Want to weaken Putin? Let Russians who oppose the war move their money and their lives out of his reach. Open banking. Open borders for his opponents. It drains the regime of people and capital — and it hurts him more than sanctions.
Ukraine 🇺🇦 has struck the Wildberries Warehouse in Simferopol, Crimea
The Wildberries warehouse is more than 6,000 square meters in size and supplies local Wildberries sellers in a large part of Crimea
Ukraine is systematically destroying Russia’s alternative to Amazon
Михайло Федоров відмовився від будь-яких посад, крім посади міністра оборони. І правильно зробив – треба обов'язково дотиснути це призначення. Реформам в МО бути!
#LOÚLTIMO Federico Gutiérrez le respondió a Abelardo de la Espriella pidiendo respeto por Antioquia y Medellín luego de que éste dijera que Medellín es el epicentro del narcotráfico y del crimen organizado. Fico dice que quien los ofende, se ha dedicado a defender criminales.
Mi papá confirmó que uno de sus socios es infiel a su mujer con alguien del trabajo , mi papá me dice vamos a cortar relación laboral con él.
Yo callada y sorprendida.
Me dice: No voy a confiar un negocio en alguien que no es honesto en su vida, que es infiel y que además se deja llevar más por sus impulsos que por la razón. Hay cosas que no se deben meter en la nómina.
Yo sigo callada.
Mi papá: Si eso le hacen a alguien que les ha dado su vida y les apoya imagínate lo que me harían.
La estrategia de sicariato digital que a Petro le funcionó en campaña, no le funcionó siendo gobierno. Cepeda perdió.
Al controlar el algoritmo y el discurso digital con bodegas, Petro terminó midiendo el eco de su propia propaganda en lugar de la percepción fuera de las RRSS.
Carlos Suárez el que quiere fraccionar a la derecha, indisponiendo al Tigre con el partido de gobierno más grande que tiene.
Menos mal su misma gente es la que lo deja en evidencia.
Why Putin Is Terrified of Stopping Long-Range Strikes — Even Though He Desperately Needs To
At first glance, it seems like a complete paradox.
Logic suggests that the Kremlin would benefit from confining the war strictly to the front lines. No more strikes on oil refineries, no more burning airbases deep inside Russia, no more panic among Moscow's elite. Freeze the territory already seized and get a break from the drone war—a war Russia is clearly losing, as even the most hardline Z-bloggers now openly admit.
It would seem like an obvious deal to take.
But Putin refuses outright. And it's not because he's confident of victory. Quite the opposite.
1. A pause would be an admission of failure
For years, Kremlin propaganda has told Russians that "victory is inevitable" and "everything is going according to plan." Halting long-range strikes would send a clear message to the Russian public: the plan failed, the objectives were not achieved, and Russia is hopelessly bogged down. For a regime built on the myth of infallibility, that kind of honesty would be politically fatal.
2. He has no other leverage left
On the battlefield, the war has become a bloody stalemate. If the Kremlin loses its missiles and long-range Shahed drone attacks, Putin is left with almost no means of exerting pressure. He cannot break through Ukraine's defenses on the ground, so he resorts to terror—destroying energy infrastructure, damaging ports, and targeting civilians far from the front.
3. The trap of a dictator's ego
Accepting a deal to halt long-range strikes would amount to publicly admitting:
"Ukrainian drones have inflicted so much damage on our oil industry and military aviation that we're asking for mercy in the air."
It would also mean acknowledging that oil refineries from Omsk to Tatarstan are burning because Russia's air defenses cannot cope. For the carefully cultivated image of Putin as an untouchable strongman, that would be devastating.
4. Fear that Kyiv would use the pause more effectively
The Kremlin still believes its missile and drone attacks inflict greater damage on Ukraine than Ukrainian long-range drones inflict on Russia's economy. Putin fears that if both sides stop long-range strikes, Ukraine will spend the next few months strengthening its air defenses, mass-producing thousands of new drones, and rebuilding its logistics without constant disruption.
5. He doesn't want territory—he wants all of Ukraine
Freezing the conflict along the current front lines while securing Russia's rear would leave Ukraine alive, angry, rearming, and moving ever closer to the West. For Putin, that is not victory—it is a strategic defeat. His obsession is not a handful of ruined villages near Pokrovsk, but the complete capitulation of Kyiv.
So the Kremlin finds itself trapped.
Even while losing the technological drone war deep behind the front lines, it cannot afford to leave it. Without that campaign, the regime would be left virtually powerless.
This is not the strategy of a strong state.
It is the panic of a regime that has cornered itself and is terrified of losing control.
The only remaining question is:
How much longer can Russia's economy sustain this costly and ultimately futile cycle?
🚨🇮🇱🇮🇷 | Hospitals in Israel have received UNUSUAL instructions to prepare for the descent into protected spaces.
Ambulance drivers have also received UNUSUAL instructions to prepare accordingly and stock up on equipment.
It's a matter of time.⏳