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9 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

I don't know about the reliability of the site, but I saw a Polish language tweet today that was a video of a drone tooling around Red Square in the middle of the day with the claim it was Ukrainian. Very eenterestink Natasha.

Lots of info ops ongoing at the moment

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Biden’s team fears the aftermath of a failed Ukrainian counteroffensive

The Biden administration is quietly preparing for the possibility that if Ukraine’s spring counteroffensive falls short of expectations, critics at home and allies abroad will argue that America has come up short, too.

But, if the impending fighting season yields limited gains, administration officials have expressed privately they fear being faced with a two-headed monster attacking it from the hawkish and dovish ends of the spectrum.

That doesn’t even account for the reaction of America’s allies, mainly in Europe, who may see a peace negotiation between Ukraine and Russia as a more attractive option if Kyiv can’t prove victory is around the corner.

A top secret assessment from early February stated that Ukraine would fall “well short” of its counteroffensive goals. More current American assessments are that Ukraine may make some progress in the south and east, but won’t be able to repeat last year’s success.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/24/biden-ukraine-russia-counteroffensive-defense-00093384

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Russia’s new T-14 Armata battle tank debuts in Ukraine: Report

The T-14 tank has an unmanned turret, and its crews remotely control the armaments from “an isolated armoured capsule located in the front of the hull”, RIA reported

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/25/russias-new-t-14-armata-battle-tank-debuts-in-ukraine-report

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The number of daily casualties Russia is suffering has fallen by about 30% in April, UK intelligence has said. In its daily intelligence briefing, the Ministry of Defence reported that the drop was probably due to the end of Russia’s winter offensive, which, it added, had largely failed. The MoD also said Russia was now likely to be preparing its troops for Ukraine’s counteroffensive.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/25/russia-ukraine-war-at-a-glance-what-we-know-on-day-426-of-the-invasion

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7 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I think it’s impossible. I think Musk is well known to be a toxic personality to too many people to win a presidential election, and I think, ironically, we have Trump to thank for that.

Can you imagine if he was dictator over a martian colony?  The depredations would be horrific.  

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Pakistan all set to get discounted Russian oil, PM says

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that everything was set for his country to receive a shipment of discounted Russian oil.

"As we speak, the Russian oil is being loaded to arrive here," he told the parliament.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/04/27/russia-ukraine-war-putin-news-china-talks-bakhmut-latest/

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