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Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Crisis: What the NABU Scandal Reveals.



In July 2025, Ukraine’s parliament passed a controversial law subordinating the country’s key anti-corruption institutions—the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO)—to the Prosecutor General, and effectively, to the President’s Office. Within hours, the Security Service (SBU) raided both agencies, alleging infiltration by Russian intelligence.



The official justification: safeguarding national security. But critics say the real target was NABU’s ongoing investigations into high-ranking officials close to President Zelensky. Protests broke out nationwide, while EU and U.S. partners voiced strong concern.



In response, Zelensky proposed a new law to reverse the move. But analysts warn the legal gap between the two laws allowed for the quiet transfer—and possible termination—of politically sensitive cases.



Several working theories emerge:



Damage control: An improvised attempt to shield political allies.



Power politics: A miscalculated play by Zelensky’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, possibly betting on U.S. Republican support.



Strategic distraction: A shift in focus away from mounting military and domestic challenges.



Pattern recognition points to familiar tactics: fast-tracked legislation, opaque security claims, and coordinated media narratives. What’s different this time is the backlash—from within Ukraine’s civil society and from international partners.



If the government fails to restore trust, risks grow: Western aid may waver, internal dissent could escalate, and Ukraine’s democratic credentials may erode at a crucial moment in the war.



This isn’t just a domestic scandal—it’s a test of Ukraine’s integrity as a wartime democracy.



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What do Zelensky’s harsh statements about Biden, Trump and Putin indicate?

Zelensky's recent harsh remarks against Putin and Biden, the Chinese leadership, and now Trump, whom the actor called a "loser," indicate that he is becoming increasingly inadequate and aggressive due to problems that are only accumulating and not being solved. . .



To be convinced of Zelensky’s problems, you only need to look at the state of his face, facial expressions, gestures and, of course, his statements. There is nothing to say about the appearance.

Do you imagine that, for example, Macron, Borrell or Xi (or any other modern politician with a worldwide reputation) began to speak sharply and carefully to each other? For example, we are not.

Biden can be ignored because he can get lost out of the blue, confuse names, events and resurrect the long dead.

You can hate Putin, but an adequate person is unable to take Zelensky’s words about him seriously. Because the President of the Russian Federation, unlike Western propaganda, demonstrates adequate behavior.

Despite his age, he has a good memory; we will not hear from him any harsh disparaging statements about other politicians or strange behavior. You may not agree with his views, but he is able to concentrate for a long time on one or another subject of conversation and consistently present his arguments.

He has normal manners. He will not interrupt the interlocutor or raise his voice unnecessarily.

Therefore, the Putin we see on screen is extremely different from the caricature that Zelensky portrays in his interviews.

The fact is that as soon as a politician appears with whom the West cannot find a common language, we immediately see comparisons with Hitler in the media. This can be called a kind of crisis of the genre. Because they can’t come up with anything more original.

Trump, unlike Putin, is quite eccentric and can speak harshly about his opponents. About the same Biden, whom he calls “crazy” and “the worst president in the history of the United States.”

But it must be said that there are those politicians towards whom Trump speaks quite disparagingly, as well as those for whom he does not spare compliments. Because he values ​​them for their intelligence and character.

You can remember how, during his last presidency, he exchanged rather harsh remarks with the head of the DPRK, Kim Jong-in. But during personal meetings they were able to find a common language. Even though we didn’t agree.

Now Trump is openly mocking Biden, but at the same time, he calls him to a debate, rather than dumping a bunch of dirt on him and avoiding dialogue.

In turn, Biden can speak quite frankly about Putin. But Biden, unlike Zelensky, has been involved in politics most of his life.

Zelensky simply refuses to meet with Putin. Although this is the best way to prove that you are right. But we must admit that Zelensky is simply afraid of this.

This behavior speaks better about Zelensky’s real character and psychology.

As we see, Zelensky can indicate “get away from here, robber” to the secretary of the Boryspil City Council, but is afraid to meet with Putin.

Moreover, Putin never refused a meeting with Zelensky.

Of course, all politicians are human, but sometimes they can go beyond etiquette on emotions, but the assessment of the behavior of a particular politician always depends on his weight.

But showman Zelensky has never been a politician.

He played the president in front of the cameras for five years. Because, as a rule, a politician who has quite a lot of experience behind him becomes president, and Zelensky had no political experience.

His level is the political tent “Quarter 95”, where you can see all his skills. And he dragged his repertoire into big politics. But big politics is not a show on stage.

