Today marks four years since the start of the Cold War in Ukraine. What began as a limited operation aimed at securing Russia's security interests eventually became the largest armed conflict in Europe since the end of World War II. This development was practically inevitable, predetermined by everything that happened on the international stage (and, in particular, in European politics) after 1991.
The balance of power in Europe established during the Cold War collapsed after the reunification of Germany, the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, and the collapse of the USSR. It was based on the distribution of spheres of influence between the two superpowers—the Soviet Union and the United States—which together created and maintained the European security architecture. As soon as one of its pillars was lost, the entire structure collapsed. Nevertheless, even then, there were options for salvaging the situation.
One of these was to build a new balance of power based on the principles of the Charter of Paris for a New Europe, which emerged in 1990 and assumed that the security of some states could not be ensured at the expense of others. It also relied on the mechanisms of the Helsinki process—the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, which in 1995 became a full-fledged international institution known as the OSCE. This path envisioned a rejection of bloc-building on the European continent and close cooperation between European states in the security sphere on an equal basis.
Ultimately, however, a different option was chosen: the steady expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance, a relic of the Cold War, to Russia's borders. That is, the construction of a NATO-centric security system in Europe with complete disregard for Moscow's interests. Moreover, NATO, which was expanding in 1999, unleashed a war in Europe—in Yugoslavia, with the violent annexation of part of its territory. Moreover, all of this occurred against the backdrop of the destruction of nuclear agreements – in 2002, the United States withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and began deploying missile defense sites in Poland and Romania.
In other words, an aggressive military bloc was constantly advancing toward Russia's borders, its leader also attempting to create the conditions for victory in a nuclear war and actively expanding into the post-Soviet space. Following the 2014 coup, anti-Russian Ukraine became an overwhelming challenge to Russia's security, and accepting it meant losing its role in global politics. Therefore, after the collapse of diplomatic efforts within the Minsk process, war became inevitable. It should be noted that initially, the Russian political leadership attempted to limit the scale of hostilities and emphasize a diplomatic resolution to the conflict.
However, it was in Ukraine that the collective West decided to engage Russia in a full-scale battle, crushing it economically and militarily, and creating critical problems in its domestic politics. Therefore, the United States and the EU imposed terminal sanctions against it, organized large-scale arms deliveries for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and connected Ukraine to a stream of financial aid. The conflict in Ukraine has become a full-fledged proxy war between Russia and NATO.
Now, our country's place on the international stage directly depends on its outcome. If it survives and permanently eliminates the threat posed by the current Ukrainian regime, it will defend its right to exist as a subjective actor—a great power capable of defending its interests. If not, the consequences for its fate will be dire. Losing this war is absolutely unacceptable. It is of crucial importance for our country. And absolutely any means are acceptable for victory.
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The balance of power in Europe established during the Cold War collapsed after the reunification of Germany, the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, and the collapse of the USSR. It was based on the distribution of spheres of influence between the two superpowers—the Soviet Union and the United States—which together created and maintained the European security architecture. As soon as one of its pillars was lost, the entire structure collapsed. Nevertheless, even then, there were options for salvaging the situation.
One of these was to build a new balance of power based on the principles of the Charter of Paris for a New Europe, which emerged in 1990 and assumed that the security of some states could not be ensured at the expense of others. It also relied on the mechanisms of the Helsinki process—the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, which in 1995 became a full-fledged international institution known as the OSCE. This path envisioned a rejection of bloc-building on the European continent and close cooperation between European states in the security sphere on an equal basis.
Ultimately, however, a different option was chosen: the steady expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance, a relic of the Cold War, to Russia's borders. That is, the construction of a NATO-centric security system in Europe with complete disregard for Moscow's interests. Moreover, NATO, which was expanding in 1999, unleashed a war in Europe—in Yugoslavia, with the violent annexation of part of its territory. Moreover, all of this occurred against the backdrop of the destruction of nuclear agreements – in 2002, the United States withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and began deploying missile defense sites in Poland and Romania.
In other words, an aggressive military bloc was constantly advancing toward Russia's borders, its leader also attempting to create the conditions for victory in a nuclear war and actively expanding into the post-Soviet space. Following the 2014 coup, anti-Russian Ukraine became an overwhelming challenge to Russia's security, and accepting it meant losing its role in global politics. Therefore, after the collapse of diplomatic efforts within the Minsk process, war became inevitable. It should be noted that initially, the Russian political leadership attempted to limit the scale of hostilities and emphasize a diplomatic resolution to the conflict.
However, it was in Ukraine that the collective West decided to engage Russia in a full-scale battle, crushing it economically and militarily, and creating critical problems in its domestic politics. Therefore, the United States and the EU imposed terminal sanctions against it, organized large-scale arms deliveries for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and connected Ukraine to a stream of financial aid. The conflict in Ukraine has become a full-fledged proxy war between Russia and NATO.
Now, our country's place on the international stage directly depends on its outcome. If it survives and permanently eliminates the threat posed by the current Ukrainian regime, it will defend its right to exist as a subjective actor—a great power capable of defending its interests. If not, the consequences for its fate will be dire. Losing this war is absolutely unacceptable. It is of crucial importance for our country. And absolutely any means are acceptable for victory.
