Quit posting bullshit written by tabloid journalists.
The 152mm 44 calibers soviet guns were shown to be ballistically identical to the American 155mm 44 calibers guns in testing at the Aberdeen test range back in the 1990’s. They even jokingly called the MTSA-S the paladinsky because its performance was identical to the M-109 paladin. Infact the British 155mm 39 calibers gun was shown to be slightly inferior. The handful of longer barrel guns given, PhZ-2000’s, Archer, Ceasar’s do have a bit of an advantage in range but are insufficient in number to take any real advantage of that and have no advantage over more modern systems developed by the Russian Federation. So much bullshit. Bag charges and explosive loads for shells are not kept around for 30+ years by any nation with even a modest fertilizer let along the largest producer of fertilizer on the planet.

Posted by: Badjoke | May 5 2025 8:56 utc | 103

“Everyone would be better off if Russia pulls a GW Bush, flies a “Mission Successful” banner from their forever docker aircraft carrier and withdraws forces from Ukraine.”
Posted by: pheonix | May 5 2025 0:27 utc | 63
Not a possibility. There’d be Buchas all over the Donbass and “look no hands” NATO sabotage and assassination missions into Russia till Kingdom come. The Putin administration would fall and the hawks would take over. Then look out.
This is quite a difficult time for Westerners who know the facts. We’re living in dysfunctional polities run by incompetents. We’ve got ourselves into an unjust war that we’ve lost. If you’re in a hole stop digging and it’s well past time we did just that.

Posted by: English Outsider | May 5 2025 9:34 utc | 105

Ted from Liverpool | May 5, 2025 @ 0:39 utc | 73
claims the SMO is “is about protecting Russians in East Ukraine and Crimea ..” but it seems to me NATO and its greedy based Western monopoly powered supporters have placed themselves between the Ukrainian government and the Russian government with purpose to change the conflict from local issues to international. A massive number of third party interlocutors have stepped up to force Russia to take on a set of objectives that far exceed the needs the SMO was designed to resolve.
Circumstances suggest indifference characterizes the SMO outcome. The Interlopers have made, and will continue to make, resolution of the Ukraine conflict impossible for Russia. The Interlopers have drawn the Russians into a baseball game officiated by interlopers, the game is being played in a baseball park owned by the interlopers. The interlopers set and dynamically change the rules in real time and as they see fit ( must run 9 bases to score a run) ; they move the bases, hire and fire the empires, choose, hire and fire the players, and own and control the manufactures of the equipment ( balls, bats, uniforms and protective equipment, etc.). Each Russia hit discovers a new set of rules, the Interlopers move or hide the bases or change the number of bases that must be tagged before a home run can be scored. The interlopers blind the robots they program and use as umpires and issue tickets only to interloper fans. So no Russia home run is allowed to be scored.
This suggest Russia must change its objectives: Russia is not in a war just to protect Russian interest in Eastern Ukraine, it is now a war designed to extinguish Russia forever?
Current slow down in military progress and bad faith negotiations, Putin’s self declared ceasefires suggest Russia may have discovered Ukraine to be a tar baby, each attempt to back away, has left Russia deeper in a forever war.
So what would you do if you were Russian: if Russia leaves the war in Ukraine, the Interlopers will just keep pushing the war deeper into Russia, until one day there is no Russia?
What are the options? Engage the world seems to me to be the only viable option. I suggest Putin is not responding to violations of his red lines because his only option is to attempt to destroy the entire western world, in one go, and to do that means returning life on this planet to survival levels.

Posted by: snake | May 5 2025 10:40 utc | 107

The F16’s to the Ukronazis is yet another nothingburger……….the last batch of obsolete F 16’s were blown out of the sky by RF AAD systems, posed no threat what so ever, and lost trained Ukronazi pilots too.
This supposed new batch will take months to arrive, have no safe bases to land, still have no maintenance support bases in country (yet must be serviced in Romania), and practically speaking no trained pilots to fly the obsolete death machines…
Absolutely nothing to see here, in the end these aircraft will be a non factor in looming collapse of the Nazi regime..

