Day 692 of WW3. Bavovna in Voronezh causes state of emergency declaration. Mordor and Iran agree on “military-technological cooperation, and it was another 4-digit loss day for the orcs. This is your Tuesday Ukraine War thread [News]
Russia Bombs Ukrainian Town of New York, Three Injured New York, in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, found itself on the front line of Ukraine’s war with Russian-backed separatists in 2014 and remains close to the fighting.
Dumb question is dumb. A large percentage of US legislators- almost all from one particular party- would happily sell grandma to cannibals if it would gain them a few extra ‘likes’ on social media. Stop trying to shame them- they’re shameless. Just appeal to their baser instincts.
Zelensky meets Stoltenberg, von der Leyen at Davos. President Volodymyr Zelensky met NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Jan. 16
Latvian parliament speaker visits Kyiv. The speaker of the Latvian parliament, Daiga Mieriņa, made her first visit to Ukraine on Jan. 16, the Ukrainian parliament’s press service announced on Facebook.
Vladimir the Incompetent claims he wanted to prevent NATO expansion and increase russian influence in the former Soviet states. Both of those ships have long since sailed, and his arrogant stupidityness is also creating a fairly solid Eastern Europe power bloc.
Such genius. What masterful strategery.
Trump wins Republican caucus in Iowa. Donald Trump emerged as the winner of the Iowa caucuses, where Republicans voted for their preferred presidential candidate, results showed on Jan. 16.
Iran launches missiles at Syria, northern Iraq. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched ballistic missiles at what it claimed was an Israeli spy base in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, and at “anti-Iran terror groups” in Syria on Jan. 16.
Russian attacks kill 1, injure 11 over past day. Russian attacks against Ukraine killed one civilian and injured 11 others over the past 24 hours, regional authorities reported early on Jan. 16. Civilian casualties were reported in Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
ISW: Kremlin intensifying efforts to limit criticism of war ahead of presidential election. Russian State Duma deputies from have brought forth a bill proposing the confiscation of personal property from those convicted of spreading “fake news” about Russia’s war in Ukraine, a move aimed to increase censorship ahead of the 2024 Russian presidential election, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assessed in its latest report on Jan. 15
Special Military Operation is working perfectly. Anyone who says otherwise is obviously Western spy, and will be used for reactor shielding. But strong and manly president has no concerns about popularity of war Special Military Operation. Is not war.
Explosions reported in Russian city Voronezh. About 16 explosions were heard overnight on Jan. 16 in Voronezh, a city in southwestern Russia, TSN reported citing local social media posts.
Zaluzhnyi briefs top US general on war progress. Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi on Jan. 15 had a phone call with the U.S. Joint Chiefs head Charles Brown and discussed battlefield progress.
Pritzker: Confiscation of Russian assets needs collective action. The decision to confiscate frozen Russian assets must be taken on a collective level and is unlikely to happen quickly, U.S. Special Representative for Economic Recovery in Ukraine Penny Pritzker said during the World Economic Forum on Jan. 15, Ukrinform reported.
Son of a biatch, it worked. “Select all”, CopyPaste, then delete all the extraneous crap. Still quicker and easier than reposting all the pics one by one.
Two Syracuse doctors are back home after traveling to their native country of Ukraine to help soldiers injured in the country’s war with Russia.
A life-changing mission for the two Upstate Urologists. … In May 2023, Dr. Bratslavsky was told a military urologist was searching for a reconstructive surgeon. Bratslavsky couldn’t think of a better person than his colleague, Dr. Nikolavsky. Nikolavsky was more than willing to go, eager to return to his homeland and help those in need.
While preparing for the trip, Ukrainian urologists traveled to Syracuse in August 2023, where Dr. Nikolavsky taught them different techniques, including transplanting tissue from the patient’s mouth to the damaged urethra. After their training was done, they returned to Ukraine, keeping in close contact with Dr. Nikolavsky while operating on injured soldiers.
In December 2023, Dr. Bratslavsky and Dr. Nikolavsky traveled to Poland where they met two Urologists, from Mexico and Poland. Together, they took an 18-hour train ride from Poland to Kyiv, Ukraine, for their final stop at a military hospital.
As the second anniversary of Russia’s Feb. 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine nears, The Associated Press obtained rare and exclusive access aboard the giant Airborne Warning and Control System, or AWACS, aircraft. With 26 military personnel and an AP journalist aboard, it flew a 10-hour reconnaissance mission from central France to Romanian airspace and back, peering with electronic eyes across southern Ukraine and the Black Sea to Russian-occupied Crimea and beyond.
RobSeace:He Warned of Nuclear Disaster in Ukraine. Then He Was Thrown in a Russian Jail and Tortured.
Now in exile in Boston and working for MIT, Andriy Tuz wonders if he will ever be able to go home again
Diplomats say the United States backs such a move but has faced resistance from Europeans, who fear that Russia and other players will stop trusting the West as a safe place for their money.
Russia “and other players (who play unfairly like them)” can go fark themselves and shove their money up their collective asses.
leeksfromchichis:RobSeace: He Warned of Nuclear Disaster in Ukraine. Then He Was Thrown in a Russian Jail and Tortured.
Now in exile in Boston and working for MIT, Andriy Tuz wonders if he will ever be able to go home again
Zaporizhzhia nuke plant former spokesman.
Was the torture living in Boston?
Heh. The only thing I found torturous about living in Boston was the traffic. The very first thing I did after driving down there from northern NH was give up my car and stop driving forever. One taste of driving in that Boston traffic was all it took to make me never want to drive ever again in my entire life. (To this day, even back in NH now, I don’t have a driver’s license anymore. I let it lapse and never renewed it. Now, all I’ve got is a non-driver’s ID card.)
