⚠️‼️ 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗸: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗜𝘀 𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻... BLUF: Russia claims Ukraine killed “children” during a 21-22 May 2026 overnight strike on what the AFU identified as a Rubicon unmanned systems training and operations center in Starobilsk, occupied Luhansk. Russian sources report approximately 16 FP-1/FP-2 type loitering munitions were used in the strike. The evidence tells a more nuanced and damning story. On 24 May, Russia's own Ministry of Foreign Affairs published the names of 21 dead with dates of birth ranging from 2003 to 2007. That makes the youngest victims 18 or 19 years old and the oldest, 22 or 23. This is the recruitment and training age for Rubicon personnel and not students at a vocational college. Yet Russia immediately declared these were "children aged 14 to 18." Those two claims cannot both be true, and Russia produced both of them. The narrative was constructed from the first hour. Russian-installed governor Pasechnik, Children's Rights Commissioner Lvova-Belova, TASS, and Russian MFA statements all repeated the 14-to-18 framing within hours of the strike. It circulated globally before any casualty list appeared. However, there is a strong possibility Rubicon personnel were co-located with vocational students in the same complex. Some genuine students were likely among the wounded. The evidence instead points to a strike on a legitimate military target operating within a dual-use civilian complex. Moscow has a systematic pattern of militarizing civilian infrastructure across occupied territory. Placing military assets among civilians is a deliberate choice, not an accident. The timeline further exposes the pretext. Russia had already intensified strikes on Kyiv from 12-13 May, over 12 days before Starobilsk. The massive 23-24 May barrage of approximately 90 missiles and more than 600 drones just 24-48 hours after Starobilsk, one of the largest combined strike packages of the war, was also immediately branded retaliation. Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assessed that assembling a package of that scale requires weeks of preparation, not 24-48 hours. Russia used Starobilsk as a pretext to justify attacks it had already planned. Russia then called an emergency UN Security Council session to internationalize a narrative its own casualty list contradicts. The Rubicon Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies is a documented Russian Defense Ministry unit established in 2024 and involved in drone strikes on Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure. Ukraine struck a legitimate military target operating from a dual-use site Russia deliberately embedded within civilian infrastructure. Moscow then reframed the casualties as murdered children to manufacture justification for escalation already in motion. It is the same pattern Russia has repeatedly used to legitimize attacks on civilians after the fact. #OSINT #Ukraineshow more

Today, Putin accused Ukraine of striking a college in... temporarily occupied Starobilsk, where students were allegedly present. Ukraine’s General Staff rejected these claims and stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine strike only military infrastructure and facilities used for military purposes, while strictly adhering to international humanitarian law, as well as the laws and customs of war. During the night of May 22, 2026, a number of Russian military targets were struck, including an oil refinery, ammunition depots, air defense assets, command posts, and enemy personnel - including one of the headquarters of the Russian "Rubicon" unit in the Starobilsk area. Given that Putin had previously made no public comments at all regarding other strikes - neither on occupied territories nor on Moscow and Tuapse - but chose to make a public statement today, it is likely that preparations are underway for a provocation involving strikes against Ukraine.show more

Following the barbaric Russian strike on the Ukrainian capital,... it was important to visit, together with heads of 55 foreign diplomatic missions, the site of one of the strikes, a ruined residential building in the Darnytskyi district. This is a site of a horrible war crime. At least 14 innocent civilians were killed by Russian terrorists here, including four children. One of the kids was born under Russian strikes in 2022 and killed by the Russian strike this morning. I am grateful to my colleague, Minister of Internal Affairs Igor Klymenko, who briefed foreign diplomats on the casualties and recovery efforts. It is critical that the world sees Russian terror and takes action to stop this barbarism. I thank all foreign diplomats who joined us today in commemorating the victims of Russian strikes. Russia is a terrorist state. We count on strong international responses and action to increase pressure on Russia, including new tough sanctions, and strengthen support for Ukraine.show more

