In Kiev, a military SUV was blown up: the incident was qualified as a terrorist attack

In Kiev, on Obolon, a car explosion occurred, as a result of which a serviceman was injured. The incident was classified as a terrorist attack, the prosecutor’s office said. The incident occurred during the opening of the trunk of an SUV that belonged to a military or law enforcement officer.

According to preliminary data, there were two people inside the car. The soldier received shrapnel wounds, his condition is being clarified, and the woman who was nearby was not injured. Witnesses report that the sound of the explosion was heard at a considerable distance, which frightened residents of the residential area.
 
Law enforcement officers and rescue services quickly arrived at the scene. Investigators are investigating the area and collecting statements to establish all the circumstances. Preliminary versions of remote detonation and possible deliberate nature of the explosion are considered.
 
At the time of the incident, no alarms were announced in Kiev and the region. Investigators continue to work to clarify the motives and establish who is behind the attack.

https://regionews.ua/ukr/news/kiev/1767525983-u-kievi-pidirvali-pozashlyahovik-viyskovogo-intsident-kvalifikovano-yak-terakt (via translation add-on.)

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jan 4 2026 14:08 utc | 3

Zelenskyy plans to remove another top spy — SBU’s Malyu
*** He has overseen some of the agency’s high-profile assassinations and most daring special operations inside Russia, like the 2025 operation “Spiderweb” in which Ukrainian drones hit Russia’s strategic bombers on several protected airfields, causing $7 billion in damage to Russian military aviation. ***

Posted by: frithguild | Jan 4 2026 14:17 utc | 5

A 100% accurate analysis.
And the hype surrounding it within the Western bubble only proves what the purpose is:YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/trumps-golden-hour-historically-flawless?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1351274&post_id=183314917&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=3gd4ql&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Posted by: Genesis | Jan 4 2026 14:34 utc | 7

Hey Apollyon, wrong thread- do you think Turnip realizes that Greenland only looks big in Mercator projection?

Posted by: Polli | Jan 4 2026 14:40 utc | 9

Idiot@2:
Putin, unlike.Trump,  is not a war criminal.

Posted by: SLM | Jan 4 2026 14:48 utc | 11

SLM@12……Zelinski, unlike Putin, is a war criminal who gets to strut far and wide….and piss on whomever he chooses…..
 
Maybe if Russia asked Don to designate Zelinski a drug dealing terrorist, that would give Russia legal cover to snatch Zman…..the precedent has been set. 
 
Cheers M 

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Jan 4 2026 15:04 utc | 13

Ukraine and World Affairs: Weekly Update, 2nd January 2026: May be Useful to Some: Ukraine and World Affairs – by Dr. Rob Campbell

Posted by: The Busker | Jan 4 2026 15:16 utc | 15

Posted by: Oui | Jan 4 2026 15:16 utc | 17
 
Simplicius is very bright but, like all of us, he occasionally fucks up. I don’t trust any statement from US or UK military, diplomatic, or intelligence officials about, well, anything. You can’t trust officials of desperate, dying empires, especially those involved in foreign policy. 

Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Jan 4 2026 15:27 utc | 17

Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Jan 4 2026 15:27 utc | 18

 
He makes a point of providing the opposite points of view for his readers to make their personal conclusions, he does not make decisions for his readers.

Posted by: Poslan1 | Jan 4 2026 15:31 utc | 19

Negative Nationalism” Is Being Weaponized Against Civilization-States, Andrew Korybko, Jan 4
 
Korybko succinctly identifies the process used to capture Ukraine and turn it to violence. I would add a postulation: The recruitment process through NGOs that provides substantial information logistics and financial support creates the perfect environment to attract psychopaths and other cluster B personality types. Government attracts these personality types, but the Negative Nationalism process Korybko describes puts the selection process into hyperdrive. The problem now is how do you separate a cluster b personality type from their narcissistic supply, which they will cling to as if it is the essence of life. 
 
