Just Random.

No relation to anything (wink, wink). Just because ... Smart people will understand. 

Meanwhile, Garland and Larry had a very good conversation today with some important conclusion. 

For The New Year.

US attaché in charge (chargé d'affaires) delivers address to Russians on New Year. 

My message, especially to people on this blog who continue to believe that the Universe has been created by a Jew and that Jews control those people's bowel movements, try to educated yourself on the much larger world outside than corrupt, cowardly, impotent and defeated West and that may help you to lighten up your miserable lives controlled by Jews. I try to explain for 12 years on this blog that REAL results are never won in an instant Hollywood style event but only through constant application of good will and good deeds in life--boring and protracted process. It is a work, as Leo Tolstoy prescribed. But I still wish you a Happy New Year. 

Meanwhile, Odessa is having a new year party.

And ABBA wishes all of you))

Happy New Year. 

Open Thread.

 Busy. Go at it. 

This Is A Working Hypothesis ...

 ... by Larry about (emphasis!!) attempt on Putin's Novgorod residence. 

Did Zelensky approve the attack? I doubt it. I think this was ordered and executed by Ukrainian intelligence, with assistance from at least the British services, in order to sabotage the talks and damage Zelensky. This was not an actual attack to kill Putin because he has been living in the Kremlin for the last four years in order to reduce his vulnerability to an attack like this. The Ukrainian officials who ordered this were more intent on embarrassing Zelensky than on killing Putin. I believe this is one more indicator that Zelensky’s days are numbered as his opponents in Ukraine, with encouragement from Western intelligence operatives, appear to be maneuvering to replace him and keep the war going. News broke over the weekend that General Zaluzhny, who has been in London for more than a year as the ostensible Ukrainian ambassador to the UK, is heading back to Kiev at the end of this week. The chess pieces in this iteration of Game of Thrones are moving.

It makes political sense and we know that Ze is a dead man walking. But it must be stressed--in the last 10 years Western (lack of) intel services paraded themselves as amateurs in terms of strategic intelligence and, especially, strategic forecasting. They simply have no clue about what real war is and how strategy works. 404 is a spent entity as is European NATO whose industrial and military capabilities are puny. They hope to keep the war going but they only know PR. Some among their military top brass really think that Russians will be impressed with 60 French Rafales or 20 British obsolete Tornadoes. But Larry has a point--for them it is whatever extends the life of utterly corrupt and incompetent Western "elites". As I stress non-stop, at this stage Russians simply don't care. 

Diplomacy is continuation of war by other means(c) Zhou Enlai. 

I Wanted To Do A Summary ...

 ... but something interfered, wink, wink. 

Live

 

Yes, Root Causes ...

 ... repeated over and over again by Russia, including today in Putin and Trump call. 

Both the Russian and US leaders agreed that a temporary ceasefire as proposed by Ukraine and its European backers “would only prolong the conflict and risk a resumption of hostilities,” according to the Kremlin aide. Putin agreed to a proposal from Trump to continue the settlement process by forming two “working groups” to tackle security and economic issues, Ushakov said. Earlier on Sunday, Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social that he had a “very productive” conversation with Putin.

This is from RT. To understand what it going on I single out this: 

Putin agreed to a proposal from Trump to continue the settlement process by forming two “working groups” to tackle security and economic issues. 

In non-diplomatic language it means that the US (Trump Administration) needs to do very many things before the gate to offramp will truly open. It is a long, protracted process, though--relations between the US and Russia have been thoroughly destroyed by the US following Soviet collapse, while simultaneously degenerating into the present state of a complete political and cognitive chaos. But this is regarding the US. Europe? Here is report on that in proper wording:

The leaders of the two countries agreed to assess the proposals of Kiev and the European Union for a peaceful settlement as attempts to prolong the conflict, since proposals for a temporary ceasefire under the guise of preparing for a referendum, according to the presidents, only increase the risk of a resumption of hostilities. Both presidents agreed to call again soon after Trump's meeting with Zelensky.   

Get it? That's the maneuver. That's the core issue for the US. Detach (from Europe, which is dead anyway), come to Mother Russia with atonement by means of all kinds of diplomatic and economic moves which look like mutually beneficial and the real discussion on how the US will be "integrated" into the multipolar world will commence. The US is too important of a country, a military-political entity to be ignored. Europe is not. Fate of NATO? Only morons in NATO's Brussels HQs can believe that they can fight Russia. So, it doesn't really matter what will be the outcome of Trump and Ze "negotiations". 

