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KYHorn

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  1. I'm sure some Surly folks will be willing to comfort her during this difficult time
  2. For the first time in history, a 🇺🇦Ukrainian F-16 fighter destroyed 6 🇷🇺cruise missiles in one sortie, - former spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force Ignat According to the former spokesman for the Air Force, our pilot showed such a result during a massive attack on December 13, 2024. More context: The Ukrainian technological advances in drone warfare reached another milestone. Only days after downing at least 2 Russian helicopters, Ukrainian USVs launched UAVs against Russian coastal air defense systems. During this operation two Pantsir-S1 and one 9K33 Osa was struck. The first operation of that kind was reported one month ago, but this strike shows the capabilities and efficiencies of Ukrainian drone warfare, where valuable and expensive air defense assets worth $50 million of the Russian army get eliminated with an invest, which make up only a fraction of it. It also further exposes Russian defenses along the Black Sea coast That's impressive: Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, "says Ukrainian unmanned system operators successfully targeted over 54,000 russian assets during the month. Importantly, 49% of targets, or approximately 26,500, were taken down by kamikaze drones. He specifically praised the Birds of the Magyar (aka Kryla Madiara) unit led by Major Robert Brovdy, which evolved from a drone operators company into the 414th Separate Brigade of Unmanned Aerial Systems within a year. Among the UAV units, remarkably high effectiveness was demonstrated by: the unmanned systems detachment of the 46th airmobile brigade; the 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade; the 28th Mechanized Brigade; the 35th Marine Brigade; the 3rd Assault Brigade." en.defence-ua.com/news/ukrainian… t.me/osirskiy/1031
  3. Yes. This is the point that's been in my mind but I've been unable to actually articulate. Unrelated: So you don't have to click:
  4. This is easily one of the best threads in the history of Shaggy/Surly and full of an incredible wealth of valuable and reliable information. Thanks for helping to keep it that way.
  5. Full interview if you're so inclined
  6. "I asked USA to transport weapons by Ukrainian planes so as not to overpay American companies, but they refused me," — Zelensky ‼️"We could have received more weapons, but we had to pay for these expensive planes. Some companies are lobbying for such decisions, but I could not speak about it out loud, I did not want to incite a scandal. Therefore, when talking about corruption, one should ask — if there were $177 billion, and we received half, then where is the rest?"
  7. Primarily about negotiations and bargaining power at this point. Hope to see more of these targeted operations.
  8. Some maps of the location of the operation
  9. I believe it only impacts it if it's unpaid for over a year and over $500
  10. An issue that has been raised by some reliable reporters on Twitter. I appreciate the context that the military leaders and Zelenskyy are attempting to navigate, which makes me more angry that Ukraine's allies have put then in a position where they feel they have to sacrifice the best military decision for the good of a political decision. Ukraine’s Newest Leopard 2 Brigade Began Disintegrating Before It Reached The Front Line The 155th Mechanized Brigade’s troops and tanks may have been more useful as reinforcements for existing units.
  11. Yes, although they both seem to be following the same pattern so barring large discrepant changes in in the Yuan or dollar, the ruble's movement seems to be self-inflicted
  12. Wordle 1,290 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  13. The case around oil tankers Eagle-S, which is most certainly responsible for damaging the Estlink-2 undersea cable, is getting even more interesting. It appears that ship was not only involved in sabotage but in espionage, as well. „The Eagle-S had transmitting and receiving devices installed that effectively allowed it to become a spy ship for Russia, Lloyd‘s List has learnt.“ „The hi-tech equipment on board was abnormal for a merchant ship and consumed more power from the ship’s generator, leading to repeated blackouts, a source familiar with the vessel who provided commercial maritime services to it as recently as seven months ago.“ I think the Finnish police has caught a major fish. This is a devastating strike against Russian spy agencies and another great embarrassment for Moscow.
  14. Minutes before the crash and the crash itself
  15. Here we go again with more undersea cables destroyed. The damage of the two undersea cables Eastlink 1 and 2, which are connecting Estonia and Finland, are only the latest examples what happens if you don't put high prices on acts of sabotage like this. Impunity will only yield in more acts of Russian terrorism.
  16. Shout it from the rooftops You allow Russia to invade one country, you invite Russia to invade the next country. You allow Russia to shoot down one passenger plane, you invite Russia to shoot down the next passenger plane. You allow Russia to cut one undersea cable, you invite Russia to cut more undersea cables. Summarized: if you don’t make Russia regret one thing and by staying ignorant effectively even reward that malicious behavior, you just postpone for a bigger disaster. No negotiations are going to remedy this situation. This is objective experience backed by facts.
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