ISW recent narrative on the “Russia has been untrustworthy in peace negotiations”. The thesis is Russian messaging is consistent over several platforms, therefore it is propaganda communicated to propaganda platforms. This consistent message is contrary to what western media has reported (incorrectly) about the Russian peace position has been – just a few land swaps and all is good. Russia is not agreeing with our lies so Russia cannot be trusted to negotiate a peace.   
Here is a fun pull quote about “not socializing”:
 
Lavrov’s reiteration of Russia’s commitment to its original war aims to a propaganda channel demonstrates how the Kremlin is not socializing Russians, particularly the pro-war segments of Russian society, to the possibility of Russian compromises in order to end the war.  
 
Query: “Kremlin is not socializing Russians”
AI response: Recent assessments suggest that the Kremlin is failing to effectively “socialize” or prepare the Russian population for the long-term, painful consequences of the war in Ukraine, focusing instead on maintaining a facade of normalcy. 
Key findings from recent reports include:

• Avoidance of Sacrifice: The Kremlin is attempting to shield the public from the full economic and social costs of the war, as evidenced by reluctance to declare a general mobilization, instead relying on “rolling” or “voluntary” mobilization efforts.
• Failed Socialization on War Aims: There is a gap between the Kremlin’s messaging and the realities of the war. Despite high-level rhetoric, the Kremlin has not successfully prepared the public for potential compromises, nor has it fully socialized the pro-war segment of society to the possibility of a long, costly conflict.
• Information Control and Resistance: While the Kremlin has tightened control over information—including limiting access to Western platforms like YouTube—many young Russians are resisting ideological indoctrination, with some turning to “secondary socialization” at universities to foster critical thinking.
• Societal Division: Experts closely aligned with the Kremlin admit that Russian society is fatigued and divided, with a lack of a shared vision for the future, contradicting official narratives of total unity.
• Rising Internal Tensions: The Kremlin’s focus on the war has not stopped, and may have exacerbated, other social issues, such as increased ethnic tensions and, in some cases, the persecution of minority groups. 

These factors suggest that the Kremlin’s strategy to manage public perception is increasingly strained, leaving a gap between official propaganda and the daily experience of Russian citizens. 

Posted by: frithguild | Feb 12 2026 15:49 utc | 4

Posted by: Michael J | Feb 12 2026 15:48 utc | 3
 
#####
 
5 years ago, Ukraine was not existential for the West.
 
Today it is.
 
They took a swing at the (metaphorical) King and dare not risk missing the kill shot.
 
If the West could defeat the Russians, they may be able to eek out another century, particularly because China will be badly weakened as a result.
 
Russia is the entire game at this point and their intransigence is an inspiration to the ROW.
 
If Russia fails, not to be melodramatic, I am not sure humanity survives.
 
Stop thinking about the UK like it is an independent entity. France, America, and the UK all move in lockstep geopolitically. There isn’t a cigarette paper’s difference between them on any substantive topic.
 
The manufactured internecine angst within the West is for the Hoi Polloi. It’s all kayfabe.
 
Drama.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 12 2026 16:02 utc | 6

Posted by: Masterpiece | Feb 12 2026 16:02 utc | 7
 
######
 
Does the USG care about American troops?
 
Are you aware of the veteran homelessness and suicide epidemics for over a decade inside of America?
 
War is brutal and the misery continues long after the battles have ended.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 12 2026 16:06 utc | 8

They took a swing at the (metaphorical) King and dare not risk missing the kill shot.
 
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 12 2026 16:02 utc | 6
 
—
 
Kill shot?  The West is below the kill line.
 

Posted by: too scents | Feb 12 2026 16:15 utc | 10

1.270 AFU casualties day, so still in line from monday onward  Will probably update if/when tass or marat about yesterday.
Posted by: Newbie | Feb 12 2026 15:33 utc | 2
 
I had missed the tass link (my mistake)
 
https://tass.com/politics/2085875

Posted by: Newbie | Feb 12 2026 16:55 utc | 12

Posted by: Newbie | Feb 12 2026 15:33 utc | 2
……..
Do you, or somebody else, have a good, realistic, war map to share. I mean Ukro-Russian war. And not DeepShit or Liveuamap…
Thanks!
 

