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The Ukrainian people well depicted in this :15 clip. **** putin….at least from the momma bear.

Rusya'nın Ukrayna'ya düzenlediği füze saldırısı esnasında çocuğunu korumaya çalışan annenin çabası: pic.twitter.com/xld4pdKkzT

— Boşuna Tıklama (@bosunatiklama) July 11, 2026

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That is some STRONG breeding stock!

That's what you want when you marry a woman. Hot. And Protective!

Video looks like AI to me. After the explosion, the father's feet are on the right corner while he crawls in from the left. Also, the sneakers are generic. No known trademark symbols on them like Nike or Adidas, etc. Who is videoing a couple like that while they sit in a park?

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Video looks like AI to me. After the explosion, the father's feet are on the right corner while he crawls in from the left. Also, the sneakers are generic. No known trademark symbols on them like Nike or Adidas, etc. Who is videoing a couple like that while they sit in a park?

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It was part of a much longer clip. Not A.I. This part is zoomed in on that original clip.

But yeah you can't be too careful when seeing these shorter clips and assuming they're real.

This happened in a kids park while he was in Ukraine.
Caution: Distressing Content.#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/s8izFipYof

— Markle Ω (@MarkleResists) July 12, 2026

Russian nationalist and Z-blogger Vitaly Voronov is disgusted that Ukrainian drones have reached Omsk, well to the east of the Urals in Siberia.

“Well, after Ukrainian drones started reaching Siberia and striking the Omsk oil refinery, I believe in Vladimir Putin even more.
1/ https://t.co/sFA9sLevl9 pic.twitter.com/WvbccZppt9

— Roy🇨🇦 (@GrandpaRoy2) July 8, 2026

It's hard to keep up with timing as everything feels like Dj vu. They hit that refinery like a week or two ago. Did they hit it again yesterday or is this old news?

Dunno. I primarily posted that for the little technical nugget on increased drone range.

Ukrainian attack drones hit another 15 vessels in the Sea of Azov overnight, including 7 oil tankers.

Ukrainian forces have now hit 105 vessels in the area over 8 days, collapsing Azov/Don/Kerch Russian shipping traffic. pic.twitter.com/5BubCmuXd9

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) July 13, 2026

❗️Ukraine’s 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade has carried out the first known mission of its kind.

Ukrainian operators remotely guided an unmanned maritime platform across the Black Sea, carrying a machine-gun-equipped ground robot. They landed the robot on the occupied Kinburn… pic.twitter.com/wKncXttJqb

— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) July 13, 2026

If there is no gasoline or diesel fuel, the harvest won’t be gathered, and there will be no hay or grain. There also won’t be milk or meat, a Russian farmer woman logically concludes. https://t.co/9lCj4oWl3o pic.twitter.com/0dHttGuL51

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) July 12, 2026

Is the cost of diesel in Russia $1.30/liter?

ETA. Currently $1.06/liter



https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/Russia/gasoline_prices/

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❗️Ukraine’s 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade has carried out the first known mission of its kind.

Ukrainian operators remotely guided an unmanned maritime platform across the Black Sea, carrying a machine-gun-equipped ground robot. They landed the robot on the occupied Kinburn… pic.twitter.com/wKncXttJqb

— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) July 13, 2026

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Robotic amphibious assault: MORE DETAILS

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Is the cost of diesel in Russia $1.30/liter?

ETA. Currently $1.06/liter

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Gasoline prices in Russia and Russian occupied Crimea for those lucky enough to find any are becoming obscene.

After waiting hours, here, Russians are filling up at 330 rubles/liter ($16.30/US gallon).

At 330 rubles per liter:
1 U.S. gallon = 3.785 liters
330 × 3.785 = 1,249.05… pic.twitter.com/17lOY5pKCh

— Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) July 12, 2026

Rostov, Russia ❗
⛽️🫰Police seized 4.5 tons of diesel fuel and busted an illegal scheme at a gas station in Rostov!

In the Kamensky district, 4.5 tons of diesel fuel, homemade fueling equipment, and two dozen canisters were seized from a local resident; he was selling the fuel… pic.twitter.com/dGUBfFID6m

— LX (@LXSummer1) July 10, 2026

I've seen reports of over $22 dollars per liter in Crimea.

Diesel? I have no idea but the prices you quoted seem fantasy land when you have illegal fueling operations happening and you see the destruction of refineries but I think a lot of Russia right now is fantasy land to keep the population from revolting.

