Russia - threadbanned users in OP

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US/NATO/EU moving serous amount of kit into Ukraine, WP reporting 14 wide-body jets landing per day to deliver Javelins, Stingers, etc

I think, reading between the lines, this is part of the off ramp from the war for Russia.

Have Ukraine sign meaningless anti nuclear weapon pledge, get neutrality and claim that this is the great victory with the Russian people.

It's a clever parachute actually.

Expect to hear a lot more about Ukraine's dastardly nuclear threat and negotiations on it in coming days.

When people say invest in the armed forces, this is the type of stuff you'd invest in.

There's no point in fighter jets if your airfields are bombed.

One wonders how many of those are on "extended leave" from their "day jobs" 😉

Indeed, however these smaller drones are limited to only lighter ordinance, and Russia will adapt, but they are definitely viable and if Ua start using them in numbers could have an impact. The larger Turkish drone is doing extraordinary damage to Russian armor.

Still no solid info on that convoy up the north

1. It's a diversion from the Southern attack?
2. They genuinely got bogged down in the mud and had fuel issues
3. It's a staging area for the encirclement of Kyiv?
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Big walkout in Russian factory at Nizhnekamsk over wages issue linked to plummeting rouble. So it begins.

I see the Ministry of Truth and Doublethink continue to be busy promoting Putins dictates

According to todays news Putin  continues to pin the blame for the war squarely on the Ukrainians and slammed their resistance to the invasion.

“If they continue to do what they are doing, they are calling into question the future of Ukrainian statehood “And if this happens, it will be entirely on their conscience.”

Not to be outdone on trying to remake history and throwing in a heavy dose of victim blaming, Putin is also hitting out at the economic sanctions which have crippled Russia’s economy and sent the value of its currency into free fall. He had likened these sanctions  to “declaring war”.

No Mr Putin you declared war by invading a peaceful independent country, a country which  is valiantly fighting back.

That Putin is surprised that Ukraine should resist his brutal invasion, that other countries should not impose sanctions or that sanctions are somehow the same as his invasion and declaring war on Ukraine is truely the machinations of Orwell's Ministry of Truth

Thousands of Russians have and will start losing well paid TECH jobs from tomorrow on in large numbers that will shake things up in terms of a jolt of reality for them.

But he is wrong it's not economic war....