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EU elites try out-scaring each other with Russian babadooks: "Mr. Piperea opened the hearing by comparing the EU commission’s actions to totalitarianism under the Soviet Union...[von der Layen's party leader] called the vote a waste of time that played into Russia’s hands"
Why the flow of materiel is slowing and what does it mean, Part 3/3
Point 1, shell casings: The casings are made of high-grade steel that requires precision milling and, naturally, steel itself. The problem with that is that decades of financialization of western economies have resulted in most steel mills closing down or getting outsourced to China. Gone forever are the United Kingdom’s steel mills. Germany had the lion’s share of the steel mills that were left…that is, until “someone” blew up Nord Stream 2 and deprived Germany of the cheap gas that is necessary to make them run while maintaining a profit line. Something similar happened to the steel mills in Pittsburg, most of which have closed. In short: steel shortage. It can be purchased from elsewhere, but at three times the cost, which of course will increase thanks to the law of supply and demand.
Point 2, chemicals: Again, chemicals are made in factories that have been largely delocalised to second world countries, and have high electricity requirements anyway. Those few that remain in the west now would have to ramp up production of the necessary chemicals at a very disadvantageous time, and this without considering that most of those companies that produce propellants and explosives tend to do so only as a side activity, not as their main source of income. The only factory that mainly produces explosives in the west that I know of is the Nobel plant now located in the USA.
Point 3, fuzes: fuze technology has advanced considerably since the times of World War 2, and now most of the non-impact ones are quite complex and require advanced electronics that are produced only by a small amount of companies in the west, and guess what, many of these electronics rely on either rare earths or components from…China, which is not too eager to sell enough of the stuff to the west knowing that there’s always the risk it’ll be turned on them later.
Point 4, skilled workforce: with the deindustrialisation that has been going on in the west, many of the specialised workers who knew how to operate the machinery to assemble the shells is either dead, retired, or has been laid off. Only a small pool of experts remains, automation can only do so much to substitute them, and training new ones is costly, takes time, and still doesn’t guarantee results combined with all the other issues.
Point 5: good old corruption, that in the western military industrial complex is pervasive, chronic, and incurable. Unlike in, say, Russia and China, where control of these facilities is under state supervision, which makes sure that there will be at least some oversight and due investigation of production snags and attempts at finding a solution, there’s basically zero such checks and balances in the west, where private companies have every interest in running “Gucci Weapon Boutiques” whose purpose is producing a trickle of materiel that comes with an incredibly inflated price tag. And who’s going to hold them accountable, considering that many politicians and generals either get kickbacks from them, end up in their boards when they retire, or both?
With all these factors taken into account, we can make a few observations:
- The west is completely incapable of sustaining a high-intensity war for long, let alone two, this self-neutering is crippling and now permanent thanks to a combination of factors including greed, stupidity, short-sightedness, lack of economical competitiveness, and corruption.
- A gas station masquerading as a nuclear power is outproducing the entire west despite sinking only a fraction of the money into its military.
- The American administration’s decision to cut down on aid to Kiev has been forced by the hard, cold reality, and is not a political decision. If it was up to the current administration and they could conjure materiel out of thin air the flow would continue indefinitely.
Thank you for your time.
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Brazil’s Lula FIRES back at Trump’s BRICS tariff threat
‘I don’t even think I should comment’
Trump ‘needs to understand that the world has CHANGED’
Says if American can impose tariffs then so can other countries
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Why the flow of materiel is slowing and what does it mean, Part 1/3
As many of you have heard by now, it has been revealed that the US are halting supplies of ammunition and other materiel to Ukraine because their own stocks are dangerously low. This is quite the admission, especially for a country that now spends more than a trillion dollars on defense budget. The decision was taken by Eldridge Colby, the Pentagon’s policy chief, and is quite amusing considering that before that cutback Trump said that he might have sent more supplies to Ukraine.
The most important item that is seemingly going to the cutting room board are, however artillery shells (all types), which are the bread and butter of any respectable modern army and a key point of any army’s ability to fight.
Some may recall that back in May 2024 the Biden admin was releasing bombastic statements on how they were “certain” to be capable of reach the mark of 100.000 artillery shells a month, so what happened? Did these plans ended up in yet another clown show?
…why am I ever asking? Of course they have.
