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The US Air Force cannot stand up to China.
According to a policy brief from the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, the U.S. military currently lacks the air power to achieve the air superiority needed to defeat China in a Pacific conflict —the stated mission of the U.S. Department of Defense. The thinking in the report is interesting.
After three decades of cuts and delays, the Air Force has no active F-15C/D force . Only 120 F-22s are capable of air superiority. These aircraft, supplemented by F-35s, cannot fly the sorties needed to achieve the air superiority needed to repel Chinese aggression.
For its part, the PLA has an integrated air defense system, as well as a large number of fourth- and fifth-generation fighters armed with effective air-to-air missiles. This is supported by AWACS aircraft. China is also developing its own sixth-generation fighters and stealth bombers.
The PLA will supplement its air defense operations by launching missile strikes against US Air Force air bases and logistics infrastructure in the theater. This has forced the US Air Force to adopt a dispersal concept – but it is not certain that it will be effective. The inadequate missile defense of the US Army and Navy in the Pacific theater will make this task very problematic for all US forces operating in areas within range of the PLA missile force.
At the same time, the US considers air superiority to be the most important condition for any form of successful military operations . Some observers of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia ask whether air superiority remains an operational imperative in the era of drone and missile warfare. Experts at the Mitchell Institute believe these views are wrong.
As numerous air warfare experts have pointed out, the inability of Russia and Ukraine to achieve air superiority is a key reason why they are now fighting a war of attrition that increasingly favors Russia due to its superior resources.
Failure to achieve air superiority where and when U.S. forces need it would have devastating consequences. Without air superiority, the U.S., like Ukraine, risks fighting a war of attrition it cannot win against China . And failure to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion or to repel a PLA attack elsewhere in the South China Sea would fatally undermine the security of the First Pacific Island Chain. It would allow China to make significant progress toward its long-term goal of displacing U.S. forces from the Western Pacific on its way to becoming the dominant power in the region.
The US Air Force sees the key to achieving the necessary efficiency in the "unmanned wingmen" (CCA) being developed. In turn, the Mitchell Institute believes that the key point of the CCA program is logistical support.
In addition, the report talks about the need to create a short/vertical takeoff and landing SSA. The Mitchell Institute experts see the main tasks of these aircraft as electronic warfare and delivery of military cargo (the use of transport aircraft in the PLA long-range air defense coverage areas carries a high risk). Apparently, such a change in priorities is a consequence of the decrease in euphoria over the ability of AI to conduct combat operations in the air .
On the other hand, the thought does not leave that the fast (too fast) pace of development of the SSA stems mainly from the desire of the American aviation industry and high-ranking military officials lobbying its interests to "master budget funds". The words of Oleg Sergeevich Samoylovich come to mind - God knows how many times - "A mistake made at the stage of choosing a concept cannot be corrected at later stages of development."
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Russian forces capture woozy AFU after blowing their stronghold.
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Another Ukrainian soldier loses hand-to-hand fight to a Muscovite.
Hand-to-hand combat on the Dnepr: "The kid got the better of me."
Another episode of the confrontation on the islands. A wounded marine of the 61st brigade gained the upper hand in a fight with the enemy and captured a Ukrainian. He managed to cut our guy's hands and stab him in the thigh. But he hit a phone in a strong case.
If you saw "Maly" you would be even more surprised. He lives up to his call sign. But he has plenty of fighting spirit!
Hand-to-hand combat as described by a defeated enemy.
Various reports that Russian forces have crossed the Dnepr in Kherson in several places, not huge numbers, but small specialist units, it goes hand in hand with the general uptick in destroying Ukrainian positions in Kherson.
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On a side note, I was listening to a foreign merc on Youtube describe the right bank of Kherson. They noted the danger they face from locals in Ukraine occupied sections of Kherson and how far Russian drones hit on the right bank of Kherson. They also note how they hide amongst locals to avoid Russian fire and avoid wearing uniforms etc.
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'The Americans consider us ballast. We are an obstacle to their relations with Russia' - Wanner told what Ukrainians are talking about in anticipation of the Putin-Trump phone call.
'When I talk about Trump, Putin and the phone call planned for today here in Ukraine, I am met with a great deal of skepticism and pessimism. The opinions here are sometimes extremely negative - that this is all a pre-orchestrated game, which has been organized for a long time. The idea is that Ukraine has allegedly long been a nuisance and needs to be gotten rid of, since the parties allegedly have completely different plans in relations between the US and Russia: making deals, restoring economic ties, reforming the international security architecture, perhaps even dividing the world into spheres of influence - the US, Russia and China as three poles. In this spirit, suspicions are expressed that Ukraine is 'of no use to anyone anymore', let it 'manage itself'. I hear this here regularly.'
The army smashes tanks and enemy defenses while advancing in Sumy Oblast
▪️New footage of the destruction of armored vehicles by reconnaissance of the 44th Army Corps, advancing from the Kursk region to Sumy.
