Don's Weekly, 24 November 2025: Part 1

by Donald Hill (intro by Tom Cooper)

I can’t even describe it as ‘ridiculous’ any more, how busy are all the idiots in charge of Ukraine, Europe and the USA with Dumpf’s Peace Plan - where the same wasn’t even properly forwarded to Russia (it has merely ‘reached Moscow’, in unofficial ways, three days ago), but Russia has already turned it down. But hey: if they waste yet more time with talking about it, then things are going to become so much better… can’t put that into words.

Another point is that about ‘Ukraine facing harsh winter’: yes, it does. And that regardless whether the war would end or not. And not only this winter: more than half of Ukraine is already ruined and that’s not going to change any time soon. Because, between others and as discussed a week ago, its own government has failed to protect even its power grid. In addition to miserably failing in almost every other aspect of governance, and deciding to live in parallel universe, entirely distancing itself from the reality of ZSU’s combatants on the battlefield.

…and the final point is: regardless how tired ‘the West’ and ‘Ukraine’ might be, this war remains sustainable for Pudding (at least in foreseeable future). Actually: Russia has proved very adaptable to sanctions: capable of creating new and flexible supply chains, attracting support from China, from North Korea, and elsewhere. It remains awash with money from its energy revenues, and Pudding’s hold on power remains firm. Unsurprisingly, he has no incentive to exchange war and cold facts he has created for any kind of Western promises and wishful thinking.

The collective refusal of the zombie idiots to accept this fact, and their refusal to act in a determined, well-organised fashion, is just improving Pudding’s position.

But, hey: it’s so great that now every talking head from Anchorage to Warsaw can explain they’re too busy with ‘negotiations’ but to take care for Ukraine to reform its armed forces, or bolster these through serious supply of arms and ammo.

Who needs a military at war, and why should that be important?

OK. Then lets say that military is unimportant at war: ‘the West’ has so many fantastic experiences in this regards… lets say that the rising inflation in Russia is much more important, because it has the potential of causing social problems. Why is there no concentrated action to effect a major food price increase in Russia?

Ah yes: that’s inhumane. So uncivilised - while supplying so much high explosives to Israel that this has pummeled the Gaza Strip with an equivalent of eight ‘Hiroshima bombs’ was not only civilised but noble too. Which is why that with Ukraine targeting the Russia’s refining industry appears so much better. So much so, the West is doing next to nothing to enable the corrupts in Kyiv to expand such operations, or alleviate shortages of high explosives through (finally) increasing their production in serious fashion, nor into kicking Kyiv to focus on such targets….

OK, then since ‘the West’ is so full of Experten in finances, then why not taking measures that are increasing Russia’s fiscal issues - so to curb its capability to mobilise through incentives? …which, BTW, are guessed as having the potential to force Pudding into introducing compulsory service, which everybody is in ‘the West’ is considering as having the potential for causing a backlash against his regime?

Ah yes: that’s inopportune, because it remains cheaper to continue purchasing the Russian oil - even if via India or whatever other intermediary…

…I’ll stop here: it’s obvious we’re not only too tired, but also have too many excellent excuses and better things to do but to think about winning this war…

No problem. Lets check alternative options instead: how to end this war.

1.) Russia effecting a collapse of the ZSU

There’s no doubt that - in close cooperation with corrupt incompetents in Kyiv - the Keystone Cops are on the best way of overwhelming Ukraine’s armed forces. Sure, we can continue ridiculing how silly are the Russians while struggling to do that. And continue celebrating their massive losses. And the poor training and lack of necessary skills of the VSRF - while at the same time expecting the very same armed mob to invade NATO, conquer Baltic States, and Finland, and Swedeen… before driving to Paris? At least to Berlin.

Point is: not only that the Russian production of drones is outmatching that of Ukraine (and its ‘allies’), but: it’s centralised, and adaptive, while focusing on producing both superior numbers and quality. Resulting in the VSRF enjoying not only the quantitative but, increasingly, also the qualitative advantage. How good then, so many of NATO’s top brains are fed up of both ‘Ukraine’ and ‘drones’: that’s so promising for the case that Russia overpowers Ukraine and then continues farther north and west… can’t say.

