Two Majors - English Channel
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Russian Embassy in the UK
08.05.202514:43
❌ On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory we continue to witness persistent attempts in the UK to distort the historical truth about the Second World War and to discredit our country’s decisive role in the defeat of Nazism.
In their efforts to portray the Kiev regime as a "force for good" some UK officials go to great lengths to conceal the overtly neo-Nazi nature of their clientele. They remain silent that in today’s Ukraine Hitler collaborators who fought alongside the Nazis – such as Roman Shukhevych and Stepan Bandera – have been officially elevated to the status of national heroes. These individuals bear responsibility for the mass murder of Jews, Poles, Russians and fellow Ukrainians.
A particularly egregious insult to the memory of those who perished in the battle against fascism was the UK-initiated invitation to an informal meeting of the UN Security Council, earlier this year, of a fighter from the Azov Battalion bearing an SS "Totenkopf" tattoo. Meanwhile, personnel from this infamous Nazi SS division were responsible, among other atrocities, for the execution of 97 British prisoners of war in France in 1940.
The recent participation of Ukrainian combatants in official commemorations in central London represents yet another glaring example of this deeply troubling trend. <...>
Attempts to exploit this solemn anniversary to stoke militaristic hysteria in British society, imbued with an anti-Russian sentiment, do little credit to official London.
☝️ It worth remembering that a skewed interpretation of history produces a flawed perception of reality.
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In their efforts to portray the Kiev regime as a "force for good" some UK officials go to great lengths to conceal the overtly neo-Nazi nature of their clientele. They remain silent that in today’s Ukraine Hitler collaborators who fought alongside the Nazis – such as Roman Shukhevych and Stepan Bandera – have been officially elevated to the status of national heroes. These individuals bear responsibility for the mass murder of Jews, Poles, Russians and fellow Ukrainians.
A particularly egregious insult to the memory of those who perished in the battle against fascism was the UK-initiated invitation to an informal meeting of the UN Security Council, earlier this year, of a fighter from the Azov Battalion bearing an SS "Totenkopf" tattoo. Meanwhile, personnel from this infamous Nazi SS division were responsible, among other atrocities, for the execution of 97 British prisoners of war in France in 1940.
The recent participation of Ukrainian combatants in official commemorations in central London represents yet another glaring example of this deeply troubling trend. <...>
Attempts to exploit this solemn anniversary to stoke militaristic hysteria in British society, imbued with an anti-Russian sentiment, do little credit to official London.
☝️ It worth remembering that a skewed interpretation of history produces a flawed perception of reality.
Read in full
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Ukraine Watch
08.05.202512:12
🔘 Meanwhile in Germany, hellish repressions — refugees are being forced to work.
While outright Nazis (far more radical than even Zelensky and his circle) are scrambling for power back home, abroad refugees are crying because… they’re being made to work.
Reporting in from "Battalion Berlin": a Ukrainian refugee is complaining that she’s being forced to work.
“This is too much. I can’t handle it. Soon I’ll be like a German woman — only thinking about work.”
It’s especially amusing that the need to work is seen as “the shock and pain of a refugee’s life.” One can only dream of such a level of audacity and unclouded consciousness.
@ukraine_watch
While outright Nazis (far more radical than even Zelensky and his circle) are scrambling for power back home, abroad refugees are crying because… they’re being made to work.
Reporting in from "Battalion Berlin": a Ukrainian refugee is complaining that she’s being forced to work.
“This is too much. I can’t handle it. Soon I’ll be like a German woman — only thinking about work.”
It’s especially amusing that the need to work is seen as “the shock and pain of a refugee’s life.” One can only dream of such a level of audacity and unclouded consciousness.
@ukraine_watch
08.05.202510:34
🇩🇪 The Hypocrisy of German Authorities and Capitalists about the Nazi Period
On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Victory Day of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War⚡️ , German companies "admitted" responsibility for the strengthening of National Socialist power in Germany in the 1930s and issued a joint statement: "The rise to power of the National Socialists in 1933 would not have been possible without the failure of the decision-makers in politics, the army, the judiciary and the economy at that time. German companies (❗️) contributed to the strengthening of National Socialist power . Concerned about their own profit , many companies and their then managers were involved in this."
The statement was signed by the heads of 49 German companies . It is significant that the signatories include such concerns as Airbus SE, Rheinmetall, Thyssenkrupp AG, Siemens AG, Bosh, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, MTU Aero Engines AG, BASF SE, Continental AG and others, which have been beneficiaries and some of the main instigators of the war in Ukraine for three years now (❗️).
