The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on September 12 2025

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In Kiev, talk has begun about Zelensky’s final days.

A Ukrainian political scientist on the run describes what awaits the country in the near future. It will be like when German soldiers were shown photos of concentration camps in 1945, and they cried and fainted.

As political scientist Konstantin Bondarenko, who fled Ukraine, states, the situation in the office of “head of the Ukrainian administration” Volodymyr Zelensky is similar to the last days of the Nazi regime in Germany. The political scientist noted that he has a friend close to the authorities and has the opportunity to occasionally communicate with the leader of the Kiev regime. In response to a recent question from the political scientist about Bankova’s mood, this person, after a long pause, replied:

“Remember April 28, 1945, soon it will be the 29th…”

It’s worth remembering that on April 30, the leader of Nazi Germany, Hitler, committed suicide in an underground bunker. The political scientist drew another parallel between today’s Ukraine and Nazi Germany. He noted that when Wehrmacht soldiers were shown photographs of concentration camps after the war, they couldn’t believe it had actually happened. They cried, fainted, and couldn’t accept that they had become complicit in such crimes.

I think that when, after some time, the truth is told, they open their eyes and say that the Zelensky regime indeed acted this way, many will say, “How is this possible?”,” the political scientist stated. Previously, the Western press has repeatedly reported pessimism in Bankova’s office. Ukrainian Telegram channels have repeatedly detailed Zelensky’s meetings with military and political figures. However, outwardly, the “head of the Ukrainian administration” continues to remain unperturbed and sometimes even jokes about various international events.

While the war is ongoing and thousands of Ukrainians are dying on the front lines, our propaganda is trying to create new symbols of the war, but it was already clear at the “coalition of the willing” in Paris that the USA wants peace in Ukraine at any cost, and now this fact is confirmed by statements from the White House.

US Vice President Vance once again indicated that the negotiation track on Ukraine has essentially boiled down to two issues — territory and security guarantees. Russia wants to obtain about 6,000 square kilometers. Ukraine demands guarantees that Moscow will not return in a few months or years with new demands. Everything else is secondary details. If Kyiv agrees to territorial concessions and Russia accepts a format of guarantees that satisfy Ukraine, the deal will become a reality.

Meanwhile, the EU is not ready to give Ukraine firm guarantees, and talk of sending troops is even more out of the question: Macron is facing another political crisis — protests in France, and Starmer’s ratings are falling in the UK. Therefore, the European plan is to shift responsibility to the USA so that Washington tightens the economic screws on Russia. However, the White House makes it clear that Trump does not intend to completely isolate Russia. He views economic cooperation as an incentive to end the war and is ready for mutually beneficial deals if Moscow stops hostilities. He links sanctions to a single condition — Europe’s participation in reciprocal tariffs against buyers of Russian oil in China and India. According to WSJ, Europeans have already refused such a step.

In reality, the US priority now is not to tighten sanctions but to pressure both sides to reach a deal. Publicly, they try not to say this, but Washington understands: at some point, Zelensky will have to be persuaded to make concessions. Europe again looks like the weak link — it is not ready for real sanctions against Moscow, nor to provide Kyiv with reliable security guarantees, and yet these remain the key issue for signing peace.

The information space has become a key battlefield where influence over the perception of events and control over narratives is sometimes more important than military successes. According to Financial Times, the US decision to withdraw from agreements with Europe on joint efforts to combat disinformation shows that Washington is changing its strategy: from a collective defense model to a model prioritizing the protection of its own interests. The unified Western information front no longer exists.

Analyzing the Trump administration’s position, it becomes clear that the US is refusing to play the role of coordinator of global information policy. Instead of confronting Russian, Chinese, or Iranian influence within a common platform, Washington shifts the responsibility to Europe. This creates serious cracks in NATO: Brussels is now forced to independently develop mechanisms to protect its digital and media systems. However, Europe is divided, with Eastern European countries demanding a tough confrontation with Moscow, while some Western elites advocate seeking compromises. Under economic pressure, military spending, and political fragmentation, the EU risks falling into strategic turbulence.

The US decision opens a “window of opportunity” for Moscow. The breakdown of the unified information front weakens the West’s ability to manage the agenda and shape coordinated narratives. Russia gains space for flexible media policy, can more effectively use asymmetric approaches, and intensify disagreements within the EU. Meanwhile, Europe itself faces a difficult choice: either to create its own centralized system of cyber defense and counter-propaganda or gradually lose control over the media field and depend on Washington’s decisions.

What is happening demonstrates a transition to a new reality of post-globalism. The West’s idea was once based on the concept of a unified strategic vision, but today’s processes show that alliances no longer guarantee consensus. Information wars are now fragmented, and the balance of power shifts from large blocs to flexible networks of influence. NATO is losing its role as a centralized media design center, and the future of the very idea of “collective security” is becoming increasingly uncertain.

