Posted by: English Outsider | Mar 30 2026 16:55 utc | 118
 
The British soldiers are cucks. They run a big mouth but run away and cry like babies when SHTF.
 
Richard Woodruff is a pretty good example. Think he was captured once as a ‘volunteer cook’ of AFU, Russians released him as he was crying like a baby and then we went back to Twitter running his mouth. And apparently he has managed to expose several AFU drone shipments in civilian buildings which were promptly struck by Russian missiles.

Posted by: unimperator | Mar 30 2026 17:13 utc | 104

Also from https://t.me/s/dva_majors:

Kherson direction Another day of fruitful work of the Berkut operator and his crew of anti-aircraft drones of the 4th military base to protect the Kherson sky from the enemy. The drone operators of the 4th military base of the Russian Army have already gained great fame among the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the “birds of the Magyar” and “ronin” and “birds from Marsu” and God knows who else were involved in their destruction, but the guys continue to beat the enemy and his drones, and sometimes the drone drivers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine themselves in their holes. ❗️ Now the enemy is trying to cross again in the area of the Aleshkinsky bridge and create a bridgehead , so the number of reconnaissance drones that he uses and loses has increased manifold.

https://t.me/dva_majors/90432 (via translation add-on.)

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Mar 30 2026 17:29 utc | 106

Mahmood OD: ‘Zelensky Bombs Key Oil Terminal’
 
https://www.youtube.com/@Mahmood_OD/videos
 
“Major Russian oil terminal in flames following attack. Why now?”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Mar 30 2026 17:50 utc | 108

Unimperator – nonsense.  First class material.  I’ve met quite a few over the years.   As Wellington said of his lot, “I don’t know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God they frighten me.”   
 
And whatever that cook got up to, I bet he turned out better grub than Prigozhin ever did.
 
 

Posted by: English Outsider | Mar 30 2026 18:07 utc | 110

I’ve been pondering about an argument some people are making: that EU & Nato et al. are dreaming of a forever war with Russia. I don’t think that’s exactly the case. What they want, IMO, is to crush Russia – as in total destruction.
 
They realize that to crush Russia they must keep the war going in like 30 years or even forever. But that’s not the same as wanting the war to go on forever. They need the war to go on to achieve their goals.
 
If this is the case, it looks bad for the Baltic countries. They will need to be sacrificed by the Western powers, and probably with Britain in the driver’s seat.

Posted by: Avtonom | Mar 30 2026 18:15 utc | 112

Posted by: GM | Mar 30 2026 17:32 utc | 128

Fake news bro, I’m told Ukraine is running out money, men, and materials.  (That’s sarcasm by the way).

Posted by: bored | Mar 30 2026 18:59 utc | 114

Posted by: Avtonom | Mar 30 2026 18:15 utc | 135

I’ve been pondering about an argument some people are making: that EU & Nato et al. are dreaming of a forever war with Russia. I don’t think that’s exactly the case. What they want, IMO, is to crush Russia – as in total destruction

[I cannot get rid of the line above. This forum editor > Konami]
 
Sure they want to crush Russia. There have been meetings where they nicely split up Russia in many statelets, complete with flags and capitols. But how? The closest they came to this was in the 1990s — Western elites must be so mad to have missed that chance. Cursed Putin 🙂
 
This is why I think forever war is the best they can get. If you want to, compare this with a long distance run. The system with more stamina gets the prize. Just like in Cold War when the East Bloc folded.

They realize that to crush Russia they must keep the war going in like 30 years or even forever. But that’s not the same as wanting the war to go on forever. They need the war to go on to achieve their goals.

It’s always preferable to properly win rather than to have open-ended wars. But if you look back: Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan. All long, drawn-out affairs, no military victory (except perhaps in Iraq where they however lost the peace). Because it’s systematic, I deduce that forever war is the goal or, at least, good enough.
 
Unclear to me how you think they can aim for crushing Russia when they couldn’t crush anyone but Grenada before. 

If this is the case, it looks bad for the Baltic countries. They will need to be sacrificed by the Western powers, and probably with Britain in the driver’s seat.

Yes, really bad. This is independent of what the actual war aims are. A war requires resources, and countries like Ukraine, now the Gulf states, later perhaps Israel, Baltics… these are resources.

Posted by: Konami | Mar 30 2026 19:30 utc | 116

For five years now, we’ve been waiting for stunning blows against those who declared Russians and Russia an enemy, but there are still no blows. They’ve become so brazen that they threaten us again and again. And we, time and again, remain stoically silent, ignoring these threats. We talk about enemy strikes, but for some reason we’re no longer even talking about retaliation. It’s as if the “spirit of Anchorage” has struck.
 
