Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
POSTED BY: captaincrunch
UPDATED: Sunday, September 6, 2026 21:09
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You're not telling me anything I don't already know, THGR. But if you listen to his narrative, it's easy to tell who he sympathizes with, and (HINT): not Russia.
In any case, since he follows events in excruciating detail, looks at other mapping projects, sources official and unofficial reports from both sides, and backs up his map with VIDEOS, it doesn't really matter where he lives, does it?
I don't expect him to be 100% correct, but it's unlikely that I'm going to miss anything big like "CRIMEA EVACUATED!" like your bullshit posts.
In any case, I have a lot of other sources. I've listed them before, and there are really just too many but here are some:
The Duran (Alex and Alexander, collectively)
Alexander Mercouris, Greek born British citizen
Alexander Christoforou, Cypriot born, American raised, individually
Colonel Douglas Macgregor, former advisor to Colin Powell and the Pentagon
Larry Johnson, Sonar 21, former CIA, current private security advisor
Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis
Nima Alkhorshid, Dialogue Works. An interview show, international guests
Danny Haiphong, based in NYC, another interview show, international guests
Glenn Diesen, Swedish academician on political matters
Robert Barnes, American lawyer who has connections in Congress and the WH, apparently
SECOND at Fireflyfans.net SECOND, permanent-state anti-Russian, anti-Trump mouthpiece
Zerohedge, libertarian-slanted news aggregator
Many more, topic depending. I listen while doing yardwork or housework.
Nobody is 100%.
Everybody has a bias.
We are all blind men feeling an elephant.
YOUR problem, THGR, is that you only listen to people who are as brainwashed as you are. They generally have 0% evidence to back up their clickbait, and their analyses are for shit.
DON'T bring up the topic of sources again, doofus!
I'm not gonna repeat this list... AGAIN!
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger
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SIX, I think our society has already been corrupted by the uber-elite and our mideast policy by Jewish Zionists. But AFA Muslim activists are concerned, the answer to their desire to make our a Muslim society isn't more "tolerance".
We need to remember, or redetermine, what we want our society to be based on, and it's not "Whatever floats your boat". IMHO equal opportunity, fair share, respect for law, and meritocracy will create a prosperous economy and the kind of society we want, and we need everyone to buy into that, OR LEAVE.
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger
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For the first time since early 2023, the momentum in the Russo–Ukrainian war is on Kyiv’s side, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs, and Religious Freedom Jeremy Lewin said on June 24.
Lewin made the remarks during the YES (Yalta European Strategy) Dinner Discussion hosted by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in Poland’s Gdansk, on the eve of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026.
Lewin said Ukraine has done a lot to adapt to a new phase of the war and move toward victory.
“We do have a moment right now where Ukraine is winning the war, for the moment,” he said.
He contrasted current battlefield dynamics with past seasons. Previously, Ukrainian forces often waited out the winter because Russian forces paused offensives then. Now, he said, the roles are reversed: Ukrainian forces are on the offensive while Russia appears to be in a holding pattern. Lewin added that Ukrainians were already able to "change the dynamics" last winter by attacking Russian infrastructure.
"This is a crucial moment; Ukraine can keep applying pressure on the battlefield," he said.
Lewin also said the United States is considering ending the exemption for Russian oil from sanctions and that Washington will continue to coordinate restrictions with European partners.
https://english.nv.ua/russian-war/war-momentum-on-ukraine-s-side-state
-department-official-says-50619056.html
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Once again, I appreciate your posts from the bowels of the deep state, SECOND. I can get a gloss of the current propaganda narrative w/o having to hunt it down myself.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger
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Quote:Here is a 40-day countdown: Ukraine plans to bomb the hell out of Russia for the next 40 days to force Putin to negotiate peace.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Once again, I appreciate your posts from the bowels of the deep state, SECOND. I can get a gloss of the current propaganda narrative w/o having to hunt it down myself.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!
1) Ukraine's Zelenskiy says he approved a 40-day campaign to 'influence' Russia to end the war
June 25, 2026 12:28 PM CDT
https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraines-zelenskiy-says-he-approved-40-d
ay-campaign-influence-russia-end-war-2026-06-25/
2) Ukraine's SBU to wage 40-day pressure campaign against Russia, Zelensky says
June 25, 2026 11:10 pm
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-sbu-to-wage-40-day-pressure-campa
ign-against-russia-zelensky-says/
3) The phrase “forcing Russia to peace” is absolutely delicious
Putin used to use it himself. For example, that was how he described Russia’s invasion of Georgia in 2008 — as if the strong were simply giving the weak a lesson to make them behave.
