February 16, 2004

February 16, 2004 by yorksranter 0 comments

Rybkin Says He Was Abducted

Rybkin Says He Was Abducted Well, I know this is late, but as I covered the Rybkin story we might as well deal with this. Apparently he was kidnapped in Kiev and drugged: “Speaking to reporters in London, Rybkin said he had been lured to Kiev by a false offer to hold peace talks with…

Command and Consequences: Ukraine’s Systematic Failures and Potential Solutions
Since gaining independence in 1991, Ukraine kept downsizing its military, chasing the idea of a "small but professional army" to save money. As part of these cuts, they eliminated larger military formations like corps and divisions. The brigade became Ukraine's highest tactical army unit. This seemed reasonable during peacetime but created a critical gap in […]
Thread by @KofmanMichael on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App
If there's a general from history they need it is probably Ronald Adam. Stop making more formations. But I do think there's something in Kofman's point that the Russians are losing a terrible amount of men for pretty minimal results
krakek on X: "Would be interesting to see those papers, compare and contrast ie with Russian practices. 6/7 https://t.co/mWhSp0CcTC" / Twitter
If PRC is pursuing the LoW and DSS capabilities then infrastructure hardening is one way to get there. If PRC pursues super hardened NC3 nodes, similar to KK, then it could explain ie absence of a visible command plane program similar to the Russian or US one.
Geschäftsfrau Rudolfine Steindling ließ 130 Millionen Euro spurlos verschwinden
Die Treuhänderin mimte nicht nur immerfort die Ahnungslose, sie beteuerte auch, keinen Cent des Novum-Vermögens gesehen zu haben. Ihren vorgeblich einzigen nennenswerten Vermögenswert, eine repräsentative Villa im Wiener Nobelbezirk Döbling, ließ sie schon 1994 auf ihre Tochter überschreiben. Darüber hinaus will sie immer schon völlig mittellos gewesen sein. Das kann man so glauben oder […]
The writer who gave us the bigger picture
Marcel Mauss wanted to understand how most societies in the past had managed to avoid mass slaughter. In a preface, he honours each fallen friend in turn: “Robert Hertz was killed in the useless attack of Marcheville, April 13, 1915, at the age of 33, leading his section out of the trench.” Mauss discusses the […]
Dr Dyks 🇺🇦 on X: "If you want to reduce road deaths whilst making the least economic impact you’d ban people over the age of 75 from driving with passengers. https://t.co/GWCvxWpJeb" / Twitter
If you want to reduce road deaths whilst making the least economic impact you’d ban people over the age of 75 from driving with passengers
JamesFennell.bsky.social on X: "Type 21 frigate (1974-78) In 1961-63 the navy envisaged a HI-LO escort force for the 1970s made up of Type 82 and a small very fast frigate called Type 19. Type 19 was to be a 1,900 ton frigate for peacetime policing tasks
good T21 thread, our very own effort at an LCS.
What Horrible Things Did We Do To Our Penises Last Year? | Defector
PATIENT STATES HE TIED A COTTON ROPE AROUND HIS PENIS 2 DAYS AGO IN ORDER "TO PROVE A POINT"
The Increasing Numbers - by Neil Pettinger - Flow Stories
These are things that NHS managers cannot influence, which means they’re entitled to be fatalistic about the problem. The ‘increasing attendances’ diagnosis may not be the correct one, but it’s a diagnosis that excuses failure.
Keir Starmer to announce radical NHS changes to cut waiting times | NHS | The Guardian
Under the changes, hundreds of thousands of patients will be able to get direct referrals for checks through their GP for conditions including breathlessness, asthma, post-menopausal bleeding, hearing loss, tinnitus, urological conditions and bowel issues, removing the need to see a consultant first. Speeding up diagnoses will help cut waiting lists because four in five […]