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Lew Anno Support#Israel #Ukraine 24/2-22

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Jun 12

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"Russia's human resources are not unlimited":
- American general named "two critical areas" for Ukraine in the war

The aggressor country Russia does not take into account its own losses on the battlefield in Ukraine. However, its human resources are not unlimited, although the invaders can afford not to take into account losses for some time. Moreover, the occupiers are already finding it difficult to replace the losses of military specialists, especially junior officer commanders.
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Russian manpower losses in Ukraine exceed 1 million: minus 1,140 occupiers per day.
They also neutralized 331 units of Russian military equipment and weapons .

Over more than three years of full-scale war , the total losses (medical and irretrievable) of the occupation army personnel reached 1,000,340 servicemen . Updated data was published by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on June 12.
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The day before, Ukrainian soldiers neutralized 47 artillery systems (a total of 29,063), six tanks (10,933), three armored combat vehicles (22,786), and one air defense system (1,184) of the Russian occupation forces.

In the sky on the front line, the defenders shot down 138 Russian operational-tactical drones (40,435 in total), and on the ground, they burned 136 units of automotive equipment and tanker trucks (51,715).

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This is the opinion of former US President's National Security Advisor, retired US Army Lieutenant General Herbert Raymond McMaster.

He notes that the invaders will face the problem of human resources in the near future.
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“I know there’s a perception that Russia has an unlimited capacity to send people into this war the way they’re doing it now. I don’t think they’ll maintain that capability,” the former White House
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adviser said at a meeting in Washington dedicated to the history and future of Ukrainian soldiers, organized by the Borderlands Foundation

At the same time, he emphasized that the losses of junior command officers are especially noticeable for the Russians:

“We all know how difficult it is to restore command at this level.”

McMaster also noted that he has information about how new recruits in the Russian Federation undergo training for just three weeks before going to the front, where they are most likely simply killed or wounded.

Nevertheless, Russia's massive offensive at the cost of huge human casualties also leads to combat losses on the Ukrainian side.

"What to do about this? It is necessary to maintain support for Ukraine and provide a range of opportunities, in my opinion, in two critical areas," he emphasized.

First, Ukrainians need to be “protected from the constant onslaught of Russian drones and long-range strike weapons,”

- he said, referring primarily to a multi-layered air defense system.

- However, he added, it is also critical that Ukraine be able to “kill the archer himself, as well as shoot down the arrows he shoots,” as Ukrainian forces recently demonstrated during Operation Spiderweb.

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Jun 12

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The loss of even one MiG-31K is critical: what is known about Russia's ability to restore the carriers of the "Daggers"

The Russian Federation is unable to produce new MiG-31K aircraft, which are the carriers of the "Daggers". Therefore, any losses of this aircraft will be acute and critical for it.

This is reported by the Defense Express publication. The journalists add that at the beginning of last year, 2024, about 90 such interceptors were in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces and another 30 units were in service with the Russian Navy's naval aviation.

"During the full-scale war against Ukraine, the Russians made some efforts to even increase the MiG-31K fleet," the report says.

The journalists add that at the beginning of last year, 2024, about 90 such interceptors were in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces and another 30 units were in service with the Russian Navy's naval aviation.
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"During the full-scale war against Ukraine, the Russians made some efforts to even increase the MiG-31K fleet," the report says.

Journalists add that at the beginning of 2022, the Russian Federation had 12 aircraft of this type. But the 2024 edition of The Military Balance wrote about the possible presence of even up to 24 MiG-31Ks.

"It is also worth taking into account the reports of the appearance in the service of the Russian Aerospace Forces of aircraft of the MiG-31И "Ishim" type, which differ from the MiG-31K in the declared ability to supposedly automatically go to the launch point of the Kh-47M2 "Dagger" (on the MiG-31K, all operations must be performed essentially manually by a crew of two)," the article notes.

However, the base for expanding the MiG-31K and MiG-31I "Ishim" fleet could be a certain number of MiG-31s in storage, which as of 2018 was estimated to be in the range of 130 to 150 aircraft.

