Woof, WEF, Meow.

Final curtain. 

For Enthusiasts Of Tactical Minutiae ...

 ... as Russian tankers say--the main threat to tanks remains ... no, not drones--good ol' anti-tank mines. At least that's true for Russian tanks. Meanwhile, morons from Deutsche Welle decided to figure out, German Defense Ministry "ignored" their request for comments, on their own why self-proclaimed "best tanks in the world", you know those latest version of Leopards suck. 

You don't need to know German, but DW dumbasses went to 404 side (seems legit, these were 404 crews which burned in those tanks) to figure this out. Wrong choice, though. 404 is well known to be, together with CIA, MI6 and other orgs of this nature, the main sources of all kind of pseudo-military BS, the Kool Aid gladly consumed by those who still cannot accept the fact that NATO's weaponry is from 1990s and it failed miserably in supporting Nazi criminal 404 regime. 

Now, latest for payouts to Russian military personnel. You don't need to know Russian. 

The highest pay is for capturing (not destroying) intact MLRS and tanks. The rest is for destroying hardware. You may ask why such a downgrade for combat aircraft. Easy, every combat aircraft NATO provided to 404 is an easy target for Russia's VKS. Fact is, all of them, be that F-35, F-16, Eurofighter or F-15 are outranged and are not designed to fight over the battlefield of 2025. Simple as that. I speak about this in my latest video which should be up shortly. 

This Is A New Trend ...

 ... in 404--they love to expose themselves as pitiful suffering people, and I agree--not having the ability to take a shit in comfortable warm restroom is hard. But ... this is just the beginning. 

They also provide cringe-inducing lamenting sound-track to all this, but really isn't it what 404 and its curators from NATO wanted for Russians? Yep, exactly that and much much worse. But there is a certain historic lesson here: in 1315 at the battle of Morgarten bearded dudes from Forest Cantons wiped out the Leopold of Austria's regular and well equipped troops and without any regard to chivalry rules massacred most of Leopold's nobility at the shores of Lake Ageri. This savagery scared the shit out of European royalty and even Vatican, and since then the Pope is guarded by these fierce guys called Swiss Guard. Yep, the heirs of those three Forest Cantons which eventually became Switzerland. 

Now, multiply this Morgraten Battle by a factor of ... maybe a thousand and look at the map of Russia's heartland--no Alps, no any other natural defenses. So, for thousand years Russians have been fighting non-stop invaders from the East, from the South and, yes, the West. Result was always the same--invaders and their empires got crushed and the traitors executed. Russians are done playing this BS, especially with Europe, and if the price of 404 treason includes, among many, this schedule of provision of electricity in 404:

Green being the time periods when electricity is provided, and frozen solid toilets--so be it. It is a small price to pay for the society which has been convinced that its mission is to defeat those Eastern subhumans known as Russians. Here is Victor Orban explaining to all of you a self-evident truth: German Nazism never was defeated in the West and now Russia must finish the job.

She will finish it. And for those who forgot the old classic one-liner by Carl von Clausewitz--the main object of any war is to compel the enemy to do our will (c). 404 cities have enough streets where the residents can take shit, not that it is something new for them--they lived in shit for the last 30+ years. 

Some People Continue ...

... to mistake my manner of speaking (and writing) as schadenfreude or me being an outright crass and brute. Nothing even close. Here is the demonstration. I spoke about this for years, not because I don't like Europe or Europeans--I am a Western man, after all--but because my BS meter is extremely sensitive. So, Davos for you ...

I will repeat again what I repeat ad nauseam on this blog for the last 12 years: nobody cares what the capitalization of Tesla is, it produced and continues to produce pseudo-advanced jalopies for the consumption by people who didn't study physics, same goes for anything by Bernard Arnault's empire producing overpriced junk for selling to riff-raff nouveau riches (no, this is not oxymoron) to make them feel rich. But, but ... reality of the planet of ours is such that the only thing which defines the zeitgeist is COFM--Correlation of Forces and Means--which in itself is a direct consequence of the advanced scientific-industrial economy capable to produce the best machines, including, of course, killing ones. 

So, Europe finally has arrived to the status of what I was talking about for many years--decomposing corpse of once great civilization and utter military impotence. COFM is a cruel bitch, it doesn't care how you look like or what kind of pseudo-military show you put on. Here is a demonstration.

