For Those Who Might Be Wondering Why We Might Be In Ukraine

[ChloeTzang]

Putin’s regime is collapsing from the inside. Ukrainian drone strikes and sabotage missions are no longer targeting the front - they are dismantling Russia’s core infrastructure.

In just one night, over 80 Ukrainian drones penetrated Russian airspace, hitting Belgorod, Volgograd, and Krasnodar Krai while shutting down the Kerch Strait Bridge. At the same time, Storm Shadow missiles destroyed radar and airfield targets in Dzhankoi and Gvardeyskoye, deep in occupied Crimea. Inside Russia, a $20 million military helicopter was blown up at Torzhok Air Base, one of the Kremlin’s most elite installations.

As battlefield pressure escalates, the Kremlin’s internal command is unraveling: generals are fired by video call, Russian National Guard (Rosgvardiya) troops are refusing orders, and intelligence agencies are turning on each other.

Even the economy is breaking - oil revenues fell 27% in July, the ruble is swinging wildly, and Kremlin economists now admit that recession is unavoidable. With Trump applying new sanctions and Russian state media spiraling into contradiction, the illusion of control is collapsing. Ukraine isn’t just resisting anymore - it’s dismantling the Putin regime from within.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Russia Prepares for Big Landing Operation in Kherson​

 

[ChloeTzang]

The Russian Army has been blinded in Crimea.....

 

[dmallord]

Report from the Front, August 7, 2025.

I prefer reading Chloe's version of what's happening. It's in understandable English vernacular and a lot less Russian leaning. Still, it's good to know a few Russians are left to tell what's happening on the other sides of those natural buffers. Hope the wounded are getting their bonus sign-up pay.

 

[Lazaran]

Poor Russian hmmmm, not sure what sort of fodder this is, but its dead Russian soldiers for sure.

A look at Russian military wives - "Black Widows" seducing soldiers for money and death benefits....the numbers of black widows is growing exponentially.

The corruption has spread even further than just marrying soldiers and keeping their fingers crossed, as reported in Russian Media. "Back Widows" are marrying soldiers, get their pay and initial benefits and, wanting the death benefits, they find a guy who doesn't earn much, marries him, persuades him to join the Russian Army and sign a contract. The recruiting offive in that city, whom the "wife" deals with, understands the game and is in on it and sends the hapless recruit to specific unit and commander who zeroes the husband themselves (or has someone do it) - they then have the body as evidence. The wife gets the money and shares it with the officer and the recruitment office. This is now happening on a massive scale. Some of these women have married up to 5 times and a small number are uo to eight - the scheme is working well.

The real traditional family values are coming through. LOL

That ^ is some cold blooded shit. Exactly what you would expect from Putin’s Russia.

Trump’s America is heading in the same direction.



We. Told. Them. So.

 

[ChloeTzang]

I prefer reading Chloe's version of what's happening. It's in understandable English vernacular and a lot less Russian leaning. Still, it's good to know a few Russians are left to tell what's happening on the other sides of those natural buffers. Hope the wounded are getting their bonus sign-up pay.

The whole Russian pay toplay saga is fascinating - from what I am reading there is no payment made if there is no body, and bodies just aren't recovered, orif they're in a tank or BMP that's blown up there's nothing to recover, so where there;s no body there's no payment. And the Russians make no attempt to recover bodies. Also, for the Russian wounded, there's no medevac and with drones, no transport is making it any closer than 20kms from the front, which is a long walk to carry someone who;s wounded and anyone moving is targeted by drones - so most Russian wounded at the actual front are not making it back ether - and if they are they are being flipped around and sent back in t draw Ukrainian fire.

But I do love this black widow scam. It's so very Russian. This is really something that should be encouraged to the extent possible - the Russians shooting their own soldiers is such a plus and it saves everyone time. Heck, the Ukrainians should get in on this one and pay the Russian officers to do it too - I'm sure there;d be a lot of takers on the Russian side.

 

[ll74]

Off topic opinion:
I rewatched a documentary on Chernobyl

Seriously, the Russian regime are animals.

And when I see our administration replacing experienced government workers with loyalists, it scares the fuck out of me.

 

[ChloeTzang]

 

[colddiesel]

But I do love this black widow scam. It's so very Russian.

