Current Affairs Ukraine

[Mutzo Nutzo]

I was under the impression that most of the military grade drones that Ukraine use come from Turkey and Norway, but that the use and development of small commercial drones in Ukraine used Chinese component parts. It seems that China are about to stop this.

Let's just hope that Russia discussing this in a public facing forum isn't a tactic to stoke matters between the West and China.

A lot of the cheap FPV and quadcopter drones Ukraine uses are Chinese - you can buy them anywhere online.

They also use a lot of US switchblade and ghost phoenix drones as well as a smorgasboard of NATO supplied European-originated drones.

 

[COYBL25]

@Kev The Rat have you been thread banned again from this thread comrade ?

Knock once for yes and twice for no.

 

[COYBL25]

I have just received a wire from the front.

It would appear that comrade @Kev The Rat has indeed been thread banned again, but sadly in the process, comrades @tommye and @Diogenes the Cynic where taken out in friendly fire.

We salute your selfless actions comrades.

 

[Yarrgh]

@Kev The Rat have you been thread banned again from this thread comrade ?

Knock once for yes and twice for no.

How freaked out would you be if you heard a bang from under the floorboards right now?

 

[davek]

Russian president Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday to meet Chinese president Xi Jinping, in only his second known trip abroad since The Hague-based international criminal court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for him in March.

Putin was greeted at the airport by the Chinese commerce minister Wang Wentao.

The visit marks Putin’s first official trip outside the former Soviet Union this year, after visiting Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic, earlier this month.

The forum centres on the belt and road initiative, a grand plan launched by Xi a decade ago that he hopes would build global infrastructure and energy networks connecting Asia with Africa and Europe through overland and maritime routes. Putin has praised the initiative, saying it is a platform for international cooperation, where “no one imposes anything on others”.

 

[Rita_Poon]

How freaked out would you be if you heard a bang from under the floorboards right now?

I'd take up tap-dancing...

 

[davek]

Thousands of Ukrainians who fled to the UK after the Russian invasion are at risk of homelessness if ministers go ahead with plans to end funding for a scheme set up to help them, parliament’s spending watchdog has said.

Funding and sponsorship arrangements for more than 130,000 people helped under the Homes for Ukraine scheme are due to end next March. Many of these people face losing their homes when this funding dries up, according to an investigation into the scheme by the National Audit Office (NAO).

Homes for Ukraine funding halt could put thousands on streets, says watchdog

Sponsorship arrangements for more than 130,000 Ukrainians who fled to UK are due to end next March

www.theguardian.com

 

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[dublinbluenose]

First reported use of ATACMS by Ukraine

 

[davek]

I reject the validity of any 'information' put forward by an assassin.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

I reject the validity of any 'information' put forward by an assassin.

This knowledge pleases me. Expect lots more.

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

First reported use of ATACMS by Ukraine

First of many strikes to come.

 

[Martin Alvito]

I reject the validity of any 'information' put forward by an assassin.

You realize that's the ad hominem fallacy, right? I don't much like Kissinger, due to his actions. Doesn't mean he's wrong, when it comes to a fair number of things.

 

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@davek