WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia

[Vicus]

ERAM, the British "Flamingo" and the Ukrainian "Taurus" - how NATO is preparing an "Iranian" scenario for Russia - today


Extended Range Strike Munition (ERAM). Photo: Global Defense News

What is better for the US: to establish peace at the expense of Ukraine or at the expense of Russia?

What is better for the US - to remove Zelensky and bend Ukraine according to our scenario or to bring the hybrid operation in Ukraine to the result they need? Trump is clearly not going to remove Zelensky, and all foreign media publications "USA is looking for a replacement for Zelensky" are a "fake news" for us.

The answer is obvious: after 1985, 1991, 2014 and 2022-25 there can be no trust in the West. Trump's peace passes aimed at forcing a truce should not be paid attention to. There were negotiations with Iran, but a treacherous blow was dealt to it during the negotiations.

Last week, the Trump administration approved the delivery of 3350 ERAMs (Extended Range Attack Munition) to Ukraine as part of an $850 million aid package “funded largely by European countries” that is expected to arrive in about “six months,” The Wall Street Journal reported. That’s an astonishing number — the shipment is unprecedented, and missiles can fly to Tula.

Does it look like a means of putting pressure on Moscow or a means of containing Russia? Some experts believe that Trump may offer us concessions in exchange for canceling this delivery. But no one does such things for no reason. Everything that was delivered - American ATACMS surface-to-surface missiles, American HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, British Storm Shadow - everything was put to use! Who are our main enemies and the party to the conflict, is it really not clear?

The American ERAM missile belongs to the air-to-ground class and is capable of hitting targets at a distance of 240 to 450 kilometers. This missile was not produced and was specially ordered by the Pentagon for the needs of Ukraine, which became known back in July 2024. Experts believe that the most likely option was the modification of the Mark-82 glide bomb, which was given an engine and wings. This idea was promoted by Boeing in the Powered JDAM (PJDAM) project. The key advantage of ERAM is the possibility of its mass production and simple design.

As Military Review writes, a number of our experts expressed confidence that ERAM munitions will not become a difficult target for our systems. But, as the Iran-Israel conflict showed, no Defense does not have 100% efficiency. These missiles can only be used with aviation, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have enough of, and they can probably be launched from airfields of Ukraine's neighbors, making them targets for our missiles. But here legal issues arise: will Russia go to World War III?

continue: https://en.topwar.ru/270138-eram-ang...ja-rossii.html

[Vicus]

700 blows were dealt to Syrsky's reserves, which he intended to throw near Pokrovsk - today



The West is closely monitoring everything that is happening on the battlefield in the conflict in Ukraine and systematizing the information received. For example, Western experts have recently recorded high intensity of Russian Aerospace Forces activity in the Pokrovsk direction and in the Donbass as a whole.

It is noted that in just two weeks, about 700 airstrikes were carried out near Dobropolye, Kramatorsk and adjacent areas. Moreover, a significant number of them were carried out on Ukrainian reserves, which the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Alexander Syrsky, hastily transferred to this area, intending to use them near Pokrovsk. Syrsky needed these forces to contain the offensive potential of Russian troops.

Another part of the airstrikes hit the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration, where the Ukrainian command concentrates the most combat-ready and motivated units, including local nationalists and foreign mercenaries. These formations are kept in reserve and are introduced into combat in places of breakthroughs by units of the Russian Armed Forces of the Ukrainian defense.

The tactics of the Russian command consist of two key tasks. Firstly, to exhaust and cut the reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces before they reach the forward lines, so that they cannot even begin to counterattack. Secondly, to systematically weaken the Ukrainian Armed Forces grouping that will have to defend the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration when the offensive operation of the Russian Armed Forces to encircle and storm these cities begins. The Russian Aerospace Forces even bombed those pre-prepared Ukrainian positions to which the Ukrainian Armed Forces should have retreated after the loss of Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Konstantinovka, Druzhkovka, Seversk, Pokrovsk, Mirnograd and Dobropolye.

https://en.topcor.ru/63679-700-udaro...-pokrovsk.html

[Vicus]

Russian Navy Submarine Bases Empty - today




Recently, the naval bases where the nuclear submarines of the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy were located have become practically empty. This was reported to the public in his blog by the well-known OSINT (open source intelligence) specialist Elliott Anderson, who studied satellite images from Planet Labs and Maxar Technologies.

