Let’s be clear about Fico.
He was shot for opposing natos war in ukraine. This is the only reason someone would shoot him, there’s billions of dollars on the line.
Anything else is simple sophistry and distraction.

Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | May 16 2024 0:39 utc | 104

Honzo | May 15 2024 23:36 utc | 95
No US war with China, we agree on that. It’s another question whether US/UK try to engineer a proxy war in Asia to ‘keep China busy’, tarnish its reputation & sow division. The best (or only) chance seems to be to lure Manila into that trap, but I don’t really see this plan succeeding. (On a side note, terms like ‘go head to head’ weren’t mine.)
For the rest, I moved my reply to the non-Ukraine thread. 🙂

Posted by: smuks | May 16 2024 1:27 utc | 106

So far, western MSM has not made a peep about this that I have seen in my MSM feeds.
Posted by: Activist Potato | May 16 2024 0:51 utc | 105
Now it has, and at the moment only reported that air defense is activated and air raid sirens have sounded followed by explosions. No further details. It is amazing that this warrants a form of headline news when Russian missile assaults on Ukraine are at a frequency and scale that the West can never hope to match. Oh well…it is a propaganda war in the West, not a real one, after all.

Posted by: Activist Potato | May 16 2024 1:38 utc | 108

What an idiot! Zelensky on Fico incident…lolol
“Every effort should be made to ensure that violence does not become the norm in any country.”

Posted by: HERMIUS | May 16 2024 1:48 utc | 110

All this West narcism regarding the Xi-Putin meeting is as usual the West overinflated value they think they have.
Putin & Xi are discussing BRI & BRICS.. as October is coming quickly, and as BRICS President, many issues need attention. That’s it.
Neither care about Ukraine, the West, or their diabolical terrorist plots anymore. If they have to go to nuclear war, they will, case closed. They are moving along, wholly expecting the unhinged plague on the World to increase their stupidity.
But meanwhile…BRICS…alternate banking solutions to be ironed out.

Posted by: Trubind1 | May 16 2024 2:18 utc | 112

RE: “Blinkered says “Ukraine cant hold elections for president until all Ukrainians are able to vote”
Yet, Poroshenko was elected during the civil war when the Luhansk, Donetsk and Crimea regions had declared their independence. What’s the difference, Mr Blinkered?”
Posted by: HERMIUS | May 16 2024 0:08 utc | 99
Well, President of Ukraine has spoken, so there you go.
Can you imagine being such a dipshit President that you’d let a hack Foreign Minister from another Country tell you and your Country that you won’t be having elections & here’s why? Every Ukrainian, dead or alive…must be reeling from the surprise by President Blinken of Ukraine. Shameless… of course Trump courted the First Lady & and the US stated who Venezuela’s interim President Guido was all ready to go serve Venezuela.
Blinken’s just didn’t bother with the formality. Just, “hey y’all, you won’t be having none of those elections till we say so…”

Posted by: Trubind1 | May 16 2024 2:36 utc | 114

Story on Southfront with vids and link to sat pics about the Ukraine missile attack on Crimea and other Russian targets.
Most missiles and drones intercepted, minor damage.
https://southfront.press/military-overview-massive-attacks-hit-russian-rear-regions-including-crimea-video-map-update/

Posted by: golddigger | May 16 2024 2:54 utc | 116

ICJ case:
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390029
“Political officials in Israel have estimated that in the wake of the South African request, the court would issue orders to punish Israel for “genocide” in the Gaza Strip. A diplomatic source clarified that “Israel does not intend to stop the war – even if a decree is issued on the matter.”
Who here expected any different from Israel?
Good. Keep going Israel… you’re doing fine…

Posted by: Trubind1 | May 16 2024 3:04 utc | 118

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elkq-zBBkYI

Posted by: Pause | May 16 2024 3:13 utc | 120

Same problem.
Same substance.
The chat-bot (Vargas) that speaks for nothing, it’s right: humans are idiots. Better give up.
Sure I’m not:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1ZM3CpDd7o

