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Blakjewelry:
Exactly what I was saying, this is just a pr stunt, you don't risk men and materials just to score some cheap point that has no bearing on the trajectory of the war.

If Ukraine had down those planes during active combat or hit forward operating base use to house the planes for combat it would have made history, this nothing short of terrorism.

Alamkiir:
I've already lost count of how many times Putin has been played with fake negotiations while he gets a big slap in the face.

A part of his NUCLEAR capabilities have been blown up. There is no greater escalation than this.

Firing Oreshnik point blank at Ukraine just for show will only further expose his already deeply felt weakness.

Such attacks from inside Russia will now become everyday life. Ukraine and NATO are waging an all-in war against Russia.

They are blowing up civilian buildings, trains, generals, mayors, and now even nuclear assets on Russian territory. Putin is still playing some kind of "special military operation" by claiming that the Ukrainians were his brothers.

On the other hand, he refused to arm the Houthis, the Palestinians, Hezbollah, and Syria to the teeth, and he ended up losing Syria and the entire Middle East.

Israel bombed Syria for years while Putin cultivated "friendship" with Israel and Turkey and refused to provide Assad with advanced weapons.

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar also felt his weakness and urgently signed massive agreements with the US and began distancing themselves from the BRICS.

Zelensky and his team have proven from their comfortably warm offices in Kiev that they want the war to continue as long as they are funded and armed.

Putin is currently waging "special military operation" with "stones" while his serious weapons are slumbering in warehouses that are being blown up one by one.

His alleged "friends" are massively selling weapons to Ukraine, including China, which until recently massively sold drones to Ukriane, similar to those that wiped out his bombers today.

Empty treats are no longer something Putin and his friends can afford.
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Summed perfectly

StudyBarn:
Look at this crap, anyone with 2 working brain cells will see this grandiloquent aphasic rube for what he truly is. This entire hogwash is so unsophisticated and laughable, it beggars belief a self-claimed smart person wrote it. Where does one start with this nonsense?

1. The Strategic environment today could not be any different from the last days of the cold war and it's aftermath, the days of uncontested US power is long gone. There are peer and near peer contestants including some openly revanchist ones.

2. It is an actual policy of the US and NATO to weaken Russia, that wasn't an original idea of yours

3. Ukraine was armed to the gills, they have received $320 billion worth of military aid from the Ukraine Defense Contact Group and another $108 billion in "humanitarian aid" besides spending 26% of GDP on the military. Ukraine has received weapons valued twice it's nominal GDP in 3 years.

4. Russia has been subject to 17 rounds of sanctions, infact it is the most sanctioned nation on earth

5. China accounts for 31.6% of global manufacturing and yes they were slammed with tariffs, for a so-called "US resident" , you could have educated yourself about the price rise and biting inflation that was sure to accompany it.

6. Iran was actually kept busy, lost Syria, it's proxies were decimated by Israel, weakened sure but not out, a new railroad from Xian(China) to Aprin (Iran) just completed it's first cargo delivery. Sanction proof bypassing the Suez, Hormuz all the strategic choke points.

7. An 8 month plan to bomb the Houthis and let the Yemeni government assault their positions was abandoned after a month when the US could not establish air superiority, an F-35 the crown jewel of the US Air force was forced to perform an evasive maneuver,7 reaper drones, 2 F-16's lost. The operation cost $1 billion yet barely made a dent on the Houthis who moved their weapons under mountains in the unforgiving mountainous terrain of Yemen. The US had to sue for peace without Israel

8. Lol the CIA is already working overtime in Ukraine, ATACMS can not be operated absent targeting data provided by US intelligence, you speak like Russia has no counterintelligence especially on its own turf, let them start active hostile measures and sabotage if it goes uncontested

Everything you spilled is not only infantile, some of it calls for NATO to become an active combatant in a hot war with a nuclear power,


I know you might not value your life and a nuclear winter might be a significant upgrade to your circumstances but Dude!!!

seunny4lif:
Finland case of suing Gazprom for stopping gas supplies, has been settled as it turned out that it itself refused them.
The court, following a complaint from Finland, has imposed a fine of 300 million euros on Finland.
Boris Martsinkevich told why other countries are in no hurry to sue Gazprom.