Update from Ukraine | Ruzzian Planes are Confirmed to be Shot down | Iran strikes US bases
Yesterdays Denys
For those of you new to the Ukrainian War threads or who are only able to check them occasionally, here’s my post summarizing the WW3 threads for January 6 through January 12 (Days 682 to 688) and the welfare check ins (part 2). Had to split them due to the number of tagged Farkers in the update.
Oneiros should be around to post the most up-to-date list of aid links, but here’s the most recent list (part 2, part 3) which should be mostly fresh until he is. Older summaries along with an archive of threads can be found here in a spreadsheet being maintained by notmyjab and turboke if you need to catch up on that. Specific posts are under the “articles” tab. And if you need a good laugh, check out danceswithcrows‘s meme emporium (and now the corvids are collating and cataloguing Bob Able‘s colorings!) or toraque‘s improved Russian press releases. If you’re looking for a frontline account, check Medic Zero‘s substack.
As always, let me know if there’s anything more to include that I missed and help me keep an eye out over the upcoming week for key events.
PATRIOT Shot Down Russian AWAC! | Ukraine War Update
Yesterdays Artur
Some HLC featuring Grandpa BUFF and The Kid
Why is the defense budget so Big?
Quick question…
(I pray no-one lays the responsibility of TF on me again, although I am still grateful.)
How do we know which one to upvote?
RobSeace:Alcoholism Surges in Russia Amid Ukraine War
I didn’t know it get go any higher.
“get go”? Not quite awake yet, I guess. Try “could go” instead.
I tired to cover all the angles, but I missed the very movie-esque (Guns of Navarrone?) scenario of Ukrainian special forces escorting a S-300 crew behind enemy lines, capturing a battery and shooting down the Russians with their own weapons. Or the similar partisans somehow pull off the same thing. Both, although they’d make fantastic movies, seem quite unlikely to me.
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RobSeace:Ukraine ground commander says his troops, now on ‘active defence’, can still surprise
Yep. That’s the ‘active’ part. It’s not just a willingness to cede ground occasionally when terrain or other conditions dictate it, losing less lives than trying to hold onto every inch of your soil, knowing that you’ll eventually get it back. It also means sometimes engaging in local counter-attacks, and sometimes capitalizing on your enemies weakness when it presents itself.
Odd, klaxons just kicked off, ruuskis usually don’t attack mid-afternoon.
* checks apps * Ah. Looks like maybe my whole oblast popped due to tactical aviation operating near the frontline:
For those that missed it, I wrote up a piece on the Russian air disaster yesterday.
Another murder mystery for you from the land of blyat! (substack.com)
I tired to cover all the angles, but I missed the very movie-esque (Guns of Navarrone?) scenario of Ukrainian special forces escorting a S-300 crew behind enemy lines, capturing a battery and shooting down the Russians with their own weapons. Or the similar partisans somehow pull off the same thing. Both, although they’d make fantastic movies, seem quite unlikely to me.
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The Gerasimov joke was good.
Remember when the naval commander Sokolov was killed in Crimea and they composited a fake (I think) zoom video of him participating in a major meeting soon after?
I never saw Sokolov again after that.
They can’t do a fake video like that of the G-man because he is meant to be there in person with Putin and Shoigu in videos.
Therefore, I think he is as dead as a parrot.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s eldest daughter, Maria Vorontsova, earned 944 million rubles ($10.7 million) as an employee of the New Medical Company (NOMEKO) from 2019 to 2022, opposition politician Aleksei Navalny’s team said in an investigative report published on January 15.
RobSeace:Harlee: Just in case anyone missed it on the repost, here’s an excellent BBC article detailing out exactly how Putin might actually win this war.
For those that missed it, I wrote up a piece on the Russian air disaster yesterday.
Another murder mystery for you from the land of blyat! (substack.com)
I tired to cover all the angles, but I missed the very movie-esque (Guns of Navarrone?) scenario of Ukrainian special forces escorting a S-300 crew behind enemy lines, capturing a battery and shooting down the Russians with their own weapons. Or the similar partisans somehow pull off the same thing. Both, although they’d make fantastic movies, seem quite unlikely to me.
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The Gerasimov joke was good.
Remember when the naval commander Sokolov was killed in Crimea and they composited a fake (I think) zoom video of him participating in a major meeting soon after?
I never saw Sokolov again after that.
They can’t do a fake video like that of the G-man because he is meant to be there in person with Putin and Shoigu in videos.
Therefore, I think he is as dead as a parrot.
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RobSeace:U.S. Envoy Says Frozen Russian Assets Could Be ‘Easy’ Ukraine Funding
Diplomats say the United States backs such a move but has faced resistance from Europeans, who fear that Russia and other players will stop trusting the West as a safe place for their money.
Russia “and other players (who play unfairly like them)” can go fark themselves and shove their money up their collective asses.
It also means “Oh shiat… that could happen to
my
hidden assets in Switzerland and the Cayman Islands!”
Harlee:Oh well, simul-thread-post. So here’s my attempt to copypasta my entire post from the other thread.
[Fark user image 77×27]Day 692 of WW3: “Research …… shows that DC Weekly was started by John Mark Dougan, a former US Marine and Florida police officer who moved to Russia in 2016.” Disinformation is where Putin is winning this war. It’s your Tuesday Ukraine war thread (bbc.com)1 Troop and rolling stock casualties are back up today. Did the Orcs have a meat wave somewhere I didn’t hear about? [Fark user image 768×960][Fark user image 24×24] [Fark user image 850×833][Fark user image 24×24] [Fark user image 789×1500][Fark user image 24×24] [Fark user image 850×256][Fark user image 24×24] [Fark user image 850×288][Fark user image 24×24] [Fark user image 850×211] [Fark user image 663×439] [Fark user image 850×227] [Fark user image 850×527]Displayed 1 of 1 comments
Wow more meat cubes.
