Here we go again-Ukraine once again

[Dargo]

Originally Posted by tonschk

UKRAINIANS ACCUSING UKRAINIAN REGIME DICTATOR AND HIS TROOPS OF KILLING HIS OWN PEOPLE

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[Dargo]

Zaluzhnyi: Ukraine holds defense, regains positions in 'some areas'
Ukrainian troops recaptured previously lost positions and gained a foothold "in some areas" along the front line, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi said on Feb. 11. He didn't specify the areas.

Zaluzhnyi said that Ukraine’s defense is holding, keeping Bakhmut, a city in Donetsk Oblast, under control, and taking measures to stabilize the front line around this city.

The fiercest battles are currently raging in the area of Vuhledar, and Mariinka, towns that sit about 150 kilometers southwest of Bakhmut, where Russia carries out up to 50 attacks per day, he reported.

Russian troops likely fled and abandoned at least 30 mostly intact armored vehicles in a single incident after a failed assault around Vuhledar, the U.K. Defense Ministry reported earlier on Feb. 10.

According to the Institute for the Study of War, Russia’s recent failure in Vuhledar points to the poor training of the newly mobilized Russian soldiers.

Ukraine’s intelligence claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his troops to fully occupy Donetsk Oblast, about half of which is currently under Russian control, by March.

Despite the ambitious goal, Russia’s advance has been slow in Donetsk Oblast since its forces lack the munitions and maneuver units crucial for successful offensives, according to the U.K. Defense Ministry. https://kyivindependent.com/news-fee...-in-some-areas

[tonschk]

Is Civil War next as Ukraine slides into chaos, just what NATO wants | Redacted with Clayton Morris
https://rumble.com/v26tc4y-is-civil-...s-redacte.html

[Dargo]

Russia is draining a massive Ukrainian reservoir, endangering a nuclear plant
Russia appears to be draining an enormous reservoir in Ukraine, imperiling drinking water, agricultural production and safety at Europe's largest nuclear plant, according to satellite data obtained by NPR.

Since early November 2022, water has been gushing out of the Kakhovka Reservoir, in Southern Ukraine, through sluice gates at a critical hydroelectric power plant controlled by Russian forces. As a result, satellite data shows that the water level at the reservoir has plummeted to its lowest point in three decades. Separate images provided by the commercial companies Planet and Maxar show water pouring through the gates, and shoreline along the giant reservoir emerging as a result of the rapidly falling water levels.

At stake is drinking water for hundreds of thousands of residents, irrigation for nearly half-a-million acres of farmland, and the cooling system at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Late last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency said it was aware of the potential risk posed by dropping water levels at the reservoir.

"Even though the decreased water level does not pose an immediate threat to nuclear safety and security, it may become a source of concern if it is allowed to continue," the IAEA's director General Rafael M. Grossi said in a statement.

The Kakhovka Reservoir is a massive, man-made lake roughly the size of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. It is the final body of water in a network of reservoirs along Ukraine's Dnipro River. Since the 1950s, it has been used to provide drinking and irrigation water to parts of Ukraine's southern districts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. A lengthy canal leading from the reservoir also supplies Russian-occupied Crimea.

The reservoir is essential to supplying water to otherwise arid farmland in the southern part of the country, according to Brian Kuns, a geographer at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences who has studied farming in southern Ukraine. A network of canals leading from the reservoir irrigates roughly 200,000 hectares (494,000 acres) of farmland that is used to grow sunflowers, grain and vegetables. "It's very important locally," Kuns says.

The reservoir was also a critical source of water for the Crimean Peninsula, which is supplied via a 403-kilometer (250 mile) canal. After Russia invaded Crimea in 2014, Ukraine diverted water from the canal, leaving the peninsula parched. Following Russia's larger invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, one of the goals was to restore Crimea's water supply, and Russia did so that summer by diverting water out of the reservoir.

Russia appeared to have spent several months using the Kakhovka Reservoir to refill a network of reservoirs in Crimea, according to David Helms, a retired meteorologist with decades of experience working for the U.S. federal government, most recently at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. "There's 23 reservoirs; they're topped off," he says.

Then on Nov. 11, 2022, as Ukrainian forces advanced, Russian troops blew up a road over the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Dam, which controls the water level on the reservoir.

Initially some feared that the explosion would damage the dam and spill water from the reservoir, but Helms says it seems to have destroyed the road, while leaving the dam's sluice gates mostly intact.

However immediately after the detonation, it appears that Russian forces deliberately used two gantry cranes on the Russian-controlled side of the dam to open additional sluice gates, allowing water to rush out of the reservoir.

The result has been startling. Radar altimetry data shows the current level of the reservoir at 14 meters, approximately 2 meters below its normal height. Since December, the reservoir's water level has plummeted to its lowest level in 30 years of satellite observation.

A Feb. 7 statement on Telegram from the local government said that if the level fell below 13.2 meters, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant's cooling system, which relies on water from the reservoir, would be in peril. The statement said that Ukrhydroenergo, Ukraine's hydro electric company, believes the discharge is being done deliberately by the Russians.

The statement from the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration also warned that several cities that rely on the reservoir, including Enerhodar, Melitopol and Berdyansk may face water shortages, though it noted that all three are currently under Russian occupation, so little is known about their water supply.

Helms believes the deliberate discharge is another way for Russia to hurt Ukraine. Now that Crimea's reservoirs are full, he says, this could be a way for Russia to hamper Ukraine's economy, which depends heavily on agricultural exports.

"It's as good as knocking out the power grid," he says.

But Kuns is less certain of Russia's intent. He points out that most of the affected agricultural areas are in Russian-held parts of Ukraine. "It just seems strange that they'd be doing a scorched-earth on territory that they claim publicly that they want to keep," he says.