Posted by: tobias cole | May 5 2025 11:55 utc | 109

Go and watch the unofficial videos of Russian troops in Western vehicles and their initial reactions to the levels of equipment and ergonomic layouts (now cloned in the BMP upgrades)
Milites | May 5 2025 8:17 utc | 101
They always made fun of captured nato equipment. But feel free to post more stories like that, there’s never enough comedy

Posted by: rk | May 5 2025 12:02 utc | 111

Posted by: steel_porcupine | May 5 2025 3:19 utc | 87
“That, coupled w/ the fact that the AFU will march in London’s VE Day parade, drove home dramatically for me the degree to which civil & political society in the West is undergoing a Ukrainization.”
Not only Ukrainization, totalitarian Nazism. In every country the rigth will take control after the left has wrecked the economy and imposed new harsh laws. what we are seeing in most countries is a controlled deconstruction. We will be living in our own Weimar republic.

Posted by: Paul from Norway | May 5 2025 12:12 utc | 113

The “meh, F-16” replies…. Missed my point. Of course it’s well understood here the F-16s are useless for Ukraine.
The point: Trump had Zelensky sign the “minerals deal” which includes clauses that any military aid now goes on the tab.
So. Cynically, Trump just charged some expensive F16s to the Ukrainian credit card.
With a side of fries… training.
That’s a count of hundred million the Ukrainian minerals trust fund is on the hook for. Within the first week.

Posted by: Melaleuca | May 5 2025 12:15 utc | 115

https://old.bitchute.com/video/qx3tqNLgHBs5/
Is this anything important? Weird lines drifting upward.

Posted by: Eighthman | May 5 2025 12:18 utc | 117

Re: Posted by: Mark2 | May 5 2025 8:46 utc | 103

Just as moa is blind to the troll gruff who used a sick prolonged provocation that almost certainly ended PeterAU1’s live. Fact.
Identical modus operandi.
Thanks for the clean up today b.

Wow – this has to be the most insane claim I’ve ever seen on here! What the heck M2.
No, most certainly NOT FACT Mark.

Posted by: Julian | May 5 2025 12:31 utc | 119

Re: Posted by: snake | May 5 2025 10:40 utc | 108

Ted from Liverpool | May 5, 2025 @ 0:39 utc | 73
claims the SMO is “is about protecting Russians in East Ukraine and Crimea ..” but it seems to me NATO and its greedy based Western monopoly powered supporters have placed themselves between the Ukrainian government and the Russian government with purpose to change the conflict from local issues to international. A massive number of third party interlocutors have stepped up to force Russia to take on a set of objectives that far exceed the needs the SMO was designed to resolve.
Circumstances suggest indifference characterizes the SMO outcome. The Interlopers have made, and will continue to make, resolution of the Ukraine conflict impossible for Russia. The Interlopers have drawn the Russians into a baseball game officiated by interlopers, the game is being played in a baseball park owned by the interlopers. The interlopers set and dynamically change the rules in real time and as they see fit ( must run 9 bases to score a run) ; they move the bases, hire and fire the empires, choose, hire and fire the players, and own and control the manufactures of the equipment ( balls, bats, uniforms and protective equipment, etc.). Each Russia hit discovers a new set of rules, the Interlopers move or hide the bases or change the number of bases that must be tagged before a home run can be scored. The interlopers blind the robots they program and use as umpires and issue tickets only to interloper fans. So no Russia home run is allowed to be scored.
This suggest Russia must change its objectives: Russia is not in a war just to protect Russian interest in Eastern Ukraine, it is now a war designed to extinguish Russia forever?
Current slow down in military progress and bad faith negotiations, Putin’s self declared ceasefires suggest Russia may have discovered Ukraine to be a tar baby, each attempt to back away, has left Russia deeper in a forever war.
So what would you do if you were Russian: if Russia leaves the war in Ukraine, the Interlopers will just keep pushing the war deeper into Russia, until one day there is no Russia?
What are the options? Engage the world seems to me to be the only viable option. I suggest Putin is not responding to violations of his red lines because his only option is to attempt to destroy the entire western world, in one go, and to do that means returning life on this planet to survival levels.

