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Umlaufreserve: 2 bis 3 Gedanken zum Klarstand der Gefechtsfahrzeuge der Bundeswehr am Beispiel SPz Puma. Mittlerweile gibt es auch schon Medienberichte über den Klarstand der PzH2000. In meinen Augen liegt der Klarstand nicht immer zwingend (nur) am Waffensystem selbst:
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US energy company execs have resigned in disgust as the Trump family is caught secretly expediting the funneling of $25 billion from a sanctioned Russian energy giant in exchange for allowing Russians to obtain a natural gas project in Alaska. According to investigations by The New York Times and Financial Times, Russia's Novatek allegedly concealed its financial involvement in the American project through a UAE-linked intermediary. Gentry Beach, a longtime Trump ally and close friend of Donald Trump Jr., signed an agreement with Novatek to pursue natural gas development in Alaska. Reuters documented the arrangement in February. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin discussed this cooperation on the Alaska energy project with Trump's representatives, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, during negotiations involving Russia and Ukraine. The controversy deepened when Polar Train LNG's CEO, Joel Riddle, raised concerns about concealed Russian financing and possible sanctions violations. He departed in September, followed by other senior executives. The Financial Times also described discussions about a potential arrangement under which Novatek would provide technology for the Alaska project in exchange for sanctions relief benefiting its Arctic LNG 2 development in Siberia. According to The New York Times, Riddle and two other departing executives warned the Trump administration about the Russian financing and urged officials to investigate. The White House maintains that the project was mentioned only briefly and that no detailed discussions took place. There is no established evidence that Kushner or Witkoff knew about the allegedly concealed financing. Polar Train LNG denies wrongdoing. The central question is how a sanctioned Russian energy company became involved in a major American energy venture while Putin was discussing potential economic cooperation with Trump's representatives and a longtime Trump family associate was pursuing a separate agreement with the same Russian company. Selling Alaska to the Russians or selling Ukraine to the Russians - to the Trump family it's all the same. ft.com/content/e9cfbfbb-e65a…
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NAFO-Chris #Minenfräse #BoomScout retweeted
Elon Musk claims that Ukraine allegedly violated Starlink's terms of use and used the system on combat drones. As someone who was inside the process at the Ministry of Defense, I can say with certainty that this is not true. In February of this year, whitelists were introduced. Stationary terminals could be registered by both military personnel and civilians. But for any satellite terminal to work while on the move, it had to be added to a special list and connected to the military Starshield system. Otherwise, no satellite communication terminals in Ukraine would work. In other words, using civilian Starlink for drone missions was technically impossible. All drone missions that required satellite communication could only be carried out using Starshield. We are very grateful to the United States and SpaceX for access to critically important satellite communications. Ukraine did not violate the terms of use.
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Ein Beispiel dafür, wie tief die billige Propagandistin sinken kann, um die Köpfe ihrer Leser mit russischem Desinformationsmüll zu vergiften, beweist dieser Hetzkommentar. Für ein paar schäbige Rubel missbraucht sie das seelische Leid und den Tod von Menschen und verfälscht die Wahrheit über ein trauriges Ereignis für die bösartige, lügnerische Kampagne der russischen Propaganda. In Wirklichkeit stammt der Junge aus einer lokalen Gemeinde in der Region Iwano-Frankiwsk. Aus eigener Initiative nimmt er an den Beerdigungen gefallener Soldaten teil, um Respekt zu zeigen, und trägt dabei freiwillig ihre Porträts. Die russische Propaganda offenbart hierbei auch eine fundamentale Unwissenheit über die Kultur vor Ort. Nahe verwandte Familienmitglieder tragen bei den Beerdigungen traditionell keine Porträts, da diese würdevolle Rolle von Mitgliedern der Gemeinde übernommen wird. @Alina_Lipp_X, immer daran denken, das Leben ist ein Bumerang – wer das Leid unschuldiger Kinder für dreckige Hetze missbraucht, wird diese Boshaftigkeit irgendwann im eigenen Leben mit voller Wucht zurückbekommen.
