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A well-known russian propagandist Ilya Remeslo, who recently took an unexpected stand against Putin, has been hospitalized at Psychiatric Hospital in Saint Petersburg. Some russians believe that Remeslo entered the facility in an attempt to avoid criminal prosecution for high treason, which he now faces following his posts criticizing Putin. Previously, Remeslo — who for years served as the lead legal accuser against Navalny’s team — published a manifesto titled “Five Reasons Why I Stopped Supporting Putin.” In it, he called the dictator a war criminal and demanded his resignation. Russian propaganda outlets, along with Vladimir Solovyov, have begun actively promoting a “mental disorder” narrative to discredit his statements. Meanwhile, opposition sources suggest this may signal a return to the practice of “punitive psychiatry.” Source: Live Ukraine

Short summary of how the U.S. economy is doing: Stock markets are crashing The job market is crashing Crypto is crashing Gold is crashing The U.S. dollar is crashing Meanwhile: Unemployment is up Inflation is up Debt is up Are you tired of winning?!

I wonder if Qatar is regretting for bribing Trump with a $400M jet last summer. Because of Trump they have been bombed by Iran and now Trump himself is threatening to retaliate against Iran by blowing up the oil field Iran shares with Qatar.

President Zelenskyy about Ukrainian capabilities to produce defense weapons and sharing them with allies around the world: First, we are capable of producing at least 2,000 effective, battle-tested interceptors per day. We can produce more — it depends on investment. We need around 1,000 interceptors per day, and at least another 1,000 per day can be supplied to our allies. Second, we know how to create radar and acoustic coverage to respond to the approach of Shahed drones and other UAVs. Third, we have software that enables radars to operate even under electronic warfare (EW) interference. In real time, we analyze the enemy’s frequencies and respond accordingly. Thanks to this system, we understand how effective our defense is against nearly every attacking drone, and we can adjust the positioning of our forces and air defense systems to achieve better results. This iPad provides full control over the situation because we have an integrated system for deploying our defensive capabilities. If a Shahed needs to be stopped in the UAE, we can do it. If it needs to be stopped in Europe or the United Kingdom, we can do it. It is a matter of technology, investment, and cooperation. And the fact that we made it through a winter that russia tried to make deadly for all our families shows that our solutions work.

The new cover from the Economist nailed it!

The measure of geopolitical risk just hit levels that put the current moment in the same league as the most dangerous moments of the 21st century.

“Why are the russians doing this to Ukraine? Because they can, because the world has allowed them to.” Testimony of Taira (Yuliya Payevska) to the US Helsinki Commission. She was captured and imprisoned by russians on March 16, 2022 and released on June 17, 2022. ▪️ Taira about herself: "My name is Yuliya Payevska. By profession, I am a graphic designer, as well as the president of one of the Aikido federations of Ukraine. Russians call me a Nazi. This is what they call everyone who opposes them, or simply does not want to see russia in Ukraine. I spent the first 20 days of this war in Mariupol, which turned into hell. After that, I spent 3 months in russian captivity. And it was hell too." ▪️ About the proposal to commit suicide: "When my executioners suggested that I commit suicide, I said no. I wanted to see what would happen tomorrow, I wondered how far they would go in their madness and malice. And then one day, when it seemed that there was no hope, someone looked into the window and called my name. "Take your things and go out" — that's how my path to freedom began. ▪️About those who remained in russian captivity: "Pregnant prisoners whose fate is unknown neither to their families nor to the state. A soldier who was beaten for three hours and then thrown into the basement like a sack, and only a day later someone came to him." ▪️ About horrors in Mariupol: "A dead child in his mother's arms, a seven-year-old boy with a gunshot wound dying in my arms because I cannot stop his death. Prisoners screaming for weeks in their cells, dying of torture in hellish agony. I remember my friend's eyes, which I closed before his body went cold, and another friend, and another, and another... I saw half a million people dying under air strikes. Air strikes on hospitals and residential areas. A hospital full of wounded people, with no medicine. Surgeons and medical staff sleeping for three hours a day as operations followed one after another. Medical evacuation vehicles arriving every 5 to 10 minutes, with the living and the dead lying on top of each other. Cars that are on fire with people inside. Police officers pulling women and children from the rubble, mutilated beyond recognition. People collecting water from puddles. Dogs that were once pets dragging human limbs around the city." ▪️About questions from the executioner: "One of my executioners asked me: "Do you know why I do this to you?" I answered: "Because you can." He did not expect such an answer. But it is true. They do it because they can. Because their leaders told them they had the right to do so. Because once they were allowed to. Because the world gave them such permission. The world was silent, watching the crimes of the russians in Georgia, Syria and so on."

Vice President JD Vance is planning to visit Hungary in the coming days to show support for the corrupt, Kremlin-backed Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ahead of next month’s election. That tells you everything you need to know about Trump and his administration.

