This post is dedicated to Ukraine but hard not to start with Iran.
The fact that the Iranian hydra reaches far into the West is clearly demonstrated by Carl Bildt and Fredrik Reinfeldt when they spew out tweets about international law and how unlawful the USA is. Since I haven’t figured out how to get paid by Iran, I still report honestly, but if anyone has contacts, a friend of mine would like to know how to get blood money from Iran directly to Swish.
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Israel is targeting objectives in western Iran with dumb bombs and direct hits, if it had been JDAM, the aircraft wouldn’t have been seen gliding by – I lost the footage. This tells us that the Iranian air defense is non-existent in that area at least.
It also tells us that Israel doesn’t have a huge stockpile of missiles and JDAMs because they would never risk such an overflight if they didn’t have to – manpads is real.
Israel is presumably interested in regime change, and the USA should also consider this path as their cost for this war requires a pro-Western government in Iran that starts trading with them.
Starting with diplomacy now is not of interest to them, even though Iran is obviously trying to lie their way out of this – first threaten like a divine warrior, and then immediately chicken out and start asking for peace – that’s apparently where we are now in time.
What is the Iranian regime and do they deserve to be buried alive in their bunkers?
In the 1970s, Iranians were not entirely satisfied with the Shah, and political Islam emerged as an attractive alternative for the left, nationalists, and liberals when they were promised equality, welfare, social safety nets, and more individual freedom. Equality was particularly attractive to women who helped vote Khomeini into power.
Evidently, it was all a lie, and political Islam had no intention of delivering any of this but instead rapidly created one of the world’s worst dictatorships, where the left and liberals were executed on day two. The women who enthusiastically supported Khomeini’s rise to power quickly realized that they had voted themselves straight into hell, but that is now history, and all we can do is learn from the mistakes perhaps?
The IRGC was created directly because the religious leaders did not trust the army; it seems that Iran consists of politics and the army running parallel with the IRGC and the religious leaders – two power structures where the IRGC and the religious leaders have the decisive vote every day of the week.
Quite similar to the Soviet model, and although it is not discussed much, you can probably guess that they had a hand in the seizure of power.
Since the IRGC directly answers to the religious leaders, they have become the country’s elite, and generals from there get prominent positions as politicians or governors, and together with the religious leaders, they have enriched themselves immensely – suitcases full of gold bars immensely.
Everyone, the IRGC and the religious leaders, have families living luxurious lives in the West, attending the best schools, while completely oppressing the citizens – especially women are treated very poorly, where one can be arrested, raped, tortured, and ultimately murdered for showing a few strands of hair, and it’s completely arbitrary.
Iran has destabilized the entire Middle East, engaged in subversive activities in Europe and the USA on a massive scale, and even been caught paying gangs and criminal clans in Sweden to commit violent crimes for them.
Exiled Iranians are frequently murdered as well.
Does this remind you of any other country, perhaps Russia?
If Iran falls, calm will settle in the Middle East, and 50% of influence operations in the West will disappear.
For 47 years, Iranians have lived under this oppression, and the US’s all-in bet is that they can carry out a people’s revolution with a little support from JDAMs.
Don’t forget that Iranian navy ships provided Houthi with target coordinates for their anti-ship missiles and drones (received from Iran), where they targeted over 300 civilian cargo ships and sank several.
Now the USA has activated the Kurds; I am a bit surprised by the strategy of first betraying the Kurds in Syria and then asking for their help in Iran, but this has been planned for several months, so the two events ran parallel to each other – try to explain that if you can.
The idea is probably to try to weaken as much of the IRGC and the police as possible through indirect capabilities and then, with the help of the Kurds, SOF, and Iranian citizens, simply take over the country by running over whatever is left.
Krister Sfeir on SR doesn’t mention a word about this, which was surprising because he is supposed to be a Middle East expert that at least our media listens to. I think he is wrong to predict diplomacy because this is a serious attempt at a change of power – Israel knows that one day the regime will have operational nuclear weapons, and then the window is closed.
https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/kan-kriget-i-mellanostern-leda-till-langsiktig-fred
I believe we have reached “the tipping point,” but it will take a few weeks for this to unfold, and in the meantime, drones rain over MENA.
Terrorist attacks will increase exponentially in Europe, and Western embassies in all Muslim countries are attacked in an attempt to make us retract, which the UK has already done, of course. Starmer has completely messed up, but that’s another story.
The IRGC and the religious leadership are already equipped with fake passports and suitcases full of dollars ready to flee.
If things get tough, an Israeli division and US Marine Corps may be deployed, but ideally, they would probably want to avoid that and make this look like a people’s revolution, at least the Potemkin facade of it.
I have already written a post about the Kurds, and they are not “one country” at all but 4-5 different “countries” within other countries.
Quite like Israel and now Ukraine, they are a nation in defense where women are plentiful in combat units and are probably the best marksmen in the Middle East (on par with Israel).
But they have no ambitions for power beyond achieving autonomy or preferably their own country in the areas they have staked out, which are inaccessible mountainous regions where no one else wants to live.
Read below and understand that in a region of constant ethnic cleansing, the Kurds are a beacon of light – if there are any people who should be supported, it is them, and I was immensely disappointed when the USA threw Rojava under the bus.
With a bit of luck, post-Iran and post-upcoming war in Syria, Iran-Kurds-Israel may form a security-building alliance in the region?
We haven’t seen the last of Turkey yet, even if they probably tread a bit more cautiously in the future once Iran falls.
We all remember when Turkey fell because their fail-safe with a military coup didn’t work – Erdogan had managed to buy over too many senior officers, so Turkey today is a dictatorship that may also fall in the future as they operate like Iran and Russia in the West.
Back to Ukraine excuse the detour –
It’s actually a new war in Ukraine now with a drone-saturated battlefield in 2026.
In 2025, Ukraine figured out how to conduct defensive warfare in clouds of FAB and drones, but it was a costly lesson.
They master the drone weapon fully and now have interceptor drones that can combat all drone targets and sometimes robots.
70% of Geran was shot down with interceptor drones in February, unclear if it was 70% of those shot down or 70% of the total, but it’s an absolutely enormous development that has instantly neutralized the Russian drone threat against Europe as soon as we get them in place.
It neutralizes long-range drones but not close-range FPV drones yet, but we will probably get there quite soon too as “interceptor ammunition” fired from various handheld platforms is incoming.
Last autumn, the offensive strategic reserve started with mobile offensive warfare, and after a rough start northeast of Pokrovsk, things are going very well now.
What Ukraine lacks is enough LV because the USA stopped all deliveries just in time for Putin to start the winter bombing of the power grid, so it has looked bad, but at the fronts, it’s positive.
Ukraine is now targeting drone goals further and further back, which to me takes the form of pre-emptive strikes, and you all know what pre-emptive strikes precede, right 🧐
Russia is unable to conduct defensive warfare at all and has resorted to low-intensity offensive combat where soldiers are expendable ammunition sent forward in a steady stream so they have full control over the fronts – “every hour a group must run forward towards the farm until we see a Russian flag from the farm’s roof.” Simple enough for the officer corps to succeed in following.
