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2025 End of Year Wrap-Up and Battlefield Projections for 2026
Shaping of the Next End-of-Year Narrative Begins: Russia Faces "Exhaustion" in 2026
SITREP 12/26/25: AFU Flees Gulyaipole, as Russia Stumbles in Murky Kupyansk
US Sanctions EU Officials for Free Speech Suppression in Major Widening of US-European Rift
Another Failure: EUCO Summit Conditions New Ukrainian "Loan" Repayment on Total Victory Over Russia
Trump Announces Full Naval Blockade of Venezuela's "Sanctioned" Oil Exports
Ukraine's Energy Grid Reaching Final Tipping Point as Fears Rise Kiev May Face Total Blackout
Brussels "Crosses Rubicon" in Final Act of Self-Destruction to Seize Russian Assets
Ukraine and EU: Buckling Bedfellows Together on the Ropes
SITREP 12/7/25: Russian Tech Advances, New Mass Energy Grid Attacks, Mirnograd Enters Final Phase
Damage Control: Major Blows to EU as von der Leyen's Rotten Regime Teeters
Putin Again Signals Defiance While Invoking War with Europe
Going on the 'Offensive' Against Russia: Desperate Europe Dreams of Changing Calculus of Its Decline
Putin Lays Final Word on 'Settlement' Sham in Kyrgyzstan Conference
'Settlement' Carnival Reaches Fever Pitch as Antsy Euros Jockey for Relevancy
50k Subs Milestone: The Ol' Mule Trods On!
Trump Begins New Phase of Venezuela Escalations...but Is It Just a Ruse?
Leaked 'Peace Proposal' Carries Hidden Intrigues, as 'Camo-Putin' Signals Defiance
Polish 'Sabotage' False Flag Churns More Threats Against Russia Amid AFU's Shock Collapse in Seversk
SITREP 11/16/25: Overblown Energy Strikes on Russia Again Mask UA Frontline Collapse
Chorus of 'Corruption' as Movement to Oust Zelensky Picks Up Steam
Russia Officially Introduces New Branch of the Armed Forces: Unmanned Systems Forces
Al-Qaeda in the Oval Office: A New Phase of the Global Disorder
"Largest Ever" Russian Ballistic Attack Cripples Ukrainian Energy Grid
Globalist Apparat Sells "Forever War" in Desperate Bid to Take Edge Off Pokrovsk
The New Reality of War - Russian Think Tank Analysis
Trump-Xi Face Off for All the Marbles in South Korea
SITREP 10/27/25: Pokrovsk Reaches Its Final Arc as Russian Bulldozer Plows Ahead
RAND Urges for Major Chinese Re-Think Amidst Widespread Recognition of China's Awakening
EU Declares War On Its Own Members
Media Reveals Trump's Private 'Inversion' of Ukraine War Beliefs
Zelensky Gets the Fig Amid Trump Admin's Whacky Day
Think-Tanks Wrestle with Russian Strategic Dilemma
Hubris and Theatrics Mark Atlanticist West's Detachment from Reality
US Revealed to Be Coordinating Ukrainian Deep-Strikes, as Trump Flirts With Tomahawks
SITREP 10/10/25: Lights Out in Kiev as Putin "Hardens His Heart"
Europe's Walls Tremble as Political Crises Multiply
Putin Reveals New Casualty Insights, as Russian Infrastructure Campaign Ravages Ukraine
New MI6 Chief's Dark History Revealed
Euro-Cabal's Thirst for Conflict Grows into Insatiable Lust
Zaluzhny's New Op-ed Brings Frontline and Tech Progression Update, Plus Some Grave Admissions
EU Fast-Tracks Transformation into Military Bloc Under Von Der Leyen's Unaccountable Leadership
Where 'Democracy' Goes to Die: 'Rule of Law' Again Rears its Head in Hysterical Europe
Crisis Escalation Becomes Euro-Cabal's Final Meal Ticket
Trump Shocks World With Major Ukrainian U-Turn (...Or Did He Fool Us All?)
The Great European Drone Panic, +US' Sinister Venezuelan Buildup
Robert Kagan Foresees Critical Geopolitical Juncture
SITREP 9/19/25: "Russian Incursion" Scare Heats Up as Enfeebled NATO Hobbles to Respond
The Pendulum Swings: Free Speech Falls Under Tread of Prophecy
Trump Finally Outwits Europe and the Neocons on Ukraine?
Russian Drones Allegedly Swarm Poland in Major Provocation...But Whose?
Exhausted Europe Shudders, as French Government Collapses...Again
Trump Pivots to the 'Homeland': Neocon Deathblow? Or Simply Imperialism Repackaged?