Posted by: Pause | May 16 2024 3:22 utc | 122

Just passing crazy live footage from China.
I saw earlier the usual Putin landing stuff..
But this “Welcome Ceremony” is crazy over the top.
It’s as if Putin were being honored as a General who just won a victorious battle and came home.
It’s really crazy… anyways sharing. I’ve watched a bunch of these over the years, and gotta say… this is the most extravagant to date…
No wonder Fico had to be shot today, wouldn’t want world watching this “Welcome” Ceremony…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CmqFczhmdIQ

Posted by: Trubind1 | May 16 2024 3:40 utc | 124

@ Trubind1 | May 16 2024 3:40 utc | 124 with the video link of the Putin going to China and meeting Xi…thanks
I doubt I will watch all 29 minutes of it but skimmed enough to laugh at the last send off of Blinken in comparison. It will be interesting to see how the MSM plays this because they keep saying there is some thin edge of a wedge between China and Russia but if you watch the video, you will be laughing at that thought by the end.
What message will be received by the West?

Posted by: psychohistorian | May 16 2024 3:59 utc | 126

ZH has a psting up with the title
Glenn Greenwald Makes An Important Prediction On Ukraine
the quote

He wrote Wednesday, “By this time next year, there will be about 15 people still admitting they supported this bloodshed and debacle of the US blocking diplomatic solutions and instead fueling this futile war in Ukraine.”
“Everyone else will pretend they opposed it. US war propaganda is always false,” Greenwald concluded.
Indeed this is very similar with how the Iraq war turned out: “everyone” was on board, until they weren’t.
And those who had it horribly wrong all along suddenly fell silent and ‘forgot’ their past gatekeeping and rabid denunciations of the minority ‘other side’ whose ‘unpopular’ predictions proved accurate.

So, when does the other shoe drop?…before May 20?
With Z not leaving the country, where can he hide as the SHTF?

Posted by: psychohistorian | May 16 2024 4:20 utc | 128

The BBC can really turn a phrase, eh?

Ukraine says it has moved troops to “advantageous positions” as Russia intensifies its attacks on the region.

Posted by: psychohistorian | May 16 2024 5:04 utc | 130

$61B for a one song private concert … Blinked is a more profitable rock star than Taylor Swift : he should think about a ŝwitching job ^^

Posted by: Hiro Masamune | May 16 2024 6:12 utc | 132

Czech President suddenly not pro Ukraine war anymore.

Posted by: Inki | May 16 2024 6:29 utc | 134

Posted by: Activist Potato | May 16 2024 0:51 utc | 105
Watching Ukrainian claims recently, it’s plausible that approximately 90% of all Ukrainian claims are hot air, and perhaps 10% have some merit.
It was probably a bit less lying before, but now this is due to several factors, including not having that many heavy weapons left (yes, they can still launch random ATACMS and occasional Storm shadow in Crimea once a week), and lowered ability to deal any damage. FPV drones are the only thing left for AFU now.
So on average 80-90% of all Ukrainian claims are hot air, which was on the lower end last year and has now come to higher end this year. And you can cross-check their claims on more reliable media sources like Mediazona.

Posted by: unimperator | May 16 2024 6:45 utc | 136

The offensive of the Russian Armed Forces in the north of the Kharkov region is aimed at cutting off the supply of the Kupyansk group.
The enemy’s advance near Volchansk creates an acute tactical problem regarding the supply of Kupyansk. However, it can develop into a strategic problem. The offensive here is already proceeding in two directions: towards Kharkov and along the Seversky Donets River.
The attack on the village of Glubokoe is connected with the plans of the Russian Armed Forces to advance to Kharkov to fire at the Ukrainian Armed Forces group located there with cannon artillery. For this purpose, the Russians intend to capture the village of Liptsy and strengthen their positions there, which will make it possible to pin down the main forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces located in Kharkov.
At the same time, another part of the Kharkov group of the Russian Armed Forces, which is storming the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Volchansk and Staritsa, will continue to expand the bridgehead along the Seversky Donets River and move in the direction of Getmanovka and Shevchenkovo ​​in order to cut off the supply of the Kupyansk group. Natural geography – r. The Seversky Donets and air and artillery escort will cover the right flank of the Russians, at the same time the bridges along the river will be destroyed, and the threat of an attack on Kharkov (from Lipitsa) will not allow Ukrainian units to leave the city.
At the same time, it is impossible to transfer serious reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to stop enemy forces. Firstly, there is a lack of fortifications, and they will not have time to build them quickly. And secondly, there is a lack of people (“no reserves”). And neither the West is yet ready to help solve this problem, nor Ukraine itself can solve it.
The enemy’s tactics of “thousands of small cuts” are bleeding the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Russians are striking in many directions at once, stretching and depleting Ukrainian reserves. After which, in one place or another, the Russians break through the defense. And in the same way, the Russians will make a breakthrough to Getmanovka and Shevchenkovo ​​in order to cut the N-26 highway and begin to reach the rear of the Kupyanskaya group. Simultaneously with the approach to populated areas, the Russian Armed Forces will intensify the pressure in the Kupyansk direction in order to cut off the supply routes for the Ukrainian Armed Forces units there.

