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https://youtu.be/MLcZ8OKI-r4?si=i2uoi2zcAmBtW0V0

Geographically isolated Russian peacekeepers protected exclave of Transnistria (surrounded by nominally neutral but NATO/Romanian subverted Moldova on one side and Ukraine on the other) front potentially being activated by combined NATO/Ukraine forces; as our host Tim has been warning about for months. This kamikaze drone attack would’ve been a probe. — James Smith https://t.me/tabzlive/2407

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Inspection of a Leopard 2A6 tank and 2 M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, disabled near the settlement. Stepovoye in the Avdeevka direction and became trophies of the Russian army.

China via their DPRK comrades ensuring Russia which is already producing at least 4 million rounds of its own each year on top of still large Soviet-legacy stockpiles is never running out of shells. North Korea a country of 20something million people whose GDP on paper is a rounding error to the EU’s is out producing the entire EU NATO member countries combined in artillery shells, mortar rounds and rockets has got to be one of the most humiliating things for the weak Anglo American vassal EUrocrats.

Add NK plus Russia ramped up plus Chinese overtly sending rounds or via trainloads of NK ‘white labeling’ and you start to approach by mid 2025 1942-43 Great Patriotic War-levels of arty and mortar shell production, in addition insane numbers of FPVs/smarter Lancet/Scalpel loitering munitions/Geran kamikaze drones and you have a real nightmare for NATO.

People talk about how Putin got more NATO on Russia’s borders with Finland and Sweden joining the Alliance but still underestimate the Russian, NK and Iranian let alone Chinese MICs.

This means the combined NATO/Ukrainian forces even if the ‘shell hunger’ is somewhat abated by the Biden Admin heavily pressuring Israel into a Gaza ceasefire avoiding an IDF re invasion of Lebanon in this election year as well as more bribes/purchases from Pakistan will still be critically at a firepower disadvantage, especially in terms of barrel wear and Lancet-wrecked or worn out self propelled guns. — James Smith https://t.me/timkirbyhardcore/11645

Vaunted British Challenger 2s too heavy or maintenance intensive to reach the front (plus having a barreled gun incompatible with other NATO tanks in ammo). History does not repeat, but it rhymes with the new German Tiger panzers breaking down in advance of the Kursk battle in 1943.

Russian advances still modest in territorial gains can be compared in attritional decisive terms to the turn after Stalingrad (Bahkmut) and Kursk (defeat of grand NATO/Ukrainian 2023 summer offensive).
— James Smith https://www.politik.su/archives/88985

No translation needed. All hail the emperor!

Yeah I finally voted today.

-Tim Kirby
@timkirbyhardcore

Bruno Amaral de Carvalho is a Portuguese journalist reporting from Donetsk. EiTB, the public owned Basque TV aired a report from him:

"Kirovskiy is the part of Donetsk who most suffered in the war. Today 3 children died as result of an ukrainian attack. A man says it breaks his heart to see his neighbourhood destroyed. Alexander, another resident, says he trusts it will be able to defeats the Ukrainians and live well.

Donetsk and other territories are part of Russia since 2022. Russians are a majority in those areas.

Galina, says that they are not living under war for 2, but for 10 years. Tatiana's son is at the front, together with Anastasia's husband. They say "we love our land and we will vote for Putin. We hope this will be over soon"

In the hospital, Ludmila, a doctor, shows a video of the ukrainian attack at the local market which killed 27 people. A patient there, recovering from such attack, says: "If Ukraine wants to join EU, they are free. But leave us in peace".

@Slavyangrad | Luis

Apparently the chopper that was shot down over pre SMO Russian territory wasn’t a Blackhawk but a (likely NATO-sourced) Mi24
— James Smith https://t.me/intelslava/56072