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Ukraine is scraping the bottom now.

They changed their laws so that 18 year olds are now draftable.

Before this they targeted those in their 50s, 40s, 30s and then 20s. And the mentally ill.

But the Russian meatgrinder ate all of them up.

Look at these stupid kids. They have no clue.





Grok:

The post features a video from a Ukrainian paratrooper account showing young-looking soldiers, likely 18+, in camouflage on a transport truck, smiling nervously amid rural terrain, to critique Ukraine's mobilization of youth.

Ukraine's February 2025 law introduced voluntary one-year contracts for 18-24-year-olds, building on 2024 reforms lowering the draft age to 25, addressing severe troop shortages after over three years of war with Russia.

https://www.politico.eu/article/volodymyr-zelenskyy-sanctions-former-business-partner-implicated-100m-corruption-scandal/

Zelenskyy sanctions former business partner implicated in $100M corruption scandal

Tymur Mindich fled Ukraine for Israel as authorities closed in on him.

Mindich was implicated in a $100 million corruption scandal in Ukraine’s battered energy sector, where prosecutors alleged this week he masterminded a scheme manipulating contracts at Ukraine’s state nuclear energy company to extract kickbacks worth 10-15 percent of contract values.

Mindich — co-owner of production company Kvartal 95 Studio, which Zelenskyy co-founded — fled Ukraine to Israel the day before the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) launched raids.

Fled to Israel… keyword Israel… people who are involved in all these things.

FortWayneHatesRealtors says

Fled to Israel… keyword Israel… people who are involved in all these things.

There is no love lost between Ashkenazis and Ukrainians. Ukrainian kulaks were among the first mass victims of Bolsheviks. Engineered famines under Lenin in the early 1920’s, followed by the Holodomor under Stalin. Though Ukrainians seem distinctly unaware that Bolsheviks were not standard-issue Russians — they instead elected a descendant of the former and “hate” the latter. To tragic effect.

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/coach-jeffrey-saturday-november-15

Remember that brave outpost of democracy, courageously and single-handedly holding off the Russian dictator? The UK Express ran an awkward story this week, headlined, “Chaos in Ukraine as corruption scandal threatens to bring down Zelensky.” But this time, the hit piece didn’t just run in one cooperative outlet. This time, all corporate media platforms are carrying the story. And someone has served reporters salacious details, not just snack packs, but full Thanksgiving dinners, in the form of things like pictures of gold-plated toilets and shrink-wrapped bundles of embezzled cash.

The $100 million dollar scandal was broken by Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau, or “NABU,” which this week “conducted raids on seventy Ukrainian businesspeople and energy sector insiders.” To be perfectly clear, after the 2014 coup, NABU was established by the US State Department, with on-the-ground assistance from USAID, the FBI, CIA, DOJ, and DoD. Various memoranda and agreements have maintained U.S. oversight and information sharing.

In other words, though it is ostensibly a Ukrainian anticorruption unit, the U.S. actually runs NABU. Remember that.

Ironically, back when Zelensky was a comedian who played Ukraine’s president on TV, his platform was anticorruption. And he leaned into the same fake TV platform when he ran for real president, convincing Ukrainians that his acting experience would translate into progress against one of the country’s longest-lasting and most pernicious problems.

In other words, if Zelensky has a political weakness, it’s corruption. He was elected to stop corruption. That’s basically his entire political portfolio.

The highest-profile target of NABU’s new investigations is one Tymur Mindich, who —presumably tipped off— fled to Israel the morning of the raid, leaving his gold-plated bidet behind. (Mindich is a dual citizen, and Israel does not cooperate with extraditions. I know, I know.)

Mindich and Zelensky have been best friends since back in the old days; they were business partners who jointly owned Kvartal 95, the comedy television studio and production company foundational to Zelensky’s entertainment career.

As you can imagine, after Zelensky somehow became president, Mindich somehow became a government expert, and his grubby hands grasped some of Kyiv’s most profitable government agencies, including banking and energy. Ukrainians nicknamed Mindich “Zelensky’s wallet,” since Mindich was always the money man. (Zelensky isn’t great at math. He’s the comedian.)

