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February 8, 2026
Ukraine Open Thread 2026-036
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@101
Based on Military Summary reports of AFU launching a miniscule counter-attack between Gulyapole and Pokrovske, ISW is projecting AFU actions onto RUAF. Yes, small AFU units were sent through the fields between that area and are left to die. RUAF meanwhile stopped advancing, regroups and expected the AFU attack.
We will wait for more reports of this action in the coming days.
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 9 2026 10:31 utc | 101
#Chinese outlet #Sohu reports that foreign mercenaries fighting for the Armed Forces of Ukraine failed to affect the conflict, facing heavy losses and chaos.
Despite a noticeable influx of fighters from abroad, the majority of these recruits are likely to be killed or wounded. From their perspective, the only rational option left for mercenaries is a hasty exit from the conflict zone.
Moreover, according to Sohu, by the end of 2025, the number of Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters killed exceeded 700,000. Sohu go further, suggesting that Vladimir Zelensky’s real objective is not military success but mass human losses, claiming he is prepared to sacrifice at least a million lives.
https://x.com/MKBattalionOf/status/2020779703833931934
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 9 2026 10:36 utc | 102
You know hat I just randomly thought of, whatever happened to Ukraine’s fleet of F-16s?
We heard so much noise about them because they can be armed with nukes, B-61 gravity bombs, then we heard about the flip flopping about whether or not Ukraine would get them until I guess a few more checks cleared or offshore bank accounts were blessed or Satanic rituals performed, then Ukraine got them. And not just a couple but several nations said they were sending at least a handful. MOA debated at length what good they’d do considering they need a perfectly clean runway that needs to be swept every 30 minutes to take off from. Then we heard a few headlines confirming they’d arrived and were seeing action – “first F-16 sortie, first F-16 drone kill, F-16 used in AD for first time, etc.” – and then more debate about if they would fly out of Ukraine proper or out of Romania or Poland, and then…..nothing. Like all of a sudden all 47 of them or whatever were shot down and they got memory holed like every other Wunderwaffen – Bayraktar drones, HIMARS, Leopard/Challenger/Abrams tanks, Cruise Missile Flavor of the Week, and so on.
Posted by: Stark | Feb 9 2026 10:43 utc | 103
Like all of a sudden all 47 of them or whatever were shot down and they got memory holed like every other Wunderwaffen – Bayraktar drones, HIMARS, Leopard/Challenger/Abrams tanks, Cruise Missile Flavor of the Week, and so on.
Posted by: Stark | Feb 9 2026 10:43 utc | 104
This was posted yesterday, video of an F-16 shooting down a Geran drone, quite an overkill to use it against one, they might have no other options due to the lack of AA. There is snow so it appears to be recent, probably somewhere in the western Ukraine.
https://t.me/belarusian_silovik/68361
An example of a situation in which the Ukrainian Air Force loses its fighters.
In this case, the F-16 was able to hit the Geranium, but there have been numerous instances where cannon fire at such close range has resulted in loss of control or damage to the aircraft.
Posted by: pinche | Feb 9 2026 11:04 utc | 104
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 9 2026 10:36 utc | 103
Moreover, according to Sohu, by the end of 2025, the number of Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters killed exceeded 700,000. Sohu go further, suggesting that Vladimir Zelensky’s real objective is not military success but mass human losses, claiming he is prepared to sacrifice at least a million lives.
Isn’t it obvious?
I’ve been saying it since I joined this community in 2022.
For ukrop leadership, political, military and economic, the war is a hit-and-run business.
Their business model is to consume ukrop lives (military and working class first) in exchange for Western treasure.
For the West, the project is to weaken Russia while consuming the Ukraines.
For Russia, the project is annexation of the Ukraines.
Posted by: Johan Kaspar | Feb 9 2026 11:07 utc | 105
What a surprise! Someone was tricked again
“Moscow was surprised that Washington imposed sanctions against Russian companies Lukoil and Rosneft shortly after the Anchorage summit” ( tass.com/politics/2083899 , tass.com/politics/2083861)
another “surprise”
“Trump keeps anti-Russian laws adopted under Biden, introduces new sanctions” ( tass.com/politics/2083861 )
“Moscow accepted Washington’s proposal on Ukraine at the Anchorage talks” ( tass.com/politics/2083937 )
but Peskov doesn’t want to let the peasants know what exactly because “Kremlin would not like to delve into the details” ( tass.com/politics/2083931 )
Posted by: rk | Feb 9 2026 11:44 utc | 106
rk | Feb 9 2026 11:44 utc | 107
“Peskov doesn’t want to let the peasants know what exactly”
Because the agreements were confidential between the two parties? Just because the US doesn’t seem to be agreement-capable, why should Russia join them?
Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Feb 9 2026 12:04 utc | 107
“Posted by: unimperator | Feb 9 2026 10:36 utc | 103 / Sohu go further, suggesting that Vladimir Zelensky’s real objective is not military success but mass human losses, claiming he is prepared to sacrifice at least a million lives.”
Are there other examples in History of leaders facing inevitable defeat but unwilling to surrender, preferring the death of all their male countrymen? Honest question.
Posted by: Asian Frog | Feb 9 2026 12:12 utc | 108
Deepstate reports that Ukraine recently tried to break into Pokrovsk several times with armoured vehicles and personnel. As expected, the vehicles were destroyed and the soldiers were killed.
https://x.com/AMK_Mapping_/status/2020823223903129960
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 9 2026 12:18 utc | 109
Another “Game Changer” Abrams tank along, with its crew, was destroyed by Russian fighters of the “Vostok” battalion during a suicidal Ukrainian counterattack in the area of the village of Zalinskoe The entire assault was wiped out All while Zelensky sits on his golden toilet
https://x.com/BowesChay/status/2020816574999855196
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 9 2026 12:26 utc | 110
Are there other examples in History of leaders facing inevitable defeat but unwilling to surrender, preferring the death of all their male countrymen? Honest question.
Posted by: Asian Frog | Feb 9 2026 12:12 utc | 109
Adolf Hitler.
Posted by: malenkov | Feb 9 2026 12:31 utc | 111
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 9 2026 12:18 utc | 110
probably very minor, even slower day (sub 1.100)
https://tass.com/politics/2084021
lets see tomorrow if it was just a weekend break
Posted by: Newbie | Feb 9 2026 13:10 utc | 112
You know hat I just randomly thought of, whatever happened to Ukraine’s fleet of F-16s?
Posted by: Stark | Feb 9 2026 10:43 utc | 104
They use them in air defence shooting down large drones and cruise missiles.
