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[tomorrowusa]

Putin has effectively fired his hunting buddy Sergei Shoigu as defense minister. He is being replaced by an economist with no military background. What could possibly go wrong?

Vladimir Putin has removed his longtime ally Sergei Shoigu as defence minister in the most significant reshuffle to the military command since Russian troops invaded Ukraine more than two years ago. In a surprise announcement, the Kremlin said Andrei Belousov, a former deputy prime minister who specialises in economics, will replace Shoigu. Putin, who was sworn into his fifth term as Russia’s leader earlier this week, proposed that Shoigu take the position as head of Russia’s powerful security council. It is currently led by Nikolai Patrushev, a hawkish former spy and one of Putin’s closest advisers. Shoigu, Russia’s longest-serving minister, assumed leadership of the defence ministry in 2012 after his tenure as the emergency services minister. He has been leading Russia’s military through its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began in 2022.

That Russian 3-day "special operation" in Ukraine is now in Day 809.

Russian losses in Ukraine make Soviet losses in Afghanistan seem like a day at the beach.

Shoigu must have had an especially difficult time explaining to Putin how a country with no conventional navy managed to sink 26 Russian warships as well as a submarine.

Ukraine is not just playing defense. It continues to hit oil installations and other heavy industry deep inside Russia. At the very least, that looks embarrassing for Russia.

Media: Drones attacked Russia’s Volgograd oil refinery, Kaluga oil depot, Lipetsk steel mill

Of course Putin himself has only himself to blame for this military fiasco. His unhinged desire to restore the decrepit Soviet Union in all but name is the real cause of this ongoing disaster.

Analysis of the departure of Shoigu via DW.

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Putin replaces defense minister

[palestinegenocide]

‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 119: Israel vows to push forward into Rafah, leaving Palestinians with nowhere left to flee

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant declares the Israeli ground invasion will continue into Rafah, where 1.9 million civilians are currently sheltering. One Palestinian tells Reuters, “If the tanks storm in, it will be a massacre like never before.”

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Defence Minister Urges Youth Council To Join Fight Against Oil Theft

The Honourable Minister of Defence, H.E. Mohammed Badaru Abubakar CON, mni, has called on the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) to support the Federal Government efforts in combating oil theft and related crimes. Receiving a delegation from NYCN, led by its President, Ambassador Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo, at Ship House, Abuja, the Minister emphasized the critical role of youth engagement in…

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રાજનાથ સિંહે સતત બીજી ટર્મ માટે રક્ષા મંત્રી તરીકેનો કાર્યભાર સંભાળ્યો છે. મહત્વનું છે કે, 10 જૂને મંત્રાલયની ફાળવણી કરવામાં આવી હતી.જેમાં સતત બીજી વખત સંરક્ષણ મંત્રાલય રાજનાથ સિંહને સોંપવામાં આવ્યું છે. | Rajnath Singh has taken charge as the Defense Minister for the second consecutive term. Importantly, the ministry was allotted on June 10. In which the Ministry of Defense has been handed over to Rajnath Singh for the second consecutive time.

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this more or less accurately describes Prigozhin's 'official' demands

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defense minister of pakistan | defense minister | Pakistan | Islamabad | Minister Khwaja Asif

Confession of Pakistan’s Defense Minister said- the country is bankrupt, terrorism is our destiny Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khwaja Asif has said that Pakistan is bankrupt and terrorism has become our destiny. Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khwaja Asif has said that Pakistan is bankrupt. (Reuters) Islamabad. Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khwaja Asif has said that Pakistan is bankrupt and terrorism…

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मोदी मीटिंग में आए, 3 मिनट तक BJP मेंबर्स ने बजाईं तालियां; गुजरात जीत पर स्वागत | Parliament Protest Update; Rajnath Singh| China India Dispute | Mallikarjun kharge| tawang clash

मोदी मीटिंग में आए, 3 मिनट तक BJP मेंबर्स ने बजाईं तालियां; गुजरात जीत पर स्वागत | Parliament Protest Update; Rajnath Singh| China India Dispute | Mallikarjun kharge| tawang clash