Some companies in German industry are also considering the possibility of returning (❗️) for the first time since 1945 to the production of military products . Among this category, Mercedes , whose profit in the first quarter of 2025 fell by 43%, Volkswagen and BMW, which lost 41% and 26.4% of their profits, respectively, may be expected. A similar process is recorded in the chemical industry , which is reorienting itself to the production of explosives.
✨ Right now, almost a hundred years later, the German authorities and owners of large corporations are making efforts to get out of the economic crisis by increasing the production of military products . The new Chancellor Merz, a protégé of the transnational corporation Blackrock, who came to power, openly declares his readiness to direct hundreds of billions of euros to the military-industrial complex . As in the 1930s, German business is turning a blind eye to the growing militarization and real Nazification of power , directly contributing to this process.
✨⭐️ The logical consequence of this path will be the unleashing of a new world war , the preparation for which is already admitted by almost all hostile 🇷🇺 Russia heads of the European Union🇪🇺 .
⚡️ Two Majors
On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Victory Day of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War⚡️ , German companies "admitted" responsibility for the strengthening of National Socialist power in Germany in the 1930s and issued a joint statement: "The rise to power of the National Socialists in 1933 would not have been possible without the failure of the decision-makers in politics, the army, the judiciary and the economy at that time. German companies (❗️) contributed to the strengthening of National Socialist power . Concerned about their own profit , many companies and their then managers were involved in this."
The statement was signed by the heads of 49 German companies . It is significant that the signatories include such concerns as Airbus SE, Rheinmetall, Thyssenkrupp AG, Siemens AG, Bosh, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, MTU Aero Engines AG, BASF SE, Continental AG and others, which have been beneficiaries and some of the main instigators of the war in Ukraine for three years now (❗️).
Some companies in German industry are also considering the possibility of returning (❗️) for the first time since 1945 to the production of military products . Among this category, Mercedes , whose profit in the first quarter of 2025 fell by 43%, Volkswagen and BMW, which lost 41% and 26.4% of their profits, respectively, may be expected. A similar process is recorded in the chemical industry , which is reorienting itself to the production of explosives.
✨ Right now, almost a hundred years later, the German authorities and owners of large corporations are making efforts to get out of the economic crisis by increasing the production of military products . The new Chancellor Merz, a protégé of the transnational corporation Blackrock, who came to power, openly declares his readiness to direct hundreds of billions of euros to the military-industrial complex . As in the 1930s, German business is turning a blind eye to the growing militarization and real Nazification of power , directly contributing to this process.
✨⭐️ The logical consequence of this path will be the unleashing of a new world war , the preparation for which is already admitted by almost all hostile 🇷🇺 Russia heads of the European Union🇪🇺 .
⚡️ Two Majors
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Intel Republic
08.05.202508:56
'Mongolian people stood together with the people of Russia
We helped generously with supplies to ensure victory in that war'
Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, Prez of Mongolia describes to Putin the way Mongolia helped USSR against Hitler's forces.
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We helped generously with supplies to ensure victory in that war'
Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, Prez of Mongolia describes to Putin the way Mongolia helped USSR against Hitler's forces.
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08.05.202507:33
❗️ 8.05. Kursk region. Tetkino village. Morning. Truce
According to information, at 4 am there was another attack on Tetkino: infantry in armored fighting vehicles accompanied by engineering equipment.
Met the VDV and FPV. The equipment burned. All 200 khokhol. Those from the Ukrainian Armed Forces who dropped by Chapaev Street in Tetkino yesterday - all 200.
Result as of 8.50: ours have reconciled all the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Tetkino area. We will call it that today and tomorrow.
Work, brothers!
Роман Алехин
⚡️ Two Majors
According to information, at 4 am there was another attack on Tetkino: infantry in armored fighting vehicles accompanied by engineering equipment.
Met the VDV and FPV. The equipment burned. All 200 khokhol. Those from the Ukrainian Armed Forces who dropped by Chapaev Street in Tetkino yesterday - all 200.
Result as of 8.50: ours have reconciled all the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Tetkino area. We will call it that today and tomorrow.
Work, brothers!
Роман Алехин
⚡️ Two Majors
08.05.202505:09
⚡️ Two Majors #Summary for the morning of May 8, 2025
▪️ According to the previously announced decision of the Supreme, the Russian Army began to observe a ceasefire from 00:00 from May 7 to 8 until 00:00 from May 10 to 11. Enemy monitoring channels did not record "Gerani" or other air strike assets in the skies over Ukraine.