All mechanized falls in recent months have ended in catastrophic losses for Russia.
Behind it all sits a flask-bottom-glasses Chinese person multitasking Russia’s digital battlefield that they built and operate for them, but it seems to work less well in mobile warfare – that’s the impression I’ve got.
It’s probably the kill chain to hit the target that is still too slow to keep up since the effective fire must come from Russian weapon systems manned by Russians.
Russia itself couldn’t get its digital battlefield to work, but unfortunately, now it does with China’s help. Since 2023, China has actively stepped in and supported Russia in various capabilities, not least their war industry – both in building it up but also with critical components and raw materials.
What does Russia have – they have 700,000 ground troops that are decreasing, don’t know the distribution, but it’s poorly expendable infantry and “better units” that have performed just as poorly in offensive operations.
The 76th GAAD was fully deployed at Pokrovsk, it went poorly, and then they were completely used up – it must be considered one of Russia’s better reserves as they have been in reserve as a rapid reaction force for a long time far away at the Dnieper and were resourced and trained.
UA has over 60,000 in its strategic offensive reserve, which is at least 5 times more than RU, as they never fight with less than a 1:5 loss ratio, often more.
Since Ukraine started fighting with sparse defenses in 2025, most maneuver brigades must have been in reserve and able to be resourced, and the personnel issue has been discussed for several years – must be resolved now. UA’s defense force is 1.2 million or so, so starting to move to frontline service cannot be impossible.
There is thus another reserve behind the strategic offensive reserve whose size we do not yet know, but it should be considerable and mechanized.
We can safely assume that they have been trained in the latest offensive and defensive warfare tactics that were first tested by Azov at Bakhmut in 2023.
Russia is simply in decline, which lends some credibility to the rumors of mobilization, and after Iran collapsed in a huge fireworks display in all four directions, one might wonder what Russia is planning – or you already know because you read the posts.
We have previously suggested mobilization as a likely reason for Telegram being shut down, and now even Zelensky seems to have read my posts because he says the same.
Hungary will fall in a few months, and they deserve it, it has come out that their defense force moved unnaturally on February 24, 2022, so it’s not unlikely that they never got started, and that’s why Orban fired 100 senior officers.
Czechia and Spain are probably the last ones left, Spain was apparently Iran-bought, I read somewhere?
Belarus is just waiting to liberate itself, and Ukraine will assist with capability.
And finally, Russia turns inward – there is a reason why 400,000 domestic troops never set foot in Ukraine because they are needed for the upcoming power struggle (final battle).
Early April is probably the time for offensive operations again when the ground starts to bear, as Argus on the other blog clarified for us that by then the grass has taken hold and stabilized the soil – for that, he was dubbed the Mud Conqueror as an honorific he didn’t feel honored by at all.
The USA seems preoccupied with Iran, and besides Trump recently condescendingly called Zelensky something, they seem to be left alone.
Flamingo has recently targeted several goals, including the Iskander factory, and in Novorossiysk, five (5) ships were damaged the other day, and a frigate was sunk.
A year or two ago, it would have upset johanno1.se, but now it just elicited a yawn when MXT posted it.
After this desert journey where Ukraine has already accepted a ceasefire and if Russia just said yes, we would have a promising start – if Europe manages not to betray Ukraine in 2026, this war should be won?
It will end this year, you know that because you have faithfully read Johan No.1 and gotten all the information you need, but the USA has really tried to sabotage Ukraine’s chances here.
Small puzzle pieces – UA advances on all fronts, RU, as sore losers, have exhausted all their robots, a larger RU offensive seems unlikely, and Russia will soon carry out a major mobilization.
1. Mobilization is a last resort for RU, which they only do if forced, 2022 forced…
2. RU will only target all expensive infrastructure in Ukraine if they realize they will never take it over. Shooting all ammunition before retreating is a bit of their signature move.
3. Since last autumn, Ukraine has shown us that they can conduct offensive warfare in a drone-saturated battlefield with minimal losses, at least a 1:5 advantage.
4. UA has domestic production of what they need, and the personnel supply has been discussed for two years now, so it’s not impossible to urgently deploy with a peak of 350,000 – 400,000 and a defense force of over 1.2 million.
The offensive operations are dizzying – it’s not the 2023 NATO attack anymore that dies on its own and not about taking terrain either. They isolate a Russian unit and then attack the defense systems, which is the most challenging warfare alongside urban combat, with the aim of eradicating the defense.
Ukraine took all the difficult moments and put them together into a new standard procedure in their offensive operations, which also take place in a drone-saturated combat environment – it all began with Azov SV around Bakhmut in 2023.
Those who have argued with me over the years that Ukraine doesn’t have the world’s best marksmanship should send me a thousand bucks pronto as punishment for their embarrassing general errors.
There is no other unit in Europe, apart from a few thousand in special forces, that has even started training on this, and Ukraine has developed dozens of brigades with this capability from actual missions now.
Now we have two parallel events, firstly the global conflict, aka our time’s world war, which is probably underway now, and then we have the path to a Ukrainian grand victory in their war.
I don’t believe the global conflict is still hanging in the balance because China has –
-lost the Panama Canal
-lost the Venezuelan oil.
-lost Iran.
-received a huge blow from economic warfare on January 29.
I think we can assume that a Chinese countermove is coming now that Xi Jinping has sacked the entire military leadership.
The alternative is for China to back down and bend the knee – do you really think they are capable of that after tasting “multipolar world order,” “US shall fall,” “BRICS currency” which they have actively worked on for almost 20 years.
For Europe, it’s crucial that we have Ukraine’s back and break Russia’s back, mine the border again, and permanently close it.
Belarus needs to fall and Kaliningrad needs to be permanently demilitarized, an autonomous enclave trading with the EU – some kind of land-based ferry where everyone goes for cigarettes and strong liquor?
When we reach this point and then turn towards Africa with FAIR trade agreements, Europe’s golden age as an economic powerhouse has only just begun – our children will have a hundred good years.
It’s better than being divided, infiltrated by Russia, Iran, and China, and completely dependent on handouts from the USA, right 😀
Ukraine into the EU, of course, as a thank you for dying for us for almost five years before the Russian puppet show collapsed.
Goodness, how fiercely this vision has been fought against, and is being fought against. In the face of this development, where the USA, Russia, China, and Iran all see a strong EU as a bigger threat than each other, it seems.
Follow the Kurdish guy @serupek on Twitter for the latest on Iran, he has a few hundred followers including me, who is the only one sharing his posts, but he reports everything in concise one-liners and doesn’t miss a single robot strike, I suspect he has some connection to the Kurds but has emerged as a credible source.
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Russia’s losses in Ukraine 2026-03-05
Unfortunately, there is no visible slowdown when it comes to UAVs, on the contrary, we now have a new record. The old one was at 1851 and was thus beaten by almost 99 units. A lot of artillery and a lot of soft vehicles but also some tanks.
SLAVA UKRAINI
AFU reports:
Thank you for the post, Johan no 1.
