Oh look, folks! Mucking around in the sandbox with the Hermit Kingdom may carry a few consequences.
>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky highlighted enhanced Ukraine–South Korea cooperation amid since-retracted reports that South Korea would consider providing direct military assistance to Ukraine. […]
Please do it. Pretty please? I’ll be your friend, South Korea. I’ll even listen to K-Pop…actually, that’s a lie. I ain’t listening to that crap.
So what sort of aid are these suddenly retracted reports promising, ISW?
>South Korean news outlet The Dong-A Ilbo reported on October 30 that the South Korean government was considering providing 155mm artillery shells directly to Ukraine, but the South Korean presidential office denied these reports, stating that Ukrainian officials have not requested such assistance.[7]
Oh. Oh that kind of aid.
Better Fed Korea is one of the largest 155mm artillery shell producers outside of the United States. This is actually a big deal for Ukraine for a couple of reasons.
First, because it will lessen Ukraine’s dependence on the United States slightly. We here in the States haven’t been the most reliable of allies, and the prospect of a second Trump term is a source of great anxiety for Kyiv. I feel their pain. I’m also pretty anxious about the prospect. His promise to end the Russo-Ukraine War before he takes the White House can only mean full Ukrainian surrender to Russia and the cessation of military aid.
Second, because Ukraine honestly just needs more artillery shells, no matter the source. More than any other weapon on the battlefield, artillery is value-limited by ammunition. If Ukraine gains access to South Korea’s stockpile of 155mm shells it will be a coin toss as to whether a few thousand of Worst Korea’s finest are worth the cost of their service.
>Ukrainian and South Korean officials reported in early October 2024 the presence of a limited number of North Korean personnel in occupied Donetsk City, mainly engineering personnel, who were likely repairing or somehow improving the quality of a large amount of low-quality ammunition that North Korea provided to the Russian military.
Here me out. I think, technically, the Russo-Ukraine War is now a theater of the Korean War, and since that war never ended, that means the United States now has justification to send soldiers to intervene directly in Ukraine. That’s right! We’re still at war with North Korea! That means Abrams in Donetsk. Marines in Sevastopol. And a Tomahawk through Putin’s bathroom window.
If Biden doesn’t do it, then he’s a pussy.
On a more serious note, the North Korean personnel are said to be engineers sent to repair the low-quality ammunition, which raises questions as to the preparedness of the rest of North Korea’s stockpiles. How many of their artillery guns would actually fire at South Korea if called to service? I know we can’t discount them as a threat entirely, but part of me wants NATO to roll across the 38th parallel just to see what would happen.
This is why I’m not in charge of things.
>The rate of Russian advances in Ukraine has increased in recent weeks but remains slow and consistent with positional warfare rather than with rapid mechanized maneuver—emphasizing how generally stagnant Russian advances have been after over two and half years of war.
On to some sadder news. The fall of Vuhledar led to a few minor tactical gains for the Russian army over the last month. They’re taking ground at a slightly increased pace, roughly 14 square kilometers a day during September. Media have blown this sort of thing out of proportion, as they are want to do. ISW posits that this increase in tempo is likely due to a greater emphasis on mechanized assaults ahead of the mud season.
>The current rate of Russian advances is consistent, rather, with ISW’s recent assessment that the Russian command has likely ordered Russian forces to significantly increase their tempo of mechanized attacks throughout the theater before the full onset of muddy ground conditions in the fall months.
We’ve come to expect stagnation in the lines as normal, but we need to remember the scale of the enemy Ukraine is facing. They stand defiant before a crumbling empire, a dying behemoth both vast and powerful. Putin will use every resource at his disposal to win in Ukraine, even at the cost of the long-term health of the Russian people. When you think of the Russian Empire you should think of a decaying bear, desperately throwing itself at Ukraine.
Don’t panic if the line moves. Sometimes it will.
