#russian engineer

[tomorrowusa]

You never know when a Russian defector is going to show up at the border.

It’s a good thing some dumbass GOP governor was not at the border trying to make a name for himself.

A Russian military bomber engineer drove up to the U.S. Southwest border in late December, asking for asylum and offering to reveal some of Russia’s most closely guarded military secrets, according to an unclassified Customs and Border Protection report obtained by Yahoo News.

The man and his family arrived in an armored SUV and asked to be admitted into the U.S. because he feared persecution for participating in anti-Putin protests in support of Alexei Navalny, an imprisoned Russian dissident. He then told CBP officials that he had information wanted by the U.S. government.

He said he was a civil engineer and that “his past employment had included working ... from 2018 to 2021 in the making of a particular type of military airplane at the Tupolev aircraft production facility in the city of Kazan in west-central Russia,” according to a Jan. 11 unclassified CBP report obtained by Yahoo News.

“He described the aircraft type as ‘an attack jet’ and said it ‘was called White Swan-TU160, the largest military aircraft.’”

Hopefully the information the US got from this engineer can be used to help Ukraine fight off Russian aggression.

“The TU-160 White Swan, also known by the NATO reporting name ‘Blackjack,’ is reportedly the most advanced strategic bomber in the Russian inventory and has been also used in a tactical airstrike role in the Ukraine war. According to open-source reporting, a major new construction program of an improved version of the aircraft as well as an upgrade program of existing aircraft got underway at the Tupolev facility during the past few years,” according to the unclassified “CBP Indications and Warnings Daily.”

Obviously Putin would love to put Novichok or Polonium in the tea of this defector. So his identity remains secret for now.

Yahoo News is withholding his name and details of where he arrived and applied for asylum after several officials raised concerns about the man’s safety.

[ ... ]

The engineer is believed to be inside the U.S. and is still being questioned by U.S. officials. He is likely being questioned about the restart of the Blackjack production, and the revamped or upgraded versions believed to have been worked on during the time of the Russian engineer’s employment."

He is also likely being asked about matters unrelated to the bomber jet, which could include everything from the email system, software, staffing and manufacturer used by the aircraft production facility — information that could be used to carry out targeted cyberattacks or for intelligence gathering or other efforts.

So more bad news for Putin – wherever he’s hiding out these days.

#tu-160 #white swan #blackjack #bomber #us-mexico border #customs and border protection #department of homeland security #request for asylum #russia #новичок #russian engineer #russia's military secrets #tupolev factory #россия #russian defector #бегство в сша! #novichok #polonium #us national security #invasion of ukraine #україна переможе

[homkamiro]

EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP!!! I need to tell just how running blind fanfiction by @thetriggeredhappy fucked me up

I'm not joking when I say that this is my favourite fic ever made, I literally don't, everything about it is so perfect, so detailed and so emotional,, i cried a lot, i laughed a lot, and I was really amazed by some of the plot twitsts

EVERYONE needs to read it, and if you don't imma bust yo damn kneecaps

#i also wished I'd draw more and perhaps I will! i'm just busy with life and and school and stuff #also the last pic is on russian because it was my comic class assignment and i felt too lazy to translate it #but it's basically the scene after scout agreed on the operation #team fortress 2 #tf2 #team fortress 2 fanart #tf2 fanart #tf2 scout #tf2 sniper #tf2 heavy #tf2 spy #tf2 soldier #tf2 engineer #tf2 pyro #speeding bullet #sniperscout #check the author they sell commissions!!! buy their commission!!!!!!!!! this IS a threat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jtl-fics]

Fluent Freshman - Part 09

PREVIOUS

Thanksgiving dinner really wasn’t that bad. It’d been years since FF had been to one as lively as this.

Kevin is loud and demanding when it comes to what needs to be on the TV and the exact perfect schedule to catch all of the Exy games being played. Wymack brought bourbon and has put it on the highest shelf in Abby’s kitchen right next to where Abby put the second pie for the exact same reason: Keep Andrew out of it. The Monsters and FF all get roped into helping Abby prep the meal.

He’s told that usually there are more people staying over Thanksgiving but this year more had gone home or gone to friend’s homes to celebrate. The only ones there are the Monsters, FF, and Jack.

Jack sits sullenly on the couch no matter what task Abby tries to give him.

