Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress]

[paxmao]

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A mouse that a cat is playing with gets a bite in, once in a while.

It only takes one bite - precisely in the balls.

That's why the cat only plays with the mouse that he isn't ready to kill, yet. However, the cat usually devours the head first, and the female mouse doesn't even have balls.

So, thank you for understanding that Russia is way stronger than Ukraine, and maybe stronger than the combined military of the West.

BA, don't be stupid. your knowledge of balls and strength is merely theoretical.

Ukrainian munition depots get blown up from time to time, too:

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Now that you speak of bodies....

https://nypost.com/2025/06/04/world-news/nearly-1-million-russian-troops-killed-or-injured-in-ukraine-war-study-finds/

Nearly 1 million Russian troops killed or injured in meat grinder Ukraine war: study

Worth it? I guess that if you ask the dead they will say no, but if you ask Putin he will say no concern whatsoever, I can buy more in the market.

But sure... if you think Ruzzia can afford to loose the rest of the strategic aviation all they need to do is to keep using these to launch missiles. They immediately become a legitimate target and ... Spiderweb 3.0 on the go.

I am saying 3.0 because they are calling the destroyal of a train with drones hidden in grain hoppers "2.0".

[Branko]

War study by known propaganda outlet? Really?

 

[DaRude]

More of a porcupine than a mouse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W3VjSMJnD4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YasfiefSG6M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKXNjez4z7g

Nope, this is not a mouse... is more of a wildboar or a porcupine. The first one of this animals was frequently hunted by the nobility in the past. But it is not unknown to have killed a king from time to time. I hope Putin, so well versed in history and maps, understands the key takeaways of this metaphor.

As for the porcupine, they have teeth and you really do not want to bite them for obvious reasons.

A mouse that a cat is playing with gets a bite in, once in a while.

It only takes one bite - precisely in the balls.

You know that's actually a good allegory. Only, hundreds thousands of Ukrainian lives were bet on a chance that the mouse will defeat the cat by biting the cat in the balls. Of course instead now we see the mouse being slowly torn apart limb by limb, we find one organizer is loosing interest and saying just to let them fight it out for a bit longer, and the other organizers were just in it to piss off the cat, so they just continue to encourage the mouse. I can understand all of the rolls except for Ukraine, how leadership can volunteer so many souls for such unlikely outcome?

Allies won't impose new sanctions on Russia because of Ukraine's refusal to mobilize at age 18, Zelensky says
Ukraine's Western allies are not imposing new sanctions on Russia in part because of Kyiv's refusal to lower the mobilization age to 18, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Valasz Online published on June 10.

With the start of the full-scale invasion, Ukraine updated its mobilization legislation and lowered the minimum age for compulsory military service from 27 to 25.

Yet, some partners, including the U.S., still criticize Kyiv for setting the age threshold too high.
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Personnel shortages have dogged Ukraine throughout its fight against Russia. Although Ukraine adopted a major bill reforming the draft in April, mobilization slowed down in autumn, leaving front-line units depleted.

Russian forces significantly outnumber Ukrainian units and have been able to advance at record rates in eastern Ukraine while absorbing heavy losses.

And that's from Kyiv Independent, so you can imagine what the real situation is

With such allies, who needs enemies.

Better get to work and come up (make up) better reasons against negotiations, curators are now asking you to gather younger 18yr old souls for busification (the mouse still has one tooth left so technically there's still a tiny chance that it can bite the cat in the balls, use that to sell hope)

[BADecker]

^^^ The West is based on a paper trail, only. It's the paper trail of contracts and more contracts... all with nothing to back it up. As the paper trail is recognized by people everywhere, the West has only failure in its future.

Ukraine is based on the Western paper trail. Russia is basing itself on reality. In fact, Ukraine's what the West is using to extend the nothing of its paper trail. Paper burns easily. A true military doesn't.

You can easily see it when Trump threatens Musk with the idea of taking his contracts - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5545925.0.

[Branko]

Meanwhile, Russia:

https://x.com/Blackrussiantv/status/1891533104105365505

[cryptotact11]

I think Putin is quite confused about what is terrorism. Ruzzia is at war in Ukraine and it is perfectly legit to hit military targets. An strategic bomber perfectly qualifies as a military target since it is a plane intended to drop bombs and missiles to an adversary

In terms of attack on civilians and terrorism, at best the countries are equally at fault. Stop drinking the western media kool-aid. Just day after Ukraine bombs civilians, some western leader publicly condemns Russia for their attack on civilians and terror.  Only humans with squirrel-sized brains fall for this crap.

