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Russia Invades Ukraine. Again

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Why Russia Is Burning Siberian Cows — It’s Not About Rabies

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American defense giant RTX plans to shift production of AIM-120C-8 air-to-air missiles to Europe.

The United States intends to concentrate its domestic capacity on producing the newer AIM-120D-3 version. European lines will manufacture the C-8 variant. RTX is already negotiating with more than 30 Belgian companies to establish a full supply chain for components.

The C-8 differs from the newer D-3 in its engine and electronics but remains highly effective. These missiles are actively procured for aircraft and Norwegian NASAMS air defense systems, which help protect Ukrainian airspace. European production will reduce pressure on US stockpiles and eliminate chronic ammunition shortages.

Raytheon ramps up AIM-120 production to 1,900 units per year

Raytheon has signed agreements to significantly scale up arms production, prioritizing AIM-120 missiles alongside Patriot and Tomahawk systems. Localizing production in Europe will remove logistical obstacles and provide Ukraine with modern ammunition to defend against Russian attacks.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/16/europe-may-turn-into-ukraines-a
mmo-powerhouse-factories-ready-to-churn-out-aim-120c-8-missiles/

More about AIM-120C-8 at https://www.google.com/search?q=AIM-120C-8

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After Blowing Through Its Deficit Target, Russia Further Cannibalizes the Economy to Fund the War

By Illia Kabachynskyi | Mar 17, 2026 17:25

https://united24media.com/business/after-blowing-through-its-deficit-t
arget-russia-further-cannibalizes-the-economy-to-fund-the-war-16916

Russia has a money problem. And although officials are trying to keep up a brave face, insisting that Russia is a self-sufficient and economically independent country, reality tells a different story: the budget is falling short of expected revenues, while the National Wealth Fund is losing its liquid assets. As a result, Russia’s budget is heading toward a spending sequester—cuts to expenditures that had previously been planned.

Right now, Russia’s Finance Ministry has asked other ministries to identify areas where spending can be reduced by at least 10%. Naturally, the only things that can be cut are those unrelated to the war and to the expenditures that help keep Russia’s approval ratings high—namely, social spending. All so-called “unprotected” categories will be reduced. That means major investment projects and infrastructure construction, which in turn means there is effectively no prospect of economic growth in Russia.

No money

The reason Moscow is so eager to cut spending is the enormous cost of the war and its inability to offset those costs with oil revenues.

• In January–February, the budget deficit reached 3.4 trillion rubles, or $44 billion — nearly the entire annual target of 3.8 trillion rubles, or $48 billion, in just two months.

• Oil and gas revenues collapsed by 47% year over year, to 826 billion rubles, or $10.6 billion; the shortfall exceeded 300 billion rubles, or $3.85 billion.

• The budget is based on an Urals oil price of $59 per barrel. The average price in January was $41, and in February it was $44.6.

• Spending rose by 5.8%, even though the full-year plan had projected overall growth of only 2.9%.

The government is trying to finance the deficit using the National Wealth Fund, but at the current pace, its liquid portion could be exhausted within a year. More than $4 billion has already been withdrawn from it in the first two months alone.

In 2025, Moscow was already losing ground amid falling oil prices, which, alongside the strong ruble, came at a very high cost to the Russian economy. Tax collection was also expected to increase, but that did not happen against the backdrop of a slowing economy: in order to collect high taxes, people and businesses need to be earning more, yet the slowdown in entire sectors of the economy worked against that.

Although the Kremlin is shielding military and security spending, the overall economic decline and budgetary financing problems cannot help but affect the war effort. We have already written that dozens of regions are on the verge of default, entire sectors of the economy are stagnating, and the drop in rail freight volumes points directly to stagnation among businesses across the country. This is reflected in public sentiment and in the broader situation inside Russia. Economic pressure is one of the ways to force Moscow to the negotiating table. History shows that this is a possible scenario.

