Ukraine launches TrophyLab: we are opening access to captured Russian weapon technologies for our global partners. Every missile, drone, and vehicle seized on the battlefield is now a source of knowledge for the free world.
Through this secure platform, allied governments, labs, and defense tech manufacturers gain access to deep technical data, reports, and vulnerabilities. Users can also request physical equipment for testing, significantly shortening the development cycle for countermeasures.
What was meant to be the enemy's secret advantage is being dismantled to defend democracy. Join the platform:
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Ukrainian troops tested launching the Ukrainian-American Hornet kamikaze drone from a balloon. The aerostat carried the drone 42 km and released it from 8 km altitude, while the UAV used only 5% of its battery. The method extends range by combining balloon distance, high-altitude release and battery preservation, potentially pushing strike reach 1.5 to 2 times beyond the current 100 to 150 km. #Ukraine
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Moderaterna och de andra samarbetspartierna har idag gett besked om att inlösen av AR-15 och liknande halvautomatiska vapen blir frivillig. Ett viktigt steg för att värna alla jägare och sportskyttar som hanterar sina vapen på ett säkert och ansvarsfullt sätt, samtidigt som andra steg tas för att vapen inte ska hamna i fel händer.
Senare i höst kommer vi att presentera ett förslag till en ny, moderniserad vapenlag. Den kommer bland annat innehålla flera lättnader för de legala vapenägarna.
What @EmmanuelMacron & @OlafScholz don't understand: for many European nations the war against russia is payback time.
Not one of these nations will tell Ukraine to stop, and all of them will help to kill as many russian troops as possible.
This is a list of these nations:
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Ich stelle mich auf einen langen Krieg in der Ukraine ein. Wir versuchen, ihn so schnell wie möglich zu beenden, aber nicht zum Preis der Kapitulation der Ukraine. Denn dann verliert das Land seine Eigenständigkeit. Dann ist morgen das nächste Land dran und übermorgen wir.
OTD in 1994 the last soviet troops left Estonia, Lithuania & Latvia. They had originally come as a result of absolutely nothing to do with Molotov-Ribbentrop pact but had been “invited in”.
For some reason as soon as they can all our neighbors demand we leave. Mystery.
On this day in 1939, Moscow and Nazi Germany signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, a treaty that included a secret protocol for the joint invasion of Europe. Russia's partnership with Berlin only ended when Hitler decided to invade a newly weakened Russia.
Luckily for Moscow, when Stalin came crawling to the U.S. for a rescue, it was granted via Lend-Lease.
Between 1941 and 1945, the U.S. sent the Soviets $11.3 billion in aid (~$180B today), 400,000 trucks, 14,000 aircraft, 8,000 tractors, 12,000 tanks, 1.75 million tons of food, and other supplies.
The Soviet Union did not repay most of this aid; a token settlement was negotiated in 1972 and finalized in 2006.
In Russia, the official narrative claims the war began in 1941 — and this is why.
#OTD in 1939, German MFA von Ribbentrop and his Soviet counterpart Molotov signed a non-aggression pact and secret protocol, marking spheres of interest in Eastern Europe.
The alliance would lead to a joint invasion on Poland in September, and a world war.