Garland and Me ...

 ... live in 30 minutes. 

Correct ...

 ... that's the name of the game for this crowd which finally recognized what I was talking about for 11 years. 

More than five years ago I wrote:

Economic self-sufficiency which is also a foundation of REAL national security starts from industry. No industry--no American nation. Simple as that. Modern generation of American "elites" has no idea, or, possibly, doesn't even care about what happens when the attempts to re-industrialize fail precisely because no one knows how to do it for real, not by doing what they got used to do--"printing" money which only accelerates a decline, towards eventual disintegration. So, here it is--no real recovery without real industries, which translate into real employment, this means reorienting production for the internal market and.... here we pause, because this seemingly simple scenario requires a long and substantive debate because this is where the issue of trade comes in and 99.99% of the American "elite" are a free trade neo-liberal fundamentalists who have neither knowledge nor skills to avert what is already not just on the horizon but knocking on the door. If you think otherwise, just take a look at the graphs above, especially a 10 year one. Things just got worse, not better since 2010. I am sure vast number of events coordinators, DJs and shopping assistants will have to rethink seriously their career choices if they even want any shot at any vacancy in a dramatically shrinking America's basis, before collapsing superstructure buries them.   

Capital also loves victors. Here "isolated" Putin is greeted (in a pleasant violation of protocol) by his buddy Modi. 

If rumors about new lease of a nuclear sub to India are correct, something tells me that Russia may provide Indian Navy with the very first hull of project 885 SSGN Severodvinsk. She can carry 3M22 Zircon but her main load is P-800 Oniks, which, of course, India has and it is called Brahmos. This is a transfer of an enormously powerful technology. But again, the production of Sukhoi 100 at HAL facilities for India's market has been already discussed, I am positive it is greenlighted now. 

Nima And Me ...

 ... live in 35 minutes. 

Everybody Knows ...

 ... how huge it is. In India they know. 

Andrei Belousov is already in India. 

This IS Offramp ...

 ... each time he and the US are offered it--he comes back to the square one (because his masters demand so) and he gets himself deeper and deeper into the excrement, especially considering the fact that the US simply ran out of not military options only, but material ones as well. 

Trump may now abandon both Russia and Ukraine. Donald Trump is caught between a rock and a hard place. The rock, which is vast and apparently unable to move, is Russia. The hard place is Ukraine, and the European countries standing resolutely beside it. The US president had promised to settle the war within 24 hours of taking office, later extending that to 100 days. But it has now been some 317 days since his second inauguration, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows no signs of slowing. The US president has flirted with both punishing Moscow and Kyiv for obstructing his attempts to settle the almost four-year war. With Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner returning to Washington without a deal, a decision will have to be made over what comes next from an American perspective.

When even rabidly anti-Russian The Telegraph gets it, then Trump simply has NO choice. Or rather--do what you said before on board of Air Force One--let them "fight it out". That's the only "deal" he can get and ... the offramp. I want to remind again the words of Field-Marshal Paulus at Nuremberg: 

At the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, Goering's lawyer ironically remarked that, while in captivity, Field Marshal Paulus lectured on strategy at the Soviet Higher Military Academy named after K. E. Voroshilov (which in fact did not happen). Paulus, who was present at the meeting as a witness, replied: "The Soviet strategy was so far superior to ours that the Russians could hardly need me, even to teach at the school for non-commissioned officers. The best proof of this is the outcome of the battle on the Volga, as a result of which I was taken prisoner, and also the fact that all these gentlemen are sitting here in the dock." A more devastating assessment of the criminal strategists of Nazi Germany, perhaps, cannot be made!

Russians have a joke (and it is really not a joke)--fighting Russia is like fighting one huge advanced military academy attached to one huge military-industrial plant. Ben Hodges doesn't know military history, he also doesn't have a grasp of operations be that in WW II or in 2025.

Daniel simply stomped on him. Good Lord, this was a SACEUR. BTW, still haven't heard back from Mario Nawfal about, now questionable, my "debate" with Bed Hodges. One can only hope)) Meanwhile--countries, like people, love victors, especially if the victor is rich. Before that those were just negotiations, now, as WSJ reports, it is an offer from Sudan. 

