Today we will try to go through what should happen in the future and lead to Ukraine’s big win, but first I just want to mention that Jan W posted a comment on the world-leading johanno1.se that the IEA wrote that Russian exports have gone from 10 million barrels/day in 2022 to 9.2 million barrels/day today.
So that’s how reality looks, and the EU is still buying Russian crude oil, for example.
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So this thing with Russia’s imminent collapse vs. them receiving $65.49 X 9.2 million = +600,000,000 USD per day straight into the war industry from, among others, the EU is somewhat contradictory.
EU has also bought Russian oil refined in India and rebranded as Indian, so we probably account for more of Russian cash than is directly apparent.
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Ukrinform or Deepstate is not fun reading, and Orban continues as if nothing has happened.
So I am slowly coming to the realization that Ukraine must take the step themselves, and Trump is probably the trigger that will set everything in motion because he does everything openly in his infinite arrogance.
Putin has all his competent departments for subversive activities supporting him in controlling Trump.
Actually, it should probably be one of the letter agencies dealing with subversive activities in the West, but since it is both lucrative and a real career rocket as it rarely fails, everyone is now involved in it, GRU, FSB, SVR, and others.
Putin’s directive to Trump is probably to delay Western aid as long as possible, just as Putin has done throughout the war. Remember in 2022, helmets to Ukraine were guaranteed to lead to nuclear war.
It worked then, and it works now.
And to put pressure on Ukraine – Trump even tried to politically undermine Zelensky for a month, but the country held together.
Europe is not allowed to buy weapons from the USA, Zelensky is not allowed to buy weapons from the USA, US weapons are not allowed to be used, several waves of announced support have already been stopped for various reasons, and no new support has been announced.
Furthermore, Trump has been pushing Ukraine around on things he shouldn’t, for example, resulting in them leaving Kursk to appease Trump.
For heaven’s sake, don’t fall for Trump’s “now we’ll strike back at Putin,” it’s just to make us in Europe fall back asleep.
Overall, Trump is doing even worse things for Ukraine than Biden managed, and now it’s summer 2025, and Trump owns everything.
If we see this, Ukraine sees it too, and they surely want to come out of this alive, right?
The invasion of Russia went well enough that Putin had to seek Trump’s help to negotiate it away, but now that door is probably closed as RU is busy gathering soldiers from other countries for border security.
The fight against the oil industry also went well, but I bet a lot of money that China is protecting targets in Russia with their LV system, bridging what Russia currently lacks.
And Trump has managed to get Ukraine to refrain from the goals that hurt Putin the most for eternal peace, which will never come.
So what can Ukraine do?
They can do a couple of things 😀
Trying to topple Belarus, we know that about 99.9% of the citizens want to get rid of Lukashenko and move closer to the EU, but we in the West did not want that and let Russia torture the freedom-seeking Belarusians to death, turning a blind eye and pretending not to hear the screams from the torture centers.
Ukraine can do this in many ways without directly intervening, for example, the Belarusian soldiers fighting in Ukraine.
They also have contacts with opposition within the army and of course the remaining opposition.
If Belarus falls, it will be a critical situation for Putin.
However, the easiest target would be if Europe joined the war – for Ukraine, it would be entirely beneficial and something they could likely try to motivate Putin to do.
They are certainly conducting a lot of subversive activities against RU to try to persuade them to take that step 😀
I also have a little thought that perhaps the Baltics would like to bring the rest of Europe along instead of slowly dying one step at a time right on the edge so that Europe does not intervene and provide support.
Operation Baltics will not be a major mobilization, the units are in Pskov and Luga (if I remember correctly), and since they are not in the hundreds of thousands, we will only see something the week before.
However, the Baltic Fleet and the nuclear and missile units in Luga will be regrouped.
Since it’s Russia, there will probably be some false flag operation.
And the usual showering with threats of nuclear war.
A suitable time to regroup the above units would be before or during Zapad 25.
The problem we have in Europe is that when countries go the way of Hungary or Slovakia, we are suddenly like fish out of water, we can’t do anything.
Estonia has already taken a tough stance, arresting Russian defectors, banning Russian programs on TV and radio, and something about the Russian language.
In Estonia, they actively try to root out and combat subversive activities because they understand that it is an existential threat.
Estonia is as close to war as you can get without open armed conflict.