 
Follow MAX@voenkorKotenok

Posted by: MiniMO | Mar 30 2026 20:20 utc | 118

Unclear to me how you think they can aim for crushing Russia when they couldn’t crush anyone but Grenada before.
Posted by: Konami | Mar 30 2026 19:30 utc | 139

 
Thanks for your reply, and your sound reasoning.
 
Well the reason why I think they aim for crushing Russia is they still think they’re invincible, they don’t realize they have faded as a world power. They really believe the propaganda they spread themselves, or most of it, “Russia weak, Putin bad dictator”. Easy to overthrow, it just takes time is their reasoning. I honestly think they don’t even realize (yet) that they, in their megalomanic madness, are destroying their own citizens’ living conditions.

Posted by: Avtonom | Mar 30 2026 20:33 utc | 120

Liquidity is another bitch; financing the €90 billion scheme for Ukraine in an environment of rising bond rates suddenly starts to look expensive.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Mar 30 2026 20:53 utc | 122

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/72739
„Serious damage at Poltava Gas site after 2 consecutive days of Russian attacks“
„The CEO of Naftogaz said an overnight strike caused significant damage, forcing the shutdown of gas production facilities in central Ukraine‘s Poltava region.“
„Naftogas facilities have come under fire  about 40 times in the first three months of 2026 alone.“
Ukraine is importing oil, gas, diesel and gasoline from Europe, India and the US. How long can they afford to supply energy to Ukraine when prices are skyrocketing?
Ukraine is a bankrupt Country with a wrecked economy which is on Life support by the West, but for how long?
By the way:  Lukoil is not selling oil to Ukraine. 

Posted by: Lesjeuxsontfaits | Mar 30 2026 21:00 utc | 124

Odd….  Ukrobot Bodica posting anti-zionist posts against initial personality program….
 
Ending them with Easter blessings.  Why would a demon do such a thing?  
 
OH Looky here, Zelensky offering Easter Truce.   Seeing all his AA and AD go to Israel and GCC puppets made him have a “Come to Jesus”, moment.

Posted by: UWDude | Mar 30 2026 21:26 utc | 126

Posted by: Avtonom | Mar 30 2026 20:33 utc | 143

Well the reason why I think they aim for crushing Russia is they still think they’re invincible

I think I’m much more cynical than you 🙂 To me it’s clear that the West (broad for: US elites or Epstein class etc.) is mortally afraid of a future where their mode of capitalism doesn’t work anymore, i.e. finance capitalism and violent extraction. I agree that the mouthpieces –politicians and the cheerleaders of imperialism– still grotesquely miss the on-going power shift (or at least do so in their public announcements, I don’t know what they’re really thinking). Typical examples are Trump, Hegseth, Rutte.

I honestly think they don’t even realize (yet) that they, in their megalomanic madness, are destroying their own citizens’ living conditions.

And here I am an order of magnitude more cynical than you. It’s my firm belief that they know they’re destroying our living conditions and they do so intentionally. It’s not very secret, here are some examples:

• Schwab’s “you will own nothing and be happy”
• EU’s sanctioning citizens living in the EU without trial, without possibility for recourse, medievally outlawed (this is obviously meant as a warning shot to any potential dissident; this is also why they start with multipliers such as journalists or authors)
• Germany: the endless debates about “cost of the social system”; they’re close to capping rent supports from Sozialhilfe which will trigger an immediate flood of homeless people

From how I see it, there’s not much speculation needed: such programmes have been carried out before, in Pinochet’s Chile, Thatcher’s UK and Reagan’s USA. Worse, the Corona policies have proved that social engineering techniques reached a level where they can manufacture conformity. Few will speak up and even fewer will act, and they can deal with those by drastic but non-lethal methods (see Jaques Baud, Hüseyin Dogru).

Posted by: Konami | Mar 30 2026 21:34 utc | 128

Here’s a cruncher, economic negotiations can include agreements on joint ventures in Ukraine, providing the investing currency maintains the value it had at the time the agreements.
 
Er… oh dear!

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Mar 30 2026 21:39 utc | 130

You’re probably joking but I’ve come to the realisation that the utter lack of personal responsibility is a major problem in western societies.

Posted by: Konami | Mar 30 2026 21:37 utc | 152
 
Only semi-joking, I wouldn’t be entirely surprised if such code turned up on the so-called “dark web” or on one of the chans.
 
You are 100% correct in your observation about the utter lack of personal responsibility in the leadership of western societies, even more alarming is the percolation of that attitude into the societies they purport to govern. And not just the West either, Zelensky in Ukraine is a case book study.
 
