- #Russia's "offensive operations remain reduced in scope and scale", despite "false claims of success" aimed at a domestic audience.
- #Ukraine has shortened and straightened its defensive lines since Lysychansk fell, and has been able to slow RU down
President Zelensky's Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak says the National Defense Authorization Act approved by the #US House of Representatives includes $100m for training programs for #Ukraine's pilots with F-15s and F-16s, which should take about three months.
Satellite images show a #Russian delegation visiting #Iran to view unmanned weapons-capable drones that could be purchased for use in the war in Ukraine, a senior #US official said. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Col. Oleg Korotkevich, the acting commander of #Russia's 41st Army, met with soldiers' families and told them that though Putin could call off the war on #Ukraine tomorrow, this would involve retreating "like a beaten dog", so Russia must "stay and fight".
Further suggestive evidence of what always seemed likely: #Russia deliberately murdered the #British aid worker Paul Urey in eastern #Ukraine. It was known when they abducted him that he was in ill-health, and they denied him access to medicine.
Thread: 18 July 2022: Day 145 of #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine
Latest @DefenceHQ update: #Russia has been using troops flagged as "Wagner" in the recent fighting in Popasna and Lysyschansk to hold down the official casualty figures. To make up manpower, recruitment standards have been lowered, including recruiting criminals from prisons.
#Saudi purchases of #Russia's energy products has increased
"I might not be the slickest presenter". Some self awareness from Liz Truss. #ToryLeadershipDebate
Truss quoting Reagan and running a campaign "about the future". I think she's perfectly fine to do the job, but goodness she is not a great communicator. #ToryLeadershipDebate
Badenoch going hard at Tugendhat for never having to make government decisions as a counter to his "clean break" pitch. Interested to see how that lands. #ToryLeadershipDebate
- #Russia is trying to reinforce defensive lines in the occupied south-east
- #Ukraine applying pressure around occupied Kherson, signs of an impending counter-offensive, which is likely what has provoked the Russian defensive moves.
Thread: 11 July 2022: Day 138 of #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine
Latest @DefenceHQ update: #Russia continues shelling the Donbas, but the territorial advances are incremental and the strain of sustaining combat operations is exacerbating all the problems in the Army, especially personnel. #Ukraine is pressuring the Russian line in Kherson.
A lot in this: Jordan Peterson was always most useful as a nudge in the culture - away from the "new atheist" rationalists, toward the wisdom of inherited Christianity, and the need for solutions to the "father hunger" - rather than a substantive answer. rebelwisdom.substack.com/p/what-happene…
#pt: "There seems to be something of a ... splitting off of those who were initially attracted to [Jordan Peterson as] a nuanced and fascinating thinker on religion and culture, and those who were mainly attracted to him as a culture war political fighter."
#pt: "It's undeniable that Peterson's philosophy, and the way he broke it down ... has helped thousands, if not millions of people. The mainstream portrayal of him always failed to acknowledge ... [the] testimonies from people saying how his work had saved their lives"