This is a couple of weeks old.at this point, but it's still very relevant and an excellent rant that I think hits the nail on the head about more than just Russians who support Putin:
Some good analysis in the politics around the "peace negotiations"
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Also I in yesterday's news, after a canceled first round last December, Romania finally finishes their presidential election where a solidly pro-Ukraine pro-EU candidate beat a pro-Russian "nationalist" EU-sceptic with a very Trumpian campaign by a fairly comfortable margin.
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FIZZLED: The test of a Russian 'Yars' ICBM was monitored closely. NATO radars & space-based platforms revealed that the missile never even left the launch tube.
Russia has begun using new kamikaze drones that select targets and carry out strikes without operator involvement. These drones can fly up to 100 km from the front line, are equipped with cameras and computer vision, operate without GPS, and independently decide when and where to strike. https://twitter.com/user/status/1925162319572529219
Russian propagandists Mardan suggest canceling pensions, claiming elders should be supported by children they "gave birth to," otherwise they "should die." https://twitter.com/user/status/1925156001033924998
Ukraine’s General Staff confirms a successful strike on a key Russian military-industrial site: the Bolkhov Semiconductor Plant in Oryol region. 10 drones hit the target overnight. The plant supplies components for Iskander & Kinzhal missiles and Sukhoi jets.
This is a couple of weeks old.at this point, but it's still very relevant and an excellent rant that I think hits the nail on the head about more than just Russians who support Putin:
Some good analysis in the politics around the "peace negotiations"
Those are some very strong words onTrump coming from Anders. He's very reserved, but this is very harsh and true
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krainian air defense—including aircraft, air defense units, EW systems, and mobile fire teams—intercepted 93 drones (35 shot down, 58 jammed) out of 108 launched. https://twitter.com/user/status/1924723677980934549
Trump: “Zelensky is a strong person, though not easy to deal with.” He believes the Ukrainian President wants to end the war. Meanwhile, the Kremlin states there is no set timeline for preparing a memorandum between Russia and Ukraine. https://twitter.com/user/status/1924724485128630273
The UK government has announced expanded sanctions against Russia in response to a massive attack on Ukraine on the night of May 18, during which the Russian army used a record number of attack drones. A total of 100 further sanctions will target Russia's military, energy and financial sectors, the Foreign Office said. https://twitter.com/user/status/1924792693378494797
Brazil has uncovered a network of Russian agents operating in the country under assumed names. One of the agents was Artem Shmyryov, who had documents under the name Gerhard Daniel Kampush Wittich. He lived in Rio de Janeiro and ran a 3D printing business. He did not arouse suspicion even from his girlfriend. However, the investigation showed that his identity was fictitious and the documents were forged in the name of a non-existent person. https://twitter.com/user/status/1925202179909951594
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People act surprised these days that Russia uses subterfuge tactics in democratic countries to achieve their goals.
But this has literally been going on since the 40s. How many Bond movies, Tom Clancy books, documentaries, stories, etc do people need to see before they understand that they've always tried to undermine us. Smart men like Eisenhower knew this even back then.
We've dropped our guard and they've succeeding in installing a POTUS who has completely capitulated to them.
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Russian State Duma deputy Alexander Borodai explains that the brutality Russia is inflicting on the population of Ukraine is warranted because Ukrainians must be punished for their refusal to join the Russian world
Russian State Duma Defense Committee member Andrey Sobolyev said the new goal of the "special military operation" should be 'the creation of a single union state of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus' and the 'restoration of the Russian world within its natural borders.' https://twitter.com/user/status/1925838148199702927
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Hopefully all the kidnapped children will come home as well at some point.
The thought of missing children cuts me to my core and I can't even think about the subject. I can feel panic and anxiety start to overwhelm me unless I shoo the thought out of my brain quickly. Most of my annual charitable dollars go to missing children societies for this reason.
This is nothing compared to what Ukrainians have gone through. I am gutted for them.