In July, Zelensky suddenly tried to shut down NABU. Just as suddenly, Kyiv’s capital square was packed with angry protestors. Zelensky backed off.

NABU was preparing to take out most of Zelensky’s remaining team, inlcuding his alter-ego. In other words, the bullet of accountability struck right next to Ukraine’s green sweatshirt. It also swept in many of his other friends and provoked immediate resignations by spooked cabinet members.

Even the New York Times ran the story, calling the president’s problems a “remarkable reversal,” as if he were previously the paragon of honor and reliability...

“Ukrainian investigators (NABU) say that a criminal organization led by a business partner of Mr. Zelensky (i.e. Mindich),” the Times reported, “siphoned off and then laundered $100 million from the country’s publicly owned nuclear power company and engaged in other fraud and financial crimes.” ...

The released recordings were uglier than stink on a Ukrainian private. Here’s how the Times described part of one of the recordings:

A payment of $6 million to purchase a property in Switzerland is
discussed in one recording. On another, two voices have an
exchange about the difficulty of transporting large volumes of cash.
"How do you carry the box?" a voice on the tape asks.
"Oh, it was nothing to carry," another man answers.
They discuss more than a "million," though don't say in which
currency. Packing the money in a computer case with handles
made it easier to tote, one man says.

If the NABU disclosures were a military operation, it might be called a decapitation strike. It sent a broad message: first, it enraged a Ukrainian public, who have been living on scraps and donating small amounts to the war effort wherever they can. It also instantly made all Kyiv’s other corruptocrats paranoid, wondering how many of their own phone calls were monitored, too.

The scandal makes it much more difficult for Ukraine’s NATO allies to continue demanding billions for the war-torn country. Whether it will starve the war effort to death remains to be seen. But it seems more likely that the comet will turn out to be aliens than the U.S. will put any more cash in the ushanka the next time it’s passed around.

Whoever is pulling the strings behind the scenes just yanked Zelensky’s leash, hard. It is impossible to know whether this was intended to end his presidency or just send him an irresistible message, to compel him to do … something. Make a deal? Either way, Zelensky’s circle of corrupt friends just significantly shrank.

As they always say at this stage of the shrinking dictatorship, he’s increasingly isolated. Ukraine has reached the Baghdad Bob stage. It’s just a matter of time.

Patrick says

Whoever is pulling the strings behind the scenes just yanked Zelensky’s leash, hard. It is impossible to know whether this was intended to end his presidency or just send him an irresistible message, to compel him to do … something. Make a deal? Either way, Zelensky’s circle of corrupt friends just significantly shrank.

Speaking of which...

Lol! But what about Hunter's incredible talent? Don't companies want to benefit from that anymore?

MolotovCocktail says

Patrick says

Whoever is pulling the strings behind the scenes just yanked Zelensky’s leash, hard. It is impossible to know whether this was intended to end his presidency or just send him an irresistible message, to compel him to do … something. Make a deal? Either way, Zelensky’s circle of corrupt friends just significantly shrank.

Speaking of which...

Patrick says

Isn't it funny that the Putin fluffers never consider that Putin can end the war today if he chooses to?

They just post dopey memes acting like it is all on Ukraine to surrender and believe Ukraine wouldn't suffer terrible consequences from Russia.

It's just like dumb Leftists and wine moms with suicidal empathy who think radical Islamists have absolutely no agency or responsibility and it is all the West's and Jews' fault for all the war and violence that occurs on the geographic fringes and borders of Islam.

socal2 says

Isn't it funny that the Putin fluffers never consider that Putin can end the war today if he chooses to?

You don't even realize that if your wet dreams of seeing Putin deposed should happen, it will be a total Yuri Andropov type hardliner who will replace him.

And he'll end the war the next day, trust me.

Ooh - more histrionics.

