Ukraine ‘fully in control’ of key Kursk town & Russia's battle with inflation I Ukraine: The Latest

Day 905.
Today, we reflect on the continuing Ukrainian operation into Russia, as reports come in about seized settlements and Kyiv’s forces even setting up an office in Kursk. Then we look at the implications for the Russian economy as reality bites, and deep dive into Moscow’s response to the growing military crisis.
Contributors:
Francis Dearnley (Host, Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Szu Chan (Economics Editor). @szupingc on X.
Kateryna Stepanenko (Russia Deputy Team Lead & Analyst at the Institute for the Study of War). @KatStepanenko on X.
Articles referenced:
'Why Putin’s inflation battle is weakening Russia from within' (Szu Chan in The Telegraph):
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The Real Story of the Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage (The Wall Street Journal):
www.wsj.com/wo...
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[@blackninja73]

I’m an American living in Japan. Your coverage and interviews are so much better than mainstream US coverage. Keep up the good work.

[@RyanBrown-nx8dw]

@@blackninja73 ur N idiot

[@MrStarstreak]

Your financial editor is grossly misinformed. Perhaps she has been told to highlight the negative about Russia - which is called Propaganda. One example is where she claims Russians "cannot get an iPhone". Other news outlets prove this wrong by reporting that the iStore just changed names and citizens can buy any of the models.

[@taklai4926]

Lol seriously crap stuff by UK Telegraph

[@luke7benner]

What is happening on the front lines in Ukraine?

[@simonshkilevich3032]

Great podcast

[@user-bx4gk6bu5i]

I know that it's a big ask for many reasons, but it would be good to have more analysis of what the Russian public's opinion of the invasion and recent developments is. Maybe one of your guests has intelligence information.

[@MrStarstreak]

Well this channel is clearly designed as support for Ukraine and is severely unbalanced, so the chances of that happening are nil.

[@gintaginta5027]

Dont worry, they have enought "rich" history concerning europeans wars against Russia. After sunctions against Russias people, is naive to wait that people wil turn against government. But good try, lets see happinings in west front.

[@overcomewithgoodsouth]

This is the best news outlet for current conditions. Let's continue to show united support for Ukraine financially, politically, and on social media. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 🇺🇸

[@MariaLauraBellinazzo]

Indeed, glory to our brave fellows con Ukraine ❤⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@paveluzunov4528]

Bunch of fools

[@paveluzunov4528]

​@user-rx5to3qk1u 😂😂😂😂

[@RyanBrown-nx8dw]

Ur a retard

[@starets_fugas]

КАбздец твоей Украине

[@michaelrichard6229]

Please remind the audience about the Malayan Airliner shot down and the two assassination efforts on British soil. Outrages get forgotten......

[@richardmarsden5610]

Nobody believes anything the British say about the Russians. The British establishment authorities being the least reliable source in the world on the matter.

[@DarkCriimes]

We haven’t forgotten. We also remember Bucha.

[@jimgraham6722]

Not here

[@DarkCriimes]

@@sebastianforbes1 Russia is not a signatory to the ICC. That’s the only reason. Evidence is stacked against him. Maybe we’ll have Nuremberg style trial at some point but I highly doubt it, sadly.

[@MariaLauraBellinazzo]

@@DarkCriimesand the dam of nova Khakova, and the brutal attack to Mariupol and the attack at the hospitals. Nothing is forgotten nor forgiven

[@edwardwaters3820]

If permission is given the Russians will be the first to know. Not us

[@dearmas9068]

They're probably already learning, hahaha!

[@cew_die_pie]

First (non-bot)!

[@commmander64]

Noice

[@user-ck6bf3ke1w]

"Better their border towns than ours!"~Unknown Ukrainian

[@antilarge7860]

If Turkey is sending iPhones to Russia then we need to stop sending iPhones to Turkey.

[@bpd9660]

Boycott Apple

[@Karlswebb]

@@bpd9660nah just throw sanctions on em, stop the imports that way. Not worth it though for NATO.

[@BH195829]

Crazily LEFT Apple is as potentially corrupt as any Russian oligarch operator - potentially sending iPhones to countries that circumvent sanctions… no doubt protected by the sleepy Biden Administration who loves these firms that “tow the line” with their Extreme Liberal views. 🤔

[@BH195829]

Crazily LEFT Apple is as potentially corrupt as any Russian oligarch operator - potentially sending iPhones to countries that circumvent sanctions… no doubt protected by the sleepy Biden Administration who loves these firms that “tor the line” with their Extreme Liberal views. 🤔

[@bernardfox9078]

Why boycott Apple ? Turkey is where the fault is. Sanctions on Turkey​@@bpd9660

[@CoffeeCup1346]

Great show! Thanks again!

