Posted by: srbin | May 26 2023 19:57 utc | 47
How, by mounting near constant patrols? If so, how are they refuelled? Or are these the eco-warrior boat-bots that use solar power to recharge? Conceivably NATO ISR could alert the Ukrainians to ships getting steam up, but given the drone’s speed roughly matches that of their likely targets any interception is fraught with difficulties. Again, these all seems like disparate parts of a: coherent, self-supporting, self-generating, sum is greater strategy that’s been compromised by a Russian counter-move that has all of those aforementioned qualities.
Posted by: West of England Andy | May 26 2023 19:57 utc | 46
‘decodes as: “My aunt is a windmill”…’
Are you sure you are not using Mr Yalt’s Hungarian phrasebook?
Posted by: Dan Farrand | May 26 2023 22:02 utc | 84
Bradley’s are just so damn tall, the US got away with it in ‘91 because the Iraqi’s were significantly over-matched, but against electro-optical TI systems and missiles with 7-8km ranges I thing they would struggle.

Posted by: Milites | May 26 2023 23:30 utc | 104

Kupkee no. 101
Well boris is so fat now, the parachute would probably rip apart under his weight. And it was only offer. There was no honour. (Too fat for honour.)

Posted by: ThusspakeZarathustra | May 26 2023 23:31 utc | 106

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 26 2023 21:13 utc | 73
“I would add that failing that approach, the neocons would also like a “long war” in which they bleed Russia down to eventual collapse. That plan isn’t going to work, either, despite how many MoA posters think it will. Which is why the F-16 BS is so annoying.
The real threat, again, is that the neocons have no clue that they’re starting WWIII.”
RESPONSE: Russia has no doubt where the West’s past and current escalations are heading. I think the Russians were satisfied with a long war which would take a major toll on the Western economies as well as the NATO military within Ukraine.
However, the bear had to re-adjust because of the increased rate of the West’s escalations toward nuclear war.
Now Putin wishes to take and secure the Donbas as soon as possible. Putin does not want a ready hostile army on his Western flank when the nukes are launched. He would rather have the Dnieper River being Russia’s Western boundary in Ukraine before the nukes fall.

Posted by: young | May 26 2023 23:50 utc | 108

There will be more incidents within the ranks of the UAF I’m sure. Russia is hitting all sorts of targets in the “rear” on a daily basis plus dealing with any attempted intrusions or terrorist attacks in a prompt manner. The west can scream all they want and send whatever weapons they want. All for nothing, the Nazi bastards have been extremely weakened. Russia will now take over whatever areas they want to control with a lot less resistance from now on. I’d be surprised if Zelensky showed back up in Ukraine for any extended length of time. Maybe a photo op and right back out again. Great time to be alive people. Get to watch the American empire get boot stomped into the ground with no chance of ever being revied. That goes for their handlers as well.

Posted by: Watzov | May 27 2023 0:01 utc | 110

Dragons teeth do not stop tanks and other. They only slow them down. They can be blown providing a path through their fields.
If they slow the enemy’s advance enough to allow the defenders enough time to respond with counter attack measures, they will have done their job well.

Posted by: young | May 27 2023 0:02 utc | 112

Posted by: young | May 27 2023 0:02 utc | 118
“Dragons teeth do not stop tanks and other”
The ones with anti-tank mines just in front do stop tanks, I believe.

Posted by: Badger | May 27 2023 0:06 utc | 114

@C4
The black swan is turning earl grey.

Posted by: Don Firineach | May 27 2023 0:14 utc | 116

Posted by: Badger | May 27 2023 0:06 utc | 120
“The ones with anti-tank mines just in front do stop tanks, I believe.”
RESPONSE: A path can be blown through both the mine fields and the dragon’s teeth. This takes time and makes a lot of noise. This give the defenders more time to respond.
If the defenders can respond quick enough the tanks rolling in through the cleared mines and dragon’s teeth will be concentrated at the points the clear paths were blown. This means concentrated fire can be rained down upon the attackers.

Posted by: young | May 27 2023 0:21 utc | 118

Posted by: young | May 26 2023 23:50 utc | 114
“He would rather have the Dnieper River being Russia’s Western boundary in Ukraine before the nukes fall.”
No, he would prefer the Polish border being Russia’s western boundary before the nukes fall.
He may have to settle for less depending on when the nukes fall. But his goal is (at least) the Polish border. I personally don’t think we’ll see nukes before then, but the risk rises the closer Russia comes to it.
The principle is: if you have enemy strategic weapons five minutes from your capital, then place your air defenses and preemptive strike strategic weapons thirty seconds away from the enemy strategic weapons – not (only) around Moscow.
It’s amazing how many people can’t comprehend this concept.
Also, people need to stop assuming that the desire to see the West exhaust itself economically and militarily in Ukraine precludes using the Russian military to achieve the above principle as well. It’s not either-or. There is no 1) “Russia stays at the Dnieper, OR 2) “Russia attacks NATO”. That’s superficial thinking – which is ninety percent of MoA posts (other than b’s and karlof1’s.)

