Reed MidekeBudanov: "The second point in engaging defenses is that we’re making those holes in the overall air defense coverage. Those holes are exploited for other things" - Yeah, not a coincidence multiple high end air defense systems were hit leading up to the recent #Sevastopol strikes
On ATACMS (before today's reports US will deliver a "small number"): "I can say conditionally that if it's 100 missiles, this won’t change the situation" 🤨
Probably true in the sense damage inflicted isn't going to directly lead to a breakthrough, but it's pretty clear they've used Storm Shadow effectively, and even a small number of ATACMS would complement it
WaPo reports the cluster munition variant of ATACMS is likely to be provided, which would open up targets that aren't suited to Storm Shadow's big single warhead
#GiftArticle #GiftLink #ATACMS #Ukraine https://wapo.st/3EPtJ8Q
Turns out there were 3 ships in the latest inbound group, all arrived successfully: ENEIDA at Chornomorsk, YING HAO 01 and AZARA (IMO 9132492, Palau flagged) at Yuzhnyy https://twitter.com/OlKubrakov/status/1705126874198720763
Oleksandr Kubrakov on X
⛴️3 new cargo vessels are on the way to enter Chornomorsk and Pivdenij ports for loading export products. Bulk carriers AZARA, YING HAO 01, ENEIDA is using temporary corridor established by the Ukrainian Navy in order to export 127K tones of agroproducts and iron ore for China…
If you wondered what former Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin was up to, he's been appointed "senator" for occupied Zaporizhzhia. He was previously wounded in a hotel in Donetsk while cosplaying with the Russian army
Lot has been said about Russian's apathy about the war, but the number of sabotage attempts pretty remarkable (though few of these were successful)
"As calculated by the Zona Solidarnosti [Solidarity zone] Telegram channel, Russia has witnessed 310 partisan actions over the 19 months since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine… most frequent incidents included draft office arson (128 cases) and railway sabotage (111 cases)"
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-sept-22-24
"As calculated by the Zona Solidarnosti [Solidarity zone] Telegram channel, Russia has witnessed 310 partisan actions over the 19 months since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine… most frequent incidents included draft office arson (128 cases) and railway sabotage (111 cases)"
https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-sept-22-24
Russian inflatable tank decoys in the field (from https://t.me/immateriumukrkhorne/725 via https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1706316927050584391). Could be a real challenge to spot in lower res imagery
Khorne Group.
Увага, насамперед тим, хто оператори дронів. На відео не танк ☝️ орків. Видає при всій реалістичності, відсутність накату. Це надувний, а швидше за все, що натягується на раму, макет-хибна ціль орків. Фальшивий як і вся їхня путінська порода. Будьте уважні, не витрачаєте боєкомплект марно. Їх зараз дедалі більше на полі бою. Attention, first of all, to those who are drone operators. On the video is not an orcs tank ☝️. With all realism, gives out lack of rolling. This is an inflatable, and most likely a frame-stretching mock-up of the orcs. Fake like all their Putin breed. Be careful, do not spend the ammunition in vain. There are more and more of them on the battlefield now.