[@Kaiyening]

That WSJ article… “The boat was spotted flying a Ukrainian flag during the top secret operation around Sweden”. “Drunk men decided to come up with this plan and executed it right away spending just 200 million dollars” “Accidentally dropped the bomb into the sea and had to retrieve it” “Everyone around knew about everything in this top secret operation sanctioned by Zelensky” How many more absurdities do I have to list from that “investigation”? Ask any former spy or operative and see what they say. No credible sources listed at all. Seems like a classic fake. From a reputable outlet owned by the husband of Abramovich’s mother in law. I’m sorry if I really don’t buy it.

[@DarkCriimes]

Me neither. That report was about a believable about James Bond. Why do the russians have an obsession with Nord Stream. I wonder.

[@jimgraham6722]

That any middle aged woman would see something in a ninety year old wrinkled prune is beyond belief. This fake marriage is clearly an influence operation.

[@joeparvana9549]

I look forward to each of these podcasts and also Defense in depth. Baltimore, Maryland.

[@raymondporter2094]

Welcome!

[@joeparvana9549]

@@sebastianforbes1 Channels are cleared, rebuilding is in the planning stages. I miss it. Thanks

[@Depipro]

So refreshing to hear both Russian and Ukrainian names pronounced correctly on this podcast for a change. Dom and Francis, please keep paying close attention to Kateryna also on that level, - it makes the podcast so much easier to follow for those of us who actually speak one or more of the languages involved.

[@benjohnson7950]

Don't forget, countries against no-first-use policy: Pakistan, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and France say that they will use nuclear weapons against either nuclear or non-nuclear states only in the case of invasion or other attack against their territory or against one of their allies.

[@edwardwaters3820]

If I dig really slow.Will I get a chance to see Ukraine 🇺🇦?

[@stephencalcutt8396]

What's the situation on the ground in Donbas? Are the Russians advancing or retreating?

[@Rossi5007]

Advancing very fast

[@FRIPPE_THE_GREAT]

​@@Rossi5007backwards into Russia 😂

[@bjbennett1605]

Katerina is a fantastic guest!

[@ralphreg1]

Listening regularly in Australia.

[@marieelliott8368]

God bless Ukraine 🇺🇦 🙏

[@СветланаЕвсеева-м9в]

У вас нет Бога. Вы его предали и будете прокляты

[@donaldflett1504]

I am a 76 year old American civil engineer, living and working in Kherson throughout the war. This is the first positive news that we have had since November, 2023 when the Republicans temporarily blocked the $61B aid for Ukraine and subsequently unblocked earlier this year. The Ukrainian incursion into Kursk, Russian territory, is significant militarily and diplomatically in that it shows that Ukraine can still go on the offensive even given the severe limitations artificially imposed by the pathetic Biden Administration in Washington. Don't get me wrong, I am a lifelong "working class" Democrat as were my parents and grandparents before me and I fully support the Democrats against the Republicans but that does not stop me from pointing out the failures of Biden with respect to Ukraine - and they have been monumental in retrospect. According to the spirit of the Budapest Memorandum, the US should have immediately and effectively supported Ukraine in February, 2022 and the war could have been won in 12 to 18 months. Really. But Biden and his crowd can still do a lot of harm to Ukraine in the next 5 months until Harris gets in. Biden should be forced to step down via the 25th amendment and Harris take over in the interests of natioinal security. The Kursk operation has not yet taken the pressure off of Kherson because we have been getting heavy hits by concentrated artillery fire and multiple Shaheed drones which I experienced personnally. They make the building shake they are so powerful - even at a distance. So the practical actions for my American friends remain the same: continue to contact your democratically elected representatives to get Biden out and really support Ukraine, and support the Democratic party for a big win in November. Have a nice, artillery free, day. lol

[@aleksandr_novoselov]

Мигрант строитель, даёт военную аналитику, ржу не могу 🤣

[@aleksandr_novoselov]

Лучше займись делом и замешивай цемент для своего убежища.

[@kiromancer]

Slava Ukraini

[@СветланаЕвсеева-м9в]

​@@kiromancerслава уже сдох!

