Russian State Duma MP General Gurulev admitted that Russian forces killed civilians in Donbas in 2014 on his personal orders.
Gurulev said that a woman and a child were killed in shelling by Russian forces 12 years ago in Donbas, when he was commanding troops.
This attack indicates Putler (after more than 4 years of war) starts to realise he msy never rule Kyiv.
Destroy what you don't have...
Russian military spending surged by 30% in Q1 2026, reaching 5.9 trillion rubles. The amount of classified spending was absolutely massive (most of it goes to the military). Here is my latest analysis, based on fresh budget data:
open.substack.com/pub/janisklu...
The russians don't have a service like Ukraine's DELTA. This leads them to do drone video comms and other planning using subpar commercial grade solutions open to snooping if not configured correctly. Bet that channel and Yandex meetings were being analyzed carefully in Kyiv.
Die 🇺🇦 hat an der Wende über zwei Jahre gearbeitet. Und jetzt sieht man die Früchte.
Es ist ein langsmerer und schwierigerer Prozess als es bei uns dargestellt wird, aber ein ukrainischer Sieg ist nicht unmöglich. Genaueres 👇
With classified expenditures at a record high, nearly half of all federal budget spending went to the military in Q1 2026.
#Kostiantynivka defenders speak about the real situation in the city, without propaganda or distortion. A must-read!
hromadske.ua/viyna/265664...
The bear with the bomb: Russian nuclear coercion and the future of European deterrence
In this report for @ecfr.eu, the brilliant Katrine Westgaard and I take on the Russian nuclear threat to Europe and make the case for a European integrated strategic deterrence posture.
ecfr.eu/publication/...
«Чи будуть до липня наші пілоти в
Констасі
? Я не знаю. Чи буде там наша піхота до липня? Я думаю, буде. Чи буде з неї пуття? Я не знаю».
Так на запитання hromadske про те, чи може найближчим часом в...
Russia is expanding its nuclear-capable, long-range weapon systems to press Europe and fracture NATO. Europeans need to plug the gaps in their nuclear capabilit
For nearly a year, a Russian motor rifle regiment used an open Telegram group to share classified army directives, drone login credentials, front-line coordinates, & personnel lists. The records acknowledge losses from poor supply & ineffective use of robotic systems, plus Starlink terminal use.
Mit @gresselgustav.bsky.social konnte ich ausführlich über die angebliche "Wende" im ukrainischen Verteidigungskampf sprechen. Das Gespräch gibt es beim @ostausschuss.bsky.social und überall, wo es Podcasts gibt.
www.salonkolumnisten.com/ostausschuss/
Der russische Angriffskrieg auf die ganze Ukraine hat Europa in die schwerste Krise seit 1945 gestürzt. Wie konnte es zu dieser Katastrophe kommen? Warum hat – insbesondere Deutschland – sich fast nur...