 

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Mar 30 2026 21:48 utc | 132

FFS Jeremy, the EU and the west is paying and housing 4-5 million ukrainian refugees. They are paying about $2000 per month in salary to each of the 1.1 million ukronazi soldiers,  they are giving numerous things free of charge ,giving them billions of Russian money from interest on stolen Russian state  accounts ( Russia being punished for saving their money).
 
Why would you keep banging on this delirious nonsense about Ukraine being in financial trouble? However badly its run, the west will pick up the bar tab

Posted by: Winston | Mar 30 2026 22:03 utc | 134

the west will pick up the bar tab

Posted by: Winston | Mar 30 2026 22:03 utc | 157
 
Until it can’t…

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Mar 30 2026 22:05 utc | 136

Ukraine to seek alternatives to Patriot missiles amid global shortage, Zelensky says
 
There aren’t enough PAC-3 anti-ballistic missiles to go around, especially with partners prioritizing the war in the Mideast, Ukrainian leader says.
 
“PAC-3 deficit in the world, in Ukraine in particular, has never ended. Unfortunately. You know that the total production is about 60 missiles per month,” Zelensky told journalists
 
“Of course, there are important steps on the territory of the European continent to increase production, but even this increase will not solve this issue,” he added.
 
Kiev has repeatedly asked for more PAC-3 missiles, which are used in Patriot air defense systems.
 
The U.S. campaign against Iran has made matters worse for Ukraine, as some of Kiev’s partners are prioritizing supplies to the Middle East, Zelensky said.
 
–Politico

Posted by: UWDude | Mar 30 2026 22:20 utc | 138

Ukraine to seek alternatives to Patriot missiles amid global shortage, Zelensky says

Posted by: UWDude | Mar 30 2026 22:20 utc | 161
 
It would be churlish of me not to wish him good luck with that…
 
Maybe Türkiye could send their S-400s over?

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Mar 30 2026 22:24 utc | 140

somebody asked:
 
 
https://t.me/CIG_telegram/72700
 
The U.S. will allow a Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba which has been under a blockade for the past 66 years.
 
The tanker is expected to reach Matanzas, Cuba by Tuesday. It remains unclear if future shipments will be allowed.
 
The tanker, Anatoly Kolodkin, carries 730.000 barrels of oil and would provide much needed relief for the Cubans who have been dealing with constant power outages and the lack of fuel made travel by car and bus impossible.
 
The Russian oil tanker was escorted on its voyage from Russia by a Russian Navy frigate and a submarine which probably is the reason the U.S. Coast Guard wasn’t told to intercept and seize the tanker.

Posted by: UWDude | Mar 30 2026 22:33 utc | 142

It’s always preferable to properly win rather than to have open-ended wars.
 
Posted by: Konami | Mar 30 2026 19:30 utc | 139

 
Preferable to whom? A longer war makes more money for the guys building the weapons, huh? But it’s worse than that … politicians and the bureaucracy sitting behind them are all people who love power … and when there’s a war they have “war powers”, but when the war is over oh dear, war powers go away, can’t have that!
 
They are seriously hooked on the adrenaline rush of ordering people around and feeling self-important. They lust after crisis to give them an opportunity to swing into action and start barking orders. Yes, life and death really does pivot on such small minded petty BS.

Posted by: Tel | Mar 30 2026 22:46 utc | 144

https://t.me/CIG_telegram/72643
 
In Lviv, an American saved a man from the draft
 
The video was posted by the Lvivich Telegram channel. Footage from inside the building shows men in military uniforms and police beating a man lying on the floor. The cameraman, who identified himself as an American, shouts at them in English, “Get out,” after which they leave the scene.

Posted by: UWDude | Mar 30 2026 23:03 utc | 146

Zelensky is very clever. He knows he can do whatever he likes with European countries because they’ll keep supporting him regardless.
 
Now (and for some time) he’s playing the blackmail game. The message is clear: I don’t care about your country or your interests; I’m going to keep attacking Russia even if it harms you, and I’ll only stop in exchange for more military aid from you.
 
And it’s working for him.

Posted by: 44 | Mar 30 2026 23:29 utc | 148

Posted by: SenttoCoventry | Mar 30 2026 23:31 utc | 172
 
If they kill Zelensky, the British marketing firm that created his green screen scenes will probably make an AI Zelensky the same way they made AI Netanyahu.
 
In this sense the hegemon no longer depends on real individuals who can be replaced by deepfakes.

Posted by: unimperator | Mar 30 2026 23:33 utc | 150

Funny stuff. Zman is saying allies have asked him to scale back attacks on Russia energy.  Duh!
 
