Posted by: Konami | Sep 15 2025 12:09 utc | 100
In addition to direct costs of funding Ukrainian budget (a.k.a. black hole) and buying weapons from US for Ukraine, EU states also paid 700 billion Euros worth of subsidies for consumers and SME businesses. This was stated by Kaja Kallas’ predecessor Joseph Borrel.
Additionally, even that wasn’t enough. According to economic experts, the damage to the German economy from lost revenue and business orders was hundreds of billions, some quote the number of 400 billion Euros.
Using these figures the cost of project Ukraine must be start nearing closer to 1.5 trillion, rather than 1 trillion Euros. It’s obvious this was the kitchen sink effort to break up Russia. Once (if) they acknowledge Ukraine lost cause, the EU will have to deal with all this debt. We already know the Brussels’ chosen method, totalitarian dictatorship, but it might not fly too far after Ukraine is lost.
Russia must dish out a decisive defeat on Ukraine, kick Banderistas to a small cordoned off area in the west and leave the EU to rot with it, and its own problems. Additionally if they sue EU’s Euroclear structure in Hong Kong and get its assets seized would go a long way bringing down Nato and EU.

Posted by: unimperator | Sep 15 2025 13:01 utc | 103

@105
It was supposed to be written: EU states have paid 700 billion Euros worth of subsidies for food and energy for SMEs and consumers. The subsidies were necessary to keep the economy from collapsing during mayhem caused by Russian sanctions to European supply chains. But the will become due, the cost is the failure of the union.

Posted by: unimperator | Sep 15 2025 13:03 utc | 105

Ukrainian MEP analyzes the analysis made by The Atlantic. He literally laughs them off as total BS and is a very good snapshot of the situation.

“Russia is destroying itself”?
The Atlantic claims Russia is a case of self-destruction: lost influence, collapsing economy, destroyed army, “united Europe.”
Scratch the surface — and this narrative falls apart.
Such articles are written to feed the “party of war,” justify failed policies, and keep Western audiences in a state of hysteria.
“Ukraine will remain armed and hostile.”
Absurd. With what weapons? And by whom? In 2–3 years Ukraine won’t even have enough people left for an army. Demographic collapse is real. Weapons without soldiers are useless.
“Kremlin’s only success is uniting Europe.”
Ridiculous. NATO’s “defense” is made up of bankrupt states in social and economic crisis. “United Europe” exists only on the pages of The Atlantic, not in reality.
“The world invests in AI and green energy, while Russia produces shells.”
That’s weakness, not strength. Europe invests in “green” only because it has no resources. Oil and gas cannot be replaced by algorithms.
“Russia depends on Chinese parts and credit.”
Framed as if Moscow is Beijing’s vassal. In reality: a pragmatic partnership. Both sides gain. Different interests, yes — but that’s how real deals work.
What The Atlantic ignores:
Russia’s army is the most battle-tested in the world. Combat experience is worth more than tanks or drones. Without it, hardware is just scrap metal.
Imperial revival:
Russia has reawakened. Patriotism, identity, and spirituality are at record highs. Support for Putin and a Greater Russia is growing.
Victory & Defeat:
I always say this clearly: there is no “victory” for us, because every dead son of Rus’ is already a defeat.
But militarily and politically — Russia is not losing. I see steady progress and goals being achieved.
If you think the front will remain like this for 10 years — you are wrong. Study history.
The Atlantic writes about “self-destruction,” but I see transformation, rising strength, and the return of imperial consciousness.
And that is exactly what the West fears most.
https://x.com/Dmytruk__Artem/status/1967325639628763502

Posted by: unimperator | Sep 15 2025 13:22 utc | 107

@109
The Atlantic actually successfully describes what is happening in the EU and projects it onto Russia.

Posted by: unimperator | Sep 15 2025 13:51 utc | 109

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Sep 15 2025 13:54 utc | 112
There are a lot of coalition ‘partners’, but no one is volunteering to fight Russia. Essentially, that is what security guarantees are.
So Polish minister argued EU should instead focus on planning where and how they get money to fund the Ukrainian budget (.a.k.a. black hole) in 2026 and 2027.

