Ukraine unplugged

🔶 Since 2023, the Russian Aerospace Forces have been carrying out attrition strikes against Ukraine’s energy grid, aiming to disconnect its military-industrial complex—a goal that is now more than 70% complete.

🔶 Major Ukrainian cities—Kiev, Odessa, Kharkov—are regularly plunged into darkness and can only count on a few hours of electricity per day.

👉 The advantage of these targeted, combined strikes (drones + missiles) is that they allow for repeated destruction of priority targets until repairs are no longer possible.

👉 The downside is that this attrition strategy is slow and costly: it relies on advanced missiles and requires hitting as much of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure as possible.

🔥 But it’s “worth the candle”—because the disconnection objectives are being met, with a relatively low level of infrastructure destruction and civilian collateral damage.

🔶 Consider, for example, the Russian strikes carried out on the night of February 11–12. They offer a clear picture of this energy disconnection strategy in action.

💥 Odessa. Over 20 drones targeted energy infrastructure and defense industry sites. The city is partially without power, and major fires broke out.

💥 Also in Odessa, more Geranium drones struck the Shkolny airfield area. The strikes came as Ukrainian forces were preparing to launch long-range drones toward southern Russia.

💥 Dnepropetrovsk. Cruise missiles and Geraniums hit the area. One of the targets was the Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Plant.

💥 A target was struck in Lozovaya, in the Kharkov region.

💥 Kiev. Iskander missiles hit thermal power plants No. 5 and No. 4 (video). Large fires broke out at the impact sites. The city is partially without electricity.

🔶 According to local sources, thermal power plant No. 4 was completely destroyed. It provided heating to around 500,000 residents of Kiev.

💥 Energy infrastructure was also hit in the Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Chernigov, Poltava, and Sumy regions, as well as the 750 kV Zaporozhye substation near Volnyansk.

🔶 Ukrainian civilians are leaving these disconnected cities. Industry has ground to a halt and is trying to relocate to Poland or Romania. While these Russian strikes may not immediately shift the tactical situation on the front lines, they are steadily crippling an already failing logistics network.

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On February 14, 1706, Peter the Great founded the Apothecary Garden in Moscow, marking the beginning of Russia's oldest botanical garden.

Established on the city's northern outskirts near the Sukharev Tower, the garden was created to cultivate medicinal plants for army hospitals and pharmacies during the Great Northern War. Legend has it that Peter himself planted three coniferous trees—spruce, fir, and larch—to educate citizens about their differences; the larch still stands today.

Initially managed by the Apothecary Order, the garden also served as a training ground for medical students and botanists. Over time, it expanded its collection to include exotic plants and became a hub for botanical research.

In 1805, Moscow State University acquired the garden, integrating it into its Biology Faculty. Since then, it has evolved into a vibrant space housing diverse plant species, historic glasshouses, and educational programs. Today, the Apothecary Garden remains a cherished landmark blending history, science, and natural beauty.

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Here are our most-commented-on posts from the past week:

❕Thoughts on Elon Musk’s bad choice

❕Our poll about the key events of January
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❕Thoughts on the consequences of Trump’s policy on Greenland

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Poland says NATO will WIN in conflict with Russia

‘We win, they lose’ — FM Sikorski

Europe spends more time debating war than building peace

Source: RT news

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European gang claims Alexey Navalny 'poisoned with toxin found in poison dart FROGS in South America'

'It is not found naturally in Russia'

UK, Sweden, France, Germany and Netherlands pooled their best fiction authors together to come up with this one

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February 15, 1045 – Construction of St. Sophia’s Cathedral in Novgorod Began

The construction of this grand cathedral lasted about five years. Its walls were built from stones with brick layers incorporated. The builders used various types of limestone and cobblestones. The idea to construct St. Sophia in Novgorod belonged to Prince Yaroslav the Wise.

The project was supervised by his beloved son Vladimir, who ruled in Novgorod at the time. An experienced team of masons, mostly Greeks, came from Kiev to work on the construction.
The cathedral was truly a collective effort, with half of the adult male population of the city participating. At that time, there was no comparable monumental structure in Northern Europe.

