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Russia's War of Self-Destruction

Executive Summary​

Russia’s war against Ukraine has precipitated a large-scale structural decline for the Kremlin across economic, military, and geopolitical dimensions. Domestically, its war-driven economy is consistently strained by rising fiscal pressure, inflation, and structural imbalances linked to continuous military spending. While the war remains challenging for Ukraine to sustain as well, Kyiv has demonstrated it is increasingly capable of sustaining a war of attrition. On the battlefield, Ukraine’s destruction of key logistical targets inside Russia has been weakening the aggressor’s ability to wage war. Meanwhile, Russia continues to lose soldiers at an alarming rate with little results to show for it. Although both sides receive assistance from external partners, these support systems differ in important ways: Ukraine is backed by an integrated and technologically advanced coalition, while Russia relies on more limited, transactional relationships. Additionally, Russia’s broader support network is itself coming under pressure, as recent developments in Iran and Venezuela illustrate a weakening or reorientation of Moscow’s key partners. To make matters worse for Russia, the Kremlin is steadily losing geopolitical influence across many regions of the globe. These dynamics suggest that time is more likely to disadvantage Russia than Ukraine. Premature negotiations would interrupt this trajectory and risk converting Russia’s self-inflicted strategic erosion into a political outcome it could not achieve militarily. The West should therefore pursue strategic patience by sustaining support for Ukraine, maintain pressure on Russia and its partners, and avoid forcing a settlement that rewards aggression.

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www.twz.com

Ukraine To Help Fulfill Europe’s Long-Range Strike Missile Needs

MBDA and Diehl are pursuing collaborations with Ukraine as Europe searches for faster, sovereign alternatives to U.S. long-range weapons. MBDA and Diehl are pursuing collaborations with Ukraine as Europe searches for faster, sovereign alternatives to U.S. long-range weapons.
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www.twz.com

Pentagon's Ability To Supply Ukraine With More Patriot Interceptors Questioned By Congress (Updated)

The Senate action comes amid deep concerns about how the U.S. can provide enough Patriot interceptors for itself and allies.
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www.thebarentsobserver.com

Moscow burns as Ukraine strikes refinery and oil depots

Thick black smoke blanketed parts of Moscow on Thursday morning after Ukrainian drones struck oil infrastructure in and around the Russian capital.
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The penis-pianist needs stroking.

This is gonna go on until Putin or his replacements, end it.

And messily. Anything less than total capitulation will have the City of London and the Israeli Deep State, finding another controlled proxy.
 

Putin has reached a dead end in his war with Ukraine, German defense minister says​

Pistorius named the only way for Ukraine to scale up its success

The Russian leader Vladimir Putin has reached a dead end in the war against Ukraine. It is increasingly inflicting damage on Russia, stated German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius at the opening of the Ramstein meeting.

"Putin has reached a dead end. His illegal attack on Ukraine continues to cause enormous losses among his troops. The Kremlin can no longer hide the negative effects of this war against Ukraine. Its implications are increasingly felt by the Russian population," he said.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/worl...se-minister-says/ar-AA25Z5vG?ocid=socialshare
 

Ukraine's point system rewarding battlefield kills is steering drone units toward more strategic Russian targets​


  • Ukraine's e-Points system is pushing soldiers toward higher-value Russian targets.
  • Units earn points for confirmed hits and use them to buy drones, robots, and other gear.
  • The system shows how Ukraine is using incentives, data, and decentralization to fight faster.
Ukraine's "e-Points" system, which rewards soldiers for hitting prized targets, is doing more than rewarding battlefield kills. It is helping steer soldiers toward higher-value Russian targets.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...-russian-targets/ar-AA25XE9I?ocid=socialshare
 

Ukraine’s latest long-range strikes on Russia hit a major natural gas plant and satellite centers​

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces struck a major natural gas processing plant and two key satellite communications centers in their latest nighttime attack on Russia, Ukraine’s General Staff said Wednesday.

