Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

[contricusc]

This is pathetic, and is a continuation of Trump undermining the united front presented just a week ago by Ukraine, European allies, and as they thought then, the US.

I don’t think any sane European still thinks that the US is on our side anymore. Under Trump, the US sees Europe as a pesky nuisance that should be ignored and insulted from time to time.

Europeans should understand that Trump is a lost cause, and they are wasting their time by trying to appease him. He should be put on the “ignore list” and they should prepare for continuing the war with Russia without the US.

Every time Europeans try to appease Trump, they just inflate his ego and make him feel important and strong. The solution with Trump is to ignore him and make him feel irrelevant. Too bad Starmer doesn’t waste any opportunity to kiss Trump’s backside. The US-UK “trade deal” is just another unnecessary humiliation, but what can you expect from someone who wants to give the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and also pay them money for it?

 

[Relic]

A train carrying 18 Cheetah (Gepard) air defense systems was seen traveling through Germany , on route to Ukraine. USA and The Netherlands teamed up to buy 60 units of the air defense system from Jordan , approximately 2 years ago. Those 60 units were to be shipped back to Germany in batches, where they'd be refurbished and upgraded, before being sent to Ukraine. This is surely one of those batches. How many of the 60 units have already been sent to Ukraine? We're sure. However, they drone killing "specialists" will certainly bolster Ukraine's air defense network.

A significant aspect of the Ukrainian / Western strategy regarding Ukraine's air defense is to increase the number of capable systems dedicated to destroying drones and lower end cruise missiles, so that Ukraine can save it's much more valuable and harder to stock quanties of Patriot PAC 2/3 (Patriot), Aster-30 (SAMP/T) and IRIS-T missiles to intercept Russian ballistic missiles and higher end cruise missiles.

Among the systems that Ukraine is currently fielding (in increasing quantities) to destroy Russian drones are the following:

- NASAMS
- Vampire (APKWS)
- Avenger
- FrankenSAM (BUK variant)
- Gepard
- Cheetah (Gepard variant)
- Stormer HVMs
- Martlet
- 9K35 Strela-10M
- Spada 2000 I
- Crotale NG
- MIM-23 Hawk
- S-125 Newa SC
- 9K33-OSA
- Skyguard Aspide
- Supacat HMT (ASRAAM)
- Gravehawk (R-73)
- 2K12M2 Kub-M2
- CA-95
- Skynex
- Diehl Kenetic
- Terrahawk Paladin
- RBS-70 (MANPAD)
- Piorun (MANPAD)
- Stinger (MANPAD)
- Strela (MANPAD)
- IGLA (MANPAD)
- Mistral (MANPAD)
- Starstreak (MANPAD)

GAU (@deaidua.org)

More than two weeks ago, a larger column of at least 18 Cheetah SPAAGs without insignia was spotted by one of my followers in Eastern Germany. It can be assumed that the train was travelling eastwards to #Ukraine. 1/5

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[Spitfire9]

a minute of reality

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[Spitfire9]

A few more minutes on the financial crisis hitting Russia. War spending is predicted to rise a lot in the 2025 budget, oil revenues are likely to fall dramatically from what was predicted in the 2025 budget.

Russian analyst-in-exile Konstantin speculates on emergency actions Putin may take to try to contend with the government deficit crisis in the short term.

This is not so far away from my prediction some time ago that citizens could wake up one day to find that their deposits in banks had been converted into war bonds.

How would that work? If you had 1,000 rubles in your bank account, that would be replaced with a promise from the government to pay you 1,000 rubles with interest on a certain date in the future, chosen by the government.

