Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Today's News: The Battle of Donbas is beginning


I don't know where it was taken or when, but this is one of the Ukraine photos Zelenskyy shared in a recent Ukrinform post.
The news of the day is that the Battle of Donbast is beginning. Here's the area where it will be fought:


This map is from Markos, showing the Russian pipe-dream fantasy of how they think they might stop the Ukraine Donbas offensive. Kos writes: 
Every meter costs Russia equipment and troops it can no longer easily replace, while extending frail supply lines they struggle to protect and maintain. And while that terrain is mostly flat and open, there are also trees growing their spring leaves, and destroyed houses perfect for future ambushes. 
In this salient, Russia only controls the roads, and even so, only tenuously. General Mud will be around for a while. Plenty of time for Ukrainian artillery to keep pounding cold, wet, miserable Russians and separatists waiting to die. Also time for new Ukrainian artillery to arrive, adding to the pressure. Russia’s pipe-dream pincer maneuver ain’t happening. And at this point, neither is any major offensive.
More at the link.


Mariupol still lives: Here is some very disturbing news that I hadn't seen elsewhere yet. This is a post from the Ukrainian News Agency: Meanwhile, in Russia: 
"You gotta ask yourself, do I feel lucky? Well, so ya, punk?" I found out today that MSNBC analyst Malcolm Nance is fighting in Ukraine: These versions are amazing: Here is a translation and background: Finally, I thought this was sort of hilarious: And this:
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