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submitted 21 hours ago • 8 comments

Basically, assume you don't fully understand it and go and ask someone who does.

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

Including a reference to SMERSH, more often seen in James Bond...

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

1/ Russian sources report that today's Ukrainian strike on the Kerch Bridge to Crimea failed to damage the bridge itself due to the successful operation of protective structures around the bridge supports. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/kate...

submitted 9 hours ago • 3 comments

It appears Ukraine was only able to hit the Kerch Bridge pillar support with a submarine drone once. It was protected by underwater barriers, so the damage was limited. Repeat attacks are necessary to destroy the pillars. Nonetheless, Russians say a crack appeared through the entire pillar support.

submitted 9 hours ago • 2 comments

Discworld QOTD, from Witches Abroad

submitted 9 hours ago • 10 comments

From the Leopard 1A5 to the Leopard 2A6! The 21st Mechanized Brigade has shared some new images of a Leopard 2A6 MBT in their service, hiding somewhere in the woods. The Leopard 2A6 also has been upgraded with reactive armour, grille protection and an anti-drone net installation. /87

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

Completely bonkers. “The UK is expected to back Nato’s push for all members to spend at least 3.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2035, despite Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s hesitation over when the UK will get to 3 per cent.” www.ft.com/content/d44e...

submitted 11 hours ago • 8 comments

My friends, followers and supporters of Ukraine. I am asking you to support my fundraising efforts for Ukraine by reposting and liking the post i'm quoting. ⏬

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

"While Russia directs its attacks against Ukraine onto civil society, Ukraine has concentrated on oil capabilities, military bases, arms depots, arms-producing factories, logistic hubs and so on."

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

👀❗️In May, polls showed that the proportion of Russians who believe that peace talks should be held now increased to 64%, an increase of 6% since March 2025. ▪️The number of respondents who believe that military action should be continued now also decreased by 6%, to 28%.

submitted 12 hours ago • 8 comments

Lots of apparent disinformation circulating now about the Crimean Bridge. Videos of naval drones lifted out of the water and smoke rising from the bridge are apparently old footage. Buyer beware.

submitted 15 hours ago • 6 comments

When @bradtakei.bsky.social and I first got together, we never imagined we’d one day celebrate Pride openly, let alone post about it on the internet. But here we are, joy and all. Happy Pride, everyone! Let’s keep showing up, speaking out, and marching forward (glitter optional, but encouraged). 🌈✨

submitted 13 hours ago • 777 comments

SBU now having a crack at the Kerch Bridge! SBU says it planted explosives equivalent to 1,100 kg of TNT on the bridge's underwater supports. The blast severely damaged supports at the seabed level: bridge structurally compromised and on verge of collapse. Hints more blasts to come.

submitted 16 hours ago • 16 comments

Roadway traffic on the Crimean Bridge has resumed. Russian officials halted traffic twice today amid two separate attacks apparently by Ukrainian drones (Kyiv claims to have "mined" a support pillar). It seems neither attack inflicted serious damage. t.me/rbc_news/120...

submitted 13 hours ago • 2 comments

⚡️ Senator Lindsey Graham calls out Russia’s real goals after Medvedev admits peace talks are just a front. “I appreciate you making it clear to the world that Putin and Russia are not remotely interested in peace.”

submitted 12 hours ago • 13 comments

🇺🇦 Ukraine is likely testing the WOLF 25AD — a short-range air defense system jointly developed by Slovakia and Slovenia. Built on the Slovak Wolf 4x4 chassis and armed with the Slovenian Mangart 25AD turret (25mm Oerlikon gun with programmable ammo), it can track up to 150 targets.

submitted 12 hours ago • 8 comments

I’m currently on leave away from Moscow. But before I left, I asked Russians about their hopes & their concerns.

submitted 12 hours ago • 18 comments

New: Ukraine's SBU security service behind the audacious drone attack deep inside Russia now says it has attacked the Kerch bridge in occupied Crimea in a months-long operation. It says SBU agents "mined the supports" of the bridge with 1,100kg of TNT under the water line and detonated this morning.