War study by known propaganda outlet? Really?

 

Ridiculous. If the real numbers were great, the West and notably Ukraine would publish the real numbers of both sides. Instead, because the situation is very bad and the deaths on their side are very high too they use bullshit excuses not to publish information. Purposely hiding information itself is propaganda. Accusing Russia of propaganda when you yourself are conducting propaganda too is just hypocritical idiocy.

[BADecker]

The point is, Ukraine with a much smaller country than Russia, and with far smaller armament than Russia, is being destroyed.

Is this what the people of Ukraine wanted? What a silly question. They trusted the decisions of their leaders, and they are getting what they didn't want. And the leaders won't stop.

Think of all the wives and children of all those fallen troops (over a million) on both sides. It's simply heart-breaking to think of. And the Western European leaders want to extend this carnage further, and maybe bring it into all of Europe.

I saw a comment in a video where the commenter, a European, was begging Europe to stay out of the war, because of funding problems. But they don't realize that Russia is already attacking Europeans in Ukraine that are not Ukrainians. Do we want to see a full European destruction like is happening in Ukraine?

It's the European leaders that are antagonizing Russia. Most of the people of Europe don't want war.

[paxmao]

More of a porcupine than a mouse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W3VjSMJnD4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YasfiefSG6M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKXNjez4z7g

Nope, this is not a mouse... is more of a wildboar or a porcupine. The first one of this animals was frequently hunted by the nobility in the past. But it is not unknown to have killed a king from time to time. I hope Putin, so well versed in history and maps, understands the key takeaways of this metaphor.

As for the porcupine, they have teeth and you really do not want to bite them for obvious reasons.

A mouse that a cat is playing with gets a bite in, once in a while.

It only takes one bite - precisely in the balls.

You know that's actually a good allegory. Only, hundreds thousands of Ukrainian lives were bet on a chance that the mouse will defeat the cat by biting the cat in the balls. Of course instead now we see the mouse being slowly torn apart limb by limb, we find one organizer is loosing interest and saying just to let them fight it out for a bit longer, and the other organizers were just in it to piss off the cat, so they just continue to encourage the mouse. I can understand all of the rolls except for Ukraine, how leadership can volunteer so many souls for such unlikely outcome?

Allies won't impose new sanctions on Russia because of Ukraine's refusal to mobilize at age 18, Zelensky says
Ukraine's Western allies are not imposing new sanctions on Russia in part because of Kyiv's refusal to lower the mobilization age to 18, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Valasz Online published on June 10.

With the start of the full-scale invasion, Ukraine updated its mobilization legislation and lowered the minimum age for compulsory military service from 27 to 25.

Yet, some partners, including the U.S., still criticize Kyiv for setting the age threshold too high.
...
Personnel shortages have dogged Ukraine throughout its fight against Russia. Although Ukraine adopted a major bill reforming the draft in April, mobilization slowed down in autumn, leaving front-line units depleted.

Russian forces significantly outnumber Ukrainian units and have been able to advance at record rates in eastern Ukraine while absorbing heavy losses.

And that's from Kyiv Independent, so you can imagine what the real situation is

With such allies, who needs enemies.

Better get to work and come up (make up) better reasons against negotiations, curators are now asking you to gather younger 18yr old souls for busification (the mouse still has one tooth left so technically there's still a tiny chance that it can bite the cat in the balls, use that to sell hope)

Record rate... meaning 100 meters a week instead of 200....



You see, there are many cherries out there, let me get you some sour ones:

https://talkbusiness.net/2025/06/eia-crude-oil-prices-to-fall-as-global-inventories-rise/

The production reached a record high of 13.5 million barrels per day in the second quarter of 2025. The production is projected to fall through the end of 2026 as oil producers respond to lower prices.

I guess Ruzzia will have to sell something else to finance the war. Maybe they should be looking into Ruzzia Porn as alternative to oil?

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/european-commission-unveils-18th-package-russia-sanctions-aimed-energy-military-2025-06-10/

EU's new Russia sanctions to target energy sector and banks

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/eu-wants-to-cut-russian-oil-price-cap-to-45-in-latest-sanctions-package/

EU wants to cut Russian oil price cap to $45 in latest sanctions package
EU officials hope to strike

And what do you think? There may be a link here with the recruiting capabilities and the oil prices. Perhaps Ruzzia will close the schools to pay for the military?

