War Reality

 

This is what every Ukrainian Man, Woman and Child has had to deal with for 4 1/2 years of Russia's War.

Old Tactics

Putin is using Old Soviet Election Tactics.

Only the Candidates he approved of are allowed on the Ballot and every Russian Adult and Ukrainian Adult in Russian-Occupied Ukraine has to Vote or they can be sent to a Forced Labor Penal Colony for 2 years.

Russia Votes

 

The Russian Parliamentary Elections are currently going on in Russian-Occupied Ukraine and in Russia itself.

This is the first Elections since Russia started its Full-Scale War in Ukraine in February 2022.

Putin and his Minions are using Soviet Tactics for this Election.

Every Russian Adult has to vote.

They get a Stamp in their Internal Passport stating that they voted.

If you don’t have the Stamp you can lose your Government Benefits, lose your Job and even be sent to a Forced Labor Penal Colony for 2 years.

The only Candidates allowed on the Ballot are Putin’s Allies.

Every Ukrainian Adult in Russian-Occupied Ukraine also has to vote.

Russia forced all the People in Russian-Occupied Ukraine to get a Russian Internal Passport or not be allowed to get Food Rations, Medical Help, go to School or University or Work.

You could also be sent to a Reeducation Camp in Russia where you are tortured and even killed.

Russian Soldiers, pointing guns, are at every Polling Station.

Nothing say a “Free Election” like being forced to Vote or having Soldiers pointing guns at you as you vote.

Moscow Burns

 

(Moscow on fire today.)

Moscow, Russia is on fire today after Ukraine attacked the Russian Capital last night in the largest Air Raid on the City.

It also happened on the 3^rd day of Russia’s Parliamentary Elections (the first Elections since Russia’s War in Ukraine started in February 2022.)

While Ukraine targeted legitimate Military Targets (the  Gazprom-MNPZ Oil Refinery which produces 11 Million tons of Oil a year) the Russians continue to target Civilians in Ukraine (using Drones to “stalk” Teenagers and the Elderly before they are blown up and killed – the videos are then uploaded on Russian Websites.)

$2.68 Billion

 

The United States has approved a potential $2.68 Billion Dollar Military Package for Ukraine.

The deal includes Counter-Drone Systems, Air-Defense Upgrades and S-300 “Clone” Missiles, aimed at strengthening Ukraine’s Defenses against Russian Drones and Cruise Missiles.

Russia Losing

 

4 years and 6 months of War in Ukraine with little to no advances since 2024 mean that Russia has not only lost in Ukraine, but is losing at home too.

Beginning in January 2026 Russia switched from having 2 Annual Military Draft Call-Ups (one in the Spring and one in the Fall) to a Year-Round Military Draft Call-Up.

Russia currently Drafts 40,000 new Soldiers (aged 18-30 years old) every Month so in 1 year that means Russia Drafts 480,000 new Soldiers.

With 26,000 Russian Soldiers killed or wounded in Ukraine every single day that means in 1 year Russia loses 780,000 Soldiers – which is more than they replace with Drafted Soldiers in a year and more than they have in their Regular Military.

Those are only the new Conscripts and doesn’t include Former Conscripts 31-72 years old who are now forced to fight and die in Ukraine.

Russia will literally run out of Men to send to die in Ukraine soon and will be plagued with an imbalance between Women and Men for Decades to come.

Since September 2022 Russia has sent both Volunteers and Conscripted Soldiers to fight in Ukraine.

Putin has forced Boys as young as 16 and Men as old as 72 to fight inside Ukraine after 20 days of Military Training.

Not only that, but Russia is bombed and burning.

An Average of 1,000 Drones regularly strike Russian Cities (Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Krasnodar, Yaroslavl, Perm, etc.) destroying Factories, Oil Processing Plants, etc.

Russia has been bombed 41,000 times since February 2022.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has said that soon Ukraine will attack Russia with at least 1,000 Drones every single day.