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Lithuania’s Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė didn’t hold back on Trump’s latest call with Putin—she says it’s starting to feel like a broken record.
We were just in Lithuania last week. In Vilnius there was a big event where they officially launched a German-Lithuanian partnership where the Germans have supplied troops and equipment for the deployment of the German 45th Heavy Armour Division to the country. A bunch of tanks and other equipment were on display. Panzerific.
The government there seems to be focused on the threat a half hour drive away. If our Bolt driver was any indication of the general population, they are much less concerned…though I like to think he was not representative, he gave off a MAGA vibe.
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In the most massive and egregious breach of strategic information in history, western journalists and intel officers are studying the leak of 2 million top secret documents detailing the entirety of Russian’s nuclear forces. https://twitter.com/user/status/1928084101971476597
Senior Lt. Viktor Samoylov, rocket artillery battery commander, was killed in Russia’s Belgorod region. As a former Sevastopol Nakhimovsky district official, he backed Crimea’s annexation in 2014 https://twitter.com/user/status/1928082231123140634
A HIMARS strike wiped out a Russian military facility in Korenevo, Kursk region — initially claimed as a hospital.
The Canadian battle group in Latvia has no FPVs or Mavics. They have little situational awareness or lethal range, and would be destroyed by a flood of Russian drones https://twitter.com/user/status/1927970590821925020
French Army: building mobile 3D printing labs to produce 10 drones every 3 hours. Canadian Army: Buying $25,000 drones off a standing offer that takes 3-6 months to deliver. If the challenge is to evolve or die, then we have clearly made our choice. https://twitter.com/user/status/1927931242722336942
During the night operation, drones successfully struck a number of key targets in the central part of the Russian Federation, causing significant damage to military-industrial infrastructure and logistics centers.
The Canadian battle group in Latvia has no FPVs or Mavics. They have little situational awareness or lethal range, and would be destroyed by a flood of Russian drones https://twitter.com/user/status/1927970590821925020
French Army: building mobile 3D printing labs to produce 10 drones every 3 hours. Canadian Army: Buying $25,000 drones off a standing offer that takes 3-6 months to deliver. If the challenge is to evolve or die, then we have clearly made our choice. https://twitter.com/user/status/1927931242722336942
At least our military is consistently behind the times
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New details say Gurtsiev died in a blast during a meetup with a man from a gay dating app
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Zaur Gurtsiev, a Russian major who ordered the bombing of Mariupol in 2022 and was later rewarded with a political appointment, was killed early Thursday, May 29, in a grenade explosion in Stavropol.
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Gurtsiev was directly involved in the aerial bombardment of Mariupol in early 2022 during Russia’s assault on the city.
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It's the first day of summer in Russia and it's flaming hot Ukraine pulled out a 'Trojan horse' operation, smuggling drones inside trucks into Russian territory and launching them to destroy dozens of Russian aircraft that was used to bomb civilians in Mariupol and elsewhere https://twitter.com/user/status/1929160654486716517
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Amazing operation, the videos of the impacts on the bear bombers are epic. The tires on the wings didn’t help lol. Russians will struggle to replace any of these assets, this stuff was still Soviet inheritance.
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Unusual that Ukraine releases such details from an operation like that. I wonder whether it's because they know good footage and details help make the news in the West, or because they want to increase paranoia inside Russia, or because they believe a visible strike will boost morale at home.
(Obviously could be any combination... or some other motivation )
Unusual that Ukraine releases such details from an operation like that. I wonder whether it's because they know good footage and details help make the news in the West, or because they want to increase paranoia inside Russia, or because they believe a visible strike will boost morale at home.
(Obviously could be any combination... or some other motivation )
It sounds too complicated to repeat easily, but if it gets the Russians to start checking every container for possible drones it’s a good side benefit. My guess is Ukraine wanted some good propaganda for the international heading into the next round of ‘peace talks’. Things haven’t been going great for them lately.
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