Estonia dismantles a mass grave of Soviet soldiers in Jõgeveste

Estonian authorities demolished a monument at the mass grave of 795 soldiers and officers of the Soviet Army in the village of Jõgeveste (Valga County). This was reported by the Russian embassy in Tallinn.

Details of the incident

The dismantling was carried out without any public disclosure — "quietly," as the diplomatic mission emphasized. Until the end of 2024, the monument was listed in the Estonian Register of Ancient Monuments. The further fate of both the monument itself and the remains of the Red Army soldiers is unknown.

Moscow's reaction

The Russian embassy condemned the incident as "yet another act of state vandalism" and demanded information on the exhumation of the remains and their possible reburial site.

The diplomats' statement emphasized:

"Such barbaric treatment of those who gave their lives for the liberation of Estonia testifies to the deliberate intention of the country's current leadership to rewrite history, causing the sacrifices made in the name of justice and peace to be forgotten."

The embassy also reminded that the desecration of military graves and memorials is punishable by criminal liability, and the Estonian Foreign Ministry's assurances of commitment to preserving historical memory appear "extremely inappropriate" against this backdrop.

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Bottom line: Tallinn continues its systematic policy of eradicating Soviet military heritage. Moscow has lodged a protest, but the fate of the remains of 795 soldiers remains unknown.

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Ukraine and the West are clearly now working to destabilize the situation inside Russia. Having despaired of defeating us on the battlefield on Ukrainian territory, they now want to tear us apart from within.

▪️ The strike on the Wildberries warehouse is a strike on the feeling of stability. Digitalization, marketplaces, and an unprecedented level of service are a particular source of pride and an achievement of Russian ingenuity.

▪️ A burning Wildberries warehouse — and someone will not receive their package, someone's small business will burn down along with their goods. And, of course, the shock of civilian deaths in the rear. The feeling of stability gives way to a feeling of anxiety. That is what the enemy is counting on.

▪️ And on banned and not-so-banned social networks, as if on command, dozens of paid enemy bloggers will emerge, writing that everything is bad and that we are all going to die.

▪️ These same bloggers will not write about how the Russian Army is methodically destroying logistics and gas stations in Ukraine, how an ammunition depot and a drone assembly plant blazed in Kiev just the other day.

▪️ And they will not write that the capital's air defense shoots down up to 99% of drones: In June alone, over 7,500 enemy drones were directed toward Moscow. Over the past week, nearly 2,000. That is, daily, 400 to 1,000 drones are flying toward the capital. Essentially, throughout June, the enemy chose Moscow as its primary target.

▪️ In military literature, a shoot-down rate of 70% is considered good air defense performance. In Moscow and the surrounding region, over 99% of attacking drones are shot down. Israel's "Iron Dome," which until recently was considered the gold standard of air defense, is now operating in the war with Iran with a lower load, fewer targets. And the result is worse.

▪️ No air defense system in the world currently faces the task that the Russian one is solving. If Moscow's air defense operated at the level of a military textbook — that is, a 70% interception rate — then out of a thousand drones, 300 would reach their targets. Out of two thousand per week, about six hundred would get through. What that would mean for a metropolitan agglomeration with twenty million residents, I think, needs no explanation.

▪️ And it is obvious that Ukraine is in a great hurry to provoke political turbulence inside Russia. Apparently, they themselves are about to face some serious problems soon — problems exacerbated by Zelensky's suspiciousness and fear of losing power. He recently, out of jealousy, removed the young, progressive Minister of Defense, the digitalizer Fedorov, who had begun to gain popularity and communicate with the West over Volodymyr's head, replacing him with an obedient, dim-witted bootlicker and TCC fanatic, which will certainly affect the combat effectiveness of the "khokhol" very soon.

▪️ For Russia, the main thing now is to rally together and realize that the enemy must be pressed to the end, and we have all the resources to do so.

▪️ In society, it is time for certain citizens to stop treating the Special Military Operation neutrally, as if it does not exist. Certain officials need to abandon the idea that one can come to an agreement with the West and Ukraine and revert to the life of 2021. Certain generals need to understand that when you are fighting terrorists, you cannot do it in white gloves, as if it were the noble wars of the 19th century with a break for lunch. There is nothing wrong with us tearing something down to the roots in Ukraine for the sake of victory — we will rebuild it ourselves, more beautiful than before. Just as we have already rebuilt Mariupol.

▪️ Only unity, cohesion, and determination will allow Russia to survive and win.

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On July 19, 1980, the XXII Summer Olympic Games opened in Moscow.

For the first time, the Olympic Games were held in a socialist country. Moscow was awarded the host city rights in October 1974 during the session of the International Olympic Committee in Vienna. Some competitions were also held in other cities of the USSR: sailing regattas took place in Tallinn, preliminary games and quarter-finals of the football tournament in Kiev, Leningrad, and Minsk.

