Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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SecondWar on 02 November 2022

Ryuu96 said:

crissindahouse said:

I hope this Gepard ammunition "problem" with Switzerland will be solved somehow. We can't send ammunition of our own Gepards to Ukraine without Switzerland's permission lol. But Switzerland doesn't allow it yet

Is this Switzerland's neutral stance?

It's cowardly, frustrating and the only way it promotes 'peace' is by looking the other way as people are slaughtered.

Also, what would happen if Germany got into a war with another country (hypothetically, Russia) and they had Swiss made ammunition? Would Switzerland say you can't use them? And if so, what the hell is the point in Swiss made weapons/ammo? Lol.

It's to do with the export licence from the manufacturer. It has a clause saying a to say any re-sales must be approved by the original seller/manufacturer. Most countries have it to prevent their manufacturers from potentially selling on the goods to hostile countries.

In the case of Switzerland, they block re-export of their armaments to active conflict zones. So if Germany was attacked, it could use the Swiss-made stocks that it has, just it can't re-export them to Ukraine whilst Ukraine is at war.

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Ryuu96 on 02 November 2022

An incoming winter will not be the easiest one. #Ukrainian defenders also care about their cosy and safe underground shelters – as far as it is possible at the war.
This is how one of such temporary shelters looks like. Here the soldiers can sleep, warm up, & cook meal.
?kms_d4k pic.twitter.com/kQap9NtXva
— MFA of Ukraine ?? (@MFA_Ukraine) November 2, 2022

The #Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) started its semi-annual fall conscription drive on November 1, amidst reports of continuing covert mobilization throughout the country. https://t.co/FyPJjqHCUD pic.twitter.com/sg7yE1lYAY
— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) November 2, 2022

Novaya Gazeta has identified 89 mobilized Russian men who have been killed since September 21.

"A total of 23 people died during training...The causes of their deaths vary: physical altercations, alcohol, drugs, suicide, and accidents."https://t.co/nrhlLZeIMB pic.twitter.com/TkE0fhl7C4
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) November 2, 2022

Lavrov reads Pushkin's poems, addressing them to Biden and EU leaders.

"Why do you threaten Russia with anathema?"

New tricks of Russian diplomacy? pic.twitter.com/O5Kme5OOga
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) November 2, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House: NKorea covertly shipping 'significant number' of artillery shells to Russia to support Ukraine invasion.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 2, 2022

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Ryuu96 on 02 November 2022

1/ Mobilised men of the Russian 4th Guards Tank Division are sheltering in an abandoned house in Svatove without food or water after fleeing from the front line under intense Ukrainian fire that killed their commander. They are now being threatened with court martials. Thread ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/WAQtW8fkZS
— ChrisO (@ChrisO_wiki) November 2, 2022

3/ Three of the mens' wives have spoken to NGE about what has happened to them. Here's a translated summary.
— ChrisO (@ChrisO_wiki) November 2, 2022

9/ The same thing happened to them when they reached the forest near Svatove on 15 October, where they immediately faced the grinding onslaught of the ongoing Ukrainian offensive. Many of their group were killed or wounded, including their two commanders.
— ChrisO (@ChrisO_wiki) November 2, 2022

11/ "They were shelled with artillery and mortars, one of their commanders, also a mobilised man, was blown up in front of them, many had concussions and their eardrums were ruptured. Fortunately my husband is unharmed, alive."
— ChrisO (@ChrisO_wiki) November 2, 2022

13/ And there were mortars against them, drones flew over them, if they had moved a finger, a drone would have come and destroyed them instantly."

One soldier told his wife, "Lena, we have been lying on the ground for half a day because drones and mortars are working."
— ChrisO (@ChrisO_wiki) November 2, 2022

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Ryuu96 on 02 November 2022

Meanwhile in Russia: it's so romantic to plan ahead! pic.twitter.com/g7RvIEX1gw
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) November 2, 2022

Story shared by a Russian telegram channel describing an "outrageous" situation with a Russian general who publicly scolded a VDV regiment full of wounded soldiers for being "peasants" and "failing to complete set tasks". https://t.co/bNYeydlgQa pic.twitter.com/qZZSWITkVQ
— Dmitri (@wartranslated) November 2, 2022

Spain is handing Ukraine four Hawk air defense systems, anti-tank missile complexes, guns and a battery of the Aspide anti-aircraft missile complex,

- the head of the Foreign Ministry Dmytro Kuleba at a briefing with his Spanish colleague Jose Manuel Albares. pic.twitter.com/H1vBOGvfnD
— NOËL ?? ?? (@NOELreports) November 2, 2022

Stunning revelations from Russian "reporter" Sladkov:

"We have better equipment...sometimes it just doesn't exist"

"1000 mobiks in Budyonnovsk still don't have weapons"

"When we stop taking equipment off corpses, then we can say we have enough" pic.twitter.com/KQAxREaHLk
— Dmitri (@wartranslated) November 2, 2022

1/ Mobilised Russian soldiers sent to Svatove in eastern Ukraine are in a "critical situation," according to TV Rain: "without training, without ammunition and often without commanders who abandon them in the very first hours of the attacks". Translation follows. ⬇️
— ChrisO (@ChrisO_wiki) November 2, 2022

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SecondWar on 02 November 2022

Ryuu96 said:

Meanwhile in Russia: it's so romantic to plan ahead! pic.twitter.com/g7RvIEX1gw
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) November 2, 2022

What the actual fuck?