[@samedwards6683]

Slava Ukraini

[@СветланаЕвсеева-м9в]

Фу! Воняет трупом от украины

[@1701enter]

Good stuff, thanks

[@user-od1pe2ip2n]

Zelensky is a comedian 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BrianSmith-ug2bu]

He certainly made a joke of Putin...

[@marieelliott8368]

And Putin is a clown 🤡

[@DarkCriimes]

Come up with something new and original please comrade.

[@keith8609]

It is Putin who is looking the 🤡 for invading Ukraine in the first place

[@alanchristensen5735]

Ukraine has shifted the dynamics by invading. Be bold, be aggressive, be brave. SLAVA UKRAINI

[@Jocular-mt3jb]

Worst possible move they could have made. Doom.

[@MadDog-1961]

@@Jocular-mt3jb Shut up and sit down Ivan!!

[@JohnCSmith-lp1qr]

Not exactly. Front line is collapsing...just not a headline

[@JohnCSmith-lp1qr]

​@@MadDog-1961🐑

[@MadDog-1961]

@@JohnCSmith-lp1qr In your dreams...

[@user-qe1li2ix6o]

I have listened to your coverage of the war since day one and feel your coverage is the most clear and honest, wish we had Dom behind us in Rhodesia the map of the world would have looked very different, China and Russia would never have got the foothold that’s turned into two hands around the throats of whoever is in power, great content.

[@richardmarsden5610]

The crews of Mi-28NM combat helicopters destroyed massed Ukrainian manpower and military equipment by Vikhr missiles in an overnight strike in the borderline Kursk Region, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday. The ministry also uploaded a video showing the destruction of Ukrainian troops and military hardware in the Kursk area. "Army aviation crews flying Mi-28NM helicopters delivered an overnight strike by air-launched weapons against massed manpower, armored and military motor vehicles of the Ukrainian army in the borderline Kursk Region. The strike was delivered by Vikhr missiles against reconnoitered targets. According to reconnaissance reports, all the designated targets were successfully destroyed," the ministry said in a statement.

[@wesley135]

💙💛Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 💙💛

[@michaeldarling1759]

We should not boast.

[@edwardwaters3820]

USA 🇺🇸 for Ukraine 🇺🇦 Americans for democracy

[@Jocular-mt3jb]

US taking Ukraine for a ride, cruel.

[@dearmas9068]

​@@Jocular-mt3jb no one is fooled, little Kremlin troll

[@dearmas9068]

​@@Jocular-mt3jb no one is fooled...

[@dss2mtm]

Right on but the US is no hero of democracy if history is a judge. 🇺🇲was grown from unrelenting expansion and war over other peoples land and the explusion onto Reservations. Especially after gold was found. Hawaii was annexed. Guam was incorporated via just two lines of Executive Order!! Democracy had nothing to do with it back then. Same for Russia now. The Donbass will become like UK Ulster: staunchly Russian just as Ulster is staunchly British. But today of course Russia is in the wrong and should be defeated. Ukraine needs to survive intact and regain all its land. But can it as no US troops will fight for it. Possibly yes as NATO will stumble into war instead.

[@dss2mtm]

Rigbt on but the 🇺🇸 is no hero of democracy if history is a judge. Annexation, Reservations, Executive Orders (Guam), expansionist war. Democracry had nothing to do with it back then. Same for Russia now. The Donbass will become like UK Ulster: staunchly Russian as today NI 🇬🇬 Ulster is staunchly 🇬🇧 It's not about Democracy but land. Ask the 🇬🇧 or 🇫🇷 if they will give their colonial holdings back. Many were but many not. 🇬🇧 says no to 🇲🇺. In modern times, 🇷🇺 is doing the same evil where 🇺🇦 is the sorry victim.

[@lukemorgan6166]

We're battling inflation too Never ending and we're not even in war 😂

[@evilaquaman]

Surely Apple can disconnect iPhones in a geographic area like say Russia??

[@BH195829]

If they wanted to… but they don’t.

[@BH195829]

Crazily LEFT Apple is as potentially corrupt as any Russian oligarch operator - potentially sending iPhones to countries that circumvent sanctions… no doubt protected by the sleepy Biden Administration who loves these firms that “toe the line” with their Extreme Liberal views. 🤔

[@dudeinthecrowd]

How will they communicate with their friends in Russia?

[@rolyvonotter2693]

Totally mystified as to why such a big deal is being made of the use of Challenger Tanks being used, Russia uses Western components in missiles against Civilian targets, why even give someone something or let them buy it & then refuse them to use it!