Today's CIT report covers a different kind of decoy: Camo nets with radar reflectors https://notes.citeam.org/dispatch-sept-22-25
More footage of #Ukraine testing "Marichka" (semi?) submersible #USV. Not obvious what power source or control system is, no obvious snorkel, cameras, or antenna 🤔
https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/09/26/ukraine-develops-a-kamikaze-underwater-drone-to-hit-russian-bridges-and-warships-video/?swcfpc=1
https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/09/26/ukraine-develops-a-kamikaze-underwater-drone-to-hit-russian-bridges-and-warships-video/?swcfpc=1
Right after posting that, I see The War Zone has similar questions "There are no clear indications that its propulsion system is air-breathing, which could point to strictly battery power" and "Ukraine's uncrewed surface vessels use a mix of satellite-assisted navigation and terminal targeting via electro-optical and infrared cameras to hit their mark… Similar kinds of guidance and targeting capabilities might be a challenge for Marichka"
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/our-best-look-at-ukraines-marichka-submarine-drone
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/our-best-look-at-ukraines-marichka-submarine-drone
Russia now painting Tu-95s on the apron at Engels. Seems unlikely to confuse many ISR or targeting systems, but I guess it's cheap 🤔 https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/tu-95-decoys-are-being-painted-on-russian-air-bases-apron
🤨 Reported details of that Ukrainian Aug 24 raid on Cape Tarkhankut, claiming "commandos traveled covertly across the Black Sea on jet skis" and destroyed an electronic warfare station which "had thwarted drone strikes and tracked British Storm Shadow missiles"
🤨 "Russian sources claimed that Ukraine fired two “Hrim-2” missiles at occupied Crimea on October 1. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed that Russian air defense shot down two “Hrim-2” missiles over Dzhankoy, and that some debris fell on the Dzhankoy area"
Have been various claims and rumors about Hrіm-2 / Grom but I'm gonna wait for launch photos or significant debris before I put much stock in it
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-1-2023
Institute for the Study of War
Russian forces are conducting tactical counterattacks in the Robotyne area as part of their elastic defense against ongoing Ukrainian offensive operations in western Zaporizhia Oblast. The situation south of Robotyne is fluid as some tactically
Ah, we now have the official story of Prigozhin's unfortunate accident. As Max Sedon reports: "Putin claims Prigozhin’s plane crashed because the Wagner leadership got drunk and/or high, then set off hand grenades during the flight.
Seems legit, definitely no further questions about that incident, we can all move on" https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1709984130207793279
"Also, 7 MiG-25s of the Russian Federation in non-working condition will be removed, which will be used for spare parts for Ukrainian combat aircraft" 🤨
What could you scavenge off a Foxbat that would be useful on Ukraine's current fleet?
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"Zelenskiy’s government had guaranteed to compensate owners if a ship was sunk" that uh, doesn't seem like much comfort from the crew, but "[deputy minister responsible for seaports and maritime] Vaskovv said crew members using the route were not scared 'They told me they had visited other places around the world that have seen war. Their boats are not military targets'" 🤨
On day 600 of the three day special military operation, everything is going according to plan: RU air force affiliated fighterbomber telegram reports "One of the most serious strikes of all time in the SMO"
(losses they report tend to be real, though I wouldn't put much stock in the ATACMS claim without additional evidence)
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1714165868316299322
There is (or was) a large helicopter base at Berdyansk airport, just out of HIMARS GMLRS range, which was reportedly attacked earlier today https://twitter.com/bradyafr/status/1707847715789672710
Also reportedly in Luhansk.
I kind of would have expected delivery of ATACMS to be announced at least very shortly before the first use, but possible the widely reported approval would be considered enough to manage escalation risks. Or some other system was used
Well, there's that answered. Notably puts almost all the fixed wing bases in Crimea at risk too https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1714313472979214807
CNN reports "the US decided in recent weeks to send them quietly because they wanted to take the Russians by surprise"
Appears to be a rather successful balance of messaging and deception. It was widely reported that ATACMS had been approved in principle and would be sent soon, but US and Ukraine gave the impression the final paperwork wasn't done, and the Russians apparently decided to put off relocating to the last minute
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/17/politics/us-ukraine-long-range-atacm-missiles/index.html
Appears to be a rather successful balance of messaging and deception. It was widely reported that ATACMS had been approved in principle and would be sent soon, but US and Ukraine gave the impression the final paperwork wasn't done, and the Russians apparently decided to put off relocating to the last minute
https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/17/politics/us-ukraine-long-range-atacm-missiles/index.html
"Vladimir Rogov, the Russian-appointed governor of the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region, said air defence systems "successfully intercepted enemy rockets" over Berdyansk"
Stored ammunition and parked helicopters bravely intercepted cluster munitions on the ground! https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67135163
AP reports
1) "Fewer than a dozen of the missiles got into Ukraine within the last few days"
2) "According to a U.S. official, the ones delivered to Ukraine have a maximum range of a bit more than 100 miles"
Now the Russian command gets to guess whether this is deception or indicative of future deliveries. If the US only delivers the ~160 km range M39, Sevastopol and most of the big air bases in Crimea are out of range
https://apnews.com/article/atacms-ukraine-longrange-missiles-5fd95f32449d14da22b82d57d6ccab22
Ukraine uses long-range US missiles against Russia for the first time
The United States has quietly delivered the long-range ballistic missiles Ukraine said it urgently needed, and Ukraine has started using them on the battlefield against Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had been pressing the U.S. to provide the Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS. Their delivery to the warfront gives Ukraine a critical ability to strike Russian targets that are farther away, allowing Ukrainian forces to stay safely out of range.