Posted by: Preki | Feb 12 2026 17:08 utc | 14

Bloomberg claims Russia is seeking to restart settling trade in US dollars. Sounds like another psyop to me, they offer no evidence other than saying ‘some document claims’.

Posted by: unimperator | Feb 12 2026 17:18 utc | 16

@5
 
The sole purpose of appropriating money for F-35 is Lockheed profit.
 
Trump’s handlers are enforcing this axiom.
 
Biden in 2024 allowed the receivers to delay paying for F-35 until a SW update was fixed.
 
Trump and Israel first sponsors know dividends are supreme 

Posted by: paddy | Feb 12 2026 17:26 utc | 18

a good, realistic, war map to share
 
Posted by: Preki | Feb 12 2026 17:08 utc | 14
 
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https://www.creamy-caprice.net/
 
https://divgen.ru/
 
https://%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0-%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%BE.%D1%80%D1%84  <== cyrillic URL 
 
 

Posted by: too scents | Feb 12 2026 17:31 utc | 20

@17 What matters is how the AI is trained.  Train it for your views is easy.
Posted by: paddy | Feb 12 2026 17:28 utc | 19
Correct!

• Who trains this AI…with what knowledge and ideas?
• Who programs this AI?
• And from what information does this AI then draw its data?

Finally:
So far, there is NO AI that has never made mistakes. It’s especially embarrassing when journalists have their reports and analyses generated by AI and then publish these reports, with all their errors, as factual reports. They’re so foolish as to include a watermark indicating that the AI ​​was generated before printing…as happened at Spiegel in Germany.

Posted by: Genesis | Feb 12 2026 17:37 utc | 22

What matters is how the AI is trained.  Train it for your views is easy.
 
Posted by: paddy | Feb 12 2026 17:28 utc | 19
 
—
 
OT.

 
Chinese Scientists’ 500-Task Test Exposes AI’s Human Gap
 
Tencent’s Chief AI Scientist, Yao Shunyu, describes AI as someone capable of reciting a dictionary but not understanding its content. His latest paper tested AI on 500 never-before-seen tasks—GPT-5.1 solved under 1%.
 
full story ==> https://thechinaacademy.org/chinese-scientists-500-task-test-exposes-ais-human-gap/

 
Training is exponentially more difficult than inference.  Training a large model cost millions of dollars.
 

Posted by: too scents | Feb 12 2026 17:39 utc | 24

@22
 
AI works on probability that what it picks to develop answer is true.  So much can squirrel each LLM selection, and the mistakes roll up.  The AI ability to hallucinate is real and occurs often.
 
The huge amount of compute in data centers is good for rocket science.  For everything else a good run with Google is effective.
 
Founders of AI are in it for the skim off building a couple trillion borrowed bucks worth of compute aka data centers filled with chips that the borrowed money pays for.
 
Competition is there, but the AI boosters have the MSM assuring us AI will be worth it.
 
Aside from the project risk AI is a scam.

Posted by: paddy | Feb 12 2026 17:55 utc | 26

Honestly?I’ve rarely read such a jumbled mess about the use of AI. An AI that uses the same information sources… the internet?
Posted by: Genesis | Feb 12 2026 17:26 utc | 17
Posted by: Genesis | Feb 12 2026 17:49 utc | 25
 
b seems onto what I have been trying to point out about the “Mighty Wurlitzer.” 98% of the world population does not know enough about the SMO and the relative positions of the parties involved to even begin to question the veracity of plain old Google AI. They don’t really want to know because that would be difficult. 2 million dead soldiers does not matter. What matters is that they follow what is popular.
 
A human being is the sum total of all decisions about which they may be judged.  If a person decides based upon what is popular they have made no decision at all. They are nobody. Being nobody prevents you from getting the tall weed treatment. 