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Due to the shortage of diesel in Russia, road freight transportation is disrupted, and strict limits and daily queues have been introduced at gas stations. Chinese direction has been hit the hardest, - Russian media

In the last week and a half alone, the price of truck delivery from China has increased by an average of $700, and the daily mileage of vehicles has fallen from 700 to 500 km. Logistics are forced to launch flights bypassing the Russian Federation via Kazakhstan.

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im watching the price of food in the moscow area vs the outlaying areas where they make the food. the food in moscow is about the same as it was 2 years ago, while the food in the areas where they make the food has nearly doubled.. this has to be costing russia a lot to keep the food down in the main city. the prices should be far higher in moscow so the government is doing something to keep the prices down. this cant go on.

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Grocery stores of Russian occupied Donetsk looking as barren as Putin's chances of surviving another year.pic.twitter.com/hfcHU1S9h6

— Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) July 13, 2026

Sounds as if the situation is devolving into Road Warriors over there.

Zelenskyy is about to shoot himself in the pecker again. He is weak in some areas that will prove to continually hamstring Ukraine's progress, I'm afraid.

Among Zelensky's main shortcomings as president are his endless favoritism and his carelessness in personnel policy.

Ever since 2019, there has always been someone this guy, someone at his shoulder, standing behind Zelensky and quietly whispering things into his ear. First it…

— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) July 13, 2026

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Diesel? I have no idea but the prices you quoted seem fantasy land when you have illegal fueling operations happening and you see the destruction of refineries but I think a lot of Russia right now is fantasy land to keep the population from revolting.

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True, my information may be fantasy land. Probably a mix of Russian propaganda.

Russian man reports: "Logistics have completely ground to a halt. Freight trucking is collapsing. Diesel is expensive. There's no fuel. Everywhere there are limits - 40, 50, 200 liters. It's insane!" ( @Gerashchenko_en 📹) pic.twitter.com/4jkgAMTv9l

— Anonymous (@YourAnonCentral) July 13, 2026

Rossticus said:

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Zelenskyy is about to shoot himself in the pecker again. He is weak in some areas that will prove to continually hamstring Ukraine's progress, I'm afraid.

Among Zelensky's main shortcomings as president are his endless favoritism and his carelessness in personnel policy.

Ever since 2019, there has always been someone this guy, someone at his shoulder, standing behind Zelensky and quietly whispering things into his ear. First it…

— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) July 13, 2026

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Yep, Zelensky definitely has his leadership flaws.

After all, he was a TV personality, not a career politician or manager, before being elected and primarily campaigned on a peacetime anti-corruption platform. So, even without dealing with the mindboggling additional stress and complexity of the Russian invasion, he was very likely to be operating out of his depth as he had no experience leading an enterprise of any size, much less an entire country.

Knowing this, it would be remarkable if someone so unprepared to handle the dire straits Ukraine suddenly found itself in didn't make mistakes along the way. But, on the other hand, he had the courage to stand and fight when it seemed Kiev was sure to fall and has since blunted the invasion, kept the country united, rallied the western world to his side and is now taking the fight to Russia, all of which makes for a record that overwhelms his flaws and mistakes.

Ukraine could do a lot worse, imo.

Wait for the riots in cities to start with no power, no fuel and food/water shortages.

Then winter hits.

The Russian government enters panic mode, allocating all efforts to hiding the catastrophic situation from the increasingly pitchforky populace, with Putin signing an urgent decree to classify all data related to aviation fuel.

We can assume that regular Russians will soon lose… pic.twitter.com/NcSaFC5LbV

— Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) July 13, 2026

We can assume that regular Russians will soon lose air travel, while high above the toiling masses, the Russian elite snack on lobster and American chocolate bars aboard $150M private jets.

The fuel crunch is finally biting Russian aviation hard. Sochi airports jammed with delays, "drone threats" as the official excuse while fuel depots ration jet kerosene and carriers fly half-empty tanks. This is not a glitch. Ukrainian strikes on refineries and energy nodes have… pic.twitter.com/vY1gAwfU8m

— medoyid_ua (@LetsArmUKR) July 13, 2026

Ukrainian strikes on refineries and energy nodes have compounded into systemic collapse: less fuel means tighter limits, slower recovery, more sabotage windows inside the airports themselves. Every grounded flight is another logistics artery bleeding out.

