Russia's Woes Continue as Ukraine Reports Taking Out 3 Aircraft in Crimea.

As Ukraine's soldiers struggle on the front lines, waiting for the US Congress to approve $US60 billion ($93 billion) worth of aid, a creative solution to the country's ammunition and weapon shortages could be on the horizon.

A plan is reportedly circulating among G7 nations that could see around $US300 billion worth of Russian assets currently frozen in the West, seized and handed over to Ukraine.

In other words, making the Kremlin pay for the ammunition that Ukraine needs and then having it fired back on its occupying forces with interest.

It's an idea that British-American financier and human rights activist Bill Browder has been pushing for two years. He sees it as a solution to the hold-ups in unlocking aid in the US and the European Union.

"There's a real problem right now in Ukraine, which is that they're running out of money, running out of ammunition. Many more Ukrainians are dying on the front line, and they need more money to defend themselves," says Mr Browder.

"Historically, the United States and the EU have provided weapons and money. But now we're seeing a slowdown of that money.

"And so, the elegant solution is for the West to confiscate that money and contribute it to the defence of Ukraine. And then that overrides all sorts of, infighting and politics.".....

But we expect the USA to massively help Ukraine...

PooTin gets another addition to his submarine fleet.

Ukraine says it has sunk another warship, disabling a third of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.

You can easily imagine small, semi-submersible drones which are even harder to detect.

You can easily imagine small, semi-submersible drones which are even harder to detect.

They are called torpedoes. They are far better than their WWII dumb versions. Excellent acoustic detection and homing. Issue is range as you are limited by battery or fuel and oxidizer you can carry.

Global Witness says the five ‘super-majors’ are the ‘main winners of the war’ while many struggle to heat their homes...

Germany is scrambling to explain how a conversation of air force officials discussing giving Ukraine long-range missiles was leaked by Russian sources.
In the recording, four senior German military officers, including Air Force chief Ingo Gerhartz and Brig Gen Frank Gräfe, are heard discussing the prospect of supplying Ukraine with Taurus cruise missiles.

The men also discuss details of alleged British operations on the ground in Ukraine.

Germany's defence ministry has confirmed that a conversation of air force officials was "intercepted" - but couldn't say whether the recording had been tampered with.

The discussion was reportedly hosted on the Webex conference platform rather than a secure army platform, causing further embarrassment for Berlin.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is attempting to portray the hack as an attempt by Russia to sow division. He called the leak a "hybrid disinformation attack" aimed at "undermining our unity."

There is no electricity in the second-largest city of Kharkiv, the regional head says, and more than 53,000 households in Odesa are without power.

Ukraine's energy minister, German Galushchenko, accused Russia of trying to provoke "a large-scale failure of the country's energy system".

Some 90 missiles and 60 Shahed drones were launched into Ukraine during the wave of overnight attacks, he said.

Among the targets was Ukraine's largest dam - the DniproHES in Zaporizhzhia. Video footage appeared to show the dam on fire, but authorities say there is no threat of an imminent breach.

A power line feeding the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has also reportedly been cut.

Regional head Ivan Fedorov said the power station was "on the verge of a blackout", adding that seven buildings in the region had been destroyed and 35 others damaged.

"Even last winter, attacks on our energy system weren't so bad as last night. Dozens of grid facilities have been hit. This is on a global scale."

Mr Kudrytsky added that the worst affected area was Kharkiv, where "Russia literally tried to destroy all the main energy facilities feeding the city".