"Russia jammed the navigation signal of a British Air Force plane with Defense Secretary Grant Shapps on board," - The Times
The problem arose on March 13 both on the way to Poland and during the return flight.
This happened when a British Royal Air Force Dassault 900LX business jet was flying near border with Kaliningrad Oblast.
For the second time, the pilots were left without access to GPS for almost half an hour.
Jan 29, 2024 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
According to Vesti, Russia eliminated "the best sniper in France".
As the result of the missile attack on the location of foreign mercenaries in Kharkov, Ernesto Barbieri, considered the best sniper in France, was killed.
Barbieri served in the elite Alpine Jaeger battalion, and later joined the so-called "Foreign Legion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces".
As part of the AFU, the officer participated in combat operations against Russian troops since March 2022.
Aug 8, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The English recognized that King Arthur came there from Russia
The legendary King Arthur, who is the standard of Western European chivalry, was a Russo-Scythian prince who arrived in England with his retinue under an agreement with the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius.
This sensational statement was made by the famous British historian Howard Reed.
In the course of lengthy research in Great Britain, France and Russia, Reed came to the conclusion that King Arthur was one of the Russo-Scythian tribe who lived in the steppes of southern Russia.
Jun 26, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Prigozhin comments of the attempted rebellion:
- As a result of intrigues, ill-conceived decisions, Wagner PMC was supposed to cease to exist on July 1, 2023;
- PMC Wagner did not want to sign a contract with MoD, because this would lead to a complete loss of combat capability;
- Those fighters who were ready to go to the MoD did so. But it was the minimum amount, estimated at 1-2%;
- PMC Wagner wanted to become a part of any other structure in order to be useful to their Motherland, but they were not heard;
Jun 10, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The situation at the Orekhov area on the morning of June 10
The AFU continued massive artillery shelling on the Orekhov-Rabotino line. At night, they attacked the positions of the 58th Army, trying to break into the defensive formations of thd RuAF motorized rifle regiments.
As a result of a complex fire engagement south of Novoandreevka, several AFVs were destroyed, 4 more armored vehicles remained in the minefields in the Malaya Tokmachka area.
Jun 8, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
"DontStopWar" reports on the Ukrainian losses:
"Losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, State Security Forces and Air Force exceeded 7.000 dead and 2.400 missing during the six-day rehearsal of the counteroffensive.
About 3.760 seriously wounded were taken to hospitals in Dnepropetrovsk, Vinnitsa, Nikolayev, Odessa and Krivoy Rog.
More than 340 Western PMC fighters were transported to the Chisinau airport with further transfer to Bucharest, Iasi, Warsaw, and Krakow.
Apr 15, 2023 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
The Soviet Tsar Bomba with yield of 58Mt was approximately 1.570 times more powerful than the yield of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined and 10 times more powerful than the total of all of the used weapons during the WW2.
Tsar Bomba also represented 25% of the estimated yield of the Krakatoa volcanic eruption of 1883, and 10% of all nuclear tests by this point.
Apr 15, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
"There were a thousand of us at the training ground in Yavoriv - and after the first battle there were 150 left," - ex-fighter of the "Foreign Legion of Ukraine".
"There were about 1.000 of us, 'foreign legionnaires', at the training ground in Yavoriv. After Yavoriv,
the number decreased to 600. A month later, after the first battle and the collapse of the Alpha platoon, it was already down to 300. And then, a week later, the number of people decreased from 300 to about 150. And these are not dead - these are fugitives.
Apr 14, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Russian developers together with the military in 2023 will begin joint state tests of the prospective Gremlin hypersonic missile (GZUR).
As the newspaper Izvestia writes, in near future they'll begin a new stage of bench firing tests of a ramjet engine of a prospective rocket,
being developed under the designation Izdeliye 70 [the Izdeliye nomenclature seemingly references the engine, and is seen in air-to-air missiles but not commonly among air-to-surface missiles].
Apr 14, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Rostec is modernizing T-72B tanks.
Uralvagonzavod makes T-72B3M out of T-72B. Compared to the original, the upgraded version have significantly improved performance.