Now the same phrase is being applied to his own crumbling empire. Must be humiliating.
https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/2070200348581429624
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Former SBU counter-terrorism chief sentenced to life in prison for passing state secrets to Russia
By Abbey Fenbert | June 25, 2026 10:05 pm
https://kyivindependent.com/former-sbu-counter-terrorism-chief-sentenc
ed-to-life-in-prison-for-passing-state-secrets-to-russia/
Colonel Dmytro Koziura, former head of the Security Service of Ukraine's (SBU) counter-terrorism department, has been convicted of treason and sentenced to life in prison, Ukraine's Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko reported on June 25.
Koziura reportedly passed secret information to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), including details about critical infrastructure and the consequences of Russian missile strikes against Kyiv.
"In exchange for a monetary reward, (Koziura) undertook to collect and pass on defense information, including data constituting a state secret, to Russian special services," Kravchenko said.
Koziura was recruited by the FSB in Vienna in 2018, Kravchenko said, and has been "in constant contact with his Russian handlers" ever since. When the full-scale invasion began in 2022, Koziura's role transitioned to that of an "active" agent.
During the war, Koziura "systematically transmitted information about the consequences of missile strikes on objects in Kyiv, the locations of SBU units, data from military units, official documents, and analytical materials," according to the state prosecutor.
Russian intelligence also sought personal information about Ukraine's senior military and political leadership, the SBU said.
Koziura further passed along confidential information on critical infrastructure, particularly Ukraine's gas transportation system, and plans to increase air defense at these facilities.
The SBU detained Koziura in February 2025, following a lengthy covert investigation. During the operation, codenamed "Rat," the SBU said it implicated Koziura in counterintelligence activity, "flood(ing) the Russians with a massive amount of disinformation."
The SBU shared with the prosecution the evidence it collected against Koziura, including telecommunications devices and "other material evidence of his collaboration with the FSB."
Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi District Court found Koziura guilty of committing treason under martial law and handed down a life sentence.
"Anyone who wore Ukrainian shoulder boards and began working for the FSB becomes an enemy of Ukraine," Kravchenko said. "Only the harshest punishment is appropriate for such individuals."
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Putin’s reign may not survive the impending fall of Crimea
By Mark Toth and Jonathan Sweet, opinion contributors | June 25, 2026 7:00 AM ET
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5938545-putin-crimea-end
-approaching-ukraine/
Tuesday marked the third anniversary of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Prigozhin failed and paid with his life. But Russia as a whole, and Russian-occupied Crimea in particular, might have been better off had the man once known as “Putin’s chef” succeeded in overthrowing the regime in Moscow. . . .
. . . Putin’s end is coming in Crimea. As we and retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges have long argued, Crimea is the decisive terrain of this war. Ukraine does not even have to retake it — it needs only to render it untenable for Russian military use. That day is now fast approaching.
The struggle for Crimea will likely culminate in Ukraine finally destroying Putin’s $4 billion Kerch Bridge. Can Putin politically survive the loss of Crimea to Ukraine? We highly doubt it.
Mark Toth writes on national security and foreign policy.
Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Sweet served 30 years as a military intelligence officer and led the U.S. European Command Intelligence Engagement Division from 2012 to 2014.
They are the cofounders of INTREP360 and the INTREP360 Intelligence Report on Substack.
https://intrep360.substack.com/
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Russian army recruitment plunges as Moscow struggles to fill Ukraine ranks
Alex Stezhensky | June 25, 2026, 11:00 AM
https://english.nv.ua/russian-war/russian-army-recruitment-plunges-as-
moscow-struggles-to-fill-ukraine-war-ranks-50619231.html
Russia is finding it increasingly difficult to recruit new contract soldiers and hold occupied Ukrainian territory. In Moscow, the number of people willing to sign contracts with the Defense Ministry and go to war against Ukraine fell by one-third in the spring. The same pattern is emerging in the regions.
Russian outlet Verstka reported the figures, citing data obtained by its newsroom.
Moscow sent 1,708 contract soldiers to the war in April and 1,378 in May. The report said that was 1,000 fewer than in 2025 and roughly in line with 2024 levels, before Moscow began offering million-ruble-level payouts for signing a contract.
A source in the Moscow mayor’s office told the outlet that the numbers have continued to fall in June.
“Few people are coming in, and even fewer are motivated,” the source said.
