Mamoulian War

In the Kharkiv region Ukrainian offensive is now concentrated around Balaklia, and because Kharkiv is practically impossible to conquer, they left only minimum troops guarding it, just to be able to maintain stalemate. And around Kherson and in Zaporizhia Oblast, the attack made there are primarily to lure out some Russian troops out of Luhansk Cauldron. When you compare how the map looked like after Russia left Kyiv two months ago, the Russia made only minimal gains. Ukraine took some land and is now concentrated on stalemate, until more of the stuff from land-lease arrives, while doing as much damage to Russian troops as possible. And yes a lot of Ukrainian troops die as well, but still less than in Russian army. And then, there is as much sabotage as possible at Russian and occupied soil to hinder their GLOCs as much as possible.

Well, there have been a lot of attacks on Russian and occupied soil in last few days. 7 ammunition warehouses blown up in DNR, something has expolded in Simferopol in Crimea, 2 occupied Russian gas/oil rigs blown up in Black Sea, one big warehouse and command center near Kharkiv, and a lot of kabooms around Belgorod.

Well, even the operation in the east is not much more successful, than the operation around the Kyiv. The "funny" thing is, that the Russia is doing the same mistakes as Germans in WW2 while storming the Ukraine. They are able to seize only small villages, from which Ukrainian army retreats, with the exception of Izyum (oh the irony) and Mariupoľ. The current invasion in Luhansk is going so bad, that it initiated another Purge at the Army leadership. Also in the east, the military units of the Russian army has been so decimated, that the leading force of the attack is now Wagner and Rosgvardia. The conventional Russian military units are just to decimated, including their officer ranks, that they are no longer feasible to execute the required offensive tasks in required power. Also, there are more and more ads around Russia for recruitment of officers, due to them being utterly decimated... 750+ are confirmed by their family members and city officials at their home cities... The theoretical number must be even more terrifying for the functioning of the Russian army. Also there are reports, that new reservists are deployed to the front just after a few days of training... Which says pretty much a lot about how bad the operation is going for Russia despite gaining ground in some small villages on flat land, which is impossible to defend by UA... https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-21

And you are again forgetting, that here are a lot of people who lived in Soviet Occupied territories for more than a decade, who experienced more than a ****load of these so called "terrible crimes against the west" perpetrated by Soviets/Russians first hand... especially people like bugarup, who lives in Baltics...

With the confirmed report that the largest tank producing/repairing facility in Russia/World had to be shut down due to lack of western components to produce more, I'd guess few years if not a decade, if the sanctions status quo remains the same as now. Because even Chinese IT companies are leaving Russian market, and are not willing to risk the fallout of circumventing the sanctions.

Oh and I have just found out the info about current state of vehicle losses for Russia in 4 months. I Putin still issues a threats all around the world, especially to Kazakhstan, who laughed to Putin's face in St. Petersburgh when talked about Luhansk and Donetsk recognition.

Th thing is, Lithuania is still upholding the order per the treaty between EU and Russia. They did not stop the transport of passengers, nor any goods, which are not on sanction list. And if Russia want to send some of their own microprocessors to their exclave , they can still use their ship lines from St. Petersburg Oh and as another counter-argument here is and example how Russia's view on upholding the order looks like

That one is pretty old news, from all of the sources which I have found about this, it looks like, the news is that they are running out of Soviet Era ammunition, which they had on stock before the war. After the war, this ammunition was donated by most of the eastern european NATO countries, so they should be safe for some more time. And they are starting to stockpile the new NATO standard ammunition. Also, Ukraine would be completely stupid, if they would not manufacture this kind of munitions somewhere in the Western Ukraine, or made a deal about it with Poland or other eastern european country.

Looks like the bombardment of Snake Island is legit. According to pro-russian blogger rybar at 4am local time a people of Odessa region reported at least 35 ruptures at Snake Island. Translation of his post: " Today, at 4 o'clock in the morning, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began a fire defeat of the island: tactical aviation and artillery are working on the objects of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Ukrainian media reported that local residents of the Odessa region heard at least 35 ruptures from Zmeiny."

