"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (4 Viewers)

[manta22]

Speaking of 155 mm shells. It seems that production has ramped everywhere.
I recently run on this info about the Spanish ammo factory FMG (Fabrica de Municiones de Granada). Apparently they have its 155 mm ammo line running at 100% capacity (including night shifts) for at least 2023 and 2024. (autotranslated from Spanish)

FMG produce munición de 155 mm al 100% de su capacidad

En clave nacional, la empresa, la única que fabrica en España munición de carro de combate, tiene previsto presentarse al concurso de proyectiles de 120 mm que el Ministerio de Defensa ...

www-infodefensa-com.translate.goog

La Fábrica de Municiones de Granada aumenta su carga de trabajo en el último año

Actualmente en estas instalaciones se produce munición de artillería, pólvoras de guerra para calibres medios y cargas especiales

www-granadahoy-com.translate.goog

As a curious historical note, FMG is one of the oldest ammo factories in the world. It reportedly had its origin in a powder factory set in the Kingdom of Granada during the XIV century, almost 700 years ago.

Not to be confused with "FNG".

 

[Snowman]

Who says this is intentional?

Just trying to understand why things are going this way.

 

[RogerdeLluria]

Protests continue in Georgia.

View: https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1633483624950505473

View: https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1633240499145277440

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Just trying to understand why things are going this way.

The explanation given above, that timidity about the concern of nuclear war is slowing the supply of arms, is probably close to the heart of the matter.

 

[buffnut453]

The explanation given above, that timidity about the concern of nuclear war is slowing the supply of arms, is probably close to the heart of the matter.

Or, perhaps, how to provide arms quickly without overly denuding NATO front-line forces? It's quite a balancing act. Sending more shells and bombs is pretty easy. Sending systems to deliver those shells and bombs is more problematic.

 

[RogerdeLluria]

Or, perhaps, how to provide arms quickly without overly denuding NATO front-line forces? It's quite a balancing act. Sending more shells and bombs is pretty easy. Sending systems to deliver those shells and bombs is more problematic.

Sending some shells and bombs is the easy part. Sending them in numbers that can make a difference is the hard part.

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Right now the west has a production bottleneck on shells (see for example my previous post "All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again.")

 

[GTX]

Millions of Swiss francs and a concert cellist with Putin ties lead to four bankers being placed on trial

A concert cellist linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin moved millions of francs through Swiss bank accounts without any proper checks, Swiss prosecutors have said at the start of a trial of four bankers accused of helping him.

www.abc.net.au

 

[GTX]

View: https://twitter.com/intermarium24/status/1633439174496796672

 

[Warspite63]

View: https://twitter.com/intermarium24/status/1633439174496796672

So amazingly impressive! What an outstanding young woman. Stories like this are a humbling reminder that my 'problems' are trifling, in reality. And for that, I am grateful

 

[Glider]

Protests continue in Georgia.

View: https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1633483624950505473

View: https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1633240499145277440

I liked all of this but the sign held up by one protestor caught my eye. Fear isn't a reason to stop fighting. For politicians of all countries it should be Fear isn't a reason to stop making bold decisions.
Many Ukrainians of all ages and roles are paying in blood like the young lady in the most recent video. At the end of the day the countries supporting Ukraine have only money to lose.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Protests continue in Georgia.

View: https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1633483624950505473

View: https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1633240499145277440

I just hope this doesn't end the way of the Arab Spring, where freedom-inspired public action turned the countries involved into sh#t.

 

[GrauGeist]

The Georgian government has become more pro-Kremlin recently, but the vast majority of Georgians are pro-west, which is one of the reasons for the protests.

The Georgian government is (or is about to) pass a Russian style law that limits foreign business.

Such a law would not be compatible with EU membership.

 

[Admiral Beez]

The Georgian government has become more pro-Kremlin recently, but the vast majority of Georgians are pro-west,

That's the exact same disconnect between the governed and government that led to the Maidan Revolution and Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych to flee to Russia. However in Georgia's case the president is firmly in the EU camp and has promised to veto the pro-Russian bill.

 

[GrauGeist]

It's interesting that the Georgian Government has been relatively "western" until all of a sudden (like within the past year), they start leaning toward Moscow.

The timing is more than coincidental.

 

[MiTasol]

Russia jails blogger over posts on atrocities in Ukraine – DW – 03/07/2023

A Moscow court has sentenced Dmitry Ivanov, the founder of an anti-war Telegram channel, to more than eight years in prison. The former student was found guilty of posting details of Russian atrocities in Ukraine.

www.dw.com

 

[Admiral Beez]

It's interesting that the Georgian Government has been relatively "western" until all of a sudden (like within the past year), they start leaning toward Moscow.

The arrival of a quarter million Russians from Sept 2022 onwards might have influenced things.

 

[Greg Boeser]

The arrival of a quarter million Russians from Sept 2022 onwards might have influenced things.

Aren't they all draft dodgers?

 

[GrauGeist]

Looks like Georgia needs to do some house cleaning.

In the words of the Joker from the original Batman movie: "this town needs an enema..."

 

[buffnut453]

The crazy "parallel world" continues. Russia launches missile strikes against Ukrainian cities. According to Energoatom, Ukraine's nuclear energy company, a strike destroyed the last electrical grid connection between Ukraine and the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant...and Russia calls the loss of electricity to the plant "a provocation."

Ukraine war: Russian air strikes hit cities across country

The electrical power supply at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been lost after a strike.

www.bbc.com

 

[Snowman]

It's typical. All the Russia-made abominations are always somebody's provocations.