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I think Putin has just decided to hunker down and take it.

But nobody asked the Russian people, nor aspirants to replace him. Expect a forcible Regime Change and then a serious, probably nuclear, blowback.
 
Just some food for thought, nothing more.

Russia’s own strategists wrote down the worst thing Putin could do short of nuclear war — and it hinges on one bet about America​

Summary and Key Points: As Ukrainian drones batter Russia's refineries and a fuel crisis spreads across the country, Vladimir Putin faces mounting pressure to hit back harder. Western analysts who study Russia's escalation options have mapped what those blows could look like below the nuclear line, from cutting undersea cables to a covert land grab on NATO's border. The most dangerous of them all is a direct conventional strike on NATO territory itself, the one move most likely to trigger the alliance's mutual-defense clause. It is also, tellingly, the option Putin has the strongest reasons to avoid.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...et-about-america/ar-AA27KyIJ?ocid=socialshare
 
Yup...just what the See-Eye-Aye wants the Unwashed to believe. It's all Putin's doing.

Funny thing, though...I don't hear any talk of Russian oligarchs getting bids to asset-strip the USA, after Putin's done his work.

UNLIKE what we've seen BlackRockLarryFink lobby for. "Reconstruction." Sure. Just like the Carpetbaggers in the former Confederacy.
 
From Russian channel Military Chronicles:

"Regarding the sudden death of the senator from South Carolina. Lindsey Graham did no small amount of harm to Russia, and his death is, without a doubt, the death of an enemy. But for now there is some uncertainty about the circumstances of his death. It's known that he died suddenly. Among the theories being discussed are a heart attack and even a blood clot. However, a few days before his death he traveled to Ukraine, where he actively visited defense plants. In those same days, by a remarkable coincidence, the Russian army was actively destroying those very plants. Whether Graham's death was a direct result of a significant quantity of explosives, delivered by an "Iskander-M" missile, entering his brain, we may never know — and the American side, for its part, is in no hurry to disclose the circumstances of his death."
 
Opinion piece, make of it what you will.

'Putin and his family might "jump" out of a window': Ukraine strikes spark pressure from oligarchs​

As Ukraine's long-range strikes spark more petrol shortages and chaos, Vladimir Putin and his family might 'jump' out of a window, according to a senior Estonian minister.

Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna made the comment in an interview with the RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) on the topic of Russia's faltering performance in the war with Ukraine.


'Even among the oligarchs, more and more are doubting Putin's war,' Tsahkna said.

'Many who spoke of victory a year ago no longer believe it,' he added.

It comes as Ukraine is striking Russian energy infrastructure at an unprecedented rate, with Volodymyr Zelensky's intensified drone campaign triggering Moscow's worst fuel crisis in decades.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...e-from-oligarchs/ar-AA27NlyT?ocid=socialshare
 

Ukraine Lands Armed Robot Ashore In Russian-Held Territory Via Drone Boat

Described as a first of its kind, the mission could be a glimpse of what’s to come for amphibious operations. Described as a first of its kind, the mission could be a glimpse of what’s to come for amphibious operations.
www.twz.com

Ukraine Getting License To Build Aster 30 Anti-Missile Interceptors

French approval for Ukraine to build Aster 30s follows a similar announcement from President Trump about Patriot interceptors.
www.twz.com
 

Inside Ukraine's female Gen Z resistance taking the fight to Putin​

Jul 13, 2026 #ukraine #genz #russia
In a concealed shed not far from the frontline in Ukraine, a 23-year-old woman with fiery red hair, neatly plaited beneath a baseball cap, sits clutching what looks like a computer games console.
On the screen before her I can see a kind of buggy trundling away down a dirt track.
Mavka used to be a graphic designer, but a year ago her father was killed fighting Russia. So she decided she needed to do something to help oppose the illegal invasion of her country.
More: https://www.forcesnews.com/women/gen-...

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Yup.

Agitate the feminazis. Who are potentially in every society - from Adam's consort, to Salem and the witch trials; to the organized Nazi snitching.

Always when there's a toxic social movement afoot, the agitators will try to motivate the wombynz. They're easily led, and properly loaded (MK-Ultra) can be ferocious.
 

Ukraine forces hit more than 100 Russian vessels in Sea of Azov in eight days​

Russia is looking for a way to redirect ships from the Sea of Azov after Ukrainian forces struck more than 100 Russian vessels — including oil tankers and cargo ships — in less than two weeks, isolating Moscow-occupied Crimea even more.​

Ukrainian forces have struck at least 105 Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov over the past eight days as part of their intensified campaign to isolate Moscow-occupied Crimea, reports reveal.

More:

 
The Soviets had a lot of female snipers during the Great Patriotic War with one that had 300+ confirmed kills.
 

Ukraine's Black Sea ports lose a third of grain export capacity, farmers' union says​

KYIV, July 15 (Reuters) - Ukraine has lost about a third of its capacity to export grain via its vital Black Sea ports due to intensifying Russian missile and drone attacks, the country's main farmers' union said.

More than four years into its war with Russia, agricultural exports like grains and vegetable oils remain Ukraine's biggest source of foreign currency earnings, with more than 90% shipped through three ports in the southern Odesa region.

Under a deal meant to allow both countries to ship grain through the Black Sea, the Odesa ports had been handling about 6 million metric tons of cargo a month.

Both Moscow and Kyiv are now stepping up attacks on key revenue sources, however, with Ukrainian forces hitting Russian energy infrastructure including oil tankers and Russia intensifying its attacks on the Black Sea ports in recent weeks.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...rmers-union-says/ar-AA27YZDB?ocid=socialshare
 
Inside Ukraine's 'silent death' robot unit

Jul 17, 2026 #bfbsforcesnews #forcesnews #news
We are in eastern Ukraine to meet soldiers from Ukraine's Third Separate Assault Brigade, part of the 3rd Army Corps – an elite unit forged in the brutal battles for Bakhmut and Avdiivka.
Here, engineers and soldiers are assembling a compact kamikaze robot known as the 'Spextr'.
Its purpose is simple: drive forward, reach a target, and detonate.
More: https://www.forcesnews.com/ukraine/ho...

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WOTR Commentary

Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary from across the political spectrum.

Every Monday, War on the Rocks members get a curated selection of op-eds and editorials from Ukrainian-language media to understand how Ukrainians themselves debate the biggest issues shaping their country. Western coverage of Ukraine often narrows to the battlefield; these pieces widen the view to daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war.

A typical edition provides roughly a dozen pieces sorted into five categories: Frontline and Strategy, Allies and Diplomacy, Domestic Politics, Economy, and Society and Culture — closing with detailed Editor’s Notes on the patterns we’re seeing and the questions that linger.

Read it all here:

The Fedorov Dismissal: On Trust, Technology, and Turnover

Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary from across the political spectrum. Every Monday, War on the Rocks members get a
warontherocks.com
 

From Polyarny to Sevastopol

A 45-year-old artillery boat that once led the Navy Day parade in Polyarny on the Kola Peninsula has been transferred to Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula temporarily occupied by Russia.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
 

EU to release €1.4bn from Russian asset profits to Ukraine

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that €1.4 billion in profits from immobilised Russian assets will be allocated after Russia’s deadly strikes on Kyiv. Most of the funds will be used to repay G7 and EU loans while €70 million will be directed toward military...
www.euronews.com
 
It's not gonna end, until Russia ends it.

And unfortunately, every day delayed makes the final end, bloodier.
 
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