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

RUSSIA’S GASOLINE CRISIS: REFINERY SHUTDOWN STRATEGY


Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries, which resumed in August and have hit at least seven major facilities, could inflict irreparable damage on the domestic oil processing industry,

 
When it comes to Putin, Trump is Pathetically Embarrassing

This is Twilight Zone territory

Trump is gonna cry so hard when Russia and Putin goes down

 

“Flamingo” in action: how Ukraine keeps Russians in its sights!


Ukraine no longer relies on it's allies for a limited number of long range weapons

Now Ukraine has a long range cruise missile it can reach almost everywhere in Russia, and which it can use as it likes without any artificial constraints imposed by cowardly weasals

With a one ton warhead, it has one heck of an impact when it hits.....

 

Anne Applebaum: The Real Reason Why Putin Keeps Refusing a Ceasefire


This is not a war over territory. There's no piece of territory that Russia needs. Imaginimg that Russia will accept land for peace is a mistake. AT the moment, Putin believes he will win and that Ukraine will be defeated and he will control the whole of Ukraine. Since he still thinks he's going to win, why could he stop fighting. That all he wants is a piece of land is a fundamental misundertanding.

This is a colonial war, comparable perhaps to the French war in Algeria.

Anne explains this really well.

 
Really interesting look at taking the Russian Oil Industry down

Some of the Russian oil fields are so old that if they stop pumping, it will take a huge investment in modern technology to bring them online again.....

Really god analysis of the impact and contingency steps the US may be making ti mitigate the impact of taking Russian pool offline.

 
It's very clear what Trump is doing here.

He doesn't want Ukraine to win. He's stalling on sanctions and actions against Russia, giving Putin what he wants, which is time to comp;ete the defeat of Ukraine. The moment it looks like Ukraine is winning, Putin will agree and Trump will try and force Ukraine into a disadvantageous ceasefire. At that point Trump will need to be cut out of the loop and stalled while Ukraine completes the destruction of Russia.

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It's very clear what Trump is doing here.

He doesn't want Ukraine to win. He's stalling on sanctions and actions against Russia, giving Putin what he wants, which is time to comp;ete the defeat of Ukraine. The moment it looks like Ukraine is winning, Putin will agree and Trump will try and force Ukraine into a disadvantageous ceasefire. At that point Trump will need to be cut out of the loop and stalled while Ukraine completes the destruction of Russia.

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DonOld “the traitorous dotard” is such an embarrassment - and such a traitorous dotard.

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We. Told. Them. So.

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Ukraine Advances | A new Counterattack in ***** Direction


ZSU advanced in an area where the Russians have been attacking.

 

Armenia & Azerbaijan Team Up to CRUSH Russia's Influence!

Armenia and Azerbaijan have signed a U.S.-brokered peace deal on August 9, 2024, marking a decisive break from Moscow’s influence. The agreement, confirmed by The Guardian and Euromaidan Press, ends a decades-long conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh and establishes a new trade corridor. This move follows Armenia’s April–May 2024 return of border villages and Azerbaijan’s 2023 retaking of Nagorno-Karabakh, both moments where Russia failed to act.

The deal grants the United States development rights over the corridor while both Armenia and Azerbaijan formally recognize each other’s sovereignty. Russia, once the dominant broker in the region, has been sidelined after years of playing both sides. With Armenia turning away from Moscow and Azerbaijan looking west, Putin faces a strategic loss in the Caucasus at a time when his military is already consumed by the Ukraine war.

 

Trump says Ukraine must accept Russian terms to end the war


In other words, Trump is still sucking Putin's cock and doing his best to force Ukraine to surrender. His latest is that “He’s long believed that Russia holds the upper hand in the war and needs to be nudged toward peace talks. Ukraine, meanwhile, relies heavily on the U.S. for weapons and intelligence. So there are more pressure points to push them into a deal,” a former Trump administration official explained.

According to three individuals familiar with Trump’s thinking, the U.S. president remains reluctant to pressure Vladimir Putin, convinced that he holds more leverage over Ukraine and America’s European allies. Previously, Trump had stated that his possible participation in a three-way meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Russian dictator would depend on whether “those two can work together.”

Kurt Volker, former U.S. ambassador and special envoy for Ukraine, told the outlet that the peace process remains stuck at the same point it was six months ago. “There won’t be a deal. Putin will never agree,” he said.

Living in a fantasy world, Trump continues to assure his allies that negotiations remain on track.....Another White House source told Politico that Trump and his national security team “continue to work with Russian and Ukrainian officials to organize a bilateral meeting.” At the same time, the White House declined to comment on the Kremlin’s apparent evasion of a meeting between the Russian dictator and the Ukrainian president.

