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Russia's invasion of Ukraine at 'bit of a stalemate' -U.S. intel official
Russia's war in Ukraine is at a "bit of a stalemate" and Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be preparing for a long conflict, top U.S. intelligence officials said on Tuesday.

Russia, which calls the invasion "a special military operation," poured more troops into Ukraine for a huge offensive last month in the eastern part of the country but its gains have been slow.

Russia's assault on Kyiv was beaten back in March by Ukrainian resistance.


In the United States called the situation in Ukraine "stalemate"
US military intelligence chief Scott Berrier called the situation in the battle zone in Ukraine a "stalemate". It is reported by RIA Novosti .

“I would characterize it as that the Russians are not winning and the Ukrainians are not winning, and we are kind of in a state of stalemate,” he said.

According to him, the stalemate may drag on if Moscow does not decide to mobilize additional forces to participate in the military operation in Ukraine.

Earlier, the US National Intelligence Agency said that they did not see a "negotiated way" to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. According to Haynes, the situation in Ukraine in the near future may take the path of further escalation. As the head of the National Intelligence Service clarified, this may be facilitated by Kiev 's desire to solve the problem by military means.

Could the Russians twisted the dictator's are to open another front? If I was Putin I would make sure of it.

Belarus announced the deployment of "special operations forces" on the border with Ukraine
The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus, Viktor Gulevich, said that Ukraine had built up an armed group of up to 20,000 people on the border and this required a response. “In order to ensure security ... in the southern direction, the forces of the special operations forces units are deployed in three tactical directions,” Mr. Gulevich explained. His statement is given in the Telegram channel of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus.

Earlier today, on May 10, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin announced the start of the second stage of a surprise inspection of troops. The first stage started on May 4th. Checking the troops, as representatives of the armed forces of Belarus explained, is a response to NATO exercises.

On the territories of Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, from May 1 to May 27, NATO exercises "Defender of Europe-2022" are being held. They involve 18,000 servicemen from more than 20 states, including the United States.

On May 5, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus Ruslan Kosygin said that from the troops participating in the exercises, "strike groups can be created in the shortest possible time for their use, including in the Belarusian direction."

Viktor Gulevich said today that within the framework of the Defender of Europe exercises, “issues on the use of reconnaissance and sabotage forces, landings, and the use of special operations forces” are being worked out.

All this, according to him, "does not indicate the peaceful orientation of these exercises." “Based on this, the armed forces have developed a whole range of measures aimed at countering possible threats,” he added.

According to Viktor Gulevich, as part of the second stage of the surprise inspection of troops, “battalion-tactical groups have been advanced to the western and northwestern operational directions.” “To reinforce them, air defense units, missile troops and artillery units are being deployed, which will ensure their combat functioning,” Mr. Gulevich said.

hmm interesting...push out and head to the slide towards the east to cut the Russians off.....

Belarus will deploy special operations forces on the border with Ukraine
Belarus will deploy units of special operations forces in response to the creation of a 20,000-strong group of Ukrainian troops near its borders, said Chief of the General Staff - First Deputy Defense Minister Viktor Gulevich, quoted by the Telegram channel of the Belarusian military department.

"The grouping created by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the southern operational direction <...> demands a response from us. In order to ensure the security of the Republic of Belarus in the southern direction, special operations forces units are deployed in three tactical directions," said the Chief of the General Staff.

According to him, as part of the second stage of checking the immediate reaction forces, battalion tactical groups are being advanced to the western and northwestern directions. They will be reinforced by air defense units, missile forces and artillery, which will ensure their combat functioning.

Gulevich noted that the United States and its NATO allies are also building up their military presence near the border of the republic: this grouping has more than doubled in half a year. In addition, the deputy minister added, a group carrying cruise missiles appeared in the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas , and an aviation group increased in Poland and the Baltic countries.

"All this indicates a growing threat to the Republic of Belarus," Gulevich said.

In addition, NATO is conducting large-scale Defender of Europe maneuvers and seven more exercises in the countries neighboring Belarus, where the use of reconnaissance and sabotage forces and special operations forces, as well as landings, are practiced. All this, according to Gulevich, does not testify to the peaceful orientation of these exercises.

On May 4, a sudden check of the reaction forces began in Belarus . The purpose of the exercise was to assess the readiness and ability of military personnel to respond quickly to the emergence of crisis situations. Starting today, the second stage of testing has started.

Budzbuddha said:

Bombs away !

