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What’s the update on conflict between Ukraine and Russia?

Fighting continues. Russia is not succeeding operationally in any area.

Artillery and missiles continue to be used by both sides. Russia with limited accuracy and achieving only something akin to strategic bombing in the last century. This succeeded only once and that was against Japan in 1945. The will of Ukraine will not be undermined by these efforts. Putin will not order the use of nuclear weapons.

The accurate counter force actions by Ukraine artillery is seeing success against Russian headquarters, logistics storage sites, etc. This is undermining Russian ability to fight. Look out for forced withdrawals from the rest of Kherson Oblast, and Crimea should the Kerch Strait bridge be hit again. Access into northern Crimea is now vulnerable to long range artillery in fact by striking three bridges Crimea could be cut off from support by land, making defence of Crimea by Russia untenable.

The economic situation for Putin continues to worsen by degrees and in a few months will reach a critical point where the choice will be between paying internal security apparatus or fighting the war. At that point Putin risk the breakup of the Russian federation.

Putin will be working his worry beads.

Mohammad Mudasir Chandio

What’s the update on conflict between Ukraine and Russia?

Fighting continues. Russia is not succeeding operationally in any area.

Artillery and missiles continue to be used by both sides. Russia with limited accuracy and achieving only something akin to strategic bombing in the last century. This succeeded only once and that was against Japan in 1945. The will of Ukraine will not be undermined by these efforts. Putin will not order the use of nuclear weapons.

The accurate counter force actions by Ukraine artillery is seeing success against Russian headquarters, logistics storage sites, etc. This is undermining Russian ability to fight. Look out for forced withdrawals from the rest of Kherson Oblast, and Crimea should the Kerch Strait bridge be hit again. Access into northern Crimea is now vulnerable to long range artillery in fact by striking three bridges Crimea could be cut off from support by land, making defence of Crimea by Russia untenable.

The economic situation for Putin continues to worsen by degrees and in a few months will reach a critical point where the choice will be between paying internal security apparatus or fighting the war. At that point Putin risk the breakup of the Russian federation.

Putin will be working his worry beads.

Mohammad Mudasir Chandio

What’s the update on conflict between Ukraine and Russia?

Fighting continues. Russia is not succeeding operationally in any area.

Artillery and missiles continue to be used by both sides. Russia with limited accuracy and achieving only something akin to strategic bombing in the last century. This succeeded only once and that was against Japan in 1945. The will of Ukraine will not be undermined by these efforts. Putin will not order the use of nuclear weapons.

The accurate counter force actions by Ukraine artillery is seeing success against Russian headquarters, logistics storage sites, etc. This is undermining Russian ability to fight. Look out for forced withdrawals from the rest of Kherson Oblast, and Crimea should the Kerch Strait bridge be hit again. Access into northern Crimea is now vulnerable to long range artillery in fact by striking three bridges Crimea could be cut off from support by land, making defence of Crimea by Russia untenable.

The economic situation for Putin continues to worsen by degrees and in a few months will reach a critical point where the choice will be between paying internal security apparatus or fighting the war. At that point Putin risk the breakup of the Russian federation.

Putin will be working his worry beads.

Mohammad Mudasir Chandio

What’s the update on conflict between Ukraine and Russia?

Fighting continues. Russia is not succeeding operationally in any area.

Artillery and missiles continue to be used by both sides. Russia with limited accuracy and achieving only something akin to strategic bombing in the last century. This succeeded only once and that was against Japan in 1945. The will of Ukraine will not be undermined by these efforts. Putin will not order the use of nuclear weapons.

The accurate counter force actions by Ukraine artillery is seeing success against Russian headquarters, logistics storage sites, etc. This is undermining Russian ability to fight. Look out for forced withdrawals from the rest of Kherson Oblast, and Crimea should the Kerch Strait bridge be hit again. Access into northern Crimea is now vulnerable to long range artillery in fact by striking three bridges Crimea could be cut off from support by land, making defence of Crimea by Russia untenable.

The economic situation for Putin continues to worsen by degrees and in a few months will reach a critical point where the choice will be between paying internal security apparatus or fighting the war. At that point Putin risk the breakup of the Russian federation.

Putin will be working his worry beads.

Mohammad Mudasir Chandio

What’s the update on conflict between Ukraine and Russia?

Fighting continues. Russia is not succeeding operationally in any area.

Artillery and missiles continue to be used by both sides. Russia with limited accuracy and achieving only something akin to strategic bombing in the last century. This succeeded only once and that was against Japan in 1945. The will of Ukraine will not be undermined by these efforts. Putin will not order the use of nuclear weapons.

