Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
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Quote:Uniformly, Trumptards blame others, not themselves. For example, Trump blames Democrats or Iranians for his own failures. 6ix does the same, except he expands the blame to all Muslims, all foreigners. Trumptards refuse to see that their crappy lives are their fault, their laziness, their dishonesty, their mental illnesses, their inadequate self-control, their ignorance, and nobody else's fault. Russians act like Trumptards, shifting blame to Ukrainians, the EU, and NATO.
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
I love that I finally found a way to shut your stupid ass down.
You get really quiet these days when we're talking.
Does it terrify you how much I know about you, loser?
It should.
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“I’m not agreeing to any other position”: Ukraine’s fired defense minister says only return to his former job will help end army procurement corruption
Mykhailo Fedorov says he will accept no post Zelenskyy offers except defense minister, arguing only three roles truly shape the war and he will take only his old one.
By Olena Mukhina | July 23, 2026
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/07/23/im-not-agreeing-to-any-other-po
sition-ukraines-fired-defense-minister-says-only-return-to-his-former-job-will-help-end-army-procurement-corruption/
No other post, in his view, has the real authority to defeat corruption in procurement, complete the army transformation he began, plan asymmetric operations against the enemy, and root out what he called a culture of lies and irresponsibility within the system.
Stance corners president
Fedorov's all-or-nothing position converts public sympathy into leverage. A Rating Group poll conducted on 20 and 21 July found that 72% of Ukrainians opposed his dismissal and 5% supported it, while 55% backed the removal of then-Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has granted the demand with less public backing, Syrskyi's removal, and stalled on the one with more, Fedorov's return.
Now Fedorov has removed the middle option. By refusing any role other than the defense minister, he leaves President Volodymyr Zelenskyy two choices: reinstate the minister he fired a week ago, or leave out of government the official three-quarters of Ukrainians wanted kept.
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Scenarios For Ending The Russo-Ukraine War
How Wars End Is A Different Process Than You Think
Phillips P. OBrien
Jul 24, 2026
https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/scenarios-for-ending-the-russo-
ukraine
Hello All,
It is now time to write the piece on how the Russo-Ukraine War may end. People wanted speculation on that question, and here you will get it. However, before I get to speculation, there will be a section on the process by which wars end historically, which will highlight considerations informing the different scenarios. This will hopefully provide a comprehensive framework which will inform the speculation.
To start, wars do not end because of the results of “battles” in the way that the analytical community often assumes and portrays it to the public. One of the reasons so much strategic analysis is flawed is because it draws straight lines from military operations to the results of wars. Thus we have had an analytical community writing off Ukraine in 2021-2022 because it was assumed that Ukraine could not operationally resist the Russian military and would lose the opening battles of any full-scale war. Or we had something similar just a few months ago when it was said that overwhelming US force would devastate Iran and lead to a war-ending settlement along American lines.
Actually, the relationship between military operations (battles) and the ends of wars is extremely unstable, with military matters often mattering far less and operating more indirectly than people believe. In fact, instead of starting with the military operations and moving to the end of wars, it is better to start with the actual end of wars and then move backwards to how that phenomenon occurred. In doing so, you will see military operations are just one consideration in the process, and often a secondary one. Here is a framework to help you understand what really happens when a war ends.
O'Brien has written several books on this subject, which you can download for free at
https://z-lib.gl/s/?q=PHILLIPS+Payson+O%27BRIEN
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Japan imports 2.905 million tons of Russian LNG this year after dramatic June spike
July 24, 2026, 05:40 AM
https://english.nv.ua/business/tokyo-secures-energy-alternative-as-jap
anese-imports-of-russian-gas-jump-52-in-june-50626982.html
Japan increased its LNG imports from Russia by 52% year-on-year to 382,000 tons in June, while year-to-date deliveries of Russian LNG to Japan rose slightly by 0.3% to 2.905 million tons.
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Russian state TV ignores strikes on Wildberries warehouses in St. Petersburg and other oblasts
July 24, 2026, 04:16 AM
https://english.nv.ua/nation/russian-tv-ignores-ukrainian-strikes-on-w
ildberries-warehouses-50626948.html
Russia's state-run Channel One completely ignored large-scale Ukrainian strikes on Wildberries warehouses across several Russian oblasts, July 24, according to an analysis of its morning news broadcast cited by Astra on July 24.