RobSeace:30,000 Russians per month join the military, says Ukrainian intelligence
“Russians have a motivation to join the army – actually, it’s a salary, especially in crisis and depressive regions, where either salary is low or no job can be found at all,” Skibitskyi said.
Dead people can’t spend salaries, no matter how large.
That about backfills raw numbers, but not training and experience. Certainly not needed equipment and ammo. – /Daily dead orc curve is gonna start to go vertical at some point.
RobSeace:With ‘God’s-eye view,’ secretive surveillance flights keep close watch on Russia and Ukraine
As the second anniversary of Russia’s Feb. 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine nears, The Associated Press obtained rare and exclusive access aboard the giant Airborne Warning and Control System, or AWACS, aircraft. With 26 military personnel and
an AP journalist a Russian spy aboard, it flew a 10-hour reconnaissance mission from central France to Romanian airspace and back, peering with electronic eyes across southern Ukraine and the Black Sea to Russian-occupied Crimea and beyond.
For those that missed it, I wrote up a piece on the Russian air disaster yesterday.
Another murder mystery for you from the land of blyat! (substack.com)
I tired to cover all the angles, but I missed the very movie-esque (Guns of Navarrone?) scenario of Ukrainian special forces escorting a S-300 crew behind enemy lines, capturing a battery and shooting down the Russians with their own weapons. Or the similar partisans somehow pull off the same thing. Both, although they’d make fantastic movies, seem quite unlikely to me.
RobSeace:Ukraine’s foreign minister warns ‘time is running out’ to pass funding deal for aid
“If we run out of weapons, we will fight with shovels,” Kuleba told ABC News.
And when they ran out of shovels they used rocks, and sticks, and bare hands. They were magnificent.
/not gonna finish that quote, the rest is too bleak
RobSeace:30,000 Russians per month join the military, says Ukrainian intelligence
“Russians have a motivation to join the army – actually, it’s a salary, especially in crisis and depressive regions, where either salary is low or no job can be found at all,” Skibitskyi said.
Dead people can’t spend salaries, no matter how large.
No, but their commanders can continue to collect and pocket those rubles, which is the important part.
So, most people know of Banksy; however, in the past few days I learnt of “Bambi”, who’s apparently been active since at least 2011…
RobSeace:Polish truckers reach deal with govt, will suspend protest
Polish truckers who have blockaded some border crossings with Ukraine since November will suspend their protest until March 1 after signing an agreement with the government, the infrastructure minister said on Tuesday.
And then these shiathouses will suck a new reason out of their thumb to do another blockade.
It has happened before and will happen again. Assertive action against them is the only language they will understand.
RobSeace:Polish truckers reach deal with govt, will suspend protest
Polish truckers who have blockaded some border crossings with Ukraine since November will suspend their protest until March 1 after signing an agreement with the government, the infrastructure minister said on Tuesday.
Considering the North American trucker protests of two years ago were Russian agitprop, I’m wondering if Vlad had anything to do with this one.
Kalahari Kid:RobSeace: Polish truckers reach deal with govt, will suspend protest
Polish truckers who have blockaded some border crossings with Ukraine since November will suspend their protest until March 1 after signing an agreement with the government, the infrastructure minister said on Tuesday.
And then these shiathouses will suck a new reason out of their thumb to do another blockade.
It has happened before and will happen again. Assertive action against them is the only language they will understand.
I don’t understand how they’re not towing and impounding the blockading trucks.
Flab:RobSeace: Polish truckers reach deal with govt, will suspend protest
Polish truckers who have blockaded some border crossings with Ukraine since November will suspend their protest until March 1 after signing an agreement with the government, the infrastructure minister said on Tuesday.
Considering the North American trucker protests of two years ago were Russian agitprop, I’m wondering if Vlad had anything to do with this one.
Of course he did. The Polish politician that was behind the whole thing is a Russian supporter.
Ukraine aid links
A month and a half into the war (day 44), many of us felt helpless and listless at not being able to do more to help, so here is a list of things that we can do.
There are plenty of charities that could use your help, but even if you don’t have spare cash lying about, there are still things you can do, so keep reading
If you know any Ukrainians in need or in the war zone, see the top of the (continued) post for links for them.
You can donate directly to Ukraine if you want to help them make more videos of tanks blowing up. (See ‘military aid’ below)
There are lots of humanitarian groups working to feed the displaced people and even their pets. (See ‘humanitarian aid’)
And even if you’re not in a position to give cash, you might be able to find a group that needs some volunteer help or attend a protest. If you don’t have a group in your area specifically helping Ukraine, you can likely still find other worthwhile causes. And there are groups that have tasks that can be done online or over the phone without even leaving your home. (See ‘other notes’ (in the “continued” post)). Even just calling politicians to remind them that we need to support Ukrainians.
You can call out dumbasses online who are spreading russian propaganda and otherwise spewing toxic crap. (Or join groups like NAFO) And by ignoring or blocking the assholes on here who try that shiat. (Make sure to watch for other threads, not just the daily one)
And you can even support capitalism, and buy stuff made in Ukraine or are fundraisers for the war effort. (See ‘buying stuff’, (in the “continued” post)
If you’re actually in a position where you can travel to Ukraine to help out, see https://www.volunteeringukraine.com (they also list some online PR / NAFO type stuff)
If you hear that one of the groups that I have listed is suspect (like the groups that weren’t actually doing anything, or expected to get paid by Ukraine then left), let me know and I’ll trim this list down some.
If you’re currently employed by a large-ish company, they may have a donation matching program. You can check https://doublethedonation.com/ but it’s also worth contacting your HR to ask even if they’re not listed there.
Brits and such should consider donating to UK charities as they can get 25% ‘Gift Aid’ matching from the UK government.