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 27 2023 0:32 utc | 120

Posted by: Milites | May 27 2023 0:28 utc | 126
“They do stop tanks, as do the mines laid amongst them and with the wonders of drones, GPS, BMS’s, and IRS every part of the obstacle belt can be pre-registered, with PGM munitions reserved for any specialist armour. Then, just as the advance slows to conduct breaching operations the artillery delivered mines are fired behind the lead echelons, cutting them off from the follow on forces who are targeted by glide-bombs and SADARM strikes. Helicopters take full advantage of the terrain to fire missiles beyond the range of portable AD systems, whilst HK drones and battlefield missiles target key platforms and infrastructure. Whatever survives is then picked off by armour, firing from bunkers and surviving strongpoints with interlocking fields of fire, whilst powerful armoured forces prepare to attack the flanks of any penetration.”
RESPONSE: No doubt the Russians placement of dragons teeth and mines was well thought out.

Posted by: young | May 27 2023 0:39 utc | 122

Some videos for today.
US-supplied vehicles used in attack on Belgorod despite Washington’s assurances:
https://odysee.com/@RT:fd/ATTACKS_OUT_OF_CONTROL_2605:7
Russian airborne troops beat off enemy attack south of Artemovsk:
https://odysee.com/@SputnikInternational:c/2023-05-26-09.13.44:3
Russian forces captured 15 more enemy troops near Avdeyevka:
https://odysee.com/@Overthrown:6/video_2023-05-25_12-38-36:a
Russian Tor-M1 anti-aircraft missile system destroys Kiev regime drone:
https://odysee.com/@RT:fd/tor+:3
Russian T-90 tank in action:
https://rutube.ru/video/4a161bd5a749f7717fa9f40d039e2821/

Posted by: Nate | May 27 2023 0:47 utc | 124

@Ed 128
Whatever the Theory of the United States as a relatively “young state”, it changed radically around 1970.
What is your thinking now on [1] the state of the United States and [2], is any sane pragmatic progressive movement possible when education and media are so narrowly controlled?

Posted by: Don Firineach | May 27 2023 0:51 utc | 126

Posted by: Ed | May 27 2023 0:33 utc | 128
There was, I thought, also an understanding that posters not attack each other, but that seems to have fallen by the wayside.
Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 27 2023 0:32 utc | 127
‘Also, people need to stop assuming that the desire to see the West exhaust itself economically and militarily in Ukraine precludes using the Russian military to achieve the above principle as well. ‘
I don’t think that most posters, that you casually accuse of ‘superficial thinking’, are creating an artificial binary solution; I think it’s more a case of realising Russia’s options are dictated by her militaries ability to achieve these strategic goals, and not on hypothetical triggers for the release of nuclear weapons.

Posted by: Milites | May 27 2023 1:12 utc | 128

Dan Farrand | May 26 2023 22:02 utc | 84
they talk offensive all summer and freeze the Russians in place all summer and consume the entire fighting season without a fight ?
No.
Every day Russia strikes at ammo dumps, fuel dumps, congregations of forces (schools! Kindergärtens! shopping malls!)
Even though our Down South reports the clobber list, it never really registers what gets clobbered, and the cumulative effect of a daily clobbering.
Someone asked: “Where Bradley?” I suspect a bunch of them were in a single storage bunker that’s been clobbered. Who is going to report this to the we-don’t-wanna-know west?
uncle tungsten | May 26 2023 22:28 utc | 95
Had already typed my reply to Dan b4 read further. Not gonna waste my laborious keystrokes, so will superfluously post basically what you just said.
West of England Andy | May 26 2023 22:07 utc | 87
Drones in the Black Sea. Great way to kill the “grain deal”, which Russia has obstinately stuck to, despite the countervailing part where it gets to export grain and fertiliser (and have one agricultural bank reconnected to SWIFT) is still blocked. // But yeah, grain deal has been great for Erdogan, so he’s kept Bosphorus shut tighter than a clam’s cloaca.
Eighthman | May 26 2023 23:14 utc | 103
Harry Potter. Star Wars. Star Trek. These are the narratives shaping the US+ Ukrainian narrative in Ukraine. Ukrainian Defense actually tweeted something saying they were the Good Guys from some piece of popular fiction.
Why do they call Russians “Orks”? From LORT. Everyone thinks a Heroic Saviour with the posse, is going to ride over the hill and Save the Day.
Russia too has its narrative. It’s the Great Patriotic War. And it’s grounded in real heroism and real devastating loss. It’s very real, especially when some of the pieces of ground being fought on today are exactly the same blood soaked soil of WW2 and wars and battles going back centuries.
Milites | May 26 2023 23:50 utc | 115
Dragons teeth. The ones in the Brit prop-aganda piece are not how the Russian dragon teeth have actually been installed.
I’ve seen a vid rebuttal to the Brit cope vid, showing how the dragons teeth are actually installed…. All chained together, …. but can’t be arsed looking for it.
Also, probably some can be mined. (With the mines mapped)
Ukraine’s problem… it mined fields, but then didn’t have a coordinated command, so other Ukrainian units attacked (retreated) through the mines…. Messy.
oldhippie | May 27 2023 0:16 utc | 124
not Russian obstacles. Those are theatrical props
Yep.
Milites | May 27 2023 0:28 utc | 126
Yep.
Golddiggr | May 27 2023 1:24 utc | 136
Old Hippy nailed it. The Brit vid is, once again, theatrics.
It’s the old “Russians are so drunk and dumb” subtext.
But the Brits are “training” the Ukrainians. What if the Brits actually think this is how the Russian dragons teeth work? And Ukrainians get to the front and discover. Oh shit. Not like the fake demo.
Ed | May 27 2023 0:33 utc | 128
And sushi. The star team includes sushi.
(Add Andy for humor) And outraged is very much missed.
Col from OZ | May 27 2023 0:01 utc | 117
[[Are you Col, Farmer from NZ, now relocated?
If so, welcome. Know farming Col from Saker… ]]