- "Don't defend yourself against Russia's invasion militarily, they have nukes!!"
- "Don't you dare liberate your land from Russian invaders, Putin might get deposed and you won't like who comes next!"
- "Don't you dare provide Ukraine with weapons to defend themselves, that will start WWIII"

socal2 says

Ooh - more histrionics.

- "Don't defend yourself against Russia's invasion militarily, they have nukes!!"
- "Don't you dare liberate your land from Russian invaders, Putin might get deposed and you won't like who comes next!"
- "Don't you dare provide Ukraine with weapons to defend themselves, that will start WWIII"

Red herring to what I said, as usual.

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/slava-polycrisis-thursday-november

Last week, media was ambushed by a Ukrainian (but US-controlled) “anti-corruption agency,” NABU, which chased a bunch of top officials out of the war-torn country, including Zelensky’s best friend and longtime business partner, affectionately known as “Zelensky’s wallet.” He fled to a non-extradition country (Israel). It rocked Zelensky’s regime. Just three days ago, the Economist said the scandal “marks his biggest crisis since the invasion.”

Even more ministers have resigned and/or fled, like cockroaches scattering when you turn the shed lights on. One of them —Kyiv’s former Defense Minister— was rumored to have scurried to the U.S., asked for asylum, and offered to cooperate with the feds.

https://eadaily.com/en/news/2025/11/17/umerov-wants-to-testify-to-the-fbi-on-zelensky-and-ermak-shariy

MolotovCocktail says

DemoralizerOfPanicans says

The agreement is legally binding

(If this is true)

That requires 67 votes in the Senate to ratify. The Russians are the ones insisting upon that after how the West didn't comply with the Minsk Accords and other agreements that weren't formalized via Binding Treaties.

If the Senate doesn't go along, the war resumes. This puts the ballsacks of the Globalist Senate Fucks (in both parties) and Dem Senators in general (who will be under pressure to not ratify any such Treaty negotiated by Team Trump) into a real hard & sharp vise.

Either way, this list totally fucks over the bs the Ukey Fluffers have been posting for years on PatNet.

MolotovCocktail says

France sucks Trump's cock:

Now Euro Hillary gets on board, too.

Ursula is not being coherent with that "therefore".

Patrick says

Ursula is not being coherent with that "therefore".

It doesn't matter WTF she thinks. She is no head of government.

Zelensky's top aide Yermak raided by anti-corruption taskforce.

MolotovCocktail says

Patrick says

Ursula is not being coherent with that "therefore".

It doesn't matter WTF she thinks. She is no head of government.

EU is nothing but a trade & customs union. That's it. It is not a government any more than the UN is. It has zero remit to engage in national security issues or foreign policy outside of trade issues.

The closest orgs that do are NATO & the Council for Europe (anti-NATO) -- both of which are silent as tombs right now.

Euro Hillary is utterly powerless and a waste of time.

MolotovCocktail says

MolotovCocktail says

Patrick says

Ursula is not being coherent with that "therefore".

It doesn't matter WTF she thinks. She is no head of government.

EU is nothing but a trade & customs union. That's it. It is not a government any more than the UN is. It has zero remit to engage in national security issues or foreign policy outside of trade issues.

The closest orgs that do are NATO & the Council for Europe (anti-NATO) -- both of which are silent as tombs right now.

Euro Hillary is utterly powerless and a waste of time.

Oh FFS!

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/finding-out-saturday-november-29

It’s House of Cards: Kiev Edition. There was always an implied consequence attached to Trump’s public demands that Ukraine agree to a peace deal by Thanksgiving. Or else. Early speculation was that Trump would pause or cancel U.S. intelligence sharing. But yesterday, we found out. The New York Times ran the story, headlined, “In Firing His No. 2, Zelensky Loses Both a Negotiator and an Enforcer.” As Agatha Christie would say: and then there was one.