56 of Russia’s 83 Regions have imposed Gas Rationing with People in Moscow being forced to wait in lines of 12-36 hours just to get the allowed 7 Gallons of Gas with a Gallow of Gas now costing $17 US Dollars.

Russia has lost $13 Billion US Dollars Revenue from its Gas and Oil in 2026 alone and has to import Gas from India.

The United States imports 86% of its Diesel from Canada (not Russia) so the high Diesel prices are caused by the Trade War between the US and Canada and not Russia’s War in Ukraine.

It costs Russia $40,000 US Dollars to kill a Ukrainian Soldier or Civilian with 1 of its Drones.

It costs Ukraine $848 US Dollars to kill a Russian Soldier with 1 of its Drones.

Today, Putin’s Government has created Potemkin Businesses where there are no empty shelves, but the Average Russian can’t afford even the Basics (because everything is imported from China, India, and Central Asia.)

The Average Russian only makes ₽83,500 ($1,000 US Dollars) a month after Taxes.

(₽104,000 or $1,412 US Dollars before Taxes.)

Rent for a 1 Bedroom Apartment in the City Center costs $624 US Dollars a month.

Buying Groceries for 1 Person costs on average $407 US Dollars a month.

That means that the Average Russia earning the Average Monthly Wage will owe $31 US Dollars after Paying their Rent and Buying their Groceries every month and that doesn’t include things like the cost of Internet, Cell Phones, Public Transportation, Medicines, Cars, Gas, etc.

Russia stopped being a Super Power years ago even though they try and act like they are still one.

They threatened to wipe Warsaw, Poland off the map in 2 to 3 days, but they couldn’t even take Kyiv, Ukraine in 3 days like they said they would.

Russia's War in Ukraine has surpassed Nazi Germany's War in the Soviet Union.

The Eastern Front of the Second World 2 was from June 22, 1941 until May 9, 1945 (or 1,419 days.)

Russia's War in Ukraine has been going on since February 22, 2022 (or 1,667 days and counting.)

The Nazi Germans occupied 700,000 Square Miles of Soviet Territory at the height of the Eastern Front.

The Russians only occupy 44,600 Square Miles of Ukrainian Territory.

Putin’s Russia is currently at the point that Hitler’s Germany was in April 1945.

Soon Russia will run out of Money and Manpower and will lose their War in Ukraine.

Putin will eventually be out of power and the Ordinary Russians will have to start answering for the Crimes they supported in the same way the Germans did after 1945.

Ukraine will win the War and will continue to enjoy the International Achievements they currently do.

Most Countries, including the United States, are now looking at how effective Ukraine is fighting and using Modern Technology on the Frontline.

Capitivity

 

96% of Ukrainian Soldiers and 92% of Ukrainian Civilians (Men, Women and Children) who have been released from Russian Captivity report experiencing Torture and Abuse every day.

Zelenskyy In Canada

 

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is in Canada today meeting the Canadian Prime Minister Carney.

Canada still supports Ukraine in its fight against Russia

Kharkiv Pride 2026

 

Kharkiv, Ukraine – Ukraine’s 2^nd Largest City and which is only 18 miles from the Russian Border – has been bombed and attacked more times since February 2022 than any only Ukrainian City.

Despite the Russian Attacks Life in Kharkiv continues.

Kharkiv held a Pride Fest from September 5-6, 2026.

It was supported by 22 Businesses, had 24 Separate Events across the City and had 600 People attend (not bad for a Front-Line City at War.)

The Event also raised ₴75,000 Ukrainian Hryvnia (or $1,681 US Dollars) for a Pickup Truck for the Ukrainian Military.

While Russia arrests, tortures and murders Homosexuals across Russia and Russian-Occupied Ukraine Ukrainian Homosexuals in Ukrainian-Held Ukraine are showing Putin, the Russian People and the World that that will continue to live and celebrate despite Russia’s War Crimes against them.