[DaRude]

Record rate... meaning 100 meters a week instead of 200....



You see, there are many cherries out there, let me get you some sour ones:

https://talkbusiness.net/2025/06/eia-crude-oil-prices-to-fall-as-global-inventories-rise/

The production reached a record high of 13.5 million barrels per day in the second quarter of 2025. The production is projected to fall through the end of 2026 as oil producers respond to lower prices.

I guess Ruzzia will have to sell something else to finance the war. Maybe they should be looking into Ruzzia Porn as alternative to oil?

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/european-commission-unveils-18th-package-russia-sanctions-aimed-energy-military-2025-06-10/

EU's new Russia sanctions to target energy sector and banks

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/eu-wants-to-cut-russian-oil-price-cap-to-45-in-latest-sanctions-package/

EU wants to cut Russian oil price cap to $45 in latest sanctions package
EU officials hope to strike

And what do you think? There may be a link here with the recruiting capabilities and the oil prices. Perhaps Ruzzia will close the schools to pay for the military?

Yes, sanction package number 138,245 after three+ years will surely definitely work this time, totally, just hang in there! Got any more hope to sell? What about the next sanction package, I'm sure it'll work even better, and then the next, and then the one after that... Do you think there are any 18yr old Ukrainians that would believe that, to willingly go to busification? As already discussed, each iteration of sanctions hurt Russia less than the previous one, and Europe more and more by definition. All the low hanging fruits have already been collected.

Screw the fundamentals that China cannot let Russia fail financially, and India cannot let China have access to cheap resources from Russia without India getting the same, right?

[paxmao]

Record rate... meaning 100 meters a week instead of 200....



You see, there are many cherries out there, let me get you some sour ones:

https://talkbusiness.net/2025/06/eia-crude-oil-prices-to-fall-as-global-inventories-rise/

The production reached a record high of 13.5 million barrels per day in the second quarter of 2025. The production is projected to fall through the end of 2026 as oil producers respond to lower prices.

I guess Ruzzia will have to sell something else to finance the war. Maybe they should be looking into Ruzzia Porn as alternative to oil?

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/european-commission-unveils-18th-package-russia-sanctions-aimed-energy-military-2025-06-10/

EU's new Russia sanctions to target energy sector and banks

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/eu-wants-to-cut-russian-oil-price-cap-to-45-in-latest-sanctions-package/

EU wants to cut Russian oil price cap to $45 in latest sanctions package
EU officials hope to strike

And what do you think? There may be a link here with the recruiting capabilities and the oil prices. Perhaps Ruzzia will close the schools to pay for the military?

Yes, sanction package number 138,245 after three+ years will surely definitely work this time, totally, just hang in there! Got any more hope to sell? What about the next sanction package, I'm sure it'll work even better, and then the next, and then the one after that... Do you think there are any 18yr old Ukrainians that would believe that, to willingly go to busification? As already discussed, each iteration of sanctions hurt Russia less than the previous one, and Europe more and more by definition. All the low hanging fruits have already been collected.

Screw the fundamentals that China cannot let Russia fail financially, and India cannot let China have access to cheap resources from Russia without India getting the same, right?

See... conviniently ignoring the price of oil and the new maximum set. Mmm... delicious cherries...

I think that Ukrainias who want to keep being Ukrainians instead of suffering the usual filtration, cultural assimilation, gulag punishments and then being force to serve in the Ruzzian army in their next war may decide that it is better to fight now instead of being force to fight anyway for Ruzzians instead of for themselves. But I guess your question could be easily solved by looking at the fact that the Ukrainian army is still fighting Ruzzia.

China can perfectly let PUTIN fall and in fact it would probably be to their benefit to have someone more friendly and with less imperialistic needs.

[BADecker]

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See... conviniently ignoring the price of oil and the new maximum set. Mmm... delicious cherries...

I think that Ukrainias who want to keep being Ukrainians instead of suffering the usual filtration, cultural assimilation, gulag punishments and then being force to serve in the Ruzzian army in their next war may decide that it is better to fight now instead of being force to fight anyway for Ruzzians instead of for themselves. But I guess your question could be easily solved by looking at the fact that the Ukrainian army is still fighting Ruzzia.

China can perfectly let PUTIN fall and in fact it would probably be to their benefit to have someone more friendly and with less imperialistic needs.

