For those so naive, and can’t get enough of the Putine in their diet, maybe read the article more carefully. “After the adversary launched the drones, all terrorist weapons were neutralized by the FSB special unit, which carried out the operation”
 
This says 2 things, considering it was a ‘sensitive’ facility which they convieniently remove from the article, one can only guess what issues, admistrating the trap they faced.  Which the article is void of for obvious reasons.1. FSB is incompetent and borders are indeed very pourus.  (might hint as to why the Ukraine is open for all)2. They didn’t have the correct intel – and waited for the ‘absolute’ last minute. 
 
When your catching perpetrators of a national crime – terrorist act, waiting ‘after’ points to flaws not something to boast.
 
Hurrah… Russia is kicking sweet ass! no doubt. 

Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Jul 14 2026 19:42 utc | 204

According to the security service, a Russian citizen recruited by the adversary for money rented the building and received the shipment.The FSB also revealed that Ukrainian handlers had recruited two Moldovan citizens, Victor Pirlog, born in 1986, and Aurel Kalos, born in 1995, who underwent specialized training to prepare the hangar for drone deployment. After completing their work under the supervision of their handlers, both men departed Russia.In addition, the SBU recruited a former member of an ethnic organized crime group, who had previously served a lengthy sentence for serious crimes, through a terrorist organization banned in Russia, to carry out the attack, the security service said.In 2022, the man had signed a contract with the Wagner Private Military Company. After taking part in the “special military operation,” he was amnestied, and in 2023 he was granted Russian citizenship.“Following the instructions from his handlers, he assembled and activated drones, established a communication channel with foreign operators, and then left the scene, waiting at a designated location for an evacuation group that would take him to a safe house and then transport him to Ukraine to participate in hostilities against Russia,” the FSB said, adding that the man has been detained and has already confessed to acting in the interests of Ukraine.“An accomplice, who rented the hangar, received the hazardous cargo and placed building materials used to mask the criminals’ real objectives, resisted arrest with force and was neutralized by return fire,” the security service added.The FSB further revealed that the SBU had recruited minors aged 13 to 16 to perform specific tasks, including activating illegally purchased SIM cards used to control the drones.“It has been established that Albert Victorovich Vasiliev, a Ukrainian and US citizen, born in 1991, a Ukrainian video blogger, rapper, and film actor, who uses the pseudonym ‘Kyivstoner’ (Kievstoner), was also involved in organizing the terrorist attack and coordinating the activities of accomplices under the patronage of the Security Service of Ukraine,” the security service said.
It noted that Vasiliev is also involved in drug trafficking and currently resides in European Union countries, including Spain and Slovakia.The Investigative Department of the Russian FSB has opened, and is conducting, a criminal case under Part 2 of Article 205 of Russia’s Criminal Code. Under that article, an individual involved in preparing a terrorist attack is exempt from criminal liability if they help prevent it by promptly warning authorities or by other means, provided they have not committed any other crime.The thwarted attack in Moscow is part of a series of drone plots that Russian security forces say were prepared by Ukrainian security services and successfully prevented.Over the past week, the FSB says it has foiled assassination attempts against two high-ranking Defense Ministry servicemen in Moscow, and disrupted coordinated drone attacks on military airfields, including Rostov-Tsentralny in Rostov-on-Don, Ukrainka in the Amur Region, and Shagol in Chelyabinsk.All of these plots reportedly follow a pattern similar to Ukraine’s attack on Russian strategic aviation bases last year, which became known as Operation Spider Web. This patter is, however, no longer working.

Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Jul 14 2026 19:52 utc | 206

shit…

Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Jul 14 2026 19:53 utc | 207
 
And that is the giveaway that it’s copypasta and not your own work…

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 14 2026 19:56 utc | 208

Sorry forgot: https://t.me/sashakots/63084

Posted by: aquadraht | Jul 14 2026 19:57 utc | 210

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jul 14 2026 20:01 utc | 211
Sorry, John. I am not willing to expose myself to Google mafia spyware only to give accomplice Mr. Helmer his share for luring ppl into that cesspool.
 
The article on johnhelmer.net is the usual boring stuff. 

