Germany 🇩🇪 announced the delivery of a new military aid package to Ukraine today. Per usual, the Germans don't announce the package until it had been delivered, for security purposes. Contents of the package include the following:
- 3 Gepard Air Defense Systems
- 24 FFG MRAPS
- 2 WISEN-T Mine...
I know that China would be bringing vast amounts of resources and manpower to the equation, supported by significant long range fires, but man would an invasion of Taiwan be incredibly bloody. Taiwan's military equipment has aged quite a bit and the process of replacing it with adequate quantity...
It matters in a variety of ways, but here is the core one.
Your ability to leave your country and travel, move, work, etc internationally is deeply impacted by wage. The Russian wage is sooo excessively low that the average Russian can't ever afford to leave their country. It's not as if their...
That's fine. You're entitled to your own opinion and free to express it.
Good thing you don't live in Russia or you wouldn't be!
And for the record, parts of my "theory" are actually just straight up factual. For example, it is objectively true that many wealthy, powerful Russians choose to...
Big news out of Germany 🇩🇪 that will have a lasting impact on the war in Ukraine.
Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz has cut a deal with the Green Party to create a coalition that will allow Merz to bypass the "debt brake" that Germany currently has in place. They key components of the deal...
I've been to Russia numerous times on business (pre-war). I've also (unfortunately) interacted with Russian people countless times on international business, and the wealthier Russians who travel for vacation to places like Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia, the way us North Americans travel to the...
It's for their own population. The average Russian is a deeply impoverished, woefully uniformed (due to government controls on information) de facto peasant. The overwhelming majority don't know what to believe other than what Putin and his cronies tell them. They have almost no critical...
Interesting update from Reuters (highly reputable), citing multiple sources). Ukraine will start receiving a large shipment of upgrade GLSDB from USA in the coming days. These ground launched, guided bombs have a range up to 163km.
If you remember correctly, GLSDB, which is Boeing product was...
They are not attacking NATO, you're correct. If Article 5 was triggered and the West responded seriously, the Russian military would be obliterated in conventional war, leaving China with an enormous power advantage in the East and Europe with a significant military and economic advantage in...
Interesting development. Fox is reporting that the Trump Government has imposed a significant change to a sanction on Russia (as leverage in negotiations) zthat few people understand, but that could actually have a substantial impact on Russian monetary liquidity.
USA 🇺🇸 has banned all foreign...
Sweden 🇸🇪 announced a new military aid package for Ukraine today, valued at $300 million usd. The contents of the package include the following:
- 18 Archer 155mm howitzers
- 5 ARTHUR counter battery radars
- Spare parts
- Training
- Technical support...
My prediction is this.
Putin accepts the ceasefire but only with conditions that are favorable to Russia. Zelensky wants to back out but the Trump regime pressures him to keep the ceasefire in place.
They then begin the longer term negotiations, but Russia keeps moving the goalposts and...
What American military aid to Ukraine should be prioritized among the $4 Billion usd in Presidential Drawdown Authority that Trump has remaining at the moment?
- PAC-2/3 Patriot Missiles
- AIM-120 AMRAAM Missiles
- AIM-9M/X Sidewinder Missiles
- RIM-7 Air Defense Missiles
- Stinger Air...
I'm just happy that USA 🇺🇸 is going to reopen the the pipeline of weapons to Ukraine. Trump still has about $4 Billion usd in immediate Presidential Drawdown Authority that he can use to replenish Ukrainian brigades in a big way, at the same time Europe is in the process of ratcheting up their...
Breaking: The United States and Ukraine have met in Saudi Arabia and they've come to an agreement on terms of a 30 day ceasefire that they will propose to Russia as a first step in an attempt towards a peace deal.
In exchange for Ukraine agreeing to pursue the ceasefire, the Trump Government...
Ukraine 🇺🇦 has successfully funded (withe help of foreign donors) the production of 300 Novator infantry mobility vehicles in 2025. This represents a doubling in production from 2024.
The domestically made Novator seats 10 infantry and comes with option of a remote weapons station. It has...
The Scandanavian Countries and the Baltic Countries are teaming up to train and fully equip a new Ukrainian mechanized brigade of volunteers. This was decided after after a meeting between Scandanavian and Baltic leadership, and Ukrainian officials.
The news of a new brigade comes approximately...
Ukraine 🇺🇦 announced the signing of a new contract with Germany's🇩🇪 Diehl Defense, the maker of IRIS-T SLS and IRIS-T SLM air defense systems, which Ukraine has been using extensively. Ukraine has noted that the systems have a 95% success rate of shooting down Russian drones and cruise missiles...
France 🇫🇷 announced a new military aid package for Ukraine valued at $211 million usd. The package will be funded using proceeds from frozen Russian assets and will consist of the following:
- Additional AMX10-RC AFVs
- Additional VAB APCs
- 155mm Artillery Shells
- AASM Precision Guided...
Following the lead of Germany 🇩🇪, Britain 🇬🇧 and the Netherlands 🇳🇱, Norway 🇳🇴 announced additional defense spending in 2025 to plug the gap left by the U.S.
The Norwegian parliament today announced that in 2025 Norway will increase it's military aid commitment to Ukraine by $4.5 Billion usd...
