Meanwhile, the LPR militia managed to capture the first M777 howitzer with a digital ballistic calculator.

In general, the situation on all fronts is relatively calm, after the liberation of Lisichansk, Russia took an operational pause for rest and planned rotation (which I already wrote about above).

This only speaks of the low effectiveness of US foreign policy in the field of sanctions. Even after 20 years of active containment, Iran is in the world top 20 in terms of GDP, and in western Asia, the economy is second only to Turkey (which is now going through hard times due to hyperinflation). Only a fool can disdain the direct heir of the great Persia.

This article may give the false impression that before the launch of the Tsunami submarine, the hundred-megaton "continent killer" Poseidon was gathering dust in a warehouse. Poseidon is an autonomous drone with its own nuclear reactor, it has no significant time limits between the moment of launch and the moment of operation. What if I told you that several Poseidons have already been launched, but have not yet worked? Try to learn to live with it, we live in a very interesting time when much more incredible things are possible.

I haven't been vaccinated against covid-19, but I don't consider myself an moron. Not being vaccinated is my own deliberate decision - in this massive medical experiment, I chose to participate as an unvaccinated control group. 2.5 years after the start of the pandemic, I am still alive and well, although the level of antibodies in my blood is zero. I do not make loud statements about the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of covid-19 vaccines, but my personal strategy for living without a covid-19 vaccine right now in practice is showing its viability and effectiveness - and you cannot refute this with any reference to scientific evidence. If I get covid-19 and need hospitalization - I admit that my strategy didn't work, but not before.

You should have known better the definition of Nazism in order to throw such unfounded and groundless accusations against me. Perhaps I do not have enough emotional involvement in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, due to the great geographical distance from the place of the main development of events. Perhaps in my personal hierarchy of life values, the ideals of humanism and pacifism are not in the most honorable place. But I did not claim that Russians are better than Ukrainians, or Americans, or Germans, or representatives of any other nationalities, if only because I do not like false generalizations. Think about it at your leisure before you sit in a puddle next time.

Speak for yourself, I didn't ask you for anything.

The recent US defeat in Afghanistan was extremely humiliating and severely damaged US military morale and self-confidence. Prior to this, the United States also did not particularly work out in Syria. An Iranian missile attack on military bases in Iraq in the immediate vicinity of the US consulate in early 2020 also had to be swallowed up and left without an adequate response. The US Army is in its worst state since the collapse of the USSR in 1991, when it celebrated victory in the Cold War and visibly relaxed. At the same time, the United States curtailed the development of new types of promising nuclear weapons, considering that it was enough to maintain the achieved level and everything would be fine - because the United States had already proved to everyone that they were the toughest guys in the world. But without live nuclear testing, how can you be sure that your nuclear weapons are still operational 30 years later? The report on the combat readiness of the nuclear arsenal is now being formed by a group of experts appointed by the US State Department, and who are therefore biased and obviously not objective. What if I told you that the US is now at its lowest combat capability in its history? How will you refute this statement of mine, except for the unfounded expert theses that you heard in the show on TV?

Anytime.

Take it out of context and pervert - it looks like your style, enjoy.

Well, today Nord Stream 1 is completely blocked for scheduled repairs. Pipeline gas from Russia to Europe now comes only through Ukraine, along a branch that passes through the Sudzha junction. It is ironic that, technically, Ukraine can now completely rid Europe of dependence on Russian gas by turning off just one valve. A great and rare opportunity when all the other pipelines are scheduled for repairs, let's see if her balls are strong enough for this. 

Looks like Scholz is next.

This is just your opinion. To me, your authority on this is zero, because you are making a superficial judgment, consciously or not ignoring the essence of the issue. The destroyed houses will be rebuilt, new people will be born and grow up to replace the dead, and they will speak their native language fluently (it doesn’t matter if it’s Ukrainian or Russian). Ukraine believed in itself too much, having decided to forbid the Russian-speaking residents of Donbass to speak Russian, and Ukraine will be punished for this. It does not matter how many houses will have to be destroyed and how many more people will have to be killed.

There aren't many things Russians don't bargain for. You either pay full price, no matter how much it costs, or you can't afford it. Sovereignty and freedom from Nazism are on the list of such things, and Russia can afford them.

The Russians are saving the Donbass from Nazism, and the entire democratic Western world from the illusion of their exclusivity and superiority. No one has the right to tell Russia what and how it should do.

Glad you're having fun too.

I didn’t pass it off as a fact and generally rarely give forecasts (to remind me for the tenth time about one that didn’t come true, simply because the threat to Kyiv was a tactical ploy at the beginning of the operation), but today is a good day and I will make a different forecast. In January 2023, the traditional March in honor of Bandera will not take place in Kyiv, for two reasons. Firstly, there will be no one to participate in it. Secondly, it would be too risky to participate in the procession, because a Russian rocket could fly into the accumulation of Nazi manpower.

But I do not rule out that this forecast will not come true, because for the sake of PR and a beautiful picture, Ukraine is ready to act recklessly and to its own detriment, which it repeatedly demonstrated during the operation.

You have some kind of painful fixation on this episode. Well, not this year, so it will be next year, are you in a hurry somewhere?

I think that Russia will neither be too hasty nor too slow. The most profitable strategy is to move at your own pace. The closer winter is, the weaker Europe's nerves will be, because now even Greta Thunberg thinks it is clear that Europe will not survive this winter without Russian gas. You can puff out your cheeks as much as you like, but when you have the choice to either kill the industry or freeze the population, it means you have no choice.

The Russians just want to see how Europe will be begging them to turn the gas back on closer to winter. The Russians want to hear an apology from Europe for the stolen money. The Russians want a loud and public apology from Europe for Russophobia and the attempt to abolish Russian culture. The Russians want to see Europe on its knees for supporting Nazism in Ukraine. The Russians want to see Europe in the chaos of riots toppling their own governments. For the sake of such a spectacle, the Russians are ready to remain silent and wait as long as necessary.

The West ran into the wrong guy and will pay dearly for it. Putin said today: "In Ukraine, we have not even started seriously yet."

I don't care what Poland and other European dwarfs like the Baltics believed there, whose value is only in the fact that they have the right to vote in the voting of the European Parliament. Europe has an industrial backbone - Germany, France, northern Italy and maybe Austria - which is dramatically dependent on pipeline gas and raw materials from Russia. And now this industrial backbone is crunching under the onslaught of sanctions that Europe itself has imposed against Russia (under pressure from the United States). I have already said and I will repeat - Europe in this story is a trophy and a victim. I think the United States decided to kill Europe in order to save its economy from the inevitable crisis and get rid of a strong competitor, but Russia, in principle, is not against it, it just has its own interests.

I don’t even really believe in the means of objective control, and I read the official reports of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine briefly diagonally. The events in Ukraine interest me insofar as, only as an active part of a larger confrontation between Russia and the united West. It's just funny to watch how 160,000 Russian soldiers and 50,000 Donbass militias slowly kick the ass of a million Ukrainians mobilized under arms. Do not take it to heart, Ukraine initially had no chance.

Putin today signed a decree on the release of Boris Johnson from his post, due to the loss of confidence. According to Macron, Boris should have called Putin more often.  

Seriously, this is the usual drama of a populist politician. Boris overinflated his image as a charismatic rebel jester and became too toxic even to his close party comrades.

First, they dropped the flag from a helicopter, and this morning, several people landed on a boat and raised it. The Russian rocket has already taken off at the address.