"If Ukraine burns, your Moscow will burn too.
If Putin does not want to end this war and wants to continue it, we will not sit quietly. We will respond."
- Zelensky 🇺🇦
He renamed the Pentagon the Department of War. He renamed himself the Secretary of War. It was the sort of thing a man does when he has mistaken a title for an achievement, and it invited exactly the response it got. The internet (@CameronCorduroy ), which misses nothing, compressed his entire tenure into four lines and a thumbs-up:
renames it to the Department of War
names himself the Secretary of War
fights one war
loses
And he did lose. That is the part the tough-guy cosplay cannot paper over. The world tuned in for a demonstration of American power in Iran, with Pete Hegseth out front, flexing. What it got was one of the more embarrassing spectacles of the decade: a former superpower with no friends left, losing a war for precisely that reason, and losing it quickly. Running short of ammunition. A fleet parked far enough off the Iranian coast not to get hit. Allies who, when Washington came round begging for help, told it in so many words to get lost.
And this morning the same man gelled his hair, puffed out that pigeon chest, and stood on a podium in Brussels handing down tough words to thirty-one nations that left the chat with America long ago. They listened the way you listen to a loud man at a party you are already leaving.
Renames the building. Renames himself. Fights one war. Loses. There is no strength anywhere in that sequence. There is only the costume.👇
Russland nahm Mariupol ein und wollte Asow vernichten. Vier Jahre später fliegt Asow wieder Angriffe über Mariupol und greift russische Logistik an.
Ukraine's Azov fighters were forced from Mariupol. Now they're hitting back - https://t.co/1ep75FlUtv
While the world was busy making deals with the “very rational” leaders in Iran, they silently hanged Abolfazl Saedi.
This is his funeral.
Look at the true face of the pain you are appeasing.
In Berlin mobilisiert die linke Szene erneut gegen @apollo_news_de – die neu in Kreuzberg ansässige Redaktion bediene wie Nius das „Phantasma einer linken Meinungsdiktatur“, und das will man offenbar widerlegen, indem man es beweist, Antifa-Logik einfach unschlagbar
Moscow as dark as the souls of its people... never wanted to visit Russia until right now. These days, there is actually something to see there 🖤🐈⬛🐦⬛
„Aber der Donbass“ plärren AfD und BSW und erzählen uns, der Krieg hätte „eine Vorgeschichte“. Dabei geben die Russen ihnen längst selbst die Vorgeschichte: die „pro-russischen Separatisten im Donbas“ waren russische Paramilitärs und russische Armee.➡️
BBC Ukraine has published an excellent article titled "'From now on, consider it an island.' Who and how is carrying out the operation to 'sever' Crimea" I’ll break down the key points.
In early June, Ukrainian forces launched a series of strikes on the bridges connecting occupied Crimea to the mainland — Chongar, Armiansk, and the crossing to the Arabat Spit. And for the first time, they did so not with Western Storm Shadow or HIMARS systems, but with their own drones:
“Now, attacks on key Crimean bridges - near Chongar and Armyansk - were carried out by Ukrainian FP-2 and "Begemot" (only Chongar was hit by them) drones, which are capable of carrying a 75-100 kg warhead over a distance of up to 300 km.”
What used to be done with expensive Western missiles requiring all sorts of approvals is now being done with our own weapons. Without anyone else’s permission. The only caveat is that the warhead in the FP-2 is actually larger than the stated 100 kg))
The operation was conducted by a new unit — the “Phalanx” multi-domain operations center, formed in the spring of 2026 by merging the 1st Separate Assault Regiment named after Dmytro Kotsiubailo and the 475th Separate Assault Regiment Code 9.2. The logic behind the name:
“The point is that Ukrainian assault forces received their "long spear" - middle-strike attack drones, primarily FP-2, for the first time. Previously, they only had short-range drones.”
“'The long spear was not invented by Alexander the Great, but it was he who was able to build an invincible combat formation on it,' notes 'Flint.'”
Our infantry has gained its own long-range strike capability, which has effectively replaced tactical aviation:
“The responsiveness we have gained sometimes plays a decisive role on the battlefield. I no longer need to look for someone to engage this target. I can take it and engage it myself.”
Previously, a request for air support took weeks to process — now striking a target 100–300 km away takes just a few hours.
The most important thing is why this was done. Phalanx’s cyber intelligence discovered that the Russians, having lost the route through Mariupol, rerouted fuel supplies via Crimea. So they hit the convoy:
“We received information that a very large Russian convoy was being prepared. Within a short period - about 6 hours - a decision was made to strike the Chongar bridge to prevent this convoy from passing.”
Commander Nastenka describes the result as follows:
“There is no longer a transport corridor to Crimea from the mainland. We have issued a 'death warrant.' By striking the bridges, we desacralized this object. I have no doubt that all bridges will be finished off. This will be systematic work 100%. From now on, Crimea can be considered an island. Let the Russians buy boats to get to the mainland.”
And this directly strikes at the logistics of the nearly 100,000-strong “Vostok” group advancing on Zaporizhzhia:
“he amount of fuel distributed to all brigades of the grouping is so small that only one of our regiments 'consumes' that much. That is, their fuel situation is very, very bad.”
What’s particularly valuable is that there’s no need to completely destroy the bridges — it’s enough to force the enemy to switch to pontoon bridges with reverse traffic, and the logistics will collapse on their own:
“If they deploy pontoons, it does not provide the same throughput as a stationary bridge. Huge ‘tails’ of cars are created, logistics breaks down.”
The entire operation — cyber intelligence, six-hour planning, a strike with our own drones, and preparation for a ground assault — is a demonstration of just how important it is to have our own professional army and weapons. Thanks to this evolution, we can strike wherever and whenever we deem necessary. And Crimea is now truly an island. Although I wouldn’t recommend Russians entering the ports.
French President Emmanuel Macron pulls off what could be the greatest diplomatic troll of all time by getting Trump to sign the "$300 Billion US Surrender to Iran" deal in... Versailles. The ignoramus Trump will have been clueless as to the historical significance of the location
Donald Trump took us to war without a plan. Families have lost loved ones. Billions of dollars have been spent. For what? This “deal” he signed leaves Iran stronger and in control of the Strait, but does little to advance US interests. The “master deal maker” just made one of the worst deals in US history. This is a total capitulation! What’s next, the Russians get Alaska?
Pack, wenn die ukrainische Hauptstadt brennt: Selenskyj sollte kapitulieren.
Pack, wenn die russische Hauptstadt brennt: Putin sollte zurückschlagen.
Merkt ihr selbst.