They are outranged by longer range Russian air to air missiles in the air superiority / CAS roles and can’t get past Russian SAMs in the deeper tactical strike role. The USAF relies heavily on stealth and EW to use their aircraft in contested air space. People like to compare weapons like aircraft head to head however it’s really a team effort … without AWACs, EW aircraft, tankers etc aircraft like the F-16 are just targets in contested air space. I believe for a time they were using F-16’s to strike frontline positions by flying them under the radar and popping up to launch an attack then scooting home but I haven’t heard of them doing that for about a year.
To my eyes donations of weapons like the F-16 are more a virtue signal from western countries than a genuine tactical advantage for the Ukrainians. It’s like all the Ukrainian flags you used to see on FB only on a nation state level.
Posted by: HB_Norica | Feb 9 2026 13:30 utc | 113
Considering the amount of TCC violence in Ukraine, Russia should look for ways of forming and arming resistance groups within Kiev controlled territories.
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 9 2026 13:38 utc | 114
Does this posting at Reuters tell the tale? Ukraine urges acceleration of peace talks, says only Trump can broker deal
Posted by: psychohistorian | Feb 8 2026 23:01 utc | 70
Wow, not unexpected, same illusional BS. I particularly liked this one:
Sybiha said […] any country’s decision in the course of a peace settlement to recognise Russian sovereignty over Crimea or the Donbas, Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland, would be “legally void”.”We will never recognise this. And it will be a violation of international law,” Sybiha said. “This was not about Ukraine. It’s about principle.”
The principle of not accepting what everybody accepted when it was NATO that divided Yugoslavia into several pieces a few years ago.
The principle of letting half their citizens die and the rest freeze “because”.
Posted by: Avtonom | Feb 9 2026 13:39 utc | 115
To my eyes donations of weapons like the F-16 are more a virtue signal from western countries than a genuine tactical advantage for the Ukrainians. It’s like all the Ukrainian flags you used to see on FB only on a nation state level.
Posted by: HB_Norica | Feb 9 2026 13:30 utc | 114
Nato also tried, but couldn’t succeed in building a proper missile re-arming base in Ukraine. They might be able to load some bombs, but when it comes to setting up missile stockpiles and loading equipment in Ukrainian airbases they failed, as RUAF would hit all Nato attempts to set up one.
So AFU planes rarely carry missiles, rarely can come to launch points of missiles and must be re-armed in Poland or Romania. They can still refuel in Ukrainian tarmac, where setting up refueling posts is easier and cheaper.
Nato doesn’t have endless amount of air-to-air or air-to-ground missiles, and they are very expensive to stockpile just to be blown up by RUAF drone or missile strike in Ukraine.
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 9 2026 13:41 utc | 116
Asian Frog | Feb 9 2026 12:12 utc | 109
*** Are there other examples in History of leaders facing inevitable defeat but unwilling to surrender, preferring the death of all their male countrymen? Honest question. ***
But what would “defeat” be if the leader (or front-man) did not regard the dead as his own “countrymen”?
Especially since his real “countrymen” were already showing their attitute of being happy to impose a more direct and blatant variant of genocide elsewhere.
With everyone killed, the land is free for others to take. By the leader’s real “countrymen”.
And they are not the Russians, British, French, Turks, Arabs … or Americans.
Posted by: Cynic | Feb 9 2026 13:54 utc | 117
For something a little less gloomy, some coverage here of restoration and reconstruction in the DPR: https://news-pravda.com/world/2026/02/09/2064532.html
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Feb 9 2026 14:03 utc | 118
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Feb 9 2026 14:03 utc | 119
I honestly think millions of Ukrainians would gladly have their oblasts included in Russia if they were made aware of this
Posted by: Avtonom | Feb 9 2026 14:07 utc | 119
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 9 2026 13:38 utc | 115
The Russians could have done that , but they didn’t.
The ones I spoke with told me their were fearing that the banderist faction launched retaliation campaign more deadly than all the “work” done by the TCC. TCC mainly target ethnic Russians and deserters, the combination of the two is helping future desertion numbers ; and make the recruitment process way more costly than what they could have done have the TCC being openly targeted. Like rounding up entire villages and deliver a “punishment”. They already did that several time in Donbass … the Russians knows it too well : they excavated several corps pit already.
War is hell , people don’t realize to what extend.
Posted by: Savonarole | Feb 9 2026 14:08 utc | 120
Re: Posted by: unimperator | Feb 9 2026 10:01 utc | 101
ISW latest cope: Russian advances are ‘cognitive warfare’ using only very small groups to create the illusion AFU fronts are collapsing.
There are no “AFU fronts collapsing”.
Where are the big Russian breakthroughs? Simply don’t exist.
ISW predicted Russia would take Donbas by August 2027 – I think they’re right. What’s your prediction?
If the AFU fronts “are collapsing” as you say – Russia should run over the rest of Donbas in a couple of weeks – certainly by the end of February.
Posted by: Julian | Feb 9 2026 14:45 utc | 121
Re: Posted by: rk | Feb 9 2026 11:44 utc | 107
What a surprise! Someone was tricked again“Moscow was surprised that Washington imposed sanctions against Russian companies Lukoil and Rosneft shortly after the Anchorage summit” ( tass.com/politics/2083899 , tass.com/politics/2083861) another “surprise”“Trump keeps anti-Russian laws adopted under Biden, introduces new sanctions” ( tass.com/politics/2083861 ) “Moscow accepted Washington’s proposal on Ukraine at the Anchorage talks” ( tass.com/politics/2083937 )but Peskov doesn’t want to let the peasants know what exactly because “Kremlin would not like to delve into the details” ( tass.com/politics/2083931 )
Just remember, when it comes to these negotiations – Putin & Russia are playing chess, and the US is playing checkers.
The Russians are clearly outplaying the US at every stage of these negotiations.
Another thing to add, because the Russians won’t reveal what is being negotiated we can’t falsify any claims made about what the Russians are up to.
Posted by: Julian | Feb 9 2026 14:52 utc | 122
Genuinely dont see any way out of this for any US leader, assuming the status quo continues. ‘Peace’ attempts have failed, attempts to shift the burden in any meaningful way to the EU have failed. This will ultimately kill any future president’s hopes of election.
Posted by: Night Tripper | Feb 9 2026 14:58 utc | 123
Posted by: Julian | Feb 9 2026 14:52 utc | 123
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This is so simple. Just watch movement of the LOC over the last 3 years.
Whatever excuses you make or narratives that you promote, the reality on the ground says it all.
The Nazis are losing.
Again.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 9 2026 15:16 utc | 124
Posted by: Julian | Feb 9 2026 14:45 utc | 122
Way over 1 million casualties, NATO’s best army destroyed along with its invincible reputation, the EU economy in trouble and cut off from affordable energy, and the entire country of ukraine with about 20 percent power and you come here with this shit. Just unreal. You HAVE to be paid to do this.
Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Feb 9 2026 15:16 utc | 125
There’s not much from events of the AFU counter-attack in Zap/Dnepro direction, but here’s something. Target rich environment, they say.
RUAF was expecting this attack and had already halted earlier for regrouping. A lot of AFU vehicles (covered in anti-drone nets) seem to be struck.
⚔️— South-Dnieper direction.
@voin_dv reports that the AFU have launched a local counteroffensive to stop the advance of the “Vostok” Army Group.
At the moment, there are two areas where the AFU are trying to regain positions targeting the recently lost towns of Ternovatoe and in the area of Pryluk.
This is the area of the Dnepropetrovsk region, near the border with the Zaporozhye region
Having come out in the open they offer a target rich environment for Russian drone operators (video)
https://t.me/CyberspecNews/99428
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 9 2026 15:22 utc | 126
Posted by: Night Tripper | Feb 9 2026 14:58 utc | 124
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There is an easy way out of all of the West’s problems.
But they can no more take that path than an alcoholic can stop drinking.
The Empire could voluntarily reform. No Empire ever has. The stakeholding parasites will keep going until the host is dead.
The Western character is dominance, not brotherhood. It is embedded and fundamental to all Western cultures.
What is the West without it?
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 9 2026 15:22 utc | 127
Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Feb 9 2026 15:16 utc | 126
It gets a little easier to understand the takes you read here when you remember that there are entire sweatshops in southeast Asia, India, anywhere else where there are few/no labor laws and you can cramp as many laptops and servers into a building as possible, that are entirely dedicated to stoking rage and division, otherwise known as “ragebaiting”. They’re used to engagement farm on Instagram, Tiktok, and Reddit, hell they’re used to make lonely men shell out money on parasocial Onlyfans relationships, why would politics and current events be any different? So you’re absolutely right, they do have to be paid, if you consider “$2 a day” to be “paid”.
Posted by: Stark | Feb 9 2026 15:23 utc | 128
Posted by: Stark | Feb 9 2026 15:23 utc | 129
I know. israel has troll farms, as does the UK. It’s disinformation warfare.
Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Feb 9 2026 15:27 utc | 129
Sloviansk direction (including the Seversky section) (data from @DnevnikDesantnika)
Northern and Seversky sections.
(1) Active hostilities are unfolding beyond the heights from Zakotnoye towards the village of Kryvaya Luka. We are moving along the Seversky Donets River. The enemy is fiercely resisting, realizing that the loss of heights in this area threatens failure for the entire line of defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The enemy will have to leave the entire territory to the south, from Reznikovka to Kalinika, (1.1) due to an extremely disadvantageous defensive position, when the dominant heights are under the control of the RF Armed Forces. In the area of Reznikovka, they advanced from the north and south of this settlement.
(2) Southern section
The presence of our groups in the area of Fedorovka Second is recorded. This is one of the most important defensive lines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this segment. Taking it under control opens up prospects for the RF Armed Forces regarding free movement up to Rai-Aleksandrovka, then north towards Nikolaevka and to the Slavyansk thermal power plant. In Rai-Aleksandrovka itself, the Ukrainian side is organizing the defense of the next line.
Our soldiers have taken control of the village of Bondarnoye, the village is being cleaned up. Also, the settlement of Khromovka and the “pocket” south of Vasyukovka comes under the control of the RF Armed Forces.
In Nikiforovka, there are also successes in promotion. Northeast of this village, we are preparing conditions for assault operations in the direction of the Babichy forest, located on a hill.
The control zone in the Minkivka area has been expanded.
We continue to knock the enemy out of the defensive midfielders near Markovo.
Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Feb 9 2026 15:32 utc | 130
Posted by: Stark | Feb 9 2026 15:23 utc | 129
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In the near future (20 years) the equivalent of $2 an hour will be a desirable job in the West.
“You will own nothing and you will be happy.”
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 9 2026 15:36 utc | 131
Simon | Feb 8 2026 22:24 utc | 59
Most of those nodes are probably in a solar powered mesh network. Very small amount of current used compared to cell towers. You can use small batteries as well without solar that last up to 5 years if you set the burst transmission to longer intervals. A burst every hour wil preserve the battery for years.
Posted by: circumspect | Feb 9 2026 15:44 utc | 132
It’s all just getting very nauseating.
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 8 2026 22:38 utc | 63
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Bargaining is all that NATO has left.
Next comes acceptance.
The thing I see is that the lesson will not be learned in the same way at the same time across all of the fronts.
The Imperial leopard will resist changing its metaphorical spots right up to the moment of its demise.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 9 2026 15:59 utc | 133
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 9 2026 15:36 utc | 132
Correct. Extreme wealth creates mentally deranged monsters. It has literally been proven.
Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Feb 9 2026 16:06 utc | 134
Nato doesn’t have endless amount of air-to-air or air-to-ground missiles, and they are very expensive to stockpile just to be blown up by RUAF drone or missile strike in Ukraine.
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 9 2026 13:41 utc | 117
I noticed they were using cannons to shoot done drones. I figured all the surplus air to air missiles went to israel but your explanation makes more sense.
Posted by: HB_Norica | Feb 9 2026 16:53 utc | 135
There’s not much from events of the AFU counter-attack in Zap/Dnepro direction, but here’s something. Target rich environment, they say. RUAF was expecting this attack and had already halted earlier for regrouping. A lot of AFU vehicles (covered in anti-drone nets) seem to be struck.
— South-Dnieper direction.@voin_dv reports that the AFU have launched a local counteroffensive to stop the advance of the “Vostok” Army Group.At the moment, there are two areas where the AFU are trying to regain positions targeting the recently lost towns of Ternovatoe and in the area of Pryluk.This is the area of the Dnepropetrovsk region, near the border with the Zaporozhye regionHaving come out in the open they offer a target rich environment for Russian drone operators (video)https://t.me/CyberspecNews/99428
The Russians seems to have perfected the skill of learning where Ukrainian counter attacks are located, staging it so that it looks like the Ukrainian counter offensive is wildly successful, and then obliterating the US and Ukraine forces sent to exploit their “initial success”. The US falls for it every time, consistently sending US / Ukrainian forces into the death trap. After all, Filipino mercenaries are cheap to replace.
Posted by: Woke American | Feb 9 2026 17:00 utc | 136
Still no progress is being made to bring the world under peaceful management?
Peace, food, water, clear air, life, liberty, family, education, something useful to do, and the right to self determination are the elements that represent more than just survival.. Wars interfere with those needs.
