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

[Lazaran]

Here, John Mearsheimer breaks down the Trump-led Ukraine peace deal currently being negotiated with Russia. He delivers a deep, unsparing, and scholarly assessment of its moral costs, its political realities, and the power dynamic it reflects. You’ll be well served to hear every word of his explanation of why, and how from it's beginning in 2008 we’ve arrived at this historic turning point today. It's worth the time.

Russiaguide just can’t stop pushing Russian propaganda laundered through western mouthpieces…



Meanwhile:

Putin’s War in Ukraine Backfires HARD​

Russia’s four-year war in Ukraine is grinding its economy to the brink. Skyrocketing prices, collapsing industries, and relentless Ukrainian drone strikes are exposing a nation stretched past its limits. As winter approaches, Russia’s finances, infrastructure, and public patience are wearing thin. Behind closed doors, quiet peace talks are underway—but Putin is running out of time, options, and money. One question now hangs over the Kremlin.

And that ^ crippling of Russia by Ukraine is despite DonOld & the MAGAt republicans sabotaging the support of Ukraine FOR TWO FUCKING YEARS.



Slava Ukraini!!!





We. Told. Them. So.

 

[ChloeTzang]

And that crippling of Russia by Ukraine ^ is despite DonOld & the MAGAt republicans sabotaging the support of Ukraine FOR TWO FUCKING YEARS.

Zelensky is up against Trump AND Russia. Absolutely amazing leader, with Ukraine fighting not just the Russian military but constant stabs in the back from the Trump regime.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Ukraine Hunts Putin’s Ghost Oil Fleet as Russia Attacked Civilians

Russia attacked civilian areas and critical power infrastructure across Ukraine in one of its most aggressive attacks in months. But while Moscow struck cities, Ukraine went after something far more valuable: Putin’s ghost oil fleet, fuel terminals, and the infrastructure keeping his war financed.

Tonight we break down how Russia’s barrage unfolded — and why Ukraine’s deep-strike campaign is hitting the Kremlin where it actually hurts. From shadow tankers disabled at sea to refineries burning inside Russia, this is the story the Kremlin doesn’t want told.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Russian Oil Tankers Ablaze Near Turkey

Russia’s Black Sea export route is under direct stress. Two Russian oil tankers are burning near Turkey, and that single image captures the real cost of a logistics war. In this report, we explain how a fire on the water translates into money and power on land. We walk through the route from Novorossiysk to the Bosphorus, the role of the CPC terminal, and why insurers and charterers decide whether the Kremlin gets paid in dollars. Viewers will see how risk pricing, demurrage, and corridor premiums can cut revenue per barrel, and why a rising discount on crude weakens Moscow’s ability to fund missiles that strike Ukrainian cities.

We keep the analysis clear and visual. Where the ships sailed. Why the Bosphorus matters to every barrel that leaves the Black Sea. How insurance reacts when hulls burn near a NATO country. What a pause or slowdown means for queues at anchorage. We include a short segment on American and British fuel prices so viewers understand whether this touches their wallets, and how market volatility turns a single accident into a broader risk signal. No jargon is required to follow the cash.

This video pairs with our Black Sea series on ports, bridges, and refineries. The first minute delivers the crisis, the map, the moral stakes, and the consequence. The middle explains the chokepoint in simple steps. The end shows how money and time become strategy. Stay through the end screen to queue the next video in our weekend arc on Russia’s failing missile program.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 – Twin Tankers Burning in NATO Waters
00:52 – Russia’s War Budget Goes Up in Smoke
01:30 – Who I Am and Why This Matters Now
02:11 – Help Spread the Truth About Ukraine
03:03 – Russia’s Overnight Mega Attack on Kyiv
04:10 – Ukraine Downs 577 Russian Strike Assets
05:05 – Comfort Town Hit but the War Has Shifted
05:45 – Ukraine Takes the War Into Russia
06:26 – Shadow Fleet Under Fire
07:12 – Russia Losing Control of the Black Sea
08:13 – Why These Tanker Strikes Cut Russia’s Lifeline
09:00 – Insurance Collapse and Russia’s Financial Bleeding
09:52 – Terminal at Novorossiysk Hit Hard
10:40 – Global Oil Shock and Moscow’s Budget Crisis
11:32 – Russia’s Historical Parallel: The Tsushima Echo
12:15 – Russia’s Economy Breaking Under the War
13:03 – Food Crisis and Price Freeze Inside Russia
13:42 – Strategic Collapse: Sea, Economy, Missiles
14:05 – Final Message and Call to Support Ukraine

 

[ChloeTzang]

Ruzzian Shadow Oil Fleet Hit | Strikes in Crimea

 

[ChloeTzang]