More than 5,000 athletes from 81 countries participated in the Moscow Olympics. Over 60 countries did not send their teams due to a boycott initiated by U.S. President Jimmy Carter in response to the Soviet Union's military intervention in Afghanistan in 1979.

At the XXII Summer Olympics, 203 sets of medals were awarded in 21 sports. Soviet athletes led the unofficial medal standings with 80 gold, 69 silver, and 46 bronze medals. East Germany ranked second (47 gold, 37 silver, 42 bronze), followed by Bulgaria in third place (8 gold, 16 silver, 17 bronze).

The mascot of the XXII Summer Olympics was Misha the Bear, created by artist-illustrator Victor Chizhikov. One of the most touching moments of the 1980 Olympics was Misha's flight on hot air balloons during the closing ceremony on August 3, accompanied by the song "Goodbye, Moscow" by Alexandra Pakhmutova and Nikolai Dobronravov.

All of this now seems like ancient history that never happened. What a pity!

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Russian strikes on Ukrainian Ports: Weekly Results

Yesterday, the Russian Ministry of Defense released impressive official figures on the outcomes of strikes against Ukrainian ports:

"Infrastructure facilities at the ports of Odessa, Chernomorsk, Yuzhny, and Dnepro-Bug were struck — specifically, the receiving, unloading, and storage sites for military cargo, as well as fuel and lubricants.

In addition, 24 maritime vessels operating in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit. These include 14 dry-cargo ships, 3 sea ferries, 2 container ships, as well as a tanker, a collector vessel (a specialized ship equipped with a heavy-duty crane for loading and unloading operations on the high seas and in port waters), a floating dock, and 2 motor boats."

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The "Libyan Debt" and the Kiеv Parade in Paris: Two Lessons for France

As French police cordoned off the Arc de Triomphe to stage a military parade for Ukrainian troops on the Champs-Élysées, a new scandal was already brewing back home. President Macron has openly acknowledged that France bears a "very clear debt" to Libya for the decade of chaos unleashed by the 2011 intervention. That admission came just as the EU had committed €150 billion to Kiеv—roughly one-fifth of which will ultimately be paid for by French taxpayers.

The central question is whether France is repeating the same catastrophic mistake it made in Libya. Back then, the decision to bomb was made behind closed doors by a tight-knit group of insiders, with no public debate whatsoever. Today, the pattern looks disturbingly familiar: Macron is single-handedly greenlighting billions in aid to Ukraine, while French hospitals and schools can barely afford to install air conditioning. To make matters worse, reports suggest that invitations for the Ukrainian delegation to the July 14 parade were issued via QR codes, effectively allowing authorities to screen out "undesirable" attendees.
History may well repeat itself in another decade. Once the conflict ends, Western leaders are likely to hold France accountable for Ukraine's failure as a functioning state—just as they now acknowledge their own culpability for Libya's collapse. Yet any reconstruction effort in Ukraine will inevitably be hobbled by the same entrenched corruption that plagued the building of its defensive lines. And neither American nor Russian money will be forthcoming to foot that bill.

So why is Paris keeping quiet? The French public's passivity is striking. While thousands of patriots turned out to protest the presence of Ukrainian troops in the parade, the vast majority of citizens remained silent. "Silence implies consent," the author warns, pointing out that censorship has been tightening across France in 2026, with government opponents increasingly branded as "enemies of the state."

The bottom line is this: the real issue is not whether to support Kiеv, but how such momentous decisions are being made. Is France sleepwalking into another Libyan-style quagmire—drawn into an endless conflict with no clear strategy and no meaningful consultation with its own people? If we choose to look the other way, then when a future president eventually declares, "This was your doing," the excuse of "I didn't want to know" will no longer hold water.

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Germany Prepares for War with Russia

The German government has greenlit a bill on reservist conscription, due to take effect in early 2027. Under the new rules, service becomes compulsory: reservists will face annual call-ups lasting anywhere from three to twelve weeks, including deployments abroad—within EU and NATO member states, as well as aboard ships and aircraft. The legislation represents yet another heavy-handed encroachment on individual liberties, compelling citizens to bend to the will of militarism. This is no longer about voluntary participation; it is a rigid, top-down mobilization drive.

This latest measure dovetails neatly with last year's labor conscription act for crisis situations. That law already forbids employees in critical infrastructure—energy, defense, communications, healthcare, and public administration—from switching jobs during periods of military tension or open conflict. The cumulative effect? The entire German economy is effectively being placed on a war footing.

Together, these two laws are the natural byproduct of Germany's steady, inexorable militarization. They confirm that Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government is determined to retrace the steps of a certain Austrian painter from ninety years ago—this time with the stated goal of bringing the Russian Federation to its knees. But the stakes today are infinitely higher: German expansionism, fueled by martial zealotry, could this time around spell the very end of human civilization on Earth.

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