▪️ Almost until midnight, Kiev organized a continuous "drone caravan" to Moscow, disrupting the work of airports in the Moscow air zone. The "carpet" plan was lifted only at night, our air defense was working. During the day, in the Krasnodar Territory, near the station Taman, air defense systems shot down two missiles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, causing damage to 17 houses. Footage of damage to a Lukoil gas station from a UAV crash in the Krasnodar Territory near the Crimean Bridge is circulating. Over the previous day, the enemy used almost half a thousand drones in our regions.
▪️ The media, citing sources in telecom operators, reported that in Moscow on May 9, for security reasons, mobile Internet and even cellular communications will be turned off from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
▪️ In the Bryansk direction, mortar and drone strikes continued yesterday on the positions of our units of the border cover forces group.
▪️ On the borders of the Kursk region yesterday morning the enemy resumed attacks on Tetkino, plowed up by FAB strikes, which is located close to the border. Ground units repelled the enemy on the ground, drone operators worked, as well as in the area of the border section near the village of Novy Put. In the evening, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the village of Kuibyshev in the Rylsky district. The strike hit the motor transport shop of Promsakhar LLC. As a result of the fall of the drone debris, the broiler shop of the poultry farm of Cherkizovo JSC in the village of Beketovo in the Gorshechensky district was damaged. In the afternoon, an FPV drone attacked the Church of the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessaloniki in the village of Salnoye in the Khomutovsky district.
▪️ In the Sumy direction, assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces continued to expand the control zone, advanced in the vicinity of the villages of Vodolaga, Belovody and Loknya, and are gaining a foothold.
▪️ In the Belgorod region, in Shebekino, a woman was injured as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone. In the afternoon in Shebekino, in the area of the bypass road, a drone struck a car. In the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, Shebekinsky District, a drone detonated in the parking lot of an enterprise - two cars were cut by shrapnel. In Valuyki, a drone attacked a KamAZ parked on the territory of an industrial enterprise.
▪️ In the Konstantinovsky direction, enemy channels note that the Russian Armed Forces have consolidated their positions north of Berezovka and are storming the settlement of Novaya Poltavka. Most of Alexandropol near Tarasovka has been occupied.
▪️ In the South - Donetsk direction, our troops continue to fight in the area of the settlement Bogatyr, the enemy throws infantry and armored vehicles into battle every day, trying to recapture the positions it has lost in oncoming battles. GrT "Vostok" writes that in the previous day alone, 1 tank, 4 armored fighting vehicles, and up to 40 Ukrainian Armed Forces drones were destroyed in this section of the front. In Bogatyr itself, our paratroopers continued to advance.
▪️ In the Orekhov direction of the Zaporozhye Front, positional battles continue in the area of Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Shcherbaki, Stepovoye and Kamenskoye. Drones and artillery battles are underway.
▪️ In the Kherson region , yesterday morning in Oleshky, a Ukrainian drone attacked an ambulance right on the territory of the Central District Hospital. There were three drops, the paramedic received a slight concussion.
The summary was compiled by: ⚡️ Two Majors
▪️ According to the previously announced decision of the Supreme, the Russian Army began to observe a ceasefire from 00:00 from May 7 to 8 until 00:00 from May 10 to 11. Enemy monitoring channels did not record "Gerani" or other air strike assets in the skies over Ukraine.
▪️ Almost until midnight, Kiev organized a continuous "drone caravan" to Moscow, disrupting the work of airports in the Moscow air zone. The "carpet" plan was lifted only at night, our air defense was working. During the day, in the Krasnodar Territory, near the station Taman, air defense systems shot down two missiles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, causing damage to 17 houses. Footage of damage to a Lukoil gas station from a UAV crash in the Krasnodar Territory near the Crimean Bridge is circulating. Over the previous day, the enemy used almost half a thousand drones in our regions.
▪️ The media, citing sources in telecom operators, reported that in Moscow on May 9, for security reasons, mobile Internet and even cellular communications will be turned off from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
▪️ In the Bryansk direction, mortar and drone strikes continued yesterday on the positions of our units of the border cover forces group.
▪️ On the borders of the Kursk region yesterday morning the enemy resumed attacks on Tetkino, plowed up by FAB strikes, which is located close to the border. Ground units repelled the enemy on the ground, drone operators worked, as well as in the area of the border section near the village of Novy Put. In the evening, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the village of Kuibyshev in the Rylsky district. The strike hit the motor transport shop of Promsakhar LLC. As a result of the fall of the drone debris, the broiler shop of the poultry farm of Cherkizovo JSC in the village of Beketovo in the Gorshechensky district was damaged. In the afternoon, an FPV drone attacked the Church of the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessaloniki in the village of Salnoye in the Khomutovsky district.
