The wording amplifies the sense of Britain as a country still defined by its ability to put steel at sea. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/why-the-term...
The wording amplifies the sense of Britain as a country still defined by its ability to put steel at sea. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/why-the-term...
"The courts have been unpersuaded that we live in a state of permanent national emergency that is global in scope and decades-long in duration, requiring swift executive action on the theory that Congress could never assemble in time to address the issue. … www.nationalreview.com/corner/divid...
New figures from the Ministry of Defence show the breakdown of defence contracts awarded over the past year, but also reveal billions of pounds of spending that cannot yet be clearly attributed to UK or overseas suppliers. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/mod-data-hig...
‼️Macron's office confirms Coalition of the Willing will meet in Paris on 4 September
An evil man will burn his own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes. - Sun Tzu
“Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
❗️🇳🇴Norway buys 🇬🇧British Type 26 anti-submarine frigates. The contract is estimated to be worth 10 billion pounds sterling
🇪🇺🇺🇦 Europe is developing "quite precise plans" for a possible deployment of troops in Ukraine as part of post-war security guarantees, — Ursula von der Leyen 🇺🇸 Security guarantees are absolutely crucial. Trump assured us that the American presence will be part of the support.
Detailed Russian losses of major tank and AFV/IFV platforms. Milestone: the losses of T-80 tanks have reached 1200! Full list: www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/atta...
The unit “Prymary” carried out another operation in occupied Crimea. Using drones, they struck the Russian military airbase in Hvardiiske near Simferopol, destroying two Mi-8 helicopters. Additionally, a Russian tugboat, likely BUK-2190, was hit in Sevastopol Bay during an air attack.
More name changes afoot… Department of Defense = Department of War Department of Education = Department of Keeping You Stupid Center for Disease Control = Center for Crackpot Conspiracies Department of Agriculture = Department of Subsidies for Farmers going broke from tariffs
Oil processing at Russia's Kuibyshevsk refinery, which is operated by the Rosneft oil company, has been halted since August 28 following Ukrainian drone attacks, two industry sources said. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
I waited hours for this cloud to come near the lake #lightning strike reflection.
❗️The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of 🇺🇦Ukraine attacked two 🇷🇺Russian Mi-8 helicopters and a tugboat, probably a BUK-2190, in temporarily occupied Crimea
If that Trump Truth Social account posts an apology to someone, admits making a mistake, or accepts responsibility for something, then we will know something is definitely up.
It was never about the legality or otherwise of asylum seekers, really. It was a very effective way to enable and legitimise hatred of Muslims. By which they mean anyone brown, actually.
🔥🔥Krasnodar didn’t sleep well tonight. Ilsky oil refinery in flames, Primorsko-Akhtarsk shaking - shahed’s launchpads finally hear an echo.
Another day, another utterly shameful cruelty against refugees announced. Recognised refugees - so people granted the long term right to stay in the UK because they have escaped real danger - will face new barriers to reuniting with spouses & children safely in the UK #r4todat
Zelenskyy Official There were reports from our military. About the situation at the front. Primarily about the Donetsk direction – Pokrovsk, and other important areas. We are defending our positions, and importantly, this is an active defense – we destroy the occupier every day.
<-Ahem-> My eyes are up here!
No candidate interviewing for medical school who, upon expressing RFK jr's views, would ever be accepted. They'd be laughed right out of the room. And yet this man runs the HHS – including the CDC, NIH, ACF, CMS, HRSA, and SAMHSA? WTAF?! Remove RFK jr for dereliction of duty. Immediately.
Norway will buy a fleet of British-made frigates for its navy halifax.citynews.ca/2025/08/31/n...
APOLLO: “.. Will We See a Repeat of 2021 and the 1970s? .. There is upside pressure on inflation and inflation expectations .. The risks are rising that we could see another ‘inflation mountain’ emerge over the coming months.”
German leader says peace cannot come at Ukraine’s expense “We are trying to end it as quickly as possible. But certainly not at the price of Ukraine’s capitulation. apnews.com/article/germ...
🔥 At night, the 330 kV Kropotkin electrical substation was hit by UAV strikes. The facility provided power to the regional power system and railway communications of the Krasnodar Krai.
When did he start finishing his messages with President DJT? Is this a new thing?
Fatality.
O'Keefe to Noem: "At least 20 people who signed this letter were current FEMA employees & they've been placed on administrative leave. Is it now the policy of DHS that anytime an employee puts their name on something criticizing you or POTUS, they should anticipate being put on leave or fired?"
❗️A primary oil refining unit caught fire after a drone struck an oil refinery in 🇷🇺Krasnodar on August 30 - ASTRA. The plant's operations were temporarily suspended.
