WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia

[Bill Ryan]

A most interesting Duran interview with an on-the-ground war correspondent who spent several weeks embedded with the Russian military in Donbass. João Quaresma is Portuguese, but speaks excellent English.

What's rare about this is that there have been extremely few western war correspondents on the ground there, Patrick Lancaster probably the best known. In this interview, João Quaresma reports how strong, capable, well-motivated and well-equipped the Russian soldiers are, all volunteers with high morale and a great sense of humor. He also says he saw very few Russian casualties, and no fatalities.

Importantly, Alexander Mercouris tells him about his own interview with Daniel Davis a few days ago, in which Davis shared how his own Pentagon and Washington contacts reported to him that western leaders and intel officials sincerely believe the PR narrative, all coming from Ukrainian sources, that Russian soldiers are losing badly, suffering heavy casualties, and are demoralized and poorly equipped. João Quaresma describes in detail how this could not be farther from the truth.

Inside Russian military barracks, with João Quaresma

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

[bojancan]

Pax Americana is over. Trump searches for leverage over Zelensky. EU, asset freeze is legal

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=aqV4KHEEPPs

0:00 - Video update from Athens, Greece
0:48 - Report on shootings in Brown University, Australia, and Syria
6:40 - Discussion on Black Rock Merz's controversial speech
8:04 - Mertz claims Pax Americana is dead
10:30 - Mertz proposes mandatory military service for German youth
12:13 - Analysis of the German economy's decline
15:16 - Trump allegedly pressuring Ukraine to concede territory
19:57 - Update on Zelensky's visit to Berlin for peace talks
21:17 - Russian advances in Ukraine and zelensky's TikTok video
27:28 - European Union's response to Russian frozen assets lawsuit
30:31 - Czech Republic's shift in funding priorities away from Ukraine
31:08 - Clown world segment on Poland's president's visit to Latvia

[Vicus]

Should Russia shoot down British reconnaissance planes over the Black Sea? -today



Despite ongoing negotiations to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, NATO reconnaissance aircraft regularly monitor airspace in close proximity to Russia's borders. Specifically, today, an American Boeing P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft and a Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk high-altitude reconnaissance drone were operating west of Crimea.

Considering that virtually every such appearance of US manned and unmanned aircraft over the Black Sea results in a subsequent missile strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces against targets on Russian territory, it is becoming increasingly difficult to tolerate such activity.

However, the United States is one of the main actors in the negotiation process on Ukraine, so Moscow is forced to exercise restraint.

But the situation is complicated by the regular appearance of British reconnaissance aircraft near Russia's borders. Given London's position on Ukraine, the "illustrative flogging" of a British spy seems entirely appropriate.

It's worth recalling here that the precedent of the "forced landing" of the American MQ-9 UAV in the Black Sea did not lead to serious consequences. However, it is quite difficult to predict London's reaction if a British RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft were shot down or even targeted by electronic warfare.



However, it's hard to call Russia's actions inappropriate. Considering that London began "pulling Moscow's moustache" long before the NWO, its reaction should have been checked. Just in case.

https://en.topcor.ru/66949-sleduet-l...nym-morem.html

Vicus comment:

"KILL THEM ALL!"

[bojancan]

I can not imagine... how people who are voting in EU are idiots... not informed... it will take so much more than all those channel, who are telling the truth... to start waking people up.... they actually do not want to wake up....
They are digging their own graves...

Dec, 15
Fake NATO concession. Salvini, ITALY not at war with Russia. VW makes history. Elections Chile.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1yTKCsHgAE8

[Vicus]

Geraniums and Gerberas have been working on the bridge in Zatoka near Odessa for the fourth day. - today



Heavy attacks on transport and energy infrastructure in the Odesa region have continued for the fourth day in a row. According to both Ukrainian and Russian sources, the main focus is currently the area of ​​the bridge over the Dniester Estuary in Zatoka. Geran and Gerbera UAVs are operating on the bridge itself, as well as in Chornomorsk.

The Ukrainian Air Force confirms that the region is being subjected to a series of combined attacks, using not only Drones, but also KABs.

