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I've noted before my intimation that the full reform of the Ukrainian military is where its true strategic victory lies - and not into the standard Western /NATO model but true reform that keeps what works from the old, Soviet model combined and transformed into a unique hybrid. I suspect that a military which reflects the the nature of and enables the latent power of the transformed society it springs from will be finally secure from Russia. 
As an inveterate autocracy, with the particular geography it contains, Russia will only ever have the type of military it's ever had - mass and power. 
Ukraine, being a society that is something more and different, has a generational opportunity to create a unique defence force. 
 
 

Pekka brings another good graph. 
Stars n stripes, really? 

Data before january on positions is not accurate as tracking didnt start properly then.

Turkey... turkey... ah.  15 minutes on STT.

Lies, damn lies, statistics, and economic statistics. Reminds me of the old joke!
Two economists are walking in the park. As they're walking, they come across a pile of dog ****.
One economist says to the other, "If you eat that dog ****, I'll give you $50". The second economist thinks for a minute, then reaches down, picks up the ****, and eats it. The first economist gives him a $50 bill and they keep going on their walk.
A few minutes later, they come across another pile of dog ****. This time, the second economist says to the first, "Hey, if you eat that, I'll give you $50." So, of course, the first economist picks up the ****, eats it, and gets $50.  
Walking a little while farther, the first economist looks at the second and says, "You know, I gave you $50 to eat dog ****, then you gave me back the same $50 to eat dog ****. I can't help but feel like we both just ate dog **** for nothing."
"That's not true", responded the second economist. "We increased the GDP by $100

The way this is phrased could mean either Ukraine or Russia. Most people do just assume he meant Ukraine.
Very well phrased in the sense of "a great empire will fall".

It was done in Italian indeed

I have posted above the transcription in English and Italian of the relevant excerpt. 
You can watch the relevant fragment of the interview here:
https://www.rsi.ch/play/tv/-/video/un-estratto-dellintervista-a-papa-francesco-1?urn=urn:rsi:video:2091800

Since he's speaking in Italian, I was hedging my bets, also world leaders can be somewhat "clarificative" to coin a phrase.  What they really mean, their eventual position, is the clarification:
EDIT:
Italians barely got a generation being white in some people's eyes before succumbing to this racist meme... not that I'm overly sensitive about it here and there but on the whole it gets tiresome.

Another soldier training with the new sight is Lance Corporal Harry Howes, a driver with 13 Air Assault Support Regiment Royal Logistic Corps, who was full of praise for the Smash sight.
LCpl Howes said: "The Smash sight is a simple piece of kit to use. It just takes a few goes to get used to how it works.
"You still pull the trigger, but the system fires the rifle when it is most confident of a hit – which it gets!"

Interesting kit. Bet it will turn up in Ukraine pretty quickly. In that second photo he's using a tripod, I assume for parameter control during range testing. 
And of course,  they must first solve for

On the topic of western aid, the total number of ATGMs supplied to Ukraine by France has been declassified.

The number of missiles remains classified, in an effort to maintain strategic ambiguity.
 

Extremely disturbing for those who would like to avoid such things.
 
With regard to:
In case misapprehension caused his ban, I should say it's at least possible his post:
...was a sincere expression of regret on realising the other poster had tried to help Ukraine and had failed due to problems with corruption/bribery, and was not just an antagonistic internet warrior.  Much can get lost between translation and the lack of context.  It's right on the edge of plausibility but worth clarifying.

Extremely disturbing for those who would like to avoid such things.
 
With regard to:
In case misapprehension caused his ban, I should say it's at least possible his post:
...was a sincere expression of regret on realising the other poster had tried to help Ukraine and had failed due to problems with corruption/bribery, and was not just an antagonistic internet warrior.  Much can get lost between translation and the lack of context.  It's right on the edge of plausibility but worth clarifying.

Quote from the translation:
Lol

https://twitter.com/anno1540/status/1762413281933709718?t=p1K73kamQpdNPgK7p9QpfQ&s=19
Singing the CV90s praises. The barracuda coating works. 
Western tech living up to the promises. 

Perhaps: "Delboyism"?
Derrick "Del-boy" Trotter, British classic sitcom icon, cockney who sells stolen goods:

EDIT: He even claims to support Chelsea.

Perhaps: "Delboyism"?
Derrick "Del-boy" Trotter, British classic sitcom icon, cockney who sells stolen goods:

EDIT: He even claims to support Chelsea.

Translating dolboyebism is a complex task. You need to include several steps
First, Dolboyebism - the suffix "-ism" suggests that this is a word denoting things related to another word, in this context it would probably mean "something that a dolbayeb would do" (a hypothesis confirmed by meaningful conclusion of step 2).
Second, "dolbayeb" is a compound word, where two parts may be distinguished: "do lba" (to the head) and "yeb". Given that we are dealing with a swear word, it may be safely assumed that "yeb" pertains to  "yebat", to have sex (rude).
Thus we arrive at "dolbayeb" - man, with whose head someone had sex (presumably damaging it in the process) - and "dolbayebism" - "a thing so stupid, that it could be done by a man, with whose head someone had sex, damaging it in the process".
On the Internet I found someone's translation of "dolbayeb" as "****head", which I like as it is both correct as to the meaning and  the closest ethymologically. Dolboyebism thus could be translated as "****headery" or "****headism".
 

Perhaps: "Delboyism"?
Derrick "Del-boy" Trotter, British classic sitcom icon, cockney who sells stolen goods:

EDIT: He even claims to support Chelsea.

Uh oh...

Available from https://chacr.org.uk (The Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research, a think tank established for the British Army) as a .pdf

Available from https://chacr.org.uk (The Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research, a think tank established for the British Army) as a .pdf

Available from https://chacr.org.uk (The Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research, a think tank established for the British Army) as a .pdf