Sorry, I’m calling bullshit on that. It has to be a Halloween costume taken out of context. It can’t possibly be what its being presented as.

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Ryuu96 on 02 November 2022

SecondWar said:

Ryuu96 said:

Meanwhile in Russia: it's so romantic to plan ahead! pic.twitter.com/g7RvIEX1gw
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) November 2, 2022

What the actual fuck?

Sorry, I’m calling bullshit on that. It has to be a Halloween costume taken out of context. It can’t possibly be what its being presented as.

Lol, it's just a joke from Julia, thought it was funny.

pic.twitter.com/JeWsBE9zyL
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) November 2, 2022

It's some funeral exhibition thing held in Russia, most recently, November 1st, they hold it every year apparently, awkward timing.

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Cobretti2 on 02 November 2022

Well that Russian General is right, they are peasants. Peasants of their own government's doing. These peasants are not trained soldiers and should not be getting killed.

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Ryuu96 on 03 November 2022

Late in the evening on Nov. 2, the plant went into full blackout mode and all 20 diesel generators were switched on.

According to Energoatom, the diesel generators have enough fuel to last for 15 days.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) November 3, 2022

Man filming mobiks arriving at Kaliningrad airport. According to him, they were all drunk, looking for more booze to "get drunk before death", realising where they were being sent to. pic.twitter.com/M9pP8X8aU4
— Dmitri (@wartranslated) November 2, 2022

A UK-donated Ukrainian Stormer-HVM Close Air Defence System intercepts a Russian drone with a Starstreak SAM. pic.twitter.com/Cww3w5PnPN
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) November 3, 2022

The work of the "grain corridor" has completely returned to normal - Turkish Defense Minister
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Losses of the invaders, as of today pic.twitter.com/WHCaC0CkwC
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Ryuu96 on 03 November 2022

Melitopil media and city mayor report night strikes:
«at about 05:50, along Dmitry Dontsov Street, 15/7, three powerful explosions. The top three floors of the premises where the office of the leadership of Russian FSB was located were destroyed.» pic.twitter.com/6BEf4vpQdk
— Special Kherson Cat ??? (@bayraktar_1love) November 3, 2022

In Melitopol in the morning, explosions were heard near the airfield and close to a mobilized occupiers base. pic.twitter.com/G1nNWlb8ME
— NOËL ?? ?? (@NOELreports) November 3, 2022

Car drive in Hola Prystan south of #Kherson, ?? administration looks like visited by HIMARS, officials & collaborators leave the town pic.twitter.com/TY8bpsUbLF
— C4H10FO2P (@markito0171) November 3, 2022

Locals from #Kherson report that Russian forces have abandoned checkpoints in Chornobaivka, Stepanivka, Bilozerka and Korabelnyi district south of the Kosheva river. pic.twitter.com/C8L2a9C8DT
— NOËL ?? ?? (@NOELreports) November 3, 2022

Video with presumably a moment of crash of Russian jet in the area of Bakhmut, Donetsk region pic.twitter.com/JlE7M4uiIs
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Ryuu96 on 03 November 2022

Something very interesting happening in the city of Kherson, where Russian flags at checkpoints and over the city administration building have disappeared.

Checkpoints that were once manned by Russian troops are now abandoned...
— Jimmy Rushton (@JimmySecUK) November 3, 2022

The city administration building in Kherson, with no Russian flag flying on the flagpole and seemingly no Russian troops present. pic.twitter.com/WjCPTXR5b3
— Jimmy Rushton (@JimmySecUK) November 3, 2022

Ukrainian military contact believes there are still some Russians on the west bank, but believes there are far less now. Believes it's possibly a trap to lure Ukrainian military units into overextending their advance towards the city.
— Jimmy Rushton (@JimmySecUK) November 3, 2022

Natalya Humenyuk, spokesperson for Ukraine's Southern Command, echoes the caution felt by my previous Ukrainian contact.

Believes the withdrawal might be to "create the impression that settlements have been abandoned, and that it is safe to enter them".https://t.co/IW86Ji9ooi
— Jimmy Rushton (@JimmySecUK) November 3, 2022

(Reuters) - Russian forces are likely to abandon their foothold on the west bank of Ukraine's Dnipro River, a Russian-installed occupation official said on Thursday, a Russian retreat that, if confirmed, would be a major turning point in the war.
— Phil Stewart (@phildstewart) November 3, 2022

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