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  • Editorial: Zelensky just betrayed Ukraine's democracy — and everyone fighting for it

    07/23/2025 8:50:40 AM PDT · by SaxxonWoods · 51 replies
    Kyiv Independent ^ | 7/22 | Staff
    Last week, we warned of a coming anti-democratic backslide. Now, we see it happening. A parliamentary vote, led by President Volodymyr Zelensky’s lawmakers, today took away the independence of Ukraine’s key anti-corruption bodies — the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO). Zelensky signed it into law the same day. Under the new law, the prosecutor general, a notoriously non-independent figure, will now oversee anti-corruption investigations — in a complete overturn of the system that was set up to be independent from other law enforcement bodies. In reality, it means that Zelensky’s office will be able to...
  • Kremlin: Istanbul talks aim to align peace proposals

    07/23/2025 5:25:19 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 1 replies
    Baha Breaking News ^ | 7/23/2025 | Christian Baha
    The goal of the upcoming Istanbul talks between Russia and Ukraine is to work through the draft memoranda exchanged during earlier stages, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, after confirming Moscow's delegation, again led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, had departed for Istanbul. The talks will "mainly focus on the draft memoranda exchanged during the second round," Peskov noted, calling them central to the peace proposal process. He added that reconciling these texts is essential groundwork before any high-level summit can be scheduled so that the leaders would not have to do the technically complex work themselves. Peskov also...
  • Putin humiliated as citizens forced to resort to desperate means amid water shortages

    07/23/2025 5:11:01 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 26 replies
    Express US ^ | 7/23/2025 | John Varga, John O'Sullivan
    The Russian-controlled territories of Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine's east are teetering on the brink of a severe humanitarian crisis, with certain locales having been parched for four months straight. The dire water scarcity is attributed to rampant corruption and gross mismanagement by the Kremlin-backed leadership. Donetsk and Makiivka are bearing the brunt of the crisis, inciting residents' fears of potential disease outbreaks. In response, local officials have rolled out emergency water rationing for the nearly 1.3 million inhabitants of both cities. Andrey Chertkov, the interim head honcho of the self-proclaimed DPR government, cautioned citizens about the new tri-weekly water...
  • Ukraine needs at least $120 billion for defence next year, minister says

    07/22/2025 9:07:35 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 62 replies
    Reuters ^ | July 22, 2025 | Anastasiia Malenko
    Ukraine will need at least $120 billion for defence spending next year, Ukrainian Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday. Negotiations are ongoing with NATO and EU members as Ukraine seeks $60 billion in funding from partners, he added in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.
  • Putin’s former classmate turned top judge Irina Podnosova dies at 71 in latest ‘mystery’ death of senior Russian figure

    07/22/2025 6:41:30 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 21 replies
    Sun UK ^ | 7/22/2025 | Will Stewart Eliana Nunes
    Podnosova once said that women weren’t into Putin during their uni years. RUSSIA'S top judge and Putin’s former university pal has died today - just 15 months after taking the helm of the country's supreme court. -snip- Podnosova had revealed in 2001 how a gawky Putin was not fancied by girls at discos at Leningrad State University where they both studied in the law faculty in the Soviet era. “I well remember the last New Year [at university] - everyone dressed in masquerade costumes, and Volodya [Vladimir] came in a modest suit. "He commented: ‘This is Stierlitz’s outfit," in reference...
  • Russia, Ukraine to discuss draft memorandums in Istanbul

    07/22/2025 4:48:57 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 20 replies
    News Azerbaijan ^ | 7/22/2025 | Staff
    The draft memorandums on resolving the conflict that Moscow and Kyiv exchanged earlier would be the focus of the third round of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. "The subject of talks is rather complicated; apart from other issues, the draft memorandums that the parties exchanged in the second round will also need to be discussed," he pointed out, News.Az reports, citing TASS.
  • ‘We’ll crush your economy’: US Senator [Lindsey Graham] warns India, China and Brazil over Russian oil imports

    07/21/2025 11:15:44 PM PDT · by RandFan · 73 replies
    Times of India ^ | July 22 | Times of India
    US Senator Lindsey Graham has warned that President Donald Trump will impose steep tariffs on countries that continue to import oil from Russia, specifically naming India, China and Brazil. Graham made the remarks during a recent interview on Fox News. “Trump is going to impose tariffs on people that buy Russian oil – China, India, and Brazil,” Graham said. These three countries account for around 80 per cent of Russia’s crude exports, which Graham argued is helping to fund the war in Ukraine. He said Trump plans to impose a 100 per cent tariff on oil-related imports from those nations...
  • Russian Drones Overwhelm Ukrainian Defenses

