[paratmar]

gun maintenance in the field https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRpiaPp_JG8&ab_channel=%D0%96%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81

[paratmar]

Golden rain on to ukraine https://twitter.com/wgeary/status/1602306495504388097?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

[Berger]

Hungarian premier Viktor Orbán gives in and lifts his veto on EU macro-financial aid to Ukraine.

18 billion € to sustain Ukraine next year.

[paratmar]

Ukraine is being made as "suitcase without a handle" - it’s hard to carry and it’s a pity to leave). At the same time, it becomes increasingly difficult for the United States to shift its debt to the rest of the world by printing more and more dollars. - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/15/ukraine-economy-russia-war-crisis/

[paratmar]

just a cool freaky music))) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbtq0dQrygA&ab_channel=%D0%96%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81

[dj]

[dj]

Good article today from NY Times:

"...I spoke to Anton Troianovski, the Moscow bureau chief and one of the lead reporters on the story, about how Putin came to decide to go to war.

Claire: When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, experts believed that Russia would quickly conquer Ukraine. That didn’t happen. What is the main reason that the war went so badly for Russia?

Anton: It was a cascade of failures, and at the top is Putin’s own misguidedness, his own isolation and his own conviction that he knew what was best. The Russian military was unprepared all the way down to a tactical level, like using Soviet-era maps. Like using their cellphones to call home, which gave away their positions and allowed them to be ambushed or attacked. There wasn’t enough food to feed the soldiers.

We got hold of actual copies of some of the invasion plans that some of the Russian military units had, which showed them expecting to race toward Kyiv within hours of invading. Russian military leaders didn’t think they’d need any reinforcements.

I talked to many people who knew Putin personally, and they told me that the decision to go to war was based on his gut feeling. Putin didn’t seem to think he needed advice on the wisdom of this invasion. Putin was convinced that he knew best, that he understood Ukraine and its place in history as well as his own."

[dj]

"....We’ve talked a lot about what went wrong for Russia, and of course the war isn’t over. Is there anything that is going well?

Putin recognizes that things haven’t gone to plan, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to fold. He is willing to accept a lot of casualties — up to 300,000, according to what one NATO member is now telling allies. The way Putin looks at it is that the Soviet Union lost 27 million people in World War II, and he’s convinced that the Russian people are prepared to suffer — more than people in the West.

Something else that has gone well from the Kremlin’s point of view is the country’s propaganda machine. It helped convince many Russians that the war was not going disastrously wrong, and that it was the West that was forcing Russia to fight. In addition, sanctions haven’t derailed the Russian economy the way the West had hoped, and much of the world hasn’t turned its back on Russia they way some expected."

[mooxe]

[mooxe]

This ridiculous war continues. What will it take for Russia to go back to its own country?

[Quark]

they need another blow, something to leave them bleeding seriously. The energy blackmail didn't actually work in Europe in Putler's favour.

[dj]

[dj]

[paratmar]

Close combat in transhes. At 8:23 a bullet hit a soldat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z470TFgfLAQ&ab_channel=Say...

[mooxe]

Possibly more strategic bombers damaged at Engels airforce base, Russia.

[paratmar]

Self-explosion of a wounded soldier - https://youtu.be/vc00V_EXEI4

[paratmar]

Damn the video got deleted(((

[paratmar]

Ooops)

[mooxe]

Random internet tweet without explanation captures the minds that hang low on the tree.

For more info on paratmar's chart see this Politico article and their own tweet on this graphic.

https://www.politico.eu/article/2022-data-by-the-numbers-figures-charts/
 
“Trade with Russia has declined significantly as a result, though it's still slightly higher in value than last year due to soaring energy and commodity prices.”

[paratmar]

Closest Combat 18+ http://t.me/xoxol_uk/10180[/video]