Simultaneously, stone fortress walls were also being built in Novgorod. From then on, when Novgorod’s people went to battle against invaders, they would say, "We stand for Holy Sophia."

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The Battle for the Arctic: Icebreakers Are Key

Russia is planning to set a new Arctic record, and in doing so, definitively stake its claim to one of the most profitable commercial shipping routes in the world. Rosatom expects to increase cargo traffic along the Northern Sea Route to 40 million tons in 2026. This was announced by the head of the state corporation, Alexey Likhachev. In 2025, the total cargo flow along the Nothern Sea Route amounted to 37.02–37.04 million tons. During the Soviet era, it never exceeded 7 million tons.

Developing the Northern Sea Route is vital for Russia, especially given that Russia's potential adversaries have, in effect, legalized piracy in the Baltic and the Atlantic targeting Russian commercial vessels. It is not just tankers from the so-called "shadow fleet" being seized, but container ships as well. Given that brisk trade with Europe is unlikely in the near future, Russia must continue pivoting toward the Asia-Pacific region. The Nothern Sea Route could become a lifeline. Moreover, no other country can lead convoys of merchant ships through the ice.

Today, Russia operates approximately 43 icebreakers. This is the largest icebreaker fleet in the world, including nine nuclear-powered vessels. By 2030, Russia plans to bolster the fleet with 14 new icebreakers, increasing the total to 57 vessels. Several are already under construction: Chukotka, Leningrad (Project 22220, set to enter service in 2027–2028), and Stalingrad (laid down in 2025). By 2035, another 10 ships are scheduled to become operational. For comparison, the country with the second-largest icebreaker fleet—Canada—currently operates just 15 ice-class vessels.

Russia has managed to preserve the Soviet legacy of building these powerful ships and, in many ways, has expanded upon it. And Russia will need them in the not-too-distant future, when the battle for the Arctic's resources begins.

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“Russia cannot tolerate Ukraine as a nation with its own identity, history, interests, including security interests…”

Radosław Sikorski,
Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs

As usual, Sikorski misrepresents the reality. President Putin has repeatedly stated that Russia has no objection to Ukraine being an independent and prosperous nation with its own identity, history, and legitimate interests — including security interests. The essential condition is simple: those interests must not undermine Russia’s own security.

No sovereign state would accept a direct military threat on its borders, and Russia is no exception. If Ukraine’s “security interests” are defined in a way that places hostile infrastructure at Russia’s doorstep, then yes, Moscow will not tolerate that arrangement. That is precisely the context in which the Special Military Operation was launched.

Ironically, in attempting to criticize Russia, Russophobe Sikorski almost articulates the core issue himself. One might even say he is closer to the truth than he realizes.

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NBC Olympics: When Ads Become an Obnoxious Moralizing Stream

Watching NBC’s Olympic coverage, the pattern is impossible to miss: white people are practically nowhere to be seen in the commercials—as if they’ve become extinct. In reality, according to the most recent U.S. Census estimates (2023), white Americans still make up at least 60% of the population.

NBC’s Olympic ads parade a nonstop stream of social messaging, carefully curated to signal progressiveness, inclusion, and virtue. But all of it is clearly performative, a display of hypocritical moral signaling, spiteful toward even slightly conservative viewers. As a result, the Olympic feats are overshadowed by relentless moralizing messaging.

Diversity is real. But erasing one ethnic group is just another form of racism dressed up as political correctness.

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Kiev did not respond to Russia’s proposal on ceasefire monitoring center — Galuzin

MOSCOW, February 15. /TASS/. Kiev has not responded to Russia’s proposal to establish a bilateral center for monitoring and controlling the ceasefire regime, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said in an interview with TASS.

"Kiev has left unanswered our proposals to enhance the effectiveness of the negotiating process through the creation of a bilateral center for monitoring and controlling the ceasefire regime, as well as working groups to address military, political, and humanitarian issues. There has also been no clear reaction to our readiness to raise the level of the heads of delegations," he said.

