Don's Weekly, 11 August 2025: Part 1

by Donald Hill (intro by Tom Cooper)

Hello everybody!

Once again - as so often (at least) ever since 21 January this year - everybody’s holding his/her breath, these days: Dumpf and Pudding are going to meet in Alaska.

Probably because all of Dumpf’s boasting about his deal- and peace-making skills have proven truth, only truth, and nothing but the truth. At least as much because Dumpf’s already announced that a ‘deal to stop killing’ is ‘very close’…

…and certainly not because this is, actually, yet another of Dumpf’s maskirovkas to distract from his involvement in the Epstein Affair…

Of course, having had their… well… not only fingers, but most of their arms, legs, and noses burned - several times, and severely - while dealing with Dumpf, both the zombie idiots in Kyiv and those all over Europe are ‘on barricades’. Expecting Dumpf to offer a ‘swap of territories’ in order to appease Pudding, they’re, essentially, ‘warning’ that one shouldn’t reward Russia for what it has (and, actually, still is) perpetrated, and that no arrangements between Dumpf and Pudding are going to be valid without ‘Ukraine’, and without ‘Europe’.

…the fact that ‘they’ all - the very same zombie idiots now complaining about Dumpf’s intentions and actions - have successfully manoeuvred themselves into the positions of beggars by doing nothing for decades (except for excelling in deftly cashing from appeasing Pudding, Dumpf, and similar characters), but especially excelling in doing nothing the last three years - that’s all irrelevant…

…as irrelevant as the fact that the two are unlikely to reach any kind of agreement simply because both are so super-smart that they can’t even understand each other…

US Vice-President JD Vance already declared all such calls for ‘not productive’: should that happen, should Pudding and Zele meet, then later on, please. Indeed, then it’s going to be on Dumpf to bring Pudding and Zele together, nobody else. But first, Dumpf must go down in history as the peace-maker. And Nobel Peace Prize laureate, of course.

…probably with similar success like when, some 80 years ago, certain earlier US President ignored all the possible warnings, even his own conclusions, and decided to officially support Zionist designs in Palestine - for little else but such issues of higher national interests like to secure his win in next elections… which then turned out to be entirely unnecessary, but with well-known results strongly influencing our every-day lives until today…

But, I’m digressing, of course. You know what’s the best part about all of this?

All of this - all the negotiations with Pudding, all the ‘hopes & prayers’ and whatever else - is happening for only one reason. Because that’s easier to do. Just like anything else is easier to do, and anything else is more promising - indeed: better - but to bolster own economy through seriously taxing the super-rich so to obtain money necessary to invest into arms industry (plus public healthcare, education systems etc., etc., etc.), so one can re-arm not only ‘the West’, but Ukraine too.

Anything else is better than defeating Russia, defeating Pudding on the battlefield - because…. oh, what blasphemic thoughts I can have! - you know, nobody knows what might happen if one defeats Pudding’s Russia on the battlefield…

…which is ‘impossible’ - as so eloquently explained by all the acknowledged military experts indoctrinating us to think that way for decades…

Sigh…

Excuse me if I find that there’s only one conclusion on hand: yup, the ‘collective Western liberal democracies’ are now, definitely, eyebrows-deep into the next phase of their evolution: from kleptokracies to idiocracies. One, where all the possible idiotic excuses are better than facing the truth, and dealing with cold facts.

So much so, I’m already looking forward for the moment when, once that summit will be over… at least after the next elections (wherever and whatever), both our zombie idiots and our glorious media are then going to wonder ‘how could this happen?’…

…all provided there are going to be any next elections at all - for example in the USA…

Oh, and mind: that was the ‘good news’-part.

Now for… ‘other sorts of news’, by Don.

