Moldova Votes for EU Accession

[dockmurgw]

Sure, their poor...and corrupt. What better way to give them a leg up to improve their country, join civilized society and stick it to vlad at the same time? A win for everybody.

 

[Golddollar]

You’d think they are getting pretty good at dealing with large amounts of dead enemy soldiers.

Like the cartoon of the Finnish sergeant in 1939, "So many Russians. Where will we bury them all?"

 

[venomballistics]

Saw a report yesterday that N. Korea is sending in troops to help the Russians in Ukraine. Gotta wonder how that will turn out.

good for both parties.
To N Korea, their military is kinda like livestock you'll never get a return from. send out the worst units, its less you have to maintain. Meanwhile Russia gets minions to play games of "Rock or landmine" and "are they really out of ammo"

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

Saw a report yesterday that N. Korea is sending in troops to help the Russians in Ukraine. Gotta wonder how that will turn out.

Quite badly, I'm afraid. The North Korean Army is little more than cannon fodder. But cannon fodder can be bad enough. Ask any old infantryman from the Korean War about the Chinese Army back then.

North Korea is a nation led by a regime bent on national suicide. While they have always been known to be loose cannons per se, the fact that they are doing what they are now and the actions they are taking indicated to me two possibilities: 1)- The strings on Kim Jung Un are actually being pulled by China- to me this is the most likely for many reasons. 2) There are serious internal problems within North Korea that we are not aware of yet (political or peoplewise doesn't matter) and the Kims are looking to have the nation go out in a blaze of glory.

Not to fear, the Kims will survive...probably being given sanctuary when the time comes by a "friendly" nation and will take millions in ill gotten gain with them like most dictators do. However I suspect they will find those few friends they do have will feed them to the wolves at the first opprotunity.

Right now, there is a power vaccuum on the world stage and I won't delve further as it would get political. Suffice to say the problems around the world have been festering for decades and are now coming to the surface due to that vaccuum. The results will not end well for anyone in either east or west.

As for the North Korean troops, they are supposed to be their version of special forces troops....and take that for what it is worth. But one must remember Kipling and to paraphrase: "A boy with a ten dollar rifle can kill just as effectively as a well trained soldier with the latest weapons."

Underestimate no one. Especially on the world stage.

 

[lihpster]

If they haven't trained them and supplied them better than they used to, the NK soldiers will fall like wheat. Listen to what these NK defectors had to say about the differences in the daily lives of them and US soldiers. Particularly about the food, medicine and materiel supply. "3-4 bullets a year." "They picked the ones without malnutrition to do the tests."
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmdZ__xSYlU[/ame]

 

[johngalt]

Didn't Bruce Willis and John Malkovich have a job there once?

 

[SMSgt]

If you choose to believe any of several reports, the NKs are already trying to desert to Ukraine.

 

[schutz5]

I hired a plumber a few years ago. I noted he had an odd accent and asked where he came from. "Moldova," he replied. I asked how he ended up in the US. He proceeded to tell me about all the (Surprise, surprise) corruption there. Sounds like Moldova might not be a good candidate for the EU, other than to rub Putin's nose in it.

Hmmm smart Moldovians! They see the money rolling into the Ukraine fat cats and know the play book for free money!

 

[biku324]

Joe Wilson, Congressman from South Carolina on Moldova and Georgia:

“Despite war criminal Putin illegally occupying parts of the country & sending blood $ and thugs to steal Moldova’s future, courageous Moldovans chose sovereignty & prosperity. On Oct 26, the will of the freedom-loving people of Georgia will prevail. #MoldovaVotes #MEGOBARI”

 

[Rudi]

Saw a headline that 8 nork officers were KIA yesterday.

 

[biku324]

The Norks have taken 30% casualties according to UK intelligence. ISW assesses they are not always supported with combat vehicles, which makes them really vulnerable.

In other news, Moldova's Russian-affiliated breakaway region, the Transdniestra, has no gas now that Ukraine closed the last Russian pipeline crossing UKR territories after the Gazprom contract expired. The Transdniestrans had been getting free gas from Russia as Putin tried to lure them into the Russian orbit. Now their illegitimate 'president' to telling people to burn wood - all schools are closed.

Sometimes free is too expensive.

 

[GaryS]

Can't be. We've been told time and again that the Ukrainian forces are overwhelmed and the Russians will crush the last resistance any day now.

"Free stuff" is the most expensive kind.

The Norks have taken 30% casualties according to UK intelligence. ISW assesses they are not always supported with combat vehicles, which makes them really vulnerable.

In other news, Moldova's Russian-affiliated breakaway region, the Transdniestra, has no gas now that Ukraine closed the last Russian pipeline crossing UKR territories after the Gazprom contract expired. The Transdniestrans had been getting free gas from Russia as Putin tried to lure them into the Russian orbit. Now their illegitimate 'president' to telling people to burn wood - all schools are closed.

Sometimes free is too expensive.

 

[biku324]

Hehehe.