No one but the Indian, the Russian, and the modern Chinese government seem to understand human progress and advances to the technology science can deliver, as well as personal stress-free comfort during one’s lifetime, are the essence of a quality life to which every human is entitled.
Every one has a duty to his humanity to find ways to stop the conflicts, wars and the bickering that characterize the destructive behaviors of the leaders and thinkers of today’s nation state system. Destructive behaviors by the wealth focused pathological few should be unacceptable to all.
Ukraine has exposed these malevolent behaviors to be promoted mainly by profit motives. Russia’s insistence on a system that guarantees security may be the beginning of designing policy that ends all wars.
Russia’s demands for regional and global give and take security system ideas and China’s we build the infra structure that enables BRI objectives may also be a policy that leads to stopping the conflicts. And I believe forcing the entire world to use one universal for all its needs ( any nation can print what it needs, but whatever is printed is universally accepted) is a must happen before the world can move to peaceful existence).
Instead of focusing on who can one-up the other in war and conflict, why not focus on how the settlement process in Ukraine can be used to globally distribute peace and the benefits of science to every living human being?
I am beginning to believe India, China and Russia are on the right track.. Peace, security and delivery of continuous access to food, jobs, life and property comes before all else.
Posted by: snake | Feb 9 2026 17:01 utc | 137
Ooops the first part of post 137 should have been attributed to @unimperator, 127.
Posted by: Woke American | Feb 9 2026 17:01 utc | 138
Blowback from Ukraine (and its defeat) keeps coming to EU – robbers armed with AK47 and C4 explosives rob an armored van on an Italian highway.
https://x.com/BowesChay/status/2020898081122738318
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 9 2026 17:15 utc | 139
In the near future (20 years) the equivalent of $2 an hour will be a desirable job in the West. “You will own nothing and you will be happy.”
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 9 2026 15:36 utc | 132
I totally get-“You will own nothing…”
Will some explain to me the- “…and you will be happy.”
Posted by: Fredrick | Feb 9 2026 17:18 utc | 140
Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, interviewed by George Galloway, pronouncing Trump’s political obituary. Set to 14 minutes. Then discusses an ultimatum Trump is reported to have given Zelensky. More of Trump’s disposable PR, by the sound of it.
https://youtu.be/gYsgpt50-rY?t=865
Posted by: English Outsider | Feb 9 2026 17:22 utc | 141
I am beginning to believe India, China and Russia are on the right track.. Peace, security and delivery of continuous access to food, jobs, life and property comes before all else.
Posted by: snake | Feb 9 2026 17:01 utc | 138
It’s absolutely amazing how long it takes people to realize this. NO extreme wealth. EVERY legal citizen has a JOB and a PURPOSE in life with lifetime security and dignity. Health care for all legal citizens. Fair trade and peace but a modest, highly effective military with the best weapons FOR DEFENSE.
Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Feb 9 2026 17:27 utc | 142
“Death to the Traitors” — Ukraine’s blocking detachments hunt down their own soldiers who surrender to the Russian forces That they now publish the videos shows how bad the situation actually is
https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/2020906842944131247
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 9 2026 17:37 utc | 143
reply to 138
I’d go further than that. It strongly suspect that China will become the only hope of the human race, not the US or EU. Finding cures for diseases is not a viable business model (Goldman Sachs) In China, they can simply order it to happen. Much of physics has been stagnant for 50 years. I also fear the behavioral sink problem in the West. Maybe……a long tradition of Confucianism/Taoism can overcome that obstacle. I just don’t see any bright future for the West, they seem unimaginative and clueless. Note how Startrek has gone from ‘boldly go’ to sterile wokeness.
Posted by: Eighthman | Feb 9 2026 17:38 utc | 144
I totally get-“You will own nothing…
Will some explain to me the- “…and you will be happy.”
Posted by: Fredrick | Feb 9 2026 17:18 utc | 141
The “you will be happy” part is not a prediction. It is a command.
Posted by: malenkov | Feb 9 2026 17:46 utc | 145
Health care for all legal citizens. Fair trade and peace but a modest, highly effective military with the best weapons FOR DEFENSE.
Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Feb 9 2026 17:27 utc | 143
Libya had the highest human development index in all of Africa. Free healthcare, good education, extremely low crime rate, very little poverty. It was a good place for all citizens. But it had oil and a leader who wanted to unite Africa, including the introduction of a common currency. That was against the vested interest of the empire. Libya was destroyed, everyone who could have resurrected the country was murdered. Extremist factions were nurtured to divide and devastate the country for decades to come. So it goes.
Anyone who decides to defy the big bully must have the cards, must have the strength, must have leverage. Wishful thinking, naive 60’s slogans and appeals to humanism will not impress the bully at all. You need to be able to hurt the bully and hurt him bad. You look through history and all you see is the strong exploiting the weak.
You have a responsibility to be strong. If you are a small fish you need to unite with other small fish to form a larger fish. The bully will try everything in it’s power to stop you. If he succeeds, you are his subject, like the euros are to the US. They were on the right track, but then they stumbled and fell.
The one thing that will not save you, is to create a just and prosperous society. That is like an invitation to get trampled on. Yugoslavia wanted to stay a socialist country. Didn’t end well for them. 22.000 tonnes of democracy were dropped on tiny Serbia. So it goes.
Posted by: Hamburger | Feb 9 2026 17:51 utc | 146
Posted by: Eighthman | Feb 9 2026 17:38 utc | 145
There is some hope for Americans but the entire mentality must change and the layers of brainwashing and misinformation are so incredibly thick that only serious economic shocks and life changing struggles and pain will peel them away.
Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Feb 9 2026 17:57 utc | 147
The indebted shall inherit the earth.
I thought the concept of collapse of US democracy and civil rights and the Israeli’s taking control of the US government was mostly hypothetical, pessimistic conjecture intended to promote fear. And they are fairly transparently promoting discord and acts of disobedience intended to justify stronger enforcement.
But, now it seems to be upon us.
Well, it takes me by surprise.
Posted by: jared | Feb 9 2026 18:00 utc | 148
Posted by: Hamburger | Feb 9 2026 17:51 utc | 147
We’ll see what happens when the bottom finally rots out of the hollow, extremely top heavy US economy. See my post at 148.
Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Feb 9 2026 18:01 utc | 149
The US falls for it every time, consistently sending US / Ukrainian forces into the death trap.
Woke American | Feb 9 2026 17:00 cut | 137
General George Custard vs the Sioux .
Posted by: Angelo | Feb 9 2026 18:02 utc | 150
@ Saint Jimmy | Feb 9 2026 17:57 utc | 148
And even then we won’t have a great awakening but rather another Great Awakening, this time with rivers of blood.