AfD

The Alternative for Germany (German: Alternative für Deutschland) or AfD just won the Election in the German State of Saxony-Anhalt.

(One of many Rallies held across Germany in 2026 after the AfD won in the Saxony-Anhalt State Election.

in Saxony-Anhalt is the 8^th largest State in Germany with a population of 2.14 Million People.

Its State Capital is Magdeburg.

From 1945-1990 it was part of Communist East Germany.

AfD won received 43.8% of the vote in the State Election last Sunday so they did not receive a Majority and need another Party to help them govern in the State.

It is the first time that a Neo-Nazi Party won a State or Federal Election in Germany.

What is the AfD?

The AfD is a Neo-Nazi Party created on February 6, 2013.

It follows a belief of “Völkisch Nationalist” (German: Völkischer Nationalismus) or that Germany should only be for the Germans not only by getting rid of Legal Immigrants but also by using the same basic Racial Policies that the Nazis used from 1933-1945 to determine who is a “Pure German” and which led to the Holocaust and the Murder of 6 Million Jews, 1 Million Roma and Sinti, 10 Million Slavs, etc.

In short the AfD is:

Against Non-Germans legally living in Germany

Against Germany being part of the European Union

Against Germany being part of the Schengen Travel Area

Against Germany using the Euro

Against Germany being part of NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Is Pro-Russia

Is Anti-United States of America

Want to reintroduce Forced Russian Language Classes in all Schools the way it was in Communist East Germany from 1945-1990

Want to make Gay Marriage Illegal again (it has been legal in Germany since 2017)

Want to make it illegal to be Homosexual - the way it was in Germany from 1871 until 1994 under Paragraph 175 (which saw Homosexuals not only arrested but also murdered under the Nazis)

In December 2023, AfD distributed a flier in Gifhorn titled "Kindheit unterm Regenbogen" ("Childhood Under the Rainbow"), linking the queer community to pedophilia and genital mutilation, speaking of a "rainbow regime.”

Want to ban the flying of the Gay Pride Rainbow Flag in Germany

Alice Weidel, Co-Chairwomen of AfD since 2022 is an open Lesbian with 2 Children.

According to her own AfD Party they would arrest her for being Gay and force her to stay in the Kitchen and not work.

Want to end Germany’s “Culture of Shame” that has been around since 1945 and the World learned that the Germans murdered 20 Million Men, Women and Children.

Are Anti-Semitic (Anti-Jewish) and believe “the Holocaust is propaganda of the Allied Powers (ie the Americans, British, French and Soviets) -according to 10 AfD Leaders who were part of the Facebook Group “The Patriots.”

These 10 Leaders used a Meme of the Holocaust Victim Anne Frank's face edited on a pizza box labelled with the German equivalent of "fresh from the oven."

Believe in Holocaust Denial

Björn Höcke an AfD Leader was fined 13,000 Euros  in 2023 by the German Courts for using Nazi Slogans supporting “Lebensraum” (taking over more living space) and “Alles für Deutschland” or Everything for Germany.

Do not believe Germany should have Holocaust Memorials or Museums

Want to make it illegal to have Kosher Food in Germany

They are anti-Israel

Are Anti-Muslim and want to ban Halal Food in Germany

They used the following slogan on a billboard (in German): “"Islam does not belong to Germany. Its expansion and the ever-increasing number of Muslims in the country are viewed by the AfD as a danger to our state, our society, and our values.”

In January 2025 they distributed flyers resembling flight tickets labeled "Abschiebetickets" ("Deportation Tickets") in mailboxes with Muslim-sounding Last Names

Want to ban Abortion across Germany

Want to ban Circumcision across Germany

Believes Women should only be in the Kitchen cooking and raising Children – not working

Want to bring back Military Conscription in Germany (which was ended in 2011

If you think the Nazis can't happen again think again.

The Nazis started in the 1920s and didn't get a full majority of votes in the Elections but still managed to take over all of Germany and murder Millions of Men, Women and Children.