Eventually, potatoes are mashed, turkeys are carved with appropriate knives, corn is creamed, macaroni is cheesed, canned cranberries have been de-canned, and the stuffing is…there on the table.

“Dig in!” Abby says not bothering with grace.

It’s good.

FF still misses his grandma’s cooking. It’s nice to have this loud Thanksgiving like he used to get but there’s something special about helping his grandma in the kitchen and the two of them sitting down to eat.

He definitely misses his grandma’s company when Jack starts to loudly complain about every last food item that Abby has so graciously laid out for them.

Wymack & Captain Neill both tell him to knock it off and threaten grueling exercises when practice starts back up while Andrew just threatens him with a knife multiple times to shut him up but FF can see Jack looking in the kitchen as he sits in silence after Andrew not so stealthily held a knife to his ribs.

Jack is looking at his grandma’s pie up on the top shelf.

Jack is going to complain about his grandma’s pie.

He looks at the Monsters and knows that there is only one person at this table who can POSSIBLY stop him is the person that FF fears the most.

Still….

He figures Andrew owes him a final request before he’s murdered in a basement, secondary location or (a new option he thought of on the way over to Abby’s in Andrew’s absurdly nice car), a secondary location’s basement.

“I want you to stop Jack from having any of my grandma’s pie.” He says in German drawing the attention of Aaron, Nicky, and Neil. Andrew blinks at him but says nothing so he continues. “If he says something mean about it then I’ll lose it.” He says.

FF means that if Jack insults his grandma’s pie that she had managed to get to him through some sort of grandmotherly wizardry then FF will burst into tears. He’s got what doctor’s call leaky eyes and there is no cure for these bad boys. He knows he’ll try to defend his grandma’s pie from whatever issue Jack will take with it but he also knows that he will be sobbing during that defense.

Andrew hears that and thinks that he might finally get to witness what FF looks like when he’s angry. From Kevin’s screaming, to Jack’s taunts, to Andrew’s own barbs, he has yet to see FF get mad. FF’s ability to stay in his own lane and regulate his emotions is one of the reasons that Andrew considers him a friend. He thinks about the bags under FF’s eyes and how desolate he had looked staring down at the ‘CANCELLED’ notification on his phone.

Andrew is getting into the art of doing something nice. For a friend.

He gives FF a singular nod and pulls one of his knives out of his arm bands and makes his way over to the pie. He ignores some various questions from the other, irrelevant.

“I want a slice at least!” Nicky demands and he nods as he cuts up the pie into seven normal sized slices. He puts each on a plate and Neil, every understanding of Andrew’s intentions, hands them out to the Monsters, FF, Wymack, and Abby.

“Good, finally get to try this stupid pie.” Jack says and Andrew levels a knife that has an apple slice slowly sliding off of it at Jack’s face.

“People who can’t appreciate the free dinner don’t get to have dessert.” He says and watches as Jack’s face goes through an entire range of emotions, “You saw what I could do to a turkey. I have no problem doing it to you if you try anything.” He says and Jack goes white before he trudges out of the dining area entirely.

Andrew watches him go before picking up the remainder of the pie (nearly a quarter) and making his way over to the fridge.

FF pipes up, “Try it without the ice cream first.” He says because even if he likes his pie à la mode the first bite has to be pure pie.

Andrew shrugs and eats the apple pie filling off of the knife.

It’s immaculate.

It’s the best pie that Andrew has ever tasted in his life and he has tasted some pies.

He has no idea what Jack would have complained about other than the fact that FF had an entire one of these all to himself. This pie had travelled across the continental United States and tasted like this. Andrew can only imagine what it is like when it is coming fresh out of the oven.

He grabs the ice cream from the fridge and watches everyone else try the first bite of FF’s grandma’s pie.

“I want to meet your grandma and shake her hand.” Wymack says eyes closed even as his hand reaches for some bourbon.

“I want to your grandma to adopt me.” Nicky says.

“She can adopt both of us if it means pies like this.” Aaron agrees.

“This is good.” Kevin says as he continues to eat it.

“Really good.” Neil agrees.

“Maybe she could share the recipe with me. I’d love to make this.” Abby says as she drinks a glass of milk.

“Thanks, she’ll be happy to hear it.” FF’s shoulders loosen as he puts away his own slice quickly.

