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The cards have been thoroughly shuffled in the cost-benefit game of warfare, and 'not for nothing' has ruz been jamming the GPS signals. Another US precision-guided weapon falls prey to Russian electronic warfare, US says (Defense One) So, back to basics - a simple 155 cal is robust and cost effecti...

Oil refinery hit in Ryazan, 500 km from UKR border. ruz bombed Odessa, residential quarters as for several days. They don't even seem to be targeting the port or other facilities. Shahed drones are scarce - maybe the rumours of the facility hit in ruz was correct, then. ruz is trying hard around Bak...

Another day, another explosions in the Crimea, Belgorod... well, youknow.


thank you, Suchomimus!

Title from DWail: Meghan Markle 'wastes her potential' sending jams to celebrities while Sophie Duchess of Edinburgh visits Ukraine, royal expert claims.

Well, what would one say...

Karearea wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 30, 2024 6:16 am

A little about them here: Wikipedia: Roman dodecahedron
Interesting objéts.

Tnx!
Looks like CNN could do with the hint as well.

What's the object?
‘Great enigma’: Amateur archaeologists unearth mysterious Roman object

More bad news (as Zelenskiy said will happen for a couple of weeks) - around Avdiivka the ruz breakthrough is getting critical. Not yet, but probably soon. Reportedly problems with UKR command chains as well. ruz used cluster munition on Odessa, 'mil objects' of course as usual - ruz never harms any...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot41BWF-jXk - well, can't blame him maybe, his wrecks were shown in several cities, too. Even so, the grand celebrations (as they used to be) have been cancelled in several regions. Security, youknow. And airports in Moscow are full of Tajik migrants (for extra check ...

As mentioned before - some things are not comprehensible. There was an article (opinion, CNN), comparing the situation in Israel/Gaza and Ukraine. With the general conclusion - victory is not possible, let us settle with peace. Or, rather, 'let them'. Contemplating on the effect of US arms that migh...

Kupyansk direction: ruz is concentrating troops (tanks etc included), a considerable offensive expected. Around Bakhmut glide bombing and no remarkable movement. Massive waves of armoured forces in Avdiivka direction, no remarkable progress so far. The skies are humming - full of drones from both si...

KAMAZ factory - the main supplier of automotive equipment to the Russian army.


Also, $5M Russian 'K-1 Podlyot' System Wiped Out in Strike (video included). That's a big thing.

Last night: 34 missiles from ruz, 21 destroyed by UKR air defence. According to Mykola Olechuk, the destroyed ones: 6 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles; 8 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided aviation missiles; 1 Iskander-K cruise missile; 6 Kalibr cruise missiles. Full patch specified here: Iskanders, Kalibrs, and beyon...

yep, tnx Karearea and Tango - forecast! - but it was surreal to see pics of the jets on water .

New unwelcome developments around Kupyansk and in Donetsk - several villages lost. UKR has problems with training more troops. Same for ruz, of course, but they have plenty to be 'sacrificed', according to their mil doctrine. putin has been 'happy and confident' lately (sources say) due to UKR runni...

The collapse in Ocheretyne reportedly isn’t the 47th Mechanized Brigade’s fault. That brigade—the main operator of Ukraine’s American-made armored vehicles—was following orders to withdraw from Ocheretyne in order to redeploy to the rear for a much-needed period of rest after spending nearly a year...

As for innovation... netted motobikes

and this turtle-tank seems to be a bit broken. Another one is reported to be good and well.

We got problems with the radio here ... That's pretty evident.
https://youtube.com/shorts/qPV5ZKFOfvw? ... adkf0cGyjB

Cook islands this time... Flight via Auckland, arriving in the middle of the night, cannot imagine Mr Hill would care to meet up for a drink anyway... A coupla' hours in a nearby airport hotel then on to Rarotonga, and day trip to Aitutaki.....looks lovely... :) Reports while there and after it, pl...

More on tanks and cheap drones, NYTimes: The drone combat in Ukraine that is transforming modern warfare has begun taking a deadly toll on one of the most powerful symbols of American military might — the tank — and threatening to rewrite how it will be used in future conflicts. Over the last two m...

yep, they blundered there. Around Avdiivka it's bad, too. Real bad. ruz is trying hardest around Bakhmut as well, no progress there - yet, at least. Speech by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Atlantik-Brücke event And then, we have to be honest. The reality is that, in recent months, N...