In its statement, the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration suggested that the purpose of draining the reservoir may be in part to flood the area south of the dam, in an effort to keep Ukrainian Forces from crossing the Dnipro River. Officials stated that Ukrhydroenergo believed Russian occupiers "opened the station's locks fearing an advance of Ukrainian soldiers."

For now, there's little to be done except watch the water as it drains away. "I don't know what the purpose of it is," says Kuns. "But it is very worrying."

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/10/11557...-nuclear-plant

[tonschk]

Neo-Nazis extremists Terrorists trained in Ukraine return to US en masse


https://rumble.com/v2941ue-neo-nazi-...-en-masse.html

[Jimbuna]

Bundestag defense committee called to allow Poland and Slovakia to transfer East German MiG-29s to Ukraine

The German government should allow the transfer of MIG fighters sold to other European countries after German reunification to Ukraine.

Markus Faber, a member of the German Bundestag and a member of the defense committee, said this in a comment to Guildhall on February 9.
On the eve of the Munich Security Conference, he turned to representatives of the Ukrainian embassy in Germany and other officials with the proposal to discuss, first of all, options for providing the Ukrainian army with F16 and MiG-29 aircraft to protect against Russian aggression, Censor.NET reports with reference to Gordon.

"Both models are not in service with the Luftwaffe. Therefore, the first task facing Germany is to give permission for the transfer of MiG-29s to Ukraine, which are in other countries," he said.

The deputy noted that after the unification of Germany, Soviet fighters were sold to Poland and Slovakia. Therefore, when making a decision on the transfer of MiG to Ukraine, they also need to receive the approval of Berlin.

"My position is that we should give this permission," Faber concluded.

On February 10, Acting Prime Minister of Slovakia Eduard Heger stated that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an official request to the Slovak government for the supply of aircraft at the EU summit on February 9 in Brussels (Belgium). Therefore, the Slovak authorities can start official negotiations with the European Commission regarding the delivery of MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3399259

[Jimbuna]

[mapuc]

The weapon we hand over to the Ukrainian is mostly old weapon which we really don't use anymore.
USA is discussing to give harpoon to Ukraine-Why not give them:
RGM/UGM-109B Tomahawk Anti-Ship Missile range 460 km.

USA and its allied does not use this type of tomahawks so it will not be a shortage since they are not in use.

Markus

[Catfish]

Must be awful to be in a Kilo and know those rivet joints and radar planes are roaming the skies over the black sea.
I wonder how much missiles they have left.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Bundestag defense committee called to allow Poland and Slovakia to transfer East German MiG-29s to Ukraine

The German government should allow the transfer of MIG fighters sold to other European countries after German reunification to Ukraine.

Markus Faber, a member of the German Bundestag and a member of the defense committee, said this in a comment to Guildhall on February 9.
On the eve of the Munich Security Conference, he turned to representatives of the Ukrainian embassy in Germany and other officials with the proposal to discuss, first of all, options for providing the Ukrainian army with F16 and MiG-29 aircraft to protect against Russian aggression, Censor.NET reports with reference to Gordon.

"Both models are not in service with the Luftwaffe. Therefore, the first task facing Germany is to give permission for the transfer of MiG-29s to Ukraine, which are in other countries," he said.

The deputy noted that after the unification of Germany, Soviet fighters were sold to Poland and Slovakia. Therefore, when making a decision on the transfer of MiG to Ukraine, they also need to receive the approval of Berlin.

"My position is that we should give this permission," Faber concluded.

On February 10, Acting Prime Minister of Slovakia Eduard Heger stated that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an official request to the Slovak government for the supply of aircraft at the EU summit on February 9 in Brussels (Belgium). Therefore, the Slovak authorities can start official negotiations with the European Commission regarding the delivery of MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3399259

My recommendation would be to neither ask nor wait for the Germans.

[les green01]

Originally Posted by tonschk

Neo-Nazis extremists Terrorists trained in Ukraine return to US en masse


https://rumble.com/v2941ue-neo-nazi-...-en-masse.html

you are so full of crap you must waddle walking your pic shows newsweek but i never seen the article you click on the link don't even show newsweek don't blow smoke up our behind and maybe take it somewhere else

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by Skybird

My recommendation would be to neither ask nor wait for the Germans.

You are really full of it? No one gives a sh!t about what germans think.
This tribe either gets its mind made up like Reisner says or it can as well join Fox news.

[Dargo]

Originally Posted by les green01

you are so full of crap you must waddle walking your pic shows newsweek but i never seen the article you click on the link don't even show newsweek don't blow smoke up our behind and maybe take it somewhere else

All link to RT Russian clown show The enemy has been hit very hard the past week with more than 5000 killed, at least 3 attack jets destroyed, and literally hundreds of pieces of equipment turned into scrap iron Ukraine army forces have regained territory in Bakhmut and eradicated more than 36 tanks. All those Russian lovers can have is illusions, at the rest they fail.

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Dargo

All link to RT Russian clown show The enemy has been hit very hard the past week with more than 5000 killed, at least 3 attack jets destroyed, and literally hundreds of pieces of equipment turned into scrap iron Ukraine army forces have regained territory in Bakhmut and eradicated more than 36 tanks. All those Russian lovers can have is illusions, at the rest they fail.

Nevertheless Poohtin are planning on celebrating one year success in Ukraine. This should be on the day the war started.

Markus

[Dargo]

Originally Posted by mapuc

Nevertheless Poohtin are planning on celebrating one year success in Ukraine. This should be on the day the war started.

Markus

The naked emperor can celebrate what he wants, he is the sole one believing in this bet the West has a bigger present for Ukraine on this day.