Russian special military operation in Ukraine #31

ucmvulcan wrote:

Fuel that they have to pay for and the west can't afford to give them.  Also, do you really think they will abide by the deal? Putin knows the answer to this and he intends to expose them and use their violations as an excuse to take Odessa.

Maybe or maybe not. 
All i know is that the war is great for making big money quickly and fact that we have a civil war, makes those transactions even more likely. At the end of the day, they are two sides of the same coin.

sigh...

They got signed agreements from Kiev regarding not abusing the agreement for military or terrorist use, which means they have them by the balls if they try anything... or should I say when they try something.

This is about Russia getting western sanctions regarding food and fertiliser exports lifted.

Had Russia any balls to use nukes, they would have done that on February 24 and ended the war on February 25.

Why do you confuse being a psycho with having balls?

Russia using nukes against what?

How many million Ukrainians would they murder with nukes to make you happy?

How would that move the nazis that occupied the Donbass?

Nuke the Donbass?

The distance from the borders of this test site to the place where the missile fell in the Baiganinsky district of the Aktobe region of Kazakhstan is 627 km, and the actual launch distance, apparently, confidently exceeded 650 km, if not more - which, apparently, is the actual maximum range of ballistic missiles of the Iskander complex -M", de facto exceeding the officially declared range of 500 km. .

That is ballistic range... firing at targets at that distance it could no longer manouver... the rocket fuel would all be burned up and so it would be incredibly inaccurate because its external fins are fixed... it would fall like a rock and land on whatever was in its way... it could also be shot down because it could no longer manouver out of the way.

Its declared range is 480 kms because at greater distances it is uselessly inaccurate.

You think they will respect a "written guarantee " not to attack the base?

When they break their agreement then Russia can destroy anything they want... the port at Odessa, any grain storage, start to target tractors and diesel fuel stores for their farming community, or Zelensky himself... for not being trustworthy enough to make deals with... Kiev would need a new leader if the current leader can't be trusted.

And with a speed in a range of 4km/s it can be intercepted by the S-300W, by the way.

Kinzhal is closer to 3km/s and only the latest models of S-400 can hit targets moving at 4.8km/s... S-300P was rated to hit targets moving at up to 1.2km/s and S-300PMU1 was about 2.8km/s but that was ballistic targets that are falling at a predictable rate, not an actively manouvering missile trying to evade interception.

I don't know what Erdogan offered or threatened to resurrect this grain deal but it is a massive walk-back and a pie in the face.

Key part in bold... Erdogan has nothing to threaten with...

Certainly nothing he could threaten Putin with... can you imagine the threat... turkey will start sanctioning Russia and cut itself off from making billions delivering Russian gas to the EU... or maybe Turkey will invade Syria... oops... already happened... or Turkey will attack Russian troops the way the US and EU are afraid to... doubt it...

They obviously promised something Russia wanted.

So you can cry and pretend Putin is a pussy, but he wont care.

Saying they use the grain deal for those attacks is dumb since the grain deal just allows the exit of ships from Odessa to Turkey.

There is no link between those attacks from Odessa and the grain deal.

To be fair they recovered the electronic components of the sea drones and the aerial drones which records their GPS coordinate history and they found some of the air drones were launched from inside the safe corridor for grain ships from the ships themselves... and it is believed that some of the ships likely smuggled the HE disguised as rolls of material used to attack the Crimean bridge, so yes it is a problem... but now they have written agreements and guarantees, so this will be fun.

I would assume he also got something he was wanting... otherwise why else would he fold... he is holding all the cards.

It's a war. Ukraine has the right to use those weapons.

Using a humanitarian corridor to transport weapons and ammo is a war crime... like using red cross symbols on a tank or an ammo truck so the enemy don't fire on it.

So I'm really wondering what Erdogan said that was so convincing here. Else why is Putin doing him such massive favours?
And it surely is a massive favour as it aids an adversarial, enemy even bloc of nations in their food security, while enabling further risks to Russian civilian and military infrastructure.
Related to the Armenia-Azeri negotiations perhaps?

I suspect Putin had a list of things and Erdogan gave him everything he wanted... if Kiev fucks up then it is on them and he can say he tried...

