Excellent analysis. I read the full piece on UnHerd and was pleasantly surprised by the number of intelligent, positive comments it received. Along with, of course, the usual number of knee-jerk reactionary anti-Russia rants.
I stopped reading Unherd because of the rabid Russophobia, Islamophobia and absolutely insane civilizational supremacism of the readers' comments. And the articles too, except Thomas Fazi, whom I better read here on Substack.
Not only will the drones change nothing, but Russia is unlikely to respond at all. Moscow is waiting for next year's presidential election in France (incidentally, the centrist bloc's slogan is already "a vote for LFI—the far left—or RN—the far right—is a vote for Putin"). The latest developments in France point to Le Pen as the likely next president, and she has vowed to withdraw France from NATO's integrated command structure. Russia is also watching for the German general election in 2029.
Ukraine plot is following Zionist scenario in which terrorizing and killing civilians is the way to "win the war". Israel kills civilians and destroys cultural and humanitarian institutions as the main tactic. It is just how they think, how their mentality works. Iron Age barbarism that is supposed to scare the "enemy" into submission. They do it in Palestine, Lebanon, Iran - so why not in Russia.
And it never works as a means of conquest.. Conquest itself does not work anymore, but these backward monsters cannot understand that.
The US is a country. Or a State, as it is colonial. The US is not the main actor at all. This story started with British/German/French colonialism and supremacism. They outsourced their criminality to establish United States.
The US is nothing but one of the legs of the empire, that's why sometimes it appears the tail is wagging the dog. Being the biggest clog doesn't make it the empire, in the same sense that the motor on its own doesn't make it the car. Also, you forget the Dutch and the Scandinavians and before them the Papal states.
The western Establishment is not concerned with actual reality but in the chosen reality in their imagination in which Russia is 'forced' to the negotiation table by constant pressure via prolonged attacks. It is pure virtue signalling based on an unproven myth.
The situation within Ukraine doesn't really matter. The msm hardly mention the battlefield. Instead they concentrate on drone attacks on Russia in which 'Ukraine' is apparently defeating Russia. Whenever Russia takes/ liberates an important strategic ukrainian stronghold it instantly becomes...unimportant.
Yes Thomas, good summary of the reality on the ground. And there is an example in ancient history how to drag a giant like NATO out to get it’s immortality, which is based on lies, to give up or be destroyed: When Zeus realised the Titans’ weakness and realised that only a demigod had the power to defeat them, he instructed Athena to summon Heracles, a famous demigod renowned for his strength. Heracles heeded Athena’s call and struck down the giant Alkyoneus with an arrow dipped in the Hydra’s poisonous blood, whereupon Alkyoneus fell to the ground. However, Alkyoneus was immortal within the boundaries of his home town, Pallene. So Heracles had to drag Alkyoneus beyond the borders of Pallene, where the giant was no longer immortal.
Ukraine's former Commander on Chief, General Valerii Zaluzhny recently wrote in the Telegraph: "A growing number of Western analysts now argue that Russia has effectively lost the war. They point to Ukraine’s successful strikes on logistics, attacks on critical infrastructure and the steady erosion of Russia’s military position as evidence that the conflict is approaching its end. THAT IS A DANGEROUS MISREADING OF THE WAR... Ukraine’s increasingly effective strikes against Russian logistics and critical infrastructure have imposed real costs on Moscow. But these attacks are expensive, technologically demanding and ultimately reciprocal. RUSSIA RETAINS THE ABILITY TO STRIKE BACK WITH EQUAL OR GREATER FORCE..." (emphasis added)
● A Ukrainian missile struck a Russian missile factory, however Russia struck 55 Ukrainian weapons factories in June alone; and
● Ukraine has blown up a handful of Russian gas stations, Russia struck over 150 Ukrainian gas stations and 100 petrol tankers in June alone. and the strikes are accelerating...
● Vlodomir Zelensky himself: "There are those in the West who don't mind a long war, because it would mean exhausting Russia, even if this means the demise of Ukraine and at the cost of Ukrainian lives"; and
"...Yes, Kyiv’s drone campaign is certainly having an impact. But this is unlikely to change the course of the war. The Russian economy is faltering, yet it remains in a better position than much of the EU."
Russian economy is faltering... Yet, wait for it, remains, lol, in a better position than much of the EU. The heck you snort boy?
Excellent analysis. I read the full piece on UnHerd and was pleasantly surprised by the number of intelligent, positive comments it received. Along with, of course, the usual number of knee-jerk reactionary anti-Russia rants.
Please keep up the good work!
I stopped reading Unherd because of the rabid Russophobia, Islamophobia and absolutely insane civilizational supremacism of the readers' comments. And the articles too, except Thomas Fazi, whom I better read here on Substack.