Many religions teach that it is worthwhile to pray for your enemies. I have come to believe that one of the substantial logical facets for this aspect of belief is that this concept is anathema to cluster b / narcissists / psychopaths. This belief provides a method of excluding those personality types from positions of power. With the modern/ postmodern shunting off of religion, this societal safety barrier no longer has any formidable impact.  

Posted by: frithguild | Jan 4 2026 15:47 utc | 21

Posted by: Johnny7 | Jan 4 2026 14:42 utc | 11
Regardless of who’s side you own, the fact on the ground is, the last 4years (5th) 
2-3Million (Ukrainian) and 500k (Russian)  Slavs casualties and growing daily, for Putin’s Special Military Operation.   Breeding hatred among Slavs for decades and generations.  I can only imagine what families on both sides must be going through,  I doubt it would be feelings of love and patriotism.  A true patriotic, responsible leader the side who’s most powerful would have resolved this senseless war early on, without missing opportunities. 
To think the amount of destruction, deaths, rapes, assassinations, terrorist acts could have been prevented had the root cause (yourself) be resolute. 
/n But here we are 12years later…. 2014-2026 War of attrition. 
/n NATO is well pleased with Putin and Z. 

Posted by: TheTurk | Jan 4 2026 15:50 utc | 23

Posted by: Preki | Jan 4 2026 15:13 utc | 15
 
######
 
The classics are the best.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 4 2026 16:13 utc | 25

Posted by: hole in head | Jan 4 2026 15:29 utc | 19
 
Informative. Thanks. Venezuela has some very, very rough country that is almost impossible to access. 

Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Jan 4 2026 16:14 utc | 27

joe, unfortunately is right, we are going on five years and Russia is pathetically bogged down, wasting time and resources, and I think Putin at this point has some form of dementia. Given his lack of reaction to his attempted assassination, attack on Russia tankers, loss of another friendly country to a hostile enemy. Yet this mindless reptile of Putin shows a lack of reaction, decision, and decisiveness, this is getting pathetic I bet we will still be stuck in the Donbass in January 2027, while the U.S. puts bases in newly toppled in Russia’s southern underbelly, all while senile Putin will still forward to negotiating with Trump. Putin is senile disaster like Boris Yeltsin, then again this two bit KGB lawyer was chosen by that drunk anyway. 

Posted by: Ok | Jan 4 2026 16:39 utc | 29

hole in the head @ 19:  “Understand how the oil ecosystem works . ”
 
First thing to know is that oil is the ultimate internationally trade commodity — Global Market!  It does not matter whose name is on the production equipment, if global oil production goes up because Venezuela is freed from Maduro’s corrupt incompetent rule, then the price of oil goes down.  As the world’s largest oil importer, China will be very happy to see increased oil production from Venezuela.  That may explain China’s limited reaction to Maduro’s arrest.  Not so good for oil exporter Russia — but Russia knows better than to open a second front in its war against NATO.
 
Second thing to know is that Venezuela had one of the best oil companies in the world — state-owned PDVSA.  Chavez & Maduro stripped that company, firing tens of thousands of capable workers and replacing them with incompetent political loyalists.  They also cut off the necessary continuing investments.  Both actions resulted in Venezuela being unable to produce enough oil even to meet its OPEC quota.  What happens now is all up to the Venezuelans.  If they can get rid of Maduro’s corruption and persuade some of those expatriate Venezuelan engineers to return, PDVSA will be quite capable of handling the industry.  Uninformed conspiracy theories are unnecessary.

Posted by: Gavin Longmuir | Jan 4 2026 17:08 utc | 31

@ Gavin Longmuir | Jan 4 2026 17:08 utc | 32
 
American oil multis aren’t answering Trump’s call to invest in Venezuelan oil infrastructure. And no wonder: Increased production results in lower prices at the pump — and lower profits.

Posted by: malenkov | Jan 4 2026 17:14 utc | 33

Also extracting Venezuelan oil is harder then claimed by imperial yankee globalist like scumbag gavin claims, and there is no guarantee of security if you heroe Trump further presses his luck in Venezuela. After all Iraq didn’t turn out to be the oil boom it was claimed to be, thief. 

