Meantime the trenches keep moving.

Results for November 7, 2024:

· In the Seversky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are attacking in the Ivano-Daryevka area
· North of Kurakhovo, the Center group of forces liberated the villages of Novoalekseevka and Kremennaya Balka and entered the urban-type settlement of Ilyinka
· In Zaporozhye, the Russian army advanced forward in the area of ​​the village of Kopani.

AFU losses:

Personnel – 1790
Armored vehicles – 8, including:
BBM – 7 (including 3 "Kazak" and 1 "HMMWV")
APC – 1 "Viking"
Auto – 22
Art – 10, including:
SPG "Gvozdika" – 1
D-30 – 5
MT-12 "Rapira" – 1
M119 – 3
EW station "Anklav-N" – 1
Damage was inflicted on the infrastructure of a military airfield, storage and preparation sites for the launch of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as warehouses of missile and artillery weapons, ammunition and fuel and lubricants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Ammunition depot – 3
UAVs – 55

Quote:

EU troops on the way already

08.11.24 Map - Attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region - Square August 6, 2024 The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a massive attack with mobile assault groups on the Kursk region. After three months of the offensive operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region, the city of Sudzha and a number of settlements in its vicinity remain under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Based on the results of active counterattacks by the Russian Armed Forces, the area controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region was determined to be 633 km², compared to 822 km² on October 6 (+189 km² in favor of the Russian Armed Forces)

Trump wants the war between Russia and Ukraine to stop. The deal he has in mind is obvious. Russia gets to keep the Ukrainian territory it has gained and Ukraine gets to keep its nation, gets security guarantees and fighting ends.

Trump said he could end the war in one day. That’s ridiculous. That’s the side of Trump that is at times absurd. And yet he seems to have such simpatico with his supporters that they know to take him seriously but not literally. When, during the campaign, Trump met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, he said: “I think long before I take the presidency – it’s January 20 – but long before that, I think we can work out something that’s good for both sides.”

Though a step back from ending the war in one day, even this seems extremely unrealistic. Trump considers himself the master of the deal. He would presumably say to Vladimir Putin: make this deal, which gives you a huge chunk of territory, or I’ll invite Ukraine into NATO. And he presumably says to Zelensky, make this deal or I’ll cut off aid.

In principle, it’s a bad deal, grievously unfair to Ukraine, and rewards Russia for aggression. But Ukraine truly is Biden’s failure. Biden failed to deter Putin. US deterrence was in decline everywhere under Biden. Biden also gave Ukraine only enough weapons to avoid defeat, not to pursue victory, and even now places all manner of restriction on Ukraine’s use of weapons. If America was going to encourage Ukraine to fight, it should have supplied it properly. Instead it followed a policy of multi-directional, self-defeating, strategic timidity.

The situation has become nearly unsustainable politically. The deal Trump has in mind is unfair to Ukraine, but it’s the only plausible deal. Trump has a case at another level. Ukraine is surely of more immediate importance to Europe than to the US. The EU, plus Britain, is a bigger economy all together than the US. Even if Trump reduced or removed aid to Ukraine, there’s no reason the Europeans couldn’t supply Ukraine themselves – except that the Europeans, like most US allies, certainly including Australia, are addicted to free-riding on the Americans.

Trump himself will not want to hand Putin an unequivocal victory. But neither is it credible that he would go on endlessly paying for the war.
Greg Sheridan

Results for November 09, 2024:

· According to text messages, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing beyond the Canal north of Chasov Yar, the village of Kalinovka has been liberated.
· Russian troops are developing an offensive to the west of Selidovo. There is progress near the city itself and in the Novoalekseyevka area. Large-scale advancement is taking place on the southern flank. The Russian Armed Forces have advanced up to 4 km and entered Sontsovka, bypassing Kurakhovo from the north.
· Statement from Espanola that the Russian Armed Forces control the former pioneer camp "Druzhba" in Chasovy Yar and occupy the village of Kalinovka.

AFU losses:

Personnel - 1865
Armored vehicles - 10, including:
Tank - 1
BBM - 5
BMP - 2
APC - 2 "Viking"
Cars - 16
Art - 13, including:
SPG "Gvozdika" - 1
SPG "Krab" - 1
D-20 - 1
D-30 - 5
Msta-B - 1
M119 - 3
M777 - 1
EW station "Anklav-N" - 2
Destroyed energy facilities supporting the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the infrastructure of military airfields
Field ammunition depot - 1
Ammunition depot - 7
Fuel depot – 1
HIMARS (rs) – 2
UAV – 67

How did we get there?


https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1856172877688570095


Is Jeffrey Sacks right?

tallowood wrote on Nov 12^th, 2024 at 2:49pm:


It looks like you and Sacks are not alone in remembering them like that.
https://x.com/dbenner83/status/1856176187023782021

Is it possible the US was treacherous back in the 90s under Clinton and after.