#donetsk

deutschewelle@squeet.me

Meinung: Putin muss eskalieren, um zu überleben | DW | 21.09.2022

Die russische Teilmobilmachung und die hastig angesetzten "Referenden" in der Ostukraine sind Zeichen der Schwäche. Putin hat sich verkalkuliert; den Preis zahlen zehntausende Russen mit ihrem Leben, meint Miodrag Soric.#WladimirPutin #Russland #Ukraine #Krieg #Moskau #Kreml #Teilmobilmachung #Donetsk #Luhansk #Volksabstimmung #Referendum
Meinung: Putin muss eskalieren, um zu überleben | DW | 21.09.2022

olladij@diaspora.permutationsofchaos.com
olladij@diaspora.permutationsofchaos.com

Generally speaking, in August 2021, the Russian Armed Forces had 168 battalion tactical groups (BTGs). These are the ‘permanent readiness’ forces that were more trained and equipped for combat operations than any other. Considering that the number of personnel in each BTG was 800 to 1,000, the total number of Russian ‘permanent readiness’ troops fell in the range of 134,500 to 168,000 on the eve of the #war. At the same time, it is worth remembering that the total invasion force initially numbered 190,000 men, which, alongside BTGs, also included battlefield-ready National Guard units, with ‘Kadyrov’s men’ among them, and the units recruited in the #Donetsk and #Luhansk regions. At the same time, it is still difficult to provide an estimate of the reserves that #Russia had at that time, but it is unlikely to exceed an additional 100,000 men for the armed forces. Considering that these reserves were used by the end of the fifth month of the war, the US #military believe that #Moscow had already engaged 85% of the total available army, one way or another. Hence, the loss of 70,000−80,000 men, whether killed or wounded, in the context of the ongoing war raises the question of whether such an #army can ever return home.

https://ridl.io/the-finite-army/ #ukraine #weapons #crimea #fsb

olladij@diaspora.permutationsofchaos.com

Screams from soldiers being tortured, overflowing cells, inhuman conditions, a regime of intimidation and murder. Inedible gruel, no communication with the outside world, and days marked off with a home-made calendar written on a box of tea.
This, according to a prisoner who was there, is what conditions are like inside #Olenivka, the notorious detention centre outside #Donetsk where dozens of Ukrainian soldiers burned to death in a horrific episode late last month while in Russian captivity.
Anna Vorosheva – a 45-year-old Ukrainian entrepreneur – gave a harrowing account to the Observer of her time inside the jail. She spent 100 days in Olenivka after being detained in mid-March at a checkpoint run by the pro-Russian Donetsk People’s Republic ( #DNR) in eastern #Ukraine.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/06/russian-prison-camp-ukrainians-deaths-donetsk #war #russia #mariupol #azov #fsb #zelenskiy #redcross

faab64@diasp.org

Video shows Ukraine forces massive attack against #Donetsk. using NATO supplied howitzers M777 shells.

No military target visible in the images and the attacks were all civilians.
Targeted was the city center and Donbass Palace hotel. there are re[ports of 8 deaths, including 1 child.

https://twitter.com/anniefofani/status/1555254299524882433