This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...

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The AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile is a low detection standoff air-launched cruise missile developed by Lockheed Martin for the United States Armed Forces. It is a large, stealthy long-range weapon with a 1,000-pound armor piercing warhead. Wikipedia
In service: 2003–present
Steering system: Moving wings & 2 tailplanes
Used by: United States Air Force; Royal Australian Air Force; Polish Air Force; Finnish Air Force

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Still a little leery this is true.



But sounds promising!

 

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Sounds like panic!

 

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/12/world/video/hospital-trains-ukraine-russia-war-digvid

 

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These are the people Trump cannot bring himself to root against.

 

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Related note-wonder if Ukraine is still short of infantry weapons. We have seen a video of a drone recovering rifles from a dead Russian, as well as the elation of an Ukrainian soldier as he discovers automatics weapons in a dugout they have captured.

 

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More from the burning tank factory.



"Another in #Russland , Omsk. This time a tank factory that also produces flamethrowers. They must have burned themselves on their own flames."

 

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Related note-wonder if Ukraine is still short of infantry weapons. We have seen a video of a drone recovering rifles from a dead Russian, as well as the elation of an Ukrainian soldier as he discovers automatics weapons in a dugout they have captured.

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Never actually seen 5.45x39mm.
That is a funky looking cartridge.

 

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"knock knock knock, is Ivan in there? A Ukrainian ground drone carrying explosives entered a road tunnel under a railway line and detonated it in Novgorodivka, Donetsk region."

 

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"Sybiha posted on X.com (formerly Twitter) that he thankedItaly for its strong leadership of the G7 and its support for Ukraine. Theministers also discussed accelerating Italy’s next military aid package andstrengthening Ukraine’s air defenses.

Earlier, on Sept. 10, Sybiha discussed the potential transfer of surplus military equipment to the Ukrainian Armed Forces with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong. Sybiha also highlighted the effectiveness of Australian Bushmasters on the battlefield.

“We intend to expand our cooperation on these and other armored vehicles,” the Ukrainian Foreign Minister said"

https://english.nv.ua/nation/sybiha-asks-italy-to-speed-up-military-aid-provide-surplus-equipment-50450417.html

 

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Turkey going all in on Ukraine, the US allowing deep missile strikes, ramping up the pressure on front lines and within Russia and drone swarms really make me think they know Putin is barely holding onto power.

 

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Some push back on Putin's constant nuclear threats. Not practical maybe but the Russians need to know they are not the only ones with nukes.

 

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"Kiev has extremely small stockpile of Storm Shadow missiles – The Daily Telegraph#Russie #Russia / #Ukraine #OTAN #USA #Zelensky #Putin #Occident #Poutine #Kursk #KourskThe Daily Telegraph cites British and Ukrainian sources who say many of the missiles were used in strikes in Crimea.Ukraine has received permission to use these weapons to carry out attacks deep inside the Russian Federation, but the Ukrainian armed forces do not yet know how to dispose of such a small arsenal.It was previously reported that kyiv had used most of the hundreds of ATACMS missiles transferred."

 

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Ukraine war briefing: Major Russian counter-offensive reported in Kursk​

• Russian forces have begun a significant counter-offensive against Ukrainian troops in Russia’s Kursk region, according to pro-Moscow war bloggers and a senior Russian commander. Pro-Ukrainian observers also reported heavy fighting in part of the occupied area and the possible Russian recapture of villages. Russian forces were said to have taken several villages on the west of the sliver of Russia that Ukraine has carved out, pushing Ukrainian forces to the east of the Malaya Loknya river south of Snagost. Russia’s defence ministry said it had defeated Ukrainian units at a number of villages. There was no independent confirmation or immediate comment from Ukraine.
• The Institute for the Study of War said on Thursday morning that it would be “premature to draw conclusions” about the counterattacks at this stage. The thinktank reported: “Russian forces began counterattacks along the western edge of the Ukrainian salient in Kursk oblast and reportedly seized several settlements north-east and south of Korenevo on September 10 and 11.”
• The ISW continued: “The size, scale, and potential prospects of the September 11 Russian counterattacks in Kursk oblast are unclear and the situation remains fluid as of this report … Ukrainian forces reportedly began new attacks against the Russian counterattack west of Snagost and throughout the Ukrainian salient in Kursk oblast.” Maj Gen Apti Alaudinov, who commands Chechnya’s Akhmat special forces fighting in Kursk, said Russian troops had gone on the offensive and taken back control of about 10 settlements in Kursk.
• A Russian SU-35 fighter jet crashed in the Black Sea on Wednesday after firing missiles towards Ukrainian targets, reports said. There was no confirmation but both Russian and Ukrainian-aligned information channels posted about a crash and a Russian search operation afterwards, with varying, unconfirmed accounts of how it might have been shot down.
• Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andriy Sybiga, on Wednesday urged Kyiv’s allies on its western borders to shoot down Russian drones and missiles flying over its western regions. “There have already been numerous instances of Russian aircraft violating the airspace of neighbouring countries and Nato countries,” said Sybiga. Allies should “explore the possibility of shooting down missiles over the territory of Ukraine”.
• It came after the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, gave his strongest hint yet that the White House is about to lift its restrictions on Ukraine using long-range weapons supplied by the west on key military targets inside Russia. A decision is understood to have already been made in private. Blinken and the British foreign secretary, David Lammy, met with Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the Ukrainian president, in Kyiv on Wednesday.

• British government sources indicated that a decision had already been made to allow Ukraine to use Storm Shadow cruise missiles on targets inside Russia, although it is not expected to be publicly announced on Friday when Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, meets Joe Biden in Washington DC.
• The Kyiv meeting has inevitably lifted expectations that Ukraine will shortly be given permission to fire Anglo-French Storm Shadow and US Atacms missiles, which have a range of 190 miles plus, into Russia, the Guardian’s defence editor Dan Sabbagh reports. Blinken and Lammy provided a potential justification, censuring Iran for sending short-range, high-speed Fath-360 ballistic missiles to Russia.
• The UK Foreign Office has announced sanctions on 10 ships it believes are at the heart of Russia’s shadow oil export fleet. Russia has a large fleet of often unseaworthy and ageing tankers that transport Russian gas and oil products around the globe. Oil exports are Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most critical revenue source for funding the war in Ukraine, accounting for about a quarter of the Russian budget in 2023.

Ukraine war briefing: Major Russian counter-offensive reported in Kursk

Shoot down Russian missiles and drones, Ukraine urges its neighbours; hopes rise of US permission to fire long-range missiles into Russia. What we know on day 932

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It's the bad guys but nice aerial photography for the aircraft buffs.

"Long-range anti-submarine aircraft Tu-142 and Il-38 and Il-38N aircraft of the Pacific Fleet naval aviation, during the command and control operation Ocean-2024, conducted a group search for submarines of the conventional enemy, as well as tracking them with the help of radar and hydroacoustic equipment in the near zone of responsibility of the Pacific Fleet. In this episode of the exercise, the "enemy" force was represented by one of the diesel submarines of the Pacific Fleet.During the mission, the crews of anti-submarine aircraft over the Sea of Japan improved tactical techniques for independent search and classification of submarines, as well as their tracking using radar and hydroacoustic means.The crews of the Il-38 and Il-38N aircraft flew at low and extremely low altitudes above the water surface and in the coastal zone.- Russian Ministry of Defense"

 

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Just gonna need a "Double Tap"....

 

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A reminder in case Ukraine gets permission to use these deeper in Russia.

 

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Sic em!