re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.

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I don't know about Barron's opinion. I think he is a huge Trumper.

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He was until President Trump started saying negative things about Putin going back on his promises after the Alaska meeting.

Ivan's primary loyalty is to Putin not Trump.

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If these trolls stop posting. They are in a 100 mile long line to get gasoline.

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Which ones, specifically?

I know one you're going to say. He is a given. Who else?

I think we have two of your brothers in arms (brothers in keyboards?) in here actually instigating.

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Neither side has even air superiority. The US believes not in superiority but Air Supremacy

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I'm using them interchangeably but shouldn't. Supremacy is very difficult to achieve; sometimes superiority is the best you can do and is still very good.

It still begs the question: how do you achieve supremacy or superiority in drone warfare?

GODDAMNIT BARRON

I TOKD YOU TO STOP MAKING CRAP UP

Here. Here’s an independent report showing issues the Russians are having with their own Nuclear Reactors. If anybody actually knows anything about this, please speak up:

Ron Paul was quite the hypocrite while a congresscritter. MASSIVE bacon taker is how he kept getting re-elected.

FTR, in his campaign, Trump said that if Putin refused to deal in good faith, he would send lots of weapons to Ukraine.

RP is not a truth teller, and has never been one. He even dhanged Randall's nickname from Randy to Rand to appeal to nutters

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It still begs the question: how do you achieve supremacy or superiority in drone warfare?

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Drone and air power are similar but two separate things. It is not cost effective to use modern jets to shoot down drones when a prop job with a machine gun would be more cost effective, but jets can take out missile defense systems then patrol the skies above enemy territory after achieving air supremacy.

An uncle was a P-38 pilot in WWII and all he did was search and destroy German trains far behind the rear of German lines, and mostly in Germany. Nary a dogfight in his entire time in Europe starting shortly after the US got going after Normandy. No German fighters even seen to intercept his squadron

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I don't know about Barron's opinion. I think he is a huge Trumper.

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He professed to be, but he flipped today.

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Our policy RE:Ukraine hasn't meaningfully changed for any long period thus far

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Trump has been POTUS for just over 9 months. Things changed and things are still changing in DC.

Initially funds/weapons to Ukraine were cut way back.
Trump reached out to both sides to negotiate a peace.
Trump initially thought Z was dragging.
Trump met with Z.
Trump met with Putin.
Trump’s peace plan was sloughed off by Putin.
Putin ratcheted up the civilian bombings.
Trump came to believe Putin was playing him.
Trump appears to be changing his policy.

None of this was “meaningful”.

Trump listening to Graham and Kellogg proved the man can listen to reason. They told him Putin was evil, a liar and a charleton. Trump sees now they were right.

"Trump's attempts to stop Russian oil trade prove futile

Maritime shipments of Russian oil show steady growth, reaching 3.62 million barrels per day last month — the highest level since May 2024. The value of weekly exports exceeded $1.57 billion, increasing by $240 million.

The growth continues despite active pressure from the Trump administration on major buyers, including India, Turkey, Hungary, and Slovakia. China has openly declared its intention to strengthen energy cooperation with Moscow rather than reduce it, reports the TG channel "Lomovka."

Other news at this hour:

?? Taiwan has become the world's largest importer of Russian oil — a petroleum product used to produce chemicals necessary for the semiconductor industry, writes The Guardian;

?? Macron opposed the European Commission and Germany's plan to allocate €140 billion to Kyiv from Russian assets. According to him, such a scheme violates international law;

?? Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán criticized Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's statement that the conflict in Ukraine is "our conflict," calling such remarks a "dangerous game" with the lives of millions of Europeans. In response on platform X, Orbán emphasized that Hungary and the EU are not at war with Russia and that Tusk is dragging the Union into risky steps;

?? The Bundeswehr has become a non-functional and unviable organization, writes the publication Bild. German military historian Zenke Neitzel sharply criticizes the modern Bundeswehr in an article for Bild, calling it a "non-functional and unviable organization." Despite large investments and promises of reforms from the authorities, there are almost no real changes in the army.
- UARU"

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