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2026-03-26 01:01:10 UTC

Ukrainian drones have caused absolute havoc at the Russian sea terminals in the Baltic Sea. Not only the oil terminal at Primorsk has been struck, but also the larger one in Ust Luga. Both oil terminals are on fire.
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2026-03-21 22:50:52 UTC

Hungary under Orban has been a Russian client state for years. The corruption levels are on par with those of its Russian masters. There is virtually no difference. The revelation that secret communications inside the EU have been delivered to Russia comes at no surprise. I’m also pretty certain that even NATO secrets have been delivered to Moscow.
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2026-03-17 08:19:50 UTC

Number of dedicated mine hunters / minesweepers in navies belonging to NATO:
Europe: +150 vessels
USA: 4-8 vessels
Canada: 9-12 vessels
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2026-03-16 10:02:21 UTC

Trump last night: „We are helping NATO with Ukraine, so NATO should help the US to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.“
This is a lie. Trump suspended all help to Ukraine with his inauguration. Not a single cent is going to Ukraine. European countries are buying US weapons. This is not helping, this purchasing. When I buy my goods in a store, then the store is not „helping“, it is making business.
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2026-03-12 05:49:23 UTC

The tankers „SafeSea Vishnu“ (IMO: 9327009) and ,Zefyros“ (IMO: 9515917) were struck near the coast of Iran and are burning. The attacks have likely been conducted by USVs.
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2026-03-04 23:12:24 UTC

4 years of war against the Russian aggressors including the invaluable experience as well as technology Ukraine has accumulated, and it is now the nations of the world in dire situation which ask Ukraine for help. The best part, Ukraine gives them the help.
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2026-03-01 06:26:23 UTC

After admitting Khamenei’s death the remaining leadership figures of the Iranian regime will form a “leadership council” headed by Ali Larijani.
That’s currently the most dangerous position in the world.
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2026-02-28 16:52:03 UTC

An Iranian drone struck a high-rise building in Bahrain.
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2026-02-28 13:27:03 UTC

Nobody has more experience in countering Shahed drones than Ukrainian forces. The US, Israel and the Arab states in the Middle East should request their knowledge, instantly. The fact that Iranian Shahed drones can hit high-value targets of US forces rather easily is very telling.

2026-02-28 07:34:36 UTC

Several cities in Iran have been struck.
Israel has coined the operation “Lion Roar”.
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2026-02-22 21:08:13 UTC

Finally breaking my silence on this matter.
Ukrainian forces have launched counterattack operations in the Russian-occupied parts of the Dnipropetrovsk region in Ukraine and almost completely liberated that area from the Russian invasion forces.
According my estimations around 300 square kilometers (115 square miles) of Ukrainian territory have been liberated within the last 20 days. This is more area than Russians conquered in December 2025.
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2026-02-09 12:12:25 UTC

No matter which government rules the country, all European nations share a common dislike for Putin, even in Hungary. All but one: Serbia.
Remember this whenever Serbia makes calls for entering the EU. They are literally Putin‘s Only Fans.
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2026-02-08 20:08:25 UTC

An Ukrainian F-16 intercepting a Russian Shahed drone.
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2026-02-05 08:29:51 UTC

It appears that unregistered Starlink terminals in Ukraine, which are only used by Russian invaders, are going offline. Russian military bloggers are furious, cursing Elon Musk.
You cannot overstate how big this development is. Communication is vital in any war, but it has been never so decisive as in this one, where the fight in the electromagnetic spectrum is raging on levels unseen before.
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2026-02-04 11:47:54 UTC

Possibly the biggest burn in this year, and this says a lot when reflecting the last 4 weeks. The French MFA absolutely torched Elon Musk.
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2026-01-31 13:27:06 UTC

The Swiss company s2a observed the Russian recon satellite „Luch“ when it suddenly got destroyed.
It is currently not confirmed what destroyed the Russian satellite. Suspicion falls on „debris“.
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2026-01-13 11:32:39 UTC

