For Those Who Might Be Wondering Why We Might Be In Ukraine

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Kremlin Burns Its Own Army With its "Butcher" General​

The Kremlin is rewarding failure. Vladimir Putin just decorated Lt. Gen. Sukhrab Akhmedov as a Hero of Russia despite catastrophic assaults at Vuhledar and Pavlivka tied to his command. Marines’ letters called themselves meat for reports as units bled out in frontal pushes that destroyed equipment and lives. We reconstruct Akhmedov’s record, explain why the regime prizes loyalty and optics over competence, and spell out what that message tells conscripts, families, and regional elites shouldering the human cost.

We then examine the staff-room map that tells the truth. During a briefing by Gen. Valery Gerasimov, a wall map depicted Odesa and Mykolaiv as separated from Ukraine alongside other occupied regions. Soon after, Duma Defense Committee member Viktor Sobolev publicly named Odesa, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Sumy as targets. That is not a ceasefire agenda. That is a Black Sea cutoff plan. For Western policymakers, it means a freeze would be a regroup, not peace. The correct response is sustained sanctions pressure, air defense resupply, and long-range strike support to raise Moscow’s costs while it advertises maximalist aims.

Finally, we outline reported churn inside the FSB’s 5th Service and why internal blame games accelerate when battlefield wins do not. A system that meddles with a butcher while promising to seize Ukraine’s coast is not negotiating in good faith. It is buying time for the next attempt.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Ukraine's Winning Strategy
02:41 Russia's Unrealistic War Goals
05:12 Why Russia Keeps Failing
09:00 The Economic Unraveling of Russia
11:17 The End Is Near for Putin's Regime
12:18 Outro

 

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The Ukrainian Army Has Trapped More Russian Forces in Pokrovsk​

- Poland now seeking more air defense systems
- Ukraine military are now training Polish soldiers in drone and counter-drone warfare

 

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NOVOROSSIYSK UNDER FIRE​

Ukrainian special forces struck an enemy ship worth $60 million near Novorossiysk – HUR​

New (2015) Russian warship visited by Ukrainian drones off Novorossiysk. This was an electronic warfare ship - the drone targeted the EW module and took it out.

"There will soon be no russian energy sector, so trying to secure energy deals with them is pointless." President Zelenskyy to Slovak PM Fico. Gotta love Zelenskyy

Ukraine prepared to share expertise with NATO

 

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Ukraine Hacks Russia's Security Camera's and uses for Targeting Information

Ukraine’s cyber army just flipped the script on Russia, hijacking its own security cameras to expose troop movements and crush reinforcements before they reached the front. This daring blend of hacking, drones, and missiles stopped an assault in its tracks and highlighted Russia’s growing weakness in armor and artillery.

 

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Updates from Donetsk.

As Russia began a massive regrouping, pulling in reinforcements from across its stagnating offensives to feed the fight for Pokrovsk, Ukraine struck a decisive blow. By launching a massive wave of coordinated strikes, the Ukrainian forces crippled three major command posts, eliminated dozens of high-ranking officers, completely beheading and halting the Russian offensive.

Currently Russian forces are undergoing a massive redeployment to reinforce and intensify the offensive towards Pokrovsk, while sacrificing several of their other offensives in the process. Ukrainian intelligence, however, left no movement unnoticed and tracked almost every Russian convoy. From hacked traffic cameras in the Russian rear, partisans reporting on troop trains, to deep reconnaissance by drones, Ukraine followed enemy columns across roads and tree lines. As you remember, loitering munitions already struck Russian troop movements en route, ensuring that even before reaching the front, Russia’s reinforcements were being bled dry. Ukrainians stepped up their efforts by using one of the newest missiles in its arsenal, to strike the Russian command headquarters and behead all enemy efforts.

The centerpiece of Ukraine’s counter was a massive precision strike operation, with the first salvo slamming into the Topaz plant, once a Soviet electronics hub and now a command post for the Russian army. At least five Peklo jet-powered drone missiles were caught on multiple geolocated videos, before detonating in near-simultaneous strikes. Flames engulfed several buildings, with further images showing smoke clouds rising above the site. A second strike, smaller but just as targeted, destroyed the command hub of the 41st Russian Combined Arms Army within the Research Institute of Complex Automation, where Russia had been directing operations in central Donetsk. Finally, another wave of Ukrainian long-range drones hit the command post of the 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division inside an industrial zone, demolishing the nerve center of one of Russia’s key forces attacking west of Donetsk.