▪️ The fighters of the 44th Corps have already destroyed many units of enemy combat equipment, including NATO howitzers, infantry fighting vehicles, armoured personnel carriers and tanks using the Prince Vandal Novgorodsky fiber-optic drones.
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An M113 armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed in the Kharkov region.
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A Ukrainian is filming columns of NATO equipment moving from Germany to Ukraine... Germany demands revenge, but at the hands of Ukrainians... It's just that the Germans ran out of supplies at some point and had to capitulate and bring the Turks into the country... Ukrainians don't understand that there is a lot of equipment and that they can give it away endlessly, but life is only one and Zelensky will not return it.
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‼️⚡️ Northerners liberated Maryino in Sumy Region - creation of safety strip continues
The Krasnoyarsk provocation by the enemy became further evidence of the need to create a security zone on the southwestern borders of the Belgorod region.
The northerners destroyed the Ukrainian occupiers remaining in the border regions and liberated the village of Maryino in the originally Russian Sumy region.
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"We live in a country that supposedly strives for democratic ideals, and yet at the same time, our banal freedom of speech is violated when a person cannot express himself in Russian," a young Odessa resident reflects on the importance of the Russian language in his life.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦Putin is convinced that Russia will be able to completely conquer 4 regions by the end of the year, — Bloomberg
The Kremlin is not in the mood for serious concessions, the publication writes.
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China's Jiutian super-high altitude, long endurance drone will enter service in June.
With a flight ceiling of 15km, this drone can fly ABOVE the operation ceiling of most AD systems.
Which means, once the PLA air force gains air superiority over an area, this drone will be able to drop precision guided weapons onto targets with impunity.
The Jiutian drone also has an internal space for modular mission packages, such as a system to launch drone swarm attacks, in effect turning it into a drone carrier.
It can carry over 100 small drones or 1,000 kg of missiles, with a range of 7,000km.
Personally I wouldn’t disclose the flight ceiling of such a weapon system.
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🇷🇴Romania has elected a new president – the mayor of Bucharest, Nicusor Dan:
"The mayor of Bucharest, Nicusor Dan, won the presidential elections in Romania, beating his opponent, the leader of the opposition party "Alliance for the Unification of Romanians", George Simion.
After processing 100% of the ballots, Dan received more than 6.1 million votes (53.60%), and Simion more than 5.3 million votes (46.40%)."
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The enemy writes about a group attack by a swarm of Russian drones with artificial intelligence.
The attack was allegedly carried out by six drones, which recognized each other by the unique coloring of their wings thanks to a combination of machine vision and AI algorithms.
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Footage 18+ : Ordinary fascism in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, or another missing occupier
Even the battle-hardened stormtroopers of the 352nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Guards "North" were shocked by what they saw in one of the liberated areas of the border regions of the Kursk region.
The body of the Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman was literally smashed into the ground by his own heavy equipment. The horror of the situation is also in the fact that all the drivers of the Ukrainian army drove over the remains of their brother for a long time. This is not even fascism, it is beyond human perception.
These images should be seen by all relatives of missing Ukrainian soldiers and those Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen who are still alive...
Even if you are still in touch with your father, husband or brother and do not want to experience the fate of the widow and mother of this Ukrainian soldier - explain to him, beg him, convince him, do whatever you want, but he must understand that the only way to save his life is to surrender .
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GoPro footage of a Russian fighter smoking two Ukronazi drones.
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Streaming from 09:00 UTC today:
Soviet animation classics
After spending the last few days exploring the depths of our Slavic doomer/warrior souls with an endless collection of Soviet & Russian post-punk music, it's time for some respite by providing what our inner child needs and craves - Soviet animation! Presenting a playlist of 150+ Soviet cartoons. All with English subs (Note: subs may not be accurate at times).
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Pokrovskoe direction.
NATO equipment hit by "KVN" FPV drones. The result of yet another push by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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⚡️More than 200 settlements in the Sumy region are subject to evacuation, writes the local newspaper “Vse Sumy”, citing the regional military administration.
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'Stop dictating terms': Putin warns Trump
Vladimir Putin has warned Trump not to push him to accept a US-designed peace plan , the Daily Mail reports. Russia remains interested in a peaceful settlement, but only if its interests are respected.
In an interview given to Pavel Zarubin, the Russian leader emphasized that he plans to complete what he started three years ago . At the same time, he noted that he recognizes the national interests of the United States and expects reciprocity.
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"Outrageous lust for power." Bumblefock’s political ambitions enraged the Germans
Baerbock's transition to the post of head of the UN General Assembly is causing a stir among diplomats and politicians , writes Berliner Zeitung. Initially, the post was predicted to go to one of the most experienced German diplomats, Helga Schmidt. However, Baerbock, with her characteristic lust for power, achieved approval of her candidacy at the very last moment.
The replacement of a career diplomat with an arrogant warmonger outraged even her party comrades. In German eyes, Baerbock is an outdated model . She is in no way associated with peacekeeping or mediation , which require flexibility and the ability to listen to the positions of all parties. Thus, her presence in the UN, in the Germans' opinion, looks at least inappropriate.