>The pro-Western Georgian opposition and tens of thousands of Georgian civil society members gathered in central Tbilisi for a peaceful demonstration against the highly contested election results on October 28, in accordance with their constitutional right to peaceful assembly.
Tens of thousands! In America we haven’t protested like that in quite some time. I am in awe of the Georgian people, and I wish them all the luck in their struggle for liberty.
For a bit of context, Georgia had an election recently while suffering extensive Kremlin interference. We’re talking about everything from stuffed ballot boxes to voter intimidation, electoral malfeasance—it was a shit show, and because of this the Kremlin sponsored Dream Party won a majority. Protests erupted over the irregularities.
Typically this sort of thing would be handled by Georgia’s Constitutional Court, except the Constitutional Court is in the pocket of the Kremlin. Georgia’s only real hope is to change the situation through protest.
>Russian officials and milbloggers are conducting information operations that falsely portray the Georgian opposition’s peaceful and legal challenges to the conduct of the October 26 parliamentary election results as a Western- and Ukrainian-sponsored illegal coup d’état. Russian state media claimed on October 29 that the West is supporting the transfer of Ukraine-trained snipers to Georgia in order to organize false flag provocations and trigger a pro-Western coup akin to the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity that started in 2013, which Russian actors have often labeled a Western-instigated illegal coup.
The emphasis for now is on peaceful protest. I commend the Georgian protestors for maintaining discipline. I wouldn’t have been able to do the same given the scale of the violations they’ve suffered.
Godspeed, Georgia. Keep it up.
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>Ukrainian forces conducted another series of drone strikes against Russian distilleries on the night of October 27 to 28, reportedly to reduce Russian aviation capabilities.
[Please give Ukraine what they need to bring this war to an end.](https://u24.gov.ua/)
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‘Q’ for the Community:
* How likely do you think it is that South Korea will provide material aid to Ukraine?
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* Join the conversation on /r/TheNuttySpectacle!
There should be no publicity. Just suddenly, Ukraine does not have a shortage, and they are shooting everything Russian out of the sky.
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Oh look, folks! Mucking around in the sandbox with the Hermit Kingdom may carry a few consequences.
>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky highlighted enhanced Ukraine–South Korea cooperation amid since-retracted reports that South Korea would consider providing direct military assistance to Ukraine. […]
Please do it. Pretty please? I’ll be your friend, South Korea. I’ll even listen to K-Pop…actually, that’s a lie. I ain’t listening to that crap.
So what sort of aid are these suddenly retracted reports promising, ISW?
>South Korean news outlet The Dong-A Ilbo reported on October 30 that the South Korean government was considering providing 155mm artillery shells directly to Ukraine, but the South Korean presidential office denied these reports, stating that Ukrainian officials have not requested such assistance.[7]
Oh. Oh that kind of aid.
Better Fed Korea is one of the largest 155mm artillery shell producers outside of the United States. This is actually a big deal for Ukraine for a couple of reasons.
First, because it will lessen Ukraine’s dependence on the United States slightly. We here in the States haven’t been the most reliable of allies, and the prospect of a second Trump term is a source of great anxiety for Kyiv. I feel their pain. I’m also pretty anxious about the prospect. His promise to end the Russo-Ukraine War before he takes the White House can only mean full Ukrainian surrender to Russia and the cessation of military aid.
Second, because Ukraine honestly just needs more artillery shells, no matter the source. More than any other weapon on the battlefield, artillery is value-limited by ammunition. If Ukraine gains access to South Korea’s stockpile of 155mm shells it will be a coin toss as to whether a few thousand of Worst Korea’s finest are worth the cost of their service.
>Ukrainian and South Korean officials reported in early October 2024 the presence of a limited number of North Korean personnel in occupied Donetsk City, mainly engineering personnel, who were likely repairing or somehow improving the quality of a large amount of low-quality ammunition that North Korea provided to the Russian military.
