Huge respect for Angelina Jolie who visited Kharkiv, only 35 km from the front lines and that gets bombarded ALL the time! Her son was there to do some boxing with Ukrainian troops.
Aw, THAT doesn't seem right! A family gets bombed, the 11-year-old son and 19-year-old daughter die, but the mother is in critical condition and the grandmother survives!
During his visit to Ukraine, Jared Kushner criticized the Biden Administration for never having conducted face-to-face diplomacy with Putin in Moscow. Assessments of their diplomatic visits to Moscow and Kyiv are assessed to have accomplished nothing. Well, that's not 100% true, the visits resulted in a few days of no bombing, so they weren't a TOTAL waste!
Former Georgian Prosecutor General gathers some like-minded fellows and goes off to fight against Ukraine.
China's Vice Premier visits Vladivostok, before which China informed Ukraine and requested that the city not be bombed while he was there. Ukraine agreed.
Kaja Kallas of the European Union warns of Russian hybrid warfare.
Germany hardens its sites against drone attacks in response to drone attack on Liepzig Airport. Russia takes diplomatic measures against Germany for its reaction.
“When asked why US diesel prices were up, the US Energy Secretary blamed strikes on Russian refineries and didn't mention Iran or Hormuz.” In other words, the government “blamed the victim” and condemned Ukraine for defending itself while not mentioning Trump's role in inflated prices.
Estimates are that Russia can sustain current combat tempo for another two years.
Ukraine's Prosecutor General resigns. Likely because of corruption scandals.
Russia to improve their Iskander missiles.
Entertainment in Kyiv shut down unless crowds can immediate access to shelters.
Russia uses gas generators to survive power outages. Ukraine hits sources of gs.
Two shopping malls hit, one Ukrainian, one Russian. Russia hits tobacco factory.
Ukraine eliminates Lyman Salient. 152 square kilometers regained.
Russia claims that as soon as “Nazis” are all gotten rid of, there can be peace. Note: When Russians say “Nazi,” they are not referring to, say, Germany's AfD Party, they just use it as a general, catch-all term for anyone who opposed them.
Russian woman brings a gun to a gas line to make sure nobody cuts in line.
https://balloon-juice.com/2026/09/07/war-for-ukraine-day-1656-the-plot-thins/
No comments:
Post a Comment