Zelensky said just hours before Ukrainian and Russian delegates meet for negotiations in Turkey’s capital Istanbul today, the attack on Vladimir Putin’s irreplaceable nuclear bombers ‘will undoubtedly be in [the] history books’. 

The attack was carried out exactly 29 years to the day after Ukraine handed over dozens of the same strategic bombers to Russia, along with up to 2,000 strategic nuclear warheads and 176 ICBMs in exchange for a promise not to be attacked, under the Budapest Memorandum.  

In their most daring attack of the war to date, Ukrainian special forces first smuggled 117 first-person view (FPV) kamikaze drones – which allow pilots to control them remotely through a live feed – into Russia.

Then came mobile wooden cabins, whose roofs had hidden compartments into which the small flying weapons were stashed. 

They were loaded on to civilian trucks heading into enemy territory, their hired local drivers seemingly unaware of what they were carrying. 

Finally, yesterday afternoon, with all the lorries within range of five airfields stretching from northern Russia down to Siberia – a safe 2,500 miles from Ukraine – they struck. 

The roofs of the wooden cabins were opened remotely and the FPV drones took to the skies. 

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There are several major reasons for the downfall of the West and one of them is white people are prone to becoming extremely angry at each other. This attack may end peace negotiations. But it does appear to have been a brilliant military move, carried out with cunning and precision. I can admire that, even as I hope for peace and reproachment between these two very similar Slavic peoples with many centuries of shared history, and all of Europe. ABN

Russian President Vladimir Putin could turn his attention to Lithuania once he secures his goals in Ukraine, General David Petraeus has warned, as he accused the West of dragging its feet on vital military support. The former CIA Director said Mr Putin’s ultimate aim was not just holding four partially occupied Ukrainian provinces and annexed Crimea — but toppling President Volodymyr Zelensky and seizing control of the entire country.

Speaking during a Policy Exchange webinar on Thursday, he said: “They still want to control not just all four of these provinces and Crimea. They want to topple Volodymr Zelensky and replace him with a Russian puppet so they control all of Ukraine.” And he warned: “Once that’s done, you’re going to see them start to focus toward, I’d say, one of the Baltic States — Lithuania has featured prominently in his speeches — and we should be listening.” The remark was a reference to Mr Putin’s infamous description of the collapse of the USSR as “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century” — a statement General Petraeus – who warned Putin was “planning for a war against Europe” – said had laid bare the Kremlin’s true intentions for years.

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I interpret this as warmongering on Petraeus’ part. NATO has behaved belligerently toward Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union. They started out gradually by making false promises of non-encroachment while also feigning they might allow Russia to join NATO. It was all hostile BS and here we are today. NATO/Ukraine tried to kill Putin in a mass drone attack just a few days ago; an attack Trump seems to have been unaware of, and probably was deliberately not informed of by compromisers close to him, who knows? The attack was almost certainly designed to disrupt Putin-Trump peace negotiations, which appeared promising. There is a clear path to peace in Ukraine which requires allowing Russia to get what it deserves historically, culturally, politically and as the spoils of their successful incursion against NATO encroachment in Ukraine. ABN

The signs are that Iran is backing away from any ambition to dominate the region as the GCC and others move to become a ‘collective hegemon’, thus sidelining Israel and ending its ambition to be the region’s hegemon and establish its Zionist ‘Greater Israel’ fantasy. I am suspicious Jewish Supremists are goading European tools into attacking Russia as that would provide cover for renewed Israeli violence in the Middle East, while also slaughtering more European Christians, a consistent JS fetish. Trump seems to be fully aware he is juggling many factors like these and that all of them have very serious ramifications. ABN