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#Ukraine

“Meat waves” and chemical weapons: Russia is in a hurry in Donbass

According to the General Staff report, the Russian army continues its offensive in the East; the aggressor did not attack in the last 24 hours only in the Zaporozhye direction.
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The Institute for the Study of War summed up: Russian troops are probably trying to seize the initiative on the battlefield - but it will be difficult for them due to the pressure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Melitopol direction and on the left bank of the Dnieper, where the Ukrainian Armed
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Forces have made little progress. The Kremlin will have to decide whether to leave troops to contain Ukraine, or send them to Donbass to support the assaults.
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In an evening address, Zelensky said that Putin plans to announce his candidacy for the post of President of the Russian Federation in early December and he needs to show tactical results on the battlefield.
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“Russia is already losing soldiers and equipment near Avdeevka faster and on a larger scale than, in particular, near Bakhmut. It is very difficult to withstand this onslaught,” he said.
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Meanwhile, DeepState reports the use of chemical weapons by the invaders in at least two sectors of the front - in the Svatovsky and Bakhmutsky sectors. Analysts admitted that it was chloropicrin, which is abundant in the reserves of the Russian Army.
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Chuck McManis
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Sadly the one thing the Russian's have that they don't need to import is people they can use as suicide storm troops. Not an effective long term strategy but one that works against a smaller population enemy.
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12:13 PM - Nov 16, 2023
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Yesterday the drones recorded over 1330 deaths in one day. No other nation on earth could deal with this. Russia has embraced inhumanity. How can we hold that mirror up to the population there so they reject the regime?
05:58 PM - Nov 16, 2023
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In response to Deb Prothero.
Holding the mirror up would be good. In 2019 the US death rate for men was 846 per 100K. If we use that number for Russia (143.4M people, 46% men, 66.5M men) that would be 1541 men dying per day. While not in a war. Some of the men who die in war would have died anyway so ... 1/2
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