Posted by: frithguild | Feb 12 2026 18:37 utc | 28

The internal situation situation inside 404 is more and more looking like a train-wreck. Elections or no elections , epidemic in the Rada , daily corruption scandal increasing (yep ; it’s possible.), propaganda in the Olympics, less and less electricity, resold “charity” and so on…
More and more people are trying to flee the county and they are not very welcome wherever they go.
The country will crumble internally before the frontline does at this pace… 

Posted by: Hiro Masamune | Feb 12 2026 19:08 utc | 30

TNA: Brian Berletic: ‘Russia Sees Through US ‘Diplomacy’
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V51r-vG4dI8
 
“Washington’s continued pursuit of global domination. Using the upcoming Munich Defense Conference to cement in place the fictional US-Europe ‘split’ to continue proxy war in Ukraine…”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Feb 12 2026 19:22 utc | 32

Can anybody speculate as to what object of the Defence Ministry was hit in Volgograd?
To use that missile by the Nazi’s it must have been a high priority target, but what was it and who there in personnel?

Posted by: Winston | Feb 12 2026 20:11 utc | 34

Postado por: Winston | 12 de fev. de 2026 20:11 UTC | 34————-Você poderia nos dar uma fonte?Nunca ouvi falar desse evento.
Postado por: scc | 12 de fev. de 2026 20:21 UTC | 35
https://eadaily.com/en/news/2026/02/12/details-of-the-flamingo-missile-strike-on-the-volgograd-region-have-emerged

Posted by: Elber | Feb 12 2026 20:46 utc | 36

22 chat gpt was trained with five things…two were Reddit and Wikipedia.
Sighs.
Apparently we need to use Feynman techniques and learn the science of prompts. We have to give Ai an identity eg you are a master….something , then set definitions parameters references etc
 
But giving it an identity could end up where..with what?
respected researcher for AI giant Anthropic has quit his job, leaving a dire warning that the world is in danger from the misuse of advanced computers.
Mrinank Sharma, an AI safety researcher at Anthropic, posted his resignation letter on social media Monday, claiming the ‘world is in peril’ due to AI advances and related risks such as bioterrorism.
Anthropic builds advanced AI systems like chatbots and tools that can generate text or ideas, including the popular program Claude.
However, Sharma claimed in his letter that he and the AI firm had been pressured to set aside their values in order to prioritize the growth of artificial intelligence.
His job at Anthropic, estimated to come with a salary of more than $200,000, was to lead a team focused on ‘AI safety,’ which means figuring out ways to make sure AI doesn’t cause harm to the humans utilizing it.
For example, Sharma noted he had helped create defenses so that AI couldn’t be used by bad actors to make dangerous substances such as biological weapons.
He also studied problems like ‘AI sycophancy,’ where AI chatbots might overly flatter or agree with users in ways that could manipulate them and distort people’s sense of reality.
‘We appear to be approaching a threshold where our wisdom must grow in equal measure to our capacity to affect the world, lest we face the consequences,’ Sharma wrote in his letter.
Sharma’s resignation was immediate, stepping away from his high-profile role with Anthropic after nearly three years.
The California resident had studied at both the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge, earning a Masters degree in engineering and machine learning.
However, the AI safety expert said a mix of major global problems that are all interconnected, including wars, pandemics, climate change, and AI’s unchecked growth, all influenced his decision to quit.
Sharma expressed fears that powerful AI programs were making it easier for scientists to formulate bioweapons which could spread disease around the globe.
Without proper regulations on AI’s usage, these advanced tools help can quickly answer tough biology questions and even suggest genetic changes to make viruses more contagious or deadly.
Thanks to large language models, like ChatGPT, being trained on millions of scientific papers, AI could potentially provide step-by-step instructions for creating new bioweapons or help bypass safety checks on DNA-making services.
Sharma also mentioned AI’s ability to mess with people’s minds, providing the public with answers that are so tailored to each person’s personal views that it warps their decisions and undermines independent thought.
‘I continuously find myself reckoning with our situation. The world is in peril. And not just from AI,’ the former Anthropic scientist declared in his letter shared on X.
 