Posted by: aquadraht | Jul 14 2026 20:14 utc | 212

So, the Russian Olympic Committee page has returned to the IOC website, having been inaccessible since 2023, when Russia’s membership was frozen.
 
So what, exactly, has changed? Russia, just like four years ago, is conducting a special operation, trying to defeat the hydra of Nazism. And according to the sodomites, we “continue our aggression.” So where does this sudden mercy and leniency come from?
 
The whole point is that the Russian Olympic Committee does not recognize Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, or the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions as parts of Russia. Hence the privileges…
 
Oh, and by sponsoring and encouraging the murder of Russians, the EU has decided to follow in the footsteps of the Japanese, not giving up the import of delicious and ecologically pure Russian fish. So, are these homegrown profiteers willing to trade with the murderers of Russian children, no matter what? “You bomb and send drones by the trainload to Kyiv, and we’ll give you whatever you want in return. What would you like? Gas? Please, take it at a discount. Fish? We have some for you. We can also get pressed caviar, beluga…”
 
So we fight with one hand, while managing to swindle our own state and people behind our backs.
 
This is classic castrated sovereignty.
 
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Posted by: MiniMO | Jul 14 2026 21:13 utc | 214

Posted by: ed4 | Jul 14 2026 21:14 utc | 215
The Nazi propagandist trolling again.

Posted by: aquadraht | Jul 14 2026 21:20 utc | 216

Is Ukrainian busification a war crime, or is it just the common-or-garden repression used by military juntas for countless years?
 
Because that is what we have in Ukraine now, a junta, not a democratic government, but just like juntas in Central/South America, or in Africa in years gone past, Western “democratic values” are conveniently ignored by the Western governments themselves.
 
Indeed the EU itself is increasingly resembling a junta.
 
But never mind all that, “muh Russia war crimes ” becomes the latest 77th Brigade talking point.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 14 2026 21:48 utc | 218

Question for Karlof1 (or anyone else, but I’m interested in Karl’s take):
 
What do you think of this?
 
48 Ships in 120 Hours: Ukraine’s Campaign to Cut Off Crimea
 
Disclaimer: The creator, Sal Mercoglio (the YooToob shipping guy) is not on our side, not sympathetic at all to Russia. That is not my point here. (He does seem to me to be fairly objective about things, though.)
 
Seems to me a lot of ships being damaged here, even destroyed in some cases.
 
So how much do you think this is actually going to hurt the Russians?

Posted by: George the Zeroth | Jul 14 2026 22:25 utc | 220

frithguild | Jul 14 2026 14:51 utc | 183
***…. irony is that Ukrainian nationalists ended up building a liberal dystopia instead of a “fascist utopia”. ***
 
Would any genuine nationalist really be stupid enough to fight and die on behalf of a Chabad Oligarchy and Zionist-Jewish President who declared his intention was to turn Ukraine into Israel Mk.2 ?
 

Posted by: Cynic | Jul 14 2026 22:37 utc | 222

Would any genuine nationalist really be stupid enough to fight and die on behalf of a Chabad Oligarchy and Zionist-Jewish President who declared his intention was to turn Ukraine into Israel Mk.2 ?
 
Posted by: Cynic | Jul 14 2026 22:37 utc | 222

 
Well, yes, if those “genuine nationalists” regard the Chabadniks as means to an end, to be disposed of once the Moskals have been eliminated.
 
The situation is roughly analogous to the evangelical/dispensationalist Christians’ use of Zionists.

Posted by: malenkov | Jul 14 2026 22:43 utc | 224

See the slimy little granny-bashed shit monkey in Paris has now given France’s highest award (Légion d’honneur) to Israel’s top agent in London for his leading support of the Nazi regime in Kiev.
 
Coke away and bottoms up!

Posted by: Cynic | Jul 14 2026 22:46 utc | 226

Posted by: George the Zeroth | Jul 14 2026 22:25 utc | 220
“What do you think about Youtube guy saying Russia lost 48,000 soldiers last month.  Warning, he is ultra-ukro, but he does seem to be fairly objective.”
 
Fuck off, Phony.
 
You know what “objective” means, but you still lie and post in bad faith with 20 year old rhetorical manipulations you still think is clever.  Posting ukro-click-bait-shit.