UKRAINE’S BLACK SEA SANCTIONS WORK

Ukraine takes sanctions seriously and enforces them

Ukrainian naval drones hit two sanctioned tankers in the Black Sea as they headed to a Russian port to load up with oil destined for foreign markets, an official said on Saturday, as Kyiv tries to pile pressure on Russia's vast oil industry. The two oil tankers identified as the Kairos and Virat were empty and sailing to Novorossiysk, a major Russian Black Sea oil terminal, the official at the Security Service of Ukraine told Reuters.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Russian skies are collapsing fast! 50% of all air defenses LOST in 1 year!​

Here, a new series of Ukrainian strikes has shaken the country’s air-defense network and produced results that raise fresh doubts about Moscow’s ability to keep its skies protected. With geolocations pointing to nearly half of Russia’s air-defense assets lost since the start of the year, several layers of the system are being weakened at the same time, creating gaps that Ukraine is exploiting faster than Russia can close them.

The most striking scenes come from Crimea, where a Ukrainian drone slipped through a stream of Pantsir fire and continued toward an airfield packed with radars. The drones adjust course mid-flight, evade the missiles, and destroy a shipborne helicopter used to shoot down drones, before moving across the site and hitting several radars in sequence. The continuous footage matters because it shows how quickly Ukrainian operators can isolate and dismantle a radar cluster once it is detected. Meanwhile, the attack on Novorossiysk reveals the same pattern on a wider scale, as explosions rolled across an entire S-400 battery, the most modern long-range air-defense system Russia deploys. Fire swept over the launchers and radar towers that formed the backbone of the region’s protection. Satellite images taken before and after the strike confirm that Ukraine had destroyed at least 4 launchers and two radars, leaving the position effectively blind.

Now, when the map is viewed as a whole, the number of confirmed strikes grows into a pattern Russia can no longer ignore. In the east, drones destroyed a Tor system, a command post tied to long-range interceptors, and the radar of a Buk battery. Farther south, Ukrainian operators took out a Buk and an Osa in the same engagement, sending both systems into flames within seconds. Along the Black Sea coast, strikes hit radar domes positioned on elevated ground, setting off fires that burned deep into the night. In another sector, an S-300 launcher was hit by a precision drone after being located by Ukrainian reconnaissance. Rear-area strikes in Rostov disabled a Nebo early-warning radar during a coordinated operation with a partisan group, and in Voronezh, two large radars designed to track low-flying drones were destroyed, removing sensors that Russia relies on to detect incoming attacks long before they reach key infrastructure. Geolocated footage from the past two months shows Ukrainians destroying at least eight long-range launchers, five short-range systems, more than fifteen radars, and two air-defense command posts across multiple regions, turning isolated hits into a sustained pattern of attrition.

At the same time, the pressure on Russia’s inventory is growing, as Ukrainian officials say that roughly half of all Pantsir systems deployed this year in Russian-controlled territory have already been destroyed. Even with steady production, Russia cannot replace losses at this pace, and these figures do not include the long-range launchers, tracking radars, command posts, and mobile sensors. Every destroyed radar shortens the reach of the entire network and forces Russian units to shift equipment between regions to cover the gaps. That movement alone slows reaction time and increases the chances that the next strike will find a weak point.

Meanwhile, events outside the battlefield point to a deeper problem, as reports from Turkey indicate that Russia attempted to repurchase the S-400 systems it sold years ago before the war, illustrating how far the shortages and desperation for replacement equipment now extend. The timing suggests Moscow is revisiting export deals it once treated as untouchable, while older systems are pulled from storage, training equipment is redeployed to the front, and foreign clients report missed deliveries all pointing to a network strained far beyond what Russia can quietly replace.

Ukrainian footage often shows drones diving onto radars that should have detected them earlier, reflecting not only how skilled Ukrainian operators have become at avoiding detection but also how the widening gaps in Russia’s coverage allow more strikes to slip through, creating a downward spiral that Russians are no longer able to reverse.

Overall, these strikes mark a shift from isolated successes to a systematic dismantling of Russia’s air-defense grid. Ukraine is not only targeting launchers but removing the sensors and command posts that hold the network together, and Russia’s attempts to recover...

 

[ChloeTzang]

PUTIN CANNOT PAY: RUSSIAN ARMY WITHOUT MONEY​

00:00 – Russia’s budget is empty. Putin cannot pay his soldiers and is terrified of open conscription and mass protests. Let`s discuss in more detail with ‪@AnnafromUkraine‬
06:00 – Why the Kremlin avoids mobilising people from Moscow and St Petersburg.
11:00 – Why internal problems inside the Russian army keep growing.
15:00 – How the collapse of Russia’s economy is directly linked to the failures of its army.