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NAFO-Chris #Minenfräse #BoomScout retweeted
I don’t think Europeans fully appreciate what is happening to the European Union right now. The EU is under an extraordinary, multi-front assault, both from outside and from within. And I struggle to think of another period in its history when so many powerful actors had an interest in weakening it simultaneously. Russia has spent years waging hybrid warfare against Europe. Weaponised migration, sabotage, cyberattacks, coordinated disinformation campaigns, bot networks and political interference. The objective is clear: undermine trust in democratic institutions, deepen social divisions and weaken European unity. China has different motivations, primarily economic and geopolitical. A fragmented Europe is easier to pressure, easier to negotiate with individually and less capable of defending its economic interests. And then there is the United States. Perhaps the most disturbing development of all. Under Trump and MAGA, a country that helped rebuild the old continent and then spent decades supporting European integration now has an administration openly hostile to much of what the EU represents. Its own National Security Strategy even calls for cultivating resistance to Europe’s current political direction. Think about that for a moment. Meanwhile, within Europe, parts of the far right and far left amplify these divisions, whether through ideological alignment, political opportunism or outright sympathy for authoritarian regimes. This doesn’t mean Russia, China and MAGA are all following some jointly coordinated master plan. They don’t have to. Their interests increasingly overlap, and Europe’s internal divisions make their work considerably easier. What makes this particularly alarming is what is actually at stake. For all its flaws, the EU remains one of the world’s most consequential projects built around liberal democracy, the rule of law, individual freedoms and cooperation between nations. At a time when authoritarianism is gaining ground and even longstanding democracies are showing disturbing tendencies, that matters enormously. Europe is far from perfect. Its bureaucracy, indecision and inability to act decisively are real problems. But the answer cannot be to retreat into 27 competing nation-states, each too small to meaningfully influence a world increasingly dominated by continental powers. Quite the opposite. Europe needs deeper integration, stronger common institutions, genuine strategic autonomy and the political courage to defend its interests and values. Because fragmentation is precisely what so many external actors want. And perhaps that’s the central irony of our time: people are being deliberately manipulated into believing that the reverse is true — that national identity and sovereignty can only be protected by weakening European cooperation. In reality, a divided Europe is less sovereign, less secure and far easier for outside powers to pressure. Therefore the very thing that will make Europe stronger is the thing its adversaries are working hardest to prevent. A united Europe is a geopolitical power. A divided Europe is a collection of countries waiting to be played against one another.
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NAFO-Chris #Minenfräse #BoomScout retweeted
“The USA haven’t spent a single cent on Ukraine since January 2025, so more than 1.5 years. We in Europe are doing it.” MAGA are still moaning and whinging about Ukraine, while their leader enriches himself and drives America into the dirt. Trump first. 🤦‍♂️
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NAFO-Chris #Minenfräse #BoomScout retweeted
A Ban on Self-Defense Imagine buying a Lenovo computer, a Bosch appliance, a Toyota, or simply paying for a Netflix subscription. You pay for it, use it, and stick to the terms of the agreement. Then one day, it suddenly stops working. You call customer support, and they tell you: “There’s nothing wrong with your device. The company owner has simply decided you shouldn’t be allowed to use it today. He has his own views on things.” Sounds absurd? Of course. That’s why we have laws, contracts, consumer rights, and corporate accountability. Even when a company has the right to restrict a service, that right should be clearly stated in the agreement, and there should be a legitimate reason for exercising it. But apparently, Starlink operates under different rules. Elon Musk controls one of the world’s most important satellite communication systems. He has the technical ability to restrict its operation remotely. And right now, people’s lives depend on that connection, including Ukrainian soldiers and civilians. On October 14, 2026, Reuters reported new restrictions on satellite communications for Ukrainian forces. These restrictions disrupted drone operations and forced the cancellation of some combat missions. Put simply, operations to destroy russian missile launchers were disrupted. Those same launchers remained intact, continued firing at Ukrainian cities, and killed more civilians, including women and children. And unfortunately, this has happened before. In 2022, during Ukraine’s counteroffensive in the Kherson region, Starlink connections went down. Reuters later published an investigation reporting that Musk had personally ordered coverage restrictions in areas where Ukrainian forces were advancing. That same year, he refused to activate Starlink coverage near Crimea for a Ukrainian naval drone operation against the russian fleet. In 2023, SpaceX executives openly acknowledged that the company had restricted Ukraine’s ability to use Starlink to control drones. Somehow, we’ve ended up in a world where a country under attack has to keep explaining why it has the right to defend itself. Where strikes against the aggressor’s territory spark more debate about escalation than the daily russian bombardment of Ukrainian cities. And now, a private businessman can influence that country’s ability to defend itself. All of this is happening while the world knows perfectly well who putin is and what his wars have cost. Chechnya. The Second Chechen War began in 1999 and claimed up to 25,000 lives, mostly civilians, according to human rights estimates. The exact number of children killed remains unknown. Georgia. In 2008, according to Georgian authorities, 228 civilians were killed. Children were among the victims. Ukraine. Since 2014, thousands of civilians have been killed. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion alone, the United Nations had confirmed more than 16,000 civilian deaths by mid-2026, including more than 800 children. The real numbers are almost certainly much higher. We could also talk about Syria, where russian military operations have caused thousands of civilian deaths, including children, according to independent monitoring organizations. And after all of this, we’re still discussing whether we should be afraid of making putin angry. Let me remind you that the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for putin over alleged war crimes involving the unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children. That is why I call putin’s regime a terrorist regime. So, is Musk deliberately helping russia? Some of the Starlink restrictions have had consequences that benefited the russian military. I believe the public has every right to demand an investigation into whether those consequences were intentional. I’m not naive. I understand perfectly well that when you’re drowning, you often have to save yourself. Ukraine has been living with that reality since 2014.
