Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
“Russia isn’t even trying to shoot down the drones.”
Maybe something new is defeating Russian Air Defense detection.
Is this a coordinated kinetic Shock and Awe of new weapons deliveries, along with Bone-Crushing Sanctions, to get inside the Russian senior leadership’s decision cycle? Change their calculus?
Кремлевская табакерка
Additional Air Defense Systems Transferred to Moscow
Our source in the Ministry of Defense reported this. He decided to respond to rumors and concerns about strikes on the capital and the Moscow Region, “which are spreading in light of recent events.”
“Many people, including famous and influential people, are now especially afraid of strikes on Moscow . I will be honest: there is a threat, and strikes could come from several directions. But there is no need to worry about this. We have transferred additional air defense systems from several regions of the country to protect the capital and the Moscow Region. The capital is reliably protected!” the channel's source said. Sources close to Sergei Sobyanin confirmed the strengthening of Moscow's defense and say that they are very grateful to the military.
At the same time, according to our sources in the FSO, Vladimir Putin was advised to visit Moscow less often until about the end of September. This recommendation was received literally the day before. Sources among the military say that this is “nothing special, just routine precautions.” And they urge people not to panic over this information.
The Kremlin has yet to employ a coordinated response to US President Donald Trump's August 1 announcement that he ordered the deployment of two US nuclear submarines closer to Russia. The Kremlin, Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD), and Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) did not directly respond to Trump's August 1 announcement, and ISW continued to only observe limited, dissonant responses from Russian state media and select Russian officials and milbloggers on August 2. Russian State Duma Defense Committee Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Zhuravlev attempted to discredit the credibility of Trump's announcement.[21] Kremlin newswire TASS published footage on August 2 showing the Knyaz Pozharsky Borei-A class nuclear submarine arriving at the Russian Northern Fleet's main submarine base in Severnomorsk, Murmansk Oblast.[22] The Knyaz Pozharsky submarine entered service on July 24, 2025.[23] A Russian milblogger used the arrival of the submarine at Severnomorsk to claim that the Knyaz Pozharsky is far superior to American analogues and that the Russian Navy will put the Knyaz Pozharsky on combat duty in response to Trump's deployment of nuclear submarines.[24] TASS amplified a claim from a senior research fellow of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Latin America that Russia could deploy Oreshnik ballistic missile systems to other states, including those in Latin America and the Caribbean, to ensure Russia's global military presence and the sovereignty of Russia's allies.[25] The research fellow's August 2 claim parallels a Russian milblogger’s August 1 call for Russian ships and submarines equipped with nuclear weapons to visit Cuba.[26] Both responses attempt to invoke the historical memory of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov parroted many of the same talking points that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko made during a press event on August 1 that blamed Ukraine for the lack of progress in negotiations and signaled Russia's unyielding commitment to its longstanding demands. Lavrov claimed on August 1 that Ukrainian-Russian peace negotiations to end Russia's war in Ukraine are making progress and blamed Ukraine for slowing the speed of negotiations.[27] Lavrov claimed that Russia is waiting to receive a concrete response from Ukraine regarding Russia's proposal to establish online working groups. Lavrov also claimed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is repeatedly shifting his demands for negotiations and a ceasefire. Lavrov signaled Russia's commitment to its long-standing war aims in Ukraine and Russia's demand that any peace settlement eliminate the “root causes” of the war. Lavrov’s statements included many of the same phrases and nuances as Putin's and Lukashenko’s August 1 statements and occurred on the same day as the Putin-Lukashenko press event, indicating that these narratives are part of top-down Kremlin instructions to Russian officials about how to frame the negotiations process.[28] Putin's, Lukashenko’s, and Lavrov’s statements represent Putin's official position about negotiations and his war aims. ISW continues to assess that Russia is uninterested in compromising on its long-standing demands that amount to nothing short of Ukraine's capitulation and continues to promote inflammatory rhetoric designed to undermine US-European cohesion.[29]
Indian oil refineries reportedly continue to import Russian crude oil despite US President Donald Trump's imposition of 25 percent tariffs on India's exports to the United States. Reuters reported on August 2 that sources in the Indian government stated that India will keep purchasing Russian oil. Reuters reported that Indian government sources stated that there are long-term oil contracts that prevent an immediate halt in Russian oil imports and that India's continued import of Russian oil has helped stave off a global surge in oil prices. Indian outlet ANI reported on August 2 that Indian oil refineries continue to source oil from Russian suppliers due to “price, grade of crude, inventories, logistics, and other economic factors.”[30] Indian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that Russia and India have a “steady and time-tested partnership” and that India sources its energy needs based on “what is available in the markets and... prevailing global circumstances.”[31] ISW previously assessed that European and US sanctions appeared to be degrading Russia's revenues from third-country importers of Russian oil and that sanctions that target countries that purchase Russian oil would further hinder Russia's ability to finance its war in Ukraine.[32] India is one of the largest importers of Russian oil, and continued third-state purchases of Russian oil in the face of Western sanctions will significantly limit the effectiveness of these economic measures to affect Russia's war effort.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-2-2025
Video:
Russian savages elated as their oil refineries burn in Sochi this morning.
https://x.com/JayinKyiv/status/1951879372383654231
PUTIN: "I deeply respect the current American President Trump. You know that he survived two attempts on his life. He's a very courageous person, that's for sure. I believe, he sincerely wants to achieve peace in Ukraine"
pic.twitter.com/6I7ejrGY8R— HOT SPOT (@HotSpotHotSpot) June 27, 2025
It wouldn't be a surprise to me if it was triggered by the megathrust M8.8 earthquake a few days ago.
Krasheninnikov volcano began its FIRST RECORDED eruption at 16:50 UTC on August 2, 2025. Initial explosions sent ash up to 3–4 km above sea level, later rising to 5–6 km.
The last lava effusion took place in 1463±40. No historic eruption is known. In 1963 traces of fumarolic activity were registered in the crater of the middle Northern cone.
Source: KVERT, IVS FEB RAS
Video by Alexander Moroz
https://x.com/volcaholic1/status/1951799860551643259
30 s video
Krasheninnikov’s first eruption since the 16th century ... and its first to be directly observed ... Krasheninnikov’s last lava outflow occurred around 1463 ± 40 years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasheninnikov_(volcano)
“Indian government sources stated that there are long-term oil contracts that prevent an immediate halt in Russian oil imports”
They (India’s Reliance) did sign a ten year supply contract for 500,000 bpd last December. They can however declare Force Majeure to break that contract, if the pressure is high enough. That should be the goal - it is 20-25% of Russia’s seaborne exports.
https://x.com/front_ukrainian/status/1951878890701345042
https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1952029545420177633
Really Ru worm🐛
https://x.com/GloOouD/status/1951989972552036410
More GDP😂
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