There Is A Saying In Russia...

... a very popular one, actually, that "for those who don't know what Physics is--the world is filled with miracles". It is, of course, a bit over the top but its foundation is solid and could be interpreted as judging things on their own merit when you have the tool kit. As SMO demonstrated, and, in fact confirmed it unequivocally--media all over the world are simply incapable of proper reporting, let alone analysis of modern warfare and they will NEVER be able to grasp as a professional class anything beyond lower level tactics (and even that is questionable) at the most on the company level, period. Anything above and what transitions into the high level tactics (brigade-level) let alone operational-tactical (division), not to speak of operational-strategic (corps, army, all forces) is and will remain beyond their grasp. 

And so--we had last 72 hours of all kinds of info-shysters who would have issues even with famous book by Alexander Vainer The Tactical Calculations, not to speak of things which are classified and require clearance. 

But then again, people who never commanded a squad in their life and do not understand what combat training of even enlisted rank is, they will not grasp it. Some of them, of course, will continue to push their agendas and do it in the most amateurish manner, which is characteristic of most media. Here is an example--a boy, a graduate of the Moscow State's Journo "department" who doesn't even have command of proper professional military terminology who passes at English RT for ... military expert.

Here is his CV. A typical butthurt liberal. 

Sergey Poletaev is an information analyst and publicist. He specializes in Russian foreign policy and in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Born in 1980 in Moscow, Poletaev is a graduate of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. In 2017, together with researchers Oleg Makarov and Dmitry Stefanovich, he founded the information and analytical project Vatfor. A Russian expert on international relations and a contributor of the Russian International Affairs Council, his articles have been published in specialist media like Russia in Global Affairs, Profile, Eurasia-Expert, and others. Poletaev is also a facilitator/organizer of interviews, online streams on political topics, as well as scientific and workshop conferences.

And this is all while real military and intel experts such as Larry Johnson or Scott Ritter appear in writing only occasionally on English RT. The issue here is NOT that the wider audience should suddenly be drowned in the issues of Required Force, communications networks (highly classified), or Combat Effectiveness of units and formations. NO, average Joe doesn't need it, but what average Joe (or Ivan) need is a professional assessment, which cannot be done at all by anyone with "degree" in journalism. You may ask but what about Marat, well--Marat being a very bright person and, actually, war correspondent--he communicates with real serious professionals on the level of Chiefs of Staffs of Brigades and Divisions. Plus, his and our friend, combat veteran Colonel Mikhail Popov is always there. Feel the difference? 

Same goes for me. I do not have expertise in all of it, but I know my limitations and when need be I ask and communicate with my good friends Colonel Trukhan, Lt. Colonel Shalandin and other people, many of who are senior and very senior officers with enormous academic and command (including operational) experiences such as many of you know--this group of sharp-witted dudes known as Callsign Katzman, or simply--Katzmans. And, of course, I constantly study myself. I can continue with this list for a long time--this is what "social circle of professionals" means, we know each-other and recognize each-other as professionals. Same goes to my good friends Larry Johnson, Scott Ritter, Colonel Daniel Davis and his friends, Colonel Jaques Baud, Commander Robinson Farrinazo of Brazilian Marines et al. My work has been recognized already in 2018 by Vice-Admiral Kumar, then Commander of one of the two fleets of Indian Navy. And, of course, I am invited to RT all the time. Last time I declined was ... three days ago. I declined--Christmas, you know.)) I will be there soon. I hope media, including RT, will learn some lessons. 

My task here is to underscore that while in the US we are staying more or less informed due to a vast and powerful network of the alternative media, not that what they report is necessarily always accurate, in Russia a completely obverse situation has developed--the so called "alternative media" in Russia (not all, of course) are, actually, the main generators of FUD and downright misinformation, while state or close to the state media, not least through the press-service of Russia's Defense Ministry, remain most truthful and non-dramatic. I am not going to go here into who and how covers up a destructive activity of all those Rybars, Podolyakas, or how the graduate of the philosopy department can run reviews on military-technological developments, but I want to stress, again--none of those are "military experts". All of them do not even know what it means and what comes into this. It is also understood that they are all being watched.

