🚶 “And you idiots are still standing there.” In the country of endless traffic jams, pedestrians are the new elite
In Irkutsk, a man who says he gave up his car in favor of cycling and walking mocked a driver stuck in a long queue at a gas station.
He bragged that after just a few weeks he had gotten a tan, gotten fitter, felt better, and now enjoys watching people spend hours sitting in traffic and fuel lines.
“I’m ashamed of Russian people for being such idiots. Meanwhile, I’m just peacefully riding my bicycle,” the pedestrian said with a grin.
❗️ The EU plans to allow Ukraine to purchase British weapons using the €60 billion military portion of its €90 billion loan, Bloomberg reported. After months of negotiations, the EU is close to an agreement with the UK that would let British defense companies participate in the program. An announcement could come next week at a Paris meeting of the coalition of the willing. #Ukraine
Time for the weekly report by the Intelligence Centre of @Kaitsevagi
russia: 🔹 cannot defend key areas with its air defence 🔹 has lost around 40% of planned oil refining capacity 🔹 continues to target Western societies through information warfare
https://t.co/8p1SABkVub
Latvijā 🇱🇻 - straujākais iedzīvotāju skaita kritums starp visām 27 dalībvalstīm kopš gadsimta sākuma.
Iedzīvotāju skaita izmaiņas ES-27 🇪🇺 valstīs, % pret 2000.gada līmeni (@EU_Eurostat dati):
From armoured vehicles in France, helicopters in Poland and ammunition factories in Czechia, NATO is ramping up defence production.
To protect our way of life, we need to produce even more.
#NATOsummit
Incredibly Turkey has likely sold its Russian made S-400 air defence system to a Gulf State in exchange for preference over Western military equipment.
Western technology is much better.
🤡 Patrushev explained how great Russia has become thanks to the bunker grandpa
“Putin made us the world’s fourth-largest economy,” said an aide to the Kremlin master.
Patrushev is right about one thing: without Vlad the Great, Russia really would be a very different country today. Perhaps it would even have gasoline and no sanctions. But who knows.
🇩🇪🇺🇦🚀 Missiles for Patriot likely to be manufactured in Germany, not Ukraine — Reuters
The new interceptor missiles would likely be manufactured in Germany or another European country where it is safer, with production possibly being moved to Ukraine after the war ends.
Latvijas 🇱🇻 iedzīvotāju skaits 2025.gadā samazinājies par 0,83%, galvenokārt negatīvas dabiskās kustības (miruši > dzimuši) dēļ. Tas ir zemākais rādītājs starp visām ES-27 🇪🇺 valstīm.
An exasperated and tearful Russian woman explains that Russia is being totally destroyed, and that despite the surety of continuously worsening catastrophes hitting the county, Putin will never stop the war, because it's now all he has left.
🤌Zelensky is trolling Putin with remarkable finesse — and every time he does it, it gets even more elegant
"If Yeltsin had known that Russia would end up importing fuel because of the war, he would have chosen a different successor. It's a joke," the President of Ukraine said.
US senators have agreed on a deal with the Trump administration to pass new legislation which allows for expansive sanctions packages on Russia which will help end the war in Ukraine.
A Russian man on Putin and the war against Ukraine:
"They're hitting us hard. There are almost no people left.
The 'SMO' is a lifeline for Putin's ass. Without it, he would have been overthrown long ago.
Ukraine has great potential. It's going to tear our country apart."
⛽️ Russians are flocking to Kazakhstan for cheap fuel
While the Kremlin dreams of expanding its "buffer zone" in Ukraine, residents of Russia's border regions are heading to neighboring Kazakhstan. Not to spread the "Russian world," but to fill up their gas tanks.
Kazakhstan has deployed 59 police checkpoints along the border and previously limited foreign-registered vehicles to one entry per day.
The reason is simple: gasoline in Kazakhstan now costs nearly half as much as in Russia. And, perhaps more importantly for Russian drivers, it's actually available.