Posted by: unimperator | Sep 15 2025 13:58 utc | 111

No doubt the EU bigwigs would like to do the same in Hungary and Slovakia to remove Orban and Fico- speak out against the now authoritarian EU and the EU bigwigs will try and have you removed from office, time to dissolve the EU
“The EU is seeking to orchestrate a Ukraine-style ‘Maidan’ in Serbia by fueling the violent protests that have swept the Balkan country since late last year, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has said.
The unrest erupted in Serbia in November 2024 after a roof collapse at the railway station in the city of Novi Sad, killing 16 people. The incident triggered public backlash, with activists accusing the government of corruption and demanding accountability. The list of demands later expanded to holding snap elections and the resignation of President Aleksandar Vucic.
The latter has branded the protesters “terrorists” seeking to “bring down the state” under foreign influence. In response to public pressure, the Serbian authorities also agreed to some concessions, including the resignation of several ministers and the publication of documents related to the Novi Sad canopy collapse.
In a statement on Monday, the SVR said that the unrest is “largely a product of EU subversive activity,” adding that the main goal of Brussels is to bring “a compliant and loyal… leadership to power in one of the largest countries in the Balkans.”
The agency said EU efforts had radicalized youth, pushing them “from peaceful protests to more revolutionary methods of struggle and violence.” It argued, however, that attempts to reproduce a Western-backed “color revolution” in Serbia were faltering due to “patriotic sentiment, the unifying influence of the Orthodox Church, and memories of NATO aggression and the bombing of the country.”
According to the SVR, Brussels plans to exploit the anniversary of the Novi Sad disaster on November 1 to intensify pressure. It claimed EU institutions were “brainwashing” Serbian youth with promises of a “bright European future” while using supposedly independent media outlets as vehicles for influence.
The goal, the SVR said, is to mobilize protesters and stage a “Serbian Maidan,” referring to a series of Western-backed protests in Ukraine in 2013-2014 that resulted in a coup that ousted President Viktor Yanukovich.
EU officials have said they are closely monitoring the situation in Serbia while denouncing what they describe as excessive use of force by law enforcement.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Sep 15 2025 14:03 utc | 113

The sad thing is – these stupid subservient b*stards, know that they are seriously hurting their own economies and citizens – to prop up a Neo-Nazi dictatorship in Ukraine.
“Finland’s economic growth has suffered due to sanctions on Russia linked to the Ukraine conflict, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has admitted. He noted that Finland has lost nearly all trade with Russia and billions in investments since it closed the border with its neighbor.
Finland, which shares a 1,300km (800-mile) border with Russia, has imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow in line with EU policy since 2022. It has also tightened entry rules for Russian citizens and shut all but one border checkpoint with its neighbor. The moves saw trade between the two countries drop to $1.5 billion in 2024, compared with $11 billion in pre-conflict 2021.
In an interview with Yle Areena on Saturday, Orpo acknowledged that sanctions have hit Finland harder than most EU members due to its traditionally close trade ties with Russia.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Sep 15 2025 14:13 utc | 115

The Orange Yankee Zionist POTUS Trump, has done his homework on this one – for the EU cannot give up Russian oil, its buying it from Third-party countries, such as India – which buys it in bulk, and sells it onto the dumb as f&ck – EU for a profit.
“US President Donald Trump has warned that Washington will only escalate sanctions against Moscow if EU and NATO countries match the US measures and halt their purchases of Russian oil.
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Trump said NATO and EU members must “get together” and “toughen up” before the US can be expected to go “full bore” on Russia.
“Europe is buying oil from Russia. I don’t want them to buy oil – and the sanctions that they’re putting on are not tough enough,” Trump said. “I’m willing to do sanctions, but they’re going to have to toughen up their sanctions commensurate with what I’m doing. Well, I’m ready to move ahead, but they have to do it.””

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Sep 15 2025 14:26 utc | 117

Posted by: canuk | Sep 15 2025 13:02 utc | 106
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Be gone, troll.

Posted by: seer | Sep 15 2025 14:33 utc | 119

Posted by: unimperator | Sep 15 2025 13:01 utc | 105
Russia must dish out a decisive defeat on Ukraine, kick Banderistas to a small cordoned off area in the west and leave the EU to rot with it, and its own problems. Additionally if they sue EU’s Euroclear structure in Hong Kong and get its assets seized would go a long way bringing down Nato and EU.

I fully agree with your assessment, and the 700 billions are an extreme transfer of wealth, even by modern standards. I don’t worry about Russia: they’ll win the war they way they see fit.
A topic that comes up from time to time is: “why are EU leaders following a policy that so obviously is detrimental for us?” One of the best answers that I’ve see are in Nel Bonilla’s Elite capture & European self-destruction (there’s a German translation on Nachdenkseiten, if you prefer that).

