Mastodawn

"... Has Putin Met His Marianas moment? The Ukrainian attacks On Moscow this Weekend make a mockery of Russian claims about the war, and show that even their capital is not safe. When propaganda narratives die, they die hard."
- Phillips OBrien‬

#Moscow #Russia #Putin #PutinsWar #RussiaUkraineWar #propaganda
https://phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/has-putin-met-his-marianas-moment?r=1tgexa&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

Has Putin Met His Marianas Moment?

When Propaganda Narratives Die, They Die Hard

Phillips’s Newsletter

nikol 3d ago

Voices Against Putin’s War – Ukraine Information Group

Voices Against Putin’s War: protesters’ defiant speeches in Russian courts, is published in October 2025 by Resistance Books.

https://ukraine-solidarity.org/voices-against-putins-war/

#Putin #PutinsWar #Ukraine #book #Resistance #Russia #VoicesAgainstPutinsWar #bookstodon

Voices Against Putin’s War

Voices Against Putin’s War: protesters’ defiant speeches in Russian courts, is published in October 2025 by Resistance Books. □ Order the paperback from Resistance Books here. □ Download a free PDF…

Ukraine Information Group

Frankie ✅May 11

Russian debt defaults are surging, with a quarter of the bond market at risk, while Putin hides in bunkers fixated on his war instead of the economy

https://fortune.com/2026/05/09/russian-debt-defaults-bond-market-risk-putin-bunker-ukraine-war-economy/

#Russia #Ukraine #WWIII #news #war #PutinsWar #Putin #Ukrainewar #UkraineRussiawar #RussiaUkrainewar #SlavaUkraini

Russian debt defaults are surging, with a quarter of the bond market at risk, while Putin hides in bunkers fixated on his war instead of the economy

There were 11 technical defaults in 2024, 24 in 2025, and already 11 in just the first three months of 2026, according to Izvestia.

Fortune

E-fels May 10

"Pu said Schroder should be Europe's negotiator w russia. I wish everyone realized how ridiculous this is. Ru doesn't want to negotiate but to return to cultivating corrupt agents who betray Europe and freedom for russian gas. But unfortunately, Schroder-like politicians are waiting in the wings"
- Maria Popova‬

#Putin #Schröder #Corruption #putinswar #RussiaUkraineWar

E-fels May 7

“Our tanks are busy right now.” Steve Rosenberg‬'s report from Moscow on Russia preparing for a scaled-down Victory Day parade on Red Square.

#Russia #Putin #Putinswar #RussiaUkraineWar #WarInUkraine
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy2gj2jlr8o

Rosenberg: Russia's Victory Day parade with no tanks a sign Ukraine war not going to plan

For the first time in nearly two decades, there will be no military hardware, just soldiers during Saturday's parade in Moscow.

E-fels May 4

Defense officials and lawmakers fear the next two years could provide Russia with the perfect chance to test the West’s commitment to NATO, according to three EU politicians with direct knowledge of the discussions...

#Putin #Trump #Russianaggression #Europe #NATO #EU
#BalticSea #Baltics #Borders #EuropeanDefense #USA
#Transatlanticrelations
#WarinUkraine #Putinswar #RussiaUkraineWar
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-fears-valdimir-putin-window-opportunity-nato-test/

Europe’s nagging fear: Putin’s ‘window of opportunity’ is now

The next two years could provide Russia with the perfect chance to test the West’s commitment to NATO. But some governments, and the alliance itself, consider the threat overblown.

POLITICO

E-fels May 1

"... The Kremlin is not financing the war in Ukraine from some secret treasure chest—it is funding it by making ordinary Russians poorer: through food inflation, shrinking savings, pressure on private business, stalled construction, damaged export infrastructure, and a civilian economy slowly hollowed out to keep the military machine moving. This is a map of how authoritarian states make society pay without ever sending an honest bill."
#Russia #Russiaeconomy #Putinswar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oORw4Z3RzsM

The Invisible Tax: How Putin Forces Ordinary Russians to Pay for the War in Ukraine

YouTube

E-fels May 1

In an interview with RBC-Ukraine, former Chief of Staff at the German Ministry of Defense, Nico Lange, explains whether #Europe can defend itself without #Trump and why #Ukraine has become central to its security.
#Germany #EU #Russianaggression #RussiaUkraineWar #USA #Putinswar
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/interview/doing-everything-to-please-trump-didn-t-deliver-1777525002.html

'Doing everything to please Trump didn't deliver results and it won't.' Interview with German security expert Nico Lange

RBC-Ukraine

E-fels Apr 30

"... A phone call between Trump and Putin. Talk of ceasefires. Renewed pressure on Ukraine to accept terms. And alongside all of this, a phrase that keeps surfacing in certain conversations: “Ukraine, militarily, they’re defeated.”

That’s not an assessment. It’s a setup.

..."
#Trump #Putin #Putinswar
#Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #Russianinvasion #Ukraine
https://economicsofpower.substack.com/p/why-appeasement-fails?r=33vjov&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

Why Appeasement Fails

This week we’re hearing about negotiations again.

The Economics of Power

E-fels Apr 28

"... Western policy must stop waiting for a “post-war” Russia. Instead, it must build an architecture that treats Russian aggression not as a temporary state, but as a permanent condition of the regime’s survival. We can no longer negotiate our way out of Putin’s necessity for war; we can now only outlast the system. ..."
#Russia #Putin #Putinswar #Russianinvasion #RussiaUkraineWar #Russianaggression #Europe #EU
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/russia-will-never-agree-to-peace-in-ukraine

Russia Will Never Agree to Peace in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin’s regime structurally requires perpetual war in Ukraine. Understanding this changes everything about NATO strategy, European defense, and support for Kyiv.

The National Interest