The Fourth of July is apparently some holiday in Europe, so the The Hog staff got the day off and our American guest correspondent stepped in to fill in the gap.



July 4 2024

Pull up a chair, sonny-jim, ‘cause I’ve got a story to tell you. In the Zaporizhzhia region near Melitopol, Ukraine's Security Service smashed a Russian Nebo-SVU radar with 180,000 screaming tungsten hornets. Using a Shark drone, they sniffed out that jabroni Russian radar from over 70 kilometers away. They set up their shot and fired an M30A1 HIMARS rocket and boom! Direct hit!


NATO's bringing the thunder for Ukraine in 2025, with a massive €40 billion war chest to beef up their defenses against Russia. For all you boys and girls out there who don't know what a euro is, it's like dollars, but less free and made of plastic. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg laid it down: NATO's nations are pooling their resources to sign off on this bodacious package next week in Washington, DC, baby! Some NATO big shots were dragging their feet, but Stoltenberg ain't having none of that. He's rallying the troops, calling on every country in the alliance to step up and keep the support flowing strong.

Mark your calendars, folks! From July 9th to 11th, NATO's holding a summit to guarantee Ukraine they ain't backing down. NATO is in it for the long haul, providing everything from tanks to missiles to cold, hard cash. This ain't just about helping Ukraine – it's about sending a message to Russia that NATO's got Ukraine's back, and ain't nobody gonna change that!


Serhii Nykyforov, speaking for President Zelenskyy, just dropped the elbow on Tucker Carlson! He's calling out Carlson's claim about interviewing the President of Ukraine saying, "Tucker Carlson should check his sources at the FSB more carefully!" Take that, ya bum! Nykyforov made it crystal clear: President Zelenskyy's schedule ain't got no room for Carlson. Ukraine's not playing games with fake news mongers!



UAC's pumping iron in the Czech Republic, preparing to crank out Leleka-LR reconnaissance drones and Bulava strike drones like there's no tomorrow. UAC, part of DeViRo, has been grinding away since 2014, and now they're in full swing in Kolin, aiming to crank out about a hundred of these bad boys every year, and the Ukrainian military is their only customer.  They already got 80 folks in Kolin and  have plans to expand, UAC's making everything from start to finish. From assembling precision electronics, to CNC machining, to injection molding, to 3D printing, they're keeping it all in-house. The Leleka is the standard cute little fixed wing recon drone like your grandpappy used to fly and the Bulava is some crazy X-wing nonsense that’s gonna burn a hole right through Russian tank armor to get to that delicious explosion juice on the inside!



Kvertus is teaming up with Ukrainian Armor to deliver a smack down on Russian FPV drones. New Novator-2 armored cars are already in action with the National Guard, equipped with state-of-the-art EW gear. Kvertus’ Kraken systems mounted on top are gonna zip-zap-zop those Russki drones out of the sky. With Kraken packing serious punch in three frequency bands, covering nearly everything those drones throw at 'em, allowing the gunner up top to spray the Russians with liberal amounts of armor-piercing incendiary .50 caliber freedom. So better get drunk while you still can, Ivan, 'cause Ukrainian vehicles are now coming straight from the factory with EW systems.


Check it out, folks! Belarus is parading around with these Shahed drones like they're the next big thing, mounted on some Chinese SUVs. Apparently, they're trying to flex with these Iranian made drones, calling them "Kochevnik". I think they’re trying to claim they made, them. Boo! No one is impressed! We know you bought them! They still say “Geran-2” on them! Geran-2 is the fake name that Russia uses to pretend it is a Russian invention.

And get this, they're also talking about these Iskander missiles from Russia, saying they can carry nukes. Like, okay, Belarus, we get it – you're trying to look tough. But come on, we’ve read the reports, even the Russians don’t think you’re smart enough to get the Iskanders to work. Go back to smashing cinder blocks with your forehead and building human pyramids.



We got serious action on the high seas! Ukraine rocked the boat using naval drones and went full throttle on Russian targets near Novorossiysk in the dead of night! Ruckuses in the Caucases! Don't take that, I'm copyrighting it.

ASTRA’s Telegram channel dropped a video footage of explosions lighting up the night sky! The streets near the waterfront were on lockdown, and alarms blared through the city – chaos and tracer fire everywhere!

But hold up, the Russian officials in Krasnodar Krai are playing it cool – keeping quiet, hoping no one noticed all the explosions. Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry's claimed drones and unmanned boats got in on the action, with two of 'em biting the dust in the Black Sea.


A fearless serviceman of the Russian Baltic Fleet teamed up with the Freedom of Russia Legion, to open a can of whoopass on a Russian boat. Call-sign Goga lit up the Serpukhov missile ship like a fireworks show on the Fourth of July!

The main was a fire on April 7, 2024, at the Baltiysk naval base in Kaliningrad. The Freedom of Russia Legion gave a press conference saying this wasn't just any fire – it was an on-purpose fire we call Sabotage. It was a strike orchestrated by Goga and the Legion, to strike a blow for freedom against the Russian war machine and Putin regime.

The Project 21631 Buyan-M missile ship, packing Kalibr missiles, got a taste of its own medicine. Show some respect to Goga, a former insider turned hero, risked it all, whispering Russian state secrets straight to the Legion's ear since 2023!

Ukraine's Defence Intelligence released a video showing the inferno that rearranged the ship's guts – fried comms, busted automation–The inside of the ship got hotter than a Texas BBQ!
The tides are turning, the sparks are flying and the question we all must ask ourselves is this: Are ships safe anywhere? I sure as hell hope not.


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-Tom Petty