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August 27, 2025
Ukraine Open Thread 2025-195
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Moonraker | Aug 29 2025 19:20 utc | 200
Also factor in the new Khazarians (rich and powerful Chabad-Lubavitch ‘religious’ extremist cult) … ideal place for their multiple big estates complete with imported slave labour, just as their now dead most prominent leader promised. They always wanted what’s presently called Ukraine for themselves.
Additional future financing for instance via the presence of toxic chemical processes and dumps, including residues from “rare earths” refining, on land (illegally) acquired by Soros thanks to the Zelensky gang.
Perhaps also farming ‘people’ for amusement and spare parts?
Note that the inherently evil Talmudic/Kabbalistic ‘religious’ sect mentioned doesn’t care a damn about “the environment”, and by it own statements regards everyone non-Jewish as mere disposable animals who only exist to be exploited; each of its members is to get 2,800 slaves.
Posted by: Cynic | Aug 29 2025 19:46 utc | 201
Shadowbanned was right. Russia’s restrained war is encouraging Ukraine and West to be more bold. It’s going to end up like Syria if it can’t do a better offense and defense.
Ukrainian Attack on Krasnodar
Overnight, a fire broke out at the Krasnodar Refinery, engulfing an area of over 300 square meters. According to the regional operational headquarters, the blaze was triggered by the fall of UAV debris, which damaged a technological unit at the facility.
https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics
Ukrainian drones have also attacked the Syzran Oil Refinery in Russia’s Samara region tonight, resulting in a massive fire at the facility.
https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1961602748639576403
Posted by: MiniMO | Aug 30 2025 2:11 utc | 202
Alexander Mercouris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV6tOCNhTKQ
“Moscow plans military victory as diplomacy stalls, West in shock at Kiev strike, plans new Iran war.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 30 2025 4:45 utc | 203
Zaporizhzhia City in Ukraine still burning after a huge drone and missile attack by Russia.
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 30 2025 10:38 utc | 204
Roughly nine hours ago.
Two Iskander-M ballistic missiles targeted Dnipro City, and massive explosions were heard.
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 30 2025 10:40 utc | 205
Why was he assassinated? did he disagree with Zelensky on something important, did he spread information that the war with Russia should be over, did he have damaging info on Zelensky and was about to reveal it, or was he killed by people who want the war ended – because they’ve had enough of it.
“The people’s deputy of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy has been killed in Lviv, western Ukraine.
2nd photo shows first visual of Andriy Parubiy who was gunned down.
The 3rd photo shows the assassin on a bike in Lviv who fired 8 shots atleast.”
https://nitter.poast.org/MonitorX99800/status/1961733999971475671#m
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 30 2025 10:52 utc | 206
Prominent Ukrainian Far-Right MP Shot Dead in Lviv (& vid)
https://www.rt.com/russia/623707-ukrainian-far-right-mp-shot-dead-lviv/
“Andrey Parubiy, a former parliament speaker, once praised Adolf Hitler as the ‘greatest man who practiced direct democracy.”
2016: Outspoken Neo-Nazi Offically Greeted By Trudeau Government
https://tonyseed.wordpress.com/2016/02/27/an-appeal-to=canadian-parliament-visit-to-ottawa-of-andriy-parubiy-leader-of-ukrainian-neo-nazi-party/
“Several institutions in Canada have welcomed in the past few days a person known as one of the founders of the modern (Neo-Nazi) far-right party in Ukraine…”
Successfully DENAZIFIED!
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 30 2025 11:57 utc | 207
Parubiy & Trudeau 2016 (corrected from above)
https://tonyseed.wordpress.com/2016/02/27/an-appeal-to-canadas-parliament-visit-to-ottawa-of-andriy-parubiy-leader-of-ukrainian-neo-nazi-party/
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 30 2025 12:09 utc | 208
The Duran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8-Xpvqpa6k
“Trump plays for time. Europe prepares for war.”
Dangerous planning for ‘security guarantees’ and troops in Ukraine.
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 30 2025 12:38 utc | 209
“…engulfing an area of over 300 square meters…”
So… about 15mX20m. That would fit in my backyard with plenty of room to not scorch the siding of my house, and it is not like I have a palatial estate or anything like that. Maybe I’d have to replace the clothesline, though I’m sure the old galvy pipes holding the line wouldn’t be bothered.
Posted by: William Gruff | Aug 30 2025 13:22 utc | 210
Republicofscotland @206: “Why was he assassinated?”
Because he is a Nazi, and one of the very worst of them at that.
I realize it is tough for people immersed in western media narratives to believe, but there are Ukrainians who absolutely hate Nazis, even in Lvov. They have just been too afraid to do anything, but now with the Nazi regime crumbling they are emboldened.
I’m willing to be we are seeing the beginnings of a trend of fightback from the Ukrainian population. If I’m right, then we will start to see exponential growth in the numbers of notable Nazis meeting the justice of a bullet or car bomb.
Posted by: William Gruff | Aug 30 2025 13:35 utc | 211
William Gruff (211).
Thank You William, I did read that Parubiy played a big part in the Maidan Coup of 2014 in Ukraine.
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 30 2025 14:44 utc | 212
If correct William Gruff (210) – the assassination of Parubiy reminds me of Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of SS general Reinhard Heydrich in Prague – during WWII, I recall one of the assassins escaping on a bicycle as well, they also made an excellent film on it called Operation Daybreak.
