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

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Has Convinced Audi to Rethink 'Aggressive' Design

NATO Secretary General to head to Turkey to discuss adding Sweden and Finland to NATO.

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1625837398973116416?s=20

I understood the trend toward making car fronts look angry and snarling. Like, dude, it's a Toyota Corolla.

To be honest, the legacy Soviet subs are worn out. Also, the Russian government have serious issues with refitting ships, with some being in refit for literally decades......then being scrapped. I doubt the Russian government has the funds to keep Dmitri Donskoi in service, especially since several new Boomers have hit the water recently(The Borei class SSBN). They've been divesting themselves of older subs now, for a couple of years. The Victor III class boats have almost all been withdrawn, as have the last of the Delta III class SSBN's and the Sierra I class SSN's. Dmitri Donskoi is labor intensive, and run into the ground.

The head of the Financial Support Desk for the Russian Military has fallen out of a 16th story window. Marina Yankina's death, 58, is being investigated as yet another suicide by Moscow police.

https://news.yahoo.com/top-russian-military-official-dead-204550339.html

South Africa is joining Russia and China for naval exercises.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-64380572

I wonder if that's an attempt to isolate India now that they've flexed with a second carrier group

It’s interesting. A lot of the manufacturing that would go to China is going to India now. India will pass China in population this year. And both are competing to secure discounted Russian oil and gas. And at the same time their border tensions are intensifying.

https://twitter.com/olenahalushka/status/1626646636872011796


NATO made them do this.

Obviously, if Ukranians hadn't written any books then there wouldn't be any for Russia to have to throw away. Why they practically brought this upon themselves.

You know the Wagner Group? The Russian military company that’s been sending convicts to fight in Ukraine. Thirty two thousand of their forces have been killed in Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/thestudyofwar/status/1626786123006476288?s=46&t=4giSmLrb-0j9NO6Cxciqsg

It looks like even official figures from even the UK government have undercounted the number of Russian deaths.

M1A1 Abrams, Leopard 2, Challenger 2 vs. Russian Armor: How Are Western Tanks Going to Help Ukraine?

Serbia looks like it might implode because of the Russians.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64674133

Serbia has Republicans too.

Just another astro-turf movement. The far right is always seeking backing, they don't care who it's from.

‘Only morons attack head-on’ A number of prominent Russian military bloggers have been unrestrained in their criticism of the Vuhledar offensive.

“They were shot like turkeys at a shooting range,” said former DPR Defense Minister Igor Strelkov, who has become a strident critic of the campaign.

Strelkov, also known as Igor Girkin, added on Telegram that “a lot of good T-72B3/T-80BVM tanks and the best paratroopers and marines were liquidated.”

In another post on Telegram, Strelkov wrote: “Only morons attack head-on in the same place, heavily fortified and extremely inconvenient for the attackers for many months in a row.”

Russia’s military bloggers have tens and sometimes hundreds of thousands of subscribers to their Telegram channels. They have been highly critical of previous episodes in the campaign.

Excerpt from here: https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/13/europe/russia-ukraine-vuhledar-donetsk-fiasco-intl/index.html

UK develops 3D-printed 'suicide drone' to aid Ukraine against Russia

The Zapatistas pledge support to Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/carmen_machete/status/1626374241737121794?s=20

Sean Penn says US has to accept ‘level of shame’ for not arming Ukraine faster

https://www.theguardian.com/film/20...-level-of-shame-for-not-arming-ukraine-faster

Credit to both the Zapatistas and Sean Penn for actually being Anti-War and Anti-Imperialism and not just Anti-US.

Lady G calls for the US to send Ukraine F-16s.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/lin...raine-russia-invasion-crime/story?id=97311080

Could it be that she’s figured out that if Putin loses, the blackmail material he has on Lady G will be forgotten?

At first I was who the fuck's Lady G? then I clicked the link and was all oh, yeah, that tracks.

It’s HIMARS O’clock somewhere.

https://twitter.com/defenceu/status/1627380328754020353?s=46&t=dgFGTkWc9nGljMWtx-UWCQ

Better to start training on the F-16 now than tomorrow but it will take a while regardless.


What we really need to do is get them the GLSDBs ASAP. Hopefully we are already prepositioning and are just waiting for Russia to commit their Reserves in this offensive and then just let the Ukrainians pulverize them.

Medium term we need to speed up PrSM production so we can start giving the Ukrainians our old ATACMS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_Launched_Small_Diameter_Bomb

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_Strike_Missile

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM-140_ATACMS

The M270 (which we and allies have given Ukraine a lot of and have plenty more) carries the same rocket systems as HIMARS. Twice as much. They are just older, heavier, slower and more maintenance intensive. So Ukraine has to keep them further back. The HIMARS only appears to have a longer range because it can quickly run up to the front lines, fire and get the hell out (Shoot’n’Scoot).

Once we give them longer range missiles in volume pretty much the entire Muscovite invasion force will be within range of the M270 at which point it is effectively game over.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M270_Multiple_Launch_Rocket_System

Drone footage of Ukraine dealing with Russian forces. If it were a scene from a comedic movie, it wouldn’t play out much differently. Dudes are advancing out in the open, one of them suddenly falls over, his buddies run over to see what happens, and then one of them gets shot. You can see the survivors standing there going “WTF? What happened to Ivan?” Then another falls over. At this point, the remaining people run, only to get hit. Lather, rinse, and repeat.

https://twitter.com/pstyle0ne1/status/1627216821504905218?s=46&t=6-xC5da30a2LWWqSbtHjyA

Biden heads to Poland to discuss larger troop deployment to Poland. I suspect that he’ll also meet with Zelenskyy but I doubt that they’ll announce that in advance.

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/sto...n-upcoming-visit-polish-pm-2336955-2023-02-20

And you may find yourself in another part of the world. You may find yourself behind the wheel of a large military vehicle. And you may find yourself saying, "Take me to the river. Drop me in the water."

https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1627230060926185472?s=20

Russian T-90 tanks don't seem to do much better than older versions of Russian tanks against Ukrainian forces.

https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1626900259904397312?s=20

French AMXs are supposed to arrive in Ukraine any day now.

I gotta say that if I gotta spend my days riding around in an apocalyptic hellscape, while dealing with invaders, getting taken out while driving one of these ala Mad Max, wouldn't be a bad way to go.



What? AMC was owned by Renault back in the 70s, and the AMX was a badass car, hobbled by being produced by a company that was running out of money (why they got bought by Renault). You think that the French aren't going to utilize such an epic piece of automotive technology? We're talking about people who do things like this for fun!

Scratch that.

Biden makes surprise trip to Ukraine ahead of Russian invasion anniversary

Damn. Just walking around in downtown Kyiv with air raid sirens going off.

https://twitter.com/simonostrovsky/status/1627614306765266948?s=46&t=JYPS292EWs0uMdbQ7dED4A

That, folks, is how you do a photo op.

Where’s the golf cart?

Thus, President Biden was closer to the front lines than the cowardly pig Putin ever was. The scumbag prefers to hide in his bunker or chug around in his armored train.