Constantin
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Originally from Luhansk, Ukraine
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Like FPV drones taking down Russian helicopters was not enough, the Ukrainian SOF have taken it even further.
For the first time in history, a Russian military Mi-8 helicopter has been shot down by a guided deep-strike drone FP-1. 200km from the frontline, Kuteinikovo Rostov region of Russia.
For the first time in history, a Russian military Mi-8 helicopter has been shot down by a guided deep-strike drone FP-1. 200km from the frontline, Kuteinikovo Rostov region of Russia.
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Like FPV drones taking down Russian helicopters was not enough, the Ukrainian SOF have taken it even further.
For the first time in history, a Russian military Mi-8 helicopter has been shot down by a guided deep-strike drone FP-1. 200km from the frontline, Kuteinikovo Rostov region of Russia.
For the first time in history, a Russian military Mi-8 helicopter has been shot down by a guided deep-strike drone FP-1. 200km from the frontline, Kuteinikovo Rostov region of Russia.
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US security guarantees expired with the Budapest Memorandum
Frankly worthless
Frankly worthless
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
US security guarantees expired with the Budapest Memorandum
Frankly worthless
Frankly worthless
Another proof that someone can be both a moron and a billionaire — sometimes even the president of a country.
Here’s Trump promising that future prescription drug discounts will somehow exceed 100%.
Here’s Trump promising that future prescription drug discounts will somehow exceed 100%.
October 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Another proof that someone can be both a moron and a billionaire — sometimes even the president of a country.
Here’s Trump promising that future prescription drug discounts will somehow exceed 100%.
Here’s Trump promising that future prescription drug discounts will somehow exceed 100%.
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A boy from Shostka, Sumy region — a city under Russian attack.
Our little hero. Ukrainians are a strength that cannot be defeated.
Our little hero. Ukrainians are a strength that cannot be defeated.
October 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
A boy from Shostka, Sumy region — a city under Russian attack.
Our little hero. Ukrainians are a strength that cannot be defeated.
Our little hero. Ukrainians are a strength that cannot be defeated.
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The rise in very long-term government bond yields (red) is happening everywhere. For sure there's idiosyncratic trouble spots like Japan, France and the UK, but what's playing out is far bigger than that. Fiscal policy globally has been too loose for too long. That is now having consequences...
September 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The rise in very long-term government bond yields (red) is happening everywhere. For sure there's idiosyncratic trouble spots like Japan, France and the UK, but what's playing out is far bigger than that. Fiscal policy globally has been too loose for too long. That is now having consequences...
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Quick reminder that there are literally endless ways for the EU to stick it to Russia. Stopping the flood of goods to Moscow via all kinds of transshipment hubs would be a start. Shutting down the shadow fleet in the Baltic is another. You just have to want to and the EU clearly just doesn't...
September 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Quick reminder that there are literally endless ways for the EU to stick it to Russia. Stopping the flood of goods to Moscow via all kinds of transshipment hubs would be a start. Shutting down the shadow fleet in the Baltic is another. You just have to want to and the EU clearly just doesn't...
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Just sent out this free post. Russia attacked Poland last night--and the NATO response indicates institutional and national failure. They were clearly not prepared, cannot even call the Russian attack an attack, and do not understand their real security concerns. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
NATO States Have Failed
They have not prepared and do not understand their national interests
open.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Just sent out this free post. Russia attacked Poland last night--and the NATO response indicates institutional and national failure. They were clearly not prepared, cannot even call the Russian attack an attack, and do not understand their real security concerns. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
It seems only a matter of time before more drones appear over the Baltic states or Romania.
September 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
It seems only a matter of time before more drones appear over the Baltic states or Romania.
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Czech chief of general staff: ". Always the problem is bureaucracy and our own...mental blocks...if the Ukrainians had the same security policies we have...for sharing info and [handling] classified info, they would not do most of the innovations they do." www.iiss.org/globalassets...
www.iiss.org
September 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Czech chief of general staff: ". Always the problem is bureaucracy and our own...mental blocks...if the Ukrainians had the same security policies we have...for sharing info and [handling] classified info, they would not do most of the innovations they do." www.iiss.org/globalassets...