If the Iranian regime has to admit that we have a 4-digit number in deaths, then expect the death toll being far higher, probably over 10,000 as some opposition sources have already mentioned.
This is a massacre as many - myself included - have predicted.
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2026-01-08 17:11:10 UTC

Russia’s losing streak is not coming to an end and received another episode, this time in Iraq.
The Iraqi government nationalized the stake of Russia’s Lukoil in regards to the West Qurna-2 oil field, which accounts of around 75%. This oil field produces 460,000 barrels of oil, daily. Instead Iraq‘s oil industry invited US energy giants ExxonMobil and Chevron to bid on the stake.
Iraq wants to avoid being targeted by US sanctions, throwing its former Russian business partner under the bus.
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2026-01-03 08:46:40 UTC

US forces are striking Caracas, Venezuela. This is a full scale operation.
If the Americans conduct this to its logical end, then Maduro is finally finished.
This is also extremely terrifying for Iran.
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2026-01-02 21:32:25 UTC

It is slowly dawning on some Russian bloggers what an absolute devastating loss the war is for Russia. Not a single strategic goal has been achieved, but a trillion USD wasted, plus more a million Russian casualties.
The worst is even yet to come. The gap between Russia and the major economies in terms of technology is far greater than it was when the Soviet Union collapsed.
Russia future is bleak and even some ardent Russian nationalists cannot mince words for what is coming.
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2026-01-01 20:40:02 UTC

The aggregated map with all Russian air attacks which occurred in 2025. Russia launched a record number of missiles and drones into Ukraine, making clear that Putin has no intention in peace. All while Trump is in office.
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2025-12-31 08:51:57 UTC

Ukrainian forces released a video showing the destruction of Russian targets in occupied parts of Ukraine.
The Rovenky oil depot in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region was struck multiple times by FP-1/FP-2 long-range drones.
Also, radar stations, troop bases and electric substations were struck in Russian-occupied Crimea and Zaporizhzhia.
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2025-12-28 22:40:47 UTC

Kudos to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy for keeping himself together after Trump‘s statement that „Russia wants Ukraine to succeed“. I would have bursted out laughing. But his facial expressions are priceless.
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2025-12-21 20:51:25 UTC

US Senator Lindsay Graham on the question what happens if Putin does not stop the war:
„If Putin says no, we need to dramatically change the game, including giving Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine to hit the drone and missile factories that exist in Russia. I will go all-in if Putin says no.“
Earlier the senator proposed to board Russia shadow fleet tankers the same way tankers from Venezuela are getting boarded.
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2025-12-15 15:47:38 UTC

Spectacular footage from the naval port of Novorossiysk in Russia. For the first time an Ukrainian underwater drone struck a Russia Kilo class submarine and severely damaged it.
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2025-12-12 20:50:59 UTC

EU Foreign Policy Chief, Kaja Kallas:
"The EU just decided to indefinitely immobilize Russian assets. This ensures that up to €210 billion in Russian funds stay on EU soil, unless Russia fully pays reparations to Ukraine for the damage it has caused. We keep increasing the pressure on Russia until it takes negotiations seriously."
Europe is finding one spot where it hurts: the wallet.
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2025-12-10 08:08:44 UTC

Ukraine has accepted all six proposals presented by Trump, while Russia accepted zero.
Ukraine has done everything possible to end the war. Even the majority of Republicans understand that like the Congressman from South Carolina, Joe Wilson. We see another episode why appeasement never leads to peace.
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2025-12-08 17:54:50 UTC

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Because the United States is pulling back, we must support Ukraine more strongly. If Ukraine falls, Russia will be at our border - and Washington won’t come to save us. Integrating Ukraine now as part of European defense and supporting it in such a way that it can push Russia back is part of this necessary efficiency. It will only cost us half of what a Russian success would.“

2025-12-08 17:54:42 UTC

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I say this as a committed transatlanticist: Precisely because the United States sees us this way, we must finally stop being supplicants. We should stop blindly hoping and instead build up our own capabilities with maximum efficiency and develop smart power that makes us more independent and resilient.

