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The Spectre's avatar

Belarus is a strong ally of Russia, with nuclear armed 10 strong Oreshniks - a Russian gift. But Belarusian army is small and not capable much more, than limited border protection, it doesn't have offensive capabilities. So it's much easier to bully them, than take on his big brother. Lukashenko is brave, seen with rifle at his hands when talking on front of police officers, but countrie's bravery is not matched by their economic output which translates into military power.

Still, Lukashenko can ask Kim Jong for a favour to send 10 000 strong contingent of Kursk battle hardened North Korean elite troops. They will come for free, not expecting reciprocal help, just for the life biannual exercise.

Lukashenko was in North Korea in March, on top of Friendship Treaty they might have signed something more, in anticipation of Zelensky's posturing.

Zelensky is working for Israel. As you would expect from a proclaimed Jewish. Israel wants to control Suez Canal, the whole Red Sea, Strait of Hormuz.

So engage Russia in Europe, so she will be limited to help Iran, Syria, Libanon, Iraq, Yemen, Egypt and Somalia. At the same time - engage Europe in the 3 WW, so they will introduce military mobilisation and send boots on the ground and navies to the Middle East. They have already send NATO armada to Gulf of Oman, just next to Hormuz.

Those countries are all on a map of Greater Israel, which Natanyahu has shown at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2023. Just 3 weeks later the 7th October Hamas attack on Israel happen. It was all staged.

On that map were many other countries, they are already controlled by Israel and America to a higher degree and don't need outright war and formal occupation.

Israel wants free hand at Gazzing the rest of neighbouring countries. Nobody helped militarily at that time to Middle East, that is barr the American armaments flowing in smallish batches below 100 million at the time. So no Congressional act of war was needed for selling and donating tens of billions worth.

Israel wants them all back to the stone age, 5 thousand years old civilisations erased, nuke them - fast, cheap solution as an alternative to years of street fighting. All done by false flag operations.

Zelensky's Ukraine is a very useful tool in achieving that goal.

Frantic's avatar

In this first comment under the post, you wrote "Tahan" at first, a short cut-and-pasted word. Achieved your goal of firstposting, you then edited the comment and now reads like a normal comment in this blog. You'll keep editing it because of its high visibility just under the post.

I can't stand this trickery

The Spectre's avatar

I wanted to type "thanx", but on smartphone come out something else. Thank you for reading and sorry for your disappointment.

You dont have to read me, ever. Just block

Frantic's avatar

why block you, it's all tongue in cheek

CC's avatar

Tricksy. I like it. It helps avoid scrolling down through the initial inanities to find something of interest.

Larry Hill's avatar

Frantic, ever vigilant; never gonna fool him, he's no freier.

And, now that he's armed with AI- Wow!!

Thank you for this important revelation.

Peter Williamson's avatar

Why you think Oreshniks in Belarus are a „gift“ eludes me. No doubt you consider B-61 bombs in Büchel a US „gift“ to Germany or 27 B-52s and B-1 bombers in RAF Fairford as a „gift“ to the U.K.

The Spectre's avatar

Because of the friendly relations between Russia and Belarus. They were one country for some thousand years. Identical culture, traditions, ethnicity, language, religion, laws and history. Look at country names - Russ, Bela Rus (White Russia), and Red Russia which is now in East Ukraine. A vast geographical are with common roots.

On the other hand Americans are occupiers of Germany since the end of 2WW.

They were forced under the gun barrel to take those nukes while realising, that they are becoming victims to geopolitical American ambitions into Europe. And subject to American oppression into all forms of life. The previous German kancelor was kissing Biden hole in Washington when Biden was openly disclosing his plan to blow up Nord Streems.

The UK were paying their 2 WW loan to the USA until 2006. They became an American colony shortly after 2 WW has ended. Very much after the USA took world leadership after Suez Canal political defeat in 1956

body1776's avatar

you are delusional if you think belarus can do anything with those nukes let alone use them in response to ukrainian attack on their refineries

The Spectre's avatar

I don't know if and when they can use them. They have nuclear warheads and decisions for deployment are not taken easily and fast.

I have just said they have them on their territory.

body1776's avatar

like i said, ukraine can go after belarus relay towers without worrying about nukes

The Spectre's avatar

yes, it can try and there would not be any nukes coming.

Zelensky would regret his easily taken decision.

What do you think how long he was thinking about this strategic decision?

