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Yes, that sounds exactly right.

https://fasteddynz.substack.com/p/on-the-train-with-3-ukrainians-in

On the Train with 3 Ukrainians in Peru

Soon after boarding the train, three travelling barnyard animals took the seats in my section and we shared a table. Two females and one male. I can feign charm and friendliness quite well (even though my default position on all people is one of extreme condescension and disgust), which I did, and they told me they were from Ukraine. ...

They informed me that Putin is the devil and that the war is horrible. The woman showed me a clip of some lights in the sky (fireworks?) taken in the evening from apartment and said see - they are trying to shoot down incoming Russian missiles! They even have North Korean soldiers! (She for sure watches CNN - a lot).

They went on to try to dispel my ignorance informing me that there was no real support for the referendum that resulted in the Crimea seceding from Ukraine. They insisted that this was an annexation. I was told that everything negative I hear about Ukraine is Russian propaganda (apparently there is only one nation spewing propaganda).

Not wanting to be confrontational I lobbed some softies at them.

FE: Addressing the male who appeared fit and healthy - how are you able to avoid fighting in the war?

M: I have an exemption because I work in the dairy industry.

Lucky him - he gets to go to Peru and he was in Nepal trekking last year! And meanwhile is comrades are dying by the hundreds of thousands fighting his arch enemy. I wanted to ask him why, if he hates Putin so much he doesn’t sign on the dotted line and jump into the fray. But I didn’t want to back the rat into a corner. He’s no doubt one of the many fellas we see in the clubs of Kyiv parting the nights away as the missiles light up the sky hahaha. Life is great despite war!

FE: struggling to hold back laughter said - I see, so that is considered a critical job in Ukraine

M: Yes

FE: addressing the female - from watching that clip on your phone - would you say it would be dangerous for me to travel to Kyiv?

F: Yes definitely. The male interjected and insisted that it is not dangerous (they then argue for a minute or so in Russian).

FE: addressing both of them - so it’s quite a dangerous place - do you know anyone either fighting in the war or living in a city targeted by the Russians who has been wounded or killed.

M and F: No. (Fast Eddy struggles to suppress his incredulity)

FE: addressing both of them - Russia’s military is considered one of the top 3 forces in the world along with the United States and China. Why do you think that they don’t just launch a barrage of missiles targeting all of the Ukraine’s power generation infrastructure.

M: Because Russia does not have enough missiles to do that, The Russian military is weak. They are even turning to North Korea for help.

I wanted to say that your friend just told me Kyiv is a dangerous place because the Russians are randomly launching missile attacks on the city regularly, yet they don’t have enough firepower to target key infrastructure? They were already getting worked up (and introducing the truth into a conversation with a barnyard animal only results in anger) up so I shifted the discussion to a more benign topic. What do ya’ll think of the new Taylor Swift release….

Conclusion

This war is fake.

Macron says that France will send 7k French troops to fight in Ukraine if the war lasts until 2026.

Ukraine is short on manpower and I'm sure that they will make a decent if short showing for themselves.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/france-to-deploy-7-000-soldiers-to-ukraine-in-2026-against-russian-forces/vi-AA1Phz0A?pc=HCTS

Misc says

Macron says that France will send 7k French troops to fight in Ukraine if the war lasts until 2026.

Ukraine is short on manpower and I'm sure that they will make a decent if short showing for themselves.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/france-to-deploy-7-000-soldiers-to-ukraine-in-2026-against-russian-forces/vi-AA1Phz0A?pc=HCTS

Sure he will.

He just made the job harder for French recruiters.

Misc says

Macron says that France will send 7k French troops to fight in Ukraine if the war lasts until 2026.

Ukraine is short on manpower and I'm sure that they will make a decent if short showing for themselves.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/france-to-deploy-7-000-soldiers-to-ukraine-in-2026-against-russian-forces/vi-AA1Phz0A?pc=HCTS

MolotovCocktail says

Misc says

Macron says that France will send 7k French troops to fight in Ukraine if the war lasts until 2026.

Ukraine is short on manpower and I'm sure that they will make a decent if short showing for themselves.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/france-to-deploy-7-000-soldiers-to-ukraine-in-2026-against-russian-forces/vi-AA1Phz0A?pc=HCTS

Sure he will.

To help with the surrender...

When the French say they are going to back you up its over.

I thought the Frogs were supposed to start the war, then pussy out and hand it over to the US. Maybe they think if they send some frogs over to be cannon fodder and cry loudly enough, this might trigger a "save a frog, lose hegemony" response from the US?