Here me out. I think, technically, the Russo-Ukraine War is now a theater of the Korean War, and since that war never ended, that means the United States now has justification to send soldiers to intervene directly in Ukraine. That’s right! We’re still at war with North Korea! That means Abrams in Donetsk. Marines in Sevastopol. And a Tomahawk through Putin’s bathroom window.
If Biden doesn’t do it, then he’s a pussy.
On a more serious note, the North Korean personnel are said to be engineers sent to repair the low-quality ammunition, which raises questions as to the preparedness of the rest of North Korea’s stockpiles. How many of their artillery guns would actually fire at South Korea if called to service? I know we can’t discount them as a threat entirely, but part of me wants NATO to roll across the 38th parallel just to see what would happen.
This is why I’m not in charge of things.
>The rate of Russian advances in Ukraine has increased in recent weeks but remains slow and consistent with positional warfare rather than with rapid mechanized maneuver—emphasizing how generally stagnant Russian advances have been after over two and half years of war.
On to some sadder news. The fall of Vuhledar led to a few minor tactical gains for the Russian army over the last month. They’re taking ground at a slightly increased pace, roughly 14 square kilometers a day during September. Media have blown this sort of thing out of proportion, as they are want to do. ISW posits that this increase in tempo is likely due to a greater emphasis on mechanized assaults ahead of the mud season.
>The current rate of Russian advances is consistent, rather, with ISW’s recent assessment that the Russian command has likely ordered Russian forces to significantly increase their tempo of mechanized attacks throughout the theater before the full onset of muddy ground conditions in the fall months.
We’ve come to expect stagnation in the lines as normal, but we need to remember the scale of the enemy Ukraine is facing. They stand defiant before a crumbling empire, a dying behemoth both vast and powerful. Putin will use every resource at his disposal to win in Ukraine, even at the cost of the long-term health of the Russian people. When you think of the Russian Empire you should think of a decaying bear, desperately throwing itself at Ukraine.
Don’t panic if the line moves. Sometimes it will.
>The pro-Western Georgian opposition and tens of thousands of Georgian civil society members gathered in central Tbilisi for a peaceful demonstration against the highly contested election results on October 28, in accordance with their constitutional right to peaceful assembly.
Tens of thousands! In America we haven’t protested like that in quite some time. I am in awe of the Georgian people, and I wish them all the luck in their struggle for liberty.
For a bit of context, Georgia had an election recently while suffering extensive Kremlin interference. We’re talking about everything from stuffed ballot boxes to voter intimidation, electoral malfeasance—it was a shit show, and because of this the Kremlin sponsored Dream Party won a majority. Protests erupted over the irregularities.
Typically this sort of thing would be handled by Georgia’s Constitutional Court, except the Constitutional Court is in the pocket of the Kremlin. Georgia’s only real hope is to change the situation through protest.
>Russian officials and milbloggers are conducting information operations that falsely portray the Georgian opposition’s peaceful and legal challenges to the conduct of the October 26 parliamentary election results as a Western- and Ukrainian-sponsored illegal coup d’état. Russian state media claimed on October 29 that the West is supporting the transfer of Ukraine-trained snipers to Georgia in order to organize false flag provocations and trigger a pro-Western coup akin to the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity that started in 2013, which Russian actors have often labeled a Western-instigated illegal coup.
The emphasis for now is on peaceful protest. I commend the Georgian protestors for maintaining discipline. I wouldn’t have been able to do the same given the scale of the violations they’ve suffered.
Godspeed, Georgia. Keep it up.
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>Ukrainian forces conducted another series of drone strikes against Russian distilleries on the night of October 27 to 28, reportedly to reduce Russian aviation capabilities.
[Please give Ukraine what they need to bring this war to an end.](https://u24.gov.ua/)
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‘Q’ for the Community:
* How likely do you think it is that South Korea will provide material aid to Ukraine?
——————————————————————————————————
* Join the conversation on /r/TheNuttySpectacle!
There should be no publicity. Just suddenly, Ukraine does not have a shortage, and they are shooting everything Russian out of the sky.
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