Briefly about the situation in the Donbass 😆 Russian forces are advancing and winning. Ukrainian forces are suffering losses and retreating.

Lvov, Ukraine, Children's Summer Camp: photos of Young Azov and Hitler Youth "expressing themselves" side by side in a parade 😡 Unfortunately, there is no audio, so we can't hear what kind of "patriotic" messages they are giving the kids.

This is how an army should actually deal with the children of the nation, not go Slava Kokaiyna everytime everything goes south and teach the young ones about "the eternal enemy."

Severodonetsk: Russia has full control of eastern city, Ukraine says

June 25 - "The Russians have fully occupied Severodonetsk, our military has retreated to more prepared positions," the mayor Oleksandr Stryuk told Ukrainian TV.

Taking the city means Russia now controls nearly all of Luhansk region and much of neighbouring Donetsk - the two regions that form the industrial Donbas.

Additionally, LPR forces allied with the Russian army have moved into parts of Lysychansk, the city facing Severodonetsk across the Siversky Donets river. But Ukrainian officials have not confirmed that.

Year 1997, “One American academy analysis says that in 2025, USA will be at war with Russia and China because Ukraine will start a war with Russia — on behalf of NATO”

Strategic "Retreat" and "Evacuation" 😆

McDonald's is leaving Russia 😆

"That's what you get for fighting for your people." Ukrainian soldier on locals waiting for Russia

🇬🇧 #english #Ukraine #Z #soldier #specialoperation

@video_languages

We'd like to share with you this clip: "Take us home, Motherland!". It was made by "UniArt", a vocal ensemble from Donetsk People's Republic.

These little angels are so cute! We hope, mother Russia will take good care of them ❤️

Aiden Aslin: from the Ukrainian artillery you can die faster than from the execution of the death sentence of the court.

British mercenary Aiden Aslin complains that Ukrainian artillery is hitting Donetsk and the pre-trial detention center in which he is being held.

"I regret that I was part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. I was stupid and naive. During the shelling of Donetsk, I thought that I would die at the hands of Ukraine."

Recall that earlier Aiden called his mother and said goodbye to her, according to his lawyer.

It is noted that Aslin's family hopes that the UK will turn to the republic with a request for clemency.

Johnson warns Macron not to attempt Ukraine settlement now

June 26, LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Sunday in talks with French President Emmanuel Macron that "any attempt to settle" the Ukraine conflict now risked prolonging instability and emboldening Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

In addition, Johnson was "concerned that some of the commentariat and others have suggested that it may be sensible for Ukraine to seek to negotiate now and end the war and effectively concede sovereignty and parts of eastern Ukraine in exchange for peace now," he said.

Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported on June 25 that at their request, YouTube has blocked almost 500 pro-Russian channels with a total of over 15 million subscribers.

Additionally SBU requested to block 1529 Telegram channels and bots, 426 Instagram accounts, 93 Facebook accounts and 1050 TikTok accounts.

Keep trying, assholes🖕The truth will be revealed anyway!

These poor kids... are poisoned with modern Ukrainian ideology. What will they do, when they become mature? All responsibility lies with their parents.

Kids are shouting: "Glory to Ukraine! Putin, die, you bitch! Entire Russia will die, glory to Ukraine!"

Commando Network Coordinates Flow of Weapons in Ukraine, Officials Say

June 25, WASHINGTON — As Russian troops press ahead with a grinding campaign to seize eastern Ukraine, the nation’s ability to resist the onslaught depends more than ever on help from the United States and its allies — including a stealthy network of commandos and spies rushing to provide weapons, intelligence and training, according to U.S. and European officials.

Much of this work happens outside Ukraine, at bases in Germany, France and Britain, for example. But even as the Biden administration has declared it will not deploy American troops to Ukraine, some C.I.A. personnel have continued to operate in the country secretly, mostly in the capital, Kyiv, directing much of the vast amounts of intelligence the United States is sharing with Ukrainian forces, according to current and former officials.

