Elon Musk said that he would not finance Trump’s election campaign (as well as Biden’s), which Trump asked him to do the day before.

Many gave this news. But this means nothing, since Musk can finance Trump through special Super PAC funds that are created to support candidates.

Punchbowl News correspondent Jake Sherman asked Musk this question about Super PAC funds in the comments, but the question remained unanswered.

Obviously Kerch bridge didn’t explode. (I got some questions about it).
But I understand why Artur is doing it. If you check the views on this video those are more than usual.
I also overreact on my thumbnails and video titles. Unfortunately we have to play this game in the YouTube competitive environment. If you say for example: „Ruzzia lost 7 tanks “ or „Ukraine ambushed Russian army on the east“ it would be two big different views statistics. The thing that those 7 tanks are really the part of the Russian army and in fact they were ambushed. So partially the clickable title is truth but the whole Russian army is still fine on the east. It is just an example of how I do it. Is there is a manipulation? Probably yes. 😔 However when I speak about dry facts the views drop by around 40%. And when I speak about Russian wins at the title it becomes the worst performance video.
So you have to follow the audience expectations. I still speak about the Ruzzian wins too but not at the very beginning of the video. It is hard to maintain this line… especially when Ukraine is defending. The most views I had during the summer counterattack. The attack stalled as we know. But I was really optimistic at the start of it as probably all of the Pro-Ukrainian community.
But now we have what we have.
I will try not to overexposure too much with my thumbnails and titles and make them as close to the dry facts as possible. Because after all the video itself and reality should meet expectations even if I lose some views. I will wait and do everything to film the video with “Kerch bridge exploded” this year.
Also don’t know why am I writing it here. Just some thoughts to share 🤷‍♂️
Take care…

Yemen's Houthis attacked the cargo ship True Confidence in the Gulf of Aden

At least two sailors were killed and four were injured. The rest of the crew evacuated.

True Confidence is owned by a company from Greece and has no connection with the United States, the shipowner said. A fire started on board and the ship is sinking.

Great Britain is ready to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine

Unlike the EU, it wants to transfer the assets, not the profits from them, said British Foreign Minister David Cameron.

He explained that Russian assets can be transferred to Ukraine now as a guarantee that Russia will pay reparations after the loss. When it pays these reparations, Britain will return the amount of frozen funds.

The last video of the “Sergey Kotov” ship

⚡️India refused to enter into contracts with Rosneft due to sanctions, - Bloomberg

They write that Rosneft failed to conclude long-term contracts with the largest Indian oil refineries for the purchase of 500 thousand barrels per day.

By the way, India became the second largest buyer of Russian oil after the invasion of Ukraine. At its peak in May 2023, supplies reached 2.15 million barrels per day, almost 30 times higher than pre-war levels.

Comment from a Ruzzian soldier (cameraman): “There is no fucking way they (we) learn”.
He is surprised about many ruzzians lined up by their commanders.
They are lucky that there are not enough Himars for everyone…

From our soldiers:

It's very quiet in the Kherson direction, the guys from artillery didn't even work today, it looks like Russians are preparing some kind of move.

⚡️The Biden administration is deciding whether it can take $200 million from the funding of the US Army for military aid to Ukraine, - Bloomberg

We need voting for the new bill for Ukraine otherwise US army has to give away part of their funds.
There is no any way to maintain US weapons in Ukrainian army. Yes, here we speak just about maintaining the current weapons we have.

Красиві архівні кадри роботи M2A2 Bradley 47ї бригади на Авдіївському напрямку.
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Beautiful archival footage work of the 47th Brigade's M2A2 Bradley in the Avdiivka direction.

Also said about the bridge in the title 🤪 but in perspective 😁. Don't have any other ideas 🤷‍♂️

Russia can fight with Ukraine with the current intensity for another two years, - Reuters citing Lithuanian intelligence

All due to high oil prices, evasion of international sanctions and government investment.

Some Ukrainian soldiers are being transported to Grozny: The Times reported that the Russians are selling Ukrainian POWs to Chechens.

According to the words of the representative of the Coordination Headquarters, the Chechens are buying up the Ukrainian troops in order to exchange them for their captured nationals.

From what our exchanged POWs say the attitude in Chechen prison is much better compared to Ruzzian one because they are interested to get their people back unlike Ruzzians.

Scholz's refusal to go all-in on supporting Ukraine could mean his ultimate goal is to persuade Ukraine to negotiate - Politico

He refuses to say he wants Ukraine to win the war, saying only that "Russia must not win and Ukraine must not lose." The reason: a deep-rooted fear of Russia and the desire to look like “the chancellor of the world,” the publication writes.

In Europe, because of this position, Scholz is considered to be “the wrong person in the wrong job at the wrong time.”

One of our experts about the lost Himars. Mostly I agree:

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🔴 After action review regarding the destruction of HIMARS

For the first time in the third year of the full-scale war, a video of how the Russian invaders destroyed the Ukrainian M142 HIMARS missile and artillery system appeared. Earlier, for years, the Russian General Staff announced the defeat of many dozens of Haimars, but there was never any confirmation.

But what do we see on the video from the Russian drone?

1. A Russian drone noticed and observed Hymars moving to a combat position at a distance of about 40 km from the front line.

2. Hymars stopped and waited for the command to go to work, and stayed at the point without opening fire.

3. The Russians had time to determine coordinates, prepare data for firing and inflict damage with a long-range guided missile.

Conclusions:

1. This was not an ambush or a leak. Russia has dramatically increased the number of long-range drones that monitor the communications of Ukrainian forces over a considerable distance.

2. Ukrainian air defense does not have enough means to cover the rear and shoot down all Russian drones.

3. A delay of even half an hour in a position can allow the enemy to inflict damage even at such a significant depth.

4. When using the Hymars missile systems, the Ukrainian command did not provide the Hymars calculation with information about the location of the Russian drone in the area of ​​the starting positions. Why - it is necessary to understand. Either radars and electronic intelligence systems did not work here at that moment, or there was no interaction and information transmission. In any case, the movement of valuable combat equipment and personnel even at a distance of 40-50 km without air defense cover, without informing about the presence of Russian drones, is a serious tactical miscalculation - and the reason is partly in the problems of an insufficient number of air defense means, partly in the organization of the system Air defense, partly due to an underestimation of the risk by the command of the missile and artillery troops in this area. Because taking turns in open positions is extremely risky, and if there is no command to start, then the position must be changed in any case. Hymars is a highly mobile system, and tethering to a new launch point is done in seconds, so there is no standing around and waiting. In principle, this is how all gunners perfectly understand why they had to stand - it is necessary to find out.

5. Anti-aircraft missile systems and Hymars are priority targets, and their use without the presence of at least passive means of reconnaissance and detection of drones in the air is a very high risk. Such detectors are produced by our industry, they are in the army, video signals from enemy drones are clearly visible, and their identification and informing our troops in certain areas is not a problem. Planning operations without control of the air situation is categorically unacceptable.

I hope that the conclusions of the military leaders will be made in more detail, and further losses will be avoided. The Russians are trying to do everything to disrupt the highly effective operation of HIMARS, which constantly deliver murderous blows to the enemy.

Just in case ⬆️. My link to the Ground News…