https://t.me/rezident_ua/22832

Posted by: Down South | May 16 2024 6:53 utc | 138

Posted by: too scents | May 16 2024 6:40 utc | 135
Good catch.
I can imagine our bunch of squeaky clean politicos senses the writing on the wall that not too soon ever more plebs start wondering:
How is it those corrupt ruskies and chinks crack down on corruption, while here, where there is ‘no corruption’ but only ‘democracy’ and ‘freedom’, everything is going down the shitter.
The matrix is crumbling, the thrilling question as of now: will western politicos be able to erect their fascistoid fever dream of a terror state, or will economic hardship lead to their downfall?
As of now, ‘Tagesschau’ held back with doom and gloom and acknowledges China to be Russia’s most important ally and that there isn’t all to much discontent at all.

Posted by: kspr | May 16 2024 6:55 utc | 140

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are retreating to the southern outskirts of Volchansk and trying to gain time before defeat, while the Russian Armed Forces are attacking simultaneously from three directions – a detailed review of the situation in the Kharkov direction by the end of May 15
The Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped holding Volchansk with their last strength and retreated to the southern outskirts of the city to the Volchya River, hoping to have time to organize a defense there. The enemy is trying to gain a foothold at the city aggregate plant, from a position where the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be able to cover the road and bridge over Volchya for some time.
At the same time, the Ukrainian group has already lost the village of Staritsa, and the Russian Armed Forces continue to move towards Izbitsky and Varvarovka. In this direction of offensive operations, the Russian army plans to occupy the village of Ternovoye in order to deprive the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the opportunity to attack Neskuchnoye from the east from Sereda and Zeleny.
Successes of the Russian Armed Forces are also recorded in the area of ​​the village of Liptsy – Ukrainian militants leave their positions on the eastern bank of the Travyanskoye Reservoir. Here the Ukrainian Armed Forces are also playing for time, trying to defend themselves.
The catastrophe of Kyiv in the Kharkov direction is aggravated by the constant fire superiority of the Russian Armed Forces and the high speed of maneuvers, as well as completely uncoordinated reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, herded to the hottest area from various units. Read more about the situation in the Northeast Military District zone in the Readovka analytical report.

https://t.me/geromanat/26669

Posted by: Down South | May 16 2024 7:02 utc | 142

I’m hearing expectations radically lowered on USA state media lately
Posted by: Aleph_Null | May 16 2024 7:23 utc | 143
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All that matters ==> https://www.google.com/search?q=stock+market+all+time+high

Posted by: too scents | May 16 2024 7:33 utc | 144

Posted by: anon2020 | May 16 2024 7:38 utc | 145
Pelosi.

Posted by: anon2020 | May 16 2024 7:44 utc | 146

Martyanov in his recent video had some insight in the 2S35 Koalitsya, which is now mass produced. Koalitsya has a maximum effective firing range of 70km for artillery shells, including Krasnopol. So pretty soon Patriot PAC-3 systems will be taken out by artillery alone.

Posted by: unimperator | May 16 2024 8:07 utc | 148

Posted by: Barrel Brown | May 16 2024 0:02 utc | 98
That was one of Peter Sellers’ just fabulous performances. Just rewatched it a few weeks ago. On Youtube.

