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Now confirmed that 4 Su-34s were destroyed at Marinovka.

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Two Su-34s were destroyed in a Ukrainian drone attack on Marinovka airfield in Volgograd Oblast.

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Australian M1A1 Abrams in Poland are visually confirmed (camo patterns) to be in Poland.

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Germany has finally approved export of Eurofighter Typhoon to Turkey.

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According to a new opinion poll, 65% of Germans approve of increasing defence spending to 5% of GDP. By voter breakdown: CDU/CSU: 85% FDP: 78% SDP: 71% Greens: 67% AfD: 46% Die Linke: 41% BSW: 14% The Die Linke number is the most surprising for me given they are pinko anti-Westerners, though most of...

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Russian oil tanker "shadow fleet" activity has halved since the start of June.

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The Russian finance minister has officially denied the Russia is in recession, rather a "planned cooling".

So Russia has now entered both a recession and stagflation.

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In the vein of things not being entirely good for Ukraine I've heard reports that while artillery ammo is being managed the barrel supply is not all that is required and at this point impacting effectiveness. No surprise after the years of war. Something that's being kept very much under wraps, it'...

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Russian Banks Fear Debt Crisis Is Coming as War Strains Economy By Bloomberg News June 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM UTC Russia’s economy faces a worsening outlook that is graver than publicly acknowledged, with a credible risk of a systemic banking crisis in the next 12 months, according to Russian banking...

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In the vein of things not being entirely good for Ukraine I've heard reports that while artillery ammo is being managed the barrel supply is not all that is required and at this point impacting effectiveness. No surprise after the years of war. Something that's being kept very much under wraps, it'...

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The Ukrainian General Staff is reporting that the front line has stabilized. Sumy in particular seems to have seen the Russians stall out and be pushed back in places.

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The Bundeswehr plans to invest more than 20 billion euros in the procurement of ammunition of various categories in the long term until 2037. According to the current draft budget of Germany for 2025, 3.048 billion euros will be allocated for these purposes from the regular budget this year, as wel...

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No Eden Park, no A team... Without joking though, this is the best we can do... and it's been the case for years now. If you want to play a full french team, don't do that in July... it's just not possible. Of course it’s possible. The players still exist and are fit. You just haven’t picked them. ...

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German defence spending will increase to 2.4% of GDP this year.

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Take this shit elsewhere. This is not the thread for it.

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https://i.imgur.com/5UxULub.jpeg there are a lot of these coming out of the woodwork He'll jump on the next ultra-selfish bandwagon. MAGA is a cult. Yanks love being in a cult, for some reason. There's no mystery to it, the America has always been Europe's dumping ground for political and religious...

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She even made a video. This fellow gives it a critique. Also explains why some of you ladies are so difficult to understand. Happy to be on my side of the fence. Very. :thumbup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw1s8RQ-7Vo Don't mistake American liberals for actual liberals. Indeed. American liberal...

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So the bombing of sites across Israel, particularly in Tel Aviv and Haifa, were always part of Israel's pan? The Israelis expected at least 5,000 civilian casualties in the first two or three days. Really? Sounds like something the Israeli propaganda machine would say after the fact. The truth is w...

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It appears that Israel completely under-estimated the will and ability of Iran to strike-back against Israeli air strikes. This is already extremely messy, and if the USA do formally enter the fray this will be massive, and the 3rd World War. That is not even remotely true. So the bombing of sites ...

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Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Sat Jun 21, 2025 10:45 pm It appears that Israel completely under-estimated the will and ability of Iran to strike-back against Israeli air strikes. This is already extremely messy, and if the USA do formally enter the fray this will be massive, and the 3rd World War.

That is not even remotely true.

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Nolanator wrote: ↑Sat Jun 21, 2025 9:07 pm What's it launched from? Truck launcher like HIMARS/ATACMS?

A TEL system.

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Ukraine has successfully field trialled their Hrim-2 missile system taking out a Russian command center with it. This is the next level up from the single missile HIMARS in terms of warhead, equivalent to the Iskaners, range 3-400km. So Ukraine has another hole in a complete weapon suite sorted. Ge...

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France is investing €717m in Eutelsat.

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https://scottishrugby.org/obituary-ian-mclauchlan/

RIP

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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's husband has been released from prison by Lukashenka after a visit by Kellogg. He has joined her in Lithuania.

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The beginning of the great massacre of Russian drone operators? Russian propaganda channels began to complain en masse about the hunt for UAV operators of the Russian Armed Forces, which intensified significantly almost immediately after the appointment of "Magyar" as the commander of the SBS. At t...

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Israel the bully is finally getting punched in the face. And thats a good thing. Perhaps they'll finally put Bibi behind bars, where he belongs. Huh? In what reality is this happening, Hamas a ghost, Hezbollah defanged, it took Israel what 2 days?, to control Iranian airspace with no jets lost, the...

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The remarkable resurgence the Russian economy has experienced since Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is losing momentum. Where once Putin could boast about 4.3 per cent growth rates for two years in a row – thumbing his nose at Western sanctions with all the aplomb of a man who’d discovered alc...

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A phone call intercepted by Ukrainian intelligence reveals a heinous act of cannibalism among Russian troops, with one soldier accused of murdering and devouring a fellow serviceman while deployed in eastern Ukraine. In a recording published on Friday by Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, HUR,...

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Correct decision by Smith.

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Floppykid wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 9:16 pm
nardol wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 9:15 pm People say rugby needs these American football style players in rugby with flash and arrogance etc

For my rugby is precisely because it doesn't have that. I can't get a board the Pollock hype train because of it
Rugby famously wanker free?

No, but it's a matter of opprobrium not praise.

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CM11 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 9:10 pm
Bogbunny wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 9:08 pm Maro very quiet in every respect so far.
I don't see how this pairing works.

Anyway, back in it.

It doesn't. It's a problem because Beirne is the best second row on tour.

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Bogbunny wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 9:08 pm Maro very quiet in every respect so far.

Pretty anonymous. Beirne has been doing a lot of donkey work.

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The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports that it, together with JATEC (Joint Analysis, Training, and Education Center) and partners from NATO countries, is creating a joint LL DEP platform to collect, analyze, and systematize Ukraine's combat experience in a format compatible with Alliance standa...

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Don't fúcking try to be clever on your own line, Smith.

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Not much in that.

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Mr Bungle wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 8:39 pm
Hellraiser wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 8:35 pm Bealham is eating the Puma loose head without salt so far.
Puma scrum has been weak for sometime now. ABs, Boks well above them. Aus better too.

It's crazy. Surely there's some baby eaters knocking around their provincial scene.

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Need to sort out the lineout.

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CrazyIslander wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 8:37 pm Aki/Tuipulotu not balanced combo IMO

Tuipulotu is forcing it. If he relaxes a bit they'll be fine.

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