"Ukrainian forces recently made tactical advances amid continued intensified offensive operations in the Ukrainian salient in Kursk Oblast on January 6. Geolocated footage published on January 5 and 6 indicates that Ukrainian forces recently advanced in southern Berdin, central Russkoye Porechnoye, and central Novosotnitsky (all northeast of Sudzha).[1] The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) and Russian milbloggers claimed on January 6 that Russian forces repelled a Ukrainian roughly reduced platoon-sized mechanized assault near Berdin and that Russian forces, including elements of Rosgvardia's "Talib" Group, repelled Ukrainian attacks near Novosotnitsky.[2] Russian milbloggers claimed that elements of the Russian 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment (72nd Motorized Rifle Division, 44th Army Corps [AC], Leningrad Military District [LMD]), 2nd Spetsnaz Brigade (Russian General Staff's Main Directorate [GRU]), 11th Airborne (VDV) Brigade, and Akhmat Spetsnaz units cleared areas near Berdin and Novosotnitsky.[3] One Russian milblogger characterized recent Ukrainian attacks in Kursk Oblast as enhanced reconnaissance in force operations that could be a diversionary effort for unspecified future operations.[4] Increased Ukrainian offensive operations in Kursk Oblast may be the beginning stages of a concerted Ukrainian operation in Kursk Oblast or elsewhere in the theater, though ISW is unprepared to offer any specific forecast." Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 6, 2025 | Institute for the Study of War

 

[oldbrownhat]

...Now their illegitimate 'president' to telling people to burn wood - all schools are closed...

Presumably because they're taking the schools apart for the wood?

 

[Ματθιας]

How did the first Kursk offensive go?

 

[biku324]

As designed, and far better than Russia's initial assault on Kyviv. The Russians had inadequate reserves in Kursk and had to bring in Norks. Every day the UKR is in Russia is a stiff thumb in Putin's eye.

"Ukrainian forces may be continuing to conduct long-range strikes against Russian rear areas in Kursk Oblast as part of efforts to use integrated strike capabilities to support ground operations. Geolocated footage published on January 5 indicates that there were audible explosions near the Russian 3754th Central Aviation Technical Base (military unit 13830) in Kursk City.[10] ISW cannot independently confirm if Ukrainian forces successfully struck the base. A Russian milblogger claimed on January 6 that Ukrainian forces targeted Russian forward and rear positions in Kursk Oblast with missiles several times.[11] The Russian Kursk Oblast Operational Headquarters claimed on January 6 that Russian forces destroyed two Ukrainian missiles over Kursk Oblast.[12] ISW previously assessed that Ukrainian forces may be attempting to integrate longer-range precision strike capabilities and electronic warfare (EW) systems activity to support ground operations."

 

[Ματθιας]

The Ukrainians got routed the first time around. That why they are attacking AGAIN. They might want to look at the main logistic supply route as the Russians are working on the southern flank.

BTW, what's the point of the Kursk offensive? Looking at the map Kursk looks like a typical Russian cauldron. But what do I know.

Meanwhile, Donbas is falling apart, the Russians just captured Kurakhove and expanded their bridgehead at Ivanivka. And they keep advancing.

But hey, keep attacking hoping for a pyrrhic victory at Kursk while ignoring more pressing needs.

Again, what do I know.

 

[Ματθιας]

And there's this:

Desertion threatens to starve Ukraine’s forces at a crucial time in its war with Russia
BY SAMYA KULLAB AND VOLODYMYR YURCHUK
Updated 10:24 PM MST, November 28, 2024

Russia-Ukraine war: Thousands of tired troops have deserted the Ukrainian army | AP News

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Desertion is starving the Ukrainian army of desperately needed manpower and crippling its battle plans at a crucial time in its war with Russia, which could put Kyiv at a clear disadvantage in future ceasefire talks.

Facing every imaginable shortage, tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops, tired and bereft, have walked away from combat and front-line positions to slide into anonymity, according to soldiers, lawyers and Ukrainian officials. Entire units have abandoned their posts, leaving defensive lines vulnerable and accelerating territorial losses, according to military commanders and soldiers.

Some take medical leave and never return, haunted by the traumas of war and demoralized by bleak prospects for victory. Others clash with commanders and refuse to carry out orders, sometimes in the middle of firefights.

I know what you're going to do, you'll try to deflect and say "But, but, but, but, what about Russian desertions?"

 

[biku324]

Pay attention. At current rate of gain it would take Russia two more years and another 100,000 casualties to to capture all of Donbas Oblast. In the meantime, they've lost nearly all of their T-90s, T-80s, and have industrial capacity to build 250 more per year and repair/refit a like number.

The Afghans outlasted the Russians (and us) by simply never giving up. The Ukrainians will as well, as they know the Holodomor will be pale compared to what Putin will do to them for resistance. There is new surveillance of Russians shooting 3 bound Ukrainians yesterday.

 

[Ματθιας]

Pay attention. At current rate of gain it would take Russia two more years and another 100,000 casualties to to capture all of Donbas Oblast. In the meantime, they've lost neatly all of their T-90s, T-80s, and have industrial capacity to build 250 more per year and repair/refit a like number.

I am paying attention. I'm looking at the map and seeing Russians taking ground and more and more places/territory falling under Russian control.

The Afghans outlasted the Russians (and us) by simply never giving up.

The afghans out lasted us because the only wars the us gets involved in are endless wars with no exit strategy.

The Ukrainians will as well, as they know the Holodomor will be pale compared to what Putin will do to them for resistance. There is new surveillance of Russians shooting 3 bound Ukrainians yesterday.

If the Ukrainians were serious about defeating the Russians they would've committed to total war and mobilized their ENTIRE population. They haven't, they're not, and they won't. Tell me I'm wrong.

Tell me is Ukraine going to get back ANY of its captured territory when this is over? Yes or No?