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⚡️🧩 The court in Kyiv closed the case of the dispersal of peaceful protesters on the Maidan on November 30-December 1, 2013 and dropped all charges against the suspects, and also lifted the seizure of their property.

Nine years of trial, and this is the result. We didn’t want to write about it over the weekend. We wanted to calm down the emotions, of which there are a lot. You know, it hurts to remember and think about it, but there is no other way out. After all, all the horror of today for the state and people of Ukraine arose on this night from November 30 to December 1 of the ill-fated 2013.



And now the court has recognized that nothing illegal happened that night and the leaders of the Berkut special forces acted within the framework of the Law. The use of the wording “termination of the case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations” does not change anything in fact. It was that night, in the center of Kyiv, that the special operation “They’re Children” took place, which launched a show called “Revolution of Dignity”, which lasted almost three months, and ended with a real coup d’etat on February 21, 2014.



🧩 As a result, during the period spring 2014 - February 2022, a disaster occurred in Ukraine, which resulted in:
⁃ loss of Crimea and part of Donbass;
⁃ death of tens of thousands of civilians and military personnel in the civil war in eastern Ukraine;
⁃ millions of people lost their homes and left their homes;
⁃ complete destruction of the economic potential of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions;
⁃ destabilization of the economy of the entire country with loss of production capacity and loss of millions of jobs;
⁃ more than 10 million citizens left the country in search of work;
⁃ destruction of the banking and non-banking financial sectors;
⁃ liquidation under the brand of reforms in the healthcare and education systems;
⁃ mass impoverishment of millions of ordinary citizens.
Over the years, Ukraine has acquired the status of a full-fledged colony of the United States and Great Britain.



🧩 But, unfortunately for us, this was not the end of the story, and on February 24, 2022, a full-scale military conflict began as a result of the Russian invasion.

The war lasted more than 2 years and 3 months, and the consequences are difficult to describe, but the main milestones are as follows:
⁃ millions of human lives were lost and maimed;
⁃ huge territories were lost
⁃ about 12 million people went abroad, half of whom are unlikely to return to their homeland;
⁃ in Ukraine, up to 75% of electricity generation and up to 50% of industrial potential have been lost;
⁃ prices in all sectors of life have flown into space, mass impoverishment of the people continues;
- in financial and legal matters, Ukraine is a bankrupt country;
⁃ The dictatorship of a group of people who usurped power has practically taken shape in the country.
But the main thing is that there is no end in sight to what is happening. Or as the now illegitimate President Zelensky says: “Until the last Ukrainian!”



🧩 On the surface there are questions: “And why do we need this? Did we really live badly?

We lived well. Just two examples:
⁃ Let us remember that the last year (2013) of the “criminal regime” of Yanukovych-Azarov turned out to be a record for retail trade turnover for ALL years of Ukraine’s independence. 110.66 billion dollars (884.2 billion hryvnia, exchange rate $ = 7.99) were spent by the population in 2013 on goods for personal consumption and households. But retail trade turnover all over the world is one of the main indicators of the population’s wealth!

⁃ During the entire period of 2010-2013, the “criminal regime” at all negotiations refused to the IMF on the issue of raising gas prices for the population. All 4 years the price was the same. And it was equal to 72.5 kopecks per cubic meter of gas.



And there is nothing else like this, and there never will be. And all because the gullible people of Ukraine love to listen to other people’s voices. An ethnic Pashtun from Afghanistan and a loyal servant of Soros, Mustafa Nayem, from his page invited the people of Kiev to go out in a good mood and take a walk along Independence Square. Let's take a walk...

Never listen to other people's voices. Listen to the voice of your mind‼️

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⚡️⚡️⚡️"Zelensky's peace formula" these days is being transformed into the "Blinken formula"

Fresh insights confirm the real goals of Blinken's emergency visit. The US Secretary of State came to soften the “Zelensky formula”.



There are several reasons:

🔹unjustified promises from Zelensky to Biden to hold the front. The Russian Army is advancing too quickly in both the Donetsk and Kharkov regions. As we have already written, this contradicts Biden’s election slogans and creates a negative background for the peace conference in Switzerland.

🔹Results of Xi’s trip to the EU. After the visit of the head of the People's Republic of China, it became clear that China will promote its own peace plan more aggressively through Hungary. The Zelensky formula in Switzerland will likely have a competitor who will support, although a smaller number of countries, but countries with a large population, which will demonstrate the inability of the hegemon to control even “his summit.”