These three strikes, occurring within minutes of each other, stunned Russian defenses, as eyewitnesses described anti-aircraft fire tracing the sky only after the missiles had already hit. The Russian Ministry of Defensе claimed that dozens of Ukrainian drones had been intercepted across western Russia but made no mention of Donetsk itself. Yet the reality was clear: Ukrainian precision firepower had ripped through multiple headquarters complexes, with Osint analysts confirming the hits were all crucial to Russia’s ongoing attempt to push toward Pokrovsk.

The weapons Ukraine used underscored its growing independence in long-range warfare, analysis of flight profiles and impact videos revealed the distinct silhouette and attack pattern of Ukraine’s Peklo drone missiles. Propeller-driven drones may have scouted the targets, but the strikes themselves were carried out by the jet-propelled cruise missile-style drones, with a range of 700 kilometers at speeds up to 700 kilometers an hour. Developed domestically with 70 percent Ukrainian components, Peklo entered serial production with a target output of 100 pieces per month. With a warhead of 50 kilograms, it is designed to destroy hardened targets while overwhelming Russian air defenses, proving itself once again in the latest strike on Donetsk city.

The result on the Russian offensive is immediate, with key headquarters destroyed, the Russian chain of command has become fractured, and communications from army leaders to units on the ground has been disrupted. Many officers familiar with the battle plans have been killed, as similar cases in the past show that such strikes cause paralysis within Russian military organization: replacement officers need time to familiarize themselves with the battlefield and plan of attack, slowing decision-making and halting planned assaults. The timing also matters: meteorologists state that autumn rains are expected to commence the mud season by the end of September, threatening to bog down movements and choke supply lines. With their headquarters in flames and their commanders gone, Russia’s chances of reigniting momentum at Pokrovsk appear grim.

Overall, Ukraine’s wave of strikes has effectively cut off the head of the Russian offensive at Pokrovsk by demolishing enemy headquarters. Reportedly, senior Russian generals were killed whose identities are being clarified, but even the disruption alone forces Russia into crisis mode. For Ukraine, the operation showcased the strength of its domestically built Peklo system, as footage from multiple angles confirmed the missiles penetrated Donetsk unimpeded, proving that Russia's vaunted air defenses remain full of gaps...

 

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Ukrainians struck the Topaz factory facility in Donetsk, where a high-level headquarters of the Russian army was located.

6 hits and these are not drones, these are Ukrainian missiles striking the Topaz plant, where the command post of russian occupiers was located.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1965282331314553099

https://twitter.com/x/status/1965106845577871645

 

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Oh dear, Trump is not happy with the Russian drone strike on Poland. Putin definitel has something on him.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1966250552473632808

 

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The Ukrainian Army Has Trapped More Russian Forces in Pokrovsk​

- Poland now seeking more air defense systems
- Ukraine military are now training Polish soldiers in drone and counter-drone warfare

The Ukrainians are taking advantage of Russia’s propaganda assault…. Unfortunately, that propaganda assault provided Putin with some bogus material / misinformation to "bluff" DonOld & Witkoff, etc.(and it’s VERY easy to "bluff" Witkoff & DonOld, because they WANT to be "bluffed" by Putin, just so they can use Putin’s "bluff" in their own "bluff" against members of congress & the American public ).

Ultimately, I believe Ukraine does have the capacity to collapse the Russian war effort solely with the assistance of Europe and their friends in America outside of this traitorous Trump administration: I hope they can. I also hope that SOME republicans in congress step up and stand up to Trump on Ukraine.

Give / sell Ukraine (and Poland) the air defense systems they need - NOW (and provide DIRECT AMERICAN MILITARY AID - NOW).

This is a critical juncture in the war, and Russia looks vulnerable. Don’t give China, etc, time to shore up Russia.



Slava Ukraini!!!

 

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Tonight in Russia - Lukoil facility in Smolensk hit

https://twitter.com/x/status/1966243354720743472

 

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Ukrainians struck the Topaz factory facility in Donetsk, where a high-level headquarters of the Russian army was located.

6 hits and these are not drones, these are Ukrainian missiles striking the Topaz plant, where the command post of russian occupiers was located.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1965282331314553099

https://twitter.com/x/status/1965106845577871645

Let’s hope some partisans are helping direct these strikes on Russian command outposts.