In-salt upon self-imposed injury.

shoodboi2:
I'm surprised they haven't yet declared the racoon a Russian spy 😂😄

WriterrNg:
⚡ Vance: Uncontested U.S. Dominance Is Over.

U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance told Naval Academy graduates that the era of “uncontested American dominance” is over.

He said Russia and China are “serious threats” and are “determined to beat the United States in every single domain.”

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳 Vance: Uncontested U.S. Dominance Is Over

U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance told Naval Academy graduates that the era of “uncontested American dominance” is over.

He said Russia and China are “serious threats” and are “determined to beat the United States in every single… pic.twitter.com/rOrQPurD4T

— DD Geopolitics (@DD_Geopolitics) May 23, 2025

Vance is just tacitly telling the raw truth why the US naval dominance for many decades is over-- the Houthis, a supposed rag-tag group successfully turned some priced US military air assets into scrap metals and scrap marines while chasing away whole fleet carriers with bleeding boards and gaping holes courtesy of Iranian tech.

Ibime:
Ruble performance in 23 and 24 was abysmal always flirting around 100 with Central Bank spending tens of billions buying ruble stop it exploding

Then and till now, Ruble is subject to capital restrictions meaning it's not freely traded and can't be swapped for other currencies

You have started again.

Since when does the US/EU per their sanctions means the entire world as such that Russian currency cannot be swapped for other currencies in trade?


Currently, Russia is trading currency with as much as 40 nations, including recent additions such as Nigeria, Tunisia. And Ethiopia. So, how is Russian currency not freely traded?

WriterrNg:
Lol. People wey don already build theirs since.

No be the same US dey cry since 3 years now say Russia dey build space based weapons? Even nuclear weapons in space.

China is doing the same.

WritterNg:
⚡Estonia Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur:

Over 60% of Russian oil transport goes through the Baltic Sea. Russia has 500 shadow fleet vessels in play. If we control the shadow fleet, we have a huge impact.

WritterNg:
They said next time, it'll be 8 territories.

WritterNg:
⚡Germany's Chancellor Merz (CDU) vows to make the Bundeswehr the "strongest conventional army in Europe."

WritterNg:
⚡China military researchers claim they can now launch hypersonic missiles from space, using re entry glide vehicles (RGVs) capable of reaching speeds of Mach 20—around 13,000 mph and striking targets anywhere in the world in under 30 minutes — SCMP

WritterNg:
⚡New York Post on March 19, 2022: Andrey Mordvichev, another Russian general has been killed in Ukraine.

Over 3 years later, today he has been appointed as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces.

The person who wrote that post for the New York Post must have been Igbofam, the self acclaimed nairaland killer of Russian generals.

CreativeOrbit:
This transformation stands as a powerful testament to what is possible when regional leaders prioritize self-determination over dependency.

It reflects the enduring strength of cultural identity, the promise of economic cooperation, and the resilience of people shaping their own destinies.

The Middle East’s progress is not imported—it is homegrown, rooted in vision, heritage, and unwavering resolve.

LordAdam16:
The caveat is that in 4 years, the interventionists, nation builders, and nonprofits will return.

Still, it's a pleasant change of pace in American foreign policy. Even if transient.

-Lord

seunny4lif:
Estonian navy attempted to seize a Russian tanker today named JAGUAR which is heading towards Russia territory and told them to change way, the ship refused then the navy tried to board but the crews refused, few minutes later the Russia deployed an SU-35 fighter jet to protect the tanker which flew several runs around the Estonian military vessel violating its airspace.

Estonians have gotten the message: mess with Russian ships, you will regret it and NATO will not help you either.

UPDATE: The oil tanker JAGUAR departed the Russian Hogland island following a failed detention attempt by Estonian authorities and is now moving toward Russia shipping lane in the Baltic Sea at 10 knots.

It's a game of try and see being played by some stupid NATO countries in the name of trying to stop Russian shadow ships moving oil for Russia and bypassing western sanctions.

