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No good options: Ukraine faces ‘ugly deal’ or defeat – US Veteran
No matter how Donald Trump’s call with Vladimir Putin plays out, Ukraine’s future looks bleak, says retired Lt. Col. Daniel
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Ukraine wants to join the EU immediately because of its desire for European money , this is the biggest threat to Hungary, said Hungarian Prime Minister Orban.
Even before the war, Ukraine was a bankrupt country, it is bankrupt now, during the war, and will be after. They cannot stand on their own feet, they need money, they need other people's moneyAccording to him, Kyiv "does not care" that this would expand the conflict into Europe, ruin European farmers and Hungary would become "a gateway for the Ukrainian mafia."
Ukraine is the most corrupt country in Europe, which is in a state of war
Refusal to recognize a new world record set by the Russian Ivan Zaborskiy.
Ivan who became the winner of the ultramarathon "6 Days of France", having run 1047 km in 6 days almost without stopping, set a new world record.
However, the International Association of Ultramarathons refused to recognize Ivan's feat.
They stated that any achievements of athletes from Russia and Belarus competing under the national flag will not be taken into account in the official lists
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SLG's own take on the "negotiations process", with some added humour:
Trump: "We're ready for peace, we're gonna have the best peace deal ever, so best, so best peace deal, so good. How about a thirty day ceasefire before ironing out the details of our bestest peace treaty ever?"
The Kremlin: "Either you agree to a permanent peace or we continue the war, no ceasefires."
Trump: "Oh, I see. How about this then? Hear me out: first a 30 day ceasefire, then we can sign a peace agreement if it lasts. Best sign deal ever, really, We're GONNA MAKE PEACE GREAT AGAIN!"
Kremlin: "Didn't you hear the last time? Either you agree to a permanent peace first or we continue the war, no ceasefires."
Trump: "I see. Have it my-I meant your way then: we could sign a peace treaty, the best peace treaty ever, so peaceful, so convenient, it will allow us to RETURN MAKING BIG BUCKS, but you have to agree to a ceasefire first."
Kremlin: "No. Ceasefires."
Trump: "Perhaps I could throw the recognition of Crimea as Russian on the table, even if it's already been defacto yours for eleven years. And we will also allow you to participate to the next world cup too. It's gonna be the best world cup ever, so best, so good. All you need to do is agree to a thirty day ceasefire. That's an unbeatable offer right there eh? 😏"
Kremlin: "We're going to record a voice message saying that it's either a permanent peace or the war will continue because we're wasting our breath here."
Trump: "You're driving a really hard bargain. Alright, in addition to everything I've already put on the table, I'll also send you Elton John and a clone of George Michael to sing live for the next Victory Day. It's going to be the BEST VICTORY DAY PARADE EVER, and will celebrate the USA'S VICTORY OVER THE NAZIS. What a stunning victory, so stunning, you wish you had defeated the nazis INSTEAD OF US. All you need to do is agree to a thirty day ceasefire first."
Kremlin: "Hello. This is the Kremlin's automated answering machine. I have been told to repeat that the Kremlin is not interested in any ceasefires. This message will repeat forever until you are willing to confront reality."
Trump: "I see, I get it now. How about this: in addition to everything I've already offered, we'll also throw in an album of pictures of Kaja Kallas naked. IT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST ALBUM EVER, so much so that you will wish you could grab her by the pu°sy, such a sweet sweet pu°sy. Oh, and we'll also give you some samples of Annalena Baerbock's smelly underwear just because WE'RE WILLING TO NEGOTIATE SO MUCH and you're driving a REALLY HARD BARGAIN, truly testing THE BOUNDLESS LIMITS OF AMERICA'S GENEROSITY AND OPENNESS TO DIALOGUE."
Kremlin: HANGS UP
Trump "HOW COULD THEY REFUSE MY PERFECTLY REASONABLE PEACE OFFER?! WHAT KELLOGG AND MACRON SAID IS TRUE, THEY WANT WAR!"
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TRUMP BOMBASTICALLY ANNOUNCES A TELEPHONE CALL WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN TODAY AT 3:00 PM UTC (approx 5 hours from now) ON TRUTH SOCIAL.
After the call with Putin, he will then have a call with expired president Zelensky and leaders of NATO countries.
