@florianederer Picking six people for very specific European countries does not particularly represent the entirety of Europe does it. At least for me none of these people represent myself as a Finn.
Відтепер я не радник міністра оборони, що, поза сумнівом, зменшує можливості допомоги якісно змінити ситуацію у війську із дронами. У нас на виході якраз були нові тендерні вимоги для закупівель FPV-дронів, які б дозволили армії отримувати найкращі засоби та розвивати інфраструктуру для глибших ударів. Сподіваюсь, вони зрештою будуть затверджені.
Зі свого боку — продовжимо забезпечувати військо топовими виробами у фонді, але, звісно, у меншому масштабі. Разом із вами.
Вдалося уніфікувати наземні станції керування під дрони на оптоволокні. Трошки зміг вплинути і на розвиток окремих бригад, вивівши їх на значно вищі позиції у загальному рейтингу.
Не вдалося… Багато чого. В тому числі через бюрократичні перепони та штучне затягування з боку тих, кому заважає армійська реформа.
Не вдалося встигнути допомогти своїй країні більше в умовах повномасштабної війни.
Та все одно це важливий досвід. Досвід у команді, до якої я мав честь належати.
Михайло Федоров — найкращий міністр оборони за усю нашу історію. Дякую за приклад лідерства та служіння.
Прикро, що сьогодні наша держава стала значно далі від перемоги.
Прикро, що реальні реформи навіть не дали розпочати, хоча все одно вдалося багато що змінити.
Не прикро за вас, за людей, які усе бачать та розуміють. І підтримують.
Це точно не кінець.
Безмежна повага Михайлу.
Подяка всім, хто не мовчить.
Далі буде.
It has been a great honor to serve the Ukrainian people as the Minister of Defense.
Here is what our team managed to achieve:
1. Disabled Starlink access for Russian forces.
2. Took over a Ministry of Defense with zero budget, took a risk, reallocated funds from payroll from the end of the year, and effectively invested them in mid-strike capabilities, fiber-optic FPVs, low-cost reconnaissance, ground robotic platforms, interceptor drones, and deep-strike drones.
3. Launched "Logistical Lockdown", this cut off enemy logistics and initiated the isolation of Crimea.
4. Continued the funding program for the Drone Line.
5. Launched a support program for modern drone-assault units that rely primarily on advanced technologies in combat.
6. Introduced a 70% advance payment policy for procurements made via e-Points on the Brave1 Market portal.
7. Fundamentally overhauled the procurement system.
8. Procured thousands of pickup trucks, buggies, and ATVs for the military for the first time—and did so through open tenders.
9. The drone interception rate rose from 83% to 91%, and the cruise missile interception rate soared from 47% to 87%.
10. Contracted Patriot PAC-2 GEM-T missiles for the first time, and submitted an application through an EU loan to purchase PAC-3 missiles.
11. Launched a baseline drone supply system for brigades and corps.
12. Launched a massive grant program for manufacturers of explosives and missiles.
13. Initiated an unpopular but vital transformation of the military.
14. Conducted three UDCG meetings, where we successfully broke through the Russian information trap claiming our defeat, restoring partners' faith in Ukraine. This secured $40 billion in support announced for this year (excluding the EU loan).
15. Launched the mechanism to utilize the EU loan for our military priorities.
16. Found a way to scale cheap missiles against jet-powered Shaheds and signed a record-breaking contract.
17. Our domestic ballistics. We radically revised the technical specifications, maximized accuracy, and reduced the cost by 30%.
18. Signed a contract to procure Gripen fighter jets.
19. Collaborated with the military to plan and execute Operation Auchan, which halted the enemy's mechanized offensive for six months.
20. Opened up exports under the Drone Deal program to attract investment and scale up domestic defense-industrial complex (OPK) production.
21. Launched the Trophy Lab, providing partners with the opportunity to study captured Russian military technologies.
22. Launched the Defense AI Center A1 to accelerate the integration of artificial intelligence on the battlefield.
Thank you to my entire team for their relentless 24/7 service. A special thank you to my family for their patience.
Thank you all for your support!
I will continue to work toward the mission I originally brought to the Ministry of Defense: defeating the enemy through asymmetry, the speed of innovation, and the power of organization.