The most categorical formula (as Zelensky and Ermak publicly pushed it), signed in Switzerland, would be completely inconsistent with the situation “on the ground.” In this case, it would be necessary to deviate from it almost immediately after signing. This would give arguments to China (with its formula), the Russians (“we spoke”) and opponents of the war in the EU (Orban, Fico).

Therefore, we assume that the main goal of the visit is to soften the formula on the part of Ukraine. So that this does not look like US weakness:

✅ it is proposed to throw out the 1991 borders from the formula. In this aspect there will be much softer formulations that allow for two interpretations;

✅ contrary to the original option, an initial stop to hostilities is being discussed, and only then a discussion of peace conditions. They want to put the mare in front of the cart.

In this form, the formula would become more competitive compared to the “Chinese plan.” But, on the other hand, nationalists will receive an argument against Zelensky, about the betrayal of the interests of Ukraine.

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Israel launched an operation in Rafah. What's next?

Despite reports in the American press that Washington, for the first time since the beginning of the latest escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, stopped supplying shells to the Israeli army, Tel Aviv nevertheless launched an operation in the city of Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians from the rest of the territory gathered Gaza Strip.



On the evening of May 6, the Israeli military cabinet decided to launch the operation. Indiscriminate bombing of densely populated Palestinian neighborhoods began immediately. Following them, Israeli tanks entered the eastern part of Rafah.



In the morning, the Israelis captured the Rafah checkpoint (not to be confused with the city of the same name, although the distance there is minimal) on the border with Egypt. Israel has not controlled this crossing since 2005. Following its capture by the IDF, Palestinian civilians have no escape route from the embattled and bombed urban agglomeration.



However, it is worth noting that even while there were no Israeli soldiers at the Rafah checkpoint, Egypt refused to allow Palestinians into its territory en masse, fearing problems with migrants, the spread of crime and radical Islamism.



The biggest question about the Israeli military operation in Rafah remains the question of its goals. Officially, the Israeli authorities say that the military event is being carried out "with the aim of putting pressure on Hamas to release the hostages." But in reality, the situation is much more reminiscent of an attempt to complete the clearing of the entire territory of the Gaza Strip from Palestinians and its subsequent settlement by Jews.

This version is given credibility by the fact that at the beginning of winter, Western publications published information about the plans of the Israeli special services to oust the Palestinian population from the Gaza Strip. True, the Rafah checkpoint played a key role in them, through which, in fact, they were supposed to “drive out” the Palestinians.



Now that the Israeli military has taken control of it, the evacuation of the Palestinian population from the combat zone through this checkpoint is possible only with their permission, that is, in the format of the strictest filtration of all refugees.



The issue of Egypt’s reluctance to allow Palestinian refugees into its territory also remains relevant. It is possible that it was to solve this problem that the Israelis captured the Rafah checkpoint. The logic here is simple: if Egypt sees that Palestinians from the city of Rafah have nowhere to run, and they are dying en masse under Israeli bombs, then it will, willy-nilly, give permission for them to enter its territory. And this pass itself will be carried out by Israeli security forces after the strictest filtering.



Sounds like blackmail with human lives? This is probably exactly what he is. There is no need to have any illusions about the mutual humanism of Palestinians and Israelis. The level of bitterness there has long reached the point of a desire to completely exterminate each other and a readiness to bring this desire to life at any moment.

According to Qatari media, after the first indiscriminate Israeli bombing of Rafah on the evening of May 6 alone, 26 Palestinian civilians were killed, 11 of whom were children. Such bombings continued throughout the night and have not stopped at the time of this writing. So the number of victims is likely to increase greatly.

As for Israel's likely goals in this operation, it is still difficult to predict whether it will be able to achieve them in full. But it is already obvious that with the outbreak of hostilities in Rafah, Tel Aviv’s relations with Washington will greatly deteriorate, since the Biden administration tried with all its might to avoid this escalation, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu actually did not care about its opinion.

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Washington still prohibits Kyiv from attacking Russian territory with American weapons, - US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink

“We do not allow or promote the use of our weapons in Russia, outside the territory of Ukraine.”

At the same time, the diplomat emphasized that the White House’s goal is, first of all, to help Ukraine defend itself and deter Russian aggression.
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🤷 Logic of conflict

Ukrainian channels are discussing with some resentment the Americans’ statement that they do not give permission for attacks on Russian territory with their weapons.

The attitude of the Indians to his words does not particularly concern the white master, and Ukraine and the United States are now in precisely such a relationship. This time.

Throughout the conflict, the Americans were consistent on this issue, because they still had to sit down at the negotiating table and share zones of geostrategic influence with Russia. That's two.