Posted by: Melaleuca | May 27 2023 1:42 utc | 130

If you’re worried about the open border, our corrupt justice system, or paying your bills with our economy in free fall – rest easy now …
Lindsay Graham was over visiting Zelensky today in Ukraine to assure him he would get an unlimited supply of your hard earned tax money.

https://twitter.com/catturd2/status/1662229833890537473
Remember when Lindsay Graham and Shitstain McCain went to visit Poroshenko and promised U$ unwavering support for Ukraine?

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, traveled to Kyiv on Friday to assure Ukraine’s president that, whatever Republican candidates may say on the campaign trail, the U.S. Congress remained firmly committed to the Ukrainian cause.

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1662183163139899396

Posted by: Melaleuca | May 27 2023 1:57 utc | 132

@meme | May 26 2023 17:32 utc | 12
It is nothing to do with the site. Unfortunately, Typepad, the hosting company, is American. Because of US sanctions the company refuses to provide any services to countries the US has sanctioned, to prevent the government from charging them with sanctions violations, or even confiscating servers.
Hopefully when the US collapses this kind of bullshit will come to an end.

Posted by: Hermit | May 27 2023 2:11 utc | 134

How is it that Prigozhin has survived being so close to the front in Bahkmut? It’s almost like he’s a Hollywood supervillain or that there is a backroom deal going on with hi and Zelenskyy.

Posted by: Wokechoke | May 27 2023 2:37 utc | 136

WTAF?????
Full interview dropping soon…
Jackson Hinkle being chauffeured by ???? Putin ?????
https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1662223407940014080
———
Zalhuzny is the real Ghost of Kiev. He’s haunting twitter and telegram, a king strange apparitions. Here he is again (maybe).
As a commentator noted (beyond the lessons in CGI), why is the chevron ripped from his shoulder?
https://twitter.com/Spriter99880/status/1662223352415813633
And. This is a “first swallow of spring”, signalling that Russia really is “winning” the abattoir games in Eastern Ukraine.

If you have NAFO anywhere in your Bio please Unfollow or Block Me so I don’t have to listen to your Bullshit anymore.

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1662164635942780952
This account was “pro Ukraine”. Right up to now.

Posted by: Melaleuca | May 27 2023 2:46 utc | 138

Hinkle is informed and politically savvy waaaay beyond his youthful years.

If you look at who DeSantis keeps in his inner circle, his anti-Russian warmongering comes as no surprise. Desantis’ own spokeswoman, Christina Pushaw (she blocked me already), volunteered on the Zelensky campaign and celebrated his victory on election night in Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1662171675897790465
Thread. https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1662171663302287360

Posted by: Melaleuca | May 27 2023 3:09 utc | 140

Posted by: West of England Andy | May 26 2023 19:06 utc | 30
A number of comments:
1) Hybrid War involves state engagement in every single domain with a view to obtaining and maintaining mastery over other states. Present allies may become adversaries in the future. Bio-toxin research is but one aspect of Hybrid War.
2) It must be noted that US activities create a double jeopardy for the participant states. The COVID outbreak is blamed on the Chinese. Left unstated in the media is the fact the alleged research institute involved was in receipt of US NIH funding. Also left unstated was the fact funding went ahead despite a US team assessing the Wuhan lab to have had inadequate protocols in place for the work it was expected to undertake. The US did not seek to upgrade the protocols; they did proceed with research funding.
This has the following outcomes:
A) The US gains the benefit of all research findings and learns of possible advances in the field by its putative enemies.
B) If there is an accidental release the damage will be sustained by a foreign state not the US. If the foreign state is a putative enemy all the better.
C) In the event of unwarranted release, the US is able to assess the potential commercial/economic impact of the bio-toxin. The foreign citizens are used as “lab rats.”
D) Since Hydrid Warfare involves every aspect of human interaction, a lab leak may be used to attack and undermine the foreign state both in the eyes of its own citizens, and the citizens of the world. The US Military Information Complex (MIC) can be used to attack the state in which the US funded research was being carried out at the time of the lab leak. US participation will be suppressed.
E) The US (We Lie, Cheat and Steal Agency) is in a position to blackmail, or otherwise coerce a foreign national to release a bio-toxin in his/her own country. This permits use of B, C, and D stratagems against the opposing state at a time the US chooses.

