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1/ A wounded Russian soldier was buried up to his neck in a so-called "tight pit" to 'remotivate' him to go on an assault. In a video, the man names his commanders, whom he says are running an extortion racket, and appeals for help from the military authorities. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
1/ A wounded Russian soldier was buried up to his neck in a so-called "tight pit" to 'remotivate' him to go on an assault. In a video, the man names his commanders, whom he says are running an extortion racket, and appeals for help from the military authorities. ⬇️
1/ Russian soldiers are once again finding themselves being targeted by the hated military police for petty offences, including "driving with dirty tires" in the middle of the muddy season in Ukraine. "Are we fighting or just wanking?" asks one aggrieved soldier-blogger. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
1/ Russian soldiers are once again finding themselves being targeted by the hated military police for petty offences, including "driving with dirty tires" in the middle of the muddy season in Ukraine. "Are we fighting or just wanking?" asks one aggrieved soldier-blogger. ⬇️
1/ Eleven Dutch parties across the political spectrum from socialist to conservative have issued a joint appeal to a provincial government to build a memorial to Black American soldiers who died in World War II, to replace one removed from the Netherlands American Cemetery. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
1/ Eleven Dutch parties across the political spectrum from socialist to conservative have issued a joint appeal to a provincial government to build a memorial to Black American soldiers who died in World War II, to replace one removed from the Netherlands American Cemetery. ⬇️
1/ Shooting down drones on the battlefield requires a wide variety of weapons, used in a layered defence, according to a commentary by Russian soldier and warblogger 'Vault 8'. The lessons he suggests likely apply to both sides in the current war. ⬇️
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Ukrainian soldier with a red dot aim shotgun takes out russian FPV drone.
This is extremely skillful and lucky by Ukrainian defender in Zaporizhya region.
Bravo mate!!!
This is extremely skillful and lucky by Ukrainian defender in Zaporizhya region.
Bravo mate!!!
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
1/ Shooting down drones on the battlefield requires a wide variety of weapons, used in a layered defence, according to a commentary by Russian soldier and warblogger 'Vault 8'. The lessons he suggests likely apply to both sides in the current war. ⬇️
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National Trust council elections saw a defeat for the Restore Trust campaign.
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
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35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
Voting results from the AGM
Read about the National Trust's 2025 Annual General Meeting and the results from the day.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
November 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
National Trust council elections saw a defeat for the Restore Trust campaign.
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee
12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate
Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
1/ A Russian soldier fighting near Pokrovsk says that the area is a scene of carnage, with dead Russians lying everywhere. Soldiers' families are being sent death notices even before the men go into assaults. Only four out of his group of 120 men survived one assault. ⬇️
November 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
1/ A Russian soldier fighting near Pokrovsk says that the area is a scene of carnage, with dead Russians lying everywhere. Soldiers' families are being sent death notices even before the men go into assaults. Only four out of his group of 120 men survived one assault. ⬇️
1/ New photos of the gaudy decorations that Trump has installed in the White House have once again raised claims of "dictator chic". But actual dictators, past and present, haven't gone in for this kind of style. Read on to see the true inspiration.
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
1/ New photos of the gaudy decorations that Trump has installed in the White House have once again raised claims of "dictator chic". But actual dictators, past and present, haven't gone in for this kind of style. Read on to see the true inspiration.
