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1/ This is a good demonstration of how false claims about Russian advances are generated. A small group, or a single man, goes on a suicide mission to raise a Russian flag in a Ukrainian-held village. They do so but are quickly killed or captured.
Ukraine’s Southern Defense Forces said reports about the occupation of Ternuvate in the Zaporizhzhia region are false. A Russian sabotage group briefly entered the village but was cleared within an hour, with some attackers killed and others captured. #Ukraine
January 31, 2026 at 12:16 AM
1/ This is a good demonstration of how false claims about Russian advances are generated. A small group, or a single man, goes on a suicide mission to raise a Russian flag in a Ukrainian-held village. They do so but are quickly killed or captured.
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1/ Donald Trump's ambition to take over Greenland has done severe damage to right-wing Danish parties, according to a new poll. Almost the entire right wing has suffered a drop in the polls, with the MAGA-aligned Danish People's Party particularly badly hit. ⬇️
January 30, 2026 at 6:32 PM
1/ Donald Trump's ambition to take over Greenland has done severe damage to right-wing Danish parties, according to a new poll. Almost the entire right wing has suffered a drop in the polls, with the MAGA-aligned Danish People's Party particularly badly hit. ⬇️
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1/ An immediate 'energy ceasefire' is reported to have been agreed between Russia and Ukraine in talks in Abu Dhabi, supposedly ending Russian strikes on Ukrainian power and heating infrastructure. Russian warbloggers are angry about the move. ⬇️
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💡🇺🇦 Kyiv region returns to power outage schedules.
Energy workers managed to stabilize the situation with the power supply of the Kyiv region. At the same time, it remains complex and may change.
Energy workers managed to stabilize the situation with the power supply of the Kyiv region. At the same time, it remains complex and may change.
January 29, 2026 at 1:12 PM
1/ An immediate 'energy ceasefire' is reported to have been agreed between Russia and Ukraine in talks in Abu Dhabi, supposedly ending Russian strikes on Ukrainian power and heating infrastructure. Russian warbloggers are angry about the move. ⬇️
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1/ Trump Administration officials have reportedly held several secret meetings with Canadian separatists, who are seeking US$500 billion to bankroll their efforts. It suggests that the Administration is interested in breaking up Canada and absorbing the remnants. ⬇️
January 29, 2026 at 10:07 AM
1/ Trump Administration officials have reportedly held several secret meetings with Canadian separatists, who are seeking US$500 billion to bankroll their efforts. It suggests that the Administration is interested in breaking up Canada and absorbing the remnants. ⬇️
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1/ This video and a second one from the same group of men highlight how the Russian army treats ex-convicts as expendable cannon fodder without any regard for their lives. Here's the back story. ⬇️
Former convicts with amputated legs serving in the Russian military say a division commander who hates ex-prisoners is sending them to the front. Quote: “They should all die, every last one.”
January 29, 2026 at 8:49 AM
1/ This video and a second one from the same group of men highlight how the Russian army treats ex-convicts as expendable cannon fodder without any regard for their lives. Here's the back story. ⬇️
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1/ Russians are taking pride in an American president whom they affectionately term "our Trumpushka" hanging a photo of himself with Vladimir Putin on a White House wall. It's a reminder, says one Russian warblogger, that he will never match up to Putin's greatness. ⬇️
January 28, 2026 at 6:28 PM
1/ Russians are taking pride in an American president whom they affectionately term "our Trumpushka" hanging a photo of himself with Vladimir Putin on a White House wall. It's a reminder, says one Russian warblogger, that he will never match up to Putin's greatness. ⬇️
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1/ Russian soldiers are being tied to trees and murdered if they do not pay large bribes to their commanders, according to a testimony by a junior sergeant. They are assigned 'debts' by their commanders which they have to 'repay', or be killed. ⬇️
January 28, 2026 at 3:36 PM
1/ Russian soldiers are being tied to trees and murdered if they do not pay large bribes to their commanders, according to a testimony by a junior sergeant. They are assigned 'debts' by their commanders which they have to 'repay', or be killed. ⬇️
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1/ Four years on, realisation appears to be dawning among Russian warbloggers that the war in Ukraine has achieved little more than capturing "an empty wasteland with a dispersed population." A bitter commentary highlights the futility of it all. ⬇️
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💔🇺🇦 Kupyansk from the height of a drone.
Here, people once planned their lives: they built, loved, raised children, and waited for their relatives to come home in the evenings.
An ordinary Ukrainian city, full of life. Now, every destroyed house is someone's story.
Here, people once planned their lives: they built, loved, raised children, and waited for their relatives to come home in the evenings.
An ordinary Ukrainian city, full of life. Now, every destroyed house is someone's story.