In 2019, with loving assistance from USAID, Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s career as an actor playing Ukraine’s president wrapped— and he stepped right into the role for real. It was his first time holding any public office. The cosmic joke —not so hilarious to Ukrainian citizens— was that he ran as an “outsider” on an anti-corruption crusade. And he hauled his two best friends along with him, under the official story that Zelensky needed people around him whom he could “trust.”

Tymur Mindich, Zelensky’s business partner and personal money manager, was handed the keys to the kingdom— the Energy Ministry, tax revenue levers, power structures, the whole bureaucratic buffet. Locals called him “Zelensky’s wallet.” Last week, the wallet snapped shut and bolted. Mindich caught the Midnight Express to Israel after NABU —Ukraine’s “corruption investigation agency” with unmistakable State Department fingerprints— raided his apartment and offices. And then there were two. (Collateral damage from NABU’s “Kyiv Massacre” also vaporized roughly half a dozen cabinet ministers who were in the blast radius.)

One week ago, Mindich’s departure prompted the Washington Post to announce Zelensky was scraping the bottom.

Zelensky’s only other oldest and best friend is Andriy “the Giant” Yermak. From 2011 till the 2019 elections, Yermak was Zelensky’s personal lawyer— handling media, finance, and intellectual-property issues while Zelensky built his entertainment empire. As Zelensky’s wealth grew, Yermak became an all-in-one producer, fixer, consigliere, and legal counsel. So after Zelensky won the presidency, Yermak oozed into power along with him.

Yermak became Chief of Staff— arguably the second-most powerful man in Ukraine, and on most days, the first.

The Times called Yermak “a sharp-elbowed and imperious political operative, to the point that opposition politicians and journalists accused him of repression and abuse,” and who “nearly always remained physically close to the president.” (You may rightly wonder which journalists accused Yermak of abuse and repression— and why you never ever heard that story from the Times’s journalists. It was independent media.)

Till last week, we’d basically never even heard of Yermak, the powerful giant who “always remained physically close to the president.” In other words, Yermak never lets Zelensky out of his sight. (It is widely reported that the men often even sleep in the same room.) The Times, for sure, never mentioned the oversized man constantly looming over the little wartime president. But now, the Grey Lady is heaping on the scorn: “Yermak struck an almost cartoonish contrast to the diminutive Mr. Zelensky in photographs.”

It is a physical metaphor; Yermak was the real power behind the tiny throne.

Yermak was merely grazed, a flesh wound, when NABU took down Zelensky’s best friend and top minister, Mindich. Last week, NABU dramatically released glossy video and audio of intercepts, featuring unidentified corrupt government ministers conspiring to carve up Ukraine like a Thanksgiving turkey. One of the voices, who used the code-name “Ali Baba,” was widely believed to be Yermak. Sporadic calls began to emerge for his resignation.

Right around that time, Yermak —who hadn’t been charged with anything or openly investigated— decided to earnestly begin negotiating with the US on a peace deal for real this time. I’ve previously surmised that the timing of NABU’s dramatic release was not coincidental, but was a US-led pressure campaign focused on the Green Sweatshirt himself. As the negotiations unfolded, Trump alluded to the aforementioned deadline.

Then the deadline came and went without a deal.

Yesterday —one day post-deadline— NABU promptly raided Yermak’s offices and his home address. A few hours later, like clockwork, Yermak abruptly resigned as Chief of Staff. And then there was one. A wide-eyed Zelensky made the announcement, claiming Yermak was only removed out of an abundance of caution, to avoid unspecified “distractions.” He did not mention the corruption investigation.

“Mr. Yermak’s departure,” the Times said, “is a seismic event in Ukraine’s wartime politics.” I bet. Who’ll keep Zelensky away from the tender embraces of his white powder now?

Zelensky said the search for Yermak’s replacement would begin soon, which proves that his departure was unexpected and unplanned. For his part, Yermak gave a bizarre, “impassioned” interview by text message to the New York Post (of all places), in which he comically claimed that he planned to join the Army and go fight on the front lines. Okay.

What will Zelensky do now, without his wallet and his enforcer? He’s been isolated. He’s a man on an island.

