"For the third time since the Ukraine war began in February 2022, President Putin has approved an expansion of Russia's military, on Monday signing a decree to boost the number of soldiers by 180,000.This means Russia's armed forces will include 1.5 million active servicemen going into winter. It is also a clear signal that Russia doesn't plan on reducing the intensity of the fight in the Donbass anytime soon. This will bring the overall number of military personnel within Russia’s army, including all reserve forces, to over 2,300,000.
With this latest troop increase, Putin could also be signaling NATO that Russia will not back down, at a moment the US and UK are mulling approving Ukraine's use of long-range missiles to attack inside Russian territory.
President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the regular size of the Russian army to be increased by 180,000 troops to 1.5 million active servicemen in a move that would make it the second largest in the world after China's." ZeroHedge
"Ryan Wesley Routh, identified in US media as the gunman who allegedly targeted former President Donald Trump on Sunday, is to be subjected to a mental health evaluation, according to sources cited by CNN. Federal authorities reportedly requested the measure due to “unusual rants” the suspect posted online.The 58-year-old apparently has an unusual past which includes a criminal conviction, trying to recruit US-trained Afghan fighters to join the Ukrainian military, and writing a self-published book, in which he ponders, among other things, why Russian President Vladimir Putin “has not been killed yet.”
The presumed would-be shooter was taken into custody on Sunday shortly after fleeing Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida. At the time of writing, officials have not named him or charged him with any crime, but images and reports by media leave few doubts about the man’s identity.
A profile posted by Associated Press says that Routh lived most of his life in North Carolina, but moved to Kaaawa, Hawaii in 2018. In 2020, he donated to the Democratic Party’s presidential campaign of then-US Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, according to records....said he’d voted for the Republican in 2016. His political preference appears to have switched to the Democrats since.
Criminal records reveal that while living in Greensboro, North Carolina Routh had multiple run-ins with the police. In 2002, he was convicted of possession of a weapon of mass destruction. The charge, according to local press, related to a fully automatic machine gun, over which he had a three-hour armed standoff with law enforcement. Routh, who was 36 at the time, barricaded himself at his business following a combative traffic stop.
Since the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict, he had been declaring online his willingness to go to Ukraine and die for the country. " RT
"157 combat clashes between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and the Russian invaders were recorded.
The Russian forces carried out airstrikes, in particular near Shalyhine, Nova Sloboda, Richki, Novomykolaivka, Pysarivka, Vovchansk, Kupiansk, Petropavlivka, Kucherivka, Radkivka, Novoyehorivka, Chasiv Yar, Shcherbynivka, Pokrovsk, Mykhailivka, Mirnohrad, Oleksandropil, Bohoyavlenka, Novodonetske, Urozhaine, Vuhledar, Novooleksandrivka, Ukrainka and Shevchenkivka.
Yesterday, Ukrainian air forces, missile and artillery units launched eight strikes on Russian manpower clusters, two radars and two other important enemy targets." Ukrin
"Russians launched a massive air strike on Sumy. "Tonight, the enemy, using Shahed-type UAVs, carried out a massive air strike on the city of Sumy," the post reads." Ukrin