Interesting as usual. More enjoyable to read Your informative posts than to stare at two babbling chatterboxes on TV 1 and TV 4 in the mornings.
One learns as long as one has students, as my old physics teacher told me when I tried to convince him that the earth is pear-shaped.🌍
N Slobozhansky-Kursk 2
S Slobozhansky 1
Kupyansk 3
Lyman 3↘️
Slovyansk 6↘️
Kramatorsk 2
Kostjantynivka 15💥
Pokrovsk 22💥
Oleksandrivskij 7↘️
Huliaipole 14💥↘️
Orikhivsk 0
Prydniprovskij/Dnipro 2
Sum sectors 77🇷🇺↘️
Unlocalized 41(🇺🇦)
Total 118↘️
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Thank you for the yellow wall yesterday and today! 👍
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+39
RU increases the number of missiles and drones until they no longer do. Is this the last push we see?
I hope so, waiting for it to at least level off and stop increasing.
Seemed to decrease for a while when it comes to FPV but then they have started increasing again.
For UAVs, there has been a nearly exponential increase clearly since the summer of 2025 (with some variations up and down of course).
Back then, the seven-day average was 130-150 per day. At the turn of the year, the average was around 500 and right now it’s up to 1600.
They have probably saved up large quantities to be able to use them during the winter, so maybe we will see the number decrease. However, if they manage to constantly scale up production, I am afraid it could become devastating in the long run.
Ukraine has already admitted that Flamingo production was delayed due to Russian attacks.
Here is the first post from a person with some personal insight into the situation in Iran. Thank you Johan for your fantastic initiative to start your own blog, by the way! (And yes, I am a paying subscriber 😉
I have one Iranian parent who came to Sweden before the revolution. I will start by saying that my Iranian parent was very loyal to the Shah.
The image I had during my upbringing was that the Pahlavi dynasties I and II were a fantastic time in Iran. As I grew older, I realized that this was a matter of the observer’s perspective. The truth probably lies somewhere between my parent’s perspective and Johan No 1’s quote above that “the Iranians were not completely satisfied.” A lot of people, especially liberals (in the sense of preferring Western ideals), enjoyed the Shah’s era. I guess that this group also constituted a large part of those who moved/fled Iran to the Western world (UK, USA, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, and the Nordic countries with large Iranian diasporas) before/after the revolution. As a counterpoint to these, there were religious conservatives who saw the rise of Western ideals as a threat. And this group then created an unholy alliance with the radical left (one might wonder if the Soviet Union had a hand in financing the left…?) to overthrow the Shah in 1979. According to the latest episode of the Spionpodden podcast, on the other hand, the participant claims that the religious/conservatives were supported by the USA to create a counterbalance in the Middle East to potential leftist influence from the Soviet Union. Who really knows!
Overall, my impression is that for those who were not blinded by hatred towards the Shah, there were clear signals of what the mullahs were capable of and what their plans were; namely, an Islamic state (with all that it entails). For example, a source for a quote here from a speech in 1964 by Khomeini where it is clearly stated that boys and girls should not play together or attend the same school:
http://www.professorcampbell.org/sources/khomeini.html
Furthermore, the prelude to the revolution was initiated by the fact that my relative’s cinema was set on fire, resulting in hundreds of deaths:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_Rex_fire
Initially, there were rumors that the secret police were behind the attack, but nowadays it is widely accepted that it was the revolutionaries (the leftist faction). The personal account I received was that my relative, who owned the cinema and was relatively wealthy, refused to contribute money to the revolutionary movement. It should also be noted that the cinema was located in a city influenced by British culture and infrastructure because it was an oil city where BP had a significant influence (in a positive sense if you are liberal).
I don’t really know where I’m going with this, but perhaps I want to counterbalance the image that sometimes arises that all Iranians despised the Shah. The truth is probably that it was a segregated country (north vs south, city vs countryside, monarchists and liberals vs religious and the left).
I also want to partly counterbalance the fact that the non-religious (radical left) who allied with the mullahs during the revolution did not have the opportunity to realize who they were allying with. I believe it is a mental defense mechanism for Iranians with leftist sympathies who later fled to the Western world.
I sincerely hope that the mullahs are now on the decline and that they are brought down by the USA/Israel. But I am a bit concerned that Iran could become a new Iraq, i.e., divided. I am quite sure that, for example, Israel will be satisfied with toppling the mullahs and then stepping back. I cannot see any Israeli self-interest in, for example, an Iranian democracy. The most important thing is to overthrow the leadership that has declared Israel as the archenemy. And I do not see it as a given that the USA would focus on supporting the return of the Shah to then declare democratic elections. Time will tell!
Thank you for a great and interesting post.
Thank you for the insight.
I believe that in the case of the USA, they are consciously making a Venezuela, meaning they are removing the cancerous tumor and leaving the country to heal on its own. (A bit like Swedish healthcare?) In other words, they are not making any efforts to impose a new regime on the country but rather leaving it to the country itself, meaning the forces that have not been significantly weakened in the removal of the previous leadership. And whatever remains of the previous leadership has to deal with the consequences of continuing in the footsteps of the previous leadership. They now not only have eyes on them but also a gun barrel against their temple.
As you write, Israel primarily aims at removing the leadership hostile to Israel and incapacitating the country’s military threats.
Thank you for an interesting post!
It’s difficult to predict what will happen. If the pieces fall into place for the USA and they approve the demands regarding nuclear power and nuclear weapons, perhaps the USA will be satisfied with that. Then Trump can declare himself the winner and say that the goals have been achieved.
If they don’t, it could drag on and we might see ground troops, then the chances of toppling the regime are also greater.
Just a brief update on the situation in the UAE, it’s very calm here and I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the USA and Israel have truly managed to eliminate the launch sites. By the way, Sweden has now sent an emergency team to MENA, thank you, I already feel relieved when three people come to the rescue, goodness…
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/ud-har-skickat-nodteam-kan-utfarda-pass-och-lana-ut-pengar
No, I don’t need to be rescued but sending three people to an entire region is hardly showing determination.
I was out running some errands at a shopping mall and IKEA, it was completely empty, really a pandemic feeling when large spaces echo completely empty.
Johan, you bring up China and their potential gains and how they think. My understanding is that Iran has had equipment from both Russia and China, and it didn’t even take 24 hours for the USA/Israel to take control of the airspace, do you think this will change China’s attitude when they see that their military equipment doesn’t measure up?
If this is true, we may see the difference here in effective drone control (Ukraine) and air superiority (USA/Israel). In the latter case, they remove the archer, which results in 100%, while Ukraine, which has to fight the arrows, reaches between 75-95%. The 5% that still get through are five percent of several hundred drones hitting their targets, in other words, quite a lot.
Nice that it has calmed down!
It is being written everywhere that the USA and Israel are said to be running out of their advanced weapons, but at the same time, Iran is unlikely to have endless supplies of Shaheds either, especially if the USA/Israel manage to disrupt some of the production and supplies.
