@ arby | Jan 1 2026 16:02 utc | 1 // 2
 
it won’t get a mention in the western press.. this is another part of the sickness of all this here… people in the west remain ignorant of what there monstrous gov’ts oversee.. 

Posted by: james | Jan 1 2026 16:11 utc | 4

UkrArmy advertisement video.
 
Posted by: Arioch | Jan 1 2026 16:07 utc | 3
 
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Rosoboronexport’s advert hits harder.
 
Girl with a gun ==> https://youtu.be/C0uWIgn44wk
 
 
 

Posted by: too scents | Jan 1 2026 16:16 utc | 6

arby@2…….just another day in the Empire……the Russians will figure it out…..all that’s missing is the echos of “nanner, nanner, na, na, you can’t find our Command and Control Centre’s,  nanner, nanner, na na.” To the last Ukrainian, and beyond?
 
Cheers M 
 
…….lots of pin pricks going boom in Russia the past few days…….when Whitehall comes knocking, it can be very very shocking…..

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Jan 1 2026 16:22 utc | 8

I think what I most object to in you sean is your glee in celebrating terrorist attacks. I find you a despicable little crony, frankly. Do you think murdering civilians will somehow change the balance of the war in favor of you decrepit, fascist state? As always, your delusional sense in Anglo superiority will prevail despite reality. Terrorism is a tool of the weak. 

Posted by: Doctor Eleven | Jan 1 2026 16:26 utc | 10

James and Milton–
 
Yes I could only find that one mention in the Western press. This I found on Telesur
 
https://www.telesurenglish.net/ukrainian-drone-attack-killed-24-civilians-in-kherson/
 
 
 

Posted by: arby | Jan 1 2026 16:29 utc | 12

Unless Russia is willing to endure endless attacks on its people and infrastructure, it must strike the parties who are behind these attacks.  Those in Whitehall, Washington and Wiesbaden, Paris, Berlin, Poland, and the Baltics — who are responsible for the war on Russia — are perfectly content to see Russian punishment fall on Ukraine.  The West will continue its war against Russia both in and outside of Russia, on the high seas, even after the collapse of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, unless and until Russia takes definitive military action against NATO. 
Yes, there is a risk of escalation, but Russia holds escalation dominance and the largest nuclear arsenal in the world. 

Posted by: Perimetr | Jan 1 2026 16:37 utc | 14

Doctor Eleven@10……my Anglo superiority, too fucking funny, I make fun of it, fuck you. My aunt and uncle where in a bar on New Years Eve when some Orange Men under FRU direction blew the fucking bar up, with them in it. So fuck you. You can read whatever you want into my posts, everything you wrote was inferred on your part, your sick mind. Its war, people die, been there done that, my issue is with the people that pull the purse strings, dead bodies are metrics, irrelevant on the grand scale.
 
Cheers M 

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Jan 1 2026 16:44 utc | 16

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that a peace agreement was “10% away” from being finalized.
It doesn’t seem like we’re 10% away from anything but more escalation of the war.  

Posted by: Retaining_H2O | Jan 1 2026 16:54 utc | 18

This is a very good run down of a lot things at the moment, IMO the guy has the attempt on Putin’s life nailed – yes the USA did it, and Trump either baited Putin on the phone or Trump is a sad patsy, of course assuming the available facts are real, or real enough. 
 
Some may not like Marxist-Leninist economics but it’s hard to find fault with their historical and strategic analyses. The whole show is worthy, there’s a long musical intro, link skips it:
 
The US Assassination Attempt On Putin & The End Of Another Year Of War
 
IMO the intentionally crude terrorism of the Kherson New Years party and the attack on Putin’s Sochi residence are linked and indicate heavy duty provocations, The USA was never walking away, they are simply getting out of the line of fire, making sure Kiev and the Coalition Of The Heinous bear the repercussions. The USA getting out of the way allows escalation not lessens it, as was intended from the start by Trump.
 
The Witkoff-Kusnher con job for a cease fire flopped, the USA  has returned to escalating, in the most desperate way, but they need Russia to go berserk first. My guess is Trump personally wanted to try one last attempt to stall with a cease fire for NATO and Kiev to regroup, I don’t know what was offered behind the scenes during the non official Witkoff- Dmitriev negotiations but having totally failed the escalation at any cost faction seems back in command. We are now are back to where we were with the Crocus Hall terrorist attack. 
 