If it turns out like in Hungary, Slovakia, and maybe the Czech Republic with a pro-Russian administration, the next step would be to invite Russian peacekeeping troops into the country to protect the Russian minority – game over.
The Baltic states are already fighting for their survival today, and there is no shortage of warnings from them, even if the rest of Europe has rolled over and fallen back asleep.
But perhaps the most important thing is to try to topple Russia, something that Europe and the USA absolutely do not want and have flatly refused for an entire war.
We know roughly the following:
-UA has contacts with 5-6 liberation fronts in Russia that have also assisted them with some sabotage and liberation acts over the years.
-UA has contacts with the six surrounding oblasts and has hoped to have good relations with them post-war, UA’s EU membership being a pull factor.
-there is a whole host of sub-republics and provinces in Russia that would like to be decolonized and feel forgotten in recent years’ discussions about colonization and inherited guilt. For three years now, they have been on the sidelines watching Ukraine survive and wondering when it’s time to throw the white glove in front of Putin.
Several old -stans have found themselves not reinvaded by Russia but at least reinvaded by GRU and FSB subversive activities.
What has already happened seems to be that Turkey, as we have seen, has realized that Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia would be fun to have influence in – mostly Azerbaijan, I guess.
In both Azerbaijan and Armenia, there has been strong opposition against Russia in recent weeks, and we know that Azerbaijan had a fairly modern defense force in the recent war with Armenia.
Georgia has already fallen, but three million angry Georgians would not make that mistake again.
You can rest assured that Ukraine is in on it too 😀
The old man has unfortunately betrayed us and joined the dark side, so you won’t hear more about him.
This is happening completely without Europe’s and the USA’s vigilant red cards, and China is probably keen on good relations with the old -stans so they might pull in the right direction almost by chance.
The big question, of course, is Kazakhstan – they are probably not keen on Russia, they have also been under pressure, and they probably prefer a life in peace and freedom.
If Russia has problems with the first troika, it’s game over if Kazakhstan turns sour.
Then there are four -stans under Kazakhstan, and China needs a couple of them for its overland route, and they probably will go in the direction Kazakhstan goes.
It started as a shake-up on the lower deck 😍
But Ukraine must do this without Europe and the USA, who are constantly hindering this beautiful development.
Russia must fall.
The country is a mosaic of colonized minority peoples that no one ever talks about, they are rich “countries” but are plundered by Russia on everything, and during the war, they have been disadvantaged.
Russia is one of the last great colonial powers, and if this can just get started, it will probably be lively pretty quickly.
It won’t be a nuclear war, but there will be free minority peoples and new countries with natural resources that will make them the future Dubai.
Russia is long past its expiration date.
And then the last thing that still surprises me after three years – the military is staging a revolution.
Yes, the Russian army is a suppressive organization like no other, so it’s hard to move there, but this war is going to hell for them, and the situation is absolutely absurd.
I saw a film I forgot to save that was painful – some 60-year-old Russian who had been mobilized and was dragging his equipment and probably had sore knees because it was going slowly.
Two soldiers filmed him and laughing, they told him that he would die in the afternoon’s attack, he was a consumable.
Completely unbelievable 😐
Or this description
The Russians almost behave worse towards their own than towards Ukraine.
One could think that units of conscripts with weapons by now would have figured out that they are strong in a group and turn the weapons inwards.
Yes, FSB and Rosgvardia have revived the barrier units, and there has been a lot of crazy stuff happening that we don’t hear about (almost but I hear).
Desertions are in the tens of thousands.
Friendly fire/fratricide is common.
Units refusing orders are numerous.
Many Russians are going underground in Russia instead of being mobilized.
But all of this is individual initiatives, what is needed is for them to rally around a common cause, and then it will probably spread like wildfire.
We had the vodka run 2023, which was ambitious, but apparently FSB managed to get ahead and had all the leaders’ families kidnapped, so it died out. There were 25,000 Wagner soldiers, and it didn’t take more than that for Putin and the leadership to flee Moscow in panic.
They are probably in the worst condition and most unmotivated and farthest away at the southern front – a good place to start.
Until 2023, probably about a dozen generals/army chiefs were arrested, so there were definitely things in motion.
Yes, Europe and the USA have made every effort to prevent us from reaching this point, but it would be appreciated if the Russian soldier could choose life at some point, actually.
