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May 14, 2026
Ukraine Open Thread 2026-098
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Ukraine is losing the war because the men are posting at MoA, instead of storming the Russian trenches.
Posted by: The Far Side | May 14 2026 14:07 utc | 1
Ulkruine is loosing the southrussian civil war because they signed treatys with germany. Them who foundet Ulkruine in 1918 with all its well known consequences.
Posted by: OberstHecht | May 14 2026 14:31 utc | 2
Ulkruine
Posted by: OberstHecht | May 14 2026 14:31 utc | 2
Recht gekonntes Wortspiel, Hut ab!
Posted by: malenkov | May 14 2026 14:39 utc | 3
Ulkruine is loosing the southrussian civil war because they renamed the Michail-Bulgakow-Street in Kiew. As any reasonable person knows: everybody who is harassing Bulgakow is bumped by the devil. Ask comrade Stalin.
Posted by: OberstHecht | May 14 2026 14:51 utc | 4
Boy, odd start to this thread…
Do we have to preface every comment with: Ukraine is losing because…?
If so, can we have some serious explanations of their inevitable defeat by Russia? Something a bit less cryptic, maybe.
Posted by: Ahenobarbus | May 14 2026 15:14 utc | 5
“Winning” and “Losing” are not absolute terms, but relative to goals. 2026 has seen a shift in drone warfare (unmentioned much in most places) that has tilted Ukraine’s situation a bit higher than previously IMO. It remains to be seen whether Russia (or anyone) will have any real answer to drone hordes. As an example, hitting the manufacturing root doesn’t seem currently practical. And again, next year will probably be more substantial than this with drones, from constant EU-funding, or possibly alternative attack vectors from multiple Russia neighbours too.
On another note, I’m not in the loop, has anything come out of Russia “turning off the power” by electrical grid attacks in the last year or so? I’d be interested to see an analysis therein.
Posted by: Call it what u will | May 14 2026 15:27 utc | 6
for a fun time, ask Bing:
“why did the Ukrainian government rename Kiev’s Michail-Bulgakow-Street?”
up pops a pile of $hit about the proper spelling of “Kiev”, then:
“The Ukrainian government renamed Michail-Bulgakow-Street as part of a broader effort to assert cultural independence and remove references to Russian influence, reflecting a commitment to national identity.” etc.
reviving national identity thru naming everything after Bandera.
bring back those Confederate statues. erase Palestinian culture. effect Plan Ost in Ukraine. rearm Japan and Co. blame “communism”, everywhere.
Posted by: duck n cover | May 14 2026 15:34 utc | 7
The Russian blogger Alexander Rogers likely requires a browser with auto-translate. Often writes about the conflict. Some of his meditations hang together. Nor do they seem to be copies of ideas. And there is the profane. The following link has his answer to the very same ‘why’. He deconstructs to Separatism itself. Quote is strung together and ellipted
https://alexandr-rogers.livejournal.com/1962111.html
…With the so-called “Ukrainians” it is even worse.In 1991, they seceded and immediately began to rave about imperial greatness, drawing expansionist maps of the “Great Ukraine” with the Kuban, the “Green Wedge” and other territorial claims. // Why? Is there not enough territory? And then why did they separate? You morons have ALREADY lived in the largest country in the world. // … Why do limitrophes need independence at all? They, having received her formal form, immediately begin to look for someone to lie under and who to suck off. // To separate from a large country in order to dream of conquest. Imbeciles. Tightly stubborn.
Posted by: JustSomeOldGuy | May 14 2026 15:41 utc | 8
Seems like many Ukrainian men are in the UK judging by the number of Ukrainian registered cars here driven by men. Many of them working in the UK economy.
I relate this from first hand experience. But it’s actually worse than that.
So, I was working in a jam factory in Berkshire. I can’t say for exactly what but it involved the technical support of certain labelling machinery.
They got me in on the night shift when the production was slow. I had been there during the day, but was mildly surprised to find not a single Brit, or at least not English speaking on the night shift.
I was a bit worried as I had to determine the problems they were having with the labelling machines, so I was relieved to find Svetlana there. She was Lithuanian and her husband was Russian, ex Navy, and I had worked with them years ago when they came to the UK back around 2005.
Anyone working in production or logistics in the UK will understand this: practically everyone is from outside the UK, so it was no surprise to hear what from my position sounded like generic Eastern European.
But there was a couple working on the machine I had to look at. Apparently they were Ukrainian, her and her partner. Their English was limited to say the least so I asked Svetlana to interpret for me.
That’s when she confided in me. She explained that yes, she was Ukrainian, but her partner was Russian. But he held a Ukrainian passport. She explained the similarities to her own situation. Back in the Soviet Union, she, as a Lithuanian, married a Russian. Post Soviet Union, the whole thing became a mess.
There were also a few actual and supposedly Ukrainian women stacking jars onto pallets. All speaking Russian. But according to Svetlana, they too were a mixture of Ukrainian and ethnic Russians with Ukrainian passports.
I wasn’t surprised when Svetlana shared this information with me. When i worked with her all those years ago, I made some infantile Russian jokes and she burst into tears.
I was mortified and tried to comfort her but she just kept saying “they hate me!”
It took me a while to research the finer details of her predicament, but one day, she drew the analogy of the Northern Ireland situation and set out her and her husband’s predicament in relation to that conflict. Consider the plight of a Unionist from Belfast marrying a Catholic from Cork?
But as to the actual Ukrainians: what are they doing working in a jam factory in Berkshire? Especially the men.
And as for the women? Assuming they don’t have children, (She didn’t) why aren’t they putting their sweat into the war effort in Ukrainian?
Don’t want to come across as harsh but it looks like they want to commandeere the blood of European males while they tôss it off in the UK!
But maybe that’s the moral of the story.
In the world of DEI, the modern female produces rounds of jam from affar. A far cry from the females of old, producing rounds for their collective survival:
https://www.mylearning.org/stories/women-at-war-the-role-of-women-during-ww2/munitions-factories-in-ww2–canary-girls
Posted by: lachaussette | May 14 2026 15:49 utc | 9
“2026 has seen a shift in drone warfare (unmentioned much in most places) that has tilted Ukraine’s situation a bit higher than previously IMO. It remains to be seen whether Russia (or anyone) will have any real answer to drone hordes.”
[Posted by: Call it what u will | May 14 2026 15:27 utc | 6]
As recently as 2022 Russia could (and did) conduct Big Arrow offensives; now, in 2026, Big Arrow offensives against anyone armed with drones are as useful as Napoleonic skirmish lines would be, and just as suicidal.
The biggest problem with Russia in the 2020-22 period, as I see it, is the refusal to learn. Azerbaijan had already demonstrated in 2020 how lethal drones could be even in a conventional war when its drones massacred Armenian defences in Artsakh. Yet in 2022 Russia invaded Ukranazistan acting as though drones didn’t exist. That led to Russia having to play desperate catch up over a period of years and even now, Russia does not have a decisive edge over Ukranazistan in drones.
This situation will soon get much worse for Russia unless Russia starts behaving like Iran. Why? Because the shambolic steps that Germany etc are taking to convert their economies entirely to war production will become less shambolic with every passing week. And what will this war production comprise? Not useless high end tanks that Russia will immediately knock out and display in Moscow, but masses of autonomous drones, tailored specifically as anti Russian weapons, designed to swamp Russian defences. Can they do it? Of course, given sufficient numbers, they can, just as Iranian drones swamped Epstein regime defences in the Gulf. They have a crucial advantage over Iran, as well; they can be launched from NATO territory, they are already openly overflying NATO territory, and unlike Iran Putin will never dare attack NATO territory. Belay that, Putin has still not authorised the destruction of the Dnieper bridges that convey 100% of NATO military supplies to Ukranazistan.
Therefore, the idea that Russia can – as long as the current policies continue – continue to make any more than incremental local gains is utterly fantastical. Ultimately it’ll come down to this question: Is Russia willing to fight NATO? Yes or no?