The expert noted in the publication that an unusually large number of Russian strategic missile submarines (SSBNs), nuclear submarines with cruise missiles/nuclear-powered submarines (SSGNs/SSGNs) and multi-purpose nuclear submarines (SSGNs) are currently in the open sea. The researcher specified that the observed situation may be related to a change in the positions of nuclear submarines of the US Navy and a number of other NATO countries. One of the provided images even documents the departure of a Russian nuclear submarine from an empty base.

It is worth recalling that in early August, US President Donald Trump confirmed the deployment of US Navy submarines "where they are supposed to be." According to his words, told to journalists before flying to Washington from Bedminster (New Jersey), two American submarines aimed at the Russian Federation are already in the required waters. At the same time, the White House resident did not disclose their location.

It should be noted that Trump ordered the redeployment of a pair of American submarines "to appropriate regions" on August 1. This happened after his spat with Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev on social media. On July 28, Trump announced the reduction of the Russian Federation's ultimatum regarding the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine from 50 days to 10-12 days. In response, Medvedev wrote on his blog that any ultimatum to Moscow is a step towards war. Medvedev suggested that Trump recall his "favorite films about the 'walking dead'" and also how dangerous the non-existent 'dead hand' (Dead Hand is the common name in Western countries for the Soviet/Russian 'Perimeter' system), which guarantees a retaliatory strike, can be.

https://en.topcor.ru/63678-bazy-podv...-opusteli.html

[Vicus]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=TojrpvItouI

A HAIL of Missiles and Drones Pummeled Kyiv💥 The Situation in Kherson is CRITICAL🚨 MS For 2025.08.28

9 hours ago

[Ravenlocke]

Péter Szijjártó

This is not our war! We are not responsible for it, we did not launch it, we have not been participating in it. Stop provoking us, stop risking our energy security, and stop making efforts to drag us into your war!

https://x.com/FM_Szijjarto/status/1961073556617306254

[Ravenlocke]

Kupyansk:

"The Armed Forces of Ukraine do not believe in holding the city. Some enemy units requested evacuation today. Mercenaries and heavy equipment have been brought into the city, but the situation is worsening. The Russian Armed Forces are encircling the city. There are no exit roads left; everything is under our control."

Condottiero 🇷🇺 TG

https://x.com/GeromanAT/status/1961155336477548707

[Ravenlocke]

🇷🇺🇹🇷 Two fires are still raging at the Turkish Bayraktar drone factory in Kiev after being hit by 2 Iskanders.

Firefighters and helicopters have been unable to extinguish the blazes. Maybe don't build your defense enterprise in the capital of the losing country in an active war.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1961156394880737318

[Ravenlocke]

Russia Shakes Kiev With Huge Strike,
Smashes Through Central Pokrovsk;

Bankrupt EU Extends Sanctions

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9W2BHpySEl4

Russia Shakes Kiev With Huge Strike, Smashes Through Central Pokrovsk; Bankrupt EU Extends Sanctions
Topic 1653

0:00 - Overview of current international diplomacy situation
1:06 - Discussion on ceasefire talks and American involvement
4:14 - Analysis of American diplomatic strategies and their implications
8:46 - Update on Ukrainian negotiations and lack of progress
12:54 - Report on recent Russian military strikes on Ukraine
13:59 - Details of specific targets in Ukraine and their significance
18:40 - Insights into the Russian military's strategy regarding missile use
21:48 - Examination of Ukrainian air defense claims and their credibility
24:40 - Discussion on the current military situation in Pakovsk
27:56 - Analysis of Russian military operations and potential outcomes
32:00 - Overview of the situation in Constantinfka and its implications
40:30 - Assessment of Russian advances and control in various regions
51:50 - Discussion on potential Russian strategies regarding Herson city
01:04:01 - Insights into the evolving economic situation in Russia
01:17:49 - European response to sanctions and implications for global relations
01:19:28 - Conclusion and call to action for viewers

[Ravenlocke]

🇵🇱 A longer video of the F-16 crash in Poland earlier this evening shows the entire maneuver leading up to the accident.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1961145977072480472

[Ravenlocke]

BREAKING: All Ukrainian men under the age of 22 are allowed to leave Ukraine.

In just half a day, 11,000 men left the country!

