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Maj. Gen. Chip Chapman: Ukraine's drone attack on Russian strategic airfields will be a major loss for Putin as most of the destroyed planes cannot be replaced due to lack of production and sanctions on parts youtu.be/frTEPxsoUI8?...

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

"The SBU smuggled the drones into Russia, followed later by small wooden mobile cabins.... The drones were concealed under the roofs of the structures, which had been loaded on to lorries. On Sunday, the roofs were remotely opened and the drones launched towards Russian military airfields."

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments

Some deep strategic thinking here: you shouldn't strike at critical assets of an enemy military because that cut off the "off-ramps" that said enemy shows no sign of wanting to take.

submitted 2 days ago • 89 comments

www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/2... An audacious, carefully planned and well executed attack Well done Ukraine

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Outside Kherson, Ukraine, for VALOR Media Network and @meidastouch.com. Roads everywhere are flanked by fields littered with mines, laid by Russians to terrorize Ukrainian farmers.

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

Of course the shocking thing about this shocking new report is that it’s not shocking at all if you’ve been watching Musk’s decompensation over the last few years, even as he was wielding chainsaws and wreaking havoc through the government. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

submitted 4 days ago • 12 comments

This isn’t getting nearly enough attention. Estonian navy is stopped at intercepting a shadow fleet vessel because a Russian Sukhoi Su-35 violated Estonian air space. This reduces even the implausible deniability to 0, which Russia has been relying on with the shadow fleet.

submitted 19 days ago • 49 comments

Alex Finley is always sharp, quick to the point, and comes with feasible, achievable recommendations. open.substack.com/pub/alexzfin...

submitted 18 days ago • 8 comments

Unlike many complex issues in the world, this one is not complicated: Russia has not backed off at all from its maximalist demands, and has no interest in ending its criminal war against Ukraine. Negotiating with Putin (and/or the lackeys he’s planning to send) is futile.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Think I'm starting to see a pattern here...

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

NASA astronaut on Russian colleagues backing war against Ukraine youtu.be/lRgSoSAsvio?... via bsky.app/profile/kyivindependent.com

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The US national debt is rapidly heading north of $36.2 TRILLION. Peter Hartcher 'explains how this accelerating debt signals an empire in decline'. youtu.be/vWHkTLzeGPk?...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Trump is hopeless when it comes to Putin - whom he both fears and admires as the Renfield to Putin's Dracula - but he has no effective national security or defense team around him to pick up the slack and actually run anything like an actual foreign policy. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

submitted 7 days ago • 72 comments

Meanwhile in Russia: the new set of instructions must be in, and state TV host Vladimir Solovyov follows Dmitry Medvedev's lead by threatening Trump in response to his commentary directed at Putin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlqK...

submitted 7 days ago • 18 comments

Sunday newsletter: The Putinization of America My conversation with Garry Kasparov open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

submitted 9 days ago • 25 comments

"Over 900 attack drones against Ukraine in just 3 days, plus ballistic missiles, plus cruise missiles — there is no military sense in this."

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🇺🇦 In Chernihiv region, Ukrainians formed a chain to welcome Ukrainian soldiers released from Russian captivity.

submitted 10 days ago • 36 comments

I think that the assessment is accurate. Trump's isolationism and refusal to provide additional aid or even sell weapons, while offering concessions to Putin have reinforced Putin's belief that he's on the right path. Rather than hastening the war's end, Trump prolonged it.

submitted 10 days ago • 14 comments

Is there a pro-Ru grifter who has NOT gotten a position in the Trump admin?

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

A clisterfuck of a crisis dumped on us by the tech goons

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

The call between Putin and Trump was a painful reminder that Trump is the junior partner in the Russian-American relationship and that Putin will continue his mass-murder campaign in Ukraine for as long as he can get away with it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 15 days ago • 69 comments

The U.S. President, Donald Trump, had another conversation with Russia’s president today. The two-hour conversation focused primarily on Ukraine peace negotiations but also covered other topics related to the America-Russia relationship. 1/6

submitted 15 days ago • 6 comments

Charlie Sykes has a fascinating and sometimes hilarious discussion with David Frum on Trump related topics from the gift airplane that the donor has been trying to unload for 13 years to the actual nature of terrifs and who pays. I learned a lot from this one. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...?

submitted 16 days ago • 4 comments

Charlie Sykes & David Frum re 'staggering corruption & cluelessness' behind Trump’s acceptance of Qatari jet, & 'how Trump’s second term is shaping up to be less about governance and more about retirement planning, international grifting, and institutional erosion' youtu.be/g-XKx6d-UR4?...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