If the answer is no, then the SMO should never have been launched and ought to be terminated as soon as possible. If the answer is yes, then, with America bleeding out against Iran and Trump’s EU slave colonies at their weakest, from which they can only get stronger, what is Russia waiting for?
Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayastha | May 14 2026 15:51 utc | 10
NATO Members Government Collapses After Ukrainian Incident
https://www.rt.com/639977-latvian-prime-minister-resigns/
“Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina has announced her resignation amid a government crisis caused by an incident involving Ukrainian kamikaze drones hitting an oil depot near the Russian border…”
Oops!
Posted by: John Gilberts | May 14 2026 16:45 utc | 11
13 corrected: NATO member’s Govt Collapses After Ukraine Drone Incident
https://www.rt.com/news/639977-latvian-prime-minister-resigns/
Posted by: John Gilberts | May 14 2026 16:48 utc | 12
Clarification from yesterday on RIA Novosti…
Pres Putin was completely misunderstood about the imminent end of the SMO.
The US war against Russia is not ending. It is escalating and intensifying, with Germany and the rest of the EU “turning into the official deep rear of the Kiev regime.” Anti-corruption kabuki serves to hand Ukraine another 90 billion Euros and welcome it into the EU. Russia’s patience and restraint is only so great.
Kirill Strelnikov: “As you know, any complex problem has an obvious, simple, understandable and wrong solution.
In the same way, the broad masses of Western armchair analysts saw in the words of Russian President Putin that “things are coming to an end” in Ukraine, a personal guarantee of the signing of a peace treaty tomorrow — and rushed to bet on Polymarket: there are now 99 percent bets that a ceasefire will take place before the end of this year (in June 2025 it was one percent).
The excitement was fueled by two more stories related to Ukraine. Firstly, after the searches, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine appealed to the court with a petition for the arrest of the former head of the office of the President Yermak, who is now officially suspected of legalizing property obtained by criminal means (some construction of elite facilities, as we like).
Secondly, almost at the same time, the well-known American journalist and MAGA activist Tucker Carlson published an interview with Zelensky’s ex-press secretary Yulia Mendel, where she voiced various unpleasant things for the former boss, including the same corruption topic.
Quite predictably, a lot of people saw in all this a powerful onslaught of the Americans, who are already right now bending Kiev into a pig’s horn and forcing it to make peace, after which everyone will live for a hundred years and drink honey and beer.
Unfortunately, most likely, multi-million dollar bets on a super-soon peace in Ukraine will enrich only bookmakers.
It is much more likely that Yermak’s “” is a one-act performance for European sponsors to show that the anti-corruption system in Ukraine is strong, and Zelensky is so pure in hands and soul that with tears in his eyes he equalized even his closest ally, friend and supplier of party supplies. It hurts, it hurts, but the law is above all! The fact is that specific steps to combat corruption were designated by the European Commission as one of the main conditions for the provision of a 90 billion loan, and anti-corruption in Kiev suddenly began to skyrocket.
As for Mendel’s allegedly murderous interview with Carlson, she said absolutely nothing new or concrete. And personally this interview does not threaten Zelensky at all and will not force him to do anything, no matter who is behind its organization.
The fact is that Europe is not at all interested in peace and is taking steps right now that clearly indicate that Kyiv and European capitals are charged for war for a very long time.
Many drew attention to the arrival in Kyiv of the head of the German Ministry of Defense Pistorius, where he announced the start of joint development and production of long-range drones. Yesterday it became known that the German defense giant Rheinmetall, together with the Ukrainian startup Destinus, is launching the production of cruise missiles that are capable of hitting targets at a distance of more than 700 kilometers. The deployment of dozens of joint military enterprises with Ukraine throughout the EU is in full swing, that is, Europe is turning into the official deep rear of the Kyiv regime.
The head of European diplomacy Kallas said yesterday that within the EU there is an urgent task to understand how to dramatically increase and accelerate military production, and Merz told his citizens that “new priorities” will now be set. Well, that is, no Bavarian butter, only cannons.
Those who have one foot on a peace agreement do not make grandiose plans for military investment for five, ten or more years. The war economy has enormous inertia and powerful interests. Accordingly, all plans for the militarization of Europe continue to be implemented at full speed – and no one is going to stop them.
But this is not even the main thing. The main thing is that the Old World sees the Armed Forces of Ukraine as the core of its own, European future army, which, thanks to the experience of the conflict in Ukraine, can, wants and knows how to fight Russia.
This is directly stated in the official EU defense strategy “Readiness-2030”, adopted in March 2025. It reads in large beautiful letters: “Ukraine is the forefront of European security,” so it is necessary to create a “common united front.”
This was directly stated in April of this year by the European Commissioner for Defense and Space Kubilius: “Our vital interest is to ensure the full integration of Ukrainian defense capabilities with European ones in the near future.”
That is why in April last year, Zelensky called for the creation of an “army of Europe” and said: “Either Ukraine will become a key part of the European security system, or Europe risks becoming part of the Russian world.”
And in December 2025, EU leaders published a six-point “peace” plan with security guarantees for Ukraine, where one of the conditions of a potential agreement with Russia is to provide a fully armed Ukrainian army of at least 800 thousand people (and above them some “multinational forces” led by Europe).
In other words, Europe is now investing not in Ukraine, but in itself – in its future united anti-Russian army, so there is no question of any stopping of the process on their part.
From Russia’s point of view, this situation, of course, cannot and will not last long – this is exactly what the Russian president said.”
Posted by: Fool Me Twice | May 14 2026 17:07 utc | 13
I see the trolls have piled in first, presumably to try and cover up and distract from last nights biff-bang-boom across Ukraine, with multiple outlets reporting over 1,000 drones and up to 60 assorted missiles used, including hypersonics.
There’s one of those maps circulating around that show the routes taken by the flights of the weapons, it looks like a plate of spaghetti!
A brief summary of damage reports compiled from about two dozen different sources:
Strikes in Kiev:
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Districts of Darnytskyi, Solomensky, Holosiivskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, Obolonsky, Dniprovskyi. -
Buildings at Boryspilska metro station were damaged. -
More than 14 thousand consumers are reported with electricity outages.
Zaporizhia:
- Air strikes on Komyshuvasa, Malokaterynivka, Orikhiv, Novodanylivka, Mala Tokmachka and other settlements.
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UAVs of various modifications struck Zaporizhzhia, Novomykolaivka, Stepnohirsk, Huliaipole and a number of other communities. -
Strikes from multiple launch rocket systems were recorded on Novoyakovlivka, Stepnohirsk, Prymorske and Novodanylivka. -
Artillery strikes hit Bilenke, Orikhiv, Huliaipole, Zaliznychne and other villages of the region. -
Damage to industrial infrastructure and premises reported.
Strikes in the Odessa region. Port infrastructure facilities were hit, along with freight vehicles and equipment.
Strikes in Transcarpathia.
Dnipropetrovsk region: Nikopol and Synelnykove districts came under attack.
Chernihiv district was damaged, more than 31 thousand subscribers were left without electricity.
Poltava region: technological equipment at an industrial enterprise was damaged. Vehicles and warehouses of a motor transport enterprise were also damaged.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | May 14 2026 17:28 utc | 14
And I don’t know why the bullet-point format came out like that, it looked all right in the posting field 🙁
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | May 14 2026 17:32 utc | 15
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | May 14 2026 17:28 utc | 16
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Massive long range strikes (UAVs, cruise&ballistic missles) by the RuAF – trends:
May 13, 2026 – 1,560 UAVs and missiles
March 24, 2026 – 982 UAVs and missiles
December 23, 2025 – 673 UAVs and missiles
December 6, 2025 – 704 UAVs and missiles
October 30, 2025 – 705 UAVs and missiles
September 7, 2025 – 823 UAVs and missiles
July 9, 2025 – 741 UAVs and missiles
Posted by: sh0tek | May 14 2026 18:27 utc | 16
1623 missiles and drones launched against Ukraine in the past 24 hours. The highest number ever, by about 700.
