“Remember not to say anything Maria, it is critical that we are mysterious and gain maximum attention”
https://x.com/francis_scarr/status/1859544904818376879
On the other hand:
https://x.com/Alexey__Kovalev/status/1859546087582826944
Regardless, attention seeking cunts they most certainly are.
PLEASE WESTERN MEDIA AND STUPID WESTERN POLITICIANS WHO BUY OUR PROPAGANDA LINES; PLEASE TALK ABOUT THIS !!!
I really cannot wait for the day these people are just entries in history books and not living threats to humanity.
Direct intervention of North Korea demanded an answer. Also military analysts have been screaming for years that for Ukraine to have a chance, this is strictly necessary. Combined with battlefieldd realities, they felt they had to do something, and this was what was the easiest low-cost answer to do. Biden has been listening to Jake Sullivan and he has been pushing “give what Ukraine needs to not lose, but not enough for them to defeat Russia, as we don’t know what Putin then will do” line.
I am very skepitical of this as these missiles would have had an awesome impact in 2023 and could have helped Ukraine win, but war looks different now and the US and Europe has totally failed to re-start production of both ATACMS and Stormshadow/Scalp. There is only a very small number, very, very finate, available for Ukraine. It will however help, it gives Ukraine more time to further develop their own ballistic and cruise missiles (which they are doing since we are not helping them). But I don’t know if it will be enough time.
I am almost out of hope tbh. I think some governments are over in “manage Ukraine’s defeat” mode tbh.
But it’s not over and it’s a dynamic situation, but Trump and lack of expenditure from European bigger powers like the UK and France, means that it looks rather glum. In Ukraine, manpower has become the biggest issue and they have lower and lower morale, since their perception in Ukraine is that we are ok with their defeat. That of course leads to bad morale and a lot of desertions.
Any insights as to why? Surely they would need to replenish their own stocks?
Yes, some.
A plan announced in October 2016 to add an existing seeker to enable the ATACMS to strike moving targets on land and at sea[38] was terminated in December 2020 to pursue other missile efforts.[39]
ATACMS are very, very old and US has been producing a replacement for a very long time. And re-starting the production lines has not been a fiscal priority as seen above. Part of the reason is that Sullivan and Co didn’t want Ukraine to get any in the first place. So no pressing need etc. for the US and the US has still a large enough stock for itself. For now.
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Starting in 2016, in view of some lagging in the world arms race, where ATACMS had become outdated, Long-Range Precision Fires (LRPF) began to be developed,[40] which was later renamed Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), with the idea of replacing ATACMS missiles with the “Increment 1” phase (version) of PrSM.[41][42][43] That exact replacement began to fill the U.S. Army in late 2023.[44
Stormshadow. Well, the UK does not want to spend much more money on defence and it’s not a priority. France has some production lines it could restart for Scalp, since it exports some. But money and pressing need (carriers and trident eats up a large part of the UK budget).
Of course, many generals and defence analysts very much disagree with these decisions and call them very short sighted, but you don’t win elections in Western Europe, even during this invasion, by prioritising increasedd defence spending. The general populace don’t care enough, or don’t feel threatened enough, to vote for a party that would reroute money from other important sectors to bang-bang.
Also, like in the US, plans are there for an upgrade, so money for RnD instead of stocks, i suppose.
But there has been a debate and much wrangling over these missiles and the fact that they are not produced but very much needed for over a year now. But still no money for it. But it would take me a bit too much time to trawl for sources, so I won’t do that now.
According to Ukrainian military intelligence:
https://x.com/WarMonitor3/status/1859612741339598910
https://x.com/Archer83Able/status/1859611592389755257
Dosye Shpiona says that 18 Russian servicemen were killed, while 30 were wounded (+ 3 North Korean soldiers) as a result of Ukrainian missile strikes on a command post in Mar’ino, Kursk Oblast, on November 20.
The majority of the casualties are said to be Russian officers from the Southern and Eastern Military District.
The deputy commander of the Leningrad Military District, Lieutenant General Valery Solodchuk, was also allegedly present at the command post during the strikes. His condition is unknown at this moment.
Usually a reliable source when it comes to BDA of Ukrainian strikes.
But I mean, can we please just stop and appreciate this theatre ? 
https://x.com/christogrozev/status/1859578380045217871
Let’s hope their actions match their rhetoric. So far, the evidence is not good.
The UK announced rather large defence cuts yesterday due to rising cost.
The ones making excuses for it are saying that the UK didn’t have sailors to sail these ships anyway. So instead of hiring more, the ships are scrapped. The large brigade landing ships (Albion class) are scrapped and the excuse they use there is that the UK army is now so small, that they will not need such large landing ships anyway, since they don’t have the troops to fill them up with. There is currently much debate about this on twitter.
Some blah blah blah from Vladimir today, after Maria’s theatre:
https://x.com/Archer83Able/status/1859649646362230921
Of course facts don’t matter, but as a reminder
https://x.com/Liveuamap/status/1859651433865613761
https://x.com/AseyevStanislav/status/1859598813368914315
Intermediate missile, but details.
Are they planning to fight by throwing sticks and stones? Healy was standing right next to Magowan too. Actions speak louder than words.
https://x.com/PlJonson/status/1859901430083223981
https://x.com/PlJonson/status/1859901433971425669
https://x.com/PlJonson/status/1859901436815159538
https://x.com/PlJonson/status/1859901439516328301
Those evil Swedes! Bullying poor oppressed Russia…
This is so amusing:
https://x.com/francis_scarr/status/1859921572485853410
Olga would be funny if she didn’t have such a big psychological impact on the brainwashed population.
Also, make up your fucking mind with the incoherant propaganda:
https://x.com/olddog100ua/status/1859906293517238399
You want to threaten London and Washington (it’s always conspiratorical London and the evil Brits, despite London not actually doing that much for Ukraine, which is sort of funny) or you want to make imbeciles believe that you want to capture a Kyiv turned nuclear wasteland ? Nothing makes sense, ever. Except it does, because the propaganda works.