As hysteria around Kupyansk demonstrated in the last 72 hours--informational hygiene remains a critical requirement for extricating oneself from emotionally charged and downright hysterical "news cycle" and much of it depends on tuning out from those "voices" and info shysters who for the last 40 months completely discredited themselves and confirmed what Hunter Thompson (actually Agnew) noted astutely:

The press is a gang of cruel faggots. Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for fuckoffs and misfits—a false doorway to the backside of life, a filthy piss-ridden little hole nailed off by the building inspector, but just deep enough for a wino to curl up from the sidewalk and masturbate like a chimp in a zoo-cage.

This is who most of them really are. They decided to ride the wave of war but forgot that it was for real professionals, especially starting from the brigade level up--a level at which none of them can understand what hits them and they do not even grasp how those levels operate. In the end, the lowest unit which gets its own staff is battalion. There is a reason for that. 

In related news, Randy, Larry and yours truly exchanged opinions on shit yesterday)) 

Randy also got the cameo in what is shaping to be a huge blockbuster this season: Marty Supreme. 

Randy plays ... a rich man)) In conclusion, never stop learning--I heard from doctors that it is not "training" of the brain through repetition but constant learning new things, which is real neural stimulation, which helps to stave off dementia. SMO is an incredible learning opportunity. 

About Kupyansk ...

 ... and much-much more.

I Speak About It ...

 ... in my new video. And this is for people on this blog who continue to consume propaganda excrement from those who position themselves as "correspondents". They either know nothing or are downright propagandists and lie non-stop. 

MOSCOW, December 27 — RIA Novosti. Vladimir Putin held a meeting at one of the command posts of the United Group of Forces, where he was informed about the liberation of Dimitrov and Gulyaipole. "I would like to say that the liberation of Dimitrov and the liberation of the city of Gulyaipole are important results of combat work," he said after hearing the report of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov.

Why do you think so much FUD BS about Kupyansk? Very simple--the front is collapsing and for people who still don't get the fact that NATO's planners are one trick ponies (not surprising looking at what military "education: in the West is) and thus predictable to the point of being boring, I have news for you--Kupyansk is firmly in Russian hands. 

So, anyone who reads this creep--Alexander Kotz from Komsomolskaya Pravda--I have news for you. 

Here is a scumbag in 2014 on Maidan in Kiev and he supported it. He now desperately tries to maneuver his sorry ass out of this conundrum while continuing lying about SMO. 

But here is the man in the know. 

Putin: The advance of the Russian Armed Forces nullifies Moscow's interest in the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 

But really, what does Putin and Gerasimov know about SMO. Nah, nothing ... 

The Only Reason ...

... I use often Western MSM is a) debunk them, b) not to be accused of bias. Bloomberg, MSBBC, NPR, FOX, CNN, all of UK, French or German MSM are not only junk, but many of them, including their owners are war criminals and heirs of Goebbels. Many are real prostitutes wearing better clothes and makeup and making 6 or 7 figures. Many are mentally unstable. Here is Bloomberg. 

Bloomberg is spreading “fake news” by claiming to have inside access to Kremlin information, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. The senior diplomat criticized the news agency after it relayed what it claimed to be Moscow’s attitude toward a 20-point peace proposal presented this week by Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky. The story cited an anonymous source described as “a person close to the Kremlin.” “This purported news outlet has no reliable sources close to the Kremlin. Only unreliable ones. And the wording ‘close to the Kremlin’ serves only as a cover up for fake news,” Zakharova said on Telegram.

I repeat again--bar the turncoats in some places (but that is for FSB to deal with) NO media, including Russian ones, have any access to anyone in the know and with any connections to the highest military-political echelon of Russia, period. Most what they report, due to them being pathetic human trash, from Russia is sheer propaganda. 

In related news, LOL)) Who would have thought. 

Ukraine is a “viper’s den” rife with corruption, Hunter Biden, the son of former US President Joe Biden, has said, as he reflected on his time as a board member of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma. Hunter Biden was hired by Burisma in 2014, when his father served as vice president in the Obama administration, and left the post in 2019. He reportedly earned around $1 million annually, with critics pointing out that he lacked any experience in the energy sector and was effectively “cashing in” on his father’s prominent position. In an interview on the Shawn Ryan Show aired on Monday, Hunter Biden expressed regret about his involvement in Ukraine’s affairs. “It was a mistake because I was very, very naive about what a viper’s den Ukraine is.”