Problem for the Pentagon is they are finding Putin and Gerasimov imperturbable. Expect the terrorism to go off the scale until Putin and the MoD break down out of sheer outrage or public pressure. My read is the USA wants inflamed war hawks to replace Putin and his command staff. Looks like 2026 will be ugly. 

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Jan 1 2026 17:09 utc | 20

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Jan 1 2026 16:44 utc | 16
 
Really too bad that you weren’t in that bar with them…

Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Jan 1 2026 17:11 utc | 22

Map:
 

🇩🇪🇩🇪🏴‍☠️🇺🇦💥🇷🇺 The production site of an electronic component for the Ukrainian drone that struck a restaurant in the Kherson region today.
An industrial park in the city of Gilching, near Munich.
That’s where the company is located that produces these drones.
🔺🇷🇺 This is a legitimate target for the Russian army.
There’s a big show coming soon❗️

https://t.me/ZandVchannel/173830

Posted by: Norwegian | Jan 1 2026 17:16 utc | 24

it won’t get a mention in the western press.. this is another part of the sickness of all this here… people in the west remain ignorant of what there monstrous gov’ts oversee.. 
Posted by: james | Jan 1 2026 16:11 utc | 4
 
It was mentioned “en passant” in one news bulletin of a French radio immediately followed by some words by the penis piano player… who is always given the last word.

Posted by: Naive | Jan 1 2026 17:20 utc | 26

According to the US intelligence, Ukrainian drones attempted to attack a military facility in the same region on the night of December 29, but not near the residence
https://t.me/ZandVchannel/173833
 
That is correct and nothing new. Russia already announced yesterday that the analyzed data from the recovered drone showed that its target was the “military facility” next to it.
The “military facility” is a control center for the deployment of nuclear weapons (which is being kept secret everywhere).
I had already published a corresponding note from Prwada here.

Posted by: smartfox | Jan 1 2026 17:24 utc | 28

There is someone at the bar who is contributing nothing, nothing positive and who is full of hate.
 
I still wonder why he is here. One more fucking troll, he is.

Posted by: Naive | Jan 1 2026 17:28 utc | 30

Posted by: robjira | Jan 1 2026 17:24 utc | 27
 
According to the ukronazis, the people in Kherson are Ukrainians, aren’t they?
 
So that the ukronazis are targeting their own population, like in Butcha.
 
Now it is very simple: all people of 404 speaking Russian shall become Russian citizens and the place they live shall becomes Russia.

Posted by: Naive | Jan 1 2026 17:33 utc | 32

Naive | Jan 1 2026 17:33 utc | 32
Agreed; best possible outcome at this point (IMO) is retake everything that has been historically Russian, reconfigure the government and form a union state (a la the situation with Belarus) with what remains of 404, after a complete purge of all nazi influence.
As was being said in Russia at the beginning of the SMO, “time to finally finish WW2.”

Posted by: robjira | Jan 1 2026 17:43 utc | 34

I still wonder why he is here. One more fucking troll, he is.
Posted by: Naive | Jan 1 2026 17:28 utc | 30

 
He is a MI-6 plant, demanding Russia to attack British civilians so that MI-6 could report in the MSM that “pro-russian blogs threaten to destroy Britain, please give MI-6 still more money”

Posted by: Poslan1 | Jan 1 2026 17:44 utc | 36

The Guardian has also reported the Kherson drone attack. 

Posted by: Peter Schmidt | Jan 1 2026 17:51 utc | 38

Posted by: Poslan1 | Jan 1 2026 17:44 utc | 36
 
The only think I know about the mi6 is that they fucked the Skripal case.
 
By the way where are the Skripal? Are they still alive?

Posted by: Naive | Jan 1 2026 17:57 utc | 40

Posted by: Naive | Jan 1 2026 17:57 utc | 40
 
There is only one thing you need to know about mi6, cia, and mossad. They are evil. They work for evil and are literally capable of anything. I don’t know how long that’s been true but it’s true now. They are now completely incapable of doing anything that benefits American or uk citizens or mankind, in general. 

Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Jan 1 2026 18:11 utc | 42

Posted by: Perimetr | Jan 1 2026 16:37 utc | 14
To bring the terrorism to a halt, one torpedo to the hull of a German-bound LNG freighter would likely send the message.
For extra points, invite some Ansar-Allah fighters to storm the ship by helicopter, take the crew hostage, and use C4 to give the attack a layer of plausible deniability.

Posted by: Ghost of Zanon | Jan 1 2026 18:15 utc | 44

Do you think they will ever take into account the 2014 COUP?
 
