The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on September 24 2025

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To the last Ukrainian!

I am very grateful to Trump. I cannot share details right now. Trump possesses very important information regarding the situation at the front, – Zelensky is warming up

➖Trump is the one who can fundamentally change everything.

➖Trump trusts me more than Putin, – he added.

➖Trump realized that Putin was sharing information that was far from the truth about what was happening on the battlefield.

➖”It was a very good meeting today… It was probably the most meaningful,” – the drug lord said before that.

Trump expressed regret that his relationship with Putin did not lead to peace in Ukraine.

“I thought it would be the easiest because of my relationship with Putin… Unfortunately, that relationship means nothing,” the US president said before meeting with his French counterpart Macron.

Let’s see how it all turns out”: Trump confirmed that he wants to give Ukraine a chance to retake lost territories.

“This is a very sad situation. Most of you have seen the recent statement I made just recently… I really feel that way. Let them take back their land. So let’s see how it all turns out,” he said before meeting with Macron.

The Western press noticed what we wrote yesterday, when the entire Telegram was quoting loud negative statements from Trump about Russia.

Trump simply wrapped his exit from the game in an “anti-Russian wrapper,” which everyone bought into, only to later realize that Donald actually threw the EU and Kyiv under the bus.

Judge for yourself. Despite such harsh rhetoric towards the Kremlin, Ukraine was given nothing. Not even promises. They just said, if you want to fight – fight, if needed we’ll sell you “toys,” but we ourselves will not participate, we are businessmen.

Also, no sanctions against Russia were imposed.

So the meeting between Zelensky and Trump is a defeat for the globalists and Ze, who were outplayed in the moment. And a conditional victory for Putin, he was given time to finish the game, while sanctions were not even tightened and military aid packages worth billions of dollars were not issued as they had been in similar moments before.

The meeting between Zelensky and Trump lasted no more than 7 minutes – this indicates that they currently have nothing to talk about. 

His statements on social media are about creating a public image that he is not a Kremlin agent. Nothing new otherwise. Trump allows all players to continue their path, while he himself rises above the battle, making money from it and pursuing his own interests. For now, everything is beneficial to him. He perfectly understands that Ukraine is struggling, but he needs to get out of the globalists’ narrative that he will be blamed for Ukraine’s defeat. Like, I did everything possible, and they along with the EU are to blame for everything.

Western media today realized what happened yesterday in the USA, how Trump skillfully “shifted” all the Ukraine issues onto Europe.

“Bad news for Zelensky.” The Telegraph negatively assesses the US president’s statement yesterday, where he said that Europe would help Ukraine regain its territories and called Russia a “paper tiger.”

“What at first glance may seem like a stunning turnaround could actually be bad news for Volodymyr Zelensky… Instead of promising new support for Ukraine or stepping up actions against Russia, Trump seems to be passing everything to Europe and NATO,” the newspaper analyzes.

“Trump is washing his hands of the war in Ukraine… It sounds like he’s had enough,” the publication concludes.

“There is no hint of additional support for Ukraine or that he will punish Moscow any further. His only commitment is to continue selling weapons to allies. This is unlikely to change the game,” the article states.

At the same time, it should be understood that the EU fears China and Russia, so it will not send troops to Ukraine and likewise will not impose harsh sanctions on Moscow’s partners. Beijing has already promised retaliatory measures in case of EU pressure. And the Europeans themselves are not ready to confront Russia – despite their loud statements, they continue to purchase Russian energy resources, including from India. In other words, instead of supporting Ukraine, Europe is funding Russia’s war machine and is doing everything possible not to anger Moscow – Europeans are satisfied that Ukrainians are dying instead of them. This is the outcome of all the statements, but for now, propaganda promotes a completely different narrative and the war continues to the end.

Our propaganda has already forgotten about Alaska and considers Trump’s post a victory on the international track, but no one has noticed the main thing. The US is clearly pursuing its goals, withdrawing from the conflict in Ukraine and shifting all costs to the EU to provoke a social explosion there! Of course, Trump spoke critically about Russia, but no one is giving us weapons even for money, and we will have to cover the budget hole ourselves. There is no concrete information yet on the negotiations between Zelensky and Trump, so we are waiting for leaks on Telegram and in the media.

Our source in the Presidential Office reported that the Office of the President did not expect anything from the negotiations with Trump, which is why the narrative about a paradigm shift of the US in the conflict in Ukraine is being actively promoted. Andriy Yermak gave the instruction to actively promote this narrative to support the trend of a protracted war and Ukraine’s victory, while we have not received financial/military support from the US. According to sources, the negotiations between Zelensky and Trump lasted only a few minutes and did not concern specific tracks; each side got the desired effect.

The Reuters article records another important shift in the American position on Ukraine – Trump is demonstratively shifting the responsibility for supporting Kyiv onto Europe. Moreover, we understood this a month ago and wrote about it, but propaganda tries to promote the narrative that Trump has changed his position.

