Kyiv:Ukrainian forces advance deep into Russian Defense lines in Kharkiv region.

Feel free to discuss the topic instead of trying to chat up male forum members, this isn't a dating site. Pm me if you want a private chat.

 

My bad, ijust saw you are male lol. Do NOT pm me. I'm not woke.

 

By your own admission, you don't meet the IQ requirements for this ride...

 

Ewwwww

 

Stop whinging. Your cheap shot bit you in the arse. Learn from it.

 

arse!?!

Nooooo

 

ladies please.....next it'll be handbags drawn and lipsticks at the ready....

 

...anyway back to topic.... here's a special event to celebrate Putin's annexation announcement day! Encirclement of Russian forces.
May the cauldron bubble.....bwahaha....

 

...take it as gentle ribbing...

 

Lyman is encircled.


World
The Daily Beast
Putin Suffers Most Humiliating Ukraine Defeat Yet

 

As the Russians approach defeat, I see their lies become more desperate.

 

Reuters
Putin proclaims annexation as Russian garrison surrounded in Ukraine

 

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Key Takeaways

• The Kremlin continues to violate its stated “partial mobilization” procedures and contradict its own messaging even while recognizing the systematic failures within the Russian bureaucracy just eight days after the declaration of mobilization.
• Belarus may be preparing to accommodate newly-mobilized Russian servicemen but remains unlikely to enter the war in Ukraine on Russia’s behalf.
• Ukrainian troops have likely nearly completed the encirclement of the Russian grouping in Lyman and cut critical ground lines of communication (GLOCS) that support Russian troops in the Drobysheve-Lyman area.
• Ukrainian military officials maintained operational silence regarding Ukrainian ground maneuvers in Kherson Oblast but stated that Russian forces are deploying newly-mobilized troops to reinforce the Kherson Oblast frontline.
• Ukrainian troops continued to target Russian logistics, transportation, and military assets in Kherson Oblast.
• Russian troops continued ground attacks in Donetsk Oblast.
• Russian forces have likely increased the use of Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones in southern Ukraine.
• An independent Russian polling organization, the Levada Center, found that almost half of polled Russians are anxious about mobilization, but that support for Russian military actions declined only slightly to 44%.
• Ukrainian officials reiterated their concerns that the Kremlin will mobilize Ukrainian citizens in occupied oblasts following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annexation announcement. . . .

Russian sources indicated that Ukrainian troops have likely completed the envelopment of the Russian grouping in the Lyman area as of the end of the day on September 29. A prominent Russian military correspondent reported that Ukrainian forces broke through Russian defenses around Stavky, 10km north of Lyman, and cut the Torske-Drobysheve road that is the last supply and egress route for Russian elements holding the line west of Lyman.[14] The correspondent called the situation “extremely difficult” for elements of the BARS-13 detachment and the 752nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 20th Combined Arms Army, which are reportedly defending around Drobysheve and into Lyman.[15]

Another Russian milblogger stated that Ukrainian troops are attacking Lyman from three directions and have cut Russian access to the critical Svatove-Lyman road, which is the major ground line of communication (GLOC) sustaining the Russian grouping within Lyman itself.[16] Several milbloggers stated that the fall of Lyman to Ukrainian troops is imminent without the immediate reinforcement of Russian forces.[17] The Ukrainian General Staff reported earlier in the day on September 29 that seven tanks crewed by newly mobilized and low-skilled personnel deployed to the Lyman area without proper fire training for tank weapons and got into a road accident.[18] It is highly unlikely that any deployment of additional, newly mobilized, forces to Lyman will afford the existing Russian grouping significant defensive capabilities and prevent Ukrainian troops from collapsing the Lyman pocket. . . .

Ukrainian military officials maintained operational silence regarding Ukrainian ground maneuvers in Kherson Oblast on September 29 but emphasized that Russian forces are deploying new troops to the area, likely to reinforce Russian defensive lines against the ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russia deployed 2,000 mobilized men from Crimea to Kherson Oblast on September 27, many of whom are newly-mobilized members of the historically marginalized Crimean Tatar community and are likely undertrained and unmotivated to fight on the side of Russian troops.[22] Ukrainian military officials reiterated that Ukrainian troops are continuing an interdiction campaign against Russian military, logistics, and transportation assets, as well as concentration areas, in Kherson Oblast.[23] . . .

 

Will the fall of Lyman precipitate wider collapse along the Russian lines?
Can Putin survive such a humiliating defeat?

 

Ukrainian Forces Encircling Key Eastern Town. Ukrainian forces are reportedly encircling the Russian-occupied eastern city of Lyman in the Donetsk region. The town is a key transport hub and its liberation would mark Ukraine’s most significant advance in the Donbas since the start of the conflict with Russia. Denis Pushilin, the pro-Moscow separatist leader of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” confirmed the Ukrainian progress around Lyman, calling it a “disturbing” development. Barron’s Bloomberg Reuters Washington Post

 

Intercepted Russian Phone Calls Show Disarray. The New York Times is out with a report based upon intercepted phone calls and communications from Russian troops in Ukraine. Russian soldiers reportedly describe tactical mistakes, low supplies and staggering losses and comments that the war is not going to plan. The soldiers also confess to killing non-combatants and looting. Many directly criticized their commanders and even President Vladimir Putin for the disarray. Some said they would quit the military and are even considering deserting, despite the threat of jail time, though others said they would continue fighting for the combat pay and looting gains. New York Times

 

yeah....he can say what he wants and its "fact"

 

We shall see. The fates are usually unkind to dictators who lead their countries into unsuccessful foreign adventures.

 

..mate....he's a mafia Don....he's at the head of a food chain with a phuck load of money at his disposal to keep people in his orbit....it's a weird dynamic and nothing like your "dictators" of yore. This is something new where you have the purveyor of the nation's GDP (he basically owns Russian GDP) trickling down monetary authority to the oligarchs.

 

We shall see.

 

Didn't we find Saddam Hussein holed up in some ditch with $400k in cash money. Putin can run and keep distance from everyone he don't trust for only so long. Eventually, someone will put a bullet in his head.

 

Even the Don has his lieutenants, and they're generally not better people than the Don himself. Might be that they will decide that it's in their interest for mafialand to be under new management.

 

...you think he'll get karked by some Russian Nazi....like that loud mouthed Chechyen slob that was threatening him the other week for example?

 

....not yet....this is just beginning as there's nowhere to go at the moment...the oligarchs have more options open to them should they wish. Why paint themselves into the same corner as Putin. If they take over then they are only faced with the same limited options.