Posted by: Sushi | May 27 2023 3:16 utc | 142

Posted by: Ed | May 27 2023 0:33 utc | 128
Thanks.
Posted by: young | May 27 2023 0:47 utc | 132
“Putin knows he will have to settle for less because of the exponential increase in the West’s escalation. Not much time left before the nukes will have to be launched.”
We don’t know that because we don’t know the West’s plan in detail, let alone their timetable nor do we know the Russian plan and timetable in detail. We only know the political and military objectives. We don’t know when anything is going to happen.
Posted by: Milites | May 27 2023 1:12 utc | 135
“I don’t think that most posters, that you casually accuse of ‘superficial thinking’, are creating an artificial binary solution; I think it’s more a case of realising Russia’s options are dictated by her militaries ability to achieve these strategic goals, and not on hypothetical triggers for the release of nuclear weapons.”
Nice general comment that doesn’t actually say anything specific. What actually do you mean by “Russian’s options are dictated by her military’s capabilities”?
Second, I basically said nothing about “hypothetical triggers for the release of nuclear weapons”, certainly not on the Russian side. I said Russia doctrine clearly states there will be no nuke use unless a nuclear attack on Russia is clearly in effect. That does not apply to the US. I was discussing Russian counters to the sort of “nuclear war finessing” that the US doctrine seems to be evolving toward. Read the PDF I linked to, it explains the problem of Russian nuclear security quite well.
And yes, a lot of posters here do seem to create artificial binary thinking. I can’t count how many times I’ve talked about Russia taking all of Ukraine and someone else chimes in to suggest that what matters MORE to Russia is draining NATO. This is binary thinking. I’ve never said Russia isn’t interested in dealing with NATO. I’ve said that the Ukraine fight is the first of the “military-technical measures” Russia said it would take if Russia’s treaty proposals weren’t agreed to. Nor have I ever suggested that Russia wouldn’t do more than just counter NATO in western Ukraine – I just don’t know and have no opinion on that. What I do know is that Russia needs to do as I’ve said in order to AT LEAST COUNTER NATO, preferably without starting WWIII.
Posted by: Sushi | May 27 2023 2:42 utc | 147
“the RF had prepared plans for the SMO and that these plans were hastily put into effect due to concerns about 404 obtaining effective, low cost, hard to defeat, potential weapons of mass destruction.”
A lot of people claim that the Russian invasion was “hasty”. I call bullshit. Back in spring, 2021, when Ukraine moved half its army to the contact line and Russia responded by moving its forces to the border, I believe that is when the Russian General Staff contingency plan for invading Ukraine – which probably existed since 2014 if not before – was upgraded to an operational plan, simultaneous with Putin’s team deciding to prepare the treaty proposals, knowing they would be rejected by the West but still offering the West a way out.
Once that was clearly the case, Russia knew full well through January and February, and Putin’s meeting with Xi, that there would be a war. It was then merely a question of timing and allowing Ukraine to be culpable for starting it, which Ukraine obligingly did in two ways: 1) increased shelling of Donestk preparatory for an invasion, and 2) Zelensky talking up Ukrainian nukes at the Munich Security Conference. Putin then carefully established his legal basis by recognizing the LDR republics, getting a mutual aid agreement, and invoking Article 51 of the UN Charter.
So there was no “hastily put into effect.” The Russian General Staff doesn’t do “hasty”. I’ve heard that claim from all sorts of people, recently from Chas Freeman, and it’s bullshit. Russia had a plan, they implemented it when it was ready and the timing was right. And aside from the fact that Ukraine was dissuaded by the West from negotiating from the Russian threat to Kiev, the plan worked fine, with only minor flaws which ultimately were and are irrelevant to the outcome.
I agree with Martyanov that people second-guessing the Russian General Staff or Putin’s team have no clue what they’re talking about. And that includes all the bullshit from Prigozhin who also has no clue because he has zero military knowledge and zero knowledge of the Russian General Staff operational plan.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 27 2023 3:33 utc | 144

Putin: “Ukraine, please meet your predecessor Yugoslavia.”
Ukraine: “Hi Yugoslavia!”
Yugoslavia: *cough* … *splutter*
Putin: “Yugoslavia, please meet Ukraine. He will be your replacement. Please show him the ropes, he’s new to this …”
Ukraine: “Wait, wha – ??”
Putin: “Any issues, slide into my DMs!”