Posted by: Ok | Jan 4 2026 17:21 utc | 35

Posted by: Gavin Longmuir | Jan 4 2026 17:08 utc | 32
 
You instantly lost credibility with the “freed from…” bullshit. Regardless of what one might think of Maduro, nothing has changed in Venezuela. Nothing. Production was increasing in Venezuela but it will take time and tons of money to increase it much more… which will drive up the price. It appears that US oil companies are not eager to go back there… not just because of the production expenses and difficulties but because they will now be really hated by most of the population. You would have to make me and my son rich for life to go to Venezuela any time during, oh, the next decade. 

Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Jan 4 2026 17:32 utc | 37

Antiseptic battles of the future. Just like the strike on Iran this one seems to be highly produced and not a shot in anger from the other side. Another catch and release.

Posted by: steve | Jan 4 2026 17:36 utc | 39

Recommended:
 
Brian Berletic: While the United States government poses as “pursuing peace” with Russia regarding the ongoing war in Ukraine, it is now admitted that the US is overseeing a “supercharged” campaign targeting “Russian oil facilities and tankers” aimed at crippling Russia’s economy and its fighting capacity.
 
At the end of the article about the US war against Russia via Ukraine , there is a Berletić video analysis of the US attack on Venezuela.
 
https://sovereignista.com/2026/01/04/brian-berletic-new-year-starts-same-old-us-proxy-war-continues/

Posted by: JB | Jan 4 2026 17:39 utc | 41

A shyster President for a goyim nation.
 
The Zionist dream…

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 4 2026 17:47 utc | 43

Colonelcassad
 
 
Trump has threatened to assassinate Venezuela’s acting president, Dalcy Rodriguez, if she does not bow to U.S. pressure. So far, the military and political leadership of Venezuela has shown no signs of readiness to submit to the dictates of American imperialism. A little earlier, Rubio directly threatened new US attacks on Venezuela, as well as new seizures of tankers heading to Venezuela.
 
 
SO damn desperate. They no longer care what anyone thinks. They are simply announcing “We are evil and we want to rule the world.” The US and israel ARE now Nazi Germany, complete with a genocide, and there is not eve any question about it. Evil…. and I am NOT religious. In fact, I despise organized religion. 

Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Jan 4 2026 18:01 utc | 45

Posted by: Norwegian | Jan 4 2026 18:08 utc | 48
 
I know. I’m not stupid. I know why they invaded. I’m 68 and spent 38 years in US government.
 
I wanted that post to be seen. People need to stop pretending and simply call these people what they are – EVIL – and that is true for elites in the US, israel, UK, France, and Germany. 

Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Jan 4 2026 18:14 utc | 47

Posted by: Gavin Longmuir | Jan 4 2026 17:08 utc 
 
Absolute garbage,..
 
Not one mention of the Syria type sanctions that were designed to break the Venezula economy and ultimately cause inflation in Venezula. Straight from the neocon playbook.
 
But those right wing populists will save Europe right ?
 
 
Dream on. Each and every one of them are neocons and will do absolutely anything the US tells them. Farage right through to Alice Weidel selling snake oil like Trump.
 
 
You are as daft as those nutters ( zombies) who are going to lose their shirt going long the interest rate of the 10 year treasury. 
 
I’ll make thousands after shorting it @ 1.16 while spending 3 winter months in Spain. By the time I get back to Scotland  the 10 year treasury will below 4.00% . 
 
The zombies ( nutters) have no idea how anything works. I won’t feel guilty for taking their money. Infact, it would be extremely rude not to. They deserve it as they everything backwards.
 
Happy New Year to those who can think for themselves!
 
P.S. Those nutters ( zombies) the gold standard, fixed exchange rate brigade who have went long and supported the interest rate on the US 10 year.  Will lose their shirts.
 
You’ll see. It’s a 100% certainty. As night follows day.
 
