"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (6 Viewers)

[RogerdeLluria]

Despite the recent military setbacks Russia is still a relevant and prominent superpower. You have to be diplomatically relevant in the world stage to sign outer space treaties with other superpowers.

Russia and Uganda Sign Joint Declaration to Keep Space Weapons-Free

In an official release by the Russian News Agency TASS, Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, and Jeje Odongo, his Ugandan counterpart, recently

africanews.space

In an official release by the Russian News Agency TASS, Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, and Jeje Odongo, his Ugandan counterpart, recently signed a bilateral declaration affirming their countries' commitment to refrain from initiating the deployment of weapons in outer space.

 

[Zipper730]

Nobody should be deploying weapons in outer space so at least Russia did one good thing while doing so many other bad things

 

[fubar57]

Ready to go any day now

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Exclusive: Pentagon accounting error overvalued Ukraine weapons aid by $3 billion

The Pentagon overestimated the value of the ammunition, missiles and other equipment it sent to Ukraine by around $3 billion, a Senate aide and a defense official said on Thursday, an error that may lead the way for more weapons being sent to Kyiv for its defense against Russian forces.

www.reuters.com

"A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon we're talking real money." -- alleged quote from the late Sen Dirkson.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Despite the recent military setbacks Russia is still a relevant and prominent superpower. You have to be diplomatically relevant in the world stage to sign outer space treaties with other superpowers.

Russia and Uganda Sign Joint Declaration to Keep Space Weapons-Free

In an official release by the Russian News Agency TASS, Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, and Jeje Odongo, his Ugandan counterpart, recently

africanews.space

In an official release by the Russian News Agency TASS, Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, and Jeje Odongo, his Ugandan counterpart, recently signed a bilateral declaration affirming their countries' commitment to refrain from initiating the deployment of weapons in outer space.

Phew! I was very worried about those Ugandan killer satellites I've been reading so much about lately.

 

[GTX]

Pressure campaign on Biden to send F-16s to Ukraine goes into overdrive

Officials signal they’re still open to allowing other countries to send their U.S.-made jets.

www.politico.com

 

[GTX]

‘Big step’: U.S. joins major effort to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16s, other jets

Officials hope to begin instruction in the coming weeks.

www.politico.com

 

[GTX]

Biden endorses plan to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets

President Joe Biden told G7 leaders on Friday that Washington supports joint allied training programs for Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets, senior U.S. officials said, a significant endorsement as Kyiv seeks to boost its air power against Russia.

www.reuters.com

 

[GTX]

Zelenskyy will make in-person appeal to G-7 leaders in Japan

Ukraine’s president set to travel to Hiroshima to make in-person plea for more Western weapons and help in face of Russian onslaught.

www.politico.com

 

[GTX]

Zelenskyy will tell ‘swing states’ India and Brazil it’s time to take sides

Ukrainian leader will make his case to Lula and Modi face to face at the G7 summit in Japan.

www.politico.eu

 

[GTX]

Zelenskyy urges support for Ukraine at Arab summit as Assad makes controversial return

Arab leaders warmly welcome back into their fold Syria's President Bashar al-Assad -who has received heavy support from Russia in his country's civil war — following a decade of isolation.

www.abc.net.au

 

[GTX]

Related tangentially:

Pentagon leak suspect was warned multiple times about mishandling of classified information

Superiors of the Massachusetts Air National Guard member charged with leaking US military documents raised concerns about his viewing of classified information, court documents say.

www.abc.net.au

 

[GTX]

Who are the three Russian scientists accused of state treason?

Anatoly Maslov, Alexandr Shiplyuk and Valery Zvegintsev face "very serious accusations" of state treason, the Kremlin says. Here's what we know about the hypersonic missile scientists.

www.abc.net.au

 

[GTX]

View: https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1659509566395097090?cxt=HHwWhIC95Y_K4YcuAAAA

 

[GTX]

View: https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1659562390961242114?cxt=HHwWhIC-vfXM-YcuAAAA

 

[Denniss]

a big booooom at the end

 

[GTX]

a big booooom at the end

If it wasn't for the video one might think someone lit a cigarette...

 

[Denniss]

The drone might have been killed in the blast too

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

MOSCOW, May 19 (Reuters) - Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Friday that the city of Bakhmut was unlikely to fall to his mercenary forces in the next two days as fighting raged around Ukrainian soldiers holed up in a makeshift "fortress" in the south of the city.

The Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, known in Russia by its Soviet-era name of Artyomovsk, is in ruins after months of intense fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces who call it the "meat grinder".

"Bakhmut has still not been taken," Prigozhin said in a voice message posted on Telegram. "Bakhmut is unlikely to be taken either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Russia's Prigozhin says Bakhmut will not fall in next two days

Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Friday that the city of Bakhmut was unlikely to fall to his mercenary forces in the next two days as fighting raged around Ukrainian soldiers holed up in a makeshift "fortress" in the south of the city.

www.reuters.com

 

[GTX]

Biden endorses F-16 training for Ukrainians as Zelenskyy set to take part in G7 summit

President Joe Biden tells allies he is approving plans to train Ukrainian pilots on US-made F-16 fighter jets, as leaders of the world's most powerful democracies work to toughen punishments on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

www.abc.net.au