Never ending story--first some TG Channels by losers and military amateurs, many of who are also open or shadow SBU (GUR) assets, spin the story: Patriots shot down 3 Su-34s. OK. The news spreads and people, naturally and it is not their fault, begin to ask me if I heard something. I didn't, and guess what, after that I immediately go to SitReps by Russian MoD for today and find nothing. Here I REITERATE--the ONLY TG channels one can trust are TG of Russian MoD and a couple more owned by real professionals about who I know--one of such channels is often quoted on discussion boards, the rest is trash.
Now, to illustrate--I show you example: my friend Colonel Vladimir Trukhan talks to Scott and at 4 minutes on explains the reality of VSU "devastating strike" on airfield around Rostov, whose actual impact was order of magnitude smaller than the BS Fighterbomber TG spread.
Now, you have to understand who Fighterbomber is--he is a coward who shits his pants at the possibility of disclosing his actual personality, he is also a dirty dealer in military porn and even has his own store. Evidently, what is known about him is that his name is Tumanov, he used to be captain and now he is manufacturing one lie after another. Including recent one about assassination of some Russian pilot by... SBU in Voronezh when, as it turned out, not only nobody was "assassinated" in Voronezh as the Government of Voronezh Oblast debunked the rumor, but such pilot... never existed in real life.
And then again, watch how the Colonel of The Central Apparatus of Ministry of Defense simply wipes the floor with Fighterbomber BS. Again, until Russian MoD confirmed--nothing happened. If it really happened--they will tell.
Once Volodya starts to talk about asses and air defense... OK, just have fun;) Sadly, there are some issues to discuss beyond this, otherwise, useful discussion.
Calmly, without grandiose gestures and PR. Just like that. It is also known that China was dumping treasuries since 2022 and, looks like, the arrangements are being made to completely remove any remnants of "credibility" from moribund US Dollar and Euro, whose fate is pretty clear now because of upcoming (when, don't ask me, I don't know) collapse of the EU and, finally, NATO. How will this develop is very difficult to predict but it is now the matter of WHEN, not IF. SMO is designed to address this issue.
For doubters, here is my friend Colonel Vladimir Trukhan (in Russian) explains on fingers what is going on and what aims Russia pursues--very successfully--in former 404.
Use Google translate, Volodya explains it in simplest terms and reserves more emotional responses, LOL, for upcoming Friday when three of us: Vera, Volodya and me will meet yet again (I lost count already) on podcast and will discuss--and you have guessed it--SMO from operational and strategic POV. In related news, pay attention to Alexandr Rogers excellent columns. And if you followed even intermittently Russian info-space, you may have noticed a dramatic reduction of "noise" from all those military "reporters" in Russia, who, such as Sladkov, Pegov, Kotz et all. completely discredited the profession. As with the US Dollar, you know, reputations are built for a long time, but are destroyed in an instance.
In related news CNN asked Evgenii Prigozhin (Wagner's leader) the next question: Good afternoon,
Can you please explain why recruitment in the Russian prison system has ended for Wagner? What is the reason behind this?
TASS reports about the combat use of T-90Ms Proryv in SMO, and quotes tank commanders about the machine (in Russian), They love it. Here are some opinions on a several months long combat use.
Translation:It has been improved - the crew is reliably protected, the tank commander, that is, I am already sitting inside, I don’t have to get out into the street, reload the Kord [machine gun] and fire - I do all this from the inside.Surveillance devices have been improved, I have a panorama, I can look at 360 degrees and do not need to turn my head, I can see everything on the computer.I can also communicate with neighboring tanks without getting in touch, I just write the coordinates to them, we drive up there and we work together.Our T-90 was blown up by an anti-tank mine, the track was not damaged, only the roller was torn off and it left the combat zone under its own power, the entire crew was intact," said the commander of another T-90M "Proryv" tank Ruslan.
