3/ 'Ural PartiZan' writes:
"The elites [at the SPIEF] increasingly look like bourgeois citizens feasting on champagne-drenched pineapples and cold-smoked hazel grouse in 1917.
1/ Russia's corrupt elites are drinking 'Long Epstein Island' cocktails in St Petersburg while soldiers and civilians die, Crimea is effectively cut off, the Donbas is under constant attack, and Russian defenders struggle, an angry Russian warblogger complains. ⬇️
🇺🇦🇩🇪 Based on combat experience in Ukraine, the German company Stark is upgrading its loitering munition Virtus, which is actively used by subunits of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces.
🔻 According to data published by the company, the updated Virtus now has a flight range of up to 130 km (30 km more than the previous version). Its loitering time has increased from 60 to 90 minutes, and its warhead is capable of penetrating armor up to 800 mm thick.
This is another clear example of how Ukraine’s battlefield experience is driving rapid improvements in Western weapons. The enhanced Virtus will become a more effective and dangerous tool for striking Russian logistics, command posts, and armored vehicles at greater distances.
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Загальні бойові втрати противника з 24.02.22 по 05.06.2026 орієнтовно склали / The estimated total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 05.06.2026:
A remarkable video:
Putin, an obscure 1991 Leningrad bureaucrat, warning against the return of totalitarian rule to Russia—paired with his reaction to those words as President in 2002. The irony writes itself.
❗️The Pentagon is expected to cancel a planned Tomahawk missile sale to Germany over fears Russia will view it as escalation, POLITICO reports. The decision would reverse a Biden-era agreement, leave Berlin without long-range strike missiles it sought, and comes amid wider US retrenchment from NATO, including reduced troops and assets in Europe. #NATO
Some info from the previous Portuguese Army Vice Chief of Staff on future equipment:
The Medium Brigade (2032) will have a Boxer Skyranger air defense battery
The Light Brigade (2036) will have a RapidRanger AD battery
Both Brigades will have a Caesar artillery battalion
Tactical drones from Tekever will be procured under the EU's SAFE loans
@husdrapa@Maks_NAFO_FELLA Wont work. GER companies are already producing plenty of different kinds of drones for UKR, both its own and UKR designs. EG
https://t.co/08BWGCY4zr
@Maks_NAFO_FELLA GER has already donated all PAC3 it can afford to donate without completely emptying its magazines.
It will start produing +delivering GEMT for UKR late fall, though.
If I was UKR, I try to get Diehl to fast-track the new IRIST-SLX (limited ABM cap) +get some early prototypes.
1/ Yesterday, pictures emerged from occupied southern Ukraine showing large numbers of trucks and fuel tankers parked together as logistics across the region collapse in the face of Ukraine's drone campaign. Today, the inevitable sequel:
https://t.co/Nx9jjIyvRY
⚡🇩🇪🇺🇸 Lockheed Martin says a major milestone has been reached for Germany’s first F-35A.
The company announced that the aircraft's engine has now been successfully installed, marking another key step in production as Germany moves closer to receiving its first 5th generation stealth fighter.
The milestone brings the aircraft one step nearer to delivery, strengthening Germany's future air combat capabilities and NATO interoperability.
Germany is set to become one of the growing number of European operators of the F-35.
The fact that oil and gas revenues only increased by 32% for a period of time where the oil price more than doubled is a clear sign that the Russian oil industry is being effected by the kinetic sanctions.
Russian sources report that overnight a drone fell and exploded on the territory of the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal oil and gas company. No damage was allegedly inflicted.
The fact that oil and gas revenues only increased by 32% for a period of time where the oil price more than doubled is a clear sign that the Russian oil industry is being effected by the kinetic sanctions.