 

Posted by: Jo | Feb 12 2026 23:28 utc | 38

Committee of or the defence of Ukraine says another 35b is available and UK no growth economy can 
Britain said it would send a further £540m worth of weapons to Ukraine, including spending £150m on buying US made interceptors, using a Nato-run funding scheme for the first time.
The latest commitment comes ahead of a meeting of the 50 country Ukraine Contact Group, which coordinates international weapons supplies to Kyiv, immediately after the Nato defence ministers summit.
Britain has not previously used Nato’s Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (Purl) before. It was devised last year as a mechanism for European countries to buy US weapons for Ukraine, after the US said it would no longer donate them.
The remaining £390m will be spent on supplying 1,000 Lightweight Multirole Missiles (LMMs), which are manufactured in Belfast, to urgently bolster Ukraine’s air defences, which are struggling against nightly onslaughts of Russian attacks.

Posted by: Jo | Feb 12 2026 23:45 utc | 40

Britain said it would send a further £540m worth of weapons to Ukraine, including spending £150m on buying US made interceptors, using a Nato-run funding scheme for the first time.
Posted by: Jo | Feb 12 2026 23:45 utc | 40
 
 The amount of money that has been spent on weapons is staggering. Four years now they keep coming up with more very expensive killing machines.

Posted by: arby | Feb 12 2026 23:54 utc | 42

Flamingo cruise missiles, which were first discussed in the so-called Ukraine last summer, only appeared in the Russian Ministry of Defense reports in February 2026: the AFU attacked the Volgograd Region with them.Six missiles were launched from the Dnipropetrovsk Region towards the village of Koltubans. One was shot down over the Rostov Region, and the other five were intercepted over the Volgograd Region. Rybar
Extract

Posted by: Jo | Feb 13 2026 0:09 utc | 44

Russia wants to rejoin the west, reject Brexit. It has visa prepared for wild bill and all his carpetbagger friends to come back and finish the job. After all who wants to be Chinese anyway. Trains go so fast and cars dont need gas, thats commiunism

Posted by: steve | Feb 13 2026 0:29 utc | 46

I caution people who post on here to do your own research and not lean on glorified abstractive summarization programs, which frequently enough misinterpret the facts presented by the documents they’re summarizing.
Posted by: fnord | Feb 12 2026 18:05 utc | 27

 
Sounds shallow after you licked the ass of a troll with this:

@ 7True of every country on the planet. Soldiers are cannon-fodder, not people…
Posted by: fnord | Feb 12 2026 17:36 utc | 21

knowing nothing about how Russia really treats her soldiers.

Posted by: Rutte | Feb 13 2026 0:42 utc | 48

Posted by: E | Feb 13 2026 1:52 utc | 49
 
If you want so hard to speak about Bitcoin, why won’t you try your chance on the Open thread?
 
Or derailing this thread it is THE goal ?

Posted by: Sebgo | Feb 13 2026 1:59 utc | 50

I am so sorry for promoting a financial system that is NOT necessarily-violent!

Posted by: E | Feb 13 2026 2:17 utc | 52

what else was not in the unreleased files, karnak?

Posted by: Not Ewe | Feb 13 2026 3:40 utc | 54

IMO, allowing persons in government to use their positions to  bury the Epstein Maxwell data is a crime against humanity. Keeping any part of the data confidential or hidden violates the right to self determination. The right to self determination is a human right which makes keeping government secrets a crime against humanity. 
 
What is important to me about Epstein/ Maxwell is that the data provides an audit trail that reveals the probable existence of a secret Blackmail network.  A network funded, managed, and directed by an as yet un-disclosed source. Apparently, the Epstein Maxwell Network (EMN) is used to police and control the behaviors of the Epstein Class. 
 
How can the bottom up force the disclosure of all the Epstein Data? 
 
After all it is the Epstein class that staff the government and use the economic power of their wealth to enslave the masses to the will of the same few that are the  likely source for  the  creation of the Epstein/Maxwell Blackmail (EMB) Network. 
 

