A Polish journalist tried to provoke the Russian ambassador after he was assaulted with red paint in Warsaw yesterday.
"You are covered in the blood of the Ukrainian people, which this paint symbolizes, how do you feel?" the Polish journalist began.
"I am covered in syrup," replied Sergey Andreev.
- "But it symbolizes blood..."
"It symbolizes theater. The theater here and the theater in Bucha," the ambassador replied. https://xn--r1a.website/Cbpub/30029

A friend's observation:

Often the logic of Ukrainian propaganda can be reconstructed by understanding that they want to get even for 2014-2015.

For example: in February, there were claims about two downed IL-76s of the Russian Armed Forces in Kiev oblast. Why? Remember the IL-76 of the 24th Air Assault Regiment over Lugansk?

At the end of March, they allegedly surrounded Russian forces in Bucha and Gostomel. Where did that come from? The Ilovaysk cauldron.

And then there was a rumor recently that Russia wants to hold a POW parade on May 9th. And where did that come from? There was a POW parade arranged 7 years ago in Donetsk. Well, obviously: if then the DPR showed 50 POWs in the streets, now they will show a thousand in Moscow.

And so on and so forth. They have a pattern. Sometimes they have an anti-pattern.

This seems to be very true. If you look at many aspects of Ukrainian war propaganda, you can clearly see that it's projection. The frankly ridiculous war crime accusations against Russian soldiers mirror what the degenerate Ukrainian "Volunteer Battalions" were actually doing in Donbass, the stories about Russian soldiers being astounded at how rich Ukrainians are are a way to "get even" for millions of Ukrainian guest workers seeking prosperity in Russia over the last decades, fantasies about VDV units getting wiped out are compensation for Ukrainian Air Assault units getting humiliated by coal miner militias in 2014., etc, etc. It's a really good framework to understand what's happening there.

Aidan Aslin, the British fighter captured by Russian forces in Mariupol & currently a prisoner of war in Donetsk, has recorded a message to the admin of "DPR Joker", a Telegram channel that posts leaks about the Ukrainian army and intelligence services. We're living in the weirdest timeline. https://xn--r1a.website/JokerDPR/85

Ukrainians surrendering at Azovstal https://xn--r1a.website/Ministerstvo_oborony/23933

New episode! News from the front, daily life in Russia & Donbass, “a digression on sushi culture in Donetsk”, Azov going ✋🤚 & some background on them, the elusive Wagner “musicians”, some general context on right-wing extremism in modern militaries & “glowing in the dark”. Check it out - the episode is free. Available on Patreon, Gumroad or Anchor.

New episode! We talked to Russian-American author & blogger Andrei Martyanov about geopolitics, Russian-American relations & the war in Ukraine. A great discussion & some interesting military analysis. Listen now on Patreon, Gumroad, Youtube or Anchor.

Also on youtube now. Yes, we've waited a whole month to finally upload it on there for no reason. U mad?

https://youtu.be/oySb7mFzIeY

New episode! We talk about the Far Right in modern Russia, from the late 1980s until the Ukraine crisis. LARPers, lawyers, terrorists. Government repressions. Skinhead novels & pogroms. Subscribe to listen, either on Patreon or Gumroad.

Good article https://www.rt.com/russia/556326-vladislav-ugolny-how-ukraines-unity/

Dmitry Medvedev: "People often ask me why my Telegram posts are so harsh. The answer is that I hate them. They are bastards and scum. They want death for us, for Russia. And as long as I'm alive, I'll do anything to make them disappear." https://xn--r1a.website/medvedev_telegram/105

New (free) episode! A historical recap of how we arrived at this war for those who haven't been following us long; the current situation on the frontlines; some geopolitics; casualty estimates for both sides; reading Arestovych texts & some Jungian commentary. Listen now, on

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We had a chat with a Canadian independent journalist who's currently in Donetsk. She told us about the situation on the ground, Ukrainian shelling of the city, her previous involvement in the coverage of military conflicts in Gaza and Syria and an uneven battle against Western corporate media. Also she's never tried borsch with vodka and she thinks that Delicious Tacos is a redneck!

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New SITREP! Severodonetsk, the Zolotoye-Gorskoye Cauldron, why crossing rivers is hard, Here's How Ukraine Can Still Win, talk about MLRS, Kaliningrad, missile strikes. Like all sitreps, this episode is free.

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Map by Zastavnyii.

Most of Lisichansk seems to be under Russian control. Footage from a WWII memorial in the city center.

background civvy chatter:

"why is there a soviet flag?"
"because it's a 1941-45 war memorial"
"are you from round here?"
"yes i live here. do you have a problem?"
"nah, nevermind"

Ukrainians remotely mined Lisichansk's refinery with nasty anti-personnel blast mines PFM-1 "Lepestok". No shrapnel. Its task is not to kill, but to wound by tearing off feet, mangling legs

Luckily you can see them on this terrain and shoot them from afar

New SITREP! We talked about Ukrainian shibboleth of Palyanitsa, The Secret Original Declaration of 1776 Independence (of Zhmerinka), Liberation of Lisichansk and entire Lugansk oblast, Russian withdrawal from Snake Island, AFU shelling of Belgorod, Zelensky vs Zaluzhny, prisoner exchanges, early LPR history and Alexey Mozgovoy — unyielding leader of the Ghost brigade

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