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This website is cited as a source for casualties by region, if you can get someone to translate the charts and tables for you: https://zona.media/casualties Actually, look at the graphics on this one: https://zona.media/translate/2022/05/20/casualties_eng And here are some, rather dated, news articles: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220517-young-poor-and-from-minorities-the-russian-troops-killed-in-ukraine https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-61638530

I didn't read that NYT article the other day complaining about the lack of visibility into Ukraine's military operations by US intelligence. That's because I'm not a NYT subscriber. However, the NYT does offer a free podcast and today they looked at that same issue. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/podcasts/the-daily/ukraine-war-intelligence.html The reporter's argument is that Ukraine should provide more information to the US in order for the US to know whether the aid they are providing is being properly used - and what is truly needed. I'm not sure I agree.

Below is a similar complaint from a source many are skeptical of. Question: If you were commanding the Ukrainians would you counter-attack in the Kherson and Kharkiv region in order to pressure the Russians to divert resources from the Donbass salient, or would you take a defensive posture almost everywhere in order to conserve your artillery ammunition until more substantial stocks are delivered from the West?

Saw this yesterday: https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukraine-to-receive-additional-military-assistance-from-finland/ Ukraine to receive additional military assistance from Finland According to Wikipedia, Finland has quite a number of former Soviet artillery pieces: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Finnish_Army#Field_artillery Hopefully, they can spare some rounds to give to Ukraine.

Looks like the same one to me:

According to this interview, the software was updated by a joint German-Ukrainian team: 6:16 Auch hier hatten wir auch ein Joint Venture mit ukrainischen IT-Spezialisten,

I wonder if these recent losses in the International Legion occurred in Severodenetsk? https://www.facebook.com/ukr.international.legion/posts/pfbid0YdFUktSM4hB3ue3Fsk7zNCt38VFe5nnnVX2bAnBTbcqo6rtYHuNKvFM1AoD9f6Bxl

I saw this this Russian propaganda performance first via the Canadian Ukraine Volunteer account, but here is the original. Wow! Seems to be the song: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sacred_War

It probably was this group of trainers: https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/2883015/washington-guard-accomplished-many-missions-in-2021/

Interesting, thoughtful discussion: https://warontherocks.com/2022/05/what-the-experts-got-wrong-and-right-about-russian-military-power/

Nice! I found the link from the source, Radio Poland: https://polskieradio24.pl/5/1222/Artykul/2968446,Polskie-armatohaubice-KRAB-trafily-do-ukrainskiej-armii

I'd be happy if the media puts out alarmist stories about the recent Russian successes, IF that helps convince the allies to speed up the delivery of needed heavy weapons to Ukraine.

I wholeheartedly agree with that. Unfortunately, our president is showing about the same amount of backbone that he did in Afghanistan last year. Maybe one of the other allies that bought American M270 MLRS can start the ball rolling by donating one of their systems?

My college German is rather rusty, but I'm sure someone on this forum could provide a good translation. You can let Twitter translate that particular quote for you:

That particular exchange is about 36 minutes into this video:

So what do you do when your defensive lines are nearing the breaking point and all that you have available to fill the holes are territorial defense units? Retreat to a more defensible line that your existing units can defend? What if that more defensible line is a long way away? I don't have answers for this. Just questions.

Some interesting articles I stumbled across lately: https://www.businessinsider.com/us-special-ops-vet-training-ukrainians-explains-success-against-russia-2022-5 https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/western-advocates-of-appeasement-need-a-crash-course-in-putinology/ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/vladimir-putin-is-running-out-of-options-to-avoid-defeat-in-ukraine/ https://cepa.org/the-kremlin-cannot-negotiate/ https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/05/nuclear-deterrent-putin-china/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/05/why-taiwan-cant-copy-ukraines-civil-defense-blueprint/

For a bit of a contrast: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/to-yield-to-putins-nuclear-threats-would-be-to-yield-the-free-worlds-future and:

However, if you have been reading the opinion pieces from the NYT and The Washington Post lately, you can't help notice that they are increasingly expressing their worries about the actions of the West in support of Ukraine and/or the defeat of Putin risking a nuclear war. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/05/11/ukraine-war-expansion-risks-nuclear/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/14/opinion/ukraine-russia-putin-biden.html

Supposedly: Russia and Ukraine reach agreement to evacuate wounded from Azovstal https://english.pravda.ru/news/hotspots/151841-azovstal_evacuation_wounded/

In today's end-of-day update, the YouTube channel War In Ukraine says a small Ukrainian recon group crossed over the Russia border to the village of Morum, found no Russian forces there, and returned back to Ukraine.

Perhaps it's a PsyOp designed to strike fear into the hearts of all Russian vehicle crews?

According to this article, https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-russia-canadian-forces-1.6443048 Wali is a famous Canadian sniper: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wali-alive-despite-russian-disinformation-1.6393191

I wouldn't if I was Putin. Those troops can put on a fantastic parade. It's probably the one thing they are good at. Why send them to Ukraine and risk them getting killed?