WE DON’T WANT TO BE YOUR STATE, ASSHOLE! Canada wants the benefits of NOT being American. You can fucking keep your mass shootings, explosive diarrhea, measles & E. Coli.
You can’t take control over us. We’re not some 13-year-old girl on Epstein Island.
Sit the fuck down.
Please watch and consider that Russia is proudly targeting and murdering Ukrainian children, and that there are real people operating these drones. That they have commanders all the way up to Putin authorizing this terror campaign.
Despite Russia’s full-scale invasion, launched in 2022 with the aim of destroying Ukraine’s sovereignty and independence, Ukraine stands strong and free. Today, Ukraine celebrates 35 years of independence, with the blue and yellow flag still flying proudly over its capital 🇺🇦
The golden rules of independence, tried and tested in Ukraine 🇺🇦
1. Do it yourself: We are our own guarantors of independence. We make our own weapons so that we don’t have to ask anyone for permission to protect our homes.
2. Do it cheap: Our war math is simple: a drone that costs thousands can take out enemy equipment worth millions.
3. Forge trust in steel: Paper and promises burn first. Real guarantees are written in code and forged in steel.
And most importantly: Constantly change, evolve, adapt, and iterate.
This is what allies do.
I couldn't be prouder of Burnham this morning.
Absolutely fantastic.
No blackmailing over support, no arbitrary conditions, no silly games.
Just Britain sending a clear message, Britain stands with Ukraine.
Zelensky has confirmed what Moscow presumably suspected when one of its Iskander launchers stopped existing on Saturday. Ukraine is now running a dedicated operation to hunt Russian ballistic missile launchers near its borders, and it just bagged one.
The logic is brutally simple. With Patriot interceptor stocks running on fumes, you stop trying to swat the arrow mid-flight and start shooting the archer. Iskanders fire from mobile launchers in Bryansk and Kursk, minutes from Ukrainian airspace. Find them, kill them.
Russia launched nearly 200 ballistic missiles in July alone, a wartime record. If you cannot intercept them all, the arithmetic points in one direction: fewer launchers, fewer missiles. Kyiv has done the maths.
When your air defense budget ends up in Versace Crocodile Skin Toilet Seat Covers for Putin cronies' mistresses in Knightsbridge and Antibes..
Another Ozon facility down - Dagestan region, Russja.
Mr Secretary, please stop embarrassing us. I served in Kandahar Afghanistan in 2009-2010 alongside Canadian Soldiers. They were skilled, courageous, and effective. We were lucky to be on the same side with them.
❗️Ukraine will receive one SAMP/T system and new air defense radars from France this autumn, President Zelensky said. A second system will depend on production rates. The main issue remains a shortage of Aster 30 missiles; Ukraine has a contract for extra production, with agreements planned for September and funding via a European loan.
Russia could have up to 1,300 ballistic missiles a year. Right now, they have 600–630. We have an approximate understanding of the volume they are counting on from today and through the end of winter. Roughly speaking, they could have 100 ballistic missiles a month. But they are not at that level yet. We are working to weaken their military industry. There are corresponding tasks involving strikes on military targets and other anti-ballistic sanctions.
We have become quite effective at intercepting other types of missiles. Our combat aircraft are doing so, and we have more IRIS-T systems now – the relevant systems are in place, and missiles for them are arriving to counter Russian cruise missiles. We have Hawks as well – we are using many different systems to intercept cruise missiles. But ballistic missiles are ballistic missiles. We are now working to ensure that they do not reach those 1,300 – to reduce that number.
I wanted to secure 300 missiles for the Patriot systems as part of the winter package. The request from our Air Force is for 360. But when only 600 are produced a year, 360 is not easy to obtain. We are working with countries on additional options. And I would very much like to believe that we can find a way to access some small percentage of U.S. stockpiles – say, 5% or 10%. And we are ready to pay for those supplies. In other words, America would be able to refresh its stockpile, and we would be able to get through the winter.
From a conversation with journalists (1/3).
So today I’m on local beach next my hometown in Greece. I’m wearing Ukraine shirt. There’s a group of Russians on the beach. 3 couples. Ruskies see me & quickly walk toward me cursing in Russian. Not smart. As they gather around their whorcs join in. A few younger….1/n