Absurd cope snake.
ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE & WAR. ie – There are NO “RULES” in War.
If you don’t know that you are incredibly naive and in fact stupid to get involved in a War.

Posted by: Julian | May 5 2025 12:36 utc | 121

DS daily map update: https://deepstatemap.live/en#6/49.4324126/32.0581055
Overall: 11.2 kmsq taken, within UKR. That is less than half the NOV2024 pace, and slower than most months of 2H2024. At this rate, it would take ~8 years to achieve the political objectives of the remaining portions of the “four oblasts”.
Specific changes, S to N:
1. Two separate, but very close, polygons W and N of Rivnopil. (VN sector.) This area is right at the Zhap/Donetsk border and one polygon is in both oblasts. A corner of Dnipropokrovsk oblast is not far away, to the NW. These advances chew into one of the remaining areas in the S, from the 2023 Ukr counteroffensive.
2. A rather thin, but long salient towards and into Kotlarivka. (DP sector.) RFA is now less than 3 kmsq from the DP oblast border, here. I don’t think crossing into that oblast is strategically (or really, even politically) momentous. But…it’s interesting.
3. Fields S of Uspenivka and approaching Novooleksandrivka. (DP sector.) Less extended salient than (2), but similar. Uspenivka is still not totally secured.
4. [UFA win] UFA recovered control, from RFA, of Lysivka. This village is due S of Myrnorad and in the center of the Pokrovsk front.
5. Recovery of most of the territory in Belgorad oblast, including small hamlet of Popovka. There remains a small strip of UFA presence (DS has never had any of Belgorad as “control”) inside the Russian border, in the woods. [No impact on the UKR kmsq totals.]

Posted by: Anonymous | May 5 2025 12:39 utc | 123

Posted by: Anonymous | May 5 2025 12:39 utc | 125
The peter off was not for you, just the previous post.
Found the button but keep details coming in 😉
Noticed ow a lot of settlements are now being knocked at the door?

Posted by: Newbie | May 5 2025 12:44 utc | 125

More details
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/chechen-akhmat-special-forces-ukrainian-advance-kursk
Akhmat Special Forces from the Russian Chechnyan region were on May 4 reported to have thwarted a Ukrainian incursion into the embattled Kursk Region, according to a report by Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov. “The Kashtan group of the Akhmat Special Forces, a unit of the Russian Defence Ministry, in coordination with assault teams from the 2nd Special Forces Brigade and 15th Tank Regiment have prevented Ukrainian gunmen from penetrating into the Kursk Region,” he stated, adding that the coordinates of Ukrainian personnel were obtained using drones, and subsequently shared with supporting tank crews. “The enemy group was wiped out by high-precision strikes,” he added.

Posted by: Newbie | May 5 2025 12:49 utc | 127

but the inherent difficulties of advancing on the drone saturated battlefield. If the RFA could have driven hard in early MAY (or for that matter in APR), they would have. So, I’m really not expecting a step change in 2HMAY or in JUN. TBD…
Posted by: Anonymous | May 5 2025 12:50 utc | 133
I’d bet 999 out of 1000 drones the AFU uses depend o chinese parts.
What happens if china is pushed too far?

Posted by: Newbie | May 5 2025 12:53 utc | 129

https://www.flightradar24.com/3a3184d8
While the US G650 Artemis is over Romania and a Spanish Air Force plane passing Kaliningrad.

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | May 5 2025 13:12 utc | 131

🇺🇦💬 Former commander of the Nazi battalion ‘Aidar’ Dikiy said that the terrorist attack in Moscow is cancelled because of Xi Jinping

‘News has come that has diminished my hopes that we will strike the Victory Parade in Moscow on May 9. Technically, we can do it, but Xi Jinping has confirmed his participation. One elderly Chinese will do what Russian air defense cannot do. He will make sure that we do not strike this parade. This is a big loss for us. From a military point of view, this parade is an absolutely legal and ‘fat’ conventional target.’

wasnt that long ago that those “ukrainian” nazis used slander towards the chinese, and now they are afraid? bunch of british trained cucks.

