Dan (Twitter)
RT @alexwickham: NEW: European officials say Russia is once again trying to play the US and Steve Witkoff with new ‘talks’ on Ukraine.
Some reports in the US today suggested a new US-Russia peace plan could bring a deal ‘within days’.
But sources in Europe are expressing a lot of scepticism, noting we’ve been here before with Witkoff and Russia and it’s fallen apart.
Europe is not involved in these talks. It’s unclear who on the US side is backing them. It looks like another Witkoff-Dmitriev idea that concedes to Russian demands.
European sources also stress that as ever there should be a massive health warning on anything Dmitriev says.
Europeans note that Russia is desperate to avoid US sanctions and whenever it comes under economic pressure it pretends to the US it’s interested in a deal.
Russian fuel shipments in the first half of November fell to the lowest since the invasion of Ukraine began, a further sign that sanctions are hurting.
And they say there remains no indication that Putin has moved from his same maximalist demands.
It’s another lurch on the rollercoaster but cold water poured on the idea anything major has yet changed or is imminent. The ‘plan’ is ultimately only going to go anywhere if Trump / Rubio / Ukraine all back it and there’s no indication yet on any of those.
With @DarynaKrasno @AlbertoNardelli
RT @alexwickham: NEW: European officials say Russia is once again trying to play the US and Steve Witkoff with new ‘talks’ on Ukraine.
Some reports in the US today suggested a new US-Russia peace plan could bring a deal ‘within days’.
But sources in Europe are expressing a lot of scepticism, noting we’ve been here before with Witkoff and Russia and it’s fallen apart.
Europe is not involved in these talks. It’s unclear who on the US side is backing them. It looks like another Witkoff-Dmitriev idea that concedes to Russian demands.
European sources also stress that as ever there should be a massive health warning on anything Dmitriev says.
Europeans note that Russia is desperate to avoid US sanctions and whenever it comes under economic pressure it pretends to the US it’s interested in a deal.
Russian fuel shipments in the first half of November fell to the lowest since the invasion of Ukraine began, a further sign that sanctions are hurting.
And they say there remains no indication that Putin has moved from his same maximalist demands.
It’s another lurch on the rollercoaster but cold water poured on the idea anything major has yet changed or is imminent. The ‘plan’ is ultimately only going to go anywhere if Trump / Rubio / Ukraine all back it and there’s no indication yet on any of those.
With @DarynaKrasno @AlbertoNardelli
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Dan (Twitter)
RT @JimmySecUK: Ukraine doesn't need American permission to surrender to Russia. And the Ukrainian people - not to mention the military - would not allow any government to do so.
RT @JimmySecUK: Ukraine doesn't need American permission to surrender to Russia. And the Ukrainian people - not to mention the military - would not allow any government to do so.
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
🇺🇸🇯🇵 Japan joins the StormBreaker club
The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan of various glide munitions for an estimated cost of $82 million.
Included are 120 Small Diameter Bomb Inc Is, 28 Small Diameter Bomb Inc IIs (StormBreaker), 74 JDAM tail kits of various types, 75 Mark 80 Series General Purpose Bombs, and other associated equipment & services.
The prime contractors would be Raytheon and Boeing.
"The description and dollar value are for the highest estimated quantity and dollar value based on initial requirements. Actual dollar value will be lower depending on final requirements, budget authority, and signed sales agreement(s), if and when concluded."
🇺🇸🇯🇵 Japan joins the StormBreaker club
The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan of various glide munitions for an estimated cost of $82 million.
Included are 120 Small Diameter Bomb Inc Is, 28 Small Diameter Bomb Inc IIs (StormBreaker), 74 JDAM tail kits of various types, 75 Mark 80 Series General Purpose Bombs, and other associated equipment & services.
The prime contractors would be Raytheon and Boeing.
"The description and dollar value are for the highest estimated quantity and dollar value based on initial requirements. Actual dollar value will be lower depending on final requirements, budget authority, and signed sales agreement(s), if and when concluded."
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
🇺🇸🇮🇳 The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to India of 101 FGM-148 Javelin missiles, 25 Javelin Command Launch Units, and other associated equipment and services for an estimated cost of $45.7 million.
Javelin AUR unit cost is ~$200,000.
Javelin CLU unit cost is ~$220,000.
The prime contractor would be the RTX/LM Javelin Joint Venture.
"The description and dollar value are for the highest estimated quantity and dollar value based on initial requirements. Actual dollar value will be lower depending on final requirements, budget authority, and signed sales agreement(s), if and when concluded."
🇺🇸🇮🇳 The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to India of 101 FGM-148 Javelin missiles, 25 Javelin Command Launch Units, and other associated equipment and services for an estimated cost of $45.7 million.
Javelin AUR unit cost is ~$200,000.
Javelin CLU unit cost is ~$220,000.
The prime contractor would be the RTX/LM Javelin Joint Venture.
"The description and dollar value are for the highest estimated quantity and dollar value based on initial requirements. Actual dollar value will be lower depending on final requirements, budget authority, and signed sales agreement(s), if and when concluded."
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
🇺🇸🇮🇳 The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to India of 219 M982A1 Excalibur 155mm GPS/INS guided artillery projectiles, plus associated equipment and services for an estimated cost of $47 million.
Excalibur unit cost is ~$90,000.
The prime contractor would be Raytheon.
"The description and dollar value are for the highest estimated quantity and dollar value based on initial requirements. Actual dollar value will be lower depending on final requirements, budget authority, and signed sales agreement(s), if and when concluded."
🇺🇸🇮🇳 The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to India of 219 M982A1 Excalibur 155mm GPS/INS guided artillery projectiles, plus associated equipment and services for an estimated cost of $47 million.
Excalibur unit cost is ~$90,000.