The operation was part of Ukraine’s aerial campaign targeting energy facilities and military industries that has intensified as Kyiv builds bigger and better long-range weapons to defeat Russia’s all-out invasion, now in its fifth year.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...atellite-centers/ar-AA26qDB6?ocid=socialshare
 
Putin's dying, too.

He has months to live. He's had months to live for five years.

AND, he's about to be overthrown. By who? Uh...we don't know. Who do we have in the Color Revolution pipeline? Quick, send the Daily Narrative to the networks!
 
Andrey is ex Russian military

Andrey Martyanov.A Tale of Two Fools. Zelensky unhinged, Lukashenko out of depth​

 

Peruvians say they were promised jobs in Russia, but landed on the front lines in Ukraine​

The last time Norma saw her son was in late January, when she dropped him off at an airport in Peru’s capital, Lima. He told her he found a job as a cook for the Russian army advertised on social media, assuring her he’d be far from the war in Ukraine, make good money and even have a shot at obtaining Russian citizenship.

Norma was instantly suspicious. Her 31-year-old son had never left Peru before and had never even held a weapon. (CNN is not publishing Norma’s full name or that of her son to protect both from retaliation.)

“I wanted to lock him in the house, but he had made up his mind already,” Norma told CNN. She considered even calling the police. “He told me ‘Mom, please, understand, I am just going as a cook.’ But a mother’s heart knows, if not I wouldn’t have felt so anxious.”

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...lines-in-ukraine/ar-AA26Ivfa?ocid=socialshare
 
  • Putin’s comments mark the first time he has detailed the extent to which Ukraine’s deep-strike successes have hampered Russia’s fuel production.
  • Ukraine has stepped up attacks on Russian oil facilities in recent weeks, seeking to cut off Moscow’s energy revenues.
  • It has prompted some analysts to suggest that the conflict could be shifting in Ukraine’s favor.
www.cnbc.com

Putin’s fuel shortage admission signals growing strain on Russia’s energy infrastructure

Putin's comments mark the first time he has detailed the extent to which Ukraine's deep-strike successes have hampered Russia's fuel production.
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Money.

Printed-up tasty fiat. Costs nothing to give out, and as the first recipients, the MIC rotters get the max benefit of new fiat.

Not even caring that they're part of the world that's sent wobbling, now that our phalanx of goobermint "employees" are wearing out their CTRL+P keys.
 
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Hardened Aircraft Shelters At Russian Air Base In Crimea Damaged From Ukrainian Drone Strikes (Updated)

The drone attacks on Saki Air Base are part of Ukraine's latest campaign to make Crimea as uninhabitable for Russian forces as possible.
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St Petersburg Oil Terminal Hit In Major Ukrainian Drone Attack

MOSCOW, July 4 (Reuters) – Russia’s second city of St Petersburg and the surrounding region came under a major Ukrainian drone attack overnight on Saturday, with a local port and oil infrastructure hit, Russian...
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Medvedev on Kiev and West's reaction to Konstantinovka liberation:
'You lying bastards, drowning in the vomit of your own hypocrisy — don’t kid yourselves! The truth will be out anyway'

'How else can they explain to their own people the loss of 20% of their former territory?'




"As we all know, the city is a key transportation hub and a major industrial center of Donbas," Putin said, adding that Russian forces have taken control of 133 settlements and more than 3,000 square km across Donbas and Novorossiya since the start of 2026.

https://www.thehansindia.com/news/i...onstantinovka-city-in-eastern-ukraine-1093458

The western media is trying to ignore it...




The coverage of the news about the liberation of Konstantinovka by the Russian Armed Forces in the leading Western media turned out to be deliberately restrained. The publications use extremely cautious wording, and some completely ignore the event.


They force us to find the news in other sides of the world

 

‘No food, no ammunition… nothing’: Inside Ukraine’s drone war that’s starving Putin’s front line of everything it needs to fight​

Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign shows no sign of slowing down after Ukrainian forces once again struck Russian military logistics using drones and missiles. On July 5, Ukraine’s General Staff said its forces struck a Russian airfield, ammunition depots, and bridges throughout occupied regions of Ukraine.

