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Pokrovsk is a grinding struggle entering its final stages, but the ever-shifting balance of the fight seems to be as much about controlling the narrative as it is about occupying territory. Zaporizhzhia is simultaneously seeing a push by Moscow’s forces.
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Pokrovsk Holds - Latest Update - Can Russia Even Call This a Victory?
YouTube video by Silicon Wafers
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November 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Pokrovsk is a grinding struggle entering its final stages, but the ever-shifting balance of the fight seems to be as much about controlling the narrative as it is about occupying territory. Zaporizhzhia is simultaneously seeing a push by Moscow’s forces.
youtu.be/W0uiysIJcQs
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As Russia reduces Povrovsk to rubble, a transformation of battlefield tactics is taking place, forced by the rapid evolution of 'saturated' drone warfare. Drones favour the defender, but also mean that Russia is more of a threat. With @anderspucknielsen.dk - youtu.be/8p7oiuXe71g
Pokrovsk - Are Russian Logistics & Reserves 'Breaking' in Besieged City?
YouTube video by Silicon Curtain
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November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
As Russia reduces Povrovsk to rubble, a transformation of battlefield tactics is taking place, forced by the rapid evolution of 'saturated' drone warfare. Drones favour the defender, but also mean that Russia is more of a threat. With @anderspucknielsen.dk - youtu.be/8p7oiuXe71g
Ukraine’s Massive $100M Energy Graft Scandal. Ukraine’s anti-graft agencies say they’ve cracked a $100 million kickback ring in the atomic energy sector. Seven suspects, five in custody, two on the run. Pressure is piling on Zelenskyy's administration. youtu.be/u9aXqt7Ka2g
BREAKING: Ukraine's MASSIVE Atomic Energy Curruption Scandal
YouTube video by Silicon Wafers
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November 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Ukraine’s Massive $100M Energy Graft Scandal. Ukraine’s anti-graft agencies say they’ve cracked a $100 million kickback ring in the atomic energy sector. Seven suspects, five in custody, two on the run. Pressure is piling on Zelenskyy's administration. youtu.be/u9aXqt7Ka2g
America is down, but is it out? Normalization of politics in abnormal times has unsettling historical parallels. Ukraine resists tyranny, but in the US there's a drift away from rule of law to "impunity, humiliation, and political violence." @marcishore.bsky.social - youtu.be/28KnYrBIHuE
America is Down - But is it Out? Authoritarian Slide is Accelerating
YouTube video by Silicon Curtain
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November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
America is down, but is it out? Normalization of politics in abnormal times has unsettling historical parallels. Ukraine resists tyranny, but in the US there's a drift away from rule of law to "impunity, humiliation, and political violence." @marcishore.bsky.social - youtu.be/28KnYrBIHuE
How did Ukrainian Sea Drones Take Out Russia's Oil Export Port?!
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How did Ukrainian Sea Drones Take Out Russia's Oil Export Port?!
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November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
How did Ukrainian Sea Drones Take Out Russia's Oil Export Port?!
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Russia hurls one of the biggest mixed salvos of the war at Ukraine’s power system; Kyiv is hit by emergency blackouts; Ukraine says Russia hit substations that feed nuclear plants; and Moscow pushes a fresh Zaporizhzhia “nuclear plot” narrative. youtu.be/IVEWD5ar6Bc
Ukraine Without Power - Why is the Attritional Winter War Ratcheting Up?
YouTube video by Silicon Wafers
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November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Russia hurls one of the biggest mixed salvos of the war at Ukraine’s power system; Kyiv is hit by emergency blackouts; Ukraine says Russia hit substations that feed nuclear plants; and Moscow pushes a fresh Zaporizhzhia “nuclear plot” narrative. youtu.be/IVEWD5ar6Bc
Loyalist insiders are sounding the alarm. The Russian Central Bank is stuck between inflation and a slump, and the budget is being patched with tax hikes and expensive borrowing. The crisis is here: higher inflation & taxes, less revenue & fewer army recruits.
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Does Latest Data Show the Russian Economic CRISIS is Here?
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November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Loyalist insiders are sounding the alarm. The Russian Central Bank is stuck between inflation and a slump, and the budget is being patched with tax hikes and expensive borrowing. The crisis is here: higher inflation & taxes, less revenue & fewer army recruits.
youtu.be/2X7jezP8c7s
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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Which means the risk of Russia escalating by attacking Europe elsewhere than Ukraine, is rising.
This knowledge is thousands of years old, from Sun Tzu.
When on the defensive, open a new front, to distract the enemy.
When on the defensive, open a new front, to distract the enemy.
⚔️ Putin is in a dead end, so he can attack Europe even during the war in Ukraine, - Zelensky
"Putin is in a dead end in terms of real success. For him, it is more of a dead end. That is why these failures may force him to look for other territories," he said.