See... conveniently and constantly focusing on things that are only a small part of the whole picture.

China is shipping supplies to Russia through North Korea, to keep the focus off themselves, and yet to supply Russia.

Once the people of the West really realize that it is the Western banking system(s) that are screwing them and trying to conquer the world, they will start to find other ways of barter than through Western fiat. They might even join BRICS.

[DaRude]

Record rate... meaning 100 meters a week instead of 200....



You see, there are many cherries out there, let me get you some sour ones:

https://talkbusiness.net/2025/06/eia-crude-oil-prices-to-fall-as-global-inventories-rise/

The production reached a record high of 13.5 million barrels per day in the second quarter of 2025. The production is projected to fall through the end of 2026 as oil producers respond to lower prices.

I guess Ruzzia will have to sell something else to finance the war. Maybe they should be looking into Ruzzia Porn as alternative to oil?

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/european-commission-unveils-18th-package-russia-sanctions-aimed-energy-military-2025-06-10/

EU's new Russia sanctions to target energy sector and banks

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/eu-wants-to-cut-russian-oil-price-cap-to-45-in-latest-sanctions-package/

EU wants to cut Russian oil price cap to $45 in latest sanctions package
EU officials hope to strike

And what do you think? There may be a link here with the recruiting capabilities and the oil prices. Perhaps Ruzzia will close the schools to pay for the military?

Yes, sanction package number 138,245 after three+ years will surely definitely work this time, totally, just hang in there! Got any more hope to sell? What about the next sanction package, I'm sure it'll work even better, and then the next, and then the one after that... Do you think there are any 18yr old Ukrainians that would believe that, to willingly go to busification? As already discussed, each iteration of sanctions hurt Russia less than the previous one, and Europe more and more by definition. All the low hanging fruits have already been collected.

Screw the fundamentals that China cannot let Russia fail financially, and India cannot let China have access to cheap resources from Russia without India getting the same, right?

See... conviniently ignoring the price of oil and the new maximum set. Mmm... delicious cherries...

I think that Ukrainias who want to keep being Ukrainians instead of suffering the usual filtration, cultural assimilation, gulag punishments and then being force to serve in the Ruzzian army in their next war may decide that it is better to fight now instead of being force to fight anyway for Ruzzians instead of for themselves. But I guess your question could be easily solved by looking at the fact that the Ukrainian army is still fighting Ruzzia.

China can perfectly let PUTIN fall and in fact it would probably be to their benefit to have someone more friendly and with less imperialistic needs.

*yawn* this is not the first oil ceiling, we've been through this before, remember how well that worked the first time, that now they need another ceiling? But I'm sure you'll tell us how this time is totally different and that this one will definitely 100% work right? And then how the next ceiling will work even better, if there will still be any manpower left in Ukraine by then.

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Russia dodges G7 price cap sanctions on most of its oil exports

Russia has succeeded in avoiding G7 sanctions on most of its oil exports, a shift in trade flows that will boost the Kremlin’s revenues as crude rises towards $100 a barrel.

Almost three-quarters of all seaborne Russian crude flows travelled without western insurance in August, a lever used to enforce the G7’s $60-a-barrel oil price cap, according to an analysis of shipping and insurance records by the Financial Times.

That is up from about 50 per cent this spring, according to data from freight analytics company Kpler and insurance companies. The rise implies that Moscow is becoming more adept at circumventing the cap, allowing it to sell more of its oil at prices closer to international market rates.

The Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) has estimated that the steady increase in crude prices since July, combined with Russia’s success in reducing the discount on its own oil, means that the country’s oil revenues are likely to be at least $15bn higher for 2023 than they would have been.

The shift is a double blow for western efforts to restrict Russia’s revenues from oil sales — which make up the biggest part of the Kremlin’s budget — following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Not only is a higher proportion of Russian oil being sold outside the cap, but Moscow’s increasing independence as a seller has coincided with a strong rally in oil prices, which topped $95 a barrel for the first time in 13 months this week.

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Ukrainians were totally fine in 2013, it's after the cookies arrived, that their lives turned into living hell, and the ones who sent the cookies now want Ukrainians to fight it out a bit more.

Again going for improbable to sell hope, sure i guess technically China can let Putin fall (just as the mouse can technically win against the cat), China can also be waiting for a perfect timing to take back Taiwan (cat can win against the mouse), now we all know which one is more likely.

