Surely it feels a bit like a race against time here, who will make it first – we have two distinct development chains running away right now that I will come back to below.
We went through the Russian threat yesterday after a Belgian captain felt dizzy and had stomach pain when a conscript handed him an anti-drone weapon and said, “bro, can you see 15 drones in the sight, aren’t they ours?”
Today’s lesson will be as follows – Russia does not need to have a defense against the 2025 war from Europe, they just need to attack us with the 2025 war. When you have thought about that, you will quickly come to the conclusion that Russia already has this redundancy today if they were to think that the Baltics are cheeky for not wanting to be part of the red colonial empire.
Below, a loitering-drone package of a few hundred units would be enough for the 2025 warfare against us (you saw it yesterday but here is a rerun). Poland’s long lines of mechanized units advancing as they showed in their latest exercise/force posture are just big targets.
A mechanized brigade today in the autumn of 2025 is a big target and Russia has significantly increased the use of this type of loitering ammunition at the fronts in the past six months. At just the Dnieper front, we were told it was 600/day a few months ago, and that is a low-priority front.
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Ma3ya_lqCLM?rel=0&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&enablejsapi=0
What is not so little ironic is that in the drones Russia is now sending towards Europe, there are at least 100 European-manufactured components per drone, a bit of a slap in the face if I ever saw one that we actually deserve.
If Russia were to choose to risk Article 5, they could attack the Baltics with the resources of the previous war – tanks, armored vehicles, CAS, tracked howitzers, Iskander, Spetsnaz, reconnaissance, and motorized infantry.
They do not use much of this at all in Ukraine and we have not seen the capability buildup of recent years land in Ukraine at all – 1500 tanks per year for example, and 1000 robots.
Almost by chance after my Fall B, we now have video evidence of Russian tracked howitzers moving towards Pskov. What comes to Pskov stays in Pskov if you remember a previous post on the subject.
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Free is good, until it’s no longer free 😉
I had hoped that the hysterical ads would be enough, but no. I hope you get your business going and don’t strangle yourselves, as penny-pinchers like myself will probably jump back to c.
Yes, difficult balance there, when trying to get paid.
Most probably came here for the yellow walls so there are probably more who think like you if all walls were to end up behind a paywall. We’ll see what Johan does.
Got tired of those ads myself so I’ve turned them down even more. Not worth ruining the blog with them. Now all pop-up ads and those that appear at the top and bottom should be gone.
Then Google suddenly seems to readjust after a while, so I have to keep a better eye on it.
AFU reports:
“🇺🇦Dobropillia direction: The enemy launched a mechanized attack from the Mayak-Pankivka area towards Volodymyrivka. A column of armored vehicles came out into an open area — part of it was destroyed by our forces while approaching, one vehicle burned down right near the stronghold (visible on the footage on the left). 🇺🇦After that, the enemy sent infantry: groups are trying to enter Volodymyrivka from the south, using destroyed buildings as cover. Some of them are met by our warriors still on the outskirts, but a few small groups still manage to slip into the populated area!
🇺🇦The fighting continues without pause — the section is boiling, the enemy comes wave after wave. Our forces hold the defense, precisely targeting and not allowing the occupiers to consolidate. The situation is difficult, every meter there is now fought for with blood and iron, support our troops — it is extremely important for them right now! 🇺🇦Muchnoy Jugend”
https://bsky.app/profile/babayagafella.bsky.social/post/3m2nctarark22
The Russian forces are increasing attacks along the southern front, showing a record-breaking (since the beginning of May this year) total number of attacks in the last 24 hours according to the AFU’s morning report. In the north, there is a noticeable pressure with a focus on and increasing in Kharkiv (S Slobozhansky). Some decreasing but noticeable pressure in Luhansk. In Donetsk, full activity as before. And in the south, increasing and noticeably record-breaking pressure.
Yes, it seems that they have increased the speed again after a slight dip.
“A new Ukrainian strategy on the front is delivering surprising results. Ukraine may be winning the war of attrition, The Atlantic reports. Russia expected quick gains in northeastern Ukraine, but key cities and logistics hubs remain firmly under Ukrainian control.”
