Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
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May 25, 2026
For the past 18 months, Vladimir Putin’s efforts to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine have been led by a man with no diplomatic background or expertise. Kirill Dmitriev, a banker who is under sanctions for his role in financing the war, has been shuttling from Moscow to Florida to meet with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in and around the exclusive island known as Billionaire Bunker. His pitch during these rendezvous is that the United States should sell out Ukraine’s sovereignty in exchange for glittering billion-dollar projects for Russian and American companies—digging for precious minerals in the Arctic, say, or joint missions to Mars.
These fantasies are rooted in the idea that the Americans can be talked into ignoring some of the most salient facts about contemporary Russia. What sane investor would put long-term money into a country where the law is a facade, where the intelligence services can expropriate your business as soon as it looks profitable, and where another neo-imperial war might flip the chessboard at any given moment?
Putin chose Dmitriev for this job not only because of his reassuring American credentials—degrees from Stanford and Harvard Business School, work experience at McKinsey and Goldman Sachs—but because his profile matches that of his two main American interlocutors. He is an oligarch whose glamorous blond wife is close friends with Putin’s younger daughter. That makes him a virtual son-in-law of the ruler, and it may be the reason his real-estate holdings alone have soared from some $5 million to $100 million over the past decade.
But Dmitriev is more than just a gifted Kremlin illusionist. He is living proof that if you squint hard enough, you can blur out the difference between a free society and one ruled by fear. You can convince yourself that everything Ukrainians have been fighting for since 2014—democracy, civic rights, a European future—is meaningless.
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Dmitriev’s father still lived in Kyiv in early 2022, when the Russian army was massing on the Ukrainian border. Many prominent people in Ukraine and Russia—including Zelensky—thought Putin was bluffing. It may be a measure of Dmitriev’s closeness to the Russian leader that he was not fooled. A few days before the invasion, his father abruptly left the country, most likely at his urging, according to neighbors of the family who spoke with the Ukrainian channel TSN last year.
When I spoke with Dmitriev’s former classmates, I thought they would express some surprise at what has happened to their old friend. Instead, they responded with a weary familiarity. “We have a name for people like this,” Ariev said. The word—yanichar—originated centuries ago, when the Ottoman officials who controlled parts of what is now Ukraine would kidnap boys to indoctrinate and train in the imperial capital before sending them back as men to crush local rebellions by their former compatriots. “Traitor” is probably too weak a translation.
Oleksandr Lisnichenko, another former classmate, said that one of Dmitriev’s closest childhood friends was seriously wounded at the front. That friend refused my request to speak.
“He said, ‘I don’t want to talk about Kirill,’” Lisnichenko told me. “‘I just want to shoot him in the knees.’”
More at https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/05/russia-putin-kirill-
dmitriev/687283/
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
As usual, you misrepresent.
I remember what Russian spox ACTUALLY said. What they said was: If you attack us in any way that threatens our existence, we may respond with nukes.
It's called deterrence.
Unlike USA nuclear posture, which includes first-strike.
IDK what's wrong with you, SECOND, but your brain is full of shit and has been since you were young.
SECOND:
Signym, what does this phrase mean? If you attack us in any way that threatens our existence, we "may" respond with nukes.
Because if it means to Russians what it says, Russia "may" have already nuked Ukraine.
How can you possibly claim to know "what it means to Russians" since everything in your head about Russians is fabricated?
There's a difference between "threstens our security" and "threatens our existence".
Fortunately for us, Russians make those distinctions, even if you don't.
Meanwhile, in the world outside of SECOND'S mixed up head ...
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Quote:Don't you think it is 4 years too late for Russia to announce that Total War Begins Tomorrow?
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
How can you possibly claim to know "what it means to Russians" since everything in your head about Russians is fabricated?
There's a difference between "threstens our security" and "threatens our existence".
Fortunately for us, Russians make those distinctions, even if you don't.
Meanwhile, in the world outside of SECOND'S mixed up head ...
Video "Russia issues final warning – total war begins"
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Originally posted by second:Quote:6ix, everything other than the batty ideas flying inside your head, synchronized to crazy music only you can hear, is meaningless to you.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
I'm still just wondering how in the hell this thread got to over 10,000 posts and why anybody gives a shit.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
It doesn't change the fact that aside from me coming in here and laughing at you or reminding you that nobody gives a fuck about Ukraine, the only three people that made up 98% of the rest of the 10,000+ posts in this thread was you two knuckleheads losing a who's got the biggest dick competition with Sigs.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
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Quote:6ix, a new signature for you: once you have given up on existentialism and grown out of nihilism, all that is left is to embrace the absurdity
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
It doesn't change the fact that aside from me coming in here and laughing at you or reminding you that nobody gives a fuck about Ukraine, the only three people that made up 98% of the rest of the 10,000+ posts in this thread was you two knuckleheads losing a who's got the biggest dick competition with Sigs.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
6ix, you will have essentially summarized the core premise of Absurdism, as pioneered by Albert Camus. If nihilism states that life has no meaning, and existentialism tries to force a subjective meaning onto the void, absurdism is the liberating acceptance that the universe is fundamentally indifferent to our search for purpose.