Ok some interesting news I have found today: Russia already in recession. "To summarise, the recession in April has already impacted two-thirds of the regions. At the same time, there are no grounds to believe that the lower point of decline has already been reached". This one is still unconfirmed, please take it with a grain of salt. Although the Harpoon hit against their supply tug boat few days ago might have been the start of something bigger around Snake Island. And the confirmed losses of Russian officers have already surpassed 750 bodies... Also Kazakh president on St. Petersburgh economic forum has made a statement, that Kazakhstan will never recognize the DNR and LNR independence. Right after that, Putin already issued threats to all CSE countries, that they are either with them, or they will end up as Ukraine as well... Pretty strong words for a leader of an Army which is struggling in a small area in Luhansk so much that there are increased reports, that the Russian servicemen are attacking their officers

I would rather recommend you to go little bit more south to Costa Rica or Panama. To much risk of lead poisoning in Mexico as well

Well, have you expected anything less from Lithuania, after there was a law presented in Duma, that the declaration of their independence from Soviet Union is invalid?

You just described how Game "journalism" works nowadays. Congratulations

Heroes Chapters and Heroes 4 from GOG during the summer sale

And playthrough number 4 of Journey on my PS3 is behind me. Again, I was trying to meet some more companions for the Wonder trophy today, while getting the last glyph. This time, I was lucky with the glyph, but unlucky with the companions. Only two of them met today. Two online trophies to go.

I did it this morning, and it did not help this time unfortunately

****, after three days, the wheel is dead again... this time, with completely different issue... I am soooo pissed off now... I'll go play Journey to chill a little bit... why it always happen on Sunday, when there is absolutely no chance to get the hold of the support...

Ok guys, sorry for forcing you to read that garbage, I have finally found the original transcript of the interview. The above "news" completely snippet their words out of context... The whole transcript is here: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/opinions_196300.htm?selectedLocale=en And these are the sentences, which were ripped apart out of context:

hello Nordic friends @xzar_monty , @Azdeus , @Elerond , @Gorth (did I forget to tag someone? :P) and @kanisatha, have you seen the interview of Stoltenberg with Finish president, which name, I am unable to remember ? Is what I read in this article legit? https://national-conservative.com/nato-sec-gen-jens-stoltenberg-suggests-ukraine-compromise-and-cede-territory-to-russia/ Or is this some american antibiden outlet? The only transcripts which, I've found was about them discussing Turkiye's security concerns.

I think there was a video from paramedic in Mariupol posted here as well. She has been released few days ago from Russian captivity where she was since mid-March. https://t.me/ukrpravda_news/19237

One guy from simracing community made me a plan for the aluminum DIY simrig in CAD, and I have ordered all required stuff in Motedis. Three weeks later, I have started to build it by myself. Took me two days, in which my wife learned, that I can use a very colourful palette of swearwords

The wheel, which I am currently testing for a possible cooperation on a project with a Driving School, is Fanatec DD1 Formula 1. And Fanatec Clubsport Pedals v3. Berfore that I have used like 6 years Logitech Driving force GT, and 4 years Logitech G29. TMX Pro seems like a solid entry level for start with Simracing "career" if you want to know, if games like ACC will be enough fun to justify little bit more spending to "upgrade your immersion". If you will enjoy ACC enough to be willing to get little bit more out of it, go for the upgrade of your pedals first This is the biggest upgrade you can do and is probably a cheapest one. And this is the only upgrade, which in the end, can make a difference on your speed. Everything else in Simracing is mostly just for the fluff Oh and you should plan your upgrades always in 3-5 years advance If you decide to upgrade one day, and decide to stay long term in Thrustmater "environment", this is definitely the best upgrade you can get https://www.thrustmaster.com/en-us/products/t-lcm-pedals/ Anyway, as I said, first you need to decide, if it gives you enough fun over games like Forza on gamepad, and if yes, you can send me any questions regarding simracing, you'd have, and I'll be happy to give you an advice As I am slowly building up my own SimRig since 2019 This is my current setup, and it needs probably few more years to finish https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dOi8K3KER37oekKGu-jya4lqilFuDhz1/view?usp=sharing

@Darkpriest Different view on inflation data and rise of costs of living for EU, than from your sources. ECB has released few days ago a prediction for next 3 years, and the outcome, with all of the **** hitting the fan around with covid and russia, is not that dark, as your sources predict. TLDR: Inflation is projected to decrease to 3.5% in 2023 and 2.1% in 2024. https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/projections/html/ecb.projections202206_eurosystemstaff~2299e41f1e.en.html#toc7

And this has started to happen in Russia, there is growing discontent, a lot of pro-russian "telegramers" with hundreds of thousands of followers are already blaming Putin, and despite his assurance, how Russian economy and ruble is going strong, the people of Russia already know, that it is just a smelling heap of bull****, because they are already experiencing extreme inflation...

They announced, that they ran out of their own pre-war stock of soviet era shells. They still have hefty stock of them from Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Baltics, Romania and Bulgaria. And they are stockpiling on NATO standard ammunition day by day.