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

[ChloeTzang]

Oh, and for what its worth, “Half of Europeans see Trump as Europe's enemy” - The Guardian

"EUROPE'S “FINANCIAL NUCLEAR BOMB” IS NOW ARMED"

Some European circles are discussing the potential of selling their collective U.S. Treasury holdings as a "nuclear option" deterrent if U.S. President Trump attempts to finalize a Ukraine peace deal that favors Russia.

The concept centers on Europe's collective holdings of U.S. Treasuries, estimated at around $2.34 trillion

This includes roughly $1.62 trillion held by EU member states and $722 billion by the United Kingdom.

Proponents argue that a coordinated sell-off either rapid or staged could trigger severe market disruptions, including dollar depreciation, spiking U.S. interest rates, liquidity shortages in banks and funds, and inflationary pressures potentially worse than the 2008 financial crisis.

Several European leaders are ready to act. The meeting yesterday between Macron, Merz, Starmer and Zelensky suggests that something is about to happen.

An economic catastrophe is looming.......

 

[ChloeTzang]

 

[ChloeTzang]

Putin Wanted Moldova... Now He’s Losing Transnistria Instead

Moscow’s long-standing influence over Moldova is unraveling as the war in Ukraine isolates Russian forces in Transnistria and strengthens Chișinău’s Western-backed reforms. Economic pressure, dwindling supplies, and shifting public sentiment are eroding Russia’s foothold, while Moldova accelerates its EU integration and modernizes its security sector. A once-stable Kremlin outpost now faces mounting uncertainty as Moldova gains confidence and leverage in a rapidly changing regional landscape.

 

[ChloeTzang]

OOPS! Wrong City! Russia Bombed Belgorod by Accident

00:00 Intro
00:06 Russians dropped a 1000 pound bomb on Belgorod
02:25 Russian jumped into a well to hide from FPV
03:48 New Russian Armata donkeys - the guy is way too happy
06:13 Donkeys don't get stuck like Bukhankas
09:58 Russia put a christmas tree up in Mariupol
13:30 GUR hunts the 76-th VDV
16:05 Young kid left his service weapon in the russian front
19:48 Russian pilots were ejected against the ceiling
21:29 Kharkiv dam hit by Russia

 

[ChloeTzang]

Russia’s Banks Are In Full Meltdown

For twenty years the Kremlin guaranteed an economic pact built on stability and subsidized energy but that agreement has liquidated. Russia has breached a critical financial threshold with petrol prices surpassing those in the United States. This is not a market fluctuation. It is the direct consequence of the state enforcing aggressive tax hikes to service a deficit-ridden military budget. Every consumer is funding a stealth levy that erodes purchasing power while masking the true fiscal impact of the invasion.

The financial shock extends beyond the pump. Ukraine’s strategic strikes against Russia’s shadow fleet have caused maritime insurance premiums to triple which obliterates the net profit margins of oil exports. Logistics firms are imposing war risk surcharges that siphon billions from state revenue before a single barrel trades. These unrecoverable costs turn the Black Sea into an economic dead zone that Moscow cannot bypass.

The domestic market is fracturing simultaneously. The Credit Bank of Moscow a central pillar of the energy trade reports a spike in loan defaults and critical losses in capital operations. Retail staples are locked behind anti-theft devices as consumer insolvency peaks and real wages plummet. Regional airspace shutdowns halt commercial transit and freeze cargo logistics which compounds the stress on corporations battling hyperinflation and supply chain paralysis. These indicators expose a macroeconomy facing imminent liquidity failure and a central authority losing its grip on fiscal governance.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
01:07 - Historic Red Line: Russian Gas Price Exceeds US Price
02:27 - Ukraine's Drone War: Squeezing Russia's Shadow Fleet
04:25 - Soft Blockade: Drones Shut Down Russian Airports
05:28 - Moral Horror: Looting, Body Medals, and MIA Cover-Ups
06:57 - The MKB Crisis: Russia's Top Bank Faces $6 Billion Bad Debt
08:26 - Technological Irrelevance: Losing the AI Race to North Korea Model
12:36 - Outro

 

[ChloeTzang]

Banks COLLAPSE ACROSS Russia​

 

[ChloeTzang]

Ukraine's HOMEMADE Strategic Bomber is OBLITERATING Russia

Ukraine’s Gorynych program transforms a simple French ultralight aircraft into a long-range, reusable strategic bomber capable of striking deep inside Russia. Built by a former businessman turned pilot and a team of engineers, this modified Skyranger delivers powerful precision attacks while evading major air defenses. Affordable, innovative, and highly effective, it represents one of Ukraine’s most remarkable wartime achievements and a dramatic leap in unmanned strike capabilities.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Ukraine's F16 Fighter Jets Just Got a MASSIVE Upgrade

Ukraine’s F-16s just got a massive targeting upgrade, and it changes everything about how these jets hunt drones and strike ground targets. A single photograph revealed a black, coffin-shaped targeting pod mounted under the intake of a Ukrainian F-16. Blink and you’d miss it. But once you notice it, the entire picture shifts.