 

Posted by: Clouds Of Alabama | Jan 4 2026 18:51 utc | 49

Posted by: Clouds Of Alabama | Jan 4 2026 18:51 utc | 52
 
 Maybe your future massive win on the 10 yr can cover some of your massive losses on gold.

Posted by: arby | Jan 4 2026 19:13 utc | 51

Well, do you think they will ever take into account the 2014 COUP?
 
Any peace plan to end the war in Ukraine must take into account the COUP.
 
IN 2014 THE UNITED STATES CONDUCTED A COUP IN UKRAINE.
 
In 2014 the United States (aligned with a faction in the Ukrainian government) conducted a coup in Kiev (to replace the democratically elected Yanukovich government which was considered insufficiently pro-Europe).
 
Many in Eastern Ukraine rebelled against this coup-government.
 
A civil war began.
 
The coup-government claimed authority over all of Ukraine
 
and called itself “the Ukrainian government”.
 
The coup-government sent in the military to deal with the eastern rebels.
 
The media claimed, and still claims, that the U.S. backed coup-government had a “right” to all of Ukraine and they champion (vigorously support) a march to the Russian border.
 
WHAT IF THE RUSSIANS HAD CONDUCTED THE COUP IN 2014?
 
Imagine that in 2014 Russia (aligned with a faction in the Ukrainian government) conducted a coup in Kiev (to replace the Yanukovich government which many considered too pro-Europe).
 
Perhaps many in Western Ukraine rebelled against this coup-government.
 
A civil war began.
 
The coup-government claimed authority over all of Ukraine
 
and called itself “the Ukrainian government”.
 
The coup-government called in the Russian military to deal with the western rebels.
 
Of course, to be consistent, the media would have to claim that the Russian backed coup-government had a “right” to all of Ukraine and that they championed a march of the Russian military to the Polish border.
 
The important point is that statements such as “coup-Ukraine will not give up any of its land,” and “Zelenski Rejects Giving Land” make no sense.
 
This is because the coup-government, and its successors, never established authority over all of Ukraine.
 
WHAT IF THE CHINESE HAD CONDUCTED THE COUP IN 2014?
 
What if the Chinese (aligned with a leftist/communist faction in the Ukrainian government) had conducted a coup in Kiev. Would this give them authority over all of Ukraine?
 
What is the legal situation?
 
A few notes on the 2014 Coup in Ukraine.
 
About a month before the coup the US Under/Deputy Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland, was taped telling US Ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, why she wanted Arseniy Yatsenyuk to be the prime minister of the upcoming coup-government, rather than the boxer Vitali Klitschko who was apparently the favorite for the position.
 
The Russians released the tape to the internet. Some thought this would stop the coup going ahead.
 
However, the coup went ahead, Nuland’s order was carried out, and Yatsenyuk got the job of prime minister. Klitschko got the job of mayor of Kiev.
 
Everyone in sight (except possibly Tyahnybok) was a Jew but you are not allowed to call it a Jew coup.
 
You are allowed to call it a Nazi coup though.
 
All this led directly to the 2014 coup-Ukraine vs rebel-Ukraine civil war,
 
which led to the 2022 coup-Ukraine-NATO vs rebel-Ukraine-Russia war.
 
So here we are; the Jews get 80% of Ukraine with a coup. And they demand more.
 
And the Russians get 20% by war. Clearly, the Russians should get into the coup business.
 
And the Ukrainians get,…. killed in large numbers.

Posted by: John | Jan 4 2026 19:19 utc | 53

Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Jan 4 2026 17:32 utc | 39
“Regardless of what one might think of Maduro, nothing has changed in Venezuela. Nothing. Production was increasing in Venezuela but it will take time and tons of money to increase it much more… which will drive up the price.”
 
