The Kremlin escalates the war. Within a week with words, and in the weekend they defend. On Friday, Putin reacted to a purely hypothetical debate about whether and which Western countries would send troops to Ukraine after suspension of weapons, threatening to Russia “especially now, during fights” assumes “that they are a legitimate goal.”
An even more mocking officer KGB rejected the request of a meeting with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelnski, claiming that there is only one place where it could take place, namely “the capital of the Russian Federation, heroic Moscow”.
At night from Saturday to Sunday, Russia bombed almost all regions of Ukraine with combat drones and maneuvering missiles. Ukrainian air forces counted 805 combat drones. 751 of them were captured – the fire exceeded Ukraine's capabilities, which had fatal consequences. Local authorities reported that at least two people were killed in Kiev's night attacks, including a one -year -old child, and 15 were injured.
Because maybe. The Russian autocrat behaves as if he lived like in ancient times. He is guided by the principle formulated by the ancient Greek strategist Tukidydes that “the law can only apply between equal, and in the case of the imbalance of the forces he does stronger what he can and the weaker endures what it must.”
Putin has learned that the West reacts halfway, that even a “coalition of volunteers” consisting of 26 countries shows its strength mainly on paper, not on the battlefield. And that it is enough to make good faces during Trump's pompous peaks to leave them with beautiful photos, but not giving the other side of the opportunity to announce success.
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Speaking of Donald Trump, the American president threatened at the weekend on his Truth Social social platform that he would soon be revealed why the Department of Defense is now called the Department of War. However, the threat was not directed to Moscow, but to … Chicago.
Putin had to be happy because Trump shows the powerlessness of the West, which decomposes in cultural struggle, instead of stopping the external opponent.
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Attack on the government building in Kiev, September 7, 2025.
German sluggishness
However, Friedrich Merz found the right tone last week. According to German Chancellor, Putin is “perhaps the greatest war criminal of our time”.
Then he added: “How to deal with war criminals? There is no place for indulgence here.” However, words do not make a much impression on Putin, so now Merz must finally support them with his deeds.
For example, he could finally deliver Taurus maneuvering missiles. The debate over the transfer of this weapon to Kiev has been fruitless for many months. In April, Merz claimed that he always supported this step. However, after coming to power, nothing has changed in terms of the supply of this key armament.
France and Great Britain have already passed their equivalents of Taurus missiles, i.e. SCALP/Storm Shadow. This weapon works on the front, but Kiev still needs more ammunition, even despite strengthening its own domestic production capacity.
Perhaps the reason for Berlin's sloves is prosaic. Most Germans are against the supply of Taurus maneuvering missiles. There are less than a third (31 percent) of Germans behind the supply – according to the June survey of the Forsa Institute, conducted for RTL and NTV. 63 percent He is against it.
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