I highlighted what is crucial. This is netcentricity and this is the thing which in terms of firepower creates a synergy effect because it increases many fold the effect of tactical surprise and flexibility. All this underscores the futility of the West's attempts to "supply" 404 with whatever obsolete armor it tries to send there. Such as this risible British attempt:
Considering military incompetence of the Western political and military top brass, it all comes down to, and you guessed it already, PR and desire to show that "something is being done". I expand on the issue of West's miscalculations in my latest:
Plus, a good friend of mine, Colonel Trukhan (thanks, Larch), a former operations officer from the Central Apparatus of Russian MoD gave a good interview to (initially) Ukraina.Ru, precisely on the issues concerning a real war, not BS created by all kinds of media-personalities both in the West and Russia who wouldn't be able to command a platoon, let alone brigade or division. Here is a quote:
Translation:- Do what you want.If you want to enjoy victory, enjoy.If you want to comment not enthusiastically - comment.Who is a doctor to whom, everyone will crawl out to his own cemetery.You need to understand that the RF Armed Forces are working systematically and purposefully.The public can react however they want.There are powerful fortified areas that were built for eight years.Why did we let them build?And who wouldn't let them build them?We are not alone on this globe.We built our armed forces, Ukraine built its armed forces.Who was the best at building them?We will see.In 2014, we had almost nothing in those Ukrainian operational areas.This I tell you for sure.Nobody remembers this now, but under Serdyukov even the 20th army was reduced, there was a transition to brigade systems.And when this batch began, when our "northern wind" stopped this genocide that was beginning, we began to build our armed forces absolutely correctly.We started building them from the strategic nuclear triad.Putin "cartoons" showed - sales of diapers have increased.And now these "cartoons" have received material design.
I am on record, remember? US and NATO cannot do strategy, they never could after WW II. It is a cold hard fact of life. Sure, they love to use the term "strategy" but very few in the military-political top in the US have a grasp of what it is. So, what can I say--I already get flack for my pointing out that John Mearsheimer has no clue about strategy, Russia and balance of power--he doesn't have a tool set, as wouldn't any political "scientist", to grasp it. His early 1970s background from USMA at West Point and a few years in the USAF are radically not enough, especially lacking serious military engineering background, for understanding modern operations. Bernhard makes today a note of it, when speaking about Emmanuel Todd:
Remarkably, highlighted in yellow shows a complete ignorance of Todd himself of strategic planning and how Russia approaches war and economy. But then again, he is an anthropologist, what do you expect. He, certainly, didn't read this blog in 2014--early 2015 when I had to pass a diagnosis on the fate of the combined West, but what do I know, I am not anthropologist. So, here is your primer for Saturday.
P.S. About VSU plans for "offensive" to reach Mariupol--Good God, only NYT and WSJ would buy this BS. Yes, with 50 Bradleys and 20 NATO tanks.
Actually, Wera decided this time to upload the video to UTube. So, those who are not afraid of dipping in the profane intricacies of Russian slang, you are welcome))
I know some browsers do provide English Closed Caption.
Couldn't be more true. The reports of VSU's hardware increasingly being immobile due to lack of fuel are pouring in. So, good ol' truism is truism for a reason. In related news, economics first and yet another truism, while dogs bark, the caravan passes on:
Hindustan Times no less. People ask me all the time: what about dedollarization. Here it is in its full blown glory. That is why Jake Sullivan threatens China:
And while Western media continue to spread fakes from 404, Jake Sullivan better learn (don't hold your breath) the actual correlation of economic and military potentials between what increasingly forms as isolated and fast declining West, headed by the US, and the rest of the world. And here are some pictures for Western mercenaries (primarily good at shooting defenseless civilians) to consider in terms of what I write for many years. These are from Yavorov Range where CIA and NATO "advisers" were training Neonazi forces and now were drilling combat cohesion for mercenaries' "units". As some of those "soldiers of fortune" admit--180 of them are gone.
Or here:
As I am on record--it is one thing to shoot civilians, totally another to be under sustained fire impact of high precision stand-off weapons. Here it is. That is how it looks like and that is precisely how the rear of any--even the best NATO force--will look like in case of the war with Russia. I repeat: NATO watches this operation in a complete shock and awe, especially when one considers that VSU, especially its 80,000 grouping in the East and which was trained and equipped by NATO is fully surrounded and broken apart and is being annihilated as I type this.
And now, in order for me to stop constantly explaining why all those Colonel Cassads, Yuri Podolyakas, all other "military experts" are BS spreaders, here is (sadly only in Russian) retired Colonel of the General Staff.
It is worth listening, especially in terms of planning.
In conclusion. As yesterday's Military Approved confirmed, 3M22 Zircon is a very low observable system and is not detectable by present detection means, not to speak of West's interception system (air defense) which cannot shoot it down. With the range of 1,500 kilometers and M=9 this version (first) of Zircon is a radical change of paradigm. So, here is you primer for Sunday.
UPDATE: here is one of the Nazis complaining about this whole "situation" with wiping out mercenaries at Yavorov Range.
He laments that poor dears were sleeping at the time of Kalibrs arriving to destination. Right... Russians should have waited until they wake up/s. I wonder with what speed NATO propaganda evaporates at this stage from brainwashed nazi minds in 404. It is a good luck when you die fast, but many are not afforded such a treat and die due to horrendous wounds in agony. That's the real war, fellows. They (NATO) forgot to mention to you what it is to be on the receiving end, because they don't know it themselves.