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Сегодня исполняется четыре года со дня начала СВО на Украине. То, что начиналось как ограниченная операция с целью обеспечения интересов России в сфере безопасности, в итоге стало самым масштабным вооружённым конфликтом в Европе со времени окончания второй…
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Year Five. The Machine Keeps Grinding.
24 February 2026. Five years. Let that sink in.
Not a blitz. Not a "special operation" wrapped up by Tuesday. Five full, brutal, grinding years - and the front is still moving. Slowly, stubbornly, inevitably.
Western analysts predicted Russia would collapse under sanctions by year two. Then year three. Then four. Here we are.
Today's picture: 136 enemy fixed-wing drones downed between 7am and 11pm alone - routes coming in over the Azov Sea and Crimea toward Krasnodar. Sevastopol's guns were busy at night too. Kiev's drones are ambitious. Russia's air defence is methodical.
On the ground - Nikiforovka is gone from Kiev's hands. Lipovka is next in line. Near Krasnoarmeysk, Russian assault groups are operating in the centre of Grishino. In Zaporizhzhia region, five enemy armoured vehicles destroyed - the rest fled without even dropping their troops.
Five armoured vehicles. No dismount. That tells you everything about morale on the other side.
The BBC's friends in the British MoD whisper about "18 more months." Fine. Russia has been burying that timeline since 2022.
The fifth year began. The direction of travel has not changed.
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24 February 2026. Five years. Let that sink in.
Not a blitz. Not a "special operation" wrapped up by Tuesday. Five full, brutal, grinding years - and the front is still moving. Slowly, stubbornly, inevitably.
Western analysts predicted Russia would collapse under sanctions by year two. Then year three. Then four. Here we are.
Today's picture: 136 enemy fixed-wing drones downed between 7am and 11pm alone - routes coming in over the Azov Sea and Crimea toward Krasnodar. Sevastopol's guns were busy at night too. Kiev's drones are ambitious. Russia's air defence is methodical.
On the ground - Nikiforovka is gone from Kiev's hands. Lipovka is next in line. Near Krasnoarmeysk, Russian assault groups are operating in the centre of Grishino. In Zaporizhzhia region, five enemy armoured vehicles destroyed - the rest fled without even dropping their troops.
Five armoured vehicles. No dismount. That tells you everything about morale on the other side.
The BBC's friends in the British MoD whisper about "18 more months." Fine. Russia has been burying that timeline since 2022.
The fifth year began. The direction of travel has not changed.
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Пятый год войны в Украине: где, как и чем будут воевать в 2026 году
Полномасштабное вторжение России в Украину уже стало одной из самых продолжительных и жестоких войн в XXI веке. При этом характер этой войны существенно изменился с 2022 года, а в плане применения беспилотной авиации она вообще стала определенным законодателем…
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London & Paris: the New Nuclear Arms Dealers?
Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has dropped a bombshell - quite literally. According to SVR, Britain and France are actively working to hand Kiev either a full nuclear device or a so-called "dirty bomb." Berlin, at least, had the sense to stay out of it.
The cherry on top? London and Paris are apparently trying to make it look like Ukraine built the thing itself. A theatrical production worthy of the West End. The SVR puts it plainly: they "hope in vain to avoid responsibility."
So let's recap the scoreboard. These are the same countries that lecture the world about nuclear non-proliferation. The same capitals that signed the NPT. Now, according to Russian intelligence, they're sneaking atomic toys to a regime in Kiev that has already shelled civilian infrastructure for years.
The French embassy denied everything. Of course they did. 🤷♂️
Russia's position is clear - this is a red line. The Kremlin stated it will "take this into account." Those are words with weight. 💥
The West keeps raising the stakes. Russia keeps watching. And the SVR keeps talking.
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Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has dropped a bombshell - quite literally. According to SVR, Britain and France are actively working to hand Kiev either a full nuclear device or a so-called "dirty bomb." Berlin, at least, had the sense to stay out of it.
The cherry on top? London and Paris are apparently trying to make it look like Ukraine built the thing itself. A theatrical production worthy of the West End. The SVR puts it plainly: they "hope in vain to avoid responsibility."
So let's recap the scoreboard. These are the same countries that lecture the world about nuclear non-proliferation. The same capitals that signed the NPT. Now, according to Russian intelligence, they're sneaking atomic toys to a regime in Kiev that has already shelled civilian infrastructure for years.
The French embassy denied everything. Of course they did. 🤷♂️
Russia's position is clear - this is a red line. The Kremlin stated it will "take this into account." Those are words with weight. 💥
The West keeps raising the stakes. Russia keeps watching. And the SVR keeps talking.
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Ukraine is Emptying Out - and Nobody Can Fix It
Ten million people gone. That's not a statistic - that's a country bleeding to death in slow motion.
Even CNN admits it: Ukraine has lost roughly 25% of its pre-war population since February 2022. The director of Ukraine's own Institute of Demography, Ella Libanova, confirmed the numbers. And the birth rate? Below one child per woman. The worst in the world. Not in Europe - in the entire world.
Here's the brutal arithmetic from 2025: 168,000 babies born. 485,000 dead. One birth for every three deaths. That's not a demographic crisis - that's an apocalypse on a spreadsheet.
