Was our DOD in the dark when it came to Russia having a fleet of drones? Did they realize that Russia was so inept at designing, engineering and manufacturing drones? Was it a shock when they found out that Russia had to outsource them from Iran? These are the ones now being utilized to target civilian populations in Ukraine.
Vlad thought this was to be a no cinch, six day war. However, he met a battle tested force equal to and much superior to the drunken servicemen he sent to battle.
Blame this war on Joe Biden who let Vlad steamroll 
him into submission. Branden was turned into Road Kill. Vlad called his bluff; knew that Joe didn’t have the cajones to fight like a man.
https://media.istockphoto.com/videos/roadkill-javelina-video-id1014585000
The word has it that the ruthless army commanded by Putin has suffered defeat after defeat. The truth has it that the Commies have suffered up to 75,000 casualties including at least 7,000 who have met their maker. This is not what Vlad expected. Yes they have captured wide swaths of Ukrainian territory, but are beginning to get road weary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War#:~:text=400%E2%80%93500%20killed&text=Eventually%2C%20the%20Ukrainian%20Defence%20Ministry,cataloged%20by%201%20December%202021.
| Breakdown | Fatalities | Time period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 14,200–14,400 killed | 6 April 2014 – 31 December 2021 | United Nations[10] |
| Civilians | 3,404 killed (306 foreign) | 6 April 2014 – 31 December 2021 | United Nations[10] |
| ZSU, NGU and volunteer forces | 4,400 killed | 6 April 2014 – 31 December 2021 | United Nations[10] |
| 4,641 killed[note 1] | 6 April 2014 – 23 February 2022 | Museum of Military History[11][12][13] | |
| DPR and LPR forces | 6,517 killed | 6 April 2014 – 23 February 2022 | United Nations, DPR & LPR[10][14][15] |
| Russian Armed Forces | 400–500 killed[note 2] | 6 April 2014 – 10 March 2015 | US State Department[16] |
Russia is up against the most respected army in Europe. They fight because they are defenders of Ukraine, Russians fight because they are forced too. A big difference.
Ukraine Live Briefing: Putin trumpets new hypersonic missiles; Russian Navy HQ hit in drone attack
Updated July 31, 2022 at 12:27 p.m. EDT|Published July 31, 2022 at 3:47 a.m. EDT
RIGA, Latvia — Russian President Vladimir Putin, at the country’s annual Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg, said new hypersonic missiles will be deployed in the coming months — as the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea fleet was hit by a drone. Here’s the latest on Russia’s war in Ukraine and its ripple effects across the globe.
- The attack on Russia’s Black Sea fleet headquarters, in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, sent a defiant message on Russia’s Navy Day. The attack forced the cancellation of celebrations of Navy Day in Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014 where the Black Sea Fleet is headquartered.
- The Ukrainian military said Russia “invented” the claims that it was behind Sunday’s navy headquarters attack, adding that its only targets were military areas. “We do not strike the territory of the Russian Federation,” Ukrainian military said on Facebook. “Crimea is Ukraine.”
- Ukraine sets its sights on regaining cities and towns lost to Russian troops
- https://www.cnn.com/specials/europe/ukraine
“Let me just give you what the facts are in terms of the state of the economy,” Biden said in a speech that was billed as remarks on the latest budget bill in Congress. “Number one, we have a record job market, and record unemployment of 3.6%, and businesses are investing in America at record rates.” He then listed several companies planning to build factories in the U.S. before concluding, “that doesn’t sound like a recession to me.”
Outside the White House bubble, however, the latest GDP data sounded a lot like a recession.
On Thursday, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic activity, fell 0.9% in the second quarter.
Coming on the heels of a 1.6% contraction in the first quarter, the two straight declines meet the most commonly used definition of a recession. The official arbiter of recessions, the National Bureau of Economic Research, likely won’t rule for months.
Later in the day, Biden held a roundtable event with five chief executives of major companies, also aimed at showcasing the strength of the American economy. The leaders of Corning, Marriott International, Bank of America, TIAA and Deloitte were all present, with Marriott’s Tony Capuano and Corning’s Wendell Weeks attending in person.
“There’s gonna be a lot of chatter today on Wall Street and among pundits about whether we are in a recession,” Biden said in his opening remarks. “But if you look at our job market, consumer spending, business investment, we see signs of economic progress in the second quarter, as well.”
Biden also quoted Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, who said Wednesday that he did not believe the economy was currently in a recession because “there are too many areas of economic growth where the economy is performing too well.”
What Biden did not mention was that Powell was speaking moments after the Fed announced a second 0.75 percentage point rate hike in as many months, the first time in the modern history of the central bank that it has had two rate increases of three-quarters of a point back to back.
Biden was not the only major figure who went before the cameras Thursday to contend that what the U.S. economy is experiencing is not, in fact, a recession. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen held a rare, stand-alone news conference at the Treasury in between the president’s two events.