To be continued.
@jewamongyou@therealmissjo "Own homes" All Gibraltar residents are free to stay, dick riding some millionaire who has a summer villa in Gibraltar is so unnecessary.
@CharlesJoh17634@Militarylandnet Because already existing brigades are extremely undermanned and would be a rather more efficient use for the manpower to form new brigades.
@LibertyLockPod Patriot missiles > To attack the largest nuclear power on earth. Son who the fuck is using the pac2 as ground to ground munitions get your crakka ass back in bed.
@michaeltanchum Take what action lmao😭😭😭 Use the 3000 starving Russian dudes with barely enough equipment to fight for a month and cross the border or something💀💀?
For weeks, we’ve been receiving warnings from multiple sources that, after previous failed false-flag operations and a drop in Fidesz’s support, Viktor Orbán - allegedly with Serbian and Russian assistance - may be planning to cross another line.
Many people have suggested that something might “accidentally” happen in Serbia, possibly involving a gas pipeline, around Easter, one week before the Hungarian elections.
And now it has.
I call on the Prime Minister to immediately inform the public about these developments and to invite me to the meeting of the Defense Council, as whoever organized this provocation, the resulting situation will have to be resolved by a TISZA government.
I further call on Viktor Orbán to stop - at least during the holiday - spreading panic and causing disruption, as planned by his Russian advisors.
I also want to make it clear that he will not be able to prevent next Sunday’s election. He will not be able to stop millions of Hungarians from bringing to an end the most corrupt two decades in our country’s history.
The Hungarian people’s trust in the country’s security services has been legitimately shaken by the series of intelligence-related scandals uncovered in recent weeks. Hungarians have every reason to fear that the outgoing Prime Minister, following the advice of Russian agents, is attempting to instill fear in his own people through false-flag operations.
If @PM_ViktorOrban and his propaganda machine use this provocation for campaign purposes, it will amount to an open admission that it was a pre-planned false-flag operation.
A TISZA government will conduct a comprehensive and transparent investigation to uncover who was politically responsible for, and who carried out, these crimes against our country.
Under the TISZA government, there will once again be order, peace, security and prosperity in Hungary. The Orbán "be afraid!" culture will be replaced by a culture of
"do not be afraid!" The TISZA government will be able to ensure Hungary's security within the European Union and NATO alliance system - the very alliance system that the Fidesz and Mi Hazánk parties are planning to leave.
I wish everyone a peaceful Easter holiday!
Truth and love ultimately always win.
Today marks exactly four years since Putin started his three-day push to take Kyiv. And that says a great deal about our resistance, about how Ukraine has fought all this time. Behind those words stand millions of our people, immense courage, incredibly hard work, endurance, and the long path Ukraine has been pursuing since February 24.
Looking back at the beginning of the invasion and reflecting on today, we have every right to say: we have defended our independence, we have not lost our statehood; Putin has not achieved his goals. He has not broken Ukrainians; he has not won this war. We have preserved Ukraine, and we will do everything to secure peace and justice. Glory to Ukraine!
I don't need historical shit to end this war and move to diplomacy. Because it's just a delay tactic. I read no less history books than Putin. And I learned a lot. I know more about his country than he knows about Ukraine. Simply because I have been to Russia – to many cities. And I knew a lot of people there. He has never been to Ukraine this many times. He was only in big cities. I went to small cities. From the northern part to the southern part. Everywhere. I know their mentality. That's why I don't want to lose time on all these things. It's about them. They decided to have such a system. The Russians decided to change themselves. The Russians decided that they needed a new Tsar. It's up to them.
But there is security. There is a big war waged against us. This is our lives. The only thing that I want to speak about with him is that I think that we need to resolve it in the most successful way. I mean to end this war quickly. That is why I want to speak only about such things.
@Alcmaeonidae1@fermiparasocks@mask_bastard@TheAKGuy Reasonable how? They are holding him down and presumably see his arms. You can't do a traffic stop and summarily execute some random person because you hear a gunshot.
@sieze2day@Timcast Yes, yes you absolutely can and should hold an officer of law to the standard of following said law. Summary executions cannot be justified or excused because of not following ROE.