New Simplicius: https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/out-of-options-west-again-floats
Highlights:
>FT and the Spectator publish "unprecedentedly damning - and almost identical - articles about Zelensky, his "authoritarian" rule, and how his government and the public have lost faith in him," foreshadowing possible regime change in Kiev. Seymour Hersh claims his successor will be Zaluzhny
>New round of body exchanges. Ukraine received 1,000, Russia received 19.
>Video: Taras Chmut admits in an interview that Russians recruit more men than they lose, while the opposite is true for Ukraine
>Ukrainians complain of Russian successes in the Pokrovsk direction
>Ukrainian sources claim the Russians are pooling forces for a new offensive in the Zaporizhzhia direction
>Brief overview of recent Russian gains in the Zaporizhzhia direction
>Analysis of how Russian gains are increasing exponentially: on average Russia captures at least twice as much territory over the same period in 2025 as it did in 2024
>Patriots: Bild reports as per Trump that the US will not provide "a single unit. Europe must provide air defense from its own arsenals." Switzerland rumoured to be selling a battery it DOES NOT EVEN HAVE YET to Germany so that it can be transferred to Ukraine. Raytheon says the battery will not be ready for another 6-8 months. Meanwhile the German MoD denies that it is sending launchers or interceptors.
>Video: a Ukrainian officer in an interview recounts an anecdote demonstrating the carelessness with which AFU commanders conducted the doomed Kursk offensive
>Video: Trump claims that BRICS states are terrified of him and that he will "quickly" destroy them if ever they pose a threat