Posted by: Konami | Sep 15 2025 14:53 utc | 121

Posted by: Brigitte Mohnhaupt | Sep 14 2025 14:10 utc | 6
Finally even the dumbest of the dumbfucks realize what is going on… That was THE WHOLE PLAN ALL ALONG by the Jewish-Neoliberal Trojan Horse and and his “WESTERN PARTNERS”…OH fuck conspiracies, all I see are conspiracies!
https://youtu.be/tpmY9Rr6OVM?si=jQ8M9R7-Tzi7GopR
https://youtu.be/Lpwb67x_6tc?si=DPkFcyVlOmT0j2yV
<=so has Putin been a participating partner all along or was it something agreed to in Alaska? It w/b interesting to see if any of those communities are hit by Russia warfare.
Posted by: normal wisdom | Sep 14 2025 22:40 utc | 63
COL. Douglas Macgregor : Jewish Settlers in Ukraine?
Judging Freedom
youtube
Shared September 11, 2025
Zelensky is deliberately depopulating the country, and Jewish settlers are moving in, which is already happening in southern Ukraine.
policed by nato cops troops funded by lucky larry blackrock fink
Posted by: Brigitte Mohnhaupt | Sep 14 2025 23:29 utc | 67 IRT: hopehely | Sep 14 2025 23:22 utc | 65
Nonsense…You couldn't "always move there if you wanted to" because Ukraine hat pretty harsh immigration laws before 2014 dumbfuck…And it is especially nice "to move there" if you get EVERYTHING for free, from Land property rights to rich natural resources unlike in the unholy land isn't it!
<=so why Now? Who solicited them?

Posted by: snake | Sep 15 2025 15:04 utc | 123

@ Markw | Sep 15 2025 13:26 utc | 110
“What happened in Russia after the collapse of the USSR is what happens when money dies. All bets are off as society rapidly spins out of control.
Failing the Russia gambit, the West is on the chopping block, with the US possibly surviving by desperate contraction, but the EU will be unable to escape.”
No arguments. However, while Russia went through some very bad times they *did* survive and eventually pulled through. We will too (unless there’s a nuclear apocalypse or some exceptional event like yellowstone exploding and taking out half of the continental U.S)
The only question is -how- hard of a landing we’re facing and how long it will take us to recover, and what that will look like. Financial collapses are nothing new, however what’s different for the West and is our unknown variable is how bad it’s going to be when we finally ALLOW a real collapse to happen. And by allow I mean the almighty debt jubilee, where basically all legers are more or less reset to zero. We’ve been doing everything we can to avoid it but sooner or later it is going to happen.
Michael Hudson goes into this in great detail in several of his books but a great example is ancient Babylon. The majority of debtors were farmers, and eventually things would accrue to the point where it was unmanageable. At that point, usually the monarch would step in and declare a complete erasure of all debts. It was more important for the farmer to keep working their land and producing actual food that people could eat, vs that productive human being NOT growing food because he had been kicked off his land.
The downside of all this of course, is the lender gets a big kick in the teeth. But, at the end of the day, it was recognized that people being able to eat is a pre-requisite for any kind of functioning economy, and THAT had to be preserved at the expense of anything else. Anyways, I’m sure I’ve muddled it up and oversimplified it, but in a nutshell this worked and kept the lender from becoming too powerful.
The idea of a true debt jubilee in the west, is utterly terrifying to the few percent who hold the majority of the wealth and assets. And no, I’m not downplaying it, of course things would be super janky and there may even need to be an authoritarian government stepping in to keep the peace and ensuring that everyone gets their 2,500 calories a day.
It will not be the complete apocalypse for all time that many seem to salivate over (it may be a apocalypse-ish for a few years though)
It WILL be the end of our current society though. What will replace it, and whether that is better or worse, is anyone’s guess!

Posted by: Clown Shoes | Sep 15 2025 15:23 utc | 125

Our vargas broke. Bring the new one.

Posted by: boneless | Sep 15 2025 15:28 utc | 127

Posted by: Clown Shoes | Sep 15 2025 15:23 utc | 127
It will be interesting to see what all the countries that have been strangled to pay their debt, mainly by US (IMF) will think of a debt Jubilee of the bigger debtors in the world.