Far to many script revisions.

Posted by: SenttoCoventry | Mar 31 2026 2:16 utc | 152

https://t.me/dva_majors/90448
 

#Summary for the morning of March 31, 2026
 
▪️ 167 fixed-wing UAVs were shot down between 8:00 and 23:00. That night, another massive UAV attack occurred on the port area of ​​Ust-Luga in the Leningrad Region. At least 38 drones were shot down, causing damage to the ground, and injuring two children and one adult . The enemy apparently again used the airspace of neighboring countries for UAV transit, which raises questions about the air defense system. Incidentally, yesterday, Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine allegedly received signals from its allies about the need to reduce attacks on the Russian oil sector. Explosions were also heard over the Bryansk, Kursk, and Smolensk Regions.
 
▪️Yesterday, the Russian Armed Forces used Kinzhal missiles on enemy territory, and Geranium missiles were used in the Odessa , Kharkiv , and Dnepropetrovsk regions .
 
▪️In the Bryansk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the village of Ponurovka in the Starodub district with FPV drones, injuring two civilians.
 
▪️In the Sumy direction, the North Group of Forces is engaged in fierce fighting on the same front lines. Ukrainian Armed Forces command is redeploying units from rear areas to this area. In the Sumy district, fierce firefights are taking place near Malaya Korchakivka (south of Alekseyevka), and the enemy is pushing infantry into the village.
 
▪️Today, two enemy drones struck the village of Obesta in the Rylsky District of the Kursk Region , injuring a man. Enemy FPV systems in the Rylsky District operate using repeaters and “mother” drones.
 
▪️In the Belgorod Region , the Ukrainian Armed Forces have again carried out multiple strikes on civilian targets. In the village of Gruzskoye in the Borisovsky District, a drone attacked a passenger car, injuring two adults and leaving a 15-year-old boy in serious condition. In Shebekino, a car was struck, injuring a woman. An Orlan unit soldier was also wounded there. In the village of Dobroe in the Graivoronsky District, two Orlan unit soldiers were wounded when an enemy drone detonated.
 
▪️In the Kharkiv direction, fighting is ongoing in the forested areas of the Liptsov sector of the front, as well as in the Vovchansk area. Our forces continue active operations in the Velykoburluk sector.
 
▪️In the south of the Kupyansk direction, advances of the Russian Armed Forces towards Novoosinovo and Kovsharovka are noted.
 
▪️In the Slavyansk direction , our forces are breaking through to Rai-Aleksandrovka from the south (from Nikiforovka) and from the northeast (from the direction of Kaleniky).
 
▪️In the Konstantinovsky direction, the enemy is noticing an intensification of our assault operations on the flanks. Russian forces are attacking near Stepanovka, near Ilyinovka.
 
▪️In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with two assault groups, attacked from Dobropasovo in the direction of Gai using two armored personnel carriers and an ATV. A combined fire attack destroyed the APC, the ATV, and up to a platoon of Ukrainian infantry.
 
▪️Far Eastern soldiers from the 1198th motorized rifle regiment of the 35th Army of the Group of Forces “Vostok” have taken control of the defense area, which includes the settlement of Lugovskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region (east of the settlement of Belogorye )
 
▪️On the Zaporizhzhia Front, the enemy is operating in the area of ​​Primorskoye and Stepnogorsk, and it’s possible the Ukrainian Armed Forces are attempting to increase their efforts in this sector. The enemy launched a drone strike on Melitopol, damaging civilian infrastructure and injuring six civilians.
 
▪️A drone attack on a residential area in Kakhovka, reportedly killed a woman in the Kherson region . Another civilian was wounded in Hornostaivka. In the village of Shyroke, Skadovsk District, munitions dropped from a drone wounded three men. Ukrainian Armed Forces tactical drones are reaching Skadovsk, according to local reports. Dozens of other villages, including Oleshky, Kardashynka, Kakhovka, and others, have been attacked.

Posted by: GM | Mar 31 2026 5:06 utc | 154

https://t.me/rusich_army/28973
 

💬Now it flies to the south and to the Urals💬
 
✍️After several days of intensive raids on ports in the Gulf of Finland, where fires continue to rage, Ukrainian forces shifted their focus to the southern regions.
 
💭For the second night in a row, Ukrainian drones have been flying toward the Samara region. Yesterday, they failed to attack Tolyatti, and today they continued.
 
💭Judging by the smoke-filled footage already circulating on Ukrainian television and media outlets, the target was a chemical plant in Tolyatti.
 
💭Attack drones were also observed in the Luhansk People’s Republic, where the Alchevsk Metallurgical Plant was hit. An FP-2 drone was used in the strikes against the LPR.
 
