Take the Trump nonsense to the other thread - if anything, Trump is a wannabe Putin, not some democratic hero.
Another mass Russian terror attack against civilians
“ In total, 114 out of 158 air targets were destroyed. 87 missiles of various types and 27 Shahed drones.
Detailed numbers:
90 Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55
8 Kh-22/Kh-32
5 Kh-47M Kinzhal
5 K-31P/Kh-49
Almost all Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 were shot down. Out of 36 Shahed drones, 27 were shot down.
”
F**k, that's a sizeable attack. Wild mixture of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones too, which makes the job for air defense units that much harder. Fair play to Ukraine for taking out as many incoming missiles & targets as they did!
I dont quite get it , is india short of dollars or euros ?- they export a lot of refined (russian) oil to europe, so if they paid in dollars russia would have no prob spending them ,
Or is it the lack of ability to access the banking needed to transfer the dollars
Article mentions that Indian companies are forbidden by their government in using yuan
and having hard time opening UAE bank accounts due to sanctions to use Dirham which is pegged to dollar
Russians can’t use euros and dollars due to sanctions and threat of more funds being frozen because well Russia is a criminal state that’s more sanctioned than North Korea by now, speaking of which by importing shells from North Korea Russia is now skirting UN sanctions which we will hear about more in coming months
Its only gonna get worse for Russia from here and will mean banks would be afraid to deal with anyone remotely related to Russia and yes that includes middlemen in Middle East and ex Soviet states being used currently as loopholes
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-takes-aim-financial-institutions-with-new-russia-sanctions-authority-2023-12-22/
This is from a week ago ^^^
” The measures clarify that the U.S. can target financial institutions involved in transactions on behalf of those hit with U.S. sanctions or tied to Russia's military industrial base, including the sale of certain critical items.
The order is being issued in coordination with allies, said senior administration officials, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The United States has repeatedly warned companies against skirting U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia, and has targeted firms in the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and China that it has accused of helping Moscow avoid the measures. “
I know a lot of nato equipment is capable of data linking , so if the data-links to a lap-top on board say a su-27 , and the missile is linked to the missile , it could be fired using information from a ground based nato standard radar system ,
Effectively with the right software,the lap-top would be spoofing that its a Nato jet , and the ground based radar and anti-aircraft missile would act as if it were ..
Disgusting terror attack from the Russians, at least 13 confirmed killed. Putin and Netenjahu competing hard for state terrorist of the year award, still 2 days left to stake their claim.
Pair of vicious heartless ba*tards and their (mostly) silent populations are a disgrace too.
It seems one of these Russian missiles entered Poland, story developing
Well that answered my question. Russia had been stockpiling for this. Hopefully no critical infrastructure was hit.
And hopefully they haven't made enough new missiles for too many attacks on this level.
I hope this was a once off as well, but from what I'm seeing on X, Russia was pretty smart this time, waiting until some SAM sites opened fire at the cruise missiles only to then target the SAM sites themselves with Kinzhals or Iskanders. One IRIS-T battery had a narrow escape when an Iskander missed it by like 70 meters. Can't post the link, as I'm on my work computer at the moment.
Nothing will come of it, will be buried like the last time because the EU and NATO are afraid of Putin.
Will these F16s cause the war to escalate ?
Let's be realistic. Unless a miracle happens (basically: Putin dies/is toppled) we will be here this time next year lamenting exactly the same war crimes.
I can only imagine what these revenge squads will do to innocent civilians in Crimea
Short of nukes, how much more can it escalate?
Will the:
* MANPADs
* Helmets
* M777
* HIMARs
* Bayraktar
* Bradleys
* Leopards
* IRISt
* Storm shadow
* ATACMs
* Abraams
* Patriots
* F-16
Escalate the war?
The only thing will escalate the war is if a bunch of NATO civilians die and Russia can’t hide behind plausible deniability as they done with MH17
Hope it's good news
Iran Showing off it's new jet powered shahed drone, faster, greater range and harder to detect,they are supposedly getting new warheads including an anti air defence sead variant , could prove very dangerous if the Russians get them.
All full western components.
What a world.
Pretty much yes
Seems like a full time job countering Russian propaganda
Just remember Iran has a habit of showing off bullshit tech.
Remember their stealth fighter?
So, while they might be making upgrades to the drones, I'd like wary of what they actually produce.
There drones have proven effective from the middle east to Ukraine and more recently the red sea and gulf ,
They can't produce a 5th gen stealth aircraft in something other than blasa Wood ,but they can produce ballistic missiles and drones
It went 40km past the border
Milei spoiling Russias plans
If flew into Poland and then turned around and flew back to Ukraine,
That's some missle,
Possibly a Ukrainian missile too
Cruise missiles can change course. It's nothing new. You can see the path they take below to circumvent AA systems around Odessa. It's quite possible similar was done around Lviv but with the GPS jamming around the area, it could have went way off course. Ukraine don't have missiles like that, with the exception of storm shadows, but I doubt they were firing them around the border with Poland ffs.
Or more simply explained it could have been an air defence missile missed it's target and kept flying like the several other times
Just looking at CNN, BBC and the Guardian: all lead with the very heavy and widespread bombing of Ukrainian cities by Russia last night. Then over to RTE and the Irish Times: bombing of Gaza by Israel get main headline, even though this is nothing very different from what has been happening daily.
Tells you a lot about how Putin has so many easily distracted useful fools here. And the Ukrainians are not hiding their army in urban civilian areas.
The useful fools are busy higher up the page trying to talk up Iranian cruise missiles (on a day with highest number of missiles and drone attacks) and blame Ukraine for a Russian missile taking a detour via Poland
Anyways UK stepped in quick
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