The Russia is getting more evil thread

[KevinC]

According to ISW, the Russian offensive towards Bakhmut has likely culminated.

Institute for the Study of War

Senior Ukrainian officials are visiting frontline positions in Bakhmut unimpeded. Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) chief, Kyrylo Budanov, visited Bakhmut on December 27-28 and was geolocated to within at least 600 meters of the previously recorded Russian forward line of troops. Budanov’s visit supports previous Ukrainian social media reports that Ukrainian forces conducted a tactical counterattack that repelled Russian forces from the outskirts of Bakhmut on December 21. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Bakhmut on December 20.

Recent combat footage supports ISW’s previous assessment that Russian forces are operating in squad-sized assault groups due to combat losses. Combat footage posted on December 26 shows Ukrainian fire defeating squad-sized groups of 5-10 unsupported Russian infantry attempting a disorderedly assault on Novoselivske in Luhansk Oblast. This footage, while not from Bakhmut, is consistent with a senior Ukrainian official’s report that Russian forces in the Bakhmut area are no longer operating as company and battalion tactical groups but are instead operating in smaller groups of 10 to 15 servicemembers (squad-size organizations) as of December 27.

[Destarius]

Russians applying their money laundering smurfing techniques to warfare without much success. Squad-sized assaults sounds like suicide.

[sillhouette]

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Russia fires 120 missiles from air and sea - Ukraine

[Grifman]

Very interesting article on the Kharkiv offensive:

Isabelle Khurshudyan

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/29/ukraine-offensive-kharkiv-kherson-donetsk/

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69 land-based missiles fired into Ukraine last night by Russia. Ukraine claiming 54 intercepted and claiming none of the missiles targeted in or around Kyiv hit their intended targets. They also claim to have destroyed 11 inbound Shahed drones.

EDITED to fix, teach me to read quickly while working on something on the side… ;)

Source, Ukraine:

Euromaidan Press

[scottagibson]

That would be impressive anti-missile performance.

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@scottagibson

That would be impressive anti-missile performance.

It would be, if I had quoted it correctly. :) Sorry about that. It’s 11 drones destroyed. No idea how many were launched.

[scottagibson]

No worries, I was just pointing to the possibility they were engaging in enthusiastic assessment.

[alekseivolchok]

Dear Westerners, can your leaders do the same?

Julia Davis

[BloodyBattleBrain]

Terrible form…

Pretty sure Biden could do better.

[Mark_Weston]

Walter Report 🇺🇦

If true, what a tragedy.

[strummer]

@alekseivolchok

Dear Westerners, can your leaders do the same?

Wtf on a couple different levels. But I am sure any western leader could bob their head up and down a dozen times too.

[scottagibson]

Yeah, that guy didn’t do even 1 push-up.

[sillhouette]

an excellent metaphor for Russian military capability

[sillhouette]

Sudden Russian Death Syndrome

[Strollen]

@sillhouette

an excellent metaphor for Russian military capability

Yes, performance art at it is finest.

[Strollen]

@strummer

Wtf on a couple different levels. But I am sure any western leader could bob their head up and down a dozen times too.

Could Trump do any better? I have my doubts. Of course, to be fair, Trump is not a leader and not a western leader.

[strummer]

@Strollen

Could Trump do any better? I have my doubts. Of course, to be fair, Trump is not a leader and not a western leader.

Good god no. But I would pay money to watch him try to do it on national television.

[abrandt]

The pilots last words reported to be “You arrogant ass, you’ve killed us”

[Strollen]

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