Blocking Sweden and Finland from entering NATO? At least for a while. Not because Russia cares, just to annoy Washington.

Turkey is already blocking Sweden because they know as soon as they say OK Sweden will say **** you and start supporting terrorists again.

You are not somehow aware that it is over with Russian status as energy supplier to EU. It will cost EU 200 billions to overcome energy crunch and few years but main outcome is already visible basically. Gas storages are record full, prices are falling, huge LNG infrastructure projects are launched and most importantly - gas is now treated as any other fossil fuel and its consumption is to be further suppressed systematically.

You are not getting it... of course the EU will eventually get over the loss of energy from Russia but it now looks down the barrel of never getting cheap energy ever again... they didn't buy Russian gas to help Russia or to be nice, they bought Russian gas because it was cheap and cheap energy is always a good thing for any economy. Now they will buy energy at the price Asia was buying it which is going to hurt because it will never go down to the levels the Russians were offering on 10 year contracts, because US suppliers want top dollar.

It seems like the launchet didn’t damage that m109

The video is too big to view, but I am guessing we see a small lancet drone hit the M109 as viewed from a drone flying overhead?

If that were the case I would think the drone flying overhead would notice if the M109 just continued on its way after the attack and called in more attacks from drones or other platforms to finish the target off... or follow it to where it hides to destroy that hiding place too.

And on the flip side when Ukraine does another attack then Russia

Another aspect is now the Russians have this signed agreement they will be checking very carefully to make sure they don't attack and if they do they will know straight away... so there is that too.

It makes it rather less of a surprise attack.

Need to be logged in to see sensitive content apparently and u can't log in without an account

I watched that video in the link on this forum. Never had a Twitter or Facebook account.

I find Telegram to be way more annoying in this regard. I can't view most of the videos posted without having an
account or installing the app.

Media too big is the main problem I have with Telegram

You do realize that w/o power to water treatment plants, electric stoves & heaters, refrigerators/freezers, and a whole other bunch of things we take for granted - life gets very, very difficult right? Not to mention that most livelihoods/jobs become no longer possible.

A chance for the people to do something if they can be bothered. They learned to hate Russians real easy... lets see how long it takes to remember that nazis are the bad guys.

And you start acting like some sort of "Ru Paul" character using words like "precious" towards me?

What is a Ru Paul?

If anyone is acting "precious" surely it would be the one who can't face disciplining and banning garbage that are hell bent on destroying the forum and its credibility.

The Russian military is showing the world what cowards and weaklings the nazis really are, your complaining that they are allowed to speak is interesting because most of those you seem to identify as pro kiev nazis are not complaining that putin is destroying their country, most seem to be complaining he is being too civilised and nice to the orcs and should be using nukes instead.

There are real nazis like mr_hd, but he is seriously a minority and it is funny to read many of his posts... his most recent one suggests the EU have almost sorted out their energy dependency on Russia... it sounds like Turkey has got pipes leading to the EU so they can replace Russia completely to supply the EUs needs... ahahaha...

Are you honestly telling me that a long quote thread is worse than comments like "Hitler was right" and a complete defence of Nazism... in a thread on the Ukraine operation?

I am honestly saying I am responsible for the behaviour of members but not responsible for their views or political or social outlook.

Should I also ban gays, or black people, or how about fat people, maybe short people, or people with blue eyes?

Anyone can call anyone else a nazi and demand they get banned... can you precisely and accurately describe a nazi?

The term is thrown about easily and regularly and often inaccurately.

Does that mean Russian people (or even partly Russian) should tolerate constant taunts, trolling and abuse from a minority of vermin like this?

Do you think after this conflict is over Britain and the US and the EU will want to be friends again?

Are they going to call you nice things and send you flowers?

Should you care that they hate you? Should you lie awake at night and worry that they don't want to be your friend and say to others that you are genetically disposed to be bad to be evil people like that Crapper guy the CIA head no less once said at a congressional hearing... no reaction to that by the way... if he had said the same thing about black people he would have lost his job but OK to attack Russians in public office in the west.

Taunts of what... that your country is kicking their arse... culturally, spiritually, economically, politically, and militarily... of course they are going to abuse you as their countries go down the toilet.