I believe the AfD are capable of the same.

Skies Shutting

 

Major Moscow Airports faced severe disruptions, with dozens of flight cancellations and delays, following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's warning on September 1st that Russian Airspace will be closed by swarms of Ukrainian drones.

For two consecutive nights, Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo Airports suspended all Arrivals and Departures after Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, imposed temporary restrictions.

Data showed 21 flights cancelled and 235 delayed at Sheremetyevo and 22 cancelled and 94 delayed at Vnukovo, leaving Passengers stranded on terminal floors.

Kyiv has formally asked the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to advise Airlines to avoid Russia, citing unsafe conditions.

The War is finally coming home to the Russians.

Russia Bombed

In August 2026 Ukraine attacked Russia with 18,000 Dones.

(Ukrainian Drone attack on Moscow, Russia)

Targets hit include: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yaroslavl, Perm, Krasnodar, and many other Cities Thousands of Miles away from the Ukrainian Border.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says that started this month (September) he hopes to fire 1,000 Drones a day on Russia.

Russia and the Russian People have been enjoying their War Crimes inside of Ukraine since February 2022 and now the War is coming to every Russian’s doorstep.

Russia has already been bombed and attacked 41,000 times since February 2022.

It costs Russia $40,000 US Dollars to kill a Ukrainian Soldier or Civilian with 1 of its Drones (mainly because it has to get the parts from Iran, North Korea or China.)

It costs Ukraine $848 US Dollars to kill a Russian Soldier with 1 of its Drones.

Ukraine has also warned Civilian Aircraft from flying into, through or out of Russia.

Some Foreign Airlines have already cancelled many flights to, from and within Russia.

No Russian Airline has cancelled any flights because they are owned by the Russian Government and it doesn’t matter to Putin or his Government if Russian Men, Women and Children are killed.

Travel Bubble

From the BBC:

“Zelensky says airlines should avoid Russian airspace as Ukraine escalates drone operations”

Ukraine's president has told airlines that Russian airspace will be "effectively closing" as his country escalates its drone strikes. "We want to warn every airline that uses Russian airspace, every insurer, everyone who still uses key Russian airports: the Russian sky is becoming completely dangerous," Volodymyr Zelensky said. Ukraine has since formally notified the UN of the risks to civilian aviation. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the comments amounted to a "declaration of state terrorism".

Most Western commercial airlines do not fly over Russia because of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, but carriers in countries like Turkey and China do. Explaining the elevated airspace risk in his nightly video address on Tuesday, Zelensky said that "Ukraine does not threaten civilian aviation as such - not a single civilian aircraft" and did not want the loss of innocent lives.

"There will simply be drones in Russia's skies on a scale that has to be taken into account," he said. Zelensky directed the warning to airlines continuing to operate flights to Russian airports, especially in major cities like St Petersburg and Moscow. In a statement on X, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that Ukraine had officially notified the International Civil Aviation Organization that Russian airspace was not safe for civilian aviation. "We want to prevent unintended incidents," he said, adding: "The war is returning home to Russia."

On Wednesday afternoon, flight tracking website FlightRadar24 showed many planes flying over Russia, including arriving and departing from the two main airports, which had some delays, but few cancellations.

Several airlines that fly through Russia told the BBC that they were carefully monitoring the situation. Qatar Airways, which flies into Moscow and travels through Russian airspace to get to the US west coast, said its flight planning was "guided by rigorous and continuous monitoring of airspace security, safety assessments, and geopolitical developments". Turkish low-cost airline Pegasus cancelled its flights to Russia on Tuesday and Wednesday, citing "technical and operational reasons", but said future flights "are operating as scheduled". FlyDubai, an Emirati government-owned carrier, told the BBC that it would "closely monitor the evolving situation in the region and adjust our flight schedules and routings as necessary".

Ukraine has targeted energy facilities deep inside Russian territory and there have been repeated attacks on depots belonging to Russia's two biggest online retailers, Wildberries and Ozon.