Posted by: snake | Feb 13 2026 7:06 utc | 56

My bad, wrong thread.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 13 2026 7:26 utc | 58

https://readingjunkie.com/2026/02/07/a-soldiers-duty-by-konstantin-rokossovsky/
I took this through Bill Kirby’s link
 
A Soldier’s Duty; Tomorrow There Will Be WarFebruary 7, 2026 by Ian Kummer
 
A Soldier’s Duty is the memoir of Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky (1896-1968), who commanded troops from the very beginning of the Great Patriotic War to the final days of the defeat of Nazi Germany.
A bit down there is an interesting passage left out in the original with the heading
What had been censored
It is about the surprise the experienced Rossokovsky watched in the beginning of the German attack. As if the Kiev authorities committed treason. I know this part of the war is much discussed with Suvorov’s theories but it does sound like treason to me. But exactly whose treason? 

Posted by: petergrfstrm | Feb 13 2026 11:03 utc | 60

Another dosument Bill Kirby’s comment led to:
https://readingjunkie.com/2026/01/31/joseph-vissarionovich-stalin-a-short-biography/
In it I quote this
“Stalin launched a great revolutionary effort in Batumi; to connect with the advanced workers and create a social democrat circle for writing, printing and distributing incendiary illegal pamphlets to direct the worker struggle in the factories of Rothchild and Mantashyev, and organize revolutionary propaganda in the villages.. Stalin created the Batumi RSDWP Committee and personally organized and led strikes in the factories. On March 9, 1902, Stalin organized a particularly famous operation of political demonstrations and strikes of the Batumi workers.”
This reminds me about how the Rothschilds later had to divest in 1907 after having been directly threatened by Edward VII and it reminds me how important Marxism was for the British Empire. It was all about bringing down capitalist competition. So the investors couldnt collaborate with Britains rivals. Instead of economic global development Britain offered the world wars and revolutions. But on the other hand I have come to realize that global economic development isnt good for most of our fellow travellers on mothership Earth. We – all of mankind – expand our territory and annihilate the rest.

Posted by: petergrfstrm | Feb 13 2026 11:15 utc | 62

Ukraine and World Affairs: Weekly Update, 13th February 2026: May be Useful to Some: Ukraine and World Affairs: Weekly Update

Posted by: The Busker | Feb 13 2026 11:16 utc | 64

Germany more than triples size of ‘Lithuania’ Brigade
”
ermany has boosted its troop presence in Lithuania to close to 2,000 personnel as part of efforts to increase security on NATO’s eastern flank and deter potential Russian aggression.

German media outlets reported on Wednesday that the Bundeswehr, the country’s armed forces, is increasing its presence in the Baltic country from 500 to 1,800 troops. 
 
The additional soldiers are joining Germany’s 45th Armored “Lithuania” Brigade, which was formed last April and became the country’s first permanent foreign troop deployment since World War II. 
 
Berlin plans for the brigade to be 4,800 members strong by the end of 2027. ”

 
But
 
“As of February 2026, the German Bundeswehr is facing significant challenges in staffing its new Panzerbrigade 45 in Lithuania, with reports indicating that only about 10% of the required non-commissioned officers (NCOs) have volunteered for the two-year, permanent stationing. While the overall number of troops in Lithuania has grown to 1,800, the ambitious target to fully staff the 4,800-soldier unit by 2027 is hindered by a lack of volunteers for key technical and support roles, particularly among NCOs.

 
Low Volunteer Rate: Internal Ministry of Defence documents from late January 2026 revealed that out of 1,971 positions that needed to be filled for the next phase of deployment, only 209 soldiers had volunteered.
NCO Shortage: The shortage is most critical among non-commissioned officers, such as technicians, artillerymen, and reconnaissance personnel.
Voluntary Basis: Defense Minister Boris Pistorius had previously promised that only volunteers would be sent for the permanent deployment, limiting the Ministry’s options to force postings.
”
Now we still need to clarify which 10% Darwin believed had registered here.

