Russia - Ukraine war part ll. News and Discussions

[Viet]

Russians sacrificed millions of men to take back Donbas. Donbas is the heart of the former USSR. Donbas steel is the power of the former USSR. Without steel, you have nothing. No way any Russian president gives Donbas to Ukraine. It's not popular with Russian voters.

DIRECT TRANSLATION: 'Donbas, the Heart of Russia'

A Commentator Close to Putin Writes: Unitary Ukraine is Finished A prominent Russian business magazine, Ekspert, publishes a lead article this week by two highly placed Russian policy thinkers writing about Ukraine’s southeastern provinces and proclaiming, “We won’t abandon them.” That emotional...

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The power of steel is described in the movie Conan.

Donbas has coal and other minerals.
Putin is a thief. He just wants to steal others people property. He makes Russia to a country of thieves. Russia has plenty of lands, coal, minerals but little people why he wants to steal more lands, coal and minerals?

 

[Yommie]

Donbas has coal and other minerals.
Putin is a thief. He just wants to steal others people property. He makes Russia to a country of thieves. Russia has plenty of lands, coal, minerals but little people why he wants to steal more lands, coal and minerals?

During the Soviet era Russians built Ukraine's industry including aircraft industry Antonov, Motor Sich, tank industry at Kharkiv, ship industry at Nikolaev. Today Ukraine has nothing. No industry. Nada. During the Soviet era 10 million Russians worked in Ukraine. After 1991 they went back to Russia. Today Ukraine is a third world country with nothing.

 

[Soldier35]

Footage of the Yolka interceptor drone in use in combat in Ukraine. The video shows the interception of two Ukrainian UAVs of unknown models by a Russian Yolka interceptor drone. The location of the footage is not disclosed.
The first interception of the UAV occurred at high altitude. The second video clearly shows the destruction of the Ukrainian drone by a kinetic strike.

 

[Yommie]

Russians are coming for Slavyansk.





Under pressure from drones, Ukraine's counteroffensive petered out.

 

[Soldier35]

A Russian Ka-29TB helicopter attacks a Ukrainian naval drone of an unknown model. The video was filmed during a patrol in the Black Sea, presumably near Crimea. The Ka-29 helicopter fires 80mm S-8 unguided air-to-air missiles. The attack also uses 23mm GSh-23 cannons mounted in a UPK-23-250 Universal Gun Container.

 

[Yommie]

Situation and developments on day 4,384 of the civil war between Russian East Ukraine backed by Russia and Ukrainian East Ukraine backed by West Ukraine.

Russian Advances Near Pokrovsk | Minkivka Falls, Svyatohirsk Reached [21 February 2026]​

 

[Persian Gulf]

explosions without warning alerts in Lviv, west Ukraine

police officers were reportedly killed

 

[Viet]

Last night Ukraine launched the largest ever deep strike on Russia hinterland.
Putin’s countermeasure: blocking domestic messaging app Telegram. The russians should not know anything.
The 3 day special military operation goes very well according to plan.

 

[Yommie]

Ukrainian East Ukraine losing ground to Russian East Ukraine.

 

[Yommie]

Geran with optical guidance doing terrible things to substations.



Ukraine's trains are taking a pounding, hampering logistics.

 

[Soldier35]

A combat video of a Russian T-80BVM tank belonging to the "East" group of forces in the Zaporizhzhia region. In the video, the T-80BVM fires high-explosive fragmentation rounds at a Ukrainian army stronghold and bunker. The exact location of the footage is not disclosed.

 

[Yommie]

Situation and developments on day 4,385 of the civil war between Russian East Ukraine backed by Russia and Ukrainian East Ukraine backed by West Ukraine.

Heavy Strikes on Ukraine’s Energy Sector | Push Continues in Andriivka [22 February 2026]​

 

[Yommie]

Bad news for Ukrainians, Russians have satellites for wifi. In fact, Russia pioneered radio communication and launched the first satellite in the 1950s.

The Pioneers of Radio: Alexander Popov - Russia's Radio Pioneer

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[Yommie]

Ukrainian East Ukraine losing ground to Russian East Ukraine

 

[Yommie]

Russian Terminator tank is a force to be reckoned with in urban warfare.