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I would have never imagined as teenager in the 1980s first reading about the MiG-29, that four decades later the type would become a heroic all-purpose aircraft used by a free Ukraine to defend Europe from the Russian horde. Here's an article about the first Western pilot to fly the MiG-29 in 1989.MiG-29 Fulcrums Are Ukraine’s JDAM-ER Bomb Trucks
Ukraine's smart bomb carrier has finally broken cover in the latest Western addition to the Fulcrums' growing arsenal.www.thedrive.com
This just adds to the confusion over Prigozhin's status...and Kremlin Karl, as usual, provides zero clarity:
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin met Russia's Vladimir Putin after mutiny
The meeting in Moscow took place days after last month's failed rebellion, the Kremlin says.www.bbc.com
No one cares what pro Russian bloggers have to say, except for those who've already drunk the Kool-Aid and are fully on Russia's side anyway, and no one care what they have to say.If I were a pro Russian blogger, diplomat or propagandist in Russia, Iran, India, South Africa etc etc. I'd be dancing a little jig in front of my keyboard. This situation would a total coup.
No one cares what pro Russian bloggers have to say, except for those who've already drunk the Kool-Aid and are fully on Russia's side anyway, and no one care what they have to say.
Russia is using thermobaric munitions that burn everything, against a democratic, western-leaning country it has illegally invaded. That's where the scorn should lay.As for the neutrals of the world, sure, cluster bombs is a bad look. But the critics have the luxury of criticizing Ukraine because they're not fighting for national survival.
But at least they are sharing them with Ukraine.Russia is using thermobaric munitions that burn everything, against a democratic, western-leaning country it has illegally invaded. That's where the scorn should lay.
Smart, Rheinmetall probably saw Poland's big purchase of Hyundai's K2 MBTs and thought we need to get ahead of this or our position as the leading supplier of MBTs to Europe is at great risk. And with Germany's prior dithering on Leopards to Ukraine still on the minds of leaders across Europe, it still is.Rheinmetall will open an armored vehicle plant in Ukraine within the next 12 weeks
Shame. First marriage? My friend refers to his second marriage as the victory of hope over experience. His third marriage, well that was just blind pollyannaism and near bankruptcy.I don't remember which as I'm preparing to meet with my divorce attorney.
Meanwhile in the Grand Bazaar:
Sweden Nato membership: Turkey calls for new EU membership talks
President Erdogan says he will back Sweden's Nato bid in return for the renewed dialogue.www.bbc.com
I would like that the EU agree to start the conversations for Turkey's membershipand them slams close the door after Sweden is a NATO member while Erdogan and its minions are in power but...
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It's too bad Britain didn't keep Istanbul post-1923. If the area is going to be taken by force, it would be better in Europe's interest for it to be British.only about 3 % of its territory is in Europe in the geographical sense, and only because it was taken by force.
600 years ago...... if the notion of Europe has a meaning, only about 3 % of its territory is in Europe in the geographical sense, and only because it was taken by force.