Any peace plan to end the war in Ukraine must take into account the COUP.
 
IN 2014 THE UNITED STATES CONDUCTED A COUP IN UKRAINE.
 
In 2014 the United States (aligned with a faction in the Ukrainian government) conducted a coup in Kiev (to replace the democratically elected Yanukovich government which was considered insufficiently pro-Europe).
 
Many in Eastern Ukraine rebelled against this coup-government.
 
A civil war began.
 
The coup-government claimed authority over all of Ukraine
 
and called itself “the Ukrainian government”.
 
The coup-government sent in the military to deal with the eastern rebels.
 
The media claimed, and still claims, that the U.S. backed coup-government had a “right” to all of Ukraine and they champion (vigorously support) a march to the Russian border.
 
WHAT IF THE RUSSIANS HAD CONDUCTED THE COUP IN 2014?
 
Imagine that in 2014 Russia (aligned with a faction in the Ukrainian government) conducted a coup in Kiev (to replace the Yanukovich government which many considered too pro-Europe).
 
Perhaps many in Western Ukraine rebelled against this coup-government.
 
A civil war began.
 
The coup-government claimed authority over all of Ukraine
 
and called itself “the Ukrainian government”.
 
The coup-government called in the Russian military to deal with the western rebels.
 
Of course, to be consistent, the media would have to claim that the Russian backed coup-government had a “right” to all of Ukraine and that they championed a march of the Russian military to the Polish border.
 
The important point is that statements such as “coup-Ukraine will not give up any of its land,” and “Zelenski Rejects Giving Land” make no sense.
 
This is because the coup-government, and its successors, never established authority over all of Ukraine.
 
WHAT IF THE CHINESE HAD CONDUCTED THE COUP IN 2014?
 
What if the Chinese (aligned with a leftist/communist faction in the Ukrainian government) had conducted a coup in Kiev. Would this give them authority over all of Ukraine?
 
What is the legal situation?
 
A few notes on the 2014 Coup in Ukraine.
 
About a month before the coup the US Under/Deputy Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland, was taped telling US Ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, why she wanted Arseniy Yatsenyuk to be the prime minister of the upcoming coup-government, rather than the boxer Vitali Klitschko who was apparently the favorite for the position.
 
The Russians released the tape to the internet. Some thought this would stop the coup going ahead.
 
However, the coup went ahead, Nuland’s order was carried out, and Yatsenyuk got the job of prime minister. Klitschko got the job of mayor of Kiev.
 
Everyone in sight (except possibly Tyahnybok) was a Jew but you are not allowed to call it a Jew coup.
 
You are allowed to call it a Nazi coup though.
 
All this led directly to the 2014 coup-Ukraine vs rebel-Ukraine civil war,
 
which led to the 2022 coup-Ukraine-NATO vs rebel-Ukraine-Russia war.
 
So here we are; the Jews get 80% of Ukraine with a coup. And they demand more.
 
And the Russians get 20% by war. Clearly, the Russians should get into the coup business.
 
And the Ukrainians get,…. killed in large numbers.

Posted by: John | Jan 1 2026 18:23 utc | 46

nightclub, wchich was in a basement…..
 
 
nope – photos shown bar was on the ground floor in a modern Building. Reports state a window was busted and people escaped through windows 

Posted by: Exile | Jan 1 2026 18:30 utc | 48

I would ask if there were any God Of Mammon cult members at the ski resort hit in Switzerland?
 
Are the empire cult going to be focused on by Russia/China as they try and bring it to heel?  Killing the political puppets will not change our world but offing a few key oligarchs might, eh?

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jan 1 2026 18:45 utc | 50

Ogre | Jan 1 2026 18:41 utc | 49
a believer … festive season people are happy, drunk and extremely stupid 🔥 champagne  🥂 🍾 
high likely these accidents happen between Old and New 🧐
 
Volendam 25 years ago
 

Posted by: Oui | Jan 1 2026 18:59 utc | 52

how many fireworks would you need to blow up a bar and kill 40 people? 10 tons, 20? Suppose many will believe that story, be surprised if anyone on here will though. 
Posted by: Ogre | Jan 1 2026 18:41 utc | 49

 
Of course I wasn’t there so I’m no eyewitness but it is perfectly possible that modest fireworks can do such damage for the simple reason that things catch fire. Especially textiles and decorations in places like that. Hell, big houses burn down every New Year because of sloppy handling of fireworks. 