If you’ve gained profits from stocks, consider donating the stocks directly, so they get the full value and you don’t need to hold some back to pay capital gain taxes. (If you’re using a brokerage firm, ask them how to do it)
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Military aid (or mixed with an offensive component):
United24, the central Ukrainian website for donations for defense, de-mining, medical aid, and rebuilding: https://u24.gov.ua
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Today’s news feeds from Kyiv:
KYIV POST
https://www.kyivpost.com/topic/war-in-ukraine
Russia Bombs Ukrainian Town of New York, Three Injured
New York, in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, found itself on the front line of Ukraine’s war with Russian-backed separatists in 2014 and remains close to the fighting.
ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 15, 2024
Latest from the Institute for the Study of War.
‘Buzzing Like a Bee Hive’- War in Ukraine Update for Jan 16
Partisans continue wins in and around Crimea; Russian air strikes target civilians along Dnipro; SBU practices nuclear-plant maneuvers; AFU drone activity on the rise
OPINION: Would You Sell Them Out?
A question for American lawmakers about Ukraine.
Dumb question is dumb. A large percentage of US legislators- almost all from one particular party- would happily sell grandma to cannibals if it would gain them a few extra ‘likes’ on social media. Stop trying to shame them- they’re shameless. Just appeal to their baser instincts.
KYIV INDEPENDENT
https://kyivindependent.com/tag/russias-war/
Zelensky meets Stoltenberg, von der Leyen at Davos.
President Volodymyr Zelensky met NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Jan. 16
Latvian parliament speaker visits Kyiv.
The speaker of the Latvian parliament, Daiga Mieriņa, made her first visit to Ukraine on Jan. 16, the Ukrainian parliament’s press service announced on Facebook.
Vladimir the Incompetent claims he wanted to prevent NATO expansion and increase russian influence in the former Soviet states. Both of those ships have long since sailed, and his arrogant stupidityness is also creating a fairly solid Eastern Europe power bloc.
Such genius. What masterful strategery.
Trump wins Republican caucus in Iowa.
Donald Trump emerged as the winner of the Iowa caucuses, where Republicans voted for their preferred presidential candidate, results showed on Jan. 16.
Iran launches missiles at Syria, northern Iraq.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards launched ballistic missiles at what it claimed was an Israeli spy base in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, and at “anti-Iran terror groups” in Syria on Jan. 16.
Russian attacks kill 1, injure 11 over past day.
Russian attacks against Ukraine killed one civilian and injured 11 others over the past 24 hours, regional authorities reported early on Jan. 16. Civilian casualties were reported in Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
Voronezh declares state of emergency after alleged drone attack.
A state of emergency was announced in Voronezh following an alleged overnight drone attack on the Russian city, Voronezh Mayor Vadim Kstenin said on Telegram on Jan. 16.
General Staff: Russia has lost 372,090 troops in Ukraine.
This number includes 1100 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
ISW: Kremlin intensifying efforts to limit criticism of war ahead of presidential election.
Russian State Duma deputies from have brought forth a bill proposing the confiscation of personal property from those convicted of spreading “fake news” about Russia’s war in Ukraine, a move aimed to increase censorship ahead of the 2024 Russian presidential election, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assessed in its latest report on Jan. 15
Special Military Operation is working perfectly. Anyone who says otherwise is obviously Western spy, and will be used for reactor shielding. But strong and manly president has no concerns about popularity of
warSpecial Military Operation. Is not war.ISW: Russia, Iran preparing to sign treaty to develop military-technological cooperation.
Russia and Iran are preparing to sign a treaty to further develop military-technological cooperation, the U.S.-based think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assessed in its latest report on Jan. 15.
Translation: Iran knows russia is desperate for weapons and ammo, and wants to get as much military tech as possible from them while they can.
Russian forces shell Sumy Oblast 110 times in one day.
Russian forces shelled Sumy Oblast 110 times, firing at six communities along the border on Jan. 15, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported.
Explosions reported in Russian city Voronezh.
About 16 explosions were heard overnight on Jan. 16 in Voronezh, a city in southwestern Russia, TSN reported citing local social media posts.
Ukraine’s top diplomat warns ‘time running out’ for US to deliver aid.
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Jan. 15. told ABC news that ‘time is running out’ for U.S. lawmakers to reach a deal on military aid for Ukraine.
Zaluzhnyi briefs top US general on war progress.
Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi on Jan. 15 had a phone call with the U.S. Joint Chiefs head Charles Brown and discussed battlefield progress.
Pritzker: Confiscation of Russian assets needs collective action.
The decision to confiscate frozen Russian assets must be taken on a collective level and is unlikely to happen quickly, U.S. Special Representative for Economic Recovery in Ukraine Penny Pritzker said during the World Economic Forum on Jan. 15, Ukrinform reported.
Zakarpattia Oblast official injured in grenade blast dies, raising death toll to 2.
A man who is suspected to be another council member allegedly detonated grenades inside a crowded room in a local government building in the Keretsky village on Dec. 15, 2023, killing one person on the spot and injuring over 20.
Son of a biatch, it worked. “Select all”, CopyPaste, then delete all the extraneous crap. Still quicker and easier than reposting all the pics one by one.
Local Ukrainian doctors travel to Kyiv, operating on injured soldiers
Two Syracuse doctors are back home after traveling to their native country of Ukraine to help soldiers injured in the country’s war with Russia.
A life-changing mission for the two Upstate Urologists.
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In May 2023, Dr. Bratslavsky was told a military urologist was searching for a reconstructive surgeon. Bratslavsky couldn’t think of a better person than his colleague, Dr. Nikolavsky. Nikolavsky was more than willing to go, eager to return to his homeland and help those in need.
