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Victory O Lord

Artist: Sir John Everett Millais (English, 1829-1896)

Date: 1871

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, England

Description

Moses' two brothers, Aaron & Hur, holding up his arms in prayer during battle with the Amalekites. According to Exodus, as long as Moses raised his arms in prayer the Israelites prevailed, but as soon as he grew tired and lowered them the battle went against them. Exodus 17:12 relates:

In celebration of Ukrainian Armed Forces Day, as a result of this Ukrainian cyberattack by BO Team and HUR, the Eltrans+ group of companies — a Russian company responsible for shipping sanctioned goods and military components — has to say bye-bye to 165 terabytes of critical data. 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . Ukrainian hackers launched a massive cyberattack on a Russian company responsible for shipping sanctioned goods and military components, wiping out 165 terabytes of critical data, sources within Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR), told the Kyiv Independent on Dec. 6.

The hacker group BO Team, working alongside HUR, targeted the Eltrans+ group of companies, a logistics and transportation firm used by over 5,000 Russian businesses. The cyberattack took down over 700 computers and servers and deleted accounts of more than 1,000 Eltrans+ users,” HUR claimed.

Following the attack, the company’s website congratulated Russian users on Ukraine’s Armed Forces Day, a celebration of the military on Dec. 6. The hack also reportedly deleted surveillance footage and cargo declarations.

“Eltrans+ is engaged in the delivery of sanctioned goods, as well as various electronic components from China, which are used by the Russian military-industrial complex,” HUR said.

Ukraine and Russia both regularly exchange blows on the cyber battlefield as well as the physical frontline.

In October, a cyberattack carried out by HUR caused over 66 million rubles ($800,000) in damages to Orion Telecom, one of the largest internet providers in Siberia.

In turn, Moscow has targeted not only Ukraine but also its allies, including the U.S. and the EU. In August, Russia was believed to be behind a breach of the United States federal court filing system, days before U.S. President Donald Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Photo: HUR

" ------ You better not have dangled the word training in my face simply as an excuse to get me to hang out with you, Itadori. "

Russia is running low on ammo. And part of the reason for that is that North Korea has apparently cut its shipment of shells to Russia in half.

North Korea is effectively a slave state with rampant poverty and malnutrition. Its pre-schoolers are notably shorter and more bony than similar kids in South Korea. It is effectively a communist monarchy where the ruling family lives lavishly and spends the country's wealth on costly prestige projects like nuclear weapons.

North Korea's main exports to Russia are state mercenaries and artillery shells – and it is falling short on the latter.

Pyongyang has cut its artillery shell shipments to Russia by more than half in 2025 due to dwindling stockpiles, Vadym Skibitskyi, deputy head of Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR), told Reuters on Nov. 14. North Korean artillery ammunition enabled Russia to maintain its firing rate in 2024, but this year, that support has declined markedly, with both the quantity and quality of munitions delivered to the Kremlin significantly reduced. In 2023, North Korea supplied Russia with about 6.5 million artillery shells from its stockpiles, taking the opportunity to strengthen ties with Moscow following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Skibitskyi told Reuters. Yet no shipments were recorded in September, though some were tracked in October, according to Ukraine's military intelligence. Skibitskyi added that roughly half of the shells arriving from Pyongyang were so poorly maintained that they had to be sent to Russian factories for refurbishing.

Yep, those shells from North Korea were so substandard that they weren't even good enough for Russia without first being mended.

And even when those shitty North Korean shells get to Russia, Putin is having a more difficult time getting them to the front. Ukraine, probably with help from anti-Putin partisans, is conducting operations to sabotage the Trans-Siberian Railway in the Russian Far East.

This video in Ukrainian from HUR (Ukrainian military intelligence) marks a sabotage operation near Khabarovsk (Хабаровск) which is at a junction where the railway splits off into two different branches.

Ukraine is able to conduct operations thousands of kilometers from its borders.

Exodus 17:8-16 So for the first time since leaving Egypt the Israelites will have to face an enemy other than the elements. This battle with people will not only be for life and limb but about trust in God for intercession, giving obedience, and the power of God working through his people. Exo 17:8  Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. Amalek struck suddenly and from the rear…