Posted by: Avtonom | Jan 1 2026 19:06 utc | 54

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that a peace agreement was “10% away” from being finalized.It doesn’t seem like we’re 10% away from anything but more escalation of the war. 
 
Posted by: Retaining_H2O | Jan 1 2026 16:54 utc | 18

 
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The 10% is his desired cut of Ukraine’s reconstruction funds. Trump wants to get him down to 5%.

Posted by: Fool Me Twice | Jan 1 2026 19:10 utc | 56

There were several terrorist attacks aimed at New Years celebrants, one in Kherson oblast and one at a Swiss ski resort both with multiple dozens of deaths from devices that were incendiary as well as explosive. WSJ says CIA refutes Russian accusations that Putin was the target, then Russian MOD turns around and shoves actual evidence into BigLie Media’s face with the flight program salvaged from one of the downed drones.
The two resort blasts were aimed at upper-class people and could be connected. The lame attempt by the WSJ to spin the assassination attempt only to be immediately refuted IMO is important and will make Russians angrier.

Posted by: karlof1 | Jan 1 2026 19:16 utc | 58

@  LightYearsFromHome | Jan 1 2026 17:09 utc | 20
 
your last paragraph… that is basically how i see it too.. terrorism is going to be the continued method of the west until they get the response they are looking for, open war with russia..
 
@  Naive | Jan 1 2026 17:20 utc | 26
 
yes, arby and milton mentioned it was noted as well.. no mention of it on bbc or cbc, and you are right to note – any mention will be followed with the caveat – z says it didn’t happen.. that is what cbc did with the drone attack on putins residence from a few days ago.. they followed it up with z saying it didn’t happen and was more russian propaganda..
 
@  juliania | Jan 1 2026 19:12 utc | 57
 
there is much wisdom in your word juliania.. contemplating peace would be a better investment of my time.. 

Posted by: james | Jan 1 2026 19:28 utc | 60

Posted by: karlof1 | Jan 1 2026 19:16 utc | 58
 
 As far as I know the Swiss ruled out terrorism.
The Kherson one was hit by armed drones.
 
 

Posted by: arby | Jan 1 2026 19:35 utc | 62

Sputnik has video of the handover of evidence to the US side. It’s likely there’re more than the one unit presented to the US military attache. The guidance package would likely be placed near the warhead so it gets destroyed when it explodes, thus the need to down the drones somewhat intact to extract their directives. IMO, Russia has lots of practice doing just that with the massive number of drones it downs.  

Posted by: karlof1 | Jan 1 2026 19:39 utc | 64

The Russian have the port where an American loads the code for the “good” mil spec GPS signal.
 
The readers etc are probably tamper proofed, I e burn if hacked.

Posted by: paddy | Jan 1 2026 19:45 utc | 66

*** 4. Hand the 4/5 ghastly NAZI Galicians to Poland. These people are NOT Russian and never will be.  The hatred is not recent it is at least 400/500 years old. These provinces were never part of the Russian empire, just added after WWI and WWII. Toxic presence in any Union state. Let Poland and Germany sort out this mess of hatred. Perhaps allow Prussia to re-emerge. *** 
 
Give Galicia and Volynia what they have always wanted. Liviv and Wolyn are theirs. No Kiev,  Chenervisti, Odessa, Mikolaiev, Krivoy Rog, Kerson, Kremenchug or Karkiv, so no panslavist colonies. Just a little Westphalian state. All good. Problem solved.  
Posted by: watcher | Jan 1 2026 18:53 utc | 51

Posted by: frithguild | Jan 1 2026 19:53 utc | 68

When Russia officials speak about Donald Trump’ s “sincere efforts” to resolve the NATO versus Russia’s conflict going on in Ukraine, I don’t know if they really believe it or just trolling the West. Because I think it would be criminally naïve if they believe it. I’m sure many intelligent Russians understand that the failed attempt on Putin’s life is a project of the collective West, and that Trump is part and parcel of it. The pattern is familiar, pretend to be working for a peaceful settlement so the other side can lower their guards and then signal to your proteges to strike. In recent time Israel has been the beneficiary of such duplicity by the West. Yet when one listens to the Russian officials one has the feeling that these people really believe that Trump has good intentions. But as I said, it might be that the Russians are simply trolling the West. At least I hope so.

Posted by: Steve | Jan 1 2026 19:55 utc | 70

I don’t know if they really believe it or just trolling the West.
 