While preparing for the trip, Ukrainian urologists traveled to Syracuse in August 2023, where Dr. Nikolavsky taught them different techniques, including transplanting tissue from the patient’s mouth to the damaged urethra. After their training was done, they returned to Ukraine, keeping in close contact with Dr. Nikolavsky while operating on injured soldiers.
In December 2023, Dr. Bratslavsky and Dr. Nikolavsky traveled to Poland where they met two Urologists, from Mexico and Poland. Together, they took an 18-hour train ride from Poland to Kyiv, Ukraine, for their final stop at a military hospital.
More info and donations:
https://ukraine1991.org/
Harlee: Just in case anyone missed it on the repost, here’s an excellent BBC article detailing out exactly how Putin might actually win this war.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67766964?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark
In case anyone missed it from when I posted it way back in thread 666, you mean?
With ‘God’s-eye view,’ secretive surveillance flights keep close watch on Russia and Ukraine
As the second anniversary of Russia’s Feb. 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine nears, The Associated Press obtained rare and exclusive access aboard the giant Airborne Warning and Control System, or AWACS, aircraft. With 26 military personnel and an AP journalist aboard, it flew a 10-hour reconnaissance mission from central France to Romanian airspace and back, peering with electronic eyes across southern Ukraine and the Black Sea to Russian-occupied Crimea and beyond.
RobSeace: He Warned of Nuclear Disaster in Ukraine. Then He Was Thrown in a Russian Jail and Tortured.
Now in exile in Boston and working for MIT, Andriy Tuz wonders if he will ever be able to go home again
Zaporizhzhia nuke plant former spokesman.
Was the torture living in Boston?
U.S. Envoy Says Frozen Russian Assets Could Be ‘Easy’ Ukraine Funding
Diplomats say the United States backs such a move but has faced resistance from Europeans, who fear that Russia and other players will stop trusting the West as a safe place for their money.
Russia “and other players (who play unfairly like them)” can go fark themselves and shove their money up their collective asses.
leeksfromchichis: RobSeace: He Warned of Nuclear Disaster in Ukraine. Then He Was Thrown in a Russian Jail and Tortured.
Now in exile in Boston and working for MIT, Andriy Tuz wonders if he will ever be able to go home again
Zaporizhzhia nuke plant former spokesman.
Was the torture living in Boston?
Heh. The only thing I found torturous about living in Boston was the traffic. The very first thing I did after driving down there from northern NH was give up my car and stop driving forever. One taste of driving in that Boston traffic was all it took to make me never want to drive ever again in my entire life. (To this day, even back in NH now, I don’t have a driver’s license anymore. I let it lapse and never renewed it. Now, all I’ve got is a non-driver’s ID card.)
Update from Ukraine | Ruzzian Planes are Confirmed to be Shot down | Iran strikes US bases
Yesterdays Denys
For those of you new to the Ukrainian War threads or who are only able to check them occasionally, here’s my post summarizing the WW3 threads for January 6 through January 12 (Days 682 to 688) and the welfare check ins (part 2). Had to split them due to the number of tagged Farkers in the update.
Oneiros should be around to post the most up-to-date list of aid links, but here’s the most recent list (part 2, part 3) which should be mostly fresh until he is. Older summaries along with an archive of threads can be found here in a spreadsheet being maintained by notmyjab and turboke if you need to catch up on that. Specific posts are under the “articles” tab. And if you need a good laugh, check out danceswithcrows‘s meme emporium (and now the corvids are collating and cataloguing Bob Able‘s colorings!) or toraque‘s improved Russian press releases. If you’re looking for a frontline account, check Medic Zero‘s substack.
As always, let me know if there’s anything more to include that I missed and help me keep an eye out over the upcoming week for key events.
PATRIOT Shot Down Russian AWAC! | Ukraine War Update
Yesterdays Artur
Some HLC featuring Grandpa BUFF and The Kid
Why is the defense budget so Big?
Quick question…
(I pray no-one lays the responsibility of TF on me again, although I am still grateful.)
How do we know which one to upvote?
RobSeace: Alcoholism Surges in Russia Amid Ukraine War
I didn’t know it get go any higher.
“get go”? Not quite awake yet, I guess. Try “could go” instead.
stringbad: Quick question…
(I pray no-one lays the responsibility of TF on me again, although I am still grateful.)
How do we know which one to upvote?
The one with all the posts. This one.
RobSeace: stringbad: Quick question…
(I pray no-one lays the responsibility of TF on me again, although I am still grateful.)
How do we know which one to upvote?
The one with all the posts. This one.
Fair call. I’ll get go this one, then 🙂
stringbad: RobSeace: stringbad: Quick question…
(I pray no-one lays the responsibility of TF on me again, although I am still grateful.)
How do we know which one to upvote?
The one with all the posts. This one.
Fair call. I’ll get go this one, then 🙂
I also get gone did done this one!
stringbad: News from June 2023, but Townsville news…
We know modern war is being reshaped by having, well, modern war, but:
Trench warfare is being retaught in Australia. I call it Bottom Gun.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-16/defence-force-ukraine-war-military-townsville-conflict-troops/102104182
Dammit, March!
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For those that missed it, I wrote up a piece on the Russian air disaster yesterday.
Another murder mystery for you from the land of blyat! (substack.com)
I tired to cover all the angles, but I missed the very movie-esque (Guns of Navarrone?) scenario of Ukrainian special forces escorting a S-300 crew behind enemy lines, capturing a battery and shooting down the Russians with their own weapons. Or the similar partisans somehow pull off the same thing. Both, although they’d make fantastic movies, seem quite unlikely to me.
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RobSeace: Ukraine ground commander says his troops, now on ‘active defence’, can still surprise
Yep. That’s the ‘active’ part. It’s not just a willingness to cede ground occasionally when terrain or other conditions dictate it, losing less lives than trying to hold onto every inch of your soil, knowing that you’ll eventually get it back. It also means sometimes engaging in local counter-attacks, and sometimes capitalizing on your enemies weakness when it presents itself.
