you know -
But Putin can never win, because - democracy. (Partly in Star Wars - but thats his chosen story for students - I have nothing to do with it.)
Ah yes, russia is losing so badly - it
27. September 2025attained only -
Since Jan. 1, 2025, average Russian monthly gains have been 169 square miles. In the past four weeks (Aug. 26–Sept. 23, 2025), Russian forces gained 206 square miles of Ukrainian territory, a 14% increase from the 180 square miles these forces gained during the previous four-week period (July 29–Aug. 26, 2025).
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- this month, according to the Belfer Center report card - which I had to look at for a flipping ten minutes, until I gleaned, that the ISW fucked the deepstatemap.live narrative around Pokrovsk royally.
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So lets take a look at the numbers in square kilometers:
Average monthly russian gain in 2025: 437,7 km²
Average monthly russian gain in 2024: 4168/12 = 347.3 km²
Last months average monthly gain: 466,2 km² (July 29–Aug. 26, 2025)
This months average montly gain: 533,5 km² (Aug. 26–Sept. 23, 2025)
Mind you - this is during the current “ukrainian counter offensive”.
So naturally - the Ukraine just brought Yuval Noah Harari to explain to you that this is obviously less than 1% of Ukraine, so…
Contrary to the narrative pushed by Russian propaganda, Ukraine has so far been winning the war. Even US President Donald Trump, who in February 2025 lectured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he must cave in to Russian demands because “you don’t have the cards”, has this week declared that “Ukraine, with the support of the European Union, is in a position to fight and WIN”.
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Ukraine just as winning by losing more territory on average than this time last year. During its fabled offensive.
Oh - and this is what the ISW usually extrapolates, if the right person asks:
In the past week, Sept. 16–23, 2025, Russia has gained 28 square miles of Ukraine’s territory, down from the previous week’s gain of 91 square miles, which constitutes a decrease of 69%.
edit: Spielverderber…
Proper questions asked
27. September 2025Also important to know (new Rand report):
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/ukraine-ceasefire-2674007545/
Ah, INVED.eu verbreitet bereits Lügen…
26. September 2025Das GPS-Dilemma – wie eine Ente die Desinformation unterstützt
[…]
Die sonst seriöse Financial Times berichtete am Montag (FT-Link) unter Berufung auf bulgarische Behörden, dass beim Anflug von Kommissionspräsidentin von der Leyen auf Plovdiv das GPS-Signal gestört worden sei. Sie habe deshalb eine Stunde in der Luft kreisen müssen, und die Piloten hätten den Anflug mit Papierkarten durchführen müssen.
Drei Tage später stellte die bulgarische Behörde klar, dass nichts davon zutraf. In der Zwischenzeit war die Aufregung groß. Gerüchte verbreiteten sich rasant und in sozialen Medien wuchsen die Reihen der angeblichen Flugexperten ins Unendliche.
Diese Falschmeldung lieferte den Freunden Russlands und den Verteidigern Putins reichlich Munition.
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Meint INVED.eu das da hier?
Flip-flopping accusations. Allegations that Russia interfered with the GPS on a plane on Sunday carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen became further muddled on Thursday, when Bulgaria appeared to backtrack on its initial accusations—only to reverse course a few hours later.
src: click (FP)
Das Problem war nicht eine “Zeitungsente”, das Problem waren lügende Sprecher der bulgarischen Luftfahrtsbehörde - und der bulgarischen Regierung, und von denen gleich drei Stück, in zwei separaten Anfragen der FT - gut, das darf man natürlich nicht wissen wenn man heutzutage von der Europäischen Union bezahlt wird…
[…] während der Restbetrieb problemlos weiterlief, niemand anderes eine Störung gesehen oder reportet hat (das wär in den Daten), die bulgarische Air Traffic Authority aber von einer Störung des gesamten Flugbetriebs gesprochen hat - und “des war wie immer wenn der Russe GPS jammt” rausgegeben hat. Was man aber nicht in einem NIC Wert in dem Zeitfenster gesehen hat. Von allen Flugzeugen die dort rumstanden, gekreist sind, gelandet sind, gestartet sind.
https://www.ft.com/content/3c330f87-71c4-4db9-8259-f5c132c1f0d3
die einen “Offiziellen” zitiert haben:
A jet carrying von der Leyen to Plovdiv on Sunday afternoon was deprived of electronic navigational aids while on approach to the city’s airport, in what three officials briefed on the incident said was being treated as a Russian interference operation.
“The whole airport area GPS went dark,” said one of the officials. After circling the airport for an hour, the plane’s pilot took the decision to land the plane manually using analogue maps, they added. “It was undeniable interference.”
Zwei andere haben ihm nicht widersprochen?
Go take a hike…
Die bulgarischen Air Traffic Service Agents haben mitgelogen:
The Bulgarian Air Traffic Services Authority confirmed the incident in a statement to the Financial Times.