1/ The Russian Minister of Defence, Andrey Belousov, is reported to have ordered a crackdown on corruption and physical abuse in the Russian armed forces. In particular, the widespread practices by commanders of extortion and murder ("zeroing out") are coming under scrutiny. ⬇️
November 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
1/ The Russian Minister of Defence, Andrey Belousov, is reported to have ordered a crackdown on corruption and physical abuse in the Russian armed forces. In particular, the widespread practices by commanders of extortion and murder ("zeroing out") are coming under scrutiny. ⬇️
1/ Mobilised Russian soldiers serving on temporary contracts are being threatened en masse with execution if they do not sign contracts, making them permanent soldiers and ineligible for post-war demobilisation. Russian warbloggers are forcefully condemning this practice. ⬇️
November 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
1/ Mobilised Russian soldiers serving on temporary contracts are being threatened en masse with execution if they do not sign contracts, making them permanent soldiers and ineligible for post-war demobilisation. Russian warbloggers are forcefully condemning this practice. ⬇️
1/ Russian soldiers are being handcuffed to each other, pepper-sprayed, and beaten to force them to go to the front lines. A soldier says that ex-POWs and badly wounded men on crutches are being forced to fight. "They're just throwing us in for meat," he says. ⬇️
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
1/ Russian soldiers are being handcuffed to each other, pepper-sprayed, and beaten to force them to go to the front lines. A soldier says that ex-POWs and badly wounded men on crutches are being forced to fight. "They're just throwing us in for meat," he says. ⬇️
1/ Indians fighting in the Russian army have been killed en masse near Pokrovsk. A survivor says in a video that his friends, who included students studying in Russia, died only 10 days after signing a military contract and being sent to the front without any training. ⬇️
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
1/ Indians fighting in the Russian army have been killed en masse near Pokrovsk. A survivor says in a video that his friends, who included students studying in Russia, died only 10 days after signing a military contract and being sent to the front without any training. ⬇️
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Here's another Serbian proverb for you, you stupid vatniks "Threatening with an empty gun". As of New Year 2026, no gas will be allowed to enter Serbia through Bulgaria. No gas to cut off. Seriously, how are these people allowed to handle nuclear weapons and sharp objects?
5/ "Moreover, "financial and humanitarian aid" prolongs Ukraine's senseless resistance no less than shells and equipment.
We could, as a brotherly gesture, cut off their fucking gas valve to stop the production of shells for our enemies."
We could, as a brotherly gesture, cut off their fucking gas valve to stop the production of shells for our enemies."
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Here's another Serbian proverb for you, you stupid vatniks "Threatening with an empty gun". As of New Year 2026, no gas will be allowed to enter Serbia through Bulgaria. No gas to cut off. Seriously, how are these people allowed to handle nuclear weapons and sharp objects?
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Apparently Russian intellectuals permeating Telegram never learned of the Serbian proverb "We may be brothers, but our purses are not sisters". Maybe they'll learn it once the Russian-owned oil industry here gets nationalized when our economic class decides to.
1/ Russian warbloggers are bitter and outraged that Serbia is selling ammunition to the EU to provide to Ukraine. One advocates that in response, "as a brotherly gesture, [we could] cut off their fucking gas valve". ⬇️
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Serbia is ready to supply ammunition to Europe under long-term contracts, with buyers free to send it to Ukraine, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić told German publication Cicero. Serbia produces more ammunition than France, Vučić stated.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Apparently Russian intellectuals permeating Telegram never learned of the Serbian proverb "We may be brothers, but our purses are not sisters". Maybe they'll learn it once the Russian-owned oil industry here gets nationalized when our economic class decides to.
1/ Russian warbloggers are bitter and outraged that Serbia is selling ammunition to the EU to provide to Ukraine. One advocates that in response, "as a brotherly gesture, [we could] cut off their fucking gas valve". ⬇️
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Serbia is ready to supply ammunition to Europe under long-term contracts, with buyers free to send it to Ukraine, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić told German publication Cicero. Serbia produces more ammunition than France, Vučić stated.
cicero.de/aussenpoliti...
cicero.de/aussenpoliti...
