Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
https://x.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1903113383873839361
FTA: We can sell export versions of the F-47 to US allies.
I am surprised that ruzzia hasn't claimed to have shot one down.
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3lkush635qc26
MINSK, February 20. /TASS/. Russia and Belarus will hold the Zapad 2025 joint strategic drills in mid-September, Chief of the Belarusian Defense Ministry's Department for International Military Cooperation Valery Revenko said on Thursday, the BelTA news agency reported.
“We shouldn't be here, the Russians don't want us here”
- British mercenary James Scott Rees Anderson, captured in the Kursk region
3/ pic.twitter.com/GBRCQRntxD— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) March 21, 2025
They have along with 5 nazi “bells”😎
https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1903137710723961041
The satellite photos, in the video linked above, will allow UKF intel to determine the next attack.
https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1903131912991846637
https://x.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1903177799806095597
“Ukraine may soon start producing 40 “Bohdana” artillery systems per month”
A lot of the Defense Industrial Base of the Soviet Union, was in Ukraine.
“Putin signed a decree forcing Ukrainian passport holders to leave Russia by Sept 10”
Perhaps they are looking to drive out some hard core pro-Ukrainian voters, before any potential post-war referendums.
Peace talks seem to be progressing.
Kyiv Independent reports today:
“U.S. President Donald Trump said on March 21 that as part of the negotiations to end the war, the parties will have an agreement on territorial division.
Trump’s statement comes ahead of the U.S. separate talks with Russia and Ukraine scheduled for March 24 in Saudi Arabia.
“Pretty soon, we’ll have a full ceasefire, and then we’re going to have a contract,” Trump said during a press briefing, adding that the future deal includes “dividing up the lands.”
“It’s being negotiated as we speak,” Trump said without specifying the format of the talks.”
“The world’s first sixth-generation fighter jet will be called the F-47”
Any chance that this is an allusion to Trump being the 47th President?
Russia continues to strengthen its bilateral relations with North Korea, despite growing warnings from the US against deeper Russian-North Korean cooperation. Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu traveled to North Korea on March 21 and met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, likely to discuss Russian-North Korean ties.[20] US State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce condemned North Korea's involvement in Russia's war against Ukraine on March 19, noting that North Korean support to Russia fuels and exacerbates the war in Ukraine.[21] Ukrainian and other Western officials have also continuously noted that North Korean involvement in Russia's offensive operations in Kursk Oblast and broader cooperation with Russia has particularly enhanced North Korea's military capabilities, posing potential security risks in the Asia-Pacific region.[22]
Russian officials also continue to deepen ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC). Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Head Alexander Bortnikov met with PRC Security Minister Wang Xiaohong in Beijing on March 21 to discuss Russia-PRC bilateral relations.[23] Wang noted that the PRC is prepared to support multi-level meetings between Russian and Chinese law enforcement agencies and security services and to strengthen partnership in the fight against terrorism and transnational crime. ISW has observed that the PRC has supported Russia's war effort in Ukraine through sanctions evasion, rhetoric, and even direct military aid while posturing itself as a neutral actor and mediator to end the conflict.[24]
Ukrainian and Western defense officials estimated that the Russian monthly casualty rate is between 20,000 and 35,000 servicemembers. A Ukrainian drone brigade commander stated on March 20 that Russian forces deploy between 30,000 and 35,000 additional Russian soldiers to Ukraine monthly and that Ukrainian forces remove 20,000 Russian soldiers from the battlefield per month.[80] The commander attributed high Russian casualties to poor training and a “low” degree of familiarity with the weapons Ukrainian forces use against Russian units. The commander added that Russian forces are unable to sustain multi-pronged offensive operations, which may indicate that Russian forces are unable to fully staff their military units. The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense (UK MOD), citing data from the Ukrainian General Staff, estimated on March 21 that Ukrainian forces have killed 250,000 Russian soldiers since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and that Russian casualties have reached over 900,000 troops in total.[81] The UK MOD added that 35,140 Russian troops were killed and wounded in February 2025 alone, for an average of 1,255 daily casualties. Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief General Oleksandr Syrskyi echoed these estimates on March 21, adding that Russian forces have lost over 540,790 casualties since the beginning of 2024.[82]
Russian officials continued their efforts to downplay problematic trends in the Russian economy. The Russian Central Bank voted on March 21 kept the key interest rate at 21 percent, and Russian Central Bank head Elvira Nabiullina claimed that the “likelihood of a further increase in the key rate has decreased.”[86] The Russian Central Bank estimated the Russian annual inflation rate to be approximately 10.2 percent as of March 17 and predicted that levels will fall to 7 or 8 percent in 2025, and down to 4 percent in 2026.[87] These claims are likely part of an ongoing Russian narrative aiming to posture the Russian economy as strong and stable, despite increasing inflation and a lack of viable long-term sanctions mitigation techniques.[88]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-21-2025
Prices will rise by at least 25%. Putin received a request for Nabiullina’s resignation.
A group of influential people in the Presidential Administration asked the president to fire the head of the Central Bank. As we wrote , they are unhappy with inflation and the fact that the key rate has not been reduced. “Real inflation this year will be at least 25%, that's how much prices will rise. They will officially announce something different, but economists expect exactly these figures. I will speak frankly, because the problem has matured. Lending is bad. The Central Bank presents Nabiullina as the savior of Russia, but in fact she is doing harm,” one of the initiators of the request told Tabakerka. According to another, Vladimir Vladimirovich listened to the appeal regarding the head of the Central Bank. But it is difficult to say whether there will be any reaction in the form of personnel decisions.
The Central Bank refused to comment on this news, calling Elvira Nabiullina’s opponents “idiots.”
Stronk and resilient
But look at their GDP(going boom)
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