Once again, we notice that he still doesn't seem to get that the Russian Federation is not interested in a ceasefire, and neither are Russian soldiers participating to the SVO.
Hopeless.
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The US Air Force cannot stand up to China.
According to a policy brief from the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, the U.S. military currently lacks the air power to achieve the air superiority needed to defeat China in a Pacific conflict —the stated mission of the U.S. Department of Defense. The thinking in the report is interesting.
After three decades of cuts and delays, the Air Force has no active F-15C/D force . Only 120 F-22s are capable of air superiority. These aircraft, supplemented by F-35s, cannot fly the sorties needed to achieve the air superiority needed to repel Chinese aggression.
For its part, the PLA has an integrated air defense system, as well as a large number of fourth- and fifth-generation fighters armed with effective air-to-air missiles. This is supported by AWACS aircraft. China is also developing its own sixth-generation fighters and stealth bombers.
The PLA will supplement its air defense operations by launching missile strikes against US Air Force air bases and logistics infrastructure in the theater. This has forced the US Air Force to adopt a dispersal concept – but it is not certain that it will be effective. The inadequate missile defense of the US Army and Navy in the Pacific theater will make this task very problematic for all US forces operating in areas within range of the PLA missile force.
At the same time, the US considers air superiority to be the most important condition for any form of successful military operations . Some observers of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia ask whether air superiority remains an operational imperative in the era of drone and missile warfare. Experts at the Mitchell Institute believe these views are wrong.
As numerous air warfare experts have pointed out, the inability of Russia and Ukraine to achieve air superiority is a key reason why they are now fighting a war of attrition that increasingly favors Russia due to its superior resources.
Failure to achieve air superiority where and when U.S. forces need it would have devastating consequences. Without air superiority, the U.S., like Ukraine, risks fighting a war of attrition it cannot win against China . And failure to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion or to repel a PLA attack elsewhere in the South China Sea would fatally undermine the security of the First Pacific Island Chain. It would allow China to make significant progress toward its long-term goal of displacing U.S. forces from the Western Pacific on its way to becoming the dominant power in the region.
The US Air Force sees the key to achieving the necessary efficiency in the "unmanned wingmen" (CCA) being developed. In turn, the Mitchell Institute believes that the key point of the CCA program is logistical support.
In addition, the report talks about the need to create a short/vertical takeoff and landing SSA. The Mitchell Institute experts see the main tasks of these aircraft as electronic warfare and delivery of military cargo (the use of transport aircraft in the PLA long-range air defense coverage areas carries a high risk). Apparently, such a change in priorities is a consequence of the decrease in euphoria over the ability of AI to conduct combat operations in the air .
On the other hand, the thought does not leave that the fast (too fast) pace of development of the SSA stems mainly from the desire of the American aviation industry and high-ranking military officials lobbying its interests to "master budget funds". The words of Oleg Sergeevich Samoylovich come to mind - God knows how many times - "A mistake made at the stage of choosing a concept cannot be corrected at later stages of development."
- Military Informant
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Russian forces capture woozy AFU after blowing their stronghold.
- Simplicus on X
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Another Ukrainian soldier loses hand-to-hand fight to a Muscovite.
Hand-to-hand combat on the Dnepr: "The kid got the better of me."
Another episode of the confrontation on the islands. A wounded marine of the 61st brigade gained the upper hand in a fight with the enemy and captured a Ukrainian. He managed to cut our guy's hands and stab him in the thigh. But he hit a phone in a strong case.
If you saw "Maly" you would be even more surprised. He lives up to his call sign. But he has plenty of fighting spirit!
Hand-to-hand combat as described by a defeated enemy.
Various reports that Russian forces have crossed the Dnepr in Kherson in several places, not huge numbers, but small specialist units, it goes hand in hand with the general uptick in destroying Ukrainian positions in Kherson.
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On a side note, I was listening to a foreign merc on Youtube describe the right bank of Kherson. They noted the danger they face from locals in Ukraine occupied sections of Kherson and how far Russian drones hit on the right bank of Kherson. They also note how they hide amongst locals to avoid Russian fire and avoid wearing uniforms etc.