Three people are not likely to make much of a difference if it is intended to cover the entire region (haven’t had time to read the news).
One wonders how much China has given them. They refuse to openly acknowledge anything, but of course, they have at least contributed with all forms of “dual use” just like they do with Russia, but I doubt it stopped there.
We almost have to hope that they actually sent from the top shelf, which would prove that they don’t have much to offer. I read that they haven’t been as active around Taiwan lately, maybe realizing it’s best to stay away. 😄
Jockesoft – yes I DO believe that the usa came out on top in technology.
There are too many rumors right now but WE KNOW that usa/israel are dropping stupid bombs right on target and that the Iranian navy has lost 17 ships.
Iran probably received a lot of LV from RU and China after the last operation and it doesn’t seem to have performed well.
Iran MUST have tried to sink ships anything else is unreasonable.
The terror bombing is probably not over but the intensity has plummeted – it could also be a water break for Iran to adjust tactics BUT every time they fire something usa is there within a minute with fire on target.
they do not have an infinite number of firing platforms
step 2 regime change, now the Kurds do NOT seem to be on the move according to themselves, something is fishy with that don’t know what yet.
The battle is won but not the war – something like that?
nice that the calm has settled with you 😀
Three Swedes – now we’re going to win the war ✊✊😳
I read, by the way, that Iran is sending another ship towards Sri Lanka, seems both smart and well thought out. “Only an idiot does the same thing twice and expects different results.” So, soon one less ship from Iran I assume.
EDIT: Found the link
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/world/mena/us-iran-tensions-israel-strikes-tehran-live-updates-day-6#blogCard336ad9c2-6550-41b5-be5a-ca89520b65e0
Yes, IF it is the case that China sent “good” things and maybe they wanted these tested without being the testers themselves, then they have probably got something to think about. But as you write, it is very difficult to know what kind of equipment Iran really has.
I am also pondering how Putin reasons here, his equipment is as good as decoys but still he wants to start stirring against NATO.
Regarding RU robots, they are manufactured in 2025-2026 those that are aimed at UA.
“❗️Overnight, Ukrainian forces struck an ammunition depot near Nyzhnia Krynka, logistical facilities near Chystiakove in temporarily occupied Donetsk region, as well as a relay station for controlling Geran-type drones near Chornomorske in occupied Crimea — according to the General Staff of Ukraine.”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3mgcl77tbqs2o
Thank you for a great post snapphaneexil 😀
A friend had a Romanian girlfriend early on, maybe 20 years ago, and her family saw the revolution as something negative and Ceaușescu as a saint – well, different groups probably have different views on major changes, right?
A question – Google says that Khomeini won with over 90% of the votes.
Could that be true, was there election fraud?
I had a speech from Khomeini before he won where he promised everything I wrote but I lost the link.
My thought was then that, a bit like in Sweden, people let themselves be fooled by election promises 😀
Interesting that his intended policies were not completely unknown beforehand – does that make the whole thing even more incomprehensible to me?
Then I never understood that there were armed movements going on.
Is it like with everything else that history is adjusted over time?
Again – thank you for the post
Fun with both Snapphane and Jocke writing 👍👍👍
Agreed! Interesting posts and fun to see more writers! 👍👍👍
Can someone explain to me why Iran didn’t strike first?
5 navy ships in Bahrain that were docked?
Aircraft carriers?
There were Iranian submarines in the area.
I can, but I’m not going to do it 😊
However, I have realized that I have missed your analyses and will hang out here instead of at Cornucopia.
Thanks for today’s analysis.
One question (if you are reading this), do you seriously believe that Ukraine has the power for a spring offensive? I am doubtful, which speaks for it since I am never right.
Nice to see you here! Imagine if King Erik could move here too, then you could bicker like in the old (well, for the rest of us) days on the other blog…
Thank you, would like to have Perra here as well.
Tried to seduce him earlier but it didn’t work out.
Yes, you were pretty tough on LW yesterday, so I’m not surprised, maybe mostly that you weren’t banned when you talked back. Freedom of speech only exists if you own your own platform, or (for now) here.
Yes Dengamle, lure over some twelve-pointers from the other blog, MXT has a finders fee of half an ethereum per person.
Regarding China – the months leading up to this, they have had an airlift with large transport aircraft.
+50 landings are rumored.
China has also given its F35 killer radar and modern air defense.
I don’t know if they manned it.
so yes – China has tried.
China also has ships in the area that MUST provide target data to Iran AND satellites that provide information.
Now maybe the command functions are knocked out so China can’t communicate with anyone?
Iran has received a huge number of hits but not against any high-value target we would have known
I read somewhere that China is a bit sour on Iran for the Hormuz Strait, they are quite dependent on gas and oil through the strait. Maybe China hasn’t contributed as much as we thought after all.
You would think it would have been noticed if they had delivered larger quantities of air defense, etc., unless they are still lagging behind in that area.
When India and Pakistan were bickering last year, Indian planes fell like autumn leaves when Pakistan tested Chinese weapons.
China is careful to try to appear peaceful and probably does not want to be caught with weapon deliveries. However, they certainly stand for a lot of civilian parts, for example for the Shahed production and everything else that can be claimed to be for civilian use.
Russia is portrayed as the black sheep and stands for pure military aid (and violence when needed) in the countries where they both have interests. Instead, China tries to appear as a caring investor who builds infrastructure, etc.
Russia has its oil that they can sell regardless, China must keep up appearances because they depend on exports to the whole world.
That’s probably why China hasn’t thrown Russia under the bus, they live in symbiosis. Otherwise, they could easily have stopped the war and appeared as the world’s heroes, but then it becomes more difficult for them to get help with “violence” when they are going to take over the world and arm their allies.
I don’t really believe that they have sent any major pure weapon deliveries, but lots of other materials that are needed.
Off-Topic, Venezuela
There was no regime change, just oil to the USA, and a few political prisoners released. Let’s hope that the population can get a small share of the oil revenues at least.
“Venezuela’s president Delcy Rodríguez is doing a “fantastic job” and collaborating well with representatives from the USA. This is what Donald Trump writes on Truth Social.
“The oil is starting to flow, and the professionalism and commitment between the two countries is something very nice to see!”…”
https://omni.se/trump-oljan-fran-venezuela-flodar/a/xrg26G
Once again, villages in southern Lebanon are being emptied as the population flees northward to escape Israel’s attacks, reports L’Orient Today.
72 people have been killed since Monday, according to Lebanese authorities cited by AFP. 437 have been injured and over 83,000 have fled following evacuation orders from Israel.
– There is chaos and panic in Lebanon about where this conflict is heading, says Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr from a Beirut where fighter jets and drones constantly crisscross the sky.
Israel has also launched a ground invasion and says it wants to create a buffer zone near the border to protect its population from Hezbollah’s shelling.
The terrorist group confirms that it has attacked Israeli army positions and participated in direct clashes, Al Jazeera reports.
To see how it goes with the Kurds, maybe it was just a diversion.
“Hundreds of Kurdish fighters have entered Iran from Iraq and launched a ground offensive, according to American and Israeli sources cited by the Jerusalem Post.