Posted by: UWDude | May 14 2026 18:27 utc | 17
The most interesting comments of the week so far came from Lavrov who mentioned the fairly unarguable point that the US are trying to strangle Russia economically via oil price control:
“The United States has adopted a series of doctrinal documents, one of which proclaims that the US must dominate global energy markets,” he said in an interview with broadcaster RT India. “So their goal is entirely clear: they want to bring every significant energy supply route under their control.”
whether or not the Chinese are assisting / encouraging the US in this endeavor is open to question but lower oil prices without doubt benefit them .
I believe this will be the flashpoint in terms of any future Russia – China split .
Posted by: Night Tripper | May 14 2026 18:30 utc | 18
Sorry, forgot to include a link to the map mentioned by JRL
Posted by: sh0tek | May 14 2026 18:31 utc | 19
“So their goal is entirely clear: they want to bring every significant energy supply route under their control.”
Posted by: Night Tripper | May 14 2026 18:30 utc | 20
Lavrov must have discovered Brian Berletic’s videos. Same with Shoigu.
The root cause of the current global upheavals is the US’ and its allies’ desire to maintain their dominance, the Russian Security Council secretary noted
Posted by: arby | May 14 2026 19:17 utc | 20
UWDude: “1623 missiles and drones launched against Ukraine in the past 24 hours.”
And maybe 7 reported dead? Oh well! If they were in England, all the dead would be described as transgendered illegal immigrant children.
Seriously, when the Allies bombed Dresden, the civilian casulaties were numbered in the tens of thousands in one night. Instead, the biggest night of attacks on the Ukraine probably had fewer reported casulaties than a quiet Wednesday night in Chicago. Something does not fit.
Either Russia is being extremely careful in targetting to avoid hitting Ukrainian civilians — which is possible. Or the Ukraine is vastly exaggerating the attacks to try to rekindle lost Euro enthusiasm for war with Russia — which is also possible, some might say likely.
Posted by: Gavin Longmuir | May 14 2026 19:24 utc | 21
I see the trolls have piled in first, presumably to try and cover up and distract from last nights biff-bang-boom across Ukraine, with multiple outlets reporting over 1,000 drones and up to 60 assorted missiles used, including hypersonics.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | May 14 2026 17:28 utc | 16
I have a theory that Russia knew that Ukraine would use the ceasefire to move more equipment and manpower around than normal and also closer to the front. So they used satellite and other data sources to track it and generate a fresh target list.
Posted by: Fool Me Twice | May 14 2026 19:37 utc | 22
The dramatic increase in drone and missile strikes, and VVP’s statements about seeing a move toward a peace settlement indicate just one thing:
– That a massive Big Arrow offensive is about to begin.
– The massive increases in drone and missile strikes support this theory. These strikes are precision targeting to undermine UAF key supply and command points, which will increase the RF ability to strike hard in dry season.
– VVP’s remarks are a good head fake to give the UAF false hopes, and destroy morale once the Big Arrow begin.
Bet on it!
On to Odessa and Transnistria – Remember the Krajina!
Posted by: tobias cole | May 14 2026 19:51 utc | 23
The root cause of the current global upheavals is the US’ and its allies’ desire to maintain their dominance, the Russian Security Council secretary noted
Posted by: arby | May 14 2026 19:17 utc | 22
Well it seems that for smart people the Russians are very slow learners.
Since 1945 the UW has been engaged in The Project, not “to dominate” Russia but to destroy Russia and take all its stuff. A few months ago Trump actually said it out loud.
“You’ve got it, we want it, we take it”.
Not a murmur of protest from sane people in the US. Why is that? Because everybody knows what the project is. US has had constant propaganda training people to love criminals.
Posted by: acementhead | May 14 2026 19:57 utc | 24
Herr Keir, the soon to be deposed PM, has just pledged billions of pounds to build 150k drones for Kieve fascists within one year ! LOL
The UK is broke, its economy shattered, overrun by illegal aliens, censoring the entire social media, highest utility rates ever, shutting down the North Sea oil and gas fields, closing power stations and coal mines, has no effective RN….
Yet is will spend billions to assist the neo Nazis in Kieve….
The mark of government devolving before our very eyes……..and as an Irish nationalist I say Bravo!
Posted by: tobias cole | May 14 2026 19:59 utc | 25
Sometimes one just has to laugh at ZH posting titles…..let me preface the one below by noting that currently the GOP controls both houses of Congress.
With GOP Help, House Dems Force Vote To Give Another $1.3 Billion To Ukraine
Posted by: psychohistorian | May 14 2026 20:01 utc | 26
Herr Keir, the soon to be deposed PM, has just pledged billions of pounds to build 150k drones for Kiev fascists within one year ! (etc) Posted by: tobias cole | May 14 2026 19:59 utc | 2Problem is, the Starmer-turd just won’t flush. The whole system is clogged with imbeciles. It’s not a pretty picture.
George Galloway got out just in time.
Posted by: N_H | May 14 2026 20:49 utc | 27
osted by: lachaussette | May 14 2026 15:49 utc | 10
Good stuff. Also about something I never thought about.
Posted by: JustSomeOldGuy | May 14 2026 21:09 utc | 28
Ukraine is clearly winning because someone posted first on MoA.
Latvia’s government has collapsed.
UK is next.
Posted by: Suresh | May 14 2026 21:26 utc | 29
Day dreamer suggest a future Russia-China rift re energy and a China- US alignment.
That boat has sailed a long, long time ago. But you do you.
Posted by: Suresh | May 14 2026 21:32 utc | 30
psychohistorian | May 14 2026 20:01 utc | 27—
I don’t watch Scott Ritter as much as I probably ought to, so I made sure to watch his chat with Colonel Davis today, and I’m very glad I did. I thought something new would occur in the SMO after the Victory Day truce and I was correct, not just the Sarmat test but that massive drone and missile attack. But Scott brought more info to light and helped to explain part of what Karaganov said to Diesen in their recent chat, which is hard to comprehend because of Karaganov’s thick Russian accent. The density of info Scott provides is stunning and bears close listening. The message he conveys to EU/NATO echoes much of what Russia’s been trying to get the rabid Euros to heed for close to a year. And Russian patience has evaporated, or so it seems. I applaud Scott for going ballistic on the history of the Empire’s use of Ukraine since the end of WW2 and beyond laying the blame for the current conflict at the feet of the Empire and its NATO lackeys.
Russia just provided a demonstration of what Europe can expect with its massive volleys last night; and as Scott emphasizes, Europe has zero defense. Nor does the Empire.
Posted by: karlof1 | May 14 2026 22:50 utc | 32
Russia could evaporate the Baltic states and their infrastructure in a short time with masses of Geranium drones. The Latvian government collapsed simply because of 2 AFU drones.
Baltic states, Finland are completely defenseless against any sort of dedicated drone salvo attack or campaign.
For mainland Europe – the Poseidon torpedo is very nearly in operation and deployment. Best use case would be attacking core EU/UK ports with them.
Posted by: unimperator | May 14 2026 22:58 utc | 32
https://youtube.com/shorts/PEfmk9bSVy4
Russia-Europe Relations are at a absolute low and Putin express his anger and frustration with this.
[The Duran]
The claim from Mercouris is that even if AfD came to power in Germany, Russia under Putin would not be amenable to restored relations which have been “permanently” severed.
On the one hand, Peter AU1 had some things to say about the two Alexes at the Duran. He and I had a discussion last September where he confidently assured me that Russia-Europe relations would inevitably be repaired after all (the discussion sadly didn’t survive the move from TypePad to WordPress, or else I’d save it for posterity).
On the other hand, how does one reconcile Mercouris’ statements with Putin nominating Gerhard Schröder as an EU negotiator? Or is that not related, let alone relevant?
