Ukraine

My post from Sep 16th.........

"Reports indicate that over the last few months the Ukrainians have managed to put together three full divisions. One of those divisions headed the offensive around Kherson. The second had spectacular success in the North East......the third has yet to be deployed. Where are they?
My money is a central drive to retake Mariupol and Melitopol and break the land bridge between the Crimea and Russia. If this were to happen we'd see half the Russian army cut off from their supply route. Now, that would be interesting."

This is still my preferred option as it will leave Kherson untenable for the Russians.

Nobby, heard the following reported -
Russian soldiers by the thousand are now making use of the Ukrainian State "Hochu Zhit" program that provides them with a secure phone number and instructions on how to safely surrender.
Yesterday it was the busiest day ever for the scheme.
Are you hearing the same? Not sure how they would get access or be able to call so not sure if it falls into disinformation category.
But I bet those recent conscripts will not be happy if seasoned troops are failing and dying.

First off, I'd just like to say what a magnificent job the Ukrainians are doing. I cannot praise them highly enough.
But the work the US and the UK are doing will be pretty revealing once this is all over. They have both utilized their full spectrum of background intelligence work to help the Ukes. There is no doubt that they are feeding the Ukes with every scrap on Intel they get. One of the most interesting things was right at the very start, or in fact before it started. The US/UK were telling everyone it was going to happen. Right up until the last minute even the Ukes refused to believe them. Nobody did. The US/UK even knew when it was going to start and when they issued the date there must have been panic in the upper echlons of the Russian command, as in reality it started about a week later. This was a clear message to the Russians that we had somehow penetrated them. It was actually an attempt to get them to stop ie. "look, we know when you will attack, we know where you will attack, we know your plans!" But as we know the Russians carried on regardless. However, I bet it resulted in some form of mini purge around the Kremlin as whoever was leaking stuff was hunted.
Next, google "Rivet Joint". This is another major project at information gathering. Once again I'm pretty sure that most of what is intercepted is going to the Ukes.
I know for a fact that if you see the number plate of any Russian military vehicle, then the intelligence bods can identify which unit it belongs to. This is important for identifying which units are where on the battlefield. In fact, this is open source information if you know where to look.
Then there is the satellite coverage. We have seen the satellite photos from small commercial companies. Remember that long column of Russian vehicles heading for Kyiv? If a small commercial company can produce that from a satellite the size of a shoebox then you have to wonder just what the military have up there and what are the capabilities!

There is a lot more but I will not talk about it on here.

So, to answer your question, yes. Psyops is a vital part of any war, especially in this digital age.

Ukraine apartment buildings hit by missile attacks

Summary

Missiles hit residential buildings before dawn in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia - the capital of a region illegally annexed by Russia.

At least two people were killed, and others remain trapped under rubble, the regional governor says; Russia has not commented.

At least three further explosions have been heard by our correspondent in the city.

The attacks come after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he expected the situation to "stabilise" in Ukrainian regions claimed by Moscow.

Meanwhile, President Zelensky says Ukraine's counter-offensive is continuing to gain ground, stating that Kyiv had taken back more villages.

British Prime Minister Liz Truss will join other leaders in Prague today for the first meeting of a new European "club of nations".

Russia is not invited to the event - at which Zelensky is expected to give an opening video address.


Stay in shelters, urges Zaporizhzhia governor


The Zaporizhzhia governor has urged residents of the region's capital city to stay in shelters - posting on Telegram to announce "another enemy missile attack".

Oleksandr Starukh earlier warned of the possibility of repeat strikes following blasts before dawn which he says killed at least two people.

Just watched a video of that. Quite something.

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That's brilliant

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It's the Russian mindset I'm afraid. They can threaten, arrest or kill their own people so why can't they do the same to anyone else? Don't forget that it was Putin who ordered the bombing of the apartment blocks in Moscow and used it as a prelude to the war in Chechnya. If he's prepared to that to his own people.........
His troops are under pressure and slowly falling back. They need all the help they can get, but then Russia wastes 81 expensive missiles on pointless targets in civilian areas which a/ provide no help for their troops, and b/ actually toughens the resistance of the Ukrainian people. It makes no sense, but then again not much the Russians do make any sense.

Expect more Uke success soon. The pattern is that they make a breakthrough, exploit it to the max, and then take the time to consolidate, restock, refresh and reinforce ready for the next move. They are very careful not to overextend themselves which will leave them vulnerable to a counter-attack. During this lull period, they tend to 'shape the battlefield' and this appears to be what they are doing now. Multiple Russian ammunition dumps/warehouses/train stations have been hit in the last five days. This will disrupt the already poor Russian logistics system. The Ukes do not want a slow drawn out conflict with both sides slogging it out. If that were to happen, Russia would win. They need to remain dynamic, agile and swift, but they know that.

Yes there are. Unfortunately it is one of the weapons systems that is not being sent to the Ukrainians. There are some systems, like the German Gepard, that has been supplied but only 15 units have been sent. There is a reluctance by the West to send the top range kit. My opinion is that the politicians want to degrade the Russian military, but they are fearful of humiliating Russia. They want Russia to lose, but not too badly as the fear of going nuclear hangs over everyone. With that in mind most of the kit sent tends to be older stuff. Cruise missiles are sub-sonic. They are not that quick and fly low. With enough of the right equipment it can be quite easy to intercept them.