Posted by: UWDude | Jul 14 2026 23:23 utc | 228

BTW, ed4,
 
you said mediazona still tracks Russian casualties. 
 
I was not commenting on whether they still provided estimates, I noted they changed their methodology almost a year ago to guesstimating, based not on obituaries, but instead on ferocity of offensives and calculating how many soldiers russia must be losing based on previous estimates of deaths from offensives, because their obituary tallies started to look really small.
 
Instead of trusting their own methodology, (which would have required they face the reality that Russia is now in a tempo and the “save Soldiers lives as first priority” strategy is paying off), they through out their methodology and just started guessing,  to give an inflated Russian casualty number for them to Jerk off to and tell themselves how sexy they are.

Posted by: UWDude | Jul 14 2026 23:28 utc | 230

Posted by: Jo | Jul 14 2026 21:27 utc | 217
 
Good thought.

Posted by: juliania | Jul 14 2026 23:43 utc | 232

Posted by: George the Zeroth | Jul 14 2026 22:25 utc | 220
.
Whatever the Ukrainians say is likely the ceiling.  Who knows what the floor is, but it is above 0.  Even it is 50% of the ceiling it will raise the cost of keeping Crimea.  Lots of posts on Telegram from people (claiming to be in Crimea) saying the situation is bad.

Posted by: ed4 | Jul 15 2026 1:31 utc | 234

Rubicon Drone Operators Report – the Russian side
CrazyCanuck | Jul 14 2026 19:53 utc | 207
General Factotum | Jul 14 2026 23:27 utc | 231

 
In a war zone, exact numbers are impossible to verify. All statistics should be treated as rough indicators only. Still, multiple reports from analysts and media show that the drone war is not one-sided. Ukraine has dramatically expanded its drone operations and, in several key areas, has surpassed Russia in scale and impact during 2026 too.
 
Russia’s elite “Rubicon” drone units do exist and carry out massed strikes on Ukrainian logistics and fortifications.Source: Inside Unmanned Systems  However, that comment above leaves out a crucial point found in the same analysis: Ukraine has regained an “edge in mid-range drone warfare” by 2026.
 

” That said, they didn’t overturn the bogged-down dynamics of the ‘drone frontline’ in Ukraine, and by 2026 Ukraine has regained an edge in mid-range drone warfare.” 
 

Other Sources: Western drone support increases   Kyiv Post and China.org.cn 
 
As one report notes, “even Moscow’s own claims of rising drone shootdowns… point to a major trend: Ukraine is launching more long-range strikes, and Russia is struggling to cover its vast territory.” Source: United24 Media
 
In June 2026, Russia claimed to have intercepted 992 Ukrainian drones in a single day—a record higher than any single-day Russian attack. Ukraine also out-launched Russia in March (7,551 vs 6,462) and May (8,973 vs 8,150).
 
While these figures come from opposing sides and may likely be inflated, they clearly show an enormous drone war on both fronts, with Ukraine making notable gains in 2026. Russia is also upgrading its Rubicon tactics in response.
 
This is very much a drone war now. But until one side clearly overwhelms the other or surrenders, it will remain nearly impossible to judge who holds the upper hand from month to month. This conflict is being fought very differently than it was a year ago. With Trump recommitting the US to arm Ukraine to the hilt against Russia and his “dear friend” Putin. This is far from being over.

Posted by: Asian Tiger | Jul 15 2026 2:06 utc | 236

Would any genuine nationalist really be stupid enough to fight and die on behalf of a Chabad Oligarchy and Zionist-Jewish President who declared his intention was to turn Ukraine into Israel Mk.2 ?
 
Posted by: Cynic | Jul 14 2026 22:37 utc | 222
 
I wasnt aware Obama/Biden were Zionist-Jewish Presidents. And yes, because that’s exactly what the genuine nationalists did – the gladly became a South American junta after glutting themselves on Holywwod style propaganda. Stupid people make very special tools. 