Slava Ukraini!!!

 

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The Ukrainians are taking advantage of Russia’s propaganda assault…. Unfortunately, that propaganda assault provided Putin with some bogus material / misinformation ton"bluff" DonOld & Witkoff, etc.(and it’s VERY easy to "bluff" Witkoff & DonOld, because they WANT to be "bluffed" by Putin, just so they can use Putin’s "bluff" in their own "bluff" against members of congress & the American public ).

Ultimately, I believe Ukraine does have the capacity to collapse the Russian war effort solely with the assistance of Europe and their friends in America outside of this traitorous Trump administration: I hope they can. I also hope that SOME republicans in congress step up and stand up to Trump on Ukraine.

Give / sell Ukraine (and Poland) the air defense systems they need - NOW (and provide DIRECT AMERICAN MILITARY AID - NOW).

This is a critical juncture in the war, and Russia looks vulnerable. Don’t give China, etc, time to shore up Russia.



Slava Ukraini!!!

Yep. Russis has been pulling units out from elsewhere and moving them to Pokrovsk to throw into the attack there - this is their summer breakthrough - the one that Putin promsed Trumo would capture the Donbas and bring Ukraine ti military defeat, which is why Donny is not doing sanctions on Russia (not that he ever will) or trying to impose a ceasefire on Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Ukraine, among other things, hacked Russia security / traffic cams and has been using thse to track Russian units and it them with ongoing drone attacks. They took out their headquarters in Donestsk 5 days ago and also hit their headquarters in Luhansk with missiles. And in the salient, Azov has been slicing and dicing the Russian brigades that were supposed to be the spearhead that these units were to reinforce.

As you say, Laz. It's a propaganda assault design to create an image of winning and instead it's being decimated from the top down and the base up. 80% of these reinforcements will be dead before they get to the front and can even start to fight. The rest will die anyhow,

And the House just overwhelmingly voted to continue providing military support to Ukraine by a 372-60 vote.

 

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Let’s hope some partisans are helping direct these strikes on Russian command outposts.

Slava Ukraini!!!

Watch that "Updates from Donetsk" video clip - he talks about that

And I will say, despite our disagreements on other issues, I am happy that are on the same side over Ukraine.

 

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Russian Drone Attack on Poland - NATO fails test after test

Russia is attemptig to scare NATO into taking existing EU production for themselves and stockpiling it rather than supplying Ukraine
NATO is taking this attack the way Russia wants NATO to take it

The timing makes it clear what its all about - Ukraine is preparing to retake Crimea

 

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Russia haemorrhages troops | Gen. Philip Breedlove (2013-16 SACEUR - Supreme Allied Commander Europe)​

- 30,000 North Koreans working in Russian factories because they don't have the manpower
- Poland drone attack - calculated incursion to test resolve of NATO
- Whether NATO accepts it or not, it is a war in Europe. Air policing is an option only in a peace time. We have a theater-level war going on. Peacetime ROE's put's NATO aircraft at risk. War time ROE's are needed for combat air patrols

Gen. Breedlove really talks to the point. Really good analysis here.

 

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Russians are about to be wiped out from within | Robert Fox​

Donald Trump's body language says he doesn't know what to do
- Trump has tried to say this is a European thing
- Trump thought he could bkame the Europeans and go away and his buddy-buddy relation with Putin would let him pull it ff
- Putin is off on his own planet
- Trump's realizing it's not as simple as walking away
- Trump is secondary to Europe. Trump is unreliable. he grew up on reality TV
- Optics of Xi and Putin and Modi standing together in China - taking a poke at Donald Trump's vanity
- Venezuela - Trump has too much on his plate and he hasn't got the team now - Pompeo isn't there, John Bolton kew his stuff, Rubio has his own agenda....
- Very difficult to read what is going on on the Russian side -
What happens in the next few weeks is vital - Russia is in trouble in a very unexpected way
- extraordinary reports in Reuters - people around Putin are worried about what you do with the Army when it comes home
- Ukraone have doe damage to the Russian economy - gas shortages. Dire Water shortages in Crimea and Donetsk
- Russia summer offensive has meant Russia have had to abandon push in Sumy and Kharkiv
- Crop harvest season - Russia has had to buy potatoes from outside and has been shipping in petrol, petrolrationing speading everywhere in Russia
- Russian Federation - increasing tension and fragmenting over the next 5 years as Moscow loses control - it'll make Yugoslavia look like a Sunday school picnic
- There are very few global leaders who are not creatures of the moment
- Greece and South Korea are facing demographic collape over the next 75 years
- Russian demographic crisis - the population is in a slow decline. Russian populations is very very unhealthy - Ukrainians worred about the effect on morale of fighting battalions of HIV and Hepatitis victims....
- Putin and the Russian elite fear the Jacquerie - a spontaneous uprising of the pesants - a spontaneous explosion of the population - there will be an unexpected trigger point and unepected results
- Post war mental health crisis seeping thru society after the war - Russia already has this experience after the Afghan war....about 10% of the returning veterans became psychopaths
- Zelensky is more aware of this than people thing - he has deliberately held back on mobilizing 18-25 year olds due to the potential impact of the war on the mental health of the younger generation
- Ukraine is fighting to preserve their young people