In other words, because Ukraine fights on so effectively, Putin is using Trump to try and pressure Ukraine into surrendering, because thats what Russia's terms amount to. Putin refiuses to budge on his demands, and Trump is doing his best to help him.

https://english.nv.ua/nation/trump-...-russian-terms-politico-reports-50539417.html
 

Putin promised to take Sumy — his paratroopers are trapped there instead

What began as a Russian push toward Sumy ended with elite paratroopers cut off and surrounded.

Ukrainian forces in the sector have seized the initiative, moving from a defensive posture to a broad counteroffensive that is steadily reshaping the frontline and dictating the battle. The momentum shift is allowing Ukrainian units to dictate the pace of battle, breaking down Russian cohesion and allowing elite enemy forces to be encircled. Ukrainian forces started successfully advancing near:
  • Kindrativka
  • Andriivka
  • Oleksiivka
  • Yablunivka
  • Yunakivka
They have been supported by a series of air strikes against Russian concentrations of forces and effective disruption of enemy reinforcement attempts, with the Russians trying to cross a local lake being targeted by drones. A Russian military analyst embedded with Russian forces in this sector reported that Russians are suffering from glaring issues with defensive cohesion:
  • Fire coordination is ineffective against Ukrainian assaults.
  • Requested reinforcements often never arrive.
  • Counterattacks are delayed by several days.
Ukrainian commanders are exploiting these weaknesses with precision, forcing Russians into a defensive posture they cannot maintain. Nowhere was this more evident than at Sadky, where Ukrainian forces managed to encircle elements of the 51st VDV Brigade, a supposedly elite airborne formation that should not be prone to such breakdowns. Sadky itself remains under Ukrainian control, but reports indicate that Russian soldiers have been trapped and eliminated in the nearby forest spanning 15 square kilometers.

These events are not an isolated failure, but a symptom of a deeper, structural problem within the Russian military in the area. Russia’s operational mindset, long focused on continuous offensives, appears to have eroded its ability to mount an effective defense. In pursuit of gains during the summer offensive, Russian commanders committed vast reserves of armor and manpower, leaving little left to plug gaps when momentum stalled. The fighting in Kursk was particularly costly: armored vehicles were destroyed in huge numbers, forcing Russia to rely on infantry, motorcycles, and small assault teams. Now in Sumy, most Russian soldiers move on foot, taking them days to reach the frontline, and they can’t respond effectively when Ukrainians attack. Additionally, North Korean troops were annihilated by Ukrainian cluster munitions 200 soldiers at a time, and the Russian infantry that remains is exhausted, making the Russian Sumy front thinly manned and dangerously vulnerable.

Faced with this unfolding crisis, Russian command has attempted to reinforce the sector with a battalion from the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade, tasked with stabilizing Kindrativka. Yet this solution may only compound the problem, as this Russian brigade suffered devastating losses during the Kursk battles and is now believed to be operating at only 35 to 45% of its nominal combat strength. Rather than deploying a cohesive, intact battalion, the likely reality is a composite force cobbled together from remnants of different units, a halfhearted measure that further undermines cohesion and interoperability. While these reinforcements may slow Ukrainian advances temporarily, they lack the depth and organization to mount a meaningful defense.

Overall, in Sumy Oblast, the narrative has shifted entirely, and what began as a Ukrainian defensive effort has evolved into offensive momentum that is dismantling Russian positions piece by piece. For Russia, the situation is a bitter reversal, as it was just weeks ago that President Vladimir Putin himself issued aggressive statements about pushing into Sumy and even threatening the regional capital.

Without fresh reserves or a radical change in operational approach, Russia is poised to lose even more ground and with it, any lingering credibility in its ability to threaten the city of Sumy again. Ukrainian defensive plans not only absorbed the initial Russian pressure but have now turned the tide, enabling methodical counterattacks that are pushing Russian forces back across the sector.

Just as a comment, this same situation seems to be playing out n many different areas of the frontlines, maiing Trump's attempts tp force Ukraine to capitulate even more laughably pathetic. Trump may play wel to an American auidence on internal domestic issues, but on the international stage, he looks like a fool, and what is worse, a weak fool. President TACO indeed.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/23/putin-sumy-paratroopers-trapped/

 
Russia and Iran are combining to attempt to dismantle the emerging peace and trade alliance betweeb Azerbaihjan and Armenia...

....treating the US-brokered Zangezur Corridor as a direct threat to their interests. Both countries are signaling they will stop the project by any means, including the use of military force.

Armenia and Azerbaijan, once locked in decades of war over Nagorno-Karabakh, have moved to end hostilities, with a preliminary peace agreement signed in Washington. The deal paves the way for mutual recognition of borders and the creation of the Zangezur Corridor, a transport link managed by a third party running through southern Armenia, connecting mainland Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan enclave and on to Turkey.