Posted by: Arch Bungle | May 27 2023 4:00 utc | 146

The Ukraine storm brigades are behind schedule.
May 2, 2023
Eight new Ukrainian brigades of soldiers have been formed to take part in a future counteroffensive amid growing speculation about its timing and whether it can succeed in inflicting a serious defeat on the Russian invaders.
The Ukrainian interior ministry said on Tuesday it had “fully formed” the initial “storm” brigades, comprising up to 40,000 troops, but added they would need further training before being ready to take part in fighting.
Ihor Klymenko, the interior minister, said in an interview the troops would be re-equipped and the instruction process would take another two to three weeks before they could be tasked with “appropriate offensive assault operations” alongside the Ukrainian army.
May 26, 2023
Zelenskiy / Official
He held another meeting of the Stavka. The commanders of the OSUVs reported on the operational situation at the front and in separate directions.
The members of the Stavka reviewed in detail the pace of equipping the offensive brigades with equipment and everything necessary. They analyzed the prospects of increasing the domestic production of scarce ammunition.

Posted by: Don Bacon | May 27 2023 4:19 utc | 148

A couple of things.
1. Russia is voicing cutting off diplomatic ties with the UK, does this make it easier to attack UK directly?
2. Has the Empire made a move against NATO member Hungary and Turkey the Turk Stream incident?
3. Were US drones involved in coordinating this and other similar sea drone attacks?
4. Larry Johnson ex CIA spook thinks Simplicius maybe GRU or similar spookish type media collective, do you concur? And
5. Does Mother have the saddle or is the Chinese watching the Seven?

Posted by: Suresh | May 27 2023 4:25 utc | 150

On this secret communication stuff.
Well der!!! It is nothing new. In previous times letter columns in daily papers were used along with classified advertisements. I think I have read or heard that cryptic crosswords were also used in this way.
Before there were newspapers, messages from the pulpit were used.
Indeed amazing as it may seem there is a bit of evidence that stonemasons (who were the rocket scientists and engineers of their era) hid secret codes in their work, mostly about stuff that did not conform to the dictates of the church at the time.
So if this or any other blog is being used by spooks to communicate it is only an issue of speed of information, since 50 years ago it might have been via the letters column in the Guardian or the Times.
Overall it is a very good thing that spooks communicate. It just might save us from WWIII, especially if rational(I hope there are some) people from the US or NATO can send and receive messages from Russia or allies.

Posted by: watcher | May 27 2023 4:40 utc | 152

1. Russia is voicing cutting off diplomatic ties with the UK, does this make it easier to attack UK directly?
Posted by: Suresh | May 27 2023 4:25 utc | 161
UK has already tallied up several registered cases of infrastructure attacks in Europe, Russia and Black Sea (attempt on Turk Stream and monitoring ship the latest). They have murdered several people, non-pleasant influencers to the UK regime, inside Russia.
Russia cutting diplo relations is a very small thing to do, but it would be plausible to fully expect payback for UK sooner or later, interests outside UK (if they still have any).

Posted by: unimperator | May 27 2023 4:47 utc | 154

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 27 2023 3:33 utc | 155
So there was no “hastily put into effect.”
You don’t know that. Your claim is bullshit.
The Russian General Staff doesn’t do “hasty”.
Prove it. Otherwise your claim is bullshit.
I’ve heard that claim from all sorts of people, recently from Chas Freeman, and it’s bullshit.
More bullshit. Anecdotal claims establish nothing. This is the critique you repeatedly level at 90% of the posters on MoA.
As Ed pointed out you are capable of good analysis. I have also stated you do good work. But 90% of your posts are Agro Bullshit.
Russia had a plan, they implemented it when it was ready and the timing was right.
More bullshit. You have no way to confirm this assertion. The RF has the best op sec of any state/military organization. I don’t think you are on the distribution list.
I agree with Martyanov that people second-guessing the Russian General Staff or Putin’s team have no clue what they’re talking about.
That’s you. If you are not on the GS or Putin’s team, you have no clue. Its bullshit. Just becasue it is your bullshit does not make it any less stinky.
And that includes all the bullshit from Prigozhin who also has no clue because he has zero military knowledge and zero knowledge of the Russian General Staff operational plan.
More bullshit (your word for opinion). You have no clue because you have zero knowledge of the GS operational plan.
My bullshit (your word for opinion) is that Prigozhin makes statements for the explicit purpose of confusing the enemy about both his and the RF intentions. He operates on the principle When you are weak appear strong. When you are strong appear weak.
Just to clarify. All of your bullshit is bullshit and all of your received wisdom from Martyanov is further bullshit because Martyanov lacks access to both the GS and Putin.
You can do good work and biting analysis. But your bullshit is no better than anyone else’s bullshit. Stop stepping in your own bullshit and show us what I believe you are really capable of. And in case you missed it, that last sentence is just more bullshit.
Cheers!