"However, this base could serve mainly as a 'spare parts graveyard' to maintain the fleet of MiG-31B/BM interceptors in service with the Russian Armed Forces," the article summarizes.

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Reference

The MiG-31 is a two-seat supersonic all-weather long-range fighter-interceptor dating back to Soviet times. It is a modernized version of the even older MiG-25 fighter. The letter "K" denotes a modification of the airframe to mount the Kinzhal aeroballistic missile.

In Russia, serial production of the MiG-31 ceased in 1993. A total of 500 serial copies were produced, of which only 150 units are actually in service at the moment. This at the same time demonstrates the rather low "endurance" of the MiG-31, along with the culture of serving a terrorist country.

It is the MiG-31K fighters that can carry the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missiles and are capable of launching them at a distance of 2,000 km.

During a full-scale Russian invasion, Russia often uses the MiG-31K as a tool of terror to intimidate the Ukrainian population and provoke prolonged airstrikes, which, according to the occupiers, temporarily paralyze a large part of Ukraine's territory due to the risk of a missile strike

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Jun 7

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@ZelenskyyUa responded to @realDonaldTrump:

- Russia and Ukraine are not "children" fighting in the park, Putin "is a murderer"

Trump recently compared the largest war in Europe since World War II between Ukraine and the Russian Federation to "a fight between children in a park." Zelenskyy reacted to this strange "metaphor."
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The head of state said that it was not about "children in the park", but about a "murderer" who came to kill children. Zelensky said this in an interview with ABC.
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"We are not children with Putin on a playground in the park. He is a murderer who came to this park to kill children," the President of Ukraine noted.

During a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump compared Russia's bloody full-scale war against Ukraine to "a fight between two kids" who are hitting each other "like crazy." According to the US president, "sometimes it's better to let them fight a little bit" before pulling them apart.

Such a cynical comparison struck even Western journalists. So the interviewer who met with Zelensky asked whether, in his opinion, Trump even understands the suffering the Ukrainian people are experiencing as a result of Russian aggression.

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Zelensky responded to Trump's "metaphor."

"We are not children with Putin on a playground in the park. He is a murderer who came to this park to kill children," the President of Ukraine noted.

The Head of State also spoke about a conversation with a Ukrainian who lost his wife and three children in an instant as a result of a Russian missile strike and whose existence has been filled with boundless pain ever since.

"He didn't mention any statistics, numbers, or the number of blows. He simply said, 'Every morning when I wake up, I look for my family - in every corner of the apartment... I still think it was a nightmare... a bad dream,'" Zelenskyy recounted the words of the grieving father

According to Zelensky, the US president "could not fully feel and understand this pain."

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And it's not about President Trump, it's about any person who is not here in the country, thousands of miles away, [they] cannot fully feel and understand this pain," he said.

The President of Ukraine also emphasized that at the time of recording the interview, Russia had already killed 631 Ukrainian children. And the tactics of terror against civilians have become an invariable companion of the full-scale war unleashed by the Russian Federation.

Recall that after the massive combined attack by Russian troops on Ukrainian cities on June 6, Trump cynically accused Ukraine of the Russian strike .
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According to the US president, Ukraine is to blame for Russia again killing and wounding dozens of Ukrainians because it destroyed some of the planes with which Moscow has been bombing our country for the fourth year

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Jun 5

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"Russia is not preparing for peace": Palisa spoke in the US Senate about the situation on the front

Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Pavlo Palisa addressed US senators on behalf of the Ukrainian military on Wednesday, June 4. His goal was to support Senator Lindsey Graham's sanctions bill.

Palisa wrote about this on Facebook.
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He spoke about the situation on the front and emphasized that #Ukraine️ will not lose the war.

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"In 2024, the enemy captured only 0.5%, another 0.2% since the beginning of this year. But at the cost of 167 killed occupiers for every kilometer. This does not look like a "quick victory," the military man noted.

