■ Casualties slightly above 7-day average; milestone of 500k may be reached on Saturday
■ Equipment losses slightly below average; most 7-day drone & artillery losses to date
■ 🇷🇺 strikes intensify; 12 🇺🇦 strikes reported
■ Poternet: +256 🇷🇺 names added to KIA database
🇷🇺 The leader of Russia's #Chechnya region, Ramzan Kadyrov, said early on Thursday he had met Putin in the Kremlin and offered to send more fighters to help Moscow in its more than two-year-old conflict in #Ukraine
Inside the White House, a Debate Over Letting #Ukraine Shoot #US Weapons Into #Russia
After a sobering trip to #Kyiv, Secretary of State Antony J. #Blinken is urging the president to lift restrictions on how Ukraine can use American arms.
By deepening economic relations with both #China and #Russia, #Orbán hopes to give #Hungary an oversized say in global decision-making. And his “friendship” with #Putin is feeding the ever-growing clientelism within his government and funding his cronies.
For example, while other European countries have been downgrading the size of their staff at Russian embassies and consulates, staff numbers at the Russian Embassy in Budapest are on the rise.
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja #Kallas says #Russia is conducting a “shadow war” against the West.
Kallas cited a warning from an intelligence agency to a European country that one of its warehouses was targeted by Russian military intelligence. When a fire occurred at the warehouse two weeks later, officials in the country suggested that “we don’t know it is the Russians,” she said. Kallas did not identify the country.
> The system also opens the possibility of using them to ambush Russian aircraft as they take-off or land on Crimean air bases. The USVs can sit off the Crimean coast and pick off the aircraft as they approach unawares. There is at least circumstantial evidence to suggest that this may have already been done.
After a sobering trip to #Kyiv, Secy of State Antony J. #Blinken is urging #POTUS#Biden to lift some restrictions on how Ukraine can use American arms.
So the President thinks the US is responsible for what others do with the weapons we give them? That is interesting. #israel#palestine#ukraine#russia#war
Russian forces have started military drills near Ukraine simulating the use of tactical nuclear weapons in response to what Moscow deems threats from western officials about increased involvement in the conflict. Vladimir Putin ordered the drills earlier this month in a move Russian officials said was a warning to the west not...
"If Re-Elected, Trump Vows Fascist Regime from Day One
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ATACMS are Ripping Apart Russian Forces
by #JakeBroe
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The helicopter crash site of #Iran's President has been found and there were no survivors.
Given Russia's attempt to exploit the West's rule of not using Western weapons on Russian territory, there might soon be a policy change given Russia's tactics in #Kharkiv.
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Jake Broe is a US Air Force veteran covering #Russia 's war in #Ukraine several times a week since February 2022.
"Ernst Jünger’s Narratives of Complicity
A morally compromised writer can project a strange kind of honesty—especially when his society is compromised to the same degree."
If Congress wants to allow our weapons to be used on Russian territory than Congress should vote on it as a body and not just a small committee of them.
There's a lot at risk on these decisions that too many people are dismissing without access to classified briefings on the situation.
The U.S. does not have #Ukraine alone to think about and I'm not sure our population is ready to declare war and man up to put their lives on the line. I wish they were, but I don't know. https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112481116997307510
Russia begins tactical nuclear weapon drills near Ukraine border (www.theguardian.com)
Russian forces have started military drills near Ukraine simulating the use of tactical nuclear weapons in response to what Moscow deems threats from western officials about increased involvement in the conflict. Vladimir Putin ordered the drills earlier this month in a move Russian officials said was a warning to the west not...