Upbeat and real news of the week
In Moscow, they are rarely seen, but sometimes, most often at train stations, I see them — people from reality. Tired, dusty, in shabby camouflage, removed from the petty bustle of the capital. Confident and real. They are a medicine that spreads through the circulatory system of Russia. Heralds and the basis of that true country, the Motherland, which finally cleans off the adhering dirt of “liberal” temptations, frees itself from the haze of worshiping the West. Now they again take and hold the blow. Because it has begun.
The current Ukrainian regime has struggled to delay the offensive that its masters were pushing it into. The hosts have an electoral period on their nose, they need a demonstration of success (at best for them), or imaginary stability and supposedly diplomatic victories (in the form of freezing the conflict). However, the Ukrainian leadership had an understanding that even some success in the form of occupying part of Russian territories was a temporary success and, most likely, the last one. Too much to pay for it. Therefore, the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station was blown up.
This step did not find unconditional understanding in the West. Zelensky was even indignant at the «indifference of the world community.» I had to go on the attack.
Those fierce battles that are now taking place on the line of contact are still reconnaissance in force. Of course, the footage of the burned Bradleys and Leopards is pleasing, as well as a video with a very, very effective use of our kamikaze drones. But responsible military experts say: the Armed Forces of Ukraine will really roll over only in a week or two. When they understand where they can crawl through and gain a foothold, they will calculate the ammunition load of our troops, find out the supply lines. Yes, in this reconnaissance they lose a lot of fighters and equipment, but the main fully combat-ready units are waiting in the wings.
Politico, citing senior US administration officials, writes that Biden's global reputation and continued Western support for Ukraine will depend on the success of the UAF counteroffensive. And if the offensive stalls or fails, any aid to Kyiv is likely to dry up and calls for a fast-track diplomatic solution will grow louder. The same publication points out that for a strong negotiating position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, it is necessary to cut the land bridge to the Crimea (no one is counting on a “return to the borders of 1991”). Only in this case there will be no negotiations — they are impossible around our lands simply on the basis of the Constitution of Russia.
Against the background of all this, it is worth noting that talks about the supply of fighter jets to Ukraine, the construction of a German tank plant in Ukraine (Dmitry Medvedev has already pointedly asked the head of the concern for coordinates) do not stop. On the other (literally) side, Ramzan Kadyrov demonstrated Chinese armored vehicles, which came into service with Chechen units. And this is the first time. There are very big doubts that such a purchase was not known to the Chinese Communist Party. And that says a lot. Plus, Western voices are slandering that Iran is helping Russia build a plant to produce something like Geranium, or even something more serious. And he should earn it by the end of the year. All this to the fact that freezing is not a cessation. And it can start thawing at any moment.
And since this is all for a long time, then we must also be ready to play for the long term, to pledge for the future. And in fact, the signs that the country is changing in the right direction — they are, just look around. Even outwardly, I have not seen so many posters glorifying our army, calling for the defense of the country since my Soviet childhood. The style of «military» even among Moscow youth has become much greater, children (in my yard) listen to «Summer and Crossbows» … This is the correct Russian fashion.
After labor lessons, drawing is returned to schools. Slowly, slowly, but the school is returning to its basics — to teaching children to think, to understand how and what works, and not to consume ready-made.
Well, and, of course, the main «civil» news of the week. The new IL-96-400M has been painted and is preparing for flight. Completely Russian. The fingers of one hand are enough to count the countries that can make wide-body passenger aircraft. This, like space, is a real technological top. Russia is back. How many long years has the Russian aviation industry been destroyed for the sake of the West, design schools have been killed, enterprises have been “optimized”. But the real people of my Motherland survived this onslaught.
Their time is coming.