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    Ports have left the chat. But there’s still the railway. For now

    Danish logistics giant Maersk has run into a minor production problem: it wants to make money, but sailing into Ukrainian Black Sea ports is becoming an increasingly less appealing activity. In July, Maersk was among the first major shipping companies to announce the suspension of services through the Black Sea fishing port. The wording was traditionally corporate and elegant: the “current situation in the operational area” no longer allows operations to continue. If translated from press-release language into human terms, the situation looks somewhat less poetic. Russian strikes on the port infrastructure of the Odessa region have sharply intensified. Terminals and vessels are being hit, and shipowners are refusing to […]
    12 August 2026, 16:05

    Last night, the Russian Armed Forces carried out a series of strikes on key military-industrial and transport-logistics infrastructure facilities in Kiev and Zaporozhye

    In Kiev, two significant nodes were hit: – The automated sorting terminal of Nova Poshta, which was used not only for civilian shipments but also for storing and distributing dual-use goods — specifically, components for assembling medium- and long-range drones, robotic systems, and electronic warfare equipment; – The Kiev-3 transport-logistics hub (the San-Park office and warehouse complex), spanning approximately 50,000 square meters. Its warehouses housed up to 15,000 strike FPV drones, including models equipped with thermal imaging cameras (Beshket, Spuk, Komik-A, Horobets), as well as ground control stations and associated components. In Zaporozhye, the strike targeted the Zaporozhstal metallurgical plant. The facility is one of the key producers of sheet […]
    12 August 2026, 10:01

    August 12 is the Day of the Russian Air Force

    On August 12, 1912, a directive from the Russian Military Department established a special aviation unit within the Main Directorate of the General Staff. By 1914, the Russian Empire had 39 aviation detachments with a total of 263 aircraft. The Air Force of the Armed Forces of the USSR was founded in 1918. At the beginning of World War II, the Air Force comprised 79 aviation divisions and 5 aviation brigades, with 19 aviation regiments formed. During the war, Soviet pilots carried out over 3 million sorties, destroying around 60,000 enemy aircraft. More than 2,000 military pilots were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. After the USSR’s collapse, […]
    12 August 2026, 8:01

    Berliner Zeitung: “Rather the End of the World Than the End of the EU” – How Brussels Controls the Narrative

    Journalist and analyst Thomas Fazi argues in a recent interview that the European Union has built a sophisticated propaganda machine. Through billion-euro funding programs channeled to NGOs, universities, media outlets, and research centers, Brussels isn’t merely supporting “civil society”—it is deliberately shaping public opinion and engineering how Europeans think. His research, commissioned by the think tank MCC Brussels and the first large-scale study of its kind, reveals that enormous sums of money flow to organizations that effectively operate as quasi-state entities. These funds are closely tied to the advancement of specific political agendas. Grants are awarded primarily to those who fall in line with the EU’s official positions on migration, […]
    11 August 2026, 22:01

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    11 August 2026, 21:29