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NAFO-Chris #Minenfräse #BoomScout retweeted
‼️ Sehr eindringlich warnende Worte vom BND-Chef: Moskau stelle uns auf die Probe und wette auf unsere Schwäche. Denn Putin sei über den Punkt hinaus, wo er seinen Krieg einfach beenden könne, ohne sich selbst zu gefährden, sagt Martin Jäger bei der Geheimdienst-Anhörung im Bundestag. Sein Eingangsstatement im Detail: — „Deutschland ist in Gefahr, in einen gewaltsamen Konflikt mit Russland zu geraten. Der Anschlagsversuch in Leipzig ist nur ein Beispiel dafür. Von keinem anderen Land geht derzeit eine so direkte, umfassende und konkrete Bedrohung gegen Deutschland aus.“ — „Nicht wir haben diese Konfrontation gesucht: Russland drängt sie uns auf, sieht in uns einen Hauptgegner. Weil wir Russlands revisionistisch-expansive Politik und den Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine nicht hinnehmen, weil wir der russischen Einschüchterung unserer Bündnispartner im Baltikum und anderswo in Europa entgegentreten. Deutschland ist zu einem Haupthindernis russischer hegemonialer Machtprojektion in Europa und damit zur Zielfläche russischen Handelns geworden. Wer sich nicht fügt, wird zum Gegner. So lautet die Moskauer Lesart.“ — Dies bedeute: „Russland stellt uns auf die Probe und beobachtet genau, wie wir mit dieser Situation umgehen. Jedes Zeichen von Wankelmut lädt aus Sicht der Führung im Kreml dazu ein, den Druck auf Deutschland weiter zu erhöhen.“ — „Präsident Putin ist über den Punkt hinaus, wo er den Druck auf die Ukraine einfach einstellen könnte, ohne seine Machtbasis im Inneren zu gefährden. Er muss einen Erfolg in der Ukraine vorweisen, der die bisher erbrachten immensen Opfer aus russischer Sicht rechtfertigt. Das setzt ihn unter Zugzwang.“ — „In Moskau herrscht aber keineswegs Kopflosigkeit. Die russische Führung weiß um die Begrenztheit ihrer militärischen und wirtschaftlichen Mittel. Sie kompensiert eigene Schwäche durch Repression im Inneren, durch die konsequente Ausrichtung der Ressourcen auf die Kriegsführung und — das ist entscheidend, — durch Entschlossenheit und Risikobereitschaft.“ — „Mehr als Material, Geld und Menschenleben zählen der russischen Führung Willenskraft und Opfermut. Das sind die Währungen, in denen Russland handelt. Sie werden auch uns in Rechnung gestellt. Moskau agiert in der Annahme, dass wir russischen Druck und russischer Einschüchterung letztlich nicht standhalten werden. Moskau wettet auf unserer Schwäche.“ — Worauf müssen wir uns einstellen? Jäger nennt vier Punkte: 1. „Russland legt es darauf an, die Ukraine im kommenden Winter in die Knie zu zwingen. Wir müssen mit russischen Attacken von einer Härte und Brutalität rechnen, wie wir sie bisher so in der Breite nicht gesehen haben. Der Krieg in der Ukraine tritt in eine neue, überaus gefährliche Phase ein.“ 2. „Russland versucht zweitens, westliche Produktion und Lieferung von Waffen und Wehrmaterial womöglich zu unterbinden, auch kinetisch, auch bei uns.“ 3. „Drittens: Russland zielt darauf, Europas politische Unterstützung für die Ukraine zu brechen. Wir müssen uns auf Einschüchterungsversuche und weitere Einmischung einstellen. Vermutlich wird es auch erneut nukleare Drohungen geben. Dem müssen wir standhalten.“ 4. „Aktuell sehen wir, viertens, keine Hinweise auf einen groß angelegten Angriff Russlands gegen Nato-Gebiet. Allerdings könnte es, insbesondere im Baltikum, zu niedrigschwelligen militärischen Aktivitäten Russlands kommen. Und in diesem Kontext lassen sich auch False Flag Operations nicht ausschließen.“ Zusammenfassend: „Russland führt einen Schattenkrieg gegen uns“, sagt Jäger. „Dieser unerklärte Krieg ist nicht mit herkömmlichen militärischen oder rechtlichen Kategorien zu fassen. Wir befinden uns nicht im Verteidigungsfall und werden trotzdem angegriffen. Ein Schattenkrieg eben.“ „Die russischen Geheimdienste agieren hochprofessionell und rücksichtslos. Die Gefahr von Anschlägen gegen Ziele in Deutschland ist weiter real und gegenwärtig. Dem müssen wir uns entgegenstellen.“ Der BND sehe sich als „erste Verteidigungslinie“ (Verweis auf Geheimdienstreform mit neuen Befugnissen).
