Butcher's Bill.

For six days. From MoD today. I captured only for Donetsk and Red Liman axes. 

In all, more than 5,500 confirmed VSU casualties (can easily multiply it by two) and by different estimates between 4 and 5 thousands of VSU trapped in Avdeevka area. That's going to be very interesting. The mopping up continues. Here are Azov Nazis running like hell from Avdeevka on BTR. 

Boy, talk about choosing the wrong army to learn from. Sadly, cannot link this video from VK.

A Mistake...

Colonel still thinks that Putin is some naive guy who waits for the political change in Europe, thus, for now, avoiding large offensive operations. Nothing could be further from the truth--Russia's strategic analysis is arguably the best in the world and nobody in Russia's Security Council has any illusions on the nature of European regimes and populations. Europe is not coming back, it is over. I understand Colonel's frustration with Germans, but it is what it is--a brainwashed population with a few islands of common sense here and there. And it has to be understood that there could be no normal relations between Russia and Germany, despite a lingering myth about some abstract Russo-German economic "alliance". It was always nothing but a myth.

Per Syrsky being an asset of MI6 and being "employed" for primarily terrorist attacks on Russian soil against civilian targets--possible. The whole governing structure in UK is a joke, as are its military and intel services, who channel frustration from being a third rate power into killing civilians and false flag operations--this, they still can do. The pain and suffering from sensing own role as nothing but a chihuahua in the fight of a bear with behemoth is understandable, but UK should concentrate primarily on dealing with immigration and cultural "enrichment", not on pathetic attempts at feeling itself important, it is not and hasn't been in a long time. 

To understand why Colonel is wrong, enough to take a look at Elena Karaeva's excellent piece in Ria today with the title: In War With Russia Europe Bought Itself One-way Ticket. Sadly, machine translation may kill some sarcasm and contempt for the combined West in this piece, but it is still worth reading. But the title is correct in every respect. 

One Of The Best Pieces...

 ... of political satire I've seen in a while. Funny but also extremely sad. Because it is so true. 

 

Bordering On Surreal...

And I mean this:

I wrote in 2017 about the lead Russia was taking in anti-satellite weapons. The US has a larger satellite constellation, Russia by now has much more advanced anti-satellite weapons. S-500 and S-550 are fully capable anti-sat systems at orbits up to 1,000 km where most important US ISR assets, especially low orbit Keyhole satellites, are. Plus, of course, there are inspector-satellites capable to change orbits and do their thingy, like they did with the latest Keyhole optronic satellite by circling it and photographing its optic zooms. That means that in case, God forbid, of war just spraying it with special paint would be enough to turn it inoperable. Of course, there is always an option of exploding near it, but why lose good inspector capable of doing the trick on a number of enemy sats. So, now this:

WASHINGTON, Feb 15 — RIA Novosti. Washington is interacting with Moscow on the topic of a new "threat to national security" of the United States, allegedly related to Russia's deployment of anti-satellite weapons in space, said John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council. "We are in the process of consulting with our allies and partners. We are in the process of interaction with Russia on this issue," he stressed. According to Kirby, US President Joe Biden is receiving the necessary information and has already "ordered preliminary discussions with leaders in Congress, direct diplomatic contact with Russia, allies and partners, as well as other countries of the world." At the same time, the official noted that the dialogue with Moscow will not reveal the "problem of trust," adding that there are opportunities for cooperation.

"Cooperation", really? How delusional those people are? Historic Russia once, in a feat of unjustified trust, extended the hand of friendship to the West--the hand was slapped away and attempts on demolishing Russia never stopped since then. Now, what we all observe--military impotence and incompetence of the West have been exposed and, as I am on record for the last 7 years, the US lost the arms race. The only which United States military has is its edge in the quantity of space-based assets. Russia is already starting to expand greatly her satellite constellation through SFERA project. 

 

P.S. Who knows what those Peresvets are capable of. 

My Latest...

On latest news. 

And an interesting picture.  

