Kiev Is Burning

[Roman Alymov]

11 hours ago, JWB said:

For what ? to steal a piece of Russia? I see nothing that "western" political class wants with Russia.

Colony across 11 time zomes and 150mln population, with advanced industry etc., conbeniently controlled by local comprador elite is nice to have.

[Roman Alymov]

Pro-Ukrainians mistook pro-Rus drone form friendly one and were having a smoke next to minivan untill the very last moment. https://t.me/anna_news/76351

    Note minivan is not only of civilian model, but got Poland license plate

[Roman Alymov]

Hunt for future M1 Abrams driver, three minivans involved to catch one "volunteer" https://t.me/boris_rozhin/154876

[Stuart Galbraith]

How many vans does it take to catch a Donkey driver?

[Roman Alymov]

13 minutes ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

How many vans does it take to catch a Donkey driver?

None, as currently future donkey drivers are coming voluntarily (but, true, it is question of time they will be hunted Ukr-style, as it was predicted by my late friend Murz). But this time still not come....

[JWB]

2 hours ago, Roman Alymov said:

Colony across 11 time zomes and 150mln population, with advanced industry etc., conbeniently controlled by local comprador elite is nice to have.

Not profitable. Canada and Mexico are better options. So is Africa.

[Stuart Galbraith]

Even with Global warming and all the Vodka, its still so damn cold.

 

[Roman Alymov]

15 hours ago, JWB said:

Not profitable. Canada and Mexico are better options. So is Africa.

Canada and Mexico do not have comprador elites (at least to the level of Russian one) and because of that can't self-govern with zero expences attached, only generating profits.

[Roman Alymov]

Meanwhile public love of UkrArmy recruitment officials is making its way into young generation: reportedly it is amateur performance in Kiev school https://t.me/rusengineer/6555

[Roman Alymov]

FiberFPV vs. pro-Ukr logistics, Sumy region. As usual, unmarked civilian-type minivan used as troops transporter

https://t.me/boris_rozhin/154975

[Roman Alymov]

More tanker war news 

The hull shows signs of external impact: two explosions rocked a tanker in the port of the Italian city of Savona

[Stuart Galbraith]

Buster Crabbe at it again.

[TrustMe]

Some civilians will believe the Ukrainian sea mine theory 😁

[Stuart Galbraith]

Just another trawler accident.

 

[Roman Alymov]

FiberFPV vs. well-covered tank, West from Bakhmut https://t.me/creamy_caprice/8430

[JWB]

8 hours ago, Roman Alymov said:

....... zero expences ...........

Does not exist anywhere.

[JWB]

Peskov on June 18, 2023:
Ukraine has neither the will nor the desire nor the ability to declare a sovereign position - it has no sovereignty.

Peskov on February 18, 2025:
Russian Federation considers Ukraine's accession to the EU as Kyiv's sovereign right, as it is not a military alliance.

https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1891843273230057495

[Roman Alymov]

35 minutes ago, JWB said:

Peskov on June 18, 2023:
Ukraine has neither the will nor the desire nor the ability to declare a sovereign position - it has no sovereignty.

Peskov on February 18, 2025:
Russian Federation considers Ukraine's accession to the EU as Kyiv's sovereign right, as it is not a military alliance.

https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1891843273230057495

So what, nothing special - "collective Putin" is begging for surrender terms and is now openly willing not only to abandom part of historic Russia (Ukraine) but also allow it into hostile alliance. 

[Roman Alymov]

52 minutes ago, JWB said:

Does not exist anywhere.

Well existed in Russian Federation from 1991 to late 2000th  - not only Russian elite was willing to follow any order from West, but was paying West for it.

[Roman Alymov]

"Ukrainians are not fulls. They see that Zelensky have lost the trust of Western parthners, and have lost the war. War not only against Russia, but Ukraine's war for road to Europe. And with all this sanctions and criminal investigations against political opponents we are turned into North Korea"

      <non-President now> Poroshenko 

https://t.me/boris_rozhin/155052

[JWB]

17 hours ago, Roman Alymov said:

zero expences attached

Let's try again. What do you mean by "expences" ?

[Roman Alymov]

2 hours ago, JWB said:

Let's try again. What do you mean by "expences" ?

I mean typical expences associated with running the colony: no need to keep administrators/bureoucrats from metripoly all across colonised colony, no need for troops stationed in colony to suppress uprisings, no need for police officers from metropoly for keeping down locals, no need for network of Abu Ghraib/Guantanamos to guard and torture those local people who are suspected to be not enthusiasts of colonial rule etc. I Yeltsin's (and Putin's) RF all this was outsourced to local elites, who were not only doing all the dirty work but were far more effective in looting local resources than any newcomers from West could have been. And all their "catch" was then taken abroad, moving up prices of property in London/Marbelia etc. , benefiting large numbers of people from big Western companies down to dog barbers.....

[alejandro_]

John Mearsheimer - My Prediction About Ukraine’s Future

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5v67Os-Tos

[mkenny]

Watching Zelenski's press conference and it seems he is burning his boats with Trump. There appears no way back for him and his future is getting bleaker with every sentence.

[sunday]

1 hour ago, alejandro_ said:

John Mearsheimer - My Prediction About Ukraine’s Future

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5v67Os-Tos

 

According to recent history, perhaps Realism is the best way to understand international relations. Better than the current flavor of Neoconservatism, at least.