Posted by: Mario | Sep 15 2025 15:34 utc | 129

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Sep 15 2025 15:26 utc | 128
Translation of between the lines of the below, 2029 is when the Europe might be ready (not Russia) to star a war with Russia.

I can’t say if EUrocrats genuinely mean this but it’s wishful thinking.
Better phrased: EU (not Europe!) may be “ready” to start a war against Russia but they won’t win it. This is not a contradiction: there’s a history of starting hopeless wars; that *can* be a rational decision; I’m afraid EU has moved itself in a position where this is more and more true.

Posted by: boneless | Sep 15 2025 15:28 utc | 129
Our vargas broke. Bring the new one.

Warranty’s already gone? Don’t fret: The vargas line of bots is cheap.

Posted by: frithguild | Sep 15 2025 15:32 utc | 130
Bonilla misses […] post modernist based education
Bonilla also misses that the dynamics of this socialization are predominantly feminine. This makes sense especially in Germany where all are taught to loathe the masculine solutions that exterminated more than a hundred million souls in the 20th century.

Interesting points — now I have to read her essay once more 🙂 The postmodernist / antimasculine trend has been going for several generations, at least one of those in full force. I believe we are witnessing how the pendulum swings the other side. (The homosexuals may get away but I forecast dark times for trannies: they make an excellent scapegoat group.)

Posted by: Konami | Sep 15 2025 15:47 utc | 131

Meanwhile, AFU commander-of-all-things-nazi Sirskiy fires two corps commanders due to territorial losses in Zaparozhye and Dnepropetrovsk. Must be from all the winning.

Posted by: boneless | Sep 15 2025 15:56 utc | 133

With this betrayal Russia is going to lose Serbian support forever.
Posted by: vargas | Sep 15 2025 15:16 utc | 126
Maybe, but do you like that or not?

Posted by: hopehely | Sep 15 2025 16:11 utc | 135

Finnish PM was moaning how the economy is partially crashing due to lack of wood raw material from Russia, billions in investments are delayed and never made and pre-existing industries move away.
It’s good to acknowledge a problem, and then continue shooting yourself in the foot.
Posted by: unimperator | Sep 15 2025 9:09 utc | 95
It is my understanding that Sanna Marin- the Fin PM that let Nato into the country- has already got hers- now employed at the Tony Blair institute in the UK…seems like the rest of the Finns need to get theirs somehow.

Posted by: Original Newbie | Sep 15 2025 16:20 utc | 137

Serbia is the next EU/NATO target.
Remember that November 1st is the anniversary of the Train Station collapse. This event will used to stage a nationwide color revolution, funded once again by the Soros group, the CIA, MI6 and various NGO groups controlled by the Five Eyes.
Vucic needs to be replaced by a strong leader or the CGS who will actively and completely repress the pre staged coup attempt.
And Hungary and RF need to back them up too. This will be a clear attempt at an overthrow and imposition of an anti Christian EU government and a surrender of the Serbs in N. Kosovo, and the Bosnian Serbs also.
Its crunch time in the Balkans………gear up Serb supporters……your time has arrived.

Posted by: tobias cole | Sep 15 2025 18:16 utc | 139

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Sep 15 2025 15:41 utc | 132
https://www.watchoutnews.com/post/finland-s-nazi-past
Thank you Republic. My father fougth in the Winter war. I know allmost nothing about it.

Posted by: Paul from Norway | Sep 15 2025 20:09 utc | 141

There will be a weaker, smaller, new rebranded Russia just like it happened with the USSR and the Russian Federation

Posted by: Dear Benito | Sep 15 2025 20:38 utc | 143

Memory tells me that I have posted recently, which means that I was blind drunk; as it is only then that I would take to the airwaves.
This is as much yo see whether I’m banned or not.

Posted by: Orson Cart | Sep 15 2025 21:19 utc | 145

The YouTube channel Kings and Generals says that Ukraine Crushes the Russian Breakthrough. And after watching the video, I think it’s fair to say that 2025 hasn’t been Russia’s year in terms of military victories (so far). Ukraine is still on the backend, but they’ve been making a lot of purchases for defense.