Peter Williamson's avatar

So Russia could eradicate Rszeszow Airport and not worry about what Ameticans call “nukes”. US has only used weapons like this on brown people in Asia.

Peter Williamson's avatar

Russia has never given nuclear warheads to another state in breach of Non Proliferation Treaty unlike USA

body1776's avatar

so what ? you think there is a man in the sky that keeps score ? The US can do many things Russia cannot.

Peter Williamson's avatar

Suez Canal 1956 was a French-Israeli venture which U.K. joined. There were also French arrangements to build a nuclear reactor in Dimona.

How did Dulles obstructing Suez venture which was succeeding militarily affect Israel or France ?

Well France built its own nuclear weapons force and U.K. got rid of an ailing Prime Minister and 10 years later pulled out from East of Suez

U.K. lost its Middle East role when FDR stopped off on way home from Yalta to get King Ibn Saud to switch from Britain to USA.

As for the loans repaid in 2006 they totalled $7.5bn and were from 1946. It was a 50 year loan at 2%. In 2006 the final payment was $83 million

Chip Worley's avatar

"Those countries are all on a map of Greater Israel, which Natanyahu has shown sometimes..."

That same map is on the shoulder patch of every IDF soldier. They don't hide their intentions but the zio captured JUSA media never points these things out... Chip

Deplorable Commissar's avatar

" Still, Lukashenko can ask Kim Jong for a favour to send 10 000 strong contingent of Kursk battle hardened North Korean elite troops. They will come for free, not expecting reciprocal help, just for the life biannual exercise. "

Pure conjecture.

The Spectre's avatar

Yes.

For certain Belarus can ask Russia to enter war in it's defence and Russia send unlimited quantities of regular conscripts for border protection.

There are legal constrictions for Small Military Operation in Ukraine, which won't exist in Belarus. One of them is using conscripts in war zone. So those some 750 000 yearly Russian conscripts can go to a foreign country and cross it's borders towards offending state. Those conscripts are very young with no military training, they will have to learn fast.

Russia has also some 1 mln in reserves with full military training and some with experience in SMO, Chechen War. They are middle age, with families. Those are needed for local civil defence, against drones, protecting industrial zones.

Deplorable Commissar's avatar

" So those some 750 000 yearly Russian conscripts can go to a foreign country and cross it's borders towards offending state. "

Why havent they already? Especially since Russia proper has been invaded several times. They werent used to defend Russia but will be deployed to defend Belarus ? Weak logic.

The Spectre's avatar

Conscripts can be used for border protection. They were in Kursk and over 600 of them were taken POW's in August 2024 in incursion by well trained and equipped mercenaries.

Conscripts can't cross into Ukraine from Russia.

They would be able so from Belarus in state of war, if needed.

Deplorable Commissar's avatar

Great job of totally failing to address my statements. Kudos sir, kudos.

Frantic's avatar

> Special sale announcement: To kick off summer, we’re announcing a special 20% discount for all new paid signups, starting now.

Simplicius, it's been a while I wanted to ask... why "we" in the quote above? Are you really a collective of writers? That would explain the quantity of output and the quality of analysis. The Simplicius gang.

Simplicius's avatar

No, it just makes it sound more prestigious 😉

Frantic's avatar

a case of One Man Army

ron's avatar

Oh yes. The royal "we." Given the superb nature of the content you provide, we might as well make it official and semantically bow down when exposed to it.

Gisela's avatar

The "Royal We". 👍

bill's avatar

The French routinely use 'on' in English, one for we.

Hans Kloss's avatar

Pluralis majestatis so to say...

The Spectre's avatar

"We" is polite and formal use

John Osman's avatar

Really?

How is "We" more polite and formal than "I"?

The Spectre's avatar

As in British royal speech. It's archaic but still sporadically used and understood correctly

Jeff Rosenquist's avatar

WE are bored. Simplicious, entertain US.

John Osman's avatar

Used only by the monarch about him/herself. It's never used in any other context.

It's not archaic, or more formal, but represents the Monarch being both an individual and the Head of State. Hence why the monarch has two birthdays, a personal and a State one.

Yes, I know, we're ridiculous.

Simplicius's avatar

P.s. can someone explain to me the phenomenon I witness wherein a handful of people vote in the polls at the bottom of the article literally within seconds of the article being published.

Do some of you simply skip the entire article, go immediately to the bottom? Or do some read the articles backwards, or how does it work?

Curious minds wish to know.

grr's avatar

Speed readers?