Posted by: Sushi | May 27 2023 5:07 utc | 156

Posted by: Suresh | May 27 2023 4:25 utc | 161
“4. Larry Johnson ex CIA spook thinks Simplicius maybe GRU or similar spookish type media collective”
Not sure where he gets that. I see zero evidence.
Now it could be that the situation is similar to Iraqwar.ru, where it was alleged that the site operators had contacts with the GRU, which is why they had more detailed information on the movements of US forces than other sites. That I might accept. I used to post there back in the day.
Do note that Simplicius also runs a Substack talking about future technology, AI, etc. That doesn’t sound like the GRU to me. Perhaps Johnson is not aware of that.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 27 2023 5:12 utc | 158

End of Veteran Respect.
As the Ukraine war drags on and the peverted military leaders that smell of BlackrocK Epstein child raping oligarchy and their corrupt thieving uniformed war criminal trash are sucked into their pit of corrupt World Economic Forum filthy old men.
This war in Ukraine and the gibber of the so called patriots has shown that all the pigs in the military are complicit in the war crimes, torture and genocide of the Blackrock owned deviants like Biden, Obama and Sunak.
Increasingly the veteran and the worthless Biden shit currently uniform that salute a grubby old pervert, who showered with his pubescent daughter and took bribes from the people they are expected to die fighting, are viewed as grubby Paedo servants of mass murderers.
More and more you see the NATO military slags that are allowed to sing the anthem and fly the flag as as nothing but the reality that they are just murderers of the deviant oligarchy. Worthless mass murdering pigs of deviants and Blackrock corrupt corporations making billions on their deaths and destruction.
Never help, employ or even talk to the war criminal shit of the globalist NATO murderers and laugh at the worthless snivelling shite that do.
Time the military sub human pigs that kill for NATO perverts were the ones that were slaughtered and their families removed from your communities. Laugh when they die or maimed or go mental serving war criminal oligarchy that view them as worthless sniffer trash.
Make them all ashamed of their genocide and corruption- never let them think they are patriots – they are not just corrupt merchants of death and perversion.

Posted by: Timbo | May 27 2023 5:17 utc | 160

Posted by: Sushi | May 27 2023 5:07 utc | 168
“You don’t know that. Your claim is bullshit.”
I have considerably more evidence for my claim than you do for yours.
“Prove it. Otherwise your claim is bullshit.”
No General Staff – except perhaps the Pentagon – does “hasty.” And the Russian General Staff, as Martyanov points out ad nauseum, has several hundred years of experience at this stuff.
“More bullshit. Anecdotal claims establish nothing. This is the critique you repeatedly level at 90% of the posters on MoA.”
And your fucking bullshit about “F-16 drones” is somehow different? Shit you pull out of your ass is somehow different?
“More bullshit (your word for opinion). You have no clue because you have zero knowledge of the GS operational plan.”
I didn’t say I did, moron. I said Prigozhin doesn’t. And that’s a virtual certainty given the way he runs his mouth. There’s no way the Russian General Staff would share any more of the plan than what is required for Wagner to function.
“Prigozhin makes statements for the explicit purpose of confusing the enemy about both his and the RF intentions. He operates on the principle When you are weak appear strong. When you are strong appear weak.”
You may well be right. And Prigozhin’s words are therefore the definition of bullshit. So why does anyone take them seriously?
You can’t even make a coherent argument. You’re foaming at the mouth and screaming “bullshit” simply because of that. Martyanov has at least gone through a Naval War College and has some clue how things are done – he’s written three books about it and produced any number of videos explaining it which a moron like you can’t be bothered to sit through.
You can just foam at the mouth after your bullshit is called.
I think that’s pretty obvious to anyone reading your last post.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 27 2023 5:21 utc | 162

⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ War Map and the Situation on the Fronts in the Evening of 26 May 2023; pub. 00:05⚡️
🇩🇪 During the 12th #Ramstein meeting the formation of a “Fighter Coalition” tasked with training Ukrainian pilots was announced. Although the topic of transferring Western aircraft was not raised, one should not rule out the possibility of F-16s appearing in #Ukraine, as even the minor members of the “coalition” have a considerable number of fighters in their stockpile.
⚔️ The Situation on the Fronts over the past Day:
🔹#Svatovo – #Kremennaya Direction:
▪️ Russian army fighters are storming AFU positions near #Masyutovka, where, just as in #Ivanovka, an Ukrainian SRG was liquidated.
➖ Also, our aviation and artillery have covered militant units near #Kuzmino and #Yampolovka.
🔹#Donetsk Direction:
▪️ The Russian army attacked near #Novokalinovo and to the west of #Avdeyevka. Also in the vicinity of #Vodyanoye, a stronghold of the 53rd AFU Brigade was hit with a Solntepek.
➖ Fighting continues on the western outskirts of #Maryinka.
💥 Near #Novonikolayevka in #Nikolayev region, an Ukrainian “ST-68UM” detection and tracking radar was destroyed.
👍 The AFU launched strikes against #Mariupol. The militants used two long-range missiles. One fell on #Azovstal territory and the other was shot down by air defence. The Kiev regime will now fire even more fiercely at civilian infrastructure, as supplies of high-precision weapons from Western masters facilitate this.

https://t.me/sitreports/9280

Posted by: Down South | May 27 2023 5:30 utc | 164

@Tim Lynch | May 26 2023 18:40 utc | 23
@B
Tim Lynch is almost certainly an agent provocateur, probably seeking to shut down or otherwise cause issues for the site, or persuade members that association with the site is dangerous.