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Had to compensate for windage, bombing in a breeze is an issue.

i didn't do that.....



classic

DIY-HP-LED said:

Finland and Sweden Aim for NATO Membership, Prompting Russia’s Fury

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They didn't get Putin's 'consent'.

part of their victory celebrations on TV the Russians showed Soviet people from before and during the war and veterans. Well one of the images they showed was Bonnie and Clyde, yep the gangsters. The Ukrainians issued a challenge to Colbert to see who else they could find in the images shown, they just googled images, so anybody from the past could be a soviet ww2 Hero!

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Russian Army Suffers Major Blow - Is Failure Near?

A Ukrainian civilian phoned in their death sentence and artillery did the rest.
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Rotting dead bodies of Russian soldiers found in liberated village near Kharkiv

Budzbuddha said:

Good ol Wish.com to the russian rescue.

VLAD approved

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Not everyone haunts the corridors of eBay, but those who have over the last 20+ have seen an INCREDIBLE range and amount of Soviet-era military gear, tech, *vehicles* being sold there for cheap, cheap, cheap

That’s also “where the money went”

DIY-HP-LED said:

So, how small will the next country Vlad will be able to invade be?

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Moldova, of course…jumbo Graneda

Bagginski said:

Moldova, of course…jumbo Graneda

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They might have trouble getting to it and resupplying the troops the have in Transnistria now will be hard and they don't have many there. I doubt many there will want join Russia under the sanctions shithouse now, their standard of living would be much higher in Moldova and the EU is giving them lot's of military aid now, I imagine it would include a few Javelins and stingers among other goodies, then there are the Carpathian mountains and the excellent defensive opportunities they present.

War in Ukraine: why is Russia’s army so weak? | The Economist

As Russia celebrates Victory Day, our defence correspondent considers why the Russian army has performed so badly in Ukraine.

Let's see, they make death threats on twitter against the owner of twitter. Well Elon does believe in free speech and will let Donald back on, but I suspect Donald will be in a cage before then. He still has work to do tearing the GOP apart over, his vengeance tour, endorsing psychos and lunatics, the big lie and making it their main thing for 2022, in the face of J6 and legal trouble.

It looks like Putin might be counting on the midterms too, if the republicans win, Trump will force them to cut funding for Ukraine after Vlad gives him a call, a few mean tweets should do it.
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DIY-HP-LED said:

I don't think Turkey will allow any more Russian ships into the black sea, military ones for sure, until it gets guarantees, real ones from Russia about peace in the place. Turkey has been a victim of this war, it gets most of it's grain from Ukraine and it's oil and gas from Russia, the economy is on the rocks, inflation at 70% and Erdogan wants his Black sea canal so bad he can taste it. A liberated Ukraine and freedom of the black sea is just what he needs to make his canal work and the region prosper. That would mean a liberated Crimea too and the destruction of the bridge at Kerch, which limits large ships from the sea of Asov and was partly designed to cut Ukraine off from the sea. A prosperous liberal democratic Ukraine with strong ties to the EU would dramatically increase Black sea traffic to Europe and new facilities would be built, another reason to change the rail gauge in Ukraine, trade with Europe.

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Poor, poor Erdogan- now he can see what a real den of thieves he belongs to..time to chose.

DIY-HP-LED said:

Let's see, they make death threats on twitter against the owner of twitter. Well Elon does believe in free speech and will let Donald back on, but I suspect Donald will be in a cage before then. He still has work to do tearing the GOP apart over, his vengeance tour, endorsing psychos and lunatics, the big lie and making it their main thing for 2022, in the face of J6 and legal trouble.

It looks like Putin might be counting on the midterms too, if the republicans win, Trump will force them to cut funding for Ukraine after Vlad gives him a call, a few mean tweets should do it.
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Uh, Looks Like Russia’s Space Chief Threatened Elon Musk on Twitter

Musk alleges the Roscosmos head threatened him for supplying the Ukrainian military with Starlink terminals.

www.popularmechanics.com

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I agree Putin is milking this for 2022; Donald is busy. Truth Social.



"if I die under mysterious circumstance, it's been nice knowing ya!"

DIY-HP-LED said:

Update from Ukraine | ruzzians are Running Away from Kharkiv

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This guy is really good if you really want to know the theater.

Looks like the Ukrainians are using commercial drones on autonomous missions to destroy parked Russian equipment at night. They can't be jammed, but the GPS can be, if they have the gear deployed. If you look at the left of the OSD you will see it swtich from waypoint mode to loiter mode, hover over a GPS coordinate. Also notice there is zero signal strength, they are not sending control signals to the drone, but it appears to be sending video data back. The drone moves and the operator can't be located by transmitted signals. The target was designated and located by another drone and the coordinates programmed in before launch, flying autonomously can can extend the range too.