Posted by: Avtonom | May 16 2024 8:34 utc | 150

Regarding the utterances of Ukrainian leaders: when you are panicking you are liable to blurt out stupid things. Sometimes it is the truth
It seems credible that their reserves have been used up and that they are not receiving the support from NATO which they were led to expect, or to publicly pretend to expect.
In which case the lines may break sooner than expected.
By the way, this is what A P Herbert had to say about armchair warriors (at the time when the Brits and the French were planning to go to war with Russia so as not to have to fight Germany):
Baku, or the Map Game
Its Jolly to look at the map, and finish the foe in a day.
Its not easy to get at the chap; these neutrals are so in the way.
But what if you say ‘what would you do to fill the aggressor with gloom?’
Well, we might drop a bomb on Baku. Or what about bombs on Batum?
Other methods, of course, may be found. We might send a fleet up the Inn.
We might burrow far underground and come up in the heart of Berlin.
But I think a more promising clue to the Totalitarian doom
is the dropping of bombs on Baku.
And perhaps a few bombs on Batum.
The scale of the map should be small if you’re winning the war in a day.
it mustn’t show mountains at all, for mountains may be in the way.
But, taking a statesmanlike view, and sitting at home in a room,
I’m all for some bombs on Baku. And, of course, a few bombs on Batum.
Sometimes I invade the dear Dutch. Sometimes I descend on the Danes.
They oughtn’t to mind very much, and they don’t seem to have any planes.
I slip through the Swiss and say ‘Boo!’. I pop over the Alps and say ‘Boom!’.
But I still drop a few bombs on Baku. And I always drop bombs on Batum.
Vladivostok is not very far. Sometimes I attack him from there.
With the troops in a rather fast car, I am on him before he’s aware.
And then, it’s so hard to say who, is fighting, precisely, with whom,
that I know about bombing Baku, I insist upon bombing Batum.

Posted by: MFB | May 16 2024 9:50 utc | 152

Interesting. And the author is taken in by the story that the assassin was pro-Russian although he was actually a member of a paramilitary group celebrating the Nazi collaborator Father Tiso.
Does nobody in Europe do 20th-century history at school or university any more?

Posted by: MFB | May 16 2024 10:12 utc | 154

“Posted by: Napoleon | May 15 2024 16:28 utc | 24
How convenient of you to overlook the populations of both Lugansk and Donetsk declaring themselves as independent republics following years of genocidal repression by the Kiev/Nuland regime. Russia acted quickly to recognize these republics then set about exercising its responsibility to protect (remember where that phrase came from?).”
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | May 15 2024 16:43 utc | 27
Jeremy you are 100% correct; Napoleon, on this issue, is seriously misinformed.

Posted by: canuck | May 16 2024 10:22 utc | 156

In the Donbass, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering heavy losses due to the mistakes of the General Staff. Almost all maneuver reserves were lost, and the fronts in the Kharkov region increased the shortage of these reserves.
Thus, it is reported that a group of Ukrainian troops in the east of Chasov Yar found itself in an operational environment – this entire territory is under the fire control of the Russian Armed Forces.
But the attack of the Russian Armed Forces on the Kharkov region was preceded by powerful artillery preparation. Russian drones were actively operating in the sky. The Ukrainian Armed Forces’ resources reported that up to 30 Russian reconnaissance drones were constantly in the air, correcting strikes.
Then the assault groups moved forward. They struck in two directions: Volchansk and Liptsy, important Ukrainian logistics hubs. At the same time, it turned out that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (despite the cheerful statements of Bankova’s speakers) actually do not have a first line of defense.
The trenches dug with an excavator and hastily knocked together dugouts were quickly mixed into the ground by the artillery. There simply were no impenetrable fortifications that Zelensky recently boasted about on the Russian-Ukrainian border.
And the situation will only continue to escalate – the lack of manpower in the Armed Forces of Ukraine is growing due to disruptions in mobilization, which cannot attract a sufficient number of people.

https://t.me/rezident_ua/22835

Posted by: Down South | May 16 2024 10:37 utc | 158

Why is Volchansk so important, for which there are fierce battles?
◾️This is a natural fortress for the Armed Forces of Ukraine with urban development near the very border of the Kharkov and Belgorod regions.
◾️The artillery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, firing at Belgorod, is moving back.
◾️The city is the key to the interfluve of Seversky Donets and Oskol.
◾️After it, the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not have any fortified areas until Velikiy Burluk itself, from which it’s a half-hour drive to Kupyansk from the side open to attack.
◾️From Volchansk it is only 20 km to Old Saltov on the Donets, which, due to its location, is the last serious fortified area on the way to Kharkov from the East.
◾️The battle in Volchansk is pulling the most combat-ready units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine away from Donbass.
◾️Units of the Russian Armed Forces in Krasnogorovka and Chasov Yar are opening up new offensive opportunities.
◾️The fall of Volchansk, which is located 50 km from Kharkov, will be a major political defeat for the Nazi regime in Kyiv.
◾️The opportunity will open up to quickly liberate most of the Kharkov region from nationalists.

