Update on German deliveries of loitering munitions: hartpunkt reports that Simon Brünjes, Vice President Sales at Helsing, stated to journalists that Helsing has delivered 1,950 HF-1 loitering munitions to #Ukraine, about half of all HF-1s firmly contracted by Germany. 1/3

Couple interesting things related to the death of the Transport Minister…

Been away from Bluesky for a while. Another graph of the russian interception claims of Ukrainian Long-Range OWA UAVs, on a yearly quarter basis, showcasing the total claimed on each quarter, as of each day of said quarter. Q3 2025 is off to a great start, but I feel it will stagnate for a few days.

This would potentially be a very positive move, depending on who replaces Markarova. Ukraine’s current diplomatic staff have, unfortunately, proven relatively ineffective at engaging with Congress as well as navigating the arms export process, even before Trump took office.

‼️ Russia: “Lavrov: Creation of BRICS currency has never been discussed” Russia created a prototype banknote at the October BRICS meeting! www.kommersant.ru/doc/7871401

🧵 — BILD just exclusively published a list of military equipment that the Ukrainian government has requested as military aid from the German government. Military and industry circles have apparently confirmed the existence of the list. 1/12

Hi all, I sent out my latest newsletter earlier today. I estimate U.S. and European production of ballistic missile interceptors and compare it to Russia’s output of conventional ballistic missiles. Access the post here: missilematters.substack.com/p/europes-mi... Short summary below. 1/7

Military aid to Ukraine updated with: Delivered; -- All following items have been delivered during 2024 -- - 🇪🇸 12 M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers - 🇪🇸 53 URO Vamtac Infantry Mobility Vehicles - 🇪🇸 1 HAWK Medium Range Air Defence Battery 1/2 docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

‼️ “US Senators of Both Parties Call for $300 Billion in Russian Assets to Be Seized and Transferred to Ukraine” Do it. Do it now! www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/03/24/s...

‼️ “The Russian Ministry of Agriculture supported the idea of ​​the Ministry of Industry and Trade to oblige shops and restaurants to include Russian wines in their assortment, securing a 20% share of the total number of names for domestic alcohol.” www.kommersant.ru/doc/7603669

This meeting could have been a memo. And that memo could have been an email. And that email could have been an unsecured Signal group-chat with the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic.

Some of statements in article seem…unsubstantiated? Russia is pumping a ton of propaganda that foreign businesses and investments will return to Russia. Which makes jumping to conclusions even more dangerous. Let me explain… www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/03/20/i...

‼️ Russia: The Russian Central Bank did not consider any options other than keeping the rate at 21% 🇷🇺: Your choices are: 21.00% or 21.00%! But we can talk about this signal you want to send… www.interfax.ru/business/101...

‼️ Russia: RSPP Head Alexander Shokhin “predicts key rate reduction no earlier than second half of year” RSPP = Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs It’s sometimes called the oligarchs’ union. They reportedly had a closed door meeting with Putin recently. tass.ru/ekonomika/23...

‼️ Russian Railways Update Thread A long article was released today and we need to talk about it.

‼️ “Zelensky reported the successful testing and combat use of a new Ukrainian missile with a range of one thousand kilometers” 🇺🇦: 😊 Long Neptune www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/03/15/z...

‼️ Russia: “The Ministry of Health reported a disruption in the supply of a drug for cystic fibrosis” And once again, the problem wasn’t sanctions. www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/03/15/v...

‼️ Russia: “In the vicinity of the Kamchatka volcano Bezymyanny, 167 seismic tremors were recorded.” ✅ Kamchatka ✅ Volcano POINTS! www.mk.ru/incident/202...

I don’t think my kids believe me

It's kind of astounding to watch him bluster because of how clear it is that he's emoting at Yemen with missiles rather than engaging in strategy. 'I'm angry, so I can going to toss $2m missiles into $500 hovels until you stop" without any sense of if that will actually make someone stop. 1/

‼️ Russia: “Economists disagree on forecasts” The next Central Bank Meeting is at the end of next week (21 March 2025) so expect lots of discussions. But wait until you here a statement in this article 👀 www.kommersant.ru/doc/7564065

…production hall in Bíteš in Czechia and is negotiating the acquisition of another production plant in Czechia. Production capacity has already doubled since last year and a further doubling is expected this year. If state support is obtained, these capacities will increase even further.

