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Louis CK’s Russian tale

OK.

I am only going by the chatter I see on Telegram/Twitter, but it only seems to happen during very intense periods of fighting. It happened often during the early days when Kyiv and Bucha were under attack. It happened during the peak of fighting at Siverodonetsk. I guess neither side has sufficient night vision equipment to make it more prevalent.

There's also a definite lull of fighting on Sundays. Maybe they all go to mass on that day?

Russian naval ships operate with their ATIS switched off. The latest Sentinel imagery, along with the Intel gathered by the daily Global Hawk, EP-3's and military satellites all show around 30 Russian Navy vessels operating in the Black Sea, well off the Crimean coast.

Sevastapol was cleared out last week, with all the submarines moving to the ports in Novorossiya. This occured when Ukraine began it's offensive and presented the real possibility of moving their HIMARS within range of Sevastapol.

You can see a clear absence of ships and other crafts across a defined area around Crimea. This is an exclusion zone enforced by the Russian Navy and likely to indicate the current position of the Black Sea Fleet.

UK Intel reports have confirmed the relocation of the submarines:

And, the flightpath of USAF Global Hawk operations have also corresponded with the edges of this "exclusion zone"

The Black Sea fleet is very much there. Just because you cannot see them, does not mean they are not present. Also, OSINT channels, a few weeks ago, worked out that the surface radar sweeps from the ships radars caused interference in the Sentinel Satellite imagery, giving away their positions. I wrote a post on this a few pages back if you're interested.

I'm afraid, this is not going to "blow over".

In the name of which vanquished nation did you serve?

I'm naturally cynical, but for a guy with so-called military experience, you do not seem to be very au-fait with the current conflict, the lead up to it, the various tech being used by both sides, and that Naval Vessels can switch off their ATIS.

I'm guessing FCA, working out of Finner camp on a wet weekend.? Fair play to you if it is. I know many a keyboard warrior who would baulk at the first boghole. 🤔

Interesting development

Somebody, I forget who, threw a question your way about that tweet a few hours ago. Way way back in the thread by now.

‘Given the Medical help he needs’……yeah a head full of lead 😡😡

So, if NATO can modify the rules then It is very possible for NATO to make it much easier to join NATO - even as an ‘honorary member’. But ONE RULE I suggest that it should definitely change is the one which says all members must agree who can join. NATO should learn from the mistake that the UN made whereby ALL seven members of the permanent council - which includes Ru - must agree on any proposal before it b4. The UN can act

Yeah, because gas pumping into the sea and thousands of tonnes of equipment rotting in natural environments is something we should be totally indifferent to.

Btw any update on your latest Twitter "scoop" about the 100,000 Belarusian troops about to enter the war? Didn't think so... Must be under house arrest or something...

Is that the reconnances brigade marking the way forward for the main advance?

One of the main things I picked up from the speech was when he mentioned that there are precidentsre using nuclear bombs. He specifically mentioned the US dropping such bombs on Japan . I assume the insuation is that if he drops one he will not be the first country to do it

Exercise Joint Warrior 2022.

Those of you tracking aircraft and naval movements will notice increased activity in the waters around northern Scotland over the next 2 weeks ( and another possible destination for the P8 I mentioned above). Over 3000 personnel, over 50 aircraft and warships from all over NATO will be active:

"Joint Warrior is a UK-led war exercise that takes place in spring and autumn each year. The Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and British Army are joined by forces from 13 other nations, including Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Turkey, Japan, UAE and the US.

Taking place over two weeks, Joint Warrior includes airborne assaults, amphibious landings, evacuations and live-fire exercises.

The exercise runs through a range of scenarios, including crisis and conflict situations, that could be realistically encountered in operations, such as territory disputes, terrorist activity and piracy."

Like Jordan Peterson says, the tyrant awakens the little Hitler in them.