 

[Lazaran]

Zelensky is up against Trump AND Russia. Absolutely amazing leader, with Ukraine fighting not just the Russian military but constant stabs in the back from the Trump regime.

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And it is farcical that absolutely corrupt scum, like Putin, Trump, and some European "leaders" (Belgium, I’m looking at you) are making a huge deal out of some relatively insignificant corruption involving Ukrainians who might have been skimming a little off the top - even as the Ukrainians on the whole have been making incredibly good use of the funds they have received. Could Ukraine be perfect when it comes to corruption??? Sure. But the fuckers throwing stones live in filthy, opulent glass houses, so…

Fuck them!!!



Slava Ukraini!!!

 

[Lazaran]

Russian skies are collapsing fast! 50% of all air defenses LOST in 1 year!​

Here, a new series of Ukrainian strikes has shaken the country’s air-defense network and produced results that raise fresh doubts about Moscow’s ability to keep its skies protected. With geolocations pointing to nearly half of Russia’s air-defense assets lost since the start of the year, several layers of the system are being weakened at the same time, creating gaps that Ukraine is exploiting faster than Russia can close them.

The most striking scenes come from Crimea, where a Ukrainian drone slipped through a stream of Pantsir fire and continued toward an airfield packed with radars. The drones adjust course mid-flight, evade the missiles, and destroy a shipborne helicopter used to shoot down drones, before moving across the site and hitting several radars in sequence. The continuous footage matters because it shows how quickly Ukrainian operators can isolate and dismantle a radar cluster once it is detected. Meanwhile, the attack on Novorossiysk reveals the same pattern on a wider scale, as explosions rolled across an entire S-400 battery, the most modern long-range air-defense system Russia deploys. Fire swept over the launchers and radar towers that formed the backbone of the region’s protection. Satellite images taken before and after the strike confirm that Ukraine had destroyed at least 4 launchers and two radars, leaving the position effectively blind.

Now, when the map is viewed as a whole, the number of confirmed strikes grows into a pattern Russia can no longer ignore. In the east, drones destroyed a Tor system, a command post tied to long-range interceptors, and the radar of a Buk battery. Farther south, Ukrainian operators took out a Buk and an Osa in the same engagement, sending both systems into flames within seconds. Along the Black Sea coast, strikes hit radar domes positioned on elevated ground, setting off fires that burned deep into the night. In another sector, an S-300 launcher was hit by a precision drone after being located by Ukrainian reconnaissance. Rear-area strikes in Rostov disabled a Nebo early-warning radar during a coordinated operation with a partisan group, and in Voronezh, two large radars designed to track low-flying drones were destroyed, removing sensors that Russia relies on to detect incoming attacks long before they reach key infrastructure. Geolocated footage from the past two months shows Ukrainians destroying at least eight long-range launchers, five short-range systems, more than fifteen radars, and two air-defense command posts across multiple regions, turning isolated hits into a sustained pattern of attrition.

At the same time, the pressure on Russia’s inventory is growing, as Ukrainian officials say that roughly half of all Pantsir systems deployed this year in Russian-controlled territory have already been destroyed. Even with steady production, Russia cannot replace losses at this pace, and these figures do not include the long-range launchers, tracking radars, command posts, and mobile sensors. Every destroyed radar shortens the reach of the entire network and forces Russian units to shift equipment between regions to cover the gaps. That movement alone slows reaction time and increases the chances that the next strike will find a weak point.

Meanwhile, events outside the battlefield point to a deeper problem, as reports from Turkey indicate that Russia attempted to repurchase the S-400 systems it sold years ago before the war, illustrating how far the shortages and desperation for replacement equipment now extend. The timing suggests Moscow is revisiting export deals it once treated as untouchable, while older systems are pulled from storage, training equipment is redeployed to the front, and foreign clients report missed deliveries all pointing to a network strained far beyond what Russia can quietly replace.

Ukrainian footage often shows drones diving onto radars that should have detected them earlier, reflecting not only how skilled Ukrainian operators have become at avoiding detection but also how the widening gaps in Russia’s coverage allow more strikes to slip through, creating a downward spiral that Russians are no longer able to reverse.

Overall, these strikes mark a shift from isolated successes to a systematic dismantling of Russia’s air-defense grid. Ukraine is not only targeting launchers but removing the sensors and command posts that hold the network together, and Russia’s attempts to recover...

And Ukraine needs to exploit the opportunity the lack of Russian air defense presents before Russia addresses the gaps in coverage.

Strike hard while the Russians are vulnerable.



Slava Ukraini!!!

 

[ChloeTzang]

WSJ BOMBSHELL: Trump Sells a Business Deal — Not Peace​

A new Wall Street Journal investigation reveals a stunning twist: Trump is promoting a business-style deal, not a negotiated peace agreement, despite selling it publicly as a path to end the war. Tonight we break down what the WSJ uncovered, the forces behind this proposal, and why it matters for Ukraine’s survival and Europe’s security.