 

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Whoa. Russia stripping troops from Kherson and moving them north.....THIS could be interesting

 

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Counting down to the second million Russians. Add in the 4,000,000 young Russian men who have left the country rather than fight for Putin and that's a sizable demographic impact

Another week to 1.1 million

 

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Russian commanders scorn wounded in desperate assaults​

Russian troops are enduring catastrophic losses in the war against Ukraine, with conscription efforts falling short of expectations, Ukraine's Defense Intelligence said on Sept. 12, while releasing another intercepted conversation among Russian invaders. The enemy has run out of infantry in the Huliaipole sector. Due to a shortage of manpower, the Russian military command is throwing virtually anyone into assaults, including the seriously ill, wounded, cooks, and drivers. In the intercepted talk, a Russian assault trooper complains to his commander about knee injuries that prevent him from walking.

The commander responds with the typical disdain and unwillingness to aid subordinates seen in the Russian army, the intelligence agency said.
"Have you forgotten where our evacuation group is?" a male voice says on the recording.
“Are you suggesting the company commander grab a wheel and roll you back? Is that what you're saying?”
"No, no, commander, at least from the neighboring units," the assault trooper pleads.
But evacuation is denied: "You're told where to get there on your own, reach it and maybe they'll pick you up from there. There's no people — everyone's gone, now cooks are going into battle because you can't win. They've brought cooks here, brought communications guys here. They've all been killed already."

https://english.nv.ua/nation/russia...ine-s-defense-intelligence-says-50544533.html

 

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Shmyhal: Ukraine meets mobilization needs despite ongoing war​

Ukraine is not facing mobilization problems, Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said in an interview with Sky News on Sept. 10. “The level of conscription over the past year has been stable, with a tendency to grow,” Shmyhal said. “We are mobilizing the necessary number of people to cover our losses and form small reserves.”

He acknowledged, however, that Russia’s mobilization efforts continue to replace battlefield losses, even though they are five times higher than those of Ukraine’s Defense Forces. “For them, it is not a problem that they have lost 1 million people since the start of this war. Half of them were killed,” Shmyhal said. “They simply keep firing, burning people in the flames of war without counting their losses.”

The minister called this a challenge for Ukraine, noting Moscow also benefits from the support of North Korean troops and Iranian assistance. On Sept. 2, the Presidential Office said lowering the mobilization age was not being considered. It added that even if a ceasefire were reached, mobilization in Ukraine would continue for some time. On Sept. 7, Vadym Skibitskyi, deputy head of Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR), reported that Russia had recruited about 280,000 soldiers on contract since the start of 2025 and mobilizes around 35,000 people each month. HUR chief Kyrylo Budanov has described the possibility of another Russian mobilization as a “serious threat” to Ukraine.

https://english.nv.ua/russian-war/u...yhal-says-in-sky-news-interview-50544210.html

 

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Ukraine ramps up production of armored vehicles

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine’s defense industry has significantly expanded its armored vehicle output, with one manufacturer confirming record deliveries to frontline units. On September 10, Vladislav Belbas, director of the company Ukrainian Armor, announced that his firm has supplied more than 1,000 Novator armored vehicles to Ukraine’s Defense Forces. “From the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Ukrainian Armor has delivered over 1,000 Novator armored vehicles to the Defense Forces of Ukraine,” Belbas said.

