A "dramatic" increase in rail transport acitivity between Russia and North Korea according to satellite imagery acquired by CSIS.
A few weeks after the Kim-Putin summit, satellite imagery show an unprecedented level of rail traffic at the DPRK-Russia border.
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Ukrainian Assault in the Bakhmut Direction Reportedly Captured a Russian Major Whose Battalion Suffered "Heavy" Casualties.
Ships Remaining of the Black Seas Fleet in Sevastopol as of a few days ago...
Russian TOS-1A Thermobaric MLRS's always go up with incredible explosions. This one was destroyed in Zaporizhzhia reportedly.
Another long twitter thread from ChrisO compiled from Russian sources on the disappointing state of Russian Battlefield Medicine.
Some of the issues mentioned are the large numbers of Russian wounded who could've suffered much less serious wounds or still be alive but instead suffered blood loss and bleeding out. Also due to the nature of the combat with the shelling and use of drones, Russian forces don't want to risk personnel and equipment in transporting anything more then lightly wounded from the conflict zone.
There is also a lack of proper field/military hospitals. This is in part due to many logistical and medical personnel being utilized as frontline/combat troops but also a general lack of medical personnel. One medical brigade was reportedly formed out of teachers and scientists, not medical personnel. Much of the supplies and personnel have to come from humanitarian and charitable organizations as well as locals.
@ChrisO_wiki: 1/ Russian sources say that as many as 70-90% of all Russian deaths on the battlefield are caused by bleeding, rather than fatal wounds. An effective collapse of the Russian army's combat medical care ...…
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European Union Officials state that the ongoing crisis in Israel-Palestine won't affect support for Ukraine.
The European Commission has stated that the escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will not lead to a decrease in support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. Source: European Commission spokesman Eric Mamer during a briefing in Brussels on Monday, 9 October Quote: "I don't think anything...
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And finally... reports on how Russia plans to exploit the recent Hamas Offensive Against Israel in order to wedge continuing support for Ukraine.
The Kremlin is already and will likely continue to exploit the Hamas attacks in Israel to advance several information operations intended to reduce US and Western support and attention to Ukraine. The Kremlin amplified several information operations
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