Sudan’s government, based in the interim capital Port Sudan, has offered Russia its first naval base in Africa and investments in the mining sector, particularly gold, in exchange for weapons, according to US and Sudanese sources. According to Sudanese officials who spoke to the newspaper, the offer includes a 25-year agreement allowing Moscow to deploy up to 300 soldiers and four warships, including nuclear-powered vessels, in Port Sudan or another naval facility on the Red Sea.

Keep in mind WHAT kind of weapons those ships carry. 

Make your own conclusions. I'll help you. 

This is the range of hypersonic 3M22 Zircon. The range of 3M14M is ... three times longer. 

Europe Is Officially Dead.

I explain why Paulus stated the truth. And why there will be NO "compromise". 

Please, give Donny Nobel Prize. Pretty, pretty please)) 

Well, Because ...

 ... morons try to "analyze" the obvious.  

Why the U.S.-Russia Ukraine Talks Failed

Because they are not "talks", morons. They are dictating the conditions for capitulation of the West and the US trying to avoid a wholesale humiliation. Russians provided offramp for the US constantly during this 2025, a whole duration of Trump 2.0. But with the "advisers" such as Kellogg and other US generals who spew amateurish BS at FOX (Trump watches FOX) what do you expect? This is not to say that Witkoff and Kushner didn't enjoy their stay in Moscow--what's not to enjoy? 

Per Kushner being there--I elaborate on that in my today's video which should be up in an hour or so--it is about both Israel and globalist Jewish capital. Somebody among those people finally recognized that delayed by the US by 80 years reckoning for Western Europe is here and with it the death of the safe haven for capital. It is a complex game, and one may ask--why not in the US. Well, I have some bad news--the US itself is unstable and bankrupt. So, where to park this capital now? China? Sure, but again--who knows. But what entity is stable and prudent, and emerged victorious from the titanic clash with the combined West? Here is your answer. Per Israel--Russia can provide Israel some sort of guarantees ONLY on the bases of establishment and recognition of Palestinian State, so--no go. But it doesn't mean that Zionists will not stop trying. 

My friend Commander Farinazzo tells you important thing:

The era of grossly overstated West's military prowess is over. TOE from 1980s is NOT capable to fight TOE from 2025, period. 

This Is Really Old News...

 ... it is decades old. This reflects catastrophically on, and you may have guessed it already, military education. 

I want to refer you back to this:

The Army has made insufficient progress in arming its officers with science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and management (STEM+M) knowledge. The contemporary battlefield is faster paced, technologically enabled, and data driven, requiring officers to possess more skills, knowledge, and experience. We examine the Army’s history with STEM education and show that, in terms of education, the current Army officer corps has fallen behind its requirements for technology-enabled forces and modern society. We conclude with recommendations on how the Army can close the STEM+M education gap through advances in higher education and adopting talent management practices.

Warfare IS advanced math (and Physics), period. Hyman Rickover understood that, American public education as a whole--doesn't. 

This Is An Exhibit A ...

 ... of British military edukeishn and overall state of UK's officer corps. He is a Lt. Colonel no less. 

He is very upset because he graduated a vocational school which they call for some reason the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. It is not "academy"--it is 44 week-long course for people with no serious military background. Same goes for British courses ambitiously called Joint Services Command and Staff College (Defense Academy) where they prepare people who played a key role in killing 80,000 of own troops in 159 square miles of Kursk Oblast. So, if anyone thinks that you can prepare ... well, judge for yourself:

The Higher Command and Staff Course (HCSC) is a combined, joint and interagency defence and security course delivered at the post-graduate level. The course focuses on preparing future leaders and staff officers for the highest levels of operational command and control, to hone their ‘intellectual edge’ to meet the challenges of the modern world in an era of constant competition; able to successfully operate below the threshold of conflict whilst being ready to instantaneously transition to warfighting when required. ... HCSC is a 16-week annual course running from early January to late April.

Of course, they have this too. 

The Advanced Command and Staff Course (ACSC) prepares mid-ranking UK and international military officers, and civil servants, for senior positions. During their year on ACSC, course members are encouraged to think critically and make decisions that evaluate moral, ethical, and legal consideration within a military context. The course represents a unique opportunity for both military and non-military course members to study in an open, enquiring and intellectually challenging environment.