Do you know how to end war in one day? Just open the border for everyone. No one will be left.

https://x.com/Panchenko_X/status/1961103735171825679

🇵🇱🇺🇦 Exit queues: Checkpoints are jammed after the border opened for men aged 18–22

▪️Eyewitnesses report that kilometer-long queues have already formed at all crossing points into Poland.
▪️After Kyiv's decision to allow the "young generation" to go abroad, there were more than enough people wanting to check if the Cabinet's resolution is working.
- RVvoenkor

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1961144644936372392

[Ravenlocke]

🇺🇸🇷🇺 NATO forces conducted a large-scale operation in the Norwegian Sea to search for a Russian submarine that, according to the alliance, posed a potential threat to the American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.

The operation, which lasted nearly 48 hours, involved P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine warfare aircraft from the UK, US, and Norwegian air forces, making at least 27 sorties from bases in Scotland, Iceland, Norway, and even Sicily. The British frigate HMS Somerset, equipped with anti-submarine weaponry, also joined the search.

Representatives of the UK Ministry of Defense confirmed that it was a real operation, not an exercise, but declined to disclose details of its conduct and results. According to sources, the submarine could belong to Project 955A "Borei-A" or the "Yasen" class and had previously left its base in Severomorsk. Some experts suggested that NATO's activity could be a demonstration of force and control over the region, especially in the context of growing tensions in the Arctic.

The operation underscores the strategic importance of the Norwegian Sea and the GIUK Gap (Greenland-Iceland-UK line) — a key route for Russian submarines entering the Atlantic. Despite the alliance's efforts, the results of the search remain unknown, indirectly indicating the possibility that the Russian submarine avoided detection.
- FRWL

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1961116495783559381

[bojancan]

Aug, 28
udge Napolitano - Judging Freedom
624K subscribers
Prof. John Mearsheimer : Ukraine and Israel Destroying Themselves.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=0lEmwI5dIfU

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Interesting... I always like Palki... this US administration... is this for real??????
Modi's war in Ukraine????? Unbelievable.....

Aug, 28
Firstpost
8.69M subscribers
“Modi’s War"? Why the US is Playing Good Cop, Bad Cop with India | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nFVtBlITYEA

Do you know what a good cop, bad cop routine looks like in geopolitics? Washington is testing India’s resilience with tariffs, threats, and carefully placed conciliatory remarks. On one side, you have Peter Navarro, the White House trade advisor, calling the Ukraine conflict “Modi’s war” and accusing India of “getting in bed with authoritarians.”
On the other, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is striking an optimistic tone, insisting the U.S. and India will eventually work together.
Palki Sharma decodes Washington's strategy.

[Ravenlocke]

🇷🇺 Kiev’s Air Defenses Cracking Under Pressure: Russia Launches Second-Largest Strike of the War

Last night, Russia's massive multi-wave assault on Ukraine has been confirmed as the second-largest strikesince the start of the Special Military Operation.

- 598 attack drones and 31 missiles were launched across Ukrainian territory.
- Sky News confirms the scale, calling it the second most intense

Ukrainian officials have admitted that even Western-supplied systems are struggling to cope with the volume of simultaneous threats.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1961074050320732494

[norman]

There's plenty of vertical 'Ukraine' information in this conversation.


The Mel K Show - General Mike Flynn - Betrayal of a Nation: Soros’ NATO World Order
56 minutes - Aug 29, 2025


Learn more about and follow General Michael Flynn:
https://www.generalflynn.com
https://x.com/GenFlynn
https://truthsocial.com/@TrueGenFlynn


https://rumble.com/v6y7log-betrayal-....html?start=68


Source: https://www.rumble.com/video/v6w0pfm/?pub=1yatds&start=68

[bojancan]

Ja... some promoters of Trump is always saying... Trump is playing 5D chess... ja for sure... in my opinion... Trump is playing poker ... and his bluff is getting called out... all is just screwed...


Aug, 29
Danny Haiphong
496K subscribers
Jeffrey Sachs: Trump BLEW IT, This Move Just FINISHED Ukraine | Patrick Henningsen & Chay Bowes JOIN

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=YuMxA5sFy14

Economist and geopolitical analyst Jeffrey Sachs exposes the truth about Trump's peace flop in Ukraine and how it is backfiring on US hegemony worldwide as Russia, China & BRICS chart a new course. Patrick Henningsen and Chay Bowes join for a full update on the latest in geopolitics.