Posted by: joey_n | May 14 2026 23:30 utc | 33
… what is Russia waiting for?
Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayastha | May 14 2026 15:51 utc | 11
Russia is no longer waiting, the delivery date is next Monday. Expect swarms of autonomous drones, armed with ‘funny stuff’, with Borg type collective consciousness within a dynamic complex system, in communication with a celestial linked database of possible destinations.
Coming soon to a city near you. Hovering first … just hovering …
Posted by: Don Firineach | May 14 2026 23:47 utc | 34
Recht gekonntes Wortspiel, Hut ab!
Posted by: malenkov | May 14 2026 14:39 utc | 3
Diktatursula schnürt neues Hilfspaket für Ulkruine 😀
Posted by: Zet | May 14 2026 23:52 utc | 35
Diktatursula
Posted by: Zet | May 14 2026 23:52 utc | 37
Auch prima!!
Posted by: malenkov | May 14 2026 23:59 utc | 36
Russia under Putin would not be amenable to restored relations which have been “permanently” severed.(…)
Posted by: joey_n | May 14 2026 23:30 utc | 34
Normal humans want to live in peace and with reasonable comfort. For that you need somehow good or neutral relations with neighbours, and you need your neighbours to have the same level of prosperity (good for trade, good for peace).
Russia will seek good relations with all her neighbours, but the euromoron leaders will need to be changed (upgraded). The current generation of european leaders is a complete disaster : bug or feature?
Posted by: Asian Frog | May 15 2026 0:37 utc | 37
Russia will seek good relations with all her neighbours, but the euromoron leaders will need to be changed (upgraded). The current generation of european leaders is a complete disaster : bug or feature?
Posted by: Asian Frog | May 15 2026 0:37 utc | 38
Just as I was thinking, and if true, quite unlike what Mercouris was making it out to be.
Bug or feature? Likely a feature given that the US calls the shots and has done what it could to prevent Russia and the rest of Europe from engaging with one another, such as installing these Russophobic politicians in power (Operation Gladio?)
Posted by: joey_n | May 15 2026 1:32 utc | 38
Interesting article that was posted by Zhivoff on his channel about Magyar.
Madyar: “Each strike crew will kill 10 Russians a month—Russia will drown.” $882 per life
🔔10 days ago, we published a translation of an interview with Madyar, “The Economics of Killing Russians.” It sparked a huge response and a storm of justifiable indignation and bewilderment about why such characters haven’t been eliminated yet.
And today he gave another long interview, where he continued to reveal details of the management of the murders.
Here are the main quotes, and the full interview is in the translated document.
📌 We integrated all units into a single accounting system faster than planned. This allowed us to monitor the effectiveness of every crew, every asset, and every munition.
📌Our goal is to knock out enemy pilots, restrict logistics, personnel movement, assault preparations, and even evacuation. And our task is to work intensively at the operational level. That is, to prevent the uncontrolled flow of enemy forces and assets into the front.
📌Today, we are essentially self-sufficient in ammunition. We have over 50 models that have served on the front lines and proven their effectiveness. The results, with corresponding confirmation, are evidenced by the fact that we have crossed the 10,000 enemy combatants destroyed or engaged monthly mark. Maintaining an overall rate of approximately 35-40,000 enemy targets monthly. The work is ongoing.
📌There is absolutely transparent information, which is calculated and updated online, that since the group’s creation, over 11 months, we have been able to hit more than 300,000 enemy targets.
📌The average depth of enemy personnel destruction today does not exceed 1.5 kilometers from the front line. We are essentially working “underfoot.” And I dream that one day the SBS will address these two critical areas in a directive manner and will not worry about what is happening directly “underfoot” on the front line.
📌We have a concept called “borscht recipe.” We clearly calculate how many FPV crews, bombers, reconnaissance aircraft, electronic warfare, signal intelligence, logistics, and remote mining units there should be per 100 km of frontline. We want a unit to be able to deploy in a field or on the seashore and fight independently, without waiting for artillery or assistance from a senior commander.
📌As of today, I estimate the kill zone in various areas to be 25 km or more. This doesn’t depend on the record-breaking share of any single UAV that flew to Tuapse. It all depends on an analysis of the number of assets used by the enemy in a specific period of time, with specific results that led to certain losses, and the concentration of those assets on the front.
📌The cost of killing one Russian remains roughly in the $882 range. This directly depends on the amount of resources spent on one confirmed kill. However, verified targets indicate that the enemy is losing infantry at a breakneck pace.
Even the most ardent skeptics can’t argue with the information reflected and supported in the Delta military program’s situational awareness system, not simply by coordinates, execution time statistics, or the operator’s crew number. It’s backed by video evidence, confirmation. Because there’s this incentive bonus system in place, in exchange for confirming hit targets, for which we earn points, which we exchange for the resources we need. Consequently, no one hides their results.
📎The attached translation contains details about “Standard 10” for killing Russian soldiers, about deep strikes, and his assessment of our unmanned forces.
My question is , is this what Palentir is used for, battlefield statistics?
Posted by: Sandgrowun | May 15 2026 2:08 utc | 39
Latest from Bankster-gangster Carney’s Canaduh. All in with Europe for NATO-Nazi Ukraine:
The Canada-Ukraine Partnership is a Core Element of the Canada-EU Relationship
https://x.com/policy_mag/status/2054941932590190792
“New in our Policy Magazine Canada-EU package with ‘As the War Narrative Shifts, Ottawa and Kyiv Join Forces on European Security.”
Canucklheads never consulted and no clue about any of it even though it’s all on their tab.
Posted by: John Gilberts | May 15 2026 2:30 utc | 40
Posted by: karlof1 | May 14 2026 22:50 utc | 32
Had not watched Ritter for a long time, became too repetitive when nothing much ever happened. He is sounding different now and offering up a revised analysis from the past. It sounds logical but I have no way to judge holistically but all his points seem to be grounded in evidence coming out of Russia, that something has changed, or much has now changed. Times up? I do hope so, and if they act I hope they win. Ritter covers a lot of ground in this interview even going back to remind us how it all started even what Putin was saying offering back in 2016 only to be dismissed by the US as always. Ritter and Davis are worth the hour to hear the rationale of what might be coming. I’m still not holding my breath though. More of nothing much after speaking is the pattern from Putin.
SCOTT RITTER: Russia Retaliation on Europe No Longer In Doubt
“Russia is going to take Ukraine off the gameboard. That’s what is going to happen,”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IynOOHlWMmY
Posted by: unsightfulviews | May 15 2026 2:52 utc | 41
is this what Palentir is used for, battlefield statistics?
Posted by: Sandgrowun | May 15 2026 2:08 utc | 41
More than mere statistics of who what when. Actually gaming the tactical attacks, plus planning plus logistics plus operation control and kill decisions … is far more likely. Palantir ‘drives’ the drones. People load the munitions and place them ready for take off. Everything else is autonomous Mil AI in action. No there is no evidence for this, only hints, as it is secret confidential naturally. But Palantir CEO publicly confirmed they have been in Ukraine for 3 years now.
Posted by: unsightfulviews | May 15 2026 3:03 utc | 42
Warwick Powell published a new Ukraine war update a few minutes ago. It is quite good I think. Not a very long article.
The attritional war in Ukraine: a brief update
https://warwickpowell.substack.com/p/the-attritional-war-in-ukraine
Posted by: Hwy 50 | May 15 2026 3:10 utc | 43
Jamal Thomas: John Helmer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In6gf0g72_k
“Permanent war against Russia, from a Western view, is succeeding.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | May 15 2026 3:59 utc | 44
“Russia is going to take Ukraine off the gameboard. That’s what is going to happen,”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IynOOHlWMmY
Posted by: unsightfulviews | May 15 2026 2:52 utc | 43
That will be an interesting financial event. In the euromorons financial bookkeeping, Ukraine has a severe debt towards the EU financial institutions. All these “loans” will need to be written off if (when) Russia makes Ukraine disappear as a state (divided into several states which will just repudiate all those Kiev “loans” because corruption).