One of the most massive Russian attacks on Kyiv.... Russia carried out continuous strikes overnight using ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones, deliberately targeting civilian and critical infrastructure. 40 sites were damaged in Kyiv, including 20 residential buildings. Russia also attacked Lviv, Kyiv region, Kirovohrad region, and Cherkasy region. Four people were killed, including an ambulance worker. Dozens more were injured. There was also a secondary strike on one of the residential buildings while emergency services were providing assistance after the first attack. Five rescuers, four medical workers, and one police officer were also injured. Overnight, Russia attacked Ukraine with 242 drones, 13 ballistic missiles, one Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile, and 22 cruise missiles. In addition to civilian infrastructure and energy facilities, the building of the Embassy of Qatar was damaged by a Russian drone last night.show more

Selling Russian oil means financing the killing of Ukrainians.... Under the laws and customs of war, tankers transporting Russian oil are a legitimate military target. 🔹️21 July 2023: “The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine warns that starting from 00:00 on 21 July 2023, all vessels sailing in the Black Sea towards ports of the Russian Federation or Ukrainian seaports temporarily occupied by Russia may be considered by Ukraine as carrying military cargo, with all corresponding risks”. This was Ukraine’s response to a similar statement issued by the Russian Federation. Since then, Russia has attacked Ukrainian ports dozens of times, damaging many ships and killing and injuring crew members and dockworkers. 🔹️28 November 2025: Ukrainian naval drones struck two sanctioned tankers of Russia’s shadow fleet, KAIRO and VIRAT, in the Black Sea as they were heading for loading at the port of Novorossiysk. The operation was carried out jointly by the 13th Main Directorate of the SBU’s military counterintelligence and the Ukrainian Navy. Ukraine did not start this war. Every day our children, our civilians are being killed. Russian oil is a source of funding for an aggressive war and a priority military target.show more

‼️ We are witnessing a pivotal moment in Russia’s... war against Ukraine this spring. Ukrainians are bringing the war back to where it came from. Over the past few weeks, Ukraine has begun launching more aerial drone strikes on Russian territory than Russia is carrying out in Ukraine. Unlike the Kremlin, Kyiv is targeting Russian facilities related to the military-industrial complex, while Russia continues to strike civilians, churches, schools, and maternity hospitals. This footage is from the latest massive Ukrainian drone swarm attack on Russian oil terminals in the Port of Novorossiysk, in Russia’s Krasnodar region, on the night of Monday, April 6. In the videos, we can see oil infrastructure burning across the port.show more

Seven people are currently in hospitals after being injured... in the Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia, while some others are still undergoing the necessary medical examinations. A total of 37 people have been affected. It was a guided aerial bomb attack that directly targeted the city’s civilian infrastructure. The Russians show no restraint in destroying human life. This was an absolutely cynical terrorist strike, with no military justification whatsoever. Not a single day passes without such Russian attacks on our cities and villages. This one strike alone has already claimed 12 lives. In the evening, the Russian scumbags also launched attacks on Dnipro. As of now, four people were reported killed. My condolences to the families and loved ones. It is essential that Russia is forced to end this war. We need silence from such strikes and all others like them every single day, not just for a few hours somewhere out there for “celebrations.” Life must be protected, and I am grateful to all our partners who have spoken in support of Ukraine and are helping us defend life.show more