2025-12-08 17:54:32 UTC

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What does that mean? The era of the “security guarantee” is over. Washington now treats us more like an annoying client state that’s supposed to pay tribute, or like an economic rival that must be kept in check.

2025-12-08 17:54:16 UTC

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The (military) music is playing exclusively in the Indo-Pacific. The resources we need for protection (air defense, reconnaissance) are heading to Guam and Taiwan to contain China. Nothing will be left for us unless we build it ourselves.
The talk of Europe’s “civilizational decline” in the NSS is a slap in the face. They no longer entrust us with the future. Anyone who writes about partners in this way won’t defend them when it really counts.

2025-12-08 17:53:58 UTC

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For Trump, it’s "States over Institutions." The EU as a force for order is seen as a hostile construct that stands in the way of U.S. interests. In the economic worldview of this administration, we are not an ally, but a competitor that must be made to pay up.
Trump thinks transactionally and with a deal-making mentality that contradicts Europe’s institutionalized and rules-based approach.

2025-12-08 17:53:25 UTC

„The National Security Strategy of the Trump Administration is here.
Anyone who reads the document must understand: The United States has not only bid farewell to its role as the "world policeman," but the upheavals run much deeper.
The United States is no longer interested in Europe. Even more: This administration no longer views Europe - and specifically the EU - as a partner, but rather, in large part, as strategic ballast, as an economic adversary, and as a civilization in decline.

2025-12-06 19:06:54 UTC

Poland‘s Vice President Radoslaw Sikorski absolutely torches Elon Musk.
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2025-11-23 09:52:16 UTC

The opening of Poland's prime minister, Donald Tusk, in reference to the 28 point paper is quite something.
This is trolling on the most professional level politics can give. It is even questionable whether the US side will be understanding this subtlety. Hilarious!
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2025-11-20 06:35:48 UTC

Thinking he is responding to a private message Witkoff accidentally leaked that the Axios report must have originated from the Russian side. „K.“ is most likely Kirill Dmitriev, his Russian counterpart, who in the midst of those secret discussions saw the need to leak them.
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2025-10-27 05:31:32 UTC

After so many wars Russia has waged against others and wasting unbelievably vast sums to perpetuate them, it is peak irony seeing technicals defending the Kremlin.
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2025-10-22 17:20:49 UTC

It is visually confirmed that Ukrainian forces liberated Kucheriv Yar in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, most certainly eliminating the Russian encirclement in this area.
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2025-10-15 10:08:09 UTC

After a long pause Russians have resumed attacks supported by columns of armored vehicles. They tried to reach their forces north of Pokrovsk, but were destroyed long before their reached their intended destination. Around one dozen Russian vehicles have been destroyed.
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2025-10-06 05:23:53 UTC

In response to the massive Russian attack yesterday, Ukrainian forces struck Russian power plants in Klintsy, Bryansk region, and Belgorod last night. The strikes resulted in power outages.
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2025-10-04 04:23:26 UTC

The Kirishi oil refinery in the Leningrad region, Russia, was struck and burns.
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2025-09-19 17:08:23 UTC

Almost ten years ago, Türkiye solved the problem with Russian planes violating their airspace.
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2025-08-24 05:26:50 UTC

The Novatek export terminal at Ust-Luga in Russia is burning. The facility, which is around 800 km (500 miles) from the Ukrainian border, supplies oil tankers at the Baltic Sea.
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2025-08-21 21:10:46 UTC

The Druzhba pipeline has been struck once again. It is the Unecha pump station, Bryansk region, in Russia. Ukrainian forces are making sure that this pipeline will not be operational for a long, long time, possibly forever.
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2025-08-21 15:21:05 UTC

No pressure, no progress.
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2025-08-19 08:49:40 UTC

Chancellor Friedrich Merz:
"I doubt that Putin has the courage to meet President Zelenskyy."
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2025-08-19 08:11:21 UTC