Aw, poor, poor dear--he was only 12 years old when daddy told him to launder money for the family. 

Golden Fleet, Modernization ...

 ... and battle kittens. 

About REAL Space Race ...

... which never stopped and now with breakthroughs in nuclear propulsion. More news from Russia. 

Scientists have created a composite to protect astronauts from radiation. The new material based on lanthanum hexaboride and aluminum-magnesium alloy is designed to replace expensive foreign analogues

Scientists from Russia have developed a composite material designed to protect astronauts and equipment from radiation in space. According to the press service of the Integrated Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, its cost is much lower than foreign analogues. The new material is based on lanthanum hexaboride and aluminum-magnesium alloy using plasma sintering technology. It combines high mechanical strength and an effective ability to absorb ionizing radiation.

"NASA is working on a lightweight material based on boron nitride nanotubes, which can be embedded in the skin of ships and spacesuits. However, its production is extremely expensive - up to $ 1000 per gram. Our task is to create a composite 100-200 times cheaper, while maintaining the quality and effectiveness of radiation protection," explained Oleg Shichalin, head of the laboratory at Sakhalin State University. Specialists from KSC RAS, the Far Eastern Federal University and Sakhalin State University participated in the development. The created composite makes it possible to create multifunctional elements for spacecraft that simultaneously perform a load-bearing function and provide radiation protection, which contributes to the lightening of the structure.

Vladimir Putin mentioned that during his conversation with students this year. 

London Christmas Tree.

And the shitty beer pub in Izhevsk--comparison)))

Merry Christmas. And Open Thread.

 Go at it. 

Good One))

From RT no less. 

You see, this is the only way you can communicate with Europeans))

This Is A Professor Of Catholic University ...

 ... from Milan. He is professor of "political science" and "international relations"--meaning he is an academic fraud. 

You don't need to know Italian, I will translate to you: Putin is Hitler, professor doesn't care how many Russian die, killing political top is a legitimate military target, Russian Black Sea Fleet is sunk. Here it is. That's the position of a majority of European population, and of overwhelming majority of the European so called "intellectual top". However, due to this professor's lack of any valuable knowledge and skills he can wrap his feeble brains around the fact that Russia can wipe all of 404 political top from Ze to his SAS/MI6 handlers down to the last aid in Rada in less that an hour. Here is a bit of demonstration. 

This is from Russian Resurs-series satellites.

Click on the picture and you will see the quality. Officially approved quality, there are things which are left unsaid and unstated. All of it, including arguably best optics in the world is Russian-made. This is just one of Russian series of satellites which conduct 24/7 scan of Earth's surface with resolutions which allow to track anyone, anywhere and ... and you have guessed it already--provide targeting. The only reason such creeps as Ze, his Western handlers and NATO's "military advisers", including a bunch of 404 butchers, such as Syrski, are still walking this planet is because Europe kills itself and 404 better than Russians ever imagined. Why kill the golden-egg laying hen.  

Meanwhile, DJT announced THIS!!

Yes, the bestest the biggestest (between 30 and 40,000 tons of displacement) Just look at it))

This is US Navy's concept of modern war))

... These new battleships will stand as the centerpiece of the Navy’s Golden Fleet initiative and will be the first of its kind providing dominant firepower and a decisive advantage over adversaries by integrating the most advanced deep-strike weapons of today with the revolutionary systems of the years ahead. Engineered to outmatch any foreign adversary, the new battleship class will be the centerpiece of naval power. At triple the size of an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, its massive frame provides superior firepower, larger missile magazines, and the capability to launch Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic missiles and the Surface Launch Cruise Missile-Nuclear. The Trump class will be capable of operating in a traditional Integrated Air and Missile Defense role with a Carrier Strike Group or commanding its own Surface Action Group for Surface and Anti-Submarine Warfare efforts in addition to delivering long range hypersonic strategic fires and quarterbacking the operations of an entire fleet as the central command control node. "As we forge the future of our Navy’s Fleet, we need a larger surface combatant and the Trump class Battleships meet that requirement,” said Adm. Daryl Caudle, 34th Chief of Naval Operations. “We will ensure continuous improvement, intellectually honest assessments about the requirement to effectively deter and win in the 2030s and beyond, and disciplined execution resulting in a Fleet unparalleled in lethality, adaptability and strength.”

