But ... it was an epic whimper!

Russian telegram says that a column of Russian vehicles in Kursk region moving to join the war was hit.  First, the vehicles in the front and rear, then the ones in the middle.  Some of the smaller vehicles dispersed as best they could, but the losses were heavy and the convoy's mission was of course put on hold.

All of this is unconfirmed and not from a particularly trustworthy source, so take it with a huge grain of salt until confirmed by official/reputable sources.

But if true, it would be another example of Ukraine being very proactive with its mandate to hit military targets in Russia in self-defense and help show that such moves have a large and beneficial effect on the war effort (from the Ukrainian perspective)

Aight.
No spoilers though!
We'll see. Can't be worse than how GOT ended.

In terms of being able to use Western arms to hit military targets in Russian territory, both the USA and Germany have softened their opposition.

Denmark supports such action.

The Netherlands has gone all out in support, allowing Ukraine to hit Russian territory with donated F-16s

Quote"If you have the right to self-defense, there are no borders for the use of weapons. This is a general principle,"

I gotta say, that makes sense.

Belgium is taking the opposite approach, not allowing Ukraine any use of the donated F-16s within Russian borders.

Quote"However, the agreement is extremely explicit. We are talking about fighter jets that Ukrainians can use on Ukrainian territory. This is the arrangement that we reached, and I want to stick to it," the Belgian Prime Minister emphasised.

That's one way to spin it.  Leaving out of course that air defense becomes a lot easier when you take out the launchers.

This move leaves Italy and Belgium (and presumably, Hungary) as the main opponents of Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory.

Dniper power plant in critical condition and no longer supplying electricity

While this year's winter bombardment of the electric grid hasn't been quite a crippling as it was last year, the Russians have done a lot of damage to the thermal plants and hydroelectric plants.  And Ukraine has faced rolling blackouts at times.  Though this year, Russia and Russian-held territory in Ukraine has also suffered damage to its electrical grid and rolling blackouts somewhat.

While last winter was mostly Russia inflicting heavy damage to Ukraine, this year it was both sides inflicting heavy damage to each other.  So, while bad, some progress has been made.  Hopefully, this situation keeps progressing, perhaps to the point when Russia is at Ukraine's mercy, though I'm not sure what Russia could say in its defense in that situation.

Quote from: Mr.Obvious on May 30, 2024, 03:18:00 PMIt's my birthday tomorrow, but i'm required to go to a reception for work. Not too bad, was going to celebrate my birthday saturday insteaf anyways

But the gf insisted i open my gift today, as we might hardly see one another tomorrow.

She got me the full dark tower series.

I am excited to give it a try.
Heard some of you say it was a bit of a slog, but i do really like that she got me this. It's a big gift and i would not have bought it for myself in a while, while wanting to.
She knows me well ^^

Well, I haven't done it myself, but when you get to the end, it ends kind of anti-climatically and then King himself apologizes for it and says there's a real ending but you won't like it. It's just a couple pages later. But you're really not going to like it. And it's the kind of stupid idea I would have come up with.

So, just remember it's the journey with this one.

Everybody asks WHAT is futanari. Nobody bothers to ask WHY is futanari.