this will be very bad for both sides and the one lacking supplies will definitely freeze...

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Ukraine. Winter 2023

https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/...799579028480068

A storm washed away trenches in occupied Crimea that Russian army dug out on the beaches.

According to information from Crimean media, in Yevpatoria the water washed away the defense line on the coast, engineering buildings and firing positions.

The speed of wind at the coasts of occupied Crimea reaches 115-130 kilometers per hour, the waves are 8-9 meters tall. In Crimean mountains, the wind is up to 150 kilometers per hour.

https://twitter.com/mog7546/status/1728945264499810352

Ukrainian servicemen from the "Magyar's Birds" set a new time record for an FPV strike - 1 minute and 20 seconds between a Russian BTR getting stuck in mud after firing, and getting hit by an FPV-drone.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1728711280520028222

Defenders of the 112th Separate Brigade today shot down a Shahed on the approaches to Kyiv with an AK-74.

https://twitter.com/0ok/status/1728600452160495647

Russians find out that attacking the critical infrastructure is a game that can be played by two, as half of temporarily occupied Donetsk is apparently without electricity after a successful Ukrainian strike takes out a distribution centre.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1728697391971229802

i used to watch his videos but it is just too long 😂😅

but you are on point regarding the losses, i suspect lsck of training and bad doctrine as well as advent of FPV and bombers drones which made every AT rocket becomes a homing missile...

A Russian 2S3 Akatsiya 152mm self propelled howitzer destroyed.

https://twitter.com/Ukraine_Oracle/status/1...759884001198161

New explosions are reported in Tula. Ukrainian drones are seen

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1728672455269752847

Russian losses in Avdiivka.

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1728758970314342525

Ukrainian M2A2 Bradley IFV moving outside of the Avdiivka Coke Plant.

https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1...532776851571035

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense tested UAVs from six Ukrainian manufacturers for work under the influence of electronic warfare. One of the manufacturers is already ready to scale up production. At this moment, several hundreds manufacturers work independently on new UAVs.

https://twitter.com/gspeed49970043/status/1...765208892506607

After the Russian Shahed attack yesterday night, Ukraine responded with a drone attack on Russian cities. In Moscow, 5 UAVs were reportedly shot down while 20 drones struck other places. In Tula, a high-rise building was hit and in Smolensk explosions were also recorded.

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1728669675293495653

Ukrainian mobile anti drone crew, sporting a twin PM1910 Maxim gun turret mounted on a ZAZ Tavria pickup.

https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1...445855651221738

Magyar’s bird recorded another destroyed T-90M tank of the Russian army. The clip is part of a longer footage, showing several destroyed Russian vehicles and even a large antenna near Krynky.

https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1728529698890604902

Russian servicemen pass a burning "Bukhanka" (presumably burned by a Ukrainian FPV drone) somewhere in the Klischiivka area.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1728734995131597105

you get snowfall eventually but generally their winter suppose to start Dec and it is already very cold now.

also please factor in that some videos may release late, some by days, some by weeks even due to OPSEC. no point endangering soldiers still in operations doe a few likes on social media.

The spokesman of the Air Force of 🇺🇦Ukraine confirmed the destruction of 🇷🇺Russian aircraft over the Bryansk region in May of last year with the Patriot air defense system.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1729180271663350052

Russian serviceman from the 255th Regiment recorded a video in an unclear abandoned location where the badly injured Russian soldiers are kept before being released "into the wild". This is how Russia treats its own people.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1728337988135047418

this war has benefitted China in many ways...
China should demand for more discount

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China has refused to invest in Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline and demanded more gas discounts, The South China Morning Post writes.

China is unwilling to invest in the new pipeline, offering Russia to pay the multibillion-dollar construction bill in full and demanding discounts on Russian gas, The South China Morning Post reported, citing a source familiar with the situation in Moscow.

Next year, the discount for China will increase to 46%, according to the government's drafts: gas from the Power of Siberia will cost $271.6 per thousand cubic meters, and for Turkey and Europe - $481.7. But that's not enough for China. It "can demand deep discounts," the source says. "In terms of construction, [Beijing] wants to make sure that they have no risks and no costs. Russia is the side that foots the entire bill," says the source.

Whether Gazprom will find money for the new megaproject remains unclear. After cutting off gas to European countries, the company made a trillion-ruble net loss for the year and faced cash gaps that it had to spend two-thirds of its cash reserves to cover. Of the 2 trillion ruble "cash pile" that Gazprom had before the war, about 700 billion (~$5.56 billion) remained by July 2023.

Even so, Putin hardly has a choice. The Russian president is "under enormous pressure" because if the pipe is not built, Russia will have nowhere to dump "a huge volume" of gas, says the SCMP source. After losing the European market, where more than 150 billion cubic meters of gas a year went at its peak before the war, Gazprom has been forced to cut production by a quarter – a record in its history.

https://twitter.com/MairiannaClyde/status/1...209367843746275

In Ryazan in Russia, air defense is reportedly active against Ukrainian drones.

https://twitter.com/neonhandrail/status/1729323525398511868