Short thread:
tl;dr:
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(Apparently this parade of literal facepalms was released by pro-Russian sources. I was suspicious because there arenât any shots proving that the audience was in the same room as Kirill Stremousov.)
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American preachers wonât teach 13-yr-old kids how to use condoms anymore
Off topic, but Iâd be surprised that American preachers even acknowledge condoms.
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Comprehensive, if lengthy, analysis here
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For those who donât like reading long threads:
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Dugin:
Russia found itself in a state of ideological war. The values ââadvocated by the globalist West: LGBT, the legalisation of perversions, drugs, the fusion of man and machine, total mixing during uncontrolled migration, and others, are inextricably linked with its military-political hegemony and unipolar system.
I guess it wouldnât be a proper plea for mobilization if you donât include a ton of bogeyman reasons for doing so. The cyborg project is a new one for me.
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I blame Netflix.
Meanwhile in the real war:
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And then⊠inevitably almost⊠this:
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Guardian liveblog 2 hours ago.
Ukrainian forces are refusing to discard US-provided arms, with many reverse-engineering spare parts to continue the counteroffensive against Russiaâs invasion.
Reuters reports:
Some members of a roughly 50-member repair team showed reporters images of damaged U.S.-provided arms, including M777 howitzers, that in the West would have long been considered beyond the scope of repair.
Not in Ukraine.
âTheyâre not willing to scrap it,â one soldier said, recalling artillery with shrapnel damage and sometimes completely worn out from firing round after round against Russian troops.
But Ukrainians are managing to bring these weapons back into battle, thanks to guidance from U.S. forces and manufacturing prowess by Kyiv allowing it to reverse-engineer spare parts.
Since the program began in June, more than a dozen teleconference channels have been set up with over 100 Ukrainian contacts.
But priority support is being given to the M777s and to the high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS), which have been central to Ukraineâs counter-offensive nearly seven months since Russian forces invaded.
âCombat power for Ukraine is staying at the level it is because of Americaâs investment in the sustainment,â the soldier said.
And 3 hours ago
The Ukrainian military said that Russia has deployed Iranian attack drones, the New York Times reported on Sunday.
According to a Ukrainian military official who spoke to the New York Times, remnants of the Shahed-136 attack drones have been discovered on the ground during the counteroffensive that Ukraine launched in the northeastern regions of the country this month.
The weapon is a âkamikaze drone carrying a warhead of about 80 poundsâ that can be launched from the back of a flatbed truck, the New York Times explained.
According to Colonel Rodion Kulagin, the commander of artillery operations in the Kharkiv operations, the drone drops out from the sky without any warning.
âIt blew the triple-seven in half,â he told the Times, referring to the drone destroying an M777 howitzer supplied by the US to the Ukrainian military. âInstead of firing 100 artillery shells, itâs easier to release one of these dronesâ to search for a target, he added.
The New York Times also reported Kulagin explaining that the drone is accurate enough to target a self-propelled howitzer in an area close to the turret where gunpowder stored. This in turn creates secondary explosions.
âItâs a very serious problem,â he said, adding that without any countermeasures, the drones âwill destroy all our military.â
Part of an unmanned aerial vehicle, what Ukrainian military authorities described as an Iranian made suicide drone Shahed-136 and shot down near Kupiansk, is seen in Kharkiv region Photograph: Ukrainian Armed Forces/Reuters
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Interview with a Russian soldier who surrendered and is now helping out a Ukrainian unit as a mechanic:
TL;DW: guy wanted to make money to pay off his debts by signing up for a military contract somewhere in the Arctic, the recruitment officer persuaded him to go to Ukraine to drive a medevac vehicle. But it turned out no non-combat positions were available, so he became a tank driver, getting one week of simulator training and another week of spending 15-20 minutes a day inside the only working tank available to the trainees. Then he got sent directly to the front line of combat, his tank was hit within 5 minutes, he was concussed but crawled out. Nobody from his side came to help, so he went over to the Ukrainians with a white flag made of toilet paper. Earned the trust of the unit that captured him, and he now triages captured Russian vehicles - what can be fixed and what should be disassembled for parts.
Not exactly a typical case because I donât think many people with a principled stance of non-violence would sign up for the military, but quite interesting nonetheless.
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I hope she stays far away from windowsâŠ
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