Wladimir Klitschko and the Mayor of Kiev, Vitaly Klitschko, are known for not making any sense whatsoever when they articulate their thoughts. There is even a joke - "Never take a Klitschko prisoner, they can't say anything!"

When the US officials were installing the Ukrainian puppet government in 2014/15, they kindly referred to Klitschko as a complicated electron. [Leaked recording] 😅

What truly happened to the Moskva flagship cruiser?

In my observation - all signs point to internal sabotage against the Commander in Chief, VVP.

Ukraine wrongly reported Basurin has been detained

..by the FSB, of all people 😅

One brave Ukrainian tried to prevent this war [Movie with subnoscripts]

Ukrainian journalist Oles Buzina was one of the first to sound the alarm about what's going on in modern Ukraine, post the US-supported government coup. He was gunned down in Kiev 7 years ago - on 16 April, 2015.

Many journalists and activists have also gone missing.

War is a terrible thing - don't ever repeat it

Sweet boy from Mariupol is wise beyond his years.

There's always room for the arts...

Frenchman François Modeme, opera soloist of the Donetsk Philharmonic - is now on the frontline, reading Evgeny Onegin, by Alexander Pushkin. Why not? 😄👏👏

Kadyrov responds to Zelensky - announces Phase 2 of Operation

Zelensky has stated that if his Azov forces are destroyed inside Azovstal (Mariupol)- then Ukraine will not participate in negotiations with Russia.

To interpret Kadyrov's words - the Ukrainian govt is not a legitimate govt (being controlled from across the Atlantic), and as such, is not in a position to voice conditions for restoration of peace.

💥 6:00 Kadyrov calls on Ukrainian forces to lay down arms and promises amnesty, in anticipation of Phase 2 - the offensive on Donbass.

See also earlier: Denazification in progress

"Everyone's human" - Russian forces on POWs

One of many clips showing mass surrender underway in the DPR. Many of these people are recent connoscripts, and not professional soldiers, sent to defend an incompetent government.

It makes sense that an amnesty is offered, if one lays down arms voluntarily.

t.me/Sladkov_plus

The root of Ukrainian nationalism

...This didn't happen overnight. It's long been in the works.

Recommended viewing - lecture by John Mearsheimer; "Nationalism is the most powerful political ideology. Nationalism + Realism, will always trump Liberalism."

From the Arestovich archives

"The national idea of Ukraine is built on lies."

I do wonder why Zelensky's adviser says these things on camera - see also, how to manipulate your people & how much Zelensky is unfit for purpose.

239 years since annexation of Crimea 🇷🇺

And not 8 years, as many believe!

On April 19, 1783, Catherine II signed the manifesto on the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula to the Russian Empire. This was the result of a centuries-old struggle for access to the Black Sea. Catherine II established the Taurida Governorate (ancient Greek name for Crimea) region, under the control of Grigory Potemkin.
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📜 After the Russian-Ottoman Empire war of 1787-1791, the Jassy peace treaty was signed, in which the possession of the entire northern Black Sea coast from the Dniester to the Kuban, including Crimea, was finally secured for the Russian Empire.

In 1954, Khruschev gifted the Crimea over to Ukrainian jurisdiction, without having sufficient quorum to have done so.

Prior to 2014, the historical port city of Sevastopol almost fell to NATO dominance of the region. Geostrategically, this would have been an irrecoverable loss for Russia.

Lavrov in his element.

Full interview is available via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs channel.

What is love?

Love is - quantum entanglement theory? 😄 The experience of falling in love is reminiscent of what in quantum physics is known as entanglement. In the microscopic realm, once two particles experience a shared state, they are no longer separate entities but exist as one. This remains true even when they are separated by a great distance.

R18+ Azov shoot Army soldiers who want to surrender

Nationalists from Azov are known to shoot soldiers who wish to surrender. Here we see an unarmed soldier, shot from the back. Krapovoi, Ivan 1989 - 2022. RIP 🙏

Sun Tzu remains a key strategist for both East and West

"If you know your enemy and you know yourself, you need not fear the result of a thousand battles." In this case, Russia has an advantage - it knows Ukraine much better than its recent patron across the Atlantic does.