From the name, I thought they might be something from IKEA. But I see in the photo that they’re fully assembled.
Sweden is being generous. Especially for a small country that hasn’t fought a war in recent history.
( Swedish-Norwegian War (1814).)
Link https://www.politico.eu/article/sweden-to-send-archer-artillery-to-ukraine-war-russia/
I bet they somehow forgot to include that pesky 6mm allen key
I’ve got a good dozen of them that I’ll donate to the cause!
Spiffy name that Russian journalist has: Roman Super.
Well that’s ironic.
Russia is trying to “clean up” in Belgorod after the anti-Putin attacks by Russians. Apparently the state TV and news were scrambling to reframe it as attacks from terrorists and Ukrainian saboteurs.
There’s ample evidence Zelenskyy is still a comedian. He just doesn’t get to pull it out of his back pocket quite as often as in the past.
People also forget his wife was a professional script writer for comedians. I suspect quite a bit of high-level Ukrainian propaganda is coming from her pen.
Knowing Russia, they’ll probably end up killing more Russians than the raiders did.
Putin gets one of his minions to show him a map from the 1600s to prove that Ukraine isn’t a real country:
US Embassy owns Russia/Putin.
I mean, if anything, Russia is a Ukrainian colony.
Putin doesn’t seem to get the comparison he’s making of himself and Hitler. Standing over a map pointing at things like he has the slightest idea of what he’s looking at.
An analysis of the raids into Russia. Apparently there was pretty tough fighting. I wonder if the Russian spokesmen have someone burning holes in the back of their heads to make sure they say “special military operation” and not “war.”
I’ve seen reports of a Drone strike against Russia’s Yuri Ivanov-class Intelligence ship.
So far the bigger news hasn’t ran with it.
Yeah, since they’re claiming it happened in the Bosporus, I’m leaning toward thinking it didn’t really happen. If it did, I doubt the drones were launched from Ukraine. That seems like a long distance for them to make such an attack.
I don’t think that follows at all.
From the Black sea Mouth of the Bosporus to the closes point on the Ukrainian coast is ~240nm. The cite says the ship was 40nm north of the Bosporus when it was struck.
So a shore-based launch would be ~200nm from the ship. A ship-based launch could have been as close as a mile away. The target had no anti-ship defenses.
I’m not saying this attack really happened. I am saying that range to target is not a reason to dismiss the possible reality of this claim.
Well, and I’m not saying they couldn’t have done it, either. It just seems like an unlikely target to try to hit at that range when I’m sure there are targets they’d like to destroy that are both more near and less mobile.
Would a Intelligence gathering ship be more vulnerable? You don’t need to sink it. Bomb the antennas and satellite dishes.
That might explain why only three drones were sent. Or, maybe the report is false.
The article is based on a video interview with Prigozhin. I think his assessment of the war is correct. I’m amazed he’d dare say these things.
He better avoid windows. 