Good morning! The Russia-Ukraine War SITREP No. 919, for 22 September 2025, is published. Today’s SITREP includes an in-depth analysis of the Mutual Assured Destruction Instability Paradox and Russia’s ongoing campaign to spread nuclear war fears. Patreon www.patreon.com/posts/139551... Substack🔽

Good morning! The Russia-Ukraine War SITREP No. 918, for 19-21 September 2025, is 91 pages long and a full report. One of our largest reports, which includes detailed information about Russia's provocations in Estonia and Poland. Sharing is caring, and it boosts the signal.

Over the weekend, Russian Gerbera-2 debris was found in 4 more locations in Poland: Wodynie, Biala Gora, Sulnice, and Korsze 21 crash sites from 10 September 2025 drone incursions as of today, plus the Polish Air Force AIM-120 debris that hit a house in Kodeniec Updated Map:

European leaders, including non-EU nations such as Moldova and Ukraine, need to accept that they are now being strung along by the Trump administration. The time to prepare for a future without U.S. support has long passed.

Microsoft Scrambles After Trump’s H1-B Visa Executive Order Trump order to raise fees on H1-B visas to $100,000 has Microsoft scrambling to get tech workers home. Substack:

Russia's hybrid war in Europe is massive in scale. Based on your feedback, the Russia-Ukraine War Map has been expanded to include confirmed acts of espionage (arrests and convictions) and serious violations of airspace and international boundaries. 1/2

If you live in Europe and you still believe the Russia-Ukraine War is not your problem, our map showing drone strikes, crashes, border closures, espionage, and major airspace violations is your wakeup call.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov calls President Trump "emotionally unstable and erratic."

The Russia-Ukraine War Situation Report, No. 917, for 18 September 2025, is live. Not many changes on the frontlines, 8 Russian spies arrested in 3 European countries, Poland accuses Russia of attempted airspace violations, 36% of Russia's refineries are offline.

The Russia-Ukraine War Situation Report, No. 916, for 17 September 2025, is 47 pages long and available. Today’s full SITREP includes an in-depth analysis of the tactical situation in the Kupiansk area of operation. Another Russian refinery was attacked - 17 Russian officers were burned to death.

The United States is Following a Dark Path The cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel Live! due to Trump administration pressure, parallels President Vladimir Putin's 2002 order to cancel the political satire puppet show, Kukly.

How bad is inflation in Russia and the occupied territories? In occupied Donetsk, a container of peach juice is 300 rubles. We buy peach juice in the Seattle-Bellevue area from Moldova in a similar container. Occupied Donetsk - $3.61 Bellevue, WA USA - $2.99

Russia-Ukraine War SITREP for 13-15 September 2025 - Day 1,300 and More Russian Refineries Burn Russia-Ukraine War Situation Report No. 914 is 72 pages long and a full report. It includes in-depth coverage for Poland and Belarus, and the summary report is always free.

Russian Drone Over Romania, Air Raid Sirens in Poland, Estonia's New No Fly Zone Moscow scores geopolitical and hybrid warfare victories after the NATO Alliance fumbles response TL;DR: “In the short term, we expect continued...escalation by Russia, while positioning itself as the victim" 1/2

Russia-Ukraine War SITREP for 8-11 September 2025 - Is Europe Alone? Russia-Ukraine War Situation Report No. 912 is 73 pages long and combat only. It includes in-depth coverage for Poland and Belarus, and the summary report is always free.

I Went to Ground Zero Today marks the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on New York City, Washington, D.C., and the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 in Pennsylvania. This was written in September of 2005. I have made a point to republish this every 9/11.

When you put all of the missile and drone strikes and crashes since 2022 west of Ukraine on a map, it becomes eye-opening. Almost 50 known incidents (and we're still backfilling)

Studying Russian disinformation since COVID and watching the information space unfold after the Charlie Kirk assassination, every alarm bell in my mind is going off that there is a Russian style information op being run by the US on its own people. 1/2

Polish Police in Podlaskie, Lubelskie, Karpackie & Mazowieckie garrisons have been placed on “full alert alongside soldiers of the Polish Armed Forces & other services.” The national police appealed for "residents to follow the instructions of services” & to report any concerning info to 112."

Poland's Operational Command confirms "more than 10" drones violated the nation's airspace, and the ones that posed a threat were neutralized. WSJ & Reuters

News is coming in fast: Russian drone debris has been found in Czosnówka, Poland, approximately 24 kilometers from the Belarusian border.

Polish cabinet ministers are holding an "extraordinary" emergency meeting after multiple Russian drones were shot down in Polish airspace.

13 million Poles in the eastern part of the country have been told to shelter in place

Geopolitically, it has been a tumultuous 48 hours. Updates on the situations in Finland, Russia-Ukraine, Estonia, France, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Qatar, Tunisia, Eritrea-Ethiopia, Rwanda-Congo, Nepal, Indonesia, South Korea, Venezuela, and the U.S.

