The Stan R. Mitchell report for 4/26/22.
Happy Tuesday, everyone!
Going to make this edition short. Been busy with my step-son’s travel baseball commitments, a lot of writing on my fifth Nick Woods book, and recording Take Down, which will be in audio before too long. I’ve also been upping my fitness gain, lifting, running, and hitting and kicking the heavy bag. (Summer’s almost here, ya know. 🙂)
Plus, there’s not been much big news anyway, thank goodness.
In Mariupol, the steel plant is still somehow in Ukrainian hands despite a couple of more vicious assaults. Putin tried a head fake by saying he wouldn’t attempt to retake the plant, then made a couple of brutal attacks.
It didn’t work.
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John Spencer @SpencerGuardMariupol still stands! April 25. #SlavaUkraini https://t.co/zA8HSo4uVlISW @TheStudyofWar
#Mariupol Update Thread:#Russian forces resumed ground assaults against #Ukrainian defenders in the Azovstal Steel Plant and continued heavy bombardment on April 25 but did not secure any discernable advances. 1/2https://t.co/K1uqxUKllV https://t.co/Q5MFBXQNNgApril 25th 2022
69 Retweets368 LikesI’m not sure how long the steel plant can continue to hold out, but they must be getting supplies somehow, perhaps as I suggested in a recent newsletter.
On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited Ukraine. As a part of the visit, the United States pledged another $700 million in military financing.
The New Yorker ran a great article about Russia’s invasion, asking the question, “Is the Russian military a paper tiger?”
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Max Boot 🇺🇦 @MaxBoot.@joel_rayburn: A bad army was ordered to do something stupid. 
Is the Russian Military a Paper Tiger?At a critical juncture in the war in Ukraine, logistical miscalculations and poor planning have revealed key weaknesses in Putin’s armed forces.newyorker.comApril 24th 2022
8 Retweets53 LikesI really agreed with this paragraph from the article:
Their losses have been astronomical. Their units have taken such a beating. Their logistics are weak. Their leadership is poor and their troops so poorly trained and motivated. I just don’t see how the kind of force that has been defeated in the north over the first six weeks of this war can suddenly transform itself into a force that’s going to be able to get done what they appear to want to get done, even in eastern Ukraine, southeastern Ukraine.
It seems increasingly clear that Russia did more than bite off more than it could chew. The country is now getting punched back in the face in places other than just in Ukraine and in their pocketbook.
Large fires burned for hours at two oil depots in Russia, more than 100 miles from Ukraine.
#Russia: Early today, 2 oil storage depots (Civil & Military) were hit by explosions & subsequent large fires in #Bryansk. Some fires continue 12+ hours later. \n\nWhilst officially unconfirmed, info we have reliably received states that they were caused by UA TB-2 drone strikes. ","username":"UAWeapons","name":"🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker","date":"Mon Apr 25 14:03:23 +0000 2022","photos":[{"img_url":"https://pbs.substack.com/media/FRMbFz...
🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker @UAWeapons#Russia: Early today, 2 oil storage depots (Civil & Military) were hit by explosions & subsequent large fires in #Bryansk. Some fires continue 12+ hours later. Whilst officially unconfirmed, info we have reliably received states that they were caused by UA TB-2 drone strikes. 
April 25th 2022
1,349 Retweets8,423 LikesThere was also this news from Russia in the same geographic area.
#Bryansk, in addition to the explosions of oil and ammo depots, the railway has also been damaged which has been used to transport #Russian military equipment and ammunition to #Ukraine ","username":"revishvilig","name":"Giorgi Revishvili","date":"Mon Apr 25 07:03:17 +0000 2022","photos":[{"img_url":"https://pbs.substack.com/media/FRK-xQ...
Giorgi Revishvili @revishviligReportedly, in #Bryansk, in addition to the explosions of oil and ammo depots, the railway has also been damaged which has been used to transport #Russian military equipment and ammunition to #Ukraine 
April 25th 2022
337 Retweets1,569 LikesFrankly, Russia is increasingly getting its ass kicked and if the country had any sense at all, it would seek a serious peace deal and tuck tail and run back to the motherland.
Russia hasn’t even begun to get hit with U.S. artillery yet, but that’s coming, and when that happens, their troops and tanks and vehicles are in for a world of hurt.
Defense News @defense_newsThe 50 trainees will return to Ukraine to train the rest of the artillery force. 
Small group of Ukrainian troops begins training on US howitzersThe 50 trainees will return to Ukraine to train the rest of the artillery force.defensenews.comApril 23rd 2022
12 Retweets36 LikesUkraine has already begun reclaiming some of its land.
Michael MacKay @mhmckThe Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a successful counteroffensive north of Kharkiv, liberating the settlements of Bezruky, Slatyne and Prudyanka from the Russian fascist invaders. 
April 23rd 2022
1,559 Retweets11,663 LikesMoving along, I had mentioned in a previous newsletter that the Department of Defense was looking to field a new rifle and light machine gun. More news of that broke this week.
#Army is getting new arms for the force.\n\nRead the full story about these two Next Generation Squad Weapon variations (the XM5 Rifle and the XM250 Automatic Rifle) and the 6.8 Common Cartridge Family of Ammunition.\n\n➡️ go.usa.gov/xuBeS ","username":"USArmy","name":"U.S. Army","date":"Wed Apr 20 19:04:01 +0000 2022","photos":[{"img_url":"https://pbs.substack.com/media/FQzzyU...
U.S. Army @USArmyThe #Army is getting new arms for the force.Read the full story about these two Next Generation Squad Weapon variations (the XM5 Rifle and the XM250 Automatic Rifle) and the 6.8 Common Cartridge Family of Ammunition.➡️ go.usa.gov/xuBeS 
April 20th 2022
265 Retweets947 LikesLet’s end this edition with plenty of motivation and wisdom.
Life Quotes @RTLifeQuotesTo guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail. – Dorothea BrandeApril 26th 2022
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Inspired Motivation Quotes @IMQuotes_VideosChange your language to “what if it does work out.” Believe in possibilities. Think of the best case scenario. Retraining your mind will lift you out of the overthinking, stress, and worry of negative thoughts. Change starts with your mindset. Shift it. Switch it.#MotivationalApril 25th 2022
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Success Minded @_SuccessMinded_"You become what you believe."April 24th 2022
503 Retweets2,647 Likes
Inspirational Quotes @TheQuoteBoook_Focus more on the people who inspire you rather than annoy you. You’ll get much further in life.April 25th 2022
1,353 Retweets5,189 Likes
Motivational Quotes @motivation_qotMindset matters a lot. You better improve it.April 25th 2022
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Fearless Motivation @fearlessmotivatShips don't sink because of the water around them, they sink because of the water that gets inside them... 
April 24th 2022
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