This one is 11 months long. But Mr, Sir, Herr Tobias Ellwood didn't even get into those military degree mills, he merely got his "commission" through Sandhurst. And it shows--no understanding of the war whatsoever and that militarily UK is not a military power of note. But, but ... as Vladimir Putin stated today (verbatim). 

If Europe wants war, Russia is ready, but after that there will be no Europe to negotiate anything with. These chihuahuas still cannot resign themselves to the fact that they did not just lose, they are not even in the same league. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the joint production of Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his trip to Delhi this week, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. New Delhi has encouraged defense firms from friendly countries, including Russia, to work with domestic arms manufacturers to bolster the prime minister’s ‘Make in India’ initiative. “The issue of Su-57s certainly will be on the agenda during Putin’s upcoming visit to India,” Peskov said.

That means that decision in principle has been made and India will get SU-57E, more S-400s and S-500. 

New Crime Of Russia ...

 ... against Moldova. Just a few days ago it was a drone, and now this. 

This Iskander's unexploded warhead also contained Vladimir Putin's passport and his handwritten order to attack this Moldovan barn. 

A Specific Segment ...

 ... of George and me talking about these co called "peace negotiations". 

Volchansk Now Officially ...

 ... lost its strategic significance because it is now officially liberated (meaning most of mop up is done). Meanwhile Rothschild's errand boy Macron meets this corpse. 

I am sure Ze shared his stash with Micron. I am wondering when SAS/MI6 will off this creep--after all, can you imagine him singing if he is caught by Russians? He don't mind, he don't mind ... cocaine! (c)

Lavrov Stated Obvious.

And it is not just output and technology. Operational gap is gigantic. 

Sentimentality Is Understood ...

 ... but this is filled with overstatements. 

S-3 Viking sub hunter has a warning for Russia’s navy

States the author and continues with ... triviality: 

The S-3 Viking left frontline service years ago, but its record stalking Soviet submarines still hangs over today’s naval standoffs in the North Atlantic and Arctic. As Russia leans harder on undersea power to challenge NATO sea lanes, the Viking’s history reads less like nostalgia and more like a pointed reminder of what a dedicated carrier-based sub hunter can do to a fleet that underestimates it.

The reason this piece is a) trivial and b) therapeutic is simple: ANY submariner in the world knows that the WORST enemy of any sub, be it Russian, American, Chinese (especially Chinese) or British with French is ASW/Patrol aircraft. The truism goes--if you see the P3 Orion/P8 Poseidon/Il-38N in periscope--you are dead. Vikings were excellent ASW aircraft, deeply respected both in the US Navy and by Russians. But here is the trick, once long-range anti-shipping missiles entered the fray the issue of Flaming Datum grew in significance because as of 2025 even with Jet-powered aircraft such as S-3 Viking was or P-8 Poseidon is--you need to still get low and slow to allow MAD to search for any kinky signature. And as you might understand everything revolves around Operational Sweep which say ASW helicopters (the only ASW aircraft available for ASW duties on carriers) cannot provide in the times when your Datum is many hundreds kilometers away. Here is a very crude explanation of the POD (Probability Of Detection) depending on Operational Sweep. 

And here is a reminder (again), that in modern conditions, the Flaming Datum (a position from which enemy sub can launch at Carrier Battle Group) could be removed from the US Navy force up to 1,500 kilometers--this is the area of 7 million square kilometers. Nothing today can ensure security of any NATO's fleet in the open ocean against the carriers of P-800 Onyx (1,000 + km range) and 3M22 Zircon (1,500 km range). And I will remind you AGAIN--this is how search area looks like:

Good luck, especially considering NATO's air defense systems. Correct, Russians looked at the "warning" and decided to change not just rules of ASW chess, but simply change the chessboard. That is why Sergei Lavrov yesterday stated what I was stating for the last 11 years. As per S-3 Vikings--excellent ASW jets for their time, a feared and respected enemy:

I know some of my friends will have a sentimental moment. We all do once in a while. 

George And Yours Truly.

Live in about three hours. 

Per these people who still do not recognize what this video of people like Mark Kelly was, it has NOTHING to do with Venezuela. Here is Larry's summary. 