At the start of 2026, however, interest grew. Amid U.S.-involved peace talks and expectations of a cease-fire, many applicants wanted to “catch the last train” and “make some quick cash” before a possible freeze in the fighting.
Verstka also reported problems in the Rubikon drone unit, which initially drew a large number of applicants but screened out nearly all of them because of strict requirements. Those who signed contracts with Rubikon accounted for one-third of the overall flow, Verstka’s sources said.
They also acknowledged that the quality of recruits has deteriorated.
Sources said the situation in Moscow reflects the broader picture across Russia.
The outlet also quoted a soldier in the occupying army who complained that new contract soldiers are mostly “unable to fight.” One mobilized soldier described them as “homeless people, literally” and “criminals” who cannot be taught anything, making them, as he put it, “disposable.”
He also said “new contract soldiers do not live longer than a month unless they get there through connections,” and pointed to a large number of deserters.
Various measures are being discussed to address the shortage of people willing to sign contracts with Russia’s Defense Ministry, including a new wave of mobilization.
The outlet also quoted a soldier in Russia’s occupying army who confirmed that “there are no people; the fools willing to do it for money have run out.” In his view, Russia will face either mobilization “or a deal with loss of ‘face,’ as well as unfulfilled conditions and goals of the so-called ‘special military operation.’” The soldier said “the choice here is obvious.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on May 27 that Russia, the aggressor state, was preparing to further expand mobilization, and that this was why it had stepped up the issuance of mobilization orders.
On June 1, a post appeared on the Telegram channel of Russian State Duma lawmaker Andrey Gurulyov saying the Kremlin was preparing a new mobilization in the fall because Russian forces had reached a dead end at the front. Gurulyov soon claimed his Telegram channel had been “stolen” and that “enemies are spreading texts from it.”
Mass raids on men began on June 18 in Penza, Serdobsk and other cities in Russia’s Penza Oblast. Security forces stopped cars and public transport, forcing detained men to sign contracts with the Defense Ministry to take part in the war against Ukraine.
The military commissar of Russia’s Penza Oblast later acknowledged the raids on men liable for military service.
Russia’s army lost about 1,270 more troops over the past day. From Feb. 24, 2022, to June 25, 2026, total Russian losses stood at an estimated 1,397,060 troops, Ukraine’s General Staff reported.
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The problem at the top of Ukraine's judiciary
By Oleg Sukhov | June 25, 2026 10:08 PM
https://kyivindependent.com/explainer-why-is-ukraines-supreme-court-so
-controversial-and-can-it-be-reformed/
Corruption scandals have repeatedly engulfed the institution, while the court has consistently blocked efforts to reform the judiciary.
In 2023, Vsevolod Kniazev, then the Supreme Court's chairman, was charged with bribery. Kniazev's deputy, Bohdan Lvov, was fired due to his concealed Russian citizenship in 2022. Earlier this month, Kniazev was sentenced to five years in jail.
Supreme Court integrity
The root of the problem lies in 2017-2018, when the current Supreme Court was created as part of a Western-backed judicial reform.
Of the incumbent Supreme Court judges, 22.2% were found by the Public Integrity Council not to meet integrity and ethics standards at the time.
The council also submitted information indicating that another 28.8% of the Supreme Court judges could have violated ethics standards.
However, the High Qualification Commission overrode the Public Integrity Council's vetoes at the time, allowing judges with a questionable reputation to get Supreme Court jobs.
. . . the authorities' failure to reform the Supreme Court "jeopardizes Ukraine's further integration into the European Union, as membership in the European community is impossible without the rule of law."
"There is an urgent need to reform the Supreme Court and fill its ranks with judges who will serve the interests of Ukrainian society and meet EU standards by acting with integrity, professionalism, and independence," the watchdog said.
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Long-awaited military reform falls short as troops express continued frustration
By Kateryna Hodunova | June 26, 2026 3:41 PM
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-long-awaited-military-reform-fall
s-short-for-long-serving-troops/
. . . Nearly six months later, the ministry unveiled its much-anticipated reform package, introducing new contracts, higher pay, and a simplified process for returning to service after going absent without leave (AWOL), among other changes.
But it failed to address the most important issue — the hardship faced by troops who have been serving since early 2022, and in some cases, long before that. Among the key grievances are uncertainty about the future, low pay for troops serving in rear areas, and the lack of mechanisms to protect personnel from poor service conditions within their units.
"It very much looks as though those who remain in the army are having the screws tightened even further, and the longer they stay, the worse their conditions become compared with newcomers," Oleksandr, a drone operator, told the Kyiv Independent. . . .
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