That's The Only Language ...

... combined West, and especially Europe, understand. Dmitry Medvedev knows it well. 

The ruling European dimwits want a war in Europe after all. It’s been said a thousand times: Russia won’t accept any European or NATO troops in Ukraine, but no, Micron keeps peddling this pathetic bullshit. Well, come on then. This is what you’ll get:

There are still people who do not understand what is happening. Reports from Kiev indicate that the city is paralyzed--no water, heat, rolling blackouts et al. And this is just Kiev, same is happening in other major cities in 404. I want to stress--as impressive as Oreshnik's effects are, do not forget that Russia unleashes daily salvo after salvo of such stand-off weapons as Iskander-M (with the range of 1,000 + km, surprise-surprise), hypersonic Kinzhal and 3M22 Zircon and a variety of 3M14 Kalibrs and long range Geraniums. This will continue, until 404 is brought back to its original pre-Russia state.

Meanwhile, about REAL military education:

The Chelyabinsk Higher Tank Command School will resume its operations after a 19-year hiatus and will be one of the three military universities planned to be reopened in 2026. Alongside it, the Ulyanovsk Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots and the Novocherkassk Higher Military Command School of Communications will also begin operations. The revival of the educational institution is part of a large-scale program of the Ministry of Defense to expand the military education system until 2034, according to media reports citing sources in the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Yep, 6 academic years, heavy STEM, engineering schools with young officers who are graduated with a specialist degree in STEM (from system integration to weapon systems design) and an equivalent of Bachelor of Science in Military Sciences. This list is just the beginning of a return to Soviet system of military education of officer corps. Larch sent me today an article in Izvestiya. And here is an advertising for legendary Moscow Higher Military Combined Arms Command School (MVVOKU), aka Kremlin Cadets.

I cannot stress enough the academic and experience abyss separating NATO's officer schools and that of Russia. There is no comparison.

Mr. Oreshnik Doesn't Care ...

 ... where you hide. Bilche-Volitsko-Uhersky underground gas storage is no more. Europe now wants to talk? Too late for that. 

Here Is My Good Friend ...

 ... Colonel Vladimir Trukhan explains (in Russian) about all this "Russia must help" BS propagated by all kinds of "do gooders", who still do not realize that this is NOT the world of 1960s and Russia IS NOT Soviet Union. Far from it. 

I know there are means on internet, using neural networks, to translate it in English, but importance of  Vladimir's 5-minute talk is not just in what he says--I was saying the same thing for years now--it is in the fact of what he represents--a serious level of people who think exactly like him in Russia. Obviously, neural network will not be able to properly translate a number of Vladimir's idiomatic expressions, LOL)) "Pickled cocks" is one of them)). And against the background of the events of the last week and, especially, of the last 48 hours it should be understood very clearly--404 is but a nuisance in a larger scheme of things, especially with clear indications today of Europe (Macron, Meloni et al) being scared shitless. Good. I speak about this and more in my today's video which should be up shortly. 

Lvov Is Having A Party ...

 ... with what looks like Oreshnik. 

What is being hit we will learn later, but recall even a few weeks back a number of people worrying that Trump set up a "trap" for Putin. You cannot set up a "trap" for a side with overwhelming technological advantage. So, decommunization continues. 

To Pete Hegseth, how's that US Air Defense doing, Pete? 

It Is Called De-Sovietization.

Famous Lenin's dictum that Communism is the Soviet Political Power Plus Electrification of the Whole Country is being put in practice in 404 but in reverse. De-communization is the lack of the Soviet political power minus electrification of the whole country. What is happening right now across whole of 404 is unprecedented--the whole power generation and industrial capacity is being wiped out. Not only Dnepropetrovsk is dark, the other major industrial city and the main steel producing center Krivoi Rog is being de-communized with catastrophic consequences for not only power plant but steel foundries. 

Steel foundries are now stopped. Blackouts continue all over 404 and the tempo of strikes only grows. 

Now about this. 

The fact that the only real combat activity any NATO troops can conduct in 404 is that in "training" capacity and the ONLY combat maneuver vaunted "volunteers" from the US and other NATO militaries are known in SMO is ... fast retreat, aka withdrawal, sometimes really fast ... retreat, if you know what I mean. 

I will abstain here from commenting now on the abyss separating combat capability and, most importantly, level of combat training between Russian and US forces--this is not even funny. The first line storm groups of Russian infantry and marines are today the deadliest fighting force in the world and I am not even going into the universe of SSO (Forces of Special Operations)--this is a whole other level. Here is the work of SSO Volna in the rear of VSU. 

Inserting a few Deltas or Rangers or whatever near the line of combat contact in 404 in vain hope that they will get REAL combat experience in REAL war is just that--vain hope, because militaries fight as system and approaches to combat training and factors which go into that cannot be matched. It all starts from the top down and US military top is incompetent. Listening to the "opinions" of the US servicemen, from NCOs to officers on YT on "how it is supposed to be done" is risible. They don't know. In fact, they never knew. So, what's left? They need to cope. 

Nima and Me.

Live in 40 minutes. 

Man, What A Show, What A Show))

Politico's EU version is trying to find "responses" to a likely US "acquiring" of Greenland. I want to stress WHY the US really needs Greenland, apart from obvious military utility, it is all about Arctic and its immensely rich continental shelf. 

Once Greenland is acquired, US assets in Arctic almost double. Hence this intent, however unlikely, of the US buying ice-breakers in Finland and then trying to transfer the technology to the US. Well, Politico agonizes))

BRUSSELS — If European governments didn't realize before that Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland were serious, they do now. Policymakers are no longer ignoring the U.S. president's ramped-up rhetoric — and are desperately searching for a plan to stop him. “We must be ready for a direct confrontation with Trump,” said an EU diplomat briefed on ongoing discussions. “He is in an aggressive mode, and we need to be geared up.”

Here comes this critical issue--gear up with what? As much as I am critical of the US military, but Europe is a military midget)) Yet, they still consider:

Option 4: Boots on the ground. ... Legally speaking, it’s possible Denmark would be forced to respond militarily. Under a 1952 standing order, troops should “immediately take up the fight without waiting for, or seeking orders” in “the event of an attack on Danish territory.” European countries should weigh the possibility of deploying troops to Greenland — if Denmark requests it — to increase the potential cost of U.S. military action, an EU diplomat said, echoing suggestions that Berlin and Paris could send forces to deter any incursion. While those forces are unlikely to be able to withstand a U.S. invasion, they would act as a deterrent. “You could have a tripwire effect where you have some groups of people who are physically in the way, like a Tiananmen Square-type situation, which would potentially force the [U.S.] military to use violence” or to back down, said Crosbie. But that strategy comes at a high cost, he said. “This is completely unexplored territory, but it is quite possible that people's lives will be lost in the attempt to reject the American claim over Greenland.”

Berlin and Paris!? Berlin and Paris?!!! Troops?! LOL! US Marines will walk over those "troops")) Once Bismarck was asked what he would do if British send troops, he responded he would send police to arrest them. Remarkably, this applies to French and Germans themselves today. It is getting curiouser and curiouser.(c) And pop-cornier and pop-cornier--this one belongs to me))