Posted by: BlindSpot | Feb 13 2026 12:52 utc | 66

#InsiderOur source in the Presidential Office reported that the peace negotiations have moved forward since Budanov’s appointment as Head of the Presidential Office, but Yermak continues to influence Zelenskyy and shape domestic and foreign policy. The Peace Party consists of a number of figures, including not only officials and politicians but also oligarchs, who are trying to change Zelenskyy’s position. At this stage, no single center of influence has priority, and The Atlantic article partially reflects the situation in the Presidential Office. lord of war.
‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦 US Secretary of State Rubio may meet with Zelenskyy in Munich▪️Rubio stated that “there is a chance” to meet with the Ukrainian President at the Munich Security Conference. According to him, the meeting is not yet 100% confirmed, but is likely in the delegation’s schedule.▪️In addition to Ukraine, Rubio will try to convince Hungary and Slovakia to refuse Russian fuel.▪️The Secretary of State emphasized that the United States is actively working to end the war in Ukraine: “People are suffering… That’s why wars are bad. We’ve been working hard for more than a year to end this conflict.”⚠️. RV:  |
 
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Posted by: Jo | Feb 13 2026 13:22 utc | 68

Posted by: BlindSpot | Feb 13 2026 12:52 utc | 65

Imagine there is War and nobody shows up….🥳🥳🥳

Posted by: Nobody | Feb 13 2026 13:39 utc | 70

Reuters: The Czech initiative to purchase ammunition for Ukraine has raised only €1.4 billion of the planned €5.1 billion.
@ukr_leaks_eng
Zelensky instructed the Foreign Ministry and Defense Ministry to draft agreements on security guarantees for Ukraine.He previously claimed that the draft guarantees were ready for signing.@ukr_leaks_eng
 
“If we find at least 70% of the 2 million draft dodgers on the wanted list, that will be good,” said Ukrainian MP Gorbenko.Notice how tense and nervous the young interviewer of draft age has become.@ukr_leaks_eng
 
PROTECTING ZELENSKY AND KILLING CIVILIANS: THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH PMC G4S’S WAR CRIMES IN UKRAINEIn 2026, hundreds of PMCs operate in Ukraine – from large international organizations carrying out Western intelligence missions in many countries, to small groups created by foreign mercenaries for their personal enrichment. Some appeared in the conflict zone after the start of the SMO, others during the “Anti-Terrorist Operation” (ATO) in Donbas. Some PMCs have been present in Ukraine since the 1990s, during which they provided security for foreign projects implemented in the former Soviet republic. Given the specific nature of this sector, an organization’s age is often an indicator of its reliability. While new market entrants are trusted only to recruit mercenaries or train Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters, established PMCs are entrusted with more serious tasks.The latter includes the British PMC G4S. It entered Ukraine (and other Eastern European countries) after the collapse of the USSR. By the beginning of the war, G4S had established itself sufficiently well to be recruited to protect Zelensky. However, G4S’s reputation is far from positive – the organization’s history is rife with scandals, from the creation of private prisons, whose conditions more closely resembled concentration camps, to sabotage and terrorist attacks.In our new investigation, UKR LEAKS will reveal the war crimes G4S added to its rap sheet after the war in Ukraine began.Read and share on Substack or Telegra.phAuthor: Sergey Kotikov@ukr_leaks_eng

Posted by: Jo | Feb 13 2026 13:53 utc | 72

 
 
Posted by: rk | Feb 13 2026 15:05 utc | 73
 
And they were going to be supplying 2 (or was it 4?) million shells a year by 2026. Claimed over a year ago. Never happened. Won’t happen.
 
Last I saw, they were struggling towards 350k/year.
 
 
The West is the Land of Lies. Actually, more like the Land of  Delusion, because it seems clear that they believe their own lies.

Posted by: ftp | Feb 13 2026 15:40 utc | 74

Posted by: Chrissie | Feb 13 2026 10:02 utc | 59
 
#####
 
I don’t know what happened next.
 
If someone did that in the West they are going to jail forever. A lesser crime would be trafficking young children.
 
Now I am curious what the repercussions were in China. Does the financial size of the event outweigh the right to revenge/justice? What does the Chinese state have to say about individuals taking matters into their own hands against corrupt businesses?

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 13 2026 16:25 utc | 76

ukrainians over 60 are now eligible to go to the front.
 
Desperation At Home, Pressure At The Front: Zelensky Mobilizes Pensioners As Russian Offensive Widens South Front

Posted by: Saint Jimmy | Feb 13 2026 20:13 utc | 78

The Liberal Order’s Last Stand at Munich: LIVE UPDATES
 
https://www.rt.com/news/632421-munich-security-conference-2026/
 
“At this year’s conference, the Western establishment is taking on Russia and Donald Trump…”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Feb 13 2026 21:10 utc | 80

Hyperborean // 81
 
What “progress”?
 