Posted by: Steve | Jan 1 2026 19:55 utc | 70
 
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gambit noun [C] (CLEVER ACTION)
 
a clever action in a game or other situation that is intended to achieve an advantage and usually involves taking a risk
 
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gambit
 

Posted by: too scents | Jan 1 2026 20:00 utc | 72

When Russia officials speak about Donald Trump’ s “sincere efforts” …
Posted by: Steve | Jan 1 2026 19:55 utc | 70
 
Think about it. What if Putin were to say publicly that everything Trump does is just for show?
So you’re either very naive or you’re trying to provoke people with comments like that.

Posted by: smartfox | Jan 1 2026 20:03 utc | 74

 arby | Jan 1 2026 19:35 utc | 62—
 
Not terrorism?! Hard to find good news on that event. 

Posted by: karlof1 | Jan 1 2026 20:10 utc | 76

Not terrorism?! Hard to find good news on that event. 
Posted by: karlof1 | Jan 1 2026 20:10 utc | 76
That’s possible. If one of the illegal super fireworks boxes was the “firework,” then improper ignition, possibly in the vicinity of high-proof alcohol glasses, could have led to an explosion in which thousands of ignited black powder particles flew around. The panic then inevitably led to many deaths, especially since the exit is narrow.So: conceivable, not impossible, but we have to wait for the police report. I wouldn’t immediately conclude that it was a terrorist attack.

Posted by: smartfox | Jan 1 2026 20:26 utc | 78

Norwegian | Jan 1 2026 20:09 utc | 75—
 
Thanks for that info. Russia seems to have encountered the drone type before since they had a designation for its type. But were the controllers used before is my question.

Posted by: karlof1 | Jan 1 2026 20:39 utc | 80

Examining The Layers of US Foreign Policy (& vid)
 
https://x.com/BrianJBerletic/status/1995711422224117866
 
“New US peace proposal is ‘Minsk 3.0’ repackaged (yet again).”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 1 2026 20:53 utc | 82

Norwegian @ 75

 
The West and Zelensky will no longer be able to evade responsibility for the attack.

 
Ok, so he and the west can no longer evade responsibility, so what? It was an assassination attempt on the leader of the Russian Federation but they well knew the strong defenses at the location and the small chance of success, more than anything it was an arrogant provocation. Why would they want the evade responsibility for that, or to be more exact, why would they care?
 
On the slim chance they had succeeded in killing Putin the success would have been happily attributed on long suffering, totally righteous, scruffy underdog Ukraine, a big “ding dong the witch is dead” media campaign would have blazoned across the west to rally wavering support for Zelensky, “the greatest come back kid of our time” the grand slam hitter down three at the bottom of the ninth. As it failed the west got to start winding Russia up again with hard to play down atrocities now that the “Art Of The Deal” cease fire con job has been flushed down the golden toilet. Win-win for the USA strategists.

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Jan 1 2026 20:58 utc | 84

Here is a little snip from Elizabeth Lane TV discussion with Glen Diesen. Lane does a podcast from the US, while she is a native of Georgia and a native Georgian speaker.  My question to those who have a good read on the pulse of the average RF person is how far from normal is this sentiment (I realize Lane is being a bit click baitey with some hyperbole) with 1 being “I think she’s right” to 10 being “this person is an escaped mental patient and they need to put the net over her”?   
https://youtu.be/37aBtebC5sU?si=mfGvLXMjDyg9jZCo
34:08
I couldn’t agree more. And I got to ask you, if this war actually happens, do you think that do you think that Putin will go down the World War II route and seize this war and, you know, restrain himself from using tactical nukes? Because I personally wouldn’t. I remember my grandparents uh well my grandpa fought World War II and he got killed and my grandparents got the letter and even though I was never part of it and I never saw it, it was very much part of my family and my grandma’s stories and all that. And I can tell you that everyone who remembers that will not allow that again because 27 million was enough that Russia sacrificed. I think if I had if I was Putin, I would nuke the f out of them completely and not feel sorry at all. Like why should I? Like when nobody feels sorry for 27 million, nobody feels sorry um or nobody hears anything that Russia has to say. Why should I why should I be the only empath here? Like that’s how I would think. If I was Russian, I would be like, “Oh, so I’m supposed to empathize for Norway, for Italy, for US, for everybody, and they are supposed to eat me alive. Like, I’m an idiot then.” So, don’t you think that it’s absolutely justified if they got nuked out of their existence?  
35:36

Posted by: frithguild | Jan 1 2026 21:20 utc | 86

What was the target for the drone attack to Putin’s domicile exact?
 