Read "Dead Souls" by Nicolai Gogol, published 1842. The hero Chichicov buys the papers of dead serfs before they are declared officially dead in the Census. This makes him officially wealthy and thus a suitable marriage prospect for a wealthy woman. It is very dark, very Russian, and hilarious.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Read "Dead Souls" by Nicolai Gogol, published 1842. The hero Chichicov buys the papers of dead serfs before they are declared officially dead in the Census. This makes him officially wealthy and thus a suitable marriage prospect for a wealthy woman. It is very dark, very Russian, and hilarious.

LOL. Isn't it - I'll have to dig that one out and re-read it. A lot of Russian literature is very dark.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Denys's take on Trump / Putin - We've hit Trump's Friday deadline for Russia and, well, yet again, nothing seems to be happening. Really, Trump has no idea what to do, and he hasn't put together any new aid to Ukraine. Only continued what Biden already approved, plus a few sales to Europe, for Europe to pass on to Ukraine.

Other than that, Trump is floundering.

Putin of course has set conditions for a meeting with Zelensky - namely, Ukraine must first capitulate. Of course. LOL. Nothing has changed. Putin will fuck Trump around and Trump will bend over for it.

 

[dmallord]

Off topic opinion:
I rewatched a documentary on Chernobyl

Seriously, the Russian regime are animals.

And when I see our administration replacing experienced government workers with loyalists, it scares the fuck out of me.

What scares me is the abundance of unwavering loyalists lacking in morals and civic responsibility that step forward to do Trump's bidding. What the helll happened to parent raising responsible kids? [I know the answer; you don't have to reply; this was rhetorical.]

 

[ChloeTzang]

Ukraine is targeting Russia’s oil refining capacity in a sustained campaign, cutting fuel production, driving record-high prices, and straining the economy. Repeated strikes are crippling key facilities, forcing shutdowns, disrupting exports, and weakening the resources that keep Russia’s war machine running. The mounting damage is creating both economic and military pressure that could have lasting consequences for the Kremlin.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Ukraine are usuing prop-drive cropdusters to shoot down Russian drones.....in this case it looks like a Polish PZL-10BT Turbo Kruk or maybe a Czech Zlin Z 37T Agro-Turbo

 

[ChloeTzang]

The Kremlin is not a government - it is a criminal syndicate led by Vladimir Putin, armed with missiles, propaganda, and nuclear weapons. Yet Western leaders continue to treat Moscow as if it were a normal state, ignoring the far darker truth. While the invaders bombard civilian homes and hospitals, Kyiv is striking back with precision. Ukraine’s long-range drones are now hitting targets deep inside Russian territory, including GPS-guided strikes launched from within the Federation itself.

These strikes are not just symbolic - they are exposing major gaps in Moscow’s air defenses, causing widespread panic, and humiliating the Russian Ministry of Defense. As Russian officials cry “terrorism,” their own military continues to erase entire towns in eastern Ukraine. The hypocrisy is total, and with each passing week, the cost for the Kremlin is mounting.

Worse still, even as it suffers these blows, the regime has revealed its most grotesque war crime yet: a public database of abducted Ukrainian children, complete with names, photos, and personality descriptions. Branded as “adoptions,” this is nothing less than state-run child trafficking. It fits a familiar pattern seen from Georgia to Crimea, from Donbas to today’s full-scale invasion - seize land, destroy infrastructure, deny everything, and never rebuild.

Now, that pattern is starting to unravel. Ukraine’s asymmetric warfare, internal sabotage, and relentless counterstrikes are bleeding the mafia state from within. This is no longer merely a war of attrition; it is the slow, visible death of a crumbling empire.

 

[Rightguide]

Foreign Affairs

Why Zelensky Should Fear His Own Former General​

Valery Zaluzhny looks to be maneuvering to replace Ukraine’s wartime president—perhaps with America’s support.

The former commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces penned an article and posed for Vogue Ukraine in late July. Though the article appeared in the magazine’s 2025 Leaders edition, Valery Zaluzhny nowhere declared an intention to run for Ukraine’s leadership, nor has he declared an intention to run at any other time. But, perhaps, he did not need to.

The article was an apparent rebranding effort. Appearing in a tailored suit instead of the battle fatigues Ukrainians are used to seeing him in, Zaluzhny humanized himself. He discussed his childhood and never mentioned his rise through the ranks nor his battlefield strategy in the war with Russia. Rather than citing military strategists or military historians, Zaluzhny cited Vasyl Alexandrovich Sukhomlynsky, a Ukrainian intellectual and educator who stressed beauty and nature, the preciousness of human life, and the sanctity of bringing joy to others. Zaluzhny set his happy childhood against the backdrop of Sukhomlynsky’s teaching that “the years of childhood are, first of all, the education of the heart.” Sukhomlynsky, he explained, taught that childhood is when “moral qualities, emotional intelligence, and the ability to empathize develop.”