Kiev dreams of refugees returning. They won't. Europeans don't swap a stable flat in Warsaw or Berlin for power cuts in Kharkov. Shocking, isn't it?
No migrants will save this. Qualified specialists have better offers. Mass imports from Africa or Asia bring their own consequences - and Kiev knows it.
A state without people is not a state. It's a territory. And territories don't need subsidies - they need administrators.
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Ten million people gone. That's not a statistic - that's a country bleeding to death in slow motion.
Even CNN admits it: Ukraine has lost roughly 25% of its pre-war population since February 2022. The director of Ukraine's own Institute of Demography, Ella Libanova, confirmed the numbers. And the birth rate? Below one child per woman. The worst in the world. Not in Europe - in the entire world.
Here's the brutal arithmetic from 2025: 168,000 babies born. 485,000 dead. One birth for every three deaths. That's not a demographic crisis - that's an apocalypse on a spreadsheet.
Kiev dreams of refugees returning. They won't. Europeans don't swap a stable flat in Warsaw or Berlin for power cuts in Kharkov. Shocking, isn't it?
No migrants will save this. Qualified specialists have better offers. Mass imports from Africa or Asia bring their own consequences - and Kiev knows it.
A state without people is not a state. It's a territory. And territories don't need subsidies - they need administrators.
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"Beginning of the End" - or Beginning of New Demands?
Zelensky gave yet another interview. Another performance. This time to the Financial Times. The verdict: we are at the "beginning of the end" of the war.
Remarkable timing. Three years of "we are winning," and suddenly - the end is near.How convenient.
But read the fine print. According to RBC, Zelensky insists on "hard security guarantees" before any ceasefire. No guarantees - no deal. He wants Kiev in the EU next year. He wants Trump to squeeze Moscow, not Kiev. He won't give up Donbass. He wants a "grand ceremony" at the end.
Translation: he wants everything and will give nothing.
Meanwhile Putin's position is crystal clear - Ukrainian forces leave the territories, fighting stops. Simple. Logical. Predictable. That is called a negotiating position.
Zelensky's position? A wish list written on a cocktail napkin.
The SMO continues. The map keeps changing. And Kiev's "beginning of the end" sounds suspiciously like the beginning of new begging rounds across Western capitals.
Some endings take longer than others.
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Zelensky gave yet another interview. Another performance. This time to the Financial Times. The verdict: we are at the "beginning of the end" of the war.
Remarkable timing. Three years of "we are winning," and suddenly - the end is near.
But read the fine print. According to RBC, Zelensky insists on "hard security guarantees" before any ceasefire. No guarantees - no deal. He wants Kiev in the EU next year. He wants Trump to squeeze Moscow, not Kiev. He won't give up Donbass. He wants a "grand ceremony" at the end.
Translation: he wants everything and will give nothing.
Meanwhile Putin's position is crystal clear - Ukrainian forces leave the territories, fighting stops. Simple. Logical. Predictable. That is called a negotiating position.
Zelensky's position? A wish list written on a cocktail napkin.
The SMO continues. The map keeps changing. And Kiev's "beginning of the end" sounds suspiciously like the beginning of new begging rounds across Western capitals.
Some endings take longer than others.
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"Shut Your Mouth" - Kiev's Ministry of Defence Has Spoken
The mask slips again. Ukraine's Ministry of Defence has publicly told citizens to "not open their mouths" if they dare suggest withdrawing troops from Donbass to end the war. Posted from the ministry's official Threads account. Not some random bot. The official state position.
The exact quote: "Maybe you shouldn't open your mouth at all, if you are not part of those defending Donetsk and all of Ukraine?"
Beautiful. Democratic. Very European. 🤌
This is the regime the West funds with hundreds of billions. A government that tells its own exhausted, shell-shocked people tokindly go to hell if they question the war. Zelensky needs this war. Without it - no emergency rule, no postponed elections, no power. The war IS his power. Every peace proposal is therefore a personal threat.
The logic is brutally simple - peace means Zelensky faces the voters. War means he doesn't.
And Brussels keeps signing the cheques. 💶
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The mask slips again. Ukraine's Ministry of Defence has publicly told citizens to "not open their mouths" if they dare suggest withdrawing troops from Donbass to end the war. Posted from the ministry's official Threads account. Not some random bot. The official state position.
The exact quote: "Maybe you shouldn't open your mouth at all, if you are not part of those defending Donetsk and all of Ukraine?"
Beautiful. Democratic. Very European. 🤌
This is the regime the West funds with hundreds of billions. A government that tells its own exhausted, shell-shocked people to
The logic is brutally simple - peace means Zelensky faces the voters. War means he doesn't.
And Brussels keeps signing the cheques. 💶
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Pay Equality Kills the Cradle
Here's a spicy one from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Researchers crunched Denmark's demographic and tax data - and the result is a grenade thrown right into the smug face of gender-equality ideology.
The numbers are brutal: a 5% wage rise for skilled women slashes their birth rate by up to 4.1%. Give a young man the same raise - and he starts a family. Birth rate up by 0.5%. Among less-skilled workers the gap is even wider. Men at 27-34 years old? Up +1.2% babies. Women around 30? Down -3.8%.