An amused Russian cruise missile Kh-101 looks at the Patriot PAC3 trying to acquire it, develop firing solution and then shoot it down. You can see yourself how the whole thing went down. People already mentioned here that the combined West, the US included, is defenseless. Well, it is. COFM, my friends, COFM. 

Norway Wants To Fight Russia))

 You gotta love this)) 

Norwegians told to prepare for wartime property seizures. Military warns citizens that it may have to requisition homes and vehicles if war breaks out with Russia. 

So, how's that democracy going in Europe, eh? Mighty Norway wants to fight Russia. Hey, Glenn Diesen, may I suggest more pseudo-military shysters like Karaganov or Ted Postol on your show. There is a lot of infogypsies who believe that NATO will exist 30 minutes after Russia decides to really finish it off. But then again, judging by the "level" of NATO militaries they are good only for photo ops. I will abstain here commenting on BS Ted Postol, who wouldn't be allowed anywhere near with his "Ph.D" in physics to teach even as a junior lecturer in Bauman's MGTU (not that he knows anything about it, or in MIT), spews about Oreshnik, but here is my good friend Colonel Vladimir Trukhan (he held clearances CIA amateurs can only dream about), apart from other common friends of ours (accidently, Ph.Ds and senior officers including from RVSN, not that Postol and his curators know anything about it) explaining in Russian about Oreshnik. 

This is in Russian. For those who do not understand, including in Pentagon, MIT, Georgetown, CIA, USMA at West Point and other orgs--you know nothing about war. Zero. This is not gloating, fact is--I still pay my due to heroism of the US Navy and Allies ... but that is so far in the past it defies description. Those who want to listen, use neural networks they will translate. 

Anyone From Slovenia?

I banned one dude from there, but anyone from Ljubljana who is active? I admire Melania, who is a class act, unlike her husband. Evidently Nutcracker in Slovenia is performed by a rather ... grounded dude))

Acqua is, probably, going to have a field day. But let me tell you--never put Burger King near your theaters. Russian ballet dudes know this rule)) 

The Problem With This ...

 ... otherwise astute observation is that you cannot explain some "historian" or dude from CIA what the cultural incoherence is. USSR collapsed because of Russians trying to get all those fringes out of the middle ages, with the exception of Baltics who understood that their whores are cheaper than whores from Poland let alone Germany. Other than that--good luck to France, Germany and Belgium resisting Sharia--most Euro "intellectuals" will convert to Islam anyway, because the only thing they dream about is a young pussy. Don't look at me, here is the guy who nailed it (after stealing the plot from Elena Chudinova). 

So, here we are today. Of course, I have been saying this for more than a decade, but what do I know) 

I Love Where Joseph ...

 ... goes with this, but as I stated many times before--Colonel Douglas Macgregor should go to Podolsk to see the real archives on WW II and not propaganda he was fed by his Bundeswehr curators who committed unspeakable crimes and then hid them behind propaganda. If his son, to his greatest credit, can grasp it--good. 

But reality of SMO has its roots in WW II and there is NO such thing as "from their point of view". It is either understood or ... the crime against humanity. Easily conveyed to Manichean so called "Christians" who live in the black-and-white world. Difficult to explain to people who never read Tolstoy, Dostoevsky or watched Come and See, and who cannot accept the fact the Solzhenitsyn was a CIA operation of influence. 

For Reference.

This is the picture of the deficit of power generation in 404. It is for today. Currently the average time any 404 resident remains without power is around 16.5 hours. That's average. 

Keep in mind, that even 50% capacity doesn't mean that you may have power 50% of the time. Not at all. And once you drop below 50%--good chances are you will lose power completely. Average for a whole of 404 is 47%--that's the death knell for 404 power. 

Something Like This.

Many begin to grasp the situation, Trump's escapades notwithstanding. 

I speak about this and much more here:

Why This Video ...

... is a sentence to US military. In general, and it is one of many--the pattern is the same. Always the same. 

Patriot PAC3 deploys. It is detected, taken on by RUK (Recon-Strike Complex), Iskander arrives. Not a single movement, not a single launch of AD missile. Not because it is inactive, because it is the system (the best NATO has) for the war of 1980s and 1990s against backward countries with military technology of 1960s. 

