Hi AC,

Putin is using Oreshnik missiles. They are not accurate, hence Lavrov's warning. They don't have much of payload either, which has been criticised by mill bloggers. I don't see much point attacking Kiev unless Putin is trying to provoke an attack on Moscow or St Petersburg. He needs another mobilisation soon. I hope the Ukrainians see through it. They have been pretty smart so far.

Did you know that Beijing spends ten billion US annually on international propaganda? The theme is "China is amazing and the western world is going down the toilet.".

Hi Fester,
>>Putin is using Oreshnik missiles. They are not accurate, hence Lavrov's warning.<<
- They're based on the YARS missile, which is built for nuclear warheads.
Lavrov stated they'll be taking out decision making centres.

>>Did you know that Beijing spends ten billion US annually on international propaganda? The theme is "China is amazing and the western world is going down the toilet."<<
- No, but that's not really propaganda.

" - No, but that's not really propaganda."

Touche.

Hi AC,

This guy lived there for fourteen years thinks there is a lot of deception about the image presented to the world.

https://youtu.be/mVVWeyM2ilY?si=uYBQ64Zh9jCRsao4

This is interesting....

http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/05/27/ukraine-war-enters-a-new-phase-n4953291

The war is entering new phase as the Ukrainian drone offensive shows remarkable success.

""Russia is considering limiting exports of diesel and jet fuel," Bloomberg and other sources reported Tuesday, "as refinery run rates fall to multi-year lows amid Ukraine’s escalating attacks." An Interfax source claimed that the decision to ban exports is at "an advanced stage," but no date has been set.

I heard the current impact of refinery strikes has cost 20% of production, though I'm not sure how much of that they can actually sell with sanctions, I'm not sure of all the facts.
But I believe it's at a point where Russia knows it can't allow it to continue any further.
The Europeans are like Israel, they want to drag America in to fight a war for them.
I don't know if Russia will attack a NATO base in a NATO country or not, but I think they know these long range strikes can't continue in the same manner.

Russias had a fairly average last few months, and even lost territory.
One thing that cost them was losing the Starlink battlefield communications, but they have their own systems now.