🇨🇿#Czechia: Czech jet engine manufacturer PBS Group plans to increase production. In addition to the planned construction of a production hall in the United States, in the state of Georgia, which will produce jet engines primarily for the American market, PBS Group is planning to occupy another…

Some Russian channels do not believe that the cessation of U.S. aid to Ukraine will lead to a collapse of the front, as Ukraine produces the necessary weapons to hold the line, thanks to financial assistance from Europe. They argue that a collapse becomes more likely if Ukrainian society is divided.

Eighteen Ukrainian soldiers died in Iraq. No one gave Kyiv any minerals open.substack.com/pub/countero...

“The agreement was concluded on the sidelines of the Defence Tech Innovations Forum, which the Brave 1 defence cluster held in Kyiv on 18- 19 February. The deal’s timing was no coincidence. The aim was to be ready ahead of the launch of France’s new CSO-3 observation satellite.” 🧵

Even russian MoD claims showcase a reduction in their attacks. Through the 2nd half of August, the whole of September, and the 1st 10 days of October 2024, russia was claiming over 16k Ukrainian personnel per week, reaching a peak of 17k on the last week of October.

Meanwhile in Russia… “Governors are ready to give money to pregnant women, poaching them from each other.” I’m guessing the fact the Putin is judging them based on their birthrate. So their plan is to take them from other regions 🙄 www.mk.ru/social/2025/...

“The war in Ukraine shows us the extent to which drones, used en masse for saturation purposes, have become central and will become even more so in the future.” — Sébastien Lecornu, Minister of the Armed Forces

AHHHHHHH LIFE HAS NO MEANING SO NOW I HAVE TO SHOOT A GUY ON A BEACH BECAUSE THE SUN GOT IN MY EYES AHHHHHHHHHHH How do any of you take the French seriously.

#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺: 🇵🇱#Polish-supplied 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS of the 38th Separate Marine Brigade, shelling 🇷🇺#Russian positions. Note the full load of rockets. A year or two ago, very often unseen.

“The UK didn’t have a general election for 10 years because of WW2 - that doesn’t make Winston Churchill a dictator. Zelensky has not banned opposition parties - just the ones openly pro-Russian, just like we banned the fascist party when Hitler was bombing the shit out of us on the nightly basis.”

The "large scale social deception" contract Musk is conspiracizing about was: * first awarded under Trump * paid to Reuters' data division, not the newsroom * for researching *defenses* against deception * not revealed by "DOGE investigations" and was a public record, visible online for many years

So my RPG gaming opinion: you should always be able to change any element (hair, facial hair, makeup, face paint, etc) of your character post-character-creation that you can change non-surgically in the real world. Even then, being able to fully alter appearance is probably better.

Saratov refinery drone debris

Scholz also has been in favour of peace LONG before Trump took office. Nevertheless, Germany has continuously delivered billions in military aid to Ukraine every year and will continue to do so. Even in 2027, we have already planned hundreds of millions in military aid. 2/

My latest piece → Shortly before the upcoming elections in Germany on the 23rd of February, there is hardly any hope left that an additional €3 billion for the military assistance of #Ukraine will be approved. deaidua.org/news/2025/02...

Crying at “don't know what idiot guys you associate with”

I'd like to apologize for the series of posts where I compared images of Taylor Swift at the Grammy's to pictures of the F-22 Raptor.

If DOGE so much as breathes on NPR’s Tiny Desk concerts I swear to god bro. I will crash out.

In the Pokrovsk direction, the AFU keeps regaining territory. bsky.app/profile/noel...

The "Predators of the Heights" drone battalion of the 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade successfully destroyed a Russian BM-21 Grad MLRS.

Meanwhile in Russia… “A resident of the Moscow region inserted a diaper into his rectum for the sake of new sensations” Even after this headline, the story did not go the way I expected… www.mk.ru/incident/202...

'cause karma is my boyfriend; karma is a god; karma is an F-22 stealth fighter; karma's a JDAM drop; aren't you envious that for you it's not? sweet like honey, karma is a brrt; dishing out CAS 'cause they love me; AIM-120s making your airframes splat; me and karma vibe like that;

In cognitive deficit you begin to understand how much of human experience is straight-up just hardware accelerated. Get a lesion on this part of your brain? You can't point at other people's body parts, but can point at your own! Low-level animal brain stuff that lets dumb mice work breaks you too.

A list of Agnosias, the physical ability to sense or have information, but cognitive inability to process or integrate it. Stuff like face blindness is known, but you can be unable to recognize fingers, or textures, or the position of your body or copy shapes, etc. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosia

‼️ The OFZ Federal Bond Thread 2025: Russia’s Race to Secure a Loan Q1 Auction Day 3 The Video RETURNS!