T-72B3M is equipped with new fire control system, which includes an aiming system with a modern thermal imager,
as well as a digital ballistic computer. The latter provides automation of the shot preparation process and significantly improves accuracy of shooting.
The guided weapon system on the modernized T-72B3 destroys targets with a guided missile from a standstill and on the move,
Apr 14, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The Western media continue to publish news with skepticism about Ukraine's military capabilities to ensure a turning point at the front this year.
According to Bloomberg, the West believes that the planned offensive of the AFU can only lead to limited success.
The publication, citing European officials involved in supporting the AFU, writes that earlier large-scale successful operations were expected from Ukraine against the backdrop of last year's progress in the Kherson and Kharkov regions. Now the mood is more skeptical.
Apr 13, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Alexander Kots: "We operated for the last couple of days in Bakhmut. We entered the center from the south and that's what attracted attention. In Kiev, they said Bakhmut was a fortress city, a fort… but in reality,
there was nothing in the center except for concrete gouges that would not stop the infantry, flimsy pillboxes and trenches.
All their fortresses are positions equipped in high-rise residential and administrative buildings.
Apr 13, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
"Ukraine is unhappy with US assessments that the counteroffensive will not have much success," writes Politico.
"The same people who said Kiev would fall in 3 days are now leaking harmful and equally ridiculous information ahead of an offensive critical to the entire free world," said a person who is in constant contact with senior officials in Kiev.
Mar 19, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Russia has entered the top ten largest exporters in the world
Against the background of unprecedented anti-Russian sanctions by the West, Russia in 2022 reached the 10th place among the largest exporters in the world, rising from the 12th place it occupied in 2021,
according to a study conducted according to the national statistical services of 60 largest economies in the world.
In 2022, Russia managed to increase exports of goods to $591.5 billion.
Mar 18, 2023 • 28 tweets • 12 min read
How the neural network imagines Russian cities as persons:
Moscow and St.Petersburg
Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg
Mar 17, 2023 • 15 tweets • 7 min read
Girls from various countries, according to neural network:
Russia and Ukraine
Belarus and Moldova
Mar 17, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The Pentagon warns Ukraine against the loss of territories in the near future.
"Earlier we predicted that February-March would be difficult for Ukraine. However, the situation that has developed at the front shows that spring and summer will be even more difficult and,
perhaps, not a successful time for them," said Pat Ryder, a spokesman for US Department of Defense.
According to representative of the department, the counteroffensive planned in the near future will not bring success, but will only worsen the situation of the Ukrainian troops.
Mar 16, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Politico writes in its article that China supplies weapons and military products, as well as dual-use products. They take data from customs documents.
So, as an example, they cite the supply of CQ-A rifles by the state company NORINCO to the Russian company Tekhkrim,
as well as the supply of bulletproof vests and Maviks and components for drones in the face of batteries and cameras from DJI. Goods, except for rifles, go through the Emirates, from there to Turkey, and then to Russia.
Mar 16, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
NBC: "Three US officials familiar with the intelligence said the highest levels of Kremlin approved aggressive actions of the Russian military fighter jets against a US military drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday.
It was 'Russian leadership's intention to be aggressive in the intercept,' said one of the officials.
Three defense officials and one Biden administration official also said the Russians have already reached the area where the MQ-9 Reaper crashed.
Mar 9, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Maria Zakharova:
"Duplicity and hypocrisy have firmly established themselves as the calling card of Western diplomacy.
We remember well the situation with the unilateral declaration in 2008 of the so-called 'independence' of Kosovo.
At that time, the US and the EU unanimously asserted that the creation of the so-called 'Republic of Kosovo' without the consent of Belgrade did not contradict the norms of international law.
Mar 2, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
At least 50 Ukrainian saboteurs broke into Russian territory of Bryansk Oblast and taken multiple civilians hostages in the village of Sushany.
"Two Russian civilians already killed in the attack on the village of Sushany," - Russian media.
War Gonzo is reporting that more than 100 civilians are taken hostage by Ukrainian militants in the Bryansk region.