According to WSJ, Finnish President Alexander Stubb called the cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk "a Bastion against the Huns“ which in return impressed Trump.
I see that Stubb is starting to use the language of General Patton.
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2025-08-15 20:12:26 UTC

„Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.“
Winston Churchill

2025-08-01 08:56:55 UTC

Germany will deliver two more Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine.
In the coming days, the German Armed Forces will deliver additional Patriot launchers to Ukraine as a first step.
In a second step, it will hand over further system components within the next two to three months to strengthen Ukraine's air defense with additional Patriot batteries.
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2025-07-12 09:11:37 UTC

German Major General Christian Freuding reports that the German-Ukrainian Initiative, which was launched only in May and which includes the financing of long-range weapon systems, will result in the first delivery by the end of this month.
General Freuding also says that a high 3-digit number in deliveries will follow. It will significantly increase Ukrainian capabilities and enable Ukraine to strike deep into Russian territories.
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2025-07-12 08:21:08 UTC

An Ukrainian Antonov An-124, which was stuck in Kyiv since the Russian full-scale invasion in February 24, 2022, spectacularly flew from its home port in Ukraine to Leipzig, Germany.
The heavy transport was surviving countless air raids on the city of Kyiv and had to undergo extensive repairs and certification before conducting this operation in the middle of the full-scale war.
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2025-07-05 07:48:13 UTC

Ukrainian SOF conducted an operation against the Borisoglebsk Air Base in the Voronezh region, Russia. Reportedly, warehouses of glide bombs were struck. The explosions caused additional damage to nearby planes.
NASA Firms maps confirm large-scale fires at the airbase. The base hosts a variety of attack planes such as Su-34, Su-35S and Su-30SM.
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2025-06-24 05:32:43 UTC

There will never be true ceasefire let alone peace with the mullah regime in Iran, just as there will never be true peace with Putin’s Russia. Both regimes thrive in conflict. Ignoring their intent will only further their ambitions. The only path to a lasting solution is the final removal of those regimes. Period.

2025-06-22 13:21:38 UTC

The Iranian Parliament has reportedly approved the closing of the Strait of Hormuz. Final decision lays now in Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
Source: Al Arabiya
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2025-06-22 01:33:58 UTC

While the B-2 bombers were tasked to take out the Fordow facility, the US Navy were using 30 BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from US submarines to strike the Iranian nuclear facilities in Natanz and Isfahan.
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2025-06-17 06:25:01 UTC

Russians offered to exchange abducted Ukrainian children for captured Russians soldiers.

2025-06-13 07:58:09 UTC

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Weakness and appeasement always invites more war, because it tells everyone that military solutions are a (better) option. Russia's aggression in Ukraine is the greatest threat to the world than most realize. It goes far beyond to what happens there.
Iran will try everything to get the nuclear bomb and if the mullahs achieve that, then more countries in that region will follow, with the result that we would be closer to nuclear wars than ever.

2025-06-13 07:57:54 UTC

The situation in Iran should surprise nobody. Iran has been moving forward in the nuclear program, and Israel cannot accept a nuclear armed Iran. And Iran on the other hand has learned from the failed Budapest Memorandum that treaties are nowadays just ink on paper.
The war in Ukraine and the weak response by the West and the current US administration in particular, which even considered to formally recognize the annexation of Crimea by Russia, further opened the pandora box.