A lead CDC official who resigned said Kennedy’s team asked him to “change studies that have been settled in the past” to fit anti-vax views. That’s not public health leadership—it’s malpractice. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o... #BlueSky #MedSky #NewsSky #SciSky #NurseSky
Q: What do you call a single crow? A: attempted murder
Artillery is striking Russian positions 😎✔️
Film makers should be forced to watch 1940s musicals so that they can replicate the lighting and colors.... I'm tired of not being able to see shit.
Explosions rocked Kropotkin in Russia’s Krasnodar region as a UAV strike ignited a fire at a power substation, leaving parts of the city without electricity. Meanwhile, drone threats were also reported over Yelabuga, with locals hearing blasts.
Norway has agreed to buy five new British warships in a deal worth £10bn. Defence Secretary John Healey says the deal "deepens our strategic partnership" with Norway news.sky.com/story/norway...
❗️At the beginning of the full-scale 🇷🇺 Russian invasion, 🇧🇬Bulgaria supplied 🇺🇦Kyiv with 1/3 of all ammunition - President of the 🇪🇺European Commission Ursula von der Leyen
💥 Primary oil refining unit caught fire after UAV strike at Krasnodar refinery on August 30, - ASTRA
🚁💥 On August 30, Ukrainian UAVs destroyed two russian helicopters — a Mi-8 and a Mi-24 — at the airport in temporarily occupied Simferopol.
Another hit on russian logistics. An oil depot in temporarily occupied Severodonetsk went up in flames. Every fire there means less fuel for russia’s war. Less gasoline for their trucks, tanks, and rockets. More proof: occupation burns from the inside.
❗️A 🇺🇦Ukrainian fighter jet using a precision-guided bomb destroyed an elevator with 🇷🇺Russian drone operators. The city of Hola Prystan, Kherson region.
Ukrainian forces mopping up remaining Russian infantry groups near Dobropillya, military official says #Ukraine
I waited hours for this cloud to come near the lake #lightning strike reflection.
Satellite photos show Russian helicopters destroyed in Crimea Satellite images have confirmed the destruction of Russian helicopters at an airbase in occupied Crimea following a Ukrainian drone strike. defence-blog.com/satellite-ph...
Ukrainian military intelligence continues systematic strikes to dismantle russia’s air defence in Crimea. This time, key targets were hit: • Utyos-T coastal radar • RT-70 radio telescope • GLONASS complex • MR-10M1 “Cape” coastal radar • 96L6-AP radar, part of the S-400 system.
🔥 Volgograd, Russia. Formerly Stalingrad.
💀 Video of the destruction of Russian elevator from which they launched drones at people on the right bank of the Kherson region.
Hi All, Just sent out my free weekend update. Its been less than 3 weeks since the great Russian breakthrough at Pokrovsk (which was no breakthrough). And because it failed we have no reporting. Where are all the analyses once the Russians have failed. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
I'm a child of the fifties and sixties. My parents were hippies before there were Hippies. I grew up on these guys and also Dave Brubeck. This song just touches me as it should you.
Russian units surrounded near Dobropillia, Ukraine's military says #Ukraine
⚡️Ukraine's intel chief warns of Russian disinformation wave ahead of Zapad-2025 military drills. Kyrylo Budanov said that the joint exercises, set to begin in about two weeks, will pose challenges for both Ukraine and European countries, through what he described as "cognitive influence."
Ukrainian UAVs reportedly destroyed two helicopters at Simferopol airport yesterday. This is reported by OSINT analysts, providing satellite images and footage from August 22. They show signs of fires in the area where Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters are located.
The Indian leader bristled. He told Mr. Trump that U.S. involvement had nothing to do with the recent cease-fire. It had been settled directly between India and Pakistan.” www.rawstory.com/trump-nobel-...
“…I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt. She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/honoring-a...
Zelenskyy rejected the proposal, criticizing China for aiding Russia and failing to help Ukraine during Crimea’s occupation and the 2022 invasion, saying Kyiv doesn’t need guarantors who didn’t support them when it mattered most. www.rawstory.com/ukraine-2673...
“I am infuriated that the Air Force plans to grant military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt,” wrote Retired Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling in an op-ed published Saturday in The Bulwark. “She did not die defending the Constitution. She died trying to overturn it.” www.rawstory.com/ashli-babbit...
❗️The Russian offensive ended in practically nothing, — General Staff Russian troops did not gain full control over any major city.
❗️A video from a 🇨🇳Chinese factory where it was being tested was found in the camera of a downed 🇷🇺Russian drone, the Gerbera.
Volunteer Reservists across the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force completed more than 1.17 million service days in the last financial year, according to Ministry of Defence data. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-reserve-f...
Artillery is striking Russian positions 😎✔️
👀💥 In Moscow Balashisha, something is actively burning in an industrial zone with sounds characteristic of detonations.