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3m2o36purvc2f
Full article:
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/10/ukraine-russia-drone-war-attrition/684419/
Sounds good! 👍
🤩🤩
“⚡️ Russian strikes kill 5, injure 37, hit thermal power plant in Ukraine over past day. According to Ukraine’s Air Force, Russian forces launched 183 Shahed-type attack and decoy drones overnight.”
https://bsky.app/profile/kyivindependent.com/post/3m2o36h4vtk26
“Overnight, Russian drones once again targeted Ukrainian energy infrastructure. A strike on a thermal power plant injured staff and caused serious damage to the station’s equipment, according to DTEK.”
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3m2o32lcrqs2f
Started a bit early but game on
Good that they now need to import from Belarus.
Maybe a good opportunity to once again strike against pipelines transporting the crude oil to Belarus.
“Belarus quadrupled its gasoline exports to Russia in September as Moscow faced fuel shortages due to Ukrainian strikes on its energy infrastructure, Reuters reports. About 49,000 tons (14,500 barrels/day) were shipped by rail from Belarusian refineries to Russia last month, according to sources.”
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3m2o2vdqb622f
Full article:
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/belarus-ramps-up-fuel-exports-gasoline-thirsty-russia-2025-10-07/
A good goal 🧐
The lawyer was not present at the meetings “but saw that they pressured him”?
This sounds like a dishonest attempt to claim damages, or what is your opinion?
“Imam Viktor Gaziev was classified as a security threat by the Security Service in 2019 and was assessed to be a radical Islamist. In 2023, he suddenly disappeared from Sweden and is now a drone expert in Ukraine, reports SVT’s Uppdrag granskning and SvD.
He claims that the Swedish Security Service pressured him to go to Ukraine, but the Security Service denies the allegations.
– We do not engage in the type of activities alleged here, says Säpo’s operational chief Fredrik Hallström to UG.
Gaziev tells UG that the authority had a meeting with his ex-wife to urge him to go. Säpo allegedly promised not to stand in the way of her citizenship application.
His lawyer Tomas Fridh says that Gaziev was not keen on going to Ukraine.
– I was not present in the conversations and do not know what was said specifically. But I saw that they pressured him, plain and simple. They use all possible means to get rid of these people, says Fridh to SvD.”
https://omni.se/viktor-gaziev-sapo-pressade-mig-att-strida-for-ukraina/a/o3jk3V
what is this 😳
Will the local mosque have drone capability soon?
Risk for it. Damn SÄPO! 😄
Off-Topic, Sweden, electricity company
WARNING to those of you who may be looking for a new electricity company.
“The Swedish Consumer Agency is considering legal action against the electricity company Nordic Best Energy, reports SVT.
The company has been under scrutiny by the authorities for several years. Criticism has included, among other things, that they claim to call from the consumer’s own electricity company. When customers try to cancel the contract, they are billed 9,000 kronor in penalty fees.
The Consumer Agency banned the methods a year ago, but the company continues and has also started a new company – Svenska Elverket – which seems to be engaging in the same methods.”
https://omni.se/elbolaget-lurar-kunder-pa-straffavgifter/a/rPBzrA
Bixia should they also go after – charlatans 😡
“Overnight, Russia launched 183 strike drones (Shahed, Gerbera, etc.) on various fronts of which 100 were Shaheds. As of 09:00, Ukrainian air defenses shot down or neutralized 154 of them. 22 hit 11 target locations.”
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3m2o2tvrhqc2f
“One of Russia’s main supply routes from China has been shut down. From today, the border with Kazakhstan is fully stopped.. over 5,000 trucks are stuck, inspections are ongoing, and goods are being confiscated. Drones, EW gear, batteries, components, nothing is getting through.”
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3m2o3duzl6c2f
Yes 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Perfect, send everything to Ukraine
“Ukrainian Unmanned Ground Vehicle “Ratel” facing FPV drone. Despite being hit by FPV drone, the machine successfully finished the mission and returned home. This once again shows the potential of unmanned ground vehicles. It carries more, it does not endanger human life.”
https://bsky.app/profile/dim0kq.bsky.social/post/3m2o3d5ojpl2e
‘Liberating our land, step by step’ — Ukraine reports successful counterattack in Dnipropterovsk Oblast, shows footage. The Shkval (“squall”) assault unit “eliminated” 50 Russian troops in the battle, while eight others were taken prisoner, the 141st Mechanized Brigade reported.