Posted by: frithguild | Jul 15 2026 3:49 utc | 238

Russia DECIMATES Ukraine’s Drone, Missile Production – Kiev CAN’T Shoot ANYTHING Down | Mark Sleboda

NATO may be planning to move outsource drone and missile production to Ukraine, but Russia is reminding them that their dreams will be short-lived… as Russia forces carried out high-precision strikes on drone and missile production facilities in Kiev, as well as military-related port infrastructure in Odessa on Monday.
 
International Relations and Security Analyst Mark Sleboda noted that Ukraine’s recent increase in drone attacks on Russian civilians and infrastructure is part of the CIA’s latest psychological warfare campaign aimed at convincing the West that Kiev is “pressuring” Russia, and trying to make Russian civilians as miserable as possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0QxfknMyhE

Posted by: unimperator | Jul 15 2026 7:17 utc | 240

@241
 
You have to go to the ROOT of the problem to solve it.

Posted by: unimperator | Jul 15 2026 7:30 utc | 242

Looks that Zelensky’s 40 day offensive is fizzling out. At the 20th day, only 95 drones were sent to and shot down in Russia, the lowest number since more than a month. Maybe the attacks on Kiev, the Black Sea harbours, locomotives, and gas stations are taking effect.

Posted by: aquadraht | Jul 15 2026 9:39 utc | 244

A Helmer report – how does anyone gauge these “sources said” comments out of, by govts at war? (only a rhetorical question)
 
Decapitation strikes by the US and Ukrainians against Russian General Staff officers as they leave their homes in Moscow – that’s “pure terrorism” by the enemy, and Putin “is working to put an end to all of this.”
Exactly how – that is the point of the new podcast with Nima Alkhorshid aired live on Tuesday (July 14). Click to view or listen here.
For the moment, Putin is insisting that the war to defend Russia from the US, the NATO allies,  and the Ukraine must be conducted as a special military operation according to mirror matching,  escalation symmetry, and deterrence by red lines announced in public and demonstration firings, like the three Oreshnik shots – Dniepropetrovsk (November 2024), Lvov (January 2026), and Belaya Tserkov (May 2026).
Moscow sources report the assessment of both intelligence agencies, SVR and GRU, is that Putin’s escalation limits cannot counter, do not stop, and fail to deter the escalation of the drone war on the Ukrainian battlefield, the Russian hinterland, the territorial waters and the high seas. They add that the western allies are calling Putin’s bluff.
The sources claim it is now the recommendation of the General Staff, the Defense Ministry,  and the majority of the Security Council that Putin should drop the mirror, decide on asymmetrical measures, and authorize endgame escalation. “That decision is days away”, one of the sources said over the weekend.
The source believes the Russian military are now staking their honour on this decision because the alternative is “too little too late”, and “defeat by a thousand cuts.” Such a defeat is dishonour – “in practice, the Kremlin has only one option now.”  
 
Days away, well who knows???

Posted by: Asian Tiger | Jul 15 2026 10:14 utc | 246

However, the  in and out of Western politicians to Kiev has dropped significantly in 2026.No more PR Stunts. 

 
err… no more suitcases of cash on the return trip

Posted by: exile | Jul 15 2026 10:21 utc | 248

https://t.me/llordofwar/648741
 
 
link to drone story

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Jul 15 2026 10:24 utc | 250

Posted by: Lesjeuxsontfaits | Jul 15 2026 10:55 utc | 251
 
They may have flown to Rezswow during the night (only 2-3 hours) and travelled by train over night (just over 600km, if train goes 60-100 km/h on average it’s 6-10 hours). Lets give a few hours allowance for airport transports and waiting so 15 hours max.
 
That said, no EU or Nato leader goes to Kiev without Russia allowing or permitting it. As contrary to what AFU or western media says there is no effective air defense in Kiev, especially against ballistic or hypersonic missiles, and even defending against cruise missiles or drones is a struggle.
 
The EU/NATO and leaders know it but act tough travelling to Kiev by RU permission.

