It is hard to get your beak sufficiently soggy in that defense contractor money if they are building cheap drones as opposed to billion dollar planes and missiles.

Thinking about a road trip in Crimea. Any recommendations on where I should go?

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In between cocktails and removing minority group memorials and plaques, I sure hope Hegseth is directing our military to study drone warfare.

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One of the most disappointing things about this war, to me (outside of the one million or so dead or maimed humans) is the Pentagon's lethargic adaptation to the latest warfare, i.e. drones. We had, what, three years of being able to see this play out before we attacked Iran, yet we're still shooting down cheap drones with expensive missiles?

We need to be able to pivot much faster, but I guess it's not surprising, considering the way our military is structured. Hegseth should be reforming this rather than spending his time trying to create a military filled with white, Christian men who can do a lot of pushups.

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Try 1.8+ million KIA Ukrainians, 300K Russians, 2 million plus KIA.

You could view the 800 dead Ukrainians loaded onto trucks while Russia accepts 30-40 bodies in return.

Ukraine robots, pros and cons.

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Thinking about a road trip in Crimea. Any thoughts recommendations on where I should go?

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take slow breaths for a while, then repeat after me..
There's no place like home. There's NO place like home. There no place like HOME!
# regardless, funk trunk

This is the moment a disabled Russian veteran pulls a knife on an army recruiter as the Kremlin prepares for a forced mass mobilisation to replenish its depleted forces in Ukraine.

https://mol.im/a/15918931

Im surprised I didn't get better quality tourism advice from the Putin lovers here

Ukraine (NATO) has now allegedly focused on hitting Moscow and civilian targets (civilian buses, college dormitories), which some label terrorism.

Drone production is increasing. Hosts claim most are produced outside of Ukraine, with possible assembly inside the country. As drone production / use increases, the larger number of drones overwhelm Russian defense systems, allowing more drones through.

Podcast hosts, typically with at least one European / Russian host / guest, claim Russian civilians want a more decisive response.

One option is striking drone manufacturing sites in Europe. Would that drive depleted European forces into the conflict? USA?

Alexander Mercouris yesterday notes the recent Kremlin statement - they have abandoned the Anchorage negotiations and are focused entirely on military victory in Ukraine.

He covers fresh evidence of scaled up Oreshnik hypersonic missile production - 100+ per year - and the collapsing Ukrainian positions at Lyman and Konstantinovka.

He also says the USA must now chose between producing diesel fuel for trucks (food) or jet fuel (military). So timely for Cali to shut down Valero.

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This is the moment a disabled Russian veteran pulls a knife on an army recruiter as the Kremlin prepares for a forced mass mobilisation to replenish its depleted forces in Ukraine.

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thanks B, you had us at disabled veteran and knife.
# sad

funk around, Putin, and find out

Based on the volume of posting from our most knowledgeable posters on the Ukraine War, I have to assume the Battle of Bakhmut was far more important than what is happening in Crimea right now.

It looks like Russia is on the verge of winning two major battles with key areas now encircled, and now they also have two new weapons for possible deployment - meaning they now have potentially three new new-era weapons. Not sure how much is PR.

New weapons

The Oreshnik (meaning "Hazel") is a Russian intermediate-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile (IRBM). First utilized in November 2024, it travels at speeds exceeding Mach 10 and deploys multiple (possibly 36) independently targetable sub missiles. This is the most well known.

Their nuclear-powered missile (Burevestnik) - NATO calls it Skyfall - is an experimental, intercontinental-range cruise missile powered by a miniature nuclear reactor. It is designed for unlimited range, flying erratic, low-altitude paths to bypass missile defense systems.

The Poseidon is a nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed unmanned, underwater "super torpedo," it is designed as a second-strike strategic weapon capable of evading naval defenses to destroy coastal cities and naval infrastructure. It has both slow (stealth) and fast (185 km / h) speeds.

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Based on the volume of posting from our most knowledgeable posters on the Ukraine War, I have to assume the Battle of Bakhmut was far more important than what is happening in Crimea right now.

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The situation in Ukraine hasn't changed that much, the imminent downfall of Crimea is the kind of BS that poorly informed people will buy at face value. The middle east has more of less mobilized geopolitical attention, and the WC at home as well has ben a focus.

Ukraine conscription goons pry father away from his children, pepper spray his kids trying to save him.

🇺🇦 Zelensky's recruiters PEPPER-SPRAYED children who attempted to save man from certain death

A boy and a girl, presumably siblings, attempted to pull one of the recruiters away from a man who was screaming for help

That's when one of the recruiters sprayed tear gas directly… pic.twitter.com/u9zo6FfaC1

— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) June 22, 2026

Zelensky threatens action against brutal, thug, pro Russian dictator held Belarus for helping Russia in the war. Pro Russian dictator, Lukashenko, has been helping Russia throughout the war but the war is very unpopular with the oppressed people of Belarus. Zelensky said this on 19.

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"What's the point of (Lukashenko) saying he doesn't want to be in the war? Let him remove this equipment. Let him switch it off. I think a week will be enough for him to do that. If he doesn't do it, we'll do it".

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The pro-Russia government of Crimea has declared a state of emergency. What is going on there? Cal88 brought up the imminent collapse of Crimea. Maybe he knows something the rest of us don't know.

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The imminent collapse and reconquista of Crimea is a common theme among the NAFO crowd and the cable news generals:

Hodges: Crimea dominates the Black Sea, it's why Catherine the Great took it in the 18th century. If Russia holds it, they block access to the Azov Sea and disrupt everything out of Odessa.

It's in the interest of all of us that Ukraine regains control of Crimea. 1/ pic.twitter.com/7Kp7gb1c5i

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) June 20, 2026

What are the odds Russia hits EU drone manufacturing plants, and / or uses a limited nuclear weapon?

Maybe they don't have to do the later with their alleged production of over 100 Hazel missiles per year.

Excellent rundown of the Crimea and other fronts by History Legends.

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AI is getting really good. I know because there are a ton of videos across Russia of people who can't get gas.

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heard tell hitler shared lots of gas

- Celebrazione ucraina delle SS-Galizia con le loro insegna con il leone rampante.
- Riesumazione e risepoltura dei nazisti ucraini delle SS-Galizia, indossando divise delle SS. https://t.co/sppyqmVJUS pic.twitter.com/Z7KX3Vo2RG

— Chance🤺 🍊 (@ChanceGardi) June 28, 2026

Translated from Italian

- Ukrainian celebration of the SS-Galicia with their banner featuring the rampant lion.
- Exhumation and reburial of Ukrainian Nazis from the SS-Galicia, wearing SS uniforms.

Hitler's and Himmler's Ukrainian SS-Galicia division are the national heroes of Zelensky's Ukraine. With monuments everywhere, even abroad, like in Canada where the Allies let them flee. They still celebrate them by wearing the SS uniforms and banners.

Read this update from Greg
https://bearinsider.com/forums/6/topics/135123

tequila4kapp said:

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Read this update from Greg
https://bearinsider.com/forums/6/topics/135123

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Greg is a solid name.