Kremlin mouthpieces still pretend this is manageable. It is not. The same empire that cannot keep its civilian fleet fueled cannot sustain a forever war that grinds through 35,000 of its own meat per month. Mobilization waves change nothing except the body count on their tab. Putin cannot freeze the conflict because the moment the meat returns home the question becomes "what the hell was that for?" Only battlefield defeat ends it.

🇫🇷🇺🇦🚀 Ukraine has received licenses for the production of Aster-30 missiles for SAMP/T air defense systems, AASM Hammer, and SCALP cruise missiles, — Macron.

✈️ Ukraine will also receive French Rafale fighters in 2028-2029, — Macron. pic.twitter.com/vr0iVXMJ2I

— MAKS 26 🇺🇦👀 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) July 13, 2026

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Rossticus said:

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Zelenskyy is about to shoot himself in the pecker again. He is weak in some areas that will prove to continually hamstring Ukraine's progress, I'm afraid.

Among Zelensky's main shortcomings as president are his endless favoritism and his carelessness in personnel policy.

Ever since 2019, there has always been someone this guy, someone at his shoulder, standing behind Zelensky and quietly whispering things into his ear. First it…

— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) July 13, 2026

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Yep, Zelensky definitely has his leadership flaws.

After all, he was a TV personality, not a career politician or manager, before being elected and primarily campaigned on a peacetime anti-corruption platform. So, even without dealing with the mindboggling additional stress and complexity of the Russian invasion, he was very likely to be operating out of his depth as he had no experience leading an enterprise of any size, much less an entire country.

Knowing this, it would be remarkable if someone so unprepared to handle the dire straits Ukraine suddenly found itself in didn't make mistakes along the way. But, on the other hand, he had the courage to stand and fight when it seemed Kiev was sure to fall and has since blunted the invasion, kept the country united, rallied the western world to his side and is now taking the fight to Russia, all of which makes for a record that overwhelms his flaws and mistakes.

Ukraine could do a lot worse, imo.

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Zelenskyy should be in top tier of leaders of the last 100 years. Just below Churchill. Yes he is Basically Ukraine's Jon Stewart but looks like he is going to beat back Putin's invading horde

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74OA said:

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Rossticus said:

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Zelenskyy is about to shoot himself in the pecker again. He is weak in some areas that will prove to continually hamstring Ukraine's progress, I'm afraid.

Among Zelensky's main shortcomings as president are his endless favoritism and his carelessness in personnel policy.

Ever since 2019, there has always been someone this guy, someone at his shoulder, standing behind Zelensky and quietly whispering things into his ear. First it…

— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) July 13, 2026

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Yep, Zelensky definitely has his leadership flaws.

After all, he was a TV personality, not a career politician or manager, before being elected and primarily campaigned on a peacetime anti-corruption platform. So, even without dealing with the mindboggling additional stress and complexity of the Russian invasion, he was very likely to be operating out of his depth as he had no experience leading an enterprise of any size, much less an entire country.

Knowing this, it would be remarkable if someone so unprepared to handle the dire straits Ukraine suddenly found itself in didn't make mistakes along the way. But, on the other hand, he had the courage to stand and fight when it seemed Kiev was sure to fall and has since blunted the invasion, kept the country united, rallied the western world to his side and is now taking the fight to Russia, all of which makes for a record that overwhelms his flaws and mistakes.

Ukraine could do a lot worse, imo.

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Zelenskyy should be in top tier of leaders of all time. Just below Churchill. Yes he is Basically Ukraine's Jon Stewart but looks like he is going to beat back Putin's invading horde

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Honestly an amazing feat.

Results matter, Tip of the Hat to Z

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Rossticus said:

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Zelenskyy is about to shoot himself in the pecker again. He is weak in some areas that will prove to continually hamstring Ukraine's progress, I'm afraid.

Among Zelensky's main shortcomings as president are his endless favoritism and his carelessness in personnel policy.

Ever since 2019, there has always been someone this guy, someone at his shoulder, standing behind Zelensky and quietly whispering things into his ear. First it…

— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) July 13, 2026

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Yep, Zelensky definitely has his leadership flaws.

After all, he was a TV personality, not a career politician or manager, before being elected and primarily campaigned on a peacetime anti-corruption platform. So, even without dealing with the mindboggling additional stress and complexity of the Russian invasion, he was very likely to be operating out of his depth as he had no experience leading an enterprise of any size, much less an entire country.

