🧵Sergei Lavrov flew to Manila demanding the U.S. honor a peace treaty from last summer.
Marco Rubio reminded him in public: the treaty was never actually signed. Russian war channels immediately melted down: "We were dumped. Openly and brazenly." 1/🇺🇦🦩⬇️🧵
Marco Rubio reminded him in public: the treaty was never actually signed. Russian war channels immediately melted down: "We were dumped. Openly and brazenly." 1/🇺🇦🦩⬇️🧵
Lavrov arrived at the summit with two demands: lock in the fake territory split, and stop arming Ukraine.
Rubio rejected both. He declared the Anchorage proposals dead and confirmed the weapons pipeline remains wide open. 2/
Rubio rejected both. He declared the Anchorage proposals dead and confirmed the weapons pipeline remains wide open. 2/
But the real nightmare for Moscow was not happening in Manila.
While Lavrov was begging America to cut the supply lines, the Vice President of Raytheon was sitting in Kyiv in a closed door meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. 3/
While Lavrov was begging America to cut the supply lines, the Vice President of Raytheon was sitting in Kyiv in a closed door meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. 3/
Raytheon is not just sending more weapons. They are mapping out joint production of Patriot missile interceptors directly on Ukrainian soil.
American defense manufacturing is physically moving into the war zone. 4/
American defense manufacturing is physically moving into the war zone. 4/
Moscow was counting on American politics to cut the supply lines for them.
MAGA influencer Laura Loomer spent years echoing Kremlin talking points. This week, she took a train to Kyiv. Moscow expected her to validate their narrative. They were wrong. 5/
MAGA influencer Laura Loomer spent years echoing Kremlin talking points. This week, she took a train to Kyiv. Moscow expected her to validate their narrative. They were wrong. 5/
After surviving a Russian air raid and inspecting a bombed Orthodox monastery, Loomer publicly retracted her old stance.
Her conclusion on Putin: You cannot claim to protect Christianity if you are trying to "drone strike Jesus Christ." 6/
Her conclusion on Putin: You cannot claim to protect Christianity if you are trying to "drone strike Jesus Christ." 6/
Russian state television panicked, accusing Loomer of going crazy and selling out.
But the damage is done. Moscow was counting on a solid wall of American political opposition. Instead, they found a door. 7/
But the damage is done. Moscow was counting on a solid wall of American political opposition. Instead, they found a door. 7/
On the battlefield, the Russian military is experiencing systemic failure.
Igor Strelkov, the man who started the Donbas war in 2014, openly wrote this week that Russian air defense has demonstrated complete "powerlessness." 8/
Igor Strelkov, the man who started the Donbas war in 2014, openly wrote this week that Russian air defense has demonstrated complete "powerlessness." 8/
He was immediately proven right.
A Ukrainian drone spotted a $50 million Russian Buk-M3 anti aircraft system driving down a highway. The drone vaporized it before the crew could even deploy the launchers. 9/
A Ukrainian drone spotted a $50 million Russian Buk-M3 anti aircraft system driving down a highway. The drone vaporized it before the crew could even deploy the launchers. 9/
The humiliation scales up.
A Russian truck carrying three separate electronic warfare jammers was blown to pieces by a single Ukrainian FPV drone. The jammers could not even protect the truck they were bolted to. 10/
A Russian truck carrying three separate electronic warfare jammers was blown to pieces by a single Ukrainian FPV drone. The jammers could not even protect the truck they were bolted to. 10/
Even Moscow's own airspace is failing. A fifth generation Su-57 stealth fighter crashed on takeoff in the Moscow region.
Ukrainian hackers claim they infiltrated the Russian air defense network to cause the crash. Russia claims it was just an engine failure. 11/
Ukrainian hackers claim they infiltrated the Russian air defense network to cause the crash. Russia claims it was just an engine failure. 11/
Either way, Russia's most advanced jet is a smoldering wreck in a field.
Meanwhile, a 24 year old Ukrainian commander named Hrim spent a 12 hour shift repelling a massive Russian drone swarm. 12/
Meanwhile, a 24 year old Ukrainian commander named Hrim spent a 12 hour shift repelling a massive Russian drone swarm. 12/
Hrim used a Turkish heavy machine gun hooked up to an Xbox controller. His crew shot down so many targets that their gun barrel literally reached the end of its service life and failed.
The barrel finished first. Ukraine did not. 13/
The barrel finished first. Ukraine did not. 13/
Moscow flew to Manila hoping an imaginary treaty could stop weapons they can't defeat on the battlefield.
Fake diplomacy failed; real missiles are being built in Kyiv. You cannot negotiate your way out of reality. 14/
Fake diplomacy failed; real missiles are being built in Kyiv. You cannot negotiate your way out of reality. 14/
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