2025-06-08 08:59:44 UTC

Russian drone operators in Kherson have been hunting civilians using FPV drones. Ukrainian forces located one of their bases and used two AASM Hammer glide bombs to wipe the Russian drone base out.
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2025-06-06 04:42:30 UTC

The oil depot in the industrial district of Engels, Saratov region, in Russia has been struck by at least one, likely more UAVs. Three silos are burning.
The city hosts also the nearby Engels-2 airbase, one of Russia‘s airbases for strategic aviation.
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2025-06-05 16:49:20 UTC

Merz: „Tomorrow is June 6, the D-Day anniversary, when the Americans ended the war in Europe.“
Trump: „That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day.“
Merz: „This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship.“
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2025-06-04 15:48:38 UTC

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Part 2
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2025-06-04 15:47:39 UTC

Ukraine has released an extensive video in which the destruction of several strategic bombers of the Russian Air Force is documented.
Aside front he destruction of Russian airframes such as Tu-22, Tu-95, A-50 and An-22, which cannot be replaced, it also shows the planes partially being already armed with missiles, meaning that Russia was about to use them for another missile attack. The fact that Ukrainian drones wiped them out before that attempt only emphasizes Russia‘s monumental defeat.
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2025-06-01 09:06:06 UTC

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The attached map shows the rail network of Russia and the Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine. Due to their length it is not feasible for Russians to protect them all. In many cases it is enough to cut a railtrack just at one point to render a connection between two far-reaching cities inoperable.

2025-06-01 09:05:49 UTC

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While many point out that the Kerch bridge linking Russia with Crimea is important, it is by far not the only weak link. There are plenty of bridges in the regions Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod and especially Rostov which are quite vulnerable.

2025-06-01 09:05:35 UTC

The Russian rail network is essential for Russia's military logistics and economy. It is the only mean for Russians to haul supplies in large quantities through the country. Especially the rail tracks leading to Ukraine are absolutely crucial for Russia to be operational. Without them the war effort would fall apart quite soon.
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2025-05-28 16:20:34 UTC

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- New air defense assets worth €2.2 billion, primarily firing units and missiles of IRIS-T SLM and IRIS-T SLS will be transferred
- Financing of satellite communication, communication devices for the military leadership, artillery ammunition and medical supplies
(2/2)

2025-05-28 16:20:20 UTC

The defense minister of Germany and Ukraine formalize the following points:
- Germany is going to fund Ukraine's long-range missile program. The production capacities in Ukraine have been ready and were lacking only the financing
- Delivery of the first long-range weapons should arrive at the battlefields in the coming weeks already. Weapon systems have already been introduced to the Ukrainian military, so no additional training is needed.
(1/2)
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2025-05-24 09:15:04 UTC

The amount of naivety in the West is staggering, when it comes to dealing with Russia. The majority of Russians live their whole life by pushing others. It starts from childhood, permeates in every aspect of their lives and never ends. If you don’t push back, they will push you all eternity.
Pushing back is no escalation, it is necessary. Sanctions are good, but they are not enough. You won’t convince Russians to make peace, you have to make them. Mikhail Khodorkovsky makes this point clear.
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2025-05-21 05:42:57 UTC

US Senator Chuck Grassley:
„Putin has kidnapped thousands of children to brainwash and Russify them, to destroy their cultural heritage. This is a moral outrage.
I introduced a bipartisan resolution today calling for return of these children before peace agreement is finalized.“
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2024-11-23 15:57:41 UTC

The Russian Ruble is in steep decline, losing another 3% just in a matter of hours. I guess that the Russian base interest rate will be increased soon above the current and high 21%, in order to slow down this development.
Russia's stagflation (recession plus inflation) has begun and the fast dropping value of the Russian currency is only but a taste of what's about to come.
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2024-11-20 08:30:56 UTC

The Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 has fully stopped in the Kattegat bay. Danish patrol ship HDMS Søløven is next to it. Danish boarding parties might be on the Chinese cargo ship, which is suspected to be responsible for cutting two undersea cable in the Baltic Sea.
The skipper of the Chinese ship is a Russian national and the route leads from Ust-Luga (Russia) to Port Said (Egypt).
Source: http://marinetraffic.com
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2024-11-19 06:49:33 UTC

The 67th GRAU Arsenal in Karachev, Bryansk region, was struck. Large secondary explosions can be seen and heard.
This site was on October 9 already target of Ukrainian UAVs which caused the destruction of at least two major warehouses.
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2024-11-17 18:45:57 UTC

