Give him the best economists that can be found, work with the neighboring countries on the problem of terrorism to gain hope in the eyes of Russia and China, and elect your darned officials!  Throw out the Western influences.

    in reply to: The Hearty Salon 15/05/2023 … Open Thread #13834
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    Beautiful Daybed!

    About Imran Khan – I’ll comment on AHH’s work for sure.

     

     

    in reply to: Daily War Room ZZZZZzzzzzz #13822
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    ⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation –

    (14 May 2023)

    Both parts.. https://t.me/mod_russia_en/7400

    ◽️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have launched a long-range sea- and air-based high-precision weaponry strike against AFU units and the depots of Western munitions in Ternopol and Petropavlovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).

    ◽️The goal of the attack has been reached. All the assigned targets have been neutralised.

    ◽️In Kupyansk direction, the attacks, launched by Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, as well as artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces, have resulted in the neutralisation of the enemy manpower and hardware close to Kislovka, Timkovka, Berestovoye, Tabayevka (Kharkov region), and Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People’s Republic).

    ◽️2 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups have been thwarted near Ivanovka and Dvurechnaya (Kharkov region).

    💥 The enemy losses were over 100 Ukrainian servicemen, 5 motor vehicles, 1 D-20 howitzer and 1 Rapira anti-tank gun.

    ◽️In Krasny Liman direction, the attacks, launched by Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, as well as artillery and heavy flamethrower systems of the Tsentr Group of Forces, have resulted in the neutralisation of AFU units near Yampolovka and Grigorovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic).

    💥The enemy losses were over 60 Ukrainian personnel, 1 armoured fighting vehicle, 2 motor vehicles, and 1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.

    ◽️In Soledar-Artyomovsk direction, the assault units supported by the Airborne Troops units continued fighting for the western neighbourhoods of Artyomovsk.

    ◽️The enemy made massive attempts to break through Russian troops’ defence to the north and south parts of Artyomovsk in the past 24 hour.

    ◽️All the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have been repelled. There has been no breakthrough in the defence of Russian forces.

    ◽️The servicemen of the 4th and 200th motorised rifle brigades and the 6th Motorised Rifle Division of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation showed courage and heroism in repulsing the enemy attacks.

    ◽️The units of the 4th Motorised Rifle Brigade have repulsed the attacks by AFU battalion tactical group to the south of Krasnoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), as a result of which the enemy losses were around 200 servicemen killed and wounded.

    ◽️The Commander of the 4th Motorised Rifle Brigade Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov led the battle while on the front line.

    💥2 enemy attacks have been repulsed. The brigade destroyed 3 tanks, 4 infantry fighting vehicles and 2 armoured vehicles.

    ◽️During the repulsion of the third attack, the brigade commander was seriously wounded and died while being evacuated from the battlefield.

    ◽️Deputy Army Corps Commander for Military and Political Work Colonel Yevgeny Brovko led the actions of the personnel while in another area to repel the enemy attacks.

    ◽️During the battle to repel one of the attacks, Colonel Yevgeny Brovko died heroically, suffering multiple shrapnel wounds.

    ◽️The military personnel of the 3rd Battalion of the 200th Motorised Rifle Brigade repelled six attacks to the east of Bogdanovka (Donetsk People’s Republic) involving over 100 Ukrainian assault unit servicemen, 7 tanks, 14 infantry fighting vehicles and other military and special-purpose equipment.

    💥The enemy losses were 7 tanks, 11 infantry fighting vehicles and over 50 Ukrainian servicemen.

    💥The 6th Division repulsed an attack by the enemy assault units supported by three tanks and four infantry fighting vehicles. The enemy losses were over 30 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 tanks and 3 infantry fighting vehicles.

    ◽️In accordance with the decision of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, distinguished Russian servicemen were presented with orders and other state awards directly at combat positions.

    💥 Russian aviation have made 24 sorties in this area during the day. The Group’s artillery have performed 107 firing missions.

    ◽️ In Soledar-Artyomovsk direction, in total the enemy losses were over 400 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, 12 tanks, 18 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, as well as 1 D-20 howitzer.

    ◽️In South Donetsk and Zapororozhye directions, aviation, as well as artillery and heavy flamethrower systems of the Vostok Group of Forces inflicted a fire damage on the enemy units near Vodyanoye, Nikolskoye, Shevchenko, Velikaya Novosyolka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Poltavka and Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region).

    💥1 AFU sabotage and reconnaissance group has been destroyed near Sladkoye (Zaporozhye region).

    💥The enemy losses were over 120 Ukrainian servicemen, 4 motor vehicles, 1 Msta-B howitzer, and 1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.

    ◽️In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were over 20 Ukrainian servicemen, 6  motor vehicles and 1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.