Muscova delenda est

 

[Soldier30]

Footage of the interception of a Ukrainian UAV by the Russian Yolka interceptor drone. The drone has been in use for a year now, the video was recorded in September 2024, but there is no technical information on the drone. The Yolka interceptor drone has homing and carries out kinetic interception of the Ukrainian UAV. The drone can also be equipped with a warhead. The interceptor operates on the principle of "fire and forget". This method allows you to quickly and safely respond to threats from drones

 

[Soldier30]

Footage of training and combat work of Russian snipers of the "Center" group, in the Krasnoarmeysk direction, in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine. Snipers work at extremely long distances of up to 1.5 kilometers, not only against manpower but also against heavy drones. Russian sniper rifles Dragunov, Orsis, Lobaev, models "Urban" and "Vozmezdie" are used. The video is shortened, moments of defeat of Ukrainian soldiers are removed from the video

 

[Relic]

Italy has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, the 11th such package the Italians have sent since the outset of the war. The package includes the following:

- 400 M113s APCs
- Aster 30 Air Defense Missiles (SAMP/T)
- Satellite reconnaissance

Italy delivers €3 billion in military aid to Ukraine, sending surplus arsenal | Caliber.Az

Italy has supplied Ukraine with weapons and ammunition valued at approximately €3 billion, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto revealed during a closed meeting of the...

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[Soldier30]

Footage of an attack by a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber with FAB-500 aerial bombs with UMPK modules. The video was filmed in Kherson, showing a strike by a Russian FAB-500 aerial bomb on the command post and communications center of the 124th territorial defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The video also shows another bomb strike, perhaps the second bomb missed the communications center, or it had a different target. Technical information about the FAB-500 bombs is in the link to the video in the comments to the video.

 

[Woland]

A while ago Australia had promised to deliver 49 M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, the same kind that the US had previously delivered. Earlier this year it was reported that there were issues with their delivery, with the reasoning allegedly being that the US was not authorizing the transfer. It seems the tanks (or some of them) have now been delivered, according to Zelensky's tweet.

 

[contricusc]

Nicuşor Dan just won the presidential elections in Romania, so we will continue to have a pro-Ukraine and pro-EU president. Russia’s hopes to get another trojan horse in the EU have been shattered.

 

[Woland]

Nicuşor Dan just won the presidential elections in Romania, so we will continue to have a pro-Ukraine and pro-EU president. Russia’s hopes to get another trojan horse in the EU have been shattered.

This is fantastic news for Ukraine. Had Simion won it would have left Poland as the only country with a pro-Ukrainian government bordering Ukraine. Any Polish farmer/trucker border blockades (which happened multiple times, including one right now) would have a significant impact and considerable leverage.

 

[Huelague]

This is fantastic news for Ukraine. Had Simion won it would have left Poland as the only country with a pro-Ukrainian government bordering Ukraine. Any Polish farmer/trucker border blockades (which happened multiple times, including one right now) would have a significant impact and considerable leverage.

Poland is against Russia.

 

[TR_123456]

Nicuşor Dan just won the presidential elections in Romania, so we will continue to have a pro-Ukraine and pro-EU president. Russia’s hopes to get another trojan horse in the EU have been shattered.

By 10% i believe?
Did the right wing candidate even have a chance of winning it?

 

[contricusc]

This is fantastic news for Ukraine. Had Simion won it would have left Poland as the only country with a pro-Ukrainian government bordering Ukraine.

Yes, indeed it is good news. Also, Nicuşor Dan is likely to be more active on the foreign policy scene than the former president (Klaus Iohannis), who was very useless and indiferent to anything happening in the world.

Nicuşor Dan may actually be the head of state with the highest IQ among country leaders, as he was a two times gold medalist at the mathematics olympics when he was young, and he is still in his prime (55 years old). He managed to navigate very skillfully the trashy Romanian political landscape, and despite not having a political party, he ended up being the mayor of Bucharest and now the President of the country. He is a strategist who thinks many moves in advance, and he will probably use his skills to improve Romania’s standing in the EU.

Since Russia clearly favored Simion and Georgescu and was 100% against Dan, I expect him to be very hardline in his pro-Ukrainian stance. He will probably forge very strong bonds between Romania and France, as he is fluent in French and has studied for two years in Paris at the Sorbonne University, and was actively supported during his campaign by Macron. I expect Romanian-French ties to strengthen a lot during his term.

