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This is interesting- perhaps a new approach to combat the meat waves: Haven't seen this tactic mentioned

It'll catch up with them eventually and this is just the beginning "The [russian] authorities explained with shocking frankness why people cried out for help for several hours and were burned alive without receiving it during the fire in Fryazino [near Moscow]. The reason is the low salaries of firefighters and emergency workers. Nobody wants to work and risk their lives for 40-60 thousand rubles. Everyone has gone to the front; they promise 200. By the way, the building is on fire again." Former Wagner PMC member Vladislav Zamkov returned to the town of Pitkyaranta, Republic of Karelia, Russia, and showed the state of the town. According to Zamkov, he killed more than 200 people in the war, and his apartment was taken away from him for debt. Now he, his wife and three children are homeless and owe the Putin regime more than a million rubles. "What did I fight for? Why did I kill people I didn't know at all? I came to another country and conducted these operations there. I killed more than two hundred people. Why did I take their lives and bring grief to their families? So that I could return to my country and find myself useless?" Zamkov asks. Why do they always come up with these questions after they go to another independent country to kill and loot?

I can't believe they still have some of those Azovstal guys. Translation of the full video from the Ukrainian soldier who killed 2 Russians with a grenade after narrowly escaping one himself

The US is close to lifting the ban on US military contractors in Ukraine to help with maintenance and repairs of US systems. https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/25/politics/biden-administration-american-military-contractors-ukraine/index.html

What are the odds? I hate not being able to edit embeds on mobile.

I believe this is the consensus on the cause of the civilian deaths in Crimea. Russia is of course feigning shock and horror after they (intentionally) hit a large residential building in Ukraine a couple days ago. Russian air defense reportedly shot down an ATACMS cluster munitions variant in occupied Sevastopol 2 days ago. The amount of submunitions hitting the water/beach and how they are dispersed (wider than usual) seems to confirm the missile was downed. This beach is only 5km away from Belbek Military Airbase, actively used by Russia. Russian authorities reported that 4 people were killed and 153 injured although that cannot be concluded from this footage.

The EU remains very pro Ukraine- just elected probably the most staunch supporter of Ukraine to the to foreign affairs position- much to Putin's dismay. Juicy. On June 21, 2024, a strike was carried out on the 726th Air Defense Training Center in Yeysk, Krasnodar Krai, by two cruise missiles, likely R-360 "Neptune." The center, which trains personnel to use various UAVs, suffered significant damage. The strike killed instructors and technical personnel from Yelabuga, destroyed ~20 Shahed-136 attack UAVs, ~50 Lancet attack UAVs, and ~40 ZALA reconnaissance UAVs. There is no reported information about military personnel casualties.

Money talks: Serbia has sharply increased its military production, and its defense enterprises have switched to working in three shifts to produce weapons that go to Ukraine, sources familiar with the situation in Belgrade told Kommersant. According to them, this happened two years ago, immediately after the start of the full-scale invasion of the Russian army in Ukraine. During this time, Kiev received 800 million euros worth of weapons from Belgrade, but not directly, but through intermediaries, the Financial Times found out . “Yes, we export our weapons. We cannot export to Ukraine or Russia, but we have many contracts with Americans, Spaniards, Czechs and others. What they do with it in the end is their business,” Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told the newspaper. According to him, even if he knew for sure who the Serbian weapons ultimately ended up with, it “wouldn’t concern him.” He noted that Belgrade today has a “golden opportunity, since its weapons are cheaper than Western ones” and Serbian arms exports could grow even more. Before this, the Reuters agency wrote about the supply of Serbian weapons to Ukraine , which published a secret Pentagon document entitled “Europe: a response to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.” It followed that Serbia, although it refused to train the Ukrainian military, agreed to supply weapons to Ukraine or “has already supplied them.” The then-current Minister of Defense of the country, Milos Vucevic, responded to this by saying that “Serbia has not sold and will not sell weapons to either the Ukrainian or Russian sides.” “Someone obviously wants to destabilize our country and drag it into a conflict in which we will not participate,” he said. As Kommersant’s sources explained, the Serbian authorities in this situation “are primarily afraid of a harshly negative reaction from Moscow,” which previously expressed concern about arms supplies to Ukraine. “If the Serbs knew that weapons were coming to Ukraine even through third countries, this cannot be regarded as a friendly step,” said Vladimir Dzhabarov, head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs. Moreover, after the start of the war, the Serbian authorities repeatedly declared support for the territorial integrity of Ukraine and voted at the UN for several resolutions “condemning Russian aggression against Ukraine.” However, Belgrade has not yet joined the US and EU sanctions against Russia.