The Kurdish militias in the border area between Iran and Iraq are among the most prominent armed groups operating against the Iranian regime, the newspaper writes. Thousands of fighters are in the area.
According to Kurdish sources, the forces have been preparing for ground operations in Iran for several days in order to force the regime to send military resources to the border area, thus easing the pressure on demonstrators and opposition in Iranian cities.
Sources tell CNN that the CIA has armed the Kurdish militias. The Trump administration is said to have been having “active discussions” with them about military support.”
He has a point.
“I find it seriously doubtful that the Kurds are now going to rush enthusiastically for Trump in the war, knowing how many times he has already betrayed them in Syria over the years.”
https://x.com/IAPonomarenko/status/2029524535540600898
“A tanker was hit during an attack on Kuwait. A powerful explosion is said to have occurred on the ship, which is now leaking oil in the Persian Gulf. This is reported by the British organization UKMTO which monitors maritime traffic. According to them, the oil leak is expected to have negative consequences for the marine environment.
In a post on X, the organization also writes that a “smaller” vessel was observed near the explosion.
No one in the crew is reported to have been injured.
The attack is said to have taken place outside Kuwait’s territorial waters, according to the country’s authorities.”
Crude Oil at 76.8 and Brent, as they mention at 83.4 right now.
“The oil continues to rise to just under 84 dollars after the conflict in the Middle East expanded when the USA attacked an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka.
There is still a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, and according to an estimate by JP Morgan, 329 ships are stuck in the Persian Gulf, and there are starting to be problems in several places with oil storage.
“The storage capacity in the Gulf States (Gulf Cooperation Council) and prevailing energy prices are limiting factors for how long the American campaign can continue,” writes JP Morgan.
Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest oil producer, has reduced production, and according to reports, China has urged refineries not to sign new contracts for oil imports and to pause the export of diesel and oil.”
Good.
“In updates from the night, IDF writes that they continue to carry out attacks in Lebanon, including against the capital Beirut.
According to Lebanese media, one of the attacks was directed at an apartment complex in the city of Beddawi where a Hamas leader was killed, AFP reports.
Israel has not commented on the information.
IDF also states this morning that they have initiated a new “large-scale” wave of attacks against Iran.
Shortly after the post was published around 7 o’clock, explosions were heard in Iran’s capital Tehran and in Karaj, Sky News reports.”
https://omni.se/hamasledare-dodad-i-israeliska-attacker-i-libanon/a/xrg0Lj
“Iran claims to have attacked an American tanker in the Persian Gulf, reports Reuters.
The tanker is said to be on fire.
Earlier in the day, Iran promised revenge for the American submarine attack on the Iranian frigate off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday.”
The situation for ordinary people in Iran is worse now than during last year’s twelve-day war. This is reported by Iranians that the BBC has spoken to.
– Every day feels like a month. The attacks are so many, says “Salar” who lives in Tehran.
He explains that he has chosen to send his parents to another city, even though it is difficult to know where one is safest. He says that his mother describes the fights as the worst she has experienced since the eight-year war between Iran and Iraq in the 1980s.
– She was in bad shape, and very scared, he says.
Others testify to how the regime has increased the presence of soldiers and police on the streets. Authorities are reported to send out daily text messages warning people not to go out and demonstrate.
– There are controls everywhere. They are afraid of their own shadows, says a 25-year-old student.
After the attacks, the prices of basic goods such as eggs and potatoes have skyrocketed and the queues to buy bread and gasoline are described as “incredible.”
“After defending itself against the full-scale Russian invasion for four years, Ukraine has become pioneers in mass-producing anti-drone systems. Now the USA is turning its gaze towards the Ukrainian drone industry, reports the Financial Times.
The Pentagon and at least one Gulf country are reportedly in contact with Ukraine to purchase anti-drone systems to counter the Iranian drones that have been sent to several countries in the Middle East.
The information comes at the same time as questions have been raised about the economic sustainability of shooting down drones that cost less than a million to manufacture with missiles that can cost over a hundred million.
A Ukrainian source tells the Financial Times that discussions with the Pentagon are a sensitive topic.
– But it is obvious that the interest in Ukrainian anti-drone technology is increasing significantly, which can stop Shahed drones at a very low cost.”
The airline Tui has flown home 20 stranded Swedes, reports Aftonbladet. Apollo has also brought Swedes home, the airline tells Omni.
The Swedes have traveled from several different destinations in the Middle East.
– Some flights have traveled from Dubai to Europe, but it is a limited number and many travelers who want to get on them. We do what we can to book for our travelers, says Dian Valencia, press spokesperson at Tui.
40 of Tui’s Swedish customers are still in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
Earlier on Thursday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) said that there is no evacuation plan for the thousands of stranded Swedes in the Middle East and the Gulf states.
“91 Ukrainians face deportation after Poland’s nationwide police raid”
https://kyivindependent.com/91-ukrainians-face-deportation-after-large-scale-polish-police-raid/
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on March 4 claimed he has satellite imagery proving that the Druzhba oil pipeline, which previously transited Russian oil, is not damaged.
“With the exception of one small storage tank, the main route of the Druzhba oil pipeline is not damaged. So President (Volodymyr) Zelensky is demonstrably lying,” Fico claimed, according to the Slovakian outlet Aktuality.”
“Russia Says New US-Linked Drone Used in Ukrainian Attack for First Time
A Russian official said fragments recovered at the scene indicated that Ukrainian forces had used a previously unseen fixed-wing strike drone, believed to be known as the Hornet.”
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/71273
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“Åldrande och ensam i en bombhärjad ukrainsk höghus
Den 79-årige Grygory Gladysh, den enda invånaren i en bostadsblock i Kharkiv, har bevittnat utflyttningen av sin familj och grannar från sin industriella hemstad.”
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/71263
🇺🇸 The Trump administration has reached out to Kurdish leaders in 🇮🇷Iran and 🇮🇶Iraq, asking for support in efforts to weaken Iran’s government, – WP Trump reportedly offered U.S. air cover and other backing if Iranian Kurdish groups attempt to take control of parts of western Iran.
U.S. officials are exploring alliances with Iran’s domestic opposition as the conflict with Tehran escalates and as Washington considers deeper military involvement.
💥 Border guards of the Sumy detachment destroyed an enemy T-72 tank, a Tiger armored vehicle, and a shelter for UAV operators.
🔥Gränsvakterna för “Steel Border” slog till mot en fiendens fältmatlager och ett fältammunitionslager, en elektronisk krigsföringskomplex, 4 skyddsrum och fordon för ockupanterna i riktningarna Kursk och Slobozhansk.
“🇶🇦🇺🇸 Qatar, Doha, report a strike on a US military base.”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3mgcnums6fc2h
“An Iranian drone attacked Azerbaijan.
Pandora’s box in the Middle East and South America has opened.
