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Posted for @Jareth The ISW posted this yesterday and agrees with Ukraine's assessment that the Russian offensive is culminating as the daily attacks have significantly reduced in the last week. More about Wagner and other stuff on the link ISW

I don't watch Twitter, I use Reddit, I just post the tweets etc from twitter because its a cleaner post but... There's a bit of discussion about this tonight, nearly all the sources are Russian but consensus appears to be that this was a recon by fire, a quickish in and out with a number of possible aims. Obviously testing the defences but also maybe an attempt to get Russian to strengthen the line here and pull troops away from Vulehar and / or the bank of the river. It could also be a fient to try and telegraph future intent and they will actually push in a completely different direct when the bezdorizhzhia season is over(raputista is a Russian word). Also there seems to have been a number of battles with different concentrations of Russian forces (at least three), there are videos of burning vehicles in fields and artillery fire, one of which has been geolocated as being 34km west of Polohy which is distinctly and considerably behind what is currently considered to be the front line. I think it's important to remember that the current stalemate along the line was always predicted at this time of year because of the conditions, not only that but theres no evidence that the new promised armour is in play yet. I think a lot of it is in Poland waiting for the right time to send it into Ukraine as its far safer to store it and get it battle ready in a NATO country than in Ukraine. Some Russian spys were detained very recently in Poland attempting to report on concentrations of mechanised armour. There are definitely signs that Russia is running short of a lot of basic ordnance, missiles appear to be in short supply, even artillery shells aren't being used as much. I haven't heard of Iranian drones for quite a while and in the last wave of missiles (Last week?) the Russians used a few Khinzal hypersonic missiles, they don't launch those often because they really don't have many, it's new. It could be they did it as a show of strength, or testing them against NATO air defences but it could also be because they needed to because they are not exactly flush with missiles having used af***ton of them so far. There are even stories of soldiers being sent into battle with trenching tools for rifles (nad that came from our MOD) and even sticks, though I suspect the sticks one was bollocks, it looked to me like they were makeshift crutches rather than weapons but hey ho Russia is seemingly running short of a lot of kit

The US might get to the crash site first though

Wordle 634 4/6

Another one with a huge haul - 96 after tonight. Already sold Haaland, brought in Watkins, should give me a full 11 for the next week even if it is 5 at the back and 2 in midfield and still rolling a transfer

Yeah but do you prononce it like I do? The Spanish Car manufacturer way

I think you and I are reading the post differently. What you've said is perfectly rational and obvious. It's hard to disagree with I'm reading the post as saying that rulers of land trading land shoud be ignored as they aren't legitimate

It is still the muddy season but... Could be something, could be nothing

Might as well go back to stone age tribes then. Ridiculous perspective.

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C'mon, he's clearly Scottish, he could have been wearing a check skirt.

Pete Waterman would be in if it was powered by steam

Just change the titles of the D side to I'm Not Ashamed of My Horse and he'll lap it up

It's actually the second prototype of the SU-57

Definitely can

Oops. It's like they can't help themselves

Other way around I thought. Opta originally awarded it to March, 3 man panel gave OG, then the panel proper regave it to March days later. Opta changed their decision to match the game panels. Definitely came up in my FPL feeds as a March goal first then was changed to OG. FPL uses opta as far as I'm aware

What are on discs 2 and 3. I still have a copy that dates back to the early 80s Is it the 5 dub mixes released in 2007? (15 tracks in all?)

I thought I post about Carragher yesterday. Absolutely a nice bloke, he's been a passenger more than once for me. He's one of those ex-footballers with a foundation that isn't just a tax dodge. He genuinely does care about Bootle where he grew up. So far today I've driven up Marsh Lane in bootle, three times, every time I pass a mural paid for by the foundation. Just beyond the mural is a local boozer called the Salisbury, the pub was due to shut down a good while back now, it's never been confirmed but there was a very strong rumour Carragher saved it as his family drank there (and so does he still occasionally) When he was an up and coming player he bought a penthouse flat in Blundellsands, then he obviously got a bit more money and he moved into a fairly big house to raise a family. He gave the penthouse to his parents and they still live there today and his house is just round the corner. Never moved since then, it's 4 miles from where he grew up

Fish finger butty in a bun Whats wrong with that?

The feral members as you term them had been running riot well before Johnson. The referendum was an attempt to appease them, that had the opposite effect and empowered them and the constituencies to select an ever increasing amount of lunatics Cameron failed to keep a lid on them, so did May, they've just been growing in number since then

The problem here is the single source for the allegation and that the allegation hasn't been proven true in court or admitted to by Stanley Johnson. There is some corroboration but they are anonymous "friends of Johnson." BBC lawyers will have drafted that statement in advance, knowing the subject was going to arise, so as not to give Johnson a right to reply in future shows (and obviously avoid the potential lawsuit) It's nothing to do with balance and impartiality, it's to do with not being sued. In reality its clumsily worded and the "only once" bit should not have been in there. It could have been worded more neutrally to achieve the same result