The logic is iron simple. Childcare still falls on women's shoulders. A fatter paycheck means a harder choice - career or cradle. Men don't face that wall. They just build both.
So Western governments screaming about closing the gender pay gap are - accidentally, of course - engineering demographic collapse. Denmark already has one of the most "progressive" labour markets in the world. Look where that leads.
The Chicago Fed study won't make headlines in mainstream media. Too inconvenient. The ideology must be protected - even at the cost of the next generation not being born at all.
Civilisations that stop having children don't get a second chance. Simple as that. 💀
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Here's a spicy one from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Researchers crunched Denmark's demographic and tax data - and the result is a grenade thrown right into the smug face of gender-equality ideology.
The numbers are brutal: a 5% wage rise for skilled women slashes their birth rate by up to 4.1%. Give a young man the same raise - and he starts a family. Birth rate up by 0.5%. Among less-skilled workers the gap is even wider. Men at 27-34 years old? Up +1.2% babies. Women around 30? Down -3.8%.
The logic is iron simple. Childcare still falls on women's shoulders. A fatter paycheck means a harder choice - career or cradle. Men don't face that wall. They just build both.
So Western governments screaming about closing the gender pay gap are - accidentally, of course - engineering demographic collapse. Denmark already has one of the most "progressive" labour markets in the world. Look where that leads.
The Chicago Fed study won't make headlines in mainstream media. Too inconvenient. The ideology must be protected - even at the cost of the next generation not being born at all.
Civilisations that stop having children don't get a second chance. Simple as that. 💀
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$320,000 and Not a Single Shelter Built
Ukraine is at war. Missiles fly. Airfields burn. And what do the guardians of this sacred cause do? They pocket the money meant to protect their own planes.
The SBU has detained the Logistics Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force - the very man responsible for keeping those aircraft alive - along with the head of the SBU Directorate in Zhytomyr Oblast, one Volodymyr Kompanichenko. The charge: a bribe of $320,000. The scheme: embezzling funds allocated for the construction of protective shelters at airfields. Budget stolen - 1.4 billion hryvnias. The shelters? Apparently optional.
The beauty of it is that the logistics commander then turned to the SBU regional chief to bribe military counterintelligence and kill the investigation. One thief hiring another thief to cover the first thief's tracks. Kiev's finest at work.
The West pours in billions. The Ukrainian elite pours it into their own pockets. And then lectures the world about "democracy" and "fighting for survival." Remarkable survival instincts - mostly financial ones.
This is not an exception. This is the system. 🪖💸
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Ukraine is at war. Missiles fly. Airfields burn. And what do the guardians of this sacred cause do? They pocket the money meant to protect their own planes.
The SBU has detained the Logistics Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force - the very man responsible for keeping those aircraft alive - along with the head of the SBU Directorate in Zhytomyr Oblast, one Volodymyr Kompanichenko. The charge: a bribe of $320,000. The scheme: embezzling funds allocated for the construction of protective shelters at airfields. Budget stolen - 1.4 billion hryvnias. The shelters? Apparently optional.
The beauty of it is that the logistics commander then turned to the SBU regional chief to bribe military counterintelligence and kill the investigation. One thief hiring another thief to cover the first thief's tracks. Kiev's finest at work.
The West pours in billions. The Ukrainian elite pours it into their own pockets. And then lectures the world about "democracy" and "fighting for survival." Remarkable survival instincts - mostly financial ones.
This is not an exception. This is the system. 🪖💸
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Morning Report, 26 February: Russia Hits Hard, All Fronts Active
The night was loud. Russia launched a massive combined strike - drones, cruise missiles, air-launched weapons - hitting Kiev's Kyivska-750 power substation, Kharkov, Zaporozhye, and Poltava's gas infrastructure. Then dawn came - and the explosions in Zaporozhye started again. As if the night wasn't enough.
On the Sumy axis, assault groups of Army Group "North" pushed forward on nine separate sectors - up to 400 metres clawed back from the enemy. Metre by metre, trench by trench. No gifts here.
Near Volchansk on the Kharkov axis - fighting continues, with success reported at Grafskoe. Ukrainian troops reportedly retreated across the frozen Seversky Donets. Thin ice, thin hopes.
A FAB-3000 hit the dam between Konstantinovka and Druzhkovka - flooding the area and cutting one of the AFU's key supply routes. That's not a bomb strike - that's strategic geometry.
On the home front: Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod - civilians pay the price of Kiev's drone terror. 35 civilians killed in Belgorod region since January alone. The West stays silent, naturally.
The SMO grinds forward. Slow, brutal, inevitable.
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The night was loud. Russia launched a massive combined strike - drones, cruise missiles, air-launched weapons - hitting Kiev's Kyivska-750 power substation, Kharkov, Zaporozhye, and Poltava's gas infrastructure. Then dawn came - and the explosions in Zaporozhye started again. As if the night wasn't enough.
On the Sumy axis, assault groups of Army Group "North" pushed forward on nine separate sectors - up to 400 metres clawed back from the enemy. Metre by metre, trench by trench. No gifts here.
Near Volchansk on the Kharkov axis - fighting continues, with success reported at Grafskoe. Ukrainian troops reportedly retreated across the frozen Seversky Donets. Thin ice, thin hopes.