Ignore the dogs barking... they are no longer in any position to hurt you... except if you let them.

Do you realise what those Nazi vermin actually said about Russians and indeed all Slavs? ("We must use them and then they must all die and their land will become our Lebensraum"). Is this the sort of shit we should have on russiadefence.net in a Ukraine military thread.

This is exactly what should be on here and we can bring it up when they want to reopen their airspace and are wanting Russia to do the same so airfares to Asia will get cheaper, or they want to buy some gas or oil or something else that Russia has...

Ban them all and you start to forget... and that is not something we should be doing... keep thinking about those Ukrainians they burned to death in Odessa...

Do you want a RUssian forum of all places to be flagged up all across the internet as a rallying ground for actual (obviously antiRussian) Nazism?

What are you talking about. Anyone posting pro nazi shit generally gets educated as to why nazis are the problem and not the solution.

It is funny that in the west communism is hated but nazism... not so much...

I do sympathise with your views Limb, but I am not going to ban members on their views... if people want to be stupid or wrong it is not my job to fix them.

Try this

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100,000 more Ukrainians will be mobilized it seems...They'll always have the numbers edge in this department.

Numbers? Why weren't these guys mobilised before?

100K called up does not = 100K mobilised.

Newer models have infrared or optical homing heads. This allows the drone to stay in a given area to find and destroy the target.

That sounds better... the current model of Iranian drone only hits coordinates and can't really see what it is hitting...

Moreover, both sides are interested in such cooperation: the Russian army improves its combat capabilities, while the Islamic Republic gets an ideal test range to confirm the performance of its missiles and UAVs against Western-made weapons.

The Russians can also provide components that the Iranians would struggle with like GLONASS guidance kits and perhaps datalink and encryption systems as well as optical sensors and engines etc etc.

You have to look at things at a human level when it comes to civilians and ordinary people. Because actually the majority of them will see me as an ordinary person too first and foremost, not as an 'enemy'. Enemies are those who are armed and dangerous and fighting.

This war is going to end when the Ukraine tells their government and their military that they have had enough... running water and electricity and little effect of the war going on in the east of their country for the last 8 years means this conflict could go on forever.

Not suggesting carpet bombing of urban areas, but they have to be made aware there is a war going on and that they are losing.

Imagine old people freezing to deaths in their homes, mothers not being able to get products for their babies, having to queue up hours every day for drinking water. That kind of thing.
It doesn't matter if you're Ukrainian or Croat or Russian or whoever.

Didn't matter to the west if they were Serbs or Cubans or Iranians... maybe those mothers should make it clear to their leaders and politicians that this conflict is not something that can continue and they need to get serious about ending it... or perhaps replace them with someone capable of negotiations... but better hurry... the longer you leave it the worse the options for deals get.

I just want to point this out. People's difficulties are not worth gloating about; not matter whether in the Ukraine, or in America or wherever else.

As Kiev escalates then Russia has to escalate in some way and taking out the power grid means electric trains stop working so diesel becomes even more critical for logistics and supply... it is up to Kiev whether they fuel tanks and helicopters or provide baby food and warmth... it was Kievs decision to have this war by ignoring the Minsk agreements.

Consequences.

But equally it can go on for years more with no difference made other than people becoming more miserable.

If there is no pain for the population it is likely to go on much longer... and the people in the Donbass are also feeling the pain... Kiev never hesitated to cut the power in Crimea and water and all sorts of other shit too.

So how much have you brought?!?

Did you bring the precious?

Latvian army will increase by six people this year

No, this is not a typo. Roughly six people. In 2022, the Latvian army was supposed to increase by 500 people, but something went wrong.

The authorities explain it simply: the people are not the same ...

Because people are self-oriented egoists,” said the head of the Latvian Interior Ministry.

In other words they are not answering their call up papers...

 What is going on with the left bank of Kherson now ? JFC. I dont even want to post it https://t.me/vicktop55/8239

They have mobilized 300,000 men and disabled the power supply in the country. They just cant give it up if they want to win this war. There is no legitimate reason for it. Russia, its military and government has one job right now. And that one job is to keep Kherson.