Frantic's avatar

not me I never vote, Effendi Simplicius

Zinenataza's avatar

I read the article first… 🤩And thank you! 🙏🏼

PFC Billy's avatar

@Simplicius

"Curious minds wish to know."?

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I read articles first, unless I feel a need to comment on something before even finishing (before I can forget).

However, several of your readers are actually AI algorithms which were not programmed to delay a credible number of minutes, others are obsessed with "first!" and may see the poll while skipping to the end.

Simplicius's avatar

I've known several people (and read of others) who like to read the last chapter in any book before beginning the book from the opening. I suppose this is a similar case here.

Farang's avatar

I sometimes scroll to the bottom of an article in order to see how long it is, so I know if I have time to read it now or if I should save it for later.

Maybe that could be the case for some.

Also maybe some people scroll down to make sure that it is a full-post before they start to read - and not a premium-post. Although you can usually see that on the lock icon.

tomo stojanovic's avatar

and they like to vote before reading the question

Nevermind the Molochs's avatar

Western military "strategists" one and all I would guess.

bill's avatar

My wife always wants to know the ending, immediately.

Jul's avatar

I read the article so I am of no help....sorry

Dhdh's avatar

Listen to article and skim video / pics

Desmondo's avatar

And yet all you hear is "jews jews jews"? 😜

Dhdh's avatar

Identifying the problem is step 1.

Tim's avatar

jews are always behind every evil.

You should have noticed by now, but your mind has been jew-washed.

tomo stojanovic's avatar

and other psychopaths generally

Tim's avatar

Check them - they will always be jews.

abcdefg's avatar

There are APIs to.axcess SS, even though they aren't official.

Barry Brenesal's avatar

I'm interested in the content. If you've got a short poll at the bottom, I'll add a vote, but that's never been my focus. You do what you do, and well.

Lad of Dissent's avatar

When I used to frequently read Zerohedge articles, if a headline was captivating, but I was feeling lazy, I would immediately scroll down to the comments section in order to get a gauge of the public opinion/sentiments.

Often times they provide the gist of an article through commentary of main points, typically with heavy sarcasm, which I found enjoyable.

I imagine many others do the same thing, go right to the comments section (bottom of the article) to see what others say... or simply they want to be first to proclaim their opinion for all to see.

PFC Billy's avatar

Sometimes you just KNOW the comments are going to be more entertaining than reading the article...

Lad of Dissent's avatar

That too, for sure.

tomo stojanovic's avatar

esp if it's about Wookie, Hilary, Pete Bootgeig, feminazis etc

Phil's avatar

Unless it's GM's MI6 shite! And where is he today?

PFC Billy's avatar

I assume that "GM" is an account I have blocked (along with hundreds of others).

Phil's avatar

I just scroll past.

kam's avatar

Most of ZioHedge is Zio crud. The edge is gone from the Hedge.

But they are on their marks and rapidly spread White House krap now that they've got a comfy seat in the Trump tent.

Lad of Dissent's avatar

Unfortunately, you're correct. That's why I "used to read" Zerohedge. They definitely lost their way, right around the time that got the Whitehouse press pass.

Louie's avatar

I noticed that too, but didn’t understand why.

Desmondo's avatar

I reckon it has something to do with the race to comment first. Clearly those interested in that accolade are going to go straight down to the comments before reading the article, maybe they see the poll and can't resist on their way back up. Not me btw. I read every word avidly.

Tim's avatar

Logic not good.

If you go first to the comments and read them before scrolling back up to the article, you are not going to be able to immediately vote in the poll, which Mr S says is happening.

Davy Ro's avatar

There's many fully paid up assets in Substack as there are in every platform . There's been a massive amount of money & equipment, invested into "project Ukraine". There's reality for them to deal with. Which they obviously can't, theres a multi million dollar PR campaign . Trying to keep the masses knowing anything but what's happening on the front lines. Where it's becoming critical for Ukraine & it's sponsors. Imagine America suffering another massive defeat in a World stage, in such a short time period. It's starting to become pretty obvious by the way the BS has accelerated from Western media. More ridiculous as every day passes.

Ghan's avatar

This is the most plausible explanation to me.

Feral Finster's avatar

Nobody important cares what the cranks, wishful thinkers and incels that frequent this site think.