Sure)) Especially "hypersonic missiles", which the US cannot develop, but the whole thing, including the collection of meaningless military terminology is amusing. I don't know, was Trump inspired by this? 

But then again, Admiral Nakhimov carries weapons suite which the US Navy doesn't have and will not have for a long time. And I am not talking only about 3M22 Zircon, the US simply has no concept of modern air defense and lives in an alternative military universe where it thinks it can match anything like latest versions of S-300F, S-350, let alone S-400 or S-500. Those capabilities are not there. But what do I know, Trump said "Golden Fleet" and Godden Fleet it is)).   

Christmas Is Coming.

 And like a fine wine, this woman continues to amaze. 

Of course, her Christmas banger. 

She is a fine wine ... 

Ah, wait--forgot this one. Best American voices. And memories. 

If you know what I mean watching this clip. 

We Are All Colonel Jacques Baud ...

... now. A man of honor and integrity ... here is with one of the US Army officers who does it honor. 

Larch Sent Me An Article))

 ... from Military Review. US Army's 1st Armored Division Commander waxes "strategic" and "tactical" based on 404 propaganda. Well, meanwhile real masters of armored war have their own ideas. 

To Get It Off ...

 ... my chest. Assassination of General Sarvarov--immediately, he did what he was not supposed to do categorically--he used his personal vehicle which was staying on the unsupervised lot. This is a no-no. This is a violation of obvious procedures which have been implemented by FSB. But ... it is what it is. His deputy likely will take his place. 

Another sad news today. Chris Rea left us. 

OK, Now It Is Official ...

 ... it can be used freely))

Russian President Vladimir Putin's phrase about European "pigs" in the official English-language transcript on the Kremlin website was translated as "swine underlings". The official translation of Russian President Vladimir Putin's words about European "pigs" in English was published in the form of "swine underlings", TASS reports. This translation option was chosen on the English version of the Kremlin's website and is present in two key documents at once. The decision to uniformly translate "piggyback" as "swine underlings" has eliminated the intrigue, as will be the official explanation of the term in the Kremlin's international publications.

Phew, the intrigue is gone and that will be now the official term for EU political top. Per Tulsi's rebuttal of Reuters' scumbags with their idea that Russia wants "all of 404". As some noted--there is a coordination now between Moscow and Washington but as I repeat ad nauseam--discourse between superpowers is different. 

Dave Is The Man ...

 ... 

Saturday Night Live ...

 ... from Mayaki, where Russian Forces are finishing off the bridge. 

The word of the mouth is that 404 threw a pontoon bridge over Dniester to Romania, through Moldova, obviously. Nah, easy to deal with. 

Especially when considering the fact that production of Geraniums and Geraniums-2 alone is around 1,000 per day. And then, of course, there are all kinds of other stand-off weapons which can (and likely already did) finish off all this NATO-404 logistical nonsense through Mayaki. 

Something From Rostec ...

 ... especially for a specific whore (literally) from Reuters. Here is a photo of this piece of human trash. 

We are officially authorized to state!

Rostec receives many requests from foreign journalists. We respect the media's right to obtain information and try to respond if we can (after all, we're not making matryoshka dolls). However, sometimes this activity has little to do with journalism. No matter what we respond, the result will be the same: new fakes that have become part of the hybrid war against our country. Meet Christian Lowe from Reuters. He is a special correspondent for the agency, and until 2024, he was the head of Reuters' Paris bureau, and earlier, in 2015-2019, he was the head of the Moscow bureau. Lowe is known for his anti-Russian stance. He writes a lot about the war in Ukraine. He actively covered the famous hoax in Bucha. He is the author of sensational "investigations" about the kidnappings of Ukrainian children. In general, we think you understand the portrait of a propagandist. Recently, the "special correspondent" sent a three-page request to the Rostec State Corporation. It contains twenty-six (!) questions, behind which there is a clear intention: to talk about the "degradation" and other "horrors" of the Russian defense industry. We officially respond to Mr. Lowe and the Reuters agency: Everything is fine with the Russian defense industry. The growth rates that Rostec demonstrates can only be a dream for Western colleagues. No matter what your publication writes, the next propaganda myths won't stop our factories from working and our army from winning. We have nothing to add.