If only there were someone to tell the world... that: - the concept of 'escalation management' does not work; - that Russia is not entitled to any 'safe zone' for its military power in a war of aggression it started; - that bowing down to Russian nuclear blackmailing is a lousy idea that brings the West nowhere and paralyzes its ability to react to a large-scale war of aggression at its very border; - that imposing drastic restrictions on the Ukrainian use of Western defense aid is absurd, non-sensical, and beneficial to Russia's war machine; - that such a half-hearted approach to helping Ukraine tackle the most significant European war of aggression since Adolf Hitler demonstrates weakness and only encourages the Kremlin to escalate its war and expand its acts of aggression - that the Kremlin openly spits on the West's attempts to 'avoid escalation', or 'give Putin a chance to stop' and does as much as it is allowed to with this deliberate omission; - that Ukraine can win (or at least precipitate a more or less favorable outcome) by directly undermining Russia's ability to fight and finance this war; - that highly effective Ukrainian attacks on Russian military power and infrastructure will result in Russia sustaining painful military losses rather than unleashing 'WWIII,' a 'nuclear apocalypse,' or whatever else Kremlin-paid propagandists and surrender cultists tried to intimidate the Western public opinion with. ...or was there? Anyways, there's a Russian S-400 system destroyed in a Ukrainian HIMARS strike in Russia's Belgorod region. Russia has lost yet another sophisticated air defense system in its territory used in the war on Ukraine.show more

🟪 MOSCOW IS FORCING RUSSIA TO MAKE A CHOICE... 👀 A Pantsir air defense system fitted with an anti-drone “grill” has reportedly been spotted in Moscow, fueling speculation that Russia is continuing to redeploy air defense assets away from other areas in order to protect the capital. If true, the implications are significant. Air defense systems are not unlimited. Every Pantsir moved to Moscow is a Pantsir that cannot protect a logistics hub, ammunition depot, airfield, refinery, command center, or military formation elsewhere. This highlights one of the most important effects of Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign. Ukraine is no longer simply destroying targets. It is forcing Russia to make difficult choices. For years, Russian air defenses were concentrated around military facilities and the front. Now Moscow itself increasingly requires protection as Ukrainian drones reach deeper into Russian territory with growing frequency. The result is a dilemma for the Kremlin. Protect the front lines and logistics networks. Or protect Moscow. Protect refineries and military infrastructure. Or protect the political heart of Russia. The appearance of additional air defenses around the capital may suggest that Moscow is becoming a higher priority, and that alone represents a strategic success for Ukraine’s long-range strike campaign. Russia still possesses significant air defense capabilities, but even the largest arsenal has limits. The more territory Ukraine can threaten, the more Russia is forced to spread those defenses thin. And every system guarding Moscow is one less system guarding the war effort elsewhere.show more

🇷🇺🇺🇦 A warehouse in Dnepropetrovsk destroyed. The site stored... Ukrainian FPV drones and also the FP-1/2 UAVs used for attacks on Russia. Residents reported multiple loud explosions after a Geran-2 slammed into the warehouse. Fire burning for hours, with multiple burning trucks. The Ukrainian media brags about the use of civilian trucks as "ingenuity" to carry out attacks against Russia, then cry when their warehouses get destroyed. Reports of over two dozen casualties. The Russian GRU made this possible with the help of Ukranian civilians and also #######, that's a secret. More to come very soon.show more

Last night, a Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile strike was... carried out on the city of Balakliya, Kharkiv Oblast. The strike was carried out on the "Tbiliso" restaurant in the city centre (49.45145, 36.83705). The target was likely an event for the AFU related to Ukraine's "Day of Defenders". This is especially likely, considering that there are no photos of the restaurant, with all footage facing away from it, even though it has been used for civilian purposes as evidenced by its recent google reviews. This would've made a good propaganda piece for Ukraine to accuse Russia of striking a civilian restaurant. However, due to the restaurant's proximity to surrounding apartment buildings, 1 civilian (an elderly woman) was killed, and 9 others were wounded.show more

🚨 Russia's new tactic of missile avalanche may compel... Ukraine to peace – military expert Russia conducted a large-scale raid on Ukraine's fuel and energy infrastructure facilities, as well as Flamingo missile and drone production plants, the Russian Ministry of Defense said. The July 2 strike employed a combination of cruise, supersonic, and hypersonic missiles, supported by high-precision combat UAVs. Judging by Zelensky's hysterical reaction, the damage inflicted on assembly lines of the Flamingo ballistic missiles was serious, Alexander Mikhailov, head of the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis, tells Sputnik. 🔸 European-developed weapons "will face production disruptions" 🔸 "There is no longer any kind of embargo on strikes against Ukraine, which is why any military-related target that may be of interest to Russian armed forces will be hit in the future" 🔸 Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure also immobilize logistics of the Ukrainian military "Ukraine always has the option to stop the strikes on its own territory. They know the conditions perfectly well," Mikhailov summarizes.show more