January 28, 2026 at 8:46 AM
1/ Four years on, realisation appears to be dawning among Russian warbloggers that the war in Ukraine has achieved little more than capturing "an empty wasteland with a dispersed population." A bitter commentary highlights the futility of it all. ⬇️
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1/ Denmark was preparing to fight the United States over Greenland, according to Scandinavian news reports. Around 1,000 Danish troops and a frigate with anti-ship and anti-aircraft capabilities are being sent to Greenland, with standing orders to fight invading forces. ⬇️
January 23, 2026 at 12:56 PM
1/ Denmark was preparing to fight the United States over Greenland, according to Scandinavian news reports. Around 1,000 Danish troops and a frigate with anti-ship and anti-aircraft capabilities are being sent to Greenland, with standing orders to fight invading forces. ⬇️
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1/ While Kyiv freezes under Russian bombardment, on the other side of the front line an occupied Ukrainian city of 100,000 is also freezing – this time due to Russian corruption and neglect. Russian warbloggers say that the situation is catastrophic. ⬇️
January 23, 2026 at 8:57 AM
1/ While Kyiv freezes under Russian bombardment, on the other side of the front line an occupied Ukrainian city of 100,000 is also freezing – this time due to Russian corruption and neglect. Russian warbloggers say that the situation is catastrophic. ⬇️
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1/ Russian air defence soldiers complain that they are being paid as little as $133 a week and that the Russian government is failing to pay them bonuses promised for shooting down Ukrainian drones. Not surprisingly, this isn't helping morale. ⬇️
January 21, 2026 at 5:10 PM
1/ Russian air defence soldiers complain that they are being paid as little as $133 a week and that the Russian government is failing to pay them bonuses promised for shooting down Ukrainian drones. Not surprisingly, this isn't helping morale. ⬇️
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1/ The Russian army has adopted infiltration tactics to slip past Ukrainian defences, dividing platoons into a handful of men who advance as far as they can, entrench, and await reinforcements. A Russian warblogger comments on this tactic's limitations. ⬇️
January 21, 2026 at 8:11 AM
1/ The Russian army has adopted infiltration tactics to slip past Ukrainian defences, dividing platoons into a handful of men who advance as far as they can, entrench, and await reinforcements. A Russian warblogger comments on this tactic's limitations. ⬇️
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1/ Huge numbers of Russian soldiers are dying unnecessarily in Ukraine because commanders at every level are falsifying claims of success, according to Russian warbloggers. "To back up their words, they're sending people to their deaths," says one front-line soldier. ⬇️
January 20, 2026 at 8:19 AM
1/ Huge numbers of Russian soldiers are dying unnecessarily in Ukraine because commanders at every level are falsifying claims of success, according to Russian warbloggers. "To back up their words, they're sending people to their deaths," says one front-line soldier. ⬇️
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1/ A poetry reading by Russian ultra-nationalists in Krasnodar has been violently suppressed by Russian security forces, much to the dismay of their online supporters. The incident highlights how much Putin's regime fears being outflanked from the nationalist right. ⬇️
January 19, 2026 at 7:21 PM
1/ A poetry reading by Russian ultra-nationalists in Krasnodar has been violently suppressed by Russian security forces, much to the dismay of their online supporters. The incident highlights how much Putin's regime fears being outflanked from the nationalist right. ⬇️
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1/ Russia's logistical capability to threaten Greenland, 1500 miles away, is fundamentally dependent on its ability to project naval power over long distances, potentially in contested waters. However, Russian warbloggers admit that this is severely limited even in peacetime. ⬇️
January 19, 2026 at 8:44 AM
1/ Russia's logistical capability to threaten Greenland, 1500 miles away, is fundamentally dependent on its ability to project naval power over long distances, potentially in contested waters. However, Russian warbloggers admit that this is severely limited even in peacetime. ⬇️
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1/ 30 years ago, Russian law enforcement agents started wearing masks to carry out their duties. It soon became a standard tactic to intimidate and extort those seen as opponents of the regime, and became known in Russian as a 'mask show'. ⬇️
January 17, 2026 at 3:47 PM
1/ 30 years ago, Russian law enforcement agents started wearing masks to carry out their duties. It soon became a standard tactic to intimidate and extort those seen as opponents of the regime, and became known in Russian as a 'mask show'. ⬇️
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1/ Cuts to public funding due to money being redirected to Russia's war effort are having increasingly severe effects on its already struggling health service. In one region, a collapsing maternity care system has produced horrifying stories of mistreatment and abuse. ⬇️
January 16, 2026 at 8:55 PM
1/ Cuts to public funding due to money being redirected to Russia's war effort are having increasingly severe effects on its already struggling health service. In one region, a collapsing maternity care system has produced horrifying stories of mistreatment and abuse. ⬇️