SITREP 9/5/25: Rumblings of New 'Major' Russian Offensive as Elite Units Regroup
China's SCO Summit Highlights West's Growing Ideological Isolation, + Zelensky's Desperate Gambit
New Ukrainian Missile Threat: Another Empty Hype-Train?
Inept Leaders' Tunnel Vision Drives Europe into Turmoil
SITREP 8/28/25: Trump Scoffs at Russian Interests in Gross Display of Hubris
Desperate Euro-Elites Suggest Boots-on-Ground Even "Before Ceasefire"
SITREP 8/22/25: Peace Talks Unravel and the March Goes On
Trump Breaks Europe Over His Knee: Unprecedented Optics of White House 'Losers' Gathering'
Zelensky Drags Traveling Circus to Town for One Last Encore
Historic Summit: An Empty and Underwhelming PR Spectacle, But Still Good For Relations
SITREP 8/13/25: Pokrovsk Breakthrough Continuation
The Collapse Begins: Russian Forces Spearhead Largest Single-Day Breakthrough of War
Israel Announces "Final Plan" to Occupy Gaza
Alaska Summit Announced: Is the End Finally Near?
Negotiations Fever Strikes Again as Trump's "Deadline" Hits Midnight
Western Analysts Find Little Hope, as Russia Widens Military Gap
SITREP 8/3/25: Trump's Sub Scare Can't Eclipse Ukraine's Pokrovsk Collapse
SITREP 8/1/25: Chasov Yar Falls, Pokrovsk Crumbles, Zelensky Sinks
NATO Rhetoric Reaches New Levels of Hostility with Threats of 'Swift' Kaliningrad Invasion
Zelensky 'Rolls Back' Anti-Corruption Changes Amidst Pressure, But the Mob's Ire Not Yet Slaked
Echoes of Maidan Mark Zelensky's Sudden Fall from Grace
Grave Nation: Ukrainian Cemetery Mega-Project Reveals Dimming Military Hopes
Out of Options, West Again Floats Flushing Zelensky?
Trump's Epstein Finale Puts Country at Critical Crossroads
Trump's Weapons Magic Show is Smoke & Mirrors Masterclass
Rubio Claims Russia Suffered 100k KIA in Six Months, Ukrainian Casualties Remain 'Vague'
Comedy-Turned-Farce: Trump Pledges a Whole Ten Missiles to Ukraine
SITREP 7/8/25: Trump Flips on Ammo (Again?), as Russian Steamroller Bursts into Zaporozhye
Narrative Shift: Israeli-US Strikes Strengthen Iran's Resolve
Major Setback for Ukraine as US Cuts Aid Due to Critical Weapons Shortages
SITREP 6/29/25: Russia Launches Largest Drone Swarm of Entire War as Ukraine Gets Forgotten
Humiliation: Israel Tucks Tail After Failing All Objectives in War against Victorious Iran
Shayrat Redux? Trump's 'Invisible' Fleet Leaves Mirage of 'Devastation' in Iran
Israel Buckles as Iran War Shifts to New Drag-Out Phase
Iranian Abyss: Will US Take the Plunge?
SITREP 6/16/25: Slowly Abandoned, Ukraine Gets Squeezed by Russian Pressure
True Promise 3: Iran Responds With Long-Awaited Hypersonic Retaliation
SPECIAL BULLETIN: Israel Launches Major Strikes on Iran
Iran Ups Ante as Israel Chafes for Face-Saving Escalation
Russia Strikes Back as Ukraine Bets House on Asymmetric 'Terror' War
SITREP 6/5/25: Another PR Stunt Dies Down as Russia Tightens Vise on Sumy
Ukraine 'Burns Bridge' of Peace Talks With New Round of Provocations
Ukraine's 'Unprecedented' Operation Spiderweb: Russia's 'Pearl Harbor'? Or Just More Soggy Silk?
SITREP 5/31/25: Russian Breakthrough Starts Pouring Through Sumy Sieve
Putin Seeks Broad Security Agreement, + Oreshnik to Berlin?