▪️ In the Sumy direction, assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces continued to expand the control zone, advanced in the vicinity of the villages of Vodolaga, Belovody and Loknya, and are gaining a foothold.
▪️ In the Belgorod region, in Shebekino, a woman was injured as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone. In the afternoon in Shebekino, in the area of the bypass road, a drone struck a car. In the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, Shebekinsky District, a drone detonated in the parking lot of an enterprise - two cars were cut by shrapnel. In Valuyki, a drone attacked a KamAZ parked on the territory of an industrial enterprise.
▪️ In the Konstantinovsky direction, enemy channels note that the Russian Armed Forces have consolidated their positions north of Berezovka and are storming the settlement of Novaya Poltavka. Most of Alexandropol near Tarasovka has been occupied.
▪️ In the South - Donetsk direction, our troops continue to fight in the area of the settlement Bogatyr, the enemy throws infantry and armored vehicles into battle every day, trying to recapture the positions it has lost in oncoming battles. GrT "Vostok" writes that in the previous day alone, 1 tank, 4 armored fighting vehicles, and up to 40 Ukrainian Armed Forces drones were destroyed in this section of the front. In Bogatyr itself, our paratroopers continued to advance.
▪️ In the Orekhov direction of the Zaporozhye Front, positional battles continue in the area of Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Shcherbaki, Stepovoye and Kamenskoye. Drones and artillery battles are underway.
▪️ In the Kherson region , yesterday morning in Oleshky, a Ukrainian drone attacked an ambulance right on the territory of the Central District Hospital. There were three drops, the paramedic received a slight concussion.
The summary was compiled by: ⚡️ Two Majors
08.05.202513:33
⚡️ Report from the border
Kursk region, workers' settlement Glushkovo.
Footage of the aftermath of a missile strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the workers' settlement of Glushkovo.
@starshii_pogrannaryada
⚡️ Two Majors
Kursk region, workers' settlement Glushkovo.
Footage of the aftermath of a missile strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the workers' settlement of Glushkovo.
@starshii_pogrannaryada
⚡️ Two Majors
08.05.202511:48
✨ Frontal armor✨
✌️ Immortal Regiment VBron_31
We continue our campaign "Immortal Regiment VBron_31"! A personalized armor kit was made and installed on a combat vehicle in memory of the hero of the Great Patriotic War - the grandfather of our volunteer Denis.
Danilkin Sergey Mitrofanovich
Born in 1921, native of the Oryol region
Tanker
Missing in action in 1943 near Smolensk.⭐️
VБроне_31
⚡️ Two Majors
✌️ Immortal Regiment VBron_31
We continue our campaign "Immortal Regiment VBron_31"! A personalized armor kit was made and installed on a combat vehicle in memory of the hero of the Great Patriotic War - the grandfather of our volunteer Denis.
Danilkin Sergey Mitrofanovich
Born in 1921, native of the Oryol region
Tanker
Missing in action in 1943 near Smolensk.⭐️
VБроне_31
⚡️ Two Majors
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Lord Bebo & Friends
08.05.202510:09
🇺🇸🇾🇪‼️🚨 The Houthis have attacked the US aircraft carrier Truman and taken credit for the destroyed F18!!!
Less than 24 hours passed after Trump announced that the Houthis have capitulated.
➡️ Join us! | @MyLordBebo
Less than 24 hours passed after Trump announced that the Houthis have capitulated.
➡️ Join us! | @MyLordBebo
08.05.202508:34
Viktor Orban said that Hungary will not agree with the desire of the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen to drag Europe into the Ukrainian conflict.
"Von der Leyen wants to pour billions more into Ukraine, drag Europe further into a losing war and drag a bankrupt state into the EU. She does not serve the member states - she serves the agenda. Hungary will not agree to this."
⚡️ Two Majors
"Von der Leyen wants to pour billions more into Ukraine, drag Europe further into a losing war and drag a bankrupt state into the EU. She does not serve the member states - she serves the agenda. Hungary will not agree to this."
⚡️ Two Majors
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The Islander
08.05.202507:13
🇩🇪🇺🇦 REPORTER: Will you supply Taurus missiles to Zelensky?
MERZ: ‘President Zelensky knows that he can rely on me’
Taurus cruise missiles need German crews to operate
Russia has warned they would face ‘dire consequences’.
