Mariupol, March 2022. Around this time four years ago the situation was becoming critical.
Our position had already been hit by a train IED, the Russian encirclement of the city was complete, and we had already lost around 40% of our company.
The Siege of Mariupol was tightening
If we can help even one person, then doing these talks makes it all worthwhile. 🙏
It’s hard to see what a Russian agent would do differently.
Strategic bandwidth gets stretched, Ukraine’s allies are now dealing with a war in the Middle East that Trump claimed he’d already won.
For now 👍
The largest drone attack on Moscow in 2026 has now lasted more than 24 hours.
Russian authorities have closed multiple airports out of fear of further strikes.
The Kremlin is also cracking down on information. Russians posting videos of the attacks are reportedly being hunted by authorities
Russia was given the licence to produce Iranian Shahed drones and is now mass-producing them domestically.
Now those drones are turning up in the Middle East.
The Russia–Iran military partnership is feeding multiple wars
You can watch and listen to the full conversation here:
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From Voices from the Front & The Wire Tap.
You can watch and listen to the full conversation here:
YouTube: youtu.be/I8FScTcWSm0?si…
From Voices from the Front & The Wire Tap.
Watch this deeply personal and emotive conversation from Voices from the Front & The Wire Tap, where I speak openly about captivity, torture, and why the world should never consider normalising relations with a regime built on terror, RUSSIA
Links Below👇
If you have time, listen to what Russia is.
They electrocute people.
They torture people.
They steal homes.
They destroy communities, towns and cities.
They abduct children and loot anything they can carry.
And they keep doing it because people like Trump continues to support them.
Trumps allowing money to Russia who target American service personnel for Iran, and they are doing nothing about it.
Still, he attacks Zelensky, it’s bizarre
We also discuss about torture, survival, and the psychological fight, and some stories of those who made it back.
A deeply personal episode 🇺🇦🙏
youtu.be/I8FScTcWSm0
NEW PODCAST “Captivity | What is the Breaking Point?”
SERE training prepares soldiers for capture.
But real captivity is something else entirely, we chat about what you can expect, how to manage those difficult situations and some gallows humour.
What a calamity.
From “regime change” to simply keeping the straits open
Billions gifted to Russia, global prices rising, and needless American casualties, all because of baby-brain diplomacy.
I want the Iranian regime gone, I’d be surprised if anyone puts their name to this debacle besides Trump
It’s been four years now. You can’t stop living your life, but it’s always there in the back of your mind, that the most important things in your world could be gone in a second.
I’ve been away from home for over two weeks. When I checked in, Larysa was sitting on the stairs to the basement holding Loki while Russian drones and ballistic missiles were hitting Dnipro 🇺🇦
The question is when will America 🇺🇸 realise that this President, knows exactly what he is doing, and it’s not America 1st
As I’ve been writing for weeks, the paradox has arrived, Ukrainians are helping protect U.S. service personnel, while Trump rewards Russia with billions, the very ally of Iran helping them target American troops in the Middle East.
You have to be kidding me, now the Russians are celebrating 🤬
Trump’s decision to ease sanctions now will cost more innocent lives and supports Russia, an ally of Iran.
Trump wants to stabilise oil prices at the cost of Ukrainian lives 🇺🇦
Why?
Because they’re worried about upsetting their base and don’t care about the repercussions. MAGA doesn’t care if Russia rebuilds, they don’t care if Ukrainians die, and they don’t care if Europe is threatened.
Called it. Short-term or not, we’ll see what happens after 30 days.
But launching into another Middle East war is already looking like a monumental balls-up. Now giving Russia a cash injection only prolongs the war in Ukraine, kills more Ukrainians, and gives Putin breathing space.
Bravo. 👏
Iran & the Middle East. The US confronting a fanatical regime, and nobody seems entirely sure what the endgame is.
Our weekly discussion on the now global war.
Live on Substack every Friday — 19:00 Kyiv time.
Or catch the YouTube upload later.
👉https://youtu.be/9cQcO4_DLAk?si=tb90xhjlPqR00i4A
Ukrainian drone interceptors will protect the world's largest oil fields, - WSJ
Saudi Aramco plans to urgently purchase Ukrainian UAVs to protect oil facilities
The “I’m just a travel blogger” charade seems to have slipped somewhat.
Living in Israel to escape dying in a Ukrainian field dressed as a penguin, still seems a much better option to be fair……
What’s coming isn’t just censorship, it’s a digital GULAG.
Welcome back to Soviet Russia 🇷🇺
For two years I’ve been writing about this. The signs were always there.
Now Russian officials are openly saying it: the state can track everything, VPNs won’t save you, and even Telegram won’t function if the Kremlin decides so.
The sh*t has hit the fan. A regional war is becoming a global one.
So the question now is simple: who can we actually trust?
And the bizarre paradox the United States now finds itself in, could this ultimately become Trump’s undoing?
My article for LLB
londonlovesbusiness.com/opinion-how-...
The documentary offers a rare look behind the walls of detention facilities, a side of modern war that is almost never shown.
And a twist to watch out for at the end
substack.com/@pinnerpatte...
Now on Substack | our trip to a Ukrainian POW camp looking at foreign recruited Russian fighters, forgotten and uncertain of their future.
Some speak openly about money, ideology, or pressure. Others simply want to go home. But for many, that possibility remains uncertain.
Why does an unelected property developer and real estate lawyer, with no military background have this much responsibility and exposure in matters of war?
Brit 🇬🇧 looking in from the outside.
