What's that? Putin and Trump want to hand over what the russians stole for a fake-ass ceasefire that benefits only russia? In other words, the Orc manager and literal pedophile president are deciding the fate of a sovereign nation without said nation's input?
TACO friday.
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It's a little weird, because he's struck hard at India for buying Russian oil. That never really fit is M.O., so I suspect that is along the lines of the fentanyl excuse. They can legally justify the tariffs because India is breaking sanctions.
I didn't get the rationale right away, but it makes sense now.
It's a little weird, because he's struck hard at India for buying Russian oil. That never really fit is M.O., so I suspect that is along the lines of the fentanyl excuse. They can legally justify the tariffs because India is breaking sanctions.
I didn't get the rationale right away, but it makes sense now.
Threatened to strike.
India is still buying Russian oil.
TACO time.
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This is deeply damaging incompetence. Witkoff should finally start taking a notetaker from the U.S. embassy for future meetings. That's how professional diplomacy works. https://twitter.com/user/status/1954223991331385557
BREAKING: Norway says that in April, hackers took control of the digital system of the Risevatnet dam in Bremanger. For four hours, the valves were fully open, releasing nearly 500 liters per second before the breach was discovered and stopped. https://twitter.com/user/status/1955655163726676278
Budanov stated that North Korea plans to deploy additional troops to Russia in the near future. According to the head of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, this involves around 6,000 soldiers and up to 100 pieces of North Korean equipment https://twitter.com/user/status/1956015954321625415
Operation “Spider Web” [took down 34% of Russian strategic aviation] started one month late because the recruited Russian drivers got drunk during Easter, May holidays, and May 9th — Head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Malyuk. https://twitter.com/user/status/1955691926151209173
I see a lot of pre-summit statements on heavy Russian casualties this summer by many senior officials globally. The Russians are sustaining their highest KIA/irrecoverable losses. https://twitter.com/user/status/1956036598589513968
Bloomberg sources report that around 10 countries, including the United Kingdom and France, are ready to send troops to Ukraine as a security guarantee. https://twitter.com/user/status/1958153984297877831
The UK is ready to help defend Ukraine’s skies and seas—but won’t send troops to the front line, The Guardian reports. Gen. Tony Radakin will confirm at the Pentagon that Britain is offering logistics and training support, not combat deployment near Russian forces. https://twitter.com/user/status/1958153490360086849
Ukrainian Special Operations Forces have released exclusive footage showing a strike on Russian Lieutenant General Esedulla Abachev in Russia’s Kursk region. https://twitter.com/user/status/1958129776666816930
Sweden’s Commander-in-Chief Michael Claesson warns Russia may test NATO not with a major offensive but via land grabs or hybrid tactics to exploit weaknesses. https://twitter.com/user/status/1958119323047714816
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"We did not want to go public with this one, but it seems to be the right time. Flamingo is the long-range cruise missile that can carry a 1,150 kilogram warhead and fly into Russia for 3,000 kilometers,” Iryna Terekh, the company's CEO and technical director, told POLITICO in an interview from her office.
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"I would say there is some sort of big dick energy moment. You don’t need a scary name for a missile that can fly 3,000 kilometers," Terekh said of the missile's claimed range. "The main goal is for a missile to be effective.”
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Fabian Hoffmann, a doctoral research fellow and missile expert at the University of Oslo, called the missile "Ukraine’s strongest security guarantee."
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“People want results; they want to see Red Square on fire. But it’s important to understand we’re not terrorists like our neighbors,” Terekh said. “We founded our company in response to Russia's aggression, but we have no aggressive intentions; we’re ready to protect our sovereignty.”
Lots of hopium this week regarding the new Flamingo missile Ukraine has been developing recently. Let's hope that turns into a ####ton of copium for the russians when mass production is underway.
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Putin's palace on the black sea should be ashes already...
3,000 km is a pretty damn long way. Basically can hit any major Russian City west of Novosibirsk, which is the vast majority of major Russian cities/ developments. And a lot of their industrial base.
The first part of the video isn't that interesting we already know we got the expected TACO result from Trumps deadlines for Putin while the only thing Trump got back was a successful distraction from the Epstein files.
However, there's a lot of interesting stuff on the actual war in the latter part.
- Russian air campaigns have become increasingly focused on frontline target. With the Soviet vehicle stockpiles running out, this means the main Russian frontline strategy is basically air strikes + guys on foot.
- Ukrainian air campaign in contrast has become increasingly focused on economic and logistical targets. Strikes on oil refineries especially happen every few days now. It's a bit of a slow burn strategy, but one that makes sense considering the most likely perceivable victory condition for Ukraine is Russia losing its economic ability to continue the war.
- Drones have become so ubiquitous that supplying troops on the frontlines (plus cycling troops in and out, evacuating the wounded etc.) is now one of the most difficult logistical challenges for both sides, and the obvious solution is more drones, this time UGVs taking on more of the last mile logistics.
- While "WW1 with drones" is a popular and not completely unfounded description of the war in Ukraine, the reality of drones warfare means that increasingly there are no obvious trenchlines anymore. A typical Ukrainian battlefront is now bunch of small concealed positions with only a handful of men each scattered around a large area, with concealment such a big priority that you try to avoid ever using those positions for fighting. This is also due to the fact that despite the massive number of troops, the current frontlinea are just too long for either side to keep them fully manned. Current Russian tactics, successfully employed in Pokrovsk for example means constantly sending forwars small groups of men, sometimes just a couple of men, trying to slip through the gaps in the porous lines to create new positions behind the enemy, which are then used to support larger assaults. This still creates really high amounts of casualties as you would expect from Russians, (and those casualties I would imagine are likely to happen in places where evacuation is impossible), but it makes a lot of sense when you consider the priorities and of Russian leadership as well as the resources they have available.
- Artillery units have also been forced to create "hot" and "cold" positions, meaning they're now most of the time stationed in concealed positions away from their own ammunition (cold positions), and only move to "hot" firing positions when needed. Because getting attacked by drones with a bunch of ammo lying around is just so much worse than getting attacked without that ammo, and the best way to not get attacked is to hide.
- Basically: both sides are employing tactics that make sense for them. As expected, while the quality of Russian military leadership was atrocious to begin the war, over time the gap inevitably growa smaller, as Russians gather experience and more capable leaders rise up the ranks.
