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Ukraine has struck the Trans-Siberian Railway at a key location. North Korea has been supplying Russia with various ammo and military spare parts using the T-S railroad. That is at least temporarily halted.

The Trans-Siberian (T-S) railroad is 5,800 miles end to end. It connects European Russia, west of the Urals, with the far eastern part of Russia. Together with North Korea and China Russia built a rail spur directly to North Korea allowing cargo to flow from NK. This spur ties into the main line of the T-S railroad. Along the whole of the 5,800 miles there are numerous places where there's a single railroad track. Most of these segments stretch for hundreds of miles in between rail hubs in towns and industrial locations, where there are parallel tracks, which allow trains to pass each other. Otherwise, eastbound and westbound trains have to wait their turn to use the single-track portions. Most of these single-track portions are on solid ground with some road access. So, repairs to the track can be made rather quickly. But, there is a 140-mile stretch through bogs, marshland, swamps, out in the middle of nowhere. No easy access. There are many bridges in this stretch over rivers and lakes. Taking out the track in this section of the T-S railroad would cause long delays as repairs would be very difficult and time-consuming.

So...guess where Ukrainian agents just struck. A bridge and about 1/4 mile of track have been utterly destroyed by Ukrainian drones. These drones are the larger ones capable of carrying up 250-pound warheads. But they have a short range. This attack occurred 4,100 miles from Ukraine, so those drones were launched from inside of Russia. No doubt a combined Ukrainian Special Ops and anti-Putin partisans operation. More good stuff!

In a similar news, right now Russia, China, and North Korea are building a Trans-Siberian highway. This too will be some 5,000+ miles long when finished. It will be a modern, 4-lane highway very much like our interstate highways, all good solid concrete. They have completed about 400 miles in various sections and are working on bridges over rivers that need crossing. I was disappointed to learn that a Canadian construction company is one of the primary engineering firms building those bridges. Saw a video where the Canadian maple leaf flag was flying next to flags of Russia, China, and North Korea at one of the bridge construction sites. Most optimistic estimates say the complete 5,000+ mile highway will be finished by 2032. Hmmm, that is only 7 years from now. Maybe Ukraine can send them some messages via drones to slow them down a bit.

Russian saboteurs struck a rail line in Poland. This line supports trains traveling back and forth to Ukraine bringing much-needed supplies. The damage is minimal and has, by this time, already been repaired. But, Russian operatives actually attacking inside of a NATO country. Hmmm...NATO won't react.

Russian drones struck a Turkish LNG tanker anchored at a port in Ukraine on the Danube River. This port is an important LNG, and O&G terminal. This happened about 48 hours ago and there are still fires burning on the ship. The flames have not reached the LNG storage tanks. If it does, KABOOM! The port and the nearby town will be utterly destroyed. The Danube River is the border between Ukraine and Romania. The Romanians have completely evacuated the small town across the river; all 4,200 residents were ordered out. The river is not wide enough to serve as protection. If that tanker explodes, this Romanian town will get clobbered too.

Turkey is furious with Putin/Russia about this. Russia has not commented at all. Some are saying it was probably an accident, the Russian drone was aimed at the Ukrainian port but missed. Others are saying BS to that. These drones are so scarily accurate that even the Russians can guide one through open doors, windows...and then down the halls inside of buildings. Four of Russians Shahed drones were sent to attack this port. Two were shot down, a third veered away when fired upon and eventually struck a nearby town, taking out an empty commercial building. The one that struck actually flew over the port and went straight into the LNG tanker. Looks very deliberate to those who know. Probably, the Russians knew that even four drones could not do enough damage to the port facility on their own, but detonate the tanker and you have a small A-bomb going off.

Following President Z's orders, Ukran drone units have turned up the heat on the Orcs inside of Pokrovsk. The 414th Brigade, an entire drone operating unit, the elite of the elite, deployed one battalion to the P-M area and they are kicking butt, cleaning out the Russian scum soldier by soldier. Their FPV drones have infrared targeting devices such no one can hide from them. These small drones in the hands of the most skilled operators in the world, second to none, can be guided into buildings, down halls, up/down stairwells or elevator shafts and find and kill anyone. The 414th has the nickname of "Magyar."