Ramifications are enormous for the US, including the US Navy which always prided itself on Aegis and SM-6 missile as the best AD in the world--it is not even close. Salvo Model is cruel, you can cheat it on paper, in real life--you are dead. I speak about it in my today's video, especially against the background of Defiant-class "battleship" which became now a butt of the jokes even among US professionals. The critical admission by the US Navy that this white elephant will be using "existing systems" is everything you need to know about historic shift in naval war paradigm and, as the result, in the global balance of power. 

In Related News, I Was Busy ...

 ... yesterday and didn't have time to read about this loser. But lo and behold, the moment I got up in the morning--here it is, a typical French hot air. 

French President Emmanuel Macron vowed a “united and coordinated” response after his US counterpart Donald Trump threatened eight European NATO nations with tariffs for opposing his campaign to acquire Greenland. The tariffs, announced by Trump on Saturday, target Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland. They are set to take effect on February 1 at 10% and rise to 25% in June, remaining in place until a “complete and total purchase” of the Danish autonomous territory is achieved. “France is committed to the sovereignty and independence of nations, in Europe and elsewhere,” Macron wrote on X. “No intimidation or threat will influence us – neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world.” 

Putting aside Trump's intentions (and there is a lot to be said about those, read Larry's latest on Trump) and main engine behind his policy formulations, Stephen Miller, one thing remains absolutely clear. Europe is impotent and for anyone who thinks that France or anyone else in Europe will not be influenced by intimidation--I have a bridge to sell you. Cash only. Hearing this protestations from cowardly European vassals whose modus of existence was very simple in the last 60 years--milk the US for the "defense" from the ephemeral Soviet military threat, while milking USSR for energy, the main foundation of the vaunted European prosperity and "socialism" is rich--the time is up. 

It is a karmic historical justice here--the continent which gave us, apart from incredible achievements in culture, sciences, arts, industry and even humanism, evidently forgot that if not for its ambition and pugnacity mixed with imperialism, we may not have had, among recent events, two world wars which slaughtered in excess of 80 million people and spread misery globally. Rephrasing Huntington--West (original West) forgets it, the rest of the world does not. For French, moreover, the bright historic spots of Charles de Gaulle, Free French or Normandie Niemen, are just that--a two century long slide into infamy and national oblivion. So, when some pervert who French elected twice talks about not "being intimidated", I have news for French people as well as Europeans in general--you wanted it, you voted for that, because you cannot teach the old dog new tricks. Europe will surrender with the same speed it did when Hitler decided that it is time. Britain loved "peace in our time" show, while it lasted for a very short time. 

After that it was a matter of technique. But then again. I present to you modern French Army on its training exercise this 2026 year. 

and this:

The 1st Infantry Regiment of the French Republican Guard (Garde Républicaine) in a joint exercise with the 1st Infantry Battalion (1er BCP) and the 12th Cuirassier Regiment (12e RC) of the French Armed Forces, 2026. Don't show this to US Marines or any serious US Army formation. Per Russians, they sustained losses due to hernias after Homeric laughter while observing this "joint exercise". French, evidently, have a penchant for self-humiliation. So, they WILL be intimidated together with the rest of Europe because it is only natural for civilization which committed an act of self-immolation while laughing doing it. Good riddance. 

Oreshnik Unchained.

I use the reference to Tarantino's disgusting movie excrement. But it applies to Oreshnik nonetheless. I also explain, again, Putin's caveats. 

As You Know, Russia Is Experiencing ...

 ... a snowcalypse, not that it is something new)) But suddenly, a new species of Shai-hulud started appearing all over the place.

My Contacts In ...

 ... French military just shared with me exclusive video 2 days ago in relation to this Macron's statement. 

French military, as it turned out, already have first prototype of French equivalent of Oreshnik and Monsieur Macron already gave it a try personally. Which explains his red eye.

He is a very courageous man, this Macron fella. I didn't know this about him. Live and learn. 

There Is Nothing Unusual ...

 ... about that. To those who still believe in Europe's "military-industrial might", so far Euro-NATO sent ... 15 military personnel to Greenland. 

Why are EU leaders suddenly being nice to Russia? The German chancellor, French president and Italian prime minister appear to have seen reason in making up with Moscow. But is it genuine?

The question asked is legitimate and the answer is very simple--of course it is not genuine. For those in discussion boards here who will rush with warnings to Russia not to trust the West, don't worry--Russians are not as dumb as you might think. Speaking of which--sadly only in Russian--Leo Tolstoy's great-great-grandson Petr Tolstoy delivers a doze of Russian geopolitical realism on one of the talk shows in Russia. 