Posted by: Hermit | May 27 2023 5:32 utc | 166

Just a note to say I watched a video yesterday by John the close associate of Mike Jones (iEarlgray) & Masha. They have gone missing and been so now for some days.
They appeared to be in the Bakmut area delivering humanitarian aid. John was extremely concerned about them particularly Masha who us a Russian citizen.

Posted by: Jo Dominich | May 27 2023 5:36 utc | 168

Col from OZ | May 27 2023 4:57 utc | 167
Well welcome anyway. Col, the farmer from NZ was a regular poster at the Saker (apart from the times he quit in frustration at Raevsky’s intransigence on some certain 2020-21 topical topics). Always enjoyed Col, the farmer. He had family in Oz, and I thought maybe he’d relocated temporarily, / semi-permanently.
Anyway. Cheers. I wouldn’t eat the bar snack here. Shudder to think where people’s hands have been immediately prior to dipping in.
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Simplicius.
@bar remembers fondly and with longing ole Gordog. He could give Johnson a run for his analyst swipe-card.
And Old Microbiologist who still contributes occasional. I will be forever grateful for his posts, very early 2020, regarding a certain lab-created something.
PavewayIV.
Over at Unz, a decade-ish there was a poster “Erebus” (I think) who could drop a 8-10 para analysis as a reply post in astonishing quick time, with references, clever quips and a bullet-proof argument.
Our own Karlof1 does a stirling job of monitoring, curating, analysing and posting.
There are guys like Simplicius around. Until now they’ve been stifled.
Substack, for now, is a gateway to editorial freedom.
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My expectation is @bar has the anal-yst chops to smell a farty troll when it emerges from its dank nether region.

Posted by: Melaleuca | May 27 2023 5:42 utc | 170

IEarlGrey. Mike and Marsha are found .
Mike and Masha are on everyone’s S*** list. They are okay…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7g8GcBYgjo
John Mark Dougan who was reporting his friends missing has had contact with them.
Like a parent with a young teen who stayed out all night family car…
John is PISSED they put him (and the wider twitter telegram yt community) through the panic.

Posted by: Melaleuca | May 27 2023 5:47 utc | 172

The LGBT agenda for Ukraine is gaining momentum and is becoming a trend of power. First, draft laws were submitted to Parliament, then the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine signed a cooperation agreement with the American Arcus Foundation.
In which the MES and the Arcus Foundation will cooperate towards the introduction of “gender-sensitive teaching methods” in Ukrainian educational institutions. The American foundation is known for promoting LGBT ideology in other European countries.
Now the President has supported the petition (as a tool for legalizing public opinion) and right to the authorities the proposal to support the initiative.
The President addressed the Cabinet of Ministers with a proposal to work out the issue of introducing the institution of a registered civil partnership, including for same-sex couples.
He also said that he appealed to the Speaker of Parliament with a request to expedite the adoption of the law “On the Institute of Registered Partnerships.”

https://t.me/rezident_ua/17982

Posted by: Down South | May 27 2023 5:49 utc | 174

🇩🇪 Europe’s Economic Engine Is Breaking Down — Germany is at risk of a long, slow decline — with consequences for the whole of the EU.
Decades of flawed energy policy, the demise of combustion-engine cars and a sluggish transition to new technologies are converging to pose the most fundamental threat to the nation’s prosperity since reunification. But unlike in 1990, the political class lacks the leadership to tackle structural issues gnawing at the heart of the country’s competitiveness.
While Berlin has shown a knack for overcoming crises in the past, the question now is whether it can pursue a sustained strategy. The prospect looks remote. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s make-shift coalition has reverted to petty infighting over everything from debt and spending to heat pumps and speed limits as soon as the risks of energy shortfalls eased.
But the warning signals are getting hard to ignore. Despite Scholz telling Bloomberg in January that Germany would ride out Russia’s energy squeeze without a recession this year, data published Thursday show that the economy has in fact been contracting since October and has only expanded twice in the past five quarters.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-25/germany-enters-recession-europe-s-largest-economy-is-breaking-down
No Paywall: https://archive.ph/ghp1V

https://t.me/intelslava/48103

Posted by: Down South | May 27 2023 5:52 utc | 176

182 mate you need to flow with the times and upgrade your mental illness awareness. Its now described as 2SLGTBQIA+ , an acronym for Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and the plus reflects the countless affirmative ways in which people choose to self-identify. i hear a cuckoo clock chiming somewhere.

Posted by: hankster | May 27 2023 6:12 utc | 178

Hermit | May 27 2023 6:18 utc | 184
Minefields. Will cede to your knowledge on this.
teams placing them are being killed …… with no records left
Yeah. That correlates with what I remember reading waaaaay back, maybe around time of Izium engagement. ?
Ukraine laid mines to curtail Russian advance. Then fortunes fluctuated and Ukraine went on the attack thru their own minefield. Messy meat.
I knew it was “highly likely” plausible, because the immediate next lot of reports insisted it was Russians blowing themselves up in *their* own minefields.
But yeah, dead Ukrainians meaning no records of where the mines are located = “highly likely”.
FUBAR and SNAFU. There’s a reason these acronyms exist.