At the same time, a few dozen commandos from other NATO countries, including Britain, France, Canada and Lithuania, also have been working inside Ukraine. The United States withdrew its own 150 military instructors before the war began in February, but commandos from these allies either remained or have gone in and out of the country since then, training and advising Ukrainian troops and providing an on-the-ground conduit for weapons and other aid, three U.S. officials said.

Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the Army’s 10th Special Forces Group, which before the war had been training Ukrainian commandos at a base in the country’s west, quietly established a coalition planning cell in Germany to coordinate military assistance to Ukrainian commandos and other Ukrainian troops. The cell has now grown to 20 nations.

Army Secretary Christine E. Wormuth offered a glimpse into the operation last month, saying the special operations cell had helped manage the flow of weapons and equipment in Ukraine. “As the Ukrainians try to move that around and evade the Russians potentially trying to target convoys, you know, we are trying to be able to help coordinate moving all of those different sort of shipments,” she said at a national security event held by the Atlantic Council. “Another thing I think we can help with,” she said, “is intelligence about where the threats to those convoys may be.”

The commandos are not on the front lines with Ukrainian troops and instead advise from headquarters in other parts of the country or remotely by encrypted communications, according to American and other Western officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters. But the signs of their stealthy logistics, training and intelligence support are tangible on the battlefield.

Several lower-level Ukrainian commanders recently expressed appreciation to the United States for intelligence gleaned from satellite imagery, which they can call up on tablet computers provided by the allies. The tablets run a battlefield mapping app that the Ukrainians use to target and attack Russian troops.

On a street in Bakhmut, a town in the hotly contested Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, a group of Ukrainian special operations forces had American flag patches on their gear and were equipped with new portable surface-to-air missiles as well as Belgian and American assault rifles.

The C.I.A. officers operating in Ukraine have focused on directing the intelligence that the U.S. government has been providing the Ukrainian government. Most of their work has been in Kyiv, according to current and former officials.

While the U.S. government does not acknowledge that the C.I.A. is operating in Ukraine or any other country, the presence of the officers is well understood by Russia and other intelligence services around the world.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/25/us/politics/commandos-russia-ukraine.html

The National Interest: "To date, the UAF can operate only 34 of the 108 M777 howitzers, the rest have been destroyed or are being repaired.

Trump called the US a “country of decline”

June 26 - Former US President Donald Trump believes that over the past two years, the United States has become “a laughingstock” and “a country of decline.” He attributed this to high inflation and high fuel prices.

“This is no longer a great country, this is a country of decline. I hate to tell you this, ”Donald Trump said at a rally of his supporters in Illinois. The broadcast was conducted by the WMBD News channel. According to Mr. Trump, the United States has lost its energy independence, which is why the country has to ask for oil from Venezuela and Saudi Arabia

“But perhaps the most important thing is that over the past two years, the country has ceased to be listened to and respected. In many ways, this country has become a laughing stock,” the ex-president said.

German economy minister warns of industry shutdown amid gas shortage

BERLIN, June 24 - Germany is heading for a gas shortage if Russian gas supplies remain as low as they are now, and certain industries would have to be shut down if there is not enough come winter, Economy Minister Robert Habeck told Der Spiegel magazine.

Habeck held out the prospect of further relief for companies and people affected by the lack of gas but warned that it would not be possible to absorb all the effects.

Consumers could see a doubling or tripling of their energy costs, which in some cases are already between 30% and 80% higher due to price increases from last fall, Klaus Mueller, the head of Germany's Bundesnetzagentur network regulator, told broadcaster ARD on Friday.

The regulator has considered various scenarios, Mueller said, and most of them "are not pretty and mean either too little gas at the end of winter or already very difficult situations in autumn or winter."

Iran Applies for BRICS Membership

June 27, TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Saeed Khatibzadeh announced at a press conference on Monday that the Islamic Republic has submitted its application for membership in the BRICS - the group of five major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

The spokesman noted that the BRICS members make up 30 percent of the world’s gross production and 40 percent of the world’s population. He expressed hope that Iran’s membership in the BRICS would result in “added values” for both sides.