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Two bullets hit Vyacheslav’s head during combat. One passed through. One lodged in his skull and stopped millimeters from his brain. He was 28. He lost his left eye, but survived. Serhii was hit by shrapnel in March 2022. Lost one eye. Shattered facial bones. In 2023 he stepped on a mine leaving his position — part of his foot was amputated. He refused discharge. Refused extended leave. In 2025 he came back for his face. Artur took a bullet through one eye, across his nose, and out the other side of his face. Lost sight in both eyes. Surgeons rebuilt his jaw in pieces. A fragment remains lodged in his pelvis — too dangerous to remove. Artem received his fourth and worst wound in 2022. The blast destroyed soft tissue across his face, took most of his teeth, damaged both his vision and hearing. At home, two sons wait for him. He is doing this for them. Andriy from Volyn lost his sight completely in an explosion in eastern Ukraine. Surgeons saved one eye — partial vision only. The other required full reconstruction before a prosthetic could be fitted. Since 2023, the international medical mission Vision for Ukraine — surgeons from Ukraine, the US and Europe — has operated on over 130 soldiers with severe facial trauma. Each month they perform over 100 surgeries. 60% of patients are military. Every patient gets a CT scan. The results travel to MedCAD in Dallas, where engineers and surgeons design patient-specific titanium plates — printed to match the exact shape of that soldier’s skull. Every implant is free of charge. Oleksandr Vasyliev, head of surgery at Kyiv Regional Clinical Hospital: “The face is the front door to society. People feel shame. They isolate. We do everything possible so they can return to full life.” Source: Tymofiy Mylovanov

The U.S. job market is the worst in decades. And the main cause of this is completely incompetent government.

Can Trump exit the Iran war within a few weeks? The problem is not just his desire — it lies in the strategic trap the American president finds himself in. In simplified terms, it looks like this: Israel and the United States have achieved tangible operational results, but the Iranian regime is adapting. The pressure has not broken the system — it has radicalized it. This is the classic “hardening of the opponent” effect. Here we encounter the nuclear factor, which acts as a constraint on any exit. Around 440 kg of enriched uranium is not just a number — it is an argument against any attempt to “freeze” the conflict. Leaving the regime with such potential would only postpone a greater threat. This creates an escalation dilemma: •To neutralize the threat → deeper escalation is required. •Deeper escalation → the risk of a chaotic collapse of Iran. •Collapse of Iran → not pro-Western stability, but prolonged instability (the parallels with Iraq or Libya are obvious). All of this is unfolding against the backdrop of a potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which could trigger not just a regional, but a global economic crisis. The situation is further complicated by the lack of a viable negotiating partner inside Iran, while NATO allies are not prepared to engage in what they see as an adventure by Trump and Netanyahu after a year of strained relations. The core problem today is the absence of what strategists call an “off-ramp” (a path to de-escalation): there is no negotiating partner, no coalition unity, and no “victory” scenario that does not create new disasters. The situation is structurally unstable, and the logic of events pushes toward further escalation, regardless of the parties’ intentions. This is compounded by the erosion of the alliance base, making any prolonged campaign even more politically fragile. Altogether, it resembles the dynamic that Barbara Tuchman once described as The March of Folly — when each step follows logically from the previous one, yet the entire chain leads to catastrophe. It seems that Trump will either have to rethink his approach to allies and Ukraine — or continue down this “road of folly,” where policy persists despite mounting evidence of failure. Source: translated and adapted from Igor Semyvolos, Executive Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

A typical night for millions of Ukrainian children because the russian army came to “liberate” them.

Finland’s President Stubb told Politico he feared that peace talks in Ukraine are fast approaching a moment of truth, which could force Kyiv to accept a a bad settlement that involves ceding territory to Putin. “The negotiations could even collapse, leaving Europe on the hook — without American help — obliging European powers to step in to help Ukraine with more intelligence, weapons and other support,” he added. Source: Kyiv Post

Finland’s President Stubb told Politico he feared that peace talks in Ukraine are fast approaching a moment of truth, which could force Kyiv to accept a a bad settlement that involves ceding territory to Putin. “The negotiations could even collapse, leaving Europe on the hook — without American help — obliging European powers to step in to help Ukraine with more intelligence, weapons and other support,” he added. Source: Kyiv Post

Finland’s President Stubb told Politico he feared that peace talks in Ukraine are fast approaching a moment of truth, which could force Kyiv to accept a a bad settlement that involves ceding territory to Putin. “The negotiations could even collapse, leaving Europe on the hook — without American help — obliging European powers to step in to help Ukraine with more intelligence, weapons and other support,” he added. Source: Kyiv Post

“This is not our war, and we didn’t start it.” Germany rejected Trump’s proposal to participate in the Strait of Hormuz operation. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius: "What does Trump expect a handful of European frigates to do that the powerful US Navy cannot? This is not our war, and we didn't start it." Stefan Kornelius, spokesperson for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz added: “This war has nothing to do with NATO. It’s not NATO’s war. NATO is a defensive alliance, an alliance for the defense of its territory. I would also like to remind you that the USA and Israel did not consult us before the war, and that Washington explicitly stated at the start of the war that European assistance was neither necessary nor desired.” Source: Marijn Markus

Kim Jong Un has officially won the North Korea’s parliamentary elections with 99.9% of the votes.

Ukraine is fighting to survive. If russia lays down its arms, the war ends. If Ukraine lays down its arms, Ukraine ends.

“Go to hell.” — that was russian negotiator Yuri Ushakov’s response to a French proposal to include Europeans in peace negotiations. I have only one comment: why does Ushakov look like the one who actually came from hell? Just look at that face. And more broadly, why do so many Kremlin officials look like Ushakov?