Odd, klaxons just kicked off, ruuskis usually don’t attack mid-afternoon.
* checks apps * Ah. Looks like maybe my whole oblast popped due to tactical aviation operating near the frontline:
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Medic Zero: .
For those that missed it, I wrote up a piece on the Russian air disaster yesterday.
Another murder mystery for you from the land of blyat! (substack.com)
I tired to cover all the angles, but I missed the very movie-esque (Guns of Navarrone?) scenario of Ukrainian special forces escorting a S-300 crew behind enemy lines, capturing a battery and shooting down the Russians with their own weapons. Or the similar partisans somehow pull off the same thing. Both, although they’d make fantastic movies, seem quite unlikely to me.
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The Gerasimov joke was good.
Remember when the naval commander Sokolov was killed in Crimea and they composited a fake (I think) zoom video of him participating in a major meeting soon after?
I never saw Sokolov again after that.
They can’t do a fake video like that of the G-man because he is meant to be there in person with Putin and Shoigu in videos.
Therefore, I think he is as dead as a parrot.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s eldest daughter, Maria Vorontsova, earned 944 million rubles ($10.7 million) as an employee of the New Medical Company (NOMEKO) from 2019 to 2022, opposition politician Aleksei Navalny’s team said in an investigative report published on January 15.
RFE/RL link.
RobSeace: Harlee: Just in case anyone missed it on the repost, here’s an excellent BBC article detailing out exactly how Putin might actually win this war.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67766964?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark
In case anyone missed it from when I posted it way back in thread 666, you mean?
stringbad: Medic Zero: .
For those that missed it, I wrote up a piece on the Russian air disaster yesterday.
Another murder mystery for you from the land of blyat! (substack.com)
I tired to cover all the angles, but I missed the very movie-esque (Guns of Navarrone?) scenario of Ukrainian special forces escorting a S-300 crew behind enemy lines, capturing a battery and shooting down the Russians with their own weapons. Or the similar partisans somehow pull off the same thing. Both, although they’d make fantastic movies, seem quite unlikely to me.
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The Gerasimov joke was good.
Remember when the naval commander Sokolov was killed in Crimea and they composited a fake (I think) zoom video of him participating in a major meeting soon after?
I never saw Sokolov again after that.
They can’t do a fake video like that of the G-man because he is meant to be there in person with Putin and Shoigu in videos.
Therefore, I think he is as dead as a parrot.
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RobSeace: U.S. Envoy Says Frozen Russian Assets Could Be ‘Easy’ Ukraine Funding
Diplomats say the United States backs such a move but has faced resistance from Europeans, who fear that Russia and other players will stop trusting the West as a safe place for their money.
Russia “and other players (who play unfairly like them)” can go fark themselves and shove their money up their collective asses.
It also means “Oh shiat… that could happen to
my
hidden assets in Switzerland and the Cayman Islands!”
Harlee: Oh well, simul-thread-post. So here’s my attempt to copypasta my entire post from the other thread.
[Fark user image 77×27]Day 692 of WW3: “Research …… shows that DC Weekly was started by John Mark Dougan, a former US Marine and Florida police officer who moved to Russia in 2016.” Disinformation is where Putin is winning this war. It’s your Tuesday Ukraine war thread (bbc.com)1
Troop and rolling stock casualties are back up today. Did the Orcs have a meat wave somewhere I didn’t hear about?
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Wow more meat cubes.
RobSeace: 30,000 Russians per month join the military, says Ukrainian intelligence
“Russians have a motivation to join the army – actually, it’s a salary, especially in crisis and depressive regions, where either salary is low or no job can be found at all,” Skibitskyi said.
Dead people can’t spend salaries, no matter how large.
That about backfills raw numbers, but not training and experience. Certainly not needed equipment and ammo.
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/Daily dead orc curve is gonna start to go vertical at some point.
RobSeace: With ‘God’s-eye view,’ secretive surveillance flights keep close watch on Russia and Ukraine
As the second anniversary of Russia’s Feb. 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine nears, The Associated Press obtained rare and exclusive access aboard the giant Airborne Warning and Control System, or AWACS, aircraft. With 26 military personnel and
an AP journalista Russian spy aboard, it flew a 10-hour reconnaissance mission from central France to Romanian airspace and back, peering with electronic eyes across southern Ukraine and the Black Sea to Russian-occupied Crimea and beyond.Huh
Medic Zero: .
For those that missed it, I wrote up a piece on the Russian air disaster yesterday.
Another murder mystery for you from the land of blyat! (substack.com)
I tired to cover all the angles, but I missed the very movie-esque (Guns of Navarrone?) scenario of Ukrainian special forces escorting a S-300 crew behind enemy lines, capturing a battery and shooting down the Russians with their own weapons. Or the similar partisans somehow pull off the same thing. Both, although they’d make fantastic movies, seem quite unlikely to me.
Like this?
Ukrainian partisans infiltrate Crimean air defense base thanks to incompetence of Russian conscripts (yahoo.com)
RobSeace: Ukraine’s foreign minister warns ‘time is running out’ to pass funding deal for aid
“If we run out of weapons, we will fight with shovels,” Kuleba told ABC News.
And when they ran out of shovels they used rocks, and sticks, and bare hands. They were magnificent.
/not gonna finish that quote, the rest is too bleak
RobSeace: 30,000 Russians per month join the military, says Ukrainian intelligence
“Russians have a motivation to join the army – actually, it’s a salary, especially in crisis and depressive regions, where either salary is low or no job can be found at all,” Skibitskyi said.
Dead people can’t spend salaries, no matter how large.
No, but their commanders can continue to collect and pocket those rubles, which is the important part.