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MERZ: ‘President Zelensky knows that he can rely on me’
Taurus cruise missiles need German crews to operate
Russia has warned they would face ‘dire consequences’.
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08.05.202513:14
Bryansk region. Governor:
Ukrainian terrorists attacked the village of Kamensky Khutor in the Klimovsky district with kamikaze drones.
Unfortunately, a civilian received shrapnel wounds. The man was quickly taken to the hospital, where he received all the necessary medical care. I wish the victim a speedy recovery!
⚡️Two Majors
Ukrainian terrorists attacked the village of Kamensky Khutor in the Klimovsky district with kamikaze drones.
Unfortunately, a civilian received shrapnel wounds. The man was quickly taken to the hospital, where he received all the necessary medical care. I wish the victim a speedy recovery!
⚡️Two Majors
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World Pravda
08.05.202511:23
⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇳🇧🇦 Russian Ambassador Leaves UN Security Council: Schmidt Is Not Legitimate, I Don't Want to Listen to Him
The UN Security Council is holding a regular semi-annual session on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, during which Russian Permanent Representative Vasily Nebenzya stated that Christian Schmidt had no right to speak on behalf of the international community in the Security Council, and then left the room, not wanting to listen to him. At the beginning of the session on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nebenzya expressed his "principled disagreement with Schmidt attending this meeting in his capacity as the so-called High Representative".
said the Russian ambassador, emphasizing that "Schmidt has no right to speak on behalf of the international community or to submit any documents to the Security Council."
Schmidt has completely "discredited himself by attempting to usurp authority" in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nebenzya added.
@worldpravda
The UN Security Council is holding a regular semi-annual session on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, during which Russian Permanent Representative Vasily Nebenzya stated that Christian Schmidt had no right to speak on behalf of the international community in the Security Council, and then left the room, not wanting to listen to him. At the beginning of the session on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nebenzya expressed his "principled disagreement with Schmidt attending this meeting in his capacity as the so-called High Representative".
"The Security Council did not confirm him in this position. We would like to remind you that the issue of Bosnia and Herzegovina is on the agenda of the Security Council in accordance with Article 7 of the UN Charter. There is a 25-year practice of us confirming the High Representative. This means that, without the necessary mandate from the Security Council, the position of High Representative is vacant,"
said the Russian ambassador, emphasizing that "Schmidt has no right to speak on behalf of the international community or to submit any documents to the Security Council."
Schmidt has completely "discredited himself by attempting to usurp authority" in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nebenzya added.
@worldpravda
+1
08.05.202509:43
🇱🇻 Latvia Creates AI-Powered Autonomous Drone Interceptor Blaze
Latvian startup Origin Robotics has unveiled the Blaze system, an autonomous kamikaze drone for combating UAVs. Blaze combines computer vision and radar tracking, providing high-precision target interception. The system is launched from a compact portable case.
📌 Key features of Blaze :
▪️ Cost: The interceptor is said to be "10 times cheaper than its targets"
▪️ Autonomy: The UAV operates autonomously, automatically detecting and tracking aerial threats
▪️ Safety: Requires operator approval before interception to prevent friendly fire
▪️ Deployment speed: Launch in 60 seconds from a portable container
▪️ Guidance: AI + radar + computer vision
Serial production for NATO countries is planned to begin as early as 2026 , so that air defense tasks against UAVs are performed by cost-effective interceptor drones , rather than expensive anti-aircraft missiles. Equipped with a high-explosive fragmentation warhead, the drone can neutralize targets both with a direct hit and when detonated in the air.
IN🇷🇺 Russia is also developing similar drones and using them on the battlefield. The only question is how systematically this is happening and whether the successful experience of their use is being scaled up quickly enough. For example, the American company🇺🇸 Anduril Industries has already announced the start of serial production of similar Roadrunner interceptor drones and has even begun equipping destroyers with them.
✨ Origin Robotics is already supplying another of its BEAK drones to Ukraine (pictured), so we should expect delivery of Blaze interceptor drones in the near future. Such systems reflect the global trend towards creating compact, autonomous and cheap air defense systems.
This and other developments by Latvian defense companies are not a random event or a lucky coincidence. The state has put forward an initiative to develop national defense systems against unmanned aerial vehicles, seeking to create a high-tech air defense sector that will not depend on other countries.
As part of this program, the Latvian Ministry of Defense has signed contracts with local startups and defense companies (Origin Robotics, SAF Tehnika, Frankenburg Technologies, WeMPS) to create relevant and scalable solutions for combating UAVs. The projects will be funded by the Ministry of Defense and industrial partners. At the same time, 65% of the costs will be covered by the Ministry of Defense, and the remaining 35% by the participating companies. To speed up the development and implementation of solutions, the Ministry of Defense will provide access to its infrastructure for testing.