This creep, the graduate from Durham University (another degree mill from UK), reeks of MI6 asset and is nothing more than a couple languages-proficient parrot who cannot resign himself to the fact that the country of his origin is a military midget and is not even premier economic power. In general, a typical one cell organism with no particular skills but spewing BS trying to cover own complexes (of inferiority) whose professional level is writing about lingerie, celebrities, and other info-fodder to keep the brainwashed Euro sheeple docile. 

A Message From Frontline ...

... to Western and ... Russian "military bloggers". Who are not military and spew propaganda. Europe's turmoil. 

This Is A Wrong Tittle.

In fact, it merely eases the pain for slaves. 

WASHINGTON — Israeli officials have grown increasingly concerned that Iran is expanding production of its ballistic missile program, which was damaged by Israeli military strikes earlier this year, and are preparing to brief President Donald Trump about options for attacking it again, according to a person with direct knowledge of the plans and four former U.S. officials briefed on the plans.

It is not going to be a "briefing", it will be ordering Trump to do what Israel wants. 

The issue, of course, is military weakness of Israel which, should they commence yet another attack on Iran, will be beaten into the bloody pulp and Israel will need all support from the US. Not that it will help much, especially considering the "effectiveness" of the US air defense. 

And now to the embarrassment aka US "hypersonic weapons program". In particular a constipated LRHW (Long Range Hypersonic Weapon) which continues on giving reasons for Homeric laughter you know where. I, first, didn't believe my eyes either, but here it is:

Another Army officer at the event, who is not immediately identifiable, told Hegseth that Dark Eagle has a warhead “under 30 pounds,” which is relatively tiny for a long-range weapon — smaller in size than what’s found on an AIM-120 air-to-air missile, for instance. The officer stated the warhead is just to get its “projectiles out” and that it can deliver effects over an area about the same size as the parking lot they were standing on.

I knew it was bad, I predicted it six years or so ago, but that--warhead, 15 kilograms? Well, what can I say, as was expected--no "gliding body", no ability to carry anything, just 15 kilogram projectile. Face palm. This is beyond preposterous ... Where is Monty Python when you need them. 

Haven't Done Fridays ...

... in a while. Here is classic from the bygone era;) G'n'Rs never sounded better.

Rachel and Yours Truly.

 Had a conversation about two hours ago. 

Those Who Read My Books ...

... they may have noticed that in my latest book about war I seemingly go on a strange tangent, but it is not strange. It is directly related to the issue. Here it is. 

But even more has been accomplished by Russia in staring down a combined West. Modern Western culture has become recognized as ugly in every sense of the word, from freak shows at the demonstration of fashions, to people looking increasingly dirty from tattoos covering their bodies, to the body positive movement extolling unhealthy and aesthetically repulsive lifestyles, to the rampant use of drugs. The modern West has lost the understanding of beauty. The late Roger Scruton warned: “Beauty is vanishing from our world because we live as though it did not matter.” It has almost completely vanished, pushed out by the post-modernist dystopia and perversion of the Western intelligentsia. As Dostoevsky wrote in The Idiot, “Beauty will save the world.” The West has lost the meaning of and desire for beauty, thus losing the tool for its own salvation, and the world has taken note.

And here is a very good video which speaks about the same. 

No beauty, no appreciating it--one gets into what modern West and its proxy had become. 

Odessa, Air "Defense".

Turks are witnessing how Air "Defense" by 404 (supplied by NATO) is really good at hitting own civilians and other own infrastructure. 

Naturally, they will blame it on Russia, not on shitty NATO air defense complexes and crappy combat teams manning those. 

Yeah, Sure. In Your Dreams ...

 ... of the underpig. 

MOSCOW, December 19 — RIA Novosti. It would be useful for European countries to resume dialogue with Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron said. "We, Europeans and Ukrainians, need to develop a format for the resumption of full-fledged negotiations, otherwise we continue to discuss everything among ourselves, while individual mediators negotiate with the Russians on their own - which is not the best option," he said at a press conference following the European Council. According to Macron, Brussels will continue to finance and support Ukraine, but it will also have to find ways and mechanisms to restore a full-fledged dialogue with Moscow.

No, no, no, no--this is not COSTCO where some people even return half-empty bottle of alcohol (saw it a few days back--stunned), nope, you cannot grind the ground beef back into the slab of chuck roast. You made your choice and you have to live with it. And die with it too if, God forbid, it will come down to it. France, you elected that, twice, enjoy. Should by some magic quantum event in which a new parallel universe sprung into existence in which NATO war criminals somehow would defeat Russia (yes, can you imagine this scenario--much cocaine is required) and then would do what most (not all, but most) Europeans secretly desire--wipe Russians out of existence by whatever means--Paris would be lit up in celebration and millions of French would praise this great victory. This is the ugly face of today's Europe and Europeans. 