In related news, Garland sent me this))

Russia's military is suffering heavy losses fighting in Ukraine, with up to 25,000 soldiers killed a month, NATO's top civilian official said this week, calling the carnage "unsustainable" for Moscow. "The Russians, at the moment, are losing massive amounts of their soldiers thanks to the Ukrainian defense," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told European lawmakers at a forum in Brussels on Tuesday. He said that 20,000 to 25,000 troops are dying each month as the war drags on. "I'm not talking seriously wounded. Killed." Rutte clarified. He compared the incredibly high losses to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, where an estimated 15,000 of its soldiers were killed over a period of more than nine years.

No, Mark, they gave you a very low number, real number of Russians killed a months is 100500 (Russians will know this number)). Europe is over, period. For people who still miss the most important part in Vladimir Putin's statement during the ceremony of receiving new ambassadors in Kremlin--it wasn't just about "cooperation in Europe", the most important part was what Russia preached since 1990s--ONLY on the mutually respectful bases, with Russia viewed as equal. All of Russia, Putin included, knows that this is impossible due to factors I speak about non-stop: majority of Europeans (I stress it--majority but not all) view and will continue to view Russians as subhumans. Russia can live without Europe. 

Speaking about "massive Russian losses", here is video evidence of 404 terrorists enjoying realities of the war with Russia. At Slavyansk-Kramatorsk operational direction--like rats, filthy, demoralized, hiding in dugouts in fear of encounter with Russian standoff weapons, artillery, UAVs and, most terrifying, Russian Army's storm groups. NATO--that's you. 

Now, some sat photos of the Bilche-Volitsko-Uhersky facility, gas control system, (make no mistake--this is NOT photo of now confirmed punctured has storage) which is gone after the visit by Mr. Oreshnik. 

I can only repeat what Dmitry Medvedev said. 

Correct. 

Trying To Cope With ...

 ... the intensity of daily clusterfuck)) Not easy to fit events into 35 minute video-segment. I try, though. Greenland in focus, as is death of NATO. 

Tucker, Karaganov IS NOT ...

... and never was "political adviser" to Vladimir Putin. He is mentally deranged boy from Soviet nomenklatura with zero military experience, let alone in nuclear weapons and everything he spews is the result of his deranged mind. Utterly militarily incompetent. He is a sort of a demagogue akin to Dugin--same origin in privileged Soviet nomenklatura class, same useless "edukeishn" in bullshit such as "political science" et al, same set of connections in Moscow's "elite". I have news--Russia IS NOT going to be using nuclear weapons on anyone unless it meets criteria prescribed in Russian Military Doctrine and Nuclear Policy. Karaganov knows NOTHING about military but he rubs shoulders with some generals and admirals. He mistook it for professionalism.

I want to remind, Tucker, something about the likes of Karaganov by Hofstadter. 

. . . the complexity of modern life has steadily whittled away the functions the ordinary citizen can intelligently and comprehendingly perform for himself. In the original American populistic dream, the omnicompetence of the common man was fundamental and indispensable. It was believed that he could, without much special preparation, pursue the professions and run the government. Today he knows that he cannot even make his breakfast without using devices, more or less mysterious to him, which expertise has put at his disposal; and when he sits down to breakfast and looks at his morning newspaper, he reads about a whole range of vital and intricate issues and acknowledges, if he is candid with himself, that he has not acquired competence to judge most of them.

The whole class of journos, political "scientists", sociologists, historians and "economists" has been exposed as people with primarily fraudulent backgrounds who cannot grasp the events of today and nutjobs like Karaganov are driven by ambition and ... ignorance aptly mixed with lies. But then again, every village needs its own corps of idiots. 

Missed Some Good News ...

 ... about Colonel Jacques Baud. Switzerland finally stopped scratching her ass and started doing something. This is from January 11. 

Yesterday evening, we received news that the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) had lodged an official protest in Brussels 26 days after Jacques Baud was sanctioned by the EU, arguing that the sanctions imposed on Jacques Baud had not been preceded by due process and that freedom of expression had not been respected.

At least some actions are being taken, finally. 

Later Today.

Garland and me live. 

I'll Just Leave It Here))

Just to indicate that I am around, just cooking today what I love--so, busy I am. 

Puncturing Myth Is Not The Term ...