    💥1 ammunition depot of Kherson Ukrainian army group has been destroyed near Nikolayev.

    💥1 U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery warfare radar has been destroyed near Tyaginka (Kherson region).

    ◽️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised 102 artillery units of the AFU at their firing positions, manpower and military hardware at 114 areas.

    💥1 AFU ammunition depot has been destroyed close to Khmelnitsky.

    💥In addition, AFU 5th assault and 44th artillery brigades’ command and control posts have been hit close to Krasnoye (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Preobrazhenka (Zaporozhye region).

    💥Fighter Aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces have shot down 1 AFU Su-27 aircraft near Novogrodovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

    💥Air defence facilities have shot down 6 projectiles launched by HIMARS MLRS.

    💥In addition, air defence facilities have intercepted 18 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down close to Golaya Pristan (Kherson region), Kirillovka, Spornoye, Vesyoloye, Yampolovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Novoaleksandrovka, Oborotnovka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Petrovka and Zhovtnyovoye (Kharkov region).

    📊 In total, 425 airplanes, 231 helicopters, 4,135 unmanned aerial vehicles, 421 air defence missile systems, 9,159 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,100 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 4,813 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 10,193 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation.

    in reply to: The Hearty Salon 1/05/2023 … Open Thread #13774
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    I still follow Jeffrey Kaye, who Mr P made me aware of some years ago.  What follows is not salon’ish and it is not hearty.

    There is a new report on the torture at Guantanamo Bay, and it is heartbreaking and exceedingly horrible.  But I am glad it is out if anyone can actually stomach it, which I must admit, I peeped at it but scrolled very fast past the sketches and really did not read too many of the descriptions.  There comes a time when one flips beyond outrage and finds sheer cognitive dissonance in an inability to even understand this new fresh hell.   Of course, this was killed dead inside of the US.  First, there was discussion and it was then nicely overwritten by something else.  I remember so clearly Trump saying that he does not think waterboarding is really so bad.

    Jeffrey Kaye has it on this tweet, https://twitter.com/jeff_kaye/status/1656736099430182912 and he has some more tweets about it, but the real McCoy is the report which you can download from the link in the tweet, or just open in your browser.

    I need to sit down quietly somewhere for a while.   Who will spread this across the population of the US Americans?  Nobody!

     

    in reply to: Daily War Room ZZZZZzzzzzz #13626
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    ⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

    (9 May 2023)

    Part I and II

    💥 Last night, the Russian Armed Forces launched a concentrated long-range, sea- and air-launched high-precision attack on temporary enemy reserve areas and ammunition depots.

    ◽️ The purpose of the strike has been achieved. All the assigned targets have been engaged.

    ◽️ As a result of the strikes, the movement of reserves as well as the delivery of ammunition to combat areas has been thwarted.

    💥 In Kupyansk direction, aviation and artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces have engaged the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) close to Sinkova and Berestovoye (Kharkov region).

    ◽️ Over the past 24 hours, up to 35 Ukrainian troops, one tank, two motor vehicles, and one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system have been neutralised in this direction.

    ◽️ In Krasny Liman direction, Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery of the Tsentr Group of Forces have inflicted fire damage on enemy manpower and hardware close to Chervonaya Dibrova and Nevskoye (Lugansk People’s Republic).

    ◽️ The enemy suffered losses of up to 75 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, three pick-up trucks, one Grad MLRS, and two D-30 howitzers.

    💥 In Donetsk direction, assault detachments continued their offensive in the west part of the city of Artyomovsk. Airborne Troops support the action of the assault detachments paralysing the enemy on the flanks.

    ◽️ Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery of the Yug Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Bogdanovka and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People’s Republic). Russian aviation conducted five sorties in this area during the past 24 hours. The artillery have performed 73 fire tasks overnight.

    ◽️ The enemy has suffered losses of over 465 Ukrainian troops and mercenaries, two tanks, six armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, one Grad self-propelled artillery system, and two D-20 and D-30 howitzers in the past 24 hours.

    💥 In South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, aviation and artillery of the Vostok Group of Forces carried out attack against AFU units in the areas of Ugledar (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Gulyay Pole (Zaporozhye region).

    ◽️ Over 90 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and one Msta-B howitzer have been neutralised during the day.

    ◽️ Moreover, one ammunition depot of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been hit close to Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region).

    💥 In Kherson direction, Russian troops have neutralised up to 30 Ukrainian troops, five motor vehicles, and two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems during the day.

    ◽️ Moreover, an ammunition depot of the 124rd Territorial Defence Brigade was neutralised close to Antonovka (Kherson region).

    💥 Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Group of Forces have engaged 72 AFU artillery units, manpower, and hardware in 94 areas during the day.

