A Ukrainian drone takes out a Russian Mig-29 at a Crimean airfield.
Behind the scenes European leader have had their fill of Donald Trump and his Merry Band of Incompetents.
They need to start saying some of these things publicly.
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"The United States has betrayed Ukraine and Europe" — these are the sentiments expressed by European leaders, according to the transcript of a phone call between the President of France, the German Chancellor, the President of Finland, the NATO Secretary General, and President Zelensky.
— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) December 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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According to Der Spiegel, Macron warned Zelensky that the United States "may intervene in the issue of territories without providing security guarantees" and used the word "betrayal." "Zelensky must be very careful in the coming days."
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) December 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Transcript from the EU‑Zelensky call: German Chancellor Merz warned Zelensky that US negotiators are “playing games.” French President Macron warned the U.S. might betray Ukraine on territorial issues. Finland’s Stubb and NATO’s Rutte joined in: “We can’t leave Ukraine alone with these guys.”
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) December 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Maybe Ukraine could go back and take out that plane in the foreground.
Ukrainian drones take out two Russian armored thing-a-ma-jigs.
The situation in Pokrovsk is both disputed and complex, but it isn’t good.
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"The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to hold the northern part of Pokrovsk, the battle is ongoing." - Warshall (and others)
This Warshall map does harm to Ukraine’s war effort because it bears no resemblance to the context of Syrskyi’s statement or the tactical reality in Pokrovsk.
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— OSINT Intuit™ (@urikikaski.bsky.social) December 4, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Presenting the entire northern sector as “held” territory, in a words and images, creates a false impression of control that does not exist on the ground and contradicts every credible frontline assessment.2/8
More importantly, Syrskyi never made such a claim, yet Warshall and other pro-Ukrainian channels are repeating it as if he did. This kind of oversimplification misleads civilians and distorts public understanding of an already complex and deteriorating situation.
Syrskyi’s point was precise.3/8
Ukrainian units are holding defined areas inside the northern part of the city while the broader urban zone is contested and under constant Russian pressure. That is functional positional defense, not area control.4/8
The Russian was being carried on a stretcher when a drone dropped grenades nearby. He then jumped off and ran like hell.
He’s the Count of Monte Belgorod.
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A Russian soldier just murdered 7 of his own comrades after returning from Ukrainian captivity - a planned revenge attack on the men who had abused him
He signed a new contract specifically to regain access to them. He's now on the run in Belgorod
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— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) December 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Kherson is without heat.
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⚡️Russian strikes on Kherson heating plant leave over 40,000 residents in the cold.
The closure came after several days of sustained attacks by drones and artillery, targeting the halls and equipment of the plant, according to regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin.
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— The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) December 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Maxim might want to consider fleeing the country before he ends up decorating a sidewalk.
Burevestnik and Poseidon are two of Russia’s new super weapons. Burevestnik is a nuclear-powered cruise missile and Poseidon is a naval drone.
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After last week's humiliation of a Russian caught trying to steal SpaceX rocket technology, another hit to the dictator's claims of missile prowess as popular Russian blogger Officer Maxim Klymov says that "Burevestnik" and "Posiedan" are all a fraud.
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— SPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre (@stratcomcentre.bsky.social) December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Russians think a new offensive is coming against Kharkiv and Chernihiv.
Melania has done more to help Ukraine than her husband.
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🇺🇸🇺🇦🙏 Russia returns 7 more Ukrainian children thanks to Trump's wife. 6 boys and 1 girl - have been reunited with their families.
"My commitment to ensuring the safe return of children to their families in this region is unwavering," Melania stressed.
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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) December 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
A shadow fleet tanker was adrift in the North Sea but reportedly has resumed operations under slow speeds.
Maybe Ireland needs to rethink that neutrality policy.
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Four unidentified military-grade drones breached a no-fly zone in Dublin just minutes after Zelensky’s plane landed. They targeted the exact flight path and then circled an Irish Navy vessel deployed for the visit. Ireland is probing it as a potential hybrid attack.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) December 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Let’s check in on the Russian economy.
We might have an imminent major bank failure — unless the government intervenes.
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🚨Major Russian bank failure imminent?
Credit Bank of Moscow, the 6th-largest bank in Russia by asset size with 5.45T rubles, has 668B rubles in overdue loans, 12.3% of assets.
That's massive. When Washington Mutual collapsed in 2008, nonperforming loans were 3.8% of assets.📉
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— Maria Drutska (@mariadrutska.bsky.social) December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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RUSSIA IS SELLING GOLD AT A RATE OF $76.5m PER DAY
The national wealth fund it’s selling its gold off on a daily basis and intends to continue to do so until it’s gone, according to Russian sources. The Central
Bank is basically issuing ‘printed money’ to buy it. It’s not real notes but quite
— The Analyst (@militaryanalyst.bsky.social) December 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Literally the Central Bank creating the money on ‘the big computer’ by just adding more to the in-circulation figure.It has the same effect however, accelerating inflation pressures, and the cycle of economic decline. You cannot escape the fundamental basic laws of economics and monetary policy.
All they are doing is buying a few days at a time in the hope something happens to end the war their way. Frankly that’s so fundamentally unlikely they may as well be blowing in the wind. Nothing can stop what’s happening, it’s already too late.
I agree. Time to get the hell out.