... US view on ground or, for that matter, any combat, including air one is one huge myth rooted in facing (and still losing) weak enemies and learning about WW II from ... losers. Well, some people are beginning to suspect something. Too little, too late, though, because it cannot be fixed. They should have listened to me in 2014. The myth has been utterly destroyed.

The Latest From Russian Meme-factory.

The caption reads: meanwhile somebody studies international law in universities)) 

But He Did Promise))

But then, of course, he "forgot".

No, this is not dementia which is beginning to rear its ugly head in Trump's case. Nope. This is what he does--he lies. 

He lies because he is a failure and the blowback is horrendous. No, not ICE trying to do what was supposed to be done 20 years ago. But all this disaster with "tariffs" and sanctions which ensured the US Dollar's share in the international transactions is lowest in a very long time and is the end of it--the world creates alternative financial system. That's some "achievement". So, Greenland is one last chance to do "something big" before midterms, a fodder for hoi polloi. Meanwhile, in the latest issue of Parameters an important book is being reviewed, one which dares to state openly what I am stating since the inception of this blog in 2014--US military doesn't understand the real war. I speak about it in my latest video which should be up shortly.  

She Uses A Very Wrong Term.

That is not what's going to happen. 

The EU will have to resume dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the Ukraine conflict, the European Commission’s chief spokesperson has said.

Dialogue here is a euphemism for listening to Russia's demands, period. Russia, as a military victor, is not obliged to listen to EU, because losers are in no position to demand anything. But it is indicative that EC's spokesperson suddenly talks about it. Well, too little, too late and I see the only ONE reason for Russia talking to EU--to prevent it from sliding into a complete anarchy which would require Russia's interference in order to secure her borders. 

Message To Local "Culture Warriors".

Who continue to exhibit a hysterical behavior of a bipolar woman with PMS--you chose a wrong blog. Pathetic attempts to pin labels such as "Nazism" or "totalitarian" to feeble attempts of current administration to arrest sedition and outright destruction of the country by primarily DNC operatives and their networks which have been at it since 2000s will result in my banning all this hysterical BS outright. As much as some actions of ICE could be questionable, as totally drowned in crime and corruption, including ethnic organized crime groups,  Minnesota demonstrated--the trajectory of the country is very dangerous. But local alleged "freedom fighters" should be provided experience for them living without police, without control of immigration and without any semblance of order--I have this experience, they don't. 

Now, to clarify even more--with primitive hysterical Manichean minds of commentators it is difficult to understand by them that utter corruption of Trump's Admin and him being Israel's puppet, in no way nullifies a crime by Democratic Party against majority of Americans, and, as correctly stated by Space Cowboy: 

Ok but it’s worth noting that both the American left and right condone extrajudicial killings as long as it is against their political enemies.  

So, anyone trying to accuse me of "fascism:", "Nazism" et al, I have news for you--none of you have any idea what REAL fascism and Nazim are, period. The rest is up for discussion--such as why ICE agent did this or that. In related news--and you know who I am talking about--none of you ever faced real danger. I hope I made myself clear. This blog's focus is primarily geopolitics and military affairs, not the playground for hysterical lefties or Zionists. You are on notice now. 

Open Thread.

 Busy. 

This Is What Happens ...

 ... when you never studied physics and some other things which are related to advanced weaponry. Difficult to explain to these "experts" that using 404 BS about "Oreshnik" has nothing to do with Oreshnik or, for that matter, any kind of modern hypersonic weapons at M=10+ while flying IN the atmosphere. 

But that's the "level" of this kind of bullshitters who browse internet, collect all kinds of rumors and fake "docs" and then pass it for "analysis". 

Meanwhile))

Caption: The first photo of 2026, guess what time it is.

Comment: You should baptize your child. 

I like mom's detached look and resignation to her fate, LOL)) 

About Popcorn Headlines.

 And "kidnapping" of Putin. 

NATO is circling the drain. 

Yes, "Cutting Edge" ...

... British missile. Isn't it an oxymoron?

Britain is set to 'put leading edge weapons into the hands of Ukrainians' with powerful long-range ballistic missiles that can destroy Russian targets more than 300 miles away. Nightfall rockets - which are packed with 200kg warheads, can be fired in quick succession and reach as far as Moscow - could prove a valuable asset in Volodymyr Zelensky's ongoing fight against Vladimir Putin's forces. Now British firms are being sought by the Ministry of Defence to design, develop and deliver the first three test missiles in a contract worth £9million. Hailing the potential of the new weapon, Defence Secretary John Healey told The Sun: 'You defend your cities by having layers of defence and you partly defend by being able to attack.'