I am appalled at the cowardice of the six Democrat members of Congress who have spoken in general terms about the duty of service members and intelligence personnel to refuse “illegal” or “unlawful” orders, but not said one damn word about these attacks on boats departing Venezuela. If they don’t make it specific, then they are just engaged in a cheap political stunt. Although Donald Trump and Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, insist that they have the law on their side, neither is a lawyer and neither seems to understand the US Constitution. Just because some political hack at the Department of Justice (DOJ) writes a memo justifying illegal and immoral actions, that does not permit anyone — the President included — to carry out extrajudicial killings. I still remember that this same tactic was used by George W Bush to justify torture… the US DOJ said it was okay, but it was not.

Agree, it was nothing but virtue signaling and PR stunt--the only thing they can perform in Democratic Party. 

I Really Do Not Like The Guy ...

 ... remember, this super-duper USAF pilot who never encountered real air defense or first rate air force in his life (not that the USAF have anyone with such experience alive) before becoming an astronaut and then disgracing himself (apart from being a Democrat) with his famous quip that "Russian pilots cannot fly formation". But no matter how unpleasant this senator is, I doubt that there are grounds to prosecute him. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly over a video that urges American troops to defy “illegal orders” has raised a slew of questions, and some criticism, from legal experts. Some say the Pentagon is misreading military law to go after Kelly as a retired Navy fighter pilot. Others say the Arizona Democrat cannot be prosecuted as a member of Congress. A group of former military prosecutors insists he did nothing wrong. 

The fact that he USED to be an active officer and even the fact that his and other nutjob buddies'  (from the Democratic Party) statement does reek of seditious intent, he did it as a civilian, granted confused and high on DNC's Kool Aid, but I really doubt that Pentagon has anything on him in legal terms. They can investigate whatever they want, but it is very difficult, in my humble opinion, to get anywhere with their investigation. Maybe just establishing the fact that no matter if you are a senator, general or astronaut, but it is not forbidden by the US Constitution to be an ass-hole, and Mark Kelly's rights to be one are protected.  

Oh, No! Not Again.

Remember this a couple weeks ago? 

Starmer could send Army’s troubled Ajax vehicles to Ukraine. Fleet has been plagued by litany of problems, but troops confident it could outgun and outperform Russian rivals. 

I don't know what troops are they talking about, but UK doesn't have functional army and an average motorrifle battalion commander from Russian Army can lecture British generals from General Staff for months on modern tactics and use of armor forces. So, they can be confident in whatever they want to be confident, but they should get latest issues of Voennaya Mysl (Military Thought) and read up on, say combined arms operations (ah, yes, I forgot--they don't know what operations are, since they don't have operational and operational-strategic level formations--divisions and up), and take it to heart because it is written by people who actually did fight actual wars and have Ph.Ds in military sciences, STEM et al. 

But the moment I wrote this, lo, LOL and behold:

The Army has suspended the use of its Ajax armoured vehicles after 31 soldiers fell ill while using them. Troops taking part in a war game on Salisbury Plain over the weekend reportedly emerged from the £10m transporters vomiting because of noise and vibration issues. The setback comes just weeks after Luke Pollard, the defence minister, showcased the Ajax fleet and declared them “safe”. Some 60 vehicles were used during the exercise, which involved hundreds of soldiers from the Household Cavalry and the Royal Lancers. Sources said the Iron Fist drill was immediately halted after troops reported “tingling hands, ringing in their ears and feeling sick”. The safety fears, first reported by the Times, meant all Ajax vehicles involved in the drills had to be moved back to the nearest camp by transporters.

As you might understand, the ONLY proper thing here will be one of those famous Benny Hill's chases under the famous Yakety Sax melody ... Ah, what the hell--it is from England we all loved and grew up with. 

And which is sadly no more. 

Piracy, Terrorism, Cowardice, Treachery ...

 ... and other Western "values" in action. I give November Summary. 

Brandon and Yours Truly ...

 ... talked about things three days ago. 

Yes, Hitler Was A Peaceful Guy ...

 ... who died because of Stalin's "purges", when USSR attacked the Third Reich. And who can forget how Russians treacherously invaded France in 1812. 

