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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.
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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...

I can't say my opinion of Russian media is any worse than my opinion of western media. On the plus side, all of my local newspapers have just gone bust, and the local TV and weather is now weekdays only, even with one third of wages coming from the government. Let's hope the Russian media goes bust...

Probably for their 'domestic market' to say: see, it's the Americans, they hate us, and the whole world hates us, and now they gave UKR the missiles to destroy our cities! It's russofobia! It's bad NATO! It's bad collective West!! Not a peep about the UKR cities they have carpeted, of course. Also, ...

Oh, Skabeyeva... ^! (the last link). She never ceases to ... dunno even, what word it should be. This time she's irate - can you imagine, the UKR has the capability to strike ruz territory!! Unheard of!!! It had to be them (=ruz) bombing quietly and gently... only mil targets... for the good of the ...

Not the brightest hours for putin - (defence minister) shoigu's deputy ivanov was commanded to court, which might mean several things, and probably indicates unrest in some circles. Either putin thinks someone's after him or someone actually is, but even if no-one is, the implication might give idea...

As for the 'contents' of the US aid, the ATACMS of longer range are supposed to be the most necessary to prevent ruz glide bomb attacks (around 100 dropped per day, sometimes more - and you can imagine what it means if dropped on a smaller area - the troops just sit in their 'bunkers' and are unable...

An interesting one generally, too, and this post on US aid specifically: Matter of fact is: the stuff is not in Ukraine. Period. It might, but it also might not get to Ukraine – in days, weeks or months. Nobody really knows. Must admit, I’m getting seriously tired of all the celebrations about the U...

Why would such an accident happen? Don't they/ doesn't anybody see another helicopter close around? Do they have some determined flight ... dunno, paths or something that they have to fly, threfore don't notice if someone has diverted or has problems?

The rehearsal for a naval parade, Malaysia.

Harkiv TV tower damaged. Signal being restored, Zelenskiy says. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEh9RSlCflM And a big poultry farm was hit. ruz reports destroying mil facilities. UK will announce new aid. Speculations on how long the US aid will last - forgetting ruz isn't what it was a year ago, ac...

if life gives you lemons... ?

The vintage ship in Sevastopol (see Fox's post on Sevastopol harbout a bit 'up here') was the oldest operable in the world, it's claimed, the Kommuna . Suggestions are the UKR were testing some new version of their Neptune, which was shot down and the debri hurt the poor old lass (ships are female, ...

Forbes gave an analysis of the changing tactics: Russia And Ukraine Are Adapting For The Next Phase Of The War Ukraine, similar to Russia, has been loosely following Soviet doctrine, which relies heavily on artillery. In this doctrine, the infantry and armor elements are intended primarily to protec...