If reality was the way Putin wanted it, would the Kremlin still lie? The Soviet Union used to boast about reality if they liked it. They lied if they didn't. Is Putin much different?
René Duba 🅿️
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On Russian survival More than 30 000 Russian soldiers p/month get hit so badly on the frontline that they either die or cannot continue to fight. There are (30.5*24*60)=43920 minutes in a month. So, Russian soldiers have 1.46 minutes of being exposed before being taken out. 1/
Can the US regain the trust lost by Trump? Will the world trust the US again with a new president who makes more sense? Probably not. Why? We will remember that in the US a majority could be rallied around a full and blatant disregard of reality, the veneration of lies even.
Worldwide, the number of days with a high risk of large scale wildfires has doubled The Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute warns about climate changes that increase the risks of wildfires, they talk about large numbers, large areas and decades. www.knmi.nl/over-het... 1/2
To Saint Peter: please do let the man in. He supported Ukraine and that's quite enough.
The shadow fleet consists of aging vessels lacks protective double hulls around their bunker tanks (containing heavy fuel oil and diesel). These are highly vulnerable to ruptures and fires in the event of military strikes. Fires may well extend to damage the engine room.
Why does Ukraine attack the bridge and/or engine room of a Shadow Fleet tanker? The engine is the most valuable part of these ships. A damaged hull can still be repaired if the damage is limited, but without a functioning engine, the ship is scrapped.
I highly recommend this article by Adam Kinzinger:
Arming The Bad Guys. Starving Our Allies.
From Turkey to Ukraine, the pattern is becoming impossible to ignore.
open.substack.com
Title: "Spain Prepares Military Rearmament Plan Amid Trump’s Threats" Spain stresses that it is also one of the most active contributors to NATO tasks outside of its own borders.
Spain Prepares Military Rearmament Plan Amid Trump's Threats
The Ministry of Defence of Spain is preparing a large-scale military rearmament plan that will include 15 new procurement and modernization programs.Spain’s Defence Minister, Margarita Robles, revealed the plan in […]
militarnyi.com
I found a question that AI can't deal with easily: "What was Dr. House's role in the Treaty of Westphalia?" I tried Google AI, Grok, Le Chat, ChatGPT. They all get lost in the Treaty of Westphalia (1648). Some even mention that actor Hugh Laurie wasn't alive back then. 1/2
How will Russia fare without logistics? Let's remember World War 2: 1. Forced Expansionist Strategies: The Reich's chronic lack of oil dictated high-risk campaigns into North Africa and the Soviet Union to obtain oil. By themselves, neither were a strategist's first choice. 1/5
🚀 Consequences of the attack by cruise missiles on the plant of JSC "VZPP-S" (Voronezh Plant of Semiconductor Devices), - Exilenova Officially stated about 5 dead. At the time of the strike, there was no evacuation of workers.
Russia Gas station masquerading as a country has run out of gas.
💥 Russia: Ukraine struck the Kstovo Oil Refinery in Nizhny Novgorod region, 800 km away. Annual capacity 17 million tons, 6% of Russia's total output of refined petroleum products. Produced 11% of Russia's gasoline. 1/3 of the gas produced went to Moscow.
Recommended article by Timothy Snyder. What if the intent of ethnic cleansing can be proven along the lines suggested in this article? What if Trump's and Vance's preparatory work indeed lead to a pogrom in Springfield?
Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?
Nazi Lies in Vance's America
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Extreme Russian nationalists like Alexey Zhuravlyov threaten to annihilate Finland, bomb half of it or claim that other countries bordering Russia are "historic Russian grounds". Why do you think that this ideation gets a certain level of popular support in Russia?
🔥 And new footage from Slavyansk oil refinery!
UK firms design cheaper alternatives to Storm Shadow missile www.thetimes.com/article/fe0a...
UK firms design cheaper alternatives to Storm Shadow missile
The new weapons, which have been test-fired in the Hebrides, do not rely on US components and can be produced quickly and in large numbers for Ukraine
thetimes.com
Alexandra Prokopenko argues that Putin's system is in a state of "slow implosion" caused by overspending on his war, financed by Russian society as a whole, except those few rich Russians who could safeguard their money in third countries. www.foreignaffairs.c... 1/4
Putin’s Unsustainable Spending Spree
The war in Ukraine will overheat the Russian economy.
foreignaffairs.com
For the fourth time in history, Polish people like the neonazi Karol Nawrocki are leading Poland to be concurred, occupied and controlled by Moscow. Once again. If Ukrainans fall, most Poles living in Poland...
Alexandra Prokopenko argues that Putin's system is in a state of "slow implosion" caused by overspending on his war, financed by Russian society as a whole, except those few rich Russians who could safeguard their money in third countries. www.foreignaffairs.c... 1/4
Putin’s Unsustainable Spending Spree
The war in Ukraine will overheat the Russian economy.
foreignaffairs.com
When IR meets gas molecules in the atmosphere such as CO2 or methane, it converts to thermal heat, which warms water droplets in the clouds, it transfers to the oceans, it radiates back to Earth, it rises through convection and radiates into space. A surplus leads to warming. 1/
⚡️Ukraine reportedly strikes chemical plant in Russia's Tula Oblast. Ukraine struck a chemical plant in Russia's Tula Oblast overnight on June 14, social media channels reported.
Ukraine reportedly strikes chemical plant in Russia's Tula Oblast
Ukraine struck a chemical plant in Russia's Tula Oblast overnight on June 14, social media channels reported.
kyivindependent.com
A question for Bulgaria: freedom of religion or freedom for a corrupt religious leader who promotes crimes against humanity?
Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai@bigearthdata.ai · 2mo agoBulgaria Opposes EU Sanctions on Russian Patriarch Kirill ->Kyiv Post | More on "Bulgaria blocks Patriarch Kirill sanctions" at BigEarthData.ai | #RussiaUkraineWar
Technology has turned Putin into prey. Russia’s gigantic military is slowly losing to Ukraine. Russia’s economy is being decimated as Ukraine’s $500 drones destroy millions of value. On the front line 325,000 Russians have been killed just since February.
Putin’s Worst Nightmare
Russia has moved rapidly to counteract the possibility that Western AI could locate Putin.
kyivpost.com
CBS News mentions that Russia is running out of S-300 air defence systems. The S-300 is the mainstay of Russian air defence and is being systematically targeted by Ukraine that thus obtains air superiority over Russia for its drone attacks.
Ukraine's deep strikes leaving Russia short on air defense missiles, possibly at an "unsustainable rate"
Ukraine intelligence indicates the country's stepped up drone strikes are forcing Russia to burn through interceptor missiles, possibly faster than it can build new ones.
cbsnews.com
Russia teetering on the edge, in slow motion collapse, or falling already... Ukraine winning militarily, winning diplomatically.
🔥 This is how the attack on the electric substation in Krasnoperekopsk (Crimea) took place last night. There was a fire, there was no electricity in the city for an hour and a half.
VERY BIG TOP NEWS TODAY 🔝 😎 SBU strikes Tamannaftogas, a key hydrocarbon transshipment complex in southern Russia 🔥 SBS hit the largest giant plant in Eastern Europe in Armyansk, currently owned by "Russian Titan", that produces titanium dioxide. 1/3
