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Admiral Makarov to assume the new flagship of Russian Black Sea fleet - Naval News
The Admiral Makarov frigate is likely to become the new flagship of the Black Sea Fleet after the loss of the cruiser Moskva.
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That would be the fourth video of Ukrainian troops complaining about the lack of leadership and equipment, and thus refusing to be sent as buffer-meat. They are at the front. They are simply stating they will no longer take orders from central command, and instead will do as they see fit (which, from a practical point of view, makes sense).
The source is, though, very pro-Russian biased.
Which sounds like a very good use of resources considering the present situation... Sending SBU to go after people posting pro-Russian memes...
Failed Ukrainian offensive on Gulyaipole-Malinovka. Estimated losses are 30 tanks (among which the recently supplied Polish T72 Monkey Models), 11 IFVs, 2 APCs, 2 Grad MLRS, 300 casualties. "Reportedly" two mechanized infantry bataillions were involved.
Fresh reports (30min) that Russia has taken back Ternovoe, at the Russian border, and Rubezhnoe in Kharkov region.
Toshkinvka and Shchedrishchevo, near Severodonetsk, were seized by LNR forces. The same for Dovhenke, north west of Sloviansk.
Ukraine managed to retake control of Dementiivka, north of Kharkiv.
Excluding these recent Russian gains, the situation looks like that:
Local reports that UAF cut off their own units near Krasny Liman by blowing up a dam across the Seversky Donets River.
Apparently, Zaluzhny is preparing Slavyansk and Kramatorsk for defense, destroying all the infrastructure in the district, and the Ukrainian command has already forgotten about Krasny Lyman
Keep in mind that a couple of weeks ago, the UAF blew up the railway and then the road bridges, leaving this dam for communication.
Thus, if the information is confirmed, the remnants of the Ukrainian units located near the Krasny Liman actually turned out to be surrounded we might be waiting for another round of "evacuation".
Training centers (not) hit by cruise missiles (because Russia has ran out of them):
Which could imply a fourth round of mobilization.
And the dollar exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange fell to 62 rubles, for the first time since January 2020.
Also a side note regarding, indirectly, the Moskva:
And finally, Larpers be larping:
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I wonder how the DPR folks now view Russia? The Russians have in fact been using them as cannon fodder. Some have to realize that and wonder why they'd want to join Russia at all. You'd have to think about that, anyway.
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That doesn't matter though. Again, the mutual defense clause binds the entirety of the EU, to aid and assist any member country that is victim of aggression on it's territory, by "all the means in their power". Meaning, not only economic sanctions and weapons, but inevitably also by providing full fledged military support.
That argument is built on fallacies imo. The EU does not require to form an ad-hoc uniform army over night, to repulse Russia. That's not the case with NATO either. There is a reason interoperability exists and joint logistics and maneuver exercises are being carried out for decades. I think you might be underestimating EU militaries joint response capabilities, in case of an attack. Secondly, we see Europe's resolve in aiding Ukraine, despite Russian economic and military, even implied nuclear threats and counter-sanctions. Germany ignored them. Yes, not everyone hopped on the Bandwagon for various reasons, but most European countries provide at least humanitarian aid, the majority also weapons, including Germany who is now sending heavy weapons too, despite a series of Russian threats. They even decided to switch to alternatives, just because of this conflict, and the message couldn't be more clear:
This is, in response to a war of aggression against an outsider, a nation, that is neither EU, nor NATO member.
I think, if anything, that's a good indicatoin, that the EU would tolerate Russian aggresssion against it's members, considerably less.
Neither would Russia want to risk nuclear war either. Europe has nuclear weapons too. France and GB have their own arsenals, with hundreds of warheads. There is just no chance for Russia ever winning a war of aggression against Europe in their current state, even if NATO didn't exist. If they escalated it with nuclear attacks, they would be attacked as well and then it's Game Over for everyone.
It's not a question to me wheter NATO still served it's purpose. I think it does, regardless of wheter the EU itself had a mutual defense clause or not. But the cause exists and it's also a garantor. Ofc, without NATO, which brings an entity as powerful as the USA onto the playing field, the EU would be weaker by default. But not remotely enough for Russia, to consider going full tard.
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Google translation:
Occupied Crimea. Russian military equipment did not want to go to Ukraine so much that they carried out a special operation on self-tipping
One occupier is permanently "demilitarized" without engaging in battle with NATO, the other is seriously wounded
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