"The 1980's are calling to ask for their foreign policy back."

Two really good logistics threads:

Thread:

The tension between Russia and Kazakhstan has now become a quiet yet easily observable conflict. Kazakhstan has been vocal in its support for Ukraine and president Tokayev told Putin to his face Kazakhstan won’t recognize the puppet states of DNR and LNR. Now Russia halted


https://twitter.com/b_nishanov/status/1545423984270999556?s=21&t=NIbdicggWKhpdg0SR-dwng

LOL! Another victory for the master strategist.

I wonder if the Russians are tired of winning yet?

Watch Ukrainian soldiers use motorcycle sidecars for missile launches

Something you might want to listen to while you read the article.

"Some son of a bitch would die"...

I get that 2022 attention span is microscopic. But please pay attention to this. Yesterday, Russian rockets hit two maternity hospitals. Today two universities. It must be said again and again these are #WarCrimes against #Ukraine

https://twitter.com/charlesadler/status/1547889383788818432?s=21&t=uqN9PsMWb73BWJsKTf0Z1Q

But Tucker Carlson says it's just an excuse for regime change in Russia! And Putin isn't as much of a commie as AOC! And Putin isn't trying to take your guns! Or throw Americans in jail for Jan 6th!

https://crooksandliars.com/2022/07/tucker-carlson-insults-us-while-defending

State Department rejects suggestion North Koreans could restore eastern Ukraine

Russia reportedly shot down its newest and most advanced fighter jet in Ukraine

I'm with @Ancalagon on the 2022 attention span.

Sadly, if you've been paying attention, it's looking more and more likely that Ukraine is going to fall to Russia.

Either that, or it will be eventually whittled down to what is essentially a non-viable state.

Maybe if every thread wasn’t littered with Twitter reposts it’d be easier to keep up. I do appreciate the effort to post a link rather than the repost.

Footage appears to show Russian soldier castrating Ukrainian prisoner of war

I appreciate that no one posted the Daily Star story (or the recycled Daily Mail or NY Post version) about "fat General Pavel", but in case you've seen it elsewhere, it's complete nonsense: https://twitter.com/ArbiterOfTweets/status/1545651614253555712

Good thread on Russian weapons systems.

https://twitter.com/jack_watling/status/1553745899871952897?s=21&t=cFwSGbn9TL6_84EgasFOaQ

in a historic move president zelenskyy has just promised queer ukrainians to put forward a civil partnerships law with an open road to marriage equality after the martial law ends

https://twitter.com/maksymeristavi/status/1554505764865204229?s=21&t=ISD-dVg40MUCKqBppBSSQA

What a Nazi.

Senate votes to ratify NATO membership for Sweden and Finland

OMG!

So the hapless enemy brought a massive amount of ammo from Crimea to Kherson by train and set off smoke bombs to camouflage it all, but accidentally set the whole rig on fire which caused a huge explosion.

https://twitter.com/euromaidanpr/status/1554630777287106562?s=21&t=vpoAafUle0B-n_C4LON_AQ

I think this counts as a HIMARS kill.

So, this seems bad.

Some serious developments going on under the radar in Ukraine.

Last week Russian milbloggers posted what they claimed where photographs of the aftermath of AGM-88 HARM attacks.

The AGM-88 HARM is a very useful little missile. It’s purpose is to seek out and destroy enemy radar stations.

Over the last couple of days the Ukrainians have been systematically wiping out Russian anti-air systems. Like over a dozen a day for days in a row.

So the use of HARMs would help explain how they are doing that.

Except Ukraine doesn’t have a platform that can launch one. So…

Then today, in broad daylight the Ukrainians just obliterated Russia’s largest airbase in Crimea.
WAY outside of the range of GLMRS (the missiles we are giving the Ukrainians to use in HIMARS) or any other known Ukrainian system.

https://twitter.com/bretdevereaux/status/1557093592207851520?s=21&t=r7S2OaqbIfvjm7VPnHs-pw

Interesting. With all the news I missed that yesterday we admitted sending ‘anti-radiation missiles’ to Ukraine.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...ed-anti-radar-missiles-to-ukraine/ar-AA10spRe

No mention of how they are being launched.

Let’s pour one out for all the Russian holiday goers stuck in traffic fleeing Crimea after the Ukrainians dramatically made it clear it was within striking range (and the DoD stated today that Crimea is Ukrainian territory so our prohibition on using US arms to fire into Russia doesn’t apply).

Video at link.

https://twitter.com/kyivpost/status/1557018273643905028?s=21&t=eCD4cbITFguKWhpuKq_kYQ

Biden signed off on Finland and Sweden joining NATO yesterday. That makes the US the 23rd country to do so. 7 more countries remain to finish their ratification of the ascension protocol. Finland and Sweden are already attending NATO meetings.

Russian forces are being forced to pay for their own rations and beaten if they try to refuse to sign reenlistment papers.

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/08/11/i-m-21-and-i-really-want-to-live

LOL!

https://twitter.com/darthputinkgb/status/1558043111259095042?s=21&t=FIp2xmTeYNKxqcF-ay3LDA