Prof. Jeffrey Sachs is a world renowned economist and analyst, his website is: https://www.jeffsachs.org/

Patrick Henningsen is a journalist & geopolitical analyst, and the founder of http://21stCenturyWire.com and his own substack at https://patrickhenningsen.substack.com

Chay Bowes is an Irish journalist and commentator, his X account is: https://x.com/BowesChay?ref_src=twsrc...

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Danny Haiphong
496K subscribers
Trump FUMING as Putin's Missiles POUND Ukraine, China Orders WAR Games | Brian Berletic & KJ Noh

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Cmt1LarIG1c

Analysts Brian Berletic and KJ Noh join the show to react to Trump's mounting failures as Russia tears through Ukraine's defenses and begins shocking war games with China. Is this all part of the US empire's plan, or are the cracks in its armor beginning to sink the entire ship? Watch the stream to find out!

[Tintin]

It's this kind of brain-rotting virus that starts to afflict those who dwell on hatred for too long, and then legislate and promulgate. Never has the not-so silent moronity in Ukraine ever quite looked, and behaved quite so ignorantly as Maria Zakharova points out here:

Maria Zakharova:

“Zelensky has signed a law on the “state policy of national memory of the Ukrainian people.” At today’s briefing, I already commented on this latest Nazi-style “law.” But there is one detail I want to highlight separately: the law officially uses and even defines the term “rashism.”

Almost all “-isms” in East Slavic languages (both Russian and Ukrainian) are formed in the same way: from a root with the suffix added. Fanat–ism, tour–ism, lobb–ism. The logic is simple and transparent. Following this model, “rashism” can mean only one thing — the Teaching of Rashi.

Before congratulating themselves on their “ingenuity,” Kyiv lawmakers should have opened a dictionary or historical reference book, because “Rashi” is not Russia at all. Rashi is the established acronym for “Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki” — the greatest medieval commentator on the Talmud and Tanakh. Rashi was a spiritual leader and public figure of the Jewish community in Northern France.

In their hatred of Russia, the ignoramuses on Bankova have managed to legalize an insult to an 11th-century rabbi, a man studied by millions of Jews worldwide. Some researchers even consider Rashi one of the creators of the French language. Yet according to Kyiv, his teaching is now a kind of “totalitarian ideology.” A striking display of linguistic and moral illiteracy.

Where a normal state passes laws for the future, Kyiv produces linguistic libels and immediately traps itself in historical ignorance. By playing with Nazism, Bankova has stumbled into sacrilege. Zelensky, together with his “Servant of the People” party, has turned his parliament into a linguistic circus — and once again made his regime a laughingstock.”

[Tintin]

Murder of Ukrainian MP Andriy Parubiy footage courtesy of Marta Havryshko:

Text:

Video of today's murder of MP Andriy Parubiy in Lviv. This is my neighborhood. Close to my home.
The killer posed as a Glovo courier.
A manhunt has been launched to capture him.

[Tintin]

Posted by Tintin (here)
Murder of Ukrainian MP Andriy Parubiy footage courtesy of Marta Havryshko:

Text:

Video of today's murder of MP Andriy Parubiy in Lviv. This is my neighborhood. Close to my home.
The killer posed as a Glovo courier.
A manhunt has been launched to capture him.

Additional context: Parubiy was implicated, but not punished, for his role in the Maidan massacre, and who aided/co-ordinated the sniper operation. Ivan Katchanovski has documented this all very thoroughly:

Source: Olga Bazova

In case anyone has forgotten, the former chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy, who was assassinated in Lvov today, was the one who led the snipers that shot civilians on Maidan square.

[Ravenlocke]

Andriy Parubiy, one of the organizers of the 2014 coup d'etat and former commandant of the Maidan, has been killed in Lvov. Parubiy's killer was disguised as a "Glovo" courier

https://x.com/vick55top/status/1961763778153861356

Parubiy was the organizer of the tragedy in the Trade Union House on May 2, 2014, was involved in the delivery of militants to Odessa, supplied them with weapons, a former SBU employee reported

https://x.com/vick55top/status/1961768177009877403

Parubiy was a protege and mercenary of the "old CIA", a scumbag hired by agents Brennan and Nuland. Attention, he was in Poroshenko's party, who of course was also hired by the same ones. Both received orders on the Maidan and in Odessa. He ended up a scumbag. The new CIA leadership is clearing out debts and stables.