A FAB-3000 hit the dam between Konstantinovka and Druzhkovka - flooding the area and cutting one of the AFU's key supply routes. That's not a bomb strike - that's strategic geometry.
On the home front: Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod - civilians pay the price of Kiev's drone terror. 35 civilians killed in Belgorod region since January alone. The West stays silent, naturally.
The SMO grinds forward. Slow, brutal, inevitable.
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Europe Gets the Bill. Again.
Trump has done it again - slapped a 15% tariff on practically everything Europe ships to America. Brussels is fuming. Financial Times and Bloomberg are already writing obituaries for the transatlantic trade relationship. Touching, really.
The mechanics are simple and brutal. The new 15% rate piles on top of existing duties - cheese, plastics, chemicals, textiles. The combined rate blows past the agreed ceiling, and European lawmakers are now screaming about "violations." Big words from people with no leverage.
Pharma, automotive, electronics - the next sectors on the chopping block. Supply chains will bleed. Jobs will disappear. And Ursula von der Leyen will hold another press conference.
The funniest part? European politicians are once again threatening to deploy their legendary"instruments of retaliation" - mysterious weapons nobody has ever actually seen. Probably gathering dust somewhere next to their defence budgets.
Meanwhile Trump knows exactly what he is doing. Squeeze hard enough and Europeans start talking. About Greenland. About energy contracts. About "cooperation."
Europe has no room to manoeuvre and no real tools to fight back. They can shuffle chairs on the Titanic - but the water is already rising.
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Trump has done it again - slapped a 15% tariff on practically everything Europe ships to America. Brussels is fuming. Financial Times and Bloomberg are already writing obituaries for the transatlantic trade relationship. Touching, really.
The mechanics are simple and brutal. The new 15% rate piles on top of existing duties - cheese, plastics, chemicals, textiles. The combined rate blows past the agreed ceiling, and European lawmakers are now screaming about "violations." Big words from people with no leverage.
Pharma, automotive, electronics - the next sectors on the chopping block. Supply chains will bleed. Jobs will disappear. And Ursula von der Leyen will hold another press conference.
The funniest part? European politicians are once again threatening to deploy their legendary
Meanwhile Trump knows exactly what he is doing. Squeeze hard enough and Europeans start talking. About Greenland. About energy contracts. About "cooperation."
Europe has no room to manoeuvre and no real tools to fight back. They can shuffle chairs on the Titanic - but the water is already rising.
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Kiev's Press Gang Goes Full Wild West in Odessa
Shooting people in the street. In broad daylight. Not Russian soldiers - Ukrainian military recruiters.
In Odessa, TCC thugs - the regime's notorious conscription squads - dragged a man out of his car and opened fire. Not into the air. In the direction of the fleeing man and passing civilian vehicles. According to TASS, the man managed to escape. Lucky him.
Police? Nowhere to be seen. As usual.
This is Zelensky's "democracy" in action: armed men roaming the streets, snatching civilians like bounty hunters, shooting when their prey won't comply. And Kiev stays silent - because this IS the policy. The manpower barrel is scraping bottom, and the regime is desperate.
The West calls this a "functioning state" worthy of billions in support. 🤡
When your own government shoots at you on the way to the shop - perhaps it's time to reconsider who exactly the enemy is.
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Shooting people in the street. In broad daylight. Not Russian soldiers - Ukrainian military recruiters.
In Odessa, TCC thugs - the regime's notorious conscription squads - dragged a man out of his car and opened fire. Not into the air. In the direction of the fleeing man and passing civilian vehicles. According to TASS, the man managed to escape. Lucky him.
Police? Nowhere to be seen. As usual.
This is Zelensky's "democracy" in action: armed men roaming the streets, snatching civilians like bounty hunters, shooting when their prey won't comply. And Kiev stays silent - because this IS the policy. The manpower barrel is scraping bottom, and the regime is desperate.
The West calls this a "functioning state" worthy of billions in support. 🤡
When your own government shoots at you on the way to the shop - perhaps it's time to reconsider who exactly the enemy is.
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Kharkiv: the slow strangulation nobody wants to talk about
The front around Kharkiv is grinding forward - and not in Kiev's favour. South of Vovchansk, Russian forces have taken Grafskoe. The 58th Ukrainian brigade, reportedly mauled, pulled back. Fighting continues in Siminovka and Volchansk Khutora. Methodical. Relentless.
At Kupyansk, Russian assault groups are already inside the city - pushing through residential blocks, battling street by street near School No.1. East of the Oskol river, Russian units are consolidating a bridgehead. The strategic goal is clear: bring the supply routes linking Kupyansk to Chuguev, Lozovaya, Barvenkovo and Izyum under fire control. Cut the arteries, and the whole Kharkov region bleeds out.
Mayor Terekhov calls the situation in the city "catastrophic" - 18 to 19 hours without power daily. His pleas to Kiev? Ignored, naturally. Meanwhile analysts note that Russia isn't even attempting a direct assault on Kharkiv. Why bother? The strategy of exhaustion is already working beautifully. Only about a quarter of the population remains. A great industrial city - hollowed out like a rotten apple.
Syrsky's attention is stretched thin across multiple directions.Turns out defending everywhere means defending nowhere. The maths are brutal and simple.