Posted by: Justpassinby | May 5 2025 13:26 utc | 133

131, Newb.
A girl can dream, right?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wrJyyxCfqhg
If it happens, we’ll see it. So far it’s been 3+ years and drones have gotten thicker (for both sides). So, some solution to the drone problem? Yeah…I’ll wait for it to actually happen. Not bother dreaming/worrying. If it does happen, I’ll give it credit. But no credit until it actually changes the kmsq rate!

Posted by: Anonymous | May 5 2025 13:36 utc | 135

Posted by: Anonymous | May 5 2025 13:36 utc | 137
Putin to sign a deal that also the rump to keep any number of foreign troops plus join NATO?
Yeah, a homosexual can dream all right.

Posted by: Night Tripper | May 5 2025 14:01 utc | 137

Posted by: Mark2 | May 5 2025 2:13 utc | 85
>>>
The indigenous British people do not like civil war.

Posted by: pepe | May 5 2025 14:10 utc | 139

Posted by: Justpassinby | May 5 2025 13:26 utc | 135
Chinese were aware of the pathological russophobia of the bankova stooge and choose to attend anyway ; bullying China come with it’s own set of risks. (Ask DJT on the matter :p)
Hellensky took too much to understand throwing bodies and dollars alone won’t do against the RUAF. His general staff on the other hands have another look at current events.
Anyway ; the harm is done and banderistan can expect some “delays” in next Chinese “dual use” goods deliveries. “We so solly komrad kokhol, ship wiz nex bach of dlones battely delayet, delively in 6 months still OK ?”.

Posted by: Savonarole | May 5 2025 15:00 utc | 141

Posted by: rk | May 5 2025 12:02 utc | 112
Except they don’t, because soldiers underestimating their enemy normally leads to fatal consequences, that particular stupidity is normally reserved for the non-combatant. The real comedy though is the when the latter start to tell the former ‘how it really is or was.
As I said, the leftist has to be equal, or superior in all fields of endeavour, so a conscript army, with a historical doctrine designed around the dual concepts of mass, concentrated firepower and centralised control suddenly becomes as adept/ superior in all the aspects of one who took a different approach to waging modern war.
Enabling, maintaining and sustaining doctrine is usually the deciding factor in conflicts, not the individual specifications of weapons, or their theoretical capabilities. Here, Ukraine were hamstrung from the get-go, with a Frankenstein doctrine, a command structure that straddled two philosophies, was unable to operate beyond brigade level and increasingly reliant on a ground component that was only barely proficient in tactical operations. The Russians were confronted by a host of initial problems, as a territorial defence/expeditionary force was given an overly ambitious offensive plan, whilst having to deal with increased Western support; however, their doctrine always supported combat operations, not interfered with them, whilst combat experience fuelled an efficient process of adaptation and improvement.
Final point, if Russian equipment demonstrated an over-whelming superiority then we would not be where we are now.

Posted by: Milites | May 5 2025 15:21 utc | 143

Cynic@ 81
A pity, since the reality is that Putin and his Establishment (including Oligarchs) are far too liberal, neoliberal, zionist and Atlanticist to themselves be anything other than a long-term threat to the safety — even the eventual existence — of Russia.
Good thought!! This is all Kabuki Theatre, so those that feel Russia is fighting the Miserable Hoard from the West to protect their space in this world is only partly right. Russia and soon China are “fighting” to create a safe region for the All-Powerful, uber-influencial banksters to use to increase their hold/control on humanity and it’s overall wealth.
The wealthy oligarchic elites are everywhere including Russia, China, Iran and even India. If you can’t wrap your head around it how can you actually protect your family from it!!
Get your shit together people!
Got Gold??

Posted by: bisfugged | May 5 2025 15:48 utc | 145

Pepe @ 141
Agreed…
No one likes civil war. But it depends on the alternative.
———-
No one likes civil war but it depends if its artavisaly created by the rich to devide the poor so they fight each other and not fight the rich (as in a genuine revelution)
Arab springs beining an example of devide and rule.
The rich never what the poor to have nice things.
Keep the peasants ignorant and down is the rich mans mantra.
————
If you are a facsist govenment you need violent ignorant poor to fight a war for you,
As in ukraine.
In england the violent ignorant poor are called (the reform party), they are on the rise.
Within months if not weeks you will see a civil war..word !
That word comes from the street.
———–
Ask @ milites on this page. He knows, sadly we are on different opposing sides of that cival war.

