TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@social.cleverlibre.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 71 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
But at least he is back in business and out of conspiracies
Donnie lost his friend and will come out the other side of the convention shorn of the nomination. Someone equally despicable but with sound mind will have it.
With the CFO going to prison for perjury, the judge can disregard all his testimony and really rake Donnie over the coals.
Good morning Resisters everywhere
I slept in and having my usual 24 ounce coffee now. Breakfast can wait until lunch.
Russia will begin exchanging oil for Indian bananas after declaring its Banana war with Ecuador
Having exported oil to India, tens of billions worth of dollars in rupees are stuck in India, forcing Russia to come up with new ways to return these funds and expand imports from India.
Now Russia is planning to launch a banana scheme - to start importing bananas from India, probably in exchange for rupees. India is the largest banana producer in the world, and Russia is the biggest importer (21% of global purchases).
They already began to clear the way for its import. In early February, Ruzzia launched a Banana war against Ecuador - Rosselkhoznadzor partially banned the import of bananas from Ecuador due to the sudden "discovery" of a polyphagous humpback fly.
The decision was made against the backdrop of the Ecuadorian government's decision to transfer Soviet weapons to the United States as scrap metal [for re-delivery to Ukraine]. Russia was the main buyer of bananas in Ecuador and bought twice as much as the United States.
India is a major importer of Russian oil. Its imports from Russia reached a record 2.15 million barrels per day in May 2023 but have been declining since then. In December 2023, it fell to 1.48 million barrels per day.
The drop in volumes was due to payment problems - Russian oil companies cannot accept payments in dollars and euros. Difficulties arose even when trying to accept payment in dirhams.
Because of this, these companies have accumulated huge amounts of Indian rupees in their accounts, which are difficult to convert into foreign currency. In August last year, about $39 billion was kept in Indian banks, which oil companies could not return to Russia, Reuters wrote.
Now Russians will be able to enjoy the Indian bananas in exchange for the oil!
Russian daily losses
From Zelenskyy
Just signed a decree that begins the creation of a separate type of force in our Defense Forces - the Unmanned Systems Force. And this is not a question of the future - it is something that should give a very concrete result already in the near future. This year should become decisive in many aspects. And, obviously, on the battlefield. Drones - unmanned systems - have proven their effectiveness in battles on land, in the sky and at sea. Ukraine has really changed the security situation in the Black Sea thanks to drones. Repelling assaults on the ground is largely the work of drones. Large-scale destruction of the occupiers and their equipment is also drones. Now the list of tasks is clear: special full-time positions for work with drones, special units, effective training, systematization of experience, constant scaling of production and attracting the best ideas, the best specialists in this field.
Have destroyed one third of the Russian fleet.
The hacker group Prana Network hacked the mail servers of Iran's IRGC company Sahara Thunder and posted information about the profit Iran received for Shahed-136.
The Iranians initially requested a price of $375k for one Shahed-136, but after negotiations, the Russian Federation was able to lower the price to:
▫️ $193k for x1 UAV when purchasing 6,000 units.
▫️ $290k for x1 UAV when purchasing 2,000 units.
In total, the Iranians earned $1.8 billion from the supply of Shaheds to the Russian Federation. According to the merged documents, the Russian Federation settled with Iran in gold.
Production technology, schemes, logistics are also published.
The end of the world as we know it is global warming
https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/54376/
From "The Analyst":
FRONTLINE UPDATE 5-6 FEBRUARY
AVDIVKA
The town has been the scene of some dramatic combat - Russia penetrated deep into the northern area after days of pushing in groups of 2-4 soldiers until they built up a strong enough force. They had given up deploying armour because of the drone strikes.
Ukraine was unprepared for the number of Russians due to a new technology the Russians deployed, recently revealed in a video. The Russians moved in mostly at night wearing ‘invisibility cloaks’. These are so effective that when worn they totally obscure someone wearing them from nigh vision equipment. The video is striking, with an uncloaked man clearly visible as the cloaked man opens and closes the cloak dramatically demonstrating its effectiveness. It literally renders night vision equipment useless.
Having moved into the area they launched their attack on the area south east of the coking plant and west of the water filled quarry.
The made considerable gains before being forced back out by the defenders, but it created a tense couple of days and came all too close to cutting off the only main road supply line, without which the city is doomed.
The situation in the south remains with the Russians trapped and encircled between the restaurant fortifications and the area they tried to take. Russia is still supplying them through the tunnel and in small amounts using drones. It seems unlikely they can hold out for an extensive period but the Russians will drag it out to cause a problem for as long as possible.
NORTH FRONT
The Russians have attempted to send yet another raid over the international border but were quickly engaged by Border Forces and eliminated.
Russian artillery fire along the whole northern front has doubled in the past month as the weather has improved. They tend to just fire at what they think is there but rendering the entire environment more difficult.
Fierce battles continue along much of the front with little change as Ukraine holds the line.
The Russians are pushing towards the Yerovets river and are now just 1.5km from Yampolivka. Every day they make small but progressive gains.
EASTERN
Russia has made very small gains north of Klieshievka as they continue to try and push over and around the Ukrainians who still hold most of the hilltop trenches.
Continuing battles everywhere along the front continue at various levels of intensity with small pockets changing hands back and forth, though the Russians have the edge in advances, it’s mostly insignificant.
Little has changed in the south as the Russians have placed their emphasis on Avdivka and the northern front around Kupiansk.
One accidental clip by a foreign news agency showed an M1 Abrams pair in action near Stepove, but it was clearly an accidental piece of coverage they just happened to pass by and it’s a couple of seconds long.
In other news the Dutch government has stopped the sale of 6 F-16 to the American Draken group. These are the same people who purchased Australia’s F-18A’s for scrap. Draken refurbishes or scraps the aircraft, often turning them into training aircraft for foreign governments.
The Netherlands decided to send the six aircraft to Ukraine instead, after they have been refurbished. These almost certainly need a years worth of work to be made operational. Even so it’s still good news for Ukraine.
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦!
“There’s simply no free egg”
- The Russian State Duma urged ruzzians to not expect a reduction in soaring egg prices
Russians should not expect that eggs will again cost 60 rubles per dozen. Prices will remain approximately the same as now, despite the coordination of supplies from abroad, said State Duma deputy, vice-president of Rosptitsesoyuz Sergei Lisovsky
He noted that Russia consumes 45 billion eggs a year, but the authorities plan to import only 1.2 billion. At the same time, imported products are initially more expensive because they are produced for foreign currency, and logistics costs must also be taken into account.
“Thirdly, the purchase of imported eggs itself is not capable of reducing the price ... there is simply no free egg in the world,” Lisovsky emphasized.
According to him, countries usually produce approximately 105% of eggs for their own consumption, that is, they work for the domestic market, so Russia can only count on this 4–5%.
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 71 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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