⚡️ Two Majors
Latvian startup Origin Robotics has unveiled the Blaze system, an autonomous kamikaze drone for combating UAVs. Blaze combines computer vision and radar tracking, providing high-precision target interception. The system is launched from a compact portable case.
📌 Key features of Blaze :
▪️ Cost: The interceptor is said to be "10 times cheaper than its targets"
▪️ Autonomy: The UAV operates autonomously, automatically detecting and tracking aerial threats
▪️ Safety: Requires operator approval before interception to prevent friendly fire
▪️ Deployment speed: Launch in 60 seconds from a portable container
▪️ Guidance: AI + radar + computer vision
Serial production for NATO countries is planned to begin as early as 2026 , so that air defense tasks against UAVs are performed by cost-effective interceptor drones , rather than expensive anti-aircraft missiles. Equipped with a high-explosive fragmentation warhead, the drone can neutralize targets both with a direct hit and when detonated in the air.
IN🇷🇺 Russia is also developing similar drones and using them on the battlefield. The only question is how systematically this is happening and whether the successful experience of their use is being scaled up quickly enough. For example, the American company🇺🇸 Anduril Industries has already announced the start of serial production of similar Roadrunner interceptor drones and has even begun equipping destroyers with them.
✨ Origin Robotics is already supplying another of its BEAK drones to Ukraine (pictured), so we should expect delivery of Blaze interceptor drones in the near future. Such systems reflect the global trend towards creating compact, autonomous and cheap air defense systems.
This and other developments by Latvian defense companies are not a random event or a lucky coincidence. The state has put forward an initiative to develop national defense systems against unmanned aerial vehicles, seeking to create a high-tech air defense sector that will not depend on other countries.
As part of this program, the Latvian Ministry of Defense has signed contracts with local startups and defense companies (Origin Robotics, SAF Tehnika, Frankenburg Technologies, WeMPS) to create relevant and scalable solutions for combating UAVs. The projects will be funded by the Ministry of Defense and industrial partners. At the same time, 65% of the costs will be covered by the Ministry of Defense, and the remaining 35% by the participating companies. To speed up the development and implementation of solutions, the Ministry of Defense will provide access to its infrastructure for testing.
⚡️ Two Majors
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Slavyangrad
08.05.202508:14
Europe is already panicking over George Simion's success in the Romanian elections.
The first round of the presidential elections has ended in the country, and the results have caused liberals to make noise. The Danish newspaper Politiken even published a cartoon in which the winner of the first round, George Simion, is depicted as Count Dracula with the caption: “Make Romania great again” – a direct reference to Donald Trump’s slogan.
— Politiken notes.
This is the second election in six months: the previous results were annulled at the request of the EU after the "wrong" candidate won. Brussels hoped that a politician more "suitable" from the Western point of view would now come to power, but the plan did not work. Even among Romanians living abroad, the majority supported the "pro-Romanian" candidate.
The second round will take place on May 18. Now, a simple majority of votes is enough to win. The European Commission is still silent, and the leader of the French Patriots, Florian Philippot, has already noted that Romanians are tired of the escalation policy with Russia.
@Slavyangrad
The first round of the presidential elections has ended in the country, and the results have caused liberals to make noise. The Danish newspaper Politiken even published a cartoon in which the winner of the first round, George Simion, is depicted as Count Dracula with the caption: “Make Romania great again” – a direct reference to Donald Trump’s slogan.
George Simion, a big Trump fan, won the first round of Romania's presidential elections with a platform that celebrates traditional Romanian values,
— Politiken notes.
This is the second election in six months: the previous results were annulled at the request of the EU after the "wrong" candidate won. Brussels hoped that a politician more "suitable" from the Western point of view would now come to power, but the plan did not work. Even among Romanians living abroad, the majority supported the "pro-Romanian" candidate.
The second round will take place on May 18. Now, a simple majority of votes is enough to win. The European Commission is still silent, and the leader of the French Patriots, Florian Philippot, has already noted that Romanians are tired of the escalation policy with Russia.
@Slavyangrad
08.05.202506:53
🇷🇺 Patriarch Kirill awarded the priest who participated in the hike through the pipe to Sudzha.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' presented the Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Dmitry Donskoy, 1st degree, to Priest Alexey Skripkin. The priest walked through the pipe to Sudzha together with Russian soldiers and spiritually supported them.