A good portion of Pokrovsk has already been cleansed of the Russian scum.

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Russian saboteurs struck a rail line in Poland. This line supports trains traveling back and forth to Ukraine bringing much-needed supplies. The damage is minimal and has, by this time, already been repaired. But, Russian operatives actually attacking inside of a NATO country. Hmmm...NATO won't react.

Russian drones struck a Turkish LNG tanker anchored at a port in Ukraine on the Danube River. This port is an important LNG, and O&G terminal. This happened about 48 hours ago and there are still fires burning on the ship. The flames have not reached the LNG storage tanks. If it does, KABOOM! The port and the nearby town will be utterly destroyed. The Danube River is the border between Ukraine and Romania. The Romanians have completely evacuated the small town across the river; all 4,200 residents were ordered out. The river is not wide enough to serve as protection. If that tanker explodes, this Romanian town will get clobbered too.

Turkey is furious with Putin/Russia about this. Russia has not commented at all. Some are saying it was probably an accident, the Russian drone was aimed at the Ukrainian port but missed. Others are saying BS to that. These drones are so scarily accurate that even the Russians can guide one through open doors, windows...and then down the halls inside of buildings. Four of Russians Shahed drones were sent to attack this port. Two were shot down, a third veered away when fired upon and eventually struck a nearby town, taking out an empty commercial building. The one that struck actually flew over the port and went straight into the LNG tanker. Looks very deliberate to those who know. Probably, the Russians knew that even four drones could not do enough damage to the port facility on their own, but detonate the tanker and you have a small A-bomb going off.

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Not much in the way of updates on this Turkish tanker hit. All 16 crewmen evacuated safely, no injuries. Firefighting crews from the port were fighting the fires trying to keep the flames from reaching the storage tanks. The tanker, named the MT Orinda, was fully loaded with LNG and was in the process of off-loading it when the drone struck. Apparently, the off-loading process continued and has now been completed. Fires on the tanker, at latest report, are still burning but have been contained and pose no threat to igniting a massive explosion or permanently damaging the ship. This is good news.

For the first time Ukraine used the US-made ATACMS missile(s) to strike inside of Russia. Up to now, under Biden and then Trump, the US disallowed the use of ATACMS inside of Russia to avoid "escalation." They could only use them to strike targets inside of occupied Ukraine. Recently Trump lifted that stipulation. ATACMS have a relatively short range of about 190 miles. But there are plenty of targets inside of Russia within that distance. The acronym is pronounced as "attack 'ems." So, yeah, attack the Orcs!

Two nights ago Putin sent a missile into the city of Tenopli. He stuck an apartment complex which was ONLY near a school, some houses, and basic commercial buildings like a grocery store. Absolutely NO military value or even infrastructure value. Rescue workers are still going through the wreckage hoping to find more people alive. Hopes of that are fading. The death toll is 40, which includes 9 children, and the injured are 75, which includes 20 kids. There are 32 souls still missing, 24 adults, 8 kids. All are feared dead. Putin sent a powerful missile, thought to be an Iskalander 5. The size of the impact crater indicates it was probably an I-5 missile.

Putin is a terrorist! Plain and simple. Yet! the Turmp administration insists on trying to negotiate a peaceful settlement to this war. I thought the US does not negotiate with terrorists? Seems Trump et al see Putin as an exception. Shame on them.

"How to Win Friends and Influence People" - by Dale Carnegie.

If Putin took the course, he obviously failed it! Putin/Russia is on the brink of an all-out war with Azerbaijani. Already drone/missile strikes have been exchanged. Now, Azerbaijani has sent fighter jets to support Ukraine in their war with Russia, which The Kremlin condemns this as an act of war. Russia attacked the Azerbaijani embassy in Kyiv. This was a deliberate and violent attack using an I-5 missile.

Azerbaijani first riled Putin months ago when it agreed to terms with economic agreements with Armenia which includes the construction of a highway, dubbed "the Trump Road" since Trump negotiated the deals. Most importantly, the agreements bypass Russian gas pipelines which will impact Russian revenue. These new gas pipelines will also leave Iran out of the transport of gas through the region, in favor of Turkey instead.

Azerbaijani does not have a military that could cause much harm to Russia. But, Turkey is pledging to stand with Azerbaijani should Russia invade.