We have some clue. Yermak led the peace negotiations with the US. With Yermak gone, that duty falls to Ukraine’s Defense Secretary Rustem Umerov, who, the Post reported, “spoke with FBI Director Kash Patel ahead of his meeting with Witkoff.” If that sounds odd, it’s not just you. “It is unclear why that meeting took place,” the Post primly noted, since it couldn’t say more.

But I’ll say more. Umerov’s meetings with FBI Director Patel suggest he is a cooperating witness. It also suggests he will be much more receptive to the U.S. position than was the “sharp-elbowed” Yermak. (Nobody talks about Zelensky, the former actor, as any force of personality in the negotiations. He is a nullity; a spent force. He’s just the one who must sign.)

Umerov will meet with Trump’s negotiating team at luxurious Mar-a-Lago this weekend. Yermak was supposed to go; but he’s apparently now headed for the front lines instead. ...

Remember, Yermak was “Ukraine’s chief negotiator” who “said conceding sovereign territory is off-limits in peace talks.” That was a bold position to take. Then, immediately after Yermak suddenly fell under investigation, a UK Telegraph headline struck a decidedly different tone:

Trump to hand Putin Ukraine's occupied territories
US president sends envoys to Moscow with peace plan that recognises Russia's war gains

Two days ago, media crowed about Yermak defiantly insisting that even conceding 20% of territory was “off-limits.” Now, according to the Guardian’s op-editor, it’s fine; it’s a glass mostly full. “The vast majority of its people and its land remain intact,” the article reassured readers. “That is a win worth taking,” it encouraged.

All the turnaround took was one morning’s office raid.

Trumps’ team just slew another giant. And they even kept leverage, since it was a half step. Yermak wasn’t charged, just raided. They could still file charges, or withhold them, depending on whether Yermak plays ball by staying out of the way. Brilliant.

Reading between the lines, I think President Trump and his team have decided they want this war wrapped up before the end of the year. Let’s see if I’m right.

MolotovCocktail says

MolotovCocktail says

Patrick says

Ursula is not being coherent with that "therefore".

It doesn't matter WTF she thinks. She is no head of government.

EU is nothing but a trade & customs union. That's it. It is not a government any more than the UN is. It has zero remit to engage in national security issues or foreign policy outside of trade issues.

The closest orgs that do are NATO & the Council for Europe (anti-NATO) -- both of which are silent as tombs right now.

Euro Hillary is utterly powerless and a waste of time.

But they ARE the voice of the deep state, and the EU IS essentially NATO now...
They are backed by the US Democrats, the Liberal media empire, globalists, and the 3-letter agencies etc., and will do everything to sabotage a Ukraine peace deal, including false flags.

MolotovCocktail says

https://slaynews.com/news/top-nato-admiral-western-allies-plotting-preemptive-strikes-against-russia/

In a stunning escalation, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, chair of NATO’s Military Committee, warned that the alliance could soon abandon its long-standing defensive posture and move toward preemptive attacks on Russian targets.

The revelation is a dramatic shift that risks plunging Europe into a full-scale war engineered by globalists who have been agitating for direct confrontation for years. ...

NATO leaders are no longer hiding it as the globalist war machine is preparing Europe for direct conflict with a nuclear superpower.

“Preemptive strikes” are now being marketed as “defensive,” while diplomats scramble to piece together a peace deal that Western elites seem determined to undermine.

This is how world wars start:

Manufactured crises
Shadowy sabotage blamed on political enemies
Unelected bureaucrats quietly rewrite the rules of engagement while the public is distracted

Propaganda bullshit.

Covering their asses when the bad news finally hits about Ukey Nazi Land.

Just like the German High Command blamed Germany's civilian government for losing WW1...which Hitler used to his advantage.

MolotovCocktail says

This whole Ukey Nazi/EU Fluffer shitshow is going down the drain:

And MORE!



https://x.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/1995704567359533435

But don't worry:

Hahaha!