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Day: December 10, 2024

PaulN420: @Crazymoments01 @elonmusk You don’t seem to understand how this works. The US send old weapons to Ukraine, then have new ones made for the US defence. These new weapons and ammunition are made in the US by US workers, providing jobs to US citizens and revenue to the IRS. No actual money went to Ukraine,

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date December 10, 2024

You don’t seem to understand how this works. The US send old weapons to Ukraine, then have new ones made for the US defence. These new weapons and ammunition are made in the US by US workers, providing jobs to US citizens and revenue to the IRS. No actual money went to Ukraine,…

— The usual Paul (@PaulN420) December 10, 2024

Weapons for Ukraine

kjella1309: @JayinKyiv Zelensky is corrupt and has stolen alot of money, that should have gone for weapons and the citizens of Ukraine.

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date December 10, 2024

Zelensky is corrupt and has stolen alot of money, that should have gone for weapons and the citizens of Ukraine.

— Henrik1309 (@kjella1309) December 10, 2024

Weapons for Ukraine

BilasHeidi: 💯‼️ T/Y @ManiamAkash very well said! Duplicity, extortion – it is exactly this! So shameful! “This extortionate policy shows that the undersupply of weapons was deliberate. So, most new brigades are unequipped but they’ll find enough for them if Ukraine drafts more? Duplicity.”

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date December 10, 2024

💯‼️ T/Y @ManiamAkash very well said!
Duplicity, extortion – it is exactly this! So shameful!
“This extortionate policy shows that the undersupply of weapons was deliberate. So, most new brigades are unequipped but they’ll find enough for them if Ukraine drafts more? Duplicity.” https://t.co/JoQyhG5Txg

— Heidi Bilas @heidibilas.bsk@HeidiBilas@mstdn.party (@BilasHeidi) December 10, 2024

Weapons for Ukraine

rumpled4skin72: @mrsorokaa Ukraine is a corrupt state that is globally infamous for human trafficking, money laundering & illegal drug/weapons research.

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date December 10, 2024

Ukraine is a corrupt state that is globally infamous for human trafficking, money laundering & illegal drug/weapons research.

— Rumpled Foreskin (@rumpled4skin72) December 10, 2024

Russia and Ukraine

@visegrad24: Courage is contagious.

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date December 10, 2024

Courage is contagious.

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) December 10, 2024

Russia and Ukraine

@visegrad24: 40 tortured bodies have been found at a morgue at the Harasta military hospital in Damascus. They’re believed to be prisoners from the infamous Sednaya prison Family members of missing prisoners are on their way to the hospital to see whether they can identify their loved ones pic.twitter.com/IfSCmZ5IRE

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date December 10, 2024

40 tortured bodies have been found at a morgue at the Harasta military hospital in Damascus.

They’re believed to be prisoners from the infamous Sednaya prison

Family members of missing prisoners are on their way to the hospital to see whether they can identify their loved ones pic.twitter.com/IfSCmZ5IRE

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) December 10, 2024

Weapons for Ukraine

GerardMurp52010: @DravenNoctis Ukraine were deliberately drip fed weapons support to bleed Russia white removing them from any meaning full intervention in the Middle East, pawns in a wider US geopolitical strategy, A steering game for AIPAC. A terrible synical price for Ukrainians.

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date December 10, 2024

Ukraine were deliberately drip fed weapons support to bleed Russia white removing them from any meaning full intervention in the Middle East, pawns in a wider US geopolitical strategy, A steering game for AIPAC. A terrible synical price for Ukrainians.

— Gerard Murphy (@GerardMurp52010) December 10, 2024

Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) / Twitter

@Sandbagger_01: RT @Sandbagger_01: A cache of Russian internal documents reveals how Putin’s forces have found a surprisingly simple way to evade Western s…

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date December 10, 2024

A cache of Russian internal documents reveals how Putin’s forces have found a surprisingly simple way to evade Western sanctions and buy US chips https://t.co/qtApS4El02 via @technology

— Dr. Dan Lomas (@Sandbagger_01) December 10, 2024

Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) / Twitter

@Sandbagger_01: RT @Sandbagger_01: A cache of Russian internal documents reveals how Putin’s forces have found a surprisingly simple way to evade Western s…

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date December 10, 2024

A cache of Russian internal documents reveals how Putin’s forces have found a surprisingly simple way to evade Western sanctions and buy US chips https://t.co/qtApS4El02 via @technology

— Dr. Dan Lomas (@Sandbagger_01) December 10, 2024

Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) / Twitter

@Sandbagger_01: RT @Sandbagger_01: A cache of Russian internal documents reveals how Putin’s forces have found a surprisingly simple way to evade Western s…

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date December 10, 2024

A cache of Russian internal documents reveals how Putin’s forces have found a surprisingly simple way to evade Western sanctions and buy US chips https://t.co/qtApS4El02 via @technology

— Dr. Dan Lomas (@Sandbagger_01) December 10, 2024

Conversations with the Gemini

Podcast by Gemini, Google AI, Michael Novakhov

Israel’s air war skills in the Russo-Ukrainian war https://share.gemini.google/bEPkOlZ5hBEK

While Israel is not a direct combatant in the Russo-Ukrainian war, its air warfare capabilities intersect with the conflict in two distinct ways: through the tactical involvement of Israeli veterans volunteering in Ukraine, and as a strategic benchmark used by military analysts to evaluate Russia’s aerial failures.

## Direct Involvement: Israeli Expertise on the Ground

Several Israeli special forces veterans have volunteered their operational skills to assist Ukraine’s defense, particularly in intelligence gathering and drone warfare.

* **Drone Innovation:** Israeli veterans have designed high-capacity batteries that significantly extend the flight time of Ukrainian reconnaissance drones, enabling deeper surveillance behind Russian lines.
* **Targeting Iranian Assets:** Leveraging fluency in Persian, Israeli operatives within Ukrainian marine intelligence have successfully identified and guided artillery strikes against Iranian military advisors and drone testing sites operating in occupied Ukrainian territory.
* **Tactical Reconnaissance:** Israeli volunteers have conducted covert reconnaissance on Russian airfields (such as the strikes near Chornobayivka), feeding real-time coordinates to Ukrainian missile units. This intelligence directly contributed to the destruction of dozens of Russian helicopters, which helped stall the Russian advance on Odesa.

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## The Strategic Contrast: Israel vs. Russia

Military planners frequently contrast Russia’s failure to achieve air superiority over Ukraine over the past 3.5 years with Israel’s rapid success in gaining control of the skies during its recent conflicts, such as the June 2025 campaign against Iran.

The fundamental difference lies in military doctrine and integration. Israel treats air superiority as a joint national campaign, whereas Russia relies on isolated, attrition-based air force operations.

| Capability | Israel’s Approach | Russia’s Approach in Ukraine |
| — | — | — |
| **Operational Integration** | Seamlessly combines cyber operations, intelligence, and ground special forces to degrade air defenses before jets even arrive. | Largely siloed. The air force operates independently without adequate intelligence preparation of the battlespace. |
| **SEAD Focus** | Rigorous, continuous training heavily prioritizing the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD). | SEAD was never prioritized in pilot training. Russian jets act as “flying artillery,” launching glide bombs from safe airspace to avoid being shot down. |
| **Intelligence Edge** | Months of mapping enemy air defenses and embedding operatives to destroy radar and launchers at close range. | Attempted early decapitation strikes but lacked the precise intelligence mapping required to dismantle Ukraine’s integrated air defenses. |