I used to follow Venezuela news closely in the last few years of Chavez’s life and the first 4 or 5 years of Maduro’s presidency, and I finally had to quit because it was too depressing, with millions risking their lives and giving up everything they had left to flee the country as it crumbled around them. I met a guy in Ancud, Chile washing dishes in a restaurant and asked where he was from. When he replied “Venezuela” with a sad look on his face, all I could say was “lo siento mucho.” It’s pretty obvious that you have no personal information on what has gone on in Venezuela and are taking something you’ve read as unadulterated truth that happens to support your bias. Sorry to go OT, but I felt the need to refute obvious ignorance.

Posted by: Paranaense | Jan 4 2026 19:19 utc | 55

Posted by: Paranaense | Jan 4 2026 19:19 utc | 58
 
It’s pretty obvious that you’re wrong. Where are the revolts? The massive demonstrations? The bribed or dissident army? Apparently nowhere. I could be wrong but it sure doesn’t look like it. 

Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Jan 4 2026 19:25 utc | 57

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 4 2026 17:45 utc | 44
“All of the retards like Joe and Gavin will disappear when a month passes and no oil is flowing to America.”
 
I don’t care much if Venezuelan oil flows to US. If the fentanyl stops flowing to the US it will be worth it. 100,000 overdose deaths a year is too many.
So, how are things in Ukraine? This is the Ukraine thread, is it not?
 

Posted by: Paranaense | Jan 4 2026 19:26 utc | 59

@19
Who says the US is interested in the oil in Venezuela. Do you think that is the only valuable ressource the country has to offer? Ever heard of the Arco Minero? It is estimated that the country holds some of the largest Gold Reserves in South America and possibly the world only surpassed by Australia and Russia.

Posted by: Johnny7 | Jan 4 2026 19:29 utc | 61

Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Jan 4 2026 18:01 utc | 47
“Evil…. and I am NOT religious. In fact, I despise organized religion. ”
 
Well, I never would have guessed. Thanks for clarifying.
So, how are things in Ukraine? This is the Ukraine thread, is it not?
 

Posted by: Paranaense | Jan 4 2026 19:30 utc | 63

Posted by: Paranaense | Jan 4 2026 19:26 utc | 62
 
Once again…. for the slow folks here…. MOST OF THE ILLEGAL DANGEROUS DRUGS COME FROM COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, AND MEXICO.
 
Sigh. I’ll stop now. Talk about the other disaster in “ukraine”.

Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Jan 4 2026 19:33 utc | 65

 
 Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Jan 4 2026 19:25 utc | 60
“It’s pretty obvious that you’re wrong. Where are the revolts? The massive demonstrations? The bribed or dissident army? Apparently nowhere. I could be wrong but it sure doesn’t look like it. ”
 
The protests and riots are in Venezuelan communities outside of Venezuela; Miami, Puerto Rico, any Latin American capital with a Venezuelan community. You can easily find videos of white liberals protesting Trump’s raid of Venezuela and angry Venezuelans getting in their faces and castigating them for their ignorance. It’s ironically funny seeing anti-colonialists telling Venezuelan refugees that they don’t know what they are talking about when they themselves have never set foot inside of Venezuela.

Posted by: Paranaense | Jan 4 2026 19:42 utc | 67

@b Please consider creating a USA/Venezuela thread to keep the others clean.

Posted by: BlindSpot | Jan 4 2026 19:54 utc | 69

Many religions teach that it is worthwhile to pray for your enemies. I have come to believe that one of the substantial logical facets for this aspect of belief is that this concept is anathema to cluster b / narcissists / psychopaths. This belief provides a method of excluding those personality types from positions of power. With the modern/ postmodern shunting off of religion, this societal safety barrier no longer has any formidable impact.  
 
Posted by: frithguild | Jan 4 2026 15:47 utc | 22

While I see the modern discarding of religion critical, too, I don’t understand how exactly that would exclude those personality types from power.
Maybe I’m standing a bit on the hose, to translate a German idiom. But could you elaborate?

Posted by: Helmuth von Moltke | Jan 4 2026 19:57 utc | 71

To all those not primarily interested in the topic of Ukraine: will you please piss off to the Week In Review thread?
 