    ◽️ An ammunition depot of the 54th Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been hit close to Verkhnekamenskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

    💥 Russian air defence facilities have shot down one Su-25 airplane of Ukrainian Air Force near Belozerka (Kherson region).

    ◽️ Air defence systems have downed three HIMARS and Uragan MRLS projectiles and one Tochka-U tactical missile during the day.

    ◽️ In addition, 10 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed close to Golikovo (Lugansk People’s Republic), Spornoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), Removka (Zaporozhye region), as well as Novaya Mayachka and Belozerka (Kherson region).

    📊 In total, 419 airplanes and 230 helicopters, 4,052 unmanned aerial vehicles, 421 air defence missile systems, 9,046 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,098 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 4,774 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 10,077 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

    in reply to: Gardening and Food Prep #13586
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    This is in my future this week!  But oh man they use too much sugar.  So, I won’t use cherries, but probably a sweeter fruit, mangoes I think and I will reduce sugar wherever else I can.

    This is mouthwatering stuff.

    https://youtu.be/Umch4INxi2Y

    in reply to: The Hearty Salon 1/05/2023 … Open Thread #13506
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    Interesting path I’ve traveled since the attempted assassination of the Head of State of a Nuclear Country.   WTF?

    I’ll say something more formal but among our wide array of fraternal sites, I of course started talking about this, and the others sat back (I don’t know in astonishment or WTF).  So, all the fraternals came to us to eyeball information and the visitor and reader count started ticking up and up and up.

    So, there are some protections built into this humble GlobalSouth site.  And these smart protective mechanisms said .. UhOh, what is this, we’re running way above the tolerances set for us, so WTF, is this a distributed Denial of Service attack.  It was not, but the software did what it was supposed to do and slowed down the process.

    My thought .. this is the most beautiful test of the protective side of this site and I could not have designed it better if I was designing a test.

    Some things just shut off .. said WTF – we will wait until we run inside our tolerances and it looked like things were breaking.  They were not, they acted according to design inside of safe tolerances.  Because it is complex, it was not immediately obvious and I said WTF.   There was one moment where I wanted to beg the fraternals to say something, to bleed some traffic away from us and that is a death wish for a website.

    It worked, and it did not work.  I had to up all tolerances again and the last two days we had eyeballs up the yahoo!  And all while I was trying to make sense of the attempted drone assassination of the Head of State of a Nuclear Country.

    in reply to: The Hearty Salon 1/05/2023 … Open Thread #13395
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    Its done, almost toast.  Unbelievable crap.

    “Ukraine To Economize Air Defense Missiles By Letting Russian Projectiles Through — Sky News

    During a segment on Sky News, defense analyst Professor Michael Clarke suggested that Ukraine might want to “start letting missiles through” so as not to use too many missiles before the rumored upcoming counteroffensive.”

     

    in reply to: Daily War Room ZZZZZzzzzzz #13343
    amarynth
    Keymaster

    Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

    (1 May 2023)

    Part I & II) (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/7190)

    💥The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a long-range high-precision air and sea-based missile strike against Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities. The goal of the attack has been reached. All the assigned targets have been neutralised. The enterprises producing ammunition, weapons and military equipment for Ukrainian forces have been disrupted.

    ◽️In Kupyansk direction, the attacks, launched by aviation and artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces, have resulted in the neutralisation of the AFU units near Dvurechnaya, Timkovka and Krakhmalnoye (Kharkov region).

    ◽️The actions of 5 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were suppressed close to Masiutovka, Kislovka, Sinkovka (Kharkov region), and Novosyolovskoye and Rozovka (Lugansk People’s Republic).
    The enemy losses were over 85 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 motor vehicles, and 1 D-20.

    ◽️1 ordnance depot of 127nd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU has been destroyed near Izbitskoye (Kharkov region).

    ◽️In Krasny Liman direction, the attacks, launched by Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, as well as artillery of the Tsentr Group of Forces, have resulted in the neutralisation of the AFU units close to Olgovka (Kharkov region), Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic) and Serebrianka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

    ◽️2 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups have been suppressed close to Torskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Nevskoye (Lugansk People’s Republic).

    💥The enemy losses were up to 55 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 armoured fighting vehicle, 1 pickup truck, 1 D-20 howitzer, and 2 D-30 howitzer.

    ◽️In Donetsk direction, the assault detachments continued to destroy the enemy in the western part of Artyomovsk. The Airborne Troops support the actions of the assault detachments and restrain the AFU units on the flanks.

    💥The attacks, launched by Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, as well as artillery of the Yug Group of Forces, have resulted in the neutralisation of the enemy manpower and hardware close to Kalinovka, Chasov Yar, Nikolayevka and Stupochki (Donetsk People’s Republic).

    💥The Russian aviation have made 6 sorties in this area during the day. The Group’s artillery have performed 64 firing missions.