So, most people know of Banksy; however, in the past few days I learnt of “Bambi”, who’s apparently been active since at least 2011…
RobSeace: Polish truckers reach deal with govt, will suspend protest
Polish truckers who have blockaded some border crossings with Ukraine since November will suspend their protest until March 1 after signing an agreement with the government, the infrastructure minister said on Tuesday.
And then these shiathouses will suck a new reason out of their thumb to do another blockade.
It has happened before and will happen again. Assertive action against them is the only language they will understand.
RobSeace: Polish truckers reach deal with govt, will suspend protest
Polish truckers who have blockaded some border crossings with Ukraine since November will suspend their protest until March 1 after signing an agreement with the government, the infrastructure minister said on Tuesday.
Considering the North American trucker protests of two years ago were Russian agitprop, I’m wondering if Vlad had anything to do with this one.
Kalahari Kid: RobSeace: Polish truckers reach deal with govt, will suspend protest
Polish truckers who have blockaded some border crossings with Ukraine since November will suspend their protest until March 1 after signing an agreement with the government, the infrastructure minister said on Tuesday.
And then these shiathouses will suck a new reason out of their thumb to do another blockade.
It has happened before and will happen again. Assertive action against them is the only language they will understand.
I don’t understand how they’re not towing and impounding the blockading trucks.
Flab: RobSeace: Polish truckers reach deal with govt, will suspend protest
Polish truckers who have blockaded some border crossings with Ukraine since November will suspend their protest until March 1 after signing an agreement with the government, the infrastructure minister said on Tuesday.
Considering the North American trucker protests of two years ago were Russian agitprop, I’m wondering if Vlad had anything to do with this one.
Of course he did. The Polish politician that was behind the whole thing is a Russian supporter.
A month and a half into the war (day 44), many of us felt helpless and listless at not being able to do more to help, so here is a list of things that we can do.
There are plenty of charities that could use your help, but even if you don’t have spare cash lying about, there are still things you can do, so keep reading
If you know any Ukrainians in need or in the war zone, see the top of the (continued) post for links for them.
You can donate directly to Ukraine if you want to help them make more videos of tanks blowing up. (See ‘military aid’ below)
There are lots of humanitarian groups working to feed the displaced people and even their pets. (See ‘humanitarian aid’)
And even if you’re not in a position to give cash, you might be able to find a group that needs some volunteer help or attend a protest. If you don’t have a group in your area specifically helping Ukraine, you can likely still find other worthwhile causes. And there are groups that have tasks that can be done online or over the phone without even leaving your home. (See ‘other notes’ (in the “continued” post)). Even just calling politicians to remind them that we need to support Ukrainians.
You can call out dumbasses online who are spreading russian propaganda and otherwise spewing toxic crap. (Or join groups like NAFO) And by ignoring or blocking the assholes on here who try that shiat. (Make sure to watch for other threads, not just the daily one)
And you can even support capitalism, and buy stuff made in Ukraine or are fundraisers for the war effort. (See ‘buying stuff’, (in the “continued” post)
If you’re actually in a position where you can travel to Ukraine to help out, see https://www.volunteeringukraine.com (they also list some online PR / NAFO type stuff)
This is in no way a comprehensive list. This is just groups that Farkers have mentioned in past threads. (Which I had to start trimming to comply with Fark’s 100 link limit per comment before splitting it in two). If you want a more comprehensive list, see https://supportukrainenow.org . They also have links to specific groups by country that you’re coming from for protests, taking in displaced people, etc. You might also find interesting charities at https://standwithukraine.today/ukrainian-charities/ and https://old.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/tgc00n/want_to_support_ukraine_heres_a_list_of_charities/
I make no claims about any of these groups. I’ve trimmed a few that people have said might be suspect, but I have no personal knowledge of any of them. If you feel the need to vet them before donating, see GuideStar or Charity Navigator. (Links to them below). Or see Forbes’ list at https://www.forbes.com/advisor/personal-finance/donate-relief-to-ukraine/. To check if a company is legitimately registered in Ukraine, see https://gcs-ukraine.com/en/how-to-check-company-in-ukraine/
If you hear that one of the groups that I have listed is suspect (like the groups that weren’t actually doing anything, or expected to get paid by Ukraine then left), let me know and I’ll trim this list down some.
If you’re currently employed by a large-ish company, they may have a donation matching program. You can check https://doublethedonation.com/ but it’s also worth contacting your HR to ask even if they’re not listed there.
Brits and such should consider donating to UK charities as they can get 25% ‘Gift Aid’ matching from the UK government.