Ah. Its a trap. It fucking better be.

If General Surovikin wanted to make a trap out of Kherson for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, then his plans were revealed. If the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation really leave Kherson, then there is no doubt that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will go there and say thank you. Telegram ZeRada: Abandoned Kherson or Imitation Game?
The army of the Russian Federation made so many demonstrative steps during the evacuation from Kherson that it is just right to shout like Stanislavsky: "I don't believe it!"
The dismantled monuments, the relocated grave of Potemkin, the refusal of settlements in rubles (for some reason, even at one gas station), the flags removed and the boats flooded on the right bank ...

Apparently, according to the idea, all this should convince Ukraine and the intelligence of the NATO countries that returning Kherson is a trifling matter, easier than Balakleya and the Armed Forces of Ukraine were flooded "on the barricades"!
But reconnaissance is not asleep, satellites are circling over the Earth. Zelensky, Budanov, Zaluzhny, Gumenyuk say that this is an attempt to trap from the Russian Defense Ministry.

NATO flights in October

Airbornewolf wrote:@ Hole, Always loving your posts with the pictures and Memes.
i do not know where you always find them, keep up the good work .

There is a thing called "Internet". I found out about it lately. And there are Russians using it, too!!!! 

Relax, they won't be leaving Kherson

All this panic again because one dude tweeted a building without a flag! 




Long lines in Kiev. New iPhone? No, water!

Kiko wrote:Hacker Joker hacked the account of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 11.03.2022.

Backman wrote:  What is going on with the left bank of Kherson now ? JFC. I dont even want to post it https://t.me/vicktop55/8239

They have mobilized 300,000 men and disabled the power supply in the country. They just cant give it up if they want to win this war. There is no legitimate reason for it. Russia, its military and government has one job right now. And that one job is to keep Kherson.

Ah. Its a trap. It fucking better be.

If General Surovikin wanted to make a trap out of Kherson for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, then his plans were revealed.  If the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation really leave Kherson, then there is no doubt that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will go there and say thank you.  Telegram ZeRada: Abandoned Kherson or Imitation Game?
The army of the Russian Federation made so many demonstrative steps during the evacuation from Kherson that it is just right to shout like Stanislavsky: "I don't believe it!"
The dismantled monuments, the relocated grave of Potemkin, the refusal of settlements in rubles (for some reason, even at one gas station), the flags removed and the boats flooded on the right bank ...

Apparently, according to the idea, all this should convince Ukraine and the intelligence of the NATO countries that returning Kherson is a trifling matter, easier than Balakleya and the Armed Forces of Ukraine were flooded "on the barricades"!
But reconnaissance is not asleep, satellites are circling over the Earth.  Zelensky, Budanov, Zaluzhny, Gumenyuk say that this is an attempt to trap from the Russian Defense Ministry.

Go up a few posts and read Franco's post.

Isos wrote:I've spent 6 months in Thailand, they rarely use wheat or other flours like europeans do. Rice on the other hand is used in all their dishes.

I don't know about Thailand, but from my experience Vietnamese did import a decent amount of wheat to make bread (short-length Baguette is popular in Vietnam as breakfast), beer, and mostly used as animal feed.

However most of wheat imported to Vietnam was from Australia, Russia, United States, and Canada. Ukraine only contributed a small fraction in Vietnam wheat import and can be replaced by increase import from other sources. And as far as I know, within the first 9 months of 2022, none of wheat was imported from Ukraine.

Interrupted flow of wheat from Ukraine may result in certain impacts in the economy, especially for the bussiness enterprises who are working with Ukrainian exporters. But Zelensky's claim that Vietnam food security will be destablized is completely absurb and completely false.

In recent days Zelensky's facebook account has been overwhelmed by a great amount of Vietnameses who are enraged because of his outrageous comment.

And this is not the first time that Maidan regime managed to enrage Vietnamese population. Not long ago a certain Maidan diplomatic representative received a huge backlash from Vietnamese netizens because she made some rude comments about why Vietnam keep a stance of neutrality.