The battle of robots.

Russia has produced a tracked robot drone with a bulldozer blade used to clear mines from roads by pushing them off the road. This drone is not the size of a dozer but works like one. Ukraine uses drones to drop mines on roads and highways often dropping them behind Russian convoys who then encounter them on a return trip. Ukrainian drones will also at the same time drop mines in the field next to the road so that if Russian vehicles try to take to the field to avoid the mines on the road...kaboom! Keep in mind that these circumstances occur while the Russians are in a big hurry trying to outrun FPV drones and Ukran "walking" artillery after them. It's not like the Russians have the luxury of stopping to clear the minds off the road. If they stop, even briefly, the drones or artillery will nail them.

So, Russia has invented this tracked drone with a blade that works pushing mines off the road, into the ditches usually. Thus, the road is cleared for speeding Russian vehicles. It has worked fine...except Ukraine has reacted to this. Now these dozer drones are being sought and attacked with FPV drones. The battle of the drones, of the robots, continues. Each side inventing something new and the other side reacting to it.

Trump's ridiculous 28-point "peace" plan is DOA. Vance was sent out as the point man to present this stupidity, and it is he who is being laughed at. Both Putin and President Z have already stated, emphatically, they will not agree to it. For President Z it would mean capitulation...that ain't happening. And for Putin it would mean ceasing the war with Ukraine, and that ain't in the cards either.

I cannot fathom who cooked up this stupid plan, but they should either be fired or relegated to sweeping/mopping the floors of the White House.

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Originally Posted by dawg80

Trump's ridiculous 28-point "peace" plan is DOA. Vance was sent out as the point man to present this stupidity, and it is he who is being laughed at. Both Putin and President Z have already stated, emphatically, they will not agree to it. For President Z it would mean capitulation...that ain't happening. And for Putin it would mean ceasing the war with Ukraine, and that ain't in the cards either.

I cannot fathom who cooked up this stupid plan, but they should either be fired or relegated to sweeping/mopping the floors of the White House.

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The Europeans should be funding whatever Ukraine needs for that war, up to putting actual boots on the ground to push Russia back to their own borders. We have enough issues here in North and Central America to resolve, and I don't see the Europeans sending any help our way.

Would love to see a full accounting of the dollars we already sent there, though.

Europe and the UK are probably a couple of decades from being torn apart into Sharia and non-Sharia territories from moronic EU immigration policies. That's a bigger threat to Western power than Putin could ever hope to be. Putin has been exposed as a paper tiger (with nukes).

In 2025 the US has provided practically ZERO monetary support for Ukraine. And this includes donated supplies/equipment as well. All we're doing is selling military equipment to European nations who then donate it to Ukraine. Just saw the numbers for 2025 Europe $48 billion, the US $34 million and all of that was before March, which were promises made under Biden. Nothing new since March.

Trump is dead wrong on that $350 billion he keeps tossing around. The real number is right at $180 billion, still a lot, and all authorized by the Biden administration...with kickbacks to the Hunter Biden Foundation.

I understand both sides of the argument. But, when I see photos of wonderful Ukrainian families, murdered by Putin, it riles me. Recently, in one of Putin's attacks on an apartment building, he murdered whole families and parts of families. One example is a 32-year-old beautiful woman and her two kids, ages 8 and 4, all dead now. The photo shared of the three of them, from happier times, wow...I can't speak for anyone else, but I don't see how any decent human being would not be pissed about this. Her husband, their dad, was not there because he is currently in a hospital recovering from a wound he received fighting on the front lines. Can you imagine his reaction when he got this news?

I have always believed God created the USA, for us to be His beacon of light on the hill. To serve as a nation, a people, who would always "do the right thing." Fight for those who cannot fight for themselves. We refer to the World War II guys as "the greatest generation." Why do we do this? Well, because they sacrificed everything to fight evil around the world.

Finally, as I have mentioned before, I entitled this thread "Russia" and not "Ukraine" because this war is really NOT about Ukraine per se, it is about Putin's evil intentions. If not Ukraine it could have been, and will be, one of the Baltic states or Poland. Putin is pure evil. America is supposed to be all about being righteous.