Rather than succumbing to despair, embracing the absurd turns meaninglessness on its head. It frees you from the pressure of grand designs or ultimate destinations. Since there are no intrinsic rules or predetermined paths, you are free to live passionately, authentically, and defiantly in the present moment.
As Camus famously noted, acknowledging the absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning. It becomes an active rebellion where you choose to savor the sheer experience of living without illusions. You can dive deeper into this philosophical liberation through the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Camus, or explore its practical applications on Psychology Today.
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Russia May Have Launched 2 Oreshniks At A Time. Seems 1 Failed, 1 Missed.
The $30-million missile is unreliable and inaccurate.
May 25, 2026
https://www.trenchart.us/p/russia-may-have-launched-2-oreshniks
Russia apparently fired two Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Ukraine on Saturday night, not one. https://x.com/kimhvik2/status/2058675911273148893 https://www.trenchart.us/p/russias-30-million-missile-blew-up
One of the 40-ton missiles seems to have failed mid-flight—and crashed on Russian-occupied Ukraine. The other dropped its 36 non-explosive submunitions on Bila Tserkva, 40 miles south of Kyiv—and blew up a few garages. https://x.com/cyber_boroshno/status/2058856164129943793
It’s possible the Oreshnik that hit Bila Tserkva was aiming for the air base just outside of town. It’s also possible the Oreshnik was supposed to hit Kyiv, and simply missed by a wide margin.
In other words, it’s possible two Oreshniks missed on Saturday. If so, it’s a damning indictment of the missile’s effectiveness in a non-nuclear role. It may be unreliable and inaccurate.
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Russia may have fired two Oreshnik missiles in attack on Ukraine, analysts say
May 25, 2026, 08:46 AM
https://english.nv.ua/nation/russia-may-have-fired-two-oreshnik-missil
es-at-ukraine-analysts-say-50610781.html
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Ukraine May Test New Low-Cost Alternative to Patriot Air Defense System by End of 2026
By Dariia Mykhailenko | May 25, 2026 19:44
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraine-may-test-new-low-cost
-alternative-to-patriot-air-defense-system-by-end-of-2026-19161
Ukraine could conduct tests of a new air defense system designed as a more affordable alternative to the US-made Patriot system before the end of 2026, according to Denys Shtilerman, co-founder of the Ukrainian defense company Firepoint.
The announcement was made during a broadcast hosted by Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksii Honcharenko on May 25.
According to Shtilerman, Firepoint is participating in the international Freya project, which aims to develop a modern air defense system capable of intercepting ballistic missiles.
He said developers expect the first tests of the system to take place by the end of the current year.
The Freya project is being positioned as a lower-cost alternative to the American Patriot air defense system, with its primary mission focused on destroying ballistic targets.
Currently, systems with such capabilities are limited, with Patriot regarded as one of the most effective air defense platforms for countering ballistic missile threats.
Shtilerman noted that Ukraine’s participation in the project allows developers to incorporate practical battlefield experience gained during Russia’s full-scale invasion.
The initiative comes as Ukraine seeks long-term alternatives to Western-made interceptor systems amid growing concerns over limited supplies of Patriot missiles.
Earlier this month, Ukraine’s ambassador to Japan, Yuriy Lutovinov, said Tokyo could support the development of a Ukrainian-produced air defense system financially, helping Kyiv reduce dependence on US-made Patriot interceptors.
Speaking in an interview with Reuters, Lutovinov said Ukraine was interested in combining Japanese technology with Ukrainian wartime experience to create advanced defense products.
“We are not the country that would like to just ask. We are the country that is going to provide as well,” he said. “The technology of Japan and experience of Ukraine, if we can put them together, it would be a high-class product.”
According to the ambassador, discussions have also included possible Japanese participation in the PURL mechanism, a procurement framework that has already enabled the delivery of more than $4 billion worth of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine.
Additionally, Ukrainian Patriot air defense crews are reportedly intercepting ballistic missiles using a single interceptor instead of the typical two to four.
The report is based on a video released by Ukraine’s Air Command West, featuring a Patriot system operator who describes how the system is employed during large-scale Russian missile and drone attacks, including strikes on critical energy infrastructure.
He said the unit has experience engaging ballistic and aeroballistic threats, including Kinzhal missiles, and noted that crews continuously reposition their assets to enhance operational effectiveness.
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Ukraine Starts a Massive Attack! Russians are Panicking
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Wow! Russia Completely Lost it! No Safe Supply Lines Left
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Ukraine is focusing on roads to the Zaparozhiy front. Too bad for them the front is 1000 miles long, and Russians mostly use rail lines.
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