From a stated goal of 100.000 artillery shells a month, official production “statistics” noted that peak production reached 50.000 a month – a long shot from the amount intended – before hitting several bottlenecks that brought monthly production down to the 40.000 units (and to be honest, the 50.000 monthly shells mark, assuming it was even true, was reached only because of previous stockpiles of artillery shell casings which must’ve been depleted by now.)
Things have reached such levels of absurdity that the Army is now considering terminating General Dynamics’ contract for the production of 155mm artillery shells. The question here is, “how is it possible that there’s such a scarcity for artillery shells when so much effort (and so much taxpayer money) has been made to ramp up production and acquisition of these projectiles?”
To answer that question, we need a quick introductory course on how are artillery shells made.
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Rubio removes Jabhat al-Nusra/HTS from TERRORIST organizations list
Jihadist group led by now Syrian President al-Sharaa
Al-Sharaa once had a $10m bounty on his head, now he’s shaking hands with Trump
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Trump announced the introduction of 35 percent tariffs for Serbia.
He said this in a letter to Aleksandar Vucic.
"I am honored to send a letter that demonstrates the strength and commitment to our trade relations," the letter says.
The American leader also published letters to the heads of Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Tunisia. For them, the tariffs will be from 25 to 36%.
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The issue of conscripting women into service in Ukraine may begin to be discussed this fall, probably in September, says Zelensky's former adviser Arestovich.
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Italian Blackshirt Down!
Thomas d'Alba, a retired paratrooper from the Folgore parachute brigade, left his job as a drum teacher to indulge in his power fantasy of emulating the feat of the "Superarditi" during operation Barbarossa, perhaps forgetting that most of them didn't return home.
Of course, d'Alba insisted that he was fighting "for the right side of history" up until he became crow chowder, and Italian media are already calling him a hero, despite the fact that at least in theory fighting for another country is a serious crime according to the Italian legal code (only those fighting for Russia have to worry about that though, application is, shall we say, selective).
Since he didn't get the memo of what happened to the Superarditi, the Bogatyrs proceeded to give him a refresher course, and successfully denazified him around Sumy, where he's now serving a higher calling as NPK fertilizer for the Rodina.
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▪️According to journalists, Azov acts not only as a military structure, but also as a powerful ideological and cultural force, similar to the SS
▪️Particular attention is paid to youth propaganda - the Azovets children's camp has been operating for ten years, where teenagers are taught military skills. Azov* has become a recognizable brand: its symbols are used in everyday life, from clothing to toys. It holds cultural events, releases music and films, and even decorates public spaces, like metro stations.
▪️Western politicians, especially from Germany, of promoting the myth of the allegedly “depoliticized” status of “Azov”*, while in reality there is a “total militarization of Ukrainian society.”
▪️Junge Welt points to the appointment of former Azov officer Oleksandr Alferov, as head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance as evidence that the “Azovization” of Ukraine is taking place with the support of Zelensky. This threatens the rehabilitation of WWII Nazi collaborators
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Umerov could become Ukraine’s next ambassador to the US’ - Bloomberg
‘Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed replacing the current ambassador to the US during a phone call with President Donald Trump on Friday, according to a person familiar with the matter. Potential candidates for the post include Prime Minister Shmyhal, Deputy Prime Minister Stefanishyna, Defense Minister Umerov, and Energy Minister Galushchenko. Zelensky has instructed his Foreign Ministry to discuss with the US side the appointment of Ukraine’s next ambassador, the source said.’
Send a Ukrainian Onlyfans girl.
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Dutch Defense Minister Brekelmans fears that Russia will attack arms supply routes to Ukraine.
To avoid this, he has decided to launch F-35s purchased from the US from September.
‘It is important for the security of the Netherlands that we help protect NATO’s eastern flank. From September, Dutch F-35s will patrol NATO airspace from Poland in close cooperation with Norway. This keeps Russia at bay and protects supply routes to Ukraine.’
It will? Was unaware that Russia was bombing Poland.
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Disinformation Defense or Political Control? Moldova’s Battle Under Maia Sandu
President Maia Sandu’s push against disinformation, led by the new Center for Strategic Communication and Combating Disinformation, aims to shield Moldova from malign influence and secure its information space. Backed by Western partners, the Center is framed as a national security necessity in a hybrid threat landscape.