Posted by: Melaleuca | May 27 2023 6:42 utc | 180

Earlier very good article on unit cohesion and combat effectiveness.
https://bmanalysis.substack.com/p/war-analysis-7ce

Posted by: unimperator | May 27 2023 6:50 utc | 182

On topic of matters LBQwhatever..
Michael “Sarah” Ashton Cirillo is reported to have returned to DC from Ukraine.
Things must’ve started to get tricky, even when deployed at the rear.
Posted by: Melaleuca | May 27 2023 5:58 utc

Maybe the Biden regime is going to have “her” do a tour to support sending more weapons to Ukraine

Posted by: The Osprey | May 27 2023 6:58 utc | 184

@Richard Steven Hack | May 27 2023 0:32 utc | 124

No, he would prefer the Polish border being Russia’s western boundary before the nukes fall.

I donæt know Putin’s exact thinking, but Medvedev is quite explicit. He sees areas in western 404 ceded to Poland, Hungary and Romania. The remaining regions apply to join with Russia.

Posted by: Norwegian | May 27 2023 7:18 utc | 186

Col, the farmer from NZ was a regular poster at the Saker (apart from the times he quit in frustration at Raevsky’s intransigence on some certain 2020-21 topical topics). Always enjoyed Col, the farmer.

Posted by: Melaleuca | May 27 2023 5:42 utc | 176
Just in case you haven’t found him already, ‘Col, the farmer from NZ’ posts regularly at Global South: https://globalsouth.co/ along with a few of the other former Saker regulars.

Posted by: West of England Andy | May 27 2023 7:27 utc | 188

Posted by: Melaleuca | May 27 2023 7:28 utc | 194
Saw a picture of Zaluzhny a few days ago they released… tbh he maybe was there physically – and “wasn’t” there, like mentally. Who knows.

Posted by: unimperator | May 27 2023 7:31 utc | 190

And… what does this video show???
no more concrete…

Posted by: mo3.1 | May 27 2023 7:44 utc | 192

unimperator | May 27 2023 7:31 utc | 195
Saw a picture of Zaluzhny a few days ago they released
Yeah. I posted a link to same or similar (with disclaimer).
Bacon fat went apoplectic. He’s dead. Full stop., posting an “authoritative” link to a nothing source.
>>… Nothing is certain until it’s been officially denied.
To date. Neither Ukraine or Russia has officially commented on Zalhuzny.
So. We wait. We bait.
Is Zalhuzny dead or incapacitated? Probably. “Highly likely”.
Otherwise he’d be in public, especially after Fall of Butthurt.
The Ukrainian troll patrol on social media is sensitive to the “Where Zalhuzny ?” topic, so let’s keep asking “where Zalhuzny?” till it’s irrefutably resolved.

Posted by: Melaleuca | May 27 2023 7:54 utc | 194

Posted by: Lev Davidovich | May 27 2023 6:44 utc | 186
The answer to your questions is: Who knows what these neocon morons believe? That’s the whole point. We don’t know – and therefore can only expect the worst.
Someone once said that anyone who considered the military balance between two nations could easily predict who would win any war, and therefore would never start a war. Nonetheless, he noted, wars still start. He may or may not have been right about the proposition, but there is little doubt the people running the world these days, at least in the West, have little conception of what they’re really doing. As Macgregor said in a video today, it’s all about ideology.
These people think they’re invulnerable – “Masters of the Universe”, in Pepe Escobar’s term. As I’ve suggested before, the only way to stop them is to show them they’re not. The problem is: who can show them without starting WWIII and getting me killed?
I’ve yet to hear a satisfactory answer. The best anyone has come up with, even Martyanov, is “I don’t think it will come to that.” Or that “maybe” someone with the smarts to understand the outcome will be able to persuade them to back down.
Not reassuring… Especially if, like me, one believes humans are basically emotional primates for whom rational thought is a very secondary function of their brains.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 27 2023 8:00 utc | 196

We’re are definitely going to do it. Any day now. Honest.
Ukraine counter-offensive ‘ready to begin’

Posted by: The Accountant | May 27 2023 8:05 utc | 198

Posted by: mo3.1 | May 27 2023 7:09 utc | 190
KEPD 350
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KEPD_350
Subsonic cruise missile. Not a problem for Russian air defense.
Also, it’s only integrated with Tornado, F/A-18, F-15K, and tested with Gripen, Typhoon aircraft. So how long will it take to get it integrated into, say, an F-16? It’s claimed that it will be “easy” – but no timeline given.
In any event, it’s just another “wunderwaffen”, all of which, short of nukes, are irrelevant to the outcome.

Posted by: Richard Steven Hack | May 27 2023 8:12 utc | 200