Posted by: unimperator | Jul 15 2026 11:20 utc | 252

Lots of EU peoples of various sensibilities heading to Kiev today
🇪🇺🇺🇦 Ukraine and 9 European nations form Antiballistic CoalitionMembers: Ukraine, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, UK.Goal: Joint development of an integrated European missile defense system, combining industrial, scientific, and combat capabilities.Context: Driven by vulnerabilities exposed in Ukraine, where practical experience intercepting ballistic and hypersonic missiles (e.g., Iskander, Kinzhal) is seen as uniquely advanced.Challenges: Existing ESSI initiative is slow; new development may take 10–15 years. Component shortages and US dominance as supplier could hinder local production.@Slavyangrad
🇫🇷 FranceFrance has granted Ukraine licenses to produce SCALP cruise missiles, Aster-30 anti-aircraft missiles, and AASM Hammer guided aerial bombs, President Macron stated. This effectively legalizes the use of NATO weaponry under a Ukrainian label.Macron also announced that France will transfer Rafale fighter jets to Ukraine in 2028–2029.@Slavyangrad
🇫🇷 Ukraine’s licensed missile production: an impossible dreamExpert debates rage over whether Ukraine can launch French-licensed production of high-precision weapons like SCALP-EG cruise missiles or Aster 30 SAMs. Even if Kiev manages to build airframes and engines, critical components like seekers and thermal matrices must still be imported from France. Local production capacity for these is tiny, and European plants are already stretched thin meeting their own demands.Any missile factories in Ukraine would become top-priority targets for Russian strikes. Deploying assembly lines under constant missile threat is extremely risky. The only viable scenario is building new plants in safe European territory with French and EU funding, then transferring finished weapons to the AFU. Without that, the problem remains unsolvable.@Slavyangrad
🇩🇪 German Industry Gears Up for WarDEUTZ AG acquires defense firm FFG for €1.6 billion – its largest deal in 160 years. A new FFG-Defense division will produce tracked and wheeled combat systems for the Bundeswehr, NATO, and Ukraine, shifting from civilian engines to military hardware.On July 7, DEUTZ launched serial production of ARX Robotics (Gereon) unmanned platforms. The move secures stable defense contracts, reflecting Europe’s broader industrial militarization.@Slavyangrad
🇩🇪 Ukraine received first batch of RH1412 shells from new Rheinmetall plantThe AFU reportedly received the first batch of artillery ammunition produced at the newly launched Werk Niedersachsen plant in Lower Saxony, owned by Rheinmetall. The delivery includes advanced RH1412 high-explosive fragmentation shells, fully compatible with all major 155 mm NATO artillery systems, offering improved ballistics, extended range up to 40 km, and high target effectiveness. The contract, funded by a NATO country, is worth a double-digit million euros and covers several thousand rounds with modular propellant charges. The shell is optimized for 52-caliber howitzers like PzH 2000, CAESAR, and Ukrainian Bogdana.@Slavyangrad
 
Posted from slavyangrad onto MoA telegram an analysis of  EU weapons weapons range into Russia.

Posted by: Jo | Jul 15 2026 11:35 utc | 254

Asian Tiger
 
Yup Russia Truth on substack some days ago did 6 part analysis , suggesting that  a legally declared Anti Terrorist Op would enable unifying and cohesively bring several bodies into aligned organisation to enable more direct action to sources of terrorism, as western power have had time to analyse their mistakes and Russian systems , technologies, military resources and actions that at minimum they believe are delaying Russia, perhaps successes eg drones etc, and enabling themselves to refocus more determinedly to 2027-2029, as shown by Germany taking the lead . And unless Anti Terror is declared for Russia to “re establish” urgent clear dominance ? for want of a better word , it will get hurt more.
 
Eg Sebastopol yesterday was uav attacked and lost its electricity supply. Western press says today Ukraine has attacked c 18-20  more tankers in the Sea of Azov-unable to verify.
 
Hmm.

Posted by: Jo | Jul 15 2026 11:49 utc | 256

Posted by: Jo | Jul 15 2026 11:35 utc | 254
I consider it abusive and impolite to paste 5 different messages from Slavyangrad (https://t.me/Slavyangrad) one under the other, and form it into a MoA comment. If there were means to do so, I would report it as abuse to b. 
“@Slavyangrad” is no reference but impudence. There are the Telegram Slavyangrad resource  the slavyangrad.org blog. Giving clean references is a minimum of honesty and politeness. Same btw. with “Russia Truth substack”, does it damn have no DNS name, or are you unable to quote it?