Few weeks ago, a German and Danish naval ships attempted to hijack a foreign ship suspected of carrying Russian oil. Well, the Russians sent in a Corvette which fired warning shots at the NATO ships and locked on to the German ship. The bullies got the message and they ran away from the showdown, allowing the Russian oil-carrying ship to sail on its usual course.

If care is not taking, one of these days, one of those local government cum countries in NATO would push more than they can swallow and give Russia a legitimate reason to sink their entire naval force, and if they're hoping the US would come to their aid, well. I have a sea to sell them. It's then they will realize that article 5 of NATO only exist on paper when a giant like Russia is involved.

I just they look them dey laugh.

LordAdam16:
That is the current narrative.
American and Israeli media are signaling a Netanyahu-Trump schism.

To put this in perspective, Israeli media reported that one of Waltz (the former NSA) infractions that contributed to his firing was his close coordination with Satanyahu on Iran strike options at a time when Trump was still mulling a diplomatic resolution.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/waltzs-coordination-with-netanyahu-on-iran-strike-contributed-to-firing-report/

-Lord

WritterNg:
⚡IBRAHIM TRAORÉ:

[How do you explain the decline of French influence in the region—not just in the Sahel, but also across West Africa?]

"I think they themselves contributed to their own decline.

Because they still view our relationship through a paternalistic lens.

Whenever we take an initiative—someone immediately says it’s Russia’s influence.

Everything we do—'it’s Russia.'

Why are they so blind?

So—Africans are incapable of developing ideas on their own?

Of inventing, innovating, taking initiative?

That’s exactly what we are fighting against.

As long as they see Africans as subhumans, incapable of thought or innovation, there will never be genuine friendship.

Times have changed.

And they must change too.

It’s the very perception they still have of Black people.

They need to let go of that.

Because treating us this way means they still see Black people as subhuman.

And that’s dangerous.

They must change their language."

[But how does this attitude reveal itself?]

"Just listen to their speeches.

Even the French President constantly says African youth are being 'influenced by Russia.'

He says it openly.

And Western media? They spend all their time lying.

Today, the AES is emerging as a model—and they can’t stop talking about Burkina Faso and AES all day long.

Every time, they spread misinformation to divide and manipulate youth.

But it doesn’t work anymore.

I think people are waking up.

And you too are victims of these same people.

Look at what they say about Russia.

Even today, some young Africans still believe their lies about World War II.

I heard someone say that right after the war, if you asked Europeans who won, they said 'Russia.'

Today, if you ask, they say 'the West.'

Through propaganda, they’ve rewritten history.

And they’ve done the same to African history.

They’ve manipulated everything—turned lies into accepted fact.

And now, many young Africans don’t even know what Africa has done.

Some don’t know that our grandparents were sent to the frontlines as cannon fodder—then killed like animals when they came back.

Do people know that when France tested its first atomic bomb, it placed Black soldiers within the lethal blast radius—just to see the effect?

Let’s bring out the archives.

What they’ve done to Africa—it’s horrifying.

We need to communicate all this, so young Africans wake up.

Too many still serve the imperialist message.

They repeat what they’re told—maybe because they’re paid, I don’t know.

But Africans must understand their history and wake up.

That’s our fight too."

LordAdam16:
The counterpoint is that Trump is putting on a show for the Arab audience.
The rift, or at least the appearance of one, serves to downplay his culpability in Satanyahu's continued war crimes.

By July/August, he could flip the script on everything.
Houthis, Iran, Gaza, SA nuclear negotiations.

Be that as it may, Trump is using this opportunity to reinforce the persona that he is beholden to no one.
He is also undoubtedly relishing the opportunity to publicly stick it to Satanyahu.

-Lord

LordAdam16:
There has been some chatter about a rift between Trump and Satanyahu.
I will defer any commentary until the conclusion of his trip to the Gulf.

-Lord

Dvdpity:
60+ yrs old man is young?

You are mental!