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-dnipropetrovsk-oblast-battle/
Positiv report. Thank you.👍
Good!
Violent death 😡✊✊🍿
Cognitive Warfare
https://www.linkiesta.it/2025/10/russia-nato-occidente-guerra-ibrida/
✍️🇮🇹->🇬🇧
https://x.com/anno1540/status/1975833997939740928?s=46
– Three Reasons Why Russia Provokes #NATO, with the Hope That the Free World Will Fall for It
By: @ChakhoyanAndrew
While the West continues to imagine a conventional conflict with trenches and tanks, #Russia is waging an invisible one, based on fear, manipulation and propaganda.
The West continues to wait for an invasion that truly resembles an invasion—with tanks advancing in the Suwalki Corridor, in this case.
– Meanwhile, Russia is already at home. Not with conventional forces, but with everything else:
– influence operations poisoning civil debate, targeted assassinations, strategic corruption subverting politics, laws weaponized to block collective European defense, pseudo-experts and celebrated influencers lying for rubles—sometimes without even realizing it.
Russian planes didn’t bomb #Tallinn;
– the drones over #Poland weren’t carrying explosive payloads.
The raids over #Denmark and near Alaska remain shrouded in a fog of plausible deniability:
– serious enough to scramble fighters, but ambiguous enough to evade consequences
And that’s precisely the point. Moscow is waging a different kind of war against the West. Not the one it waged in Ukraine. The purpose of provoking NATO is… to provoke nothing….
“We’d all be better off if the Kremlin were simply testing NATO’s defenses.”
– Instead, it’s applying large-scale reflexive control: the art of making enemies self-destruct before they can even destroy themselves.
Russia isn’t interested in kinetic conflict, but it is eager to weaken our collective ability to think, act, and defend ourselves. Drones and planes are lethal weapons, but in NATO’s skies, they become fuel for another kind of war—one Moscow believes it can win.
There is no realistic path for Russia to defeat NATO on the battlefield.
Moscow has invaded a country a quarter of its size and, as Donald Trump said, “has been fighting a war for three and a half years that a true military power would have won in less than a week.”
But further west, Moscow’s goal isn’t to fight, it’s to make us wake up one day and discover that NATO guarantees are null and void, the European Union’s institutions are ruined, and transatlantic solidarity is gone.
Russia doesn’t need to fire a shot if it can convince Europeans that defending themselves isn’t worth the effort…
According to a Gallup poll, only thirty-two percent of Russians and forty-one percent of Americans would fight for their country—compared to sixty-two percent of Ukrainians.
The European Union average is just thirty-two percent.
But the real story emerges from the refusals:
– seventy-eight percent of Italians, sixty-two percent of Austrians, and fifty-seven percent of Germans say they would not fight if invaded.
This is the psychological terrain on which Russia is waging its war.
NATO’s weakest element is political cohesion, especially on Article 5. Discredit that guarantee of mutual defense, and the alliance crumbles, unable to sustain the weight of its own hesitation.
“Article 5 must not even be revoked.”
Even the slightest doubt about it can turn NATO into Schrödinger’s cat: both alive and dead.
The term “hybrid warfare” is absolutely the worst way to describe what we’re seeing. Every violation of airspace, followed not by deep strikes on enemy bases but by a carefully worded condemnation, produces exactly what Moscow desires.
In NATO’s skies, kinetic violations are choreographed for Moscow’s foot soldiers in the West: the –
“It’s not our war”
– politicians, the “We must not escalate” pseudo-scholars, the “What if they dropped the nuke?” commentators—the voices that drown out reason with fear.
The war Russia hopes to win is psychological, political, and informational.
And the West isn’t even showing up to fight it.
Moscow also continues to provoke its neighbors to reinforce a carefully cultivated homegrown narrative:
– Russia is already at war with a devious, ruthless, and bloodthirsty West.
It cannot be at war with Ukraine because, according to Putin’s narrative, Ukraine doesn’t exist.