The attack came just days after Ukrainian strikes on the Saky and Hvardiiske air bases in occupied Crimea and followed months of frequent attacks on oil refineries, logistics hubs, military production facilities, and railway bridges throughout Russian-occupied Crimea and even deep inside Russian territory.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...t-needs-to-fight/ar-AA27kNmH?ocid=socialshare
 

Ukrainian drones hit Russia’s largest oil refinery as Zelenskyy says Siberia now 'within reach'​

  • Ukrainian drones struck a major oil refinery in the city of Omsk in western Siberia.
  • The attack underscores Kyiv's enhanced long-range drone capabilities and comes on the eve of a crucial NATO summit.
  • Russia had launched a barrage of missiles and drones against Kyiv in the early hours of Monday.

Ukrainian drones struck a major oil refinery in the city of Omsk in western Siberia, in what appears to be one of Kyiv's deepest attacks on Russian territory since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine's military general staff said Monday that the strike caused a fire at the facility, which is situated nearly 2,500 kilometers (1,553 miles) from Ukrainian territory and close to Russia's border with Kazakhstan.

More:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...now-within-reach/ar-AA27nTNG?ocid=socialshare
 

Will Russia nuke Ukraine? | Opinion​

“Why are we not using nuclear weapons, which our forebearers developed and stockpiled with the full might of the nation precisely for this purpose?” asked Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev in June. He’s not the only one who thinks the country should launch tactical nukes on Ukrainian forces.

Vladimir Putin’s government, even before its February 2022 invasion, had been threatening to use its most destructive weapons in Ukraine. In early February of that year, for instance, Russia’s nuclear forces participated in an exercise that normally took place in the fall, a move widely interpreted at the time as a warning. Then, on February 24, the first day of the so-called “special military operation,” the Russian president spoke of “consequences that you have never experienced in your history.”

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/will-russia-nuke-ukraine-opinion/ar-AA27xDc8?ocid=socialshare
 

Drone strikes deepen Russia's fuel crisis as a governor said petrol is still 'unavailable for sale' on some days​


  • Russia is suffering its worst energy crisis in over a decade amid Ukraine's drone strikes.
  • In Crimea, one of the hardest-hit regions, local officials said fuel sales would remain unavailable.
  • At least 78 of Russia's 83 regions are experiencing shortages, with purchase limits in effect in 48.
Fuel shortages that have been ramping up since the summer of 2025 are compounding into a nationwide crisis for Russia, forcing the oil-producing nation to ban energy sales and import instead.

Read the rest:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...ale-on-some-days/ar-AA27xpfj?ocid=socialshare
 

NATO Is Collapsing From Within: The Ukraine War Exposed​

Is the war in Ukraine really unfolding the way we've been told?

In this episode, Mike Steger examines the geopolitical struggle reshaping Europe through the lens of the NATO summit, the war in Ukraine, and the growing populist movements challenging Europe's political establishment. Drawing on recent diplomatic developments, military realities, and the resurgence of nationalist parties across the continent, Mike argues that the conflict is about far more than Ukraine. It is a battle over the future of Western civilization itself.

From President Trump's vision for NATO to Poland's break with Zelensky, from the rise of Marine Le Pen to the shifting political landscape in Germany and the United Kingdom, this discussion explores why America's leadership may determine whether Europe experiences continued decline or a civilizational renewal.

Topics include:

• The NATO summit and President Trump's strategy
• America's changing role in Europe
• The Ukraine Russia war and battlefield realities
• NATO's future and European defense
• Poland's growing conflict with Zelensky
• The withdrawal of U.S. forces from Germany
• Marine Le Pen and France's political transformation
• The rise of nationalist movements across Europe
• Western Christian civilization and its future
• The geopolitical battle between nationalism and globalism

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:58 NATO's Purpose and Trump's Strategy
02:37 Europe's Military and Energy Crisis
04:24 Trump's Meetings with World Leaders
06:27 The Reality of the Ukraine War
08:53 Poland's Break with Zelensky
10:24 The Rise of Europe's Patriotic Movements
11:43 The Future of Western Civilization
12:27 Conclusion

 
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