It is going to be a new experience for the Russian army inside that orange zone (ATACMS range of 300 km).
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2024-11-17 14:11:22 UTC

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This is the real fear Moscow has. It is afraid of being irrelevant and in the end the weaker social model. Autocracy is a weak model, because it is inefficient. NATO exposes this fact when looking at all former Warsaw pact nations, which are economically, socially and politically thriving. (5/5)

2024-11-17 14:11:09 UTC

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Moscow cannot offer anything of value to the Russian population and, therefore, will always need constant fear and war to distract from this fact. The moment we deny Russia this "business model", imperial Russia will collapse. (4/5)

2024-11-17 14:10:52 UTC

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Russian excuses why they attack nations are redundant and lies. It is not about them. It is about imperial Russia. Russia is the bully which is always jealous and brutal. It is an entity where people leave in droves, where cities are decaying and life span is short. (3/5)

2024-11-17 14:10:22 UTC

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Finland is the living proof for several facts:
1. Russia is not threatened by NATO. Moscow itself claimed it has "no problems Finland being NATO member"
2. If you have a strong military, Russia is deterred
3. Russia never honor treaties, only strength
4. Shared security (NATO) is essential
(2/5)

2024-11-17 14:10:03 UTC

Finland, a country with a long border with Russia and in striking distance to crucial Russian bases such as Murmansk naval port, Olenya air base or even Sankt Petersburg, joint NATO in 2023, but no Russian missiles or drones hit the country when it announced that it wants to join the alliance. (1/5)
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2024-11-17 10:44:07 UTC

The Russian terror wave this morning was massive, but the Ukrainian defense prevented a catastrophe, once again. Shot down ratio:
- 1/1 Zircon (3M22) hypersonic cruise missile
- 7/8 Kinzhal (Kh-47M) aeroballistic missiles
- 85/101 Kalibr/Kh-101 cruise missiles
- 0/1 Iskander-M ballistic missile
- 4/4 Kh-22/Kh-31P cruise/anti-radar missiles
- 5/5 Kh-59/69 cruise missiles
- 42/90 Shahed drones and other types
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2024-11-03 22:24:52 UTC

Moldovan President Maia Sandu has won the 2nd and final round of the presidential elections. She is leading by almost 7 percentage points with 96.9% of all counted votes and cannot be overtaken by her opponent, even when he gets all remaining votes.
The Russian influence and infiltration campaign didn't pay of. Moldovans have chosen that path to the West and the EU.
Congratulations, Maia Sandu.
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2024-11-03 12:06:01 UTC

'm announcing that I'm going to cover the election night.
The latest polls are as narrow as they have been from the beginning. Despite what you have seen, especially here on Twitter-X, it is a 50:50 chance. Nothing has been determined and it can tilt to any side.
In less than 3 days the dice will be cast, but until then:
Vote!
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2024-11-01 23:16:23 UTC

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If we abandon Ukraine and I see certain elements in the West already laying groundwork to do so, then I promise you total escalation with absolute certainty. We won't be able to stop what would come. It will be war all around the globe, using all our weapons in our arsenals, and not one person, even the most powerful person in the world, would be able to change the trajectory, once this course has been set.

2024-11-01 23:16:18 UTC

I have been covering the war in Ukraine since the very first day in 2014 and I can assess that we are now at the final crossroads. There is a possibility to conclude the war in a positive way, but also a threat for the exact opposite. It is only determined by us and what we do in the coming few weeks and even days.

