Recent content by Dimlee

Budanov speaks again. https://en.lb.ua/news/2025/12/19/37274_kyrylo_budanov_destroyed_our_own.html Some of his past predictions were wrong, but others as those related to the expected invasion, were correct and precise. It was him in November 2021: Russia preparing to attack Ukraine by late...

Difficult task. The typical route is from Chongjin to Dunay or to Vostochny, close to the coast. Radars are everywhere. But who knows, there were many surprises in this war.

So far, so good. Less threat to the environment (unless fuel tanks are ruptured), but scary enough, as empty cargo tanks can explode if not yet cleaned and ventilated.

About the Flamingo missile again, and about the manufacturer. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dz6wgn2w9o Also, there was an interesting and more detailed interview in the Ukrainian BBC edition: https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/articles/c741w249jr7o

Thank you, Australia. My next couple of bottles of wine will be from down under.

I think it's a good text. Thank you, Chrystia Freeland. Thank you, Canada. https://www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/west-must-support-victory-strategy-for-ukraine-by-chrystia-freeland-2025-12

"Know the enemy and know yourself..." https://apnews.com/projects/russian-europe-sabotage/

Further actions against Estonia were mentioned recently. https://www.vm.ee/en/news/russian-border-guards-illegally-crossed-temporary-control-line-narva-river

In 2022, they did what was considered unreasonable by some military experts: they launched simultaneous attacks from multiple directions. They can do the same, against several targets (countries, cities, NATO installations, infrastructure) using "hybrid warfare". They certainly can attempt a...

Mr. Ryabkov: "The whole purpose of what is being done by us there is to ensure that at least some of those people, majority of those people, find it better and find it, I would say, more appropriate to be where they belong, which is Russia."...

Germany leads. https://news.liga.net/en/politics/news/almost-20-billion-euros-ukraine-summarizes-the-assistance-of-partners-from-the-new-ramstein

Air defence. https://news.liga.net/en/politics/news/germany-gives-ukraine-two-patriot-systems-and-an-iris-t-system-missiles-are-promised-in-2026 https://news.liga.net/en/politics/news/uk-provides-800-million-to-strengthen-ukrainian-air-defense

It's a pity that the drone did not hit the sub, but the berth just astern of her. Hopefully, enough damage was done to the propulsion system.

In November, Putin announced that Ukrainian forces were surrounded in Kupyansk and said that journalists could travel there and verify that. So, some journalists did arrive, along with Zelensky and General Syrsky..

Crimea - the main pipeline is underwater. Also, the underground storage facility is usually filled in before winter. But maybe the on-ground distribution network is vulnerable, pumping stations, etc.