All the Ukrainian POWs are cooks. All the Colombian mercenaries are constructions workers. Makes sense.

Good thing the law does not care.

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Vine fue que un amigo me dijo que venía a trabajar en construcción.

Yyy estando en...donde iba a trabajar, llega el amigo y me recogió y me llevó fue para allá, donde estaba Ucrania. Me llevó para allá.

Yo para allá, para eso no venía yo nada. Yo venía a trabajar en construcción.

Yyy me llegaron y me-me llevaron pal batallón, para donde estaba, y me dieron esto yyy de una vez me metieron para allá, para la posición.

Yo no venía a eso.

Yo venía a trabajar en construcción.

Pues el amigo mío que agarró y me vino y me dejó ahí, arrancó y se fue.

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A friend told me he was coming to work in construction. And while I was at... where I was going to work, my friend arrived and picked me up and took me there, to Ukraine. He took me there.

I went there, but that wasn't why I had come. I came to work in construction. And they came and took me to the battalion, to where I was, and they gave me this and immediately put me there, in the position.

I didn't come for that. I came to work in construction. Well, my friend who picked me up and left me there, took off and left.

AS A SIDE NOTE: There is absolutely no restriction on the foreign mercenaries coming to and leaving the Ukrainian terrorist forces.

There is no conscription, abduction, forced labor, etc.

The “Territorial Conscription Centres” exist only for the Ukrainians.

Foreigners are free to go AWOL whenever they want—only their own countrymen enforce their service obligations from time to time (possibly more widespread in the Colombian mercenary community, as people are bought and sold by cartels—however, the above is not this case. The man knew full well what he was getting into.).

Another Oreshnik fully equipped with microchips and ready to be launched. 😁

There is gold in them there toilets, I tell ya!

PS. More books on that Ukrainian shelf than in an average Western home.

"The New US Flag":

Charlie Hebdo didn't miss the opportunity to poke fun at their American friends amidst the suppression of protests in the United States.

@Slavyangrad

Good Question: What do we really need satellites for, anymore?

What catastrophe would befall us if all the satellites in orbit are brought down, at once?

Military:

Early warning of missile attack? There are other means.

Surveillance? Russia is at a disadvantage there, at the moment, and possibly for quite a while longer.

Communications:

Most of broadband traffic is done through cable networks.

Elite/politician communications? Looks like they are all using WhatsApp anyways.

The big-ticket items are science (space and terrestrial) and communications in remote areas.

Frankly, bring them all down. Especially Musk’s vanity project.

Thoughts? Disagreements? Tell me in the comments.

Let’s just go back to Morse Code.

If it takes a week for us to learn about the next installment of the Trump-Musk-Gates-Clinton-Epstein pedofiles, it won’t be long enough.

Believe me, there will be those enterprising many who will bip-bip-beep-bop all the thousands of pages, along with photo descriptions, in, at most, a week.

Make Telegrams Great Again 😁

‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Donbass will become a springboard for a new Russian offensive if Zelensky fails to implement peace agreements, - NYT

▪️Russian control over Donbass would give Moscow a favorable starting position for a possible new phase of the offensive, writes the New York Times.

▪️For the Kremlin, the DPR is not only a military but also a symbolic goal since 2014; the defense of Donbass lies at the heart of the special military operation (SMO).

▪️Slavyansk is singled out separately: as long as the city is occupied by Kiev, it's difficult for Moscow to declare the objectives of the special operation as achieved.

▪️The part of Donbass held by Kiev is one of the most fortified sections of the front with defense lines that have been built since 2014; their loss would make Ukraine more vulnerable to future Russian operations.

Apparently Ukraine couldn't just build the same fortifications again.... Honestly this isn't difficult NYT, it's called water and rebuilding the Seversky Donets-Donbass Canal

@Slavyangrad

Prediction:

Cuba, in her current form, and in her extant political formation, will outlive all those who project her doom.

(and all of us on this channel, whatever our political predilections)

Not so sure about the survival of most of her neighbours, to the north, to the south, to the east, or to the west.

Hi Greg! 😁 Bye Greg? 😉

Transportation of the Challenger 2 tank by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on a MAN HX81 trawler.

As the C2 breaks down and gets stuck a lot. The tank is just hauled around by truck

@Slavyangrad

Representatives of the Swedish Navy stated that tankers allegedly belonging to Russia's "shadow fleet" are now being guarded by armed personnel in military uniforms. This personnel is presumably composed of experienced employees of private military companies.

“Military Chronicle”

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russia has already identified Kiev and the region as the main target of the attack on the night of February 2nd to 3rd, — monitoring resources

▪️Enemy analysts report that the Russian army is conducting a redeployment of strategic aviation combat aircraft between airfields in preparation for a massive missile and drone strike.