Nobel needs to create a War prize.”
https://bsky.app/profile/beefeaterfella.bsky.social/post/3mgcnskiqnk2z
“And this is Myrhorod, Ukraine, this morning. A Shahed drone was flying very low over the houses. The Russians do this deliberately, because at such a low altitude, the drone is very difficult to shoot down.”
https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3mgcmqeu6ys2l
Impressed by how much you produce here at MTX.
I will follow this page more.
I have missed Johan’s analyses, tired of the bickering about what local politicians have said or done on Cornucopia.
Thank you and nice to see you here! 👍
There’s quite a bit of arguing here too, but mostly about Trump.
I criticize Trump and almost everyone else thinks I’m crazy because I’m anti-Trump and can’t see how excellent he is and how he fights for democracy and freedom for the people of the world!
(Yes, I’m exaggerating a bit now).
There’s always a risk that there will be more politics closer to the election, but so far I think we manage to keep it at a good level.
No unpleasantness and no one we’ve needed to shut down (even though Johan No.1 has been hanging by a thread a couple of times. 😂 )
Ok, MXT has clearly been drinking on the job, so it hasn’t been good at all 😶
Well, that’s how it has been!
And you are right, because I start every morning with two drinks then I keep up the pace all week, except during the Friday binge when I’m always sober.
I learned it from The Old One!
Trump is stupid, very stupid!
But if he brings down Iran’s dictatorship, then it’s good.
Yes. What do people usually say about blind hens?? 😄
This is probably the country USA that now stood up and Trump is trying his best to keep up.
There go our opinions!
Yes, if that’s the case, then it’s good. I don’t have high thoughts about most of Trump’s crew, except Rubio who seems to have some common sense, but has to play dumb to be included.
However, many things that Trump has done have had positive side effects, such as Venezuela and Syria. Positive, in the sense that it’s Negative for Russia.
The Iran war should probably be positive, the mullah regime must go, but it’s still too early to say.
Off-Topic, Chat GPT.
These days, Chat GPT prints short texts about how it reasons while it “thinks”.
Sometimes it’s a bit interesting to see, quite often it also feels completely crazy, but when the answer comes, it still makes sense.
I asked a question just now and this popped up:
“Since the user is Swedish, I will use relevant sources to provide a correct and updated answer.”
😂
It was very fun 🤣🤣🤣
😁
Sure! Here is the translation of the text from Swedish to English:
Yes, the old welcome into the warmth, now we have Jocke in Dubai dodging robots and Snapphane with inside info about the mullahs in addition to MXT who constantly complains about his Etherum.
As you can see, we have expanded the scope to include global reporting and are now experts on Iran, China, USA, Israel, and Spain.
You have missed a lot by hanging out on the other blog of course, but it’s never too late to realize your mistake as Jesus said, but he stole that from me.
Had to check the other blog and saw that it was family pictures and some wine tasting – will come tomorrow to brag a bit about the McDonald’s visit and take a family photo 👍
A place where I can shine with my broad knowledge, finally ✊
Yes, exactly, your knowledge base is needed 😶
Forgot in the hurry – great reporting MXT you cover everything
Thank you! 👍
Sometimes I feel a little guilty because I can’t cover everything.
For example, I have never written anything about Svensksund, even though the site’s slogan promises it.
Although I have never been clear if it is the first battle at Svenskund, where we lost (doesn’t feel so fun) or is it the second, more famous battle, where we beat the Russians so hard that they still have a hard time sitting? 🤷♂️
Tomorrow I will try to go through Iran but I am honestly surprised that they have been completely reactive and passive.
They completely missed a first strike and after the war started, all leaders gathered in one place and so on for a whole week.
The USA and Israel have basically had a shooting range…
Yes, they may already be beginning to lose the desire to fight.
By the way, I saw that they warned that all Israeli embassies, no matter where in the world they were located, were now seen as valid targets (but strangely nothing about US embassies). Thought there would be some explosions here and there but haven’t seen anything.
I almost feel a bit deceived – Iran’s all threats over the past year vs the past week.
Maybe they were actually so brainwashed that they saw it as a good opportunity to die in battle and get those fifty-something virgins in paradise.
Later on Monday a global summary.
Shoot down arrows vs fight archers.
Largest drone manufacturing factory on in Alabuga, Russia.
Sold to Iran (debris found in Dubai).
The west refuses to give Ukraine the tools to destroy it.
Says Jay in Kyiv
Iran is like a manure spreader that some joker set in motion while drunk!
They shoot at everything and everyone! Everyone is invited! Straight into the abyss then!
The question is how long UAE, Kuwait, and others can keep their cool and allow Iran’s manure spreading to continue? Regardless of whether they are American bases, it is still an attack on their land and civilians are at risk of being killed.
How does Iraq feel? Are they getting vibes from the 80s again? Has Iran shot at them too? SVT’s map is completely useless and incomplete.
Most of these countries affected by Iran’s manure were once on Iraq’s side in the Iran/Iraq war, or am I remembering wrong?
If Iran is an old (well) light bulb, then the USA and Israel have trimmed it, and now it shines brighter and spreads its rays.
Soon it will go out.
Painting description and spot-on 👍
Aha, like one of those damn Christmas candlesticks that starts shining like crazy as soon as you touch it, and then dies completely with black light bulbs.
OJ! ✊👍
“Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is becoming increasingly irritated with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday, writes Reuters.
Zelensky spoke on Thursday with reporters about the €90 million support package that the EU has prepared for Ukraine, but which Orbán is blocking because he wants Ukraine to start transporting Russian oil to Hungary again.
Ukraine hopes that “a certain person” stops blocking the support package so that the army can receive weapons, says Zelensky, adding:
– Otherwise, maybe we’ll have to give this person’s address to our army, to our guys. Let them call him and talk to him in their language.”
https://omni.se/zelenskyj-kanske-ger-vara-soldater-orbans-adress/a/ExQ80P
Orban snorts. Russia stands up for its allies.
😂 Orbán has not learned a thing, in other words!
I really like that a lot 😍😍😍😍
Ukraine is starting to say what they think.
Orban goes to the election with lies about Zelensky and the EU. Orban bites the hand that feeds when he goes against the EU.
Hungary’s Orbán stakes his reelection on anti-Ukraine message – Los Angeles Times
Since the war against Iran began over the weekend, the Israeli military has destroyed 300 ballistic missile launchers, according to the IDF in a post on X.
The airstrikes against the launchers are said to have been focused on western and central Iran. The IDF’s goal is to “reduce the extent of the shelling against the territory of the state of Israel as much as possible.”
Furthermore, the IDF states that they have carried out 113 waves of attacks since the beginning of the war.
What, no, we haven’t done anything! (They don’t even seem to know what they’re doing, speaking of manure spreaders).
“Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev orders his forces on high alert after the suspected drone attack in the exclave of Nakhchivan, reports The Guardian.
The army has been ordered to prepare retaliatory measures. What that entails is unclear.
– All hostile forces will feel the full force of our iron fist, the president says in a speech.
According to Azerbaijan, four Iranian drones crossed the country’s border and injured four people, Reuters reports.
One of them landed in a terminal building at Nakhchivan’s international airport, the second at a school building, and the third at other “civil infrastructure.” The fourth was shot down.
