Garland and Yours Truly ...

 ... live in 30 minutes. 

If Anyone Wonders ...

 ... about consequences of arrival of Russian stand-off weapons to ArcerolMittal foundry in Krivoy Rog. Here are some "insights". 

You can see in the second video the portion of damaged furnace assembly (or however it is called--I am not a metallurgist).  

Something tells me that the arrivals will continue until the whole damn thing ceases to operate in any possible way. This is by far the largest steel production facility in 404 and it is not 404's, it is really a Soviet one. Communists built it and maintained. So, decommunization is in order. As you might understand, you cannot wage war without steel. Steel is in the foundation of modern civilization--this is the fact that boys from Palantir don't get. But then again, they, as well as Pentagon or CIA reside in the virtual world of computer code, gizmos and gadgets whose utility is at best questionable. Just look at the US armed forces with all those concepts in SMO and Iran.   

Scott Ritter penned a good piece today on this AI fad. Strongly recommend you to read it. 

AI represents the greatest danger to the practitioner of modern warfare. It makes the user intellectually weak, as it encourages mental subordination to an algorithm, and as such a lack of flexibility when it comes to dropping existing mental models in favor of newly developed models. The OODA loop is most effective when wielded by a well-trained human mind capable of discerning patterns based upon adequate orientation to the task at hand. While one might believe that AI would be able to perform a similar function, this simply is not the case.

Elimination of the enemy's manufacturing base and personnel of its armed forces is the stepping stone in achieving political objectives of the war. Simple as ... 

Little Engines ...

 ... which will not be able to. 

The End Of ...

 ... ArcelorMittal Krivoy Rog--404's main metallurgical (foundry) plant. 

For now they merely "paused" production. Russia likely will make this pause permanent. A reminder about some guy saying this: "we haven't started anything yet." 

Well, It Is Not Wrong.

 And it is a cold hard truth. 

And if that hasn't been enough, get this from Bild)))

NATO is preparing for a possible attack by Russia in the Baltic States with a new land war concept. There are detailed plans on how to stop rocket fire, stop Putin's troops at the border and weaken supply routes deep in Russia. Drones, autonomous combat zones and special forces operations play a key role in this.

Here is a gist of those strategies. 

According to the publication, the plan to counter Russia consists of three main strategies. It is noted that Major Andrew Pingree of the U.S. Army played a leading role in developing the concept. 

▪️ According to the first point, NATO intends to stop Russian missile strikes. To achieve this, NATO's fighter jets, missiles, and drones will need to destroy Russian missile complexes. One of the targets will be Kaliningrad, where a large number of air defense systems are located.

▪️ According to the second point, an "autonomous zone" is planned to be created along the borders with Russia and Belarus, which should serve as a protective barrier. Within this zone, only drones and unmanned military vehicles will operate against Russian forces. No NATO personnel are planned to be stationed there.

▪️ In the third phase, NATO intends to strike targets within Russia itself. To do this, special forces will need to destroy important military and logistical facilities. These include airfields, defense industry enterprises, bridges, and railways used by Russia to transport troops and equipment to the front.

The publication also notes that NATO intends to try to destabilize the situation directly within Russia.

This is a fucking circus. And don't give me this shit that Bild is a tabloid, every mainstream media in the West is tabloid. 

Joe Kent Doesn't Understand ...

... the subject matter--expected from a guy whose "knowledge" of Russia is that of, indeed, warrant officer who never saw anything beyond counterinsurgency (yes, he tragically lost his wife to suicide bomber) and degree in "strategic studies and defense analysis" ONLINE from Norwich University, that is the degree mill for NCO level guys from special forces. 

The gap becomes immediately obvious. Same one-liners, same platitudes which distinguish US military-intel personnel whose ideas about war and warfare are that of the expeditionary force whose main task is regime change in third world shitholes. You cannot bridge this gap, especially when clueless Joe Kent speaks about "Putin". 

Ian and Me.

Last week, about the fate of Europe (and the West in general) and about how Russians view Europe.