It’s all downhill from here, and steeply.
Posted by: malenkov | Feb 9 2026 18:03 utc | 151
Posted by: jared | Feb 9 2026 18:00 utc | 149
Welcome to reality. Nobody expects the israeli/billionaire inquisition.
Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Feb 9 2026 18:03 utc | 152
Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Feb 9 2026 17:57 utc | 148
…economic shocks and life changing struggles and pain will peel them away.
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times.”
Yup. Going to take some hard times to prune the rot.
I thank my parents for having me at the late stage of the ‘good times’. Pretty sure I lived through the best time in history and will miss most of the coming bad, likely being dead before the decline makes me wish I already was.
Posted by: ftp | Feb 9 2026 18:06 utc | 153
Anatolii Sharii (auto-dubbed)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Uitx0QWDc
“Is the spirit of Anchorage a scam?”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Feb 9 2026 19:01 utc | 154
Western Network Plotting Coup in Belarus – Russian Intelligence
https://www.rt.com/russia/632196-svr-belarus-coup-west/
“Foreign NGOs are allegedly preparing a ‘color revolution’ targeting Moscow’s key ally.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Feb 9 2026 19:15 utc | 155
Posted by: ftp | Feb 9 2026 18:06 utc | 154
I’d really really like to last long enough to see some people executed. I’m not sure about that “hard times” stuff but I do know that extreme wealth is truly an evil that all countries must prevent. We absolutely failed but history is full of such failures and they had to be corrected with revolutions or war.
Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Feb 9 2026 20:18 utc | 156
I wonder where Dima is today. Hopefully he’s taking a holiday.
Posted by: Fredrick | Feb 9 2026 20:44 utc | 157
Latest delusional continuing spin
‼️🇪🇺🇺🇦The EU is exploring options for including guarantees of Ukraine’s EU membership in a possible conflict settlement agreement, – Bloomberg▪️Among the options being discussed is prioritizing Ukraine’s accession protections, as well as immediate access to some of the rights of a member state.▪️At the same time, Brussels could give Kyiv a clear deadline for the actions it must take to complete the formal EU accession process.▪️Other options are tied in one way or another to the country’s current EU accession preparation program.⚠️. RV: |
Posted by: Jo | Feb 9 2026 21:47 utc | 158
Posted by: Fredrick | Feb 9 2026 20:44 utc | 158
Maybe he’s dead.
Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Feb 9 2026 21:51 utc | 159
Posted by: Asian Frog | Feb 9 2026 12:12 utc | 109 The Japanese military in WWII had to be outflanked by the Emperor himself so the government could surrender. The dictator of Paraguay, Francisco Solano Lopez, in the war of the Triple Alliance seems to have managed to half the Paraguayan population by fighting until he was killed. Some even estimate up to 90% of men of fighting age were killed. Some of the reports of the defeat of the Gauls by Julius Caesar claim basically whole cities fought to the last man. And this seems to be the case for Trajan’s conquest of Dacia (today Romania.) Of course, it’s hard to be sure when it’s more the refusal to accept surrender, as in the destruction of Carthage in the Third Punic War.
Posted by: steven t johnson | Feb 9 2026 22:27 utc | 160
Martyanov had more of the latest AFU ‘offensive’ toward the end of the video. We don’t know what it achieved for AFU, but it sure as heck cost a lot of troops and vehicles.
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 9 2026 23:03 utc | 161
Leave it to Reuters to push more doubling down with this little ditty
The bloc balked at using $250 bln of central bank assets to help Ukraine after Moscow threatened Belgium, where most of the cash is parked. But if the EU shifts the account to a new custodian, it will be less susceptible to bullying. That will open lots of strategic options.
Posted by: psychohistorian | Feb 10 2026 0:41 utc | 162
It is not in Russia’s best interest to collapse the frontlines.
Right now the Nazis come to the frontline to die.
If the frontline collapses, then Russia will have to go looking for the Nazis.
Posted by: Blind Bridge Troll | Feb 10 2026 2:04 utc | 163
Interesting oped in the Jerusalem Post. Here’s hoping the feeling’s mutual…
The Globalization of Evil: Israel Can No Longer Sit Out the Russia-Ukraine War
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-885946
“…What is unfolding between Russia and Ukraine is no longer just a ‘security event’ – it is a terrifying reality that should concern us all. We are witnessing the globalization of evil.
This is the point where the Israeli public, and especially Jerusalem’s decision-makers must wake up. For years, Israel has tried to ‘walk between the raindrops’, treading carefully with Putin. We refused to provide defense systems to Ukraine, hoping Russia would remain a moderating force in Syria; today, reality is knocking at our door.
The lesson for us is clear: neutrality is dead. It is impossible to remain neutral toward an axis that views Israel and Ukraine as two sides of the same Western coin. Israel’s clear interest is to ensure Ukraine does not fall…”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Feb 10 2026 2:46 utc | 164
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Yes, they say it is in Israel’s best interest that Ukraine does not fall, but of course give no reasons why this so!
Posted by: Blind Bridge Troll | Feb 10 2026 3:10 utc | 165
Will some explain to me the- “…and you will be happy.”
Posted by: Fredrick | Feb 9 2026 17:18 utc | 141
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NLP, it really works; Obama was a master of it.
Programming people that being without things is freeing. That slavery is relaxing—no material struggle/competition.
Just service to the elites who will care for every need.
Healthcare, education, entertainment, etc.
The Matrix was a movie and a model for the future. Again, programming minds for future plans so that they are not strange and minds don’t revolt when the inhumanity arrives.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 10 2026 3:24 utc | 166
While Military Summary is on pause, here’s an alternative.
Ruslan Belov
Shock Attack Near Huliaipole Ends in Disaster — Dozens of US Abrams Tanks Destroyed in Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeWNJ_JNNd4
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 10 2026 9:20 utc | 168
Military summary is back online. The commander of AFU ‘counter-offensive’ in the Zap/Dnepr direction has been sacked.
-AFU attempted to cut Ternuvate from two directions, but failed to take the village itself, RUAF counter-attacking the now vulnerable AFU pincers
-RUAF took Zalinychne, west of Orekhov
-AFU task is to attack the line north of Gulyapole just to ‘buy time’ for Zaporozhye
-Orekhov being squeezed from West and East
-clashes in Malokaterynivka (S of Zaporozhye)
-RUAF moving forward taking over another AFU defense layers SE of Slavyansk
-RUAF infiltration into Lyman continues, any AFU reinforcements coming from Slavyansk/Kramatorsk direction are disrupted with RUAF controlling the area SW of Lyman and the river with FPV drones
-Kupyansk stable
-a potential NATO weapon cargo shipment was hit in Vasylikov airfield in Kiev
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 10 2026 11:34 utc | 169
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 10 2026 11:34 utc | 170
And things seem to have resumed after the weekend 1.245 AFU casualties , not much, not little.