Therefore, Mother Russia must fight NATO.
This fiction requires proof, and the drones circling European Union airspace provide it.
Whatever NATO does, the Kremlin’s spin doctors tell it like this:
“See? The enemy is at the gates.”
This imaginary war legitimizes the real one in Ukraine. It helps Putin transform failure into a challenge, stagnation into strategy, and a botched invasion into heroic resistance against an enemy that never existed. It also creates a lifeline:
– if the Russian economy collapses or China withdraws its support, the argument that Russia fought NATO to a draw will find fertile ground.
Finally, Moscow provokes NATO because it can—and because history teaches us it pays. Seventeen years of Western inaction, under four different American presidents and countless European governments, have created the vacuum that continues to attract Russian aggression.
From Georgia to Crimea to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, every red line crossed without consequences has taught Moscow the same lesson.
The Frankenstein state, a revanchist colonizer at heart, is provoked not by NATO’s strength, but by its manifest unwillingness to confront aggression—a criminal act under the UN Charter
Russia also calculates the numbers—and the results always come back in its favor.
– What usually follows a Russian intrusion?
Panic, confusion, perhaps a harsh verbal statement. What doesn’t follow? A sense of urgency commensurate with the stakes.
Robust actions. Responses capable of altering Moscow’s risk calculations.
Every drone or fighter jet forces the Western alliance to choose between doing what’s difficult or hoping the problem will go away on its own.
This is reflexive control in its purest form:
– presenting your adversary with a menu of negative options.
“Shoot down a plane that blatantly violates your airspace, and Moscow cries provocation.”
Press releases are issued instead, and #NATO seems paralyzed.
In any case, Russia wins—because it has set the rules of the game
Restoring peace through force is the only way forward, but the free world continues to fail. Poland’s invocation of Article 4 may suggest a step in the right direction, as may Trump’s vociferous and media-driven posts, but ultimately, it will be actions, not words, that will make the difference
—-
“This article was originally published on “The Chakhoyan Dispatch,” Andrew Chakhoyan’s Substack channel.”
chakhoyan.substack.com/p/three-reason…
Interesting reading, thank you!
Excellent 205
The Russians are very good at subversive activities and they bring down entire countries with it.
Thank you 205. Very good
Interesting, so our option is still there;
1. To let Russia provoke us with a thousand pinpricks until we no longer have the strength to stay united, and politically splinter.
2. That the Russian, after softening us up with no.1 (not Johan), initiates operation Russiashout, by placing gangs with manpads at the airfields (according to Johan no 1’s theories), while swarms of drones take off from the shadow fleet, destroying everything attempting to fly, power production, distribution, waterworks, communications, etc. Then come the fighter jets, the tanks, and the rapists, and we can only watch and throw stones.
Well, hopefully it’s not that dark, but sure, if we still hesitate and turn the other cheek, maybe they can be so generous as to let us avoid the manpads and drone swarms, as long as we let the rapists in with open arms.
2. To collectively attack with everything we have as long as we have it, that is, as soon as possible. Every day we are closer to a Russian Ragnarok.
Edit. There is one more option.
3. To stop the shadow fleet, and monitor every Russian warship moving in the Baltic Sea. This removes a lot of threats to the infrastructure. There will surely be a lot of provocations from Putin, but shoot down every plane that crosses over to the wrong side.
Mycket intressant, thank you 205!
🔥👍
“A major fire has broken out in Novosibirsk, according to local media. Reports suggest the blaze may be at a facility producing electronics and microchips.”
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3m2oifigoz22f
“❗️🇷🇺Novosibirsk. A large fire broke out on the territory of the “Zavod Pripoev” plant, which specializes in: the production of electronics and microcircuits; repair and assembly of electrical devices; the defense-industrial complex (soldering of weapons, communications, radio electronics).”
Here is a video showing the facility burning heavily:
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3m2oibwfpgk2n
Good width on the goal kicks now 👍
“🚂💥 A railway section has been damaged in the Lipetsk region. Damage to the railway track has been recorded near the city of Usman. Local residents report that at about 3:40 an explosion occurred on the tracks – probably after a UAV attack. The area has been cordoned off.”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3m2ogkeb25c2e
Who else 🤩🤩
“Russia is testing a copy of a Ukrainian drone designed to intercept aerial targets. As with earlier FPV tech, battlefield innovations spread fast and are being copied by both sides.”