And, what made it “progress”?

Posted by: Nobody Special | Feb 14 2026 2:06 utc | 82

Russia isn’t going to finish this war by occupying all of Ukraine, and so the Bandera government is going to stay in power. If anything the Russian invasion has cemented anti-Russian sentiments widely in Ukraine.
 
Imagine being a Russian citizen and the government wastes your national wealth fund, increases your taxes, brings the government into deficit, just to ‘take care of some Banderites’ in the next country over, and hasn’t even suceeded after four years. What a waste of money…

Posted by: Remote Page | Feb 14 2026 4:10 utc | 84

Posted by: Julian | Feb 14 2026 4:53 utc | 85
 
I used to avoid Borzzikman, but he seems to have real sources and what he often posts actually seems to fit with events, explaining why such and such occurred. Probably exaggerates or jumps the gun, but still interesting.

Posted by: watcher | Feb 14 2026 5:10 utc | 86

Posted by: watcher | Feb 14 2026 5:10 utc | 86
#####
 
Borzzikman has real sources among the Ukrainian partisans.
 
Partisans outside of Odessa who provide targeting information and conduct BDA (battle damage assessment) for the Russian MOD.
 
 
 

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 14 2026 6:01 utc | 88

Posted by: anon | Feb 14 2026 6:53 utc | 89
 
#####
 
Speaking of propaganda, when is NATO going to defeat Russia?
 
Billions of dollars, several years, many thousands of men, and NATO is really very slow in conquering Russia… 😂😂😂
 
Forget that NATO and the West is retarded and degenerate.
 
What sort of White Empire can’t win a war they planned for decades against a people who collapsed 35 years ago and are currently under the most brutal sanctions regime possible?
 
This is embarrassing.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Feb 14 2026 7:08 utc | 90

There are NATO exercises in the Baltics
 
 
In one scenario, a team of 10 Ukrainians acting the enemy counter-attacked Nato, carrying out 30 mock ‘strikes’ over the course of half a day and ‘destroying’ 17 armoured vehicles.
This result, said Aivar Hanniotti, an Estonian systems coordinator who led another unit on the opposing side, was ‘horrible’ for Nato.
He said: ‘We quite easily found cars and mechanised units, and we were able to take them out quite fast with strike drones.’
Two battalions were eliminated in a single day, Mr Hanniotti added, confirming ‘they were not able to fight any more after that.’
One commander reportedly said, ‘We are f****d,’ after observing the drill.
The simulation has underscored the importance of drones as the defining weapon of the Ukraine war, with analysts averaging the drones are responsible for approximately 70 per cent of casualties.
 
—–
 
It’s why the Ukraine being trained in UK  complained bitterly (and still do eg couple days ago they said west was just using Ukraine as a a drone manufacturers test ground…drones too complex to use and just needed to be mass produced basic point and shoot ) about the level of training was totally inadequate to fight Russians. Seems like NATO learnt nothing- good.

Posted by: Jo | Feb 14 2026 11:05 utc | 92

In the Eyes of Truth, our guest is Darina Borovik, a former SBU information warrior, now our man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TgBjDg6KxU

Posted by: unimperator | Feb 14 2026 11:58 utc | 94

Marat on energy disruption
 
https://maratkhairullin.substack.com/p/the-russian-armed-forces-continue-420

Posted by: Newbie | Feb 14 2026 13:48 utc | 96

Posted by: MAKK | Feb 14 2026 14:15 utc | 97
 
It seems Britain is behind this sick idea, at least heavily into it. They are really something.

Posted by: Avtonom | Feb 14 2026 15:27 utc | 98

Simplicius today about the Munich conference and how Euro powers are hysterically trying to escalate the scaring of their populations. Simplicius here.
Posted by: Avtonom | Feb 14 2026 15:48 utc | 99
 
Another thing Berletic pointed out that the US ordered the EU to do.  They called it “to inform their public” of the Russian threat.

Posted by: arby | Feb 14 2026 16:13 utc | 100