Тієї ночі, коли рф завдавала масований удар по Україні, журі Каннського кінофестивалю вручило Гран-прі російському режисеру Андрію Звягінцеву, який приймаючи нагороду, звернувся до путіна з проханням зупинити бойню, мовляв, обидві сторони фронту хочуть миру. Хтось це може вважати актом гуманізму. Я вважаю, що вони там всі є…сь. Аргументував все тут: t.me/mefimus1/36

Ukrainian-made over 3,000 km range Flamingo missiles, which were launched into serial production, are seen in a workshop of one of the country’s leading Fire Point defence company in an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky @efrem_lukatsky

History remembers not only the killers but also those who greet them with honors. It is a particular genre of disgrace – complicity in crime, too often mistaken for diplomacy. The United States has willingly joined the long line of those who thought they could shake the executioner’s hand without staining themselves with his blood. These images evoke a suffocating sense of helplessness, a cold hatred, and the certainty that whatever the future holds, millions of people around the world – not only Ukrainians – will never forget. And even when those who saw it with their own eyes are gone, the memory of this shame will be passed on to their descendants – through culture, myth, and collective consciousness. This stain can only be erased by unconditional U.S. leadership in the destruction of Russia – as a state, as an idea, as the Architect of Bucha, Mariupol, Izium, of thousands of torture chambers, mass executions, and deportations. Of the sites of firing squads, of raped children, of burned villages, of prison cells reeking in every liberated town. Subscribe: t.me/mefimus1 Drawing by Nikita Titov

Make Kneeling Great Again

In September 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain met with Adolf Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany, which had already annexed Austria and was methodically dismantling the international security system created after the First World War. At that time, Hitler was known as a dictator who built his power on blackmail, threats, and mass repression. His military parades were a demonstration of readiness for war, and his public speeches increasingly contained direct demands to annex the territories of neighboring countries – the Sudetenland, Danzig, and the Polish Corridor. Despite warnings from many politicians, much of the Western public and establishment greeted the Chamberlain–Hitler talks with naïve optimism. The negotiations took place in an atmosphere of marked politeness, while Hitler calculated what concessions he could extract without firing a shot. Chamberlain returned to London with a piece of paper and the words “peace for our time.” The outcome of 1938 was the Munich Agreement, under which Czechoslovakia lost the Sudetenland, and within a year Hitler had launched the Second World War – the bloodiest in the history of the 20th century. At the time of that meeting, Hitler had been in power for only five years. Vladimir Putin has ruled Russia for a quarter of a century. During this time, he has waged wars in Georgia and Ukraine, annexed Crimea, carried out mass repression, imprisoned thousands on fabricated charges, and presided over the killings of Boris Nemtsov, Anna Politkovskaya, Alexander Litvinenko, Alexei Navalny, and dozens of other political opponents and journalists. Tens of thousands have been killed, millions have become refugees, cities have been erased from the map, there have been systematic shellings of civilian infrastructure, the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia, and mass executions and torture in occupied territories. Despite this, Donald Trump is ready to receive Putin, shake his hand, and discuss concessions that would in practice cement the results of aggression. History shows that such meetings almost always turn into gifts for the aggressor – they give him breathing space, strengthen his power and legitimacy, and instill confidence that he can continue. In 1938, the price of such “peace” negotiations was another country’s territory and the collapse of Europe’s security system. Today, the risk of repeating this scenario is not just obvious – it is close to inevitable. And all of this would matter if not for one “but”: while Donald Trump believes he is making history, in reality, history, taking Putin by the hand, is using him as the trigger for a new war. The scale of Russia’s war machine and its momentum mean that any truce under current conditions will only be a pause before a new, even larger war. And this does not depend on either Trump or the EU. But what does depend directly on them is something else – the complete destruction and unconditional capitulation of Russia, here and now. If this seems unexpected or radical to you, just imagine it is 1939 and you are asking the leaders of Europe and the United States whether they were ready at that time to jointly destroy Nazi Germany to avoid tens of millions of deaths and tragedies – or not. I think the answer is obvious. But not for those who remain in the rear of our war. Not yet. subscribe t.me/mefimus1