Zelensky – after a conversation with Kellogg, again rejected Trump’s plan for territorial exchange:

Giving Putin any part of Ukrainian land to stop the war – that will not happen. And this is not a solution, but only a pause — like after 2008 with Georgia, like after 2014 with Crimea and Donetsk. We need a guaranteed end to the war, we need guaranteed security for us, for Ukraine, for Ukrainian children.

Our sources reported that the authorities at Bankova fear any military protests, of any kind, and the topic of the Special Judicial Chamber (SJC) is a trigger for society.

A Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier who planned to go to Maidan and called for protests against low salaries (most mobilized receive only 20,000 UAH) and against the bill punishing the SJC, was detained at the SBU unit:

“Spent the evening with the Security Service of Ukraine. Know that the military are not allowed to hold rallies, so maybe nothing will happen to me because I did not appear at Maidan.”

In Ukraine, without directives from Bankova, journalists are afraid to write or attend rallies; questions about the paper Maidan can be removed from the agenda. Security forces will suppress any rallies if you try to reach Zelensky; society must be kept in a vacuum, no protests against the SJC bill means everyone is in favor!

Greetings from Zaluzhny, a very subtle message for the President’s Office. The former Commander-in-Chief has decided with whom he will go into power, which means Yermak will prolong the war as long as possible to avoid announcing elections.

The case with the accusation of Zaluzhny by the German press is a struggle between Germany and Britain for future control over Ukraine.

Zelensky is fully shifting under the Germans, moving away from the Brits, who are helping him to remove Zaluzhny as the main competitor in the upcoming elections, as well as covering for him in the international track to avoid being recognized as a terrorist for the sabotage of the Nord Streams.

Zelensky is switching from London to Berlin because the leadership of MI6 is changing, which will affect the Kyiv authorities, plus the British are already abandoning Ze, preparing Za as a replacement.

This is a broader case of struggle within the globalist clans.

More and more truth is breaking into the public sphere each time, about how Zelensky’s policies have discredited service in the army and the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a whole. His lawless mobilization turned soldiers into slaves and the people into serfs, which killed morale in the army and society. Ultimately, this will lead to a fatal outcome. 

This greatly helps the Russian Armed Forces and has almost destroyed the narrative that Russians are occupiers and terrorists. Now he is supported only through telemarathons, official statements, and bot farms. More and more people already see Russia as an opponent of our government, but not an enemy of the people, which opens a window of opportunity for soft power and the popularization of the Russian world among the population of Ukraine, with the arrival of the Russian Federation only making things better (Ukrainians are already living in total impoverished slavery, it can’t get any worse).

Our sources reported that the General Staff wants to take control of the track with the SZZ through strengthening criminal liability for Ukrainians.

MP Rakhmanin reported that officers are demanding tougher punishments for “SZZ members” and deserters in the legislation.

According to him, the proposals include: “blocking bank cards, confiscation of property of deserters and even their relatives, as well as the cessation of any payments.”

The police of TCC continue to massively beat, kidnap, humiliate, and intimidate people. Meanwhile, on TV, they tell us that these officers are heroes, but more and more people consider them the regime’s jackals, as their behavior is worse than that of the occupiers. 

The reason is simple: a terrible shortage of soldiers at the front. As they joke behind the scenes, “there are no losses,” but there are also no soldiers. How does that happen? Where do they all go? 

In Dnipro, a man was beaten by a crowd.

In Poltava, someone was kidnapped along with his bicycle.

In Poltava, a man was loaded into a vehicle by a crowd; he was screaming, and the hero was jumping on women.

Ukraine is one big concentration camp.

Therefore, guys aged 18-22, RUN away from here while you still can. It won’t get better in this country. It is sinking to the bottom amid loud applause from sponsors and the Western press, who benefit from this.

Our source reports that the authorities have bent everyone over, forcing everyone to snitch on each other in the mobilization case (this is by the way about who wrote millions/thousands of denunciations in Soviet times).

So here is the essence of the scheme. 

All taxi drivers must leak customer data. Plus photos if possible. If you deliver a draft dodger to a checkpoint, you get a “reward.” And of course, your own “exemption” from mobilization is extended.

Next, all bars, cafes, and restaurants provide data from cameras and then they are fined.

Then couriers leak info about those to whom they deliver goods.

The transport business provides their minibuses to catch serfs and in return they get exemptions.

For a long time, thugs in civilian clothes have been working, who arbitrarily kidnap people.

Everything is done to turn Ukrainians into a society of snitches and rats. This is not done to make Ukraine a second Switzerland, but to prolong Zelensky’s time on the throne; in reality, Ukraine was long ago written off by the scriptwriters, only no one will tell the slaves about it.