Davy Ro's avatar

You say those words as though you're referring to everyone on this except yourself. By the way here's a bit news for you. Most of “We” the cranks, incels & wishful thinkers who frequent this sight. Don't give a flying fuck what these “Important” people you label say or think. Although we may be all incels, cranks & wishful thinkers in your opinion. Most of are intelligent enough to know these “important” are completely full of shit. Every single one of them are lying corrupt pieces of shit. Who will sell their souls to earn their pieces of silver. Very important people indeed. I'd say only an incel or an uneducated crank. Would label compulsive lying corrupt criminals as important. But hey thats just me someone with the courage to call out these Vermin to their faces what they are & it's certainly not important.

Feral Finster's avatar

You are entitled to give credence to anyone you wish.

That said, the idea that this board is full of paid trolls or that anyone would bother trying to influence the himans here is silly.

Angelina's avatar

Regular reading speed

Brent Carlson's avatar

Sorry I can't help with why people skip to the bottom without reading. I think they want to be first because you get more likes etc because many only read a few comments.

Tim's avatar

If you want to be first to comment, you will not have time to vote in a poll en route to that destination.

Besides, we all know that only Victor can ever be first to comment, it's God's will that this should be so.

Guido Vandeven's avatar

I always read the article and then I try to read some of the comments, my comment is not always polite but I must admit there’s more war in the comments than on the real war zone

Victor's avatar

I freely admit it - sometimes I just want to be first! 😀

Tim's avatar

That being the case, you will have no time to vote in a poll before adding a comment.

Teddy Salad's avatar

When I'm trying to plow through a lot of information quickly, I often just read the first paragraph and then the last to get the gist, then read more slowly all the way through. If there's a poll at the bottom I get there in five seconds. This poll is a little odd though. I think both answers are correct, depending on the perspective.

GM's avatar

It is in Russia's best interest for them to attack Belarus. Possible outcomes:

1) Lukashenko and Putin fold, total defeat. But in that case they were always going to fold, so nothing changes

2) Lukashenko does what Putin had to do in 2022 and eliminates the Kiev regime. He has that firepower for that. And that forces Putin's hand to start fighting for real, because what Lukashenko doesn't have the firepower is to do deal with the whole of the AFU

3) Putin is forced to do all that himself.

So in both cases that things change as a result of attacks on Belarus, it is a net positive.

The worry is that Belarus will too be salami sliced by subthreshold moves.

That's what seems to have happened with the attack on the bus in Bryansk -- the reaction from Belarus was the typical Russian "We reserve the right to". Not what you want to hear.

grr's avatar
Jun 20Edited

"Lukashenko and Putin fold, total defeat. But in that case they were always going to fold, so nothing changes"

Let's have a vote on that statement. Comedy gold, or more delusion from General Moron?

Or both.

ron's avatar
Jun 20Edited

grr

Read GM's comment again. Folding was simply one of a number of hypotheses. A list that was inclusive in nature.

And folding doesn't mean announcing "we surrender." It could just mean that neither Belarus nor Russia go on a war footing and simply continue to rely on waiting for Europe to get tired of the conflict before Russia does.

grr's avatar

I read it and comprehended. He wrote "Lukashenko and Putin fold, total defeat".

Comedy gold!

Ominous Cowherd's avatar

You comprehended one sentence? Nifty! Now read the rest of the comment, and try to comprehend the whole of it. So far, you've totally missed GM's point.

arthur brogard's avatar

you/he don't define 'fold'. possibly/probably means simply in respect to the towers is all.

SG_observer's avatar

The algo glitched... and it stiched together a string of sentences that is comedy gold.

Elena Newton's avatar

I think there's a good chance Z (the US) will do just what they said they'd do. Putin will condemn it, and that will be that. Russia will have lost the relay capability, and boy will they be mad. Not mad enough to do anything about it, though.

body1776's avatar

is attacking another country worth it ? i don’t think so.

Many Ukrainian supporters would see this as problematic, especially Poland and the Baltic states. They won’t admit it, but they are afraid of Ukraine.

Elena Newton's avatar

Could be, but I think either Lukashenko caves here or that Ukraine does attack what he said he would, to western applause. Poland has been giving them the side-eye for a while now, especially with the celebration of known leaders of a genocide perpetrated against it, and that came to nothing. The European leadership has degenerated into a pack of hyenas, only not nearly as fierce.

Jason's avatar

not as fierce yet, but wait a little, the UK government has various nefarious acceleration programs in the making... including more fleecing of the masses to raise funds in support of the ongoing, heinous Ukrainian military attacks on Mother Russia

Elena Newton's avatar

To be fair, I don't think many things are as fierce as a pack of hyenas, but the UK is weak, and should be much weaker, though I'm sure you're right about its nefarious acceleration plans.