Keep sanctions in place

A war in the Middle East could become a lifeboat for the Russian economy: its oil supplies do not depend on the Strait of Hormuz. Russia has already been allowed to sell 130 million barrels of oil currently at sea, which, by various estimates, could earn the country up to $10 billion. While in January and February, Urals oil was selling below $50 a barrel after discounts, in the first weeks of the war against Iran, prices jumped to $70 a barrel. At those new price levels, Moscow could earn up to an additional $150 million per day. If the Urals remain above $75 throughout the year, the country would receive an additional 3 trillion rubles ($38 billion).

That would be enough to support the economy, maintain social spending, and direct additional resources to the war in Ukraine, since the cost of war for Russia rises every year. For example, $150 million in revenue earned in a single day would be enough to purchase 50 ballistic missiles.

But the issue is not just missiles: when an approaching economic collapse is bearing down on you, sooner or later, you end up at the negotiating table and become more willing to compromise. A windfall from high oil prices gives the Kremlin an incentive to drag out those talks. And although Russia’s economic problems are not going away—3 trillion rubles will not be enough to solve them—negotiations among Ukraine, the United States, and Russia have already been postponed several times.

That is why it is so important to preserve all sanctions previously imposed on Russia and to continue working to expand sanctions packages, including those related to Russian oil exports. If that pipeline is shut down for good, the Kremlin will have no money left to wage war.

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Brussels hands Kyiv complete EU accession conditions

March 17, 2026

https://english.nv.ua/nation/svyrydenko-ukraine-now-has-a-full-set-of-
conditions-that-must-be-met-for-eu-accession-50592389.html

A Ukrainian delegation in Brussels has received the European Union’s conditions for accession covering the final three negotiation clusters, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko reported on Telegram on March 17.

The clusters are “Competitiveness and Inclusive Development,” “Green Agenda and Sustainable Connectivity,” and “Resources, Agriculture, and Cohesion Policy.”

“From now on, Ukraine has a full set of conditions that must be met for EU accession — for the first time in history,” Svyrydenko said, recalling that last December Kyiv received conditions for three other clusters: “Fundamentals of the EU Accession Process,” “Internal Market,” and “External Relations.”

The next steps are to successfully close the negotiation clusters and sign the accession treaty, which would mark the final stage of Ukraine’s path to full EU membership.

"The government will continue to fulfill the accession conditions by implementing the necessary reforms and measures and reporting to the EU. The government is immediately sending the document with the conditions received today to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) for joint work on their implementation."

On March 16, The Office of the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration shared the latest report on the implementation of the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement for 2025.
https://eu-ua.kmu.gov.ua/wp-content/uploads/Zvit-pro-vykonannya-Ugody-
pro-asotsiatsiyu-za-2025-r.pdf
https://english.nv.ua/nation/ukraine-boosts-eu-reform-progress-to-84-u
nder-association-pact-50592111.html

Ukrainian to English translation of "Report On The Implementation Of The Association Agreement Between Ukraine And The European Union For 2025"
https://www.mediafire.com/file/zyxm0qkzw6wg8xj/Application_for_the_imp
lementation_of_the_Association_Agreement_for_2025.pdf/file

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Zelensky calls for increase in “eliminations” as he reveals how many soldiers Russia is mobilizing

By Jens Asbjørn Bøgen | March 17, 2026

https://www.dagens.com/war/zelensky-calls-for-increase-in-eliminations
-as-he-reveals-how-many-soldiers-russia-is-mobilizing

“Over the past three months, we eliminated 30, 35, and 28 thousand Russian soldiers respectively.”

The share of fatalities has increased, with 62% of losses recorded as deaths and 38% as injuries.

Goal: 50,000 eliminations per month.

“Russia mobilizes 40–45 thousand people every month. We must eliminate roughly the same number of troops so that the Russian army doesn’t grow in size. Eliminate them simply so that Russia cannot expand its aggression,” Zelenskyy said.

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“You pay and you might stay alive”: Russian soldiers expose frontline bribery system

Kathrine Frich | March 17, 2026

https://www.dagens.com/war/you-pay-and-you-might-stay-alive-russian-so
ldiers-expose-frontline-bribery-system

Control, survival and money are intertwined with daily life as a Russian soldier.

As the conflict drags on, accounts from the front suggest a system where access to safety can depend on what soldiers are willing to pay.