The day before, Russian Su-34s, under fighter cover, targeted the bridge, deploying bombs with gliding and correction modules. The goal was to completely collapse the structure and disrupt Ukrainian military logistics in the area.

And the situation isn't limited to the bridge. In recent days, attacks have been recorded on energy and logistics facilities in the region. These include port infrastructure, gas and electricity substations, railway hubs—everything that supplies the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the military industry.

In particular, a buried warehouse with British unmanned boats (UBCs) in the port, the Ananyev compressor station, the Artsyz 330 kV substation, the Odessa thermal power plant, and a railway bridge in the village of Sarata in the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky district have already been destroyed.

However, the exact extent of the damage and the actual recovery timeline remain unclear. There are no official comments from the Ukrainian authorities on this matter.

https://en.topwar.ru/275158-gerani-i...d-odessoj.html

[Vicus]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3eFlIWCItT8

Ukraine's Most Difficult Position Since April 2022 | Russian Bait & Switch Tactics - 5 hours ago

[Vicus]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=uiYut4PGM6Y

FM 3-90 - yesterday

[Ravenlocke]

News of Donbass

Today, the Remembrance Day of Journalists Killed in the Line of Duty is marked throughout Russia

This date is especially important for the residents of Donbass. Since the beginning of the Kiev regime's aggression in 2014, both Russian and foreign journalists have given their lives on the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics in order to bring the truth to a Western audience.

🎥 Among them were Andrey Mironov and his Italian colleague Andrea Rocchelli, journalists from VGTRK Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin, Channel One cameraman Anatoly Klyan, photojournalist Andrey Stenin, RIA Novosti correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev and Russia 24 correspondent Boris Maksudov, war correspondent Nikita Goldin and Izvestia correspondent Aleksandr Fedorchak.

https://x.com/News_of_Donbass/status...29356889043068

[Ravenlocke]

Bernadette 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇷🇺🇵🇸

Report from the Ministry of Defence on six operational areas of the special military operation in Ukraine as of December 15, 2025.

https://x.com/BDooher/status/2000682230276821455

[Ravenlocke]

🅰pocalypsis 🅰pocalypseos 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 🅉

Replying to
@KitKlarenberg
The EU sanctions on Jacques Baud set a dangerous precedent. They equate a former NATO officer’s strategic forecast—“regardless of how this conflict will end, it will end on Russian terms”—with pro-Russian propaganda. This conflates professional dissent with disloyalty and suggests that challenging the official narrative is itself a sanctionable offense.

https://x.com/apocalypseos/status/2000717226907701545

[Ravenlocke]

Pascal Lottaz

It is now official. The EU IS sanctioning the retired Swiss Army Col. and previous NATO advisor Jacques Baud who was on Neutrality Studies before. One of the most cool-headed and well-informed analysts out there. Reason: Baud is spreading Russian propaganda, the EU says. It is insane. The EUSSR is real.

EU sanctions are not part of the judicial branch. They are punishments coming straight from the executive arm (Kaja Kallas‘ office is responsible for compiling and proposing them). Sanctions against individuals that have never been found guilty by any court of law should not be possible.

Even worse, Baud is living in an EU country and has now all his assets frozen and a travel ban for the entire Union (Switzerland is not part of the EU).

I was in touch with Baud yesterday and he is currently assessing the legal implications on him:

„Yes, I have been sanctioned for ‚Russian propaganda‘.
The fact I never use Russian material for my books, but exclusively Ukrainian and Western information and that I consequently refused invitations from Russian media, I am still a "Russian propagandist"!

As stated in my books, my work is not about who is good and who is bad, but about how bad media reflect the realities on the ground. I wanted to show that even without Russian information you can have a better understanding of the conflict. The idea is that the way you understand a crisis defines the way to solve it!

I didn't realize how right I was“

https://x.com/PLottaz/status/2000708567532494949

[Ravenlocke]

Victor vicktop55 commentary

How long will Russia continue to play this game with Ukraine?

Ukraine released footage of an attack on the Russian naval base in Novorossiysk.