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Updated EU Wall of Shame: new all-time high for Dutch exports going to Kyrgyzstan in latest data for May '25. Countries in orange clamped down on transshipments to Russia. Countries in blue refuse to. The EU is deeply broken. Short-term greed overrides medium-term security. Spare me the moralizing.
September 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Updated EU Wall of Shame: new all-time high for Dutch exports going to Kyrgyzstan in latest data for May '25. Countries in orange clamped down on transshipments to Russia. Countries in blue refuse to. The EU is deeply broken. Short-term greed overrides medium-term security. Spare me the moralizing.
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Two days ago, russians killed this girl.
August 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Two days ago, russians killed this girl.
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The EU "Wall of Shame"
August 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The EU "Wall of Shame"
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Hi all,
I published my latest Substack post earlier today, offering an initial assessment of the FP-5 Flamingo’s specifications, lethality, survivability, and strategic implications.
Access the full post via the link below:
missilematters.substack.com/p/the-flamin...
Short summary below.
1/6
I published my latest Substack post earlier today, offering an initial assessment of the FP-5 Flamingo’s specifications, lethality, survivability, and strategic implications.
Access the full post via the link below:
missilematters.substack.com/p/the-flamin...
Short summary below.
1/6
The FP-5 Flamingo Has Arrived: What Ukraine's 3,000-Kilometer Cruise Missile Means for the War and the Future of Europe
Specifications, lethality, survivability, and strategic implications.
missilematters.substack.com
August 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Hi all,
I published my latest Substack post earlier today, offering an initial assessment of the FP-5 Flamingo’s specifications, lethality, survivability, and strategic implications.
Access the full post via the link below:
missilematters.substack.com/p/the-flamin...
Short summary below.
1/6
I published my latest Substack post earlier today, offering an initial assessment of the FP-5 Flamingo’s specifications, lethality, survivability, and strategic implications.
Access the full post via the link below:
missilematters.substack.com/p/the-flamin...
Short summary below.
1/6
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Do not bet on Trump being able to force Ukraine to accept Putin's surrender terms.
August 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Do not bet on Trump being able to force Ukraine to accept Putin's surrender terms.
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If you haven’t seen it yet, our team has released one of our largest investigations to date, revealing the scale of Chinese involvement in Russia’s Shahed drone program - a program that would be impossible without China
frontelligence.substack.com/p/shaheds-do...
frontelligence.substack.com/p/shaheds-do...
Shaheds, Dollars, and Beijing: How China Powers Russia's Drone Production in Alabuga
Exclusive report - export data, open-source investigation, and insider analysis
frontelligence.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
If you haven’t seen it yet, our team has released one of our largest investigations to date, revealing the scale of Chinese involvement in Russia’s Shahed drone program - a program that would be impossible without China
frontelligence.substack.com/p/shaheds-do...
frontelligence.substack.com/p/shaheds-do...
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Budapest? Not everyone may remember this, but in 1994 Ukraine already got assurances of territorial integrity from the US, Russia and the UK. In Budapest. Maybe I’m superstitious, but this time I would try to find another place.
August 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Budapest? Not everyone may remember this, but in 1994 Ukraine already got assurances of territorial integrity from the US, Russia and the UK. In Budapest. Maybe I’m superstitious, but this time I would try to find another place.
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People in a warzone showed up immediately to protest in defence of democracy and stand up to their government's attempt at impunity for corruption. Ukraine continues to lead the way. #3E
July 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
People in a warzone showed up immediately to protest in defence of democracy and stand up to their government's attempt at impunity for corruption. Ukraine continues to lead the way. #3E
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🕯️💔Never forget! Never forgive! Photo from the funeral for a tiny victim of russian terror. Evgeniy Maloletka. Ukraine. Kryvyi Rih. Russia is a terrorist state!
June 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
🕯️💔Never forget! Never forgive! Photo from the funeral for a tiny victim of russian terror. Evgeniy Maloletka. Ukraine. Kryvyi Rih. Russia is a terrorist state!