submitted 17 hours ago • 6 comments

Check Engine xkcd.com/3096/

submitted 1 day ago • 69 comments

Latest piece out in @theatlantic.com . The Ukrainian UAV attack on very expensive (irreplaceable) Russian aircraft should be a warning to all other powers about the vulnerability of their forces. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

submitted 20 hours ago • 8 comments

🙏 Horror in Sumy: The Russians have hit the engineering college. At least one person is known to have died, several injured.

submitted 21 hours ago • 9 comments

NEW: Russia's refusal to give Ukraine its memorandum with its terms for a peace settlement before Ukrainian and Russian delegations met in Istanbul on June 2 ensured that the meeting was largely unproductive and further protracted the negotiation process. More ⬇️(1/3) isw.pub/UkrWar060225

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

"Russia could retaliate by doing something it's been doing for years now" is apparently a novel observation

submitted 22 hours ago • 3 comments

Air raid in Kyiv wow that never happened before, it’s definitely retaliation!

submitted 21 hours ago • 5 comments

The June 3 report from the Ukrainian military's General Staff for the first time shows Russian aircraft losses apparently from the June 1 drone strikes, but it's just 12 warplanes, not the 40 destroyed aircraft claimed by Ukraine's Security Service & President Zelensky. t.me/GeneralStaff...

submitted 22 hours ago • 2 comments

Thanks to @maxboot.bsky.social for this great article. Ukrainian ingenuity is giving us a preview of the next war. One point: It was the British who rewrote the rules of war with their 1940 attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto, with canvas-covered biplanes. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Boosting in case folks haven't seen it. Two things. 1. I still have questions (of course I do). 2. I want to reiterate that Kobo is handling this EXACTLY as they should be. They updated the ToS. They announced it. Actual humans reply to emails. The CEO is responding. All within days.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

#DoctorWho #Spoilers #DoctorWhoSpoilers Adric, watching from Hell, as the Doctor rewrites reality to save the life of someone who wasn't even supposed to be alive. "Fuck's sake."

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

Former Secretary of State and CIA Director Mike Pompeo warns against US recognizing Russian control over Crimea: ‘Mistake of epic proportions’ thehill.com/policy/inter...

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

Delighted that my book on Command is now available in Ukraine.

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My latest piece → As a publication on the Bundeswehr website shows, the deployment of the RCH 155 in #Ukraine now appears to have been significantly delayed for the second time. The reasons for the delays are not publicly known. deaidua.org/news/2025/06...

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

The heads of the Russian and Ukrainian delegations, Vladimir Medinsky and Rustem Umerov, held a 2.5-hour-long private meeting before the start of today's official negotiations in Istanbul. meduza.io/en/news/2025...

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What Ukraine’s Unprecedented Drone Attack Means For Russia's Bomber Force Russia is currently in no position to replace large losses of its strategic bombers and future operations will likely be impacted by force protection needs. Story: www.twz.com/air/what-ukr...

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Discworld QOTD, from Going Postal “There was no safety. There was no pride. All there was, was money. Everything became money, and money became everything. Money treated us as if we were things, and we died.”

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

Russia to Ukraine: “Shoot yourself in the head and turn the lights off as you go out.”

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Do those criticizing Ukraine's recent mass destruction of Russian #TupolevBombers find it tolerable that these planes launched many cruise missiles into Ukraine? On 8 July 2024, one such missile #Kh101 hit Ukraine's major children hospital #Okhmatdyt in Kyiv. No problem? @sceeus-ui.bsky.social

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

Ukraine and Russia remain far apart on terms for a lasting ceasefire after a second round of peace talks in Istanbul on Monday where Moscow laid down stringent demands to end its three-year invasion. Our @financialtimes.com report, w/ @maxseddon.bsky.social. www.ft.com/content/6fc8...

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments