https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/1821675342718755206
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Trust levels increase with Ukranian supportive posts.
Trust levels decrease with Gold Coast propaganda. 
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Maybe they see this as their last chance to get some bargaining power in case Trump gets in.
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I want to give that a like
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Lol. Remember the TikTok videos of them being âstuckâ a traffic jam of their own vehicles?
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I was having a chuckle, knowing that you couldnât.
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Darth is great!
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Russia Declares Border Area Emergency as Ukraine Troops Strike
- Military ignored warning signs of attack, person familiar said
- Ukrainian incursion into Kursk region extends into third day
Russian army chief Valery Gerasimov faces growing criticism after Ukrainian troops mounted their biggest incursion into Russian territory since the Kremlin started its war more than two years ago.
Gerasimov and top officials seemingly dismissed intelligence warnings that Ukrainian soldiers were gathering near the border with Russiaâs western Kursk region as much as two weeks before they began the assault, and nobody briefed President Vladimir Putin, according to a person close to the Kremlin. Defensive forces inside Russia were caught off guard and offered little initial resistance to the Ukrainian advance.
While Gerasimov is unlikely to be removed in the short term, patience in the Kremlin over his handling of the war is running out, the person said, asking not to be identified as the matter is sensitive.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov didnât respond to a request to comment.
Russia declared a state of emergency in the Kursk region as it battles for a third day to repel the invasion by what Gerasimov said was as many as 1,000 Ukrainian troops backed by tanks and armored vehicles. He told Putin at a televised meeting Wednesday that Russia has deployed troops, air strikes and artillery to try to stop the advance.
Gerasimov, 68, has been Russiaâs Chief of the General Staff since November 2012 and was kept on by Putin in May during a shuffle of military and security officials after his inauguration for a fifth presidential term. Economist Andrey Belousov became defense minister in place of Putinâs longserving ally Sergei Shoigu, who moved to Russiaâs security council.
Gerasimov oversaw Putinâs full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 that was meant to last for days and is now deep into its third year with huge Russian casualties. The Ukrainian breakthrough into Kursk comes as fighting along the frontline in eastern and southern Ukraine is mostly at a stalemate, though Russian forces have made some recent advances.
Ukrainian troops progressed as far as 10 kilometers (6 miles) into Kursk amid ongoing mechanized offensive operations as of Wednesday, according to the US-based Institute for the Study of War.
Putin spoke by videolink Thursday with acting Kursk Governor Alexey Smirnov, saying the situation presented âextraordinaryâ challenges to all levels of Russiaâs government. âOf course, I know the situation as a whole, but nevertheless, I would like to hear your assessment,â Putin said.
The president summoned Gerasimov and other top defense and security officials to a meeting Wednesday to brief him on the effort to repel the incursion. Officials in Kyiv have declined to confirm or comment on the operation, though Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appeared to offer approval on Thursday.
âEveryone sees that Ukraineâs army is able to surprise and to achieve results,â Zelenskiy said at the presentation of a new military app in Kyiv, without specifically referring to Kursk.
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I hope they go all the way to Moscow.
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I hope they donât. Didnât work out well for even for Napoleon or WW2 Germans. If they couldnât do it no wonder Prigozhin couldnât.
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While that post is worth a like, l am surprised, but not by being the first, but by being the only one to give it a like.
I donât believe it works the way mentioned in the quoted post, otherwise l would have an almost unlimited supply of likes. I runout of likes on a regular basis.
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NE of Kursk
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There is no doubt in my mind that this move by UA has been a PR coup and a huge propaganda boost. It will have lifted spirits at home by taking the fight to the invaders. Can this advance be sustained? That is highly doubtful. I suspect a couple of different strategies are possible here. In order to take pressure off other sectors of the front line the RU have to see this advance as a threat in some way. If they move a lot more troops in to repel the incursion, UA can and should fall back. If the RUAF donât respond then UAAF can advance even further to put more pressure on the RUAF to respond. Given the lack of organization on the RU side, a response could be slow in coming and lack the necessary force to expel UA forces.
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