Rybar claims a significant Ukrainian incursion across the Dnipro in Kherson oblast. IMO they aren't terribly reliable, probably something happening there but not necessarily as described. OTOH, you'd expect Ukraine to want to take advantage disruption caused by the arrival of ATACMS
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1714433456283791564
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1714433456283791564
ATACMS was reportedly used on both Berdyansk and Luhansk airports, but so far Russian on the ground accounts and other reporting has mostly been on the former. Satellite image analsys by twitter user Tatarigami_UA suggests Luhansk strike was also at least somewhat successful, but perhaps didn't trigger large fires and ammunition cook off like at Berdyansk
https://frontelligence.substack.com/p/from-impact-to-assessment-the-luhansk
https://frontelligence.substack.com/p/from-impact-to-assessment-the-luhansk
👀
"19.10.23. Avdiivka, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Remember this date and place.
It was the biggest Russian disaster. Bigger than Bilogorivka last year."
FT with a twist on the sidewinder mystery: “Those [AIM-9] missiles were out of operation,” said a senior Ukrainian official in reference to a batch of that type supplied to Ukraine. “We fixed them. We found a way of launching them from the ground. It’s a kind of self-made air defence”
That might explain the oddly low number initially delivered by Canada
https://www.ft.com/content/69cf1288-0156-4b8f-a770-cacb05988596?shareType=nongift
(possibly paywall free if linked from this tweet https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1716673933938737554)
"Ramzan Kadyrov announced the completion of mustering for a new battalion, named after Sheikh Mansur [famous leader of the resistance against Russian imperialism during the 18th century]. The battalion will fight under the aegis of the Russian Ministry of Defense, despite a similarly named battalion already taking part in the war on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine" https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-oct-23-24-2023
NYT with various tidbits about the #Ukraine "FrankenSAM" effort, which is apparently now an umbrella term for various systems, including BUK + Sea Sparrow, AIM-9s paired with some unspecified radar, and "a Patriot missile and launching station that operates with Ukraine’s older, domestically made radar systems" 🤨
#Ukraine locally developed de-mining #UGV https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/10/29/kharkiv-oblast-receives-new-domestic-mine-clearance-vehicle/
ISW bringing the hard-hitting analysis you won't find anywhere else
"The milblogger claimed that “traitors” abducted the raccoon and left occupied Ukraine… Ukrainian Kherson Oblast Military Administration Advisor Serhiy Khlan stated that the raccoon had previously attacked Kherson Oblast occupation head Vladimir Saldo and criticized the Russians for losing the raccoon.
ISW is unable independently to confirm reports of the raccoon’s whereabouts or actions" https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-29-2023
"The milblogger claimed that “traitors” abducted the raccoon and left occupied Ukraine… Ukrainian Kherson Oblast Military Administration Advisor Serhiy Khlan stated that the raccoon had previously attacked Kherson Oblast occupation head Vladimir Saldo and criticized the Russians for losing the raccoon.