Posted by: Mark2 | May 5 2025 16:00 utc | 147

Welp…so much for the hope that some of you had that Trump would walk away from Z/U. Looks like more of the same, instead.

Posted by: Anonymous | May 5 2025 16:41 utc | 149

@Karlov1, Re Gubilyov: The librarian has published many translated works

Posted by: MorePain4Cakes | May 5 2025 17:19 utc | 151

CrossTalk Bullhorns: Diplomacy Collapse
https://www.rt.com/shows/crosstalk/616756-trump-diplomacy-collapse-ukraine-iran/
“We had hopes of change, but to no avail. Trump’s so-called diplomacy pitches are in a state of collapse. He is unwilling to end the Ukraine conflict and military action against Iran seemingly inevitable. Meanwhile, we are seeing the collapse of liberal democracy in Germany.
CrossTalking with Mark Sleboda and George Szamuely.”

Posted by: JohnGilberts | May 5 2025 17:58 utc | 153

Why does nobody here know anything about Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim?
Posted by: Contrarian_Ed | May 4 2025 22:38 utc | 51
The crypto jew (all “Finnish” nobles are; no need for anyone to call me uneducated again) who performed, for his nazi masters, one of the most massive and cold-blooded genocides in world history, where a large part of Finland’s civilian population was rounded up and executed, children and all? And then pretended that he didn’t know it had happened (“oh wow, I didn’t know my officers were doing that—by the way, did you know that my officers are absolutely loyal to me and would never go against my orders? Hehe!”).
Now he is worshipped as some kind of bizarre demi-god. Nice rewriting of history. He’s singlehandedly to be thanked for the Finnish national fear of the government. Everyone knows in their genes that you open your mouth to ask for things to be different, you cross the owners, and you and your kids and everyone who knew you will be thrown off the bridge with a bullet through their skull.
And why? They wanted to install another german crypto as the king of Finland, and needed to have the non-nazi-loving part of the country dead for that. If not for the nazis losing, Finland would have had a nazi king.

Posted by: Jack M | May 5 2025 19:24 utc | 155

This is an interesting little SMO anecdote that shares some actual internal issues AFRF has to deal with.
https://t.me/rybar/70143

In a certain kingdom, the enemy began to use drones to hit equipment. Then soldiers were forbidden to ride on equipment unless there was a miracle electronic warfare device on the roof. And the military police were strictly told to watch for external signs of electronic warfare on vehicles so that soldiers would take care of themselves.
But we have to travel. The army is moving forward, we can’t carry ammunition and food and other types of supplies on donkeys.
What to do? They ordered the electronic warfare, but by the time it arrives, by the time they cut it off, by the time they deliver it… They took plastic basins and covered them with “secret paint that deflects enemy drones.” At the same time, it looks like electronic warfare, and the military police posts are now frowning from afar, but they let us through: there is a yellow on the roof, which means everything is in order.
Well, then they finally got through to reason after a couple of weeks, and that demand naturally disappeared.
✨ This is such a fabulous frontline tale.

It really isn’t difficult to find real problems in Russian forces, instead of making shit up. That’s my personal pet peeve with NAFO types and Western media (outside of the obvious). They are all too lazy to tell the truth, even if its the kind to benefit them. Which leads to nobody believing them when they do accidentally tell the truth, i.e. NKs.

Posted by: boneless | May 5 2025 20:40 utc | 157

Well, Ukrainians marched in London today – 11 of them. Surprised they didn’t have German troops as well.
Semi-OT, India have cut off water to Pakistan on the Chenab river and are shortly to do the same on the Jhelum. Ostensibly to de-silt the dams. Apparently Pakistan sold most of their 155mm shell production to Ukraine and only have sufficient for a few days fighting should war break out.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-cuts-off-water-flow-to-pakistan-from-dam-on-river-chenab-101746383594636.html

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | May 5 2025 20:47 utc | 159

Posted by: Anonymous | May 5 2025 19:14 utc | 156
Just fuck off with your weak trolling attempts
If we want ukro propaganda (which we do not) we will go straight the source instead of your pathetic drivel.

