Russian lawmakers authorize Putin to use military force outside the country

[Labster]

A pretty good Beau above. ^^ In summary, though he doesn't use these words, the grand strategic aims of the Ukraine War can no longer be accomplished by Russia.  They may still win battles with good operations and tactics, but that doesn't matter much because the strategy is in ashes.  The Russian military isn't a world power, it's a paper bear.

But let's move onto a different video, a Eurovision-eligible ode to the Turkish drone, Bayraktar TB2:



-- Japan's PM said that they want to take in a lot of Ukrainian refugees.  Meanwhile, Hell hit a balmy -4°C today.
-- Ukraine still has an air force.  Incidentally, AWACS have been flying in NATO territory pretty much constantly, with transponders on of course.