General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
2 hours
The estimated total combat losses of the enemy
from 24.02.22 to 05.06.2026 were approximately:
personnel – about 1,370,890 (+1,550) persons
tanks – 11,980 (+2) units
armored combat vehicles – 24,684 (+8) units
artillery systems – 43,315 (+68) units
MLRS – 1,832 (+2) units
air defense systems – 1,404 (+1) units
aircraft – 436 (+0) units
helicopters – 353 (+0) units
ground robotic complexes – 1,576 (+14) units
operational-tactical UAVs – 329,772 (+2,046) units
cruise missiles – 4,733 (+0) units
ships/boats – 33 (+0) units
submarines – 2 (+0) units
automotive and fuel tanks – 103,300 (+329) units
special equipment – 4,250 (+2) units
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US escalates by attacking Iranian ships, Iran proves they have escalation dominance by declaring they are now going to respond to US attacks by x1.5 (instead of the current x1) from now on and so attacked both Bahrain and Kuwait.
The US was happy with the x1 Iranian response because they could continue to pretend they really had escalation dominance but now Iran is calling the bluff and showing they are comfortable continuing up the escalation ladder.
The reality is the US can pop off the occasional hits but their depleted missile stocks mean they can’t get involved in a drawn out return to full war.
The US has been caught out being prepared for the wrong war.
The 2 most important new concepts to modern warfare as demonstrated in the Ukraine are overwhelming numbers of drones and missiles.
More specifically cheap long range drones and a large supply of air defence missiles.
With air defence missiles you completely rule out the use of large bombers dropping huge payloads of cheap gravity bombs levelling whole cities relatively quickly.
As seen in Ukraine, to clear urban areas now you must attack from the air obliquely with drones and glide bombs, this makes the task much harder and slower.
Meanwhile, US Senators have just woken up to the fact that they are the ones on the ballot for the November mid term elections not Trump. The War Powers Resolution act was passed in the US House of Representatives delivering a symbolic rebuke to President Trump voting 215-208 to limit his unilateral authority to wage war against Iran. I think Trump can still veto this but it’s the start of a process that really could tie up Trump in the longer term.
Back to Ukraine and Zelensky is now trying to pressure Trump to re-engage and put pressure on Putin to agree to talks and a ceasefire as the Ukraine PR campaign (‘we are winning’) is in full swing.
In the real world the Donetsk city of Konstantinovka is being rolled up by the Russians with drone footage showing wreaked vehicles of the Ukrainian army as they leave the city in disarray heading north east to Kramatorsk around 10 miles away.
The fall of Donetsk oblast and the whole of the Donbas region to the Russians is now just a matter of time which is why Zelensky is so urgently trying to get a settlement on current lines now.
More on the Iran nukes story and the word is that Iran told Pakistani mediators to tell the Americans they did have nukes and would demonstrate the fact if pushed. The call was deliberately made on an unsecured line so that the Americans would definitely hear it themselves.
And so the reports that the call did happen are coming from both Pakistan and US sources, though there is no actual proof the nukes do exist word is the claims are being taken seriously.
The important thing to remember about nukes is that they are defensive (ironic but true). No one will attack another country that has nukes with nukes, that would just be suicide. The country that was attacked would respond and destroy your civilisation using their own nukes.
So if the objective is to defend your civilisation you would never first strike another nuke country using nukes.
This is the main reason why the Ukraine war started. The US was about to put their nukes on Russia’s Ukraine border which is so close to Moscow it would have given the Russians no time to assess if a launch was nukes and launch their own nukes in reply, so completely negating Russia's nuke defence.
So now the Iran talks have shifted, Iran is now not interested in any discussions about the nuclear materials or inspections (never were really) and their main stipulation to end the conflict is that the US end attacks and the blockade, and rein in Israel.
Iran is not even so concerned with sanctions relief or the frozen assets now they have established the shipping toll.
This has wrong footed the Americans, they thought Hezbollah were just a proxy and proxies are disposable, you use them and then throw them away (Ukraine).
Current Konstantinovka sitrep;
(Military Summery Channel)
Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk and Sloviansk
TRUMPS "WORRIED IRAN HAS NUKES" - w/ Fmr. CIA Larry Johnson
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General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
1 hour
The estimated total combat losses of the enemy
from 24.02.22 to 06.06.2026 were approximately:
personnel – about 1,372,270 (+1,380) persons
tanks – 11,983 (+3) units
armored combat vehicles – 24,696 (+12) units
artillery systems – 43,397 (+82) units
MLRS – 1,837 (+5) units
air defense systems – 1,405 (+1) units
aircraft – 436 (+0) units
helicopters – 353 (+0) units
ground robotic complexes – 1,585 (+9) units
operational-tactical UAVs – 331,818 (+2,046) units
cruise missiles – 4,733 (+0) units
ships/boats – 33 (+0) units
submarines – 2 (+0) units
automotive and fuel tanks – 103,658 (+358) units
special equipment – 4,253 (+3) units
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President Trump appears to have fallen asleep briefly during an event in the Oval Office
This incident happened just a few days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that he had never seen Trump fall asleep at an official event.