Ukraine should reasonably go all-in on red, for example, with Crimea to create the black swan needed to get the ball rolling.
I don’t know when this is in time because there are too many factors involved, but Sirsky and Zelensky have both announced that Ukraine will carry out offensive operations in the future, so they always have a plan for the country’s liberation on the table.
They had it in the fall of 2024 as well, by the way, even though Trump ruined the whole party.
Life under Europe and the USA is probably not very fun, manipulation, broken promises, prohibitions, and no one to trust when things get tough.
But Ukraine as a country has probably shown at least five times that they could strike back at Russia, but every time they have been stopped and complied, hoping that this time the promises won’t be a total letdown again.
This border is slightly more attractive than the one we have to deal with today, and this is our chance, which probably won’t come back in 200 years, to secure Europe’s eastern border.
It wasn’t many years ago that the beyond-the-wall nuisance was in Berlin planning to reach the English Channel.
The Cold War was not a fun period, and if we can avoid a repeat and also straighten out our eastern border and finally fully include Finland, the Baltics, Belarus, and Ukraine in our community, it would be appreciated.
Did you know that Budanov just survived another power struggle with some other big shot – it’s probably not easy to navigate in there, and anything can probably happen at any time, but hope can take you far, and the best we in the West can give Ukraine is hope and weapons.
It could have been Dengamle, he is known for betraying and stabbing in the back.
Don’t forget Svensksund, Russian bastards – you will fall this time too ✊✊
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Downward on most fronts but upward overall (212 firefights) due to a significant increase in Pokrovsk 74 (+13, 21%) and a very significant increase in Novopavlivka 27 (+15, 125%). So, Donetsk.
N Slobozhansky-Kursk 15💥↘️
S Slobozhansky 8↘️
Kupyansk 7↘️
Lyman 28💥💥
Siverskyi 5↘️
Kramatorsk 5
Toretsk 14💥
Pokrovsk 74💥💥💥↗️
Novopavlivka💥💥↗️
Huliaypillia 0
Orikhivsk 2
Dnipro/Prydniprovsky 7
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Livligt igen med anfall – thanks 205 👍
MXT usually posts early but no loss report yet.
The total losses of the Russian invaders during the past day amounted to 1,130 individuals. Ukrainian soldiers have also destroyed three tanks, four armored vehicles, 51 artillery systems, 124 tactical drones, 102 vehicles, and three units of special equipment belonging to the occupiers.
The enemy 🇷🇺 has carried out 73 air attacks on Ukrainian positions and settlements and dropped 120 guided bombs. In addition, the enemy has conducted 5,611 shelling, 91 of which with missile systems, and used 3,496 kamikaze drones.
During the past day, the air force, missile forces, and artillery within the 🇺🇦 defense forces have struck 18 areas where personnel, weapons, and military equipment were concentrated, three artillery installations, and another important facility belonging to the Russian invaders.
👍 I’m on vacation and took the opportunity to sit out on the terrace this morning before the rain came.
Surely KAB was at 250 pcs/case at most?
It probably peaked somewhere there, unfortunately there is no really good statistics available.
Ragnar has a weekly average and it was as high as 215 but on individual days you don’t see it.
Russian subversive activity in the Baltics. Subversive Ukrainian activity in Russia to involve Europe. Ukrainian underground cooperation with sabotage groups in Russia and opposition elements in Belarus, even within the military. Interesting reading and Ukraine is pushing. Not waiting. Listening but not obeying.
The murdered GUR colonel was highly interesting
Donald Trump is showing increasing interest in helping Ukraine combat Russia. That’s according to Lindsey Graham, Republican senator and close ally of Trump, according to AP.
“In the coming days, you will see record amounts of weapons flowing to Ukraine to help them defend themselves,” he said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
“In the weeks ahead, there will be a massive effort to force Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table,” Graham continued.
Should we believe in that again?
NOTE! It is “NATO” that is supposed to pay, which we have already reported on.
This is seen as positive, but that is only because we have such incredibly low expectations of Trump.
On the contrary, the fact that the USA has not even chosen to SELL weapons to Ukraine is completely incomprehensible.
“The USA will send examples of the Patriot air defense system to Ukraine. This is confirmed by US President Donald Trump, according to news agencies.