Air "Defense" Context))

I used a short clip of it today, here is a contextual, longer version of the event, which explains what Russian Forces are doing, how "good" (sarcasm) is 404 AD around Odessa. Specifically how any connection with Romania is being dealt with. Zatoka and Mayaki are now under constant strikes. 

And here is the work of 404 air defense. 

I guess the famous meme from brilliant French-British comedy La Grande Vadrouille is in order))

On Colonel Jacques Baud.

They, those EU underpigs, are afraid of truth. Larry provides the sentiment which I also share deeply. 

Jacques Baud is one of the most objective and respected military analysts around. He is highly regarded and respected not only throughout Europe, but also in the US. His work is not limited to analysis on the most prestigious YouTube platforms; he has also written numerous excellent books. His style is unique in that he does not concern himself with politics, but only with the analysis of warfare, in a calm and dispassionate manner. His analyses have never been anti-Ukrainian or pro-Russian, but objective. He has long seen a NATO defeat on the horizon, not based on his wishes, but on the facts on the long front and the war strategy and tactics of the various parties. This did not fit in at all with the Russophobic war cries of the EU, which still dreams of ultimate victory today, just like Adolf Hitler did in the spring of 1945.

Read the whole thing at Larry's blog. 

Speaking About ...

 ... informational hygiene. I speak about it constantly--99% of "military experts" on YouTube, even the ones who do have some military backgrounds are there to merely monetize what little they know about serious military matters and subsist primarily on "analyzing" explosions, some "cool footage" and masturbating to military toys. here is a legitimate question (totally expected) from one of my supporters--make no mistake, I don't blame him and in fact praise him for asking me about it. I merely use it to demonstrate how important it is to question ANYTHING coming out of YouTube which is infested with cheap propagandists. Here is the question about recent attack in Novorossiysk.

YouTubers are showing pictures of the sub missing the rudders etc. I noticed the tass video didn’t show the back. Is there a better official image?  

Here is the footage from Russian MoD, that everything is fine and all those claims are just 404 propaganda. 

You all remember how Russian Navy "experts" like H.I. Sutton and this Sub Brief guy paraded themselves as ignoramuses with their (and 404) claims of "destruction" of Rostov-on-Don SSK which is fine and continues to serve with the Black Sea Fleet. 

But here is the deal with the rudder of SSKs of pr.636 (NATO Kilo-class):

You see? No rudder where the average American UTuber and "military expert" would expect it, because they see it on the US Navy nuclear subs such as Virginia-class. But here is the trick with Russian diesel-electric subs of project 636. 

Do you see it now? Of course you do--it is where it is supposed to be on the subs of this class. And this is where it remains on the submarine which, as Western propaganda claims, was damaged, which it was not. Always ask questions when you have doubts and do not refer to all these "experts" from YouTube--most of them are frauds. 

Collegium and Underpigs.

My video speaks about what underpigs are and also gives some insight into US air power. 

Nima and Me.

Live in 20 minutes. 

When Retired NCO In You ...

 ... still doesn't let you go after so many years)) Military habits die hard ... 

A Reminder.

Especially for people who still do not understand what civilization is. Civilization is a culture writ large (c). Obviously, any recognition by me of myself and majority of Russians as related to Western Civilization and being European people, with all that it entails is always met with consternation. But then again, most of those people watch Mel Gibson's Apocalypto as merely an adventure, not a profoundly important cultural reference. So, in order for me not to explain, again, what Civilization is, here is, again, and again, Russian Patriarch Kirill from the last year. 

But what does he know, you know, this Patriarch, when describing the essence of the conflict between Russia and what Europe has become in the XX century, right? I will repeat again--contemporary Europe has nothing to do with the European Civilization which by default IS Western Civilization, it is, in the end, the succession of nominal Romes, of which Vladimir Putin hinted--he couldn't say it openly, it would have given aneurism to DNC, Brussels and all kinds of cucks, who populate Europe today. Listen attentively, again starting at 35 minutes, to what is being said and what is being strongly implied:

If anyone have issues understanding WHAT the concern is here, I may only expand on the grand-strategic tasks for Russia and this is preservation of civilization. European one, Western Europe betrayed it. 