Posted by: Night Tripper | May 5 2025 21:37 utc | 161

We know Russo-Chinese relationship is probably the warmest since 1950’s, but it must be annoying for the Kremlin that 100% of drones, later transformed as FPV kamikaze type by Ukraine, against Russian troops come from China.
Hasn’t Putin ever talked about that with Xi?

Posted by: Felipe Go 🦜 | May 5 2025 21:58 utc | 163

The quality of intelligence behind Russia’s bombing destruction of Ukrainian assets suggests satellite data of the highest order, probably from China 🇨🇳 .

Posted by: Andrew Sarchus | May 5 2025 22:26 utc | 165

The banderites wanted to clense ukraine of Russians.
Reform party UK want to clense england of forigners, same thing.
Both are brutal.

Posted by: Mark2 | May 5 2025 23:01 utc | 167

Translated another op/ed by Timofey Bordachev, Valdai Club Director, “Bordachev: The Game of Empire Begins in the World”, which was a much poorer effort than the one published just a few days before, “We go our own way: Russian Foreign Policy as a Cultural Phenomenon” which was one of two Expert essays I translated.

Posted by: karlof1 | May 6 2025 0:06 utc | 169

these are are some big fat pills and they may be hard to swallow
Posted by: Yeasty Boi | May 5 2025 23:51 utc | 173
That’s not pills, it’s NAFO pipe dreams.

Posted by: TJandTheBear | May 6 2025 0:31 utc | 171

@Julian | Mon, 05 May 2025 12:36:00 GMT | 122

ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE & WAR. ie – There are NO “RULES” in War.

This is, I assume, the first rule of war?
Seriously, it’s bullshit. Even mutual understanding of the escalation ladder creates rules. Where are the cyber attacks, for example? Or, do you sleep with your friend’s wifes after you have confirmation they are not even interested in yours? Sheesh, some people really are ‘might makes right’ embodied.

Posted by: persiflo | May 6 2025 0:41 utc | 173

What are the options?
Moscow‘s Grand Strategy remains to let Washington run out of money. Its all laid put in the Russian Peace Proposal of Dec. 2021. The Ukrainian Civil War is a sideshow to the global struggle.
No Money
No War

Posted by: Exile | May 6 2025 6:36 utc | 175

Between 9:00 p.m. on May 5 and 4:00 a.m. on May 6, Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 105 fixed-wing Ukrainian drones, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The breakdown of interceptions includes: 32 drones over Bryansk region, 22 over Voronezh, 19 over the Moscow region, 10 over Penza, nine over Kaluga, and six over Belgorod. Two drones were shot down over both Lipetsk and Samara regions, and one each over Vladimir, Kursk, and Rostov regions.
(via DDGeopolitics)

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | May 6 2025 9:03 utc | 177

Can anyone tell me what “green paint” refers to? Thermal blankets that hide IR radiation? Anti-drone radiation?
Lord of War:
“Green paint” helps a lot. In all areas. “Drones” are the enemy’s main weapon, our attack aircraft are not seen there. Many advances in recent weeks have occurred solely due to the appearance of “green paint”. Including here. In fact, after it appeared, it became much easier to move and with fewer losses.

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | May 6 2025 10:46 utc | 179

EU and member-country officials are pushing their citizens into a grand-scale anti-Russian phobia and a Russia- will-attack psychosis which is extremely harmful to EU citizens and peace in Europe.
The lies being poured from official podiums in the EU daily have a criminal intent and are contrary to the role and responsibilities of officials, who are in fact endangering the lives and well-being of EU citizens.
Some examples:
Poland’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, said Europe needs to show the same resolve and bravery in the face of Russian aggression as it did to defeat Germany in World War II.
In a speech at the Netherlands’ annual liberation ceremony, the former president of the European Council drew explicit parallels between Hitler’s invasion of Europe and the war in Ukraine.
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/05/polish-pm-tusk-urges-european-solidarity-against-russian-threat/
Netherlands, Poland to sign military pact amid Russian threat
https://nltimes.nl/2025/05/05/netherlands-poland-sign-military-pact-amid-russian-threat
Dutch king says Netherlands should be “armed to the teeth”
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/04/dutch-king-says-netherlands-should-be-armed-to-the-teeth/
At the same time, money for the most vital social functions – education, health and essential social support is being further reduced, prices are going up, violent crime is on the rise, depression and suicide are plaguing the young generations.
The EU officials are leading EU citizens into the abyss.