    💥The enemy losses were up to 330 Ukrainian personnel, 1 tank, 4 armoured fighting vehicles, 4 motor vehicles, and 1 D-30 howitzer have been eliminated.

    ◽️1 ordnance depot of 53th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU has been destroyed near Novoukrainka (Donetsk People’s Republic)

    ◽️In South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, aviation, as well as artillery and heavy flamethrower systems of the Vostok Group of Forces inflicted a fire damage on the enemy units near Ugledar, Privolnoye (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region).

    ◽️The actions of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group have been disrupted close to Sladkoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

    💥The enemy losses were up to 55 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 armoured fighting vehicle, 2 motor vehicles, and 1 Msta-B howitzer.

    ◽️In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 15 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 motor vehicles, 1 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, and 1 Msta-B howitzer.

    💥Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised 87 artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and hardware in 109 areas.

    💥The 72th Mechanised Brigade’s battalion command and observation post has been hit near Ugledar (Donetsk People’s Republic).

    💥Air defence facilities have destroyed 8 unmanned aerial vehicles close to Gorobyovka (Kharkov region), Kremennaya, Krasnorechenskoye (Luhansk People’s Republic), Vodyanoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Peschanovka (Kherson region).

    📊In total, 413 airplanes, 230 helicopters, 3,913 unmanned aerial vehicles, 421 air defence missile systems, 8,927 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,095 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 4,703 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 9,893 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation.

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    ⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

    (28 April 2023)

    Part I and Part II (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/7152)

    💥Russian Aerospace Forces launched a high-precision long-range airbased missile strike against temporary deployment points of AFU reserves.
    The goal of the attack has been reached. All the assigned targets have been neutralised. The movement of the enemy reserves into the combat areas has been prevented.

    ◽️In Kupyansk direction, Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, as well as artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces inflicted a fire damage on the enemy units close to Dvurechnaya, Timkovka, Krakhmalnoye, and Tabayevka (Kharkov region). 2 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups have been thwarted near Sinkovka and Kislovka (Kharkov region).

    💥The enemy losses were up to 75 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, and 1 D-20 howitzer. 1 ordnance depot of 127th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU has been destroyed near Sinelnikovo (Kharkov region).

    ◽️In Krasny Liman direction, the attacks, launched aviation and artillery of the Tsentr Group of Forces, have resulted in the neutralisation of AFU units near Terny (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic). The enemy losses were up to 85 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 motor vehicles, 1 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system and 1 D-30 howitzer.

    ◽️In Donetsk direction, assault groups continued to destroy AFU units and foreign mercenaries in the western part of Artyomovsk. The Airborne Troops together with the units of the Yug Group of Forces from the flanks prevent the enemy attempts to bring additional reserves to Artyomovsk.

    💥Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, as well as artillery and heavy flamethrower systems of the Yug Group of Forces have neutralised the AFU manpower close to Bogdanovka, Chasov Yar, Nikolayevka, Krasnoye and Predtechino (Donetsk People’s Republic). The Russian aviation have made 6 sorties in this area during the day. The Group’s artillery have performed 52 firing missions. The enemy losses were up to 300 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, 3 infantry fighting vehicles, 4 armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, as well as a D-30 howitzer.

    💥Missile troops have struck the Ukrainian joint defence headquarters in Artyomovsk, as well as the units of the so-called ‘Foreign Legion’ near Kostantinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic). 1 U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery warfare radar has been destroyed near Bondarnoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).

    ◽️In South Donetsk and Zapororozhye directions, aviation, as well as artillery and heavy flamethrower systems of the Vostok Group of Forces inflicted a fire damage on the enemy units near Vodyanoye, Pavlovka, Novopol (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Charivnoye (Zaporozhye region). In addition, the actions one AFU sabotage and reconnaissance group were disrupted close to Marfopol (Zaporozhye region). The enemy losses were up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 motor vehicles and 2 howitzers, Msta-B and D-30 howitzers.

    ◽️In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, three motor vehicles, 1 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, as well as one D-30.

    Part II (see Part I (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/7151))

    💥Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised 86 artillery units of the AFU at their firing positions, manpower and military hardware at 112 areas.

    ✈️Fighter Aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces has shot down one Mi-8 of Ukrainian Air Force near Drobyshevo (Donetsk People’s Republic).

    💥Air defence facilities have intercepted eight HIMARS and Uragan rocket-propelled projectiles, as well as five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles close to Berestovoye (Kharkov region), Kirillovka, Kremenets, Novoandreyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Peremozhnoye (Zaporozhye region).

    📊In total, 413 airplanes, 229 helicopters, 3,887 unmanned aerial vehicles, 421 air defence missile systems, 8,887 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,095 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 4,679 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 9,820 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation.

     

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