One Russian paper says Russia's “on verge of recession” & warns of “a large-scale bank liquidity crisis.” After Putin & Xi failed to reach a deal on the 'Power of Siberia 2' pipeline, another paper writes: “Chinese media ignored the topic of the gas pipeline.” #ReadingRussia
Putin promised Kyiv in three days.
Four years later:
1.3 million Russian casualties.
A shrinking economy.
Drone strikes deep inside Russia.
Airports shut down. Refineries burning.
Fear spreading from the front to Moscow itself.
The Kremlin calls it “progress.”
History calls it attrition.
Even loyalists now warn about echoes of 1917.
- The war meant to restore imperial power is slowly consuming the system that launched it.
A parade meant to project strength increasingly looks like a requiem for failed ambitions.
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Our long-range sanctions this week. Most of the operations are still ongoing, so the video captures only a portion of our results. Be-200 amphibious aircraft, a Ka-27 helicopter, a cargo vessel carrying ammunition, a Pantsir-S1 surface‑to‑air missile and gun system, a Tor surface-to-air missile system, a Redut-2US communications unit, drones, and many other targets have been hit. Our long-range sanctions also struck Russian oil industry facilities and ships. Distances traversed: nearly 1,000 kilometers from the line of contact.
These are our entirely justified responses to what the Russians are doing. We will continue to increase both the range and scale of these sanctions. I thank everyone working to build up our strength. I thank the warriors of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine, and our intelligence agencies for their precision.
“For our will,
that your glory be boundless,
that you remain independent for all eternity.
Wherever I am – I will say:
I am a Ukrainian,
with my family and my faith in God.
Ukrainians should live freely.
Eternal memory to the Heroes.
Glory to Ukraine!
Glory to the Heroes!”
A Marine, after being exchanged yesterday in a swap, I’ll try to find his name.
Powerful words.
205 Ukrainians are home.
Today, warriors of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, and the State Border Guard Service are returning from Russian captivity. This is the first stage of the 1,000-for-1,000 exchange.
Among those released are privates, sergeants, and officers. Most of them had been in Russian captivity since 2022. They defended Ukraine in Mariupol and at Azovstal, in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, and Kyiv sectors, and at the Chornobyl NPP.
I thank everyone working to bring our people home – first and foremost, our warriors, who replenish Ukraine’s exchange fund, and our team. I thank all partners who help free Ukrainians from captivity. We will continue to fight for every single person who remains in captivity.
This is Maria, she was only 15 years old.🕯💔 Killed by a russian missile strike on a Kyiv residential building on May 14.
Witnesses report that Maria’s mother, Natalia, is now in the hospital. Her father and grandmother died alongside Maria under the rubble of their own home.
The media celebrated a russian “ceasefire” this week. Then Ukraine suffered the worst air attack since 2022. While russia turns up in Venice
Time to stop pretending Russia wants peace. It will only be stopped when it’s sanctioned into the abyss & kicked out of the civilised world
Russia is building concentration camps on Ukrainian territory. JD Vance calls it a territorial dispute.
Historian Anne Applebaum has a sharper read. When Russia bans the Ukrainian language, arrests mayors, teachers, journalists, and priests, and denies Ukraine exists as a nation — it is not fighting over borders. It is dismantling the European order built after 1945, the order that said force cannot rewrite the map.
Russia's goal, Applebaum argues, is to prove treaties are meaningless, alliances are hollow, and brute force still decides the fate of nations.
That is not a scuffle over lines. That is an imperial war against the rules that kept Europe at peace for eighty years.
This page documents that war. Help us keep going.
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@BenWallace70#Fella won’t be losing sleep about this latest stupid threat from ruzzia 🤪
The UK's former defence minister has consistently been a vocal critic of Russia and supporter of Ukraine.
He's wanted in connection with an unspecified criminal investigation
#RussiaTerror
A mother has been waiting 8.5 years for her son to come home.
On November 23, 2017, Viktor Dzytsiuk was abducted at a checkpoint in occupied Horlivka.
He spent 5 months being tortured in the secret “Izoliatsiia” prison: electric shocks, brutal beatings. His hair turned grey within a week. In March 2018, he lost consciousness after another round of torture.
In 2020, the so-called “DNR court” sentenced him to 16 years on fabricated “espionage” and “sabotage” charges.
This happened more than 4 years before the full-scale invasion.
russia’s war against Ukraine began in 2014. Remember that.
Viktor is one of hundreds of civilian hostages Moscow has held since 2017.
His father is dying of lung cancer. His mother lost her home. Viktor’s psoriasis has turned into infected ulcers because he is denied proper medical treatment.
He is not a soldier.
He is a civilian hostage held by russia for 8.5 years.
This is what russian occupation really looks like.
It certainly cannot be called a coincidence that one of the longest massive Russian attacks against Ukraine takes place precisely at the time when the President of the United States arrived for a visit to China – a visit from which much is expected. In this difficult geopolitical moment, Russia is clearly trying to disrupt the overall political atmosphere and draw attention to its evil – seeking to do so at the expense of Ukrainian lives and Ukrainian infrastructure.
Throughout the entire day today, the Russians have been launching waves of “shaheds” against our regions – and, in particular, deliberately targeting regions closest to the borders of NATO countries. Hits have already been recorded in Zakarpattia, Lviv region, Volyn, as well as in Ivano-Frankivsk and Rivne regions. Unfortunately, there are also hits in many of our other regions – Vinnytsia, Chernivtsi, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipro, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhia, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sumy, Cherkasy, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions. As of now, dozens of people are reported injured, including children. Sadly, six people have been killed. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Since midnight, at least 800 Russian drones have already been launched, and the attack is ongoing, with additional drones entering our country’s airspace.
According to our intelligence, after all the waves of drones, missile launches against Ukraine are also entirely possible. Our warriors are defending Ukraine, but Russia’s obvious aim is to overload air defense systems and inflict as much grief and pain as possible specifically during these days. It is important that the world does not remain silent about this. It is important that Russia’s true intentions are made clear to leaders and countries. It is important to apply real pressure on the Russian aggressor so that this terror is brought to an end. All services are currently engaged in dealing with the consequences of the strikes. Please pay attention to air-raid alerts. I am grateful to every partner who stands with Ukraine!
This is what the 'Russian world' looks like in the occupied Ukrainian cities of Donbas: piles of garbage, devastation. Russians, who have moved into the homes of Ukrainians who have been driven out or killed, throw trash right out the windows.
Everything is just like in Russia.
Today in Ukraine is another very hard day, really hard night – the day after a massive Russian attack. In just one night, there were nearly 300 attack drones, 19 ballistic missiles, as well as cruise missiles. Air-raid sirens sounded across many of our cities.
And this came after waves of “shaheds” had filled our skies just yesterday. Dozens of people have been injured. And sadly, so sadly, there are also lives lost in Odesa, Kyiv, in Dnipro. Just ordinary people, children, civilians, killed by Russian madness.
If it’s possible, please, I ask you now to honor their memory, and all those whose lives have been taken by this terrible war, with a minute of silence.
Thank you.
From my address to the participants of the Four Freedoms Awards ceremony (1/3).