– We will send them the Patriots they desperately need, says Donald Trump on Sunday, American time.
He states that they have not yet agreed on the number.”
https://omni.se/trump-usa-kommer-skicka-patriot-till-ukraina/a/xm6wzV
“President Trump said Ukraine is getting “Patriots” and “the European Union is paying for it”. “Putin really surprised a lot of people. He talks nice and then he bombs everybody in the evening,” President Trump added.”
https://bsky.app/profile/antongerashchenko.bsky.social/post/3ltvqqjh2o22w
Or new construction, 12 new ones per year can be built, it was two years ago
Some information about the CV-90 and why the USA probably won’t buy it despite its many advantages.
“Why Doesn’t The US Just Buy The CV90?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQpT-H3kqEo
Remote shutdown?
😂
🤣🤣🤣
Or self-destruction
🇺🇦 Ukrainian Air Defence eliminated:
▪️108/136 Russian drones, including 61 shot down and 47 suppressed by EW
▪️0/4 S-300/400 missiles.
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3ltvr42u53c2z
Looks good 👍
Ukraine claims to have a drone that is entirely produced in Ukraine:
“We already have one drone, 100% of the components of which are Ukrainian,” said the Minister of Digital Affairs of Ukraine Fedorov”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3ltvrmdsxus22
Then there is that other type of drone intended to be used against Shaheds, which is also very interesting.
“According to Sternenko, 100 Russian aerial targets were already intercepted just by anti-Shahed drones the production of which was financed by his volunteer fund @sternenkofund . Sternenko purchases anti-Shahed drones developed by @wilendhornets .”
https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1944078566330970131
I believe that their ability to build drones themselves is very important. If they can do almost everything themselves, avoid importing from China, and also manage to scale up production, it could be crucial.
The problem might be the batteries, as I suspect they still have to import those, but there are other countries besides China to buy from.
If that other drone actually works and is effective, then they have a very cost-effective weapon against Shaheds.
This is where they would really need to bring in foreign investors to raise money for rapid scaling up and continued development.
👍💯
China is crying
“✈️💣💥 Ukrainian aviation destroyed two Russian FPV drones operators position.”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3ltvug5ehls2r
“💥Destruction of temporary enemy shelters, – 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3ltvueh77q22r
“❗️Two people died in Sumy region as a result of a Russian strike, – State Emergency Service 🙏 At night, Russians attacked the Shostka community with KABs and UAVs. Four residents of the community were also injured, including a 7-year-old child.”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3ltvuzvtpts2r
“Ukrainian ground drone with an installed machine gun targets Russian positions”
https://bsky.app/profile/specialkhersoncat.bsky.social/post/3ltvtigyb622i
Here is what appears to be something similar on its way to the front:
🇺🇦 MoD approved for operation the domestic remote-controlled combat module “Khyzhak”.
❗️It can track and fire on targets on the ground or in the air. The stabilization of the platform allows for accurate firing even on the move.
https://x.com/maks_nafo_fella/status/1944690049032871950?s=46
🤔
“❗️A 🇧🇾Belarusian Mi-24 attack helicopter shot down a 🇷🇺Russian Shahed attack drone flying towards 🇺🇦Ukraine on July 12. There were at least three Russian drones in the air. The wreckage of the downed UAV fell in the Gomel region.”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3ltvsppk2os22
Here I must correct no.1 a little bit.
The entire sales revenue from oil does not flow into the Russian treasury. It also costs a bit to extract it. The direct production costs are small compared to today’s oil prices. Probably single-digit USD per barrel. I have written about this before based on annual reports from the oil companies that have previously had some sort of listing in the West. CREA has claimed about USD 15 per barrel. In the long run, it also costs to prospect and develop. I cannot quantify it here, but a very large part of the sales revenue flows into the Russian state treasury. Without oil, they would not have been able to wage this war.
The figure on oil production is of course correct. But not all of it is exported. According to the latest available full report (April report), exports are just under 7.5 million barrels per day. Just under 2.5 million barrels are exported as products, fetching a better price. Based on today’s prices, for example, a barrel of heating oil yields a little over USD 100 in revenue.
I also want to emphasize an important point that Johan No.1 pointed out the other day. We have no idea when or if, but one fine day, the Ukrainians might not have the strength anymore. And it could very well happen suddenly, more or less like a bolt from the blue. And then it will be too late for Europe to act.