▪️The enemy claims to have attacked a Varshavyanka-class submarine with a Sea Baby underwater drone.
According to our data, the strike hit the pier itself, not the submarine, which is why it did not sustain critical damage.
▪️Experts are wondering how a naval drone could have penetrated the harbor's protective barriers.

https://x.com/vick55top/status/2000612241784123611

Bernadette 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇷🇺🇵🇸

Ukrainian channels are reporting the sinking of a submarine in Novorossiysk by naval drones and are publishing videos of it.

The information has not been officially confirmed. The Defence Ministry did not comment on the SBU's statement,

Then, it came out that there have been no independent confirmations of the information about the sinking of the submarine, It is reported that the BEK hit the dock, but none of the ships or submarines were damaged.
https://x.com/BDooher/status/2000663585085862044

[Tintin]

An excellent summary, and opinion piece, of a segment featuring Alastair Crooke from this X commentator. It's sometimes a little difficult hearing Alastair very clearly which has more to do with his mic set-up I think, but always worth the effort:

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Alastair Crooke: Europe Can’t Fight Russia, So It Seeks a “Pearl Harbor” to Trap Trump

How NATO Became a “Transmission Mechanism” for Davos Values—and a “Messianic” Force Capable of Provoking War

Alastair Crooke situates the current rupture in Europe within a longer arc of transformation, beginning decisively around 1999 with NATO’s bombing of Belgrade, conducted without Security Council authorization. Before this, he notes, much of the European left saw NATO as “an imperial tool essentially.” After Belgrade, however, a profound shift occurred: “many, not all, of the left and the social democratic part of Europe… began to see NATO as a way of promoting liberal values.” NATO was “no longer a defense system but a system of promoting liberal-style values,” aligning ever more closely with the worldview of Davos. Crooke observes that “NATO became seen by Europeans largely as a transmission mechanism for the Davos values,” a perception that was “an anathema to the new forces that were accumulating and thinking around Trump.”

Drawing on his experience in the cabinet of EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, a former NATO Secretary General, Crooke emphasizes a structural reality: “NATO dominates European policy.” Yet, over time, the alliance itself “was being co-opted.” He paints a vivid picture of Brussels: the Justus Lipsius building, NATO headquarters, and the European Commission all face one another, populated by “the same people largely going to the NATO meetings, going to the Lipsius building, and going to the commission.” For Crooke, this proximity symbolized a deeper fusion: “a sort of an amalgam of this liberal vision.”

The fervor of this vision, Crooke suggests, reached new heights with Joe Biden’s presidency. The Liberty Hall speech, he recalls, was “overtly Manichean about dark and light, about evil and good,” portraying America as the “city on the hill” confronting autocracy, Russia foremost among it. Ursula von der Leyen echoed this framing shortly afterward. For Crooke, the rhetoric addressed a profound European void: the EU suffers from a “democracy deficit” and, more fundamentally, “an identity problem. Does a technocracy give you an identity?” Biden’s framing provided the missing script: “We’re fighting for values, against autocracy…” Taken to the extreme, Crooke warns, this acquires a “messianic quality. It’s not rational in a normal way. It’s beyond rationality.”

This zeal, however, collides with military reality. Crooke, having recently been in Moscow, reports that “the Russians know that Europe doesn’t have the money, doesn’t have the weapons, doesn’t have the men to fight a war with Russia. It’s ridiculous. It’s quite clear.” Yet, he notes, Europeans speak of war incessantly, prompting the question: why? His answer is stark: “Europe cannot fight a war with Russia, but it could provoke a war with Russia.” He points to geographical flashpoints like the narrow Baltic passages, where “it’s very easy for a ship to be sunk or an aircraft to be downed” in contested airspace.

In Crooke’s analysis, such provocation is not the goal itself, but a strategic lever. “What we’re talking about really is sort of Pearl Harbor,” he says, drawing a historical analogy. Just as Churchill hoped the attack would draw the United States into World War II, certain European actors may seek “an incident that can bring Trump into the war against Russia and against his interests.” Those interests, Crooke intimates, lie elsewhere—likely in a financial and geopolitical settlement “probably involving the Arctic,” potentially managed by a new triumvirate of powers reshaping global order.

