MatthTheGeek 🇫🇷 🇺🇦 🇪🇺

Desertions, AWOLs, manpower shortages, and recruitment struggles are often linked to the Ukrainian army. And rightly so - I’ve spoken about these issues at length. But the situation on the Russian side is also worsening. This issue deserves wider attention, so here’s a 🧵thread:

While chasing two Philippine coast guard ships the Chinese navy destroyer Guilin rammed a Chinese coast guard ship. This resulted in substantial damage to the Chinese ship‘s forecastle, rendering it unseaworthy.

This happened 10.5 nautical miles east of the Scarborough Shoal, West Philippine Sea.

❗️If 🇷🇺Russia continues to strike energy facilities linked to 🇦🇿Azerbaijan in Ukraine, Baku will begin to consider lifting the ban on supplying 🇺🇦Ukraine with weapons from its arsenal, — Azerbaijan's Caliber

Nobody asked you sycophant-in-chief graham.

Oh look more leashes to the american military-industrial complex.

Germany just doesn't know how to rehab from their american addiction, do they?

🐦An unusual way to fight garbage was invented in Sweden

Magpies pick up cigarette butts and wrappers, drop them into a special container, and in return get a tasty reward.

The cities stay clean, and the birds get a treat.

We are on the third circle of this.

Wonder how long it will take for Americans to realize why russian officials are posting this

❗️❗️Urgent appeal of President Zelensky:

The answer to the Ukrainian territorial issue is already in the Constitution of Ukraine. No one will and cannot deviate from this. Ukrainians will not give their land to the occupier.

Unexpected but a very nice surprise👉👈

Super Tucano.

Moravan Z-137 Agro Turbo turboprop aircraft, modified for R-73 air to air missile launches, was spotted in Ukraine. Most likely used to intercept Shahed kamikaze drones or reconnaissance drones. t.me/TyskNIP/16625

It's important to remember that the Soviet Union only was a superpower because it had Ukraine, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Baltics. Armenian aerospace engineers, Ukrainian factories, Baltic ports, and more. It no longer has any of that.

❗️Footage of the 🇺🇦Ukrainian UAV "Lyuty" striking an oil refinery in 🇷🇺Novokuibyshevsk.

Tenez, puisque je découvre tout juste cette image Pléiades 🛰️ du Bourget 2025, on va donc utiliser une photo Airbus -parfaite 👌- pour visualiser chez Dassault les gabarits #Rafale vs UCAS vs NGF #SCAF (qui même si pas définitif pour ce dernier, donne une idée précise de l'évolution) :

Russian army is rolling over Ukraine. But there are some important nuances...

Le syndrome de Stockholm a la vie dure...

BREAKING: The US government has just removed sections 9 and 10 of Article I of the US Constitution from their website.

Note that sections 9 and 10 deal with:

- Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Congresses ability to control tariffs.

See screenshot below: Notice that 9 and 10 are gone.

🇪🇺🇷🇺 JUST IN: EU To Lower Russian Oil Price Cap To $47.60 On September 3

The EU will enforce a reduced price ceiling on Russian oil starting September 3, cutting the G7 cap from $60 to $47.60 per barrel.

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SAFE: Where the EU27 stands on the Commission’s €150 billion defence loans Latest from Euractiv

SAFE: Where the EU27 stands on the Commission’s €150 billion defence loans

(Comme l'avaient fait les britaniques pendant le gap avant les QE)

D'après l'article ils étudient plutôt un STOBAR pour du Rafale.

Ca va quand même faire un trou de plusieurs années pour l'aéronavale. ça va être interessant de voir si ils font l'effort d'intégrer des pilotes sur des portes-avions alliés afin de conserver le skillset.

El Gobierno aparca la compra de cazas F-35 estadounidenses y busca alternativas europeas La Armada perderá la aviación embarcada hasta que disponga de un portaviones

Source: elpais.com/espana/2025-...

❗️🇪🇸Spain has refused to buy 🇺🇸American F-35 fighters and is looking for a European alternative

To the surprise and shock of nobody.

European-assembled maybe. Very much a US leash tho.

5 Russian fighter jets hit by Ukraine's SBU in drone operation in occupied Crimea, one destroyed Drones operated by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) targeted an airfield in the city of Saky.

⚡️5 Russian fighter jets hit by Ukraine's SBU in drone operation in occupied Crimea, one destroyed.

Drones operated by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) targeted an airfield in the city of Saky.

Peskov reacted to Medvedev's statements.
He said no one should care what Medvedev says.

Any idea if these angels can be modified to carry AASM Hammers?
Asking for a friend.

Now if Macron wasn't actually chicken, he would just like, do it anyway, and wait for everyone else to follow the fait accompli later.

Sometimes all you need is someone brave enough to take the first step.