Boss, sit down or you'll fall over! What we've caught now from the front in Ukraine, it's like a heavyweight boxing match, but one throws left and the other throws right. Here's how it stands: the Kremlin, through their mouthpiece Peskov, announces they've taken the city of Kostiantynivka - that one with about 78,000 people before the war, now probably fewer, because people fled from there like the devil from incense. He says they have it entirely, that Putin was at a command post, listened to reports, shook hands with the soldiers, 'well done boys, you were tough.' But wait, it's not that simple.
Listen here, bro. The battle for this city, which is like a gateway to Kramatorsk and Sloviansk - the last major cities in Donbas still under Ukrainian control - started at the end of 2025. The Russians infiltrated slowly, slowly, and now they say they've completely conquered it. Peskov also claims they have the entire Luhansk region, one of the two in Donbas. Sounds good, right? But don't drink cold water, because here comes the Ukrainian side.
Their Defense Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, came out in Kyiv next to Swedish Minister Pål Jonson and said that, in fact, Ukraine has messed up Russian logistics so bad it makes you cry. According to him, in the south, Russian infantry, because their transport means were destroyed, have to walk up to 30 kilometers to reach the front. Thirty km, bro! With boots in the mud, gun on back, no water, no food - me, if I were in their shoes, I'd be standing in line for bread, not for war. And that's not the only problem: they lack fuel, generators for drones have nothing to drink, supplies are a mess. Fedorov says all this reduces the intensity of Russian attacks. Seriously, it's like a cartoon, but it's real.
But hey, what about this 40-day campaign announced by Zelensky? To put pressure on the Russians to accept peace. Fedorov says 'everything is going according to plan' and they will intensify long-range attacks, European money, loans, the whole shebang. He says the first tranche of the European loan is 'bad news for the Russians.' Man, I don't know who's winning, but it's certain that people are dying for nothing. Last night, the Russians launched attacks in the southeast: drones in Dnipropetrovsk hit five gas stations and damaged the railway, and in Zaporizhzhia seven guided bombs fell on civilian areas - three dead, over ten wounded. Ukraine's air defense says they shot down 130 out of 151 drones and one Kh-59 missile. What more can I say, bro? War is war, but it seems like too much blood for a handful of land that, if you think about it, no one will remember in 50 years.
Now, what do I say? Everyone looks out for their own interest. The Russians boast about conquests, the Ukrainians about strikes behind the front. Who lies and who tells the truth? I have no idea. But one thing is certain: if in our country they built highways the way that infantry walks - 30 km a day - we'd have reached Moldova long ago. Well, I'm off to explain to Mioara why I have another opinion about the war instead of watching the match. In the meantime, may we be forgiven that we're not dying on the front.