https://x.com/vick55top/status/1961766252143157644

From DD Geopolitics,

🇺🇦 Andriy Parubiy - Background & Context

Far-Right Origins & “Banderite” Roots

➡️In 1991, Parubiy co‑founded the Social‑National Party of Ukraine (SNPU), an openly far‑right, ultranationalist party with neo‑Nazi features

➡️He led its paramilitary youth wing, Patriot of Ukraine, from 1998 to 2004, known for torchlight marches and violent activism

➡️The SNPU was rooted in ideology reminiscent of National Socialism (“social nationalism”) and openly promoted revolutionary ultranationalism, often blaming Russia for Ukraine’s problems

➡️After 2004, SNPU transformed into the Svoboda party, attempting to moderate its image but many of its ideological trappings and radical networks persisted

➡️Additionally, Parubiy supported honoring WWII-era nationalist leader Stepan Bandera, reaffirming his ideological alignment with Banderite nationalism

Maidan Coup

➡️During the 2013–2014 Maidan uprising, Parubiy acted as the so-called “commandant” of Independence Square, organizing and directing armed “self-defense” units that clashed with police, escalated violence, and paved the way for the coup in Kiev.

War in Donbass

➡️As Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council in 2014, Parubiy authorized the “Anti-Terrorist Operation” (ATO) against Donbas. This operation unleashed war against the Russian-speaking population, leading to mass shelling of cities, thousands of civilian deaths, and widespread destruction.

Repression & Russophobia

➡️From 2016 to 2019, as Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, he pushed through anti-Russian laws, banned opposition voices, glorified Nazi collaborators like Bandera, and enforced censorship and repression.

Wanted by Russia for Donbass War Crimes

➡️In November 2023, Russia’s Interior Ministry officially placed Parubiy on its wanted list, accusing him of war crimes in Donbass—based on in absentia charges by the Russian Investigative Committee


https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1961734584099553674

🇺🇦 Parubiy at the Maidan when, during the 2014 coup, "unknown snipers" were carrying weapons out of the "Ukraine" hotel located opposite Maidan Nezalezhnosti

Parubiy played a central role in the May 2, 2014 Odessa massacre, when dozens of ethnic Russians were killed after being trapped in the Trade Unions House and the building was set ablaze. According to former SBU officer Vasily Prozorov, Parubiy organized the delivery of armed nationalist militants to Odessa that day and oversaw their coordination.

At least 48 people were killed in the building, those who attempted to escape were shot, manye jumped from window to their deaths, others who survived their escape were attacked at the perimeter by police and civilians.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1961746372119658979

🇺🇦 BREAKING: Andriy Parubiy, former Ukrainian Chairman of the Rada, has been assassinated in Lvov, western Ukraine.

Parubiy was regarded as one of the most pro-Maidan Ukrainian politicians. Parubiy was also a major critic of the Zelensky's government, especially during the 2019 elections between Poroshenko-Zelensky.

In 2023, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation declared him wanted on charges of involvement in mass killings in Donbass in 2014.

The Lvov police are now looking for the alleged killer of Parubiy who was dressed as a delivery guy

BBC has released footage from the scene where former Verkhovna Rada speaker Andriy Parubiy was killed.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1961741732762288407

[Ravenlocke]

🇷🇺 Another LARGE-Scale Russian Strike Package

➡️ 20 Kh-101 cruise missiles were launched:
— Up to 6 of them targeted Ozernoe Airbase in the Zhitomir region
— 8 targeted Pavlograd in the Dnepropetrovsk region
— Up to 6 of them hit a target in the Ternopol region
— One was intercepted in the Cherkassy region.

➡️ 10 Kalibr cruise missiles were launched:
— 4 of the missiles hit Dnepr
— 6 of them struck Zaporozhye City

➡️ 9 Iskander-M ballistic missiles were launched:
— 5 of them hit Dnepr
— 1 missile hit Zaporozhye City
— 3 missiles struck Pavlograd, Dnepropetrovsk region

➡️ 4 Kh-59 cruise missiles were launched:
— 1 cruise missile targeted Dnepr
— 1 of them hit Zaporozhye City
— The last two missiles were intercepted over Dnepr

➡️ 537 Russian Geran-2 drones were launched from over six launch sites.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1961761595941646455

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1961761600467308617