[@Kangenpower7]

Your guest said something about Ukraine not wanting to hold the Russian territory for a long time. This is probably wrong, as Russia is needlessly sending thousands of troops to the area, wasting them quickly, faster than on any other front line. Ukraine will be seen as very innovative to be able to destroy so many Russian Troops so swiftly by invading this section of Russia. And if they can trade one nuclear power plant for another in Ukraine, that is a great way to get the nuclear power plant from being held hostage by the Russians. However some very sane people have said that attacking the nuclear power plant is a very bad idea, and Russia will probably destroy the power plant in Kursk if there is any chance that Ukraine might occupy it, then blame all of the bombs dropped on the Kursk nuclear power plant on Ukraine, even if they had nothing to do with it.

[@superflyguy4488]

Ukraine has been successful on this incursion due to its employment of manoeuvrist warfare, getting bogged down into the same kinds of engagements we are seeing elseware makes it harder for Ukraine to disengage (withdraw) cleanly. Selection and Maintenance of the Aim is the key principle of war, and if this incursion fails to support the aim (whatever that is) then they will want to extract all its forces.

[@СветланаЕвсеева-м9в]

​@@superflyguy4488никакого успеха украина не добилась. Уже столько трупов укровоинов на курской земле, что вонь от них слышна даже в сибири

[@paulshearer9140]

Thanks

[@user-iy2fs3vm5j]

За мир!

[@victoriahigman6802]

Sounds like they’ll be carried away to frontlines afterwards?

[@tamasdemeter84]

If the West does not fundamentally change their stance(s) on how to contain Putin Ukrain will have to pull back to least dangerous position. If the west breaks their silence, we may see a sustained paradigm change

[@8thday204]

Excellent reporting - a daily essential for me.

[@coodudeman]

uhhhh.... wednesday was the 14th here...

[@bobgeiger5565]

I love: "Mr. Garlic Bananas!"

[@danp2965]

When beautified reality trumps ugly reality … warmongers.

[@sheltie777]

Presumably if Russia needs to dig trenches in Kursk Oblast, they will need to continue digging them all the way around the border as well.

[@richardmarsden5610]

The attack of the Ukrainian armed forces on the Kursk Region was a strategic mistake that will bring Ukraine's defeat closer in the conflict with Russia, John Mearsheimer, a professor at the University of Chicago, shares this view in an article on the Responsible Statecraft portal. "Ukraine’s invasion (of Kursk) was a major strategic blunder, which will accelerate its defeat," the analyst noted. According to him, the Ukrainian armed forces "lost many soldiers and a huge proportion of their equipment" while "the key determinant of success in a war of attrition is the casualty-exchange ratio, not capturing territory." As the expert notes, in the Kursk region Kiev used "top-notch combat units" having removed them from the front lines in in eastern Ukraine, where they are "desperately needed." "This move is tilting the already lopsided casualty-exchange ratio on that critically important front further in Russia’s favor," he says.

[@dearmas9068]

No one will ever been fooled, son

[@MrStarstreak]

Yes it will be an own goal. Embarrassing as it is, it will be in Russia's long term favour. The Russians are already advancing quicker in other zones as a result.

[@colingibson7324]

Russia claims to have destroyed a Challenger in Russia using a Lancet drone, but Kursk Oblast is a no-go area for Russian drones? ??????

[@keith8609]

Despite the media hype no tank or aircraft is invincible both sides are adapting their tactics to breach the enemies defences we should not be shocked when we hear of western military equipment being destroyed this is war Slava Ukraini ♥️ 🇺🇦

[@jondk]

20:45 Kaviar is cheaper. But not because, as speculated, that the elites are spending less. It’s the export that’s missing.

[@user-bk5hy8kg7b]

Long live the West! SLAVA UKRAINE!! From Italy ❤❤

[@MariaLauraBellinazzo]

❤❤❤🇮🇹🇮🇹♥️♥️♥️🇺🇦🇺🇦⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@konstantinosstamatopoulos425]

Now military news from both Ukraine and Russia, good news!

[@burritosls]

3 days to Kursk😂😂😂

[@turtleanton6539]

Very interesting 😊😊😊😊

[@user-od1pe2ip2n]

Civil war broke out in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿UK already 🇬🇧 😭😭😭😭😭😭🔥

[@DarkCriimes]

Don’t listen to Musk 🤣

[@DRKrust492]

@@user-od1pe2ip2n 11 month old Russian troll acct. 🤡🤡👍👍🤡🤡

[@rv442conv]

Excellent reporting How do i buy your newspaper delivered to USA?