We examine:

What Trump is actually proposing behind closed doors

Why this “deal” benefits Moscow far more than Kyiv

How it fits with the current 19–28 point proposals circulating in Washington

What this means for upcoming negotiations and U.S. policy

Why Ukraine sees this as a threat, not a peace offer

This is not just another headline — it’s a shift that could change the entire trajectory of the war.

 

[ChloeTzang]

CONFIRMED: Trump’s Peace Plan Was Built to Enrich the Dealmakers​

I did some more digging. I confirmed what the WSJ article suggested.
If you’ve been wondering why the plan felt like it was written for boardrooms rather than battlefields, this will make everything painfully clear.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Stunning Level of Corruption from the Trump Admin - Forcing Ukraine to Surrender in return for deals with Putin

I did not have “Trump selling out Ukraine for personal gain” on my bingo card… oh, never mind. Congress needs to Impeach Trump NOW. If Rubio has any commonsense he would resign immediately before he is implicated further, alomng with anyone else in the Trump Admin that wants to survive this. Trump is totally screwed. This is not just venal, it's treason, and Trump owns this entire shit show.

And it's not just Ukraine. WE can assume he's working some sort of similar grift on Venezuela too. What we’re looking at is cold‑blooded venality: using political power to broker back‑door deals with a hostile regime, cashing in while people suffer, and treating sovereign nations like boardroom assets to be traded. This isn’t politics. This is corruption with a global price tag, and the people who’ll pay are Ukrainians, allies, and the idea of justice itself.It's hard to imagine how evil one must be to help mass murderer Putin eradicate the Ukrainian people & destabilize Europe & world democracy in exchange for money. But that's where Trump, Vance, Witkoff and Kushner are.

 

[OralAllOver]

With formation of UN after WW2, the USSR and others agreed to abandon any historical territorial claims and remain within recognized boundaries.

Upon collapse of USSR, Russia agreed to existing boundaries and affirmed UN convention. In return given USSR's veto and sec cnsl seat

Several years later, in exchange for ALL of Ukrainian nuclear stockpile, Russia specifically guaranteed Ukrainian borders

Anyone who believes that Putin's invasion found support in law is an idiot and an assh*le. Yes, Melania, that's your (technically) husband and you concur re his low character

 

[ChloeTzang]

ETHOS. Shadow of the Wolf | Official Movie Trailer (2025)​

“ETHOS. Shadow of the Wolf” is a documentary about the internal code of a modern Ukrainian soldier. About how the 1st detachment of the 8th regiment of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of the Ukraine thinks, acts and makes decisions.

The film features real operations, interviews and reconstructions that show the combat work of the unit from the inside.

Official release of the film — December 6 on the Ukrainian Army TV YouTube channel

 

[ChloeTzang]

Kyiv Post: Weekly Summary of War News

 

[ChloeTzang]

A 3rd Russian shadow tanker fleet member in only 48 hours is going down, this one off the coast of Senegal.

Ukraine is no longer playing games. MR tanker MERSIN (b. 2009, IMO # 9428683) belonging to Beşiktaş Group appears to be in the process of sinking off the coast of Senegal. She is a frequent visitor to Russian ports like Novorossiysk, and last called at Taman () in August.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1995088557221015950

 

[ChloeTzang]

Novorossiysk mooring terminal is “beyond repair”

Oil shipments - Stopped. Ukrainian sanctions are working.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1995048822146576715

 

[ChloeTzang]

There is literally nothing Trump can do to do - Putin is NOT going to sign any "peace" agreement regardess of how much ressure Trump puts on Ukraine. Putin contiues to demand an unconditional surrender and Trump will conti ue to work to achieve that.

Bit in reality all Trump can so is stop selling weapons or intelligence to Europe to pass on to Ukraine. Europe 100% have to step in and up their game.

And Congress needs to up theirs and impose strict sanctions on Russia now. Time for Congress to do their job and cut Trump off at the knees on Ukraine.

 

[ChloeTzang]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1994895592430928192

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

A German court just ruined the narrative…

 

[Rightguide]

A German court just ruined the narrative…

It was a lie, as are so many others by the government and the media to justify the war in Ukraine.

 

[ll74]

It was a lie, as are so many others by the government and the media to justify the war in Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine doesn't require justification.

It started because Russia invaded. Their justification was horseshit and you supported it.

 

[Rightguide]

The war in Ukraine doesn't require justification.

It started because Russia invaded. Their justification was horseshit and you supported it.

What happened in 2008?

 

[ll74]

What happened in 2008?

Russia invaded Georgia.