No Marat, so only details at https://tass.com/politics/2084649
Posted by: Newbie | Feb 10 2026 12:39 utc | 170
Roskomnadzor will begin restricting the work of Telegram
The authorities have decided to start work on slowing down the work of the Telegram messenger in Russia, a source in the information technology industry and two sources in the relevant departments told RBC. According to two sources, Roskomnadzor plans to begin taking measures to partially restrict the service on Tuesday, February 10. Another RBC source added that measures to slow down Telegram are already being taken.
According to TASS, seven protocols were drawn up against Telegram in court for refusing to remove prohibited content, What kind of content is not specified. Actually, what was said – the state’s claims to the Telega are that they do not remove what the state requires quickly enough, and some of what the state requires are not removed at all. Well, the degradation of Telegram is a tool of pressure on Telegram. Either do everything that is required, or degrade further.
The State Duma clarified that so far the decision to block Telegram has not been made, but Roskomnadzor has the right to restrict its work if the messenger ignores the current legislation. Previously, the main complaint of the authorities against Telegram was that Telegram fulfills the requirements of state bodies only partially and not as quickly as required. Actually, the forced degradation of Telegram was a reaction to the slow actions of the messenger to comply with the requirements of government agencies.
Roskomnadzor confirmed the restrictions on the work of Telegram
▪️The department said that it would continue to impose restrictions in order to enforce the laws of Russia. ▪️Telegram does not comply with the law, personal data is not protected, and there are no real measures to counter fraud.▪️Telegram and a number of messengers have still not eliminated violations of the law to lift restrictions from them ➖ “We are absolutely open to working with any domestic and foreign Internet resources. But under one, very simple condition: respect for Russia, and its citizens, compliance with the laws of the Russian Federation,” the Roskomnadzor said in a statement.
Posted by: tg ban? | Feb 10 2026 13:56 utc | 171
@LoveDonbass | Feb 10 2026 3:24 utc | 167
Don’t forget pharmacology.
“There will be, in the next generation or so, a pharmacological method of making people love their servitude, and producing dictatorship without tears, so to speak, producing a kind of painless concentration camp for entire societies, so that people will in fact have their liberties taken away from them, but will rather enjoy it, because they will be distracted from any desire to rebel by propaganda or brainwashing, or brainwashing enhanced by pharmacological methods. And this seems to be the final revolution.” Aldous Huxley
Posted by: cirsium | Feb 10 2026 14:04 utc | 172
Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, interviewed by George Galloway, pronouncing Trump’s political obituary. Posted by: English Outsider | Feb 9 2026 17:22 utc | 142
“This will be the end of Trump’s campaign,” says local man for 14th time this year.
Posted by: catdog | Feb 10 2026 14:20 utc | 173
Russians seems to have perfected the skill of learning where Ukrainian counter attacks are located .. The US falls for it every time
Posted by: Woke American | Feb 9 2026 17:00 utc | 137
They did not see a huge army entering Kursk but they predict little attacks with 2 tanks? No, they don’t predict, they only react sometimes. You know they still find mass graves in Kursk and complain about it like it was someone else in power at that time.
The rest is by definition what a proxy zombie is supposed to do.
Want to see another one? Read here: en.topwar.ru/277728-my-mozhem-nejtralizovat-ves-kaliningrad-polskij-general-o-moschi-artillerii.html
Posted by: rk | Feb 10 2026 14:23 utc | 174
A state of emergency has been declared in the Kharkiv region
Kharkiv region declares a regional emergency in the energy sector
This is reported by RegioNews with reference to the chairman of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration Oleg Sinegubov.
“The region is under constant enemy shelling. Taking into account the difficult situation, we decided to recognize the situation in the energy sector of Kharkiv region as a regional emergency, ” the report says.
According to him, within the framework of the state program Svitlodom, residents of front-line territories are given the opportunity to attract additional financial resources to increase the level of energy sustainability and uninterrupted functioning of key life support systems for apartment buildings.:
- the state provides assistance from 100 to 300 thousand UAH for condominiums, residential and service cooperatives, managers of apartment buildings of any form of ownership;
- funds can be spent on purchasing generators, batteries, inverters, and other power equipment.;
- associations of co-owners and house managers can apply online through the action, the commission under the Ministry of Economic Development considers and approves applications.
https://regionews.ua/ukr/news/harkovshchina/1770742494-u-harkivskiy-oblasti-ogolosili-nadzvichaynu-situatsiyu (via translation add-on.)
A sign that the grid is far from stable, along with the continuing street protests about the failure of timely restoration of supplies.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Feb 10 2026 17:12 utc | 175
Almost 1,400 residential buildings in Kyiv without heat supply – Klitschko
Today, there are almost 1,400 residential buildings in Kyiv without heat supply. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said this on his Telegram channel, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
According to him, there are more than 1,100 high-rise buildings in the Darnytskyi and Dniprovskyi Districts that cannot be supplied with heat due to critical damage to the Darnytsia Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHPP) and more than 200 more buildings in different districts where emergency damage has occurred, which are being repaired by utilities and power engineers.
Klitschko said that to support the residents of the capital in this crisis situation, today the Kyiv City Council should decide to provide a loan to purchase generators for the period of martial law and for six months after its termination or cancellation.
He noted that most high-rise buildings in Kyiv do not have sufficient resources for the prompt purchase of autonomous power sources, so it is about introducing a simplified and efficient mechanism of financial support for co-owners of apartment buildings, namely, providing targeted interest-free loans for the purchase of generators at the expense of the Fund for Modernization and Development of the Housing Stock of Kyiv.
Klitschko emphasized that these loans are exclusively for generators, and they will be available to condominiums, housing cooperatives, cooperative houses, and co-owners of houses where condominiums and housing cooperatives have not been created. The loans will be provided at 0% per annum for up to one year.
The mayor also said that the deputies should decide to provide one-time financial assistance in the amount of UAH 40,000 to Kyiv residents who found themselves in difficult life circumstances as a result of an accident on engineering networks (water and heat supply), which damaged their homes. These are accidents caused by enemy attacks on infrastructure.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, Klitschko said that the Darnytsia Combined Heat and Power Plant was critically damaged during the russian attack on February 3, and it would take at least two months to restore it. At the same time, the mayor provided a list of 1,126 houses in the Darnytskyi and Dniprovskyi Districts that cannot be supplied with heat until the damaged Darnytsia CHPP is repaired.