[Tintin]

As a historical reference point this helps dispel certain myths. This is a slightly modified version of Scott's earlier X response to this Nordlinger chap who describes himself, thus: Senior resident fellow, the Renew Democracy Initiative. Music critic, The New Criterion. Substack: Onward and Upward. Another mouthpiece that seems to be challenging his one functioning brain cell to avoid dying of loneliness

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Substack: https://scottritter.substack.com/p/a...sian-mythology

A Memorial to Anti-Russian Mythology
Information Warfare plays upon the emotions of the ignorant. Sometimes one needs to do a bit of digging before embracing a sympathetic narrative.

Jay is roughly the same age as I am.

He claims to be a “patriotic American.”

He opted not to serve in the military, but rather work as a conservative opinion journalist whose career was built critiquing the ideas and actions of others without ever undertaking any effort to build something derived from his own ideas or labor.

He walks past a “memorial” to the “Holodomor” in Washington, DC, and suddenly is overcome by a desire to “help them now” rather than “build another memorial.”

Jay, do some due diligence.

The “Holodomor” is the creation of a British anti-Soviet propagandist named Robert Conquest. Conquest worked for the Foreign Office’s Information Research Department, where he was tasked to “collect and summarize reliable information about Soviet and communist misdoings, to disseminate it to democratic journalists, politicians, and trade unionists, and to support, financially and otherwise, anticommunist publications.”

His work with the IDR produced the research he later used to write “The Harvest of Sorrow”, which became the foundational information source leading to the manufacture of the myth of the “Holodomor” (the term “Holodomor” was an invention of Oleksiy Musiyenko, a Ukrainian nationalist who published a speech on the topic of the famine of the 1930’s in a newspaper in February 1988.)

Conquest’s mythology of Soviet (i.e., Russian) induced genocide against the Ukrainian people has been a rallying cry of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists—Bandera faction (OUN-B) since the 1980’s.

At that time, the OUN-B staged a takeover of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA). This coup positioned the Banderist diaspora in America to control US-Ukrainian relations (just a reminder that Stepan Bandera was a Nazi collaborator responsible for the murder of tens of thousands of Jews, and hundreds of thousands of Poles, Ukrainians and Russians during WW2).

The UCCA spearheaded the effort to build a memorial to the “Holodomor”, and commissioned Larysa Kurylas, the daughter of Banderists who fled Ukraine to the US in the 1950’s, to design the memorial. Kurylas had been thoroughly indoctrinated into the Banderist ideology as a member of the Plast Ukrainian scouting organization in the Baltimore, Maryland area, and had been indoctrinated on the “Holodomor” while taking a Ukrainian studies summer course at Harvard University under the tutelage of James Mace, a research assistant to Robert Conquest.

Jay, the “Holodomor memorial” in Washington, DC is an ode to Banderist mythology designed to further the bloody cause of western Ukrainian nationalism, with is synonymous with some of the worst crimes in modern history, including the Holocaust.

The “memorial” should never have been built, because it simply perpetuates historical myths used to legitimize the odious ideology of Stepan Bandera.

Kurylas herself acknowledges her desire to have the memorial serve as an ideological motivation tool for future generations of Banderists trained here in America by the Plast scouting movement and other Banderist affiliated organizations such as the Ukrainian Youth Association, which runs a summer camp designed to indoctrinate Ukrainian-American youth on the teachings of Stepan Bandera.

And now you want America to support the Banderist nationalism that has gripped Ukraine today, a nationalism that triggered a conflict with Russia that has killed hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian people.

Do better, Jay.

Supporting the progeny of literal Ukrainian Nazis is not how American “patriotism” should be manifested.

[bojancan]

It's crazy world... it seams to me... just like Trump is learning.. very much.. same the UK will have to learn the hard way too... I can not understand those people... the ordinary people in West.. of the UK, US and EU deserve so much better.... but they just go with their criminals in power... massive brainwashing IS ON....