Thank you for the correction jan w 👍👍
I was just testing the readers to see if they were alert 🧐
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“❗️Macron announced a plan to increase 🇫🇷France’s defense spending. “While we planned to double the budget by 2030, we will double it by 2027. We will allocate 64 billion euros to our defense in 2027. This is twice the budget that the armies had in 2017.”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3ltvzalfqz222“
A low-hanging fruit that he has already picked 10 times
Belarusian read the blog:
Belarusian helicopter shoots down Russian attack drone headed toward Ukraine
– source https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4014812-belarusian-helicopter-shoots-down-russian-attack-drone-headed-toward-ukraine-source.html
Good, know that all governments in Europe receive a summary every morning 👍
USA’s special envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, arrived in Kyiv on Monday morning, several media outlets report. He is there to hold defense talks with Ukraine. At the same time, US President Donald Trump is expected to make a major announcement regarding Russia. According to Axios sources, it involves sending offensive weapons to Ukraine. Trump has already announced that the country will receive the Patriot air defense system.
I don’t understand the complaints about Trump in today’s yellow press when everything indicates that he has grown tired of pandering to Putin.
Now things are getting interesting ✊✊🤟
Do not forget the victory perfume 👍👍
We’ll see, haven’t we already done this trip like 5 times?
He cannot send it, considered as chemical weapons.
It was like hell, we send fermented herring to the United Arab Emirates so that perfume must be some real damn fox poison!
Merz confirms to the economist that it will not be Taurus.
A week ago, he said it would be Taurus if you don’t stop bombing, and that a decision will be made within two weeks.
Hot air again 😐
Offensive weapons from Trump?
3000 Tomahawk?
500 Abrams?
Submarine?
Hundreds of F-16?
Or should we guess that LV is offensive weapons?
Did you see that Spain is giving Huawei access to sensitive infrastructure?
The Spanish prime minister’s wife has surely received some bribes, the conscienceless hag loves bribes.
In the beginning, before drones made a broad entrance, the first line of less qualified soldiers filled the function of clearing where Ukraine had positioned its defense. To then, in the next step, combat them with indirect fire before more experienced soldiers advanced.
Another function was to deplete the Ukrainian defenders’ ammunition.
Now, drones can take out the first wave – without revealing the position of the Ukrainian defenders. With plenty of drones, there is no need to empty magazines by the dozen either.
With drone swarms, what function do the small assault groups serve today? Are they still using multiple waves with more qualified soldiers in the later wave? Or is that outdated?
Good question, maybe it’s still the case that they are needed to lure out the Ukrainians. Then it’s not possible to take ground with just drones so they have to move forward.
There is also some thievery and mischief, drones are good for an overview image but sometimes troops are needed on site.
The Accentman had a segment about how the UA had refrained from bombing some Russian trucks delivering ammunition to the front and instead let them deliver and then followed them to locate it and then take out the main depot.
“Russia’s June budget deficit widens sharply as military spending and oil revenues diverge”
Not so easy to understand articles about the Russian state’s economy.
“military spending and oil revenues diverge” sounds good anyway.
Furthermore, the following is stated:
“The pessimistic economic channel MMI now forecasts a full-year deficit of RUB8 trillion ($89.5bn), or 3.6% of GDP. That would be more than double the current planned RUB3.8 trillion ($42.5bn) shortfall, The Bell reports.”
But one wonders a bit about how the accounting works. Note, not saying it’s fake. Just wondering.
“As bne IntelliNews reported, the Kremlin has replenished the National Welfare Fund (NWF) with a new RUB1.3 trillion ($14.9bn) injection in June, as the Ministry of Finance credited long-delayed foreign exchange proceeds and gold reserves purchased last year.”
I thought they were in the process of emptying that fund. Not so easy to understand how money is shuffled between different accounts. A 3 percent surplus in the city budget still sounds quite concrete. Could be more. OPEC apparently plans to increase production further. Brilliant idea.
