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Old 07-17-2023, 11:25 PM
 
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The grain deal is set to expire at midnight or has expired already. After the bridge attack, Putin has some difficult choices to make: please his domestic base or his African clients.

1. Cancel the grain deal and face potential retaliations from African nations. Russia has been expanding its influence there.

2. Extend the grain deal and face the wrath of Russian nationalists.

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Old 07-18-2023, 03:47 AM
 
Location: Port Charlotte FL
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update from the front...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnlXOJ33S94
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Old 07-18-2023, 05:35 AM
 
Location: Honolulu, HI
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The grain deal is set to expire at midnight or has expired already. After the bridge attack, Putin has some difficult choices to make: please his domestic base or his African clients.
Difficult? LOL, this is Russia, they just blew it up.
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Russia struck Ukraine's port of Odesa with missiles and drones on Tuesday, a day after pulling out of a U.N.-backed deal to let Kyiv export grain, and Ukrainian officials said Moscow was attempting to go back on the offensive in the east.
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Russian attacks on Ukraine's ports followed a pledge by Moscow to retaliate for blasts on Russia's road bridge to the occupied Crimean Peninsula, knocked out on Monday by what Moscow said were strikes by Ukrainian seaborne drones.
https://www.newarab.com/news/russia-...ng-export-deal

What part of "Russia is crazy" don't you folks seem to not understand? Look at the history or Russia and the history of Putin, and you just might learn something.
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Old 07-18-2023, 07:21 AM
 
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Great - Russia has 5 weeks max, so we'll check back in on this post on August 21 and celebrate the end!
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Old 07-18-2023, 07:28 AM
 
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Important: Lukashenka legalized Wagner PMC in Belarus

Alexander Lukashenko signed the law "On the People's Militia". According to the minister of defense of the republic, the law will enable unconscripted citizens to defend their country with weapons in their hands.

The draft law was adopted in the first reading by the deputies of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly at the end of May, when it was strange even to think about the appearance of many “unconscripted citizens” in the republic.

Immediately after, Lukashenka ratified an agreement with Russia on the creation and operation of combat training centers, it is obvious that these are links in the same chain and all this will legalize the appearance of Wagners on the territory of Belarus.

@wargonzo


https://t.me/yurasumy/9877
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Old 07-18-2023, 07:30 AM
 
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Great - Russia has 5 weeks max, so we'll check back in on this post on August 21 and celebrate the end!
Russians have expression: bred sivoy kobyly. Malignancy of a grey haired old mare. That's how they describe something beyond stupid and made up. That "5 weeks" thing is exactly that.
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Old 07-18-2023, 07:32 AM
 
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Yury Podolyak (https://t.me/yurasumy), journalist:

❓Is the enemy waiting for an attack on Kharkov?

▪️A month ago, I said that after we beat off the “counterattack” in the south, we would go on the offensive, naming the LPR and Kharkov region as the most likely directions. Here's a handy front configuration.

▪️Over the past month, the enemy has become exhausted in the south, we repelled three attacks in the Zaporozhye direction. The further, the more analogies with the Battle of Kursk. But if in the Battle of Kursk we repulsed the enemy’s offensive and went on the counteroffensive in the same place, then here, taking into account the nuances, we cannot simply copy the operation, we need to attack where it is convenient for us.

▪️Yesterday, in addition to the occupied height near Velikonovoselovsky, they created a bridgehead for an offensive to the Oskol reservoir. To the south, they crossed the Stallion River, took a height on its right bank. There is also an offensive from Torsky to Liman. That is, it goes in three directions, the front of the enemy is cracking. And these are not all the surprises that our command has prepared.

❓Does the enemy have the strength to resist our attack on Kharkov?

▪️Let's not get ahead of ourselves, as in the case of the Zaporozhye direction, which was discussed two months ago. Let's take it first, then we'll see.

▪️Preparation of the enemy, evacuation in both Kharkiv and Sumy regions are underway. Kupyansk has long been evacuated, the police do not even work there, as it was in Artyomovsk.

About attacks on the port infrastructure of Odessa and Nikolaev:

▪️This is not yet an answer for the Crimean bridge, this is the first sign. It is important for the enemy now to provoke us into strikes against civilian ships. In order to avoid these strikes and to give an adequate response for the Crimean bridge, it is necessary to destroy the infrastructure of the ports, and thus close the issue forever. Such strikes can be expected in the coming days.

❓Without the liberation of Odessa and Nikolaev, the security of Crimea cannot be guaranteed?

▪️Absolutely agree, all attacks come from the area of ​​the Odessa region: there is both a control center and a center for repairing and manning drones that hit Crimea.

Ostashko! Important //t.me/OstashkoNews)
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Old 07-18-2023, 07:35 AM
 
Location: Durham NC
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It looks like Odessa ( and Nikolaev?) ports have been hit this morning.
Comes as a shock to you? They're just getting started now.
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Old 07-18-2023, 08:31 AM
 
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Putin's mad. Says things may escalate.
Oh, Boy. Didn't mean to, like, p*ss him off. We're in for it now.
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Old 07-18-2023, 01:16 PM
 
Location: Oregon Coast
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At least the damage seems to be worse than it appeared at first. It will be shut down for at least 2 months. But I don't buy that the rail bridge was not the main target, or at least it should have been. The Russians can still get more supplies in by train then they can by truck on the road bridge. So this will not cut off Russian supplies.
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