Let me get it straight--9 million pounds, missile with the range of 300 miles, ballistic, by British ... LOL)) Next thing you know, London will develop a Death Star for 404 for "1 million Dollars"(c) 

UK would be better off just providing Scalp/Stormshadow cruise missiles which are good for primarily attacking civilian apartment blocks, but you know ... even Daily Mail made today some astonishing admission of which I talk in my latest video which should be up relatively soon. But sheer idiocy continues in Europe, while NATO circles the drain the MAIN reason for which is Special Military Operation, which exposed combined West as a paper tiger good only for bullying. 

This brings us to this. Paris. Even five years ago that could have been a reason for pride among Russians--the most Russian piece of music ever, Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1. 

Today, the reaction of very many Russians is simple--enjoy while you can before everything Russian will be purged from European culture and Russians say--good. Never in my life have I experienced so much contempt for the West among Russians. Unprecedented. 404 and West deserve each-other and let them enjoy. Europe does not deserve Russian culture. The only Tchaikovsky's piece the West needs is 1812 Overture with a thunder from Oreshniks. 

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))

Meanwhile ...

... a REAL Army (57th Brigade) in REAL war, not Hollywood BS or some Iraq "experience". In this instance 11 VSU are KIAs. 

In the same time Dnepropetrovsk looks rather ... grim today. All of it, and this is a city of a million inhabitants. 

Now WARNING--I try to maintain a certain level of discussion on forums here. I am very liberal with WHO and WHAT I tolerate here, but as mass psychosis after Venezuela demonstrated, I may need to rethink my policies, because, frankly, I myself am tired reading (from Captains Obvious) same ol', same ol about "Israel-American Nazees", "news" and opinions from all kinds of mentally unstable people like Dugin or all kinds of trolls and "concerned citizens". I may implement policies which would prevent circle-jerk about all kinds of nonsense, otherwise this blog will lose its main purpose--to provide educational value (military, geopolitics et al) and a discussion which takes into account reality not media spin. Just one other point--yesterday in Larry's excellent piece about Venezuela only couple of people paid attention to the most important part--Russia is blowing away US "owned" (or controlled) assets. I also stressed--the US will not own anything in 404 anymore. Do you get my drift?

Yes, Russia Is In A Complete ...

 ... disarray, there are lines of people to the grocery stores and shelves are being emptied because of ...

Vladimir Putin does not “know what to do” after Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron pinned down new security guarantees for Ukraine, according to a former Russian prime minister. The UK and France agreed to put troops on the ground in the war-torn country if a peace deal with Russia is reached after a pivotal Coalition of the Willing meeting on Tuesday.

Mighty British and French Armies are gathering in Europe. At this stage Putin is isolated and Gerasimov with Bortnikov are in constant contact with CIA, MI6, Mossad, Kenyan and Lesotho intels, and SAS with Delta Force arranging kidnapping of Putin and then getting themselves some nice retirement somewhere in Gary, Indiana (it is so nice and peaceful in Winter). So, any moment now. I guess the US should prepare Gary Kasparov to be flown into Moscow and take Putin's post of President of Russia. There are also reports of Russian troops staging mutinies and deserting once the news of Starmer and Macron giving "guarantees" to Ukraine hit the frontlines.  

LOL)) And Whatcha Gonna Do, Donny ...

 ... if Raytheon is not going to be doing "bizniz" with the US government. 

Sure)) Pop-corn time, again. 

Orthodox Christmas, "Russian" Tanker ...

 ... and much more. But before--for hysterical schoolgirls with male genitalia, attentively United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea:

Article 92 Status of ships 1. Ships shall sail under the flag of one State only and, save inexceptional cases expressly provided for in international treaties or in this Convention, shall be subject to its exclusive jurisdiction on the high seas. A ship may not change its flag during a voyage or while in a port of call, save in the case of a real transfer of ownership or change of registry.2. A ship which sails under the flags of two or more States, using them according to convenience, may not claim any of the nationalities in question with respect to any other State, and may be assimilated to a ship without nationality

Capisce? 

UK Doesn't Have ...

 ... Army in operational sense. What it has is a couple of units with weapons which are combat capable. 