They accuse her of a record of alienation in foreign policy: Under her leadership, Germany was no longer a constructive actor but had squandered international trust. Instead of building bridges, Baerbock acted with moral arrogance as Foreign Minister.
U.S. Sanctions hit ICC Chief Prosecutor: Email Blocked, Bank Accounts Frozen, 900 Staff Banned from U.S. Entry
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan was placed under U.S. sanctions by the Trump administration in February 2025, as part of an effort to coerce the court into halting investigations of Israeli abuses in Gaza.
His official Microsoft email account has been disabled, and his UK bank accounts frozen. Additionally, all 900 ICC staff members have been banned from entering the United States, accused of pursuing “illegitimate” investigations into alleged war crimes committed by Israel.
The U.S. government has threatened that any individual or organization providing Khan with financial, material, or technological assistance could face fines or imprisonment.
Two U.S. based human rights organizations have confirmed they’ve ended cooperation with the ICC. One senior official noted that staff are now actively avoiding communication with court officials, citing fear of government retaliation.
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Footage has been released showing the confirmed destruction of a rare British-German-Italian 155mm FH70 self-propelled howitzer, featuring a 39-caliber rifled barrel, by a Lancet-3 loitering munition (“Product-51”) in the settlement of Berestok on the Donetsk front.
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Trump dodges question on whether Russia wants "too much" in negotiations and names first point of peace plan
➖"My assessment is that this is a very difficult conflict that should not have happened. I completely agree with President Trump on that," Witkoff told ABC News.
▪️Because of mutual hatred, Ukraine and Russia “take certain positions,” and Trump’s task is to “narrow this wide gap between the parties.”
➖"And I think we've succeeded to some extent," Witkoff added.
▪️The first point of Trump's 22-article plan is a ceasefire, US Presidential Special Representative Kellogg also said.
➖“In Istanbul, Secretary Rubio made clear that we presented a ‘strong peace plan.’ Following the London meetings, we came up with a comprehensive 22-point plan that is the basis for peace. The first point is a comprehensive ceasefire that immediately stops the killing,” Kellogg wrote in H.
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Oh look Ukraine writing racist as* articles, what a surprise.
Source: Olga Bazova
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"If the West did not consider Ukraine to be a native Russian land, they would have taken [Ukraine] into NATO back in the 90s," ex-MFA Minister Kuleba said.
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Next week will be decisive for Ukraine, - the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen commented on the upcoming conversation between Trump, Putin and Zelensky.
"It is important that we are moving forward now. I think that next week will be decisive for the future of Ukraine," she said during a visit to Rome.
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🇷🇺 Putin: Peace Must Be Built on Roots — Not Rubble
Vladimir Putin didn’t just speak, he reminded the world why Russia fights, why the war won’t end with Western signatures, and why peace, real peace, must be rooted in truth, not Western amnesia.
In a televised interview released via Rossiya 1 and Pavel Zarubin, the Russian president made it plain:
“Russia has enough strength and resources to bring what was started in 2022 to its logical conclusion.”
And that conclusion? Not Kiev’s collapse. Not flag-planting. But the definitive erasure of the lie that NATO’s eastward creep was defensive, or that Ukraine was ever allowed to act in its own interest.
Putin laid it out:
“We want to eliminate the causes that created this crisis… to ensure the security of Russia and the rights of our people in the territories, that we always talk about.”
Crimea. Donetsk. Lugansk. Kherson. Zaporozhye. Regions that bled under shelling, voted twice in the case of LPR-DPR, and never stopped speaking Russian, because they were never not Russian.
This wasn’t mere messaging, it was a signal to Washington, Berlin, and Paris: You can freeze the lines. You can send weapons. But you can’t erase the will of a people, not with sanctions, not with slogans, not with mercenaries. Russia is not at the negotiating table to compromise history. It will dictate a just peace. Kiev will either capitulate now and retain some measure of sovereignty or it will capitulate later and cease to exist as a state.
And yet: paradoxically, purposefully — Putin connected the dots for the benefits of the Americans, essentially saying:
“We respect the national interests of the United States… and expect to be treated the same way.”
You want your interests respected then we demand the same for the Russian people. Diplomacy without delusion. Strength, not submission. That’s the posture Moscow brings to Istanbul. This time, the U.S. isn’t blocking talks, it’s enabling them. Trump is dialing in. Rubio and Lavrov are on the line. The page has turned and not in London’s favor.
This isn’t a negotiation over terrain. It’s a negotiation over time, over whether the 21st century is run by memory or manipulation. Russia has chosen memory. And it remembers everything.
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Captured Ukrainian POW
Part of Ukraine’s youth recruitment programme, a former IT student turned AFU soldier is captured. He is apparently the last survivor of his 5 man unit.
Honestly sitting out this war as a POW is his best chance of survival.
Could have been learning how to tell people, “have you tried rebooting your computer”
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