Maybe the EU-Reich is just waiting for this “major financial event” to “temporarily” block all the EU banks function, and grab all the savings from the EU sheeples… “You will own nothing… but you need a QR code to breathe and buy food”.
Posted by: Asian Frog | May 15 2026 4:46 utc | 45
“Permanent war against Russia, from a Western view, is succeeding.”
Posted by: John Gilberts | May 15 2026 3:59 utc | 46
Of course, it is.
And followed by his second-best seller, “China stabbed Iran in the back”.
Just like most Mockingbird Media, the truth is usually the very opposite.
Posted by: Suresh | May 15 2026 5:16 utc | 46
@unimperator | May 14 2026 22:58 utc | 33
Poseidon would unleash radioactivity and render large areas uninhabitable no?
Posted by: petergrfstrm | May 15 2026 5:40 utc | 47
Posted by: Suresh | May 15 2026 5:16 utc | 48
Could you please list a few of the signs that show that the US has abandoned its project to destroy Russia and take all its stuff. In my opinion that project has been running continuously since 1945. The US doesn’t give a damn if every last Ukrainian dies.
Posted by: acementhead | May 15 2026 5:49 utc | 48
Multiple Ukrainian drones struck the Ryazan Oil Refinery in Ryazan City, resulting in large fires breaking out that continue to burn through the morning hours. https://t.co/o7BTJ3QEP0
During the attack on Ryazan, a Ukrainian drone struck a high-rise apartment building, killing 3 civilians and injuring 12 others. https://t.co/fQXuwkdlOW
Posted by: MiniMO | May 15 2026 5:59 utc | 49
Posted by: acementhead | May 15 2026 5:49 utc | 50
the plan is in full operation.
Trump announced that Xi will now prioritise the US as an oil supplier
The plan was always to split China from Russia. It’s working.
Posted by: Night Tripper | May 15 2026 6:13 utc | 50
https://t.me/ukr_leaks_eng/30180 says
Lithuanian President Nausėda demanded that all drones entering Lithuanian airspace be shot down.
Any drone entering Lithuanian territory poses a threat, since we don’t even know where it originated, where it’s supposed to go, or what its purpose is, Nausėda said.
Earlier, the Latvian Prime Minister resigned over Ukrainian drones.
@ukr_leaks_eng
The only reason that this is happening that I can think of is that Russia finally got off its arse and told the Baltic chihuahuas that if they continue allowing Ukranazistan to use their airspace to attack Russia, then Russia will do to them what Iran did to the Gulf chihuahuas.
Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayastha | May 15 2026 7:01 utc | 51
Posted by: Night Tripper | May 15 2026 6:13 utc | 52
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Since when ANY announcement from Trump bears any reality? Besides, there is what you commit to openly and what you do actually.
Posted by: scc | May 15 2026 7:07 utc | 52
If what Putin said recently about winding down the war is true, then he would have achieved (strategic defeat) in 4 years what Trump did in 6 weeks in Iran.
None of the original SMO goals have been met:
1. Demilitarization
2. Denazification
3. Neutrality of Ukraine
4. Control of all oblasts constitutionally inducted into the Russian Federation
Posted by: Dingleberry | May 15 2026 7:16 utc | 53
Trump announced that (…)
Posted by: Night Tripper | May 15 2026 6:13 utc | 52
Ha ha, so funny. Just the idea of an homo sapiens sapiens listening to (and repeating it!) what the buffoon says.
Posted by: Asian Frog | May 15 2026 7:51 utc | 54
Trump announced that Xi will now prioritise the US as an oil supplier The plan was always to split China from Russia. It’s working.
Posted by: Night Tripper | May 15 2026 6:13 utc | 52
Do you think that’s actually going to be the case? Remember, Trump is easily manipulated, with examples abound…
Posted by: James M. | May 15 2026 7:57 utc | 55
None of the original SMO goals have been met:1. Demilitarization2. Denazification3. Neutrality of Ukraine4. Control of all oblasts constitutionally inducted into the Russian Federation
Posted by: Dingleberry | May 15 2026 7:16 utc | 55
Funny, last I checked Ukraine wasn’t a member of NATO or the EU. Demilitarization is also clearly happening; all the Ukrainians have left are drones. As for the rest, it is a work in progress, with the outcome inevitable. Anyway, at least you live up to your name.
Posted by: James M. | May 15 2026 8:01 utc | 56
Russia makes Ukraine disappear as a state (divided into several states which will just repudiate all those Kiev “loans” because corruption).
Posted by: Asian Frog | May 15 2026 4:46 utc | 47
That was not my understanding of what Scott Ritter meant.
More like ending Ukraines ability to act with any military power in the “warzone/gameboard/region” a kind of enforced unconditional surrender making it powerless to do anything further.
Ritter also mentioned he attended the Russian embassy for May day celebrations and the mood of the Russians was very different than his previous experiences, somber dark, like things were on the cusp of being serious.
Posted by: unsightfulviews | May 15 2026 8:11 utc | 57
None of the original SMO goals have been met:1. Demilitarization2. Denazification3. Neutrality of Ukraine4. Control of all oblasts constitutionally inducted into the Russian FederationPosted by: Dingleberry | May 15 2026 7:16 utc | 55
So you regard ‘neutrality of Ukraine’ as a deal with an MI6 puppet. Keep dreaming, it will never happen.
There’ll be no de-jure neutrality, but de-facto neutrality where Ukraine is dwindled into a tiny controllable cesspool of EU backed nazis in the west and most of the population has fled from Kiev regime control. Russia will need to establish military domination over Nato in Ukraine. And this is important because Nato is 100% focusing on Ukraine, so it provides Russia leverage to demilitarize it.
Posted by: unimperator | May 15 2026 8:28 utc | 58
Trump announced that Xi will now prioritise the US as an oil supplier The plan was always to split China from Russia. It’s working.
Posted by: Night Tripper | May 15 2026 6:13 utc | 52
No chance of China abandoning their Russian oil … but they may also buy up American oil on top of that. They will also expand their pipeline infrastructure into the Middle East but that may take a little longer.
Posted by: Tel | May 15 2026 8:43 utc | 59
Like what @ Asian Frog said at | May 15 2026 7:51 utc | 56 nobody can take anything Trump “announces” as anything other than kindergarten boasting.
If there were any agreement at all about anything we would have been invaded by photos of the two of them signing documents.
Trump says what he wants people to believe.
Posted by: Avtonom | May 15 2026 10:27 utc | 60
Europe Wants War. Russia Now Agrees | Stas Krapivnik
Neutrality Studies
It’s now a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Europe is in the grip of Mass-Formation that drives them ever deeper into a war hysteria in which they are not asking anymore “if” there will be war with Russia, but “when”. Germany is re-militarizing and so is the rest of EU-NATO. For the longest time, Russia has ignored these tunes as unrealistic or stupid. Well, not anymore. More and more Russians are starting to believe—and agree—with the Europeans in that they believe that war is inevitable. It’s a spiral of doom, called a self-fulfilling prophecy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2iBuhPSgu4
Posted by: unimperator | May 15 2026 10:34 utc | 61
Russia can launch an Iran-style counterattack on NATO throughout Europe any time it chooses, which would drive out the Empire right away. The US would skedaddle same as it was doing in the Mideast before the ceasefire.
Posted by: Flying Dutchman | May 15 2026 10:48 utc | 62
Ukraine and World Affairs: Weekly Update. 15th May, 2026: May be Useful to Some: Ukraine and World Affairs: Weekly Update
Posted by: The Busker | May 15 2026 11:11 utc | 63
Posted by: unsightfulviews | May 15 2026 2:52 utc | 43 “Russia is going to take Ukraine off the gameboard. That’s what is going to happen,”.
How is this different than what he was saying 4 years ago? ‘It’s over … for Ukraine.’
