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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 5h

Russian Summer Offensive was:

1. Capture Pokrovsk, as a key logistical hub.
2. Swing northeast to outflank the Ukrainian defensive belt stretching from Kostiantynivka to Sloviansk.

Russians committed over 100,000 soldiers and hundreds of combat vehicles.
Failed to take Pokrovsk.
Winter is here.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 6h

"The failure could not have come at a worse time for Russian high command, as Putin personally set the Donbas capture deadline at before the winter, with Russian political leadership boasting that the Russian army would complete the mission within months."

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 6h

"Since August 21, Ukrainian troops have neutralized nearly 13,945 Russian soldiers, with over 8,400 killed, 5,400 wounded, and 124 captured. The operation is now entering its consolidation phase, with units securing logistics routes and fortifying newly regained ground. "

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 6h

"Ukrainian troops have launched a clearing operation across the Dobropillia sector, especially around Volodymyrivka, which became a graveyard for Russian armor during the recent failed mechanized assaults."

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 6h

"Instead of taking control of the entire Donbas, the Russians lost thousands of soldiers and hundreds of armored vehicles without being able to even capture Pokrovsk."

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 6h

"Putin’s deadline to capture the entire Donbas before winter has passed unfulfilled."

euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/20/f...

Frontline report: Mission Failed - Russia's 100,000-strong offensive crumbles before Pokrovsk - Euromaidan Press

Russia's main summer offensive has officially failed, with Ukrainian forces launching clearing operations after repelling mechanized assaults near Pokrovsk. Since August 21, nearly 13,945 Russian sold...

euromaidanpress.com

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 6h

Now I want to buy a frog suit and go around saluting people.

www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

From the MadeMeSmile community on Reddit: Frog salute

Explore this post and more from the MadeMeSmile community

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 6h

Approval ratings for Trump no longer matter.
Trump and all of his cronies know that they can't afford to be removed from power.
Then many of them would end up in prison.
They will remain in power, by force.
They've left themselves no choice.
For them it's all or nothing now.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 6h

Laying the groundwork.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 6h

This is one of the signs of the End Times.
The Bible says something something frogs and something something locusts and then something something mosquitoes in Iceland!
Doom!

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 7h

nationalsecurityjournal.org/donald-trump...

Donald Trump Wants Ukraine to Surrender to Putin

After a call with Putin, Trump pressured Zelenskyy to cede territory to Russia or face destruction, reversing his stance on Tomahawks and the war.

nationalsecurityjournal.org

Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 7h

-He allegedly pressured Zelenskiy to surrender the entire Donbas region, warning that Putin would “destroy” Ukraine otherwise.
-Trump was said to have cursed, tossed aside battlefield maps, and repeated Russian talking points verbatim, including calling the conflict a “special military operation.”

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 7h

"A team of engineers and pilots ensured that the aircraft could take off, fly through satellite signal jamming zones, hide from air defense, hit a target with coordinates accurate to a meter, return and land autonomously, or ram an object."

Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 7h

The light aircraft drones hit factories, arsenals, and oil and gas infrastructure. They are loaded with a bomb, 2 mines, and a thermobaric munition. The drone drops the bomb and mines, then hits the target that detonates the thermobaric munition.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 7h

"The idea of converting light aircraft came in 2023 from a former businessman and now a member of the Defense Forces.
His group, which is part of the 14th Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces, has already conducted 78 successful missions out of 102 in total."

militarnyi.com/en/news/ukra...

Ukrainian Bombers Over Russia: Ukrainian Armed Forces Declassify the Mission of their Light Aircraft - Militarnyi

Ukraine has developed a technology to convert light aircraft into bomber drones capable of flying deep into Russia and dropping bombs.

militarnyi.com

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 7h

It also gives a few examples of titanium in the M1 tank and in some artillery pieces.
I learned something new today. 😁

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 7h

I have not read of titanium being used in armor vehicles, until now that I found this article.
It says, for example, that the commander's hatch in the M2 Bradley is made of titanium.
Interesting.
I would have thought titanium is too expensive.

www.tms.org/pubs/journal....

Low-Cost Titanium Armors for Combat Vehicles

www.tms.org

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 8h

Aircraft definitely.
I don't think I've ever read about titanium in tanks or artillery.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 11h

"If your boyfriend is at a Trump rally, he's Trump's bitch and not yours."

"If your girlfriend is at a Trump rally, you're the Beta Dog in the relationship."

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 12h

Has anyone asked the NRA how they feel about this?
Can anybody find them?
I haven't heard from them in such a long time.
They used to say something every week years ago about protecting gun ownership and the 2nd amendment.
Now it's just crickets.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 12h

If we add in the number of young men who have fled Russia, their situation looks even more dire.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 12h

I suppose it's possible that a catastrophic collapse of the Russian economy could cause a panic among the Russian forces in Ukraine and they begin retreating en masse.
But the Russian economy is showing signs of distress and not collapse.
So maybe Zelensky knows something that we don't?

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 12h

"Sir, I have a cunning plan."

"What is this cunning plan, Baldrick? Is it like your last cunning plan that we remove a naval gun emplacement from the beach and slap it onto a tank chassis? Creating a monstrosity so ugly that the Germans run away from the sight of it?"

"Uh... never mind, sir."

Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 12h

I envision a day, years from now, when Ukraine has completed retaking the 4 oblasts and Crimea and have destroyed the Crimea Bridge.
Then Zelensky informs Putin that he must give up 10 km deep of Russian soil as a defensive border zone for Ukraine.
And watch Putin start crying.

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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 12h

The only good news that Putin ever receives at his meetings are from his generals lying to him about the small gains they are making on the front in Ukraine.
Otherwise, everyone else is reporting bad news to Putin.
The status of the economy, oil, gas, gas lines, coal, agriculture, etc.
No good news.

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