DPR Oblast discloses the number of KIA and WIA (including civilians)

https://twitter.com/GeromanAT/status/1588207317291606016/photo/1

Foreign volunteers

History lesson in 50 years

Footage of preparations for the installation of new spans of the Crimean bridge has been published

On the Crimean bridge, the dismantling of metal structures damaged during the terrorist attack has been completed. The builders removed four superstructures. Despite the unstable weather, the work was completed in three weeks. To do this, the barrier fence was cut off and the asphalt concrete pavement was removed with the help of a hydraulic hammer. Footage from the bridge was shown in Rosavtodor.

The spans weighing about 600 tons were divided into blocks, loaded onto a barge with floating cranes and taken to the storage sites. Now, on the released supports, the installation of equipment for sliding the spans is underway, which will begin in mid-November.

“At the same time, the workers are knitting reinforcement and arranging formwork for concreting new under-truss bollards, preparing a site for sliding,” said Nikita Khrapov, chief engineer of FKU Uprdor Taman.

Also, 1218 tons of metal have already been delivered for span structures. Installers have already assembled 75% of metal structures. Transportation of the first superstructure to the installation site is scheduled for mid-November.

Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin told President Vladimir Putin that by December 20, it is planned to launch traffic on both lanes of the right side of the Crimean bridge. The official noted that the installation of metal structures is scheduled to begin from 5 to 10 November. ■

https://tvzvezda-ru.translate.goog/news/20221132156-4sJsd.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB&_x_tr_pto=nui

Last night a good 40-50 "Geran" strikes occured in at least 6 Ukrainian regions. Targets were electrical distribution hubs, widespread outages resulted and are still going on nearly 24h later.

Ukrainian maths: We shot down 12 out of 13, the single remaining one missed its target. Ura! It somehow still managed to multikill stuff over a vast area on its own, but remember - it missed anyway. Slava Ukraini!

The Baghdad Bob-thing (Kyiv Kenny) was funny and apt half a year ago, now the comedic value has diminished and I just feel extremely sorry for the fools that buy it.

flamming_python wrote:What is the point in gloating over all this?...

What was the point of Ukrainians gloating over shelling Donetsk for 8 years?

flamming_python wrote:...You do realize that w/o power to water treatment plants, electric stoves & heaters, refrigerators/freezers, and a whole other bunch of things we take for granted - life gets very, very difficult right? Not to mention that most livelihoods/jobs become no longer possible....

Exactly  

flamming_python wrote:As in - enough to provoke a mass humanitarian crisis...

F*ck yeah!!!  

flamming_python wrote:And I'm assuming there is enough emergency power for hospitals, fire stations, police and gas stations at least....

Plenty of fuel coming from across the western border, only way emergency power runs out is if Ukraninas want it to run out

flamming_python wrote:And it has to be debated what the objective is here....

To f*ck them up the same way they plan to f*ck you up

Welcome to War 101

Dr.Snufflebug wrote:Last night a good 40-50 "Geran" strikes occured in at least 6 Ukrainian regions. Targets were electrical distribution hubs, widespread outages resulted and are still going on nearly 24h later....

Good to see Project Dorito Bandito proceeding uninterrupted

Dnjepropetrovsk and Krivoj Rog are currently visited by Geraniums.

Speaking of Ukrainian math... So, Russia accused them of preparing for dirty tactics, dirty nuclear to be precise.

Kyyyiiiv invited UN inspectors and directed them to three regular sites where nuclear stuff is known to be going on, the UN saw  nothing suspicious at the sites Kyyyyiiiv told them to check.

So the conclusion is now that Russia was lying about suspicious stuff happening outside of these sites. Logic!

Man, it makes my blood boil.. Very reminiscent of the shenanigans in Syria. All to cover up for islamists using chlorine and sarin.

lancelot wrote:

mr_hd wrote:All those doomsday predictions proved to be false till now and are way over pessimistic. German storages are now 99% full - the most in history for this period. And in the EU ports are waiting 30+ large tankers that have to wait in queue to unload, that is huge stockpile, enough for months to come.

The future of gas has dramatically changed, it is not and will not anymore for example be offered for new buildings and houses in Germany as default. Heat pumps are new standard and long-term goal. Long term usage of gas is to be cut in industry and households as well in power plants for electricity production.

