Rob Lee (Twitter)

@fharris2011: I guess MSC is the one time of year when it is likely.

The Lookout (Twitter)

RT @RALee85: “European intelligence chiefs are pessimistic about the chances of an agreement being reached this year to end Russia's war in Ukraine, despite Donald Trump's assertions that U.S.-brokered talks have brought the prospect of a deal ‘reasonably close’.

The heads of five European spy agencies, who spoke to Reuters in recent days on condition of anonymity, said Russia did not want to end the war quickly. Four of them said Moscow was using the talks with the U.S. to push for sanctions relief and business deals...

‘Russia is not seeking a peace agreement. They are seeking their strategic goals, and those have not changed,’ one of the European intelligence chiefs said. These include the removal of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy and for Ukraine to become a ‘neutral’ buffer to the West.

The main issue, a second intelligence chief said, is that Russia neither wants nor needs a quick peace and its econ...

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The Lookout (Twitter)

RT @vpkivimaki: So much happening right now that our cognitive capability to absorb everything is being pushed to the limits. It doesn’t help that the information environment is noisy. Focus becomes critical, what are the things that we actually need to pay attention to, and what are we missing.

The Lookout (Twitter)

I made some comments on Sparta IV's behavior yesterday, saying this likely was weather avoidance.

What I had forgotten was that the Ropucha-class LST Aleksandr Otrakovsky likely sails in company with her, raising the confidence on this being weather related quite a bit. https://twitter.com/EE_EspadaEscudo/status/2024392408969204154#m

The Lookout (Twitter)

The way the forecast looked yesterday, Biscay was no place for a Ropucha until the worst of the incoming weather had passed.

Still think that even if sailing alone, it would have been wise for Sparta IV to wait it out a bit.

The Lookout (Twitter)

The pair passing through STROG on the 16th: https://twitter.com/Gibdan1/status/2023473648695488999#m

Status-6 (Twitter)

Ukrainian unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) capable of launching up to 4 fiber-optic FPV drones.

‌Status-6 (Twitter)

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk calls all Poles to leave Iran immediately and avoid travel to this country.

Necro Mancer (Twitter)

Ускоренный дембель без регистрации и СМС
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Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (Twitter)

The roof of the Motorinvest EV plant in Russia’s Lipetsk region collapsed under heavy snow. The factory has operated since 2014 and since 2022 it assembles Chinese Dongfeng electric vehicles under the Evolute brand.