But, I’m digressing… Point is: the flow of US aid and arms to Ukraine is decreasing: one has to expect it to stop. And even if: what Washington is still delivering what the Biden admin promised, which was hopelessly insufficient. Sure, Europe is ramping up its production and increasing its aid, plus buying additional US weapons for transfer to Ukraine. But: the European support is disorganised, and delivering much less. Unlikely to replace that of the USA even if five years from now.

Combined with Kyiv’s refusal to reform its armed forces, that’s leading to constant degeneration of the ZSU. So much so, at some point in time in the coming year, this is going to cease being capable of continuing to resist.

But hey: Pudding should now abandon the idea of continuing the war to the ultimate victory - through, for example, the collapse of the ZSU, thus outright victory and a capitulation of Kyiv?

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2.) Endless War

The second option is - gauging by its experiences from Vietnam, via Afghanistan, Iraq, Mali and few other places - what ‘the West’ loves the most. An endless war is simply super. For profit (not even ‘for business’). It fills pockets, while distracting from money laundering from taxpayer’s- into the pockets of oligarchy.

Just that… an endless war is such a nice alternative for Pudding, too: yes, sure, that’s so ‘unthinkable’, so unimaginable for all the highly-educated and super-eloquent Experten in the West but, fact is that he can continue fighting through simply not losing - which is precisely what ‘the West’ is enabling him for not only 3,5, but 11 years.

Bonus (for Pudding): this way, he can also wait for his next opportunity - for example in form of glorious Western liberal democracies electing even more incompetent zombie idiots. Who’s said that Dumpf is the worst that could happen to ‘the West’? Are you lacking imagination, or what?

Plus: Ukraine continues being ruined, and remains unable to join NATO and/or the EU, while both Kyiv and ‘the West’ are 1000% certain to continue screwing up at every opportunity.

…which is, once again, rising the question: why should Pudding then give up and now come to the idea to accept any kind of Dumpf’s Peace Plan? This contains little else but Pudding’s conditions from February 2022: it merely adds the promise of Pudding’s and Russia’s unaccountability, which is already given.

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3.) Ceasefire

Muhahahaha!

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4.) Peace Agreement

…sorry, I’m still busy laughing about that with ‘ceasefire’.

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Conclusions

We are living in the world of distraction, political scams and post-facts. Of games being used to distract from bread. However, what matters in the end are cold facts. One of these is that Pudding has it good the way the things are. He has no reason to stop. Actually: both Kyiv and ‘the West’ are providing him with ever more incentives to continue. Arguably, he’s 1000% certain to ruin Russia for the next 100 years, but: meanwhile he’s also certain to go down in history as the glorious master strategist who has defeated everybody and rose Russia’s fame beyond our wildest imaginations.

Oh, you mean: ‘fame’ doesn’t matter in ‘the West’?

How good you remind me of that. Now I see clearly! THAT is the reason why all the influencers, their post-facting and political scams in the social media are ‘not’ working…?

Halleluia!

Over to Don.

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Ukrainian infantry on the front lines are so thin that they are heavily dependent on drones for observation and destruction of Russian troops. The heavy fog in many areas of Ukraine have hindered drone operations and facilitated Russian advances.

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Milove

There was little reported activity in Sumy or Kharkiv but Russian troops entered Dvorichanske and advanced as far as 3 km. Two tanks from the 3rd Heavy Mech Brigade and drones pursued them.

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Kupiansk

Russian positions north of Kupiansk are attacked. The GenStab-U is claiming - and the Russians confirming - Ukrainian counterattacks east and north of the town, too. And, there is no doubt that Ukrainian troops are operating in eastern Kupiansk. However, meanwhile the Russians are operating in Kupiansk - and then on both sides of the Oskil river.

Ukrainian civilians were trying to evacuate by train in eastern Kupiansk. The tracks were damaged by Russian shelling and at least one civilian was killed.

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This text is published with the permission of the author. First published here.

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