    07/21/2025 8:24:28 AM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 32 replies
    Newsmax ^ | July 21, 2025 | Charlie McCarthy
    Russian drone attacks appear to be overwhelming Ukraine's besieged air defenses with their highest hit rates since the war began, it was reported Monday. Moscow's military has used "swarm" tactics, with drones striking targets at three times the typical rate in recent months, Financial Times reported, citing official data. Roughly 15% of Iranian-designed drones, manufactured in Russia, penetrated defenses on average between April and June. That was up from only 5% during the previous three months. The war began in February 2022 when, in an unprovoked attack, Russia invaded Ukraine. The increased effectiveness of the slow-moving Shaheds — drones that...
  • Anti-Woke Dad Who Fled With Family to Russia Sent to War Zone(barf alert)

    07/19/2025 6:40:49 AM PDT · by Ennis85 · 49 replies
    The daily Beast ^ | July 18th 2025 | Josh Fiallo
    An American father who moved to Russia to avoid LGBTQ+ “indoctrination” for his kids is being sent to the front line in Ukraine, despite being assured he would serve in a non-combat role. Derek Huffman, 46, feels he is being “thrown to the wolves” after being told that his job in the military would be as a correspondent or as a welder, his wife, DeAnna, said in a recorded plea for prayers, which has since been removed from her YouTube page. Huffman has no prior military experience, DeAnna said, adding that his limited training was conducted in Russian. She suggested...
  • Ukrainians have lost faith in Zelensky

    07/19/2025 5:13:22 AM PDT · by McGruff · 40 replies
    The Spectator ^ | July 19, 2025 | Owen Matthews
    Donald Trump this week boosted Ukraine’s air defences with new Patriot batteries, threatened Vladimir Putin with sanctions if he does not agree to a ceasefire, and even reportedly gave tacit approval to more Ukrainian strikes on Moscow. Trump’s newfound support for Ukraine is a welcome lifeline. The question is whether his help will be enough to stop Russia’s relentless attacks before Ukraine is engulfed in a critical military, political and social crisis that threatens to destroy it from within. Putin chose war over peace this spring because his spies and generals told him that Ukraine is on the brink of...
  • Russian Drone Tsunami

    07/18/2025 10:12:20 PM PDT · by ganeemead · 50 replies
    The drone and missile onslaught against Ukraine
  • Russia says NATO threatens WWIII in latest deterrence plan that could take down Kaliningrad ‘faster than ever’

    07/18/2025 10:30:20 AM PDT · by McGruff · 44 replies
    Fox news ^ | July 18, 2025 | Caitlin McFall
    Russian officials on Friday clapped back at a recently announced NATO deterrence plan that to looks to unite the alliance’s ground response capabilities, and has Moscow particularly worried about the vulnerabilities posed by its highly militarized exclave – Kaliningrad. Warnings rang out from the halls of the Kremlin as one official warned that a deterrence strategy announced this week by U.S. Army Europe and Africa commander Gen. Christopher Donahue amounted to "a plan to unleash World War III with a subsequent global standoff [and] no winners." "An attack on the Kaliningrad region will mean an attack on Russia, with all...
  • Russian banks prepare for bailouts as Putin’s war hammers economy

    07/17/2025 1:48:16 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 35 replies
    Telegraph UK Yahoo Finance ^ | 7/17/2025 | Tim Wallace
    Russia’s banks are reportedly seeking to arrange bailouts from Moscow as borrowers struggle to repay loans across the war-battered economy. At least three of the country’s biggest banks are investigating the possibility of a state rescue, according to Bloomberg News, in the latest sign the nation is struggling under the pressure of its invasion of Ukraine. Officials are said to have ordered banks to avoid disclosing the full level of bad loans and instead to restructure their books to present a healthier image. But this tactic may be nearing the end of the road, requiring support from Moscow. Russia’s economy...
  • Russia to Treat 'Coalition of the Willing' Forces in Ukraine as Military Target — MFA