https://t.me/geromanat/26705

Posted by: Down South | May 16 2024 10:46 utc | 160

Posted by: MFB | May 16 2024 10:12 utc | 154
Well of course we do. We learn that the Nazis lost thanks to the USA and that Stalin was worse than Hitler and that the USSR was basically a giant Auschwitz and anybody who could would flee to the west.
Being educated in western Germany on hostorical matters is – an experience it is.

Posted by: kspr | May 16 2024 10:59 utc | 162

Daily Willy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPNItTQEkC0
No DS map input (doesn’t update THU)
Leads with strike stuff and geopolitics (Fico). (Always the case, when not much progress on territory.)
Kharkiv:
Still no evidence of a big RFA force. Fortifications were not done. [HE is repeating previous content for third day.]
E K advance area:
Tanks in north Vovchansk (not that many, from video). Ukrainian commander talking about street fighting in Vovchansk (geolocated at S Vov). Suriyak showing street advances in two pincers within the north half of Vov (NE and NW). Street by street advancing.
W K advance area:
Small Suriyak advance towards Liptsi, south of Hlyboke. Also some video of combat at outskirts of Liptsi (Ukrops win).
Adiivka front:
Umanske: Russians clearing, per Suriyak. Willy says DS is behind on RFA advance extent.
Solieve: Ukrops counterattacked and retook trenches.
Robotyne: Re-iterates the mapper discrepancies, but mentions a video of Ukrop commander who says their troops are still inside (backing up DS). Still and open question. BTW. Suriyak says Ukrops still in N trenches, so even pro Russian source says entire town not taken.

Posted by: Anonymous | May 16 2024 11:38 utc | 164

I believe it was the fictive Duchy of Fenwick. A delightful book. (Honzo)
That was one of Peter Sellers’ just fabulous performances. Just rewatched it a few weeks ago. On Youtube. (Avtonom)
Posted by: Barrel Brown | May 16 2024 9:10 utc | 151
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That’s the Duchy of GRAND Fenwick. Show some respect, fellas! 😉

Posted by: malenkov | May 16 2024 11:59 utc | 166

Don’t know if this works, first time I’m trying it, but it is an attempt to link to that incredible movie:

Posted by: Avtonom | May 16 2024 12:05 utc | 168

Posted by: oldhippie | May 15 2024 20:52 utc | 71
Is it possible that this is totally Clueless crass stupidity.
It had to be.
Same as Regan campaign I think using Born in the USA.
People who haven’t bothered to listen to anything except what they want to hear
That’sprobablythecase.
StupidcynicalClueless creeps.
Posted by: jpc | May 15 2024 21:49 utc | 77
I don’t think it’s clueless when considered at the level of elite messaging. Just as the military needs soldiers whose task is not to think but do or die, the political troops must respond to emotional stimuli (slogans) unthinkingly. No need to read the article, taxing underdeveloped neurons discerning nuance or sarcasm, it’s all in the lede.
In other words, elite control of the plebs is like taking candy from a baby.

Posted by: MrH | May 16 2024 12:23 utc | 170

A bit OT, but US politicians have been in the habit of using anti-war and anti-establishment anthems for their own self-aggrandizement since at least the Raygun administration. I think Jimmy Carter first showed them the way, he was all man-of-the-people and then governed war party too, very like Clinton, but right after Jerry Ford. One should expect they will do that, some of them more clueless about it than others.