These are very different words and a very different tone than Ukrainians are used to hearing from their heroic military commander. Zaluzhny carefully cast himself as a man of the people. “I was born in 1973 in an ordinary Ukrainian city, in an ordinary Ukrainian family,” he wrote. He grew up in a home where “[e]veryone in our family spoke Ukrainian” and in a village where “many Ukrainian songs were sung.” He grew up in his “grandfather's modest house,” where there was not “a single Russian book.” In his childhood, Russian was the language of the bullies in the city; in his adulthood, Russia is “the most brutal enemy since fascism.”

Zaluzhny placed great emphasis on “the people who are united in the state of Ukraine.” Though the translation is, at times, difficult, he seems even to have made a concession to Ukraine’s ethnic Russians, holding up the hope of a future that is “not a monopolar totalitarian one” and “at least with a chance for democratic values.” This tone and these apparent concessions depart from the monoculturist language of Ukrainian governments since the 2014 coup that have attempted to erase any whiff of Russian language and culture.

More here: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-zelensky-should-fear-his-own-former-general/

 

[ChloeTzang]

Trump's totally delusional over Ukraine. WW3 my ass. Trump has done literally nothing except screw Ukraine over and do his best to help Putin, and he still is.

Putin has consistently stated nothig less than Ukrainian capitulation will do. If Trump even succeeds in getting some sort of "ceasefire", it's unlikely to last more than a couple of years, and then Putin will have another go.

 

[Lazaran]

Foreign Affairs

Why Zelensky Should Fear His Own Former General​

Valery Zaluzhny looks to be maneuvering to replace Ukraine’s wartime president—perhaps with America’s support.

The former commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces penned an article and posed for Vogue Ukraine in late July. Though the article appeared in the magazine’s 2025 Leaders edition, Valery Zaluzhny nowhere declared an intention to run for Ukraine’s leadership, nor has he declared an intention to run at any other time. But, perhaps, he did not need to.

The article was an apparent rebranding effort. Appearing in a tailored suit instead of the battle fatigues Ukrainians are used to seeing him in, Zaluzhny humanized himself. He discussed his childhood and never mentioned his rise through the ranks nor his battlefield strategy in the war with Russia. Rather than citing military strategists or military historians, Zaluzhny cited Vasyl Alexandrovich Sukhomlynsky, a Ukrainian intellectual and educator who stressed beauty and nature, the preciousness of human life, and the sanctity of bringing joy to others. Zaluzhny set his happy childhood against the backdrop of Sukhomlynsky’s teaching that “the years of childhood are, first of all, the education of the heart.” Sukhomlynsky, he explained, taught that childhood is when “moral qualities, emotional intelligence, and the ability to empathize develop.”

These are very different words and a very different tone than Ukrainians are used to hearing from their heroic military commander. Zaluzhny carefully cast himself as a man of the people. “I was born in 1973 in an ordinary Ukrainian city, in an ordinary Ukrainian family,” he wrote. He grew up in a home where “[e]veryone in our family spoke Ukrainian” and in a village where “many Ukrainian songs were sung.” He grew up in his “grandfather's modest house,” where there was not “a single Russian book.” In his childhood, Russian was the language of the bullies in the city; in his adulthood, Russia is “the most brutal enemy since fascism.”

Zaluzhny placed great emphasis on “the people who are united in the state of Ukraine.” Though the translation is, at times, difficult, he seems even to have made a concession to Ukraine’s ethnic Russians, holding up the hope of a future that is “not a monopolar totalitarian one” and “at least with a chance for democratic values.” This tone and these apparent concessions depart from the monoculturist language of Ukrainian governments since the 2014 coup that have attempted to erase any whiff of Russian language and culture.

More here: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-zelensky-should-fear-his-own-former-general/

Could Russiaguide be anymore of a Putinista / Trumpinista taint sniffing traitor???

 

[ChloeTzang]

Foreign Affairs

Why Zelensky Should Fear His Own Former General​

Valery Zaluzhny looks to be maneuvering to replace Ukraine’s wartime president—perhaps with America’s support.

The former commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces penned an article and posed for Vogue Ukraine in late July. Though the article appeared in the magazine’s 2025 Leaders edition, Valery Zaluzhny nowhere declared an intention to run for Ukraine’s leadership, nor has he declared an intention to run at any other time. But, perhaps, he did not need to.

