PUTIN🇷🇺: ‘If Ukraine joins NATO and attempts to bring Crimea back by military means, it means the European countries will automatically be pulled into a war conflict with Russia.
Of course, NATO and Russia’s potentials are incomparable. We understand it. But we also understand that Russia is one of the leading nuclear states. And with some modern components, it even outperforms many.
There will be no winners. And you will be pulled into this conflict against your will. You won’t even have time to blink your eye when you execute Article 5.’
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Going Underground (@GUnderground_TV)‘The West will be SHOCKED at how quickly the Donbass falls to Russia🇷🇺, Anchorage was the last chance to avoid Ukraine🇺🇦 becoming a RUMP STATE.’—Donald Trump’s Former Lawyer Robert Barnes
‘They’ve interpreted Putin’s self-restraint as a sign of weakness when it was always a sign of just not wanting to escalate the conflict, wanting to minimise the amount of civilian harm.
And as the gloves come off, Russia is going to, you know, as Otto von Bismarck famously said, they’re slow to saddle up, but when they ride, they ride fast. And that’s where Russia is going.
And that’s where everybody in the West is going to be shocked as how quickly the Donbass falls. What could have been, Ukraine could have kept Odessa, Kiev, Kharkov, and large parts of the country under the deal that Trump promised in August in Anchorage last year.
But Trump actually saw Putin’s willingness to do that deal as weakness rather than this was the last exit ramp for the West to avoid Ukraine just becoming a rump state. And that’s what’s going to happen there.
Vance knows Russia is winning the war. He knows Russia will win the war. And he made efforts to try to get the Anchorage deal through.
But Trump rug pulled it all the way through because he wants Putin to bow to him, he wants Xi to bow to him. He wants the Ayatollah to bow to him…
And so that’s problem one, is that our complete lack of realism and escalating unnecessarily with Russia, the greatest nuclear power in the world, contrary to what the President said.’
— @barnes_law on the latest episode of Going Underground
Watch the full interview in the quoted post below 👇
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— https://x.com/GUnderground_TV/status/2083563023491563849— @afshinrattansi Aug 1, 2026
Summary
Escalating geopolitical tensions dominate as the US prepares potential strikes on Iran, which vows retaliation, while domestic political and infrastructure developments in India signal shifting priorities. Reports of Russia sharing military intelligence with Iran add complexity to the Middle East crisis, and internal debates over fuel policies and education reforms reflect broader societal trade-offs.
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