For Azerbaijan, the corridor replaces its reliance on Iranian territory to mainland contact with Nakhchivan, cutting Iran out of a role it has used for years to exert leverage over Azerbaijan. For Iran, the project sidelines its influence in the South Caucasus entirely, additionally blocking access to the Armenian border it depends on for overland routes to regional markets and the Black Sea. It also threatens the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline and associated gas-for-electricity swap deals, which have been pillars of Tehran’s economic influence northward. By giving Azerbaijan and Armenia a direct route that bypasses Iranian territory altogether, the corridor undermines one of Iran’s last strategic footholds in the region.

Tehran as now declared that it will block the Zangezur corridor’s construction, with or without Russian support. Senior adviser to the Supreme Leader, Ali Akbar Veleyati, called the idea of the US leasing the route to a private military company for 99 years impossible, warning that it would become a graveyard for Trump’s mercenaries. Iran has already held military exercises on its northwestern border to underscore its readiness to intervene, and possibly undertake military action against Armenia, Azerbaijan, and any who support the corridor’s construction. However, with the peace framework between Armenia and Azerbaijan now close to completion, and the construction of the Zangezur Corridor threatening to remove the need for Russian peacekeepers, Moscow is beginning to push back, even while still bogged down in Ukraine.

Russia has now launched a humanitarian mission in Armenia to provide aid to displaced Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, a move aimed at regaining popularity among the Armenian public while reminding the Armenian government that Russia will not give up its role and influence in the region. The effort also carries a veiled warning: that Moscow still has networks and presence inside Armenia, it could use to pressure the government. This is a sharp contrast to Russia’s earlier inaction, having failed to defend Armenia both before and during the Ukraine war, only to protest when Armenia sought guarantees elsewhere.

Notably, Russia and Iran are deepening their military cooperation in the southern Caucasus, signaling joint strength to two neighbors seeking to break free of their influence. In the Caspian Sea, they have just completed the Casarex 2025 naval and amphibious drills, bringing together warships, missile boats, and destroyers for coordinated operations. While officially framed as defensive, these exercises demonstrate capabilities that could be applied offensively. Regional analysts now warn of scenarios where Russian troops already stationed in Armenia seize strategic border crossings, or where Russian intelligence agencies fund and arm separatist groups, repeating the same playbook used in Ukraine and Georgia. Amphibious landings or missile strikes from the Caspian could target coastal infrastructure, while Iranian forces move in from the south, forcing the still infant friendship between Armenia and Azerbaijan to mount a joint defense against two major regional powers at once.

Overall, the alignment of Armenia and Azerbaijan under a US-backed trade and transit deal has forced both Russia and Iran to confront the disappearance of their influence in the South Caucasus. For Iran, the corridor represents a strategic bypass that cuts it out of the regional transit and undermines its energy leverage; for Moscow, it signals the loss of another former client to Western-backed integration. Their joint military exercises and hardline rhetoric suggest that, for all the diplomatic progress made between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the Zangezur Corridor could still become the focal point of a new confrontation, one where the peace deal itself is the target.

Mind you, there's another very large player involved - Turkey! Also, besides Turkey, Azerbaijan has a lot of ties with Israel and surprise surprise, there is a large Azerbaijani ethnic enclave across the border in Iran. Go figure....it's also worth mentioning that Turkey and Armenia are busy strengthening their relationship (wow!, so Armenia does not have to rely on a small number of American mercenaries. ANd Turkey has made noises about a NATO base in Azerbaijan. Every move here that makes Russia and Iran weaker makes Turkey stronger, I doubt they would sit back on this opportunity.

 
Turkey signaled its readiness to deploy forces to Azerbaijan, setting the stage for a large-scale rebalancing of power in the South Caucasus.

In Azerbaijan, calls are growing for Turkish troops to serve as permanent peacekeepers and security guarantors against any future Russian move. The idea gained momentum after an Azerbaijani journalist asked Turkish President Erdogan when the Turkish Army would come to Azerbaijan, because without it, there is always the risk of a new Russian occupation. Azerbaijanis note that Turkish soldiers are the ultimate deterrent to Moscow, as Russia continues moving additional troops toward the Azerbaijani border and reinforces its military bases in Armenia despite Armenian protests. Turkish special forces and advisors already rotate through Azerbaijani units, and the private military company Sadat has an established presence, but the current push is for a permanent and full-on Turkish military presence in Azerbaijan. By joining and shaping public debate in both countries, Turkey is testing the waters for a permanent deployment that would complicate any Russian military action in the Caucasus.