Its drone attacks have for months led to disruption at some of Russia's biggest airports, especially in Moscow where at times all four major airports have been forced to halt arrivals and departures.

Several cancellations were reported on Wednesday. Ukraine does not have to target airports to cause disruption. Under Russia's air defence "Kovyor" (carpet) plan, flights are suspended if a drone is detected in the relevant area. Aviation risk advisory firm Osprey Flight Solutions said in an alert to clients that while the majority of Ukraine's drone and missile strikes were likely to occur within 300km (186 miles) of the border, daily attacks deeper inside Russia were almost certain to continue this year.

 "There is also a realistic possibility that the frequency of Ukrainian strikes will continue to increase in the short term deep inside Russian territory," the alert added. "It is assessed that miscalculation and/or misidentification is likely in areas related to the Ukraine conflict." Speaking to reporters at the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation summit in Kyrgyzstan, Putin said: "They are asking us to resume negotiations... but you don't negotiate with terrorists." His comments come as Russia's attacks on Ukraine continue, with heavy strikes killing 12 people on Tuesday and further attacks on Odesa, Sumy and Kyiv on Wednesday. Russia's military has said it is preparing to carry out "massive" strikes on Ukrainian power stations.

The Ukrainian capital and its surrounding region have come under attack for seven days in a row. A few weeks ago, Zelensky said Russia was attacking Ukraine every day, and Ukraine's military had "begun the process of bringing the war back to Russia". At the weekend he said the same, that Russia had to feel the war was "returning to where it came from". Putin acknowledged that Ukrainian strikes had damaged infrastructure inside Russia, while insisting that "only 10%" of oil refineries were left to repair.

Chinese, Turkish and Gulf state airlines are among those using Russian airspace, with savings in time and fuel on routes between Asia and Europe. Other carriers have largely avoided the eastern European region since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion in February, 2022. Ukraine has closed its airspace to civilian aircraft throughout that period. The risks of civil aviation during a war are clear. A few months after war broke out in eastern Ukraine in 2014 between Russian-backed separatists and the Ukrainian military, a Russian-made missile brought down a passenger plane, killing all 298 people on board. Last year, the UN aviation agency ruled that Russia was responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. The Kremlin has always denied any responsibility for the air disaster. In 2024, Putin apologised to the president of neighbouring Azerbaijan over the downing of a commercial airliner in Russian airspace, in which 38 people were killed.He said the "tragic incident" had occurred when Russian air defence systems were repelling Ukrainian drones. A thin, grey banner promoting the News Daily newsletter. On the right, there is a graphic of an orange sphere with two concentric crescent shapes around it in a red-orange gradient, like a sound wave. The banner reads: “The latest news in your inbox first thing.”

^Anyone (Russian or Foreigner) flying into, through or out of Russia should be very worried that their plane will be hit by a Ukrainian Drone.

Ukrainian Airspace has been closed since Russia started its War in February 2022.

Now it's time for those in Russia to feel the effects of their War not through Russian Government Controlled Media, but by bombings of Military Targets disruptions in Air Travel, Fuel Rationing and Shortages throughout Russia.

Russians don't care how many of their Boys and Men are being killed and wounded in Ukraine (over a Million and counting) but they do care about not being able to live in the safety bubble they created for themselves.

It's time for Ukraine to burst that bubble. ^

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9v9yydy2wvo

Kaliningrad

 

Kaliningrad City, Russia has been separated from the rest of Russia since the Soviet Union collapsed in December 1991 (35 years ago.)

Kaliningrad, Russia was known as Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany until 1945.

1,029,966 People live in Kaliningrad Oblast (489,359 in the City of Kaliningrad.)

