Maybe Putin and the Kremlin should consider actually paying their soldiers and sailors. On the other hand... just let the leadership keep stealing all of the pay. Russian officers who hadn't been paid by Moscow sold key intel on the Black Sea Fleet to Ukrainian resistance fighters. Then the headquarters blew up. https://www.businessinsider.com/rus...-fleet-intel-ukrainian-fighters-report-2023-9
https://news.yahoo.com/us-offers-poland-rare-loan-173218227.html US offers Poland rare loan of $2 billion to modernize its military Associated Press Mon, September 25, 2023 at 12:32 PM CDT The Biden administration announced Monday that it is offering a $2 billion loan to Poland, which has been a hub for weapons going into Ukraine, to support the ally's defense modernization. The State Department said in a statement that Poland is a “stalwart” ally of the U.S. whose “security is vital to the collective defense” of NATO ’s eastern flank, and that such funding is reserved for Washington’s most important security partners. The U.S. government is also providing Warsaw up to $60 million for the cost of the loan in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) which would support “urgent procurements of defense articles and services from the United States,” the State Department said. The $60 million is a loan subsidy meant to ensure that Warsaw can secure favorable terms for the loan. Poland has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country, handing over large numbers of its own tanks, fighter jets and other equipment. It has also been a hub for most of the Western weapons going to Ukraine. It has been undergoing a process of modernization to replace what it gave away, much of which was based on old Soviet technology, putting in orders with U.S. and South Korean defense companies. Recently the Polish-Ukrainian relationship has seen strains due to a trade dispute centered on Ukrainian grain entering the Polish market and driving down the prices Polish farmers can get. Amid the spat Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said his country was no longer sending any more weapons to Ukraine. The comment created some confusion. Analysts noted that Poland has already in fact given Ukraine most of what it has to give, and the statement was made ahead of a Polish election and did not mean much. But it also raised concerns that Western support for Ukraine could be weakening. U.S. officials have sought to play down the spat, praising Poland’s role in helping Ukraine and noting that it is in Poland’s strategic interest for Ukraine to prevail against Russia.
https://news.yahoo.com/us-poland-sign-2-billion-161611424.html US, Poland sign $2 billion defense loan agreement, State Dept. says I fully support as I support anything that hurts Russia,but keep it real and stop with the loan bullshit we all know they will never pay it back and The US wont ask for it back as this is to support war.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-says-launched-missile-strike-121929646.html Ukraine says it launched its missile strike on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea fleet to coincide with a meeting of Russian naval officers
(Semafor) Russian navy officers killed in Crimea PLANET LABS PBC/Handout via REUTERS Russia’s Black Sea Fleet commander was killed in a missile strike on occupied Crimea, Ukraine’s military said. Kyiv claimed that 34 officers, including Admiral Viktor Sokolov, died and 105 were injured in the attack on the navy base in Sevastopol last week. The reports have not been verified, but if true “would be among the most damaging suffered by the Russian Navy since the sinking of the fleet’s flagship last year,” The New York Times reported. Ukraine has stepped up attacks in Crimea in recent weeks: The gathering pace of missile and drone attacks on bridges, depots, and warships are making it harder for Russia to use the region as a logistics hub.
Lacking heat signatures and looking like inflatable tanks. Yep, these are the people who put a lander IN the moon recently. It seems all the smart people in Russia have left or are Oligarchs. Maybe try putting a rubber tank over a real tank?
There was an attack there a week ago, hopefully this is a new one. A major Moscow military base getting tapped twice like this is very embarrassing.
Holy shoot! Look at this: Military arm of NATO has been led by Nazi soldiers for most of its history: