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So, Luke gave Putin a Tractor for his birthday and he also got a load of melons from one province. What did Ukraine give him? A blown up Kerch Bridge. Crimea is now cut off from Russia That'll be a nice thing for Putin to wake up to

Done it to a party member I guess

You've knaver had it so good

Totally unconfirmed but, earlier there was a story (from Russian sources) that an unmanned drone was shot down over Shaykovka military airfield in the Kaluga region. This is 200km inside Russia. Now the story has developed. This time from a Ukrainian source. If true its a massive story lb.ua Either way, its clear there was a drone attack and it took place 200km inside Russia, whether the bombers were destroyed or not isn't the biggest part of the story. If they were, good but 200 km inside Russia, that's a hell of a distance and a hell of distance to go undetected EDIT: this airfield is 200km away from Ukraine. it is also only 260km away from Moscow in the opposite direction

Trade Minister Connor Burns (Who?) dismissed from Government after complaint of serious misconduct

Stealing India's vehicles morelike, these aren't even tanks that were built for India and not sent, they were sold to India, sent to India and were in Russia for refurb

Nope, Russian Internet companies are screening out an awful lot of content. You might be right about citizens of Moscow and St Petersburg etc knowing what a VPN is but the population of some small town outside Isrktusk probably doesn't and as RUssia draws a lot of its armed forces from these far away rural places is Asian Russia, the people in Moscow and St Petersburg, really don't give a shit

Meanwhile, there are increasing reports of the T-90S Bhishma Tank being used in Ukraine Why is this important? Because its a specific model, an export model and designed specifically for India. The suspicion is that these tanks are the ones that India has sent back to Russia for modernisation, not only that but these T-90S' are upgraded by India with Western kit such as an active protection system designed by SAAB If this is proved to be true then it could cause a bit of an incident. Russia using India's tanks fitted with Western kit

Yes I looked up the spelling in Wiki but only because I knew that it wasn't the correct Ukrainian term. As if I'm remembering how to spell that from March

Nah, they're ace

Is it really that big a deal for you?

No need for cheesey comments like this

That's a Russian term, the Ukrainian is bezdorizhzhia and its usually only a spring thing in Ukraine. It can happen in Autumn but it's much rarer

Your heart is in the right place

You're a diamond

Yes exactly, it's the one metric they always "win."

We could just draw a line under it now

Only because he'd look a tit talking to himself in the Ask BOF Anything thread

You know that one metric the Tories always, always win on in any poll and for a lot of people is the most important metric. Duh, it's all about the economy stupid...

The remastered new pressings are usually in HMV in the 2 for £40 offer they continually have on, which has also been expanded to 3 for £55. Most of the early Pink Floyd catalogue pre The wall are in it permanently 3 albums for £55 (£18.33 per album) is a decent price if its just an album you want to listen to and not collectors thang

It should come out more often

He's in prison The Belarusian Government really is being kept in power by a slender thread. There will eventually be a revolution, it is almost inevitable especially as Russia really doesn't have the troops to help quell any revolution (and neither does Belarus) The Military in Belarus is obviously telling Lukashenko they will not be joining the war and if he tries, he's toast as they will topple him themselves. It could collapse at any time.

He's a vicar, so why would you expect him to be logical? He believes in sky fairies

LL and KV's points are both valid but I also think its because the movement of the line in Kherson has now flattened out and easier to defend, the movement the other day was the culmination of weeks of probing the line and making incursions into Russian territory until the line eventually collapsed. The Russians have now regrouped to a more stable line with no potential encirclements at the minute. Its a case of rinse and repeat but it could take a few more weeks before weaknesses in the line become apparent. Russia has masses of troops in Kherson so it will be like this for some time, a very stop start campaign. Current front in Kherson according to Russian blogger (who despite the side he's on, does appear to produce the most accurate maps) On the was Kharkiv, now Luhansk front. I do think its a case of resupply and recovery. Ukraine are basically up to the P66 Highway, now that road is built on high ground and isn't particularly well defended, the defence is in the towns like Svatove that run parallel and to the East of the highway. Those towns are pretty indefensible and the Russians know it, they haven't fallen yet because they haven't been attacked. When they are attacked the Russians will run. They don't have masses of troops here (because they were all moved to strengthen Kherson) and those towns can be fired on from the relative safety of high ground as they are all built into the leeside of a ridge of hills. Ukraine will take those towns when they are good and ready to.

A Russian T-90 Tank captured intact in Ukraine, now in the US for weapons system "testing." Lend / Lease works both ways