The press says “…Russian presidential residence..”
But if you read and hear carefully, the original says  “.. the complex of buildings of the presidetial residence…
 
https://sputnikglobe.com/20260101/decrypted-data-from-uav-shot-down-in-novgorod-region-handed-over-to-us-side-1123400837.html see video
 
CIA says “no attack against Putin”The MSN say “all false flag, no attack to Putin

Here you can see again how the meaning is changed by omitting words and missing additions:
 

The truth is: Even if Putin personally wasn’t the target of the attack, the building complex housing the nuclear weapons control center was.
 
Therefore, it was a dual objective: the risk of triggering a nuclear alert with the potential to simultaneously kill Putin. For NATO/EU, such a double strike would be the ultimate goal.

Posted by: smartfox | Jan 1 2026 21:37 utc | 88

RE: ttps://t.me/Slavyangrad/151904Posted by: Norwegian | Jan 1 2026 18:13 utc | 43“Why are American military personnel in Moscow?”
This is why Russia won’t win the war –
Posted by: MiniMO | Jan 1 2026 21:26 utc | 87
 
Good catch.
Although could be something in translation wrong.  Could have sent/transmitted evidence to CIA in US, and article translated it “they handed”.
 
All sound like a PR circus kerfukle.
 
Probably never happened at all, but great story for Putin & Trump swap over there phone call for shits and giggles.
 
 

Posted by: Trubind1 | Jan 1 2026 21:40 utc | 90

” According to the US intelligence, Ukrainian drones attempted to attack a military facility in the same region on the night of December 29, but not near the residence”
 
As I understand it, this residence is also a military bunker and command center.   So the official US story is that they were aiming for the command center, not the residence?  And we’re supposed to say, “Oh, OK then”?
That is just as bad, imo.
 
I doubt Putin was even there.   It is supposedly a couple of hundred km from Moscow.  Why would he commute from there?
This sounds like another nuclear provocation.   I have no doubt that the US was involved.
 

Posted by: wagelaborer | Jan 1 2026 21:43 utc | 92

watcher | Jan 1 2026 18:53 utc | 51
Good points raised, especially where lingering bitterness in concerened. I submit that in any rump remnant (and given the recently expressed Russian sentiment regarding the more “nationalistic” clique in 404) Russia chooses to permit the existence of, such embittered persons would constitute a clear minority and would not pose a serious impediment to some form of union.
This is all further down the road and wishful thinking type stuff, of course; the other nazis governing the USUK axis have made it abundantly clear that they will not be installing either a reverse gear or a break anytime soon.

Posted by: robjira | Jan 1 2026 21:44 utc | 94

Russia Launches 2 Satellites Into Orbit to Build 3D Earth Model – Roscosmos
https://www.nampa.org/text/22818846
 
Two Aist-2T stereoscopic Earth observation satellites have separated from the Fregat upper stage following Sunday’s launch from Russia’s Vostochny cosmodrome, Russian state space corporation Roscosmos said. “The Aist-2T satellites launched from Vostochny reached their target orbit and separated from the Fregat upper stage,” the statement on Telegram read. The Aist-2T satellites are designed for stereoscopic ima……
 
This will allow Russia to produce what only Germany has in Europe so far: 3-dimensional terrain relief maps, and of course not just of the Earth, but highly precise maps of Ukraine and Europe.
 

Posted by: smartfox | Jan 1 2026 21:46 utc | 96

Posted by: Ghost of Zanon | Jan 1 2026 18:15 utc | 44
Apparently LNG freighters don’t burn that well, which is disappointing.
LNG terminals  might make a better lightshow, but in any case are a lot harder to replace in a hurry.

Posted by: ChatNPC | Jan 1 2026 21:49 utc | 98

I’m not sure what to think but maybe Russia really will declare actual war on ex-“Ukraine”.
 
Is it what we (or someone else, like the US?) is supposed to think is happening or is it what will happen? If it does happen I don’t see any particular downside for Russia since (by some magic or a widespread glimmer of extraordinary sanity) “everyone” considers the attack on “Putin’s residence” completely out of bounds.
 
Have we now seen a global “get out of jail free” card being played? If so is there anyone who will not make use of it reasonably soon?
 
Any CIA claim of the attack being a fabrication is funny considering they’re extremely untrustworthy, and they should know they are seen as such and thus would have been better off not saying anything at all if it really was faked or they wanted anyone to take such a notion seriously. Did they deliberately poison their own well (the idea of it) to disengage?
 
Curious stuff.
 

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Jan 1 2026 21:53 utc | 100