OTD in 1940, USSR formally annexed Estonia. Soviets troops had been "invited in" (in accordance with absolutely nothing to do with our treaty with Nazis) & then held "elections" where 99%+ voted to join USSR.
None of this should sound familiar to you.
🤩 The line at the Rosneft gas station near the village of Atamanovka in the Chita District of Russia's Zabaykalsky Krai is 4.3 km long and lasts 28 hours.
Russian losses per 28/06/26 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff
+1250 men
+3 tanks
+9 ACVs
+63 artillery
+2 MLRS
+7 (!) AD systems
+1889 UAVs
+14 GRCs
The blue-and-yellow flag has been raised on the Kinburn Spit. The Defense Forces of the South have forced the Russian occupiers to retreat from their positions. Currently, the evacuation of surviving personnel is underway, and the occupiers are abandoning their defensive lines.
OTD in 2014 the Russian attack of Donetsk airport began, lasting 8 months and destroying the airport.
The EU punished me by approving Nordstream 2 a short while later. The message of appeasement was noted.
Delighted China & Russia issued statement condemning reckless US policy of illegally invading countries thinking it would get a quick win but instead ending up stuck in a quagmire that achieves none of its goals & causes misery for millions.....
Ukrainian drones struck a Russian base south of Russian-occupied Henichesk, Kherson region, in Ukraine. Videos show multiple fires. NASA Firms show large heat signatures coming from the target area.
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Many Europeans knew exactly where Russia and China stood as geopolitical adversaries.
There were no illusions there, but experiencing this American betrayal is uniquely devastating.
It is a harsh blow when a trusted, long-time ally breaks the partnership
It’s the original Helmet of Memory, with images of Ukrainian athletes killed by russia.
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych wanted to compete with it at the Winter Olympics. He was disqualified.
I saw it today and want to show it to the world.
There is a lot of "sane-washing" of #Trump out there, but Matthew Syed may win the prize in The TImes.
And not just for exalting Trump but for this: "I feel nothing but contempt for the opponents of Trump"
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Jeffries on Kash Patel: "We have to stop putting all the blame on the people who nominated this incompetent, toxic, malignant individual. What about the people who confirmed him? It's extraordinary to me that Senate Republican confirmed people like Noem, Bondi, Hegseth, RFK Jr, and Patel."
FPV drones patrol a defensive line of anti-personnel barbed wire in search of Russian infantry attempting to breach the barrier. Such simple defensive lines force the infantry to slow down, giving drone operators valuable time to counter assaults.
The fake pivot to Asia:
Fighting a war in Iran is a massive blow to US deterrence in the Pacific.
American stockpiles of some precision munitions were already a bit low before this started.
Burning through them in the Middle East is exactly the opening China wants
Day 1510 of my 3 day war.
Yanukovych - ❌
Assad - ❌
Maduro - ❌
Orban - ❌
Khameni - ⚰️
Armenia - 🖕➡️🇷🇺
Cuba - 😱
NATO - 🇫🇮&🇸🇪
EU - 🇪🇺 🤣
Medvedev - 🥴
I remain a master strategist.
OTD in 2023 Finland joined NATO, triggering 5th stage of Kremlin grief
1 “NATO is aggressive alliance”
2 “This crosses critical red line”
3 “The West will face terrible consequences”
4 "We remind you Russia is nuclear power"
5 “This is entirely meaningless & changes nothing”
Funding Ukrainian strike drones and missiles is the absolute cheapest insurance policy Europe could ever buy.
Destroying the Russian war machine now is the only way to ensure it cannot fight indefinitely and then turn its sights on us next
🔥Satellite imagery shows at least five fuel tanks burning at Primorsk Port in northwestern Russia on Mar 23rd after long-range drone stikes.
Georeferenced for before‑and‑after comparison here: tinyurl.com/bdhb4jfk#Russia#Ukraine#Oil
It should be a national emergency that European countries have way too few cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and interceptors.
Most countries barely have any.
Rebuilding these stockpiles must be our absolute top priority