Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
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Tucker Carlson's podcast with Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout
By Kate Tsurkan
June 30, 2026 7:14 PM
. . . Carlson's interview with Bout wrapped up with a call for the U.S. and Russia to "unite and stop being sworn enemies."
Carlson has emerged as perhaps the most vocal proponent of the view — now gaining traction within a particular faction of the American right — that Russia is not a historic adversary of the U.S., but a natural ally.
While this view does not represent the entirety of the Republican Party, it is closely linked to longstanding currents of skepticism within the right — and as McGlynn warns, it is one that Russia is all too willing to exploit.
"Several currents feed it: hostility to NATO and foreign aid, an affinity for Russia as a socially conservative counter-model, and the simple fact that opposing Ukraine has become an identity marker," McGlynn said.
"Moscow treats these constituencies as an asset and tailors content to their tastes."
More at https://kyivindependent.com/tucker-carlson-boosts-kremlin-propaganda-a
gain-in-interview-with-arms-dealer/
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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The Finnish analyst Joni Askola takes a somewhat sceptical view. He wrote that it will take months before the “logistic lockdown”, as the Ukrainian defence minister called it, starts to manifest itself at the front.
“Kremlin still possesses an extensive logistic network that consists of thousands of trucks and railway trains. Russian units at the frontline can also draw from extensive stockpiles. Not even a perfectly executed campaign against logistics can magically empty these depots in a few weeks. When August or September comes, months of continuous pressure will likely cause some Russian units to struggle to secure basic supplies,” he wrote.
https://x.com/joni_askola/status/2071565456146661825
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Your party is being destroyed and all you can think about until the very end is Russia and Trump.
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How many times have we read Russia is on the back foot, Ukraine has the momentum"?
2023, when Ukraine attempted a combined arms maneuver, only to smash against the Surovikin line?
Rabotyn (over and over)?
Bakhmut?
Kursk?
Meanwhile, Russia advances like a lava flow.
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Ukraine’s Desperate Propaganda Campaign While Russia Advances along the Entire Front
Volodymyr Zelensky and his Western backers have launched a desperate 40-day “campaign of terrors” — which includes a mix of military escalations and a massive information/psyops operation designed to portray Russia as collapsing and Putin as facing an imminent uprising or coup. The goal is to force Russia into a ceasefire. Western audiences are being flooded with social media and regular media articles that paint a dire picture of Russia’s military campaign, while touting Ukraine’s incredible accomplishments. It is all a load of crap, but that is all the West has left in its quiver as Russia’s campaign of attrition continues to pulverize Ukraine.
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Now for the reality. Yes, Ukraine has hit some Russian refineries and created some spectacular visuals of billowing smoke and fire. However, this is nothing more than military political theater that is intended to distract from Urkaine’s setbacks all along the front. As a side note, Russian oil exports have increased during this same period, putting to bed the narrative that Russia’s oil industry in suffering catastrophic losses. Here is a summary of Russian activity, starting in the Northern section of the front:
Sumy Direction
In the Sumy direction, the “North” assault groups advanced on 19 sectors, and some units of Ukraine’s 104th Territorial Defense Brigade abandoned their positions in Bachevsk. Russian forces continued active operations along the border, conducting strikes on Ukrainian positions and logistics. They reported repelling multiple Ukrainian attempts to cross into Russian territory and inflicting significant losses on enemy manpower and equipment. Russian soldiers are now only a few kilometers from Sumy itself.
Kharkiv Direction
Russian troops advanced in several sectors north and northeast of Kharkiv. The MOD reported the liberation of additional border settlements and improvement of tactical positions. Russian Geran drones conduct a series of high-precision strikes on gas infrastructure in Kharkiv region overnight. A gas distribution station near Panyutino was struck — disabling gas storage tanks, gas pumping plants, and a gas treatment facility. The Skvortsovskaya gas treatment system near Kosogorovka was also hit.???????????????? Ukrainian counterattacks were repelled, with Russian artillery and aviation playing a key role in degrading enemy capabilities.
Donetsk Direction (Primary Focus)
Donetsk remains the main direction of Russian offensive operations. Russian troops are steadily advancing on the Pokrovsk axis, with Russian forces capturing multiple settlements and pushing toward key logistical nodes. The most notable achievement is in Konstantinovka, where Russian units have taken control of most of the city and disrupted Ukrainian supply lines. With both Pokrovsk and Konstantinovka gone, Russia controls the two southern and eastern approaches that previously buffered the Kramatorsk-Sloviansk agglomeration. The H-32 Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka highway and the T-0504 Bakhmut-Pokrovsk highway — both of which Russian forces had been fighting to seize specifically to link these two axes — now forms a contiguous corridor under Russian control, allowing logistics and force concentration to flow directly toward Druzhkivka and Kramatorsk without contesting two separate urban battles.The Russians also are advancing around Chasiv Yar and Toretsk, including gains in urban fighting and elevated positions.
Overall, the Russian MOD described consistent liberation of territory, high daily Ukrainian losses, and effective use of glide bombs, drones, and artillery to support ground advances.
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (Dnipro region)
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My whole point is how many times have we heard either side has the upper hand?
Meanwhile, the Chinese are making videos for TikTok, trolling all the people who are being roasted alive this summer in Paris after making such a big deal about all but banning air conditioners and being all smug about it.
There are some real world issues going on, and unless somebody is going to actually expose what the US is really doing there and who's all involved, I'm not worried about Russia when we've got Muslims invading everyone and the Chinese have long been a much greater potential threat than Russia has.
