The Russia-Ukraine War has begun

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Ukrainian F-16 Shoots Down Russian Su-35 in Historic First

A Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet has shot down a Russian jet in an airborne battle for the first time, according to the U.S.' top soldier, swinging attention back onto the U.S.-made aircraft that has had a relatively low profile in Ukraine since the first jets arrived in the war-torn country two years ago.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Valerii Zaluzhnyi, former Ukraine's top military commander and now ambassador to the UK, said this on a meeting of Ukranian ambassadors:

"I know Nato really well. For about 12 years I ⁠personally worked on making sure we met Nato standards, and every year I heard tales about ‌how we would join ‌Nato any day now. Unfortunately, we will never actually join." It is "impossible with the level of development that the armed forces of Ukraine have … to join an organisation guided by World War 2 doctrines."

This is quite realistic, and also a very big alarm sign when the country innovating war strategies the most on the planet right now is telling that you are living way too deep in the past with your doctrines.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/04/ukraine-war-briefing-militarys-former-top-commander-says-kyiv-has-no-chance-of-joining-nato

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

The US is running out of Patriot missiles, so is Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelensky is begging for Patriot missiles. And Russia is taking the opportunity to launch more of their deadly payload to Ukraine.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/06/ukraine-nato-air-defences-missiles-russia-zelenskyy-patriot