Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

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Russia's Lavrov rejects Zelenskiy's 'peace formula' -RIA

Russia will not use Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's 'peace formula' as a basis for negotiations and believes Kyiv is still not ready for real peace talks, Russia's RIA news agency cited Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Thursday.
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06:25:57 - Blast Heard in Ukrainian Capital Kyiv - Reuters Witness
07:13:35 - Russian Missiles Attacked Eastern Ukrainian City of Kharkiv - Mayor
07:17:32 - Kyiv Mayor Klitschko Reports Explosions In the City
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-reports-massive-russian-missile-strike-2022-12-29/
 
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Custor said:
Weird that a web based operation would physically locate in the Ukraine.
Compared to literally anywhere else on the planet.
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The people running these farms don't always know what they are doing - though you'd have to be pretty stupid not to know it was for illegal or dubious activities.

They'll be approached by someone who'll pay for it to be setup and account details forwarded to them. The people using the accounts often aren't the same ones as those setting up and operating the hardware.
 
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Freddie1980 said:
They need to get moving before Russia fully deploys those new mobilised soldiers. Hopefully these additional weapon systems (JDAMS in particular) we're giving Ukraine can help break the deadlock.
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I suspect the "deadlock" if there is one is more to do with the terrain hindering any sort of mechanised movement atm. Come Jan it'll all speed up as the ground freezes
 
bingham67 said:
www.bbc.co.uk

Russia fires dozens of missiles at Ukrainian cities

Ukrainian officials say cities across the country are targeted in several waves of strikes.
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There do seem to be a lot of "back of the cupboard" stashes Russia are finding, so we do need to take the comments some pundits are making about them running out with a large bag of salt.

On gas prices from the tweet image just above: Its NEXT winter that is the problem. The infrastructure to import LNG to replenish what used to come from Russia isn't there yet (I read that 55% of Europe's gas came from Russia a year ago). Germany are frantically building LNG terminals, but industrial use of gas is going to have to drop significantly so homes here and in Europe can be heated next winter.

It would be nice to be paying those low prices, but there's barely anywhere to store it at the moment !

EDIT: I'm no expert, but certifying a pipeline with a hole in it doesn't seem to be a good idea .....
 
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Uther said:
Russians don't seem to be running out of missiles...
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Probably using new stocks made from stockpiled materials also their interlacing missiles like Kalibr with older rockets repurposed from carrying nuclear warheads to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses. It does seems though Russia is using it's missiles a bit more sparingly compared to previous attacks (todays strike of 70 is way down on the 120+ Russia fired in it's previous salvo).
 
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06:25:57 - Blast Heard in Ukrainian Capital Kyiv - Reuters Witness
07:13:35 - Russian Missiles Attacked Eastern Ukrainian City of Kharkiv - Mayor
07:17:32 - Kyiv Mayor Klitschko Reports Explosions In the City
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-reports-massive-russian-missile-strike-2022-12-29/
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*Ukrainian Military Says It Shot Down 54 of 69 Missiles Launched by Russia in Morning Attacks
*UK Defence Minister Wallace: We Will Put In £2.3bln in 2023 in Aid to Ukraine
*Kremlin: Putin and Xi Will Speak on Friday via Video-Link, Discuss Bilateral and Regional Issues

11:16:32 - Ukrainian S-300 Missile Down in Belarus - TASS

*Belarus Says It Downed Ukrainian S-300 Missile in Brest Region - DefMin
*Belarus Says Missile Was Downed at 10am Local Time - DefMin
*Belarus Official, After Ukrainian Missile Downed in Brest Region: “No Cause for Worry, Unfortunately These Things Happen”
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-air-defence-missile-lands-belarus-belta-2022-12-29/
 
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The Institute for the Study of War is claiming Russia is burnt out in Bakhmut to point where they can no longer carry out offensicve operations

The Russian offensive against Bakhmut is likely culminating as ISW forecasted on December 27.[1] US military doctrine defines culmination as the "point at which a force no longer has the capability to continue its form of operations, offense or defense,” and “when a force cannot continue the attack and must assume a defensive posture or execute an operational pause.”[2] If Russian forces in Bakhmut have indeed culminated, they may nevertheless continue to attack aggressively. Culminated Russian forces may continue to conduct ineffective squad-sized assaults against Bakhmut, though these assaults would be very unlikely to make operationally significant gains.
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Looking at DeepStateMap over the last few days the frontline hasn't moved since Ukraine counter attacked around Christmas. It looks like Prigozhin's delusions of becoming Russia's minster for defense will have be put on hold for the time being. At the same time tensions are running high between the Wagner mercenaries and the regular Russian army with Prigozhin calling out General Gerasimov for not supporting Wagner with the required weapons and munitions to sustain operations.

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Giving Prickozhin the sad task of trying to take the most well defended section of the frontline was entirely intentional by Putin.
 
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