Posted by: Court of Talons | Sep 15 2025 22:57 utc | 147

Mais quelle surprise !.. Les “héros” de la “deuxième armée du monde” se tirent dessus entre eux pour toucher des primes et des médailles !..
200 millions de roubles détournés, 35 militaires poursuivis, et au centre de ce cirque grotesque – le colonel Gorodilov (celui dont les hommes ont massacré Boutcha !) et son acolyte Frolov, alias “L’Exécuteur”, qui jouait les héros invincibles à la télé russe !..
Sept blessures héroïques qu’il disait, le Frolov !.. “L’honneur d’un officier ne permet pas de quitter ses hommes” qu’il déclamait devant les caméras !.. Parlait l’arabe et le pachtoune, avait sauvé une petite Ukrainienne… Quelle belle histoire pour Zvezda et Channel One !..
Sauf que tout était bidon ! TOUT ! Les blessures ? Auto-infligées avec la complicité des copains ! Les médailles “Pour la Bravoure” ? Pour s’être tiré dans le pied, littéralement !.. Les exploits ? Du pur cinéma pour gogos !..
Et pendant que ces ordures se décoraient mutuellement pour leurs “exploits” fictifs, les vrais soldats russes – ces pauvres gars ramassés dans les rues ou ces malheureux Africains qu’on a trompés – crèvent comme des chiens dans les “assauts viandards” !..
Voilà la réalité de l’armée de Poutine : les gradés se tirent dessus pour l’argent pendant que la chair à canon se fait décimer pour de vrai !.. L’impérialisme russe dans toute sa splendeur – corrompu jusqu’à la moelle, menteur jusqu’au bout, cynique au-delà de l’imaginable !..
https://geo.fr/geopolitique/guerre-en-ukraine-ces-faux-heros-qui-raflent-des-primes-et-minent-l-armee-russe-228249

Posted by: Russie Véritable | Sep 16 2025 1:51 utc | 149

Posted by: Paul from Norway | Sep 15 2025 20:09 utc | 143
“Thank you Republic. My father fougth in the Winter war. I know allmost nothing about it.”
Twenty years ago I watched an excellent documentary about the Winter War called Fire and Ice: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1043636/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_2
I haven’t been able to find a copy, but I remember it was balanced between historical narrative and interviews with those who had lived through it, mostly Finns. I don’t remember if there were Russians interviewed or if the narrator read excerpts from Russian letters.
What struck me was the incredible toughness and grit of the Finns, their sorrow over losing Karelia, General Mannerheim’s pragmatism in realizing that they would have to cede some territory to achieve a peace treaty, the brutality of one of the worst winters on record, and one Finnish lady saying “The Russians didn’t know why they were there or what they were fighting for; we knew what we were fighting for (home or survival, I don’t recall).
If you are able to find it I would highly recommend it to you, though it definitely tells the story from a Finnish perspective.

Posted by: Paranaense | Sep 16 2025 4:36 utc | 151

Geez nafo copium is high here – high as in it stinks.
More sawdust on the piss covered floor please.
Losers.
Predawn in London …
Gonna post on other thread instead.

Posted by: DunGroanin | Sep 16 2025 5:00 utc | 153

Sachs revealing, what most of us already know.
“French President Emmanuel Macron has privately admitted that NATO is the driving force behind the Ukraine conflict, prominent American economist Jeffrey Sachs has said.
Macron, along with other Western leaders, has repeatedly claimed that Russia launched its military operation against Ukraine in 2022 without provocation and has insisted that Moscow is solely responsible for the conflict.
However, speaking during a foreign policy debate with the Italian daily il Fatto Quotidiano, Sachs recalled that when Macron awarded him the Legion of Honor in May 2022, the French leader privately told him “exactly the opposite of what he says publicly” and admitted that “NATO was causing this war.”
“I just want everyone to know this,” Sachs said, adding that he is “disgusted” by the French president. Sachs further condemned Western European leaders, describing them as warmongers who “just want to go to war.”
The economist emphasized that the Ukraine conflict had actually begun in 2014, when the US “actively participated in a violent coup” that overthrew the government in Kiev. “That’s what started the war,” Sachs said, noting that in the following years Washington helped build the Ukrainian army into the largest in Europe. He added that as Russia sought peace, then-US President Joe Biden rejected Moscow’s overtures and vowed to “crush” Russia with sanctions. ”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Sep 16 2025 12:06 utc | 155