There is some grumbling as Andrew hoards the rest of the pie himself and only gives bites to Neil. “I wonder if we should get the whipped cream out for it?” Neil asks him in Russian.

Andrew frowns and considers it for a long moment, “We have plans for that whipped cream tonight and the stores will be closed.” He says back in the same language. FF has paused in eating the last of his slice. “Problem?” He asks.

“Last bite.” FF responds back immediately and Andrew lets it go unaware that FF had spent 2 seconds wondering how whipped cream would play into whatever torture device Andrew was going to shove him into the second they arrived in Columbia before realizing that it was a sex thing.

He lets his hand go into his pocket and rub the paper of his grandma’s note to him.

It’s not a bad last meal.

NEXT

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#Fluent Freshman AU #Before Columbia is 2 ungodly hours in the car where Andrew and Neil do not know that FF knows russian #But Nicky does #Buckle up (literally) #The pie was good enough that even Kevin couldn't bitch about it #Does Kevin do squats in front of the TV for 20 minutes while the rest of the Foxes help clean up #Yes #It was good but his body is a machine and he just put sugar in the engine #AFTG #AFTG AU #AFTG OC #AFTG shitpost #Andreil #FF - Pt. 09

[archiarthur]

Science Party and Spoovy for your thoughts?

#tf2 #science party #team fortress 2 #art-chi #engiemedic #tf2 medic #tf2 engineer #medicengie #engineer x medic #medic x engineer #spy x heavy #heavy x spy #spoovy #russian roulette #genetic engineering #bird brains #tf2 heavy #tf2 spy

[conkorse]

:3

#tf2 #team fortress 2 #heavy tf2 #spy tf2 #engineer tf2 #pyro tf2 #medic tf2 #spoovy #russian roulette #tf2 art #tf2 fanart #conk crap

[maxwellscorner]

My Russian Decapod oc which I drew at work

He's tired and went through a lot, poor thing

#ttte oc #maqui's sketchbook #ink drawing #traditional art #traditional drawing #russian decapod #ivan the siberian engine #locomotive #steam locomotive

[0straycat0]

Government mandated heavy along with some ships and animal crossing tracker B]

#tf2 #team fortress 2 #tf2 engineer #tf2 medic #tf2 spy #tf2 heavy #science party #engiemedic #genetic engineering #spoovy #russian roulette #tf2 oc #0art0 #tf2 fanart

[puella-1n-somn10]

Yeah, uh. I have no explanation behind this, lmao.

Template and the list of ships present are under the cut. Source link will be in the RBs.

-I love them so so much!!!-

Heavy x Medic x Engineer (poly) // Heavy Metal Fest?

Sniperscout // Speeding Bullet

Soldierzhanna // Russian Raccoons

Spy x Scout's mom // Polaroid Collection

-I don't see why not!-

Spy x Heavy // Spoovy

Spy x Medic // Gentle Surgery

Spy x Engineer // Napoleon Complex

DemoSolly // Boots 'n Bombs (Demo is aromantic in my hc)

Pauling x Zhanna // Gay Awakening

Saxton Hale x Engineer

-Frens!-

Scout and Pauling

DemoSolly again

Pyro and Engineer

Scout and Pyro (hc heavy; Pyro is like the grandparent Scout never had)

Merasmus and Soldier, purely for shits and giggles

-May a plague of Sniperbots hit every server you visit-

Spy and Scout (inc//st; canonically father and son)

Heavy and Zhanna (look above; they're siblings)

Pyro and Scout (once more, a grandparent/grandson dynamic in my hc)

Pauling and Administrator (I'm a "Pauling is Administrator's Clone" theory truther)

#team fortress 2 #TF2 #ship chart #Heavy Metal Fest #Heavy Metal #Science Party #Red Oktoberfest #Speeding Bullet #Russian Raccoons #Polaroid Collection #Spoovy #Gentle Surgery #Napoleon Complex #Gay Awakening #Engineer x Saxton #Chat Room #OTP Tag

[captain-price-unofficially]

Dibrova, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian forces hit a Russian position with a UR-77 Meteorit MICLIC.