“An autocrat who is toppled might find himself hanging from a lamppost in Red Square.” From “feeding each other’s delusions” to allegations of election interference & rumours of compromising information, Russia expert Mark Galeotti discusses the Trump-Putin relationship youtu.be/y0KZEmj5_5A?...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

My take on "Biden Was Too Old" Discourse: There are two different versions of the argument. There's the objective, non-partisan, "how do you cover a president with health/cognitive issues". Then there's the partisan "was Biden the right guy to run against Trump". 1/

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

Now proven: Russia killed 298 passengers and crew of flight MH-17 youtube.com/shorts/bDmX9...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

I will just say, doubt that the WH is serious about Greenland at your peril. I am not surprised to see steps like this to start moving the national security apparatus into practical steps.

submitted 28 days ago • 8 comments

Page One must have been crowded. So NYT puts it on Page 13. 🤡 @schooley.bsky.social

submitted 29 days ago • 1012 comments

'Three years into a brutal invasion, Russia holds a small strip of land and has suffered nearly a million casualties. This isn’t strategy. It’s collapse disguised as power.' youtu.be/lvVI64jVXuI?... via @adamkinzinger.bsky.social #Ukraine

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

This is two global elections in ONE WEEK where the conservative candidate trying to become prime minister not only led his party to a big loss but lost their own seat in parliament (!) in huge upsets. We are global pariahs unseen since the end of the Cold War and need stronger domestic opposition.

submitted 31 days ago • 215 comments

Whatever their political differences, Australians definitely want this #auspol

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

This: 'As the crowd started to jeer at the mention of Dutton, Albanese raised an index finger to stop them. "No. What we do in Australia is we treat people with respect. I thank Peter for his generous words at the end of what has been a very hard fought campaign"' www.bbc.com/news/live/ce...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Both Rubio's tweet, and the response, are remarkable artifacts. You have a Secretary of State tweeting right wing talking points to defend Neo Nazis, and the country where Nazis originated telling him to sod off.

submitted 32 days ago • 95 comments

President Trump posting an image of himself as Pope. We aren't a serious country, and he's not a mentally well man.

submitted 32 days ago • 174 comments

Russian occupation is not peace, but torture, murder, and oppression. « However, the exact cause of death may never be known because when her body was returned during the exchange on 14 February, certain parts were missing, namely the brain, eyes and larynx. » www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

submitted 35 days ago • 9 comments

Trump: “Somebody said, ‘Oh the shelves are going to be open.’ Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls. And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple bucks more than they would normally.”

submitted 34 days ago • 314 comments

Seems this is a much watered down version of the first draft. Ukr doesn’t repay military aid it received, keeps ownership, no danger to EU accession. Ukr gets vague security promises; US gets vague profit promises. If Trump touts this as a major success, Ukr has achieved its diplomatic goal.

submitted 34 days ago • 13 comments

“Famously commonsensical Canada reminds us that some things — patriotism, self-respect, dignity — matter more than short-term growth.” My column on the meaning of Carney’s stunning victory. www.ft.com/content/f063...

submitted 35 days ago • 45 comments

Container ship departures from Asia are moving toward pandemic levels. Dock workers, truckers, and other Americans will be losing work. Consumer prices will rise. Maybe that's more than wokeness right now.

submitted 35 days ago • 34 comments

EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.

submitted 36 days ago • 549 comments

"Every government lies now and then, but authoritarian regimes go further. They don’t just stretch or hide the truth. They look you in the eye and tell you that what you just saw didn’t happen." Propaganda is now part of our politics.

submitted 37 days ago • 58 comments

I agree with Minna…she’s smart and she’s right. Ukraine should not take a bad deal that doesnt meet their interests. They are actually winning on the battlefield, according to SACEUR Cavoli’s testimony in front of HASC and SASC…and the Russians will never live up to any agreement unless compelled.

submitted 37 days ago • 23 comments

The reality is war. If Trump wants to change that reality, he would have to learn about and use policy tools to support Ukraine and discourage Russia. No sign of either yet.

submitted 38 days ago • 37 comments

Breaking my rule of not posting cat videos

submitted 38 days ago • 63 comments

Ukrainian fighters demonstrate the capabilities of the Ardal ground drone. It overcomes 30° slopes, 80 cm trenches, 30 cm obstacles. Performs logistics, mining, wounded evacuation. Payload: up to 200 kg, tows 500 kg, 3 tons on asphalt. Endurance: 30 km on single battery, 50 km on dual.

submitted 39 days ago • 8 comments

For Americans concerned about whether US aid to Ukraine has been misappropriated, there are American auditors on the ground, but the best proof is that russia now occupies only 19% of Ukraine after over three years of full-scale war, compared to 30% after the first month in 2022

submitted 39 days ago • 2 comments