Russian forces failed to gain full control of any major Ukrainian city over summer, say Ukrainian armed forces – live #Ukraine
Life expectancy in the US is 4.1 years shorter than in comparable countries. This certainly won’t improve with RFK in charge of public health. 🧪
The Social Security Administration official who exposed that the Department of Government Efficiency had left millions of Americans’ personal data vulnerable says he has been forced to resign due to retaliation. Charles Borges, who served as the SSA’s chief data officer, told
⚡️Ukrainian forces liberate village near Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast. The positions previously allowed Russian troops to control the road leading into Kupiansk, approximately 104 kilometers (65 miles) east of Kharkiv, the regional capital.
The war absorbs half of the Russian budget revenues cpd.gov.ua/result/rf/vi...
Japan will deploy F-15J fighters to Europe and the UK for the first time, marking a major step in defence cooperation between Tokyo and London, the UK Defence Journal understands. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/japan-to-dep...
Tesla Autopilot Legal Setback - Tesla is challenging a $243 million verdict in Florida court related to a fatal 2019 Autopilot crash, potentially impacting the company's robotaxi expansion plans. The jury found Tesla's Autopilot technology partially responsible for the accident.
🙏 Chornomorsk, Odesa region!
#Tesla will no longer accept their own #CyberTruck as a trade-in
Jones: I would say to my colleagues who serve in government—keep your thoughts and prayers, keep your tweets. If you want to address gun violence, you don't need to tweet. What you need is a mirror. You have the power to change things.
Morning fellas Quote of the day
A Ukrainian FPV drone blows up a hidden Russian stock of TM-62 anti-tank mines. The resulting kaboom is beautiful! Glory! 📹: drone operators of Rubaka unit, 77th separate aeromobile brigade
US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker: President Trump's making sure that #Ukraine can continue to defend itself and by giving them some deeper strike capabilities that obviously could help them offensively. They've already taken out about 20% of Russia's oil refining capacity in the last month⤵️.
Russia is facing a growing gasoline shortage. The hardest hit by fuel disruptions in Russia are the Far East and Zabaykalsky Krai. Russian-occupied Ukrainian Crimea faces shortages, as well.
Reportedly, this is an attack on an underground explosives storage in Tula region of Russia on August 30th. According to reports, pyroxylin powder (a smokeless powder used in small arms ammunition, artillery systems and individual rocket engines) was stored there.
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Saab has revealed a new dedicated Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) missile named Nimbrix, which the company says is designed to defeat the growing threat posed by small drones on the battlefield. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=61740
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The US brought in nearly $30 Billion in tariffs in July, triple the amount collected in previous years That's not good news Tariffs are taxes on Americans That $30B was collected from you and me when we bought food, clothes, electronics...
A Ukrainian MiG-29 struck a Russian troop concentration in the north using French-supplied AASM Hammer guided bombs, inflicting heavy losses.
🇨🇦🇺🇦 “We cannot “trust but verify” with Putin. We must deter and fortify.” - Mark Carney Prime Minister of Canada
❗️A market is on fire in 🇷🇺Volgograd, the area of the fire is 3.2 thousand square meters.
Morning Bluesky. Tesla had its seventh straight monthly decline in European sales in July, dropping 40% to 8,837. Chinese rival BYD surged past Tesla with 225% sales increase, to 13,503.
UK links China-based firms to global cyber campaign The UK and a coalition of international partners have identified three China-based technology companies as enabling a global malicious cyber campaign targeting critical networks ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-links-chi...
It would be so funny if by this winter Russia just didn’t have enough diesel to maintain both military and civilian shipping
🔥🔥 Our drones hit the Kuibyshev refinery in Samara yesterday — 29 drones, 7 fires, one worker injured. Refinery suspended. russia’s fuel supply is under fire, deep inside its territory.
Hearing the the Social Security Admin whistleblower who whistleblew a few days ago has now “resigned” involuntarily. Trying to get additional confirmation. This is the chief data officer of SSA.
💥 Russia: Gas station exploded in occupied Dagestan, damaging the adjacent electrical substation.
❗️French President Macron: If Putin does not confirm his agreement to meet with Zelensky by Monday, it will mean that the Russian president has outplayed the US leader.
“Americans are hungry for leaders. They're hungry for candidates who are on the side of working people. They’re hungry for leaders who give a damn about their circumstances. And they're hungry for a government that gives people freedom, not fascism.
Did Goering, Goebbels and Himmler have such a good time during the Nazis’ 12-year reign that it was worth what came afterward, with their names enduring as symbols of degradation and evil? Asking for Marco Rubio.
⚡️ Trump is a 'Russian asset,' Portuguese president says. Questions about Trump's possibly shady relationship with Russia and the country's security services have long swirled.
The Ministry of Defence’s E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning programme has been once again assessed as "Red", reflecting continued challenges with schedule, budget and certification, the UK Defence Journal understands. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=61724
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