⚡️Two Majors
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' presented the Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Dmitry Donskoy, 1st degree, to Priest Alexey Skripkin. The priest walked through the pipe to Sudzha together with Russian soldiers and spiritually supported them.
“It was this humble priest who crawled through that terrible pipe… The risk was enormous, but the courage of the Orthodox priest, his love for the Fatherland were stronger than any fears. Therefore, it is worthy and right that this high order of the Russian Orthodox Church was bestowed upon Father Alexey,” the Patriarch noted.
⚡️Two Majors
07.05.202523:11
Two businessmen - Boshir Patel and Petraj Sharma,
were spotted in Kashmir while sightseeing.
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were spotted in Kashmir while sightseeing.
⚡️Two Majors
08.05.202512:41
The expected statement from the Russian Defense Ministry shows that Ukraine is not observing the ceasefire:
In accordance with the decision of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, based on humanitarian considerations, during the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Victory - from midnight on May 8, all groups of Russian troops in the special military operation zone completely ceased combat operations and remained at previously occupied lines and positions.
The Russian Armed Forces strictly observe the ceasefire regime. This includes not carrying out strikes by aircraft, missile forces, artillery, or unmanned aerial vehicles.
❗️ Despite the announcement of a ceasefire, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have not ceased military operations against Russian troops. They have made two attempts to break through the state border of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region , as well as an attack in the area of the settlement of Dzerzhinsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
▪️ Along the entire line of combat contact, Ukrainian units carried out 173 attacks from barrel artillery, tanks and mortars on positions of our troops, as well as 4 using multiple launch rocket systems. In addition, 300 strikes and drops of ammunition from unmanned aerial vehicles were carried out.
▪️ A total of 488 ceasefire violations were recorded.
The deliberate destructive actions of the Ukrainian side towards Russia confirm the desire of the Kiev regime to prevent the conflict in Ukraine from being resolved peacefully.
❗️ In these conditions, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are responding in a mirror-like manner to violations of the ceasefire by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and will continue to act in accordance with the current situation, responding to all criminal encroachments by the Kyiv regime.
⚡️Two Majors
In accordance with the decision of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, based on humanitarian considerations, during the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Victory - from midnight on May 8, all groups of Russian troops in the special military operation zone completely ceased combat operations and remained at previously occupied lines and positions.
The Russian Armed Forces strictly observe the ceasefire regime. This includes not carrying out strikes by aircraft, missile forces, artillery, or unmanned aerial vehicles.
❗️ Despite the announcement of a ceasefire, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have not ceased military operations against Russian troops. They have made two attempts to break through the state border of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region , as well as an attack in the area of the settlement of Dzerzhinsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
▪️ Along the entire line of combat contact, Ukrainian units carried out 173 attacks from barrel artillery, tanks and mortars on positions of our troops, as well as 4 using multiple launch rocket systems. In addition, 300 strikes and drops of ammunition from unmanned aerial vehicles were carried out.
▪️ A total of 488 ceasefire violations were recorded.
The deliberate destructive actions of the Ukrainian side towards Russia confirm the desire of the Kiev regime to prevent the conflict in Ukraine from being resolved peacefully.
❗️ In these conditions, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are responding in a mirror-like manner to violations of the ceasefire by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and will continue to act in accordance with the current situation, responding to all criminal encroachments by the Kyiv regime.
⚡️Two Majors
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Rybar in English
08.05.202511:01
📝On Interceptor Drones📝
The importance of UAV interceptors
The Rubikon Center has published footage of the use of interceptor drones to destroy Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, including moments of kinetic interception of Fury, Leleka, FlyEye, and other aircraft.
Previously, such videos were published by the opponent: the combination of Israeli RPS-42 radars and UAV hunters has greatly complicated the work of the reconnaissance "wings" of the Russian Armed Forces, which used to freely fly deep into enemy territory. It is gratifying that more and more such footage is now being published on our side.
🖍This method at least allows fighting UAVs without the need to spend expensive air defense missiles - the ammunition will not be enough for each "Fury" and even less for "Baba Yaga". And in the context of the increasing range of strike UAVs, it is dangerous to place Tors right at the front line.
🚩However, there is still a lot of work to be done in this direction, primarily in equipping units with compact radars, of which there are few in the troops. At the same time, there have long been proven serial models that simply were not procured in mass for such purposes.
❗️All this is especially relevant in the light of the AFU's concept of the "Line of Drones" to isolate entire sections of the front, which they are already trying to apply in places. It is the effectively operating means of intercepting "Baba Yagas" and "wings" that will not allow the enemy to implement their plans and will break their plans.
