#counteroffensive

[taiwantalk]

Wow. This is like a chess move. Check. Can attack Mariupol or donetsk or go diagonal & strike Melitopol… (a bit far of course) but depends on what’s in the way.

[tomorrowusa]

Russian occupation “authorities” reportedly began leaving the city of Tokmak as the Ukrainian army approaches

That's according to the information of locals reported by Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of Melitopol, which is the…

Members of the puppet government which Russia set up in the occupied city of Tokmak are apparently leaving as the Ukrainian military advanced to within 20 km of town.

That’s according to the information of locals reported by Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of Melitopol, which is the next occupied Ukrainian city in the area. “The occupiers are being smoked out of Tokmak. Almost daily explosions and the liberation of settlements in the Melitopol direction transform Tokmak, which is still occupied, to a completely front-line city,” Fedorov said. While the initial distance from the Russian-occupied city of Tokmak to the frontline was about 31 km, it is now less than 20 km as the Ukrainian army advanced, taking Robotyne and areas around it. The Ukrainian army has reached the second line of Russian defense in the area.

A few days ago Ukraine liberated the village of Robotyne. Ukraine's goal is to reach the Sea of Azov and thereby cut the Russian-occupied territories in two.

As was reported, following the liberation of Robotyne, Ukrainian troops are continuing their offensive in Melitopol direction in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, bypassing minefields and advancing towards the second line of defense of the Russian Army.

In other news, Ukrainian drones damaged four large Russian Il-76 transport planes in the city of Pskov near the border with Estonia.

Drone strike damages four Il-76 aircraft deep in Russian territory

[anastasiamaru]

Ukrainian Armed Forces

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"В наступ літо наступає.Сонце ворога пече.Хай як віск- загарбник тане.І до пекла весь втече.Вправно станемо до бою.

Перемогу наближати.

Крим попереду,кордони.

Нумо край наш визволяти!Знаємо свою роботу:в зливи,спеку,крізь вітри.Все пройде морська піхота.Кожен з нас -Вірний Завжди" Р.Липинський

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[workersolidarity]

Seymour Hersh: Prigozhin’s Folly

Seymour Hersh: Prigozhin’s Folly

The Russian ‘revolt’ that wasn’t, strengthens Putin’s hand., coup, Russia, Seymour Hersh, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Wagner Group, Yevgeny Pri

In an interview with Seymour Hersh, an anonymous Intelligence Officer gives a condensed analysis of the recent Wagner PMC Rebellion and how it has strengthened Putin's position:

Seymour Hersh was also given access to some intelligence on the great so-called counter-offensive that began about three weeks ago, and has only led to the capture of a number of small, depopulated hamlets, a few fields and some abandoned trench networks.

At the end of the article, Sey Hersh goes on to give his own assessment of the current iteration of the Democratic Party:

"as the Democrats move closer to the intellectual and moneyed classes" is the key sentence here. But unacknowledged in this assessment is the fact that the Democratic Party made this decision long, long ago.

The Democratic Party represents one coalition of Capitalist Class Elites, while the Republican Party represents another coalition of Elites.

The Republican Party represents the old moneyed elites, the Fossil Fuel companies, old Wall Street, big traditional Investment Banks, Military Contractors, Energy and Natural Resource extraction and processing companies, and some traditional Manufacturing, Shipping and trading companies.

The Democrats represent the new moneyed interests, the Silicon Valley tech giants (this is why Dems talk about Net Neutrality and breaking up tech giants but magically never bring a bill to vote), other Tech and Engineering companies, Renewable energy companies getting massive subsidies under Democratic budgets along with favorable regulations (amazing how much they can get done for their donors even as they can never manage passing anything in favor of workers who vote for them).

But despite the parts of their coalitions that are different, the Democratic and Republican Parties have far more of their parts of their coalitions in common: Defense Contractors, Energy companies, Insurance companies, Big Banks and Wall Street.

THAT is who the two parties truly represent: the donors and Lobbyists they share together.

That is why they can always find money for war, new military bases, big weapons procurement projects, Imperialist actions abroad, oil drilling, deregulation, austerity, disinvestment in American communities, subsidies and tax breaks for the rich and giant corporations, all the while inflicting censorship and political repression of alternative views and media domestically.

Anything done positive for workers and civilians is incidental to their goals and policies, or is an attempt to throw a bone to people to keep them engaged with the system.

[inspirato]

🇺🇦 Véhicules blindés des forces armées ukrainiennes détruits et abandonnés dans la direction de Zaporizhzhya

[taiwantalk]

It’s terrible that there are so many tweets updating the geographical movements of the counteroffensive. I only comment when it’s reported by msm or by Ukrainian press releases.

Twitter should really shut down those tweets.

[taiwantalk]

Ukraine's forces advance on Melitopol and Berdiansk fronts – General Staff report

The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an offensive operation on the Melitopol and Berdiansk fronts; they defend reconquered areas

If this is true, which I doubt that the general staff would embellish, then Ukraine’s counteroffensive is moving in the ways that I had imagined. Ukraine may have already breached the russian southern defensive front and might be on the verge of trapping large Russian forces. The Russians cannot retreat fast enough. Russians will likely end up bombarding the locations of their own forces as last resort.

Watch russian artilleries sacrifice their own cannon fodders. Russians won’t even have time to reposition their artilleries or mortar units.

[taiwantalk]

Ukrainian Troops Trained by the West Stumble in Battle

WASHINGTON — The first several weeks of Ukraine’s long-awaited counteroffensive have not been kind to the Ukrainian troops who were trained

who are these 2 assholes? fucking assholes!

i call them assholes because none of the shit they wrote would mean a thing to ukrainians or ukrainian expats or those who truly care about ukraine.

it can only mean something to serve as propaganda for russia or anti-ukraine losers in the united states to criticize biden or erode support for ukraine or zelenskyy.

there's never a true cutoff of when ukraine's troops are trained or not trained by the "WEST". btw, the use of the word "WEST" is a dead give away on who these 2 assholes are writing for. no one in united states or europe would call themselves the "WEST". maybe "NATO" or "US" but only the obscured russian sympathizer would use the world "WEST".

NYT, you suck!

editorial addition: ukrainian forces who nobody can tell how many were trained by united states had nearly routed russian forces in 2014 is more relevant than the garbage written by these two assholes. fucking assholes not in the arena!