💭In addition, Ukrainian Armed Forces UAVs flew over Crimea, the Black Sea, and the Sea of ​​Azov. In Taganrog, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to strike an industrial zone. The largest number of drones—over 60—was recorded there. Dozens of people were injured by falling debris.
 
✍️However, the trends aren’t particularly encouraging. Industrial facilities are under active attack. Internet shutdowns, once touted as a solution, aren’t helping, and the number of drones isn’t decreasing, but rather growing.

Posted by: GM | Mar 31 2026 5:10 utc | 156

https://x.com/AMK_Mapping_/status/2038873848938893754
 
 

A Ukrainian drone crashed in the Kastre Rural Municipality of southeastern Estonia as they were flying to attack Russia’s Ust-Luga Port.
Locals reported the sound of a drone over their houses, before explosions. Additionally, during the night, air alerts were issued for Parnu in western Estonia, around 180 km from the Russian border.
Ukrainian drones have now crashed in NATO territory during 4 out of the 5 Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s Baltic Sea Ports. This is additional evidence that some Ukrainian drones are utilising NATO airspace during their flight paths to evade Russian air defence.

Posted by: GM | Mar 31 2026 7:59 utc | 158

https://x.com/vick55top/status/2038837468649394210
 

Overnight, 38 Ukrainian drones were shot down again over the Leningrad region.
 
Drone strikes again hit the port of Ust-Luga, which has been under attack for almost a week, with strikes occurring daily? Can’t Russia defend its territory? Okay, let’s assume it can’t. But Iran has provided a relevant example of how to respond to such strikes, whether carried out with the help of or from other countries’ territories: strikes must be launched against those countries!
 
What’s wrong with Russia? Is Russia willing to capitulate or fight? There’s no middle ground. Russia is very slow to make decisions. But a nuclear strike against it will force Russia to think faster. Apparently, Russia is waiting for such a strike. We’ll wait, too.

Posted by: GM | Mar 31 2026 8:03 utc | 160

Here’s a cruncher, economic negotiations can include agreements on joint ventures in Ukraine, providing the investing currency maintains the value it had at the time the agreements. Er… oh dear!
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Mar 30 2026 21:39 utc | 153

 
Hm. Where did that gold go again :-))

Posted by: Avtonom | Mar 31 2026 8:16 utc | 162

German media establishment is today refurbishing the “Bucha massacre” (4 years anniversary). I would not be surprised if they make it a national holiday sometime.
On this occasion, one “Er lebe hoch!” to our host for being one of the best sources to recapitulate what happened then, with exact space-time data.
 

Posted by: mk | Mar 31 2026 8:34 utc | 164

Posted by: Avtonom | Mar 31 2026 8:13 utc | 187

I believe you’re also right in suggesting that the only solution or at least adequate reaction is violent.  Hoever, I can’t see that happen. The French revolution was adequate. After that, those revolutions that have taken place have been weaker every time, and now there doesn’t seem to be any energy left. It’s of course something to do with manufacturing paralysis.

First off: I agree that revolutions in EUrope are unlikely. It looks as if the states (ie. capital) have all pieces ready: extremely militarised police; army ready to operate on the interior; nearly flawless supervision (camers and digital); a law system that’s a farce. The Yellow Vests were a good example. “Manufactured paralysis” is a good word.
 
Second: You’re forgetting the revolutions in Russia, China, and many third world countries post WW2. Sure, nothing good will come from EUrope, at least for the near future. I think we live in a time when the world’s center shifts back to Asia.
 
I am not hopeless as far as the world is concerned. I just don’t see any good future for EUrope. Perhaps, if we’re lucky, and I wouldn’t hold my breath, some smaller states break away from the fold — think Spain’s position to the Iran war and Hungary/Slovakia on the Ukraine war. (Not directed at you, Avtonom: I know that Spain supports NATO vs. Ukraine and that Orban is pro-Zionist and friends with Netanyahu. I am not saying these are the “good guys”, no such thing exists in politics. I only say that these are leaders of peripheral (from Brussels) states that are trying to act with a modicum of autonomy.)

Posted by: Konami | Mar 31 2026 9:39 utc | 166

https://t.me/sashakots/60755
 

Drones over Estonia Again.
 
Last night, the Estonian Defense Forces sent out a message about a possible drone attack. The message initially went to residents of Ida-Viru and Lääne-Viru counties, located near the Russian border.
 
By 5 a.m., similar messages had arrived on phones in Rapla, Pärnu, and Harju counties. These are in the western regions of the country, located 150-200 kilometers from the Russian border. It’s difficult to attribute the attack to electronic warfare.
 