ISW is unable independently to confirm reports of the raccoon’s whereabouts or actions" https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-october-29-2023
Institute for the Study of War
Ongoing antisemitic demonstrations in the Republic of Dagestan and elsewhere in the North Caucasus are highlighting heightened interethnic and interreligious tensions in Russia. Hundreds of demonstrators in Dagestan broke into Makhachkala airport,
Huh "the Territorial Defense Forces, reported accepting 100,000 new recruits in the first 10 days of all-out war. The mass mobilization was fueled in part by the optimistic predictions of some senior officials that the war would be won in months if not weeks"
Did people actually believe that in March 2022?! 🤨
I don't recall seeing any optimistic predictions like that at the time
https://time.com/6329188/ukraine-volodymyr-zelensky-interview/
"spokeswoman for Ukraine's southern command said on Tuesday that Russia was regularly dropping guided aerial bombs, sea mines or other as-yet unknown explosive devices near the [shipping] corridor"
- Wonder how close they get, unless they're lobbing something like the wing kit glide bombs seems like it might be dicey with long range SAMs
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-russian-warplanes-drop-explosives-black-sea-shipping-lanes-2023-11-01/
- Wonder how close they get, unless they're lobbing something like the wing kit glide bombs seems like it might be dicey with long range SAMs
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-russian-warplanes-drop-explosives-black-sea-shipping-lanes-2023-11-01/
Ukraine says Russian warplanes drop explosives on Black Sea shipping lanes
Ukraine said on Wednesday Russian warplanes had dropped "explosive objects" into the likely paths of civilian vessels in the Black Sea three times in the last 24 hours, but that its fledgling shipping corridor was still operating.
"A Russian artist [Alexandra Skochilenko] who replaced supermarket price tags with messages calling for an end to Moscow's war in Ukraine was jailed for seven years on Thursday"
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-artist-who-used-supermarket-price-tags-criticise-ukraine-war-faces-2023-11-16/
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-artist-who-used-supermarket-price-tags-criticise-ukraine-war-faces-2023-11-16/
Russian artist who used supermarket price tags to criticise Ukraine war faces verdict
A Russian artist who replaced supermarket price tags with messages calling for an end to Moscow's war in Ukraine is expected to learn her fate in court on Thursday with a state prosecutor asking for her to be jailed for eight years.
People seem surprised by #Ukraine finding Russian #Drones with cell connectivity, but the biggest surprise for me is that Ukraine wasn't (as far as we know) already doing it. Seems like an obvious way to improve terminal guidance, and surely HUR would have little trouble obtaining SIMs that work in Russia https://meduza.io/en/news/2023/12/01/sim-card-from-ukrainian-telecom-operator-found-inside-downed-russian-drone
SIM card from Ukrainian telecom operator found inside downed Russian drone — Meduza
A SIM card from the Ukrainian telecommunications operator Kyivstar was found inside a downed Shahed drone, which Russia used to attack Ukraine. Experts are investigating how the SIM card ended up in the drone and why it was needed, news outlet RBC Ukraine reports Air Force spokesperson Yuriy Ignat as saying in a telethon.
RFE/RL with a deep dive into the the Redut "private military company" which turns out to be a very thin GRU front
https://www.rferl.org/a/redut-fake-russia-gru-pmc-ukraine/32708853.html
The Redut Ruse: Inside Russia’s Fake Private Mercenary Company Fighting In Ukraine
A new interactive investigation by RFE/RL reveals the inner workings of a secretive scheme by Russian military intelligence to recruit fighters for the Kremlin's war on Ukraine under the guise of a fictitious private military company.