[BADecker]

Wanna beat Russia? Send more cookies to Ukraine.

[cryptotact11]

The point is, Ukraine with a much smaller country than Russia, and with far smaller armament than Russia, is being destroyed.

Is this what the people of Ukraine wanted? What a silly question. They trusted the decisions of their leaders, and they are getting what they didn't want. And the leaders won't stop.

Think of all the wives and children of all those fallen troops (over a million) on both sides. It's simply heart-breaking to think of. And the Western European leaders want to extend this carnage further, and maybe bring it into all of Europe.

I saw a comment in a video where the commenter, a European, was begging Europe to stay out of the war, because of funding problems. But they don't realize that Russia is already attacking Europeans in Ukraine that are not Ukrainians. Do we want to see a full European destruction like is happening in Ukraine?

It's the European leaders that are antagonizing Russia. Most of the people of Europe don't want war.

As long as Merz is getting rich with his defense industry investments, all is going according to plan. No number of Ukrainian deaths is a problem, the money keeps flowing. Most NPCs of the west will swallow any story as long as you keep repeating it. Putin bad, Ukraine good, Zelenskyy hero, nothing is about profits. Think about sovereignty and democracy! Enemy propaganda bad, our propaganda good. 

[paxmao]

Ukrainians were totally fine in 2013, it's after the cookies arrived, that their lives turned into living hell, and the ones who sent the cookies now want Ukrainians to fight it out a bit more.

Again going for improbable to sell hope, sure i guess technically China can let Putin fall (just as the mouse can technically win against the cat), China can also be waiting for a perfect timing to take back Taiwan (cat can win against the mouse), now we all know which one is more likely.

Ukraine was perfectly fine until the "little green men" took Crimean and Putin sent two army corps into the Donbas - never recognised.

As you can see, there is a fully funtional army, evolving every day in lethality and cause much more harm to Ruzzia's economy than ever - that does not happen because anyone is giving them "cookies".

You are obsesed with foreign intervention in Ukraine, while at the same time do not recognise Ruzzian influence as being actually foreign interference. Again and as usual... double standards, imperialism, "god-given" right to Ruzzia, the logic of imposing by force... THAT is why there's a war in Ukraine.

Here, have this, you need it.



Now, it seems that Ukraine was successful in re-taking bits of Summy that had been occupied. Who knows, maybe they decide that it is safer to go a bit into Ruzzia again, just for precaution you know.

[DaRude]

Ukrainians were totally fine in 2013, it's after the cookies arrived, that their lives turned into living hell, and the ones who sent the cookies now want Ukrainians to fight it out a bit more.

Again going for improbable to sell hope, sure i guess technically China can let Putin fall (just as the mouse can technically win against the cat), China can also be waiting for a perfect timing to take back Taiwan (cat can win against the mouse), now we all know which one is more likely.

Ukraine was perfectly fine until the "little green men" took Crimean and Putin sent two army corps into the Donbas - never recognised.

As you can see, there is a fully funtional army, evolving every day in lethality and cause much more harm to Ruzzia's economy than ever - that does not happen because anyone is giving them "cookies".

You are obsesed with foreign intervention in Ukraine, while at the same time do not recognise Ruzzian influence as being actually foreign interference. Again and as usual... double standards, imperialism, "god-given" right to Ruzzia, the logic of imposing by force... THAT is why there's a war in Ukraine.

Here, have this, you need it.



Now, it seems that Ukraine was successful in re-taking bits of Summy that had been occupied. Who knows, maybe they decide that it is safer to go a bit into Ruzzia again, just for precaution you know.

Nice try, only little green men were always in Crimea and in 2013 no one cared and everything was just fine in Ukraine and EU was prospering. Now care to guess again what desert started this hell for Ukrainians?

Yes great idea, propagandists need another PR victory so start building up pressure on UA military to pull troops from Dnipropetrovsk and start another great suicide military operation into Russia for PR, you know because the last one turned out so great. Why did you stop publishing the maps of the last one again?



Can you point to where those bits that UA is retaking in Summy are on the map? Because i'm having trouble finding them.


Billions of dollars, all of NATO's resources and intelligence, and all Ukraine has to show for it is look how slow we're loosing? Solid plan. Russian forces ate into more Ukrainian territory in May than in almost any month since the end of 2022 -WSJ

By definition both are foreign interference, it's just Ukrainians were mislead to believe that one is much better and comes with tasty cookies, now Ukrainians find out that the cookies must be paid for in blood.