UK prepare to sacrifice. US/EU draft terms to pressure Russia. EU 20th sanctions package

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OHUUJBT1QWM

0:00 - Introduction and overview of the situation regarding resilience and sacrifice
0:39 - UK Air Chief Marshall's speech on preparing for war with Russia
4:11 - MI6 chief's warning about Russia and support for Ukraine
6:35 - UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer's statement on deploying troops to Ukraine
8:01 - Updates on negotiations in Berlin regarding territorial concessions
9:49 - Summary of the negotiations and agreement points
11:10 - Discussion on the European coalition's plans for military support in Ukraine
15:47 - Germany's statement on applying pressure to Russia for peace negotiations
18:03 - Reactions from Trump regarding peace negotiations and military support
27:03 - Initial comments from Russia on the negotiations and their stance
30:00 - Update on sanctions package targeting Russia and individuals involved
35:01 - Overview of ongoing conflicts in Cambodia and Thailand
39:01 - Zelensky's interview on German TV and his portrayal of leadership
44:26 - Trump’s lawsuit against the BBC for narrative manipulation


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Always good talk by Alexander... very interesting.. I am thinking... does it true.. that all those involved want a peace? Thinking myself, NOT.. in many ways... Bibi is also behind the walls involved I am sure... unfortunately, Trump is not in charge at all.... all presidents since JFK have been stooges... CIA and The Others are IN...



Dec, 16
Putin's Air Blitz SMASHES Ukraine, Trump BEGS For Peace | Alexander Mercouris

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=8jXBkRZ2nM8

Trump's shocking and desperate push for Ukraine to accept his peace plan is facing massive pressure as Russia's total victory nears following an immense round of strikes.

Alexander Mercouris of The Duran joins the show for a full break down of the chaos plaguing the collective West amid a growing crisis that carries game changing implications for the entire world order.

[kfm27917]

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/eu...g-global-trust

[Ravenlocke]

Anna Ilyasova 🇷🇺 🇷🇺

Dec 10
ENJOY the Music Everyone and memories to those people we shared
The toughest of Days in Donetsk!

There came a time in my life that I simply had to get through. I saw hypocrisy, betrayal, and lies.

A substitution of concepts and honor. But I had to go through it. I thought for a long time about why? It turns out it was simply because I'm stronger, and because I'm from Donetsk.

But I'm grateful to God for this lesson, which showed me who's mine and who's not.

But I will never change my Donetsk character.

Thank you to everyone who was there for me, and thank God the nonsense was filtered out; life's filter worked perfectly.

https://x.com/Ana_Ilyasova/status/1998889334225735987

Unexpected but pleasant.

New patches I received))

https://x.com/Ana_Ilyasova/status/1996537735524626473

[Ravenlocke]

Kristian_B 🇷🇺 ❤️ 🇩🇪

Translated from German
🇷🇺 The tone from the #Kreml is getting rougher, less polite, and (finally) more direct.
At today's board meeting of the Russian Ministry of Defense, President #Putin said that Western countries have joined the aggressive ambitions of the previous American administration because they believed they could destroy Russia in a short time:
"And the European pigs immediately joined in, hoping to profit from the collapse of our country" ...
🇷🇺 #Russland #Россия #Friedensplan #NATO #EU #Ukraine #Kriegstreiber #Russophobie #KoalitionderWilligen

https://x.com/Dr_C_Becker/status/2001319016619479379

[Ravenlocke]

dana

🇷🇺🪖❗️The capabilities of the Russian army are constantly developing, said Vladimir Putin

The Russian defense industry is producing the necessary products for the troops in increasing volumes.

Missile systems, drones, and robotics are being supplied to the Russian army continuously.

This year, the Russian Navy was replenished with new submarines and 19 surface ships and vessels.

The "Burevestnik" and "Poseidon" will remain unique and one-of-a-kind types of weapons for a long time.

The Russian Federation is transferring the experience gained during the special military operation to foreign partners.

The "Oreshnik" missile system will be put on combat duty in Russia before the end of the year.

Baltnews

https://x.com/dana916/status/2001303079006666864

dana

🇺🇦🇺🇸🇪🇺🇷🇺❗️Politicians in Europe are raising the "degree of hysteria" and "implanting fears" about the inevitability of a clash with Russia, Putin stated

Russia has always strived to find diplomatic solutions in complex situations.

The Russian Federation welcomes the progress that has been made in contacts with the Trump administration.

Russia advocates for building equal cooperation with both the USA and Europe.

