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Multiple Russian units have produced threatening videos in support of Lunin (who is a military veteran as well). Very interesting.

Putin and Lukashenko have held a 2-day conference in Valdai. Apparently it is "routine" but alleged insiders claim that Putin has asked Lukashenko to join the war in a more direct fashion, and has applied considerable pressure to that end. Lukashenko is likely to prevaricate.

After a month of Russia shoring up the lines in western Zaporizhzhia successfully, it appears that Ukraine has worn down their reinforcements, and some Ukrainian recon units have moved closer to Kamyanske. Logistics strikes in this area are extremely heavy.

Ukraine has targeted and destroyed a Russian mobile fire group tasked with protecting fuel shipments in Crimea.

Ukraine has bombed a road bridge in Rozdolne, Crimea. The road bridge collapsed downwards onto a rail line, totally blocking it. Russia attempted to bring in equipment to clear it, by rail, but then couldn't because the railway line itself was destroyed where it crossed the North Crimean Canal. Russia seems to be struggling to work out how to repair these structures in order.

Ukraine has lost two MiG-29s in the last few days, one destroyed at an airfield and one in combat operations over the front. A reminder that Russian AA systems have been degraded, but not completely destroyed.

Ukraine used a barrage of Flamingo missiles to severely damage the Titan-Barrikady factory in Volgograd, 550km from the launch site. Russia destroyed two missiles in flight, but three survived to hit the target.

Russian milblogger "Lunin" has been arrested after saying the war may end with the army "turning its guns on the Kremlin."

There is currently a 20-mile tailback extending across the Kerch Bridge into Crimea with people trying to flee.

The Moscow Oil Refinery is offline until 2027. The damage is so severe they can barely start repairing the damage in the next couple of months, and it won't be back online until at least early 2027.

Russia has apparently asked Kazakhstan to start supplying oil to make up for the shortfalls in the system.

Fuel prices in the Rostov region adjoining Ukraine are reaching their highest-ever prices, and some gas stations are out of fuel.

A Russian in Israel saw a Ukrainian flag, tore it down, was stopped and the flag was restored to its prior position. The Russian man responded with a burst of antisemitic invective - in Israel - and stormed off.

Ukrainian intelligence and communications are really ramping-up the psy-ops about a Ukrainian attack on Crimea. Budanov has said that Crimea's return to Ukraine is "inevitable."

Ukraine has issued a preliminary report that at least some of the drone signal repeaters along the border with Belarus have been dismantled, and others may have been deactivated. Ukraine is monitoring the situation to see if they still need to take kinetic action.

Three years ago today, the Russian Wagner Group was death-screaming up the Rostov-Moscow highway, blowing Russian helicopters out of the sky and being bombed in turn by Russian aircraft, whilst roughly half the Russian military put Putin on "nu fone who dis?"

Crazy times.

Putin has indicated he would be prepared for peace talks on the basis of the Istanbul talks of early 2022. Which is interesting. The terms would still be unacceptable to Ukraine, but they would roll back on full Russian claims to all of the four oblasts. Unlikely to go anywhere though.

Ukrainian drone strikes on Crimea are becoming ridiculous, they've hit all the crossing points again, and have started hitting subterranean fuel storage depots which the Russians thought were safe and undetected. Some Russian civilians have started leaving Crimea. There are wild rumours about a Ukrainian naval assault (with what navy, is unclear) being imminent.