He noted that the Novator line has expanded in recent years to meet evolving battlefield needs. “Over these years, the Novator family has been joined by new models: the Novator-2 armored vehicle, the Novator 2S medical evacuation variant, the Novator KShM command-and-staff vehicle, the Novator for explosive ordnance disposal, an upgraded Novator with reinforced protection, and the Novator-2 Krechet,” Belbas added.

The Novator, a 4×4 armored vehicle designed for troop transport and multi-role missions, has become one of the most widely deployed platforms across Ukrainian units. Its modular design allows adaptation for medical evacuation, command roles, or counter-mine operations. While Ukrainian Armor has openly shared production achievements, other major domestic manufacturers remain silent about their output. According to industry sources, companies fear that publicizing deliveries could expose their facilities to Russian strikes, given Moscow’s persistent intelligence-gathering and targeting of Ukraine’s defense production network. Despite this operational secrecy, Ukrainian industry has collectively achieved notable results. Since early 2022, local producers have supplied more than 3,500 armored vehicles of the 4×4 type to the Armed Forces, supporting operations from frontline assault missions to casualty evacuation under fire.

The surge in production highlights Ukraine’s ability to expand its domestic defense industry despite wartime conditions.

https://defence-blog.com/ukraine-ramps-up-production-of-armored-vehicles/

 

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Ukraine’s long arm: 1000 km deep, a drone ignites Russia’s Baltic Sea oil terminal near Finland​

Ukraine launched a long-range drone strike on 12 September targeting key oil infrastructure deep inside Russian territory. Russian news Telegram channel Astra reports that several fires broke out at the Primorsk oil port in Leningrad Oblast after drones penetrated nearly 1000 km from Ukraine. The attack is part of Ukraine’s sustained effort to degrade Russia’s ability to profit from oil exports, funding Moscow’s war machine. Primorsk is located about 100 km northwest of St Petersburg, on the Finnish side of the Gulf of Finland. The attack marks one of Ukraine’s deepest strikes on Russian energy assets since the full-scale war began.

According to Astra, the port of Primorsk—Russia’s largest oil terminal on the Baltic Sea—was hit in the early hours of 12 September. Leningrad Oblast governor Aleksandr Drozdenko confirmed that a fire broke out on a vessel at the port. Firefighting systems were activated and the “open fire” was allegedly extinguished. Officials claimed there was no threat of sinking or oil spill. The governor also stated that another fire erupted at a pumping station in Primorsk and was later extinguished. No injuries were reported.

Astra cited local residents in the town of Tosno — a town south of St Petersburg — reporting explosions overnight. The Leningrad Oblast governor said Russian air defenses engaged drones over several districts, including Volosovsky, Tosnensky, Gatchinsky, Lomonosovsky, and Pushkinsky in St Petersburg. The governor stated that debris and fragments from downed drones fell in multiple populated areas, including Tosno, Vsevolozhsk, and the villages of Pokrovskoe and Uzmino, as well as outside residential areas in Lomonosovsky district. Authorities said no fires or injuries occurred at these sites, but the impact zones were cordoned off.

Astra also reported that explosions continued to be heard across Leningrad Oblast and St Petersburg throughout the night in one of the largest drone attacks on the region since the war’s start. As a result of the drone attack, operations at Pulkovo Airport in St Petersburg were heavily impacted. According to airport operator statements cited by Russian state agency RIA Novosti, 28 flights were delayed, 13 canceled, and 11 aircraft were diverted to alternate airfields. The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that air defenses downed a total of 221 Ukrainian drones overnight across the country. Of these, 28 were allegedly intercepted over Leningrad Oblast alone. The ministry also listed drones shot down over several other oblasts, including Bryansk, Smolensk, Kaluga, Novgorod, Moscow region, Belgorod, Rostov, Tver, Pskov, Tula, and Kursk.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/09...ea-oil-terminal-near-finland/#google_vignette

 

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Russians are about to be wiped out from within | Robert Fox​

- Ukraone have doe damage to the Russian economy - gas shortages. Dire Water shortages in Crimea and Donetsk

Perhaps bigger in the long run is the damage the Russia's invasion of Ukraine has done to the Russian economic prospects. Before, the big money makers for Russia was gas sales to Europe, arms sales, and agriculture. Europe has gone off of Russian gas, why would anyone buy russian arms given how soundly they have been thumped by western arms, and there are too few men left to harvest the fields.