‼️An interesting interview with Lavrov Sergey Lavrov regularly gives... interviews, and almost every one of them is an information operation designed to create an alternative reality. The March 26 interview with France Télévisions is no exception. Let's break it down and point out where there are lies and where there is manipulation. 1. Lavrov claims that Russia is supposedly defending international law while speaking in the "language of principles" regarding Iran. What's wrong: it's basic role reversal. Moscow is trying to speak from the position of a "guardian of the law," even though it is waging an aggressive war against Ukraine. In the case of Iran, Lavrov is also deliberately omitting half the picture: yes, the US withdrew from the nuclear deal, but Iran also faced non-proliferation concerns raised by the IAEA. Why it matters: It is an attempt to whitewash Russia's crimes through someone else's crisis and to present the aggressor (Russia) as the judge. 2. Russia does not provide Iran with intelligence; the coordinates of US bases are "already known to everyone." What's wrong: it's an evasive statement, not a complete refutation. There is no independently verified evidence of specific target marking data transfers in open sources, nor can there be, but the Kremlin's "we have nothing to do with it" claim has no basis for being automatically considered true. Why it matters: A typical Kremlin tactic - to deny anything that does not align with Russia's interests and to continue operating in a gray area. 3. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have denied the US access to their airspace, so Russia is right about the "American venture." What's wrong: The caution of Gulf countries is real, but Lavrov turns it into a crude anti-Western caricature. Regional politics are more complex than the Kremlin's narrative that "everyone understands everything, only the US is pushing the world into chaos." Why it matters: The Kremlin takes a partial truth and builds a convenient political myth around it. 4. Russia isn't waging wars for its own gain; it's the US that wants to control the energy sector, the Strait of Hormuz, and the markets. What's wrong: It's pure projection. It is Russia that has used energy as a weapon for years, and after 2022, turned petrodollars into fuel for war. Why it matters: Moscow accuses others of doing what it does systematically - this is one of the central techniques of its propaganda. 5. Since 2014, Ukraine has been ruled by a "Nazi regime" that came to power through a coup. What's wrong: After Yanukovych fled, Ukraine held snap presidential elections, which the OSCE recognized as meeting international standards and being competitive. The claim of a "Nazi regime" is a political label, not a description of reality. Why it matters: "Nazism" in Kremlin rhetoric is a tool for dehumanizing Ukraine and justifying the war. 6. The Russian language is allegedly completely banned in Ukraine. What's wrong: Ukraine has strengthened the role of the state language, but this does not mean a total ban on Russian. The law does not apply to private communication and does not criminalize the everyday use of the language. Why it matters: The Kremlin is exaggerating language policy to the level of a "linguistic apocalypse" to sell the war as a supposed humanitarian mission. 7. Ukraine is allegedly at war with Orthodoxy and has "banned the canonical church." What's wrong: This is not about "banning a faith," but about a law regarding religious organizations linked to the Russian Orthodox Church. Even criticism from human rights activists does not support the Kremlin's claim of "persecution of Orthodoxy." Why it matters: Moscow is using the language of religious protection to cover up its network of influence in Ukraine. 