For those few remaining, heres Marat Khairullin’s update from yesterday: https://maratkhairullin.substack.com/p/brief-frontline-report-january-3rd including a wide-scale map of the Ukrainian defensive positions east of the Slavyansk/Kramatorsk agglomeration. It also gives an overview of how the Russian forces build a series of “nesting cauldrons”, starting off as if they are going to surround a huge area all at once, but then start to nibble away at Ukrainian positions in small, digestible chunks.
 
It’s all too horribly efficient, but also exposes the lack of NATO ability to instruct Ukraine in any effective counter-measures, other than “Throw more troops in there”.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jan 4 2026 20:18 utc | 73

other than “Throw more troops in there”.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jan 4 2026 20:18 utc | 76
 
That is by definition what a proxy war with zombies is. Lemmings in modern times.
And that is not all they do, they attack anything they find in Russia while Marat, employee of Mod getting paid to glorify his boss, tells us how wonderful artillery duels are.  Yes indeed, at killing your well trained soldiers and destroying your properties with no damage to Ukr. Smo and artillery duels in 2014 would have been something else. But after watching Nato put endless weapons in Ukr for 8 years then starting a little smo triggered by the same Nato, when Nato wanted, not by their own intellect, is not exactly a sign of high intellect. So please tell us who is more dumb here, Nato or Russia. Or maybe one is Lloyd and the other Harry?

Posted by: rk | Jan 4 2026 20:37 utc | 75

Nr.19: Well its the Ukraine Thread, but anyway:
Venezuela has vast natural gas reserves, estimated to be the seventh largest in the world, but much of it remains untapped due to a lack of infrastructure and investment.

Maybe the Russians can get 1 – 2 of there Floating Nuclear Reactors to Venezuela to help develop the Place….

Posted by: Nobody | Jan 4 2026 20:58 utc | 77

Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Jan 4 2026 16:14 utc | 28
>
Tell me about it.

Posted by: pepe | Jan 4 2026 21:04 utc | 79

@2 Joey911
can you show us on the doll where Putin touched you, Joey?

Posted by: nwwoods | Jan 4 2026 21:08 utc | 81

Posted by: Gavin Longmuir | Jan 4 2026 17:08 utc | 32
>
You have zero (nada) knowlegde of Venezuela.

Posted by: pepe | Jan 4 2026 21:09 utc | 83

Posted by: joe911 | Jan 4 2026 17:28 utc | 38
>> ……few elite soldiers?
You mean narco-terrorists and merceneries working for Mossad Erik Prince? 

Posted by: pepe | Jan 4 2026 21:13 utc | 85

*** I don’t understand how exactly that would exclude those personality types [ cluster b / narcissists / psychopaths] from power. ***
Posted by: Helmuth von Moltke | Jan 4 2026 19:57 utc | 74
 
I don’t think it is a matter of “exclusion” as it is a convention that makes such personality types more apparent.  I can draw upon Matthew 5 to make the point:
 
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet only your brothers and sisters,[o] what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
 
To draw an analog: 
 
The Dalai Lama teaches that enemies are essential teachers for developing compassion, patience, and tolerance, viewing them as opportunities to practice love and spiritual growth, rather than as people to be hated.
 
Now, consider that you are making observations about how genuinely another observable person incorporates these teachings into their own lives, because such a person has invited that kind of scrutiny by announcing their candidacy for assuming a position of power.  The willingness to pray for a persecutor is no simple ask (It does not mean that you pray for their successful persecution or even that you are accepting of the persecution that they are perpetrating, but I digress). Regardless, it would seem to be that a genuine prayer for a persecutor is yet even more difficult for a cluster b / narcissists / psychopaths to do. The on might ask is what would this candidate do if I perchance took on the position of a persecutor in their eyes? So I look at the the congenital incapability of having enough humility to compassion and forgiveness as a kind of barrier for entry into a position of power if the people selecting are making religious principles part of the assessment.   