EU despite energy crisis is still reducing its CO2 emissions this year. Actually, energy crisis is speeding up cutting reliance on fossils much faster than pure green goals, it is all about energy independence right now.

Sure. They reduce CO2 emissions by cutting down on production of fertilizer, glass, bricks, steel, etc. Even soap and toilet paper factories have been shut down. And good luck switching homes to heat pumps in a short amount of time. All this chest thumping about getting gas storage in Europe full, when it is unlikely it will be enough to cover winter demand, and the winter has not even started, is quite idiotic. When the blackouts in the middle of the winter start in Europe then we can talk.

There are already some tangible successes in fighting with Russian energy suppliers. Small yet thsi si only the first step.

Duralex suspends production for five months

The company halted production at its factory in La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin until April to preserve its finances. She plans to save 50% of her energy consumption and therefore of her bill. It has also placed all of its employees on partial unemployment.
Duralex has suspended production at its factory in La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin until April to preserve its finances. The famous Loiret glassworks has put its oven on standby for the past few hours. She plans to save 50% of her energy consumption and therefore of her bill. It has also placed all of its employees on partial unemployment. However, the activity continues in the logistics part of its factory.

https://www.europe1.fr/economie/duralex-suspend-sa-production-pour-cinq-mois-4145017

Not sure if this is here of or UAV thread




Lancet-3

As the expert noted, the drone belongs to the class of loitering ammunition. Their range is up to 50 km, usually the device is used in the tactical depth of enemy formations, and strikes are delivered against a previously known target.

In addition, the UAV is equipped with an optoelectronic device that allows the operator to find the desired object and accurately direct the ammunition. Drones can be returned if the target was not detected, which is impossible with a missile or guided missile.

The fact that the Armed Forces (AF) of the Russian Federation began to use Lancets to destroy infantry and equipment of the Ukrainian troops became known on July 21, 2022. As it was reported then, after the modernization, the flight duration of the Lancets was increased to one hour, and the high-explosive fragmentation warhead of the ammunition became more powerful with a mass of more than 5 kg. In addition, the new "Lancets" received one large X-shaped wing and an X-shaped plumage in the tail.

The Lancet is a development of the ZALA AERO company of the Kalashnikov concern. The drone can stay in the air for a long time and independently seek out a target . When it is detected, the drone dives and explodes above it.

"Lancet-3" became a heavy modification of the "Lancet".

below links:

https://iz.ru/1413456/2022-10-20/voennyi-ekspert-rasskazal-ob-osobennostiakh-bpla-lantcet-3



Bastion Karpenko

Hole wrote:History lesson in 50 years

Fixed it for you

Heavy going article but serious progress being made.

Take away from a meeting today between Putin and members of the government partly dedicated to Heating and Energy distrobution (the main topic being investment in Russia), which is critically serious for Russians and other high latitude nations. And of course, the newly liberated territories need rapid attention.

"Currently, the energy systems, as well as the gas supply systems of the new constituent entities of the Russian Federation, are technologically integrated into the Unified Energy System and the Unified Gas Supply System, for which electrical connections with the Crimean Energy System and the main gas pipeline have been restored. This makes it possible to ensure a balance of electricity and natural gas in the territories of new entities.

Regime and balance conditions have been developed to ensure power supply to the Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions mainly through the supply of electricity to the Crimean energy system with control of permissible flows along the Crimean energy bridge. In addition, a scheme for greater reliability of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya energy systems is being implemented with partial use of previously destroyed infrastructure and the creation of non-standard schemes.

The main work of preparation for the autumn-winter period of the four new territories is related to the restoration of the destroyed energy infrastructure. In general, the work is carried out with the coordinating role of the working group of the special infrastructure project, which is headed by Deputy Prime Minister Marat Shakirzyanovich Khusnullin. To date, the restoration of four units of the Luhansk TPP has been completed, work continues on the restoration of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant and preparations for the launch of the Zaporizhzhya TPP.

At the TPP, it is necessary to restore the destroyed switchgears, electrical connections of the station with the main feeding centers. This will make it possible to supply voltage to the own needs of the Zaporizhzhya NPP from the Russian energy system. Technologically, everything is clear. There are, of course, questions about ensuring the safe performance of work on these measures.