Deplorable Commissar's avatar

If Ukraine attacks Belarus for the relay towers, then Russia has the same right to attack Western nations for helping Ukraine, but it wont.

Elena Newton's avatar

I believe we need to stop thinking in terms of “right to attack.” They say that in love and war all is fair for a reason, and that is even philosophically defensible, since no principle outweighs the right to exist, so in an existential conflict people inevitably resort to every trick in their book. Russia should long ago have attacked the western nations helping Ukraine if, after ultimatum, they continued to do so. It was profoundly stupid not to do so.

Feral Finster's avatar

Right has nothing to do with it.

This is a question of power. Nothing more.

Elena Newton's avatar

Exactly, and the failure to act says a lot more than people in these comments like to acknowledge. It isn't lost on the war mongers, though.

Deplorable Commissar's avatar

Belarus was always on the "menu" . Anyone who thinks Zelensky's moves are not coordinated with the ZioWest is criminally naive.

Jul's avatar

We need a boat to pick up Zelensky and some others and take them on a very long trip...for decades upon decades

grr's avatar

Take them for a long walk on a short pier would be more suitable.

E H's avatar

Come on, the ships and the coins placed over the eyes to reach the afterlife don't exist anymore. Even as a corpse, a goblin would swipe the coins resting on his eyes. Nowadays, you get to the afterlife via a hypersonic elevator.

PFC Billy's avatar

Valkyries are unemployed now?

Nescio's avatar

Yep, since Brünnhilde jumped onto the pyre to die there close to her dead Siegfried. Götterdämmerung. No more fun for the Valkyries. Disappointing, isn't it? 😅

Steghorn21's avatar

No boats available. Will helicopter rides do. Pinochet Chopper Services are still running, I hear.

Il faut savoir ~'s avatar

I voted NO because I ask he will go after Belarus with WHAT, more Disney animations? Zeezee is a thug, nothing else and the fact that he's still around is incomprehensible. I cannot wait for this to end and for Russia to trade and forge the future with America given that Europe is on a one way road!

GM's avatar

With the same resource that is preventing Russia from advancing.

Ukraine is mobilizing hard. Putin is sitting on his heands, for five years now

PV's avatar

Russia is advancing, so there is no such imaginary resource.

Abe's avatar

GM being the clueless buffoon that he is, still does not fricking get it after it has been mentioned here a gazillion times. What part of grinding down an enemy that started with a 1.7-million-man army with as fewer losses as possible don't you understand? Or is your Russia hatred blinding you from seeing it and all you can do is parrot the western anti-Putin vomit.

GM's avatar

What part of the Ukrainian proxy striking your capital and all the way to Tyumen and Omsk five years into a war launched to demilitarize it do you not understand?

"Ukraine" is now launching about 2.5x more drones into Russia than Russia is launching.

That is how well the "demilitarization" is going.

And on top of that the dear leader is completely MIA, pretends nothing is happening, and is mostly engaged in the most humilitating, disgusting ass licking of the real enemy instead of fighting the war seriously.

Never in history has a country been under sustained mass attack while its leadership sings the praises of the people it is at war with and refuses to fight back.

Abe's avatar
Jun 21Edited

You are just a pro-western info-shyster. Focusing on pure PR meanwhile you totally ignore the facts not only on the ground but on the multifaceted geological sphere. The euronazis can keep sponsoring banderite terror against Russia to distract from the NAFO/bandera debacle in Ukraine, This won't change a thing in the battlefield where the main Donbass belt is being cauldroned away,

The NATO bandertie drones filled with kerosene do make for nice Hollywood style flashy fireworks so that the euronazis can keep believing in their own fairy tales that they are about to defeat Russia. Pathetic as always.

John Osman's avatar

I think you meant to write " forge the future with China" my friend? 🤔🤔

John McNiece's avatar

Putin thanks you for your service comrade.

John McNiece's avatar

Heck, you get that job done all by yourself.

Victor's avatar

When does Spectre offend? When he says something you don't agree with?

John McNiece's avatar

When they show themselves to be a Putin sycophant. What? Were my words not clear?

The Spectre's avatar

As an internationalist, anti-authoritarian, anti-statist I do barely mention any political leaders, state figures - which are all my political opponents.

I do never support any leaders, as I am egalitarian.

I have never voted in any election.

You are shooting blank.