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A fun fact: the USSR (much more capable of absorbing losses than Russia) has lost 118 fixed-wing aircraft over a decade of fighting in Afghanistan, while 138 Russian fixed-wing aircraft have so far been destroyed and 20 more damaged since the start of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine
June 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
A fun fact: the USSR (much more capable of absorbing losses than Russia) has lost 118 fixed-wing aircraft over a decade of fighting in Afghanistan, while 138 Russian fixed-wing aircraft have so far been destroyed and 20 more damaged since the start of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine
For some reason, Trump is unable to prevent this conflict, yet he supposedly could have prevented the war in Ukraine had he been president.”
It is already clear that this is not a limited attack on core nuclear sites. The target set is broad and includes top military leadership in a way that Iran will see as regime threatening. The IRGC chief is dead. That is likely to drive more expansive Iranian retaliation.
June 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
For some reason, Trump is unable to prevent this conflict, yet he supposedly could have prevented the war in Ukraine had he been president.”
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WE COULD HAVE SENT ALL OF THIS EQUIPMENT TO UKRAINE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I HATE THIS ADMINISTRATION SO MUCH THESE STRYKERS SHOULD BE IN KURSK
Roughly 20 US Army M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicles sitting just off the National Mall in Washington D.C. this evening.
June 11, 2025 at 12:50 AM
WE COULD HAVE SENT ALL OF THIS EQUIPMENT TO UKRAINE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I HATE THIS ADMINISTRATION SO MUCH THESE STRYKERS SHOULD BE IN KURSK
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In the past 3 years, I've tracked a rise in EU exports to out-of-the-way places like Kyrgyzstan. This is obviously transshipments to Russia. If Russia knows how to do transshipments, China can certainly do the same to circumvent tariffs. Today's substack:
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/how-china-...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/how-china-...
How China gets around US tariffs
China has begun to transship goods to the US via all kinds of third countries
robinjbrooks.substack.com
June 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
In the past 3 years, I've tracked a rise in EU exports to out-of-the-way places like Kyrgyzstan. This is obviously transshipments to Russia. If Russia knows how to do transshipments, China can certainly do the same to circumvent tariffs. Today's substack:
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/how-china-...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/how-china-...
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I’ve been shown unreleased footage of Sunday’s SBU drone attack. I can confirm at least two A-50 AWACS aircraft were struck by drones; the FPV drones landing directly on the radar domes before detonating.
Multiple Tu-22M3s can also be seen struck in the footage.
Multiple Tu-22M3s can also be seen struck in the footage.
June 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I’ve been shown unreleased footage of Sunday’s SBU drone attack. I can confirm at least two A-50 AWACS aircraft were struck by drones; the FPV drones landing directly on the radar domes before detonating.
Multiple Tu-22M3s can also be seen struck in the footage.
Multiple Tu-22M3s can also be seen struck in the footage.
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Today is a day that will go down in history and one of the most successful sabotage operations of all time.
At least 2, possibly 3 air bases struck by FPVs simultaneously destroying large numbers of Russian strategic bombers.
At least 2, possibly 3 air bases struck by FPVs simultaneously destroying large numbers of Russian strategic bombers.
June 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Today is a day that will go down in history and one of the most successful sabotage operations of all time.
At least 2, possibly 3 air bases struck by FPVs simultaneously destroying large numbers of Russian strategic bombers.
At least 2, possibly 3 air bases struck by FPVs simultaneously destroying large numbers of Russian strategic bombers.
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Japan's 30-year gov't bond yield has been rising very sharply. But if you think it's now crazy high, think again. This scatter plot looks at 30-year yields (vertical) versus government debt levels (horizontal). Japan's 30-year yield is still MUCH too low and needs to rise more...
May 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Japan's 30-year gov't bond yield has been rising very sharply. But if you think it's now crazy high, think again. This scatter plot looks at 30-year yields (vertical) versus government debt levels (horizontal). Japan's 30-year yield is still MUCH too low and needs to rise more...