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Day: September 2, 2026

medoyid_ua: Seventy billion hryvnias found and redirected to defense. Pensions and salaries protected. The correct sequence is this. The state finances the war first. Then everything else survives on what remains. The “dumb handouts” line matters more than it looks. Ukraine has spent years

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date September 2, 2026

Seventy billion hryvnias found and redirected to defense. Pensions and salaries protected. The correct sequence is this. The state finances the war first. Then everything else survives on what remains.

The “dumb handouts” line matters more than it looks. Ukraine has spent years

Russia and Ukraine

medoyid_ua: Seventy billion hryvnias found and redirected to defense. Pensions and salaries protected. The correct sequence is this. The state finances the war first. Then everything else survives on what remains. The “dumb handouts” line matters more than it looks. Ukraine has spent years

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date September 2, 2026

The “dumb handouts” line matters more than it looks. Ukraine has spent years

Weapons for Ukraine

InfoDefenseEnglish: 🇺🇦 Western Hawks Are Pushing Ukraine to Draft Its Women A brief summary of the article from Responsible Statecraft Ukraine is in the grip of a devastating demographic crisis. Heavy battlefield losses, combined with a mass exodus of citizens, have put the country’s long-term

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date September 2, 2026

🇺🇦 Western Hawks Are Pushing Ukraine to Draft Its Women

A brief summary of the article from Responsible Statecraft
Ukraine is in the grip of a devastating demographic crisis. Heavy battlefield losses, combined with a mass exodus of citizens, have put the country’s long-term

Russia and Ukraine

Знали ли вы, что у Соединенных Штатов не только есть команда, участвующая во Всемирных играх кочевников в Бишкеке, но и целая делегация, присутствующая на них? 🤔

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date September 2, 2026

Знали ли вы, что у Соединенных Штатов не только есть команда, участвующая во Всемирных играх кочевников в Бишкеке, но и целая делегация, присутствующая на них? 🤔

Russia and Ukraine

Putin says Russia is winning on battlefield, will not negotiate with ‘terrorists’

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date September 2, 2026

“I have no doubt the enemy will crumble,” Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters, standing firm on his stance against Ukraine as war fatigue continues to grow in Russia.

Syrian Civil War

Syria was building a nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under Assad, UN reports – chronicleonline.com

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date September 2, 2026

Syria was building a nuclear reactor in Deir el-Zour under Assad, UN reports chronicleonline.com

Weapons for Ukraine

Richard: “We don’t need a war in Ukraine. Peace in Ukraine is in the interest of Germany. I don’t want German soldiers and weapons sent to Ukraine. I am ashamed that, after the Second World War, German tanks are once again being used against Russia. That is a disgrace for our country”

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date September 2, 2026

“We don’t need a war in Ukraine. Peace in Ukraine is in the interest of Germany. I don’t want German soldiers and weapons sent to Ukraine. I am ashamed that, after the Second World War, German tanks are once again being used against Russia.
That is a disgrace for our country”

Russia and Ukraine

Ukraine-Russia war live: Zelensky declares Russian airspace ‘completely unsafe’ in warning to airlines and passengers – The Independent

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date September 2, 2026

Ukraine-Russia war live: Zelensky declares Russian airspace ‘completely unsafe’ in warning to airlines and passengers The Independent

Weapons for Ukraine

The Rocket Media: Iron Man 2 predicted a military problem we’re now trying to solve! 🤖 Cheap drone swarms can overwhelm defences and make every interception painfully expensive. India is building Bhargavastra + Akashteer for a future where the sky fights back.

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date September 2, 2026

Iron Man 2 predicted a military problem we’re now trying to solve! 🤖

Cheap drone swarms can overwhelm defences and make every interception painfully expensive.

India is building Bhargavastra + Akashteer for a future where the sky fights back. https://t.co/Af5OeUiaao

Weapons for Ukraine

Marc Polymeropoulos: Weak sauce. Want to really deter Russian bad behavior? Help Ukraine kill more Russians. Supply offensive weapons…. Last I checked, Germany has some good kit, no?

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date September 2, 2026

Weak sauce. Want to really deter Russian bad behavior? Help Ukraine kill more Russians. Supply offensive weapons…. Last I checked, Germany has some good kit, no? https://t.co/soGsjBK25Z

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. |