Russia-Ukraine War (continuing)

Thank God for this. I wasn't feeling very positive about that situation when it arose but I feel a lot better about it now. 2 month's of summer weather down and the Russians are stalled. The next 2 months will be crucial.

Russian agent Clare Daly on Newstalk pushing the Kremlin line that the Ukraine invasion was caused by provocation and that the fact of Ukraine spending 4 % on defense didn’t save them for being invaded. Imagine if they hadn’t invested so much where would they be.

She believes the Ukraine invasion could have been avoided if there was negotiations. As Putin repeated last week he believes Ukraine is Russia so the only negotiating was Ukraine surrendering, I wish Anton Savage asked her what would Putin have settled for given he’s still trying to take more of Ukraine after 3 years,

Why are more n more European countries electing politicians that take a harder stance on migration? Are the people in these countries lemmings?

There'll be none of that in Ireland, as the corporation tax that pays for it all is safe as houses, isn't it?

Same this morning. They had some anti war troglodyte, Mark something debating another Mark about Ireland joining the fund for speeding up and getting weapons cheaper. He ranted about how Russia was provoked into going to war. Such about sh1te

How to use a drone to shoot a driver with a rocket

I saw they have used a drone with RPG/LAW launcher to strike Orcs from altitude. Drone can be re-used. If they can manage an automated grenade launcher so multiple rounds can be fired per flight, it will be nightmarish.

https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and_tech/ukraine_presents_mesh_system_to_operate_ugvs_without_airborne_relay-14855.html

If you have a read, you will see mention of aerial relays. Likely not used much because of the massive increase in Electronic Warfare systems. The greater the distance, the easier to jam.

Cameras on drones are usually movable, making an aiming reticle problematic. I think the drone with the LAW did have one, so possibly had a fixed camera.

Haha that’s brilliant.. how did the Orcs survive that can see them jumping out the drivers door window.

With any luck they hopefully got barbecued in the secondary explosion 😁

They've arrived - the 49 Abrams tanks the US told Australia Ukraine would be better off not having.

I wonder if Ukraine agrees with that? If so, they can just park them somewhere and not waste any time on them…. bet they don't.

Two dead, two wounded and the kitchen and hospital were flattened.

According to preliminary information, two Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers were destroyed, and two other Su-34 aircraft were damaged in the attack.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) used long-range drones to target Russian fighter jets.

The attack also led to the destruction of the technical and operational part of the airfield, which is the critical infrastructure of the military installation. There, the enemy prepares aircraft for flights, carries out their routine maintenance and repairs.

it is a flaw of the Irish media, this far left stuff is given way more credence than in most countries. People parroting Russian propaganda, obvious nonsense, are given sizeable platforms for their stupid and offensive nonsense.

The Kremlin plans to cut defense spending, the share of which in the budget has reached record levels since Soviet times.

This was stated by Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, The Moscow Times reports.

According to him, current spending on defense items is 13 trillion 500 billion rubles ($150 billion) with a combined GDP of 223 trillion rubles ($2 trillion 500 billion) or 6.3 percent of GDP.

"We plan to reduce defense spending. Next year, and in a year and so on, for the next three years, we plan — there is no final agreement between the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economic Development — but in general, everyone is thinking in this direction," Putin said.

He stressed that the increase in military spending has led to inflation, which the government continues to fight. According to him, Russia's GDP growth rate will decrease this year compared to previous years, when the economy grew by more than four percent annually.

That's terrible news, just awful.

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The old Zaporizhzhia build up had a minor setback when a 40 wagon train was hit there a couple of days ago.

Apparently train attacks have only really picked up on the last couple of months. Unverified source for this map, but for balance I feel compelled to say 10,000 tanks were destroyed 😅