One of Russia's leading state television channels made no mention in its 9 a.m. newscast of the attacks and fires at Wildberries facilities in St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Tver and Simferopol.
The broadcast began with a list of alleged Russian military "successes," including claims of strikes on an oil depot near Zhytomyr and facilities in other oblasts of Ukraine. Viewers were then shown a report on the "successful work" of Russian mobile fire groups, Astra reported.
The broadcast then featured propaganda reports about the mobilization of two priests and alleged cases of forced mobilization in Ukraine. The anchor later turned to the war between Iran and the United States, global oil and gas prices and alleged "Russophobia" in Latvia and Estonia.
According to Astra, Russian viewers were then told about a blackout in Georgia, wildfires in France and Spain, efforts to develop the Northern Sea Route and the detention of a woman in Russia on suspicion of plotting a "terrorist attack" against a "state security officer."
The newscast continued with an extensive report on the achievements of Russian scientists in robotics. It ended with a report that lightning had struck a rocket carrier in China, Astra said.
Overnight on July 24, Ukrainian Defense Forces struck several warehouses operated by Russian online retailer Wildberries. Large fires broke out at facilities in St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Tver and Russian-annexed Simferopol. Wildberries CEO Tatyana Kim confirmed the strikes. Russia's Defense Ministry claimed that more than 570 drones had been intercepted over 15 Russian oblasts.
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Originally posted by second:
Russian state TV ignores strikes on Wildberries warehouses in St. Petersburg and other oblasts
July 24, 2026, 04:16 AM
https://english.nv.ua/nation/russian-tv-ignores-ukrainian-strikes-on-w
ildberries-warehouses-50626948.html
Russia's state-run Channel One completely ignored large-scale Ukrainian strikes on Wildberries warehouses across several Russian oblasts, July 24, according to an analysis of its morning news broadcast cited by Astra on July 24.
One of Russia's leading state television channels made no mention in its 9 a.m. newscast of the attacks and fires at Wildberries facilities in St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Tver and Simferopol.
The broadcast began with a list of alleged Russian military "successes," including claims of strikes on an oil depot near Zhytomyr and facilities in other oblasts of Ukraine. Viewers were then shown a report on the "successful work" of Russian mobile fire groups, Astra reported.
The broadcast then featured propaganda reports about the mobilization of two priests and alleged cases of forced mobilization in Ukraine. The anchor later turned to the war between Iran and the United States, global oil and gas prices and alleged "Russophobia" in Latvia and Estonia.
According to Astra, Russian viewers were then told about a blackout in Georgia, wildfires in France and Spain, efforts to develop the Northern Sea Route and the detention of a woman in Russia on suspicion of plotting a "terrorist attack" against a "state security officer."
The newscast continued with an extensive report on the achievements of Russian scientists in robotics. It ended with a report that lightning had struck a rocket carrier in China, Astra said.
Overnight on July 24, Ukrainian Defense Forces struck several warehouses operated by Russian online retailer Wildberries. Large fires broke out at facilities in St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Tver and Russian-annexed Simferopol. Wildberries CEO Tatyana Kim confirmed the strikes. Russia's Defense Ministry claimed that more than 570 drones had been intercepted over 15 Russian oblasts.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
What the fuck, dude?
You think anybody gives one flipping fuck about any of this while your Legacy Media Masters had you believing we weren't in a recession for 3 years while Joe Pudding Brain Biden* was President, while they also had you believing he wasn't a walking zombie until that Debate when you flipped out and started talking about how you needed to kill people.
You want to talk about Elon Musk having a melt down? I'll show you a fucking melt down and find all your bullshit you posted the day after that debate.
You're a fucking joke, loser.
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Suddenly, SECOND is no longer re-posting articles about the war itself. His sources must be deflecting from the topic.
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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:The day-to-day war reporting is boring as hell. What I am interested in is policy.
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Suddenly, SECOND is no longer re-posting articles about the war itself. His sources must be deflecting from the topic.
Inside the Feud Over Ukraine’s Drone Success
The fall of Ukraine’s top general, Oleksandr Syrsky, leaves younger officers to finish the reforms that he resisted.