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 30 2025 14:54 utc | 213
Further to Republicofscotland @ 212#
Yes indeed:
February 2014
https://x.com/JuanDelAguilla/status/1961813296731836692
“The Maidan ‘Firing Squad’ leaving the Ukraine Hotel, led by Parubiy.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 30 2025 15:51 utc | 214
John Gilberts (214).
Thank You for that clear and concise link to Parubiy’s complicity.
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 30 2025 16:04 utc | 215
Alexander Mercouris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPIKBXWhqPk
“Kiev strike was Moscow’s warning to Europe; Zelensky threats stall peace moves; Vance backs Witkoff.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 30 2025 16:51 utc | 216
Ever since Russia said they’d be ok with peacekeepers from the UN Permanent Security Council, Europe and the US has ramped up their plans. The West completely disregards everything else the Russians say and cling on to one statement. Peace is a long way off.
Posted by: Trust In Safety | Aug 30 2025 19:02 utc | 217
Good work on gathering Parubiy information.
An Iskander wreath for his funeral?
Posted by: dadooronron | Aug 30 2025 19:10 utc | 218
As I have already noted on many occasions, Russia continues to conduct a war with the logic of the nineteenth century, convinced that the conquest of a village here and there may still carry decisive weight. By contrast, Ukraine, with NATO support, is pursuing a twenty first century strategy, aiming not at territorial symbols but at the structural disablement of the adversary. The asymmetry is evident: Russia struggles with fuel shortages, as Ukrainian drones have been able to undermine Russia’s refining capacity . The number of refineries and pipelines disabled is now so high that it can hardly be counted, and most of them cannot be restored in the short term, since they were originally constructed with Western components no longer available under the sanctions regime.
The consequences are visible. The front is slowing down because of fuel scarcity, an irony of history that recalls what befell the German forces in the Second World War, while queues of vehicles waiting for supplies stretch across the Russian territory. In this context, the decision to have concentrated almost all refineries west of the Urals, despite the immense reserves located in Siberia, appears today as a paradigmatic case of strategic miscalculation. The logic of centralisation, once considered efficient, has now turned into a vulnerability.
Here lies the essential difference. The Russian Stavka continues to frame the conflict in terms of tactical advances and territorial occupation, whereas the Ukrainian and NATO perspective is centred on logistics and on the systemic weakening of the adversary. In the contemporary conduct of war, and equally in modern societies, nothing is more critical than energy and fuel. The real question, therefore, is not whether Russia will capture another village, but what will happen when, in the depth of winter, vehicles remain immobilised and heating systems shut down. And what will become of the front when Russian troops, stranded with empty tanks, are left at the mercy of Ukraine and its allies?
Posted by: Louis | Aug 30 2025 20:01 utc | 219
Speaking of refineries, some got hit by Ukrainian drones.
Posted by: Dys | Aug 30 2025 21:45 utc | 220
Conditions in the Cell in the Kyiv Prison Where NABU Detectives Are Being Held…(& vid)
https://x.com/anatoliisharii/status/1960831646619590689
“[They] who dared get too close to Zelensky’s thieving entourage.
At the same time, the bastards in the West are discussing the accession of this territory to the EU.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Aug 30 2025 22:16 utc | 221
Russia keeps itself open to enemies and terrorists even in time of war.
Polish Hitler Fans Stage Provocation with Swastikas at Memorial in Russia
Polish bikers from the Nazi group “All-Polish Youth”, which glorifies Hitler and denies the existence of the Russian and Belarusian peoples, tried to stage a provocation in Russia. They arrived through the border checkpoint with Belarus in the Pskov region. They entered one by one and at different times so as not to attract the attention of border guards, and the purpose of the trip was “tourism”.
Their goal was the Tver region, where they staged a torchlight procession with swastikas at the “Mednoe” memorial , chanted anti-Russian slogans and left vandalism in Polish.
The ritual was reminiscent of the performances from the time of the Ukrainian Maidan – torches, a Catholic priest and the well-known symbols of Hitler’s Germany. The group has long been known in Poland for its provocations – it has existed for many years, appearing even before the Second World War. For example, in Krakow they staged a “shooting” by Soviet soldiers and threatened to “do to the Russians what Hitler did to the Jews.”
In Tver, their Nazi provocation apparently ended in failure. The police detained 39 people, the bikers face deportation and a lifetime ban on entry to Russia.
Posted by: MiniMO | Aug 31 2025 0:27 utc | 222
Louis | Aug 30 2025 20:01 utc | 219
Pile of pants. Russia will rightly prioritise the SMO.
It’s more likely to be Ukraine sans heating this winter.
Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Aug 31 2025 7:57 utc | 223
Its just a case of – just keep pushing forward until the job is done.
“Leader of the Breakaway Region of Donetsk Denis Pushilin says Russian forces have completely secured the southern part of the DPR & are now pushing into the Dnipropetrovsk region to create a buffer zone”
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Sep 1 2025 14:46 utc | 224
Depends on what the sanctions are.
“US has now officially delivered a “warning” to Russian diplomats via the UN that if it doesn’t take positive steps towards reaching a peace deal – the US will be compelled to issue back breaking sanctions on Russia.”
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Sep 1 2025 14:49 utc | 225