"Only the price on the chart can show the entrance to the deal..."
CHAOS has broken out in the Kremlin! Putin is AFRAID to go to St. Petersburg! Moscow has admitted FAILURE!
JUST WHAT! RECORD BLOW ON PETER! PUTIN KHAN! VA-BANK WILL GO: COUNTER OFFENSIVE! Front NEWS Putin's disgrace in St. Petersburg! Ships and an oil terminal are burning! And this is just the beginning!
This drone will be the enemy's worst nightmare! What's so scary about the Ukrainian barracuda!
And also! The Ukrainian Armed Forces' counteroffensive in 2026! Putin's soldiers, get ready! This is going to be brutal!
Watch fiery, hot, and blazing footage from the front lines right now!
"Only the price on the chart can show the entrance to the deal..."
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
1 hour
The estimated total combat losses of the enemy
from 24.02.22 to 07.06.2026 were approximately:
personnel – about 1,373,620 (+1,350) persons
tanks – 11,989 (+6) units
armored combat vehicles – 24,700 (+4) units
artillery systems – 43,479 (+82) units
MLRS – 1,844 (+7) units
air defense systems – 1,407 (+2) units
aircraft – 436 (+0) units
helicopters – 353 (+0) units
ground robotic complexes – 1,595 (+10) units
operational-tactical UAVs – 334,063 (+2,245) units
cruise missiles – 4,733 (+0) units
ships/boats – 33 (+0) units
submarines – 2 (+0) units
automotive and fuel tanks – 104,051 (+393) units
special equipment – 4,257 (+4) units
"Only the price on the chart can show the entrance to the deal..."
Zelensky writes a letter to Putin while Putin addresses the world’s press at the St Petersburg conference.
Zelensky’s letter was predictable, Russia can’t win and may as well surrender now and was completely dismissed by Putin coming from an ‘insolent’ Zelensky.
Putin’s address on the other hand was very interesting and does not bode well for Kiev going forward.
Putin told us that the Oreshnik missile system was still being calibrated with each test. There had been 4 tests so far, each carried out on Ukraine, and that the missile system was nearly ready for it’s intended mission which is to destroy decision making centres in high civilian populated areas with no civilian casualties.
The inference was that central Kiev was to be targetted very soon.
Many had speculated that the Russians did not want to destroy central Kiev because of it’s historic relevance to the Russian people, the ‘mother’ Russian city and all that. But the real problem was how to destroy the post WW2 nuke proof underground bunkers without causing massive collateral damage to the surrounding densely populated area. The Russians are now thinking the Oreshnik can do that.
An attack on central Kiev will force the Ukraine government to move to the western city of Lviv and will mark a major progression for Russia in the conflict.
Back to Iran and the continual popping off of the short strike attacks from each side indicates we are getting nowhere as the Bond market gets increasingly worried this war will drag on.
There is actually nothing Trump can do any more but continue to block shipping through the Straits which is exactly the opposite to his actual intention. If he just walks away now with no deal the Straits would be fully open (except to US military) and every thing would return to normal-ish with shipping paying a new toll.
But then Trump would be seen to have lost his war and that really is too hard to swallow, until the bond yields start to signal the recession coming to America and he will have no choice but to give up.
Fed bets have flipped, no one is expecting interest rate cuts any more but that with inflation increasing rate hikes are coming instead. Trump’s dream of an economic up swing during his second term are dissipating fast.
Note that payments of the interest on US debt already surpassed military spending when rates were low.
Trump can either lose the war or lose the US economy and will need to make a decision real soon.
HORMUZ CLOSED TILL SEPTEMBER: U.S. ECONOMY ABOUT TO IMPLODE – w/ Financial Journalist David Lin
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General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
2 hours
The estimated total combat losses of the enemy
from 24.02.22 to 08.06.2026 were approximately:
personnel – about 1,374,950 (+1,330) persons
tanks – 11,997 (+8) units
armored combat vehicles – 24,705 (+5) units
artillery systems – 43,564 (+85) units
MLRS – 1,847 (+3) units
air defense systems – 1,409 (+2) units
aircraft – 436 (+0) units
helicopters – 353 (+0) units
ground robotic complexes – 1,607 (+12) units
operational-tactical UAVs – 336,224 (+2,161) units
cruise missiles – 4,733 (+0) units
ships/boats – 33 (+0) units
submarines – 2 (+0) units
automotive and fuel tanks – 104,414 (+363) units
special equipment – 4,259 (+2) units
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