No, this is not a circus--this is precisely how much of Europe and Europeans think. That is why this cretin Kallas is in the position she is because she satisfies many. 

Happy Thanksgiving.

 And in order to stop all speculations and brown noise. 

Sealing a peace accord with Ukraine is “legally impossible” at present, Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated. While Moscow would like to sign such an agreement eventually, the current Ukrainian leadership has lost all legitimacy by canceling elections, Putin told reporters on Thursday. Wrapping up his state visit to Kyrgyzstan, Putin stated that “it makes no sense to sign documents with the Ukrainian leadership – I have covered this topic many times already.” According to the Russian president, “the Ukrainian leadership made a fundamental, strategic mistake, when it was afraid to hold elections.” Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky “lost his legitimate status” as the country’s president, Putin pointed out.

Do we need any additional comments? Ah, OK, let the big guy explain. 

Meanwhile, look at how and what is being fed to 404 terrorist "army". 

As some people noted--a typical pig slop, but then again--these are NATO's pigs. There is a school of thought forming now in Russia that one of the major reasons why Euro-chihuahuas want the continuation of the slaughter of 404 cannon fodder is because Russian hundreds of billions of assets have been already stolen and the only way to cover it up is to continue the "war". I think it is a legitimate hypothesis and we all know if that were the truth, which it well may be, it is a complete end of Old Europe as proper civilization. Just thieves, robbers, genocidal maniacs and perverts, regardless whether this stolen assets hypothesis true or not. 

A Bit Of Thanksgiving Fun ...

 ... Larry explains why Europe is irrelevant. And, as you might expect, Macron's BS spurred a lot of activity in memes' industry. Such as this))

Meanwhile, Russian stormtroopers in Krasnoarmeisk, in the center of the city performed a skit--"No khokhol in sight")) 

Just yesterday we spoke about the operational cauldron around Gulyaipole. 

Bang! Reports are pouring in of Russian forces active in the eastern part of the city. 

Should Russia ...

 ... have really threated France as this bank teller boy states (lying as always): 

Paris would have stopped stinking with urine, because the smell of shit would have overtaken it. Especially around Elysee Palace. 

Nima and Yours Truly.

Live in 40 minutes. 

There Is Really Nothing To See There.

Trump is an empty suite and hot air balloon, who never controlled any of his administrations which are nothing more than collections of shysters with competing interests. Only cretins from the US pundits' class could hypothesize about some "strategy" and "balances" from such "composition" of Trump's "team", not seeing that the only purpose of Trump's presidency is self-aggrandizing and serving people who own him. 

Someone in Washington could be trying to undermine US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov has suggested, commenting on the recent leaks of his conversations with the envoy. At least some of the purported leaks are fake, he added. Speaking to Kommersant newspaper on Wednesday, Ushakov defended continued contacts between Moscow and Washington, including by phone, and maintained they are needed to build trust between the two nations. He also said that neither side was interested in leaking the contents of the conversations. According to the presidential aide, the incident might point to infighting in Washington. “Do you remember the case of [former National Security Adviser] Michael Flynn? This case could be the same,” the official said.

Ushakov is being diplomatic here, of course. The US is ungovernable and this chaos will continue. Which brings us to this: 

The Navy is walking away from the Constellation-class frigate program to focus on new classes of warships the service can build faster, Secretary of the Navy John Phelan announced Tuesday on social media. Under the terms negotiated with shipbuilder Fincantieri Marinette Marine, the Wisconsin shipyard will continue to build Constellation (FFG-62) and Congress (FFG-63) but will cancel the next four planned warships. “We are reshaping how the Navy builds its fleet. Today, I can announce the first public action is a strategic shift away from the Constellation-class frigate program,” reads the statement from Phelan. “The Navy and our industry partners have reached a comprehensive framework that terminates, for the Navy’s convenience, the last four ships of the class, which have not begun construction.” A senior defense official told reporters Tuesday that the cancellation of the ship program was part of the Navy’s latest effort to build and deliver new ship classes faster. “A key factor in this decision is the need to grow the fleet faster to meet tomorrow’s threats. This framework seeks to put the Navy on a path to more rapidly construct new classes of ships and deliver capabilities our war fighters need in greater numbers and faster,” the official said. In tandem, the wider Pentagon is retooling its acquisition system to emphasize speed. 