German Chancellor rejects Social Democratic Party's calls for restoring relations with Russia
Speaking at a press conference in Berlin on Wednesday, Merz responded to calls from certain SPD figures for diplomatic rapprochement with Russia and an end to Germany’s arms policy. He emphasised that the coalition remains united on these matters.
...
A document titled "Manifesto," signed by over 100 SPD-associated figures, has sparked significant controversy in Germany. It advocates for a shift in security and defence policy, including negotiations with Russia and halting the deployment of new US medium-range missiles in Germany.

So lets see who in Germany wants to restore relations with Russia. First AfD on the left with about 23%, then BSW on the right with 4%, and now cracks in SPD center with 15%

On behalf of the American people, I want to congratulate the Russian people on Russia Day.

The United States remains committed to supporting the Russian people as they continue to build on their aspirations for a brighter future. We also take this opportunity to reaffirm the United States’ desire for constructive engagement with the Russian Federation to bring about a durable peace between Russia and Ukraine. It is our hope that peace will foster more mutually beneficial relations between our countries.
-Marco Rubio, Secretary of State

How nice of him

[BADecker]

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On behalf of the American people, I want to congratulate the Russian people on Russia Day.

The United States remains committed to supporting the Russian people as they continue to build on their aspirations for a brighter future. We also take this opportunity to reaffirm the United States’ desire for constructive engagement with the Russian Federation to bring about a durable peace between Russia and Ukraine. It is our hope that peace will foster more mutually beneficial relations between our countries.
-Marco Rubio, Secretary of State

How nice of him

The globalists can't have a one-world government without all of the world under it. So, they are talking peace by creation of joint efforts between all warring factions.


What is this peace ultimately designed to do? It's ultimately designed to unite the world against the return of Jesus. It is really Satan behind the globalists. How do we know? Because, if the world were 'propagandized' with Jesus Christ and Him crucified, there would be automatic peace without the non-God, globalist negotiations.

[Branko]

I admit, I thought this guy is idiot when I first heard him talking

https://www.facebook.com/reel/566740843100980

[BADecker]

This whole war time, Russia (Putin) has been trying to avoid further and greater war and the loses that it can produce. Like Trump, Putin has been working on peace, though he is missing a lot of chances to win with war.

Israel bombed Iran. There is little hope that Iran can successfully respond on its own. Putin has said that if the US supports Israel in this operation, that Russia will support Iran. Well, it seems that the US is sending support to Israel, and Russia has an added incentive to keep the Iran-Israel war going. Oil prices have already risen about 8%... just what Russia needs.

Putin is late in realizing that war is almost his only option. But he tried for peace. Meanwhile, on the ground in Ukraine, Russia is gradually advancing and overcoming.


Having Eviscerated Russian War Doctrine Putin Now Brags on the Superiority of Russia’s Nuclear Weapons


https://www.rt.com/russia/618989-russia-most-advanced-nuclear-weapons/
Russia possesses the most cutting-edge nuclear weapons in the world, guaranteeing the country’s sovereignty and the global balance of power, President Vladimir Putin has said.

Addressing a government meeting on the national armament program on Wednesday, he urged that “special attention” be paid to the continued development of the nation’s nuclear triad.

‘Nuclear triad’ is a term used to describe the combination of land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles and strategic bombers, which can carry nuclear payloads. These weapons systems ensure that a nation’s nuclear forces cannot be destroyed in a first-strike disarming attack.

“Now, the share of the state-of-the-art weapon systems and equipment in our strategic nuclear forces comes to 95%,” the president told the meeting, adding that Russia is making “good progress” in this regard.

“That is the highest level among all of the world’s nuclear powers,” Putin stated.

A similar assessment was made by Air Force General Anthony Cotton, the commander of the US Strategic Command.
Russia has world’s ‘most diverse’ nuclear arsenal – US general READ MORE: Russia has world’s ‘most diverse’ nuclear arsenal – US general

“Russia is currently in possession of the largest and most diverse nuclear arsenal of any nation,” Cotton said in March 2024, warning that Russia’s capabilities exceed those of the US.
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[DaRude]

Record rate... meaning 100 meters a week instead of 200....



You see, there are many cherries out there, let me get you some sour ones:

https://talkbusiness.net/2025/06/eia-crude-oil-prices-to-fall-as-global-inventories-rise/

The production reached a record high of 13.5 million barrels per day in the second quarter of 2025. The production is projected to fall through the end of 2026 as oil producers respond to lower prices.