If you’ve gained profits from stocks, consider donating the stocks directly, so they get the full value and you don’t need to hold some back to pay capital gain taxes. (If you’re using a brokerage firm, ask them how to do it)
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Military aid (or mixed with an offensive component):
United24, the central Ukrainian website for donations for defense, de-mining, medical aid, and rebuilding: https://u24.gov.ua
Spirit of America (“non-lethal” aid like showers and medical gear): https://spiritofamerica.org/project/help-ukraine-meet-the-moment
Eesti saun Ukrainasse (Estonia): https://saunas4ukraine.org
Dignitas Foundation (aid to soldiers and veterans): https://dignitas.fund
Adopt a Sniper: https://euromaidanpress.com/lets-support-ukraine/
Save Life in Ukraine: https://savelife.in.ua/en/ (formerly Come Back Alive)
Prytula Foundation (includes lists of needed supplies): https://prytulafoundation.org/en
Stavnitser Foundation (support for female troops) : https://stavnitserfoundation.com/en
Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement: https://www.uwvm.org.ua/?lang=en or https://ukrainianwomenveteranmovement-en.carrd.co (Specifically for custom uniforms for females): https://send.monobank.ua/jar/7pATiWsKa7
The Vest Project (protective gear): https://thevestproject.com
Frontline Care, supplies for troops: https://eng.frontline-care.com
Support for partisans: https://www.ipay.ua/en/bills/centr-nacional-nogo-soprotivleniya-pozhertvovat-online
Protection of the Future: https://www.maibutnie.org/en
Unite with Ukraine: https://www.unitewithukraine.com
Army SOS (tech for troops): https://armysos.com.ua
Gifts for Putin (Slovakia): https://www.weaponstoukraine.com
Stop the War (Sweden): https://stopthewar.se/en/
A rehab/recovery center for soldiers: https://helpnow.in.ua/amp/
For Americans who want a 501(c)3:
Ukraine Defense Fund: https://ukrainedefensefund.org
Liberty Ukraine: https://www.libertyukraine.org
Humanitarian aid:
Rebekah M (medic in Ukraine): https://www.buymeacoffee.com/bekamaciorowski
Kiwi Aid & Refugee Evacuation (NZ): https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/kiwi-kare-ukraine-kiwi-aid-and-refugee-evacuation ; specifically for stoves: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/providing-vital-winter-warmth-to-ukraine
Smart Medical Aid (UK): https://smartmedicalaid.org
Milwaukee veterans training medics & doing evacuations (501c3): https://www.spotfund.com/story/5516a85a-066c-4c90-81ce-20a4d2b9c4a4 ; https://globalaugmentation.org/
Fumi Café, Kharkiv: https://www.patreon.com/FumiCafe
World Central Kitchen: (organizing locals to cook mass meals) https://wck.org
For war orphans: https://childrenheroes.org/en/
Training combat medics & such: https://thirdwavevolunteers.com
Gen.Ukrainian (helping traumatized children): https://genukrainian.com.ua/en
Jeeps for Peace (British right hand drive vehicles to confuse snipers): https://justgiving.com/crowdfunding/jeepsforpeace
Sunflower Project (logistics; had put up with Medic Zero): https://www.bluestarsunflower.org/donate/
Baby boxes (Scotland): https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/scotbabyboxappeal
Patron Fund (for injured de-miners): https://send.monobank.ua/jar/2owjL6dFRP
Ukrainian Congress Committee of America: https://ucca.org
Logistics for frontline supplies, I think? (US): https://zeroline.org
Rebuild Ukraine (US/Minn): https://rebuild-ua.org
Safe Passage for Ukraine: https://sp4ukraine.org
Red Cross (Ukraine chapter): https://redcross.org.ua/en/
US/Texas shipping container clinics: https://www.buildtamu.com
US/Idaho: https://toukrainewithlove.org
The $1k Project (grants to families): https://www.1kproject.org
Generators for Ukraine (UK): https://www.generatorsforukraine.co.uk
Medical focused groups:
Evacuating wounded civilians & military: https://frontlinemedics.org
Medical services: https://www.globaloutreachdoctors.org
Medical supplies & humanitarian aid: https://unitedhelpukraine.org
Medical supplies (CA/Ontario): https://www.herosocietycanada.ca
Medical supplies, equipment, prosthetics (US): https://www.rsukraine.org
Solar power for hospitals: https://repowerua.org
Training volunteer paramedics: https://www.hospitallers.life/needs-hospitallers
SMART Medical Aid: https://smartmedicalaid.org
Helping hospitals: https://www.usukrainianactivists.org
Trauma support for first responders (US/CO): https://www.projectvictorynonprofit.org
Medical support for soldiers and their families: https://dobrobut.foundation/en/home_en/
Prosthetics groups (some serve more than just Ukraine)
CA/Victoria: https://www.victoriahandproject.com/ukraine
US/New Jersey: https://kinddeeds.org
US/Colorado: https://limbsforliberty.com
US/Pittsburg: https://brothersbrother.org/pittsburgh-unites-for-ukraine/
US/Oklahoma: https://www.limbsforlife.org
Latvia: https://www.designedtolivelatvia.com
US/NYC (collects hand-me-down limbs): https://pentaprosthetics.org
US/California: https://www.prosthetika.org
US/Minnesota: https://protezfoundation.com
US/California: https://right2walk.org
UK: https://limbcare.org
Ukraine: https://ffr.org.ua/en/
Ukraine (but a US 501c3): https://superhumans.com/en/
Buy a backpack (Poland): https://f-df.pl/2023/02/16/f-df-pl-kidsforkids/
Magnolia, searching for missing children: https://magnolia.org.ua/en/content/donate
Ukraine Trust Chain: https://www.ukrainetrustchain.org/donate
Clothing for wounded soldiers: http://www.phy.com.ua
Future for Ukraine: https://ffu.foundation/en
Disasters Emergency Committee (UK): https://donation.dec.org.uk/ukraine-humanitarian-appeal
Supplies to Ukrainians who stayed: https://beaheroua.org/en/
Doctors Without Borders: https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/get-involved/ways-to-give
Kids with cancer: https://tabletochki.org/en/
Books for kids: https://www.bettertimestories.com
Ukraine Children’s Action Project: https://www.eifoundation.org/partners/ukraine-childrens-action-project/
Direct Relief: https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/ukraine-crisis/
Voices of Children: https://voices.org.ua/en/
Razom for Ukraine: https://www.razomforukraine.org
Klitschko Foundation: https://www.weareallukrainians.de/en/
Save Our Allies: https://saveourallies.org
Myria Aid: https://www.mriyaaid.ca
A Kyiv bakery employing disabled folks and distributing to people in need: https://goodbread.com.ua/en-us
Ukrainian Emergency Art Fund: https://ueaf.moca.org.ua
Canadian-Ukraine Foundation: https://www.cufoundation.ca
US-Ukraine Foundation: https://usukraine.org
(Continued in another post because of link limits)
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