At the same time, Azerbaijan is breaking with Soviet military traditions, because President Ilham Aliyev has ordered a full switch from Russia’s military coordinate grid system to the US-developed World Geodetic System, the standard used by NATO. This removes one of the last major Russian frameworks still embedded in Azerbaijani military planning, marking a decisive break from the Soviet systems that once structured Baku’s entire defense doctrine. This system integrates GPS and satellite imagery to ensure efficiency in targeting data and joint operational planning across allied forces. By adopting it, Azerbaijan can now receive and provide Nato-standard military coordinates, reconnaissance, and targeting data more effectively and without delay with Turkish and other allied units, and train in joint operations with no conversion gap. This directly supports Baku’s push for a permanent Turkish troop presence, ensuring both forces could operate seamlessly with one another from the first day of deployment. While the shift is technical, it carries a clear strategic signal: Azerbaijan is making genuine preparations for potential defensive conflict with Russia by aligning its mapping, targeting, and navigation infrastructure with the West and removing all dependency on Russian systems in wartime.

The sharpest warning, however, came after Russian missile and drone strikes deliberately destroyed facilities of Socar, Azerbaijan’s state oil company, with precise long-range attacks in Ukraine. Baku publicly threatened to respond by sending not just Humanitarian support or defensive equipment to Ukraine, but actual weapons. Notably, the Baku-based Avia-Agregat plant began producing 122 millimeter and 155 millimeter artillery shells using Turkish and Bulgarian production lines already in 2022. These are exactly the kinds of munitions Ukraine needs most: artillery shells to sustain defensive and offensive operations. If Baku scales up such deliveries, the geopolitical impact would be immediate; another former Russian ally would be openly arming Ukraine, signaling a deepening strategic defeat for Moscow. Russia’s attacks on Socar assets have therefore created the risk of provoking a stronger, more open Azerbaijani military role in Ukraine, a shift that Azerbaijan could make without fear of military retaliation if Turkey deploys its peacekeepers in the region.

Overall, what began as targeted strikes on energy facilities is now feeding into a broader realignment, with Azerbaijan openly seeking Turkish troop deployments, embedding Nato systems into its military to ensure full interoperability, and weighing whether to arm Ukraine more heavily. Each step is a response to Russian provocations and a move that further isolates Moscow. The irony is that by hitting Socar in Ukraine, Russia may have accelerated trends that were already underway, turning a wary neighbor into an active security partner for both Turkey and Ukraine. If these steps continue, the Kremlin could find that in trying to punish Azerbaijan, it instead pushes it firmly into the opposing camp with consequences that reach far beyond the oil sector.

 

Russia’s War Machine Is Cracking


Russia’s war machine is cracking from the inside. Ukraine’s radio-silent drones are blinding the Black Sea Fleet and torching rail-side fuel depots, stalling trains from Crimea to Rostov. Inside Moscow, reshuffles, raids and ‘internal enemies’ reveal a regime losing control—and why the tempo of this war is shifting.

This Ukraine war update and military analysis covers the logistics collapse, drone warfare, and Kremlin infighting. We examine the Sevastopol Khersones hub strike and how Black Sea Fleet radar and surveillance gaps emerged; Crimea fuel depot fires and delayed trains; and Rostov and Voronezh power-line disruptions. The video focuses on Ukraine’s new radio-silent, terrain-following drones that avoid jamming and enable precision attacks on rail chokepoints. We also explore the signals of an inner crisis in Russia: FSB crackdowns, propagandist targeting, command reshuffles, and collapsing morale.

00:00 Vladimir Putin is Lost
01:05 Black Sea Fleet's Surveillance Struck
04:45 The Russian World / Russkii Mir, Dugin, & Revolution in Russia
07:43 Ukraine's New Martian Drones
08:04 The Kremlin's Panic Worsens
11:05 The FSB is a Mafia
13:14 Are Russians Realizing the Kremlin's Lies?
13:34 What Putin Truly Fears
14:49 Fixing Ukrainian Drones - Volunteer Optical Labatory
16:06 Why Ukraine is Winning & Russia is Losing

 
You haven't seen it because your eyes are closed. Russia doesn't occupy Donbas.
https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/INTERACTIVE-What-Ukrainian-territory-does-Putin-want-AUG-12-2025-copy-3-1755156367.png?quality=80
As of August 2025, Russia occupies significant portions of the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, encompassing both Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. According to recent reports, Russian forces control approximately 88% of Donbas, including all of Luhansk and about 75% of Donetsk .ABC+1

There you go numb nuts.
 
Now? The Ukraine unlawful defense is making the US $$$! As it should be!
Next? Putin waves mineral rights under his puppet’s nose
 
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