#UAV #Russia #Ukraine
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The importance of UAV interceptors
The Rubikon Center has published footage of the use of interceptor drones to destroy Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, including moments of kinetic interception of Fury, Leleka, FlyEye, and other aircraft.
Previously, such videos were published by the opponent: the combination of Israeli RPS-42 radars and UAV hunters has greatly complicated the work of the reconnaissance "wings" of the Russian Armed Forces, which used to freely fly deep into enemy territory. It is gratifying that more and more such footage is now being published on our side.
🖍This method at least allows fighting UAVs without the need to spend expensive air defense missiles - the ammunition will not be enough for each "Fury" and even less for "Baba Yaga". And in the context of the increasing range of strike UAVs, it is dangerous to place Tors right at the front line.
🚩However, there is still a lot of work to be done in this direction, primarily in equipping units with compact radars, of which there are few in the troops. At the same time, there have long been proven serial models that simply were not procured in mass for such purposes.
❗️All this is especially relevant in the light of the AFU's concept of the "Line of Drones" to isolate entire sections of the front, which they are already trying to apply in places. It is the effectively operating means of intercepting "Baba Yagas" and "wings" that will not allow the enemy to implement their plans and will break their plans.
#UAV #Russia #Ukraine
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08.05.202509:17
ZALA "Lancet" and Z-16: reconnaissance and destruction of HIMARS MLRS
The HIMARS rocket launcher is one of the key weapons systems supplied by the West to Ukraine. The cost of one launcher (for deliveries to the US Army) in 2024 was estimated at $4.9 million.
The Russian Armed Forces have proven that missile launchers can be effectively destroyed not only by missiles, but also by using Lancet loitering munitions.
We present a selection of openly published reconnaissance and objective control footage of the use of Lancets and other weapons of the Russian Armed Forces against the HIMARS MLRS.
⚡️ Two Majors
The HIMARS rocket launcher is one of the key weapons systems supplied by the West to Ukraine. The cost of one launcher (for deliveries to the US Army) in 2024 was estimated at $4.9 million.
The Russian Armed Forces have proven that missile launchers can be effectively destroyed not only by missiles, but also by using Lancet loitering munitions.
We present a selection of openly published reconnaissance and objective control footage of the use of Lancets and other weapons of the Russian Armed Forces against the HIMARS MLRS.
⚡️ Two Majors
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08.05.202507:53
🇩🇰🇺🇸 Denmark to summon US ambassador over Greenland espionage report
The Danish Foreign Ministry is seeking clarification over a recent Wall Street Journal story about the US ostensibly stepping up its intelligence activities related to Greenland amid Donald Trump’s drive to annex the island.
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The Danish Foreign Ministry is seeking clarification over a recent Wall Street Journal story about the US ostensibly stepping up its intelligence activities related to Greenland amid Donald Trump’s drive to annex the island.
“I have read the article, and it worries me a lot, because we do not spy between friends,” Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told media.
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08.05.202506:23
⚡️ Tetkinsky direction
❗️ From early morning the enemy launched an offensive in the direction of Budki - Tetkino, 4 armored fighting vehicles were destroyed, the manpower of the Ukrainian militants was withdrawn;
❗️ The Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing for new assault operations in the direction of Ryzhevka - Tetkino;
❗️ It is possible that there is an enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group present in the area;
❗️ According to the latest information, Ukrainian militants numbering up to 30 personnel are trying to break through to Chapaeva Street in the village of Tetkino;
❗️ There is a possibility that the enemy will attempt to break through to the settlement of Tetkino from the checkpoint today, possibly using ATVs.
Управление Z 🇷🇺
⚡️Two Majors
❗️ From early morning the enemy launched an offensive in the direction of Budki - Tetkino, 4 armored fighting vehicles were destroyed, the manpower of the Ukrainian militants was withdrawn;
❗️ The Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing for new assault operations in the direction of Ryzhevka - Tetkino;
❗️ It is possible that there is an enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group present in the area;
❗️ According to the latest information, Ukrainian militants numbering up to 30 personnel are trying to break through to Chapaeva Street in the village of Tetkino;
❗️ There is a possibility that the enemy will attempt to break through to the settlement of Tetkino from the checkpoint today, possibly using ATVs.
Управление Z 🇷🇺
⚡️Two Majors
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07.05.202522:39
🇷🇺 Black woodpeckers attack research cameras:
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"In a reserve in the Leningrad Region, black woodpeckers are fighting video traps. Over the past few years, the birds have destroyed four cameras"
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