Having recorded their impressions of a Donetsk still smoking from artillery shelling, Artyom Sheinin and Igor Kimakovskiy continued their trip. And then…

This episode hardly adds anything to the understanding of what is going on there. But emotionally… now they understand much better that what is terrible news for us, for hundreds of thousands of Donbass residents is a terrible everyday reality. Like, for example, the shelling of the wholesale vegetable market in this video.

The everyday courage, patience, resilience of these people is beyond words and ordinary comprehension.

A subscriber has asked me to talk about the US, and to be exact, what the future holds for her.

To first understand the answer, you have to go back, and I mean way back, to 1919.

The US since Woodrow Wilson planned to become an international superpower, it did it's whole 14 points, got itself with everyone from the Russians to the Armenians to even some random Bolivians, they obviously wanted a globalized world where it's either under their hegemony or that they would always be noticed, can you imagine that? a plan that's been over a century in the making..

Of course not every administration followed the exact guidelines since the times of Woodrow, but they've been mostly the same, it faced alot of obstacles, of course, dying colonial empires that held on to their non-existent superiority (and by this I mean the troubles faced by Eisenhower in 1956, FDR, and Truman), Bolsheviks in Russia, reactionist elements in Germany and Japan, etc..

But time solves everything, the USSR ceased to exist, a Nazi reactionist Germany ceased to exist, an ultranationalist empire of the rising sun was gifted with 2 more mini suns and ceased to exist, the British Empire practically ceased to be an empire after their failed aggression on Egypt in '56, the French Empire rapidly dissolved in the 40s (Syria and Lebanon) 50s (Algeria and Africa) with the final breath being in Indochina.

Wilson's plan brought fruits, finally the US has no opponents to put up serious resistance, all of them across the spectrum have fallen.

But my old political geography professor has a quote, "There is a difference between acquiring power, and managing it."

The US acquired it's full hegemonic power in the 90s, and it obviously mismanaged it by the times of the mid 2000s, and here we are, hearing the eagle squawking in defiance.

So, now what?

I am sorry to tell you all this, but America will not accept defeat, they will try again and again to restore their hegemonic order, so always be vigilant, because we may be defeating America now, but we don't want to share the caskets of the ones who fell.

So, what do we?

Leave them to their own devices, the American citizen is the most destructive weapon against the American government, they will deal with them and maybe tear up that psuedo-Masonic plan put forward since Wilson, and then maybe, we can all finally co-exist.

This would be truly the best timeline of all time, may God be with us.

Some Russian sources claim that a trophy American HIMARS MLRS, complete with a charging unit and full ammunition, is reportedly already in the Rostov region of Russia and will soon be delivered to one of Almaz-Antey's plants. Waiting for proofs...

Colonel Oleg Makarchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Air Force armament and logistics service, was eliminated as a result of the strike in Vinnitsa.

He became the third Colonel of the Ukrainian Air Force whose death was revealed in the past couple of days.

Of clear interest are the identities of the foreign military officers who were liquidated at that meeting with high-ranking officers of the Ukrainian Air Force.

Actually, this is what lies behind the massive hysteria around Vinnitsa, as well as the US recomendation to the American citizens to leave Ukraine and the dismissal of the head of the Ukrainian Security Service.

When partners try to shift the blame for their own mistakes on Gazprom, it's unfounded – Putin

Speaking to reporters after the trilateral meeting with Iranian and Turkish leaders, Vladimir Putin commented on the gas situation in Europe and related price hikes. The Russian president stressed that Gazprom would keep fulfilling its obligations as it always has, and that it could not be held responsible for current issues in the gas industry, as the West itself has put in the barriers. ‘It would be funny, if it wasn’t so sad’, Putin added.

A Russian soldier survived after his truck was hit by an Anti-Armour Missile Launcher, he must have been enchanted.

A video from the Ukrainian side: the guy was so surprised, he even switched to Russian.

Geographical objectives of the special military operation in Ukraine have changed - FM Lavrov to RT

Speaking with RT’s editor-in-chief, Sergey Lavrov said territorial objectives have shifted to include regions other than Donetsk and Lugansk.

Canada has already sent the repaired turbine for Nord Stream to Germany, and Russia is expecting it this week.

Instead of making angry comments, Zelensky responded to this "exemption from anti-Russian sanctions" by quietly expressing regret and hope that Canada will stop "helping Russia" in the future.

Construction of blocks of apartment buildings and of a medical centre was presented to foreign journalists in Mariupol. The video shows the bird’s eye view of the construction site.

More than a thousand people work at these sites, the work is progressing at an accelerated pace. The plan is to build 12 houses for 2.5 thousand people, and the first five-storey buildings will be ready for residents as soon as this October.

A symbol of hope | A town on the front line

For most, the ‘hammer and sickle’ is a symbol of Russia’s past, but for some caught up in the conflict in Ukraine, it’s a symbol for the present, and it’s a symbol for hope. As the ever-changing face of the front line sees soldiers and equipment come and go, the ever-present reality for civilians is the threat of shelling by Ukrainian forces, or having their homes and schools turned into bases for war.

In the town of Belogorovka, the hammer and sickle gives hope that an end to the conflict may be in sight. Murad Gazdiev examines the troops and equipment on the front line, and talks to the civilians caught up in the conflict.

Horror novelist Stephen King said he is embarrassed to have fallen for a prank call in which two well-known Russian pranksters pretended to be Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

In a peculiar video call with King posted online, the pranksters baited him into praising Stepan Bandera, a known Ukrainian nationalist. Bandera served as head of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), responsible for massacres and ethnic cleansing, also implicated in collaboration with Nazi Germany during WW2. Nowadays Bandera is declared as a national hero of Ukraine.