He also explained why Ukraine can no longer just shoot down Russian missiles - it needs to strike at their source.

The SBU's Operation "Web" became a symbol of the new quality of Ukrainian actions, as 41 Russian aircraft were hit in an hour, including DRLV aircraft.

Palisa also shared important intelligence with the Americans:

"Russia is not preparing for peace... Since 2022, Russia has received over 8.4 million artillery shells of aid. They are actively building anti-Western alliances, although they themselves talk about isolation," he wrote.

"My call is simple: remain vigilant and determined. Ukraine stands not only for itself - we are fighting for the same principles of freedom and justice as you. Thank you for the opportunity to convey the truth. The struggle continues!" - summed up the deputy head of the OP.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that partner countries should put pressure on Russia not only for the sake of Ukraine.

The war must be stopped now because otherwise the aggressor country will not stop on its own and will begin occupying the territories of other European countries - primarily #Poland, #Moldova, and the #Balticstates.

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"It could happen very quickly": Zelensky said that without pressure, Russia is capable of occupying Moldova and other Eastern European countries
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Jun 4

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"Toloka" or "Marichka": experts have determined what the SBU could have used to hit the Crimean bridge by placing 1,100 kg of explosives under the support.

On Tuesday, June 3, the Security Service of Ukraine conducted a third operation, during which the supports of the Crimean Bridge were damaged underwater .

The probable means of destruction could have been the #Toloka or #Marichka sea drones, as #Ukraine️ had previously developed such weapons.
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This is reported by Defense Express.
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Although, as the publication notes, the aforementioned drones are not the only possible option.

"The operation lasted several months. SBU agents mined the supports of this illegal facility. And today, without any casualties among the civilian population, at 4:44 am the first explosive device was activated!

The underwater supports of the supports were severely damaged at the bottom level - 1,100 kg of explosives in the TNT equivalent contributed to this. In fact, the bridge is in a state of emergency," the SBU emphasized .

It is extremely important to understand that the explosion was carried out on the bottom at a depth of about 10 meters. Therefore, there is no fire show, as in previous times. Also, the real condition of the support can be assessed after this only during diving work. Moreover, this also means the corresponding complexity of any repair work.

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An equally interesting question is the means by which the Crimean bridge was hit. Because the laying of more than 1 ton of explosives, and this is only the explosive substance itself, without the body, could hardly have been carried out with the help of swimmers. And in general, taking into account the operation "Website" using remotely controlled FPV drones to destroy Russian strategic bombers , one of the few options is the use of underwater drones.
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Jun 3

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Crash Putin’s $7-billion “red lines” aircraft — while Russia fights them back with sticks
Ukraine’s rise to drone powerhouse has unleashed an industry producing 4.5 million flying killers a year — forcing Russian troops into WWI-style desperation to dodge death from above every six minutes.

By: David Kirichenko
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Last year, Ukrainian military intelligence did what sounds like science fiction: they fed thousands of images of Russian jets into artificial intelligence systems, training machines to hunt and dive-bomb strategic bombers meant to launch nuclear annihilation.

On 1 June, those AI-trained killing machines proved they learned their lessons perfectly.

Ukrainian forces loaded homegrown drones into ordinary trucks, smuggled them deep into Russia’s rear, and unleashed mechanical predators that struck four airbases from the Arctic to Siberia — wiping out a $7 billion of Russia’s elite air force in a single day.
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With 41 aircraft reduced to wreckage — the largest single-day funeral for Russian aircraft since WWII — Putin’s elite “red lines” air threat that kept the West cowering for years would take decades to restore — if sanctions ever allow it.

Behind this massacre lies Ukraine’s domestic drone empire that has exploded from desperate start-ups into a $2.8 billion war machine in just three years — and it just launched the AI arms race that will haunt every future battlefield.
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(Soldiers from the 23rd Mechanized Brigade are setting up a heavy bomber drone in Chasiv Yar. Photo: David Kirichenko)

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