#UR-77 #engineering and logistics #russian armor #modern #russo-ukrainian war #combat footage

[kymuryacademia]

October 9th, 2023

I was feeling so lazy today...but I tried to be productive. I studied Calculus and properties of variation, and reviewed some concepts, since I have Physics and Calculus classes today.

And I studied about nouns in Russian and some grammar rules.

#engineering #stem #study aesthetic #study motivation #studyblr #studyspo #stem academia #studyinspo #studying #calculus #russian #learn russian

[captainmvf]

Stex Greaseball + Nationals Charms for Sale!! 🚂🌟

🌟 They're available on my online store right now! Please check out the link for more details! 🌟

#mvf art #mvf talks #etsy listing #starlight express #stex #greaseball the diesel #ruhrgold the german engine #coco the french engine #bobo the french engine #turnov the russian engine #espresso the itallian engine #hashamoto the japanese engine #brexit the british engine #guys. i'm not tagging all their variations. #stex greaseball #stex coco #stex bobo #stex brexit #stex ruhrgold #stex turnov #stex hashamoto #stex espresso #etsy link #charms for sale

[namu-the-orca]

So, I'm just cleaning up my art folder now... I hope you like seeing the old stuff I pull from there lol. I think this is one of the first animations I tried? Or at least one where I tried a more simple scheme. It worked cause it's shit simple but I do think it's cute. Also the file is literally called "super cool bee-eater" so it has that going for it.

#animations #animation #little bee-eater #bee-eater #Merops pusillus #Merops #bird #there's some better stuff coming soon promise! #I still have the big Salmon poster to upload #just felt a bit weird to PLONK it down here after being quiet for so long #but that's up next #I also have a really cool steam engine painting to upload which I am soooo proud of #HOWEVER #it is a Russian steam loco and even though that's not the loco's fault I kind of fear people's responses #and fear that would ruin the actual artwork enjoyment #at the same time I feel silly for even worrying about this

[brand-new-girl]

Does anyone know of any pictures where Rusty and Turnov even just. Stand near each other? I've convinced myself they're in love despite them having no real canon relationship at all /hj

#i imagine them in a very specific way #that is so special to me #i love them #starlight express #stex #rusty the steam engine #stex rusty #rusty stex #turnov #turnov stex #turnov the russian engine

[1010neveragain]

Oh this character could be played by women oh that character could be played by women. Yeah well I think Turnov should be played by women. WHERE is my angry middle-aged butch Turnov!!!!!!!!!

#i just come onto this blog and say anything atp #starlight express #stex #turnov the russian engine #turnov #turnov stex #imagine with me. she rolls onto the stage. she mimes taking a shot. lesbians everywhere go wild.

[thisismondaymood]

Why doesn't the russian engine get shipped so often?

Cause he's a Turn-ov

#turnov the russian engine #starlight express #stex #dad jokes

[bruhstation]

@land-of-diesel-10 10 phds and for what

(lore under read more)

introducing: the guy that bites the hand that feeds him

his real name is dio leontopodium vertilgen but people call him d10 (pronounced: dee-ten) because for some reason his real name strikes fear in those who knew a little too much about him. yes he does have 10 phds. also he graduated college at age 16 but because of multiple accounts of felony and arson and attempted murder nobody wants to hire him. he’s like the joker of casa tidmouth

however sir topham hatt is a generous guy (he probably knows all the risks by hiring him but he’s very faithful in his own judgement) so he now works at the vicarstown dieselworks, handling scraps with his beloved diesel engine and trusty pinchy. he believes that nobody will ever understand him as well as pinchy. for sure not even his two yes-men splatter and dodge

due to the gossips (thank you sodor’s rumours bulletin board) that there’s a peculiar woman dressed in magenta that speaks funnily and bears a STRONG resemblance to the lady of the legends, d10 is currently on his journey to capture her. for what? I believe my own description wouldn’t be able to describe how absurd it is. but this can be said for sure: his insatiable pursuit of knowledge and power went beyond his own comprehension to the point where he goes insane.

#thomas the tank engine #thomas and friends #ttte #ttte diesel 10 #casa tidmouth #human au #senjart #another attempt at queueing! hurrah! #my favorite manic pixie dream girl #imagine being an engineering genius and trying to capture a god with your fucked up brain. can't be me #something something icarus except instead of the sun it's neverending knowledge and power #(accent that cannot be distinguished between german and russian) why so serious?