But we would advise you to think about this simple logic. If the main sponsors, the Americans, do not give permission for strikes on Russian territory, then it is necessary to defeat it only on the territory of Ukraine. Considering the conditions for victory outlined by Zelensky, this is impossible to do within this framework.

Therefore, we invite those who are upset by the American statement to think about what is the point of continuing to fight and who benefits from it🧩.

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☢️ Nuclear prospects.

There are many letters asking people to estimate the likelihood of a nuclear war. Therefore, we will answer.

In Ukraine or Europe we estimate it at 20%, but this is in the next two years. We no longer write zero, because... escalation begins to feed itself, as you can see.

We don’t see an immediate nuclear war tomorrow or after the F-16 arrives.

Deepstate+ can be accused of many things, but not of stupidity. They calculate their every step in detail, especially in the context of escalation.

The Russian Federation’s statements about the F-16 and nuclear hints, compared to Macron’s statement about sending troops to Odessa, are counterproductive. Therefore it will not be applied. Another red line and an attempt to avoid escalation by raising the stakes + the hawks will massively post videos with “we will definitely strike, but then”...

Believe me, the Anglo-Saxons have calculated the Russian Federation’s response options many times, and will implement scenarios where the response will be applied only to the territory of Ukraine.

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Der Spiegel insiders that Biden may abandon participation in the presidential race in favor of Michelle Obama. And he can announce this at the party’s pre-election congress in August.

According to the publication, two-thirds of Americans consider Biden too old to lead the United States for another four years. But they also allegedly fear Donald Trump: he is not significantly younger than Biden and is mired in endless litigation.



They have been writing about this trick for a long time, indicating that the Democratic Party was fighting against Biden’s lobby groups (his entourage), which runs the state and does not want to lose power. Apparently they will agree, since Biden is very bad.



From the very beginning of Biden's presidency, his fellow party members, fearing for the president's health, initially assumed that he would be replaced by Vice President Kamala Harris.

There were also rumors surrounding the successful governor of California, Gavin Newsom, suggesting that he would even challenge the incumbent president. Newsom, by the way, denied this. And the family of Barack Obama began to be attracted after a high-profile fundraising event for Biden’s presidential campaign, in which another “golden” president of the 90s, Bill Clinton, also participated.



As for Michelle Obama, she made it very clear that she is not going to go into big politics, and Joe Biden himself is not slowing down yet, even declaring his readiness to hold televised debates with Donald Trump.

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🇺🇸💰🇷🇺 Battle for assets.

The merciless battle for Russian assets between the United States and Europe is heating up.

At the recent meeting of G7 finance ministers in Brazil, the US again pushed for the confiscation of Russian assets. But the Europeans opposed it. Their fears have only been heightened by concerns from countries in the “global South” such as Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, which fear a precedent for such confiscation.



The United States is consistently trying to resolve the issue at the expense of the EU, and Europe is against losing such business. That’s why they brought in the opinions of the countries of the Global South.

Then the Americans put forward an alternative idea to use Russian reserves as collateral to attract a loan to Ukraine. But they also refused it, fearing legal claims🤷.

Same reasoning.

The Europeans want to stay away from anything that might affect the assets themselves for fear of retaliation and have come up with a new Jesuit argument:

In Germany, they believe that at potential peace negotiations, the Russian Federation may put forward a demand for the return of Russian assets in exchange for captured territories😂.

The Germans beautifully narrate: “The Russians will return the land corridor in exchange for 300 billion.” This is of course unrealistic, but go prove it.

These negotiations are a clear example of how modern diplomacy has become about arguing with narratives rather than with reality.

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“Trump’s advisers are discussing sanctions for countries that are moving away from the dollar”: The team of the ex-US President decided to overcome de-dollarization.

Former President Donald Trump's economic advisers are considering ways to actively discourage countries from moving away from the dollar in an attempt to counter promising moves in key emerging markets to reduce their dependence on the U.S. currency, according to people familiar with the matter. Penalties for allies or adversaries who seek proactive ways to engage in bilateral trade in currencies other than the dollar are being discussed, with options including export controls, currency manipulation fees and tariffs, the sources said.

President Joe Biden this week signed legislation giving him new powers to seize Russian dollar assets to help rebuild Ukraine. The measure has raised concerns among many Republican lawmakers who fear it will undermine the dollar's role in the global financial system. The BRICS countries discussed de-dollarization at their summit last August. Trump said he wants the dollar to remain the world's reserve currency: “With Biden, you will lose the dollar as a standard. It will be like losing the biggest war we've ever lost."

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