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1/ Donald Trump isn't the first person to be given someone else's Nobel Prize medal. The last recipient of an unearned Nobel medal was none other than Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels, at the instigation of Norwegian author Knut Hamsun. ⬇️
January 16, 2026 at 6:35 PM
1/ Donald Trump isn't the first person to be given someone else's Nobel Prize medal. The last recipient of an unearned Nobel medal was none other than Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels, at the instigation of Norwegian author Knut Hamsun. ⬇️
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1/ An announcement by the US Army that it is creating a new career pathway for officers to specialise in artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) has prompted Russian concern that it may leapfrog their own military AI/LM capabilities. ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 6:46 PM
1/ An announcement by the US Army that it is creating a new career pathway for officers to specialise in artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) has prompted Russian concern that it may leapfrog their own military AI/LM capabilities. ⬇️
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1/ Russian soldiers are being kept in cages, tortured with dildos, and threatened with murder to force them to hand over money to corrupt commanders, according to complaints from the men and their relatives: "Colonels and generals are involved—they're all connected." ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 8:26 AM
1/ Russian soldiers are being kept in cages, tortured with dildos, and threatened with murder to force them to hand over money to corrupt commanders, according to complaints from the men and their relatives: "Colonels and generals are involved—they're all connected." ⬇️
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1/ The back story to this video:
The man seen here is 63-year-old Konstantin Sergeyevich Shakhnazarov, serving in the 28th Motorised Rifle Regiment (military unit 12269) of the 18th Combined Arms Army. He signed a one-year contract in 2023.
The man seen here is 63-year-old Konstantin Sergeyevich Shakhnazarov, serving in the 28th Motorised Rifle Regiment (military unit 12269) of the 18th Combined Arms Army. He signed a one-year contract in 2023.
"These are the kind of fighters we have. Putin’s special forces." - a Russian assault trooper recorded a message addressed to Putin, showing exactly what kind of soldiers are being sent to the front.
January 15, 2026 at 8:04 AM
1/ The back story to this video:
The man seen here is 63-year-old Konstantin Sergeyevich Shakhnazarov, serving in the 28th Motorised Rifle Regiment (military unit 12269) of the 18th Combined Arms Army. He signed a one-year contract in 2023.
The man seen here is 63-year-old Konstantin Sergeyevich Shakhnazarov, serving in the 28th Motorised Rifle Regiment (military unit 12269) of the 18th Combined Arms Army. He signed a one-year contract in 2023.
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1/ The firing of an "odious" Russian general who is notorious for having caused huge casualties by ordering 'banzai charges' is being celebrated by Russian warbloggers. They warn, however, that he is unlikely to be punished for his failures as he is "protected" by his patrons. ⬇️
January 14, 2026 at 2:22 PM
1/ The firing of an "odious" Russian general who is notorious for having caused huge casualties by ordering 'banzai charges' is being celebrated by Russian warbloggers. They warn, however, that he is unlikely to be punished for his failures as he is "protected" by his patrons. ⬇️
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1/ Russian convicts are refusing en masse to join the army, even to serve as officers, according to Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin. He says that nobody believes the Russian Ministry of Defence's promises any more and recruiters are unable to persuade men to go to their deaths. ⬇️
January 14, 2026 at 8:53 AM
1/ Russian convicts are refusing en masse to join the army, even to serve as officers, according to Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin. He says that nobody believes the Russian Ministry of Defence's promises any more and recruiters are unable to persuade men to go to their deaths. ⬇️
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1/ Russian men are reportedly being drugged, trafficked to the army, and married without their knowledge to 'black widows' who get their 'coffin money' compensation payments when they are killed soon afterwards. A story from Samara illustrates what is said to be a growing nationwide racket. ⬇️
January 13, 2026 at 8:04 PM
1/ Russian men are reportedly being drugged, trafficked to the army, and married without their knowledge to 'black widows' who get their 'coffin money' compensation payments when they are killed soon afterwards. A story from Samara illustrates what is said to be a growing nationwide racket. ⬇️
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1/ Ukrainians are said to be funding their war effort by systematically fleecing billions from Russian citizens and businesses through online and phone scams. It's a hidden front of a hybrid war that employs both kinetic means on the battlefield and hacking on the home front. ⬇️
January 13, 2026 at 8:17 AM
1/ Ukrainians are said to be funding their war effort by systematically fleecing billions from Russian citizens and businesses through online and phone scams. It's a hidden front of a hybrid war that employs both kinetic means on the battlefield and hacking on the home front. ⬇️