Captured AFU soldier: 'If everyone there is like me, this is not an army.'

Serviceman of the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade Aleksandr Kuchinsky told about the forcible mobilisation, a fake medical commission, and the poor quality training, during which he became a paratrooper in 52 days.

In addition, according to the prisoner of war, Ukrainian troops deployed on positions have not received food for weeks, were forced to eat everything they could find, to drink water leaking from the roof through the fiberglass.

'The last two weeks we haven't eaten anything at all other than compound feed. It was in the feeders of pigs. We tried to make at least one meal at a time,' said Aleksandr.

Rehearsal for 9th May Victory day

My latest article on Strategic culture :
King Charles was recently sent to the U.S. by the British House of Commons and the British government for a state visit. Perhaps they had a charm offensive in mind to persuade Trump to adopt a milder stance regarding the war with Iran, to take a tougher line against Russia, and to support Ukraine.
https://strategic-culture.su/news/2026/05/08/even-king-charles-could-not-save-soured-relationship-with-trump/

Vladimir Putin's speech at the military parade on Red Square marking the 81st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War

I congratulate you on Victory Day, on our holy, sacred, and most important holiday.

We celebrate it with a sense of pride and love for our country, with understanding of our common duty to defend the interests and the future of our Motherland. We mark it with gratitude of true sons of the great generation of victors.

We honour the legacy left by the soldiers of Victory. Caring about the Fatherland unites our entire country, the people of Russia, and preserving the memory of the events of the Great Patriotic War, of its true history, of its true heroes, is a matter of honour for us.

We will always remember the heroic deeds of the Soviet people, because the Soviet people made the decisive contribution to defeating Nazism. The Soviet people saved their country and saved the world. They put an end to the total evil and brought the sovereignty to those states that surrendered to Nazi Germany and turned into accomplices of its crimes.

Our soldiers suffered huge losses and made huge sacrifices in the name of freedom and dignity of the peoples of Europe. They have become the model of heroism and courage, of fortitude and humanity, and it brought to the Soviet people the great honour of a great Victory.

See more on the Kremlin’s official website.

Address by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the Victory Day Parade on May 9, 2026. With English translation

A 22-foot golden statue (probably gold-plated) of Donald Trump at his Florida golf resort. And then they something about (usual stone) statues in the past from Lenin or Stalin https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026-05-10/ty-article/.premium/the-hasidic-jews-behind-floridas-giant-golden-trump-statue/0000019e-12b2-d73c-a99e-dffb0d070000