They need the Gripen even more I'd say.

While we're on the subject of planes, would the Eurofighter Typhoon, especially first gen models that are getting replaced soon, make sense for Ukraine or wouldn't it fit their missions?

Oh yeah, duh, I forgot F-16s are American, Lol.

🤡🐐Alaudinov: Russia needs to mobilize at least a million people. World War III has already begun!

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 13 June 2025 at 14:37

Russian Lieutenant General and a high-ranking member of the Kadyrovites of the National Guard of Russia

Needs 1m mobilized the cover the 1m losses. Or just make more TikTok videos.

Surging oil prices are good for Russia :( ffs

Stocks sell off, oil surges in the wake of Israeli strikes

Oil prices have surged more than 9 percent, hitting their highest in almost five months after Israel struck Iran, dramatically escalating tensions in the Middle East and raising worries about disrupted oil supplies.

Brent crude futures jumped $6.29, or 9.07 percent, to $75.65 a barrel by 0315 GMT after hitting an intraday high of $78.50, the highest since January 27. US West Texas Intermediate crude was up $6.43, or 9.45 percent, at $74.47 a barrel after hitting a high of $77.62, the loftiest since January 21.

Friday’s gains were the largest intraday moves for both contracts since 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine, causing energy prices to spike.

“The question now is whether this is a typical geopolitical knee-jerk reaction from markets, which results in lots of hype with no delivery. Or if the US really is on the brink of navigating a Middle East war”, Matt Simpson, senior market analyst at City Index in Brisbane, Australia, told Reuters news agency.

In other markets, stocks dived in early Asian trade, led by a selloff in US futures, while investors scurried to safe havens such as gold and the Swiss franc.

“The heightened geopolitical risks are being strongly felt in the FX [foreign exchange] market. With the rise in risk-off sentiment, the Japanese yen is likely to be bought”, said Hirofumi Suzuki, chief FX strategist at SMBC in Tokyo.

Friendly fire level: professional

Today on the front lines, a Russian Su-25 shot down… another Russian Su-25.

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 13 June 2025 at 17:05

Hmmmmmm. It does look like it shot something, do we think friendly fire or accident?

Either way that Russian pilot is probably getting executed if he doesn't defect to Ukraine.

Himars strike on troop bus, 20+ casualties

https://youtu.be/AR2kVgUTDLo?si=HzHHA8VsXUKNZgbb

If only he was an Intel agent and then he would spend much of his time killing his own countrymen and be rewarded handsomely for doing so 

Fella should shoot down 4 more Russian jets just to get that Ace title!

After rewatching the footage several times, I do believe that the other pilot is innocent, the angle is simply making it impossible.

I guess the reason is actually poor maintenance, the plane couldn't take the G-forces of the sharp turn anymore and fell apart from the forces pushing against it.