The British Army is not strong enough to defend Ukraine in the long term, Sir Ben Wallace has said. The former defence secretary said he believed the country could only “sustain” boots on the ground for a short time in the event of a peace deal. Sir Ben said only Germany was properly investing in defence spending and Vladimir Putin would not be “fooled” by assurances British troops could safeguard a ceasefire.

Bundeswehr is also a joke, as is Germany. But I see a lot of hysteria on discussion of Venezuela with people who visit this blog not to educate themselves--and, boy, do I try to educate--but to vent their kindergarten frustrations. I have a statement for them--if you cannot learn basic things about military-political analysis and cannot take reality for what it is, why are you here? There are many forums for people who instead of learning are into business of repeating same thing over and over again as if anything is going to change in their little fake universes. 

Here is an example about Venezuela. You want the truth? Many of you, and you know who you are, can't handle the truth(c). 

It would seem that after the criminal kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Madur by the United States, all Latin American countries should feel vulnerable – and unite against American imperialism. Some people do say so. But others not only do not want to help Venezuela, but even rejoice at the actions of the United States. Why?  For many years, it was believed that Latin America was a kind of unified bastion of anti-Americanism. Experts argued that Latin American countries value sovereignty, security and leftist ideas, that they are extremely negative about any manifestations of American interventionism, especially such as the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. "This attack is not only directed against Venezuela; it is an attack on Latin America and the Caribbean. Today, it could be Venezuela; tomorrow it could be any other country that decides to exercise its sovereignty," says Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ivan Gil. However, the kidnapping demonstrated that there is no single Latin American choir. "We are at the lowest level of inter-American diplomacy because all countries have turned inward and developed pragmatic approaches to their relationship with this administration," said Arturo Saruhan, a former Mexican ambassador to the United States.   

Yes, it was "believed", but not anymore and since long ago. Read the whole piece. Russians long ago stopped being idealists--they look at their partners politely but through a very cynical lens. Now, about "Russian" Tanker--it IS NOT Russian tanker and never was. I expand on the history of this vessel in the video which should be up in about 40 minutes. But here is the thing which many PMS fanboys in this blog do not understand but what even Western pundits do. 

Russia appears to be gaining from the US military operation in Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, as more shadow fleet tankers move under Moscow’s protection. Data by Lloyd’s List, cited by CNBC, shows a growing number of tankers are reflagging to Russia to shield themselves from enforcement action, a shift that has accelerated following US seizures of vessels carrying sanctioned Venezuelan oil.  

There are NO "brotherly nations" for Russia anymore, and this is a good thing.  But look at this, this is December 2025 issue of Voennaya Mysl:

Read summary, as you can see it is in English, and it is written by Commander-in-Chief of Russian Navy Admiral Moiseev. But then again, what does he really know/s. 

Larry Comes To Important Conclusions ...

... when considering the key candidates for traitors of Maduro.  

• Director of SEBIN: Major General Alexis Rodríguez Cabello Appointed in October 2024, he remains in position as of early January 2026. He is a cousin of Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello and has been sanctioned by the U.S. for alleged human rights abuses. The acronym SEBIN stands for Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional in Spanish. This translates to Bolivarian National Intelligence Service in English. It is Venezuela’s primary civilian intelligence and secret police agency, established in 2010 as a restructured successor to the former DISIP (Dirección de los Servicios de Inteligencia y Prevención). The agency reports to the executive branch (historically the Vice President) and has been widely criticized by human rights organizations for political repression, arbitrary detentions, and alleged torture.

• Director of DGCIM (and Commander of the Presidential Honor Guard): Major General Gustavo González López Appointed by Delcy Rodríguez on January 6, 2026, replacing the previous director. González López is a longtime Chavista hardliner who previously served as SEBIN director (2019–2024) and Minister of Interior and Justice. The acronym DGCIM stands for Dirección General de Contrainteligencia Militar in Spanish. This translates to General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence in English. It is Venezuela’s military intelligence agency, responsible for countering espionage, monitoring potential threats within the armed forces, investigating alleged plots against the government, and handling internal security matters related to the military. The DGCIM has been widely accused by human rights organizations (including the United Nations) of systematic torture, arbitrary detentions, and extrajudicial actions as part of state repression.

I constantly stress that I am no specialist in region and trust Larry's judgement on that, but it is clear that the treason was at the very military-political top. Moreover, questions about WHO actually killed Cuban contingent still lingers. Current version is that these were not US "Deltas". So, pop-corn, pop-corn time. Greenland is next.