I don't think "retired peacefully" can even be said in Russian...

Intercepted phone call: Russian soldier says he thinks Ukrainians figured out his location from his cell phone.  He guessed right.

If you call your wife to tell her the enemy is targeting the location of your phone, then stop calling your wife.

Russian troops desert

650, a new record

Institute of War assessment

QuoteUkrainian successes on the Kharkiv City-Izyum line are creating fissures within the Russian information space and eroding confidence in Russian command to a degree not seen since a failed Russian river crossing in mid-May.

I've seen footage lately of yet another failed river crossing, complete with submerged tanks, so it seems history is repeating itself.

QuoteMilbloggers warned about an impending Ukrainian counteroffensive northwest of Izyum for days prior to Ukrainian advances, and some milbloggers noted that Russian command failed to prepare for "obvious and predictable" Ukrainian counteroffensives.

Initial reports had Ukraine with "tactical surprise" which struck me as odd because Ukraine publically announced its counteroffensive.  Evidently, Russian forces either had bad intel or they were in such a poor state of readiness that they couldn't engage effectively.

QuoteSome milbloggers complained that the Russian MoD did not seize the information space in a timely manner to prevent the spread of Ukrainian social media on Russian Telegram channels, leading to distrust among Russian audiences.

Who could have guessed that lying leads to distrust?  LOL

Kharkiv counteroffensive over the last 3 days

Russians donate ammo to Ukraine in a gesture of goodwill

Ukraine should be polite and send some back.  🌻

Russia's 237th Guards Airborne Assault Regiment no longer exists

All soldiers are either dead or wounded, and many of the wounded are seriously wounded.

QuoteThe unit has no commanders and communications left.

Mysterious explosions in Belgorod

Voted Russia's most flammable region 6 months and counting

Man, they'd better get a handle on this illicit smoking soon, or Russia is going to look really, really foolish.

Quote from: ferdmonger on September 09, 2022, 08:04:51 PMMan, they'd better get a handle on this illicit smoking soon, or Russia is going to look really, really foolish.

Spoiler- they already look pretty foolish. 8^) I'll readily admit that we have some seriously stupid shit going on in the US, but Russia is starting to make North Korea look sane. Not a good sign. What's the over/under for Putin "jumping" out a window or glowing in the dark from Polonium poisoning?

Just hoping that Vlad doesn't go ape-shit over him losing his three day 'special operation'.

He must at this point understand that he has lost on the world stage.  Please don't exacerbate your failure by attacking more civilian targets.