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No, that's not why I mentioned when they were born. Especially after WWII the world became less accepting of genocide and mass murder. This was a result of the horrors of WWI and WWII (both the war and genocide parts), the introduction of nuclear weapons, globalization and trade increasing...

I'll once again engage in your whataboutism. Billy Mitchell was born in 1879, Giulio Douhet in 1869. Both men died even before WWII. This is who you look to for guidance? The world has since moved on. Of the four wars you listed only two involved what you call the hypocritical West, yet...

Sometimes you can draw conclusions from Russian sources even if they're not truthful. Seeing which narratives Russian media is trying to popularize can be useful. Also occasionally Russian sources do tell the truth, as rare as it may seem. ;)

Russians are now claiming that it returned to Sevastopol yesterday, and offering this as proof: The problem is that this image appears to show Istanbul and a completely different season. :rolleyes:

This is a strange development considering also today Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson clarified that Sweden needs Gripen for its own defense needs, and therefore will not be giving them to Ukraine.

Ukraine's Defense Minister published a letter in Russian and Bashkir titled "What are Bashkirs fighting for?" - urging Bashkirs and their leaders to stop fighting a war that is not in their interests. Russia disproportionately uses minorities while avoiding sending Russians from Moscow and St...

Couple thoughts and implications on the F-16s: especially in light of the $3 billion "accounting error" I think that an overlooked reason for the Biden admin's reluctance to provide F-16s is rooted in internal politics, but stating this openly would be unpopular for everyone. The Biden...

The other interesting claim to emerge today was this: "Several European allies are prepared to give their F-16s to Ukraine. But the Biden administration, which must approve any transfers of the American-made planes, remains unconvinced that Ukraine needs the expensive jets, which are a staple...

Unfortunately this seems to have been misreported. Other people who were present at the event said that Kurt Volcker didn't say this.

In the last two weeks, and in particular the last couple days, the likelihood of Ukraine eventually receiving F-16 has grown significantly. UK, France, Belgium and Netherlands, in addition to the US (which has allocated funding for it a long time ago), have now agreed to train Ukrainian pilots...

Less noticed than more significant support from governments but also greatly appreciated, Czech volunteers raised money for the purchase of RM-70 MLRS. The RM-70 is expected to be handed over to the Ukrainian military within a few weeks along with 365 122-mm missiles.

Regarding the single tank in Russia's military parade. While it is amusing to mock this spectacle, the reality is that if Russia wanted to send 50 tanks to the parade, it certainly could have done so. In my opinion the Kremlin's logic here is different. For a long time now Russian soldiers...

Russia's quota under this treaty was 6,400 tanks, 11,480 armored vehicles, 6,415 artillery systems, 3,450 aircraft and 890 helicopters. If we look at the leaked Pentagon documents: Tanks of the Russian Federation as of February 28, 2023: • total was 3028 • destroyed 2048 • involved in Ukraine...

My opinion on today's drone "attack" on the Kremlin is that it was just somebody inside of Russia with no connection to the Russian or Ukrainian government using a cheap drone. I don't think the Kremlin would do it, it's too embarrassing. Even though the speed with which the footage was...

That's why F-16s are not the priority in our requests to the US - we're asking the most for air defense, artillery, armored vehicles and various ammo. Combat aircraft is only our 7th priority.

Calling the Soviet Union the most compassionate to Ukraine compared to the Russian Empire is factually incorrect. In fact it's absurd. By far the greatest murder of Ukrainians happened between 1932-1933, as the Soviet Union starved Ukrainians opposed to collectivization. Between 3-5 million...

Here's the full video: - it's very informative and revealing.

Slight additions: - Canada has said it will deliver 8 now - Sweden's are 2А6 and 2А5

Translated with Google, source: https://babel.ua/texts/90710-ministra-oboroni-mayzhe-vidpravili-u-vidstavku-a-potim-zelenskiy-use-peregrav-mi-zapitali-chomu-a-shche-pro-jihniy-nastup-i-nash-kontrnastup-pro-avianaloti-i-bahmut-interv-yu-z-oleksiyem-reznikovim After the «Ramstein» meeting in...