What you witness here is a bankruptcy of the whole acquisition and procurement policy not just in the US Navy, but US Armed Forces as a whole. For starters, it is inconceivable that the ship such as Constellation, carrying a rather timid air defense and strike packages--same ole', same ole' VLS with SM-6 and TLAMs, with subsonic Naval Strike Missile with the range of around 300 nautical miles, cost more than $ 1 billion dollars. 

It is a beautiful ship, but it is obsolete on arrival due to a new warfare paradigm driven by the ability to develop firing solution for long-range supersonic and hypersonic weapons 24/7. It is an anathema for the average US admiral and general to grasp a very simple truth. This, $100 million small ship:

Can sink in one salvo both Constellations, and it will have targeting and develop firing solution even before any of the modern US Navy ships can get into range. But here is the deal--for the price of a single Constellation Russia builds 10+ of these guys. Or, about three of these:

These ARE game-changers capable of sinking the whole CBG in a single salvo while staying way beyond the reach of anything CBG can launch back. But then again, unlike SM-6 and SPY-1, 2, 3 ...6, Poliment-Redut, known in its ground-base version as S-350 Vityaz is known for its outstanding real combat performance against every single stand-off weapon in NATO's arsenal. I guess, you get this simple math here, right? These are realities which the US military is simply incapable to face. And so, as they say:

“Sometimes, you’re just better off designing a new ship,” Navy’s former top acquisition executive Nickolas Guertin said at a conference in February. “Turns out modifying someone else’s design is a lot harder than it seems.”

Well, good luck spending another 10 + years designing a frigate while continuing with building unfit for combat LCS and fast becoming obsolete TLAM-carrying platforms such as good but insanely expensive and, as already stated--nearing obsolescence, Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. Late Admiral Rickover once stated that "The US Navy is used to traveling first class"--meaning the fleet of very large (and visually impressive) ships which today turned into a menagerie of very expensive white elephants good only for blowing up some third rate opposition from a safe distance. Read the comments to the USNI article I linked--they are very instructive. Always remember--it is COFM (Correlation Of Forces and Means) which is in the foundation of modern forces. 

Turkey Day SitRep.

Macron-Mandon tandem's wet dreams. Makhnovschina is in the foundation of Ukrainian psyche. 

This Is Not A Recent Phenomenon.

I want to forestall all kinds of caveats, like "do not use the broad brush", and say that among the myriad of personal videos on YT there are some videos which do represent touching and sincere, very human, side of people's lives and they are greatly appreciated. Just take a look at this girl. 

She is an inspiration for many people and her videos do help people in distress, they support them. She puts things into perspective.

But what if you have no skills, no serious knowledge of anything, no ability to properly comment on the state of the world, but still want to be seen, monetized, and "liked". Ohhh, there are number of ways of doing it. How about exposing a fake façade of your personal lives, like this annoying Russian-American couple with their incessant cringe-worthy exposition of their plastic "happiness". Real happiness is always silent and is away from the public eye. 

But what else? Ahh, travel vlogs. Yes, travelling around the world and ... again, make no mistake--there are some travel vlogs which are truly great, but again--when you are a product of reprogramming PJW is spot on:

It is ALWAYS about integrity and calling a spade a spade. I couldn't miss on this video because I myself got sick and tired of everything being viewed only through the prism of grievances (often justified) and not on its own merit.  
 
 

Here They Are.

Safe, happy and ever grateful for Russian Army and their angel, as they call him, call sign Pomor, and then Balu. This was three months in making to save them, with terrorists and animals from 404 trying to kill them (you can see it in the video). It is in Russian, obviously, but you can sense their feelings. 

And here is him, in person call-sign Alt... I am Russian Drone, Don't Be Afraid. 

As he says--our task is to save civilians. We all know from who. 

Evidently For People ...

 ... without class and culture it was a show-off. While in reality Russian Knights performed a "Missing Man" routine. 

A tribute was paid to Wing Commander Namansh Syal, who died in a crash on Friday

I don't know how else can one explain to ass-hole what it means sending a pilot into the sky, for eternal patrol ... 