*Putin fears another coup as Russia finally begins to buckle*

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/c2568849ede24738

Suddenly, Putin has many reasons to be worried.

Russia’s economy is beginning to buckle. Businesses have been crippled by high interest rates, government borrowing costs have soared and economy minister Maxim Reshetnikov warned in June that the country was “on the brink of a recession”. Warnings are mounting over a potential avalanche of bad debt that could trigger a financial crisis.

Now Donald Trump is turning the screws. After frustration over a lack of progress to end the war in Ukraine, the US president announced new sanctions on two of Russia’s biggest oil companies on Wednesday.

India and China, the main buyers of Russian oil since the war began, responded by curbing purchases. It threatens to cut off crucial oil revenues to Putin’s war machine – and the Russian state.

“For the first time in three and a half years, Russia’s really getting hurt,” says Timothy Ash, an associate fellow at Chatham House’s Russia and Eurasia programme. “I think there’s some panic.”

The war is hitting home for ordinary citizens. Thick plumes of smoke have been rising from Russian oil refineries across the country this year following an unprecedented barrage of Ukrainian drone attacks.

Since January, Ukraine has hit 21 of Russia’s 38 largest refineries where crude oil is refined into products like petrol. It has struck as far as 683 miles into Russia from the Ukrainian border.

So much supply has been knocked out that petrol prices have surged by 40pc since the start of the year. Officials have introduced rationing in occupied Crimea while small petrol stations in Siberia have closed down. Social media is filled with video footage of enormous queues of cars waiting to fill up.

It has also massively ramped up borrowing. Between January and August, Russia’s issuance of bonds surged by 104pc year-on-year, according to the KSE Institute. Total issuance this year could hit a record high.

This borrowing binge is eye-wateringly expensive. Yields on 10-year Russian government bonds hit a four-month high of 15.2pc earlier in October.

Trump has therefore chosen a particularly painful moment to begin turning the screws on Putin.
***
Russia’s economic weakness may encourage Trump to go further. “A major argument for him pushing Ukraine to compromise was that Russia would inevitably win this war. As he put it tactlessly in the White House, ‘You have no cards,’” says a former US diplomat, referring to Trump’s explosive White House press conference in February. “He does like winners.”

Now, it may be Putin who has no cards.

Intense pressure will be essential if Trump truly wants to stop the war, says [Mikhail] Khodorkovsky. “All the concessions that could have been offered to Putin have already been offered. It’s time for Trump to play the ‘bad cop’.”

He appears to be doing just that, pushing Russia’s economy to the brink. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office: “All of a sudden this economy is going to collapse.”

Russia has been fighting aimlessly for three and a half years a War that should have taken a Real Military Power less than a week to win. This is not distinguishing Russia. In fact, it is very much making them look like "a paper tiger." -- Donald J. Trump

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/10/100000-fighting-age-ukrainian-men-have-fled-country/

The_Deplorable says

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/10/100000-fighting-age-ukrainian-men-have-fled-country/

So much for star power.

Looks like Russia continue to nibble the cheese.

MolotovCocktail says

France sucks Trump's cock:

MolotovCocktail says

Now Euro Hillary gets on board, too.

https://www.rt.com/russia/628319-what-kiev-hopes-you-wont-notice/

From the comments,,,



https://www.rt.com/russia/628319-what-kiev-hopes-you-wont-notice/

"C'mon. Can't we muster a litlle Baghdad Bob enthusiasm here? I know you are all eager to test drive your WWIII survival bunkers."

https://www.rt.com/russia/628588-putin-ukraine-ceasefire-condition/

Looks like the EU crooks aren't going to get their hands on Russia's money today!

MolotovCocktail says

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYgVZ-ZLuoM

RayAmerica says

As Russian Federation forces conquer territory faster than at any other point since the start of the war, the MSM had to upgrade their game, abandon most (but not all) of the narrative copes and, in an effort to get things right and fast, started doing what we have been doing here for 2 years: reading the Russian military bloggers and reporting upon it.

Now, Ukraine is about to lose one of the most important Donetsk cities it still holds, a road and rail hub vital for logistics and supply

Exactly one year later we're still at "Paper Tiger is about to conquer Pokrovsk".

ROTFLMAO. What are "Papertigerian milbloggers" reporting now?

I would donate to any Ukrainian who drone strikes Alexander Dugin, the Occultist Evil Scumbag of Hell.

This imbecile is talking about himself,not Iran. So far he killed close to 2 million ukrainians
and goes on pretending he can defeat Russia.

https://x.com/visegrad24/status/2014340485612007651