Slaughter imminent?

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/oUobOw-Kp4I" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/oUobOw-Kp4I</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUobOw-Kp4I

[Truman62]

We've been waiting over a year.

How Imminent is YOUR Imminent?

Dictionary says Imminent is at any moment.

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Wow, you don't understand that in Ukraine, the slaughter is constant!

Thank you for bumping up this thread!

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/iBFgG65FLW0" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/iBFgG65FLW0</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBFgG65FLW0

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Key Takeaways:

• Ukrainian drone strikes deep within Russia continue to pressure Russia's air defense umbrella and force the Russian military command to prioritize allocating limited air defense assets to cover what it deems to be high-value targets.
  
• Ukrainian forces continue targeting Russian air defense systems in occupied Ukraine and in Russia’s border areas to set conditions to field F-16 fighter jets following their anticipated Summer-Fall 2024 arrival to Ukraine.
  
• The Russian 235th Garrison Military Court released former 58th Combined Arms Army (CAA) Major General Ivan Popov from pre-detention on July 15 center and placed him under house arrest until October 11.
  
• Armenian police detained another Russian citizen in Armenia, likely at the request of Russian authorities, amid deteriorating Armenian-Russian political and security relations.
  
• An investigation by Russian opposition outlet The Bell found that approximately 650,000 people left Russia following the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and have not returned.
  
• Russian forces recently advanced northwest of Avdiivka.
  
• The Russian government is continuing to improve Russia's bureaucratic mobilization and conscription systems.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-16-2024

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/8HP1WSwHfW4" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/8HP1WSwHfW4</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HP1WSwHfW4

Key Takeaways:

• Russian state news outlets editorialized comments by Russian Security Council Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev and claimed that he said that the Ukrainian state will no longer exist by 2034, likely to support the Kremlin's efforts to prepare the Russian public for a long war in Ukraine while promising that Russia will complete its objective to destroy Ukrainian statehood within a decade.
  
• Russian officials continue to seize on diplomatic meetings with European states to create the impression that Russia is normalizing its relations with the West and claim that there is limited Western support for Russia.
  
• Russia and India continue to strengthen their bilateral relationship amid reports of ongoing Russian weapons exports to India.
  
• Russia and Ukraine exchanged 95 prisoners of war (POWs) each in a one-to-one POW exchange on July 17.
  
• Kremlin officials continue attempts to curry favor with Russian ultranationalists by appealing to anti-migrant animus despite such appeals generating tensions with the Russian government’s efforts to execute the Kremlin's wider migration policy.
  
• Ukrainian forces regained positions south of Toretsk, and Russian forces recently advanced north of Kharkiv City and near Kupyansk, Svatove, Avdiivka, and Vuhledar.
  
• Russia's crypto-mobilization campaign continues to generate increasing financial costs for the Russian government.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-17-2024

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Russia's Medvedev Says Ukraine Joining NATO Would Mean War!

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said the accession of Ukraine to NATO would be a declaration of war against Moscow and only "prudence" on behalf of the alliance could prevent the planet being shattered into pieces.

The leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation pledged at their summit last week to support Ukraine on an "irreversible path to full Euro-Atlantic integration, including NATO membership," but left open when that membership could happen.

Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council and a leading voice among the Kremlin's hawks, told the news outlet "Argumenty I Fakty" (Russian language site) that Ukraine's membership would go beyond a direct threat to Moscow's security.

https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/russia-ukraine-nato/2024/07/16/id/1172814/

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Key Takeaways:

• Ukrainian forces reportedly struck a Russian coast guard base in occupied Crimea on the night of July 17 to 18.
  
• European countries continue to display their commitment to Ukraine and unity in the face of Russian aggression.
  
• Rosgvardia made an unprecedented proposal on July 17 to grant Russian Central Bank leadership the right to carry automatic weapons and handguns.
  
• Kremlin officials continue to expand the geographic scope of Russia's proposed alternative "Eurasian security architecture."
  
• The US continues efforts to build out a partnership with Armenia, sparking critical reactions from Kremlin officials.
  
• Russian forces recently marginally advanced along the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line and near Kharkiv City, Toretsk, Avdiivka, and Hulyaipole.
  
• Russian officials continue efforts to expand the Russian Armed Forces' training capacity and address force generation issues.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-18-2024

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/HksjaxLojcg" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/HksjaxLojcg</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HksjaxLojcg

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Key Takeaways:

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated the importance of developing an international consensus for pursuing peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
  
• Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban appears to be augmenting several Russian information operations amid continued efforts to present himself as a possible future mediator between Russia and Ukraine.
  
• New United Kingdom (UK) Defense Secretary John Healey stated on July 19 that Ukraine can use UK-provided weapons to strike military targets in Russia, despite previous reports that the UK had not permitted Ukraine to use UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles to strike military targets within Russia.
  
• The Kremlin is reportedly concerned about the long-term social and political implications of Russian veterans returning from the war in Ukraine.
  
• The Russian government is reportedly considering stricter measures to directly censor critical voices on Russian social media.
  
• Russian authorities continue to propose stricter migration legislation as Russia's ultranationalists continue to espouse xenophobic rhetoric and complain about the Russian government's perceived lenient migration policy.
  
• Russian forces recently advanced near Siversk, Toretsk, and Avdiivka.
  
• Disorganization continues to plague Russian efforts to integrate personnel who served in Russian proxy forces in occupied Ukraine into the Russian military bureaucracy.

https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-19-2024

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/BnbLnOFYfJI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/BnbLnOFYfJI</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnbLnOFYfJI

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42.4Kviews Denys Davydov, edited  06:56

Russian Darwin award winners!

https://t.me/s/pilotblog