The defeat is now coming in Ukraine.
By derimot*no - Larry C. Johnson - July 12, 2025
Ukraine is on fire, Russia is advancing
This is a video-heavy post, but all are under 10 minutes long. In response to the Spiderweb attacks on Russia’s strategic air bases on June 1, Russia has dramatically increased the pace of its operations – both in the air and on the ground. Once you’ve seen these videos, you’ll understand that Trump is just “pissing in a hurricane” with his clumsy and foolish decision to send a few Patriot missiles to Ukraine.
Let's start with Kiev, which was hit on Wednesday by four Iskander missiles... so much for Ukrainian air defense:
Links to the videos in Larry Johnsen's post.
According to BORZZIKMAN , Russia is now also targeting NATO forces inside Ukraine… specifically French soldiers:
SOUTH FRONT provides an excellent summary of Russia's progress on July 10:
Summary of the situation on July 10, 2025
In a significant escalation, the Russian Armed Forces (RAF) fired some 400 kamikaze drones along with 12 precision missiles at the Ukrainian capital in the most extensive attack of the year. The bombardment forced Kiev to maintain 10 hours of continuous air defense alert – the longest single alert so far in the war.
Sumy direction:
Russian forces continued their offensive in the north of Sumy oblast, but have not yet achieved any confirmed territorial gains. Ukraine's focus is now on reinforcing defensive positions at the border towns of Ryzhevka and Bessalovka, rather than attempting costly breakthroughs. Russian air forces are using heavy FAB glide bombs to crush Ukrainian formations on the move. Small tactical gains are reported at Yunakovka and Varachino.
Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmiysk) direction:
Intense fighting is underway here as Russian assault units advance towards key positions such as Udachnoye, Zverevoye and Muravka – under constant artillery and drone fire. Both sides suffer heavy casualties in these grueling trench warfare. Russian forces have now entered the village of Mykolaivka.
Toretsk direction:
The RAF has carried out ground attacks against several settlements: Dyliivka, Yablunivka, Rusyn Yar, Popiv Yar, Poltavka, and in the direction of Katerynivka, Oleksandro-Kalynove, Pleshchiivka and Shcherbynivka.
South Donetsk direction:
Russian forces have secured the village of Tolstoy and are consolidating their positions in the area. Further progress is reported towards Aleksandrovgrad and Karl Marks.
Zaporizhia direction:
Russian forces are engaged in heavy fighting north of Kamenskoye, repelling Ukrainian counterattacks. In the Malaya Tokmachka sector, the Russian 70th Motorized Infantry Regiment continues its offensive with bloody skirmishes. Russia has also taken control of most of the village of Kamyanske.
Hypersonic imbalance
Finally – here is a very good video explaining the strategic advantage Russia, China and Iran now have over the US when it comes to hypersonic missiles. Consider this: Iran has three variants – the US has none.
The text is AI-translated/edited.
Larry C. Johnson
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