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Sumy/Kursk

The 225 Assault Regiment, ZSU, discussed how they infiltrated enemy lines and placed mines and blocking positions prior to assaulting Andriivka and Kindrativka. They weren’t alone. Soldiers of the “Tymur” special forces unit were also operating behind Russian lines conducting a series of raids and sabotage with the support of drones and artillery. Some of the combat was near Oleksiyivka. These interrupted the flow of food, ammo and replacements for Russia’s front line units. Tymur reports that they killed 334 and wounded 550 enemy combatants.

The 33rd Separate Assault Regiment and 24th Separate Assault Battalion cleared Bezsalivka, a Ukrainian village on the border with about a dozen homes and woods. 18 Russians were reported killed. Over the months, the shaded areas in the map have changed hands a couple of times. Tyotkino and Korovyakovka have been hit by periodic Ukrainian airstrikes.

West of Oleksiivka, the 225th uses an automatic grenade launcher on a Russian position. Southeast of Oleksiivka, Ukrainian positions are shelled and hit by airstrikes. Ukrainian positions near the border are shelled. 12 km inside Russia, a 122 mm MLRS is destroyed.

Russian drones are dropping PTM-3 anti-tank mines on roads and fields 20 km from the front lines and to the outskirts of Sumy.

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Kharkiv

The lead unit in the 2nd Corps, the Khartia Brigade, used a ground drone to send supplies to the front line and then returned with a wounded soldier. Some wounded soldiers are unable to leave their positions for days or even weeks. The report says that even a few hours delay would have been fatal. The drone travelled 34 kilometers.

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Vovchansk

On the northern edge of the wasteland of Vovchansk, a Russian drone operation post is observed. 1500 meters north of the city, Russian infantry are hit.

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Milove

Ukraine launches an airstrike on Milove and hunts Russian infantry in and around the village. 3 km inside Russia, another bridge is rigged for demolition in case Ukraine invaded, and a drone found it.

Only part of the 425th Skala Regiment is here, presumably a battalion. Not so long ago, they were only a battalion in size.

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Kupiansk

In an illustration of how thin the front lines are, Ukrainian troops were seen South of Radkivka, Russian artillery was shelling north of Radkivka, and Russian troops were seen near Sobolivka, which is west of Kupiansk. Russia was also shelling the northern edge of Kupiansk, so it appears they were ejected from the town.

Ukrainian drones are intercepted north of Kupiansk. A 152 mm gun is destroyed 7 km behind Russian lines.

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Terny

Russian shelling, airstrikes and attacks occurred all along the sector held by the 3rd Corps ZSU. Russians moving in southern Torske wear ponchos in the summer to try and mask their body heat from thermal sensors in drones. A Russian assault is intercepted east of Torske. Despite the casualties, Russia continues to advance in the south.

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Siversk

Ukrainian positions in front of Siversk are attacked with thermobric bombardments and infantry.

A Russian column is engaged, losing a vehicle and some motorcycles on the way, but ends up fighting in Serebrianka. After this fight, Ukrainian positions in southern Serebrianka are hit.

Just north of Verkhnokamianske another column is engaged 6 km before they reach the front lines and 3 km past the front lines.

The 10th Mountain Assault Brigade killed 13 Russians and wounded 7 more that were attacking east of Vyimka. Other Russians on their way to Vyimka are engaged behind their front lines.

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Kostiantynivka

A TOS-1A is destroyed 3 km north of completely ruined Bakhmut. The southern edge of Kostiantynivka is bombed. Berestok is bombed, and 1500 m to the east an M113 is destroyed. A Russian assault on Katerynivka is attacked. Russian targets are attacked in Toretsk and up to 4 km north of the city. The 44th Brigade attacked targets east of Rusyn Yar. The 82nd Air Assault Brigade attacked Russians in Popiv Yar.

Drone activity in the Kostiantynivka pocket is intense and Russia’s best unit, Rubicon, operates there among other outfits. It’s simply not safe to be seen in the open or in cover. Russia still uses aircraft, helicopters and reconnaissance drones so the 28th Mechanized Brigade installed a man-portable Igla air defense rocket on a ground drone to assume the risk. It’s already shot down a helicopter.

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(…to be continued…)