I guess Ruzzia will have to sell something else to finance the war. Maybe they should be looking into Ruzzia Porn as alternative to oil?

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/european-commission-unveils-18th-package-russia-sanctions-aimed-energy-military-2025-06-10/

EU's new Russia sanctions to target energy sector and banks

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/eu-wants-to-cut-russian-oil-price-cap-to-45-in-latest-sanctions-package/

EU wants to cut Russian oil price cap to $45 in latest sanctions package
EU officials hope to strike

And what do you think? There may be a link here with the recruiting capabilities and the oil prices. Perhaps Ruzzia will close the schools to pay for the military?

Yes, sanction package number 138,245 after three+ years will surely definitely work this time, totally, just hang in there! Got any more hope to sell? What about the next sanction package, I'm sure it'll work even better, and then the next, and then the one after that... Do you think there are any 18yr old Ukrainians that would believe that, to willingly go to busification? As already discussed, each iteration of sanctions hurt Russia less than the previous one, and Europe more and more by definition. All the low hanging fruits have already been collected.

Screw the fundamentals that China cannot let Russia fail financially, and India cannot let China have access to cheap resources from Russia without India getting the same, right?

See... conviniently ignoring the price of oil and the new maximum set. Mmm... delicious cherries...

I think that Ukrainias who want to keep being Ukrainians instead of suffering the usual filtration, cultural assimilation, gulag punishments and then being force to serve in the Ruzzian army in their next war may decide that it is better to fight now instead of being force to fight anyway for Ruzzians instead of for themselves. But I guess your question could be easily solved by looking at the fact that the Ukrainian army is still fighting Ruzzia.

China can perfectly let PUTIN fall and in fact it would probably be to their benefit to have someone more friendly and with less imperialistic needs.

*yawn* this is not the first oil ceiling, we've been through this before, remember how well that worked the first time, that now they need another ceiling? But I'm sure you'll tell us how this time is totally different and that this one will definitely 100% work right? And then how the next ceiling will work even better, if there will still be any manpower left in Ukraine by then.

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Russia dodges G7 price cap sanctions on most of its oil exports

Russia has succeeded in avoiding G7 sanctions on most of its oil exports, a shift in trade flows that will boost the Kremlin’s revenues as crude rises towards $100 a barrel.

Almost three-quarters of all seaborne Russian crude flows travelled without western insurance in August, a lever used to enforce the G7’s $60-a-barrel oil price cap, according to an analysis of shipping and insurance records by the Financial Times.

That is up from about 50 per cent this spring, according to data from freight analytics company Kpler and insurance companies. The rise implies that Moscow is becoming more adept at circumventing the cap, allowing it to sell more of its oil at prices closer to international market rates.

The Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) has estimated that the steady increase in crude prices since July, combined with Russia’s success in reducing the discount on its own oil, means that the country’s oil revenues are likely to be at least $15bn higher for 2023 than they would have been.

The shift is a double blow for western efforts to restrict Russia’s revenues from oil sales — which make up the biggest part of the Kremlin’s budget — following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Not only is a higher proportion of Russian oil being sold outside the cap, but Moscow’s increasing independence as a seller has coincided with a strong rally in oil prices, which topped $95 a barrel for the first time in 13 months this week.

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Ukrainians were totally fine in 2013, it's after the cookies arrived, that their lives turned into living hell, and the ones who sent the cookies now want Ukrainians to fight it out a bit more.

Again going for improbable to sell hope, sure i guess technically China can let Putin fall (just as the mouse can technically win against the cat), China can also be waiting for a perfect timing to take back Taiwan (cat can win against the mouse), now we all know which one is more likely.

What were you saying about price of oil and "new" maximum set? Your posts don't age well even just after few days

US Opposes European Push to Lower G-7 Price Cap on Russian Oil -Bloomberg well, now we know why. But EU should totally shoot itself in a foot and do it one sided, just in case Iran and Yemen close Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb straits to make sure that Europe will be completely fucked.

We see that the old cliche that if you want to draw attention away from something, just start a war in the middle east, holds as true as ever. Now we see where air defenses were rerouted to, think we all know who'll take priority in air defense deliveries between Ukraine and Israel. I'd say risks for Taiwan just went up exponentially as there's just not enough air defense to go around.