A deadly system

According to a joint investigation by Die Welt and independent outlet Verstka cited by Onet, some Russian commanders are exploiting their authority for profit, demanding payments from soldiers in exchange for safer assignments.

Reporters spoke with more than 20 soldiers and relatives, reviewing documents, receipts and chat records to verify their claims.

One soldier, Maksim Ivanov, described how power operates within certain units: “They decide who lives and who dies.”

Paying to survive

Ivanov said he was asked to pay 1 million rubles, roughly $11,000, to avoid being sent on a near-certain assault shortly after arriving at the front.

“Then I understood why he had scared us so much before,” he said.

Others reported similar arrangements, where soldiers could pay to stay in rear positions, transfer to less dangerous units or avoid returning to combat after being wounded.

A monthly “subscription”

Some payments were not one-off demands but ongoing.

“It’s like a subscription, you pay every month so they don’t send you to slaughter,” Ivanov said, describing regular transfers of about 100,000 rubles, or around $1,100.

According to testimonies cited by Die Welt and Verstka, those who refused to pay were often sent on high-risk missions.

Control and coercion

Former soldier Maksim Sokolan said commanders in his unit collected bank cards and PIN codes, giving them direct access to soldiers’ funds.

In other cases, requests for money were framed as unit needs, including equipment purchases or so-called “battalion assistance.”

Alexei Andreev, another former contract soldier, said troops were routinely asked to contribute between 15,000 and 50,000 rubles for gear such as radios and drones.

Violence and pressure

Refusal could carry consequences beyond reassignment.

Igor Vakhterov, who had previously fought with the Wagner Group, said he was beaten after rejecting a demand to hand over half his bonus.

Other accounts describe soldiers being detained, threatened or placed in dangerous positions after disputes with commanders.
Life and death stakes

The investigation also points to a practice known among soldiers as “zeroing,” where individuals who resist orders are allegedly sent into extreme danger or killed under unclear circumstances.

Even medical evacuation could depend on payment, with one soldier claiming it sometimes cost up to 100,000 rubles to transport the wounded.
A system unchecked

Families and soldiers have filed complaints with military prosecutors, but many say they have received no response.

The Russian Ministry of Defense did not reply to requests for comment from Die Welt and Verstka at the time of publication.

The structure of command, where officers control assignments, transfers and medical decisions, allows such practices to persist, according to those interviewed.

“You pay and you might stay alive,” Ivanov said.

Sources: Die Welt, Verstka, Onet.

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Battlefield analysis: What Ukraine’s recent front-line gains really mean

by Francis Farrell

March 18, 2026 5:12 PM

https://kyivindependent.com/analysis-ukraines-counterattacks-and-the-u
pcoming-russian-spring-campaign/

. . . if Moscow can find battlefield success and repeat the pace of advance that they enjoyed over late 2025, the city of Zaporizhzhia itself, an industrial and logistical stronghold of 700,000 people, could come under threat.

This could dramatically alter the political dynamic of the war, and with it, Russia's minimum demands at any peace negotiations.

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Killer robots don’t exist yet but Ukraine and Russia are getting closer

“We are already deep into practical battlefield autonomy.”

by Igor Kossov

18/03/2026

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/18/killer-robots-dont-exist-yet-bu
t-ukraine-and-russia-are-getting-closer/

Ukraine is running out of soldiers and Russia’s loss-recruitment ratio is starting to look grim. If full-spectrum autonomy is possible, it may not only help turn the tide, but put the winner at the forefront of a terrifying military revolution. Former top commander Valeriy Zaluzhnyi predicted that Ukraine must win this race no later than 2027.

Fortunately, fully-autonomous weapons — those that navigate, detect, select, and strike targets without a human pilot, all in one package — don't exist yet, according to more than a dozen interviews with AI developers, dronemakers, military insiders, and Russia analysts.

However, each separate capability: from navigation, to object recognition, to targeting assistance, are already available and increasingly common on the battlefield.

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Ukraine's commander-in-chief: Russia plans to conscript another 409,000 troops in 2026

By Anastasia Protz — 19 March, 09:36

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/03/19/8026207/

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Putin's top weatherman urges nuclear strikes on NATO country in chilling forecast

Russian state TV meteorologist Yevgeny Tishkovets has been incorporating predictions about ideal weather conditions for nuclear attacks on Britain and Europe into his forecasts, while advocating for missile strikes on Western military facilities.

10:28 ET, Thu, Mar 19, 2026

https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/202557/putin-s-top-weather
man-urges-nuclear-strikes-britain-citing-favorable-winds

That was today. Two years ago, the same weatherman gave the same forecast :

Russian Weatherman Says Conditions ‘Ideal’ for Nuclear Strike on NATO

Published Mar 09, 2024 at 12:17 PM EST

Russian weatherman Evgeny Tishkovets recently told TV host and Kremlin-back propagandist Vladimir Solovyov that conditions are "ideal" for a nuclear strike on member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

https://www.newsweek.com/russian-weatherman-says-conditions-ideal-nucl
ear-strike-nato-1877580

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That was today. Two years ago, the same weatherman gave the same forecast :

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=67464

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Originally posted by second:
That was today. Two years ago, the same weatherman gave the same forecast :

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=67464

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It is NOT about the weather. 6ixStringJoker points to ‘Experts’ Know Less than They Think; All ‘authorities’ should be challenged which indicates 6ix totally missed the point that Russians have been telling the entire world that Russia will nuke them if they don't obey. Ukrainians are admirably murdering the Russians who cannot live peacefully around people who aren't their slaves.

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Friday, March 20, 2026 12:34 AM

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That was today. Two years ago, the same weatherman gave the same forecast :

http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=67464

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It is NOT about the weather. 6ixStringJoker points to ‘Experts’ Know Less than They Think; All ‘authorities’ should be challenged which indicates 6ix totally missed the point that Russians have been telling the entire world that Russia will nuke them if they don't obey. Ukrainians are admirably murdering the Russians who cannot live peacefully around people who aren't their slaves.

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I'm not the one listening to a weatherman from big bad Russia and taking him seriously.

I'm not the one listening to a dumbass weatherman from big bad Russia who said the same damn thing 2 years ago and taking him seriously.

I'm not the one taking the word of "experts" who write bullshit slop like this while they feed it to you while you're on your knees constantly begging for more because you're insatiable.

You post 2 dozen anti-Trump, anti-American articles from so-called "experts" every day, and you've done so for the last 10 years straight.

Get some help. Your brain is beyond cooked brother.

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:

I'm not the one listening to a weatherman from big bad Russia and taking him seriously.

I'm not the one listening to a dumbass weatherman from big bad Russia who said the same damn thing 2 years ago and taking him seriously.

I'm not the one taking the word of "experts" who write bullshit slop like this while they feed it to you while you're on your knees constantly begging for more because you're insatiable.

You post 2 dozen anti-Trump, anti-American articles from so-called "experts" every day, and you've done so for the last 10 years straight.

Get some help. Your brain is beyond cooked brother.

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Everything Trump says, does, or writes is an explanation for why his life has been troubled for decades. The same is true for every Trumptard I know. They literally are doing a constant broadcast for why they have trouble, but they don't tune in to the show they produce. Instead, all they know about themselves is the simple fable running inside their head, but not out in reality, that their troubles are caused by libtards. Russians have the same fables in their heads that Trumptard run, except their fables blame the Ukrainians and the West, rather than libtards.

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Ukrainian forces are also conducting a systematic effort to degrade Russian air defenses and expose other valuable assets in the Russian rear within their mid- and long-range battlefield air interdiction (BAI) campaign. A Ukrainian open-source intelligence (OSINT) analyst reported on March 18 that the reported monthly Ukrainian mid-range strikes between 50 and 250 kilometers behind the frontline have quadrupled from an average of roughly 11 between March and October 2025 to an average of 45 since November 2025.[6] The analyst noted that Ukrainian forces conducted a total of 365 mid-range strikes between March 19, 2025 and March 9, 2026, of which one third occurred in the previous three months alone (roughly since January 9, 2026). The figures include some Ukrainian long-range strikes that have similar impacts, as mid-range strikes are typically at an operational depth (about 20 to 120 kilometers from the frontline).[7] The OSINT analyst noted that Ukrainian forces targeted radar stations, missile launchers, and other elements of the Russian air defense system in almost half of the strikes since March 19, 2025. The OSINT analyst added that Ukrainian forces have used Ukrainian-manufactured mid-range strike drones with ranges of up to 250 kilometers to partially replace the role that High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) systems used to fill, and notably increased their usage of FP-2 long-range strike drones over the past five months (roughly since October 9, 2025). BBC’s Ukraine Service reported on March 19 that Ukrainian General Staff data indicates that Ukrainian forces struck 55 Russian air defense systems during Winter 2025-2026.[8] Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) Commander Major Robert “Magyar” Brovdi reported on March 16 that Ukrainian forces struck 23 more air defense systems between March 1 and 16, for a total of 80 systems during Winter 2025-2026 and early Spring 2026.[9] Dutch open-source project Oryx visually confirmed on January 1, 2026 that Ukrainian forces destroyed 77 Russian surface-to-air-missile (SAM) systems and 23 radar stations in 2025.[10] Ukraine’s degradation of the Russian air defense network through concentrated strikes against radars and air defense systems allows subsequent Ukrainian strikes to target other valuable assets in the Russian rear, enhancing the reach of Ukraine’s mid-range BAI campaign.[11]

https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive
-campaign-assessment-march-19-2026/

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The Russians captured 4,336 km2 of Ukraine in 2025 versus 3,363 km2 in 2024. But that 29% increase in the pace of its advances cost Russia as many as 418,170 casualties, including both killed and wounded. While many wounded troops eventually return to the front, many don't. Russia recruits around 30,000 fresh troops every month, but last year it may have buried or retired more people than it recruited.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/20/lyman-mech-assault/

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Putin offers to stop sharing intel with Iran if US cuts off Ukraine

https://www.politico.eu/article/putin-offers-stop-intel-iran-condition
-us-cuts-off-ukraine/

Moscow proposed a quid pro quo to the U.S. under which the Kremlin would stop sharing intelligence information with Iran, such as the precise coordinates of U.S. military assets in the Middle East, if Washington ceased supplying Ukraine with intel about Russia.

The U.S. continues to share intelligence with Ukraine. But for how much longer? Washington paused the exchanges last year after a disastrous Oval Office meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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Russia's new Izdeliye-30 missile makes strikes harder to anticipate

By Kateryna Hodunova | March 22, 2026 12:23 PM

Even as Russia sharply expands drone production, it continues to develop deadlier weapons, including missiles. Its latest, the Izdeliye-30 cruise missile, flattened a residential building in Kharkiv in early March within seconds, killing 11 people.

"It is a mistake to assume that the future belongs exclusively to drones," Vladyslav Vlasiuk, the Ukrainian president's commissioner for sanctions, said following the strike.

Russia is seeking to build cheaper but equally destructive weapons. The Izdeliye-30 is one such development. It carries a larger warhead than its predecessor, the Kh-101, and can be launched from both strategic bombers, large, long-range aircraft such as the Tu-95MS and Tu-160, and tactical aircraft, the frontline combat jets Russia uses more often in Ukraine, such as the Su-34, Su-30SM, and Su-35S. That gives Russia more ways to launch missile attacks and makes them harder for Ukraine to anticipate and intercept.

Russia's growing ability to launch such missiles from tactical aircraft could alter the dynamics of the war.

Much more at https://kyivindependent.com/drones-draw-focus-but-russia-continues-mis
sile-advances-with-its-new-izdeliye-30/

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Trump Has Given Up Pretending

Phillips P. OBrien

Mar 22, 2026

Two things have changed since January 2026 and both are notable. The first is that this was the last time that we saw a rash of stories about how Russia was advancing inexorably while Ukraine was, disastrously, running out of soldiers for the front. The second was that this was the last time that Donald Trump bothered even pretending that he might help Ukraine. Both stories have been regularly repeated narratives/gambits, for three years in the case of the former and one year in the case of the latter.

Both narratives have quietly been shelved since then, embarrassing those who had invested so much to spread them loudly and widely.

In the land war there is more and more evidence that Ukraine is able to extract growing and terrible toll on the Russian army without relying on more and more infantry at the front. Instead, the Ukrainians are relying on machines, mostly UAVs, to destroy their attackers. It is, for now, a vindication of their choice about how to approach the war.

Much more at https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-update-177-russian-loss
es

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Russian families say soldiers killed in Ukraine are listed as missing or deserters to avoid death pay

March 22, 2026, 07:43 AM

https://english.nv.ua/nation/relatives-of-russian-armed-forces-soldier
s-complain-about-denied-payments-50593880.html

Wives and mothers of Russian soldiers killed in the war against Ukraine are increasingly taking to social media to complain about delays and denials of compensation payments, German tabloid Bild reported on March 21.

The complaints are appearing in chats and communities linked to pro-government organizations, where relatives are attempting to pressure authorities into providing assistance. Bild said it analyzed tens of thousands of messages from soldiers' families over the past six months.

Relatives say soldiers are frequently classified as missing in action or as deserters, preventing families from receiving compensation payments.

"The prosecutor's office makes no effort at all. We called everywhere, but the required documents often only arrive after a year," one woman wrote.

Under Russian law, the federal government is required to pay families of fallen servicemembers more than 13 million rubles ($157,000), with additional payments from regional budgets. However, payments are only disbursed after an official death confirmation.

Relatives say the paperwork process drags on for months or years. In some cases, documents list "undetermined cause of death" or fail to link the death to combat operations.

Russian independent outlets have previously reported that the military routinely classifies soldiers as missing in action when their bodies cannot be recovered from the battlefield. In such cases, families are forced to go to court to have the servicemember officially declared dead — a prerequisite for receiving any compensation.

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Monday, March 23, 2026 6:12 AM

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pay families of fallen servicemembers more than 13 million rubles ($157,000)

The above payment is the motivation:

A new unofficial “instruction manual” appears to be circulating within Russia’s occupying army: finish off your wounded comrade, then take your own life, Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces said on March 22 as they published a video they said showed the practice. The military warned that the footage contains disturbing images. https://t.me/ua_dshv/8334#

“A real conveyor belt of self-destruction — this is the occupiers’ new ‘manual,’” the Air Assault Forces said. “It is brutally simple and terrifying at the same time: finish off your wounded comrade and then put a bullet in your own head.”

According to the Ukrainian military, constant pressure from fiber-optic drones, precision bomb drops, and artillery has created conditions in which Russian troops increasingly understand that evacuation is unlikely.

“While Ukraine’s Armed Forces fight for every life and pull their own soldiers out of the hottest positions, the enemy is simply erasing itself — platoon by platoon,” the statement said.

https://english.nv.ua/russian-war/ukraine-says-russian-troops-increasi
ngly-abandon-wounded-and-die-by-suicide-50593873.html

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Monday, March 23, 2026 6:24 AM

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I'm not the one listening to a weatherman from big bad Russia and taking him seriously.

I'm not the one listening to a dumbass weatherman from big bad Russia who said the same damn thing 2 years ago and taking him seriously.

I'm not the one taking the word of "experts" who write bullshit slop like this while they feed it to you while you're on your knees constantly begging for more because you're insatiable.

You post 2 dozen anti-Trump, anti-American articles from so-called "experts" every day, and you've done so for the last 10 years straight.

Get some help. Your brain is beyond cooked brother.

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Be Evil. Be a dick.
Everything Trump says, does, or writes is an explanation for why his life has been troubled for decades. The same is true for every Trumptard I know. They literally are doing a constant broadcast for why they have trouble, but they don't tune in to the show they produce. Instead, all they know about themselves is the simple fable running inside their head, but not out in reality, that their troubles are caused by libtards. Russians have the same fables in their heads that Trumptard run, except their fables blame the Ukrainians and the West, rather than libtards.

You're the most fucked up person I know, dude.

Stop judging everyone else. You're the problem.

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Be Nice. Don't be a dick.

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