In related news--fuck you ass-holes. Learn what class is ... 

That Will Be The Record.

M-12 highway of Russia will now be extended to ... Vladivostok. Currently it is in Yekaterinburg, Tyumen is next and ... 

To put it into perspective: the duration of flight from Moscow to Vladivostok is 8.5 hours on average. Will this be the longest "interstate" in the world? 

Some Video Bites ...

 ... from Mirnograd. Russians tell those SODs--most of them killed, a few of them taken POWs--that there is no chance in hell they will be able to escape. 

Meanwhile, for those who still didn't get the message. 

"This morning we already learned about the European plan, which, if it is simply not constructive at first glance, does not suit us. <... > Mr. Rubio announced that the Geneva talks with the Ukrainians were quite satisfactory to the American side. But he also said that there are 28 points, there are also 26 points. A lot of things. Plus there are a lot of different speculations, it is not clear who to believe. But we believe in what we saw, what was transmitted to us through the appropriate channels," he concluded.

Europe is over, period. 

Daniel Davis And Yours Truly ...

 ... live in 45 minutes. 

Here It Is.

People conveyed it. Properly. You can call it the The Plea of the Russian Drone. 

Help me, people, help me, please, I beg you.

I can’t hear — just can only read your lips.

Write a little note so I can help you,

Tell me what you need, just jot the gist.

It’s a Russian drone — don’t fear, it will not harm you.

It will bring you medicine and food.

We have found you, and won’t abandon —

We will save your family, we’ll see you through.

You’ve been under fire here longer than a year,

From Volchansk you're always in the view.

You held out until the Russian soldiers reached here,

Did not bow to Nazis of the AFU.

We’re so close — just a little distance left now,

Just a street or two we must cross through.

Every meter costs us dearly, and how —

Many lost upon this road we knew.

For your freedom from the Nazi forces

All as one we fight without a pause.

They are brothers — Russia’s steadfast soldiers,

Battling “Banderite” unholy cause.

Help me, people, help me, please, I beg you.

I can’t hear — just can only read your lips.

Write a little note so I can help you,

Tell me what you need, just jot the gist.

The response of people around the world in my audience is overwhelming--this video and poignant song touched so many. But do not forget also that Russian soldier who lead this family across hellish terrain while drone followed them making sure no attempts were made on their lives. My profound gratitude to Nikita Pliassunov who put it in proper poetry. 

You can download this song by following this link: This is Russian Drone, Don't Be Afraid. 

NATO's "Combat Training".

Or reminding you how all those American generals have been parading themselves as amateurs in 2022 and 2023 repeating propaganda tropes about Russian Armed Forces. No surprise then that the US loses all its wars. 

Russian Army ...

 ... hit something in Zaporozhie Oblast. Boy, when even combat hardened dudes are in awe--that must have been some serious ammo depot. 

It Is Really Very Simple.

 And it is a well-known fact. 

A number of countries that Russia considers “unfriendly” have privately pitched proposals on improving economic cooperation during the G20 Summit, the head of the Russian delegation, Kremlin aide Maksim Oreshkin, told reporters on Sunday. The summit brought together leaders representing the world’s 20 largest economies in Johannesburg, South Africa, this weekend. “A number of countries we consider unfriendly have approached us with specific proposals for cooperation – on how to improve economic relations with Russia and implement joint projects,” Oreshkin said at a press conference. He added that he would not elaborate on which countries made the offers “lest their colleagues be offended later.”

This is the reality of Kardashev Scale which correctly puts energy, its extraction and use, as the main criterion for the type of civilization. Obviously, we, Earthlings, are still way-way out of even Type-I level, we are somewhere near 0.6-0.7 at best, BUT ... If to use Russia as a reference point as Type=1.0 within Earth's present energy paradigm, then countries like Germany, Italy or even France will be, ahem--somewhere between 0.4-0.5 at best. And they DO NOT have any prospects for getting higher without ... right--you get my drift. Their march to backwardness accelerates and they did it to themselves. 