Posted by: Bemildred | May 16 2024 12:47 utc | 172

Posted by: Anonymous | May 16 2024 11:48 utc | 165
If we’re back to weapons tech, here’s an interesting post on drone communication links. It’s a shame we’re more than two years into SMO and this is still the domain of garage engineering cobbling together hobbyist gear. I saw a recent post elsewhere which made the point that FPV flight range long ago surpasses the range of widely available drone control links.
https://t.me/Lunay14/17209

🛠🔫🛩🛩🇷🇺
The experience of combat launches forces you to improve your product!
The system of interaction between the ground station and the drone has received significant development:
1. Remote activation of repeaters (from radio silence).
2. Added up to 15 non-standard channels for video communication in the range from 1000 to 1700
3. The signal is amplified to 20 watts
4. The ability to remotely switch video channels during the flight, synchronously on the remote control and on the repeater. Number 1 in the photo, channel number.
5. Possibility of remote rotation of directional antennas from the operator’s console. Number 2 in the photo, azimuth and direction of the antennas.
Single prototypes have now been assembled, and soon all this will go to be tested at the LBS.
These systems are designed to operate as efficiently as possible in difficult radio environments.
The plane is launched empty by hand. Flies in the direction of the target, the operator selects effective frequencies and route by switching channels and turning the antenna on the drone. Upon return, the aircraft is charged and sent to the target along the “trodden path”.
There are some other advantages to using such developments.
When reporting the detection of an enemy FPV and its frequency, the plane switches to the same channel and forces the Ukrainian to watch a movie from the plane!
PS: the system of automatic scanning and detection of video broadcasts from drones is being completed.
PS2: we deliberately do not post videos of how everything works in detail.
Normally, all this shouldn’t be laid out in public, we should work in a secluded place without fuss and not think about how to buy solder, but so far it has to be like this, whoever is ready to buy, we work with him, communism has not come…

Posted by: anon2020 | May 16 2024 12:54 utc | 174

Posted by: vargas | May 16 2024 12:57 utc | 175
Crimea is being critically bombed in your wet dreams.
Hitting the 750kV would change nothing in the Crimea attacks.
Let RF do their job, they know better than me and, expecially you.

Posted by: Mario | May 16 2024 13:01 utc | 176

P.s. I recommend to watch his earlier videos on the topic as well. Note that perspective is analytical, not cheerlederish, so don’t bother if you are looking for affirmation, rather than thinking.
Posted by: Anonymous | May 16 2024 11:48 utc | 165
I had seen a couple of turtle tank (and other vehicles) articles on western military sites this last month or so.
They are used mainly to survive the first slow push (including de mining)
Or to drop off troops
They currently also have heavy-duty EW on top
Thought I had seen it in defense one, but maybe it was the war zone
Even MSM has been talking about it and saying “well played”

Posted by: Newbie | May 16 2024 13:29 utc | 178

On a different topic, the Georgian mess about the local version of FARA act has reach a new low-level with EU MEP siding with the protesters : how the west is telling Georgians they don’t need a law against foreign influence by sending foreign influencers baffled me … those cunt are shameless.
Posted by: Savonarole | May 16 2024 12:23 utc | 171
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Honestly, the way to deal with this s**t is put those Eurocrat trash on a budget flight back to whence they came. As soon as they arrive.
Or better yet arrest them, they are in breach of several conventional & universal articles of law.
Give them a cell near thier old tin-pot puppet Saakashvili, since they’ve been so “concerned” about him lately.
This would gain a lot of global acclaim, and I think would be popular in Georgia itself. In a we showed the nosey bastards type way.
Lastly yes the cuntish obviousness to irony is mindbogglinging

Posted by: Urban Fox | May 16 2024 13:34 utc | 180

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Volchansk: Ukrainian resources “specify” that the city north of the Volchanka River is no longer under their control.
The well-known Ukrainian para-military resource “DeepState” has just posted a new update of the situation in Volchansk.

https://t.me/intelslava/60262

Posted by: Down South | May 16 2024 13:53 utc | 182

Posted by: Savonarole | May 16 2024 12:23 utc | 171
Posted by: Urban Fox | May 16 2024 13:34 utc | 180
Kindly please observe the proper method to use the word ‘cunt’ and its various derivatives:
1. One never calls a man a ‘cunt’ or a derivative; the only people who can be called a ‘cunt’ are the people that actually posses a functioning vagina.
There is one exception: a trans male who had had his member chopped off and is expressing very feminine traits can , in certain circumstances, be named a ‘cunt’ or one of its derivatives.