Ukrainian somehow not taken out by the grenade gets 3 Russians with his grenade Video of the soldier describing the situation cannot be embedded for some reason: https://x.com/albafella1/status/1804879630672765203?t=guzgf5SsU26x9nQ2ZdW2Qg&s=19

Awesome

^I'm not convinced those aren't just normal-looking Russians. Helps explain why they're still able to recruit. Gotta hit them financially to take away their largest advantage and main weapon (people).

A source of at last some of the ammo from undisclosed countries

Okay I take it back, NK should continue providing weapons to Russia

It wasn't divided through all of 22 and most of 23. The training, and timely provision of F16s, ATACMS, tanks, and air defense would've all been very helpful for the offensive, but instead every one of those followed the pattern of "no way"... 6 months... "we're considering it"... 3 months... "okay, with limitations"... 3 months... provisions finally arrive or training commences.

Between these 2 developments, I'm hoping good things are still to come for UUUU: U.S. Senate passes bill to support advanced nuclear energy deployment https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-senate-passes-bill-support-advanced-nuclear-energy-deployment-2024-06-19/ Energy Fuels (UUUU) Appoints Director to Grow REE Business https://finance.yahoo.com/news/energy-fuels-uuuu-appoints-director-151100541.html Energy Fuels Inc. UUUU announced that it appointed Debra Bennethum to the Energy Fuels Management Team as director of Critical Minerals & Strategic Supply Chain , who is expected to focus on growing its rare earth elements (REE) business. The company announced last week that it achieved commercial production of “on spec” separated rare earth elements at its wholly-owned White Mesa Mill in Utah. Energy Fuels' new "Phase 1" REE separation circuit can generate around 850-1,000 metric tons of separated neodymium-praseodymium ("NdPr") per year, making it one of the world's largest commercial REE separation circuits, with the exception of China. The integration of REE separation technologies has had no effect on the mill's uranium production capacity, with a uranium processing campaign scheduled for the third quarter of 2024. In the second quarter of 2024, UUUU expects to produce 25-35 tons of on-spec, separated NdPr. Following the NdPr production, Energy Fuels will concentrate on uranium production, with a projected output of 150,000-500,000 pounds of triuranium octoxide in 2024 and higher in 2025. Bennethum's background is expected to give Energy Fuels essential knowledge and experience as she fills a critical role in the company's REE sales and marketing operations. Debra Bennethum, a chemical engineer, previously worked as the EV Critical Minerals Manager in General Motors' GM Global Purchasing and Supply Chain Division . Bennethum oversaw supply strategies at GM to ensure the resilience of EV important mineral supply chains, which included REEs for permanent magnet and battery critical minerals. She also handled more than $1.5 billion in investment projects, working with technical and internal stakeholders to boost GM's supply chains. Energy Fuels anticipates Debra Bennethum, as a director, to establish relationships with original equipment manufacturers and other customers while negotiating supply, offtake and other agreements for the company's REE products. Her expertise will aid the company in considering REE collaborations in metal, alloy and magnet production, as well as analyzing and potentially pursuing government financing and other support

I wonder if it's around this point that a surreal feeling sets in for Putin and he realizes this is his new reality and what has become of his life and country due entirely to his own decision making. Probably not.

Smart. And a good sign

More info on the new Russian push: Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade warns of Russian attempt to capture Borova in Kharkiv Oblast https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-3rd-assault-brigade-warns-of-russian-attempt-to-capture-borova-kharkiv-oblast

I saw that. Very disturbing, but makes you wonder if our intelligence agencies had something to do with it being exposed. There are still lots of tweets up with this text, even after some of the bot accounts were deleted. Here's a translation:

Possibly a new offensive DeepState reports that Russian forces have built up significant military strength to attack Borova. From Raihorodka to Novovodyane, approximately 10,000 personnel and 450 pieces of heavy equipment, including 200 artillery systems, have been amassed. The 3rd Brigade is currently defending against these forces. Last year, Russia also tried to attack in this area but at some point they halted operations without achieving success.