Per Подсвинки (literally Sub pigs)))--it is a young pig between 4 to 9 months old. That's what contemporary European "elites" are. Larry gives some good spread on that:

And again, Russians are European people and that is why Civilization is a culture writ large. 

I guess you can immediately see in this video behavioral patterns of people from Thailand or Saudi Arabia. Right? I guess Russians have a "complex of inferiority" celebrating Christmas. 

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Yes, It Is Not There Anymore.

I do share George's sentiment--I am a Western man, a European in civilizational sense. It is essentially my culture, because I am Russian and Russian culture intersects greatly with European culture, and I am not talking about arts only, I am talking about law and philosophy. 

But it is over. The United States provided Europe with additional 80-years long lease on life after the WW II which was strictly European idea. This lease is up. I spoke about some ideas of removing Italy from EU, singling her out as the birthplace (together with Greece) of the Western mind. 

Pepe wrote piece about Italy too. If the current, fragmented collective West would ever have a chance to be rescued from the Centaur of oblivion, that task must be carried out by the definitive, Western civilization-state: Pallas Athena Italia. 

Rome, Athens--cities which shaped human civilization for more than 2,000 years. But is there anything left to save? I don't know. I do feel for average English, Italian, French or German people, I do ... but it doesn't matter anymore because of the inexorable march of history. 

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Oh No! Coping Hard.

Before I say anything, get a load of the background of the author))

Harrison Kass is a Senior Defense Editor at 19FortyFive. An attorney, pilot, guitarist, and minor pro hockey player, he joined the US Air Force as a Pilot Trainee but was medically discharged. Harrison has degrees from Lake Forest College, the University of Oregon School of Law, and New York University’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. He lives in Oregon and regularly listens to Dokken.

And so, the guy with degree in ... Law and with the record of listening to Dokken (not that I have anything against George Lynch) and who wouldn't understand the first thing about radar, reduction of physical fields--yes, this is what "stealth" is, in reality it is LO--Low Observable, but fanboys use "stealth" moniker long ago completely discredited in form it was sold by the US military pornography industry to gamers. So, Harrison Kass unloads his technological expertise on us.

Key Points and Summary – The Su-57 Felon was meant to anchor Russia’s fifth-generation air power and compete with America’s F-22 and F-35 and China’s J-20. -Instead, it has become a symbol of Russia’s industrial limits. Fewer than 20 serial jets exist, production crawls at two to four per year, and its long-promised Izdeliye-30 engines remain delayed, leaving the Su-57 reliant on upgraded fourth-generation powerplants.

The "opening salvo" of this "analysis" reveals immediately the level of "expertise" of this media resource and its contributors. I have news for the crowd of hard-copers at this resource. 

1. By different estimates, Russian Air Force operates around two regiments (40+) combat SU-57s, I stress--not prototypes, but fully combat ready serially-produced aircraft. Production continues.

2. J-20 is not even the fifth-generation fighter, because it runs on good ol' SU-27 powerplant which is nowhere near the powerplant of SU-35/SU-57, is incapable of supercruise but AL-41 F1 is. 

3. There is another bummer for this amateur--SU-75 Checkmate is getting ready for tests and that means only one thing--AL-51 powerplant is also getting ready. 

4. In conclusion--comparing the advanced netcentric LO technology of SU-57 which boasts an unrivaled combat record in highly hostile environment compared to obsolete F-22 (Combat score--one Chinese air balloon) and a lame duck of overpriced piece of junk such as F-35--that's coping. Hard one. 

But in the end, it is impossible to explain to a listener of Dokken (he considers putting this on his CV as a merit, Good Lord, what am I going to do--put Alan Holdsworth on mine?) and ambitious nobody that the secret in any modern combat aircraft is in fact that it is a WEAPON SYSTEM and its weapons suite is what defines it, together with other tactical-technical characteristics. Here, where the USAF is left to merely observe--it doesn't have anything comparable to combat performed AAM R-37 missile (with a range of up to 400 kilometers) and upcoming new generation of AAM with the range of 500+ kilometers. Both missiles being genuinely hypersonic. But what do I know. Evidently lack of any military and engineering background of Mr. Kuss is considered to be proper qualifications in parroting butt-hurt propaganda. He should cope harder. Or watch Top Gun: Maverick.