You can educate yourself about my views on https://www.worldsocialism.org/wsm/introduction-and-welcome/

ron's avatar
Jun 20Edited

John McNiece

Yeah. It's almost like Putin put Zelensky up to it.

That would certainly put a figurative squeeze on us here in war thirsty Lithuania. If war comes to Belarus and my wife wasn't bed ridden here in long term residential care home, I would beat feet out of here in a second, taking my money with me.

John McNiece's avatar

You know who was given a chance to run when Russia started this war? Zelensky. Instead he said “I need ammunition, not a ride.”

All my sympathy regarding your wife. Long term care homes can be really shitty. I’m about to become a registered nurse and did clinicals in one of them.

ron's avatar
Jun 20Edited

And Zelensky quickly passed a law making it illegal for military age males to ever take that ride that he so proudly turned down. No billion dollar payoffs for those affected unfortunately.

John McNiece's avatar

Yes, war is hell. Zelensky is a legit hero and so is every Ukrainian. You, a resident of a Baltic state, should know how deeply you Russia is the threat and initator of all of this.

I understand the urge to flee though. My sympathies again.

ron's avatar
Jun 20Edited

Zelensky ran as a peacee candidate for which he received wide overwhelming from all regions of Ukraine. Shortly after being elected he was provided with a settlement with Russia immeasurably better than the terms that are available to him now. Rather than negotiate seriously, he caved into NATO pressure and rejected it.

Having done that and advised that NATO would do whatever it takes to defeat Russia in a conflict, he banned the leading opposition party and arrested its leader. He followed up by banning the Russian Orthodox Church, seizing its assets and sending the priests off to the front lines or prison. He has become personally rich from the conflict as have his closest supporters. A third of the country's population has fled and he has irretrievably lost a quarter of the country. Many if not most of the military age men have been killed or wounded in a losing fight which even he and the rest of his leadership say they won't be able to last beyond the end of the year.

Trust me, he is no hero. Neither in character nor deeds.

John McNiece's avatar

Ah. Good luck in life.

grr's avatar

LOL was that satire? Or are you really that intellectually barren?

Alyosha's avatar

lmao

One of 150+ PR agencies working for Project Ukraine wrote that for Ze.

When he 'said' that, he was still hiding in bunkers and was posing in front of the green screen, until Naftali told him Rus had no plans boinking him.

He is also the new Churchill, right?

lmao

John McNiece's avatar

You've totally been sold the Brooklyn Bridgem

Good luck!

Alyosha's avatar

Ah, our sloganeering gringo friends. lmao

Plenty of video material of the green screen heroism. Also Naftali Bennet saying what I wrote about.

grr's avatar

RN eh? Vaxtard that takes mRNA injections. That explains your idiocy.

John McNiece's avatar

Lol I'd quit while I was behind if I was you.

Barry Brenesal's avatar

Congrats! My retired wife still maintains her RN license in Ohio. Just a year or two short of 50 years, when she began as a heart floor nurse. It's a damn fine profession, and its practitioners deserve a lot more respect than they typically receive.

John McNiece's avatar

Thanks! Love to you and yours.

John Osman's avatar

"Comrade". Been in a coma for the last 35 years have you?

Tony Leibbrandt's avatar

Judging by his further comments that is quite plausible.

grr's avatar

Comrade is still used by the old blokes in union movements in Australia. Maybe elsewhere too?

John Osman's avatar

Grr, doubt Putin moves in those circles mate. 👍👍

grr's avatar

True, and he doesn't read this substack either. But we do comrade, LOL

Alyosha's avatar

One of them who think Russian KGB is still a thing.

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Alyosha's avatar

Exactly, as FSB, FSO and SVR, not as KGB (like in Belarus, for example).

Muhriqanis live in the world where KGB still exists, and so does USSR for many.

Yashuo's avatar

my my, someone is feeling his oats.. / ultimatums no less.

PFC Billy's avatar

@Simplicius

I have DONE "Hollywood special effects" professionally. What the video shows is not necessarily an SFX payload (nor likely was it one, IMHO).

Turbojet powered suicide drones are becoming increasingly common, they can fly 3X or more the speed of the cheaper "moped" sounding piston engine drones and are less detectable aurally. Both jet fuel and low oxygen ballance HE such as TNT/TNT mixtures burn with an intense red/orange flame and lots of sooty black smoke, assuming the HE doesn't detonate during an interception.