Iran denies firing the drones.”
That was very strange?
I believe Iran has denied intentionally firing drones at Azerbaijan but it got lost in the noise.
It says right above “Iran denies firing the drones.”
Don’t know in which noise it disappeared when you read?
I wonder if it’s not you who’s ice fishing in Mariestad all day?
😡
Damn, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs is serious, now they’re going to send 5 people!
I wonder if those two extras were the police officers, or if it’s a separate unit?
(The police are sending a separate unit but haven’t seen how many they consist of, but it’s a “small group”).
When are they going to send people to Ukraine then?
“The police are sending a unit to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on a mission from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the police write on their website. The purpose is to help around 200 Swedes who are stranded in the region.
– We also have the readiness to quickly send more resources or special expertise if the Ministry for Foreign Affairs deems it necessary, says Linda Hedmark, head of the operational unit Noa, in a press release.
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs’ emergency team, expanded from three to five people, is already on site, according to Aftonbladet.”
https://omni.se/svensk-polisstyrka-till-abu-dhabi-for-att-bista-svenskar/a/aJbRAa
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/bOglp5/polisen-skickar-styrka-till-mellanostern
Now DAMN we will win the war for the USA ✊✊💥
I can’t find anything about it in the US news media…. strange.
Yes, they haven’t even said thank you once!
Iran seems to have more success attacking everyone else than the two countries they are being attacked by.
“Iranian forces struck one of Bahrain’s primary refineries. The facility received multiple impacts and can be seen burning.”
https://bsky.app/profile/tendar.bsky.social/post/3mgd6jybss224
“Iran lanserade en ballistisk missilattack mot BAPCO-raffinaderiet i Bahrain. Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) driver Bahrains huvudraffinaderi i Sitra, en av de viktigaste energianläggningarna i Persiska viken, med en bearbetningskapacitet på cirka 380 000–400 000 fat olja per dag.”
https://bsky.app/profile/specialkhersoncat.bsky.social/post/3mgd6ft4iic2e
We have known since the UA war that one can only protect one percent of its area and now Iran has expanded to all targets they can reach, both civilian and military.
There is zero chance of stopping it and it will continue until the regime is either overrun by the country’s population or the USA chickens out and agrees to a ceasefire.
“a certain percentage of its surface area” is what it should say – 😐
Crude oil is now up to 79.3.
However, Brent has barely increased since I reported earlier today at 84.5.
Unfortunately, Ural has also followed up and is at 70.3.
As a civil engineer specializing in ports and marine, I think there is far too little focus on quays and retaining walls in the Middle East.
By the way, I received a job offer in Kuwait just now from an American consultant with a 50% lower salary than what I have today, I can’t even be bothered to sarcastically ask about the security.
Actually, I’m really surprised because they usually pay as if you were Ronaldo or something, but maybe my reputation has reached all the way to the USA now…
So you know exactly how poor the adhesion usually becomes when you’ve been on the move? 😉
Remember that others may do a good job, then it’s not so easy to crash a solid concrete quay.
Yes, they have probably read the long yellow walls on the blog and realized that they won’t get much efficient work out of you if they hire you.
😶
Now you should be nice to Johan so he doesn’t stop writing yellow walls and starts working instead. 🙂
You have a point there! It’s really nice to avoid writing today’s post. 😂
Since I stick to up-to-date information, I have no preparation and quickly trying to put together something more sensible than just a meager loss report in the morning can be a bit frustrating.
Johan No.1, you must write more fantastic yellow walls! 👍👍👍👍👍
Of course, I was just joking about your skills as an engineer!
By the way, why not do like the USA, we give you a new, unique title:
Military engineer!?!?
Engineer
Etymology: Since 1741. From French ingénieur with the original meaning ‘builder of war machines’ from engin, ‘war machine’.
https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/ingenj%C3%B6r
So, there you have it, now I’m a military engineer!
“‘Why Give Putin Such Gifts?’: Zelensky Warns Any Ukrainian Donbas Pullout Would Free Up 1M Russian Troops
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that withdrawing Ukrainian forces from Donbas at the Kremlin’s behest would effectively save hundreds of thousands of Russian troops and allow Moscow to regroup for future offensives, rejecting claims that such a concession would end the war.”
MXT – I see above that you write that China has NOT been active around Taiwan?
That, of all things, is exciting.
There was some note about it but darn it, I can’t quite remember where I saw it.
Searched around a bit, it was Omni this morning.
If they gather to make an effort in Iran, lull Taiwan into false security, or something else (like what they guess) you can speculate about.
“The presence of the Chinese air force around Taiwan has decreased significantly in recent weeks, reports Reuters.
Last week, not a single combat aircraft was sighted, which is unusual. Only this year, around 460 drone and combat aircraft flights have been recorded in Taiwan’s identification zone.
It could be a sign that China is recalibrating its pressure on Taiwan.
Two Taiwanese sources tell Reuters that they suspect the decrease could be a tactic from Xi Jinping to create a “false image” ahead of the meeting with Donald Trump at the end of March.
– Beijing may try to create the impression: I am peaceful, I am moving towards peace, so you should stop selling weapons to Taiwan, says one of the sources.
China considers Taiwan as part of its territory. As recently as in his New Year’s speech, Xi Jinping said that a “reunification with the motherland is unstoppable”.
https://omni.se/inget-kinesiskt-stridsflyg-runt-taiwan-pa-en-vecka/a/gkE9Mk
last sentence – after all, it was before February 28th 🤣🤣
Their intelligence service probably had a good idea of what Trump would come up with.
Yes, we had figured it out and they are thousands of clever ones over there
Now it has really hit hard here in Abu Dhabi, very unpleasant and incredibly close. I have a video that I can’t share because they are really hunting people who film here and actually lock them up, the downside of living in this country. But some debris fell down and went up in smoke just 500 meters from my apartment and it’s actually not great. But there is whiskey in my “liquor cabinet” so the evening will be managed with the help of a stiff drink.
Police everywhere and I have seen more, both shootings and launches in the vicinity, and I think Abu Dhabi has taken a beating in the last hour. I heard a bang (explosion with a subsequent explosion) that was so loud that it must have been really on the other side of my house. The calm is gone and the stress is 100% here right now.
I think the danger is over for the moment but this was damn close.
All the best (kind of) from Abu Dhabi.
I also have to add, very nice to see DenGamle here, you who experienced the 30-year war maybe have some tips to get through this? 😉
Oh darn… 😶
Apparently, the safest place in the apartment is to lie in the bathtub with a whisky, or the whisky doesn’t make it safe but no one is lying in a dry bathtub without a whisky on the rocks, at least that’s what I’ve convinced myself of.
It also goes against the common image of X that Iran has nothing more to shoot, which is interesting.
The only whisky that apparently doesn’t work against ballistic missiles is Grants, just a tip I got from an old Congo veteran (not Dengamle).
I was about to start complaining that the car from-before work has a broken rear suspension, but suddenly it doesn’t feel like today’s scoop.