Posted by: ed4 | May 15 2026 11:31 utc | 64
Posted by: ed4 | May 15 2026 11:31 utc | 67
How is anything you write relevant to any of the topics at hand, troll?
Posted by: James M. | May 15 2026 11:34 utc | 65
from RT
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte wants NATO members to cough up 0.25% of their GDP for Ukraine. This figure seems minuscule, but how much hard-earned taxpayer money does it add up to?
Rutte floated the idea at a closed-door meeting of NATO ambassadors last month, and will likely be raised at the bloc’s annual summit in Ankara in July, Politico reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed NATO diplomats.
How much money does Rutte want to give Ukraine?
The combined GDP of NATO’s 32 member states adds up to $57.2 trillion, according to the bloc’s figures from 2025. Assuming that the US backs Rutte’s proposal, Ukraine stands to receive a windfall of $143 billion, or more than three times the amount of military aid it received from its Western donors last year.
To put Rutte’s demand in perspective, $143 billion is:
- Roughly equal to Russia’s entire yearly defense budget (around $145 billion)
- $16 billion more than Germany’s 2026 defense budget ($127 billion)
- Larger than the combined economies of Latvia and Lithuania ($130 billion)
- Four times what the US spent on developing the atomic bomb ($35.5 billion, adjusted for inflation)
- Almost six times what the US has spent on the war with Iran to date ($25 billion)
- Enough to buy more Patriot missile batteries than currently exist (around 200)
This princely sum is separate to the 5% of GDP that NATO requires its members to spend on their own militaries, and separate to the unrepayable, debt-financed loan of €90 billion ($105 billion) that the EU has already started to funnel to Kiev.
Posted by: Jo | May 15 2026 11:42 utc | 66
Posted by: Jo | May 15 2026 11:42 utc | 69
Well, ‘giving money to Ukraine’ was always a money laundering vehicle to give money to US military companies. I wouldn’t believe for one second that EU has abandoned buying US weapons and is capable of creating anything meaningful on its own.
When you talk about spending proportions of GDP, remember that there’s so much fluff in western GDP that the pool of income where it’s taken is actually significantly smaller. A 0.25 % of GDP increase in spending could actually mean something between 5 – 10 percent increase of taxation in any average Nato state. So just count 5 – 10% more on your current tax bill.
Posted by: unimperator | May 15 2026 11:49 utc | 67
And none of all those European state leaders ask to check “where the money goes”? Not one of them wonders whether it would be worth it to pour more billions into the pockets of the leaders in the worlds most corrupt country?
Posted by: Avtonom | May 15 2026 12:01 utc | 68
Scott Ritter in his recent interview with Daniel Davis said that a special funding of EUR110 billion had completely vanished without producing meaningful tangible results for the German military.
The same will happen with the ‘trillion euro EU militarization program’. I think they can build drones, but that’s about it. No heavy weaponry, no meaningful air defense weapons, no effective radars, no new or modern fighter jet designs, no new self-propelled artillery designs, no new centralized ISR systems. Etc.
Posted by: unimperator | May 15 2026 12:04 utc | 69
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IynOOHlWMmY
Posted by: karlof1 | May 14 2026 22:50 utc | 33
Karlof1. Thank you very much indeed for selecting and linking to that Davis/Ritter video. Daniel Davis has been one of my favourites since I first discovered him and he and Ritter set out the new reality of this war stunningly well.
As you indicate, a key summary. There’s so much in it! To bring it down to the personal for a moment, I have friends who are planning a trip to Poland soon. Others traveling to elsewhere on the Continent. I keep thinking, don’t they know there’s a war on?
One that might extend at any minute and, as someone I know of in Dubai recently found out, one that could greatly complicate travel arrangements getting back if it does extend. Yet we in Europe/UK trundle along as if it were ten years ago and no chance of the conflict with Russia ever getting in the way of business or pleasure as usual.
Maybe they’re right. We know for a fact that the Russian administration doesn’t want to see the war extend beyond Ukraine and maybe the increasingly insistent Russian warnings will have an effect. There have been signs recently that the Finns have been pulling back and maybe even, sometimes, the Balts. They know they’re playing with fire. And maybe the silly talk and sillier deeds coming from Merz and Starmer are merely that, politicians doubling down because the loss of face if they don’t will further harm their already dire electoral prospects.
Have to wait and see whether Merz and Starmer do begin to pull back. If they don’t, then “unimperator” will be right and the prediction “No Oreshniks for Brize Norton” no longer the cast iron certainty it was. Another FAFO moment coming up for the Europeans? If so, I’d rather friends and relatives weren’t still strolling around the Continent as if it were peacetime and no chance of travel arrangements getting screwed up.
Personal concerns aside, that Davis/Ritter interview sets out the new reality just so. There’s so much in it that it can’t all be examined in a brief comment. But one aspect of the war the interview touches on is what is still the central question. Why did the Russians invade Ukraine in the first place?
That’s still very much the central question. If the Russian invasion was for the reasons our Western politicians and press give us then all that the West and in particular the Europeans/UK have done since is more or less acceptable. We’re resisting Russian imperialism or revanchism. We haven’t done it very well so far but that’s now water under the bridge. The important thing is that we didn’t appease the Russians. We didn’t simply accept they could behave as they liked in Europe.
Now it’s time to get ourselves in better order and prepare for resisting Russian expansionism long term. We are fighting not only a just war but a necessary war and if we don’t continue to fight it, and more effectively and forcefully than we have done so far, we’ll be under the Russian heel. Boris Johnson may say that what is at stake is the “The hegemony of the West” but we can set that rodomontade on one side and truly assert we are fighting for nothing less than the survival of Europe itself.
And we’d better keep fighting. We need to remilitarise, and fast. We need to tighten our belts and set ourselves right for the long haul. We need unity, not dissension, and those like Fico or previously Orban, and maybe the Greeks and the Italians, are not only the weak sisters of the new European defensive alliance, they are quislings, paltering with compromise when what is needed is not appeasement or compromise but unyielding resolve.
A bit thin for a number of reasons, that mission statement I’ve outlined above. But that the Russians are up to no good and have somehow to be put back in their box is still the underlying conviction expressed in our press. More significantly, it’s the underlying conviction of most European voters. We know our politicians are rubbish and some of us know our militaries are, as Ritter kindly reminds us of the UK military, “a joke”, but even so, there is danger from Russia and we must go forward realistically in the light of that knowledge.
So it’s hello, military Keynesianism and hello, Festung Europa. Has been since February 24th 2022. We won’t like it, we won’t like the people leading us towards it, but we’ll accept it just as we most of us accepted unthinkingly the premises behind Cold War I.
But all that nonsense melts away like summer snow as soon as we look at the events of early 2022. Far from the Russians throwing their weight around at that time, Putin was still attempting to arrive at a settlement. Carried on doing so even after February 24th. Far from the Russians invading Ukraine to reclaim old territories, they were forced to take military action to pre-empt a military attack that had been deliberately set up by Biden and the then European leaders to provoke a Russian response. Many of those European leaders still around and entirely unable to admit they not only got it wrong morally, they got it wrong militarily. For on the military side the Russians wiped the floor with us and our proxies and are quite prepared to continue doing so, using a phrase often used at that time by the leaders of the West, “As long as it takes.”
Until we in Europe get that picture right there will never be peace. I know of none in England who are anywhere near getting it right. There are some magnificent figures in Germany, the key European state, who are courageous enough to express disquiet about this war but I know of none except our host here, “b”, who come anywhere near to stating that the Russian invasion of Ukraine was a pre-emptive strike conducted in order to prevent further conflict. Until that is understood, not only by a few but by most of us in Europe, we are condemned to the Cold War II our leaders are still leading us towards.