Trump's stupid stance on being pro-Putin is destroying the Republican Party. Many now former-MAGA supporters have had enough of Trump's ridiculous position on Putin and his aggression. Fortunately, many GOP leaders are finally taking the lead in this matter. I hope Speaker Mike Johnson stands on the right side of this and gets tough with the White House. A discharge vote in Congress can force the White House (Trump) to actually get tough with Putin.

About 40,000 Russians attacked a thinly defended line, east of the farming community of Huliaipole and gained about 5 miles on a 4-mile front, so about 20 square miles of farmland gobbled up. There are scattered farms in the area. For weeks the Russians have been building up in the area. They made two large assaults last week but were hammered by drones and artillery and fell back. Yesterday a heavy fog settled in, and the Orcs used that cover to advance. This is happening about 20 miles south of Pokrovsk. The Ukrainians simply lack the manpower to build up forces to match the Russians. They are trying to protect a front that stretches 900 miles and can't provide sufficient troops to guard it all against heavy build-ups by the Russians. This region is all open farmland, with scattered farms and tiny farming villages.

Last week, the Orcs completely wiped out one of those villages using glide bombs. The community consisted of 14 houses, one church, and several commercial buildings, like a grocery store, all lined along a highway. Every structure was hit by a heavy bomb and there is literally nothing left. Fortunately, most of the village had been evacuated weeks before so the loss of life was minimal. Putin propogandists proudly showed video, shot by a Russian recon drone, of the heavy bombs, said to be 1,000-pound warheads, striking the village end to end. After the smoke and dust settled the video showed nothing but craters where structures once stood. "This is the kind of power our strong army wields!" boasted one of the TV hosts. Pure evil.

Meanwhile, back in Pokrovsk, the clean out continues. Ukrainian forces have retaken central Pokrovsk. But the danger remains as there is still some 75,000 Russians operating in that theater.

A good portion of Moscow was plunged into darkness as Ukrainian Flamingo cruise missiles struck a large power plant 140 miles east of Moscow. This is a huge "thermal" power plant, powered by coal and natural gas. It's a massive facility generating 3,800 MW. Ukraine purposely struck the power plant furthest away that supplies Moscow to demonstrate that they all can be hit. Video released by a local Russian TV station shows the sky lit up by tracers from anti-aircraft batteries in a vain attempt to shoot down the cruise missiles. Four were sent and all four struck the plant. Of course, the Russians are dismissing this publicly "as no big deal". But 24 hours after the attack the plant is still down, not producing any electric power.

Winter is setting in in Russia. Already temperatures have dipped below 32F with much worse soon to follow. Forecasts call for temps dipping into the teens (F) next week. Ukraine has issued warnings to "Russia" to the people and to Putin this is about to get real.

"Atesh" which is the anti-Putin partisan organization, composed of Russians wanting to oust the Putin regime, have struck and destroyed two coal trains heading for other coal-burning power plants southeast of Moscow which service some 2.5 million Russians in various cities. Atesh is saying they will take out those power plants themselves if Putin doesn't resign immediately. As it is the tracks to bring in coal for those plants are blocked by the wrecked trains.

Yep, this shit is getting really real for the Russian population.

The 425th Assault Regiment is enjoying more success in Pokrovsk, clearing the Orcs from the city. Russians now cling to only a sliver of the southern side of the city. This is quite a reversal from just a week ago when it looked like the Ukrainians needed to withdraw to avoid being trapped in the P-M pocket. The 68th and 155th brigades have not only not left, but they have also been reinforced and resupplied.

Near the farming town of Huliaipole the Russians have claimed close to 22 square miles of farmland, some farms, and utterly destroyed a small village, but now they are about to tackle dug in Ukrainians. To get to these defending Ukrans the Orcs will have to cross open ground. Hello! Not happening.

Last night Ukraine struck another thermal power plant that serves Moscow. This one just on the outskirts of the city, a 1,500 MW plant, south of the city. This makes two power plants knocked out that provide power to Moscow. Very cold weather is setting in. Meanwhile, the powerful leader, Putin, is channeling his best Hitler imitation and is hunkered down in his bunker, which has its own power sources, generators. So, he and his family, closest friends and allies are all warm and safe while the average Russian is about to freeze to death in their crappy apartments. This shit is getting real.