[@guywuytack7099]

akhmat chief refered to Georgian mercenaries. the caviar referred to is the cheap salmon caviar which Russians use a lot smeared on a slice of bread.. like a staple food

[@MrStarstreak]

True. However that would have spoiled their narrative and the use of caviar (a normally extravagant foodstuff in W. Europe) as some sort of ridicule.

[@bernardfox9078]

The female 'expert' was asked if it was an existential threat to Putin if Ukraine held the territory taken for a long period of time. She then waffled on for the next five minutes while the presenter very politely waited for her to answer the question and didn't interrupt, hoping no doubt that she might finally answer. But of course she didnt. She seems to speak before thinking.

[@sebastianpareiro9634]

Alternative reality 🤡🤡🤡

[@amvsrllc719]

This is just the start of Russian mizery to last decades! Super!

[@wangluuu]

RUSSIA ALWAYS WIN

[@coodudeman]

the brittish way to pronounce banana is more consistent than ours... we say buhnanuh....

[@williammorris584]

There is no serious analyst who sees a scenario in which Ukraine can recover its lost territory using only their own forces. This doesn’t change that assessment. In that context, this attack can be seen as an effort to gain leverage in eventual peace negotiations. With reference to your guest, I now take ISW with a shaker of salt; they long ago transitioned from analysis to cheerleading.

[@DominusHydra-i6i]

Actually there are a lot of scenarios. Russia can't keep it up with all the sanctions and low morale😅

[@MrStarstreak]

The invasion of Russia will make peace much harder to achieve, which is what the USA wants (at present).

[@Kavala76]

"Putin Has Victory in His Grasp" - The New York Times [13 Aug 2024]

[@dearmas9068]

Not any more, lol...

[@krislees976]

Wednesday the 15th August? Wednesday was the 14th

[@dearmas9068]

Oops. Happens.

[@danp2965]

Ridiculous as ever. Where’s the true journalism? Nothing but warmonger rhetoric…

[@LuisGaliSaucedo]

What’s actually happening in Russia then?

[@richardmarsden5610]

That Saigon/Mogadishu/Baghdad and Kabul moment is edging ever closer for U.S. occupied Kyiv.

[@richardmarsden5610]

$36 Trillion is next milestone in U.S. national debt levels.

[@Deathadder90]

Lmao, I know this tactic from pro ru fora. I don't think people care enough about that here for it to work.

[@richardmarsden5610]

@@Deathadder90 Fading Empire.

[@iklintsov]

20:12 Russian eggs are at the moment at about 110 rubles (top quality) = 1 pound for 10 eggs and minimum pension in 2024 is about 110 pounds but that depends on a region. some regions have minimum pension of about 300 pounds.

[@tamasdemeter84]

Putin tries to keep the babuschkas calm. Eggs, garlic, grandsons.... this is how he keeps the average population desinterested

[@scw5619]

Keep pushing north, Ukraine should make Moscow look vulnerable, then Russia will withdraw troops and talk peace.

[@vidflixph]

fake news

[@nathanhoffman20000]

How sweet it is. BTW that "first responsibility" intro clip aged poorly. And quickly.

[@richardmarsden5610]

12,000 entered, 3,000 already dead. 25% irrecoverable manpower losses. Far higher % heavy equipment losses.

[@united_europe]

According to russian news that is. Known for being very reliable in regards to numbers of losses. Right?

[@dearmas9068]

No one will ever be fooled, son

[@thomasbernecky2078]

Yes, Reality bites. It's why I listen to this for an hour, and also put up with Francis Dearnley. And I'd bet Dom dug trenches without any extra pay?

[@MoonDance2024]

Russia♥️♥️♥️

[@cmavuso6068]

Propaganda

[@robertgerrity878]

With F16s to hand, 15 seconds over Moscow?

[@ciuyr2510]

Armored Fighting Vehicle

[@DaniRaj666]

Slava Ukraini from Finland!