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
1/ Russian warbloggers are bitter and outraged that Serbia is selling ammunition to the EU to provide to Ukraine. One advocates that in response, "as a brotherly gesture, [we could] cut off their fucking gas valve". ⬇️
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The reasons are very traditional Russian values indeed: top-down control, inertia, apathy, and rampant corruption, versus Ukrainian volunteer and self-organizing mindsets empowered from above to protect “what matters most”…
1/ Russia is failing to keep up with Ukraine's drone development, according to a Russian warblogger. In a lengthy commentary, 'Voenkor Kotenok' asks: "Who is stealing Russia's victory on the battlefield in the Special Military Operation?" ⬇️
November 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The reasons are very traditional Russian values indeed: top-down control, inertia, apathy, and rampant corruption, versus Ukrainian volunteer and self-organizing mindsets empowered from above to protect “what matters most”…
1/ Russia is failing to keep up with Ukraine's drone development, according to a Russian warblogger. In a lengthy commentary, 'Voenkor Kotenok' asks: "Who is stealing Russia's victory on the battlefield in the Special Military Operation?" ⬇️
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
1/ Russia is failing to keep up with Ukraine's drone development, according to a Russian warblogger. In a lengthy commentary, 'Voenkor Kotenok' asks: "Who is stealing Russia's victory on the battlefield in the Special Military Operation?" ⬇️
1/ A Russian marine says that his commander, whom he describes as an incompentent drunkard, ordered his unit to march 20 km and attack a Russian-held position, after which all but three of his men were killed. He's now considering a suicide mission to kill his commanders. ⬇️
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
1/ A Russian marine says that his commander, whom he describes as an incompentent drunkard, ordered his unit to march 20 km and attack a Russian-held position, after which all but three of his men were killed. He's now considering a suicide mission to kill his commanders. ⬇️
1/ The vast number of Russian casualties sustained in the war in Ukraine will one day require a reckoning, warns a Russian warblogger. He laments that Russia missed the opportunity to conquer Ukraine in 2014 after the revolution which ousted the pro-Russian leadership. ⬇️
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 AM
1/ The vast number of Russian casualties sustained in the war in Ukraine will one day require a reckoning, warns a Russian warblogger. He laments that Russia missed the opportunity to conquer Ukraine in 2014 after the revolution which ousted the pro-Russian leadership. ⬇️
1/ Pokrovsk and Kupyansk are falsely being portrayed by the Russian media as decisive imminent victories, says Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin. He warns that Russsia is failing to make progress on the Zaporizhzhia front, which he describes as the decisive theatre of the Ukraine war. ⬇️
November 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
1/ Pokrovsk and Kupyansk are falsely being portrayed by the Russian media as decisive imminent victories, says Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin. He warns that Russsia is failing to make progress on the Zaporizhzhia front, which he describes as the decisive theatre of the Ukraine war. ⬇️
1/ Russian hospitals are overflowing with badly injured soldiers, who are lying for days in the hallways without even being treated, due to the doctors being so overworked. The men are not being compensated for their wounds, says one hospitalised soldier. ⬇️
November 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
1/ Russian hospitals are overflowing with badly injured soldiers, who are lying for days in the hallways without even being treated, due to the doctors being so overworked. The men are not being compensated for their wounds, says one hospitalised soldier. ⬇️
Is there nothing that AI can't do?
October 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Is there nothing that AI can't do?
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October 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
1960 - His Royal Highness The Prince Andrew
1986 - His Royal Highness The Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, and Baron Killyleagh
2022 - His Royal Highness The Prince Andrew;
2025 - Prince Andrew
2025 - Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
2027 - Andrew
2028 - Andy
2030 - A
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1986 - His Royal Highness The Duke of York, Earl of Inverness, and Baron Killyleagh
2022 - His Royal Highness The Prince Andrew;
2025 - Prince Andrew
2025 - Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
2027 - Andrew
2028 - Andy
2030 - A
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1/ The fatal capsizing of a Russian floating crane in Sevastopol has highlighted the inability of the Black Sea Fleet's principal shipyard to build the cranes needed for the construction of new naval vessels, as a critical Russian commentary notes. ⬇️
🌊 A video has surfaced of the sinking of the Russian floating crane PK-400 "Sevastopol," which had been under construction at the Sevastopol Marine Plant for eight years.
‼️Ultimately, the Russian shipbuilders capsized the crane and sank it, never completing its construction.
‼️Ultimately, the Russian shipbuilders capsized the crane and sank it, never completing its construction.
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
1/ The fatal capsizing of a Russian floating crane in Sevastopol has highlighted the inability of the Black Sea Fleet's principal shipyard to build the cranes needed for the construction of new naval vessels, as a critical Russian commentary notes. ⬇️
1/ The Russian government is to implement what it calls a 'dronification' rating for Russia's regions, in which they will be assessed for their success in producing UAVs. However, as Russian warblogger 'Military Informant' warns, it's ripe for cheating and perverse incentives. ⬇️
October 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
1/ The Russian government is to implement what it calls a 'dronification' rating for Russia's regions, in which they will be assessed for their success in producing UAVs. However, as Russian warblogger 'Military Informant' warns, it's ripe for cheating and perverse incentives. ⬇️