The prime contractor would be Raytheon.
"The description and dollar value are for the highest estimated quantity and dollar value based on initial requirements. Actual dollar value will be lower depending on final requirements, budget authority, and signed sales agreement(s), if and when concluded."
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
@felixhuttmann @CalmaCuler1 @Jeff21461: Why do you assume that Pakistan has the same EW capabilities as Russia?
@felixhuttmann @CalmaCuler1 @Jeff21461: Why do you assume that Pakistan has the same EW capabilities as Russia?
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
@BlackScholesMan: Why do you assume that India would face the same adversary EW capabilities?
@BlackScholesMan: Why do you assume that India would face the same adversary EW capabilities?
Ukraine Battle Map (Twitter)
Over 80 long-range Ukrainian 🇺🇦 UAVs have been launched at Russia tonight
Over 80 long-range Ukrainian 🇺🇦 UAVs have been launched at Russia tonight
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Ukraine Battle Map (Twitter)
@Maks_NAFO_FELLA: The video is from over a year ago. No confirmation of it being HIMARS or M270 either.
@Maks_NAFO_FELLA: The video is from over a year ago. No confirmation of it being HIMARS or M270 either.
Ukraine Battle Map (Twitter)
@SavchenkoReview @UkrReview: Fire? That guy needs to be imprisoned for life.
@SavchenkoReview @UkrReview: Fire? That guy needs to be imprisoned for life.
Status-6 (Twitter)
RT @TyskNIP: PRC-made FN-6 MANPADS used by a MFG of the 143rd CTC "Podillya."
It is claimed that a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile was shot down this morning using this MANPADS.
FN-6 was developed in 2000 and supplied to Sudan, from where it likely made its way to Ukraine.
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RT @TyskNIP: PRC-made FN-6 MANPADS used by a MFG of the 143rd CTC "Podillya."
It is claimed that a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile was shot down this morning using this MANPADS.
FN-6 was developed in 2000 and supplied to Sudan, from where it likely made its way to Ukraine.
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Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (Twitter)
RT @michaeldweiss: Questions I would ask at this stage:
1. Where is Rubio? Where is State? Rubio said the other day Putin's position is unchanged and suggested any prospect for peace was remote, an assessment echoed by Richard Moore. Rubio is Acting NSA, and so his lack of input here is telling. Is he purposefully letting Witkoff fly this plane into a mountain again, as he did in Alaska, or is he too busy with Venezuela to care?
2. Yermak's cozying up to Witkoff is quite revealing, as is the fact that Witkoff canceled his Turkey trip -- evidently because he was not acquainted with the full scale and scope of the Ukrainian corruption scandal now threatening to end Yermak's overlong political career. (There's a shocker: Witkoff was uninformed.) Yermak using Dim Philby to save his own hide by negotiating terms that aren't exactly transparent to all in Kyiv would be an ignominious sideshow to this whole circus, but wholly in keeping with...
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RT @michaeldweiss: Questions I would ask at this stage:
1. Where is Rubio? Where is State? Rubio said the other day Putin's position is unchanged and suggested any prospect for peace was remote, an assessment echoed by Richard Moore. Rubio is Acting NSA, and so his lack of input here is telling. Is he purposefully letting Witkoff fly this plane into a mountain again, as he did in Alaska, or is he too busy with Venezuela to care?
2. Yermak's cozying up to Witkoff is quite revealing, as is the fact that Witkoff canceled his Turkey trip -- evidently because he was not acquainted with the full scale and scope of the Ukrainian corruption scandal now threatening to end Yermak's overlong political career. (There's a shocker: Witkoff was uninformed.) Yermak using Dim Philby to save his own hide by negotiating terms that aren't exactly transparent to all in Kyiv would be an ignominious sideshow to this whole circus, but wholly in keeping with...
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Status-6 (Twitter)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears to refer to media reports about a new US peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war:
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio appears to refer to media reports about a new US peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war:
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Marco Rubio (@marcorubio)
Ending a complex and deadly war such as the one in Ukraine requires an extensive exchange of serious and realistic ideas. And achieving a durable peace will require both sides to agree to difficult but necessary concessions. That is why we are and will continue…
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Ukraine Battle Map (Twitter)
RT @eagle_seek: @marcorubio: Ridiculous take Marco, you’re pushing Ukraine into capitulation and surrender. You’ve extracted zero concessions from Russia. Maybe it’s time you reassess your strategy, and instead begin to pressure the Russians. Because your current strategy is an absolute failure
RT @eagle_seek: @marcorubio: Ridiculous take Marco, you’re pushing Ukraine into capitulation and surrender. You’ve extracted zero concessions from Russia. Maybe it’s time you reassess your strategy, and instead begin to pressure the Russians. Because your current strategy is an absolute failure
IgorGirkin (Twitter)
Damage was sustained to 400 meters of the contact network and railway tracks in both directions, as well as a reinforced concrete bridge. https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/1991177692197036483#m
Damage was sustained to 400 meters of the contact network and railway tracks in both directions, as well as a reinforced concrete bridge. https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/1991177692197036483#m
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Ukraine Battle Map (Twitter)
@AcepilotAV: It’s testing for USA’s Ground Based ICBM Interceptors in 2008, that’s the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle
It shoots down ICBMs with a 50% success rate by kinetic hit-to-kill, an exo-atmospheric interception. Hundreds of kilometers from sea level. The US only made 44 GBI interceptors
@AcepilotAV: It’s testing for USA’s Ground Based ICBM Interceptors in 2008, that’s the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle
It shoots down ICBMs with a 50% success rate by kinetic hit-to-kill, an exo-atmospheric interception. Hundreds of kilometers from sea level. The US only made 44 GBI interceptors