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'The Americans consider us ballast. We are an obstacle to their relations with Russia' - Wanner told what Ukrainians are talking about in anticipation of the Putin-Trump phone call.
'When I talk about Trump, Putin and the phone call planned for today here in Ukraine, I am met with a great deal of skepticism and pessimism. The opinions here are sometimes extremely negative - that this is all a pre-orchestrated game, which has been organized for a long time. The idea is that Ukraine has allegedly long been a nuisance and needs to be gotten rid of, since the parties allegedly have completely different plans in relations between the US and Russia: making deals, restoring economic ties, reforming the international security architecture, perhaps even dividing the world into spheres of influence - the US, Russia and China as three poles. In this spirit, suspicions are expressed that Ukraine is 'of no use to anyone anymore', let it 'manage itself'. I hear this here regularly.'
The army smashes tanks and enemy defenses while advancing in Sumy Oblast
▪️New footage of the destruction of armored vehicles by reconnaissance of the 44th Army Corps, advancing from the Kursk region to Sumy.
▪️ The fighters of the 44th Corps have already destroyed many units of enemy combat equipment, including NATO howitzers, infantry fighting vehicles, armoured personnel carriers and tanks using the Prince Vandal Novgorodsky fiber-optic drones.
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An M113 armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed in the Kharkov region.
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A Ukrainian is filming columns of NATO equipment moving from Germany to Ukraine... Germany demands revenge, but at the hands of Ukrainians... It's just that the Germans ran out of supplies at some point and had to capitulate and bring the Turks into the country... Ukrainians don't understand that there is a lot of equipment and that they can give it away endlessly, but life is only one and Zelensky will not return it.
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‼️⚡️ Northerners liberated Maryino in Sumy Region - creation of safety strip continues
The Krasnoyarsk provocation by the enemy became further evidence of the need to create a security zone on the southwestern borders of the Belgorod region.
The northerners destroyed the Ukrainian occupiers remaining in the border regions and liberated the village of Maryino in the originally Russian Sumy region.
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"We live in a country that supposedly strives for democratic ideals, and yet at the same time, our banal freedom of speech is violated when a person cannot express himself in Russian," a young Odessa resident reflects on the importance of the Russian language in his life.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦Putin is convinced that Russia will be able to completely conquer 4 regions by the end of the year, — Bloomberg
The Kremlin is not in the mood for serious concessions, the publication writes.
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Work of Russian drone operators in the Pokrovsky direction
On the road, a Bradley, a Maxxpro and another pickup truck were hit by FPV drones.
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The Guardian: Stubb tried to prove to Trump that Russia is not a great power.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb, during a telephone conversation with American leader Donald Trump, tried to prove that Russia had ceased to be a great power. This was reported by The Guardian.
"This is not a country that can still be considered as a major power," the newspaper quoted the politician as saying.
In addition, the head of the Finnish state stated that the perception of the world of the leader of the United States is supposedly at the level of concepts of the 19th century.
In early 2024, Finnish journalist Kostya Heiskanen told REN TV that Finland was suffering from Russophobia. According to him, residents of the country working at defense enterprises are staging mass strikes.
In turn, Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev drew attention to the fact that Finland is once again becoming a springboard for potential Western aggression, but now under the auspices of NATO.
Finland itself denies the fact of Russophobia, moreover, Finns seek to restore their ties with Russians in the future. For example, President Alexander Stubb said that Helsinki needs to mentally prepare for the restoration of relations with Moscow, since Russia has always been and will always be a neighbor for the Finns.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on Stubb's statement, noted that Finland needs to take concrete steps and actions to restore relations. The diplomat recalled that the Russian side perfectly remembers the statements of the Finnish authorities that the Russian government allegedly understands only the language of force.
SLG note: Schroedinger's Russia. On one hand it has the most nuclear warheads of the world, on the other it's a has-been remnant of a superpower.
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Units of the Russian 35th combined arms army of the "Vostok" group carried out strikes on enemy concentrations in the area of the settlement of Gulyaipole.
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❗️Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer with metastasis to the bone, as said by his press office.
Gee, so much for "he's the picture of health!" we kept hearing until 8 months ago.