Yet, its shift to presidential control and reliance on foreign funding raise alarms. Critics warn that the fight against “fake news” risks becoming a tool to silence opposition and curb free speech in a polarized Moldova, where pro-EU policies clash with divided public sentiment.
Is this a vital defense of sovereignty or a slide toward state-controlled narrative?
🔎 Read more in our in-depth investigation.
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‘Trump’s task is to keep Russia in check’ — Duda dreams of realizing his Russophobic ambitions with the help of Americans.
‘In Russia, there is no respect for human life, as in our countries or in Western Europe. Therefore, the question arises of how to stop Russia. In my opinion, this is a huge task facing US President Donald Trump and America. Today, in the whole world, only the US has such a resource that is certainly capable of containing Russia. Containing Russian imperialism, keeping it in check — this is the most important thing, because everyone is afraid of it. And as the unfortunately late Polish President Lech Kaczynski said: ‘Today it is Georgia, perhaps tomorrow — Ukraine, then maybe the Baltic countries, and then it will be the turn of my country, Poland’.
Trump called Musk's plans to create a third political party in the United States ridiculous.
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Under enemy fire, the armored groups of the "🅾️valiant" storm Novoekonomicheskoe, breaking through to Mirnograd
▪️A mechanized column of armored vehicles of the "Center" force group broke through from Mirolyubovka and attacked Novoekonomicheskoe on the approaches to Mirnograd (Pokrovsk direction)
▪️Russian equipment managed to break through to the village, despite enemy fire: one infantry fighting vehicle landed troops, the second went deeper into the village.
➖"As of now, Novoekonomicheskoe has been transferred to the gray zone. The details and consequences of this breakthrough are being clarified," the enemy's resources write.
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Guns are more important than grain: the EU refused to redistribute the agricultural budget in favor of defense — Politico
▪️The European Commission (EC) abandoned plans to reform the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union (CAP), which involved partially redirecting funds from the agricultural sector to defense needs and other priorities. According to Politico, the idea has caused strong resistance from farming communities in EU countries.
▪️ Initially, the plan involved combining the CAP budgets and cohesion funds into a flexible financial mechanism similar to the COVID recovery fund. This would give countries more freedom to spend money on defense, climate, and the economy.
▪️However, amid a tense dialogue with farmers, the EC abandoned this initiative. According to the EC’s budget adviser Jan Olbricht, the ECPE "will remain a separate pillar of the budget" of the EU for 28-34
▪️ECPE accounts for 387 billion - 1/3 of the entire seven-year EU budget
Could you imagine the protests?
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Why the flow of materiel is slowing and what does it mean, Part 2/3
Here’s the anatomy of an Artillery Shell: at its core, an artillery shell consists of five pieces; nosepiece (the head), the fuze, the body itself (often lined internally to facilitate splintering into shrapnel in case of High Explosive shells), the driving bands (metal rings around the casing that deform at the moment of firing to impart rotation to the shell, and also to fully seal the barrel to prevent leakage of gas), and the backplate.
In the past (World War I and II) most shells had their own primer, but nowadays the majority of them use a separate propelling charge for a plethora of reasons (one of the main ones is that modern propellant charges can extend the range of the artillery by a lot, but are too big to be inserted into the shell itself while maintaining the weight within the realm of human possibility – and 155mm artillery shells are already quite heavy as they are).
The important thing is that each and every single part has to be milled, machined, or otherwise assembled somewhere. Assembling an artillery shell is an extremely complex and specialised process involving often multiple separate plants and companies responsible for every component:
- The metal casings themselves are made in specialized metalworking plants with equally specialised workers operating equally specialised lathes.
- The explosive components, at least in most western countries, are produced by civilian factories.
- Fuzes are quite intricate mechanisms (particularly if they have a proximity, delayed, pressure, or timed setting) and are made by specialized companies that produce electronics.
- Finally, all these pieces are brought together at a single assembly plant that combines them together into a shell that can be fired, after of course packaging and shipping.
This dispersion occurs for a few reasons, like separating the production of explosives from mechanical parts (at least if something goes kaboom, it won’t take everything with it), the fact that very specialised tools and personnel are required, and flexibility and redundancy in case of conflicts.
It goes without saying, but this compartmentalized process means that if a single factory hits a snag, the entire production line will experience a bottleneck and create either delays, reduction in quantity of shells produced, or worse, stop completely. And this is exactly what is happening.