Posted by: aquadraht | Jul 15 2026 12:22 utc | 258

Posted by: Lesjeuxsontfaits | Jul 15 2026 12:26 utc | 259
 
The video by von der Leyen and others show no surrounding areas. Technically they could simply insert rail cars anywhere and stage ‘arrivals in Kiev’. Kind of like the meeting between Hitler and Petain.
 
In 2022 it was already revealed that the PR behind Zelensky is being run by a British marketing firm, including real green screen presentations. Hard to see any reason why green screen and backgrounds wouldn’t also be applied to other members of the Epstein class, completely possible.

Posted by: unimperator | Jul 15 2026 12:39 utc | 260

Kirill Dmitriev at Baikal 
 
(quote) Cooperation will prevail. 🤝🕊️
 
https://xcancel.com/kadmitriev/status/2077062609694523513#m  
 
Idiots! 

Posted by: Asian Tiger | Jul 15 2026 12:45 utc | 262

While Jo and “Asian Tiger” stubbornly hide references to the sites they steal copypaste from, here the link to “Russia Truth” :
 
https://russiatruthdotcom.substack.com/archive?sort=new 
The site is not bad, though I did not find anything I could read elsewhere. That is no critique.

Posted by: aquadraht | Jul 15 2026 13:49 utc | 264

That makes it that much more important to start interdicting trucks on Ukraine’s highways, especially those crossing the Polish border. Since they camo it as civilian, all of them are fair game.
Posted by: unimperator | Jul 15 2026 15:12 utc | 265

In general, I agree, yet I am highly skeptical about any move of armchair strategists, generals, supreme commanders or RF presidents, be it the Helmer kind, or also to some extent, the Russia Trust substack author with his series “The NATO/Ankara Sycophancy and the Existential Danger of Russia’s ‘Escalation Management’ “, esepcially Part 5: “The Power Shift from SMO to CTO” and following.
 
https://russiatruthdotcom.substack.com/p/the-natoankara-sycophancy-and-the-bf6
 
The author argues that Russia needs to overcome the restrictions of the SMO, and move to an unrestricted Counter Terror Operation (CTO), in other words, to total war, and total mobilization.
 
I see that he has some points, but on the other hand, there are also good reasons not to escalate hastily.
 
As to interdicting all ukrainian road traffic, starting from Galician border, I think it is also a matter of resources. Russia does, to the trepidation of the NATO, not expend all her production of military assets, be it tanks, artillery, shells, missiles, or drones, in the ongoing war, rather stockpiles a lot for a possible confrontation with European NATO powers.
 
Consequential bombing from Lemberg on would use up quite some of these stocks, which may be easier replaced cross border, there. Starting with Black Sea ports and naval resources, the Dnyestr bridges at Zatoka and Mayaky, exterminating locomotives and gas stations in range seem to be a viable way to choke Ukrainian resources without total war.

Posted by: aquadraht | Jul 15 2026 15:46 utc | 266

Posted by: aquadraht | Jul 15 2026 15:46 utc | 266
 
Hitting fuel stations within 50km of the front will hamper AFUs troop movements near the contact lines, but will do little to prevent drone launches from modified semi-trailers. Might have some sort of marginal side effect at most.  Trucks have a very long range and can be fueled up further west and operate between the launch site and drone storage site.
 
Nevertheless hitting fuel stations is the way to go, too.

Posted by: unimperator | Jul 15 2026 16:00 utc | 268

Posted by: unimperator | Jul 15 2026 16:00 utc | 268

Of course even destroying every fuel station and fuel tank in the area will not hinder trucks to fill up and drive 1000km which is the average range of such a vehicle. Yet fuel stations are not only removed 50km from the LBS but all the way to the Dnyepr, even beyond. There was even an attack in Shitomir oblast, 85km northwest of Kiev.
 
Sure it does not prevent long range drones launch from trucks. But with missing fuel stations, and much of road traffic, it gets harder to hide such camouflaged launch pads. And tanker trucks driving towards the LBS are easier spot and destroyed.