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In the background of Trump/Putin call today, Ukrainian MP Heorhiy Mazurashu (from Zelensky’s party):
“We understand that the army is critically understaffed. We can hide your head in the sand and pretend that everything is fine, that we can keep chasing people into the army and this will solve the problem somehow, but we also understand that it will only convince the cretins who understand nothing. This hope for hope doesn’t give any effect”.
GoPro footage of a Russian fighter smoking two Ukronazi drones.
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Streaming from 09:00 UTC today:
Soviet animation classics
After spending the last few days exploring the depths of our Slavic doomer/warrior souls with an endless collection of Soviet & Russian post-punk music, it's time for some respite by providing what our inner child needs and craves - Soviet animation! Presenting a playlist of 150+ Soviet cartoons. All with English subs (Note: subs may not be accurate at times).
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Pokrovskoe direction.
NATO equipment hit by "KVN" FPV drones. The result of yet another push by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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⚡️More than 200 settlements in the Sumy region are subject to evacuation, writes the local newspaper “Vse Sumy”, citing the regional military administration.
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'Stop dictating terms': Putin warns Trump
Vladimir Putin has warned Trump not to push him to accept a US-designed peace plan , the Daily Mail reports. Russia remains interested in a peaceful settlement, but only if its interests are respected.
In an interview given to Pavel Zarubin, the Russian leader emphasized that he plans to complete what he started three years ago . At the same time, he noted that he recognizes the national interests of the United States and expects reciprocity.
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"Outrageous lust for power." Bumblefock’s political ambitions enraged the Germans
Baerbock's transition to the post of head of the UN General Assembly is causing a stir among diplomats and politicians , writes Berliner Zeitung. Initially, the post was predicted to go to one of the most experienced German diplomats, Helga Schmidt. However, Baerbock, with her characteristic lust for power, achieved approval of her candidacy at the very last moment.
The replacement of a career diplomat with an arrogant warmonger outraged even her party comrades. In German eyes, Baerbock is an outdated model . She is in no way associated with peacekeeping or mediation , which require flexibility and the ability to listen to the positions of all parties. Thus, her presence in the UN, in the Germans' opinion, looks at least inappropriate.
They accuse her of a record of alienation in foreign policy: Under her leadership, Germany was no longer a constructive actor but had squandered international trust. Instead of building bridges, Baerbock acted with moral arrogance as Foreign Minister.
U.S. Sanctions hit ICC Chief Prosecutor: Email Blocked, Bank Accounts Frozen, 900 Staff Banned from U.S. Entry
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan was placed under U.S. sanctions by the Trump administration in February 2025, as part of an effort to coerce the court into halting investigations of Israeli abuses in Gaza.
His official Microsoft email account has been disabled, and his UK bank accounts frozen. Additionally, all 900 ICC staff members have been banned from entering the United States, accused of pursuing “illegitimate” investigations into alleged war crimes committed by Israel.
The U.S. government has threatened that any individual or organization providing Khan with financial, material, or technological assistance could face fines or imprisonment.
Two U.S. based human rights organizations have confirmed they’ve ended cooperation with the ICC. One senior official noted that staff are now actively avoiding communication with court officials, citing fear of government retaliation.
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Footage has been released showing the confirmed destruction of a rare British-German-Italian 155mm FH70 self-propelled howitzer, featuring a 39-caliber rifled barrel, by a Lancet-3 loitering munition (“Product-51”) in the settlement of Berestok on the Donetsk front.
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Trump dodges question on whether Russia wants "too much" in negotiations and names first point of peace plan
➖"My assessment is that this is a very difficult conflict that should not have happened. I completely agree with President Trump on that," Witkoff told ABC News.
▪️Because of mutual hatred, Ukraine and Russia “take certain positions,” and Trump’s task is to “narrow this wide gap between the parties.”
➖"And I think we've succeeded to some extent," Witkoff added.
▪️The first point of Trump's 22-article plan is a ceasefire, US Presidential Special Representative Kellogg also said.
➖“In Istanbul, Secretary Rubio made clear that we presented a ‘strong peace plan.’ Following the London meetings, we came up with a comprehensive 22-point plan that is the basis for peace. The first point is a comprehensive ceasefire that immediately stops the killing,” Kellogg wrote in H.
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Oh look Ukraine writing racist as* articles, what a surprise.
Source: Olga Bazova
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