#Ukraine has launched a database of electronic components found in Russian and Iranian weapons. Lot of these are gonna be extremely hard to stop https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/en/military-components/
Orlan 10 apparently uses a @[email protected] 3B https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/en/military-components/2580/
10 years ago, Putin started down the path to war because he couldn't tolerate Ukraine entering an association agreement with the EU
https://kyivindependent.com/european-council-agrees-to-open-accession-talks-with-ukraine-moldova/
https://kyivindependent.com/european-council-agrees-to-open-accession-talks-with-ukraine-moldova/
"Beyond the harbor walls, aircraft are the main threat to Ukrainian USVs" - Seems like it shouldn't be that hard to come up with a way to launch MANPADS or other low end IR homing SAMs from a #USV, which would be a nasty surprise to the guys trying to machine gun them from a helicopter https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/12/russia-forced-to-adapt-to-ukraines-maritime-drone-warfare-in-black-sea/
Article also notes "One recent anti-USV counter is to use a small drone flown from a patrol boat" -
Given Ukraine's USVs appear to have two-way satellite link, wonder if they've considered using them as relays to do this in the other direction?
Given Ukraine's USVs appear to have two-way satellite link, wonder if they've considered using them as relays to do this in the other direction?
Sounds like Feodosia, occupied Crimea got a Storm Shadow or two for Christmas (rumored, a Project 775 carrying ammunition) 🔥
https://nitter.net/bayraktar_1love/status/1739460184827691313#m
https://nitter.net/bayraktar_1love/status/1739460184827691313#m
Yeah, that's an ex-Ropucha (also one warehouse next to the quay has evaporated, several others are damaged, and the ship at bottom center is doing a submarine impression)
Hmm, the warehouse looks like it's actually still there https://nitter.net/kromark/status/1740081958363807852#m
Was obvious at the time the Russian occupation authorities response to the Kakhovka dam collapse was negligent at best, now AP reports compelling evidence they deliberately covered up the death toll
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-dam-collapse-kakhovka-kherson-daacdc431f42912dfb91548794f03a3c
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-dam-collapse-kakhovka-kherson-daacdc431f42912dfb91548794f03a3c
At least hundreds died in floods after Ukraine dam collapse, far more than Russia said
An AP investigation has found that Russian occupation authorities vastly and deliberately undercounted the dead in one of the most devastating chapters of the 22-month war in Ukraine — the flooding that followed the catastrophic explosion that destroyed the Kakhovka Dam in the southern Kherson region. Russia said 59 people drowned in the territory it controls. But The Associated Press determined the number is at least in the hundreds in the town of Oleshky alone. Health workers and others who were in Oleshky told the AP that Russian authorities hid the true number by taking control of the issuance of death certificates, immediately removing bodies not claimed by family, and preventing local health workers and volunteers from dealing with the dead.
"In Moscow, a court has sentenced Artyom Kamardin and Yegor Shtovba to seven and five and a half years in prison, respectively, for participating in the Mayakovsky Readings poetry event… The prosecutors’ theory is that Kamardin's poems called for not taking draft notices from representatives of military commissariats, not signing acknowledgements of receiving draft notices and not reporting to military commissariats" https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-dec-26-28-2023
Ukrainska Pravda with a deep look at #ukraine's #USV program, with one officer noting the obvious direction "Ukraine does not have the time or money to build large warships, but a swarm of drones, which will include anti-aircraft drones, kamikaze drones, drones with guns and so on"
https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2024/01/1/7435326/
https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2024/01/1/7435326/
Included is a clip of a #USV firing some kind of small, unguided MLRS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59hbo4gZw_A
шмель | Українська правда
Ukrainska Pravda posted an English translation of their big #Ukraine #USV article
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2024/01/1/7435326/
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/articles/2024/01/1/7435326/
"A second official said that the North Korean projectiles were short-range ballistic missiles that Moscow fired in late December and early January" 🤨
Presumably not Scuds or any of the other liquid fueled stuff, maybe KN-02? One of the big MLRS? Something newer like KN-23 or KN-24?
Most of those seem like they'd require significant crew training, unless DPRK is providing operators too
AP reports #DPRK missiles #Russia used to attack #Ukraine "have a range of about 550 miles", which seems to make KN-23 the closest fit
US says Russia used North Korean missiles in Ukraine
The White House says U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russia has acquired ballistic missiles from North Korea and is seeking close-range ballistic missiles from Iran as Moscow struggles to replenish arms for its war with Ukraine. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Thursday that recently declassified intelligence found that North Korea has provided Russia with ballistic missile launchers and several ballistic missiles. Kirby said a Russia-Iran deal had not been completed. But, he said, the U.S. “is concerned that Russia's negotiations to acquire close range ballistic missiles from Iran are actively advancing.”