..Все це мало б значення, якби не одне «але»: поки Дональд Трамп вважає, що він творить історію, насправді історія, взявши Путіна за руку, використовує його як пусковий гачок нової війни. Масштаби російської воєнної машини та її інерція свідчать, що будь-яке перемир’я в нинішніх умовах стане лише паузою перед новою, ще більшою війною. І це не залежить ані від Трампа, ані від ЄС. Зате від них безпосередньо залежить інше - повне знищення і безумовна капітуляція Росії, тут і зараз. Якщо вам це здається несподіваним чи радикальним, просто уявіть, що на дворі 1939 рік, і ви запитуєте у лідерів Європи та США, чи готові вони тоді спільно знищити нацистську Німеччину, щоб уникнути десятків мільйонів жертв і трагедій, чи ні. Відповідь тут: t.me/mefimus1/13

It turns out that all it takes is a few focused individuals with laptops, some time, and a bit of patience - and the proud illusion of Russia’s digital sovereignty, along with the country’s largest airline, collapses face-first into the departure board. subscribe - t.me/mefimus1 Russia’s flagship carrier, Aeroflot, was hit by a massive cyberattack that brought down critical infrastructure across the board: dozens of flights were canceled, key digital services went offline, and internal systems were either destroyed or rendered inoperable. Responsibility for the operation was publicly claimed by the hacker groups Silent Crow and Cyber Partisans BY. In their statement, they reported having infiltrated Aeroflot’s corporate network back in July 2024 and maintaining uninterrupted access for nearly a year. subscribe - t.me/mefimus1 During that time, they mapped out the company’s internal digital structure, extracted data, studied the network architecture, and built up access credentials - all while remaining completely undetected by the airline’s security and IT departments. According to the hackers, they gained control over the entire corporate infrastructure. They claim to have accessed executives’ personal computers, internal email systems, personnel management platforms, archives of phone calls, video surveillance feeds, flight history databases, and internal documentation. As a result of the attack, roughly 7,000 physical and virtual servers were completely wiped. The total volume of stolen or destroyed data is estimated at 12 to 22 terabytes. subscribe - t.me/mefimus1 By this morning, at least 100 flights had been canceled - both domestic and international - including routes to Yerevan, Minsk, Chelyabinsk, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, and other cities. Passengers were advised to request refunds online, but digital services were not operational. Aeroflot’s airport offices were paralyzed as well. Despite the scale of the breach, some flights did operate as scheduled. This may suggest that certain key systems were physically isolated from the compromised network - or that the hackers intentionally left part of the infrastructure intact to avoid triggering a full-blown transportation collapse. In their public statement, the hackers made it clear that the attack was directed at Russian intelligence services and cybersecurity agencies. They described the breach as a “message” meant to expose the complete vulnerability of Russia’s digital defense systems. They emphasized that they had remained inside the network for a full year without being noticed. The stock market reacted immediately: Aeroflot’s shares on the Moscow Exchange dropped nearly 4%. Analysts are already estimating the cost of rebuilding the company’s destroyed IT infrastructure in the tens of millions of dollars. Full restoration of operational resilience, according to current forecasts, is expected to take several months. subscribe - t.me/mefimus1

July 4th What was once the blinding flame of American independence is slowly fading into a dim candle in the display window of world history – somewhere between jeans, Teslas, iPhones, and the distant memory of a time when freedom wasn’t sold in supermarkets but defended with weapons and genuine fear of losing it. Every strike on Ukrainian cities echoes like a deadly salute to the slow extinction of that very independence – the kind our partners have long known how to celebrate, but long forgotten how to defend. Happy Independence Day, America. Don’t fuck it up.