Naturally, all of this coincided with another attack on the Leningrad Region. By 6 a.m., 38 UAVs had been destroyed there. According to the governor, there was further damage to the port of Ust-Luga. In the village of Molodtsovo in the Kirovsky District, the windows in three residential buildings (up to 30 apartments in total) were damaged.
 
Meanwhile, the Baltic states continue to claim they do not open their airspace to Ukrainian drones. When one of them crashes into a school or hospital, guess who’s to blame? Of course, Russia, with its electronic warfare systems. I detailed
 
the Baltic route of the Ukrainian drones here. You can read Latvia’s ridiculous excuses here. Follow my MAX to learn more! @sashakots

Posted by: GM | Mar 31 2026 10:12 utc | 168

https://t.me/belarusian_silovik/71930
 

The FSB reported the thwarting of a terrorist attack at a defense industry plant in the Moscow region.
 
According to the agency, the man who was preparing the attack had found work at the plant. Upon arrest, he offered armed resistance and was “neutralized by return fire,” the FSB reported.

Posted by: GM | Mar 31 2026 10:15 utc | 170

https://t.me/rezervsvo/159106
 

Finland will not demand that Ukraine stop its strikes on Russia even after two Ukrainian long-range kamikaze drones fell on Finnish territory .

Posted by: GM | Mar 31 2026 10:18 utc | 172

https://t.me/rezervsvo/159096
 

A passenger bus in Shebekino was attacked by an enemy drone. Two civilians were injured.
 
The woman suffered a mine blast injury and multiple shrapnel wounds to the torso and legs, while the man suffered a mine blast injury and shrapnel wounds to the shoulder and chest. They are receiving all necessary medical care.
 
The vehicle was damaged.

Posted by: GM | Mar 31 2026 10:19 utc | 174

pinche: 🙂
 
It’s a sad brigade if the general has to do everything by himself.

Posted by: Konami | Mar 31 2026 10:39 utc | 176

So the same (critically) important oil terminal hit for what seems the 7th day in a row in Leningrad Oblast.
 
At least in the past you could rely on the Russian MoD briefings for matter-of-fact information,  now these jerks you can’t get clarification on flightpath of these drones

Posted by: Winston | Mar 31 2026 11:19 utc | 178

https://t.me/epoddubny/26920
 

The moment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ terrorist drone strike on the Belgorod Region government building, as shown by regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. Three people were injured in the attack.

Posted by: GM | Mar 31 2026 12:08 utc | 180

guest from franconia // 206
 
You are awesome.  You are amazing.  Forget reading tea leaves.  Forget crystal balls. You see a photograph, and you know all things – “Russia is lost.”
 
I do have a question or two, nothing about me or my future or anything personal like that.  Given your proven psychic skills at looking at a photograph and divining the future or an entire country, could you look at that photo again and tell us in detail every conversation, understanding and agreement which took place at those meeting?  Be specific.  Don’t be like those fake psychics and their vague platitudes.  I want every detail of every conversation in Anchorage.  I’m sure everyone else here does as well, so let it rip.
 
Also, if you ever get the chance to get to Anchorage, I highly recommend Humpy’s.

Posted by: Nobody Special | Mar 31 2026 14:25 utc | 182

Posted by: Waldorf | Mar 31 2026 11:10 utc | 203
 
‘Your duty is clear… To build and maintain those robots.’
 
Simpsons Future Wars
 

Posted by: Caveman | Mar 31 2026 15:32 utc | 184

Ukraine, Chronicle of the Undeclared War with the TCC

https://news-pravda.com/world/2026/03/31/2197145.html
 
A collection of further video clips from across Ukraine, some showing further resistance to the TCC, some just showing the Nazi-like sheer brutality of these thugs.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Mar 31 2026 16:44 utc | 186

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Mar 31 2026 16:57 utc | 213
 
The EU could be facing a bill of over 1000 billion Euros if they go along the same route of subsidizing food and fuel prices as they did in 2023-2024.  During those years the subsidizing cost 700 billion Euros, but this fuel, fertilizer and food disruption is massively larger than the one in 2023-2024 so the bill could easily be double.
 
So far EU governments are praying that the disruption goes away quickly but if it doesn’t (and it won’t go away for a couple of years) it could really break the EU economy for good, either through collapsing economy or astronomical subsidizing costs to prevent things from collapsing. Looks like they are opting the lockdown method.

Posted by: unimperator | Mar 31 2026 17:03 utc | 188

Webmaster: could you put arrows “next post”/”previous post” at the top of each post?