I think graphic (via https://twitter.com/John_Hudson/status/1742976043307131292) from Kirby's briefing (CSPAN clip here https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1742980763887272314) shows both KN-23 and KN-24, but probably just illustrative examples. Launch site seems to be south of Voronezh, maybe in the vicinity of Korotoyak (unclear how specific graphic is supposed to be). Kirby stated one launch on Dec 30 landed in a field near Zaporizhzhia, additional launches on Jan 2 being evaluated
John Hudson (@John_Hudson) on X
On Thursday, White House spokesman John Kirby unveiled a map showing where Russia launched the North Korean missiles into Ukraine (near Zaporizhzhia). "We anticipate that Russia will use additional North Korean missiles to target Ukraine civilian infrastructure," Kirby said
Seems to be a significant military facility on the north side of Ostrogozhsk 50°52'33.0"N 39°03'20.0"E (street view shows tanks in 2021)
Apparently hosted "repair crew event in the Maters of Armored Vehicles contest" in August 2022 http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/CHINA_209163/TopStories_209189/10179391.html
IAG 2022: "Masters of Armored Vehicles" repair crew event kicks off - China Military
China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735, en route from Kunming to Guangzhou, lost contact and crashed over Wuzhou city of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region at 14:38 on March 21. The PLA Southern Theater Command launched the emergency response mechanism at the news.
Also quite close to the Petropavlovka Russia accidentally hit on Jan 3 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-accidentally-bombs-own-village-vows-rebuild-homes-2024-01-03/
(there are several, but from street view I think it's this one https://www.google.com/maps/place/Petropavlovka,+Voronezh+Oblast,+Russia,+397814/@51.0035644,39.1879327,5884m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x41249c3e14d95049:0xdaf0ce26fbd4d0e8!8m2!3d51.0056017!4d39.1989549!16s%2Fg%2F11bbt0vjhg?entry=ttu)
HUR claims a cross border raid into Belgorod, which IMO is far more sensible than outsourcing to the neonazis in the Russian Volunteer Corps and making implausible denials https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-military-intelligence-claims-cross-border-raid-on-russian-positions-in-belgorod-oblast/
Jeffrey Lewis makes a strong case missile debris from a Jan 2 strike on Kharkiv was North Korean, though unclear whether KN-23 or KN-24 (Hwasong-11A or 11B)
https://nitter.net/ArmsControlWonk/status/1743401762151657822#m
Two interesting things about this recent #Ukraine strike on #Crimea:
1) Claimed "ammunition warehouses" but no major secondary damage
2) Hits seem extremely precise, 2 munitions per warehouse (except one, miss/dud?). Target is ~130km from front line. Ukraine wouldn't burn 7+ Storm shadows on this, and holes seem small for that. Not consistent with ATACMS either
Has #GLSDB finally arrived?
https://kyivindependent.com/military-intelligence-satellite-images-confirm-strike/
Could maybe be drones or some other domestic innovation, but I don't think we've seen a grid like that previously from much other than GMLRS, which is out of range
Missed this earlier: UK quietly developed and shipped a ground launch ASRAAM system to Ukraine
(someone should be working on the USV / UAV version)
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-uk-bolsters-ukraines-air-defence-after-putins-latest-air-strikes
(someone should be working on the USV / UAV version)
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-uk-bolsters-ukraines-air-defence-after-putins-latest-air-strikes
Roy #EatTheRich Pardee 🇺🇸@reedmideke "It also shows Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ability to lean on pariah countries to make up for deficiencies in his own arsenal as the war in Ukraine approaches its third calendar year."
LOL--'ability'. Necessity, more like. Russia is a pariah state.