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3m2oghsesic2f
Exactly – those who are fastest on the curve are the US and Russia
Thales has a lot of drone flyovers over their drone factories and they are worried.
As I see it, in the debate on Russia’s warfare, we seem to have missed some things. They are small things but still essential ones.
As JohanNo1 mentioned above, the lead time in both target acquisition, production, and adaptation has been drastically shortened.
What does this mean in reality?
We know that Russia has lost a considerable number of both competent officers, technical personnel, and other competencies. So, why have the lead times been shortened so drastically? Because it is mainly in the year 2025 that response and production times have been cut.
The most likely answer is China.
Chinese officers, manufacturers, analysts, technicians, and materials.
Logic says that if an army has lost X in competence, this competence must be replaced in some way. We know that China is militarily supporting Russia in a tangible way.
Is it then far-fetched to, based on the fast OODA loop and technological advancement, assume that it is China that provides technology, competence, and analysis?
This is an important detail to keep in mind when discussing Russia’s capacity to launch an attack on NATO and/or Ukraine. It is not “just” Russia that is the aggressor, it is also China.
And, I could be wrong.
I think you are absolutely right 👍
Let’s go with Ukraine, we had control everywhere for a long time with them.
That’s why we have to crush those damn Chinese too 😡
Can one vote for you in the municipal election?
Absolutely, completely convinced that you are right and that they are collaborating.
Russia probably shares its experiences (probably a requirement from China), then developers in both countries work on finding solutions. Then they test it rigorously and make adjustments.
I think you are probably right.
The question then is how much help they get, drone technology? Yes, Weapons and ammunition?, to some extent, maybe through NK. Personnel?, hardly infantry, but as you say, some expertise and training can certainly help. Intelligence and espionage? probably.
However, I believe they only help enough to keep Russia afloat. A too strong Russia could be a thorn in the side for China in their spheres of interest in Asia, and would have too much influence over their resources. A too weak Russia at risk of falling apart would jeopardize the flow of cheap oil and gas.
As I see it, a weakened Russian military is in China’s interest… = easier to take over Russian territory and ultimately its form of government… Russia can be used as a tool to weaken Europe… China is learning modern warfare and what works or doesn’t work, gaining both battle-tested technology and manpower…
In short, a win-win for China.
Keep in mind that China doesn’t think like “we do in the West”… China is thinking about what is beneficial in the LONG run for China = the party.
If this involves “sacrifices” (from a Western perspective) along the way, they will carry them out if it leads to the long-term survival of the party.
The problem is that the West thinks logically and rationally, which is NOT the same as Chinese rationality!
China can sacrifice partners, economic gains, or even temporary prestige – as long as it ultimately strengthens the party’s survival and dominance in the global system.
They think like players in a thousand-year-old game of Go, not a game of chess.
When analyzing China’s actions in relation to Russia, one must shift perspective from “what do they gain now?” to “what are they building for 2050?”.
In that light, a controlled, dependent Russia – with a military machinery being tested in real-time – is actually a very rational investment for China.
There is a lot of discussion in China on social platforms about taking back what they lost to Russia in the 19th century 😀
Thought-provoking Kaitsetahe.
When I was in China for the first time during Christmas/New Year 70/71, China was hopelessly behind Europe and the Soviet Union. Some claimed it resembled Europe in the 1910s. The conflict with the Soviet Union at Amur/Argun had just subsided, but the situation was still tense. The whole of Tsingtao smelled of coal and coke, the glow of the street lamps was yellow and flickering. Large 120-ton steam locomotives shunted in the harbor, everyone dressed in Mao uniforms. So, China was 50 years behind the Soviet Union. Today, 50 years later, China has surpassed Russia in everything. What have the Russians been doing during these years? And what does the Kremlin think about this? A great leap by China in any case. The great leap finally came. It is clear that China is looking at Outer Manchuria and the border delineations there. China was mistreated when they were weak after the Opium Wars and the Qing Dynasty. The Russians forced China to agree to border delineation at Amur. A Chinese person does not want to lose face, and I do not think that China has forgotten this. We will see how this ends. Some concern should exist in the Kremlin.
