It uses Bing in the backend though.

The old American playbook was to ally with some local elites and then use media, secret service and economic support to bring them into power. Military force and hardcore sanctions were a tool used, if that did not work.

Russia prefers to use military force to force other countries into doing what they want.

China seems to work mainly with economic pressure, corruption and secret servcie work to set up favroable local elites. Their media game is not as good as the US, but TikTok is a clear sign that they are working on it. So far hard force is pretty rarer.

To me China looks a lot more like the old US playbook. They know the Russian one is not as good, as they saw European Empires collapse by using it.

Does the 85% of kills mean drones are the entire kill chain or just a part of it? For example would a Russian tank destroyed by artillery, but spotted by a drone be done by a drone?

Also German support with 6 Iris-T in Ukraine already and another 6 being worked on. Also 56 Gepards and 2 Skynex systems. https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/news/military-support-ukraine-2054992

This lovely little talk did in fact kill the mineral deal.

EDIT: From the article

According to CNN, Zelensky left the White House shortly after and the planned signing of the mineral deal as well as a planned press conference were both cancelled.

The Republic of Samsung or the Democratic Republic of Kim?

Norway only has a population of 5.5million. The area is relativly big though.

Europe has a 10 times bigger economy than Russia, but Russia still manage to outspend Europe on military.

In GDP terms the EU has a 10 times larger economy, but in GDP adjusted for purchasing power it is only 4 times larger. In absolute terms EU military spending is higher then that of Russia, but it is about the same, when adjusting for purchasing power.