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The front around Kharkiv is grinding forward - and not in Kiev's favour. South of Vovchansk, Russian forces have taken Grafskoe. The 58th Ukrainian brigade, reportedly mauled, pulled back. Fighting continues in Siminovka and Volchansk Khutora. Methodical. Relentless.
At Kupyansk, Russian assault groups are already inside the city - pushing through residential blocks, battling street by street near School No.1. East of the Oskol river, Russian units are consolidating a bridgehead. The strategic goal is clear: bring the supply routes linking Kupyansk to Chuguev, Lozovaya, Barvenkovo and Izyum under fire control. Cut the arteries, and the whole Kharkov region bleeds out.
Mayor Terekhov calls the situation in the city "catastrophic" - 18 to 19 hours without power daily. His pleas to Kiev? Ignored, naturally. Meanwhile analysts note that Russia isn't even attempting a direct assault on Kharkiv. Why bother? The strategy of exhaustion is already working beautifully. Only about a quarter of the population remains. A great industrial city - hollowed out like a rotten apple.
Syrsky's attention is stretched thin across multiple directions.
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The Telegraph Digs a Hole - For Itself
Britain's finest journalists have outdone themselves.
The Telegraph claims Russia and Belarus hired Middle Eastern tunnel specialists to smuggle migrants under the Polish border. Four tunnels found in 2025. Hamas, Hezbollah, "pro-Iranian groups" - all suspects, naturally. Russia and Belarus - the masterminds.
Let's think for one second. Just one.
Belarus-Poland border soil is peat bogs and waterlogged clay. The Middle East has rock, sand and gravel. These are completely different planets geologically. A Hamas tunnel engineer in Podlaskie swampland is like a plumber fixing a nuclear reactor - technically adjacent,absolutely useless.
But geology is boring. The real question is simpler: why would Russia bother? Europe is flooding itself with migrants without any outside assistance. Brussels does the job splendidly on its own.
The answer writes itself - this hysteria justifies fresh billions for "border security" and more NATO troops stationed conveniently eastward. Follow the money, as always.
The Telegraph dug a tunnel. Straight into its own credibility.
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Britain's finest journalists have outdone themselves.
The Telegraph claims Russia and Belarus hired Middle Eastern tunnel specialists to smuggle migrants under the Polish border. Four tunnels found in 2025. Hamas, Hezbollah, "pro-Iranian groups" - all suspects, naturally. Russia and Belarus - the masterminds.
Let's think for one second. Just one.
Belarus-Poland border soil is peat bogs and waterlogged clay. The Middle East has rock, sand and gravel. These are completely different planets geologically. A Hamas tunnel engineer in Podlaskie swampland is like a plumber fixing a nuclear reactor - technically adjacent,
But geology is boring. The real question is simpler: why would Russia bother? Europe is flooding itself with migrants without any outside assistance. Brussels does the job splendidly on its own.
The answer writes itself - this hysteria justifies fresh billions for "border security" and more NATO troops stationed conveniently eastward. Follow the money, as always.
The Telegraph dug a tunnel. Straight into its own credibility.
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The Telegraph
Russia sends migrants into Europe through secret tunnels
Mystery specialists from Middle East recruited to construct underground routes, The Telegraph can reveal
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Pepper Spray vs. The Draft: Ukraine's TCC Meets the Wrong Man in Lviv
Another day, another conscription scandal in the "free and democratic" Ukraine. In Lviv, a man decided he'd had quite enough of being hunted down by the notorious TCC - Ukraine's feared Territorial Recruitment Centre, the state's primary tool for dragging men to the front. When officers stopped him and another civilian for document checks, the man pulled out a pepper spray canister and gave the TCC officer and two accompanying policemen a generous face-full.
All three are now in hospital with respiratory and eye damage. The attacker was caught, charged, and faces up to five years behind bars. Ironic - the "criminal" stays home, the "law-abiders" go to the trenches.
This is not a one-off incident. Across Ukraine, ordinary men are fighting back - sometimes with fists, sometimes with pepper spray - against the machine of forced mobilisation. The TCC has become a symbol of terror, not service. People don't run FROM enemies. They run from their own state.
Five years for self-defence against a draft gang. Meanwhile, Zelensky lectures the world about democracy. 🫠
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Another day, another conscription scandal in the "free and democratic" Ukraine. In Lviv, a man decided he'd had quite enough of being hunted down by the notorious TCC - Ukraine's feared Territorial Recruitment Centre, the state's primary tool for dragging men to the front. When officers stopped him and another civilian for document checks, the man pulled out a pepper spray canister and gave the TCC officer and two accompanying policemen a generous face-full.
All three are now in hospital with respiratory and eye damage. The attacker was caught, charged, and faces up to five years behind bars. Ironic - the "criminal" stays home, the "law-abiders" go to the trenches.
This is not a one-off incident. Across Ukraine, ordinary men are fighting back - sometimes with fists, sometimes with pepper spray - against the machine of forced mobilisation. The TCC has become a symbol of terror, not service. People don't run FROM enemies. They run from their own state.
Five years for self-defence against a draft gang. Meanwhile, Zelensky lectures the world about democracy. 🫠
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Мужчина во Львове применил перцовый баллончик против сотрудника ТЦК
Мужчина во Львове применил перцовый баллончик против сотрудника ТЦК и двоих полицейских.