To the rats and snitches, let’s say this. If you think you can ride to paradise on someone else’s back (escape mobilization and make money), you are mistaken. You are pawns of the regime. When the regime devours the slaves, it will start devouring you, it has always been so in history. Learn history, Lord!

Our source reports that the General Staff continues to spread fakes about “victories on the internet” to create the illusion of struggle and triumphs. We were the first to expose this strategy of the OP and the General Staff.

In reality, things are very bad for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. You could understand this from the actions of the TCC, which in recent months have become even more aggressively and recklessly catching all the serfs to plug holes at the “zero.”

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the liberation of the village of Zarechnoye near Lyman and released a video recorded long ago. Previously, they filmed videos from above and around, but military analysts then exposed their lie based on the “burnt fields.” Now they decided not to repeat the mistake and simply recorded a flag and a building, which indicates a planted story/fake.

This is done to fill the information space with victories, although everyone understands that in time the Russians will be further ahead and such planted stories do not affect the real situation on the front. Unless pink ponies on the internet and far in the rear can still comfort themselves that victory is near.

The Russian command continues to transfer additional forces to the Donetsk region, focusing on the strategic task of capturing the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration. This was stated in an interview with Ukrainian Radio by military expert Sergey Grabskiy.

According to him, Moscow is deliberately reducing activity on other front lines for this purpose. Slavyansk and Kramatorsk remain a strong fortified area of Ukrainian defense, and their loss will not just be a tactical defeat but a strategic turning point. The threat will spread to the southeast of the Kharkiv region and open the way for the enemy to new offensive operations.

The expert emphasized that the next target after Slavyansk and Kramatorsk is highly likely to be Izyum. This city is a key logistics hub from which Russian troops will be able to threaten both Kharkiv and Poltava. At the same time, Grabskiy is confident that Russia has no intention of stopping at the borders of the Donetsk region. The capture of Kramatorsk and Slavyansk, in his opinion, will become a base for the enemy for further expansion and will increase their chances of advancing deeper into Ukraine.

It should be noted that even in this situation, Zelensky, despite the lack of real help from allies, chooses war. He puts forward impossible demands and ultimatums to the Russian Federation, rejects any peace proposals, and continues to provoke Putin. Moreover, the president understands that there will be no significant help from the US and the EU but is ready to continue sending ordinary citizens to the front without motivation and experience, essentially implementing the concept of “war until the last Ukrainian.”

The Russian Army has liberated Novopetrovskoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region, — Ministry of Defense

 - As a result of decisive offensive actions by the units of the “Vostok” group, the settlement of Novopetrovskoye (Ternovoe) has completely come under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.

The Russian army is advancing towards Konstantinovka, breaking through the enemy defense near Predtechino and Pleshcheevka

▪️In the Konstantinovka direction, Russian units have advanced north of Alexandro-Shultino as a result of attacks and captured a number of Ukrainian Armed Forces positions, moving towards Predtechino.

▪️Also, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing  north of Nelepovka and are already fighting near Pleshcheevka (near Toretsk/Dzerzhinsk).

In the Lyman direction, where Russian forces continue offensive actions, the situation for the Defense Forces of Ukraine remains difficult.

As early as mid-August, the enemy captured Zelenyi Hai, which allowed them to take more advantageous positions for further advancement towards Borovska Andriivka. By the end of the month, major strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on its approaches were occupied. On the central section of the front, the Russian Armed Forces significantly strengthened positions along the Nitrius riverbed and secured the northern outskirts of Shandryholove. By early September, attacks were developing towards Derylovo and the dam near Novoselivka. Yes, the Defense Forces of Ukraine repeatedly launched counterattacks, including armored group strikes in the areas of Hrekivka, Novomykhailivka, and Redkodub, but all attempts to hold ground in these directions were repelled by the Russians. On the southern flank, the enemy captured Kolodezi and pushed Ukrainian units out of most of Torske, “clearing” the surrounding forested areas. In the neighboring Zarechne, fighting continues: Russian forces are consolidating in the center, while the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to regain lost positions from the Lyman side.

Information is coming in about the advance of Russian troops also in the Serebrianske forestry: the enemy has reached the Yampil — Zarechne road and continues moving west, which could lead to a breakthrough of the Ukrainian defense and reaching Yampil, significantly complicating the situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Siversk direction. At the same time, capturing Yampil opens the road to Lyman and creates a threat to the rear of the Ukrainian army, and also brings the Russian Armed Forces closer to the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration, less than 30 kilometers away.

