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Ryuu96 on 08 November 2022

Important: Ukraine has never refused to negotiate. Our negotiating position is known and open.

1. First, RF withdraws troops from ??
2.After everything else

Is Putin ready? Obviously not. Therefore, we are constructive in our assessment: we will talk with the next leader of RF.
— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) November 7, 2022

The number of POWs has grown these couple of days.
- This batch is from the Moscow region
- Mobilized into Mulino
- Received basic training
- Sent as cannon fodder.
- Hid in the cellars and basements around Svatove to survive the engagement, saving their lives. pic.twitter.com/QgFugvqaJK
— ✙? Constantine ?✙ (@Teoyaomiquu) November 7, 2022

Якутский добровольческий отряд Боотур перед отправкой в Украину и после возвращения. Россияне, вам это точно надо? pic.twitter.com/H23kV6sNBx
— Leonid Nevzlin (@Nevzlin) November 6, 2022

Anastasia Kashevarova says that Russia is still throwing mobilized units at the front in Svatove and then replacing those losses with additional mobilized soldiers.https://t.co/VeCECcB0p3 pic.twitter.com/NmJUVCP9Z4
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) November 7, 2022

#Ukraine: After a long wait and bunch of videos from training ranges abroad now we finally can confirm that legendary American BGM-71 TOW ATGMs have reached Ukraine!

Here we can see a Ukrainian M41A7 TOW HMMWV-mounted Improved Target Acquisition System deployed in the South. pic.twitter.com/bu1LOVkNTK
— ?? Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) November 7, 2022

Ukraine needs drones. Air, surface and underwater. Professional and amateur. For reconnaissance purposes and other tasks. @MarkHamill, ambassador for #united24 and the #armyofdrones, reiterated this in an interview with Piers Morgan.#dronate pic.twitter.com/rVxGGS4hgu
— U24 (@U24_gov_ua) November 7, 2022

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Ryuu96 on 08 November 2022

1,500 new graves have been dug at a mass burial site near Mariupol, according to an analysis of new satellite images carried out for the BBC. Ukrainian officials believe that at least 25,000 people were killed in the fighting in Mariupol, and 5K-7K of them died under the rubble pic.twitter.com/NlNPLX2Fgb
— Iuliia Mendel (@IuliiaMendel) November 7, 2022

Yesterday in Astrakhan, Russia, for unknown reasons, a ship caught on fire in the port.
By an interesting coincidence, Iranian drones are being delivered through the port of Astrakhan for the war in Ukraine.

(An article on Iranian drones supply chain attached) https://t.co/u0nxQ1qIYg pic.twitter.com/E1pkMKgKa7
— Special Kherson Cat ??? (@bayraktar_1love) November 8, 2022

Russian telegram author who previously spoke about losses at Pavlivka, put another update saying he believes the losses are far higher than reported by MoD, mentioning large tank losses.
He expects public outcry when the battle is over and surviving mobiks return. pic.twitter.com/K1kSftthDE
— Dmitri (@wartranslated) November 7, 2022

Major General Tetiana Ostashchenko, Commander of the ?? Medical Forces, is the first woman to become a general in #UAarmy.
She makes every effort to save the life of every wounded warrior. Because we value every single one of our people.#UAGenerals pic.twitter.com/hWmLaxR2R1
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) November 8, 2022

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Ryuu96 on 08 November 2022

According to Agafonov’s estimates, only 130 draftees out of the 570 survived the Ukrainian attack, which would make it the deadliest known incident involving conscripts since the start of the mobilisation drive at the end of September.

‘We Were Completely Exposed’: Russian Conscripts Say Hundreds Killed in Attack | Russia | The Guardian

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Ryuu96 on 08 November 2022

A Russian aircraft secretly transported the cash and 2 models of munition - a British NLAW anti-tank missile, a US Javelin anti-tank missile & a Stinger anti-aircraft missile - to an airport in Tehran in the early hours of 20 August, the source said speaking anonymously.
— Deborah Haynes (@haynesdeborah) November 8, 2022

The source said they could give Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) the ability to study Western technology and potentially copy it. "They will probably be reverse-engineered and used in future wars," the source said.
— Deborah Haynes (@haynesdeborah) November 8, 2022

Kremlin cheerleaders hope Republicans win big in the midterms.

"Trump generates a lot of hatred in America’s society... the more they hate each other, the better it is for us."

"We trust and believe in the Republicans. Do we even have any other allies?"https://t.co/qHm17yPmZA
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) November 8, 2022

Ukrainian forces hit and inflicted significant damage on a big convoy of Russian forces heading south from Snihurivka.
— WarMonitor?? (@WarMonitor3) November 8, 2022

Russian state TV presenter Olga Skabeyeva: Go on, please tell us about all the villages we're about to take!

War correspondent Dmitry Steshin: Olga, we're advancing 3cm a day... pic.twitter.com/avjOlbOnQc
— Francis Scarr (@francis_scarr) November 8, 2022

Rybar channel claims that today Ukrainian forces managed to move by 2km deeper beyond Dudchany in Kherson area and establish a foothold.https://t.co/BU1a0kpBJO pic.twitter.com/x9iDMMiwsQ
— Dmitri (@wartranslated) November 8, 2022

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Ka-pi96 on 09 November 2022

Ryuu96 said:

90% of Ukrainians believe that in 10 years time, Ukraine will be a prosperous EU country.

Even more stunning 96% are ready for temporary material difficulties to achieve it.

The determination of Ukrainians only continues to amaze.
https://t.co/vdeZhhVrd8
— Matti Maasikas (@MattiMaasikas) November 7, 2022

Makes sense. 10 years may be a bit optimistic, but I can certainly see it happening sooner or later!

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Cueil on 09 November 2022

Anyone paying attention to demographics and geopolitics knows that Russia is running out of time and military might. They need to shorten the gap in their country NOW if they want to be able to defend it in the future. This is something everyone knew was going to happen eventually and we are just lucky that the Russians are just inept now as they were in WWII... only with far fewer people. I'm a firm believer in Peter Ziehan's view on this particular issue. This is only the beginning, of course, and if the US pulls out even more from the Global Commons we'll see thing spiral faster out of control. A billion people may die in the next 20-30 years. If you're living in a country that doesn't have to import food (France and US) You're probably going to be alright.

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Ryuu96 on 09 November 2022

Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu has ordered his troops to retreat to the Dnipro river's right bank – meaning they are surrendering Kherson, the only provincial capital captured during the invasion.

This had been coming, but is a *huge* setback. https://t.co/tQVkAdgxce
— max seddon (@maxseddon) November 9, 2022