FYI: If you WANT that kind of orange flame + big black smoke burst visual effect? Mix ordinary black powder and powdered napthalene (old fashioned moth balls) 50:50 by volume and fire a container of that mixture... Not that I believe such to be what video showed, I judge that to be some deflagrating low O2 HE and/or burning jet fuel.

Mark Watson's avatar

You should work for mythbusters - do like big explosions as much as they do ?

PFC Billy's avatar

Mythbusters is entertainment, not “research”. They weren't actually very good at what they claimed to do, neither have their explosives handlers much impressed me.

Clearly I don't have a problem with blowing sh!+ up, I’ve done it as a paying job for decades.

aquadraht's avatar

I get your point. Anyway it implies that the warhead and the fuel tank not only ignite in the same moment (which is not totally unlikely with an interceptor blast causing the crash) , but that they also 1. mix and 2. fall down at the same angle and trajectory. Given the different location of both, warheat most likely in front, fuel probably in the middle/rear, and the different density and weight, that sounds unlikely to me.

Moreover, what I see in the vid seems to be an AN-2 "Lyuti", which is piston engine driven.

PFC Billy's avatar

Fuel tank should be near center of gravity to not alter handling as fuel is expended, mass is constantly changing over a long period and a good % of drones initial gross weight is lost during flight.

Warhead probably NEAR the front but cameras & electronics generally take up the nose, unless a shaped charge needs to occupy nose for AP.

As far as model, engine type, I can't tell from the video on a tiny screen.

But I can't see anyone wasting a drone on an SFX cargo when a real warhead could do actual damage AND make lots of smoke for propaganda videos..

aquadraht's avatar

To be honest, before I saw that video (ok it could be Russian propaganda fake), I did not believe in SFX fakes, and did not trust Martyanov.

But I know a bit of AD, and the video looks real (or well made :) ). And it shows a drone receiving damage from something most likely an AD bullet, 20,30, or 57mm (not a missile which, even a small one from Pantsir, would blast the whole into smithereens). Then it appears as if it airdrops something while the damaged drone travels on a bit. And that airdrop causes the flame and the smoke.

it damn looks like an emergency or accidential airdrop of something which would have been dropped anyway, or maybe crashed together with the UAV.

Thistleharp's avatar

Zelensky is a terrorist responsible for literally thousands of deaths. The green goblin is no different from his fellow tribesman Satanyahoo. As for the Eurotard elites, they are if anything even more disgusting than the above goblins themselves are.

Z may well invade Belarus. He has no reason not to do so - American ISR is still in place to assist. I'd give it at least a 50-50 chance. Whatever happened to the notion that Clown-World in "agreement incapable"?

Loose Cannon News's avatar

That will be millions of deaths. And Israel and Mossad have been deeply involved in this since 2014 at least. Funny how a radical neo-Nazi state has so many prominent Jews in positions of power.

Alyosha's avatar

They are both fascist and on top of that russophobia is a potent unifying mental disease.

James's avatar

It still mystifies me that no major news organization is talking about how many "Ukrainians" are keeping the jewelers in Monaco wealthy and how the commissioned super yachts have a 4 year backlog due to rich Ukrainians.

Yashuo's avatar

Holy Batman! Now, where does find intel/data on commissioned yachts/super yachts and the like? Kroll? Other specialists in business/competitor/competitive/market intelligence?

The Spectre's avatar

Official tax data from Kiev from the last year shows 60% grow on millionaires within a year.

They are actually laundering their illicit money.

The Tax Office doesn't ask where money came from - they are just taking 10% cut for closing their eyes

Mary Makary's avatar

Yeah, in Ukranian hryvnias - One million is about $22,500.

And no 9ne launders money better than Putin's oligarchs. That's how they own so much prime London, Dubai and New York real estate.

Victor's avatar

Those are not Putin's oligarchs. They are Russian castoffs who chose the West over their own country.

Yashuo's avatar

Reckon as with any country, there are multiple factions among the wealthy and powerful, some in this camp some in another, and some who don’t think in terms of nation-states at all (who think patriotism and allegiance to a particular nation-state is a quaint and old-fashioned idea). Individuals in this last category might align with like-minded transnational elites through various elite networking fora (e.g., university alumni associations, Bilderberg/Beidaihe conferences, Ditchley Foundation, other even more exclusive or "secret" gatherings/circle-jerks), or with no one (solo fliers, "non-aligned" if you will). Disclosure of the reality of UAP/NHI is going to cause a lot of folks to revisit their thinking about these issues. Though for many socioeconomic elites motivated by the acquisition of ever more wealth and power, I suppose it could also be business as usual - only now there would be more rungs in the ladder. So, curry favour with one or more types of NHI to gain access to advanced technologies/abilities (longevity?), use these to acquire more wealth and power, and keep moving up the ladder. The rat race re-invented for an inter-galactic era.