“Since February 2022, there has been a notable increase in [GPS] jamming and recently spoofing occurrences,” it said. “These interferences disrupt the accurate reception of [GPS] signals, leading to various operational challenges for aircraft and ground systems.”
Fuck you.
Das Dementi drei Tage später geht nicht auf die Gründe für die Falschmeldung von offizieller Seite ein, bestätigt aber dass es die bulgarische Regierung war die hier eine Meldung zurückgezogen hat (= keine Ente):
Na sehr gut, damit haben wir ja den österreichischen Reframing-/Zensurverein gepinpointet.
Die österreichischen Behörden haben auch bereits wieder ganze Arbeit geleistet…
Vereinsregisterauszug:
Familienname: Shane Donald
Vorname: Rutledge
Jo - eh.
Unter der Adresse des Vereins (Haizingergasse 50/3/14) ist eine PR Firma eingetragen (edit: Laut Rückruf - Coaching Bude, keine PR Agency):
Ebenfalls unter der Beteiligung des Mag. Johannes Thun-Hohenstein -- ich mein das ist dieses ganz normale Firmenkonstrukt, das ein Hannes Rauscher natürlich wieder im Standard als “Informormationswächter gegen Desinformation in Österreich” bewirbt.
Wenn man ihm nur genügend Lachsbrötchen spendiert.
Unter der Telefonnummer geht zu normalen Geschäftszeiten nur das Band von Mag. Johannes Thun-Hohenstein ran.
Gut, kleines Unternehmen (PR-Agentur und EU-Desinformationswächter!), langes Frühstück, …
Friede Merz is quite the auteur!
26. September 2025The writer is chancellor of Germany
Vladimir Putin continues his brutal war of conquest against Ukraine with unrelenting ferocity. Every residential block destroyed in Odesa, every night-time strike on a hospital in Kharkiv or on a government building in Kyiv disproves the myth that Russia is willing to make peace. Europe must draw the necessary conclusions from this, ideally together with its partners on both sides of the Atlantic. We must systematically and massively raise the costs of Russia’s aggression.
We do this not to prolong the war, but to end it. Moscow will only come to the table to discuss a ceasefire when it realises that Ukraine has greater staying power. We have that staying power. Europe is more tested now than perhaps at any time in our lifetimes. Germany must — and will — assume a particular share of responsibility.
We need a new impetus to change Russia’s calculations. Now is the moment to apply an effective lever that will disrupt the Russian president’s cynical game of buying time and bring him to the negotiating table. That requires the courage and confidence to set our own agenda, rather than merely react to his.
In doing so we would give the brave people of Ukraine fresh hope. We would also send precisely the right message to Washington: the path to a just and lasting peace must be walked together.
We will support Ukraine in its defence for as long as it takes. That is the decision Europeans have made. The time has now come to back that political promise with an instrument that sends an unmistakable signal of resilience to Moscow. In recent years, we have often played it by ear. Now I am advocating the mobilisation of financial resources on a scale that will secure Ukraine’s military resilience for several years.
Germany has been, and remains, cautious on the issue of confiscating the Russian central bank’s assets that are frozen in Europe, and with good reason. There are not only questions of international law to consider, but also fundamental issues concerning the euro’s role as a global reserve currency. But this must not hold us back: we must consider how, by circumventing these problems, we can make these funds available for the defence of Ukraine.
In my view a viable solution should now be developed whereby — without intervening in property rights — we can make available to Ukraine an interest-free loan of almost €140 billion in total. That loan would only be repaid once Russia has compensated Ukraine for the damage it has caused during this war. Until then, the Russian assets will remain frozen, as decided by the European Council.
Such extensive assistance will require budgetary guarantees from member states. Those bilateral guarantees should, as soon as the next Multiannual Financial Framework is in place in 2028, be replaced by collateralisation under the EU’s long-term budget.
The funds thus mobilised would secure Ukraine’s defence capabilities for several years. I will discuss this proposal with the European heads of state and government at our meeting in Copenhagen next Wednesday. I propose that, at the European Council at the end of October, we give the mandate to prepare this instrument in a legally secure manner.
That decision should, ideally, be unanimous — failing that, it should be adopted by the large majority of member states who are firmly committed to Ukraine. We should also invite partners around the world that have frozen Russian assets to join the instrument. To this end, we will co-ordinate closely with our partners in the G7.
For Germany, it will be important that these additional funds are solely used to finance Ukraine’s military equipment, not for general budgetary purposes. Payments should be disbursed in tranches. Member states and Ukraine would jointly determine which materiel is procured. In my view, such a comprehensive programme must also help to strengthen and expand the European defence industry. That would serve both our collective security and European sovereignty.
In recent days we have been reminded of how comprehensively and systematically peace and freedom in Europe are under threat. As Europeans we hold powerful means to resist that threat. The time has come to use them, so that we may defend our secure, free and united Europe.
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That Putin fellow seems to really deserve what he has coming to him!