This also explains Trump's desperate desire to get his hands on Venezuela's oil, but while understandable for purely vulture reasons, risks attached to it are huge for the United States, and even under the most favorable conditions that will not solve US economic problems. They are systemic and cannot be resolved by mere imperial acquisitions, especially with dramatic breakthroughs in energy generation happening this very moment as I type this. But, of course, Venezuela may become, as Larry notes. 

As the US continues to build up its military forces off the coast of Venezuela, it is worth asking about the risks associated with an actual US invasion with ground forces. I think that US military planners, regardless of what Donald Trump is saying, have cautioned their bosses about the extreme risks that such an operation would entail. During my appearance today with Judge Napolitano, I suggested we compare what a possible military operation inside Venezuela would entail compared to our 2003 attack on Iraq… Venezuela is a much tougher nut to crack than was Iraq. 

Moreover, Iraq can hardly serve as a yardstick and as Lieutenant-General Klokotov stated in 1992, and I remind you:

And that was in 1992, when the US Armed Forces have been in a much better shape than they are today. So, make your own conclusions. 

Saturday ...

 ... on a lighter note. Estonian Army's helmet)) 

And That Is Without ...

... reference to REAL INDUSTRIAL output, which accounts also for spectrum of R&D which is simply beyond EU's capabilities. 

Professor Niall Ferguson from Hoover Institute gives the Slava Ukraini crowd a cold shower in the form of some cold hard facts about the Russian economy and the fact that sanctions have "failed utterly". The corrupt political class does NOT want you to hear this (Sep 2025)

This also explains (if it turns out to be true) a desire of two US military professionals (obviously on orders from Trump)  who DO have some ideas about SMO and REAL situation at the front to go to Moscow and see their Russian counterparts. 

Here is a fuller version of "Russia Is About To Collapse" debunking and these are just a few points:

I sat through yet another Times Radio interview in which “expert” Diane Francis confidently told us yet again that Russia was on the brink of military and economic collapse. My quick search of the Times Radio content on YouTube revealed that this Murdoch outlet has been forecasting Russia’s imminent collapse on a monthly basis for well over three years, beginning with the predictions of Ben Hodges III, a Leftist retired U.S. general and a relentless war-monger.

The other salient point is this: 

The “experts” that Times Radio platforms seem to have two main characteristics. Firstly, they have a deep-seated dislike of Russia and, secondly, they are funded by arms industry and Ukrainian billionaire funded “think-tanks”. Until recently, Ben Hodges was the “Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies” at CEPA (the Centre for European Policy Analysis based (confusingly) in Washington) with a salary of USD 200,000 per annum. Diane Francis is a “Senior Non-Resident Fellow” at the Atlantic Council, receiving an unknown but likely large amount in this capacity. No academic qualifications nor processes underpin the lofty titles handed out by “think tanks”. The titles are part of the intellectual cosplay of pretending to be centres of study, rather than arms industry fronts pushing war propaganda. The “analysis” is, for the most part, fact-free and relies on dishonesty and largely fabricated statistics. I thought that it would be interesting to look at some actual statistics reported by Russia.

It is not only fabricated statistics, but it is also inherent inability to deal with it assuming that they are provided a genuine one. It is overall weakness of West's military education for officer corps and an extremely rigid and backward approach to operational planning and operations based on ... yes--fabricated military history, statistics and inability to grasp COFM (Correlation Of Forces and Means), including the role of force multipliers such as Air Defense of which US military has no experience whatsoever. And then, of course, comes corruption within Military-Industrial-Congressional-Media Complex and decades of drinking own Kool Aid without understanding the realities of continental warfare. 

I want to reiterate--this is the result of NATO's planning and these are the numbers no officer in Pentagon has any grasp of. This is just comparison between Vietnam War and SMO:

Or another, again, same thing but different view ...

And now that some corruption and money laundering schemes through 404 have been exposed, we may understand why Europe is so desperate. 

European and Ukrainian officials have rejected Donald Trump’s latest proposal for a lopsided peace deal that favors Moscow, warning that caving in to Russia will only encourage Vladimir Putin to attack NATO next. 

Yeah, sure. Russia sleeps and dreams how to put on her neck a bunch of paupers with no resources, filled with hatred of Russia and the whole idea of cleaning Paris alone is terrifying for Russians. 

Yep, the city of lights, alright.