London and its degenerate "elites" still cannot resign themselves to the fact that  they are military and economic pip-squeak. BTW, if to consider PLAN ships carrying long-range hypersonic weapons, one can easily subtract British aircraft carriers since they are nothing but fat targets. Of course, one can also compare mostly inactive 8 Royal Navy's subs to about 60 Russian subs. No wonder they are going insane in London.

Open Thread.

Go at it.

Not Again...

... I repeat--until Russian MoD says so--nothing happened. Otherwise, we get yet another "shot-down A-50" and IL-22 fake reports spread by Kiev regime. Now, they say, it is Tsezar Kunikov BDK. They said they "sunk it". All the same suspects--shysters from YouTube begin to spread things and alleged "video". In professional circles everything seems to be calm. But why, you may ask? Very simple--Selidovo. That is fully confirmed! The 3rd Brigade of fanatical Nazis which was getting ready to try to relieve Avdeevka was culled dramatically by Russian Iskanders and that means that rotation of VSU around Avdeevka is halted. 

Бывший депутат Верховной рады Украины Игорь Мосийчук сообщил, что военный полигон Вооруженных сил Украины (ВСУ) в Селидово на Донецком направлении действительно попал под ракетный обстрел. Информация о пострадавших и погибших выясняется, написал Мосийчук в своих соцсетях, передает RT. Ранее сообщалось, что военный полигон ВСУ в Селидово на Донецком направлении подвергся ракетному обстрелу. В момент атаки на полигоне могли находиться до 1,5 тыс. украинских военных, прибывших на учения.

Translation: Former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Igor Mosiychuk reported that the military training ground of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in Selidovo in the Donetsk direction actually came under rocket fire. Information about the injured and dead is being clarified, Mosiychuk wrote on his social networks, RT reports. Earlier it was reported that the military training ground of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Selidovo in the Donetsk direction came under rocket fire. At the time of the attack, there could have been up to 1.5 thousand Ukrainian military personnel at the training ground who had arrived for the exercise.

Different sources confirm that the location of the "arrival" has been completely blocked off and huge number of ambulances have been seen in and out. Syrsky ordered to classify any information about Selidovo strikes (in Russian). Evidently, the losses in Selidovo have been catastrophic for the 3rd Brigade and, in classic 404 manner, some sort of "victory" to offset Selidovo strikes was needed. Most of the time those "victories" are imaginary and inconsequential when real. So, let's wait for official confirmation or otherwise. Meanwhile, there have been attacks on Russian commercial convoy on the 9th, as Forbes reports:

Минобороны сообщило об атаке ВСУ на российские гражданские транспортные суда с помощью безэкипажных катеров, которая была совершена вечером накануне, 9 февраля, в Черном море. Атаку отразили патрульные корабли и авиация ВМФ, гражданские суда и корабли ВМФ не пострадали, заявили в ведомстве. Минобороны сообщило о попытке ВСУ совершить атаку на российские гражданские транспортные суда с помощью безэкипажных катеров, которая произошла вечером накануне, 9 февраля, в юго-западном районе Черного моря. Об этом ведомство написало в своем Telegram-канале. Атаку отразили патрульные корабли и авиация ВМФ России. Один безэкипажный катер был уничтожен огнем из артиллерийских установок, остальные были «подавлены средствами радиоэлектронной борьбы», пишет Минобороны. Гражданские суда и корабли ВМФ не пострадали в результате атаки, заявили в ведомстве.

Translation: The Ministry of Defense reported an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Russian civilian transport ships using unmanned boats, which was carried out the evening before, February 9, in the Black Sea. The attack was repelled by patrol ships and naval aircraft; civilian ships and naval ships were not damaged, the department said. The Ministry of Defense reported an attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to carry out an attack on Russian civilian transport ships using unmanned boats, which occurred the evening before, February 9, in the southwestern region of the Black Sea. The department wrote about this in its Telegram channel. The attack was repelled by patrol ships and aircraft of the Russian Navy. One unmanned boat was destroyed by artillery fire, the rest were “suppressed by electronic warfare,” the Ministry of Defense writes. No civilian or naval vessels were damaged in the attack, it said.

So, 99.9% of the time 404 lies through the teeth and its Western propaganda extension--western media--gladly spread Ukie BS.