As for the Polish elections, in the first round the pro-Ukraine candidate got 30% of the vote and the pro-Russia candidate got 29% (after exit polls), so we shall see how things go in two weeks time. Maybe Simion’s loss in Romania will be followed by a loss in Poland of his pro-Russian friend.

 

[Relic]

Denmark announced a new military aid package for Ukraine today valued at $600 million usd. The package consists of the following:

- F-16 Spare Parts and Support
- Additional Funding For 155mm Artillery Shells Through Czechia .

Denmark announces nearly $600 million in military aid to Ukraine

The package includes additional artillery and shells via the Czech ammunition initiative as well as equipment for fighter jets and funds for expanded training, the Danish Defense Ministry announced.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Relic]

A while ago Australia had promised to deliver 49 M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, the same kind that the US had previously delivered. Earlier this year it was reported that there were issues with their delivery, with the reasoning allegedly being that the US was not authorizing the transfer. It seems the tanks (or some of them) have now been delivered, according to Zelensky's tweet.

It's really important that the Americans lift any and all restrictions, ensuring that all 49 units are transferred ASAP. Hell, they should sell an additional 100 units out of storage to the Ukrainians, in order to increase the fleet size substantially.

Ukraine's two biggest needs right now are infantry and armor (MBTs, IFVS, AFVs and APCs) to support and preserve that infantry. The West still has plenty of armor in storage and quickly being phased out. They could offset all the armor attrition that Ukraine will face over the next 6 months in a virtual snap of their fingers. It simply requires the political will power and funding to make it happen. Ukraine is desperately trying to form new brigades, while keeping their existing ones at reasonably full strength. It's incredibly hard to do that, however, without significant influxes of armor.

 

[Soldier30]

Russian kamikaze drones "Geran" attacked Ukrainian military airfield deployment points in Vasylkiv, Kyiv region, on the night of May 18. There is no footage from the military airfield, but eyewitnesses can hear explosions and detonation of ammunition in the video. It is reported that 273 "Geran" drones were used for the attacks that day. It was previously reported that F-16 fighters are based there.

 

[Relic]

Multiple reports indicate that Italy will send an additional SAMP/T air defense battery to Ukraine as part of it's 11th military aid package. This marks the 3rd SAMP/T battery that Ukraine will receive and the 2nd from Italy (France sent the other).

SAMP/T is one of the the two tier 1 systems that Ukraine fields, capable of intercepting Russian ballistic missiles, with Patriot being the other system. It was recently reported that Israel and USA were teaming up to send a Patriot system to Ukraine and that Germany and Greece were teaming up to send another.

Ukraine's air defense continues to grow stronger. When these new systems are delivered, along with a number of German systems in the piepeline, Ukraine will slowly reach a point in which it's big cities and strategic military installations are exceptionally well defended from Russian aerial bombardment.

Italy to Send Another SAMP/T Air Defense System to Ukraine — Media

Italy will provide Ukraine with a third SAMP/T air and missile defense system as part of its eleventh military aid package

militarnyi.com

Italy to Provide Ukraine with Third SAMP/T Air Defense System in Latest Aid Package - Oj

Italy’s 11th military aid package to Ukraine includes a third SAMP/T air defense system, tracked vehicles, ammo, and satellite support against Russian attacks.

odessa-journal.com

 

[Relic]

Finland announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, valued at $100 million usd. The package will consist entirely of domestically produced artillery shells and will be funded using the proceeds from frozen Russian assets.

Finland is currently in the process of doubling it's annual 155mm artillery shell production to 200,000 units per year.

https://szru.gov.ua/en/news-media/news/may-19-2025-ukraine-and-the-world--against-russias-aggression-sanctions-in-action

 

[Soldier30]

New footage of the use of the Russian Yolka interceptor drone in combat in Ukraine. It is worth noting that the Yolka drone was also used to protect the parade that took place on May 9 on Red Square in Moscow; one of them was spotted with an employee of the Russian Federal Protective Service. The video shows the interception of the Ukrainian Lelek reconnaissance UAV by the Russian Yolka interceptor drone. The location of the shooting is not reported.