LordAdam16:
😂

The US Navy is carrying out sea trials of its next gen jet-to-submarine conversion program.
The F-18 jet-sub is yet to meet predefined mission objectives and performance goals as the program faces enormous and persistent challenges.
Two prototypes were declared nonrecoverable in the past week.
The Houthis have been valuable partners in creating the correct test conditions to evaluate the jetsub's operational readiness.

-Lord

WritterNg:
⚡Second US F/A-18 Super Hornet crashes into Red Sea due to "arrestment failure," second jet lost in just over a week from USS Harry S. Truman — CNN

LordAdam16:
Mossad gang do not care about the outcome of the war.
Iraq and Afghanistan were success stories for Israel. Saddam is gone and Iraq/Afghanistan directly led to HTS toppling Assad.
Modest AD protection in Iraq and Syria are gone, giving the IAF unprecedented operational freedom.

The national interests of the US and Israel do not always align.
The only inconvenience for Israel wrt Iran is that they'll suffer direct consequences.
Still, that would not dissuade the war hawks. They've sacrificed lives and limbs shadowing insurgents in Gaza.
Dead Israelis is fair game if the objective of a hot war in Iran is achieved.

In academia, you'll find researchers and savants who spend decades of their lives researching a topic, chasing a breakthrough.
The same phenomenon exists in foreign policy circles.
War in Iran is a lifelong goal for folks like Satanyahu, Graham, most of the top echelon at Mossad, and co.
Graham was heavily in favor of pushing Ukraine to take on Russia in an unwinnable war.
They looked at Russia, its capabilities, a war right on its border, and said f*ck it.
What makes you think anything about the operational challenges of prosecuting a war in Iran is going to give them pause?

-Lord

Watcharena:
let me go and renew your subscription. The thing has expired so soon, Seun need to do more ,the duration is too short

LordAdam16:
Over the last ten days, Israel and Five Eyes Plus have been carrying out sabotage operations against Iranian industrial targets.

Their war planners want to take out a significant percentage of Iran's dual-use industrial capacity to limit its ability to replenish stocks when the shooting starts.

I'm at the point where I'd be pleased with a hot war.
It'll cleanse Iran's peacetime counterintelligence apparatus. It'll force Iran to acquire a nuke. It'll shatter the foundation of Israel's security.

The odds of a war is currently at <40%.
But as I said in the past, Mossad will do everything possible to trigger a War.
I hope they get their wish.

-Lord

WriterrNg:
I wonder wetin dey this Kursk wey Ukraine wan die put.

shoodboi2:
The comedians in Ukraine say they have killed over 950,000 soldiers and have destroyed almost 11,000 Russian tanks 😂

freakyamanda:
Well, North Korea was in Kursk. Unlike the West and Ukraine, Russia later owned up to their presence. See the result; complete destruction of Ukrainian forces in Kursk.
US and allies should just stick to playing hide and seek the way they are doing. Any attempt at full invasion of Iran will destroy the battered American society.

Ordinary Yemen they have lost 20 reaper drones costing millions each. An attempted Iranian invasion will cost times 1 thousand in money, reputation and lives. I am even hoping for it but I know Trump will not do it. He is a coward.

shoodboi2:
Imagine categorizing massive bombing campaigns executed using B2 bombers, tomahawk missiles, and aircraft carriers as "limited". These bombers and ships are the most advanced and lethal platforms the US can use against a country. The US has nothing better than them. Absolutely nothing. And yet, he calls it "limited."

dermmy:
Imagine U.S had to be using B-2 spirit to bomb the Houthis cause it fears those guys air defence systems. Imagine how many drones those guys have downed. They attacked US aircraft carrier last week with anti ship missile. US is still furious with Iran over the Houthis. I bet it with my balls Trump is just bluffing he won't attack Iran. The consequences of that stupid action will be too much for the so called super power who is still finding it hard to defeat the Houthis. US is sucking itself into another quagmire in the Middle East gradually.

US does not even need to dialogue with Iran they should just start the bombing as usual. Why do you need to dialogue with Iran when you can bomb the country back to the stone age? Remember it is Trump that is calling for dialogue making bombing threats.