[@susansmith9263]

🇺🇦 🥳 🇺🇦 2 more Ukrainian Air Assault Brigades have joined the invasion of Russia...the 82nd and 95th. 6 front line Brigades, 2 independent Battalions and supporting drone, artillery, reconnaissance and Special Forces Units. Possibly close to 15,000 troops. 😮 Is anybody left in Ukraine? 😉 Slàva Ukraini ! 🇺🇲 🇺🇦

[@СветланаЕвсеева-м9в]

Сдох слава и украина тоже😅

[@AndrewMorton-nt4po]

Front australia. Am nae that clever but I think I know the difference between tight ^ wrong. God bless yis & good luck ! ❤

[@DarkCriimes]

Nord Stream was not blown up by a few drunk divers using explosives. It has putin’s dirty hands all over it. Only russia could concoct such a ludicrous story 🤣

[@СветланаЕвсеева-м9в]

Придурок что ли?

[@peteraudley5628]

The judges are old pals of starmer and are cosying up for a place in the lords . Allegedly !

[@mrlucasftw42]

Caviar! LOL

[@Anonymous-by5jp]

An Inkursktion appears to be afoot

[@richardmarsden5610]

The incursion of Ukrainian troops into Russia’s Kursk Region is run and coordinated by Western special services, said Andrey Ilnitsky, an analyst and former adviser to the Russian Defense Ministry. "The invasion of the Kursk Region is a military operation. It can't all be without coordination and operation by Western special services and Western technology. They supply things to Ukraine that even they themselves may not have. As long as we have the advantage, they will not agree to any negotiations. And these attempts will continue," he said at a youth educational conference. Ilnitsky said the strategy of Western countries is to destroy Russia as an independent sovereign state. "Not everyone, but many people think that this will blow over and things will return to what they were. They won't. I maintain that attempts to weaken Russia from within, to knock it off balance, will continue. One should realize that in fact what is going on in Ukraine is our war with the West. They just turned Ukraine in a kind of a big private military company," the analyst said. Ilnitsky was an adviser to former Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu.

[@dearmas9068]

Lol. No one will ever been fooled, son.

[@Grahamgusbull]

👍🇺🇦🇬🇧

[@aaseulimoen6038]

💯🌻

[@EmilGuillen-lx8hq]

Trench digging didn’t mention drones one star

[@TheKenmak]

Body Guard to Political Kommisar! So Stalinist!

[@ibragimgus]

Really 😊

[@user-yy3jl4mn6n]

Sadns ary

[@kevinhughes8749]

Hilarious accuracy....Kursk trench digging trenches.

[@user-rv4ob4tg9x]

Sup bois

[@oxonsteve]

😂

[@samsungtap4183]

In the first 36yrs the Ukrainian incursion failed when they failed to seize the Kurst power plant and nuclear weapons near by. Russian reaction has been fascinating in its under reaction, cool calm control, first secure the nuclear power plant 1.000% then stabilize the front all with minimal use of the Russian military. No knee jerk reaction. Meanwhile in the south the war goes on...big time.

[@DominusHydra-i6i]

🤡.. does that include the thousands of orcs who calmly surrendered?

[@Deathadder90]

LMAO, they even secured the KNPP a 1000!!! percent, not even a hundred but a thousand. Really had to try and drive that one home, did ya? What is funny is that the front is not stabilized and the Russian military is fighting hard everyday in Kursk. Only thing is, conscripts are just a bunch of unmotivated young adults. Hence they die or they surrender.

[@exik_cz9787]

Bla bla bla

[@richardmarsden5610]

Taliban hold ‘humiliating’ parade three years after returning to power in Afghanistan kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ2tlWdtrJyDmM0 The Taliban celebrated the three-year anniversary of returning to power in Afghanistan on Wednesday. The regime paraded US and Soviet-era military weaponry, vehicles and equipment through a former US airbase, Bagram. The Bagram Air Base served a vital role in American operations against the Taliban for 20 years. Videos of the celebration were posted to X, with social media users slamming the Biden Administration’s failures. “This is humiliating,” wrote one user. The botched evacuation by US President Joe Biden’s administration led to the deaths of 13 United States service members.

[@bigmofarah9084]

They didn’t learn the lessons from the Russian defeat in Afghanistan

[@alexandersimonoff3992]

😂😂😂

[@richardmarsden5610]

Fitch Ratings - London - 13 Aug 2024: Fitch Ratings has downgraded Ukraine's Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'RD' from 'C'. Fitch typically does not assign Outlooks to sovereigns with a rating of 'CCC+' or below.

[@Deathadder90]

Not a moment too late with the pro ru account dropping ru news. How many rubles did ya get for this one? Mr vatnik.

[@dearmas9068]

​@@Deathadder90 there's no such thing as Russian news. All they do is propaganda

[@peterchaloner2877]

Tosh. Russian Crimea, Russian Donbas in 2025 peace treaty.