I have been to China three times
All during Mao’s rule.
We have always been treated correctly, and it was difficult not to feel sympathy for the country.
In Whampoa (the port city of Canton), the entire crew was invited on a tour of Canton (Guangzhou) and a fantastic Chinese dinner. No one knew why they did that. But the shipping company had significant contracts with the Chinese state, and I believe the Chinese were satisfied. Moreover, Sweden was the first Western country to recognize China in 1950.
Interesting to hear about China’s history and your own experiences! 👍
So they were so far behind in the 70s. I actually didn’t know that. They have progressed quite quickly.
One could perhaps maliciously say that they could copy most things from the West and even sell “pirate copies” to us, but more recently they have shown that they can also innovate.
It’s a shame they are stuck with a communist oppressive regime.
I agree with you. I have always tried to defend China regarding communism. “Let China become democratic at its own pace. After the Olympics, there will be free elections.” Then Xi came and became a dictator. I was wrong about everything. Unfortunately, China went in the wrong direction.
Interesting.
It was quite tense between the Soviet Union and China at times, as they competed to see who was the best communist. I guess we can say that China won. When they opened up for investments from the West, they handled it in a way that created value for the future. China’s communist governance did not fall, it transformed and adapted to take advantage of the capitalist world’s need for growth and quantities of cheap goods. However, Xi has veered in an authoritarian direction, which could lead to China’s downfall. When the Soviet Union fell, the entire communist system crashed, and they tasted the downside of capitalism, with wealth concentration and rampant corruption.
Chinese people have drive, pride, forward thinking, curiosity, and inventiveness, as well as, I believe, a sense that the state is there for them, as long as they stay within the boundaries. Russians have none of this.
When Western companies established themselves in China, they stole our technology, but with a certain finesse, they improved and streamlined it, and we could do business with them in a way that benefited both parties.
When Western companies established themselves in Russia, they soon encountered problems with electricity, heat, or break-ins, and sharply dressed figures in leather jackets appeared at the door demanding money to arrange for “security,” mafia style. In some cases, laws were adjusted so that companies could be confiscated due to “national security.”
I also believe that they want a weak Russia, but not so weak that they lose the war or that Russia collapses.
If Russia loses, China will also lose prestige and probably have a harder time cooperating with other countries (BRICS would probably suffer).
Today, they have Putin to cooperate with, a collapsed Russia would be chaotic even for China. Admittedly, they might take advantage of the situation, but they probably don’t want to deal with a lot of local leaders. Furthermore, there is a risk that some may turn to Europe, such as the Baltic states, and then they would need to start new wars to prevent them.
Moreover, they don’t know what Putin would do if he becomes desperate enough. Just as some in Europe are scared of nuclear weapons, China is probably also considering how real the threat actually is. They won’t be attacked first, of course, but they understand that there will be retaliation.
I suspect that China is actually struggling with how much support they should give to Russia, similar to Europe’s stance on Ukraine.
No one wants to see their side lose, but they are not willing to fully engage. Partly because it is costly and partly because it could lead to a world war, a world war that no one knows how it will end.
I’m working on the next post about U137, one will be a “best-of” of all the dishonest people in the debate but the last one will be good – there is a lot of interesting information that is not usually brought up when discussed.
For example, Sweden had an icebreaker nearby whose task was to ram the submarine hell if they were to try to escape or be rescued by the Russian fleet.
How tough is that, very Swedish 🤣🤣
Probably they would have done it without hesitation.
It would have been interesting, icebreakers are like submarines built to withstand a little. Who would have won the match!
The submarine had sunk pretty fast 😀
Former icebreaker Thule. Perfect for that purpose. No one would break out. And no one would break in.
8 knots into Gåsefjärden with a 1,500-ton submarine. It’s way too fast.
Good that my posts are coming 👍
It will be interesting to read, hopefully in its entirety here!
It probably doesn’t matter what we call it?
It’s about what we choose to do about it.