    07/17/2025 9:38:43 AM PDT · by marshmallow · 41 replies
    TASS ^ | 7/17/25
    "The Russian side has repeatedly stated that a deployment of armed forces of other countries in Ukraine under any pretense would be absolutely unacceptable and it would regard this as preparations for foreign military intervention," Maria Zakharova statedMOSCOW, July 17. /TASS/. Russia treats the idea of the "coalition of the willing" to create a multinational force as a plan of military intervention and will regard its units in Ukraine as legitimate targets, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. The diplomat was commenting on the outcome of the coalition’s earlier meeting. Following the event, the office of UK Prime Minister...
  • Patriots to move to Kyiv 'as quickly as possible', says NATO top commander

    07/17/2025 8:19:13 AM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 36 replies
    Reuters ^ | July 17, 2025 | Sabine Siebold
    Preparations are underway to quickly transfer additional Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine, NATO's top military commander Alexus Grynkewich said on Thursday, as the country suffers some of the heaviest Russian attacks of the war so far. "We are working very closely with the Germans on the Patriot transfer", he told a conference in the German city of Wiesbaden. "The guidance that I have been given has been to move out as quickly as possible." U.S. President Donald Trump this week announced a toughened stance against Russia for its more than three-year war in Ukraine and promised new missiles and...
  • Russia threatens 'preemptive strikes' on West days after US President Donald Trump demands Ukraine ceasefire

    07/17/2025 7:28:48 AM PDT · by USA-FRANCE · 104 replies
    Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has claimed the Kremlin could launch "preemptive strikes" on Western nations if they escalate the war in Ukraine just days after United States President Donald Trump demanded a ceasefire. On Tuesday, President Trump threatened to impose "very severe" tariffs on Russia unless the Kremlin negotiated an end to its invasion. The US leader also declared he was "very unhappy" with Russian President Vladimir Putin's reticence to engage in peace talks, in a notable shift away from previous comments praising Russia's leader. The Kremlin subsequently dismissed the threat, with Mr Medvedev, who now acts as the...
  • Azerbaijani Govt. highly involved with organized crime, contrasted with Mexican Govt. under substantial influence of the Sinaloa & Jalisco New Generation Cartels

    07/16/2025 6:42:20 PM PDT · by CharlesOConnell · 8 replies
    ChatGPT | 07-16-2025 | CharlesOconnell
    Col. Douglas Macgregor is at pains to emphasize how the Narcotraficante Cartels pose a substantial risk to the security of the U.S. through its "soft underbelly". And Azerbaijan, as a remote government strongly involved with organized crime, has emerged as an important player in military attacks on U.S. opponent, Iran. Contrasts between these two criminal governments. The comparison between the Azerbaijani regime under Ilham Aliyev and the Mexican state nominally led by Claudia Sheinbaum, yet heavily penetrated by the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels, is not a contrast between a corrupt and a clean government—but rather a study in...
  • Ukraine awaiting details on ‘billions of dollars’ worth of weapons promised by Trump

    07/16/2025 1:20:20 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 84 replies
    The Guardian ^ | Tue 15 Jul 2025 | Luke Harding
    Ukraine is waiting for further details of the “billions of dollars” worth of US military equipment promised by Donald Trump on Monday, amid confusion as to how many Patriot air defence systems will be sent to Kyiv. At a meeting at the White House with the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, on Monday, Trump said an unnamed country was ready to immediately provide “17 Patriots” as he said a “very big deal” had been agreed for European allies to buy weapons from the United States and then ship them to Ukraine. Ukraine is currently believed to have only six functioning...
  • Russian economy meltdown as Putin forced to beg pensioners and 14-year-olds to work

    07/16/2025 11:34:40 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 33 replies
    Express UK ^ | 7/16/2025 | Rebecca Robinson
    Russia's catastrophic labour shortage has forced businesses to hire teenagers and retirees to fill jobs as the population crisis worsens. This issue has been brewing for years as the war with Ukraine continues, which has sent many working age people to the frontlines. Job adverts asking for "young applicants" as young as 14 skyrocketed by 119% in the first quarter of last year, Russian outlet Nakanune reported. Demand for workers between 16 and 18 also doubled. Openings for workers 55 and above increased by 65% in the culture and education sectors, and 12% in the service industry. Vladimir Putin has...
  • The Monroe Doctrine

    07/16/2025 11:24:11 AM PDT · by Az Joe · 17 replies
    President James Monroe: “The American continents … are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.” Monroe outlined two separate spheres of influence: the Americas and Europe. The independent lands of the Western Hemisphere would be solely the United States’ domain. In exchange, the United States pledged to avoid involvement in the political affairs of Europe (Including Ukraine and Russia)