Hindi News National Parliament Protest Update; Rajnath Singh| China India Dispute | Mallikarjun Kharge| Tawang Clash नई दिल्ली8 मिनट पहले भाजपा की संसदीय दल के लिए PM मोदी संसद भवन परिसर पहुंचे। यहां उनका ताली बजाकर स्वागत हुआ। संसद की विंटर सेशन में बुधवार को भी तवांग का ही मुद्दा गूंजेगा। प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी, गृह मंत्री अमित शाह और रक्षा मंत्री राजनाथ सिंह ने कार्यवाही शुरू होने से पहले…

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Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will participate in Armed Forces Day Conference

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will participate in Armed Forces Day Conference

New Delhi: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will participate as the chief guest in the Armed Forces Flag Day ‘CSR’ convention organized by the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defense here on Tuesday. In this programme, the efforts being made by the Ex-Servicemen Welfare Department in the direction of rehabilitation and welfare of ex-servicemen, Veer Naris and their dependent…

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Rajnath celebrates Dussehra with ITBP jawans, performs 'Shastra Puja'

Rajnath celebrates Dussehra with ITBP jawans, performs ‘Shastra Puja’

New Delhi: Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday performed ‘shastra puja’ on the occasion of Vijayadashami or Dussehra. Singh performed the ritual with weapons at Auli Military Station in Chamoli, Uttarakhand. Army Chief General Manoj Pandey was also present during the ceremony. Singh appreciated the contribution of armed and paramilitary forces in ensuring the security and economic…

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[elbiotipo]

this phrase of "bombing them back to the stone age" is frankly bloothirsty, completely genocidal and appaling and I never heard someone use it unironically outside of a comedy movie general

But then I thought, did I really never heard it before? No, it isn't the first I heard it, it sounded like a very Usamerican stock phrase, so I looked it up...

Explains a few things.

[quietwingsinthesky]

jack harkness/simm master. do what you want with that

i love the idea of Jack and the Master meeting during his minister of defense era, it’s so deliciously terrible to me. great potential. anyway. here’s them.

Here’s what Jack Harkness takes away from his first impression of Saxon: he’s too clean for a politician, especially one settled in so comfortably as Minister of Defense.

It itches at the back of his brain through their few conversations as Saxon smiles at him. “*I’m* sure Torchwood’s funding wouldn’t be better spent elsewhere,” he tells Jack, co-conspiratorial, “and if it were up to me-”

“It is up to you,” Jack says, smiling back. Saxon’s eyes dart down to his lips and up again. Jack leans forward, casting his gaze across the man’s face like he’ll find the secrets he’s looking for in the pull of his lips or crinkle of his eyes. Too clean, too perfect, like a pretty picture of a potential Prime Minister. Jack tries to remember his stated policies, but his mind slides off the information, and it turns to him, grasping at nothing, and tells him that whatever he believes, Saxon believes.

“If only,” Saxon laughs, and it’s warm like a housefire. Jack squeezes his eyes shut, shakes his head, and suspicion falls right out. “I heard about the fiasco at Canary Wharf.”

Heard? Jack thinks. How’d you miss it? Saxon reaches across his desk and puts his hand over Jack’s wrist.

“I bet you run a tighter ship than that, Captain,” he says, voice low. “Tell me exactly what their tax dollars are going to, so I can reassure all those worried voters who might just have to think for themselves otherwise.” The words themselves buzz without meaning across Jack’s brain as Saxon’s fingers drum against the pulse at his wrist, too quick to match, too many beats, almost familiar like-

“You are just horrible to look at,” Saxon murmurs. “Nails on a chalkboard. I don’t know how he could stand being around you for even a minute.” Jack’s mind feels slow and thick, and any sentence he manages is a fight of slowly wading through.

“Torchwood… We arm the human race against the future.” Saxon grins wider.

“Do you have a speech prepared?” he releases Jack’s wrist suddenly and falls back into his chair, his whole body language changing from Prime Minister hopeful to lazy predator smelling fresh meat. “He hates whenever I get a taste of his pets. I’ll fuck you for it.”

“What?” Jack’s trying to catch up. Wherever the conversation went when Saxon was touching him is dim in his memory already, and he’s not even able to summon up concern about it.

“Or I’ll let you fuck me. I like that better. Less work.” Jack narrows his eyes. This, he understands. Too clean, he’d known. Too pretty a wife not to be messing around. Well, he could do worse. For his team, he’d do just about anything.