cesmonkey

Interesting ... but definitely bring a thread reader to read this. So many very short posts in this thread.

A conversation about the war between Russia and Ukraine, taking a very long view of the situation:

I'm no expert on WhatsApp. Besides painfully copying the text of your WhatsApp message and pasting it into the Google Translate app on your PC, you could try running the browser version of WhatsApp in Chrome and then try the same method I suggested for translating Telegram in the browser. Use this URL to go to the web browser version of WhatsApp: https://web.whatsapp.com/ If you go to this URL: https://translate.whatsapp.com/ it looks like Facebook is working on built-in translate functionality for WhatsApp, but it appears you have to be invited to participate:

Reported use of cluster munitions: https://t.me/aleksandr_skif/2785

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/world/europe/atacms-missiles-ukraine-us.html

It's pretty easy if your browser is Google Chrome. Just click the left mouse button and select the "Translate to ...", where ... is English for me. And then you can click the checkbox to always translate Russian or Ukrainian or whatever language is detects on the current page.

Rybar reports on a post by another milblogger claiming that Ukraine fired cluster munitions via HIMARS near Tokmok, if I'm understanding the post correctly. Take it with a grain of salt. https://t.me/rybar/49590 https://t.me/Mestb_Dobroj_Voli/7004

Now I realize this is the same podcast that @The_MonkeyKing summarized on Friday.

On his telegram channel, he provides a link to his Facebook account: https://www.facebook.com/pashtetof It appears he shares the same posts on both Facebook and his telegram account. I don't have a telegram account. I just view the site in my browser on my Linux PC.

This is his telegram account: https://t.me/zvizdecmanhustu

Any idea what message Ukraine's MOD is trying to send with this video? It begins with a timer counting down from 60, shows various quick shots of Ukrainian forces in action, and ends with "The Day of Reckoning Has Come".

The Russian TV presenter and propagandist, Vladimir Solovyov, sometimes hosts Russian milbloggers on his program to provide updates from the front. If you follow his telegram channel, in addition to propaganda bits, he forwards certain updates from various milblogers. https://t.me/s/SolovievLive Anyway, some of the messages he forwarded this morning mention pressure Ukraine is asserting in these areas: https://t.me/polk105/8996 https://t.me/YUGLIVE/28973

Long, interesting article: https://kyivindependent.com/investigation-eu-inability-to-ramp-up-production-behind-acute-ammunition-shortages-in-ukraine/

I imagine Ukraine will have an empirical answer, shortly, for whether firing DPICM makes a minefield better or worse.

I did find this 1979 patent for: Surface-launched fuel-air explosive minefield clearance round https://patents.google.com/patent/US4273048A/en

In this video, at 4:18, this former UK Air Vice Marshall says that if you use enough cluster munitions, you can clear a path through a minefield.

Russian Telegrammer Rybar says: https://t.me/rybar/49499

Russian view of the fight near Rabotino: https://t.me/RVvoenkor/48939

WarGonzo speculates it's posturing with respect to the grain deal:

This afternoon, there was another short briefing at the Pentagon where Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl answered a few questions: https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3452000/under-secretary-of-defense-for-policy-dr-colin-kahl-holds-press-briefing/ Here are some quotes: On Ukraine's counter-offensive: On the delivery of cluster munitions: