Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
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Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has decided to escalate the war against Ukraine, convinced that ending hostilities without capturing the Donbas endangers his physical survival, The Economist wrote on Aug. 30.
While none of Russia's mounting economic or political fractures are immediately fatal to Putin, his calculations remain dictated by the foundational logic of his regime: never project weakness. The Russian system tolerates violence but punishes failure, the report emphasized.
Putin reportedly believes that concluding the war without seizing at least the entire Donbas would expose him to direct mortal peril. According to an insider, at one point during the war, he told confidants: "They will hang me."
Sentiment among the Russian elite is darker still, the publication noted. One insider explained that the defining issue is not solely economic disruption or battlefield paralysis, but lost time: the full-scale invasion has dragged on for nearly five years without decisive victory. A growing perception within the ruling class suggests that "the emperor has no clothes." [This expression comes from the famous 1837 Cambridge English Dictionary fairy tale The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen, meaning pointing out an obvious, glaring truth that everyone else is ignoring or afraid to admit, usually because of social pressure, fear of authority, or a collective illusion - ed.]
https://english.nv.ua/nation/putin-fears-ending-war-without-taking-don
bas-threatens-his-life-50637138.html
Vladimir Putin plans to escalate his war
His refusal to back down is rooted in Russia’s gangster politics
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/08/30/cornered-vladimir-putin-pl
ans-to-escalate-his-war
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Russian dictator Vladimir Putin
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Quote:It is smart for a Ukrainian newspaper to call the rulers of Russia’s allies dictators.
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Russian dictator Vladimir Putin
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Your bot is stupid.
Vladimir Putin has been in power for over 27 years, starting from his appointment as Prime Minister in August 1999.
Belarus: Led by Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus serves as Russia's closest strategic and military partner, allowing its territory to be used as a staging ground for operations. Alexander Lukashenko has been the president of Belarus for over 32 years, since July 20, 1994.
China: Xi Jinping is the head of state and the most powerful figure in the country. Xi Jinping has been in power for over 13 years, having first assumed top leadership in November 2012. In 2018, China removed the two-term limit for the presidency, allowing Xi to rule indefinitely.
North Korea: Kim Jong Un has ruled the country since 2011. He is the third ruler from the Kim family. His grandfather, Kim Il Sung, founded the country, and his father, Kim Jong Il, ruled after him.
Iran: The current Supreme Leader of Iran is Mojtaba Khamenei, who took office in March 2026. He succeeded his father, Ali Khamenei, who ruled Iran for 36 years as its Supreme Leader, from August 1989 until his death in February 2026.
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Know your nations:
Putin and Lukashenko are elected officials. Both nations also have multiparty elected parliaments.
Xi is not popularly elected. He's selected by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, itself selected by delegates at the provincial level of the Communist party..
Kim is not popularly elected either, but elected by the N Korean Communist party central committee.
While Kahmeini was elected by a conclave of religious leaders, kind of like the Pope, Iran has a popularly elected President and also an elected Parliament.
Ursula von der Leyen Crazy is President of the European Commission. While the EU has an elected Parliament, the Parliament can not propose or write laws or budgets. It is the EU Commission that increasingly mandates the policies of individual EU nations (sanctions, trade, immigration, national budgets, resource allocation etc.) None of the positions in the Commission are elected.
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Quote:The incumbent president Vladimir Putin won with 88% of the vote, the highest percentage in a presidential election in post-Soviet Russia. Lukashenko received 86.8 percent of the vote, securing a seventh straight term.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Know your nations:
Putin and Lukashenko are elected officials.
Xi is not popularly elected.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/27/alexander-lukashenko-wins-sev
enth-straight-term-in-sham-belarus-election
Don’t we all wish that American Presidents got more and more popular as they accumulate more decades of experience? They would, but only if America were run as well as Russia and Belarus. Meanwhile, Xi has done amazing things with the Chinese economy, so much so that the rules were changed so he can keep doing it forever. If only America had a leader like that, he could lead forever, too!
The real standout is North Korea, where 99.93 % of votes are in favor. Kim is magic! The people want him forever and ever.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/03/23/north-korea
-s-kim-jong-un-reappointed-as-president-of-state-affairs_6751713_4.html
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Former Ukrainian president has made offer to Zelenskyy amid Russia’s new type of war on Kyiv
Petro Poroshenko has tabled a five-point plan for how the capital survives permanent air raid alerts.
by Olena Mukhina
01/09/2026
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/09/01/former-ukrainian-president-has-
made-offer-to-zelenskyy-amid-russias-new-type-of-war-on-kyiv/
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Russian Drone Attacks Will Last Until State Duma Elections
Russia is intensifying drone attacks on Ukraine to show voters a "picture of victory" before September's State Duma elections despite lacking battlefield gains.
Sept. 1, 2026, 1:22 pm
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83488
Russia’s State Duma elections are scheduled to take place from Sept. 18-20.
Russian forces endured a net loss of 3 square miles of Ukraine’s territory in the past four weeks (July 28–Aug. 25, 2026). https://www.russiamatters.org/news/russia-ukraine-war-report-card/russ
ia-ukraine-war-report-card-aug-25-2026
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Russia’s jet-powered ‘Geran’ drones and Kyiv’s falling interception rate
September 1, 2026
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/09/02/why-russia-s-jet-powered-geran
-drones-are-so-hard-to-shoot-down-and-what-kyiv-s-falling-interception-rate-means-for-the-future-of-the-war
Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat said on Monday (Sept 1) that Russian forces had launched more than 1,500 drones over the previous four days, about 800 of them — more than half — jet-powered.
By comparison, Russia fired just 300 jet-powered drones at Ukraine in all of June and about 1,500 of them in July, according to Serhii Beskrestnov, an adviser to Ukraine’s president on technology.
Along with the numbers, Russia has changed the pattern of the attacks themselves, the BBC reported: the drones come in smaller batches than before, but more often. Russia now sends over three or four jet-powered drones, sometimes as many as 10, roughly every half hour, the BBC said.
On August 27 alone, Kyiv recorded 13 air-raid alerts lasting a combined 15 hours — a record since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Jet-powered drones are harder to shoot down because of their speed. In the winter of 2026, Ukraine was shooting down 95–98% of propeller-driven Shaheds. On August 27, Ukrainian forces shot down 88% of all drones, conventional and jet-powered alike; on August 31, just 79%.
An unnamed Ukrainian government official told The Wall Street Journal that Ukraine already has drones capable of shooting down the newest Geran models, but only a few hundred of them — far short of the thousands it needs.
Ukraine is working to develop countermeasures against jet-powered drones, and sources in the country’s defense industry told the BBC they expect Ukraine to have a counter within the next month.
As Russian strikes on Kyiv intensify, Ruslan Horbenko, a lawmaker from Zelensky’s Servant of the People party, said Kyiv and the Kyiv region could be officially designated front-line areas. The designation brings benefits including war-risk insurance, exemption from mobilization, and wage guarantees for utility workers. A government resolution to that effect has already been drafted, he said.
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-drones-are-so-hard-to-shoot-down-and-what-kyiv-s-falling-interception-rate-means-for-the-future-of-the-war
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Nordic-Baltic countries demand Russia’s unconditional withdrawal from Ukraine
01.09.2026 20:59
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4159905-nordicbaltic-countri
es-demand-russias-unconditional-withdrawal-from-ukraine.html
The Nordic and Baltic states called on Russia to immediately fulfill its obligations under international law and demanded the full and unconditional withdrawal of all Russian troops from Ukrainian territory.
Deputy Permanent Representative of Finland to the UN Heli Lehto made the statement on behalf of the eight countries at a UN General Assembly meeting on the situation in Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.
“We, the Nordic and Baltic states, call on Russia to immediately and fully fulfill its obligations under international law. We demand the immediate, full and unconditional withdrawal of all Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders,” the diplomat said.
Lehto stressed that respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity is a prerequisite for a comprehensive, just and lasting peace.
She pointed to a sharp increase in Russian attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in 2026. According to her, the number of civilian deaths and injuries is at its highest level since March 2022, while residents of the temporarily occupied territories continue to face constant and systematic repression.
“Independent UN investigators continue to report mass arbitrary detentions and widespread use of torture against civilians, people in detention and prisoners of war,” she said.
Lehto also cited reports of systematic sexual violence against Ukrainians held in Russian custody, as well as abuse of women and children in the occupied territories.
“Human rights organizations have documented the large-scale forcible transfer and unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children. The Ukrainian authorities report deliberate efforts to destroy Ukrainian national identity in the occupied territories, including through militarization, indoctrination and the unlawful adoption of children,” Finland’s representative said.
Lehto recalled that an occupying administration is obliged to ensure humane treatment of the local population, meet their basic needs and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance.
“It is clear that Russia is clearly unwilling to fulfill these obligations,” she said.
The diplomat also reaffirmed the eight countries’ commitment to holding Russia accountable for international crimes it has committed.
“We remain firmly committed to establishing a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine and continue to provide unwavering support for the work of the International Criminal Court,” Lehto concluded.
The diplomat delivered the joint statement on behalf of Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
As previously reported by Ukrinform, the European Union will never recognize Ukraine’s occupied territories as Russian and will continue to provide comprehensive assistance to Ukraine.
https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-polytics/4159857-es-nikoli-ne-viznae-o
kupovani-ukrainski-teritorii-rosijskimi.html
Read also: Deterring Russia is not working, Europe must respond to escalation with force – expert
https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-polytics/4158325-strimuvanna-rosii-ne-
pracue-evropa-mae-vidpovidati-na-eskalaciu-silou-ekspert.html
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So many articles, all avoiding the fact that NATO is losing in Ukraine.
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Quote:Signym, you can twist reality any way you want with words, but it does not physically change anything. Here is an example of how it is done: It was a "FACT" that Japan was "winning" in WWII, having killed hundreds of thousands of Americans and sinking the US fleet. But then the evil President Harry Truman wantonly slays civilians, women, children, and old men with atom bombs, a vile weapon, worse than chemical and biological weapons, that most Americans regret having used. The Emperor accepted the so-called shame of "surrendering" to protect his people from the depravity of the US Army, but he had a plan to show how superior Japan's industrial might was. After "surrendering," the economy of Japan outshone all other countries in the world, making it more prosperous than ever before.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
So many articles, all avoiding the fact that NATO is losing in Ukraine.
Signym, any defeat can be miraculously transformed into "victory" with words. The words don't change reality, but if you're demented, it feels like empty words have physical meaning and significance.
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Shootout between SBU and HUR in Kyiv during investigation of Russian FSB plot
By Jonas Heins | September 2, 2026 8:44 pm
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-prevents-fsb-plot-against-russian-
opposition-figure/
Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
A shootout between two branches of Ukraine's security services broke out on the morning of Sept. 2 during an investigation into an alleged Russian terrorist plot against a Russian opposition figure.
Earlier, a source in Ukraine's Defense Forces told the Kyiv Independent that the target of the plot was Stepan Kaplunov, deputy commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) that fights alongside Kyiv.
He had been in Ukraine for Independence Day celebrations on Aug. 24 but was "abducted by unknown individuals in the courtyard of his home," the RVC wrote on Telegram on Sept. 1.
As authorities announced that the alleged plot had been thwarted, reports of a shootout in Kyiv began to emerge.
According to Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office, Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) officers were attacked by "one of the units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine" while conducting an investigation into the alleged plot.
"During the investigative actions in the proceedings regarding the terrorist act of the FSB of the Russian Federation, an armed attack occurred on SBU officers," it said in a post on Telegram.
"During the cessation of armed resistance, law enforcement officers used weapons," it added.
Speaking to journalists, Presidential Adviser Dmytro Lytvyn said the two units involved were the SBU and Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR). He added that President Volodymyr Zelensky had "called out" the heads of both and ordered them to inform the public about what was happening.
Zelensky later called the incident "an absolutely disgraceful situation" between individual SBU and HUR units and said Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko and the State Bureau of Investigation would establish what happened.
"All testimony and statements from the participants in this story will be checked, the entire situation step by step," Zelensky said.
He said there must be accountability, including possible personnel decisions by the heads of the security services concerning those involved, as well as internal investigations within both agencies.
"Here in Ukraine, one can shoot only at the Russian occupiers in defense of Ukraine," Zelensky said. "No other shootout will ever be perceived by our state as something that anyone is allowed to do."
A lawyer acting on behalf of Kaplunov told Ukrainian TV that three people had been injured during the shootout.
Three HUR service members were injured in the shootout, two of them seriously, according to Taras Borovskyi, a lawyer representing Kaplunov.
"One was shot in the leg and had an artery severed, and he was bleeding out. He is in very serious condition in a medical facility. The second is also in serious condition in hospital. The third is more lightly wounded," Borovskyi told Ukrainska Pravda.
Borovskyi, who said he was at the scene, also alleged that SBU officers had carried out an emergency nighttime search of Kaplunov's apartment without allowing his lawyer inside and without a court warrant.
He questioned why the search was carried out on Sept. 1 if Kaplunov had already been detained on Aug. 23, and said he still had not been told why his client was detained.
The lawyer also rejected the SBU's claim that it had foiled an assassination attempt against Kaplunov, calling it an attempt to justify what he described as an extrajudicial detention and a "PR move."
The commander of HUR's so-called "Timur" special unit was also present during the investigative actions and conducted negotiations between representatives of the two security services, according to Kaplunov's lawy
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Originally posted by second:Quote:Signym, you can twist reality any way you want with words, but it does not physically change anything. Here is an example of how it is done: It was a "FACT" that Japan was "winning" in WWII, having killed hundreds of thousands of Americans and sinking the US fleet. But then the evil President Harry Truman wantonly slays civilians, women, children, and old men with atom bombs, a vile weapon, worse than chemical and biological weapons, that most Americans regret having used. The Emperor accepted the so-called shame of "surrendering" to protect his people from the depravity of the US Army, but he had a plan to show how superior Japan's industrial might was. After "surrendering," the economy of Japan outshone all other countries in the world, making it more prosperous than ever before.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
So many articles, all avoiding the fact that NATO is losing in Ukraine.
Signym, any defeat can be miraculously transformed into "victory" with words. The words don't change reality, but if you're demented, it feels like empty words have physical meaning and significance.
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Huh.
You are FULL of empty words, SECOND.
You just spewed a whole bunch of them!
Here are more of your empty words:
Slavery (which you can't even describe or define)
Evil (another word you can't define)
Nazo
Trumptard
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THGR, you've been posting about Russian fuel collapse for quite a while now.
So. When is it going to happen, really?
Any day now?
Tick tock on your predictions.
******
SECOND, "Understanding War" used to be at least closer to the truth, but the worse things go for Ukraine the further it goes off the rails. Russian people aren't suffering. What a crock.
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger
Russia’s Shift from Energy Exporter to Fuel Importer
Russia is no longer just selling gas — it is now importing refined fuel to meet domestic shortages caused by Ukraine’s strikes on its energy infrastructure.
I'd say soon comrade.
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Russia Is Struggling to Defend Its Own Capital
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Quote:North Korea is Russia's ally in the war with Ukraine. North Korea "won" the Korean War, which started on June 25, 1950, but never ended. After "winning", North Korea still does not allow its citizens to receive TV or radio broadcasts from South Korea, or visit, since that would prove North Korea did NOT "win". What North Korea did "win" was the war of words. Only Kim's words are heard in North Korea. Russia taught North Korea how to "win" a war of words.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Huh.
You are FULL of empty words, SECOND.
You just spewed a whole bunch of them!
Here are more of your empty words:
Slavery (which you can't even describe or define)
Evil (another word you can't define)
Nazo
Trumptard
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Shut the fuck up, Shit Golem.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
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tick tock...
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PANIC IN MOSCOW AIRPORTS: RUSSIAN AIRSPACE TOTALLY UNSAFE
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Originally posted by second:Quote:Signym, you can twist reality any way you want with words, but it does not physically change anything. Here is an example of how it is done: It was a "FACT" that Japan was "winning" in WWII, having killed hundreds of thousands of Americans and sinking the US fleet. But then the evil President Harry Truman wantonly slays civilians, women, children, and old men with atom bombs, a vile weapon, worse than chemical and biological weapons, that most Americans regret having used. The Emperor accepted the so-called shame of "surrendering" to protect his people from the depravity of the US Army, but he had a plan to show how superior Japan's industrial might was. After "surrendering," the economy of Japan outshone all other countries in the world, making it more prosperous than ever before.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
So many articles, all avoiding the fact that NATO is losing in Ukraine.
Signym, any defeat can be miraculously transformed into "victory" with words. The words don't change reality, but if you're demented, it feels like empty words have physical meaning and significance.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
Huh.
You are FULL of empty words, SECOND.
You just spewed a whole bunch of them!
Here are more of your empty words:
Slavery (which you can't even describe or define)
Evil (another word you can't define)
Nazo
Trumptard
"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger
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Update from Ukraine | Absolutely Fantastic News! Russians Are Trapped
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Founder of Russian children’s hospice charged with spreading ‘fakes’ about the Russian military. She faces up to 10 years in prison.
September 2, 2026, 8:40 am
Source: RBC
https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/02/founder-of-russian-children-s-hos
pice-charged-with-spreading-fakes-about-the-russian-military-she-faces-up-to-10-years-in-prison
Investigators have charged Lida Moniava, founder of the children’s hospice “House with a Lighthouse,” with spreading “false information” about the Russian military motivated by political hatred — a charge under Article 207.3, Part 2, Clause “d” of Russia’s Criminal Code — and detained her, according to her defense attorney, Mikhail Biryukov, who told the Russian business news outlet RBC.
The statute carries a maximum sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
Biryukov said the case stems from a post Moniava published on her Telegram channel in February 2023. Moniava has not pleaded guilty. The independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported that investigators plan to ask the court to send her to a pretrial detention center.
Investigators searched Moniava’s home on the morning of September 2 and then took her to the Investigative Committee, Russia’s federal investigating authority, for questioning.
A Moscow court fined Moniava 45,000 rubles in February 2026 on an administrative charge of “discrediting” the Russian military, stemming from three posts on her Telegram channel. In one, she linked to a “Christmas Message to Friends” by Orthodox Christians living in emigration, published by The Moscow Times, which spoke of “the terrible war unleashed by the Russian state.” Another described the deaths of children after a Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih. A third recounted the deaths of the Martynenko family in a Russian strike on Sumy.
After being fined on the “discrediting” charge, Moniava said she had no plans to leave Russia, despite advice from many people that she do so.
Moniava founded the children’s hospice “House with a Lighthouse” and in 2018 became head of the charitable foundation of the same name, which supports critically ill children and young adults up to age 30. After the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine, she launched a separate fund to help refugees from Ukraine, Russia’s border regions, and Nagorno-Karabakh; it suspended operations in September 2025.
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Moscow plans mass deployment of cheap Dan-T cruise missiles by 2027
September 3, 2026, 01:42 AM
https://english.nv.ua/nation/low-cost-dan-t-cruise-missiles-could-pres
ent-fresh-saturation-threat-to-kyiv-50638063.html
Their primary operational danger stems from Russia's capability to mass-produce them at scale due to suppressed unit costs, Romanenko told UNIAN.
"What are the baseline specifications for this weapon class? The unit cost is markedly lower than a standard cruise missile like the Kh-101 or Kalibr. Operational range is capped around 500 kilometers, unlike the Kh-101's 5,500 kilometers. Warhead payload sits around 100 to 150 kilograms, and half the components — including the engine — are Chinese. Banderol, Dan-T, and new S-71M Monokhrom all fit this profile," Romanenko said.
Khrapchynskyi echoed this view, noting that both the Dan-T and Banderol reflect Moscow's broader tactical doctrine: fielding vast quantities of inexpensive jet-powered munitions capable of exhausting and saturating Ukraine's integrated air defense umbrella.
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Imperialist Delusions and the Price of Fuel
Trump and Bessent tried to betray Ukraine. Now they don’t have any cards.
Paul Krugman
Sep 03, 2026
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/imperialist-delusions-and-the-price
During the 2024 campaign Donald Trump promised to cut energy prices in half. He has, instead, presided over soaring prices at the pump, which have played an important role in his collapse in the polls.
Some might attribute this disaster to Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran, ignoring what appear to have been near-unanimous warnings by experienced military and intelligence officials that such a war would, in addition to disrupting oil supplies, overstretch the U.S. military and dangerously deplete stocks of munitions — which is exactly what happened.
But Scott Bessent, Trump’s Treasury secretary, has found someone else to blame: Ukraine.
Yesterday Bessent went on “Fox & Friends,” where he pinned the blame for high energy prices largely on Kyiv:
We are going through an energy shock right now due to both the war in Ukraine, because Ukraine has decided that they want to blow up Russian energy assets and refined properties, so that is creating upward price pressure on a global basis, and the conflict in Iran.
Now, Bessent isn’t wrong to say that bottlenecks in refining capacity are playing a major role in the current energy shock. The chart at the top of this post shows changes in the price of crude oil and diesel, both measured in dollars per barrel, since the beginning of this year. Crude oil is up a lot, although off its peak in early April. But diesel is up much more (so is gasoline, although not quite as much.) And Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil facilities are certainly playing a role in reducing global refining capacity.
But note Bessent’s wording: Ukraine “has decided that they want to blow up Russian energy assets.” Gosh, why would the Ukrainians want to do such a thing? Might it have something to do with the fact that they are engaged in an existential struggle against Vladimir Putin’s regime, which is in its fifth year of a war aimed at destroying their nation, and they need to hit back at Putin’s military and economic base?
Notice, also, that Bessent didn’t point out that these attacks on Russian oil would end if Russia were to end its attempted war of conquest. But far from demanding an end to Russian aggression, the Trump administration infuriated the democratic nations of Europe by inviting Russia’s finance minister, for the first time since the Ukraine war began, to Monday’s meeting of the Group of 20 major economies.
But wait: There’s more background here. Bessent, as much as or more than Trump, has been effectively an enemy of Ukraine from the beginning.
Right at the beginning of the Trump II administration Bessent flew to Kyiv to demand that the Ukrainian government in effect hand over a large share of its mineral resources to the United States. I described it at the time as a “Belgian Congo” deal:
What Trump suggested was that Ukraine give the United States half of the revenue it gets from resource extraction, as far as I can tell in perpetuity. Trump suggested that this would amount to $500 billion, although this seems like a wildly exaggerated sum.
In return, Trump offered, well, zero. No additional aid, no security guarantees, no nothing.
Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s book Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump offers more, damning detail. There was apparently a shouting match between Bessent and Ukraine’s president Zelenskyy, in which Zelenskyy correctly described Bessent’s proposal as a shakedown unenforceable under Ukrainian law.
Bessent then returned to Washington and urged Trump not to even meet with Zelenskyy until he signed the minerals deal:
“I’ve dealt with this little fucker,” Bessent would say to associates about Zelensky. “He’s tricky. He’s like the special-needs child for the Europeans. And he’s acting like Mr. Bean on crack.”
Nonetheless, Trump did meet with Zelenskyy — a
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Oh noez!!! This is like the twelfth dozenth time you've said so!
Russia is really fucked now! Ted's bullshit brainrot sayeth so!!!!
We've even got AI generated pictures of Russians panicking at the bank for our bullshit clickbait thumbnails now too!!!!!
My favorite is the guy who is holding his right hand over his chest while also holding his 2nd right hand to his cheek, just to the left of your dumb bitch and her dead eye stare.
loser.
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My favorite is the guy who is holding his right hand over his chest while also holding his 2nd right hand to his cheek, just to the left of your dumb bitch and her dead eye stare.
Allow me to explain that to Ted again in the only language he understands...
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Or how about the grunt that Ted makes every time he's presented with another hit of that sweet, sweet brainrot dopamine?
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Ukrainians know another hard winter is coming. Their government isn’t ready
As the summer comes to an end, Ukrainian authorities are still a long way off preparing for an inevitable energy crisis.
by Dominic Culverwell, Tania Myronyshena
September 3, 2026 8:47 PM
https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainians-know-another-hard-winter-is-com
ing-their-government-isnt-ready/
Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Aug. 31 the country is prepared to go into winter with 19.6 gigawatts (GW) of generation planned by November and strong gas and coal reserves. But most people on the beach expect this winter to be worse or at least the same as the last one, when Russia wiped out 9 GW of energy generation.
Behind the government’s positive messaging, authorities have made little progress tackling the core issues of the energy crisis over the last seven months, despite an "Energy Resilience Plan" announced in March, several energy officials told the Kyiv Independent.
. . . cash-strapped local governments, particularly in front-line regions, are struggling to implement the plans because they are overwhelmingly reliant on the national budget for funding.
Meanwhile, disputes between the government and Kyiv’s city authorities over financing meant the capital’s plan was only just approved on Aug. 31. Critics have also called into question the quality of the plans themselves with some saying they were little more than a PR stunt.
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Russia Burned Down Huge Coca-Cola Plant Near Kyiv—A Clear Signal to US, Zelenskyy Says
By Katherina Popilnichenko | Sep 03, 2026 21:14
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/russia-burned-down-huge-coca-
cola-plant-near-kyiv-a-clear-signal-to-us-zelenskyy-says-22218
Russian forces launched a drone strike on a Coca-Cola production plant in the Kyiv region on September 3, causing a major fire at one of the largest beverage manufacturing facilities in Europe.
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India’s Double Game with Russia: Peace Rhetoric vs Record Oil Trade
While Modi urges Putin to end the war, India is quietly deepening energy, trade, and transit ties that help Russia’s economy withstand sanctions.
https://www.kyivpost.com/videos/83668
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Fuck Coca-Cola. Fuck Zelensky.
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Oh noez!!! This is like the twelfth dozenth time you've said so!
Russia is really fucked now! Ted's bullshit brainrot sayeth so!!!!
We've even got AI generated pictures of Russians panicking at the bank for our bullshit clickbait thumbnails now too!!!!!
My favorite is the guy who is holding his right hand over his chest while also holding his 2nd right hand to his cheek, just to the left of your dumb bitch and her dead eye stare.
loser.
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first, I could care less if she used AI to create the picture. Watch the video. The logic is there. Second, the hand over the chest looks to be sporting nail polish. So, not his hand.
Even the second hand could be the hand of the guy who is just behind him off to his right. It's not clear enough to even distinguish a thumb or pinkie finger. Could be he is using a phone. Again, if it's AI generated, which it probably is, so what. The content of the video is real. It's not AI generated.
I know Gilligan, address the topic of the video, post, for once. Present evidence showing she is wrong. I know I know, you're not up to it; too bad.
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Ominous Sign for Ukraine as High Noon Showdown Erupts Between SBU and GUR in Kiev
Simplicius
Sep 03, 2026
There continue to be major signs of internal turmoil in Ukraine. The latest occurred yesterday when a gunfight erupted between the two security apparatuses of the SBU and GUR, with multiple operatives being shot and wounded.
The below video showcases the initiating moments, but the gunfights were said to last for hours afterwards:
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/ominous-sign-for-ukraine-as-high
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Oh noez!!! This is like the twelfth dozenth time you've said so!
Russia is really fucked now! Ted's bullshit brainrot sayeth so!!!!
We've even got AI generated pictures of Russians panicking at the bank for our bullshit clickbait thumbnails now too!!!!!
My favorite is the guy who is holding his right hand over his chest while also holding his 2nd right hand to his cheek, just to the left of your dumb bitch and her dead eye stare.
loser.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
first, I could care less if she used AI to create the picture. Watch the video. The logic is there. Second, the hand over the chest looks to be sporting nail polish. So, not his hand.
Even the second hand could be the hand of the guy who is just behind him off to his right. It's not clear enough to even distinguish a thumb or pinkie finger. Could be he is using a phone. Again, if it's AI generated, which it probably is, so what. The content of the video is real. It's not AI generated.
I know Gilligan, address the topic of the video, post, for once. Present evidence showing she is wrong. I know I know, you're not up to it; too bad.
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Why on earth would I ever address one of your brainrot videos seriously, you stupid shit?
Just in this thread alone you've posted over a hundred that have meant nothing.
You're a fucking moron, Ted.
Don't address me. You're so beneath me.
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 4, 2026
https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive
-campaign-assessment-september-4-2026/
Ukrainian sources also estimated that Russian forces can maintain live operator control via a chain of mesh-controlled Geran-type drones up to 150-175 kilometers from the furthest mesh ground control station, a twofold increase in the technology’s previous range compared to 2025.[13] The increasing Russian jet-powered drone speed and flight range at which Russian operators can remotely control them are allowing Russian forces to conduct high–precision strikes against valuable and dynamic targets.
Russian sources falsely and baselessly claimed that Russian forces encircled 2,000 Ukrainian forces northeast of Kharkiv City. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed on September 3 that elements of the Russian Northern Grouping of Forces (GoF) seized Vasylivka, Blahodatne, and Dovzhanka (all northeast of Kharkiv City).[1] The Russian Northern GoF additionally claimed on September 3 that Russian forces seized Slyzneve (northeast of Kharkiv City) and baselessly claimed that Russian forces completed an encirclement of 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers.[2] Several Russian milbloggers amplified claims about a Russian encirclement of Ukrainian forces northeast of Kharkiv City along the international border on September 3 and 4.[3] Russian sources did not present any visual evidence to support their claims, and some Russian sources even cast doubt on the claims about a grand encirclement. A Kremlin-affiliated milblogger acknowledged on September 3 that claims about Russian forces’ complete encirclement of Ukrainian forces required further confirmation, for example.[4] The Ukrainian 16th Army Corps directly refuted the Russian claims about the seizures of the mentioned settlements on September 3, directly refuting claims that Russian forces had encircled any Ukrainian forces in the corps’ area of responsibility.[5] The 16th Corps emphasized that Russian false encirclement claims emerged against the backdrop of a growing gasoline crisis in Russia, Ukrainian strikes against Russian oil refineries and warehouses, and the upcoming State Duma elections. Russian high-ranking officials, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the Russian MoD have continuously made exaggerated claims about Russian battlefield performance — including false claims about large encirclements of Ukrainian forces — as part of Russia’s systematic cognitive warfare effort to portray Russian forces as making sweeping advances and Ukrainian defenses as collapsing. Putin recently and baselessly claimed that the Russian Western GoF encircled 13 Ukrainian battalions with a total of around 5,000 servicemembers on the eastern shore of the Oskil Reservoir near Pisky-Radkivski (south of Borova and roughly 16 kilometers from the frontline) on September 2, for example.[6]
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Scott Bessent met with Russia’s finance minister. Then he said Ukrainian strikes on Russian energy sites were helping fuel a global ‘energy shock.’
September 4, 2026, 5:30 pm
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/09/05/scott-bessent-met-with-russia-
s-finance-minister-then-he-said-ukrainian-strikes-on-russian-energy-sites-were-helping-fuel-a-global-energy-shock
Scott Bessent wants Ukraine to surrender because this war is causing November election problems for Trump. The Ukrainians told Scott to shove his head up his ass because Trump's war on Iran causes Trump's problems.
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Drones have been chasing humans now for many years. The US used them in Afghanistan, the Israelis use them in Gaza, the Russians and Ukrainians both use them on the frontline to kill soldiers. But the way in which they are being used now in southern Ukraine, especially in the city of Kherson, feels different. The video above, which went viral last week, shows a drone that is clearly intelligent, or is anyway being used by someone who can see what it sees. Its cameras and navigation allow it to chase its targets as they run and hide.
The possible uses of this new way of waging war - or of settling arguments, or of committing crimes - are now infinite. The Financial Times wrote last week about Colombian narcos and paramilatries who are signing up to fight in Ukraine in order to learn how to use drones. They want to take the technology home and use it against their government. Also this week, German officials found a drone packed with explosives at Leipzig airport, which they are treating as an attempted terrorist attack. We may be just at the beginning of a new wave of drone terrorism for which nobody is yet prepared.
Although not all Pentagon procurement officers (or indeed Pentagon leaders) know it yet, nobody is prepared, technically or psychologically, for a new era of intelligent, deadly machines. Warfare is on its way to being transformed beyond recognition. Separate drone battalions are a thing of the past. Every aspect of fighting now requires drones, and drone interceptors.
How long until the rest of the world also experiences this change? Crime and terrorism will be transformed next, followed by the work of lawyers and police. Today’s bizarre dystopia, something we view in video clips coming from Ukraine, might be tomorrow’s new normal.
https://anneapplebaum.substack.com/p/the-dystopian-future-of-war
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Realistic Conditions for Ceasefire Unlikely Before Spring, Budanov Says
By Katherina Popilnichenko | Sep 05, 2026 14:02
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/realistic-conditions-for-ceas
efire-unlikely-before-spring-budanov-says-22249
Negotiations to end Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine could resume in late September, though realistic conditions for a ceasefire are unlikely to emerge before spring.
Head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Budanov shared these projections during an interview with The New York Times on September 4.
A new round of discussions is expected in late September, shortly after Russia’s parliamentary elections and weeks ahead of the US midterm elections. The process may begin with a visit to Kyiv by US presidential representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, following a previous proposal by Moscow for Ukrainian representatives to travel to the Russian capital.
During an earlier round of negotiations in February 2026, Moscow unexpectedly invited the Ukrainian delegation to visit the Russian capital to continue talks, which could have allowed for a direct meeting with Vladimir Putin.
However, the trip presented significant security risks for the Ukrainian team. Budanov is currently on Russia's wanted list over terrorism charges filed during his time as head of military intelligence. Ultimately, the Ukrainian delegation declined the trip to Moscow, bringing negotiations to a standstill.
Russia is currently escalating the situation as both sides seek to improve their leverage ahead of potential agreements.
According to The New York Times, perspectives within the Ukrainian leadership remain divided regarding the negotiation process. Some officials advocate pursuing an agreement to prevent further loss of life, while others caution that major concessions could negatively impact the Ukrainian military and society.
Budanov noted that he has engaged in multiple direct communications with the head of Russian military intelligence, Igor Kostyukov. Their initial contact took place in 2022 through Turkish mediation, focusing specifically on establishing Black Sea maritime corridors for Ukrainian grain exports.
Previously, CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced visit to Moscow, where he sought to persuade Russian leadership that its position was weak and that further escalation would only worsen its circumstances.
However, his efforts failed to convince Vladimir Putin to make concessions on Ukraine, and the Kremlin instead hardened its stance. Following the meetings, Russian forces intensified strikes on Kyiv, signaling to Washington that Moscow intended to continue its offensive without shifting to a more flexible position.
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Soviet “Mirror-Image Crimes”: How Moscow Blamed Others for Its Atrocities for Decades—and Is Doing It Again Today
04.09.2026 20:00
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-factcheck/4160921-soviet-mirrorimage-
crimes-how-moscow-blamed-others-for-its-atrocities-for-decadesand-is-doing-it-again-today.html
The Soviet Union blamed the German Nazis for some of the crimes of World War II, while the Nazis blamed the Soviets. Can the truth be found between the two myths?
The blowing up of the Dormition Cathedral and Khreshchatyk in 1941, the execution of more than 20,000 Polish officers at Katyn, and the mass killings of prisoners in the prisons of Lviv and Vinnytsia: how Soviet propaganda concealed its own bloody trail by blaming the Nazis, and why modern-day Russia is once again using exactly the same tools of pathological deception.
Ukrinform, in cooperation with the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, presents a new episode of the multimedia project “Truth or Myth: The Soviet Era.” New video episodes are available on the websites of Ukrinform and the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, on social media, and in text format.
The idea for this episode was prompted by the “dear” Russians when, during yet another massive attack on Kyiv, they struck the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. The Russian propaganda machine then deployed its now-traditional set of falsehoods: “We do not strike such targets,” “A Ukrainian air-defense missile changed course,” or “This is an insinuation and a staged provocation by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”
Such Kremlin rhetoric is not a product of the present day, but a direct continuation of Soviet methods. During World War II, Stalin’s regime systematically committed “mirror-image crimes”—destroying architectural gems, mining civilian infrastructure, and carrying out mass executions—then immediately blaming the German occupiers.
Below, we explain how the Soviet propaganda machine operated, who actually blew up the heart of Kyiv in 1941, and why the Russians still keep the archives they seized classified.
MYTH 1. THE DORMITION CATHEDRAL AND KHRESHCHATYK WERE BLOWN UP BY THE GERMAN OCCUPIERS IN 1941
MYTH 2. THE MASS EXECUTIONS OF POLISH MILITARY PERSONNEL AT KATYN WERE THE WORK OF THE NAZI INVADERS
MYTH 3. THE TORTURE AND EXECUTIONS OF PRISONERS IN THE PRISONS OF LVIV AND VINNYTSIA, AND THE “IRREFUTABLE” SOVIET EVIDENCE
WORLD EXPERIENCE. HOW THE “MIRROR-IMAGE ACCUSATION” TECHNIQUE WORKED IN OTHER CONFLICTS
Much more at https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-factcheck/4160921-soviet-mirrorimage-
crimes-how-moscow-blamed-others-for-its-atrocities-for-decadesand-is-doing-it-again-today.html
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Weekend Update #201: It Will Be A Brutal Fall and Winter
Trump Speaks His Truth About Russia And Ukraine: Drapatyi’s Principles
Phillips P. OBrien
Sep 06, 2026
Hello all,
One point I have tried to get across in this Substack from the very beginning is that in a war, length is far more important than ferocity. Trying to keep a war from escalating might seem like a prudent thing (and academic theory, which simply does not understand history, says as much). However, clamping down on escalation can actually make things far worse. What such a move can do, in a vain attempt to keep a war under control, is lengthen a war beyond all expectation. And length of war is almost always the key variable in how horrible a war becomes. Short escalation, if it can be effective, is far preferable to the kind of long and grotesque war we are now seeing.
Much more at https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-update-201-it-will-be-a
-brutal
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Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Says “Real War” With Germany Has Begun
By Ivan Khomenko | Sep 06, 2026 17:22
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/russian-fm-lavrov-says-real-w
ar-with-germany-has-begun-22274
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov described Germany’s accusations against Moscow over an attempted explosive-drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport as the beginning of a “real war,” as relations between Berlin and Moscow deteriorate following the incident.
Lavrov rejected Germany’s assessment that Russia was responsible for the attempted attack, calling the accusations “by and large, the start of a real war.” He made the remarks after Berlin announced diplomatic and security measures against Russia over the incident.
Lavrov also accused German Chancellor Friedrich Merz of pursuing the militarization of Germany. “Merz is, in essence, declaring war on us,” Lavrov said.
The German government concluded on September 1 that Russia was responsible for the attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport on August 4. German authorities said police investigations, intelligence findings, and the characteristics of the drones, explosives, and detonation systems pointed to Russian involvement.
An explosive-equipped drone was discovered in a secured section of the airport near Ukrainian cargo aircraft and was defused by specialists. German authorities said subsequent findings indicated that three drones may have been involved in the operation.
Berlin responded by ordering the closure of Russia’s Consulate General in Bonn and the Russian House cultural center in Berlin, while also announcing tighter controls on Russian nationals entering Germany and additional measures targeting Russian-linked activities.
Russia has denied responsibility for the attempted attack and accused Germany of fabricating evidence to implicate Moscow.
The Leipzig incident has also prompted Germany to expand its defenses against hybrid threats. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has outlined plans to strengthen counter-drone capabilities and deploy specialized federal police units to protect airports, railway stations, government facilities, and other critical infrastructure.
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Quick Update on Kushner/Witkoff Getting Putin A “Win”.
Phillips P. OBrien
Sep 07, 2026
https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/graham-blumenthal-is-part-of-th
e
. . . I should follow up yesterday’s weekend update with a report about what happened when Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff actually reached Ukraine on Sunday.
If you saw the update, it stated that the key thing in this visit was the sequencing. By having Kushner and Witkoff go first to Moscow (which allowed Witkoff to get all warm and fuzzy with Putin), Trump was making it clear that US policy is to reach a common position with Moscow first—and then try to force Ukraine to accept that position.
This seems to be exactly what happened. After meeting with Kushner and Witkoff in Kyiv, President Zelensky had to admit that little if anything was achieved. Even while putting the best face possible on the talks, he concluded that the ultimate result of the meeting was that “the war will continue”. Zelensky then went on to state that he is now planning on the war going on through at least the winter (which, as I said yesterday, holds out the prospect of being particularly brutal). Admitting this, all he could do was hope that Ukraine was not completely abandoned but received “support for both air defense and the energy sector”.
The USA has made no concrete pledges in these areas—despite all the noise.
Maybe the most revealing moment of the day, however, was when Jared Kushner, sitting next to Zelensky, expressed the Trump administration’s ultimate hopes for the talks. What Kushner said was that he and Trump wanted a “win-win” kind of deal for Russia and Ukraine. The amazing thing was that he said that, thinking he was being positive for Ukraine! He was there, in Kyiv, the capital of a country Russia had invaded, brutalized, and whose soil and people Russia is attempting to steal—and he said he wants to get Putin a “win” of some sort.
He even contextualized the remarks by saying that Ukraine would have to become friends with Russia again—saying that the USA and Germany were once enemies so it could happen. He seems unaware that the US and Germany became friends only after Germany was defeated and conquered—but hey ho.
I suppose in the end all we can say is that the visit was another part of the con being played by the Trump administration. This con is that they will actually do anything that materially helps Ukraine. The Trump administration remains committed to getting Putin what the Russian dictator wants, and whatever it does for Ukraine is to achieve that end. . . .
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In Ukraine, Fraud and Waste Are Rewarded With More Weapons Contracts
Secret military audits reveal a military procurement system riddled with mismanagement. In 2024 alone, Ukraine lost $1.2 billion to fraud and waste.
By Andrew E. Kramer, Bianca Pallaro, Evelina Riabenko | Sept. 6, 2026, 5:00 a.m. ET
Andrew E. Kramer and Evelina Riabenko reported from Kyiv, Ukraine. Bianca Pallaro reported from New York.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/world/europe/ukraine-war-weapons-fr
aud-corruption.html
As Russian soldiers attacked trench lines in eastern Ukraine in 2024, Ukrainian artillery crews opened fire. But the rounds, instead of exploding near the advancing troops, flopped out of launch tubes or landed with quiet thumps, kicking up puffs of dust.
A Ukrainian arms factory, it turned out, had supplied the military with thousands of defective mortar rounds. A burly weapons factory boss, Leonid Shyman, would eventually be arrested and charged in one of the war’s most public examples of defense-industry fraud.
But even as the officials noticed that weapons were arriving faulty, government audits obtained by The New York Times show that Ukraine’s Defense Procurement Agency continued to award Mr. Shyman’s factory new contracts.
The case reflects a persistent pattern in Ukraine's war economy. Seven of Ukraine’s top 10 military contractors won new business despite open criminal investigations for fraud, failures to deliver on earlier deals or the arrest of chief executives for corruption, according to the government audits obtained by The Times, court records and Ukrainian news accounts.
Mr. Shyman, for example, had been the subject of multiple investigations by anti-corruption agencies, including for embezzlement and fraud, when he won that first mortar contract. The government awarded the $280 million deal while he was out on bail on corruption charges.
Confidential reviews by the State Audit Service and an internal Ministry of Defense auditing department reveal a military procurement system riddled with mismanagement. Warning signs go unheeded, the records show, and there are seldom consequences for overcharging or failing to deliver. . . .
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 6, 2026
Putin is doubling down on the fictional battlefield situation that he defines as “reality” and insisting that his misrepresentation of the actual state of the war become the basis for any peace negotiations on Ukraine. Ushakov claimed on September 6 that Putin provided a comprehensive assessment to Witkoff and Kushner of Russian “significant advances” along the frontline — an exaggerated claim that does not match realities on the ground.[3] A person close to the Kremlin stated prior to Witkoff’s and Kushner’s Moscow visit that there would not be a peace agreement until Russian forces seize the remainder of Donetsk Oblast and noted that Putin is confident that Russian forces could seize the whole of Donetsk Oblast by the end of 2026 — the most recent Kremlin deadline for accomplishing that goal.[4]
https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive
-campaign-assessment-september-6-2026/
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Imminent economic collapse is untrue.
Russia has enough resources to wage war through 2028, Ukraine's military intelligence says
By Martin Fornusek | September 7, 2026 3:43 pm
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-has-enough-resources-to-wage-war-th
rough-2028-ukraines-military-intelligence-says/
Russia is economically much weaker than it was at the start of the full-scale war, but likely has resources to fight for two more years, Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) chief Oleh Ivashchenko told Ukrinform in an interview published on Sept. 7.
"The main problems facing the Russian economy are a shortage of labor resources, a growing federal budget deficit, and a deteriorating situation in the banking system," Ivashchenko told the Ukrainian news agency.
https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/4161480-oleg-ivasenko-nacalnik-gol
ovnogo-upravlinna-rozvidki-ministerstva-oboroni-ukraini.html
https://www-ukrinform-ua.translate.goog/rubric-ato/4161480-oleg-ivasen
ko-nacalnik-golovnogo-upravlinna-rozvidki-ministerstva-oboroni-ukraini.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
"At the same time, it still has enough resources to wage war against Ukraine. We do not rule out that these resources will last through 2027 and 2028."
Kyiv's wartime strategy has increasingly centered around long-range drone strikes against Russian refineries, oil depots, factories, and tankers, aiming to undercut the Kremlin's revenues and increase economic pressure.
About 40% of Russia's oil-refining infrastructure has been disabled amid Ukrainian strikes, leading to fuel shortages and prompting the country to ban exports of diesel and gasoline.
Ukraine has recently expanded its list of targets in Russia, systematically striking warehouses of online retailers like Ozon and Wildberries.
At the same time, Russia has been facing fiscal difficulties, as record military spending has driven Russia's budget deficit, which soared by 40% in the first half of the year — even as Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the situation is not "critical."
Ivashchenko said that Ukrainian strikes are contributing to this deficit, "which today stands at $82 billion."
The intelligence chief also underscored the impact of Ukrainian strikes against Russian logistics in the Black Sea, forcing Moscow to seek more expensive routes for its grain exports.
"Russia produces about 130 million tons of grain (per year)," Ivashchenko commented.
"About 80 million are for domestic needs; the rest goes to foreign markets. And this is blocked today," he said, adding that Kyiv views Russia's grain exports as a resource sustaining the Russian economy and therefore its war against Ukraine.
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Russia's war machine 'devours' another 10.7 trillion rubles
The aggressor state's war spending has surged
By Kateryna Shkarlat | Mon, September 07, 2026 - 19:15
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-s-war-machine-devours-another-1
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Russia's federal budget allocated a record amount to the war against Ukraine in the first half of 2026. The spending totaled 10.687 trillion rubles, according to calculations by Janis Kluge, a researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, based on data from Russia's Finance Ministry and The Moscow Times.
Russian war budget has increased
Compared with the same period last year, spending on the military and weapons production increased by another 30%, or 2.46 trillion rubles.
Compared with January-June 2024, Russia's military budget was 65% higher (+4.211 trillion rubles). Compared with 2023, it increased by 145%, and compared with the first year of the war, by 285%.
Compared with the pre-war year of 2021, military spending has jumped more than fivefold.
On average, Russia's "war machine" was "eating up":
• 1.78 trillion rubles per month,
• 59 billion rubles per day,
• 2.5 billion rubles per hour.
A total of 43.8% of all federal budget spending went toward the war, a "new all-time high," Kluge wrote.
Overall, 57.3% of all money flowing into Russia's budget went to financing the military and defense industry.
Compared with previous periods:
• A year earlier, 39.2% of budget spending and 46.8% of budget revenues went toward the war;
• Before the war, the figures were 20% and 19.8%, respectively.
Secret spending
Exactly two-thirds of Russia's military budget is classified, according to Kluge's calculations:
• In the first six months, the Kremlin spent only 3.546 trillion rubles under publicly disclosed defense budget items;
• While 7.141 trillion rubles went through classified spending.
The "shadow" spending from Russia's treasury increased by 42%, and compared with the pre-war period, it has risen more than sevenfold.
Total spending on the war
Since the start of 2022, the aggressor state has spent 57.144 trillion rubles, or $660 billion at the current official exchange rate, on the military and weapons purchases.
This amount can be compared with all of the Central Bank's gold and foreign exchange reserves ($720.3 billion as of August 1) and is 2.2 times higher than the value of Russia's gold reserves ($292.8 billion).
In the 2026 budget law, the Russian government initially planned defense spending at 6.7% of GDP. In reality, however, spending is about 1.5 times higher than planned and reached 10.5% of half-year GDP in the first six months, Kluge calculated.
As a result, the budget deficit has continued to grow, reaching 6.45 trillion rubles by early August, twice the level planned for the entire year.
RBC-Ukraine previously reported that Russia's economy has weakened significantly since the full-scale invasion. However, the resources could be enough to continue the war against Ukraine through 2027 and 2028, according to Ukrainian military intelligence chief Oleh Ivashchenko.
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-still-has-enough-resources-to-w
age-1788776110.html
It was also reported that analysts at Russia's Sberbank assessed eight possible scenarios for ending the war against Ukraine. The chance of a Russian military victory was estimated at just 7%.
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Wow... A whole lot of nothing posted by Second in this thread this week, huh?
You don't even remember anything you posted last week, goontard.
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My Undesirable Friends Part I [2024]
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Movie review for Part II of My Undesirable Friends [2026]
Russian journalists fled their country after the invasion of Ukraine. My Undesirable Friends: Part II follows their lives in exile.
September 7, 2026
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/09/07/russian-journalists-fled-their
-country-after-the-invasion-of-ukraine-my-undesirable-friends-part-ii-follows-their-lives-in-exile
The Venice Film Festival hosted the world premiere of My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile, a documentary by Russian-born American filmmaker Julia Loktev. The film follows journalists from TV Rain, iStories, and Novaya Gazeta as they find themselves in exile after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In this latest chapter of her documentary epic about Russian journalists, Loktev explores how her subjects struggle to find their footing and keep doing their work despite the challenges of life abroad. Film critic Anton Dolin reviews the film for Meduza.
. . . For all its chronicle-like quality and seeming neutrality, My Undesirable Friends restores, as if by a wave of a magic wand, faith in the idea that everyone has power over their own tomorrow — even if the day after tomorrow is shrouded in impenetrable fog. It’s probably an illusion, but the kind of illusion that, even in the worst of times, makes life feel meaningful.
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September 8, 2026 10:58 am
Russia has again postponed its deadline to fully capture Ukraine's Donbas, now setting March 31, 2027.
They have already postponed the deadlines for reaching the oblast's administrative borders 15 times.
Ukraine still controls 21% of Donetsk Oblast.
https://kyivindependent.com/russias-deadline-to-capture-donbas-slips-a
gain-as-military-asks-for-more-time-ukraine-says/
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Russia's 160-year war on Ukrainian books
By Pauline Foret | September 8, 2026, 9:07 PM
Pauline Foret is a lecturer at the Kyiv School of Economics
https://kyivindependent.com/russias-160-year-war-on-ukrainian-books/
"The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history", said the historian Milan Hubl in Milan Kundera's The Book of Laughter and Forgetting.
To destroy a man, first destroy his culture: this idea is neither new nor particularly singular.
It was this very idea that prompted the creation of the Hague Convention in 1954 to protect cultural heritage during armed conflicts, after the Nazi regime burned and destroyed innumerable works of art in an attempt to "free" Europe from what they considered “degenerate art”.
Cultural destruction has, however, taken on a new scale with Russia's war against Ukraine. In August alone, according to the BBC, Russian strikes on printing presses and publishing companies destroyed more than 12 million books, as well as 10% of the country's school textbooks.
According to Ukrainian media, more than a third of all books printed this year were reduced to dust.
Ukrainian printers refuse to give in, though. Their calls to buy books from targeted publishers multiply on social media, and, as is often the case when their culture is in danger, many Ukrainians rallied to their cries.
It is, after all, far from their first attempt to protect their art, culture, and language from Muscovite oppression.
As early as the nineteenth century, as the territory of what is now Ukraine was mostly divided between the Habsburg and Russian empires, the authorities had already understood that the only way to sap Ukrainian independence movements was to muzzle their cultural production.
In 1863, the Russian imperial Interior Minister, Pyotr Valuyev, forbade the use of the Ukrainian language in educational and religious publications.
About 13 years later, after a "special conference for the prevention of ukrainophile propaganda," the czar Alexander II imposed a total ban on any Ukrainian-language publication. The "Ems Ukaz," though it was a near-fatal blow to local culture, did not, however, completely prevent the smuggling of Ukrainian books across the empire.
Later, after the Russian revolutions and the creation of the Soviet state, an entire generation of Ukrainian writers and intellectuals was executed or deported, and their works destroyed.
Les Kurbas, Valerian Pidmohylnyi, and Mykola Zerov, known today as the "Executed Renaissance," were all executed on the same day in a forest in Russian Karelia, alongside hundreds of other prisoners from the Solovki camp.
After this operation, of the 259 Ukrainian authors who had been published in 1930, only about 30 were able to continue writing.
Under Brezhnev's rule, repression took a less spectacular shape than these summary executions, but one just as systematic.
A russification campaign was launched, especially in the East and the South of the country, forcing schools to provide classes only in Russian and forbidding history books focusing on Ukrainian independence.
Soviet libraries created special archives for "nationalist" works, keeping them out of public view and replacing them with Kremlin-approved books.
Authors who opposed this repression, such as Vasyl Stus or Ivan Dziuba, were arrested and deported at the beginning of the 1970s. The poet Stus died on the night of September 3 to 4, 1985, merely six years before the independence of the country he loved so dearly, in the Siberian camp of Perm-36.
Neither Brezhnev nor Stalin nor Alexander II can claim to have destroyed several million books in a few weeks.
If the scale and violence of this destruction are unprecedented, however, Moscow's willingness to destroy Ukrainian culture at any cost is clearly not.
Nearly 2,000 schools in Ukraine's occupied territories, teaching more than 580,000 children, now op
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The CIA still does. So does BlackRock and the BoE.
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Ukraine war to continue for years, Pentagon official says
Editor: Eric Malinovsky | September 8, 2026, 02:54 PM
https://english.nv.ua/nation/ukraine-war-to-continue-for-years-pentago
n-official-says-50639698.html
As Russia rebuilds its armed forces and defense industry, European countries must prepare for a protracted war and for Ukraine to need support in the “coming months and years,” Elbridge Colby, the U.S. under secretary of defense for policy, said on Sept. 8.
Colby made the remarks at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported.
“We need to be prepared for a protracted conflict and for Ukraine’s needs to continue in the coming months and years,” Colby said.
“We also need to be prepared for other potential contingencies.”
He also stated that the current situation makes it even more important for Europe to support Ukraine while accelerating its own rearmament and reindustrialization.
“Europe must continue — and, if necessary, increase — its support for Ukraine’s urgent battlefield needs through the PURL [Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List] mechanism,” he said, referring to the program under which Europe buys U.S. arms on Ukraine’s behalf.
“The steady supply of ammunition and critical equipment is effective. It remains extremely important to enable the Ukrainian armed forces to hold the front line and prevent further advances by Russian forces.”
According to Colby, European countries must also begin planning stable procurement programs that will support the long-term rebuilding of Ukraine’s armed forces and meet their own defense needs.
“We must plan and implement our investments based on military effectiveness, not secondary objectives,” he said.
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Why Russia's frozen assets are Europe's hot topic once again
By Chris Powers | September 8, 2026 7:22 PM
https://kyivindependent.com/explainer-an-idea-whose-time-has-come-euro
pes-push-to-use-frozen-russian-assets-explained/
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Months after the idea was thought to have been laid to rest, some EU capitals are reviving the push to use 200 billion euros ($233 billion) in Russian assets, frozen in the bloc since 2022, to support Ukraine.
The bloc's 27 countries are straining under the financial burden of bankrolling Ukraine, essentially on their own, while Kyiv is facing a massive budget hole amid Russia's unabating aggression.
Meanwhile, the Russian threat has been forcing Europe to divert funds from other priorities to its own defenses. The 200 billion euros of Moscow's money sitting in European financial institutions could, some think, allow Europe to have its cake and eat it too.
. . .
The total cost of Ukraine's recovery and reconstruction stood at $588 billion according to a February 2026 World Bank report, well over double the total value of the assets frozen in the EU. https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099022026094036395/pdf/P51
4499-22f93f3a-4278-42bc-b907-db9553d12069.pdf
Much more at https://kyivindependent.com/explainer-an-idea-whose-time-has-come-euro
pes-push-to-use-frozen-russian-assets-explained/
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Ominous Sign for Ukraine as High Noon Showdown Erupts Between SBU and GUR in Kiev
Simplicius
Sep 03, 2026
There continue to be major signs of internal turmoil in Ukraine. The latest occurred yesterday when a gunfight erupted between the two security apparatuses of the SBU and GUR, with multiple operatives being shot and wounded.
The below video showcases the initiating moments, but the gunfights were said to last for hours afterwards:
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/ominous-sign-for-ukraine-as-high
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How's the Russian front line comrade signym. Careful, check before you post.
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The US told Ukraine's allies to prepare for a war lasting years at the latest Ramstein meeting, the forum where Kyiv's partners decide the military aid it gets.
US defense policy chief Elbridge Colby told the 36th Ramstein contact group to prepare for a protracted war. Colby dispelled the illusions of anyone still hoping for a "miraculous de-escalation" and made clear that no timeline for a settlement is in view.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/09/10/ukrainian-commander-whose-unit-
destroyed-57000-russias-targets-us-telling-allies-to-brace-for-years-of-war-at-ramstein-means-no-miraculous-de-escalation-is-coming/
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Ominous Sign for Ukraine as High Noon Showdown Erupts Between SBU and GUR in Kiev
Simplicius
Sep 03, 2026
There continue to be major signs of internal turmoil in Ukraine. The latest occurred yesterday when a gunfight erupted between the two security apparatuses of the SBU and GUR, with multiple operatives being shot and wounded.
The below video showcases the initiating moments, but the gunfights were said to last for hours afterwards:
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/ominous-sign-for-ukraine-as-high
How's the Russian front line comrade signym. Careful, check before you post.
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Good, Comrade THGR!
Sumy is in view, a big chunk of northeast Karkhiv is bitten off, the city just south of Kramatorsk has been entered, Dobropilia is in pincers and Orehov is about to be liberated. Odessa and the entire Black Sea coast can no longer be used for weapons imports, and Kiev is at our mercy, Comrade THGR!
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Ubu's such a cunt.
As if anything he's ever said or done has any affect on this bullshit little war.
He sounds like me when I was 12 years old and I was a Chicago Bulls superfan.
It was MY team!
Loser.
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Russia opens secret hospitals en masse for participants in war against Ukraine
The number of wounded Special Military Operation (SVO) participants is rising catastrophically
By Kateryna Shkarlat | Thu, September 10, 2026 - 21:20
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-opens-secret-hospitals-en-masse
-for-1789064409.html
A traumatologist at one of the city hospitals in Siberia said that doctors and nurses in such departments sign non-disclosure agreements.
"All the documentation is also classified. Even the medical records do not contain the first name, last name, and patronymic; there is only a number," she said.
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EU falls behind on plan to wean itself off Russian oil and gas
September 10, 2026, 10:44 am
Source: Meduza
https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/10/eu-falls-behind-on-plan-to-wean-i
tself-off-russian-oil-and-gas
The European Union has fallen short of its plan to wean itself off Russian oil and gas, auditors at the European Court of Auditors (ECA) have concluded.
The EU launched the REPowerEU program in 2022 to cut its dependence on Russian energy resources. The program calls for developing renewable energy, expanding connections between EU countries’ energy grids, and diversifying oil and gas supplies. Over four years, EU countries have spent only 54.3 billion euros of the 300 billion euros available for REPowerEU projects.
Four years after its launch, REPowerEU has stalled, even though several hundred billion euros have been made available,” said Mihails Kozlovs, the ECA member responsible for the report.
EU imports of Russian oil and gas have dropped sharply since 2021, from 153.2 billion cubic meters to 37.8 billion. But the auditors say the decline owes less to REPowerEU than to mild winters and lower consumption driven by high prices.
Some countries, meanwhile, continue buying Russian energy resources aggressively. Belgium increased its imports from 2.4 billion cubic meters in 2021 to 3.4 billion in 2024, peaking at 4 billion in 2023. By July 2026, Belgium had become fully dependent on Russian LNG supplies amid disruptions from the war in Iran. A significant portion of that gas is then resold to other EU countries.
According to the ECA, one reason REPowerEU has moved so slowly is that countries themselves lacked concrete plans. To access the program’s funding, they were required to update their national energy and climate plans, but most left out specific measures or targets.
A full ban on imports of Russian LNG to the EU is set to take effect in January 2027.
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 10, 2026
United Russia Party Chairperson and Russian Security Council Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev formally articulated United Russia’s commitment to supporting a protracted war in Ukraine and solidified the party’s pro-war stance as part of Russia’s informal state ideology. Medvedev emphasized in a September 10 interview to Russian newspaper Vedomosti Russia’s commitment to the war in Ukraine, to the long-term militarization of Russian society, and to demands for increased economic sacrifices by Russian society.[3] Medvedev outlined the need for Russian society to remain on a permanent war footing even after the war in Ukraine ends. Medvedev indicated that the post-war Russian defense industry should reorient toward stockpiling weapons to repel the supposedly existential threat to Russia posed by NATO and US allies in the Pacific. Medvedev attempted to justify increased tax burdens and obfuscated the Kremlin’s condition setting efforts for the nationalization of private enterprises by claiming that current challenges justify state intervention in the economy. Medvedev also denied that Russia will conduct a mobilization, despite growing indications that the Kremlin is setting conditions for mobilization following the September State Duma elections.[4]
Russian President Vladimir Putin described the United Russia Party as the war party tasked with executing Putin’s ideological aims on August 22.[5] Medvedev is using his position as the United Russia Chairperson to reaffirm the United Russia Party’s pro-war platform and to position the party as the leader of a pro-war and ultra-nationalist informal Russian state ideology. The Kremlin has continuously worked to militarize Russian society through youth militarization, militarized education, and Russia’s Time of Heroes program, which places veterans of the war in Ukraine in government positions throughout Russia and in occupied Ukraine.[6] United Russia’s posturing as the sole executor of Putin’s policies defending Russia against a supposedly hostile global encirclement is similar to one of the roles in which the Communist Party cast itself in the Soviet Union. This posturing supports the Kremlin’s efforts to centralize power, silence dissent, and set conditions to demand greater social sacrifices from the Russian public to support war in Ukraine and beyond.[7]
https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive
-campaign-assessment-september-10-2026/
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EU gives final green light to 6 billion euros in defense aid for Ukraine, Patriot missiles purchase
By Chris Powers | September 11, 2026 1:10 pm
https://kyivindependent.com/eu-greenlights-6-billion-defense-aid-for-u
kraine-and-permission-to-buy-patriot-missiles/
BRUSSELS, Belgium — The European Commission approved a 6.1 billion euros ($7.1 billion) tranche of defense aid for Ukraine on Sept. 11, along with several requests for Ukraine to source weapons from outside the bloc, namely Patriot missiles.
The approval allows Ukraine to use funds from the EU's 90-billion-euro ($104-billion) support loan to purchase U.S.-made PAC-3 Patriot interceptors, one of the few weapons capable of intercepting Russian ballistic missiles.
This, however, does not mean an immediate delivery of the missiles. There is a global shortage of Patriot interceptors, while Ukraine is bracing for a new wave of Russian strikes against its energy grid in winter.
EU member states voiced support for the new defense tranche and the Patriot purchase earlier this week, but the steps still needed final approval from the European Commission.
EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius confirmed at a press conference in Brussels on Sept. 11 that the EU's executive arm has signed off on the measures.
With the latest package, the EU has approved all of the 28.3 billion euros ($32.9 billion) earmarked for Ukraine's defense under the support loan this year.
So far, 8.4 billion euros ($9.7 billion) of that defense money has been disbursed, a process that can only occur once Ukraine provides receipts for cross-checking. Kubilius said another 4.7 billion euros ($5.5 billion) is now being processed.
In April, EU countries approved the 90 billion euro support loan for Ukraine, intended to cover two-thirds of Kyiv's defense and budgetary needs in 2026 and 2027, to be delivered in tranches.
The loan also includes requirements to buy weapons from the EU and Ukraine. Any item where more than 35% of the value of its components comes from third countries requires explicit approval.
Kubilius mentioned that five such derogations had been granted: three for Ukrainian companies to source drone components, and two for U.S components, including the PAC-3 missile interceptors.
Justifying the decision to grant the exemptions, Kubilius said: "Ukraine's military edge depends on the rapid availability of critical products in the required quantities and within very short time frames."
The commissioner did not explain which countries would benefit from the exemption for drone components, but an earlier such exemption, made in April, allowed Kyiv to source components from China.
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The euros that the EU is hemorrhaging into Ukraine, politely framed as a "loan", will never be paid back.
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They were just going to spend it Muslimizing the continent anyhow.
Ironically, since they don't have a printing press in the EU, giving away Billions in loans to Ukraine that everyone knows will never be paid back is probably the best thing to happen to the European citizenry right now.
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One day of war costs Ukraine US$190 million in 2026 – Budget Committee chief
By Volodymyr Tunik-Fryz — 14 September, 11:38
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/09/14/8053301/
One day of war in 2026 costs Ukraine's state budget US$190 million, excluding weapons provided by international partners.
Details: In 2024, one day of war cost Ukraine US$140 million.
Source: Roksolana Pidlasa, chair of the Verkhovna Rada Budget Committee
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The euros that the EU is hemorrhaging into Ukraine, politely framed as a "loan", will never be paid back.
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Not the disgrace of Putin bombing cities, nope. Just concern about Europe getting its money back from Ukraine.
That says it all comrade.
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Putin says Moscow has no intention of threatening Europe, but then warns that European troops in Ukraine ‘would mean war with Russia’
September 13, 2026, 9:01 pm
Source: President of Russia
https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/14/putin-says-moscow-has-no-intentio
n-of-threatening-europe-then-warns-that-european-troops-in-ukraine-would-mean-war-with-russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia has no intention of threatening European countries, contrary to claims by “European elites”:
"There is no such threat, and there never has been. We are not threatening European countries, and we have no intention of doing so. Why would we? No one even considers the fact that we have no grounds for any kind of conflict with Europe. All issues were settled in the aftermath of World War II."
Putin said Europe, not Russia, wants to change the status quo established after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He warned European countries that sending troops into Ukraine “would mean war with Russia.”
In recent months, concerns have grown in Europe that Russia could attack a country on NATO’s eastern flank, such as one of the Baltic states.
The possible deployment of European troops was widely discussed early this year during peace talks among Russia, Ukraine, and the United States. At the time, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and France signed a declaration of intent calling for European peacekeepers to be stationed in Ukraine following the signing of a peace agreement between Kyiv and Moscow. When the peace talks ended, discussion of the proposal also faded.
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large group of other Russian guests.
By Justin Elliott, Brett Murphy, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski
September 14, 2026
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-
russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin
Kremlev’s previously unreported relationship with Trump Jr. represents an extraordinary development: a member of Putin’s circle financially supporting the president’s son and gaining intimate access to the Trump family.
“If I’m paying for your wedding, at some point, you’re going to owe me something,” said Frank Montoya Jr., a retired career FBI official who held senior counterintelligence roles. Oligarchs like Kremlev often act in coordination with the Russian government. While it’s unclear if that happened here, Trump Jr. put himself in a precarious position, Montoya said. “This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.”
Not unrelated, Trump won't even sell weapons to Ukraine, which is exactly how Putin prefers it.
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