“Human Collapse: Russia Moves to Conceal Severe Demographic Crisis”
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/56084
“Transcript: Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Lindsey Graham on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” July 13, 2025″
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/richard-blumenthal-lindsey-graham-face-the-nation-transcript-07-13-2025/
“Sen. Lindsey Graham says sanctions bill would give Trump a “sledgehammer” against Russia amid “turning point” in war with Ukraine”
“Russia-China Trade Falls 9% in First Half of 2025”
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/14/russia-china-trade-falls-9-in-first-half-of-2025-a89798
What does an arson attack on a warehouse in London have to do with the Russian Wagner Group? Of the five men convicted for the attack none were Russian citizens. This is part of Vladimir Putin’s plan to cause chaos in the West.
A warehouse in London that supplied Ukraine with Starlink terminals was burned down by youths on behalf of Wagner.
🎥 https://x.com/TheEconomist/status/1944698652221489647/video/1
Sabotage road continues
If Trump’s turnaround in favor of the United States is genuine, it probably depends on the fact that the bombing of Iran’s facilities did not escalate into something bigger.
I read that Israel tried to knock out the shelter bunker for the entire Iranian leadership but there were undamaged emergency exits.
“🦅🇺🇦 Ukraine has contracted tens of thousands of interceptor drones. ❗️The manufacturer produces more, then the contracting will be carried out either with the help of EU countries, or directly with partner countries, and these drones will be transferred to AFU as international aid.”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3ltwciqtavc2f
The AnttShahed drones I mentioned earlier today seem to not only be a single prototype, production is in full swing!
“The Defense Procurement Agency of 🇺🇦Ukraine has already signed contracts for tens of thousands of Anti-Shahed interceptor drones.”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3ltwfncwmqc22
🔴 Germany will begin supplying Ukraine with domestically produced Patriot missiles starting in 2026, with no U.S. restrictions.
A new European production line aims to boost Ukraine’s air defense.
—united24media
Maybe they will be delivered before Russia gets a beating!👍
“USA’s President Donald Trump suggests that he will have a ‘major announcement’ about Russia on Monday, several media outlets report. The statement came at the same time as the announcement that the USA will send the Patriot air defense system to Ukraine.
Trump has shown increasing impatience towards Russian President Vladimir Putin, AFP writes.
– Putin has really surprised many. He talks nicely – and then he bombs everyone in the evening, says Trump.”
I think Wesley touched on the above.
Hot tip – Trump comes out hard, Putin promises to negotiate, Trump says “big win now we will negotiate peace”, Europe does nothing, three months pass, Russia continues unhindered in Ukraine
“Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to rearrange the government. He suggests that Deputy Prime Minister Julia Svyrydenko takes over the role as prime minister, he writes on X.
His hope is that she will “significantly” renew the government’s work.
“I look forward to the new government’s action plan being presented in the near future,” he writes.”
This is bad, there have been several big rounds of layoffs and reorganizations 😬
Macron: ”To be free in this world, you must be feared”
Emmanuel Macron plans to increase France’s defense budget by 3.5 billion euros.
However, for France to reach the NATO goal of spending 3.5 percent of the state budget on defense, the country must increase the defense budget well over 100 billion euros.
https://omni.se/a/bm0W8g
When Macron pulls from the toes, he manages to reach up to 3% of the agreed increase that NATO has decided on.
Is there anyone who takes this fool seriously?
He is terrified for his wife, he speaks from experience 👍
“🇺🇸‼️ Donald Trump said that the United States will impose secondary sanctions on the Russian Federation and its trading partners if there is no agreement on Ukraine within about 50 days.”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3ltwoojdjjk2t
If those 50 days are as flexible as those 24 hours for Trump, our sun will have burned out before that time is up.
Maybe an explanation for why it became 50 days.
I wonder what Trump will do if he calls Putin again and Putin says he plans to continue for another 60 days?
“During a phone call between Putin and Trump on July 3, Putin told Trump that he was not going to stop and would continue to attack for the next 60 days.
Today is July 14, 10 days after that call. Trump has now said that he intends to wait for the next 50 days before imposing tariffs.”
Seems like weapons will be sent as soon as possible but the sanctions will come in two weeks… sorry 50 days.
“US President Donald Trump confirms that he has today signed an agreement to send weapons to Ukraine, reports Reuters. In a meeting with NATO chief Mark Rutte, Trump says that the delivery will be coordinated together with the alliance. Trump also threatens to impose heavy tariffs within 50 days if an agreement cannot be reached. The President says that tariffs could be around 100 percent. – I am very disappointed in Putin, says Trump according to The Guardian.”
https://omni.se/a/GyWKv9
What offensive weapons, if any, are there any reports of?