Do they have bomb shelters in the area or is it the apartment that counts?
I assumed the fetal position in my bathroom with the whiskey (not Grants but close enough, stingy as I am). I have a plastic bathtub but I imagine it’s a classic cast iron tub so it feels better.
I really just need to get down to the parking garage in the basement so I have 10+ floors of concrete above me and should be safe, but I think my “cast iron tub” protects just as well, so decision-making after whiskey is probably not at its best.
Seriously, I usually stay in the apartment and have some windowless rooms that I usually lock myself in, the problem is probably more that I live on the top floor which of course increases the risk as I am unsure if it really provides enough protection against falling debris, as that seems to be the biggest risk.
But no, Iran really isn’t running out of material.
Whisky is a good way, absolutely.
During the 30 Years’ War, we only had weak beer, didn’t make life easier, that’s for sure.
Especially tough to have to drink huge amounts just to even feel it, if the prostate problems had started to show.
Hard to keep up with fighting in between.
As mentioned, a pee break for me means taking a break from peeing.
😂 🍆 💦
I would probably drink Chivas in the bathtub since they don’t stop arguing outside. 🛀🥃
So we have sorted it out anyway – when it comes to thundering or robot bombing, a good cup of whisky is what’s needed 👍👍
Oh darn!
Really hope that was the last Iran had to send.
Do you unconsciously already follow The Old Man’s advice, he probably would have recommended a few drinks.
It is a basic principle that always works, and can then be adjusted depending on the circumstances.
Today there was an upward adjustment and it seems to be working right now at least.
Oh, it must be terrible to hear that it’s banging nearby, especially the first few times. That’s when it gets real.
Take care of yourself and stay away from the windows.
⚡️On the night of March 5th, the Ukrainian Navy, together with special operations units, struck the enemy at the “Sivash” drilling platform in the Black Sea. The platform was used by the enemy as an observation point, a communication relay station, and a base for electronic warfare and short-range air defense systems. As a result of the combat operations of marine drones and UAVs, the enemy’s command and communication systems were disrupted, and significant losses in manpower were inflicted.
Then you can forget about that thing about Trump wanting to introduce democracy where the people get to vote on who should rule. It is he personally who should be involved in deciding who should become the leader.
“Donald Trump says that he himself must be personally involved in the selection of Iran’s new leader in an interview with Axios.
– They are wasting time. Khamenei’s son is a lightweight. I must be involved in the appointment, as with Delcy in Venezuela, he says.
The president further states that he refuses to accept a new Iranian leader who will continue to pursue Khamenei’s policies, which Trump says would force the USA to resume the war “in five years”.”
Hmm, doesn’t feel like a winning concept. Loyalty and incompetence as the highest criteria. Maybe Witkoff 😀
But you don’t have the cards, I would have answered!
You might think he’s stupid, Iran has no chance against the USA, but what I mean is that the statement is just as true if Zelenskyy says it to Trump as when Trump said it to Zelenskyy.
“❗️Zelenskyy: We received a request from the U.S. for specific support in protection against “shaheds” in the Middle East region. I gave instructions to provide the necessary means and ensure the presence of Ukrainian specialists who can guarantee the required security.”
https://bsky.app/profile/specialkhersoncat.bsky.social/post/3mgdeevv5us2r
My thoughts regarding China.
I think that China is playing a dirtier and longer game than we realize.
Everyone is now thinking “haha, look at the bad stuff China has! lol!”…
But… do we KNOW that?
What we KNOW is that China has sold military and semi-military equipment to Iran.
What we DON’T know is its functionality.
I think, since China plays the long game, that China deliberately sold substandard equipment.
Why?
A) if there is no war/conflict, they won’t be used and no one will notice.
B) if there is war/conflict, this equipment will perform so poorly that there probably won’t be anyone left to complain…
C) It will mainly appear that China manufactures subpar stuff – which lowers the guard of other countries and especially Taiwan.
This sounds like an unlikely scenario, but if I were Chinese, I wouldn’t sell my best stuff, I would hide them behind my back and their perfect functionality would be the big surprise.
Therefore, I believe that China is more cunning and deceptive than we think (and want to believe).
To reassure ourselves that China has low-functioning military equipment is a very foolish idea. We should continue to see them as the high-quality opponents they do not want to appear as.
And, I may be wrong.
China probably hasn’t intended to sacrifice Iran in this way – my guess 😀
The guess of the serpent hawks is that the Middle Kingdom considers itself superior to all other states.
So they pursue their own agenda.
Will this be their downfall in this global world.
Someone who has a theory about the Ukrainian attacks in the Mediterranean.
Mine is that a Swedish submarine was involved.
I think your theory is exciting. Sweden actually has an extra submarine in reserve, the “Östergötland”. The sister submarine “Södermanland” is in operation, and I believe it is to be handed over to Poland as part of Poland’s submarine order. Has Sweden secretly equipped the “Östergötland” and donated it to Ukraine? Nothing surprises in these times, but if that is the case, it is very well done by Sweden.
Hope.
I wonder if it will blend in with the Mediterranean?
Could they sink the aircraft carrier in the Atlantic like that…
When the USA became interested in renting “Gotland,” it was based on the fact that the sister submarine “Halland” had played hide and seek in the Mediterranean with NATO a few years earlier. Sweden was invited to that exercise. If you can handle the Baltic Sea, you can handle any sea. However, it is not certain that all submarines can handle the Baltic Sea.
Fantastic 👏
Swedish steel bites. Even below the surface.
🎶
It’s Spiggen we’ve given to Ukraine – secure sources at MUST confirm it 😶
Fantastic 👏
Secret package 3 is busted.
Now you’re probably joking. The new Spiggen was indeed relatively large, and many criticized the decision to sell it to a private individual. It is located on land somewhere in Norrland, I think. However, a company in Roslagen manufactures mini submarines that have attracted interest from many countries. Can’t remember the name. The old Spiggen was also there, so Sweden has a tradition in the mini submarine field.
Spiggen II is located in Töre.
Töreboda Öreboda Reboda Eboda Boda Oda Da A.
Töreboda would have been perfect for Spiggen. Located centrally in the Göta Canal.
The shipyard in Roslagen is called Rindövarvet.
750 posts today, now we crush the resistance of that other blog ✊✊💥
It’s like a scared Iranian in a foxhole
+49×39🦅💫💿+150×39🦅💫E➡️🇺🇦
How do you see the number of posts?
Asking for a friend…
Uh. Someone else then…
In today’s post with its yellow background, there is a white field.
At the top of it, you can navigate to the next and previous posts, but below that, the number of “reactions” is displayed, which is the number of comments on today’s post.
Anyone heard what the 30 virgins think about mass immigration in hell?
🤣🤣🤣😀
USA has also attacked a country in Central America this week.
Was it Nicaragua???
Good morning!
950 KWIA
7 Tanks
6 AFVs
45 Artillery systems
2 MLRS
1 Air defense system
1609 UAVs
208 Vehicles and Fuel tanks
1 Special equipment
Glory to Ukraine
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