8. The West allegedly cynically exploited the Minsk agreements as a respite to arm Ukraine. What's wrong: The Minsk process was collapsing because of the Kremlin's desire to use the agreements to establish de facto control over Ukraine, not because of some "cunning plot" by Paris and Berlin. Why it matters: The Kremlin is rewriting history retroactively to portray its own aggression as a supposedly forced response to "universal betrayal." 9. Russia does not attack civilians; its targets are solely facilities associated with the AFU. What's wrong: It's an outright lie. For years, the UN and independent sources have documented systematic Russian strikes on cities, residential areas, energy facilities, and civilian infrastructure. Why it matters: This is no longer just propaganda, but a cynical denial of documented terror against civilians. 10. The Bucha massacre is allegedly "not proven": there are no names, no evidence, and journalists haven't shown anything. What's wrong: This is one of the most mendacious claims. There are UN documents, testimonies, criminal investigations, identified suspects, and evidence of executions and killings of civilians. Why it matters: The Kremlin is not trying to refute the crime, but to wear down the audience with doubt and turn mass murder into "one of the versions." 11. Russia wants peace and negotiations. What's wrong: In the Kremlin's vocabulary, "peace" does not mean an end to aggression, but rather acceptance of its results. "Realities on the ground" means occupation; "root causes" means demanding recognition of Russia's right to punish neighbors for their political choices. Why it matters: Lavrov isn't offering peace. He's dressing up surrender in softer language. 12. Europe is supposedly dragging out the war, while Russia is looking for a solution. What's wrong: Russia started this war itself. European aid to Ukraine is a response to the aggression, not its cause. Why it matters: This is the main inversion of Kremlin logic - to make the audience forget who attacked first and shift the discussion from aggression to a "conflict that has dragged on too long." 13. RT and Sputnik are victims of censorship, and France has no right to speak about freedom of speech. What's wrong: RT and Sputnik were banned not as "ordinary media," but as state-run tools of disinformation. Their role as propaganda channels has been publicly acknowledged both in the EU and in France. Why it matters: The Kremlin wants to portray the defense of democracies against malicious information operations as a restriction of free speech. 14. France and Europe have made Russia an enemy; Moscow is merely reacting. What's wrong: The cause of the rift is not "Russophobia," but Russia's invasion, war crimes, blackmail, and influence operations against Europe. Why it matters: The Kremlin is systematically trying to reverse the cause-and-effect relationship: it is not that "Russia destroyed relations," but that "the West rejected Russia." 15. Individual real episodes - the tanker, incidents in France, disputes among allies - allegedly prove Western hypocrisy and justify Russia. What's wrong: Lavrov takes a real but local fact and uses it as a smokescreen. None of these incidents erases Russia's crimes or the very fact of its aggression. Why it matters: This is a favorite Kremlin method - using others' difficulties and whataboutism to cover up its own crimes.show more