And I am very disappointed in Trump, or actually not. He is doing just as I thought, nothing.
Was the big announcement sanctions in 50 days?
-are we guessing that they want to slow down the EU sanctions package?
And then weapons but not specified which ones?
The devil has more information in his press conferences about victory perfume or golden shoes than this 😐
Apparently Patriot is supposed to be sent, he mentioned something about 17 pieces. but no one really knows if he meant systems or robots.
Have you bought the Victory perfume by the way?
You smell like a winner 👍
What will happen to Lindsey Graham’s package now? Will it not go to a vote and therefore no supermajority. Did Trump manage to dodge the sanctions by saying they will come “in like 50 days”?
Yes, it probably won’t happen as long as Trump is not involved.
“🗣️ Reporter: If Putin continues to escalate, how far are you prepared to go in response?
🇺🇸 Trump: What?
🗣️ Reporter: How far are you prepared to go if Putin continues to bomb harder in the coming days?
🇺🇸 Trump: Don’t ask that question.”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3ltwqguhc422t
“This is all talk, and then missiles hit Kyiv and kill people,” Trump said, slamming negotiations with Putin. He confirmed that 17 Patriot systems (unclear if he meant systems or launchers/components) are being prepped for Ukraine and could arrive “within days.” NATO will oversee rapid distribution. NATO Sec-Gen Rutte: “If I were Putin, I’d consider coming to the table.”
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1944786938927665307?t=sLRiEcUa-eJjZGCkYnEDXQ&s=19
50 days is probably what Putin has told Trump he needs to close Donetsk and Luhansk? In the meantime, Ukraine can receive reinforcements for its Patriot umbrella to protect itself against the missile rain that Putin is fine-tuning towards the West*.
*I note that Patriot is now on duty day and night week after week because no one is confronting the one firing the missiles head-on. Normally, Moscow and St. Petersburg would be in ruins by now. Isn’t it risky to expose Patriot by not combating the missile rain at its source?
Yes, already during Biden’s time a couple of years ago, they would have had the opportunity to strike deeply.
Shahed might not have been so easy to get rid of, but with cruise missiles and KAB, one might have avoided most of it.
Biden had no victory perfume.
🇩🇰🛰🇺🇦 The Danish government has decided to provide the Armed Forces of Ukraine with satellite services through the European Defense Agency (EDA), the kingdom’s Ministry of Defense reports.
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So, Mette and Denmark are something out of the ordinary – they have contributed a whole war as a superpower
I just want to say – “I told you so” 😎
The half-life of Trump’s “good news” seems to be half a day if we are to go by the comments.
Unfortunately, Europe’s politicians are not as smart, a little doubtful if the 18th sanctions package can be dodged here?
Now there should be peace in 50 days and then the EU cannot escalate towards Russia 😶
Good activity in the thread, we might reach seven thousand comments today 👍
🇩🇪🇺🇦 German defense concern Rheinmetall plans to increase deliveries of new Lynx infantry fighting vehicles to Kyiv and their further production in Ukraine.
Its head, Armin Papperger, clarified that he wants to increase the plant’s total sales to €50 billion by 2030. This is ten times more than in 2021.
“Additional orders are coming from Ukraine, from EU countries and the USA,” the Bild material specifies.
Very very good 👍
EU gets punitive tariffs before Russia then?
We have already received punitive tariffs of 10%, and they have the “potential” to increase even more.
If one were to follow the complete impunity for Orban and Slovakia, Trump could probably continue like this until the end of his term because in the West, nothing ever has any consequences.
Just like when we ask ourselves “why don’t the Russian crew turn their weapons against their officers”. We (our leaders) also dare not resist when Orbán behaves like a real 🐖
Just like when we ask ourselves “why don’t the Russian crew turn their weapons against their superiors”. We (our leaders) also dare not resist when Orbán behaves like a real 🐖
The interesting news about Azerbaijan and Armenia (Zangezur Corridor) keeps coming – now the USA is also involved in the game.
https://x.com/Beefeater_Fella/status/1944874821424197945
https://x.com/TuiteroMartin/status/1944754163797102751
And France also wants to be involved.
https://x.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1944818802669043764
But we probably have to understand that what Trump says is uninteresting. We have to take care of this ourselves. Understood!!