Posted by: aquadraht | Jul 15 2026 16:30 utc | 270

Note:This has been going on for several years, and I’m sure the incidents are only increasing two-folds daily.  Soon the FSB will be infiltrated, if not already, doing the dirty works.  🙂  They are literally hunting their own, fathers, mothers, children, soon pigeon pets. 
 
The FSB detained a Russian citizen in the Tyumen region while preparing a terrorist attack at an oil facility in Yugra.
 
Acting on instructions from his handler, the Russian citizen removed an IED from a pre-prepared cache to carry out a sabotage and terrorist attack at an oil facility in Nyagan. While attempting to escape, the Ukrainian intelligence agent was detained by FSB officers near the cache.

Posted by: CrazyCanuck | Jul 15 2026 16:48 utc | 272

A word about jubilating of scumbags like Nazicanuck about “successes” of UK and UA criminals recruiting RF citizens and youngsters for terrorist activities. 
 
Almost every time, weaknesses and vulnerabilities of the target persons are exploited in especially filthy ways, exposing the absolute lack of ethics on the side of the perpertrators, making them equals of their SS role models.
 
Not seldom, the activity starts by telephone or internet fraud, carried out by the criminal call centers. After having stolen from the victims, restitution is offered when they cooperate. Similar tricks with young boys where a female pretends mating, then disclosing that she is from the other side, and as he is a traitor anyway, he may now cooperate. Several times, money is offered, too. Other vulnerabilities like substance dependence are exploited as well.
 
People free of decency like Nazicanuck may admire those activities of terror networks.

Posted by: aquadraht | Jul 15 2026 17:31 utc | 274

Posted by: rk | Jul 15 2026 19:08 utc | 275
No idea what’s your point. The incident was reported on Komsomolskaya Pravda, Izvestya, RIA, also on Pervy Kanal (TV). No idea whether Tass reported too.
 

Posted by: aquadraht | Jul 15 2026 19:16 utc | 276

Cabinet chaos in the Kiev junta:

Zelensky fired his defense minister Mikhail Fedorov, who had been in office for about six months

https://news-pravda.com/world/2026/07/15/2445387.html
 
Ukraine has had so much winning over the last six months that the Defence Minister is dismissed from his post…
 
In most nations, sacking the Defence Minister is usually an acknowledgement  of serious failings somewhere, “lessons will be learnt” etc. Wonder what lessons will be learnt here?

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 15 2026 21:15 utc | 278

1. “Be more discreet about siphoning off the lucre.”
 
2. “Don’t piss off Numero Uno.”
 
3. “If you excel at ass-kissing, you stand a better chance of not being scapegoated.”

Posted by: malenkov | Jul 15 2026 21:18 utc | 279
 
Yes, pretty much; do not try, however half-heartedly, to clean up military procurement processes and procedures in Ukraine.
 
Somewhat curiously, timing-wise, several EU panjandrums arrived in Kiev right in the midst of the Bankova Cabinet reshuffle. Further instructions on the cash-flow routes being assigned? After all, there’s potentially €90 billion looking for a syphon…

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jul 15 2026 21:33 utc | 280

@ aquadraht | Jul 15 2026 19:16 utc | 276
 
RT is reporting it now too; no idea what the troll meant by singling out Tass. Anyway from RT:
 

Moscow is expecting an explicit response from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) after the killing of a senior engineer at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) by the Kiev regime, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.

 
Perhaps Russia should just nuke the IAEA.

Posted by: malenkov | Jul 15 2026 22:07 utc | 282

Video of the attempted murder of Ukrainian businessman Ermolaev in the Principality of Monaco.
 
https://t.me/stranaua/242016

Posted by: Sany Dnepropetrovsk | Jul 17 2026 18:43 utc | 284

I didn’t realize it was a total stalemate. I thought Russian forces were making at least a little progress in the Donbas but they’ve made essentially none at all these last several months.
 
 
SU_57R·27m
 
 

🇷🇺🇺🇦 6+ months into 2026, and the frontline looks almost identical. For those wondering why, its because both sides have accepted a war of attrition. Territory is a byproduct of this kind of warfare. Right now we are seeing both sides try to grind the other one out. Whoever wins will take the territory.

Posted by: MiniMO | Jul 18 2026 21:47 utc | 286