SITREP 5/26/25: Russia Unleashes Saved-Up Fury as Ukrainian Air Defense Woes Come to Light
Analysis: Russian 'Triple Chokehold' Tactic, + Offensive Season Outlook
SITREP 5/21/25: Trump 'Distances' US from Ukraine as Russia Smashes AFU's Defenses on Donetsk Front
Putin-Trump Phone Call Deadend, AFU Brigade Mutinies Surge, & More Updates
Baltic Provocations Heat Up: Estonia Again Plays with Fire, This Time Gets Burned
Russia Stands Firm in Istanbul as EU-Cabal Runs Out of Options
Bombshell NYT Report Reveals 'Invisible' F-35 Nearly Shot Down by Houthis
SITREP 5/12/25: More 'Talks' Games as Russian Machine Barrels Forward
The Establishment Slowly Wearies of Netanyahu and Israel
SITREP 5/7/25: Ukraine Launches New Kursk Attempt to Spoil May 9th 'Victory Day'
NATO Struggles to Keep Up as Drone Warfare Gets Gamified
SITREP 5/2/25: Major Frontline Breakthrough Signals Start of Russian Spring Offensives
Another Shocker: WSJ Reveals Russia Arming Massive New Rear Reserve Force
SITREP 4/28/25: Russian Vise Tightens as West Dawdles and Dallies with "Ceasefire" Sham
Russian General Staff Confirms: North Korean Troops Fought Valiantly in Kursk
Trump Blinks, Signaling Pivotal Shift of Global Power Toward Defiant East
SITREP 4/22/25: Ukraine Begs 30% of Bundeswehr Stock to Survive
Easter Ceasefire Brings Brief Glimmer of Humanity Amidst the Chaos
Rubio Warns US Readying to 'Abandon' Ukraine Peace Efforts
Zelensky Charms CBS, as Trump Throws Impatient Tantrum
Bombshell Reports: "German Weapons Not Made for War"
New Syrsky Interview Sheds Light on Upcoming Russian Operations + Recruitment Figures
SITREP 4/6/25: Hint of Spring as Russian Pressure Rises on Every Front
Trump's "Liberation Day": Another PR Gag, or Global Reorientation Turning Point?
Whiplash Effect as "Pissed Off" Trump Flips Again
Secret History: 'Bombshell' NYT Report Uncovers True Depth of US Involvement in Ukraine War
SITREP 3/28/25: Putin Vows to 'Finish Off' Ukraine?
SITREP 3/26/25: Signal-Gate Crash + Russia-US Make Progress as Ukraine Stalls
Negotiations Continue to Go Nowhere as Europe Bashes Head Against Wall
Solving the Drone Dilemma: Can Russia Succeed?
'Historic' Putin-Trump Call is Small Step for Man, but No Giant Leap for Mankind
Boots-on-Ground Theater Conceals Raging Impotence of Toothless Euro-Prats
Camo-Putin Emerges to Punt Ball Back to Trump
US and Ukraine Hatch 'Ceasefire' Travesty
Kursk Collapse Accelerates as Daring Pipeline Raid Shocks AFU
US Cuts Intel and Aid to Ukraine: Beginning of the End, or Just More Flimflam?
The EU Carnival Brings Same Old Road-Show to Town
SITREP 2/26/25: Putin Plays Peacemaker as War Rages On
Previously 'Unthinkable' Now Reality, as Zelensky Floats Resignation on SMO's 3rd Anniversary
Reports of Ukraine Funding Freeze Spell Doom amid Trump-Russia Alignment
Rift Grows into Chasm as Trump Lays Final Nail in Zelensky's Casket
The Games Begin: US and Russian Top Dogs Face Off in Riyadh
Munich Bloodbath Ruptures Western Order Wide Open
Double-Decker Special: Hysteria Ignites as Trump Throws Ukraine on the Third Rail
Danger Ramps Up in the Baltics, as War Party Won't Go Quietly
USAID's Demise Sparks Dizzying Acceleration Toward New Era
Ukraine Inches Closer to Final Call-Up
Trump Announces 'Levantine Riviera': The Ethnic Cleansing and Terraforming Mega-Project of Tomorrow!
Russian SVR's Latest Intel: "West Preparing to Flush Zelensky"
Kiev's Existential Trajectory: Western Tone Shifts Again
SITREP 1/29/25: Ukraine's Mass Drone Heave Conceals Spreading Foundation Cracks
Velyka Novosilka Falls Without Fight, as '100 Day Peace Plan' Reportedly "Leaked"
Trump Raises Heat on Russia with Belligerent New Threats
Trump Storms Out the Gate, But Already Falters on Ukraine
Reflections on the Eve of Change
SITREP 1/17/25: Russia-Iran's Landmark Agreement Imitated in Starmer's Last Minute Kiev Stunt
Ceasefire Deal Reportedly Reached in Gaza, as Both Biden and Trump Take Credit
Mobilization Mania Overtakes Ukraine
The Fool's War: Useful Idiots at the Wheel of the Paddy Wagon
Another One Down: Anti-Globalist Maelstrom Sweeps Away Trudeau as Larger Storm Looms
SITREP 1/5/25: Ukraine Launches Final Bargaining-Chip Offensive in Kursk
Tech Surge of the SMO: AI, Drones, EW, Countermeasures, and More of the Latest Advancements