Putin gave his terrorist response to the United States’... and President Trump’s peace proposals. With a barrage of missiles and drones against Ukraine. At least six civilians were killed and over a dozen injured in Kyiv as a result of Russia’s overnight strike with drones and ballistic, cruise, and aeroballistic missiles. Odesa, as well as the Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Kyiv regions, has also been under strike. Ordinary residential buildings and critical civilian energy infrastructure have been damaged, further disrupting power, water, and heating for people amid cold temperatures. Ukraine is committed to peace efforts, and we stress the need to use all available tools to force the aggressor to end the war. Pressure on Russia, as well as strength and unity among transatlantic allies, remains critical to put an end to this war.show more

Consequences of the Barbaric Russian Attack: 6 Dead and... Over 50 Injured in Kyiv. Among the victims is a 6-year-old child. A man is trapped on the first floor of the destroyed building, and rescue teams are working tirelessly to free him. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, up to 10 more people may still be trapped under the rubble. The railway infrastructure in one of Kyiv’s districts was also damaged. During the night, Russia launched a combined drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commented on the Russian war crime: “Kyiv. Missile strike. Right into a residential building. People under the rubble. All services are on site. Russians are terrorists.”show more

🇷🇺 Russia has admitted that the war in Ukraine... is not going according to plan. 🔺 Russian politician and deputy of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, Viktor Petrov, called on deputies to support the use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine in order to force it to capitulate. 🔺 He admitted that the war is not proceeding as planned, which contradicts Putin’s words about Russia’s enormous “advance”. 🤡 The end of his speech is unknown: Petrov’s microphone was turned off… This is a telling and desperate statement from a Russian deputy. The open call for nuclear strikes and the admission that the war is off track reveal growing frustration and panic within pro-Kremlin circles. The swift cutting of the microphone once again shows how tightly controlled any deviation from the official narrative is in Russia. Video is generated by grok AIshow more

Russia has built more than 2,500 km of roads... and railroads, a new railway network, and revamped ports in the occupied territories of Ukraine, according to a Reuters investigation. Large-scale works, confirmed by satellite imagery and news agency data, indicate that this is not temporary wartime logistics, but a systematic integration of occupied territories into Russian infrastructure. One of the key projects is the "Novorossiya Railways" system, which includes a planned 525-km line started in 2023. Since that year, Russia has spent about $425 million on the construction and maintenance of the railway network in the occupied territories. At the same time, road infrastructure is also being developed: the "Novorossiya" highway is being built as part of the 1,400-kilometer "Azov Ring" loop, which is intended to connect the seized parts of Ukrainian regions with Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea. According to Reuters, the new rail and road connections already allow Moscow to circumvent the Crimean Bridge, which had previously been the main road and rail link to the peninsula and remains vulnerable to Ukrainian strikes. Occupied Ukrainian ports that were largely inactive in the first years of the war have been revamped and reopened under Russia's flag on the inland Sea of Azov. Satellite images taken of Mariupol's docks in August 2025 show a new silver-domed facility, and nearby, a mountain of what looks like coal being readied for export. The long-term nature of the infrastructure projects, as well as the scale of investment ($11.8 billion was allocated to develop four occupied Ukrainian regions between 2024 and 2026), shows the Kremlin has no intention of returning the territories to Ukraine as part of any future peace settlement, experts say.show more

🇷🇺🇮🇱🇺🇦 Israeli military observer Yigal Levin criticizes Moscow’s strikes... and writes: 🗣️ “Lately, Moscow has been trying more and more often to present its large-scale attacks as ‘retaliatory strikes.’ As if this is a response to Ukraine’s effective and massive attacks on Russian territory. Moreover, unlike Russia’s strikes on peaceful civilian objects, Ukraine targets oil refineries, military factories, ships, logistical hubs, arsenals, ports, army and FSB headquarters, etc. This thesis is absurd from the very beginning, because it was Russia that started the war. Accordingly, all of Ukraine’s actions are a reaction. That is, when Kyiv strikes Russia, it is actually responding to aggression. This is completely logical: war can never be a ‘one-sided game.’ If you decide to bomb someone, you must be prepared for them to bomb you back. Russia, on the other hand, behaves in an extremely infantile way — just like its citizens, who express surprise when explosions and strikes begin on their own territory as well. Instead of taking responsibility — yes, we started it, we are bombing, so what? — Moscow, like a frightened and confused teenager, tries to present its own strikes as ‘responses’… Responses to what? No special intelligence is needed to engage elementary logic: no one was bombing Russia and no one was preparing to do so until Russia itself started the war. What will happen next is quite clear: while Russia has been attacking with full force for a long time, using the same ‘Oreshnik’ for the third time already — Ukraine’s strikes will only intensify. In 2022, Ukraine struck weaker than in 2023; in 2024 — weaker than in 2025; and now it is 2026, when sometimes Kyiv’s strikes already surpass Moscow’s in terms of the scale of damage inflicted. War has its own inexorable logic of progression: Ukraine’s next strikes, the real retaliatory strikes, will be even more massive and powerful than they were at the beginning of the year. And yes, Russians should be endlessly grateful to Ukrainians for how they are conducting this war. For example, with the same FP-5 type drones that carry a ton of explosives, striking the civilian population would not be difficult at all. And yes, Ukraine has this capability. It has the capability, but Kyiv chooses not to take this path. And when the war ends, if I were in the Russians’ place, I would express gratitude and respect to Ukrainians precisely for this restraint. But as long as the war continues, every Russian citizen must clearly understand that strikes from Ukraine will only increase, and there is only one party responsible for all of this — the Kremlin. These are quite banal and obvious thoughts, but what can we do if Russian society continues to behave infantilely. The problem is that this infantilism is taking on a bloody form.” Video is generated by grok AIshow more