On February 9, the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development reported that heat supply had been restored to the Troieshchyna residential area in Kyiv.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Feb 10 2026 17:20 utc | 176
DW: John Helmer: ‘Global Power Deals Unravel’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0gljV7weFQ
‘Anchorage understanding’ collapses; Kremlin faction fighting; Global power deals unravel; the war on Russian tankers and trade. Don’t miss this critical interview on the present global knife-edge on which we stand. Anything can happen.
Posted by: John Gilberts | Feb 10 2026 17:27 utc | 177
Resistance to the press-gangs continues to make itself known:
In Cherkasy, a man threw a grenade at employees of a TCC and police officers
The event took place in Cherkasy on Monday, February 9, on Elena Teliga Street
This is reported by RegioNews with reference to the press service of the police .
During the verification of documents by the TCK and police attire, the man began to behave aggressively. He refused to show his passport and threw a grenade in the direction of the military and law enforcement officers, which exploded. Experts are now investigating the type of ammunition.
The police identified the attacker as a 55-year-old local resident. The issue of reporting a suspicion is being resolved.
We will remind, earlier in Kharkiv, a man attacked with a knife the employees of the TCC-SC during a document check. The servicemen received head and torso injuries. The attacker was detained.
https://regionews.ua/ukr/news/cherkasskaya/1770715309-u-cherkasah-cholovik-kinuv-granatu-u-pratsivnikiv-ttsk-ta-politseyskih (via translation add-on.)
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Feb 10 2026 17:34 utc | 178
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 10 2026 9:20 utc | 169
Take a Trolli Lolli, “dozens” is quite a bit more than Ukraine has available.
Posted by: MAKK | Feb 10 2026 17:50 utc | 179
The Duran: Ep 2462
https://www/youtube.com/watch?v=ZSCorIezMg4
“Lavrov critical of performative US ‘mediated’ negotiations.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Feb 10 2026 17:56 utc | 180
John Gilberts | Feb 10 2026 2:46 utc | 165
Not quite sure why Israel should suddenly decide preventing Ukrainian collapse is a vital national interest, unless it’s to keep all the oligarchs who fled there from Russia firmly tied to Israel.
Can you explain the motivation? Perhaps to make it harder for Russia to help Iran?
Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Feb 10 2026 20:25 utc | 181
Stanislav Krapivnik: NATO’s Wake-Up Call: Russia Is Not the USSR
Feb 10, 2026
The interview argues that the Ukraine war marks the first large-scale conflict where the U.S. and NATO face a peer adversary, revealing major miscalculations about Russia. It claims the Russian military has transformed into one of the most experienced forces through Chechnya, Syria, and Ukraine, while fighting under political and operational restraints.
The discussion highlights Russia’s mobilization depth, unit rotation, and leadership development, contrasting it with Ukraine’s manpower and morale issues. It also frames the war as primarily economic, portraying Russia as a largely self-sufficient industrial power aligned with China and the Global South, while Europe faces long-term strategic and economic decline.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTM5XBG1XBY
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 10 2026 21:09 utc | 182
‼️🇪🇺🇷🇺 The EU wants Russia to reduce its army as part of the Ukraine settlement — Reuters 🤦♂️▪️European Union Foreign Minister Kaja Kallas said the EU will prepare a list of concessions that Europe should demand from Russia. According to her, one of the key points will be limiting the size of the Russian army.▪️Kallas emphasized that peace conditions should be put forward to Moscow, not Kyiv.▪️At the same time, the European Union is not directly involved in the current peace talks taking place in Abu Dhabi.▪️Moscow has previously repeatedly stated that the EU is not seen as an independent and constructive participant in the negotiation process. ⚠️. RV: |
Posted by: Jo | Feb 10 2026 21:57 utc | 183
The Polish Ministry of Defense announced preparations for a “Russian invasion”: the country will have a reserve of increased readiness for rapid mobilizationFor this purpose, a reserve of increased readiness is being created: (up to 500,000 military personnel), capable of promptly going into action. Mass training of civilians is underway: it is planned to train 400,000 people in the basics of defense and survival by 2026.Earlier, Poland, together with the Baltic states and Finland, withdrew from the ban on anti-personnel mines and is strengthening its borders with Russia and Belarus. It is claimed that about 24% of Poles are already collecting “emergency backpacks”.✨In fact, Poland is massively purchasing heavy breakthrough tanks and engineering demolition vehicles, which clearly indicates preparation not for a defensive war.⚡️
Posted by: Jo | Feb 10 2026 22:11 utc | 184
Latest Military summary:
-AFU tried to capture both west-east and south-north running former defense line in the northern Gulyapole direction
-So far this attempt has failed
-the fighting is stuck in Ternuvate and some villages in the grey zone between Vovcha river and the former defense belt (captured and controlled by RUAF)
-RUAF finished the capture of Rodynske, moving toward Sevchenko and approaching Dobropylla from the south
-more progress toward Slavyansk and Kramatorsk from SE/E, soon it will be possible to threaten AFU positions and logistics going into those cities
-RUAF dissecting AFU positions in Lyman into several pieces and handling each piece one at a time
-attacks on AFU railways and locomotives in Sumy
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 10 2026 22:13 utc | 185
Ruslan Belov:
Ukraine’s Largest Offensive Collapses Before It Begins — Hundreds Killed, Dozens of Tanks Destroyed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiOY2a_TiFQ
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 10 2026 22:20 utc | 186
It should be noted the AFU offensive started actually in mid-January during/after the supposed Starlink shutdown of RUAF use. However, the effect of requiring registered Starlink terminals did not have the expected effect on RUAF recon, drone or command and control abilities.
The main point of AFU offensive was to take over their previous defensive lines and Ternuvate was a key in this. Ternuvate was supposed to be blocked, both roads leading in to it, however RUAF troops hold the village and AFU detachments tasked in blocking the road are being counter-attacked instead. The former defensive lines, the main task and objective of the offensive, so far haven’t been touched.
RUAF captured entire Zalinychne, enabling the move toward Orekhov in the west.
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 10 2026 22:32 utc | 187
European Union Foreign Minister Kaja Kallas said the EU will prepare a list of concessions that Europe should demand from Russia.
Posted by: Jo | Feb 10 2026 22:11 utc | 185
Unbelievable. These arrogant idiots somehow think they are winning and in some strong position to make demands.
Posted by: arby | Feb 10 2026 22:47 utc | 188
More on the situation in the Zap/Dnepro junction.
https://eventsinukraine.substack.com/p/southern-counteroffensive
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 10 2026 22:50 utc | 189
YetAnotherAnon@182:
“Perhaps to make it harder for Russia to help Iran?”