Posted by: The Far Side | Mar 31 2026 17:46 utc | 190

A crowd of villagers blocked the Ludolov bus in the Vinnytsia region

https://news-pravda.com/world/2026/03/31/2199014.html
 
Video clip of a TCC minibus surrounded by chanting civilians.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Mar 31 2026 19:20 utc | 192

https://t.me/sergeyrusov/1682
 

A Cunning Ally.
 
While liberal Russia lingers in the illusory atmosphere of the “spirit of Anchorage,” Lukashenko’s Belarus is faring much better in establishing “friendship” with the overseas hegemon. President Lukashenko announced a “Grand Treaty” with the United States, once again demonstrating the utter sham of the Union State.
 
It’s clear that Lukashenko, who has no intention of leaving, has long been preparing for “life after Putin” and seeking to secure an American protectorate. Because China is very far away, Russia is clearly on the verge of a “February 1917,” and Europe has long and intensely hated him. And only the Americans can ensure the security of his regime in the future world order, as they already did for Poland. This is precisely why Lukashenko rushed to join Trump’s “Peace Council” even before Putin himself.
 
Against this backdrop, the complete political collapse of the Union State of Russia and Belarus is obvious. Because it was conceived not for the current economic and military integration of Moscow and Minsk, but as the first stage in the revival of a unified Russian state from Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, in which “Russians,” “Ukrainians,” and “Belarusians” would become a single Russian people.
 
This did not happen. And the blame for this failure and the betrayal of the hopes of the Russian World lies entirely with liberal Russia, Bandera’s Ukraine, and Lukashenko’s Belarus, whose “elites” were born out of separatism and the collapse of the USSR. It is not surprising that over the past 30-40 years, leaders in Moscow, Kyiv, and Minsk have done everything to satisfy their personal ambitions and the West to entrench a new feudal fragmentation of Rus’ and to spill rivers of blood to deepen the divisions within a once united people.
 
But no matter how hard Minsk tries to flirt with the Americans, no matter how much Moscow indulges in illusions about the “spirit of Anchorage,” no matter how hard Kyiv tries to lick the boots of the Americans and Europeans—their fate will be decided not by their own desires, but by the outcome of World War III. Because the West doesn’t need Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. They need a vast Russian territory from Brest to Vladivostok, cleansed of rebellious Slavs. And its enormous natural resources. All else is superfluous in their plans. Including the current pro-Western Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian “elites,” who naively think that their betrayal and further concessions will buy them a ticket to a post-capitalist future.
 
Only a united Russian state with a united people can resist (and successfully resist) Western aggression. The chances of recreating it in 2014 and 2022 are slim. They were wasted. But the strategic objective of reviving such a power has not been abandoned. Either the Russian World will achieve this, or, following the results of World War III, it will vanish from the pages of world history once and for all.

 
https://t.me/sergeyrusov/1701
 

Divide and Conquer:
 
This ancient Roman principle is the foundation of the United States’ foreign policy. And right now, it’s being applied quite successfully against Russia and Belarus, where jealousy for the global hegemon’s attention has clearly emerged.
 
As I’ve written before, Lukashenko is clearly preparing for life after Putin and without Russia, which stands on the brink of a new “February 1917.” And since all of Europe unanimously and fiercely hates Lukashenko, he desperately needs not Putin’s “Nut” to survive, but a far more compelling argument: Trump’s support. The same support Poland has already received, which, using this support, allows itself to disregard pan-European structures and attempts to supplant Germany, France, and the United Kingdom as EU leaders. Although the United Kingdom has left the EU, it still wields enormous influence in European affairs.
 
The Kremlin is watching with obvious displeasure and jealousy as Lukashenko establishes a personal, independent channel of communication with Trump and takes over Moscow’s role as a potential mediator for US-Iran negotiations. Our propaganda disguises this with claims that Lukashenko is supposedly acting in Russia’s interests, that he is merely another bridge between Putin and Trump, and that the US views Russia as the primary intermediary for dialogue with Iran. None of this is true.
 
Firstly, the US and Israel don’t need any mediator for negotiations with Iran. Although we try to convince everyone that the Yankees have already been all but defeated by the Persians, the US and Israel are, in fact, strong enough to “pound” Iran into the negotiating position they desire. It will simply take much longer than they hoped—Iran is holding out.
 
But there will be results. Because Iran can only truly endure with one condition: large-scale military-technical and economic assistance from China and Russia. This assistance is not forthcoming and is not expected. China needs its own grand deal with Trump, and it will not sacrifice it for Tehran or Moscow. Meanwhile, in liberal Russia, Peskov has already declared that this is not our war, and Putin, instead of air defense systems, wished the Iranian people “to overcome these severe trials with dignity.”
 