The Russian Federation would prefer to eliminate the root causes of the conflict in Ukraine through diplomacy.

‼️If Kiev refuses to engage in substantive discussions, Russia will secure the liberation of the territories by military means.

‼️The goals of the Special Military Operation will undoubtedly be achieved.

Baltnews

https://x.com/dana916/status/2001303601457590686

[Ravenlocke]

dana

🇷🇺🇱🇹Russian troops are not deployed at the borders of Lithuania and its allies, stated the Ministry of Defense of the Baltic republic

A sudden revelation came to the Lithuanians after a statement in the German parliament about the concentration of 350–360 thousand Russian soldiers on the border of Belarus.

The defense department called the statement of the German deputy "sensational disinformation" and noted that it is spreading very quickly.

Baltnews

https://x.com/dana916/status/2001303805992870369

🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦❗️The number of liberated populated areas and square kilometers of territory in 2025 is one-third higher than in 2024, said Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov

Other statements by the head of the Defense Ministry:

The Russian Armed Forces maintain the strategic initiative and are conducting offensives in almost all directions;

The pace of the offensive of the "East", "Center" and "West" troop groups has increased by 1.5–2 times compared to 2024;

The Russian Armed Forces liberated more than 300 populated areas in 2025, more than six thousand square kilometers, which is one-third more than last year's figures;

More than 150 thousand hectares have been cleared of mines in the Belgorod, Kursk, and Bryansk regions;

The collapse of the Ukrainian armed forces' defense is inevitable, and finally, even Western patrons of Kyiv understand this;

The threat of invasion into the Belgorod, Kursk, and Bryansk regions has been reduced due to the creation of a "security zone" in Ukrainian border regions.

❗️Successful actions of the Russian Armed Forces have reduced the combat potential of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by a third in 2025, Andrey Belousov stated.

Ukrainian security forces have lost almost 500,000 servicemen: Kyiv has lost the ability to replenish its troop formations.

In 2025, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 103,000 pieces of weaponry, including 5,500 Western-made ones, which is twice the figures for 2024.

The capabilities of Ukraine's military-industrial complex for mass production of weapons have been reduced by almost half.

The Russian Armed Forces are fighting for Konstantinovka, which is key to the liberation of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.

The capture of Kupyansk will expand the "security zone" in the Kharkiv region and reduce the threat of shelling of the LPR.

The Russian Armed Forces liberated Krasnoarmeysk – a symbol of resistance for both the Ukrainian army and its Western handlers.

The capture of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk by the Russian Armed Forces will allow for the completion of the liberation of the DPR in a short time.

Since November, the Russian Armed Forces have liberated 24 settlements and 400 square kilometers in the Zaporozhye and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

The liberation of Gulyaypole continues; its capture will create conditions for the liberation of the entire Zaporozhye region.

The liberation of Dimitrov and Krasnoarmeysk will be the biggest defeat for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbas in recent times.

The policies of European and NATO countries are creating real preconditions for the continuation of military operations in 2026, the Russian Defense Minister stated.

The capabilities of Ukraine's military-industrial complex for mass production of weapons have been reduced by almost half.

The effectiveness of targeted strikes by the Russian Armed Forces is approximately 60%, which is "an order of magnitude higher" than the effectiveness of Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory.

The troops' needs for aircraft, helicopters, and artillery have been practically met.

The previous problem of a shortage of artillery shells has been largely resolved in the troops.

The Russian Armed Forces are fighting on the approaches to Orekhov; its capture will allow for the development of an offensive in northwestern Zaporozhye.

The Russian Armed Forces reliably hold the Dnieper island zone and repel Ukrainian landings on the Tendrovskaya and Kinburn spits.

In 2025, the "Geran-2" drone with an improved guidance system, fiber-optic drones, and the "Courier" fire complex underwent combat testing.

A turning point in the use of UAVs occurred in August of this year; currently, the Russian Armed Forces surpass the Ukrainian Armed Forces by a factor of two in the number of drones.

The plan for staffing the Russian Armed Forces in 2025 has been exceeded: almost 410,000 citizens voluntarily joined the service under contract.

Baltnews

https://x.com/dana916/status/2001306034829136038