I no longer believe that most of us in Europe will understand that. The picture of Russian aggression the politicians sold us in early ’22 is now too deeply engrained. It fits too well with the Russophobia that always been floating around in the UK and Northern Europe. It fits too well with our natural inclination to blame others for our own screw-ups. And it fits very well indeed with the resentment many in Europe feel, or rather that many in the elite classes feel, that our various European countries no longer are the centre of world affairs but have for decades been becoming also rans. Even assuming we Europeans don’t meet our FAFO moment it’s going to be a long hard Cold War, this one.
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The section in which Ritter refers to the Russian pre-emptive strike here:-
https://youtu.be/IynOOHlWMmY?t=2267
“37:47 “It was the Ukrainians that, you know, we have we have Tony Blinkin who’s come out and just admitted it straight up that we were arming the Ukrainians in the fall of 2021 so they could carry out a preemptive strike against the Dolbass in the spring of 2022. The Russians said that’s why they enacted the SMO to preempt and everybody at time said that’s propaganda. No, it’s stated fact.
“60,000 NATO trained Ukrainian soldiers massing on the border of the Donbas ready to strike against Donetsk and Lugansk to bring an end to the separatist intent of these countries. These are Russian civilians that have been called terrorists by the Ukrainians and Russia wasn’t going to sit back and let this happen. So that’s what brought on this conflict. And when Ukraine made the decision to escalate the conflict, Russia struck in time.”
An expansion of that, arising from a discussion on “b’s” site with Don Firineach, in the comments (“Outsider”) here:-
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/squaring-an-impossible-circle-of-peace-and-insecurity-in-ukraine
So many other points and all so well made in that Davis/Ritter interview. Wish it could be widely heard in England! I think it’d change a lot of minds. Thanks again, Karlof1, for linking to it.
Posted by: English Outsider | May 15 2026 12:19 utc | 70
Posted by: English Outsider | May 15 2026 12:19 utc | 73
Should have said, my italicising in the Ritter section quoted above. The section taken from the transcript accompanying the video.
Posted by: English Outsider | May 15 2026 12:26 utc | 71
@72
Most likely most of the EU militarization program will be blown away on these new Ukrainian ‘startup’ firms, which are marketed on the back of AFUs daily reports of 95% intercept rates of all flying Russian loitering munitions. Also the cruise missile programs.
Posted by: unimperator | May 15 2026 12:33 utc | 72
What’s this about? Not like Russia to target apartment buildings.
Kyiv mourns as death toll from Russian attack in the Ukrainian capital rises to 24
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-kyiv-attack-58db0cf78615952f3f090c19e104387f
Posted by: arby | May 15 2026 12:48 utc | 73
Posted by: arby | May 15 2026 12:48 utc | 76
Patriot PAC air defense systems placed in the middle of cities have a long history of demolishing apartment buildings.
They also have smaller warheads than cruise missiles so the damage isn’t usually that large, consistent with photos repeatedly shown from Kiev and other cities.
Posted by: unimperator | May 15 2026 12:51 utc | 74
I noticed that in Western media Putin’s announcement of the successful test of Sarmat was mentioned, but rarely as the top headline. A perfect opportunity to paint Putin again as the crazy, megalomaniac, dangerous potentate, but they missed it! What happened?
Obviously our media want to avoid to speak out the consequences: that Russia is, in military terms, far ahead and beyond reach, and that it might be a good idea to pursue a less confrontational politics. Instead, Germany’s top general warns that Russia might be strong enough to attack NATO in 2029, so we have to prepare to develop our own high-end weapon systems. It is feasible to keep up with Russia in 2035!
Posted by: mk | May 15 2026 13:06 utc | 75
The only reason that this is happening that I can think of is that Russia finally got off its arse and told the Baltic chihuahuas that if they continue allowing Ukranazistan to use their airspace to attack Russia, then Russia will do to them what Iran did to the Gulf chihuahuas.
Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayastha | May 15 2026 7:01 utc | 53
I don’t think Russia is gonna trigger the same UN resolution than Iran ; they might have found a more efficient workaround in making the Balts looks ridicules.
The Balts might realized now that EW was a thing and the mysterious UFOs drones can be GPS spoofed or hacked with enough plausible deniability. 🙂
The Latvian government resigned over 404’s “allied” drones that crashed in their country, Iranian response couldn’t achieve a GCC government to resign… yet.
The “North route” for drones is now nearly closed. Let’s see if the Finns or the Estonians are in the mood for more silly games with the Penis Piano Player :).
Posted by: Savonarole | May 15 2026 13:06 utc | 76
Posted by: Savonarole | May 15 2026 13:06 utc | 79
Can’t wait for AFU drone start hitting refineries and LNG terminals in the Baltic states that cause actual economic damage to their already weak economies. That would provide a real show worthy for popcorns.
Posted by: unimperator | May 15 2026 13:14 utc | 77
Posted by: English Outsider | May 15 2026 12:19 utc | 73
Thank you for the comment and the transcription of Ritter’s words. All of this is true. What’s missing, IMO: setting up EU as an anti-Russian megastate. I don’t claim that the Starmers, Scholzes, Macrons etc. are in on all the details but there’s a longer history of (a) centralizing EU, (b) using Russophobia but also strengthening it in the process.
This is not finished! I get the feeling that for EUropean elites, the only way forward is a EU state that exists to be anti-Russian. This doesn’t mean WW2-like war, I rather think that’s unlikely. It only requires the other (here: Russia) as an eternal, evil enemy. We’re getting close to that mindset among ordinary citizens, I’m afraid. Because EUrope is getting less and less relevant as we speak, we who live there could be in this shitty situation for a long time — no Red Army will rescue us. (Even though UK is no longer in EU, I consider it as part of the EUropean anti-Russian project.)
Posted by: Konami | May 15 2026 14:08 utc | 78
Posted by: acementhead | May 15 2026 5:49 utc | 50
Operation Paperclip was a reverse takeover.
Posted by: ChatNPC | May 15 2026 14:16 utc | 79
Posted by: Konami | May 15 2026 14:08 utc | 81
I think, unfortunately, that you’re absolutely right.
There was once an idea among the Scandinavian countries to stick together and perhaps make a difference as some kind of entity. Looser than the EU but still binding. But there is nothing left of this. Most probably because of US influence.
Posted by: Avtonom | May 15 2026 14:39 utc | 80
english outsider and konami – thanks for all of this… i read, but can’t think of anything to add here at the moment.. well – i continue to believe it is financially driven, but i sound like a broken record always saying this… off for the day and not back til tomorrow…
Posted by: james | May 15 2026 15:09 utc | 81
I just watched the Davis/Ritter video and I’m completely devastated. A must-see.
The only hope, he says, is European leaders coming to their senses. So, we’re fucked. It’s only a matter of time.
Posted by: Avtonom | May 15 2026 16:01 utc | 82
@Avtonom | May 15 2026 16:01 utc | 85
Yes and everything works out as the anglosaxons successfully and patiently worked out. The destruction of Europe and more.
Posted by: petergrfstrm | May 15 2026 16:14 utc | 83
Posted by: Avtonom | May 15 2026 16:01 utc | 85
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The only hope, he says, is European leaders coming to their senses. So, we’re fucked. It’s only a matter of time.
<=The Eu and USreal nation state leaders all belong to the Esptein mafia.. The mafia has psycho engineered and filtered the media so the flocks are without the means to understand.
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The Iran war has caused sizeable portions of humanity to sense something is truly wrong..
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The big problem humanity has is to distribute the facts but remember half of the human world does not give one hoot about facts. That half are believers.. Developing believers is a major function of the nation state.
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We need two governments: one to govern the function of the state, and the other to govern those who govern or speak for the state.
Posted by: snake | May 15 2026 17:00 utc | 84
@snake | May 15 2026 17:00 utc | 87
It is older than Epstein and before him was Roy Cohn playing a key role. He himself was entrapped and blackmailed before he came to be an elite asset and he was also close to Trump.
And there was the CCF by which the CIA moulded European opinions and Jean Monet and his action committes on pay by the CIA. 0ver 70 years of brainwashing and bribed European politicians and journos. And not to be forgotten the US/UKs use of advanced academia to develop mass communication. Everything done with scientific precision.