Yes, that’s what I got out of it also.
Posted by: John Gilberts | Feb 11 2026 1:22 utc | 190
PM Mark, Goldman-Sachs, WEF, Chatham House, Bilderberger, Knights of Malta, Carney set to spend more Canucklbucks on Ukraine & EU ‘Defence’ as Canada goes to wrack and ruin back home. Monsters leading morons.
Carney Set to Strengthen Security & Defence Ties in Germany This Week
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/carney-set-to-strengthen-security-and-defence-ties-in-germany-this-week/
“…Carney will depart for the Munich Security Conference on Wednesday, becoming the first Canadian prime minister to attend the conference since Justin Trudeau in 2020. More than 60 heads of state and government leaders are also expected to attend.
Speaking at a briefing for reporters on Tuesday, ahead of the trip, a government official who cannot be named said the conference was important because it’s the global gathering point for the international defence community, similar to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which is a focal point for the finance community.
‘It’s more important than ever that we lean into and strengthen our relationship, especially within NATO,’ one official told reporters at the technical briefing.
Carney will later meet with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Feb 14 for a discussion about the state and future of the international order in which the prime minister is set to underscore Canada’s priorities in the current global context.
After that [Defence Minister] McGuinty is expected to sign onto the EU’s SAFE agreement. The $150 m EU initiative is aimed at enhancing defence capabilities and supporting large-scale defence projects, including the acquisition of critical capabilities like ammunition [artiller shells not bullets]. Canada will become the first and only non-EU country to reach a SAFE agreement with the EU.
‘Joining SAFE, Canada is not only contributing to European and Ukrainian security, but also creating new opportunities for Canadian defence companies,’ a government official said on background. Asked how much it costs to join, a government official described it as an upfront fee of $16.6 million, later adding that they expect the fee will benefit Ukraine and that there will be ‘a very substantial return on this modest upfront investment.’
Canada also intends to witness the signing of a defence cooperation agreement with Denmark which will outline opportunities for joint procurement and military exercises. Prior to Carney’s departure for Germany, sources tell CTV News that he is expected to unveil the federal government’s long-anticipated industrial defence strategy on Wednesday.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | Feb 11 2026 1:49 utc | 191
AMK has posted like 10 Ukrainian advances today about 70km2, both in Zapo and in Pokrovsk, will the people that talk about collapse in the AFU stop npow or what?
Posted by: Cautious Bench | Feb 11 2026 3:51 utc | 192
🇷🇺💥🇺🇦 A new attack by Russia could happen in the coming days: active preparations are underway, – monitors▪️Russia is equipping bombers with missiles, write the enemy’s monitoring resources.▪️During the attack, the following could potentially be used:▪️about 40 X-101 type missiles from Tu-95MS aircraft;▪️about 9 X-22/32 type missiles from Tu-22M3 aircraft;▪️up to 24 X-101 type missiles from Tu-160 aircraft;▪️about 6 hypersonic “Dagger” missiles from MiG-31K fighters;▪️up to 16 sea-based “Caliber” missiles from surface missile ships from the Black Sea area;▪️about 2 hypersonic “Zircon” missiles from the Crimea region.▪️In addition, ballistic missiles of the “Iskander” type and numerous attack UAVs could be used in the attack. It is expected to launch strikes on different parts of Ukraine and different types of targets.- RVvonekor@Slavyangrad
Ukr is concentrating even more vengeful efforts against Belgorod…extreme weather -25 at night , targeting everyting…seems to me that Russia has always had difficulties defending there?
Posted by: Jo | Feb 11 2026 4:54 utc | 193
Since mid-January, Ukrainian forces have developed a new offensive momentum that has enabled them to recapture the localities of Hai, Oleksiivka, and Orestopil in the third and fourth weeks of January. As a result, during the first week of February, the Ukrainians reached the outskirts of Sosnivka and Stepove (in the latter, it should be noted that reconnaissance groups were already operating in these areas), where they are attempting to reach the main Ukrainian defensive line in the south of the country again.
Posted by: MiniMO | Feb 11 2026 4:56 utc | 194
Posted by: MiniMO | Feb 11 2026 4:56 utc | 195
Oh, shut up.
Posted by: Stark | Feb 11 2026 5:41 utc | 195
reply to 195
My God, what ‘Hitler in the Bunker’ nonsense. Ukraine can keep attempting all the counterattacks they wish, down to the last man. It’s futile because, like late Nazi Germany, they lack ammo, soldiers, food, warmth, electricity, money, infrastructure, missiles, tanks, aircraft. Nothing they attempt has any stamina to it. There won’t be any followthrough because the resources don’t exist. If they had resources, Zelensky wouldn’t be endlessly whining about all these needs to the US and EU.
Posted by: Eighthman | Feb 11 2026 13:35 utc | 196
This Kaja Kallas. She really rules the world. She reminds me more and more about Liz Truss.
Funny how some states and world organizations engage totally empty-headed females to scream out anything idiotic that comes to their half-witted minds.
Posted by: Avtonom | Feb 11 2026 13:47 utc | 197
The Ukrainian Army is apparently always just one more offensive push away from collapse. If it doesn’t collapse this month, then it will surely collapse next month, or otherwise the month after that. At the very least since it didn’t collapse as predicted in 2025, it must collapse in 2026, and if it doesn’t do that, I can guarantee you that it will collapse in 2027. And if it doesn’t do that after all, it’s because Russia was being a gentlemen and not fighting to it’s full potential for some reason, but they undoubtedly could if they wanted to.
Russia doesn’t need to worry. Taking 0.8% of Ukraine in a year of fighting is not the indictment that it seems. They might only take another ~1% this year, but once the promised land of AFU collapse is reached, then Russia will swiftly occupy all the parts of Ukraine that it wants, impose all the political settlements it wishes, and restore balance to the force.
Posted by: Remote Page | Feb 11 2026 13:59 utc | 198
Posted by: Remote Page | Feb 11 2026 13:59 utc | 199
It’s a wave like process. RUAF takes some area, consolidates, AFU attacks, fails in its objectives, and then RUAF capitalizes and moves forward to take more land. Things don’t go in a straight line.
Just because Nafo/Nato thinks it isn’t losing fast enough, doesn’t mean it isn’t losing.
Meanwhile there’s reports (also per Stanislav Krapivnik) that the use of TOS flamethrower ammunitions are much more available than before and a continuous rolling TOS barrage is moving forward in the Zap region, torching AFU strongholds as they go.
https://t.me/militarywave/22217
Posted by: unimperator | Feb 11 2026 14:11 utc | 199
Posted by: 1362 | Feb 11 2026 14:18 utc | 200