2024-10-30 23:12:52 UTC

The bipartisan leaders of the US Helsinki Commission are calling on the US President to greenlight Poland to extend its air defense to Ukraine's skies, helping shoot down Russian missiles under the guise of self-defense.
Using Polish Patriot PAC-3 missiles an area of more than 60,000 square kilometers (25,000 square miles) could be covering Ukraine's West.
Source: The Hill
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2024-10-28 12:08:47 UTC

Another good statement by Friedrich Merz, who is going to be very likely the next German chancellor next year.
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2024-10-12 14:27:17 UTC

In Grozny, Chechnya, in Russia a spectacular explosion occurred. Reportedly a gas station caught fire.
The reason of the fire is unclear at the moment, but the incident arrived at a highly suspicious time, since Kadyrov is in a spat with rivals from Ingushetia, the neighboring republic.
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2024-10-12 14:25:18 UTC

Russian channels report the loss of another Russian fighter plane, a Su-34, without detailing the reason of it.
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2024-10-10 19:45:01 UTC

Another oil tank exploded in Russian-occupied Feodosia.
The fire has been ongoing for 4 days already and the occupants say that they can’t extinguish the fire any more. They can only watch it, until the fire runs out of flammable material.
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2024-10-09 06:03:45 UTC

Even on the third day the oil depot in Russian-occupied Feodosia hasn’t stopped burning.
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2024-10-09 05:47:49 UTC

It was bound to happen and now it did. The 67th GRAU arsenal in Karachev, Bryansk region, in Russia has been struck. Countless of secondary explosions can be heard.
This major Russian ammunition site is only around 120 km (70 miles) from the Ukrainian border.
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2024-10-08 19:56:41 UTC

The oil tanks in Russian-occupied Feodosia, Crimea, are not only burning for almost two days, but are also spreading. This evening two more tanks exploded.
Source: Telegram / Crimeanwind
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2024-10-04 15:33:36 UTC

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Overall:
During the last 12 months Russia achieved a net surplus in additional land by around 600 square kilometers (240 square miles), which is roughly 0.1% of Ukraine's total size.
(3/3)

2024-10-04 15:33:24 UTC

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Situation in 2023 by numbers
Ukrainian Control (Oct, 2023):
490,400 square kilometers (189,350 square miles)
Russian Control (Oct, 2023):
111,100 square kilometers (42,900 sqm)
Situation in 2024 by numbers
Ukrainian Control (Oct, 2024):
488,700 square kilometers (188,700 square miles)
Additionally 1,100 sqkm (420 sqm) Russian territory held by Ukraine
Russian Control (Oct, 2024):
112,700 square kilometers (43,400 sqm)
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2024-10-04 15:33:05 UTC

Comparison of the land control between Ukraine and Russia. Left picture is October 2023, right October 2024.
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2024-10-04 14:59:34 UTC

The European Union votes to impose tariffs on Chinese battery electric vehicles. The regulations comes into effect in November and will comprise up to 45% of the car price.
In favor (10):
- Italy
- France
- Netherlands
- Denmark
- Poland
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Bulgaria
- Ireland
Against (5):
- Germany
- Hungary
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Malta
Abstained (12):
- Spain
- Portugal
- Greece
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Romania
- Luxembourg
- Austria
- Czech Republic
- Sweden
- Finland
- Belgium
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2024-10-03 09:04:29 UTC

Ukrainian forces report that they destroyed a Russian "Nebo-M" integrated multi-functional radar system using ATACMS missiles.
Russia only possesses 10 of those systems, with an estimated price of $100 million.
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2024-10-03 08:57:03 UTC

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Either way, this is already quite a remarkable development. Even striking near the Russian base can be considered to be warning shot by Israel against Russia. We can be also sure that Russian air defense was active and failed. Ammunition cooking off is presumably from Iran and destined for Hezbollah. It is further proof how close Russia, Iran and Hezbollah are working together.

2024-10-03 08:56:36 UTC

This morning the Israeli Air Force struck targets at the Syrian coast. What makes this strike very interesting is that it occurred in the vicinity of the Russian Khmeimim airbase.
The explosions themselves are still not 100% geolocated but it is certainly somewhere in the area inside the red circle, so there is a chance that the base was indeed hit, but we need final confirmation.
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2024-08-24 11:47:38 UTC

115 Ukrainian soldiers are returning home from Russian captivity and sing the national anthem of Ukraine on Independence Day. What a powerful message.
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