They’ve been trying that since winter, but maybe they are doubling down there?

Seems like the Russian counteroffensive lost its steam quickly.

Ofcourse the cops need to respond

Yes, but then there’s the matter of HOW they respond.

Yes, but I still don’t believe an anonymous caller should have this kind of weight. If it’s not anonymous however it should.
But then there should also be a possibility of the caller facing charges on an obviously false accusation.
So the caller needs to be verified before going to extremes.

Maybe this was done properly, but I was thrown off by the handcuff bit, here it’s not normal to handcuff somebody who cooperates.

OK, here it’s the other way around, you don’t normally handcuff somebody unless they are arrested.

If they enter his home, and there is no evidence of a crime, then what is the basis for the arrest?
One thing is to investigate the truth of a call, another is to act on it as if it’s verbatim truth.

How is “someone called” enough evidence to enter peoples homes and arrest them?
These officers should lose their job,

This is one of the economic indicators Russia can’t hide, and it’s not looking good.
In 2022 when they increased interest rates to 20%, they strengthened the Ruble by a lot, doubling the value of the Ruble.
But the Ruble has been declining since, and now even with nearly as high an interest rate of 19%, The Ruble is almost as low as the dramatic drop in 2022 that caused the interest hike to 20%.
This is the second time in a couple of months they increase interest rates, and combined they are a 3% increase in a short time. And the Ruble remains at a low value.

For anyone in doubt, this is a strong indicator that the Russian economy can’t handle the pressure of the war. Russian wages are losing value fast, and investments are very expensive, so a further decline in the Russian economy is likely. Especially since there is no cheap unemployed labor to draw growth from, which there normally would be in a situation of economic decline, but there is already full employment.

The Russian economy is in decline and overheating at the same time.

Oh boy, Russians are having a hissy fit.

Russians are crazy, but are they really crazy enough to self destruct completely?
Because I’m pretty sure they must be aware that that is what they are talking about.

Zelenskyj just confirmed that Russia has indeed initiated a counteroffensive in Kursk.
He even states it’s going according to what they planned.
According to DR Denmark.

Yes it looks suspiciously like that may have something to do with it.
But last I heard they were pushing pretty hard in Kherson, at the same time they continued pushing in Donetsk, so I think it’s more an overall attempt to “punish” Ukraine, than just trying to take back occupied territory in Kursk.
Obviously the Russian strategy from the start was to try to overwhelm Ukraine, then they shifted to a strategy of trying to wear them down. I’m honestly not sure the Russian even know what they are doing at this point, whatever they are trying, it seems like they are wearing themselves down more than they are Ukraine.

Ukraine was probably trying to bait Russia, and it seems to have worked, and it’s kind of funny, because it reminds me of how Harris baited Trump at the debate. The idiots can’t help themselves, they fall for it even when they know they shouldn’t.

This is very massive losses for Russia, 93 Vehicles and 73 artillery is more than 3 times average! 11 Tanks is allegedly a whole weeks supply.
And the plane alone is an SU30 worth 50 million USD.
And of course the 1270 personnel which although it’s become pretty “normal” for Russia now, is still insane and still almost twice the average for the war.

It has always impressed me tremendously that a small country of only about 8 million people, has it’s own fighter jet, and that it’s actually good!
As a child in the 70’s, I thought the Viggen was one of the coolest jet designs.
Anyways, whether it is logistically a good idea for Ukraine to get Gripen IDK, but good on Sweden to prepare for it.

This is the most insane meat-wave yet, losing 1380 personnel, but only 1 tank! Apparently very little equipment for the Russian soldiers to support their offensive.
Allegedly the Ukrainians have stopped Russian progress in the Donetsk region towards Pokrovsk.
And 9 Russian attacks in Kherson have been averted yesterday.

Hopefully it’s the Ukrainian defense strategy that’s beginning to pay off, where Ukraine has build strength while the Russian continued their offensives exhausting themselves.

This combined with more air defense like the Iris-T from Germany, and Russia running low on missiles, will hopefully improve conditions in Ukraine.

Only 3 tanks? I think Russia is running low on tanks finally.
There was a brief increase after Ukraine entered Kursk, but now we are down in middle to low single digits again.

Another curious thing I just heard, is that because Ukraine has taken territory in Kursk region, Russia now control less territory than they did at the beginning of the year!

These numbers are from the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, and are the official numbers and are the same as the ones from the general staff.

Ministry of Defence of Ukraine English:
https://www.mil.gov.ua/en/news/2024/09/08/the-estimated-combat-losses-of-russians-over-the-last-day-1270-persons-80-uavs-30-artillery-systems/

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
https://www.facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/

Exact same numbers.

The number you are referring to is from September first 2024.
https://lemmy.world/post/19286887

“We cannot lend in yuan because we have nothing to cover our foreign currency positions with,” said Sberbank CEO German Gref,

Sberbank is a Russian state owned bank, so I’m surprised he’s allowed to say that? Especially since the Russians are jumping through hoops to make it look like their economy is fine.

But most people here are probably already aware that the Russian economy has been stressed to the limit for a while now, and the cracks are beginning to show.

It’s 17 Batteries, each having 3 launchers capable of shooting 8 missiles each, that’s a total capability of launching 408 missiles at once. I already explained this 2 you in another post, where you had the audacity to call me daft?!