🇺🇦🎯 Intense and massive strikes using medium-range kamikaze drones... have completely paralyzed the Russian land corridor passing through the occupied southern regions of Ukraine. ▪️ Ukraine’s medium-range strike campaign has effectively become an operation to isolate the battlefield, which is already severely disrupting Russian logistics in southern Ukraine. On May 21, the head of the occupation administration of Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, signed a decree banning the movement of civilian cargo vehicles on certain sections of the R-280 “Novorossiya” highway (occupiers renamed it M-14 Mariupol – Berdiansk – Melitopol – Henichesk highway). ▪️ The M-14 is the main artery connecting Russia with occupied Crimea. The ban on civilian traffic is, in fact, an admission that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have the land corridor under fire control. Permissions are now issued only for military transport and essential goods, which further emphasizes the scale of the problem. ▪️ The consequences are already being felt in Crimea. Due to the systematic destruction of fuel tankers, there is a fuel shortage on the peninsula. Gas stations have introduced limits — 20 liters per person. Civilian infrastructure in the rear is suffering from fuel shortages while resources are prioritized for the front line. ▪️ Geolocation footage from recent days confirms the reason for these decisions: Ukrainian forces are destroying Russian military cargo trucks on both the M-14 and the N-20 Mariupol – Donetsk highways. 🇷🇺 Russian military bloggers (“voenkors”) have already criticized this decision. Previously, Russian military convoys hid among civilian trucks and used them as human shields against Ukrainian aerial reconnaissance. ▪️ Now everything has changed. An empty M-14 highway means that any large truck is automatically considered a military target, as they carry either ammunition, fuel, or personnel. The task has become extremely simplified for drone operators and artillery. ▪️ This is a classic asymmetric war of attrition. Strikes within a 150-kilometer radius from the front line are forcing the Russians to make losing decisions. ▪️ To reduce losses from Ukrainian AI-equipped drones, Russia will have to abandon large fuel tankers and truck convoys. Switching to small, dispersed transport groups will significantly slow down ammunition delivery to the front line and dramatically increase logistics costs. Redirecting civilian cargo to secondary roads will create traffic jams, limiting the maneuverability of Russian reserves if the situation on the front changes. The shortage of fuel and ammunition, which are being destroyed en route, is already slowing down Russian offensives. While the Russian command tries to reorganize its supply tactics, the key arteries of their southern grouping continue to burn. Video is generated by grok AIshow more

This morning began with one of the largest Russian... strikes on Ukraine. 210 missiles and drones, including aeroballistic and hypersonic missiles, as well as dozens of Shahed drones, were launched. All of them targeted civilian infrastructure—critical facilities like power plants and transformers. Putin drowns the world in his rhetoric, but his only true message is written in destruction and death, delivered through every missile and drone Russia sends. This evening, a Russian missile hit a nine-story residential building. There are confirmed fatalities, including children. Many people are wounded. Emergency services are on the scene, doing everything to save lives. But what is still missing—and desperately needed—is the principled reaction of the world to this evil. These days, leaders of the G20 are meeting. The entire world needs them not to turn a blind eye to Russia’s continued terror. Only when the world reacts decisively can the situation change. Russia has involved North Korea in its war—and the reaction has been weak. Russia has continued its terror for nearly 1,000 days—and the world’s decisions are still delayed. Two years ago, at the G20 Summit, Ukraine presented the Peace Formula—a clear path to ending this war. Yet it has not been implemented. The time to act is now. The G20 cannot afford weakness or indifference. It must rise decisively to this challenge.show more