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Today's front page of The New York Post.

Once again I am leaving the Munich Security Conference in a low mood. Amongst all the noise, the US signalled their plans for Europe, so things are becoming clearer. But things are clearly not good. This is what we now know, and what we have to do about it:🧵1/17

🧵1/6 Europe won't survive sleeping through another wake-up call. We should jump out of bed and throw on a shirt. We should do what we can, with what we’ve got. And we’ve got a lot. Here's how to step things up as the US steps down:

🇱🇹Lithuania, 🇱🇻Latvia and 🇪🇪Estonia have officially disconnected from Russia’s power grid.

I've limited this fundraiser to $70,000 as I understand my outreach has declined, and many people are financially exhausted with so many fundraisers around. You can help by reposting We did a great job on the first day, raising 13% 🎯 $9,100/$70,000 🔗 www.paypal.com/donate?campa...

This thread presents arguments why IMO the reconstitution of the Russian military after the war in Ukraine is likely to take a long time. Some fo these factors are interconnected and can involve disruptive feedback loops. note: I am not an expert on Russian politics or military

$1819 to go, we got only ~$100 today, urgently need your $5😭

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budris condemned ideas of resuming Russian gas exports as leverage for "peace negotiations." He warned it's a historic mistake, stressing that Russian gas is a geopolitical weapon. Europe must stay committed to sanctions & support Ukraine. #Lithuania #Ukraine

🛢️/1. Just now. Russian oil refinery in Kstovo, region of Russia, was targeted by Ukrainian kamikaze drones. The oil refinery is located 800km from the frontline. The oil refinery in Kstovo is the 4th most powerful in Russia. With a processing capacity of 17 million tons per year.

Russian Ryazan oil refinery, another angle.

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💣 Transportation of Ukrainian "mini-FABs" for drops from the heavy UAV "Baba Yaga".

Sales of new trucks with a gross weight of over 16 tons in Russia 2024 fall -18.8% y/y December fall -38.8% y/y Industry and agriculture in deep crisis All stories about GDP growth by 3-4% are lies

Here is the Issue for Putin: Putin invaded Ukraine for 2 reasons. 1: as punishment for rebelling against him, to send a signal to everyone else that he is the leader and cannot be questioned 2: To keep the west out of Ukraine at all costs

Zelenskyy’s podcast episode with Lex Fridman already has more views on YouTube than President Milei’s podcast episode from more than a month ago. This is a win.

Now that Ukraine has become very active in the Kursk region, we would like everyone that hasn't found us on BlueSky, to be aware of the latest updates. Therefore, we would like to ask you to share this post in order to reach as many people as possible. Let's aim for 75.000 followers 👍

After a while, Ukraine is taking back momentum in Kursk and has reportedly started offensive operations according to Russian sources. The AFU moves towards Bolshoye Soldatskoye.

Documented Russian equipment losses since the start of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine by equipment type Full list: oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/atta...

As the fundraiser is stuck at 165,000$ out of 240,000, I am asking you to RT, like and comment the post I am quoting, it greatly helps the algorithms, and while it costs you nothing, an RT may save a life of a Ukrainian defender.

🇩🇪🇺🇦 Update on German aid to Ukraine: • 15 Leopard 1 A5 tanks, 2 Gepard; • 30 MRAP armored vehicles with mine protection; • PzH 2000 howitzer; • 12 armored vehicles with kinetic defense systems and 7 Caracal landing jeeps; • IRIS-T SLM and IRIS-T SLS systems;

As reports of Russian withdrawal from Syria surface, key questions arise: Where are these forces headed? How many can Russia move to Ukraine and Africa? What business interests are at stake? Our team - Frontelligence Insight tried to answer these questions frontelligence.substack.com/p/syria-with...

Hi everyone, I’ve started a new donation campaign to provide more engineering equipment to Ukrainian defenders. Please take a moment to read why this is so important and how you can help by donating and sharing this post. donation link: www.paypal.com/donate?campa...

18,000$ fundraised over 48 hours. thank you for your support!

If Syrian rebels proceed to take Homs and isolate Russian naval and air bases and cut Damascus off from the sea, it will be TAAAAAAAASTYYYYYYYY.