Knowing this, it would be remarkable if someone so unprepared to handle the dire straits Ukraine suddenly found itself in didn't make mistakes along the way. But, on the other hand, he had the courage to stand and fight when it seemed Kiev was sure to fall and has since blunted the invasion, kept the country united, rallied the western world to his side and is now taking the fight to Russia, all of which makes for a record that overwhelms his flaws and mistakes.

Ukraine could do a lot worse, imo.

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Zelenskyy should be in top tier of leaders of all time. Just below Churchill. Yes he is Basically Ukraine's Jon Stewart but looks like he is going to beat back Putin's invading horde

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On a human level, I'm just impressed Zelensky hasn't stroked out under the crushing nonstop stress, although you can clearly see how the pressure has rapidly aged him over the last four+ years. He's not perfect by any stretch but, again, Ukraine could do far worse.

🇺🇦23:58 | 13/07

Approximate flight routes of our UAVs:

🔴 Red arrows — directions of strike UAV movement;

According to Russian sources, around 410 drones were reported, though these estimates and the displayed routes remain highly approximate. pic.twitter.com/EMfswRJVMf

— DroneBomber (@DrnBmbr) July 13, 2026

Footage of a Russian Pantsir SAM system accidentally firing a burst of 30 mm cannon fire into a Russian neighborhood in the city of Afipsky tonight. pic.twitter.com/zPVpp8wQxE

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) July 13, 2026

Incompetent and poorly trained crews

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Incompetent and poorly trained crews

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He already said it was Russians...

❗️BREAKING: Ukraine’s Navy sank the Russian FSB patrol ship Izumrud near Novorossiysk using a Sargan-3000 uncrewed surface vessel. The ship took part in Russia’s 2018 attack on Ukrainian naval vessels in the Kerch Strait. Crew members were killed and wounded. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/n9t4FKjiw2

— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) July 14, 2026

Europe continues to step up.

"France will license Ukraine to produce SCALP missiles, AASM bombs, and Aster-30 interceptors, and confirmed delivery of 16 Rafale jets starting 2028.

Ukraine and nine European nations formed an Integrated Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition in Paris on July 13, 2026, tied to a new system called Freyja."

AID
FREYJA

We took part in France’s military parade marking Bastille Day. Today, Ukrainian warriors also marched ceremonially down the Champs-Élysées, while our pilots flew Mirage fighter jets as part of joint French-Ukrainian crews.

It is a great honor for us to be here. Emmanuel’s… pic.twitter.com/lcDFI3nYFo

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 14, 2026

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❗️BREAKING: Ukraine’s Navy sank the Russian FSB patrol ship Izumrud near Novorossiysk using a Sargan-3000 uncrewed surface vessel. The ship took part in Russia’s 2018 attack on Ukrainian naval vessels in the Kerch Strait. Crew members were killed and wounded. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/n9t4FKjiw2

— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) July 14, 2026

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REVENGE

Interesting article analyzing how Russia misapplied its vast manpower advantage over Ukraine.

"At this stage of the war, it is not clear if more forces would fix anything for Russia, unless its military changes the method of employment.

Absent this additional mass, Moscow's choices for breaking the battlefield stalemate are now limited. Furthermore, the cracks in Russia's current force generation model started to show in late 2025.

Russian regions must keep increasing bonuses to meet recruitment targets, which is becoming fiscally untenable. If casualty rates continue to increase, the Russian force in Ukraine will probably begin to contract, meaning that Moscow has moved past its high-water mark for offensive capacity.

How much of this force the Russian military will be able to retain also remains uncertain and subject to budgetary constraints. What is clear is that the Russian military seems to have made a profound miscalculation, assuming that force quantity would eventually offset Western support and Kyiv's innovations and wear down Ukraine.

In reality, how it employed force over time led to declining combat efficiency and effectiveness, closing a window of opportunity that was open in 2024 and 2025."

MASS

WWII tactics, but against modern weapons and effective logistics.

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WWII tactics, but against modern weapons and effective logistics.

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Agree, but even more resembling WWI tactics.

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USA*** said:

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WWII tactics, but against modern weapons and effective logistics.

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Agree, but even more resembling WWI tactics.

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Especially given the relative ineffectiveness of the traditional armored spearhead and reversion to trenches, fixed fortifications and infantry " over the top" into the kill zone.