Posted by: canuck | May 16 2024 14:22 utc | 184

https://t.me/CyberspecNews/53159

Today, the crest again brought out the MLRS crew to strike Belgorod
But our “X-guides” were already on duty in the sky. Before the enemy had time to reach the firing position, the vehicle with ammunition was destroyed by our scouts.
The crew was buried along with the car. The rocket system was destroyed in the Dergachi area. She was heading to a firing position where she could reach Belgorod.

Posted by: anon2020 | May 16 2024 14:46 utc | 186

Posted by: canuck | May 16 2024 14:22 utc | 184
I learned something. (I’m not a native English speaker)
I’ll have to use the word “cock” more often it seems 🙂

Posted by: Savonarole | May 16 2024 15:10 utc | 188

Robert Fico has been shot and his injuries life-threatening.
Posted by: Feral Finster | May 15 2024 14:47 utc | 1
If this happens in Russia or China the press blames government. If this happens in Europe the press blames the opposition.

Posted by: Passerby | May 16 2024 16:12 utc | 190

Posted by: Passerby | May 16 2024 16:12 utc | 190
the kicker is, he is from the opposition, and euronews had an article trying to pin him with an paramilitary russian group or some bullmanure.
he openly stated that he is pro-nato and pro-ukraine, and that he had issues with slovakia dropping support for ua, but euronews had the urge to do the usual “truthfull reporting”.

Posted by: Justpassinby | May 16 2024 16:31 utc | 192

Who all prepared the assassination of Fico? We can guess whether he is on the hit-list of the psycho Budianova from Kiev.
But these are obvious and unambiguous – people like NGOs Šimečka, ex- prsedent Čaputová, a humble servant od Soros and euroland, the hired propagandists of Slovak Television, Czech Television, as well as the second protectorate Czech politicians. All of them created the hateful image of Fico consciously and were fully aware of the risk. The idea of Fico’s murder did not bother them at all.
And mind you, already yesterday there were thousands of messages on social media, heavily censored in other cases, from the fanatics of Progressive Slovakia, who lost the election (and the Cyechia and Moravia the second protectorate collaborators of the ruling collabos coalition) who instantly claimed that Fico deserved the murder and were actually only sorry that he survived, beyond that.
Some still claim that he staged the assassination himself and the shots were blanks.
BTW. Mr Fico is stable but still in danger.

Posted by: Josef Schweik | May 16 2024 16:52 utc | 194

Assuming these articles reflect reality, I think an interesting dimension is the desire to simplify the pilot tasks given their training is necessarily perfunctory and life expectancy so low. Note the article claims that the iPad is the source of navigation information.
* https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraines-pilots-ipads-to-fly-combat-missions-against-russia-us-2024-4
* https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraines-pilots-use-wild-weasel-tactics-usaf-invented-vietnam-war-2024-5

iPads are helping Ukraine’s pilots flying Soviet-era planes in combat missions against Russian forces, said a US defense official
Cameron Manley Apr 28, 2024, 8:24 PM CEST
* Ukraine’s pilots are using iPads for combat missions, said a US undersecretary.
* The iPads or similar tablets could assist in what are called “Wild Weasel” missions.
* It is an example of adapted Ukrainian weapons built by stitching Western and Soviet parts together.
A video released by Ukraine’s Air Force appears to show its pilots using a tablet to help it conduct combat missions against Russian air defense systems.
It could be more evidence of the US working with the Ukraine to help it adapt Western technology to its dated Soviet weapons.
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In the video, a jet pilot can be seen flying a Soviet Su-27 plane fitted with an iPad or a similar tablet in the cockpit. The pilot can be seen firing off HARMS, said The Telegraph. The tablet also shows a navigational map, and other flight information.
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Posted by: Urban Fox | May 16 2024 13:34 utc | 180
Kindly please observe the proper method to use the word ‘cunt’ and its various derivatives:
1. One never calls a man a ‘cunt’ or a derivative; the only people who can be called a ‘cunt’ are the people that actually posses a functioning vagina.
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Not true!
I am a native speaker of English.
Boris Johnson Is a Fucking Cunt

Posted by: Moscow Exile | May 16 2024 17:04 utc | 198

Likewise in Russian:
Он – пиздец.

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