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Ukraine urges EU to send defense funds before battlefield window closes
Alex Stezhensky | July 1, 2026, 06:19 AM
https://english.nv.ua/nation/fedorov-urges-eu-to-send-peace-facility-f
unds-to-ukraine-s-defense-50620788.html
Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov urged EU partners in a letter to allocate 6.6 billion euros ($7.5 billion) available through the European Peace Facility for military aid to Kyiv. Reuters reported the appeal, citing the text of the letter it obtained.
The money is needed to seize a “window of opportunity” on the battlefield that will last six to nine months, Fedorov wrote.
Fedorov wrote that Ukraine’s defense needs this year are estimated at about 136 billion euros ($155 billion), with Ukraine’s budget covering about 53 billion euros ($60.4 billion) of that amount, Reuters reported.
Ukraine is expected to receive 28.3 billion euros ($32.3 billion) for defense through EU macro-financial assistance, but Fedorov said a major funding gap remains even after those funds are counted.
Money from the European Peace Facility could become “one of the most significant European contributions to Ukraine’s defense this year, but only if these resources are directed where they can generate the greatest and most immediate military effect,” Fedorov said.
Speaking at a European Council meeting on June 18, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged EU leaders to quickly send 6 billion euros ($6.8 billion) unlocked through the European Peace Facility to support Ukraine.
In an interview with Politico, Fedorov said Ukraine was urging its allies to seize a “short-lived opportunity” and fund a new wave of drones, missiles and military technology to help keep Russia under constant pressure and consolidate gains by Ukraine’s defense forces.
“We need the next level of assistance to finish the job. If we have enough resources to launch a new cycle of military innovation before Russia adapts to the current one, it will give us roughly another six months of advantage,” the minister said.
On June 30, a special fund in Ukraine’s state budget received 3.9 billion euros ($4.4 billion) from the European Union as the first defense tranche under the Ukraine Support Loan program. The money will be used to finance priority defense needs, including strengthening Ukraine’s defense industry and securing urgent supplies for the front line.
On June 25, Ukraine received the first tranche of the EU’s Ukraine Support Loan, worth 3.2 billion euros ($3.6 billion).
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Nah. They're winning. They don't need any more money. Figure it out.
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Quote:Touche.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Nah. They're winning. They don't need any more money. Figure it out.
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Logic was never SECOND'S strong suit.
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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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Ukraine’s Plan to Unnerve Putin
Recent drone attacks in the Moscow area reveal a multifaceted strategy.
By Phillips Payson O’Brien | June 30, 2026, 2:39 PM ET
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/06/moscow-ukraine-drone-attacks
/687745/
Over the past two weeks, Ukraine has launched a series of drone attacks on targets deep inside Russian territory—most consequentially in and near Moscow. Last night, near the Russian capital, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian weaponry attacked the Dubna Space Communications Center, which Russia uses to collect intelligence and coordinate operations by its army units in occupied Ukraine. This was Ukraine’s second strike on the Dubna facility in about a week.
Zelensky’s announcement of the latest attacks taunted Vladimir Putin, declaring matter-of-factly that “relevant actions are also being prepared against other similar enemy facilities.” The intended message to the Russian public is that the drone campaign, which Ukraine coyly describes as “long-range sanctions” against the country that invaded its territory, is nowhere near plateauing.
The recent focus on Moscow-area targets reveals how the Ukrainian government and military, in addition to trying to defend their territory from Russian aerial attack, are now taking the war to Putin’s doorstep. They are trying to put political and economic pressure on Putin’s regime and disable his war machine by starving it of money, supplies, and soldiers. Recent attacks on the Dubna facility and on a major Moscow oil refinery typify distinct parts of the Ukrainian strategy to make the war unsustainable for the Russian dictator.
The refinery, which was targeted as part of a mass Ukrainian attack on the Russian capital on June 18, produces about 40 percent of the Moscow region’s fuel market and has reportedly been put out of action for the remainder of 2026. This attack worked on a number of levels to embarrass and undermine Putin.
First, the attack created, almost certainly intentionally, a massive fire that released a thick plume of black smoke that was visible across Moscow. The point was unmistakable: Ukraine is here and can hit even the most important economic targets. Muscovites, your days of pretending the war is far away from your own comfortable existence are over. Indeed, Ukrainian strikes on oil infrastructure have created major gas shortages that are bedeviling much of the Russian hinterland. Similar pain may soon be in store for the capital.
The Moscow-refinery attacks also point to another Ukrainian goal: threatening Putin’s access to the money that he needs to keep fighting. Putin’s war has already burned through much of Russia’s once-large sovereign wealth fund. A fascinating recent report from a German think tank concludes that the Russian economy is approaching its “endgame,” as “growth has come to a standstill and fiscal buffers are largely exhausted.” To fund the country’s armed forces, Russia is almost entirely dependent on selling oil and other petroleum products to the rest of the world.
https://www.kielinstitut.de/fileadmin/Dateiverwaltung/IfW-Publications
/fis-import/3d87c36f-c2f7-46a6-aedb-8c03627a224a-Endgame_The-State-of-the-Russian-Economy-Kiel_Report_No_9-english-Version.pdf
For the past few months, Donald Trump has been providing Putin with a reprieve—the Iran war drove up world oil prices and created many new consumers for Russian gas, thereby creating a massive surge in income. But as hostilities in the Persian Gulf have somewhat subsided, so has the global oil price—meaning that Russia is earning less per barrel of oil that it exports.
The Ukrainian strikes on oil facilities have presented Putin with a dilemma. The gasoline shortage is plainly creating public discontent. But if Russia limits exports to preserve domestic oil supply, it will also reduce the amount of money it can pour into the war. Less money coming into government coffers also means fewer goodies for the population of Moscow, whose acquiescence Putin desperately needs
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Ukraine is doing a better job of breaking through Russia's air defenses, and they're getting through with stronger payloads, hitting strategic targets more precisely in ways that create ever larger impacts.
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