Tobias Cole (142).
This from a few weeks ago – the catalyst has changed from this
“The unrest erupted in Serbia in November 2024 after a roof collapse at the railway station in the city of Novi Sad, killing 16 people. The incident triggered public backlash, with activists accusing the government of corruption and demanding accountability. The list of demands later expanded to holding snap elections and the resignation of President Aleksandar Vucic.”
To this.
“The Saturday protests stem from the Serbian government’s decision to revive the Jadar project, which allows the Anglo-Australian mining corporation Rio Tinto to extract lithium deposits in Serbia—one of the largest in Europe.”
But the overall goal is the same a coup.
“Serbia’s president claimed on Friday that Moscow informed him about a possible coup attempt aimed at overthrowing the Serbian government.
Aleksandar Vučić said that the alleged coup was connected to the environmental protests scheduled to take place on Saturday in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade.
The Serbian head of state added that, based on information he received from Russian sources, mass riots were being prepared in the country with the aim of violently overthrowing the government.
“We received official information from the Russian Federation, information transmitted and brought through official channels. We are dealing with it. The Security Intelligence Agency (BIA) is responsible and the people specialized in that are doing their job,” he told reporters.
“Those who want to achieve some goals by force make a mistake. Serbia is developing and no one can stop it,” Vučić added.
The Saturday protests stem from the Serbian government’s decision to revive the Jadar project, which allows the Anglo-Australian mining corporation Rio Tinto to extract lithium deposits in Serbia—one of the largest in Europe.
The project was previously halted in 2022 following widespread public protests.
Earlier, the Serbian daily “Vecernje Novosti” claimed to have obtained a “color revolution handbook” allegedly intended for activists participating in the ecological protests.
The newspaper claimed that the handbook outlines methods used in color revolutions in other countries, insinuating that the protests might be orchestrated from “centers of power” abroad.
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin also claimed that the protests against the lithium mine resemble previous color revolutions in Europe.
“This is a classic scenario of color revolutions. We have seen it more than once, we have seen it in Ukraine. This is an attempt at a new Maidan and you can be 100% sure of it,” Vulin said, accusing “Western services” of complicity in organizing the demonstrations.
Serbia is among the few European nations that retained close ties with Russia after the latter launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
While Belgrade has condemned the invasion, its refusal to join international sanctions on Moscow has soured its relations with Kyiv and other western partners.
Vučić, Serbia’s populist president, is often accused of walking a tightrope between the country’s candidacy for the European Union and its traditional ties with Russia and China.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Sep 16 2025 13:09 utc | 157

“It would be difficult for us to raise tariffs, say, to 50% just because a particular country imports oil from Russia,” Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said. Bloomberg notes that Tokyo views Russia’s Sakhalin-2 export project as a key source of LNG supplies. Earlier, Trump called on G7 countries to raise tariffs, making it a condition for strengthening US sanctions. The European Union also refused to impose tariffs on China and India over Russian oil purchases.”

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Sep 16 2025 15:16 utc | 159

Republicofscotland 159 – many thanks for the update…..yes I too believe that a coup against the Serb government will be attempted either on this Saturday or November 1st (the anniversary of the train station collapse).
Vucic better have the troops out of the barracks and ready…..this is a CIA, MI6, and Soros coup operation, beware………

Posted by: tobias cole | Sep 16 2025 20:41 utc | 161

“The YouTube channel Kings and Generals says that Ukraine Crushes the Russian Breakthrough. And after watching the video, I think it’s fair to say that 2025 hasn’t been Russia’s year in terms of military victories (so far). Ukraine is still on the backend, but they’ve been making a lot of purchases for defense.”
Posted by: Court of Talons | Sep 15 2025 22:57 utc | 149
Dima on the Military Summary YT channel opines that Russia used the Pokrovsk breakthrough deliberately just as a ruse to suck Ukrainian forces away from other fronts. Thus big advances at Zaporozhiya, Kupyansk and now a new Kursk front, and others. Ukraine are slowly getting outnumbered and whack-a-mole wont work for them and they will be endlessly switching their best troops from one place to another.
Remember that in counter-attacks Ukraine loses many more troops and assets than in a defensive posture.
So Russia keeps on making Ukraine counter-attack.

Posted by: Andrew Sarchus | Sep 17 2025 9:07 utc | 163

All of these previously responsible and liberal democracies are marching stiff legged into the mouth of the volcano.
Wake up, wake up… No reaction.
I have heard it said that when a rabbit is caught by a hawk, it goes into shock from fright and so is not really aware when it is killed. This seems a bit like that, but some of the rabbits are busily stuffing lettuce into steamer trunks and making travel plans.

Posted by: jared | Sep 17 2025 13:44 utc | 165