By Simon Shuster | July 24, 2026, 6 AM ET
Simon Shuster has reported on armed conflicts and authoritarian regimes for nearly two decades. His best-selling book, The Showman, chronicles the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He has worked as a correspondent for Time based in New York, Berlin and Moscow.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/07/ukraine-war-dron
es-syrsky-zelensky/688045/
Drone warfare took a while to catch on in Ukraine. Like any revolution, it required a struggle. The opposition came mostly from the older generals trained to fight using artillery and tanks. Early in the war with Russia, many of them saw drones as toys, better suited to taking aerial photos of wedding parties than flying missions over the battlefield. But a coalition of junior officers and tech enthusiasts saw early on that drones could hold the key to Ukraine’s defense, even its victory.
The course of the war has proved the younger generation right. Drones now account for more than 80 percent of all battlefield casualties. They have made tanks and artillery look like lumbering relics in the war zone. Through long-range strikes against Russian oil refineries and other infrastructure, drones have also forced Moscow to play defense. But it took years for the technology to gain broad acceptance.
“We had no financing at first,” Mykhailo Fedorov, the main proponent of drone warfare in Ukraine, told me in an interview last year. The first attack-drone units formed in Ukraine in 2023, about a year into the full-scale war with Russia. “We were going around, asking for money from businesspeople, fundraising on Facebook,” he said.
At the time, Fedorov served as the minister of digital transformation, a position that gave him no power to buy weapons on the state’s behalf. Through persistence, showmanship, and a knack for technocratic knife-fighting, he circumvented the rules of military procurement, turning his ministry into a hub for Ukraine’s nascent drone program. “The revolution happened inside the bureaucracy,” he told me.
So did the counterrevolution. Its leaders sat a couple of miles away, behind the neoclassical facade of the General Staff headquarters. Oleksandr Syrsky, the commander of Ukraine’s armed forces, was chief among them. He trained in the Soviet school of military theory and often clashed with Fedorov over the role that drones should play in the Ukrainian arsenal. Their conflict intensified at the start of this year, when Fedorov took over the Ministry of Defense, a post that finally gave him control over the purchase of weapons.
Over the past six months, Fedorov and Syrsky frequently took their complaints about each other to the arbiter in their disagreements, President Volodymyr Zelensky. This month, their constant infighting became too much for the president, and he decided to fire first Fedorov, and then Syrsky. But he did not resolve the questions at the center of their conflict. Should Ukraine, in the middle of a war for its survival, continue to restructure the machinery of its defense in ways that no military power has ever attempted? Or would that strategy end up weakening the forces tasked with holding the line against Russia?
Ukraine’s war effort now faces a leadership vacuum, and neither camp has a clear mandate to complete Ukraine’s history-making experiment in warfare or to reverse it. The drone revolution, having already reached a point of no return, has now lost its greatest advocate in the top ranks of the government. The result could be a level of indecision that the military cannot afford.
On Monday, the day before he was fired, General Syrsky issued a call for
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Ukraine to Expand Drone Range to 4,000 Km and Up to 10,000 Next Year, Zelenskyy Says
By Katherina Popilnichenko | Jul 24, 2026 20:22
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraine-to-expand-drone-range
-to-4000-km-and-up-to-10000-next-year-zelenskyy-says-21056
Ukraine is preparing to scale its long-range drone capacity significantly, targeting ranges of 4,000 kilometers this year and up to 10,000 kilometers next year.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed the new goals during an interview with American blogger Laura Loomer on July 24. https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/2080657818466586812?s=46
"So, what is very important now: you have drones for 3000 plus kilometers," stated Zelenskyy.
"And this year we will have them for 4000 kilometers, next year — from 5 to 10 thousand," he added.
Earlier, in March 2025, Zelenskyy officially announced successful tests of a drone. The UAV achieved a distance of 3,000 kilometers for the first time.
At that time, the president emphasized that Ukraine was actively building a complete lineup of long-range tools that "will help guarantee the security of our state."
Previously, Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine had developed upgraded long-range drones. These drones can strike targets at distances of up to 3,000 kilometers.
According to Zelenskyy’s address, the new capability was demonstrated during operations inside Russia, including a strike in the Tyumen region.
These long-range operations significantly impacted Russian military logistics and energy facilities.
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‘Ukrainians, Have You No Empathy?’: Russians Cry on Camera as Ukraine Strikes More Wildberries Warehouses
In brief: Russian sellers wept on camera and asked Ukrainians whether they had empathy after new drone strikes hit Wildberries logistics centers near St. Petersburg. Ukraine says the retailer’s warehouses support Russia’s military logistics by supplying drone components, navigation equipment, and other gear.
By Kateryna Zakharchenko | July 24, 2026, 3:14 pm
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/80996
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