Russian forces using Discord for communication.

This is the HQs of Russian Army in Bakhmut, which is leading the operation to storm Chasiv Yar.

Interesting: "A Trump Peace Plan for Ukraine" by David J. Urban and Mike Pompeo in WSJ:

— It outlines a potential approach to the Ukraine-Russia conflict under a hypothetical second Trump administration.

— The article challenges claims that Trump would cut off aid to Ukraine and capitulate to Russia if re-elected.

— It highlights Trump's past support for Ukraine, including lifting the Obama-era arms embargo in 2017.

— Most importantly, the article claims Trump can create a $500 billion lend-lease program for Ukraine to purchase American weapons & remove all restrictions on the types of weapons Ukraine can obtain and use.

Note: This is their "opinion."

American medics claim the actual death toll in Gaza is much higher than officially reported, stating "It is likely that the death toll from this conflict is already greater than 92,000, an astonishing 4.2% of Gaza's population."

— They report that "With only marginal exceptions, everyone in Gaza is sick, injured or both."

— The medics claim "Israel has directly targeted and deliberately devastated Gaza's entire healthcare system."

— They describe dire conditions, including malnourishment, lack of clean water, and rampant epidemics.

— Personal accounts from the medics include harrowing experiences.

— For instance, orthopaedic surgeon Mark Perlmutter wrote: "Gaza was the first time I held a baby's brains in my hand. The first of many."

— The letter written by 45 American medical professionals who volunteered in Gaza during the Israel-Gaza conflict & sent to President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris concludes with a powerful appeal to the Bidens:

"We wish you could hear the cries and screams our consciences will not let us forget. We cannot believe that anyone would continue arming the country that is deliberately killing these children after seeing what we have seen."

Source: The Guardian

Interesting: Hours before the Olympic Games Paris 2024 opening ceremony in the French capital Paris, the high-speed rail network was hit by "massive sabotage attacks".

— It affected France's high-speed rail network, disrupting service for approximately 800,000 passengers.

— French Transport Minister Patrice Vergriete referred to it as "coordinated malicious acts" targeting several lines.

— Intelligence services and law enforcement agencies were mobilized to track down suspects.

— It was unclear who might be responsible for the attacks. The coordinated nature of the disruptions suggested intentional action.

Russia's FSB detained the former Deputy Defense Minister Dmitry Bulgakov.

The general is involved in a corruption case and has been placed in a pretrial detention center.

Bulgakov was responsible for the logistical support of Russian Army.

On September 24, 2022, he was relieved of his post "due to a transfer to another job".

Oopsie: Pentagon has identified an additional $2 billion worth of accounting errors in its estimates of military aid sent to Ukraine.

— This new discovery brings the total unspent sum to $8.2 billion.

— The errors stem from difficulties in accurately estimating the cost of defense articles shipped to Ukraine under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA).

— As a result of these accounting errors, the Defense Department can now send an additional $2 billion in weapons to Ukraine to cover the amount already approved by President Biden.

A first: The European Union is transferring 1.5 billion euros to Ukraine from proceeds of frozen Russian assets.

— Western countries blocked around $300 billion worth of Russian sovereign assets in February 2022, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

— The G7 and EU agreed to use interest earned from these frozen assets to support a $50 billion loan for Ukraine.

No place to hide.

Russian soldier believed he was well-hidden from Ukrainian drones.

However, unbeknownst to him, a FPV drone was already in position, patiently waiting for someone to appear.

Indian Army shows of its drones.

Syria experience: Russian soldiers at the training ground fire from 73mm 2A28 cannons removed from the BMP-1 IFVs.

The effective range of the cannon is around 1,300 meters for anti-tank operations and can reach up to 4,500 meters for indirect fire.

A new image has emerged showing a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet carrying U.S.-made GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs (SDBs) with a mystery weapon pylon.

— The image reveals a special pylon with a white-colored antenna or sensor, possibly related to electronic countermeasures, used to mount the SDB rack under the MiG-29's wing.

— The MiG-29 appears to be one of 13 jets Ukraine received from Slovakia last year, which had previously been upgraded with enhanced avionics and systems.

— The pylon seen in the image is different from standard pylons used on these MiG-29s in Slovak service, making it a mystery.

— Ukraine first disclosed its use of air-launched SDBs in May 2024. Previously, only ground-launched versions (GLSDBs) were known to be in use.

— The SDBs offer Ukraine the ability to strike targets at stand-off ranges up to 46 miles with high accuracy and can penetrate semi-hardened targets.

— Russian electronic warfare has significantly impacted the accuracy of other Western-supplied precision munitions like JDAM-ER missiles, Excalibur artillery shells, and GMLRS rockets.

— Their effectiveness has dropped to below 10% in some cases due to GPS jamming.

Source: TWZ

Chinese PLA continues to conduct exercises involving the transfer of troops and military equipment over long distances using both ferries and civilian Ro-Ro vessels.

Donald Trump: Christians, get out and vote! In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not gonna have to vote.

Business as usual: Reaction of Kharkiv cafe staff to a Russian missile arrival not far from the place.

Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully tested the Russian-made Sudarshan S-400 air defense missile system in a recent exercise.

The S-400 reportedly "shot down" 80% of simulated enemy aircraft & forced remaining aircraft to retreat and abort their missions.

Source: ANI

Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré speaks on the U.S war crimes in Iraq & other wars:

They destroyed Iraq. They created ISIS, just as they created Taliban.

All these wars were invented in Iraq, Syria and Libya with the aim of destabilising the world for their own benefit.

Ukraine has deployed a network of nearly 10,000 acoustic sensors across the country to detect incoming Russian drones.

— The system was developed by two Ukrainian engineers using cell phones and microphones attached to 6-foot poles. It costs only $400-500 per sensor, totaling less than $5 million for the entire network.

— The network has been highly effective in detecting and tracking Russian kamikaze drones like the Shahed-136. It provides early warning to traditional air defenses and helps dispatch drone-hunting teams.

— In one instance, it detected 84 incoming drones, allowing Ukrainian forces to shoot down all but four.

— Lt. Gen. Stephen Gainey, commanding general of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, advocates integrating a similar low-cost acoustic network into U.S. air defense systems.

— Gen. James Hecker, leader of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and NATO's Allied Air Command, also expressed interest in the technology.

Source: TWZ