Potential drone debris has been found in Ciechanów, Poland. The General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces asked that any person “ finding downed drones or their fragments, do not approach, touch, or move them. Such elements may remain dangerous and must be inspected by sapper patrols.”

Situation is dynamic in Poland. Polish Territorial Defense Forces in the Podlaskie, Mazowieckie, Lubelskie, and Voivodeship regions of eastern Poland are required to be ready for military service within six hours notice.

BREAKING: NATO Responds After Multiple Russian Drones Violated Polish Airspace Up to eight Russian drones "repeatedly" violated Polish airspace, forcing NATO to respond militarily - Warsaw calls the incident an "act of aggression." Here is everything we currently know.

The Russia-Ukraine War Summary and SITREP for 5 September 2025 is available on our Substack and Patreon. Summary reports are always free. Today's full SITREP is 56 pages. malcontentnews.substack.com/p/russia-ukr...

The Russia-Ukraine War Summary and SITREP for 4 September 2025 is available on our Substack and Patreon. Summary reports are always free. Today's full SITREP is 66 pages.

Completely non-geopolitics but very real question. Has anyone raised a puppy and kitten together and have the puppy spontaneously start using the cat's litterbox for its business? We spent the weekend repeatedly walking Hera, worried she was sick, to find she's pooping in the litterbox.

A Ukrainian drone breaches anti-drone netting at a Russia logistics node. Shortly after, first-person view (FPV) one-way drones start to swarm into the building.

Russian 155th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade Does What it Does Best - Getting Merked A column of Russian mechanized infantry with the 155th Brigade was wiped out by drones and rockets fired by HIMARS in the Pokrovsk AO.

In November 2024, people living under Russian occupation in the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic claimed a mass grave was being built near Sieverne. The 60-acre site (and growing) has been geolocated. Who’s buried there will shock you.

Russian Ministry of Defense: We captured Serebrianka! Also Russian Ministry of Defense, a week after the false capture claim: Here is a video of us shelling Ukrainian troops in eastern Serebrianka!

Three Russian missiles slam into residential areas in Kyiv. Currently, 8 people confirmed killed and over 30 wounded.

Tariffs Likely Cause Grocery Prices Jump in August The cost of our benchmark grocery trip jumps 1.5% driven mostly by beef price increases

Russia's TikTok and Telegram Victories Unravel Ukrainian forces have made tactically significant advances in three areas of operation over the last 48 hours while stabilizing defenses in two more.

Russia's capture claim of Oleksandrohrad in the Vremivka Ledge AO is based on one Russian soldier holding up a flag for 4 seconds on the eastern edge of the village.

You don't cancel lunch, cancel the second round of talks, and hold a press conference where no questions are asked before announcing "bail" if things went well.

Aged like fine wine. All of the "anonymous sources" and "unnamed senior officials" quoted by "insiders" amounted to nothing. Hint: We have our contacts to, some very close to key decision makers.

And it was a big nothing burger, as we assessed.

It's not just seven refineries in 13 days. The Ukrainian strikes are being timed just before Russian refineries will do their bi-annual reformulation and maintenance to start producing winter blends. This is going to complicate planned and necessary plant shutdowns for critical work.

Some service stations in the occupied territories of Ukraine have run out of ROB A-95 petrol, as the supply continues to tighten. The Russian Ministry of Energy is considering extending the export ban on petrol through 30 September.

Russia announced that there is no territorial swap deal, and they refuse to change their maximalist goals of claiming all of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, to reach a ceasefire or peace agreement. In other news - nailed it. But, but, "anonymous sources" said...

No One Knows What Will Happen on Friday at the Trump-Putin Summit Numerous reports on social media and from larger news organizations claiming to know the details of the Trump-Putin Alaska Summit are nothing more than speculation.

Some small adjustments were made where Russian forces broke through Ukrainian defenses in the Pokrovsk area of operation in the regions of Zolotyi Kolodyaz and Vesele. Russian forces remain on the shallow plateau. There continues to be very little information from Russian and Ukrainian sources.

Tactical Situation in the Pokrovsk Area of Operation How critical is the Russian breakthrough of Ukrainian defenses north of Myrnohrad? TL;DR: It's more than Russian DRGs for picture reports, but it isn't a full-blown breach. malcontentnews.substack.com/p/tactical-s...

Mr. Putin Goes to Alaska Moscow gets sanction reprieve after Witkoff meeting with Putin-Trump Summit set for August 15 Here is what we know

It's been one year since the Kursk Counterinvasion. Over 2,000 geolocations from our team and open source intelligence (thank you), we deeply appreciate those who followed us and still do for our coverage.

The west flank of the Russian Sumy salient is collapsing. Ukrainian forces have reached the Russian border at Novokostiantynivka, are fighting inside Kostyantynivka, and have put a small group of Russian troops in a technical encirclement northwest of Andriivka.