2012 was a good year.

Everyone felt sad for the penguin walking alone and the monkey rejected by his mother. But this video is far more heartbreaking, yet it didn’t receive the same attention.

Russia spends the equivalent of $150 million USD per day fighting the US proxy war in Ukraine. Rather ironically, oil price hikes caused by the Strait of Hormuz closure are bringing in an extra $150 million per day, just on Ural crude alone. I cannot imagine the level of rage the European ruling elite must be experiencing right now. They sacrificed their economies to destroy Russia economically, and now Russia's revenue streams are healthier than ever.

@IAPonomarenko Stalin and the ussr defeated the Nazis - your ancestors where collaborators you little draft dodger

How can one not admire history’s exquisite dark sense of humor? As part of a “delegation” of sanctioned Russian State Duma deputies visiting the United States, there was none other than the actual grandson of USSR's Vyacheslav Molotov (yes, the very one of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, or the Hitler–Stalin Pact), there to discuss a Trump–Putin pact.

@IAPonomarenko Hahahaha a battle that didn’t exist as Russia withdrew its forces.

Happy Victory Day in the Battle of Kyiv! On this very day, four years ago, Russian military officials and government representatives quietly, amid the deafening informational noise of the war, announced a “radical reduction of military activity on the Kyiv and Chernihiv axes.” In reality, what happened was exactly what had to happen: after five weeks of intense fighting on the northwestern and northeastern outskirts of Kyiv, against the backdrop of new Ukrainian strikes near Makariv, along the Zhytomyr highway, in Irpin (which had been fully liberated the day before), and earlier, the Russian defeat in Moshchun -- exhausted, depleted, and heavily battered, Russian forces began withdrawing back into Belarus to avoid further deterioration of an already dangerous situation for them. By March 31–April 1, the entire Kyiv region had been liberated, and the Ukrainian flag was once again raised over the Chornobyl zone. In the following days, Russian forces also cleared out of Sumy and Chernihiv regions, leaving behind vast scorched wastelands of burned equipment and bodies along Ukrainian roads and in the forests. And numerous executed civilians in mass graves and basements. This is how the first phase of the Russian invasion ended, in the complete failure of the blitzkrieg plan to seize Kyiv quickly and shockingly. Ahead lay a new nightmare: regrouping and a shift of the war’s focus to Donbas, the second phase of the war. And I remember that moment well: the news that would later be confirmed as the beginning of Russia’s withdrawal from the Kyiv area, I casually read it on my smartphone in a bar in central Kyiv. Right next to one of the military checkpoints on the street, the bar was operating at full capacity despite the total alcohol ban in the besieged city (and not shy about jacking prices up to the sky). And yes -- boy oh boy did I see quite a few top global media stars drinking there after a full day in wartime Kyiv, formally breaking the law right along with us.

@IAPonomarenko Draft dodger 🤢

That Russian mechanized column on the southern front also noted, for the record, the complete absence of genuine innovation in those Ukrainian drones made by LEGO-playing housewives. It was not available for further comment for some reason.

@DavisTodder 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@killerzombies14 And, mostly right.

The Russian economy is in recession. It took almost 5 years, but sanctions have finally started to bear weight. Russia has run out of time.

@JohnCleese Shut up you pathetic old loser

He is magnificent

Leaving Moscow today I’m reflecting yet again that this a far more European city than any other. More cultured more educated more safe more united than ANY other. The problem for some is that this simply cannot be denied.

Palestinians resistence fighters, Beirut, Lebanon, 1988.

The people doing this to children want to preach to you about women's rights in the middle east.

@submarine_lemon @glevonian @dmitryshchipkov Believe those numbers and your insane lol

@glevonian @dmitryshchipkov Why aren’t YOU at the front fighting then? Ukraine IS NOT going to lose Donbas, the question is how many ruZZians will LEAVE HOME to die before YOU realize it.

If you believe Ukraine should withdraw from Donbas to satisfy anyone — go ahead and unfollow me right now. I was born and raised in Donbas. Those streets shaped who I am. Have you ever seen the sun rise over the terrikons there? Have you felt what that land means to the people who belong to it? Donbas was, is, and will remain Ukraine. And no amount of pressure, deals, or illusions will change that.

@RobFWall @JohnnyNash77 @piersmorgan Ukraine lost a long time ago.

@JohnnyNash77 @piersmorgan Do you think that the same applies to Ukraine? Trump trying to get Zelensky to appease Putin will further endanger Ukraine and the Baltic States!

Madness.

@JohnnyNash77 @piersmorgan USA biggest loss has been Ukraine - they said they’d crush the Russian economy and the counter offensive never moved a mile. That war despite all the lies and media has reshaped the world.

@piersmorgan Have you lost your mind⁉️ If the regime survives, they win. That’s a US defeat , and a more dangerous world. Only decisive victory solves this.

@rshereme lol what a sad loser you are - talking about the largest country and most mineral rich in the world. Why aren’t you at the front you look young enough ?

It is “russia,” not “Russia.” The terrorist state that commits genocide, bombs civilians, kidnaps children, and seeks to erase everything Ukrainian does not deserve the dignity of a capital letter. Other option include: ruzzia, russian terrorist state, terrorists

@Mylovanov What a load of shit 💩

Stubb: We are in a situation where the Ukrainians are killing over 30,000 Russians per month. Russians are not able to recruit back. We're getting closer to the moment when there might have to be a general call from the Russian part. 1/

@ShaunPinnerUA Both sides are at it

Russia executed a Ukrainian soldier and filmed it for social media. I won’t show the full video, it’s too graphic. This isn’t war, It’s murder, and it reflects exactly what Russia 🇷🇺 has become. #RussiaIsATerroristState

@jffryfnt @PhillipsPOBrien I’d say you are for believing Ukraine has a chance

@killerzombies14 @PhillipsPOBrien Are you really that fucking stupid?

We have known for a while, but the evidence is becoming more and more damning. Putin is helping Iran try to kill US forces. And Trump is protecting and helping Putin at the same time. MAGA is perverse. kyivindependent.com/russia-sending…

@bean_maste35440 @AMK_Mapping_ I reckon it’s because a lot more Ukrainians are dying than Russians

@killerzombies14 @AMK_Mapping_ When RU takes control of the area and as the area becomes safer or is already in the Russian rear , then the Russians search for and collect the corpses.

Even if they were suffering 30,000 casualties per month, only a fraction of those are KIA, and they are still recruiting 30,000 - 40,000 new soldiers per month (as per NATO estimates). You have to kidnap men of the streets to prevent the frontline from collapsing.

@AMK_Mapping_ @bean_maste35440 Why is the body exchange rate like minimal 10-1 then in Russian favour ?

@bean_maste35440 I think it’s much closer to to 1:1 than either side wants to admit.