“🇪🇺👀 Violation of EU airspace is a hybrid war by the Russian Federation, it’s time to call a spade a spade, — Ursula von der Leyen”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3m2oprvqaak2j
Just wait, if something arrives, the angry letter will come 👍
Off-Topic, Trump
Now he wants to put Democrats in jail too.
“Donald Trump wants to see the Democratic mayor of Chicago and the governor of Illinois imprisoned, he writes on Truth Social.
The reason is that the president believes that Brandon Johnson and Jay Robert “JB” Pritzker have not done enough to protect immigration police.
“Chicago’s mayor should be in jail for not protecting ICE officers! Governor Pritzker too!” he wrote in a post on Friday.
200 soldiers from the National Guard arrived in Illinois on Tuesday, at Donald Trump’s request.”
https://omni.se/trump-chicagos-borgmastare-borde-sitta-i-fangelse/a/63mBJ8
Starting to be a bit of a bad vibe in the USA 😀
https://omni.se/myndigheter-skyller-nedstangningen-pa-demokraterna/a/73Eq7K
Well, well. Maybe it’s not so far off before preventive arrests start happening. He has been allowed to rampage with military forces domestically, defy the Supreme Court even though he placed his own lackeys there. Starting to blame the radical left when he fails to gather a majority for his budget, as if it were a small clique that ruined everything, when it’s they themselves who don’t gather enough support. And he’s not alone, he, just like Putin, an enabler in the form of a great many people.
Yes, he is on his way to get it right in foreign policy against all odds, but domestically he is about to make a mess of it.
Before the midterm elections, he must eliminate enough of the resistance, and all means are allowed.
We will surely see political prisoners, states of emergency, and mass layoffs of senior military officials. We will also see more of the National Guard in democratic states.
The mass meeting for the military was to gauge loyalty and instill fear in the generals that they will lose everything if they go against the great leader.
Soon, permits and state subsidies for companies run by Democrats will be revoked. Democratic rallies will be disrupted by proud boys, without police/National Guard intervention. Every democratic protest will be harshly suppressed, and participants will be arrested.
Press and media with democratic tendencies are banned.
Prominent Democrats are charged with fabricated crimes just in time for the elections.
Paranoia will rise in the White House.
It may all end unless the Democrats regroup and find a charismatic enough leader. If it doesn’t happen in time, the fate of the USA’s democracy hangs by a thread, or on the grim reaper.
“If Ukraine starts using American Tomahawk missiles in Ukraine, it would mean a ”qualitative” change in the current situation between Ukraine and Russia. This is stated by Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, as reported by Reuters citing the Russian news agency Interfax.
Andrei Kartapolov, chairman of the Russian parliament’s defense committee, states that the country will respond forcefully if the USA supplies Ukraine with the missiles.
– We know these missiles very well, how they fly, how to shoot them down, we worked with them in Syria, so it’s nothing new, he said according to Reuters citing the news agency RIA. …”
https://omni.se/ryssland-kommer-svara-kraftfullt-om-ukraina-far-tomahawks/a/JbVl1J
That is probably mostly signaling politics from the USA, they are not needed.
However, the signal policy itself is also important, if the USA were actually to deliver those Tomahawks and they were used to target deep into Russia, we, the Russians and Ukrainians would eventually conclude that the USA is not a friend of Russia.
Now Putin and Russian propaganda have been nagging that everything is Europe’s fault for wanting to continue the war. That it is Russia and the USA who should agree and create peace (of course, on Russia’s terms).
The Tomahawks would completely puncture that image and Putin would appear weak instead of being portrayed as the one who controls Trump (primarily in Russia).
Trump would also appear as the one who actually dares to oppose Putin so he benefits from it as well.
If he backs down now, of course, it will be the opposite. He will be seen as both Taco and Krasnov.
“En mobik kom ut på verandan för att landa sin UAV… Men den här gången kom drönaren inte tillbaka ensam, den kom tillbaka med en vän. Som, efter att ha träffats, bestämde sig för att ge pojken en smäll i ansiktet. De ukrainska väpnade styrkorna visade en smart operation för att neutralisera mobik UAV-operatörerna.”
https://bsky.app/profile/babayagafella.bsky.social/post/3m2oqla43lc22
Two for one, great deal!
