The War in the Ukraine

Soldier30

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Footage of a Ukrainian unmanned boat of an unknown model being hit by a Russian FPV drone. The video was filmed on the Dnieper River near Velykyi Sokoliny Island in the Kherson region. As a result of the drone strike, the Ukrainian unmanned boat lost propulsion and caught fire.

 

Soldier30

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Footage of massive strikes by Russian FAB-3000 and FAB-500 bombs on a temporary deployment site for Ukrainian units in the village of Velyka Pisarevka in Ukraine's Sumy Oblast. The buildings housed the 105th Separate Territorial Defense Battalion of the Ukrainian Army. The FAB-3000 bomb was dropped by a Su-34 aircraft.

 

siegecrossbow

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The next China is still China.

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Mr. Buyakin described the limits to “China-free” production. While his company makes carbon frames for drones, for example, the carbon itself is imported, usually from China, because that is cheaper.
Batteries that power drones are also still largely produced in China, which dominates supply chains for battery materials like lithium and rare-earth metals.

Ukraine has lithium deposits, but they are undeveloped.
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has been a goal of a Ukrainian agreement with the United States on mineral development.
 

siegecrossbow

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So importing a bunch of separate pieces from China through European companies and having some lucky sods that managed to avoid getting shoved in a trench, solder them together is what qualifies for "China free" now?.
You have to grade underperforming students on a curve, or everyone will fail and the parents will scream at you for hurting their kids’ feelings.
 
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