Secondly, it makes no sense for the Americans and Jews to enlist Putin and Lukashenko as peace mediators, whom they place several flights of stairs below them in the global hierarchy. Thanks to their “multi-vectorism,” “multipolarity,” and “cunning plans,” they have catastrophically reduced their geopolitical weight in global affairs. Dialogue with Putin and his mediation could only be sought in one scenario: if in 2014 he had liquidated Ukraine, broken Lukashenko, and created a unified Russian state from Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. In that case, ignoring him would have been impossible. But Putin turned out to be a historical figure of the wrong caliber, first getting bogged down in the Minsk agreements, which had no alternative,then in the Istanbul disgrace, and now in the “spirit of Anchorage”.
 
Third, all the current American flirtations with Lukashenko, Trump’s “mediation” between Putin and Zelensky, the promises in Anchorage to return Russia to the West and make it a partner of the United States—all of this is simply a game of “divide and conquer,” deception, hypocrisy, and lies. The West doesn’t need intermediaries, doesn’t need the “spirit of Anchorage,” doesn’t need peace in Ukraine. It needs our Russian territory from Lviv and Brest to Vladivostok, with its abundant resources. Without the Slavs. And without the local Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian elites, who can only steal and “saw.” In the post-capitalist future being built before our eyes, they are no longer needed.
 
But Moscow and Minsk stubbornly refuse to understand this, burying their heads in the sand on this “island of stability.” And they sincerely believe that the Americans can’t do without them—not in Ukraine, not in Iran, not in Russia, whose resources they are trying to bargain for 14 trillion under the “Dmitriev plan.” And while they jostle for the ostensible role of mediator between the US and the Persians, a completely different figure is gaining traction in the CIS, with the active support of the West. This is Kazakh President Tokayev, who has finally removed Kazakhstan from Russia’s sphere of influence and is now aiming for the UN Secretary-General.

Posted by: GM | Mar 31 2026 23:29 utc | 194

https://t.me/pintofmind/4707
 

What options does Russia have in response to the Ukrainian attack on Ust-Luga via Polish and Baltic airspace? As in any crisis, immediately raising the stakes is only one possible outcome. Another is moving up the escalation ladder and gradually increasing the threat level for opponents. How might this look in practice?
 
First, NATO should be asked to independently ensure security in Baltic and Polish airspace and set a fixed deadline for this. Then, the alliance and the governments of the three Baltic republics should be warned that Moscow reserves the right to shoot down suspicious aircraft in their airspace.
 
The third step is to impose a no-fly zone in Estonian airspace, under which everything in the air will be subject to destruction. This would be taken if all other measures fail. Of course, there are further steps that could lead to a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO. However, this is a separate scenario that should be considered separately. If only because Russia has no advantage in waging a conventional war with the North Atlantic Alliance and should immediately switch to a limited nuclear war.
 
Of course, it’s possible to do nothing. But then, at any moment, it would be necessary to be prepared for a repeat of the events in Ust-Luga on a larger scale. Conversely, if it demonstrates toughness, the Baltic corridor will be closed to Ukrainian drones. However, there is another option: for example, it could launch drones through the Baltic states and Poland in the opposite direction, targeting Western Ukraine. That is, it would respond symmetrically to the current threat. Then the airspace of the Baltic republics and Poland would be a two-way street.

Posted by: GM | Apr 1 2026 0:12 utc | 196

https://t.me/dva_majors/90520
 

In March, air defense forces shot down 11,211 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory, which is almost twice as many as in February, RIA Novosti calculated.

 
An average of 362 a day.
 
That’s for those thinking everything is fine and there is no parity established. 
 
Did Russia send 362 a day in the other direction? Doesn’t seem like it. Even if it did, it’s barely above that. And it has no meaningful effect — if it did, what it is receiving would be decreasing, not increasing…

Posted by: GM | Apr 1 2026 4:53 utc | 198

It’s worth noting that US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft operating in the Black Sea operate from airbases in Sicily, as do RQ-4 maritime reconnaissance drones.
Posted by: MiniMO | Apr 1 2026 3:08 utc | 225
 
But that’s ok, it’s for Russia. Spain has the same feelings.
No European country will stop US from flying over their land, refueling in air and doing whatever they want from there. So this thing with the bases it’s more a trick for their population to see with not much military value. Then they’ll blame Russia for fuel shortage if the population gets upset because of prices. 
I can’t wait to see the UN vote for military action against Iran, allegedly already requested by UAE. Will the Brics clowns vote yes or abstain? 

Posted by: rk | Apr 1 2026 7:10 utc | 200