Not only will the drones change nothing, but Russia is unlikely to respond at all. Moscow is waiting for next year's presidential election in France (incidentally, the centrist bloc's slogan is already "a vote for LFI—the far left—or RN—the far right—is a vote for Putin"). The latest developments in France point to Le Pen as the likely next president, and she has vowed to withdraw France from NATO's integrated command structure. Russia is also watching for the German general election in 2029.
Ukraine plot is following Zionist scenario in which terrorizing and killing civilians is the way to "win the war". Israel kills civilians and destroys cultural and humanitarian institutions as the main tactic. It is just how they think, how their mentality works. Iron Age barbarism that is supposed to scare the "enemy" into submission. They do it in Palestine, Lebanon, Iran - so why not in Russia.
And it never works as a means of conquest.. Conquest itself does not work anymore, but these backward monsters cannot understand that.
That's because they're both one of the many proxies of the US.
The US is a country. Or a State, as it is colonial. The US is not the main actor at all. This story started with British/German/French colonialism and supremacism. They outsourced their criminality to establish United States.
The US is nothing but one of the legs of the empire, that's why sometimes it appears the tail is wagging the dog. Being the biggest clog doesn't make it the empire, in the same sense that the motor on its own doesn't make it the car. Also, you forget the Dutch and the Scandinavians and before them the Papal states.
The western Establishment is not concerned with actual reality but in the chosen reality in their imagination in which Russia is 'forced' to the negotiation table by constant pressure via prolonged attacks. It is pure virtue signalling based on an unproven myth.
The situation within Ukraine doesn't really matter. The msm hardly mention the battlefield. Instead they concentrate on drone attacks on Russia in which 'Ukraine' is apparently defeating Russia. Whenever Russia takes/ liberates an important strategic ukrainian stronghold it instantly becomes...unimportant.
It is simply the way propaganda works.
Yes Thomas, good summary of the reality on the ground. And there is an example in ancient history how to drag a giant like NATO out to get it’s immortality, which is based on lies, to give up or be destroyed: When Zeus realised the Titans’ weakness and realised that only a demigod had the power to defeat them, he instructed Athena to summon Heracles, a famous demigod renowned for his strength. Heracles heeded Athena’s call and struck down the giant Alkyoneus with an arrow dipped in the Hydra’s poisonous blood, whereupon Alkyoneus fell to the ground. However, Alkyoneus was immortal within the boundaries of his home town, Pallene. So Heracles had to drag Alkyoneus beyond the borders of Pallene, where the giant was no longer immortal.
Well said but now the Zelenskyy cult team will be pissed with you like anything because truth does not align with their agenda
Ukraine's former Commander on Chief, General Valerii Zaluzhny recently wrote in the Telegraph: "A growing number of Western analysts now argue that Russia has effectively lost the war. They point to Ukraine’s successful strikes on logistics, attacks on critical infrastructure and the steady erosion of Russia’s military position as evidence that the conflict is approaching its end. THAT IS A DANGEROUS MISREADING OF THE WAR... Ukraine’s increasingly effective strikes against Russian logistics and critical infrastructure have imposed real costs on Moscow. But these attacks are expensive, technologically demanding and ultimately reciprocal. RUSSIA RETAINS THE ABILITY TO STRIKE BACK WITH EQUAL OR GREATER FORCE..." (emphasis added)
https://archive.is/20260708075823/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/08/ukraine-ambassador-do-not-assume-russia-has-lost-war/
To give some examples of Russian retaliation:-
● A Ukrainian missile struck a Russian missile factory, however Russia struck 55 Ukrainian weapons factories in June alone; and
● Ukraine has blown up a handful of Russian gas stations, Russia struck over 150 Ukrainian gas stations and 100 petrol tankers in June alone. and the strikes are accelerating...
What happens in Ukraine actually does not seem to matter. The reporting is deliberately unbalanced..
The real truth can be summed up in 3 quotes:-
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● Zelensky's former Presidential Adviser, Oleksi Arestovych: "Our price for joining NATO is a big war with Russia";
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https://x.com/i/status/1961348303200657730
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● Vlodomir Zelensky himself: "There are those in the West who don't mind a long war, because it would mean exhausting Russia, even if this means the demise of Ukraine and at the cost of Ukrainian lives"; and
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https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-neutral-status-russia-peace-agreement-volodymyr-zelenskyy/
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● Boris Johnson: "If Ukraine falls it will be a catastrophe for the West; IT WILL BE THE END OF THE WESTERN HEGEMONY...." (emphasis added)
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https://simplicius76.substack.com/api/v1/video/upload/1fbe1af0-6563-4e70-81a7-e4333c21a305/src?override_publication_id=1351274&type=hls
"...Yes, Kyiv’s drone campaign is certainly having an impact. But this is unlikely to change the course of the war. The Russian economy is faltering, yet it remains in a better position than much of the EU."
Russian economy is faltering... Yet, wait for it, remains, lol, in a better position than much of the EU. The heck you snort boy?