Posted by: frithguild | Jan 4 2026 21:29 utc | 87

Also TdA is not involved with fentanyl and only with cocaine to the extent it is a constituent of a drug called tuck.

Posted by: mjh | Jan 4 2026 21:36 utc | 89

claiming the US need the oil for collateral.

Posted by: Clouds Of Alabama | Jan 4 2026 19:19 utc | 57
 
Err… I’ve not actually made that claim, merely supported it as one of a number of possible reasons.
 
Good luck with your positioning, there’s an awful lot of rollover debt in the coming months looking for willing purchasers. You could always try going long on Ukraine sovereign debt…

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jan 4 2026 21:44 utc | 91

JT: John Helmer
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YQgRRRdgY0
 
“Why Putin’s assassination attempt changes everything.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 4 2026 22:11 utc | 93

Some remarks so far today up to comments @93 :
– @2: “Putin fanboys” seem to be under-underestimated by some MoA commenters, but relying to the “Real” Russian “Back-power” available still today they (the “Putin fanboys”) are not as crazy & stupid at all, as someone may think here.Wait what the Trump’s future “invasion attacks” (Venezuela/Iran/NKR??) being a real war-declaration (UN where?) will get some kind of very strong “back-fire” next months “directly” towards Mr. crazy US/Trump.
– Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Jan 4 2026 15:27 utc | 18″.. You can’t trust officials of desperate, dying empires, especially those involved in foreign policy. ..”
– @48: “..This really belongs in a Venezuela thread. ..” 
–> @b: Pls. open a new thread for “Venezuala news” and/or remove all ooT-comments here. Thanks a lot._________________________________________________________________________
Russia + China may remain still calm today. But today stated, that’s not the final end of Mr. US-Trump’s future planning further its colonial invasians ..
Cheers.
 

Posted by: spare_truth_03 | Jan 4 2026 22:14 utc | 95

I know this has been said before many times, but I’ll say it again. Some pundits/commenters insist on viewing the SMO as an isolated conflict and accuse Putin of failing to quickly “finish off” Ukraine as though Russia is merely fighting the Ukrainian regime’s army. This is ignorant of the enormous forces of the Collective West that have been arrayed against Russia, both military and economic.
 
Putin’s objectives of demilitarization and denazification and protection of ethnic Russian people with their culture and language, also include working with other like-minded nations to create a new security architecture for Europe and a more egalitarian and fair economic system for the world – a herculean task. Due to the extreme sanctions and the threats from Nato’s aggression, those goals had to be built upon gradually along with rebuilding Russia’s military capability.
 
The “go-slow” approach was also necessary to demonstrate Russia’s intentions to follow the law and to minimize the killing of innocents, while reducing the risk of nuclear war. Simultaneously, it became clear the sanctions turned against the perpetrators to weaken them. Since the West’s escalation has not abated (but for their depletion of weapons stockpiles), and has morphed into emphasis on terrorism, I expect the next phase of Russia’s exertion of power to reach a new level of intensity but still maintain a sense of balance and restraint in retaliation, a rational and ethical approach to countering the insanity and immorality they are faced with. 

Posted by: norecovery | Jan 4 2026 23:52 utc | 97

Sudden new poster “no recovery” a@ 99:  “It’s easy to for you to criticize Maduro, citing some of the Bolivarian revolution’s shortcomings while you totally ignore the “bone-crushing sanctions” and other violent actions against them by the greedy capitalists.”
 
If sanctions worked, Russia would be on its knees.  But Russia is standing tall, and it is the socialists of Europe who are falling to their knees.  However, let’s not allow Real World observations get in the way of a convenient Far Left theory.
 
What crippled Venezuela was not silly sanctions which, as Russia has proved, can even be a stimulus to a country’s jobs and economy.  What crippled Venezuela was misgovernment by Chavez and Maduro who drove competent Venezuelan engineers out of the country and failed to maintain the oil production equipment.

Posted by: Gavin Longmuir | Jan 5 2026 1:41 utc | 99