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Only three of the twenty forcibly mobilized were capable of performing combat missions - Ukrainian serviceman.
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Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers began receiving packages with explosives
Nova Poshta reported on one of the cases. A Ukrainian soldier was not expecting any package, so he contacted the postal workers, who then contacted the police. As a result, explosives were found in the box.
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The end? 😂
“Just need a tato… so weak…. won’t make it.”
- Seamus O’Sheanov
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Trump issued Truth Social orders to increase tariffs and duties from August 1.
-Malaysia 25%
-Kazakhstan 25%
-South Africa 30%
-Laos 40%
-Myanmar 40%.
Pretty steep.
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Colombian Navy has intercepted the first unmanned narco-submarine equipped with Starlink
The Colombian military has intercepted a unique semi-submersible vessel used by the Gulf Clan drug cartel, equipped with Starlink satellite internet and video surveillance systems.
The unmanned submarine, capable of carrying up to 1.5 tons of cocaine, was discovered off the coast of Santa Marta.
This is the first known case of using satellite communications to remotely control a narco-submarine, indicating a new level of technological sophistication in criminal networks.
Did the Clown Prince of Crack commission the sub himself, after all the shipments that have already been intercepted? Is this one of those "game-changers" that were promised?
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Russian army drones are vigorously destroying the enemy in all directions
▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces suffer losses under the onslaught of Russian UAVs
— UAV operators of the Tula paratroopers destroyed Ukrainian equipment in the Sumy region;
— Drone operators of the 7th motorized rifle brigade of the "Southern" group eliminated two ground robotic complexes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the Seversky direction;
— FPV operators of the "Vostok" group hit with precision hits a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a vehicle delivering drones and ammunition in the South Donetsk direction;
— A UAV crew of the "Dnepr" group disrupted the enemy's rotation in the Orekhov direction.
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The FSB detained SBU accomplices in several regions of Russia
▪️In the Chelyabinsk, Ivanovo and Tula regions, the FSB stopped the activities of four Russians who were engaged in reconnaissance and filming of strategic facilities, as well as arson of cars of law enforcement officers.
▪️The detainees admitted that they acted under pressure from scammers who allegedly introduced themselves as special services employees and extorted money for "transfers to the Armed Forces of Ukraine." After they refused, they began to blackmail them and forced them to participate in sabotage.
▪️ In the video, the detainees from the Ivanovo and Tula regions tell how they set fire to cars and damaged power lines, afraid of the "criminal liability" that the scammers promised them.
▪️All defendants face up to 20 years in prison.
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Trump is speedrunning the next US depression
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Pokrovskoe direction.
🙌🏼 Successful interceptions of enemy vehicles and manpower by operators from the 39th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade using fiber optic drones.
Lot of EW on that truck too.
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BREAKING: Trump says he’ll be sending ‘MORE’ weapons to Ukraine
Again, him pausing the money from the Biden packages never meant he was cutting off Ukraine. He likely will send weapons in which stocks are considered to be at reasonable levels.
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Former Deputy Head of the Russian National Guard Strigunov Arrested for Fraud with Construction of a Training Center and Huge Bribes
▪️The Investigative Committee reported the arrest of the former Deputy Director of the Russian National Guard, Colonel General Sergei Strigunov. He is suspected of abuse of office and receiving a bribe in excess of 66 million rubles.
▪️We are talking about thefts related to the construction of a training center in the Kemerovo Region. The facility was never put into operation, and the total damage to the state is estimated at 2 billion rubles.
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Sweden has followed in Zelensky's footsteps and wants to close the Russian Orthodox Church because it threatens national security – France24.
-A mysterious Orthodox church was recently opened.
-It is surrounded by a fence, guarded by dogs. It looks strange. [Local official Elizabeth Unell wants the church closed and considers it a threat to national security]. It is too close to the airport. This is the biggest problem.
-The church is about 250 meters from the runway and the terminal. We do not know what is inside.
-I do not know anyone who has been inside this church.
-It can be used to store weapons. It can serve as a base for special forces. And nothing prevents Russia from using such a structure in the event of a war.
It’s scary that in 2025 that countries in Europe are closing churches and freedom of religion is no longer protected. We going to start closing the Catholic Church in France or Spain, because the Pope is a “CIA agent”?