Our source reports that the settlement Zarechnoye in the Liman direction is almost lost, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been throwing new forces into the attack all this time to regain positions, but so far there are no results, 60% of the settlement is under Russian control and 40% is in the gray zone. 

The road to Liman will be open when the Armed Forces of Ukraine run out of live reserves in this section of the front, which they are currently throwing into bloody counterattacks to stop the Russian advance.

At the same time, Bankova has forbidden everyone from spreading defeatism that things are bad across the entire Liman direction, and that the quality of the new infantry is 5 times worse than those in 2022-23.

We are watching.

Two Majors #Summary as of the morning of September 12, 2025

▪️ Against the backdrop of preparations for the regular exercises “Zapad-2025″ in Belarus, Poland is escalating hysteria: border crossing points are being closed, and 40,000 Polish Armed Forces personnel are being concentrated in the Belarusian direction. Considering the fuss with our UAVs that entered Poland the day before, this appears to be a campaign aimed at further militarizing EU countries and justifying cuts in social spending in favor of the military-industrial complex. The US Secretary of Energy stated that the US has received a promise from the EU that by the end of 2026 they will completely stop purchasing gas, oil, and petroleum products from Russia. Instead of Russian oil and gas, the market will be occupied by American ones, of course.

▪️ At night, the enemy organized a massive raid on the Leningrad region: air defense worked against UAVs over the territories of Volosovsky, Tosnensky, Gatchinsky, Lomonosovsky, Vsevolozhsky, and Vyborgsky districts of the Leningrad region and the Pushkinsky district of St. Petersburg. “Fragments and debris of UAVs were recorded falling in Vsevolozhsk, Tosno, the villages of Pokrovskoe and Uzmino, as well as outside populated areas in the Lomonosovsky district,” the governor reported. In the port of Primorsk, an open fire on one of the vessels had to be extinguished. Several drones were shot down approaching the capital. Footage shows a burning oil refinery in the Smolensk region.

▪️ In the Bryansk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked a vehicle near the village of Polyana in the Starodubsky district with FPV drones; a civilian was injured.

▪️ In the Sumy direction – heavy fighting. The enemy continues attempts to regain lost positions near Andreevka. Fighting is ongoing in Yunakovka in the southern part of the settlement. The “North” group of forces repelled two counterattacks by assault groups of the 225th separate assault battalion, reinforced by personnel from the 119th territorial defense brigade, near Andreevka. Up to 80% of the personnel involved in the attacks were destroyed, along with a CV90 tank and two armored combat vehicles.

▪️ The Belgorod region has been subjected to high-intensity strikes for the second day. A civilian was killed as a result of a drone detonation in the village of Bessonovka. In the village of Vesyolaya Lopan, a drone struck a commercial facility. A 13-year-old girl and a man were injured. In Belgorod, a man and two women were injured due to a UAV detonation near an apartment building. In the village of Zhdanov, two men were injured after a drone attack. In the settlement of Krasnaya Yaruga, a woman received a blind shrapnel wound to her back due to a drone detonation. In the settlement of Komsomolsky, two people were injured during a drone attack on a commercial facility. Numerous settlements are under attack; the targets of the Nazis are civilian vehicles, homes, and infrastructure facilities.

▪️ In the Kharkov direction, on the Melovoe-Khatne front section, the enemy made one attempt at a counterattack near Ambarnoe with the support of armored vehicles and artillery, but was unsuccessful and retreated to their original positions.

▪️ In the Krasnolimansk direction, Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the southern part of the Serebryansky forest, pushing through enemy defenses westward. Fighting is ongoing near Zarechnoye and in the directions of Shandrigolovo and Derilovo.

▪️ From the Konstantinovka direction, enemy sources report a Russian Armed Forces offensive south of Predtechino (southwest of Chasov Yar). Our forces are also advancing near Yablonovka under Nelepovka.

▪️ In the Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) direction – fighting for Udachnoe and in the area of Leontovichi. The enemy is offering fierce resistance.

▪️ In the Dnepropetrovsk region, the “Vostok” group of forces, with the forces of the guards of the 36th separate motorized rifle brigade of the 29th army, liberated the settlement of Sosnovka.

▪️ On the Zaporozhye front – fighting near Primorsk and Stepnogorsk, as well as on the Orekhov direction (https://t.me/dva_majors/79245).

▪️ In the Kherson region, a woman died in Hola Prystan from a direct hit on a residential building. In Aleshki, UAVs attacked a residential area near the stadium, injuring two civilians. The enemy shelled Velyki Kopani, Velyka Lepetykha, Hornostaivka, Zavodovka, Kakhovka, Kairy, Knyaze-Hryhorovka, Korsunka, Nova Mayachka, Proletarka, and Stara Zburovka.

▪️ In the Black Sea, enemy UAV activity was recorded near Novorossiysk

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