This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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Hopefully we and our NATO partners get these production deficiencies squared away. The war has pretty much exposed that the "west" can make some great high tech stuff but can't produce in the required numbers.Related story, the US delayed delivery of new F-35 fighters for a year, and the first 100 to be put into service since the resumption of deliveries will lack the software needed to fly combat missions. The war in Ukraine has exposed deficiencies in some western defense forces, but where does the US stand in terms of readiness? This program is bloated and well behind schedule. The projected number of jets will never be met, hampering operational flexibility. So, if we had to engage China or return forces to Europe, how ready would we be?
F-35 deliveries resume, but upgrade delays have ripple effects
“Don’t think that the TR-3 problems are over,” said Gen. James Hecker, commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe.www.defensenews.com
Still have problems producing basic 155mm shells in the required quantity almost 3 years into the war...
Hungary's subservience to Russia has always confused me given their history of being oppressed by the Commies from Moscow for so long.
If true, I would imagine some of these were feints...at least I hope so!
That looks like it is out of a movie 🎥
That is gonna leave a mark and save lives. I wonder if it got “Scalped”?
Anybody know where that region is?
Edit. Drones.
Amazing video.
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That is the picture of a classic pincer move. Wow. Great image.
Ukraine drone attack in Russia's Tver region sparks fire
Residents are being encouraged to return home after a partial evacuation was ordered.
www.bbc.com
It is always funny but in a catastrophic situation like this it is hilarious they still pretend "were trying to "localise" the blaze caused by falling drone wreckage"Ukraine drone attack in Russia's Tver region sparks fire
Residents are being encouraged to return home after a partial evacuation was ordered.
Those pesky falling drones continue to be problematic.
I wonder if they don't mind having to spew this as it is so absurd it could be a form of protest against their government. Must be hard to keep a straight face.
Ukraine war latest: 1 million killed, wounded in Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine, WSJ reports
Key developments on Sept. 17:
- Around 1 million killed, wounded in Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine, WSJ reports
- Ukraine destroys Russian ammunition depots near occupied Mariupol, Navy says
- None of Ukraine's plans to end the war envisages ceasefire, ceding territory, Podolyak says
- Russia reportedly executes POW with sword, Kyiv appeals to UN, Red Cross
- Russian attack injures 4 first responders in Kharkiv, as Ukraine marks Rescuer's Day
Kyiv and Moscow have mostly avoided commenting on the casualties their forces suffered during the full-scale war, which has been ongoing for two and half years.
A "confidential Ukrainian estimate from earlier this year" put Kyiv's losses at 80,000 soldiers killed and 400,000 wounded, the WSJ wrote, citing undisclosed sources.
President Volodymyr Zelensky presented a much lower number of military fatalities in February - 31,000. He did not reveal the number of wounded troops.
Western intelligence estimates cited by the WSJ placed Russian losses at up to 200,000 dead and 400,000 wounded. This is close to Kyiv's estimates on Moscow's casualties, which is over 635,000 killed and wounded as of Sept. 17.
Leaked Pentagon documents reported on by The Economist in July suggested that Russian losses could be even more serious, with the highest estimate standing at 728,000 troops killed, injured, or captured.
Ukraine war latest: 1 million killed, wounded in Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine, WSJ reports
Key developments on Sept. 17: * Around 1 million killed, wounded in Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine, WSJ reports * Ukraine destroys Russian ammunition depots near occupied Mariupol, Navy says * None of Ukraine's plans to end the war envisages ceasefire, ceding territory, Podolyak says *...
In an unusual move the US has deployed 130 airborne soldiers and two HIMARs launchers to the Aleutian Islands. The Russians and Chinese have both been posturing in the area. If you read the article, Senator Dan Stevens (AK), want the US airbase at Adak reopened. That could be about getting more money into Alaska, and a possible need as the Arctic warms and Russia and China become more active.
apnews.com
US moves soldiers to Alaska island amid Russian military activity increase in the area
The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to a desolate island in Alaska amid a recent increase in Russian military planes and vessels approaching the state.
apnews.com
The Nexus Between Far-Right Extremists in the United States and Ukraine
APRIL 2020, VOLUME 13, ISSUE 4
https://ctc.westpoint.edu/the-nexus-between-far-right-extremists-in-the-united-states-and-ukraine/
Abstract: Neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups in the United States and Europe have become more active and dangerous in the last decade and have developed a much deeper online presence. This has helped them establish closer transnational contacts. One common preoccupation for both individuals and groups has been the conflict in Ukraine, where a well-established far-right extremist movement and its associated militia have consistently engaged with and welcomed far-right ideologues and fighters from other parts of Europe and North America.
Neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups are a growing preoccupation for security services and intelligence agencies in the United States and Europe. Fragmented and loosely organized, they are difficult to track. But their members frequently interact across borders and continents, thanks to encrypted messaging tools and online forums. Hundreds also travel between North America and Europe, with Ukraine emerging as a favored destination for a significant number of American far-right extremists.a
In recent years, some Americans and Europeans drawn to various brands of far-right nationalism have looked to Ukraine as their field of dreams: a country with a well-established, trained, and equipped far-right militia—the Azov Regiment—[ed note: these are the people you said at the outset of the war ‘everyone knew’ were actually Putin’s little green men.] that has been actively engaged in the conflict against Russian-backed separatists in Donbas. Most of these ‘foreign fighters’ appear to travel as individuals and at their own expense, according to the author’s review of many cases, but there is a broader relationship between the Ukrainian far-right, and especially its political flagship the National Corps,1 and a variety of far-right groups and individuals in the United States and Europe.
Far-right groups remain strong in Ukraine, with the ability to marshal thousands of supporters for protests and rallies, some of whom carry Nazi and white supremacist insignia. The author witnessed one such rally in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in October 2019. These groups have bitterly opposed any suggestion of compromise with Russia over Donbas through the Normandy negotiating process and were prominent at another rally witnessed by the author in Kyiv in the fall of 2019 to oppose concessions floated by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
There was a report that Russia was going to conduct an open air nuclear test. They just didn't tell us it would be on their own people 
I feel like the video is simply too crisp and focused to really be cell phone cam. Focus stays perfect.
I think someone just put a clever vertical box on the video to make it look like it was taken by cell phone, but I’d bet it’s another DCS clip. Smoke from both ‘hits’ looks almost identical too.
So..."allegedly" designed and built to withstand a nuke attack.
But not Ukrainian drone attacks.
All the rubles that were supposed to go to building/reinforcing this plant went to....???
Putin's palace?
Oligarch yachts?
Trump Tower suites?
Pandora Papers, anyone?
...because "cellphone cams" don't have 12 MP imaging anywhere on Earth, or image stabilization.
That's all just "sci-fi" stuff....
And the videos just keep on coming.
"Russia: A plume of smoke caused by a Ukrainian strike on the Toropets ammunition depot."
"Russia: A plume of smoke caused by a Ukrainian strike on the Toropets ammunition depot."