That pod is the S n i - p e r Advanced Targeting Pod; the exact system needed to fire laser-guided APKWS rockets. Which means Ukraine’s F-16s just went from “missile-only patrol jets” to precision drone hunters armed with cheap guided rockets that can delete Russian Shaheds without wasting six-figure AIM-120s.

In this video, I break down what the photo showed, how it confirms months of debate, and why this single pod quietly transforms Ukraine’s air doctrine.

The key combo here is S n i - p e r Pod + LAU-131/A rocket pods. The same loadout U.S. jets used while knocking Houthi drones out of the sky earlier this year. Each pod holds seven rockets. Two pods mean fourteen precision interceptors on a single F-16. And the targeting pod handles the entire hit chain: spotting, tracking, lasing, guiding.

I cover everything the new configuration unlocks:
• Long-range visual ID of drones and ground targets
• Automatic target tracking for fast or maneuvering threats
• Laser designation so APKWS rockets hit exactly where they should
• Night and bad-weather engagement
• Low-cost intercepts that break Russia’s drone-spam strategy

I walk you through how Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands made this possible by providing F-16 packages that quietly included the targeting pods needed for laser-guided munitions. And yes, Ukraine has already carried out hundreds of successful strikes with its F-16s. This upgrade just turned every sortie into a multi-target mission.

This is the moment Ukraine’s F-16 fleet stops being “finally delivered” and becomes combat-optimized.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Ukraine’s F-16 GAME-CHANGER Upgrade​

Ukraine’s newly upgraded F-16s are transforming the air war. With advanced Sniper targeting pods and cost-effective APKWS II rockets, these jets can now detect low-flying Shaheds, strike with precision, and counter Russia’s massive drone barrages at a fraction of the cost. This upgrade doesn’t just boost accuracy—it reshapes Ukraine’s entire air defense strategy. And what happens when these same weapons appear on future Ukrainian Rafales? That’s where things get interesting…

 

[ChloeTzang]

Ukraine Finds A Way to Build Its Own HIMARS

Ukraine’s reliance on HIMARS helped cripple Russian positions, but reduced supplies and growing countermeasures forced a new approach. Ukrainian engineers have now developed a rapidly expanding class of mid-range strike drones capable of hitting high-value targets far behind the front at low cost.

 

[Wilson23]

Some people expect Russia to collapse, but I don't see how it can happen. There are no obvious fault lines, no secessionist movements in Russian-majority provinces that could break up the Federation.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Ukraine Traps Russian Troops in a Kill Zone…

Ukraine’s forces shattered Russia’s attempted bridgehead at Ivanivka, using fog, tanks, and precision tactics to trap Moscow’s troops in their own kill zone. This daring counterattack not only liberated the village but also opened the door for Ukraine to outflank Russian units deeper in Dnipropetrovsk. Ivanivka was supposed to be Russia’s launchpad. Instead, it became their downfall. And what happened next on the outskirts of Myrnohrad was even more devastating…

 

[ChloeTzang]

FURIOUS Zelenskyy CHECKMATES Trump after PLOT UNCOVERED

Trump undermining Europe and Ukraine
Trying to force Ukraine to surrender AGAIN

 

[ChloeTzang]

Trump Gave Putin ‘Cast-Iron Guarantees,’ Top Kremlin Aide Claims

In this report, we break down the explosive new claim from a senior Kremlin aide who says Donald Trump offered “cast-iron guarantees” to Russia. What were these guarantees? Why is Moscow leaking this now? And how does this fit into the larger strategic picture of the war, U.S. policy, and the Kremlin’s negotiating gambits?

 

[ChloeTzang]

Trump’s ‘complete ignorance’ laid bare as Zelenskyy refuses to surrender territory​

Kyiv based journalist & foreign policy/security expert Jimmy Rushton joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss Volodymyr Zelenskyy again refusing to compromise on territory concessions, what solution would allow Donald Trump to withdraw from peace negotiations while still providing Ukraine with intelligence and Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office approves an indictment on dozens of Ukrainian officials accusing them of genocide against ethnic Russians in the Donbas region.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Has Trump's peace plan handed Europe to Russia?

"You're seeing the current leaders of the Kremlin looking, with a huge appetite towards, Ukraine, not only Ukraine, but further towards Europe as well."

Trump's peace plan for Ukraine and National Security Strategy are at risk of giving Putin a green light to expand his invasion of Europe, warns Michael Bociurkiw, author of the World Briefing Substack on Frontline.

 

[ShandyLeer]

Some people expect Russia to collapse, but I don't see how it can happen. There are no obvious fault lines, no secessionist movements in Russian-majority provinces that could break up the Federation.

Russia will lose Siberia and with it a lot of wealth as it becomes a vassal of China, and the Ukraine adventure has only exacerbated it.

Right now the Black Sea is too dangerous for Russia to consider reliable for oil movement, and Kaliningrad is destined to be their only warm water port.

The failings, or more accurately the incompetence, of their military is out in the humiliating open where it was never supposed to be

You don’t need a secessionist movement to conspire in regime change, and reducing Russia to this is entirely on Putin - so any ire on the part of Generals, oligarchs or other movers and shakers is likely to be laid right at his door, but only after he’s been cast out.

 

[Lazaran]

Denys with another solid update:

Slava Ukraini!!!