Latest media reporting on the Black Sea drone retrieval refer to US conceding that it would be difficult to retrieve because of sea depth.
The current marine traffic maps of the Black Sea show a straight line of ship movement from the entry to just south of Novorossiysk, apart from three with GPS turned off closer to Crimea. One is heading north in the direction of Sevastopol.
That is very funny
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If there is one thing that I have learnt, ‘blyat’ can be added to the end of any sentence and it wouldn’t be out of place. An exclamation mark, if you will.
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Ukrinform site advises that, as an outcome of the Ukraine Contact Group meeting
- Canada will supply 8k of 155mm rounds and 12 air defence missiles from the CAF inventory
- plus 1.8k of 105mm tank rounds for training on Leopard tanks.
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Bush hamster got injured.
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Set against reports of Wagner ammunition shortages, there are daily reports of shelling of Ukraine towns and infrastructure, evacuation of civilians.
Is the ammunition shortage specific to combat troops on the front lines?
I think Wagner lost the internal politics.
Russia has a relative ammunition shortage, but still have more than Ukraine.
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Russia playing politics in the Middle East.
Assad visits Moscow, Russia offers to mediate to restore diplomatic relations with Turkey (as China has done between Saudi Arabia and Iran).
Egypt and Jordan have recently visited Damascus. Assad thanks his Arab friends for their humanitarian assistance in the earthquakes.
Russia, Turkey, Syria and Jordan are to meet together in Moscow.
Talks underway to restore the Arab League to functioning again.
While none of these countries would probably be in a position to supply arms to Russia, they can all continue to trade sanctions free.
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Meanwhile, Russia, Iran and China engage in joint manoeuvres in the Gulf of Oman.
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The biggest influx of immigrants have been Chinese and Indians though in recent times. The world is becoming smaller.
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But if regaining Bakhmut is considered to be so important to Russia, why would it withhold ammunition supplies to Wagner fighting forces there?
Egos at work, l suspect. The RU commanders want their units to be successful, for the prestige.
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Nothing new in this tweet. It could have been tweeted any time in the last 3 weeks or even longer. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
French Defence Minister informs Parliament that the 30 Caesars donated to Ukraine will be replaced in the French army inventory by 2024.
He noted that production time for a Caesar had reduced from 44 months to 18 months.
The French defence procurement industry is being overhauled to reflect that it was now on a war footing. There had been adjustments in ammunition production arrangements, but the biggest issue was supply arrangements with sub contractors. ( sounds familiar, US manages with the Buy America Act and eccentricities like the Jones Act)
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