The article was an apparent rebranding effort. Appearing in a tailored suit instead of the battle fatigues Ukrainians are used to seeing him in, Zaluzhny humanized himself. He discussed his childhood and never mentioned his rise through the ranks nor his battlefield strategy in the war with Russia. Rather than citing military strategists or military historians, Zaluzhny cited Vasyl Alexandrovich Sukhomlynsky, a Ukrainian intellectual and educator who stressed beauty and nature, the preciousness of human life, and the sanctity of bringing joy to others. Zaluzhny set his happy childhood against the backdrop of Sukhomlynsky’s teaching that “the years of childhood are, first of all, the education of the heart.” Sukhomlynsky, he explained, taught that childhood is when “moral qualities, emotional intelligence, and the ability to empathize develop.”

These are very different words and a very different tone than Ukrainians are used to hearing from their heroic military commander. Zaluzhny carefully cast himself as a man of the people. “I was born in 1973 in an ordinary Ukrainian city, in an ordinary Ukrainian family,” he wrote. He grew up in a home where “[e]veryone in our family spoke Ukrainian” and in a village where “many Ukrainian songs were sung.” He grew up in his “grandfather's modest house,” where there was not “a single Russian book.” In his childhood, Russian was the language of the bullies in the city; in his adulthood, Russia is “the most brutal enemy since fascism.”

Zaluzhny placed great emphasis on “the people who are united in the state of Ukraine.” Though the translation is, at times, difficult, he seems even to have made a concession to Ukraine’s ethnic Russians, holding up the hope of a future that is “not a monopolar totalitarian one” and “at least with a chance for democratic values.” This tone and these apparent concessions depart from the monoculturist language of Ukrainian governments since the 2014 coup that have attempted to erase any whiff of Russian language and culture.

More here: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-zelensky-should-fear-his-own-former-general/

Zaluzhny will more than likely be the next President after Zelensky. In the next Ukrainian elections, after the war is over. In the meantime he has been very open that he supports Zelensky and the Ukrainian Constitution.

There is no way in hell that Zaulzhny will replace Zelensky BEFORE an election that will be held as per the Ukrainian Consitution.

On the other hand, polls indicate Zaluzhny will beat every other combimation of opponents and hinestly, I can't see Zelensky even running - after this war is over, he's going to be burnt out, and more like a STatesman Emiritius for Ukraine

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Zaluzhny will more than likely be the next President after Zelensky. In the next Ukrainian elections, after the war is over.

When?

 

[ChloeTzang]

When?

As per the Ukrainian Constitution, there will be no elections while Ukraine is at war. The crazy thing is, Zelensky was elected based on his position, which was to negotiate a lasting peace with Russia. I doubt that's possible until Russia collapses and Putin is dead and the Russians drien out of Ukraine. My guess would be 2027

Right now, Putin still thinks he can win and the "negotiations" Trump continues to babble on about will go nowhere. Putin will come up with something impossible. Trump will use "we're talking" as an excuse to do nothing, and i fact will do his best to force Ukraine to give away everything for nithing, as he has been doing for months. He truly is either a fuckimg retarded idiot or in Putin's pocket. Do act this dumb, Trimp has to know Putin has something on him.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Trump is at it again....he has (a) learnt nothing, or (b) he is owned by Putin

Mind you, he has still done nothing to aid Ukraine so at this point Ukraine may as well tell him to fuck off, altho Zelensky is still doing his best to soft-talk and flatter him into reality.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Meanwhile in Ukraine......

https://twitter.com/x/status/1953838976109838362

 

[coati]

The Orange Pig, otherwise known as TACO MAN, has already chickened out of insisting that a Ukraine rep must be present at the meeting with Putin.

He's truly Putin's bitch.

 

[ChloeTzang]

The Trump Administration goes from bad to worse.....it's clear this is a European War now. The USA has betrayed democracy and is out of it.

Where is the "Great Progress" in negotiations Trump spoke about? There is absolutely no change in Russias demands...Absolutely NO Progress!!!

Bottom line is this... Trump has lied again and again, hoping to put pressure on Ukraine to surrender!!! If Russia launches an aggressive war and not only goes unpunished but also seizes vast territories, such so-called “peace” would be nothing more than opening the door to future invasions, effectively declaring to the world that aggression pays and violence works and cementing a slide into WW3.

Rather than preventing WW3, by selling Ukraone out, Trump will have accelerated the slide towards WW3.