Yigal Levin, Ukrainian military expert:
Another Shahed drone attack on Ukraine last night.Under fire — settlements in Donetsk, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Chernihiv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, and Cherkasy regions.Reports indicate a direct hit by a Shahed drone on a hospital in Sumy.Russia is deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure.As has been proven many times with facts, Putin does not seek a ceasefire—he wants Ukraine’s surrender.What is a ceasefire?What will Putin do with 600,000 deranged PTSD-ridden men recruited from Russia’s underclass?But facts have no place in realpolitik. In realpolitik, only interests reign supreme.For example, Rubio’s new statement, in which he says that Russia cannot be defeated.Russia has lost many times and has been beaten before.Even the Russo-Japanese War.This statement is not a lie—it’s yet another deliberate newspeak.What Rubio is actually saying, in veiled terms, is: "We do not want Russia to lose."Ukrainians must be ready for this avalanche of newspeak and mind-blowing narratives from the Americans.They will pour in now like a flood.Brace yourselves, shut out the noise, and do not take these signals seriously.Keep striking Russia.And most importantly—whatever negotiations, smooth appeasements, realpolitik maneuvers, backroom deals of all kinds, and other diplomatic debauchery may occur—never allow red lines to be crossed.This is about the Ukrainian army.The Ukrainian military, the militarization of society, the development of the defense industry, conscription, state mobilization, arms supplies—none of this should ever be up for negotiation.At all.This is not just a red line.It is literally the main factor, the fundamental and now state-forming foundation for Ukraine.It is no coincidence that one of Putin’s key demands—since 2022, in every negotiation format—has been, in one way or another, to cut, limit, reduce, or block the Ukrainian military.Because this demand is not about peace or a ceasefire.It is about a crucial step toward Ukraine’s surrender.The U.S. is simply not interested in Ukraine.What bothers them is that Russia is smashing itself to pieces against Ukraine.They want to stop that.But Russia seeks only Ukraine’s surrender.These are the realities Kyiv faces now.Drag out time, don’t fall for tricks, go against the grain, ramp up production, boost the defense industry, strengthen ties with Europe, and keep striking Russia.Strike hard and hit painfully.-