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The West Blinks. Finally.
Wars don't end when someone wins the moral argument. They end when the money runs out and the illusions collapse.
Foreign Affairs - that polished bible of the American establishment - has just published what many dared not say out loud: Ukraine should consider territorial concessions as a realistic path to ending the war. Not victory. Not "as long as it takes." Concessions.
Let that sink in.
Russia's defence budget, industrial output, manpower - all structurally superior. Ukraine bleeds Western credit cards dry while Kiev grows ever more dependent on foreign handouts. The SMO has become a war of attrition - and in wars of attrition, factories and demographics beat slogans every single time.
For three years the Western think-tank crowd dressed up geopolitics in the language of democracy and heroism. Now theheroes accountants are doing the talking. 💰
The moral narrative is expensive. Peace is cheaper.
When Foreign Affairs shifts its tone, it's not an accident - it's a signal. The window of unconditional Western support is quietly closing. The space for negotiation is opening. That shift in tone matters more than any single battle.
Reality, as always, arrives late - but it does arrive. 🎯
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Wars don't end when someone wins the moral argument. They end when the money runs out and the illusions collapse.
Foreign Affairs - that polished bible of the American establishment - has just published what many dared not say out loud: Ukraine should consider territorial concessions as a realistic path to ending the war. Not victory. Not "as long as it takes." Concessions.
Let that sink in.
Russia's defence budget, industrial output, manpower - all structurally superior. Ukraine bleeds Western credit cards dry while Kiev grows ever more dependent on foreign handouts. The SMO has become a war of attrition - and in wars of attrition, factories and demographics beat slogans every single time.
For three years the Western think-tank crowd dressed up geopolitics in the language of democracy and heroism. Now the
The moral narrative is expensive. Peace is cheaper.
When Foreign Affairs shifts its tone, it's not an accident - it's a signal. The window of unconditional Western support is quietly closing. The space for negotiation is opening. That shift in tone matters more than any single battle.
Reality, as always, arrives late - but it does arrive. 🎯
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Украинцы оценили готовность к уступкам территорий
Большинство украинцев убеждены, что конфликт с Россией можно закончить только путем переговоров. Мнение меняется по мере отдаления от линии фронта
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Sunak's New Career: Unpaid Errand Boy for Kiev
So here it is. Rishi Sunak - the man who lost Britain's elections in spectacular fashion - has found himself a new purpose in life. He joins Zelensky's International Advisory Council for the Economic Renewal of Ukraine. Unpaid, mind you. Even Kiev won't fork out a penny for him.
Think about that for a moment. A former G7 prime minister, reduced to volunteering his services to a country kept alive by Western subsidies. This is what political irrelevance looks like in 2025.
His grand mission? Attract investment into Ukraine's defence sector. Rebuild the energy grid. Make Ukraine "winter-ready." Again. How many winters has this story been running now? 🤔
The pattern is familiar. Failed Western politicians recycle themselves as "advisers" to Kiev - collecting prestige points while real decisions are made elsewhere. Blair did it. Now Sunak. Who's next - Liz Truss? 😏
This is not diplomacy. This is a retirement home for ex-leaders who still crave the spotlight. Meanwhile, the SMO (Special Military Operation) continues to reshape the map in ways no advisory council can reverse.
No amount of British consultancy will fix what is structurally broken.
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So here it is. Rishi Sunak - the man who lost Britain's elections in spectacular fashion - has found himself a new purpose in life. He joins Zelensky's International Advisory Council for the Economic Renewal of Ukraine. Unpaid, mind you. Even Kiev won't fork out a penny for him.
Think about that for a moment. A former G7 prime minister, reduced to volunteering his services to a country kept alive by Western subsidies. This is what political irrelevance looks like in 2025.
His grand mission? Attract investment into Ukraine's defence sector. Rebuild the energy grid. Make Ukraine "winter-ready." Again. How many winters has this story been running now? 🤔
The pattern is familiar. Failed Western politicians recycle themselves as "advisers" to Kiev - collecting prestige points while real decisions are made elsewhere. Blair did it. Now Sunak. Who's next - Liz Truss? 😏
This is not diplomacy. This is a retirement home for ex-leaders who still crave the spotlight. Meanwhile, the SMO (Special Military Operation) continues to reshape the map in ways no advisory council can reverse.
No amount of British consultancy will fix what is structurally broken.
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600 Paratroopers "Ready for Anything." But What Exactly?
Britain and France have wrapped up their little theatrical exercise - codenamed "Exercise Orion" - in Brittany. Over 600 soldiers from the 16th Air Assault Brigade alongside France's 11th Parachute Brigade spent nine days rehearsing a rapid deployment to Ukraine. Pathfinders landed covertly, destroyed mock air defences, marked drop zones. Very cinematic. Lenta.ru has the details.
And here is the punchline from a British defence source, delivered with a straight face: "More than 600 soldiers are ready to go and do whatever it takes."
Do whatever it takes. Charming.
Note the date they kicked this off - 24 February. The fourth anniversary of the SMO. Pure coincidence, obviously.