The accurate counter force actions by Ukraine artillery is seeing success against Russian headquarters, logistics storage sites, etc. This is undermining Russian ability to fight. Look out for forced withdrawals from the rest of Kherson Oblast, and Crimea should the Kerch Strait bridge be hit again. Access into northern Crimea is now vulnerable to long range artillery in fact by striking three bridges Crimea could be cut off from support by land, making defence of Crimea by Russia untenable.

The economic situation for Putin continues to worsen by degrees and in a few months will reach a critical point where the choice will be between paying internal security apparatus or fighting the war. At that point Putin risk the breakup of the Russian federation.

Putin will be working his worry beads.

Mohammad Mudasir Chandio

What’s the update on conflict between Ukraine and Russia?

Fighting continues. Russia is not succeeding operationally in any area.

Artillery and missiles continue to be used by both sides. Russia with limited accuracy and achieving only something akin to strategic bombing in the last century. This succeeded only once and that was against Japan in 1945. The will of Ukraine will not be undermined by these efforts. Putin will not order the use of nuclear weapons.

The accurate counter force actions by Ukraine artillery is seeing success against Russian headquarters, logistics storage sites, etc. This is undermining Russian ability to fight. Look out for forced withdrawals from the rest of Kherson Oblast, and Crimea should the Kerch Strait bridge be hit again. Access into northern Crimea is now vulnerable to long range artillery in fact by striking three bridges Crimea could be cut off from support by land, making defence of Crimea by Russia untenable.

The economic situation for Putin continues to worsen by degrees and in a few months will reach a critical point where the choice will be between paying internal security apparatus or fighting the war. At that point Putin risk the breakup of the Russian federation.

Putin will be working his worry beads.

Mohammad Mudasir Chandio

What’s the update on conflict between Ukraine and Russia?

Fighting continues. Russia is not succeeding operationally in any area.

Artillery and missiles continue to be used by both sides. Russia with limited accuracy and achieving only something akin to strategic bombing in the last century. This succeeded only once and that was against Japan in 1945. The will of Ukraine will not be undermined by these efforts. Putin will not order the use of nuclear weapons.

The accurate counter force actions by Ukraine artillery is seeing success against Russian headquarters, logistics storage sites, etc. This is undermining Russian ability to fight. Look out for forced withdrawals from the rest of Kherson Oblast, and Crimea should the Kerch Strait bridge be hit again. Access into northern Crimea is now vulnerable to long range artillery in fact by striking three bridges Crimea could be cut off from support by land, making defence of Crimea by Russia untenable.

The economic situation for Putin continues to worsen by degrees and in a few months will reach a critical point where the choice will be between paying internal security apparatus or fighting the war. At that point Putin risk the breakup of the Russian federation.

Putin will be working his worry beads.

Mohammad Mudasir Chandio

What is an example of corruption?

When officials of a government, or any organization. Exceeds and abuses their position of authority for the intent of personal gain. Eg. I’m a government official in charge of highway repair. I award a repair contractor with a $2 million dollar road repair contract. Providing he builds me a mile long driveway to one of my houses for free. By concealing the cost of my driveway into the highway repair contract.

What is an example of corruption?

When officials of a government, or any organization. Exceeds and abuses their position of authority for the intent of personal gain. Eg. I’m a government official in charge of highway repair. I award a repair contractor with a $2 million dollar road repair contract. Providing he builds me a mile long driveway to one of my houses for free. By concealing the cost of my driveway into the highway repair contract.

Are news reporters historians by creating history?

There is a saying that “journalism is the first draft of history.” This means that while journalists are not trained historians, what they are reporting today becomes part of the record that future researchers will use as they try to learn more about past times (and past perceptions of events). I’m a media historian, and I’ve found old newspapers and magazines a fascinating resource—a repository of which stories were considered important, and which people were considered newsworthy. They also show me what people believed about “the other,” what the common slang expressions were, how new technologies were received at that time, which celebrities were in the public eye, and which social issues were considered controversial.

Of course, reporters are usually not seeking or researching historical information: they are usually focused on reporting about current events— informing the public about what just happened, when it happened, why it happened, etc. But there are some stories where it can be useful to seek out historical information, especially when trying to put a current event into some context— such as finding out if X ever happened before and what the reaction to it was back then. So, there is actually some truth in the assertion that reporters are creating history. That may not be their intention at the time, but years later, historians and researchers will look at those reports and learn from them.