“❗️One of Europe’s largest defense companies, Thales Belgium, said it was seeing an increase in the number of unidentified drones flying over its secret facilities. The company is demanding clear rules on jamming the control signals of unidentified drones or shooting them down.”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3m2ooz75lm22n
https://www.politico.eu/article/top-eu-weapons-firm-warns-drone-threat-production-lines/
The best – nothing is apparently secret and it bothers them.
Off-Topic, Chat control
They should realize that it’s time to shut that down now and consider other ways to protect the children.
“Much indicates that the disagreement about ‘chat control’ persists and that the proposal will not reach a majority next week, when it will be discussed by the EU’s interior and justice ministers, TT writes.
The German government does not want to take a position on the proposal right now, and the critics of the proposal are jubilant, according to the news agency.
‘A fantastic victory for freedom and shows that the protests work,’ former EU parliamentarian Patrick Breyer from the German Pirate Party writes in a press release.
The proposal aims to combat child abuse online, but critics argue that it could lead to mass surveillance and privacy violations.”
https://omni.se/tyskland-tvekar-forslaget-tycks-inte-na-majoritet/a/wg7vdd
Very good, otherwise it will end up with the children not being protected but we are no longer allowed to criticize our governments privately 😀
Äh, the argument that it wouldn’t be able to protect the children is unnecessary. Of course, it would be effective both in finding the idiots but it would also be properly deterrent.
One could be against Chat control anyway, since in the end it would be abused.
The next step would be to use it to stop the drugs and gangs, then it would be tax evasion and then we would be completely monitored.
“Putin’s brilliant plan to take over Europe continues to dismantle Russia itself, as veteran survivors that spent months or years murdering, raping and looting in Ukraine are coming home, to do the same in Russian cities. In St. Petersburg, the famous architect Alexander Suponitsky was killed; shot in front of his 10-year-old daughter. The shooter returned from Ukraine. The savage then offed himself and burned his own apartment.”
https://x.com/JayinKyiv/status/1975866664911560721
Backwards cake
“BAE Systems signs agreement with Rheinmetall for CV90120 advanced gun upgrade
BAE Systems Hägglunds is teaming up with Rheinmetall Weapon and Ammunition to integrate the 120mm L44A1 Low Recoil (LR) weapon system onto the latest CV90120 vehicle, leveraging the expertise and capabilities of two leading European defense companies to deliver a tailored solution to meet the evolving demands of the battlefield.”
https://www.baesystems.com/en-us/article/bae-systems-signs-agreement-with-rheinmetall-for-cv90120-advanced-gun-upgrade
Off-Topic, Trump Approval Rating
It goes up and it goes down. Dropped 0.7 and after rounding back down to -16% according to The Economist.
According to The New York Times, he is at -13% so not much has happened there.
Or that the temporary submarine commander Hamilton on the submarine Neptune glides over to the Russian naval group with destroyers and in silent mode stops 100m from them and lies there watching them through the periscope.
Don’t surprise me. The Navy had a lot of tricks up its sleeve against the Russians when the opportunity arose.
I was actually the chief of the coastal fleet at that time and we had quite a lot of fun, I must admit
I myself was a cleaning lady at “Göta Lejon”.
I have been doing poorly with the Friday drinks in recent months, but it’s a bit tricky with most things.
When I was working in the UK, we had a Friday pub – that meant that over lunch we went out and downed 3-4 large beers at the nearby pub.
Then in the afternoon, we sat and stared at two screens, and by the end of the day, everyone had sobered up and could go home to have a cozy Friday evening with their families. I was young and unmarried at the time, of course, but my colleagues were in all stages of life.
I like the British – flexible and pragmatic.
They have above all a healthy view on alcohol and drinking during working hours.
Alcohol should be consumed at night, preferably with existential anxiety. Water works too.
No, I’m not going to explain.
That almost sounds Finnish, except for the water. 🙂
Yes, it seems that the Englishmen have taken into account being able to come home to the family somewhat sober.
Nelson Mandela and Ray Liotta are going out for drinks on Friday night 👍