Schlurpo Sneem's avatar

HSBC launders bestest of all.

James's avatar

It would appear my source may be corrupt regarding the yachts. My apologies to all the Ukrainian Oligarchs made wealthier by US and European funding into the Ukrainian black hole.

Yashuo's avatar

And US oligarchs/plutocrats too - it's round-trip and laundromat money. One story about a nephew of former Sen. John Kerry, if I recall correctly.

Yashuo's avatar

Well, not that I would trust any “official” data from any source in Kiev, but I must express a degree of admiration for all the accounting and tax folks in Kiev wearing their green shades, with their #2 HB pencils, yellow legal pads, and HP-12C calculators, going to work every day and crunching the numbers, even as the drones drone overhead, and the air raid sirens wail.

The Spectre's avatar

They are helping to launder money, I have added it above now

arthur brogard's avatar

if its happening i think it should not be. their central repositories of data ought to be destroyed.

The Spectre's avatar

Yes, Ukrainian Tax Offices and secret services are destroying sensitive documents fast, by burning them at courtyards of their office buildings.

Data on hard disks are easy to delete

https://t.me/myLordBebo/117290

The Spectre's avatar

I am sorry, James, for replying here. But Mary Makary https://substack.com/@claparker have blocked me immediately after she/he posted here below. So I can't see it and hence can't reply, but I have received email notification with full text.

It looks, like she/he are professional payed propagandists. Working in a team in the same office, on the same desk and co-ordinating their "work" by sharing all information. She/him just confirmed it below, what I was suspecting it for long and that's why I have blocked them all in the first place. I don't have inclination to discuss with paied PR teams.

For all their "expertise" they use Wikipedia as a proof of anything.

I bet Mary Makary and her office friends will reply in many other discussions, which I can't see.

"Yeah, in Ukranian hryvnias - One million is about $22,500. And no 9ne launders money better than Putin's oligarchs. That's how they own so much prime London, Dubai and New York real estate."

"I know someone that showed you proof of dozens of Russian attacks on civilian Ukranian airports - pretty much destroying all of them. You blocked that guy. Whine "fake," or block - You can't handle the truth."

"Mary Makary blocked you. You are blocked from subscribing to Mary Makary and their publications"

Peter Williamson's avatar

Probably because private banking serves oligarch media owners and Ukrainian kleptocracy alike

Feral Finster's avatar

As long as the army is still in the field and fighting, nobody cares.

Siniša Spajić's avatar

The Blow as exceptionally strong this week..

He must of gotten it from the Hellbanianz..

Alyosha's avatar

They also used live stream at the weapons show

'🇺🇦🇷🇺 UKRAINIANS BRAG AT ARMS SHOW:

At the arms exhibition in Paris, Ukrainian weapons manufacturers live-broadcasted strikes on Moscow. The stand was organized by the company Fire Point.'

Marketing

https://t.me/myLordBebo/117607

Alyosha's avatar

Lmao

Kind of an iteration of glass beads for Western Natives.

Feral Finster's avatar

It was an entirely predictable suckerpunch, but it worked.

Alyosha's avatar

Worked on what?

JC's avatar

Oddly enough, I think the little guy is serious, and believes he can zap cellular towers without consequences. (Oil threats are unlikely but waste defense capability.)

Unfortunately such attacks, purposeful and premeditated, would trigger Russian defense measures and open up all of Belarus as launch territory for strike packages. No need to use relays when you can throw FABs. I really don't think they've thought this through.

Comrade Napoleon's avatar

Zionald Epstein is openly fanning the flames again. Sorry that Putin is too much of a mensh. It's a target rich environment.

Ominous Cowherd's avatar

After Konstantinovka and Lyman, what's the next major fortress the Russians will encounter? Will they be able to roll across open country for a little while, or will it be back to slow slogging?

Praise Dear Leader's avatar

Konstantinovka - by 2027 maybe 🤣

Alyosha's avatar

Konstantinovka is ad acta. lmao

body1776's avatar

these days, there is nothing open in open country. it’s a dead zone

Steghorn21's avatar

A few "settlements" a year should do it.