(04.03.2024, 22:57)Quintus Fabius schrieb: Aber: im Verhältnis zum Aufwand und zu den Verlusten sind die Geländegewinne eben nicht signifikant, sondern hier stimmt das "Preis-Leistungsverhältnis" nicht. Man opfert viel zu viel für viel zu wenig.

(05.03.2024, 09:20)Pogu schrieb: In diesem Konflikt stellt der Gewinn von Territorium einen Sekundärnutzen dar. (...)

Zitat:RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, MARCH 4, 2024

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev promoted Russia’s extensive territorial objectives that expand deep into Ukraine’s territory. Medvedev gave a lecture on March 4 called “Geographical and Strategic Borders” at the Russian World Youth Festival, a Kremlin-organized event that includes attendees from more than 100 foreign countries, during which he claimed that “Ukraine is, of course, Russia.”

Russian forces currently occupy the east (left) bank of Kherson Oblast, but Medvedev defined all the territories on the left bank of the Dnipro River and many territories on the right bank of the Dnipro River as “integral” to Russia’s “strategic historical borders.”

Russian forces currently do not occupy any territory in right-bank Ukraine. Medvedev spoke against the backdrop of a hypothetical English-language map of Eastern Europe that he originally posted on his Telegram channel in July 2022.

The map depicts parts of western Ukraine under Hungarian, Polish, and Romanian control — furthering the recently reignited Kremlin narrative that eastern European states have “territorial disputes” in western Ukraine that is aimed at spoiling Ukraine‘s relationships with its western neighbors.

The map shows Ukraine existing as a rump state only within the borders of Kyiv Oblast and the rest of modern-day Ukraine as part of Russia — well beyond the areas that Russian forces currently occupy, and the four oblasts Russia has illegally annexed. The fact that Medvedev reused a map from 2022 underscores that the Kremlin’s maximalist territorial objectives have remained unchanged since the beginning months of the war. [...]

Medvedev indicated that Russia is more interested in subjugating Ukraine’s people than taking its territory. Medvedev claimed that Russia’s “enemies constantly insist that Russia’s main goal is to seize Ukrainian lands” but, as the “riches” of Ukraine’s lands, such as wheat, steel, gas, and coal are “almost absent,” the main value that Russia seeks from its occupation of Ukraine is through controlling its people.

Medvedev also claimed that the concept of a sovereign Ukrainian state and the concept of a Ukrainian national identity that is not Russian must “disappear forever.” ISW continues to document how Russian authorities are repeatedly engaging in large-scale and deliberate ethnic cleansing campaigns and systematically working to eliminate Ukrainian language, culture, history, and ethnicity in areas of Ukraine that Russia occupies.

Zitat:Stalin could have been poisoned by the West, Russian communists claim

Party calls for a probe on 71st anniversary of Soviet dictator’s death. [...]

“The party appealed to the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation and the FSB with a request to check the possible involvement of Western intelligence services in the death of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin,” Sergey Malinkovich, chairman of the Communists of Russia party, said Tuesday, according to state-run news agency RIA.

“Many testimonies from Stalin’s contemporaries speak of the possible poisoning of the leader of the Soviet nations by agents of Western influence,” Malinkovich added. [...] The request was made on the 71st anniversary of Stalin’s death on March 5, 1953. An autopsy found he died from a haemorrhagic stroke following years of health issues, including an earlier stroke and heart attack in 1945, but conspiracy theories have long circulated about potential foul play.

Stalin’s reputation has undergone a rehabilitation in recent years of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reign, with Stalinists expressing admiration for a man responsible for mass executions, a network of labor camps and forced starvation.

(05.03.2024, 09:56)Hinnerk2005 schrieb: Was genau meinst du damit?

Zitat:Da man es anscheinend auch verpasst hat ausweichstellungen zu bauen die man wirklich auch so nennen kann wird es für die Russen auch von Linie zu Linie einfacher .

Zitat:Das sind halt auch folgen wenn Politiker feldherr spielen .

(07.03.2024, 07:41)Quintus Fabius schrieb: (...)

Insgesamt betrachtet ist das eine Verschiebung, die auf eine große russische Offensive noch in diesem Jahr hindeutet. Zudem haben die Russen aus diesen Umständen resultierend eine gewisse Flexibilität und sie könnten daher auch die Offensive bewusst ausfallen lassen und dann diese Kräfte welche sich dadurch ansammeln ansparen.
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Zitat:Russian soldiers intensify their use of chemical agent to reduce Ukraine strongholds

Dmytro Lykhoviy, head of the public relations department of the Tavria military unit, revealed disturbing details, stating that Russian forces have increasingly employed grenades equipped with suffocating and tear gas, delivered via drones. Lykhoviy's disclosure of approximately 50 such drops within a week, with 15 recorded in just the past day, raises grave concerns about the potential humanitarian and security implications of Russia's actions. [...]

Regarding UXO ( Unexploded Ordnance) found in warzone, two types of chemical hand grenades are used by Russian Soldier, the K-51 and the KG-VO

The Russian K-51, a CS gas, riot-control, striker-release, base-emission, hand-grenade used to control counter-insurgencies and other tactical operations. The K-51 is filled with variable weights of an irritant agent, which is commonly stated to be the Chemical Warfare Agent (CWA) designated CS (2-Chlorobenzalmalononitrile). The K-51 uses the K-510 fuze, which allows 16-second burns of thick CS smoke. RG-VO hand grenade is less known. composed of CN (chloroacetophenone) agent. This gas is traditionally used for riot control, a bit more powerful than CS gas

CS (ortho-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile) and CN (chloroacetophenone) are both types of tear gas commonly used for riot control and crowd dispersal. They're considered less-lethal agents designed to temporarily incapacitate individuals by irritating the eyes, mouth, throat, lungs, and skin. [...]

It's important to note that the use of these chemicals is governed by various laws and regulations in different countries, which can include guidelines on permissible concentrations and scenarios for their use. [...]

According to BMJ Military Health, the lethal concentration of the most dangerous agent, CN, is 11 mg-min/m³. According to Andriy Rudik, a spokesperson from the Centre for Research on Trophy and Advanced Weapons and Military Equipment of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, this concentration is equal to “Approximately 70 drops of such gas are sufficient to kill an adult person,”. Rudik added that in December 2023, a total of 81 cases of Russian grenades containing poisonous substances were recorded.

Zitat:Ukraine accuses Russia of intensifying chemical attacks on the battlefield

Feb 9 (Reuters) - Ukraine accused Russia on Friday of using toxic chemicals in more than 200 attacks on the battlefield in January alone, a sharp increase in what it said were recorded instances of their use by Russian forces since they invaded two years ago. Russia has denied allegations of using chemical weapons in Ukraine and has accused Ukrainian forces of their use, which Kyiv denies. Neither side has produced evidence and Reuters has not been able to verify any use by either side. [...]

The Ukrainian general staff said: "815 cases of the use of ammunition loaded with toxic chemicals by the Russian Federation were recorded. Of these, only in January 2024 – 229 cases." It did not name any other chemicals in its statement on the Telegram messenger app.