@Slavyangrad

In the morning, information came out about the withdrawal of the aircraft carrier strike group (AUG) led by the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) several hundred kilometers southwest of the Persian Gulf.

There is no talk of suspending preparations for a strike on Iran in this case. Most likely, the withdrawal is due to the tactical need to remove the AUG from the range of the most massive Iranian anti-ship ballistic missiles "Khalij Fars" and "Hormuz-2" with a range of about 300-350 km and optoelectronic homing heads, missiles of the "Fateh-313" and "Zolfaghar" families, as well as a number of subsonic anti-ship missiles. Such a step also hypothetically allows to get out of the range of such missiles as the Chinese YJ-18, if such a delivery to the Iranian side takes place.

It is also reported that the AUG hid behind the mountain ranges of Oman, which may indicate a decision by the US Navy to hide the ship order from the Iranian radar stations deployed in the highlands and optoelectronic means capable of providing operational target designation for the ships of the AUG.

Moreover, thanks to the "shade" of Oman, the latter's territory forms an additional echelon of missile defense as part of the A2/AD strategy, where Patriot PAC-3 and NASAMS air defense missile systems will be able to significantly weaken the strike force of Iranian anti-ship missiles and UAVs. This is not to mention that the withdrawal will provide an additional temporary window for countering Iranian anti-ship missiles with SM-6 anti-aircraft missiles and deck-based aircraft.

“Military Chronicle”

@Slavyangrad

🇪🇺🖕🇺🇦 Leading EU countries against accelerated admission of Ukraine to the European Union

▪️Kiev cannot be admitted to the EU before the Balkan countries join the bloc, said Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.

➖"We support Ukraine's accession, but the Balkans are our priority. We have made commitments to them, and they are our priority", - said the minister.

▪️Earlier, the chancellors of Germany and Austria spoke out against accelerated admission of Ukraine.

▪️This happened after Zelensky harshly criticized Europe at the Davos Economic Forum.

▪️Zelensky previously called on the European Union to grant Kiev membership as early as next year. Which, according to a number of media outlets, is one of the points of Trump's plan for Ukraine.

@Slavyangrad

A researcher at the Quincy Institute in Washington - on Kallas's statement that Europeans are not talking to Russia.

@Slavyangrad

In January 2026, the Russians deployed a record number of ballistic missiles against Ukraine. This was reported by Ukrainian military "expert" Alexander Kovalenko.

According to his data, in the first week of the month, 18 ballistic missile launches were recorded, of which one target was successfully intercepted. In the second week, 38 missiles of the 9M723 and KN-23 types were used, as well as 5V55 missiles of the S-300 systems — 11 targets were intercepted from them.

In the third week, 14 out of 23 ballistic missiles were shot down. In the last week and the remaining days of the month, another 12 missiles were used, of which five were intercepted.

In total, 91 ballistic weapons were deployed in January (of which about a third were successfully intercepted). This is an absolute maximum for all time, the previous record was set in October 2025 — 89 missiles, writes Kovalenko.

The expert notes that ballistics have actually become the main tool of strikes, replacing the Kh-101 and 3M14 "Caliber" cruise missiles. Ballistic missiles are used almost 2.5 times more often than subsonic cruise missiles and are used almost daily.

According to Kovalenko, countering ballistic missiles could become one of the key challenges for Ukrainian air defense in 2026, as Moscow is focusing on scaling up such strikes.

To summarize:
Week 1: 1/18 5.6%
Week 2: 11/38 28.9%
Week 3:14/23 60.9%
Week 4: 5/12 41.7%
Total : 31/91 34.1%

The very biased and unreliable CSIS taking data from the unreliable Ukrainian government put the interception rates at 24%. In fact CSIS data showed interception rates of Iskanders was 14.9%

I cast some serious doubts on those interception rates given reports were noting single digit interception rates. We know from reports that since 2025 adjustments were made to the Iskander and interception rates were incredibly low so these figures seem unreliable. Given the energy collapse it is apparent like usual Ukraine is making up numbers. Occasionally we see S-300 missiles used to mess with Ukraine's AD systems and these Ukraine can intercept, so unless these were used in massive volumes I question this work. Plus the range of S-300 would limit these to attacks in places like Kharkov.

So why did I bother posting this if I think Ukrainian numbers are terrible? Mainly because we know from other reports that Russia is specifically increasing ballistic missile production given they are far more successful then cruise missile attacks and the production rate of said missiles will outpace supply of Patriot AD missiles. Though it should be noted that Patriot production is said to be increased in the future

*Graph from linked RUSI report that used the very biased CSIS data.

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