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Satellite images appear to show Russian-flagged ships transporting Ukrainian grain to Syria
Images from Maxar Technologies show two Russian-flagged bulk carrier ships being loaded with grain in the Russian-controlled Crimean port of Sevastopol before being spotted in Syria several days later, with trucks lined up to collect the crop.www.abc.net.au
Legit targets ala the Iraqi departure from Kuwait
Que the "Bayraktar song"...If only Ukraine could target them.
Que the "Bayraktar song"...
Perhaps.They might be busy elsewhere ...
Perhaps.
But if Maxar sees it, the Ukraine military also sees it.
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Why Putin might be pleased with the results of his war in Ukraine | The Strategist
As we reflect on the 100-day mark of the Russo-Ukrainian war and what we’ve learned, we need to understand that the West has fundamentally misunderstood Russia and continues to do so, argues Kyle Wilson, visiting ...www.aspistrategist.org.au
What's the appeal of Imperial Russia anyway? They didn't exactly bring glory to Russia. Not in the Industrial Age anyway.He can wish for Imperial Russia again all he wants, but he played his hand too soon, when his country lacked the power to enforce it, I think.
What's the appeal of Imperial Russia anyway? They didn't exactly bring glory to Russia. Not in the Industrial Age anyway.
Now, that's what I call hull down!Why Putin might be pleased with the results of his war in Ukraine | The Strategist
As we reflect on the 100-day mark of the Russo-Ukrainian war and what we’ve learned, we need to understand that the West has fundamentally misunderstood Russia and continues to do so, argues Kyle Wilson, visiting ...www.aspistrategist.org.au
Interesting points as Australia was affected as well. In 1900 we federated to become a nation. One of the crown princes ? of Russia was at the reading of theWhile their rulership was miserable, to put it mildly, I think the appeal is that that is when Russia was expansionist. They were conquering Irkutsk and Siberia.
Think of the American drive westward in the era of Manifest Destiny. We Americans will pat ourselves on the back and tell ourselves just-so stories. The Russians have that mythos in their own history too, to an extent. Their eastward expansion into Siberia is a story that hasn't really been told here in the West, but it captures much of the same vibe.
Russia was actually industrializing at a good clip in the late-19th/early-20th century, too, according to Paul Kennedy in Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. Remember, that although their track-mileage and steel output was far behind America or the UK, they could still build battleships, and indeed built the first heavy bomber in the world.
Imperial Russia was a time when Russia had stature in world affairs, and swung some weight even after their defeat in 1905. Putin is, I think, trying to redress their significant loss of gravitas over the last thirty years, while trying to avoid the potential allusions to the dissolution of the USSR. In other words, he's going far back enough that arguing the facts will be hard, and so instead he gets to promulgate the myth unfettered.
That's my take on it.