Ukraine conflict accelerating Germany's decline as Russia builds new weapons.

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Europe in decline
Nov 29th 2023

Henry Kissinger dead at 100
Secretary of State under Richard Nixon
Oversaw Vietnam , Lao, Cambodia
CIA coup in Chile - 1973 - CIA (confirmed in 2000 involvement) - overthrow the socialist government of Salvador Allende, replacing him with General Augusto Pinochet
11 September 1973, led a group of military officers, and ended civilian rule - replacing it with military control
Nixon and Kissinger involved - Allende dies of gunshot wounds during the coup

Germany
Michelin - closing three factories - Tyre manufacturer
“Today in Germany, Michelin is announcing it will gradually cease the production at its Karlsruhe and Trier sites, as well as the new tire and semi-finished products manufacturing of Homburg. Michelin will also transfer the Customer Contact Center from Karlsruhe to Poland”
1,532 employees are impacted by these operations, which are meant to be completed by the end of 2025
the lack of competitiveness of our German operations for our European and export markets
Michael Berthel, chief economist of the German Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (WdK), recently commented that “the situation is not entirely healthy” – and this may be an understatement. Berthel believes an uncertain future awaits more than half of Germany’s tyre manufacturing locations.
Dr Matthw Weilicki - German residential grid operators enabled to curtail flow of power to Heat Pumps and EV chargers in order to preserve the stability of the grid which is lacking from chronic underinvestment”
German unemployment It "unexpectedly" soared to 5.9 percent in November 2023 up from 5.8% last month - the highest level in 2.5 years. An additional 22,000 people lost their jobs during the month.

Russian Termites
MDP01 Termite unmanned aerial vehicle
Looks like tiny helicopter
450kg - 150kph - altitude 3.5km - 3x laser guided missiles
Reusable

Russian EW
Reports of new ability to interfere/scramble the images recorded by certain reconnaissance satellites
Does not impact all bands - but does impact visual spectrum

Russian High-Power Artillery Brigades
2S7 Pion - 230mm Self propelled
240mm 2S4 Tulip Mortar
Unmanned aircraft (drone) recon units

Kyrylo Budanov - Ukr Military Intelligence Chief
Wife Marianna allegedly poisoned - heavy metals in food - hospitalised and undergoing treatment
Reporting of three growing factions:
Zelensky
Zaluzhny
Budanov

NATO Nutso
Sec general Jens Stoltenberg - ❝As Ukraine has moved forward, Russia has fallen backward. It is now weaker politically, militarily, and economically… All of this underlines Putin’s strategic mistake in invading Ukraine.❞

Last year, Ukraine won the battles for Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Kherson. This year, they continue to inflict heavy losses on Russia. Ukraine has recaptured 50 percent of the territory that Russia originally seized. In the Black Sea, the Ukrainians have pushed back the Russian fleet, and established routes for grain exports – bolstering global food security.
Most importantly, Ukraine has prevailed as a sovereign, independent, democratic nation. This is a major achievement – a big win.
As Ukraine has moved forward, Russia has fallen backward. It is now weaker politically, militarily, and economically.
Politically, Russia is losing influence in its near abroad. Not only in Ukraine, but in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Russia is also becoming much more dependent on China.
Year by year, Moscow is mortgaging its future to Beijing. Militarily, Russia has lost a substantial part of its conventional forces. Hundreds of aircraft. Thousands of tanks. And more than 300,000 casualties.
Economically, Russia is also under pressure. Oil and gas revenues are dropping. Russian banking assets are under sanctions. Over 1,000 foreign companies have stopped or scaled down their operations in the country. And 1.3 million people left Russia last year.
All of this underlines Putin’s strategic mistake in invading Ukraine.
Reporters then go on to play softball with questions about F-16 timelines, Israel, Kosovo - no questioning of the fact that RUssia is advancing on 5 fronts and Avdeevka is falling

Washington Post:

Twenty months ago, after Vladimir Putin had launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, many high-ranking Russians believed that the end was near. The economy faced disaster, as they saw it, and the Putin regime was on the brink of collapse.

Today, the mood has changed dramatically. Business leaders, officials and ordinary people tell me that the economy has stabilized, defying the Western sanctions that were once expected to have a devastating effect. Putin’s regime, they say, looks more stable than at any other time in the past two years.
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