Posted by: JB | May 6 2025 12:02 utc | 181

Dutch king says Netherlands should be “armed to the teeth”
Posted by: JB | May 6 2025 12:02 utc | 182
Seriously? The Dutch ? If somebody stick an hazelnut stick up their dykes a quarter of the country (and most of modern part) would be under water in hours…
Takes a special kind of retard to ignore a very real vulnerability.
Of course I could also mention a couple of countries with a couple of dozens of NPP each that should also tread lightly.
And yet they puff and roar and grab their pipe and puff some more…
Imbeciles

Posted by: Newbie | May 6 2025 12:55 utc | 183

Posted by: Anonymous | May 6 2025 12:57 utc | 185
No one is listening to you.
I appreciate that your hopes to inject foreign forces into the rump relies on Russia being hoodwinked into thinking a deal that allows that to happen is the only reasonable one, but believe me your methods are so transparent as to be laughable.

Posted by: Night Tripper | May 6 2025 13:02 utc | 185

Posted by: George | May 6 2025 10:49 utc | 181
“Russian forces appear to be building up near Kherson on a number of fronts. “
This is very interesting if it is true.
Could the RF be seriously contemplating crossing the river and making a push along the coast to Odessa? I doubt anything so dramatic would start till well after the May 9 parade. At any rate, I imagine that Anonymous and/or Julian will correct me on my unrealistic and unfounded speculation.

Posted by: Barrel Brown | May 6 2025 13:17 utc | 187

Posted by: Barrel Brown | May 6 2025 13:17 utc | 188
Anonymous is very likely a Western Ukrainian so you will get nothing of any value from him on the matter

Posted by: Night Tripper | May 6 2025 13:40 utc | 189

Kherson? Yawn.
There’s been 2 years without a move. And you are getting exercised by clickbait rumors from “Dima”.
Dream, dream, dreeeeee-am.
I’ll wait for actual territory changes. Not “Durham is coming” Q-anon style wish-wish and hope-hope.
https://media.tenor.com/gMELs8rtG1wAAAAe/nothing-ever-happens-chud.png

Posted by: Anonymous | May 6 2025 13:45 utc | 191

Posted by: Anonymous | May 6 2025 13:43 utc | 191
The only dreaming, is in fact yours regarding a Russian ‘unconditional surrender’ everywhere to permit the takeover by western forces and the accession of the rump to NATO.
It it that possibility/threat alone that makes the current approach perfectly accpetable as it is by Russia.
You are the fantsasist here.

Posted by: Night Tripper | May 6 2025 13:47 utc | 193

@ Eighthman | May 6 2025 13:45 utc | 193
Times Radio. I’m sorry, but… Ahahahaahaha.

Posted by: boneless | May 6 2025 13:58 utc | 195

reply to 195, 196
Is he a former minister of energy from Russia? Then what he says should carry some weight. I have heard that oil in Russia costs $15 to produce but their budget in September will be in trouble

Posted by: Eighthman | May 6 2025 14:04 utc | 197

reply to 199
Unfocused arbitrary opinion? That’s all you have? No comment on the particulars offered? Perhaps you could offer other (credible) sources?
Was he Russia’s Energy Minister? I repeat (apparently because I have to) that even if this crisis is hyped somehow, it can still alter the dynamic of the war because it pushes EU and Ukraine to continue no matter what. Zelensky and Syrsky can say ‘did we say we can only last a few more months especially because of conscription shortfalls?……but wait! Russia can’t afford the war!” Trump is already touting this Russian oil situation as (supposedly) making Putin desperate.
We need facts here.

Posted by: Eighthman | May 6 2025 14:26 utc | 199