"Putin is in a dead end in terms of real success. For him, it is more of a dead end. That is why these failures may force him to look for other territories," he said.
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Which means the risk of Russia escalating by attacking Europe elsewhere than Ukraine, is rising.
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The next stage is to test energy infrastructure around Moscow – electricity substations, supply routes for fuel, gas and oil products. This is happening. Beyond that, are substantial and extended blackouts in smaller towns, then Moscow and St. Petersburg. youtu.be/FGuNchAPUHc
Ukraine's DOOMSDAY Option - Attrition of Energy Logistics Culminating in Yamal Cross
YouTube video by Silicon Wafers
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November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The next stage is to test energy infrastructure around Moscow – electricity substations, supply routes for fuel, gas and oil products. This is happening. Beyond that, are substantial and extended blackouts in smaller towns, then Moscow and St. Petersburg. youtu.be/FGuNchAPUHc
Are we underestimating the strength of Russia Drone warfare capabilities, Electronic Warfare, ability to scale, and impact when combined with a 'hybrid warfare' approach. Will Russian drones destroy Western NATO platforms and equipment? - with Joseph Lindsley -
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What’s Really Happening in Ukraine Right Now?
YouTube video by Silicon Curtain
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November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Are we underestimating the strength of Russia Drone warfare capabilities, Electronic Warfare, ability to scale, and impact when combined with a 'hybrid warfare' approach. Will Russian drones destroy Western NATO platforms and equipment? - with Joseph Lindsley -
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Ukraine’s “doomsday lever”? Hitting the Yamal Cross gas network. There is inescapable logic to this existential escalation for Ukraine’s existence. It starts with imposing electricity blackouts and heating denial to smaller, non-strategic Russian towns.
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Ukraine's Doomsday Option - Attrition of Energy Logistics Culminating in Yamal Cross
YouTube video by Silicon Wafers
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November 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Ukraine’s “doomsday lever”? Hitting the Yamal Cross gas network. There is inescapable logic to this existential escalation for Ukraine’s existence. It starts with imposing electricity blackouts and heating denial to smaller, non-strategic Russian towns.
youtu.be/FGuNchAPUHc
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A wave of AI-generated “soldier” videos marks a disinfo surge targeting mobilization. Young men pleading they’re being “forced” to the front flooded TikTok, X and Telegram in multiple languages this week. The aim: to erode trust in Ukraine’s leadership. youtu.be/yHJCMTRFCi8
BREAKING: The Army of FAKES - Is Russia WEAPONIZING Generative AI?
YouTube video by Silicon Curtain
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November 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A wave of AI-generated “soldier” videos marks a disinfo surge targeting mobilization. Young men pleading they’re being “forced” to the front flooded TikTok, X and Telegram in multiple languages this week. The aim: to erode trust in Ukraine’s leadership. youtu.be/yHJCMTRFCi8
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November 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Here’s an update for Jake Broe | Refinery Bingo with @realjakebroe.bsky.social!
We’re over halfway there! $631,460.02 / $1,000,000 - you all are amazing!
Jake has fundraised over 175 #NAFO Trucks and he’s at it again with his 6th campaign!
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We’re over halfway there! $631,460.02 / $1,000,000 - you all are amazing!
Jake has fundraised over 175 #NAFO Trucks and he’s at it again with his 6th campaign!
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Kharichev - a Kremlin Sociologist - claims on both that the war in Ukraine has brought Russia to a point of civilisational collapse, and at the same time, saved Russian civilisation – purity through destruction, death and isolation. What is this nonsense? youtu.be/V22afbCeQGs
BREAKING: Putin's #1 Threat is "Civil War" Claims Kremlin Sociologist!
YouTube video by Silicon Curtain
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November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Kharichev - a Kremlin Sociologist - claims on both that the war in Ukraine has brought Russia to a point of civilisational collapse, and at the same time, saved Russian civilisation – purity through destruction, death and isolation. What is this nonsense? youtu.be/V22afbCeQGs
Is Sergei Lavrov on the way out? After embarrassment of the non-summit in Budapest, and cold treatment of Kirill Dmitriev in Washington, it looks like Lavrov is falling out of favour with the Kremlin. Does it mean windows, or tea for the horse-faced MFA? youtu.be/YLnxBVIz9_A
Lavrov is in TROUBLE - After Budapest Failure and Moscow UNESCO Fiasco
YouTube video by Silicon Wafers
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November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Is Sergei Lavrov on the way out? After embarrassment of the non-summit in Budapest, and cold treatment of Kirill Dmitriev in Washington, it looks like Lavrov is falling out of favour with the Kremlin. Does it mean windows, or tea for the horse-faced MFA? youtu.be/YLnxBVIz9_A
Alexander Kharichev, the powerful head of Presidential Directorate for Monitoring and Analysis of Social Processes, published an essay called “Кто мы?” (Who Are We?) In it, he lists five “civilizational challenges” facing Russia - civil war tops the list. youtu.be/V22afbCeQGs
BREAKING: Putin's #1 Threat is "Civil War" Claims Kremlin Sociologist!