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CONFUSION OVER MYRONRAHD
Some Ukrainian sources are insistent that the town has been cut off and Ukrainian Marines are trapped there, others saying it’s still being supplied by drones and it’s not inescapable.
My view is if we have reached the point it’s not yet inescapable then it soon will be so
— The Analyst (@militaryanalyst.bsky.social) December 4, 2025 at 8:05 AM
it’s time to get out and as fast as possible - a move the Russians will no doubt be waiting for. They have been going out of their way to make the drone netted highways impossible by using thermite drones to burn the netting and remove the little protection they provide. Whatever Ukraine is going to do, as it barely holds any of Pokrovsk now, to get the survivors out of Myronrahd, surely it must happen very soon.
That drone engine is probably being put to good use running a pump or something.
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🤨 A Moldovan farmer stumbled on a Russian drone — and took it home.
After finding it in his field, he loaded it onto his motorized cart, removed the engine, and only later brought what was left to the village mayor.
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— UNITED24 Media (@united24media.com) December 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The U.S. got hold of an Iranian Shahed drone and reverse engineered it to come up with LUCAS — Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System, which pretty much follows the Shahed design and can be produced for about $35k each.
They are intended to be used against Iran, but wouldn’t it be great to provide these to Ukraine — and let Russia know what attacks from scores of Shaheds is like?
SpektreWorks’ website provides basic specifications for a related target drone design called the FLM 136, which has a stated maximum range of 444 miles and can stay aloft for up to six hours. Its total payload capacity, not counting fuel, is 40 pounds, and it cruises at a speed of around 74 knots (with a dash speed of up to 105 knots). Whether these details reflect the capabilities of the operationalized LUCAS design is unclear.
For comparison, the baseline Shahed-136, which is powered by a small 50-horsepower internal combustion engine, has a top speed of around 100 knots (185 kilometers per hour) and a maximum range of approximately 1,242 miles (2,000 kilometers) while carrying an 88-pound (40-kilogram) warhead, according to the U.S. Army’s Operational Environment Data Integration Network (ODIN) training portal.
Belgium waffles.
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🇧🇪 Belgian PM Bart De Wever told La Libre that Russia “will not lose” in Ukraine and called claims of its defeat “a fairy tale and total illusion.” He warned that Russian assets must be returned post-war and said Moscow threatened Belgium with “eternal retaliation” if confiscated.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) December 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Italy too?
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Bloomberg writes that Italy is suspending its participation in the PURL program for supplying American weapons to Ukraine: while negotiations on ending the war continue, the country will focus on diplomacy.
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Insert lawyer joke here.
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😂😂😂😂😂
Medvedev Named "Lawyer of the Year"
He received the award in the category "For Special Contribution to Development of the State and Law."
TASS notes that this award is considered "a recognition of the services of highly qualified lawyers to the state and society."
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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) December 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Seems kind of fitting.
It’s good that Ukraine might get access to these helicopters, but it would be even better if countries (not just Australia) would send the good stuff too. Like Apaches.
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Australia is weighing whether to send retiring Tiger helicopters to Ukraine, as Kyiv requests additional military support. This would be separate from a new funding package expected soon. The Tiger helicopters are in the process of being retired as Australia transitions to the US-made Apache fleet.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) December 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
There is no progress because Russia doesn’t want any progress. Russia wants everything it wants.
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🇺🇸 From Florida to the Kremlin: no progress
Kremlin continues to insist on international recognition of the occupied Ukrainian territories as its own and, in addition, wants to resolve the future status of these regions.
Read more 👀⬇️
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— The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) December 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
At least he didn’t fall asleep like Trump.
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🎤Reporter: Can you tell us about your meeting with Witkoff?
😵💫 Putin: I doubt you'll be interested, since it lasted five hours. Honestly, even I got tired of it. Five hours is too long.
— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) December 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
So, 12 countries voted against a demand that Russia return all kidnapped children and another 57 abstained. Thankfully, the U.S. voted Yes, but you can never assume that these days.
There is something worse than being kidnapped and taken to Russia.
"The Regional Center for Human Rights documented 165 re-education camps where Ukrainian children are militarized and Russified. These camps exist in occupied territories, Russia, Belarus, and North Korea," Rashevska added in her testimony.
In a separate testimony provided by the Nathaniel Raymond, the Executive Director of the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab told congressional leaders that the organization now estimates that at least 35,000 remain in Russian custody, including those who have been sent to fight against their own country on the front line.
Ukrainian officials estimate the real figure of abducted children could be far higher. Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets puts the number at up to 150,000, while Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Daria Herasymchuk has given a range of 200,000–300,000.
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At the camp, the children were "taught to destroy Japanese militarists" & met North Korean veterans who captured the USS Pueblo in 1968—killing one American & holding 82 hostage for 11 months.
The ship still sits in Pyongyang. Now Ukrainian kids are told its captors are heroes.
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— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) December 4, 2025 at 8:08 AM
No problem, just divert 10 or 20 billion rubles from social services.
Putin doesn’t want to belong to any club that would have him as a member.
If Putin was my father, I wouldn’t admit it either.
Miia is safe.
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Miia the cat had been missing for 9days after a Russian missile strike
Miia disappeared after a massive Russian attack on #Ternopil- every day since,her owner kept searching,never losing hope
The cat injured her paw and her fur was burned,but she still made it back to her owner’s arms
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) December 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