Routine maintenance work was carried out on the previously functioning generation facilities of the Donetsk People's Republic - these are the Zuya thermal station and the Starobeshevskaya thermal station. Fuel reserves have been accumulated on them.

Together with the administration of the new subjects, energy companies and the Ministry of Construction have formed and implemented schedules for the restoration of the electricity and gas supply infrastructure. They are synchronized with the schedules for connecting housing and communal services and social infrastructure. Restoration is carried out both for the objects of the backbone network, and for objects of low voltage class. About 50 power grid facilities of class 110 kilowatts and above and almost 3,000 objects of distribution networks were put into operation. 100 kilometers of main and more than a thousand kilometers of gas distribution networks were restored, gas was supplied to 360 distribution points.

In record time, the construction and commissioning of the main gas pipeline between the cities of Berdyansk and Melitopol was completed. This made it possible to ensure gas supply to 145 thousand consumers of the southern part of the Zaporizhzhya region. Work has begun on the construction of another 12 kilometers of the main gas pipeline to restore gas supply to the city of Volnovakha and the surrounding areas. By the end of this month, this work will also be completed.

Particular attention is paid to the cities of Mariupol, Volnovakha and the Severodonetsk agglomeration. In Mariupol, the main feeding centers have been restored, work continues in the distribution networks to create a more reliable scheme for the external supply of the city.

Initially, the agreed plans for connecting social facilities, housing and communal services infrastructure and households to the networks have been completed, the work continues, and we take into account the increase in the number of facilities ready for connection.

To date, more than 35 thousand residential buildings, more than 600 social facilities, 27 water supply nodes and more than 80 heat supply facilities, that is, boiler houses, have been restored in these settlements. Taking into account the restrictions on access for the work, a partial restoration of the supply networks for the power supply of Lysychansk, Severodonetsk and Rubezhne was ensured. Until November 10, we plan to restore the ring power scheme from the Luhansk CHPP to the Lysychansk substation. Work continues on low-voltage distribution networks within the cities themselves. In the city of Rubezhne, electricity supply is connected to 83 percent of consumers, in Severodonetsk - 44, in Lisichansk electricity supply to socially significant objects of the city is carried out from diesel generators. We plan to complete the restoration of power supply by the beginning of December. The previously restored power supply scheme was destroyed. According to the schedule, by December 1, work will be completed on the restoration and power supply of consumers in the city of Svitlodarsk of the DPR and adjacent settlements.

In addition to regional companies, about 2700 power engineers from federal companies, as well as 670 units of special equipment, are involved in restoration work. As the work unfolds and access to power grid facilities, their number will increase.

Work on the restoration of energy infrastructure and electricity supply to the population, social facilities and housing and communal services will continue throughout the autumn-winter period. Power engineers will not only have to operate existing facilities, promptly respond to emergency situations, but also restore damaged energy infrastructure to provide residents of new subjects of Russia with light, gas and heat.

https://t.me/ghostnewsx/2055
Female relatives meet russian former POWS released after exchange.

Judging by the amount of exchanges, it seems like around 200 russian servicemen have been returned. One of the guys says he was a POW for 3 months, so the claim that was made when 55 POWS were exchanged for 200+ azov members were the last russians in captivity was false. One wonders how many more russians are left. The last report said around 200 LDNR POWs. I wonder how most russian POWs become this way. Do ukrainian DRGs capture them, are they left wounded on the battlefield? Are they captured after failed offensives?

limb wrote:https://t.me/ghostnewsx/2055
Female relatives meet russian former POWS released after exchange.

Judging by the amount of exchanges, it seems like around 200 russian servicemen have been returned. One of the guys says he was a POW for 3 months, so the claim that was made when 55 POWS were exchanged for 200+ azov members were the last russians in captivity was false. One wonders how many more russians are left. The last report said around 200 LDNR POWs. I wonder how most russian POWs become this way. Do ukrainian DRGs capture them, are they left wounded on the battlefield? Are they captured after failed offensives?

AFAIK the majority are LDNR militia. Sometimes some sillyness such as civilian workers as well