YouTube video by Silicon Curtain
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November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Alexander Kharichev, the powerful head of Presidential Directorate for Monitoring and Analysis of Social Processes, published an essay called “Кто мы?” (Who Are We?) In it, he lists five “civilizational challenges” facing Russia - civil war tops the list. youtu.be/V22afbCeQGs
Civil War is Kremlin’s #1 fear, according to Putin's own chief sociologist. Alexander Kharichev says the quiet part out loud - that the Number One threat to Russia now is civil war. But his solution is MORE ideology, MORE war, and MORE coercion and lies.
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BREAKING: Putin's #1 Threat is "Civil War" Claims Kremlin Sociologist!
YouTube video by Silicon Curtain
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November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Civil War is Kremlin’s #1 fear, according to Putin's own chief sociologist. Alexander Kharichev says the quiet part out loud - that the Number One threat to Russia now is civil war. But his solution is MORE ideology, MORE war, and MORE coercion and lies.
youtu.be/V22afbCeQGs
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Zelensky Is Winning Trump Voters Over, says Steven Moore. New polling shows Ukraine re-emerging as Republican priority. Zelensky's change of communications strategy is creating empathy with voters, previously opposed or indifferent to Ukraine. Steven Moore -
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SHOCKING - Is MAGA Aligning with Ukraine and Zelenskyy Now?
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November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Zelensky Is Winning Trump Voters Over, says Steven Moore. New polling shows Ukraine re-emerging as Republican priority. Zelensky's change of communications strategy is creating empathy with voters, previously opposed or indifferent to Ukraine. Steven Moore -
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Pokrovsk the contested city, rail and road hub has become the most consequential urban fight since Avdiivka. The outcome may be instrumental for deciding the outcome of the war, not only against Ukraine, but in Russia’s war against Western democracy. youtu.be/nVmfcZC8qgk
Pokrovsk on the Brink - Its Defenders Face the Fight of Their Lives
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November 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Pokrovsk the contested city, rail and road hub has become the most consequential urban fight since Avdiivka. The outcome may be instrumental for deciding the outcome of the war, not only against Ukraine, but in Russia’s war against Western democracy. youtu.be/nVmfcZC8qgk
In the early hours of Nov. 2, long-range Ukrainian drones hit the Tuapse oil terminal on Russia’s Black Sea coast. Footage showed a tanker ablaze alongside port infrastructure. There are strong indicators that the HUR naval drones were used in the raids -
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BREAKING: Major Naval Drone Strike on Russian Oil Export Port Tuapse
YouTube video by Silicon Wafers
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November 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
In the early hours of Nov. 2, long-range Ukrainian drones hit the Tuapse oil terminal on Russia’s Black Sea coast. Footage showed a tanker ablaze alongside port infrastructure. There are strong indicators that the HUR naval drones were used in the raids -
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“The Wizard of Oz was terrifying only until the curtain drew back and revealed the man with the microphone—small, ordinary, and afraid. Every autocrat is the same. The show of grandeur is a projection of fear: the fear of being seen as he is, of being small…”
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The Theater of Power: Trump and the Tradition of Deliberate Decadence
November 3, 2025 | By Steven A. Cash
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November 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“The Wizard of Oz was terrifying only until the curtain drew back and revealed the man with the microphone—small, ordinary, and afraid. Every autocrat is the same. The show of grandeur is a projection of fear: the fear of being seen as he is, of being small…”
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
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Romania confirmed the first cut of U.S. troops on NATO’s eastern flank — ending a rotating brigade spread across several countries. This isn’t a full retreat— but will be read in Moscow as a win, and possibly as a US retreat from the defense of Europe.
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BREAKING: US Military Scales Down in Europe - Time to Wake Up!
YouTube video by Silicon Curtain
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November 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Romania confirmed the first cut of U.S. troops on NATO’s eastern flank — ending a rotating brigade spread across several countries. This isn’t a full retreat— but will be read in Moscow as a win, and possibly as a US retreat from the defense of Europe.
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Putin wants everyone to think he’s a tough nut – unbreakable. The Oreshnik missile system is an extension of his threat and bluster, even say symbolic of his authority and virility. But the Oreshnik appears to have been cracked / destroyed by Ukraine. youtu.be/QiRJVALhqMU
Oreshnik Obliterated in Daring Raid by Ukraine on Secret Russian Base
YouTube video by Silicon Wafers
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November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Putin wants everyone to think he’s a tough nut – unbreakable. The Oreshnik missile system is an extension of his threat and bluster, even say symbolic of his authority and virility. But the Oreshnik appears to have been cracked / destroyed by Ukraine. youtu.be/QiRJVALhqMU