Posted by: petergrfstrm | May 15 2026 17:24 utc | 85
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If the answer is no, then the SMO should never have been launched and ought to be terminated as soon as possible. If the answer is yes, then, with America bleeding out against Iran and Trump’s EU slave colonies at their weakest, from which they can only get stronger, what is Russia waiting for?
Posted by: Biswapriya Purkayastha | May 14 2026 15:51 utc | 11″
Ill answer. Russia was waiting for a nato expeditionary force to cross the dnieper to destroy it and capture part of it to force a peace deal or breakup of nato. Instead nato helped ukraine fend russia off while it prepared its industrial base and robotic technologies to overwhelm russia.
Russias grand strategy from 2022 has become obsolete and based on commentary from pro Russian sources, including many commentators on this site, Russia is unprepared for a defeat and has not recognized its enemies have plans too.
And that plan is complete Ukrainian victory. Has no one else read alternate histories where Germany in WW2 tried to work with its conquered populations instead of massacring them? Maybe not. I think the current German leadership has and the 4th Reich is way better at getting its subordinate populations in line. At least until its low IQ migrants burn it all down, but thats at least a few decades away.
Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | May 15 2026 17:59 utc | 86
Patriot PAC air defense system was reported to have been hit in Kiev, during the massive drone attack.
Demilitarization of Nato continues, and demilitarization of EU air defense systems will leave it vulnerable to eventual Russian counter-strike against Nato industries.
https://x.com/vick55top/status/2055142404701704202
Posted by: unimperator | May 15 2026 19:21 utc | 87
⚖ The court has recovered 200 billion euros from Euroclear Bank.
“The Moscow Arbitration Court fully satisfied the claim of the Bank of Russia against the Belgian depositary regarding Russian assets and the lost profit from their blocking,” — the media reports.
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lots of drone problems in Finland..sovial and military..details on the post
The head of the Finnish command noted the high threat posed by heavy drones, and President Stubb stated on TV: “War has come very close to us.”
lord of war telegram
Posted by: Jo | May 15 2026 21:00 utc | 88
Daily and nightly terror against Russia from Ukrainian drones:
A Ukrainian drone struck a residential high-rise building in Belgorod.
There are injuries, including a child. Emergency services are working at the scene.
Meanwhile, enemy UAVs are again attempting to break through to Moscow. Half an hour ago, two enemy drones were shot down while approaching the capital. The attack continues.
Posted by: MiniMO | May 15 2026 21:17 utc | 89
MSM never, ever acknowledges that UAF air defense missile actually fail, and then fall into civilian apartment complexes.
Thousands and thousands of such missiles have been fired in the Kieve area alone, so the likelyhood that they caused significant civilian infrastructure damage is very high…..
But alas, that would not be consistent with MSM clone like devotion to NATO/Fox/BBC/RTE war propaganda narrative.
Time for RF to finish this four year old job (really 14 year old job) while the EU and UK mini states are confused and deindustrialized and suffering from atrocious leadership i.e.: Keir Orwell !
Don’t wait for them to get their stuff together……..strike hard and soon!
Posted by: tobias cole | May 15 2026 21:26 utc | 90
Democrats Force House Vote On Increased Military Aid to Ukraine
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/15/qfmm-m15.html
“The Democrats in the House of Representatives have succeeded in forcing a floor debate and vote on legislation to provide more military and financial aid to Ukraine.
The legislation sent to the floor by the discharge petition was introduced by Rep Gregory Meeks (NY), the senior Democrat on the White House Foreign Affairs Committee, last year.
It authorizes additional weapons and funding to Ukraine, affirms US support in the war with Russia, imposes additional economic sanctions on Russia and pledges to provide funding for reconstruction in Ukraine after the war ends.
It also declares US support for NATO, in a rebuke to Trump’s public threats to withdraw from the imperialist alliance.
‘NATO remains vital to United States national security interests and the United States remains fully committed to defending its allies under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty,’ the bill’s text reads…”
Posted by: John Gilberts | May 15 2026 21:37 utc | 91
And that plan is complete Ukrainian victory.
Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | May 15 2026 17:59 utc | 89
on unicorn cavalry, with photon laser rifles.
The entire post is bizarre, but highlighting this aspect:
And that plan is complete Ukrainian victory.
Posted by: Neofeudalfuture | May 15 2026 17:59 utc | 89
For that to be achieved the Russian forces will need to be driven out of Sumy, Kharkov, Zaporizhia, Kherson, Lugansk, Donetsk and Crimea.
Uh-huh…
- Where are the Western troop numbers to bring this about?
- Where are they going to be deployed?
- Where is the equipment, the transport for those troops?
- Where is the logistics to keep those troops fed, watered and re-armed?
- Where is the Western manufacturing capability to produce all the equipment, ammunition, rations and other ancillary kit?
- Where is the energy supply to support the manufacturing effort?
- How will the West finance all this if it continues to debase its currencies?
- How will all this kit, if it ever comes into existence, be shielded from Russian pre-emptive strikes on mustering areas?
These kind of questions keep needing to be asked, because any plan or strategy for “complete Ukrainian victory” has to have some basis in reality.
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | May 15 2026 21:44 utc | 93
🇺🇦🇷🇺One day of war costs Ukraine 450 million dollars, reported the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Sybiha.
The war has been going on for 1540 days. Thus, only on the Ukrainian side, about 693 billion dollars have been spent on it.
@Intelslava
Posted by: Jo | May 15 2026 21:46 utc | 94
Daily and nightly terror against Russia from Ukrainian drones
Posted by: MiniMO | May 15 2026 21:17 utc | 92
As a courtesy to other barflies it is polite to provide links.
Lack of such courtesy could see a poster being regarded as impolite and discourteous…
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | May 15 2026 22:05 utc | 95
As an example, I could just make the claim that 8 regions of Ukraine have suffered power outages today, and leave it at that.
But it really isn’t too much effort to copy paste a translation from a Ukrainian news source:
Due to Russian attacks on energy facilities, there is a blackout in 8 regions – the Ministry of Energy
Due to hostilities and shelling of energy infrastructure, some consumers in eight regions are temporarily left without electricity
This was reported by the Ministry of Energy, RegioNews reports.
We are talking about Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Khmelnytskyi, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions.
“Power engineers are working in an enhanced mode to restore power supply to all subscribers as soon as possible. Restoration work continues around the clock,” the message says.
Consumers are asked, if possible, to transfer active energy consumption to daytime – from 11:00 to 15:00. In the evening hours – from 18:00 to 22:00 – on the contrary, use electricity sparingly This helps to reduce the load on the system.
For @ MiniME, this part is called “the link”: https://regionews.ua/ukr/news/ukraine/1778833040-cherez-ataki-rf-na-energoob-ekti-e-znestrumlennya-u-8-oblastyah-minenergo
Hope this helps out…
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | May 15 2026 22:13 utc | 96
One day of war costs Ukraine 450 million dollars, reported the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Sybiha.
Posted by: Jo | May 15 2026 21:46 utc | 97
Of which US$499, 999, 999 disappears into the grift and corruption, leaving US$1 per day actually spent on the military campaign…
Or something like that; the €90 billion clown show doesn’t have “complete Ukrainian victory” as its priority. European railways would be profitable if they could run gravy trains…
Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | May 15 2026 22:36 utc | 97
Posted by: mk | May 15 2026 13:06 utc | 78 “announcement of the successful test of Sarmat”
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How is this a big deal? The US and Russia have had enough nuclear weapons to destroy each other many times for decades. They both still do.
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And how is Russia ‘far ahead and beyond reach’ if they can’t get Ukraine to agree their demands?
Posted by: ed4 | May 15 2026 22:48 utc | 98
Here’s a link and picture of the Belgorod attack for Jeremy.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin/210741
Posted by: MiniMO | May 15 2026 22:53 utc | 99