So let me get this straight: the first person to announce Putin’s “decisive response” to Ukraine’s operation wasn’t Putin himself — it was Donald Trump. And not just announce it, but present it as part of a “good conversation.” No condemnation. No call for restraint. No consequences. Just a fact. Politically, it sounds like: “We still stand with Ukraine, but if you get hit again — don’t worry, it’s all part of a friendly dialogue with Putin.” Diplomatically, it’s a signal to Moscow: a retaliatory strike for the airfield attacks won’t damage relations with the U.S. Strategically, it’s a green light for escalation. You can call Ukraine a partner all you want. But when the first to voice threats is not the aggressor but the ally of the victim — that’s not partnership. That’s a setup where your right to self-defense becomes a bargaining chip, and the enemy’s retaliation — a pre-approved norm. Polite. Public. Consequence-free.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) carried out a new unique special operation and struck the Crimean Bridge for the third time — this time from underwater! The operation took several months to prepare. SBU agents planted explosives on the supports of this illegal structure. And today, without any civilian casualties, at 4:44 a.m., the first explosive device was detonated! The underwater support structures were severely damaged at the seabed level — 1,100 kg of explosives (TNT equivalent) contributed to this. The bridge is now effectively in an emergency condition.

Just published a joint piece with @TysonBarker in Lawfare on the 🇺🇸–🇺🇦 critical minerals deal, which could shape how strategic partnerships are built during Ukraine’s recovery — balancing economic opportunity with sovereignty, transparency, and long-term public trust. The stakes go far beyond access to raw materials. A test of sovereignty, transparency & long-term trust — not just resource access. Thanks to Tyson & the @lawfare team. lawfaremedia.org/article/cha…

It seems that Liberation Day smoothly turned into a mass corporate harakiri.

Ось так «непомітно» Москва пересіла з лави підсудних за стіл переговорів із прайс-листом. І якщо США на це підуть, табличку «лідер вільного світу» сміливо можна міняти на «вільна каса».

Just like that, Moscow quietly moved from the defendant’s bench to the negotiation table — with a price list in hand. And if the U.S. goes along with it, the sign “Leader of the Free World” might as well be replaced with “Open Cash Register.”

Я якось інакше уявляв собі ці спецоперації. А виявляється, він собі, просто вимолив собі цілого власного президента США. Колись білі люди міняли у папуасів буси на цілі континенти. Тепер ікони від людожерів міняють на президентів тих самих білих людей. Це якийсь грьобаний Афон на грибах з ядерним потенціалом, сорі за мій інгліш.

You most likely haven’t read the full Kremlin statement following the conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. And if you have, try looking at it differently. Start from the end. Because the most important part for Putin is right there. And it’s not Ukraine, not the Middle East, and—imagine this—not even the Houthis. What matters is that there was no joint communiqué following the conversation, meaning that each side published what was most important to them. In the concluding section, the one that everyone will remember, the Kremlin expressed open joy over the U.S. and Russia’s joint vote in the UN, the mention of mutually beneficial economic cooperation (in a conversation with the president of a country that has imposed perhaps the largest package of sanctions against them!!), and… hockey. Moscow is building its strategy carefully but persistently. They fully understand the impact of the U.S. stance on the resolution regarding Ukraine. They could have remained silent—it’s been quite some time already—but it was this moment that the Kremlin highlighted in the final text of its conversation with Trump. And this is anything but a subtle hint at a split in the West: if the White House starts acting in the UN separately from Brussels and London, the notion of a unified anti-Russian stance will be a thing of the past. But Washington is not just indifferent to the old rules—it disregards them as much as Moscow does. And that means that agreements between Russia and the U.S. are once again possible. But geopolitics is not the only motive. The statement speaks of "normalizing bilateral relations in light of the special (what?!?!) responsibility of Russia and the U.S." This is a key point. The Kremlin is desperately trying to return to the global economy, even despite the war. It is vital for Russia to become part of the world market again. And that means sanctions need to be weakened. All the talk about “prospects for cooperation” is nothing more than a veiled proposal: we can make deals, find loopholes, carry out shady transactions. Make some deal. And this is where hockey comes in. But this is not about sports. It’s an image of the old “friendship of nations,” triggering nostalgic associations for both aging men with the Cold War era—only without sanctions, without war, and without nuclear threats. Russia is trying to look like a "normal" country again. One with which you can do business, launch rockets into space, trade gypsies for bears, and hold joint events. As if to say, "Let’s all just get along," while simultaneously killing, looting, raping, and spitting in the face of international law. After all, why should you be any different? Let’s spit in their faces together. #Trump #UkraineRussiaWar