 

Now Kaliningrad is surrounded by:

Poland (a NATO and European Union Member Country)

Lithuania (a NATO and European Union Member Country)

 

The Airspace needed to go from Kaliningrad, Russia to Minsk, Belarus (an ally of Russia) is blocked by:

Poland (a NATO and European Union Member Country)

Lithuania (a NATO and European Union Member Country)

Latvia (a NATO and European Union Member Country)

Estonia (a NATO and European Union Member Country)

Finland (a NATO and European Union Member Country)

Sweden (a NATO and European Union Member Country)

Not only is the Airspace closed to Kaliningrad, but also the Land and Rail Borders through Poland and Lithuania because of Russia’s War in Ukraine and Belarus’ frequent Violation of NATO and EU Airspace and Land Borders since 2021.

 

Kaliningrad City is only 290 miles from Minsk by car (2 hours by plane), but now it takes several more hours to go by plane only.

So all People, Food, etc. have to be flown in from Belarus or Russia via Russia.

 

Belarus has been ruled by the Dictator, Alexander Lukashenko since 1994 (32 years.)

Russia has been ruled by the Dictator, Vladimir Putin, since 2000 (26 years.)

Note 1: The United States closed its Embassy in Minsk, Belarus in 2022 because Belarus allowed Russia to invade Ukraine from Belarussian Territory.

There has not been an American Ambassador to Belarus since June 2022.

American Citizens are told not to travel to Belarus and Belarussian Citizens can no longer get American Visas.

Note 2: The United States closed its Consulate in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 2018, its Consulate in Vladivostok, Russia in 2020 and its Consulate in Yekaterinburg in 2021.

The US Embassy in Moscow, Russia is open, but only to help American Citizens inside Russia.

There has been no American Ambassador to Russia since June 2025.

American Citizens are told to not travel to Russia.

The US Embassy no longer gives Russian Citizens American Visas.

 

Defenders Of Ukraine

 

Today is Memorial Day of the Defenders of Ukraine (Ukrainian: День пам'яті захисників України.)

Here are pictures (at St. Michael's Cathedral) in Kyiv, Ukraine of the Men and Women who died protecting Ukraine and the rest of the World from Russia.

43,000

 

Russia had 43,000 Soldiers dead or wounded in Ukraine in July 2026 alone.

82: Auschwitz Photo

 

82 years ago today (August 25, 1944) an American Air Reconnaissance Plane flew over the Auschwitz Death Camp in German-Occupied Poland.

It took pictures of the Camp from 30,000 feet.

29 Photographs were taken in total.

This one shows Auschwitz 2 (Auschwitz Birkenau) the Death Camp.

This Picture shows the Women’s Camp; the Guard Towers; the Main Camp Gate; a Cattle Car with 33 Wagons; Four of the Gas Chambers with the Crematoria as well as a burning pit behind Gas Chamber 5 where bodies were burned; a Group of newly arrived Prisoners are also seen going to the Admission Building to be shaved, showered and tattooed with a Camp Number.

At the bottom of the picture you can also see Men, Women and Children who just arrived and are walking to their death at the Gas Chamber.

The US didn’t bomb the Auschwitz Death Camp or even the Train Tracks (or any Death Camps.)

The US, British and Soviet Governments knew about the Death Camps – especially by August 1944 when this Photograph was taken – but chose not to do anything to help the Victims.

1.1 Million Men, Women and Children were murdered at Auschwitz alone.

35: Simpsons

 

Even "The Simpsons" support Ukraine on Ukrainian Independence Day today.

35: Monument

35 Years of Ukrainian Independence

For Ukrainian Independence Day tomorrow (August 24, 1991) the Motherland Monument in Kyiv launched a five-minute audiovisual art installation titled "The Future Remembers."

The Project tells the story of Ukrainian History and Identity through light, symbols, and music.

During the projection, the Monument displayed changing images that reference various periods in the History of Ukraine, including Cossack embroidery, Crimean Tatar ornaments, and motifs of Greek, Scythian, and Slavic cultures.

35: DC

 

Today, Washington, DC turned blue and yellow as Ukrainians and Americans gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to celebrate the restoration of Ukraine’s independence in 1991  -35 years ago tomorrow.