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Look what I found in the mail! 🥹🎉 @serhii_rieznik - thank you!!
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NAFO-Chris #Minenfräse #BoomScout retweeted
The amount of Patriot interceptor missiles the US are using to counter Iranian attacks is mind-boggling. Between 60 and 100 missiles, possibly even more, fired in a matter of minutes, the majority being PAC-3 MSE interceptors. It is obvious that Iran is deliberately exhausting US stockpiles using rather cheap missiles. The political backlash in the US is already huge, and any further uncoordinated escalation is primarily hurting the US and the West altogether. The Iranian regime has also nothing seriously to fear from the Trump administration, because of the wasted time in the beginning of the year. Only a full-scale invasion would change their calculus, but of course, there is virtually a zero chance that this is going to happen. Hence, they are feeling emboldened. The White House is even not capable to grasp or admit that Tehran is clearly coordinating with Russia. The coordination is certainly going beyond providing target coordinates of US troops. Not to mention the surging oil price which helps them both. The only good news is that Ukraine is depleting Russia, and by extension Iran. But Washington is clearly squandering that momentum. Without any serious grand strategy by the US administration, which would also consider the inclusion of allies and partners, this whole war is a blunder of epic proportions. It is only the latest example how important a clear strategy, solid alliances and trust are.
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NAFO-Chris #Minenfräse #BoomScout retweeted
Хвилина мовчання разом з KRAKEN! Вшануй памʼять полеглих за Свободу, Незалежність і Суверенітет України! Підрозділ активних дій ГУР МОУ “KRAKEN”
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Putin eskaliert, weil die Ukraine keine Patriot-Munition und keinen Taurus hat. Nicht umgekehrt. Wer die Ukraine nicht mit zusätzlicher Abfangmunition ausstattet, macht sich unterlassener Hilfeleistung schuldig.
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NAFO-Chris #Minenfräse #BoomScout retweeted
„Würden wir jetzt plötzlich an der Kontaktlinie innehalten, würden wir im Grunde den Heldenmut unserer Großväter und Urgroßväter, die den Nationalsozialismus besiegt haben, auslöschen.“ Das sei undenkbar.“ Deutliche Signale der Diplomatie aus Moskau. Man muss sie nur erkennen.
„Wir werden all das zerstören“ – Lawrow droht Ukraine-Unterstützern in TV-Interview to.welt.de/EcvFGGn
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NAFO-Chris #Minenfräse #BoomScout retweeted
1/ Vladimir Putin has strongly hinted that Russia should claim the entire eastern half of Ukraine, going far beyond the existing annexation of the Donbas and southern Ukraine. He foresees a future in which western Ukraine is also annexed by its neighbours. ⬇️
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Big thanks to @serhii_rieznik for this awesome shirt! And a huge thank you to @Logistikleiter for passing the prize on to me – I really appreciate it!
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NAFO-Chris #Minenfräse #BoomScout retweeted
The best way to honor Lindsey Graham is to name the russian sanctions bill, the Lindsey Graham Final Act, pass it, and crush the russian economy like it’s 1991.
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Suchen zusätzliches Auto/zusätzlichen Transporter, um Spenden in die Ukraine zu verbringen - unser Transporter ist voll bis zum Dach. Entweder hin + zurück, oder hin + dortlassen. Beide Optionen möglich. Gern teilen. Danke und Kuss.
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⚠️ The auction ends today. Current highest bid: €150. Bid now or watch someone else take it. Last day. Last push. Move KRAKEN forward.
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