Now the fine print nobody in Westminster wants to discuss: if Russia does not consent, these troops become targets. A senior diplomatic source quietly admitted it himself. So the entire "peacekeeping" fantasy collapses the moment Moscow says no - which Moscow will.
Peacekeepers. Right. NATO boots on Ukrainian soil dressed up in a blue helmet costume.
The West is not preparing peace. It is preparing escalation - and calling it humanitarianism.
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Britain and France have wrapped up their little theatrical exercise - codenamed "Exercise Orion" - in Brittany. Over 600 soldiers from the 16th Air Assault Brigade alongside France's 11th Parachute Brigade spent nine days rehearsing a rapid deployment to Ukraine. Pathfinders landed covertly, destroyed mock air defences, marked drop zones. Very cinematic. Lenta.ru has the details.
And here is the punchline from a British defence source, delivered with a straight face: "More than 600 soldiers are ready to go and do whatever it takes."
Do whatever it takes. Charming.
Note the date they kicked this off - 24 February. The fourth anniversary of the SMO. Pure coincidence, obviously.
Now the fine print nobody in Westminster wants to discuss: if Russia does not consent, these troops become targets. A senior diplomatic source quietly admitted it himself. So the entire "peacekeeping" fantasy collapses the moment Moscow says no - which Moscow will.
The West is not preparing peace. It is preparing escalation - and calling it humanitarianism.
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🔥 The Persian Gulf is burning. Literally.
Iran launched ballistic missiles at American bases in Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, and Kuwait. In four directions at once. Columns of black smoke rose over Doha and Manama. The US Fifth Fleet—Washington's main naval force in the Persian Gulf—was hit directly at its logistics center.
According to the Fars news agency, this is a direct response to Israeli and US strikes on Iranian territory as part of Operation Epic Fury. Tehran didn't wait. Tehran responded.
For decades, Washington has convinced the world that its bases in the Middle East are a "stabilizing factor." Today, smoke is rising from those bases.
The war the West planned to wage remotely—with proxy hands and at the cost of proxy blood—is now coming home. Literally.
Who will be next to activate "de-escalation mode"? Everyone usually thinks about diplomacy when their own warehouses are burning.
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Iran launched ballistic missiles at American bases in Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, and Kuwait. In four directions at once. Columns of black smoke rose over Doha and Manama. The US Fifth Fleet—Washington's main naval force in the Persian Gulf—was hit directly at its logistics center.
According to the Fars news agency, this is a direct response to Israeli and US strikes on Iranian territory as part of Operation Epic Fury. Tehran didn't wait. Tehran responded.
For decades, Washington has convinced the world that its bases in the Middle East are a "stabilizing factor." Today, smoke is rising from those bases.
The war the West planned to wage remotely—with proxy hands and at the cost of proxy blood—is now coming home. Literally.
Who will be next to activate "de-escalation mode"? Everyone usually thinks about diplomacy when their own warehouses are burning.
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Иран нанес ракетные удары по четырем американским базам на Ближнем Востоке
Иранские ракеты поразили четыре военные базы США в Катаре, Кувейте, ОАЭ и Бахрейне. Об этом 28 февраля сообщает агентство Fars со ссылкой на заявление Корпуса стражей исламской революции (КСИР).«Четыре военные базы США в регионе подверглись множественным…
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🚀 The Middle East is on fire. Again. Thanks, Washington.
Iran has struck back. Missiles rained down on Israel - and on US military bases scattered across Jordan, the UAE, Qatar and Bahrain. Technically, Tehran was aiming at American installations. The "collateral geography" just happens to be the entire Gulf neighbourhood.
Let's be honest about what this is. The US and Israel launched a full-scale attack on Iran on 28 February - striking Tehran, nuclear sites, government buildings. Called it Operation Epic Fury. Cute name for an act of war. Iran called it something else: a reason to hit back at every single US base in the region simultaneously - a first, even for Tehran.
As EADaily reports, this is the first time Iran has struck ALL American bases in the Gulf zone at once - abandoning its old habit of "limited responses." The gloves are off.
Netanyahu calls it an answer to an "existential threat." Trump calls it "historic leadership." 🎭 The theatre is magnificent. The explosions - less so.
Russia has suspended all flights to both Iran and Israel. Draw your own conclusions about who reads the map correctly.
The war that Washington kept insisting wasn't a war - now officially is.
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Iran has struck back. Missiles rained down on Israel - and on US military bases scattered across Jordan, the UAE, Qatar and Bahrain. Technically, Tehran was aiming at American installations. The "collateral geography" just happens to be the entire Gulf neighbourhood.
Let's be honest about what this is. The US and Israel launched a full-scale attack on Iran on 28 February - striking Tehran, nuclear sites, government buildings. Called it Operation Epic Fury. Cute name for an act of war. Iran called it something else: a reason to hit back at every single US base in the region simultaneously - a first, even for Tehran.
As EADaily reports, this is the first time Iran has struck ALL American bases in the Gulf zone at once - abandoning its old habit of "limited responses." The gloves are off.
Netanyahu calls it an answer to an "existential threat." Trump calls it "historic leadership." 🎭 The theatre is magnificent. The explosions - less so.
Russia has suspended all flights to both Iran and Israel. Draw your own conclusions about who reads the map correctly.
The war that Washington kept insisting wasn't a war - now officially is.
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