Absolutely excellent article. I was just thinking about this topic last night with all the Hexbear drama going on after taking a peek at their front page seeing all the Russian colonialism apologists and excusers posting there.

It is reported that the passage was secured by a US P8 anti-ship aircraft.

That seems pretty significant. It seems unlikely the ships would have been targeted by Russia if they were flying the flags of their country of origin, but to have an armed escort is definitely a huge deterrence. I have to wonder what sort of response it'll garner considering all the other 'unprofessional acts' Russian aircraft have been employing against unarmed US aircraft lately.

It's a Google translate of the post on Telegram, which always looks funky after it's been processed.

What are the odds it lands on a S400 missile complex before the operators even detect it flying towards them?

Maria Andreeva, a key face of the movement, has emphasized that she supports the guiding logic of the full-scale invasion, but is protesting the Russian government's treatment of its soldiers and the inability of mobilized men to be rotated out of the front line.

She also has repeated Russian propaganda about the Bucha massacre, in which hundreds of Ukrainian civilians were killed by Russian soldiers, saying that it had been "staged" by the West.

Disappointing yet unsurprising.

Nah, put a little speed tape on that bad boy and it's good to go!

This is apparently in addition to an unspecified number of units already in service in Ukraine.

Source from 27 April 2023

Yes, there were reports recently of manned serveilance aircraft being subjected to wake turbulence. I think there were other incidents in addition to this report.

Citing unidentified US officials, The Associated Press news agency also reported last week that a Russian jet flew dangerously close to a US surveillance aircraft over Syria on July 16, “putting the lives of the four American crew members in danger”.

The name of the newspaper translates to Ukrainian Truth and from what I was able to dig up seems to be a fairly reputable source, surprisingly. Here's a writeup on the Boston Globe website: Article

Depending on the length of the rail segments, which appear to be made up of between 12.5m and 120m standard lengths, somewhere between 2 and 12 segments will have to be repaired on this line.

I have already argued at length that Russia, being the most sanctioned and economically undermined and terrorized country on earth, via embargoes and outright industrial sabotage like the Nordstream attacks, may be underachieving—for now—while hiding a far more powerful economy than current records imply. If you take away those artificial handicaps unfairly gimping Russia’s economy, then it is almost certain that Russia’s true unmeasured economic might is that of 3rd place behind China and the U.S. It’s remarkable that even under unparalleled attack, Russia is able to command one of the fastest growing and most robust economies in the world.

Oh boo hoo. Maybe Russia should consider ending their war of aggression so the world can see how powerful their economy actually is.