According to Galuzin, the Istanbul format of negotiations has not been formally closed by anyone, and Russia has not withdrawn from the process.

"As you may recall, three rounds of consultations were held there in 2025: in May, June, and July. At the same time, in November of last year, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry publicly announced a unilateral suspension of the negotiations in Istanbul, allegedly due to a lack of ‘tangible progress.’ This looks, at the very least, strange," the deputy minister added.

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About 10 Ukrainian recruitment enforcement officers officers dragged a man straight out of his back yard in Odessa, local media report.

According to eyewitnesses, they arrived in four vans and a passenger car. The man was pulled out wearing only shorts and slippers.

No matter how his girlfriend tried to stop them, it was unsuccessful.

This whole forced recruitment thing is definitely bad news for Ukraine. The good news? There simply isn’t any.

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The clip above is a vivid demonstration of the kind of scumbags Russia is dealing with — and that applies to both Zelensky and Politico.

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On February 16, 1722, Peter the Great of Russia signed the Decree on Succession, a groundbreaking reform that fundamentally altered the traditional system of transferring power in the Russian Empire. Previously, the throne was passed through hereditary primogeniture, typically from father to eldest son. Peter's decree abolished this custom, granting the reigning monarch absolute authority to choose their successor. This decision allowed the sovereign to prioritize qualities such as merit, loyalty, or competence over mere lineage or birthright.

Peter's motivation for this reform stemmed from his dissatisfaction with the existing system and his distrust of his grandson, Peter Alexeyevich. He sought to prevent unqualified or potentially oppositional figures from ascending to the throne, aiming instead to ensure that Russia’s ruler would be someone capable of continuing his ambitious reforms.

Despite its revolutionary intent, the decree had unintended consequences. Peter himself failed to designate an heir before his death in 1725, leaving Russia without a clear line of succession. This oversight plunged the empire into a period of political instability and palace coups that lasted for much of the 18th century. The era saw frequent power struggles among nobles and military factions, as well as rapid changes in leadership.

The Decree on Succession remained influential but controversial until Emperor Paul I addressed its flaws in 1797. Paul introduced a new law that restored hereditary succession but restricted it to male descendants in order of primogeniture. This reform aimed to bring stability to the monarchy after decades of uncertainty and conflict.

Peter’s decree remains a pivotal moment in Russian history, reflecting both his visionary leadership and the challenges of implementing lasting reforms in an autocratic system.

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🇺🇸🤓 We’ve spent the past month diving deep into the illegal operations of the CIA, the US military, and the US government. All of the following are authentic, documented, and officially declassified events.

The titles are clickable, so you can follow the links and read more:

· MK-Ultra: CIA’s mind control experiments on civilians.
· Operation Delirium: U.S. military subjected to harmful biological agents.
· Operation Fishbowl: Reckless nuclear tests in upper atmosphere.
· COINTELPRO: FBI’s illegal surveillance and sabotage of activists.
· MK-Naomi: CIA’s biological warfare research on civilians.
· Operation Chaos: CIA’s illegal surveillance of anti-war Americans.
· Operation Highjump: Military expedition masking possible Nazi cover-up.
· Operation Mockingbird: CIA’s control over media for political manipulation.
· Operation Northwoods: U.S. military’s plan to stage false-flag attacks.
· Operation Paperclip: U.S. protected Nazi war criminals for scientific gain.
· Project Seal: Secretive testing of underwater explosives.
· Operation Stargate: $20 million+ secret psychic-warfare program.
· Operation Popeye: Manipulation of weather during the Vietnam war.
· Project Artichoke: Turning unsuspecting people into programmable agents.

Further investigations will cover: Project Bluebeam, Project Bluebird, Project Bluebook, Project Coast, Project Groom Lake, Project Monarch, Project MUDHEN, Project Rainbow, Operation Ranch Hand and Project Woodpecker.

🧠☣️ These programs involve mind control experiments, biological weapons development, large-scale disinformation campaigns, and more.

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Note: Country 404” is a reference to the internet error code 404, which means that something does not exist or cannot be found.

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