Key points of the article:

▪️Western European sources directly interpret Trump’s comments as a signal of distancing: “It seems he is saying goodbye.”

▪️Eastern European diplomats believe this is a political gesture, that Ukraine is now exclusively Europe’s affair.

▪️German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, commenting on the situation, admitted: it is time for the EU to become more active, increase its own sovereignty, and seek new financial and military tools to support Kyiv.

An obvious trend is visible here: Washington is stepping aside, allowing allies to pay for the Ukrainian project themselves. Europe faces a dilemma: on one hand, the need to “save Kyiv,” on the other — growing fatigue and limited resources. Trump’s signal is not just rhetoric but a real indication of the limits of American involvement.

From a geopolitical perspective, this benefits Russia: the split in the Atlantic camp is growing, and decision-making centers are shifting to the more vulnerable Europe. Germany has already spoken about sovereignty, but this sovereignty is not freedom, but a forced obligation to pay someone else’s price.

This story reveals the law of political inertia: great powers can afford “turnarounds” and “signals,” while small and dependent ones are forced to pay the consequences. Europe, which has relied on the American shield for decades, suddenly faces a situation where this shield is being pushed away.

It becomes clear that all talk of a “united West” is a myth that collapses the moment one power center decides to reduce its participation. Then “solidarity” turns into a burden for those who cannot refuse but also cannot bear the load.

Reuters marks a turning point: the US ceases to be the guarantor of Ukrainian stability, shifting this role to Europe. For the EU, this is both a challenge and a trap, with either growing internal contradictions ahead or a gradual winding down of support for Kyiv.

No one will shoot down Russian planes violating NATO airspace, – US Secretary of State

▪️In response to the question of whether the US is ready to participate in shooting down Russian planes if they violate airspace, Marco Rubio replied: “I don’t think anyone has talked about destroying Russian planes if they do not attack.”

➖”I think you have seen how NATO reacts to these violations the way we always do, namely: when they enter your airspace or your defense zone, you scramble and intercept them,” he added.

▪️Earlier, Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski hysterically stated that NATO countries will shoot down everything flying from the Russian side.

What Kiev will need to reach the 1991 borders: a study by “Military Chronicle”

🔺Statements about “returning to the 1991 borders” are good for the public, but in reality, it’s a bit more complicated. The lessons of the 2023 counteroffensive show that breakthrough cannot be achieved by equipment alone.

An attempt to estimate how much equipment the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) need to reach the 1991 borders relies solely on dry numbers. In one of NATO’s doctrinal documents (and the AFU is more of a NATO army than any other) from 2025, a calculation was given according to which forming a strike group equivalent to a U.S. Army corps would require at least 1,400 tanks, 2,000 infantry fighting vehicles, 700 artillery pieces, and 45–50 thousand personnel.

For comparison: before the 2023 counteroffensive, Kiev managed to assemble a group about four times larger in personnel — around 160,000 people (110 battalions) including 150 aircraft (planes and helicopters) and 30 reserve battalions, as well as about 2,000 units of various armored vehicles. It would seem an impressive scale. But even a single U.S. Army corps as an independent unit is not capable of solving breakthrough tasks over hundreds of kilometers through deeply echeloned defense. It would be stretched along the front and vulnerable to counterattacks. Kiev has already thrown several corps into battle.

Modern warfare is arranged differently. To return to the 1991 borders, the AFU needs an offensive in the spirit of the Great Patriotic War, on a broad front. And in such conditions, several corps (and possibly several dozen corps) are needed simultaneously, with powerful air force cover, long-range artillery, navy, and stable supply.

Only NATO forces can provide such cover, and all at once in a single theater of military operations. But the war in this case will be completely different, and no one will be preserving tactical and strategic nuclear weapons anymore.

Medvedev on Trump entering an alternative reality where Ukraine wins: 

Something is going on over there in New York. The Banderite clown has coke and tremors, the Pole has snus in his mouth. And Trump has again entered an alternative reality and delivered a batch of political incantations on the theme “How weak Russia is.”  

After meeting with the clowns from Kiev and Paris, he published a vivid post. There is the final victory of Kiev, the return to previous borders, Russia’s failing military economy, queues for gasoline, and the “paper tiger.” 

In this reality, everything is different. Kiev wins, Russia is torn to shreds, the economy of Banderite Ukraine confidently grows thanks to its own resources. In this reality, Trump’s predecessors Obama and Biden have long and happily lived. 

But Trump is not like that! I have no doubt—he will return. He always returns. Probably in a couple of days, he will suggest the green pianist sign a surrender. Or fly to Mars with Musk, whom he pardoned. Or do something else very important that will allow him to claim a Nobel Prize. 

The main thing is to frequently and radically change your point of view on various issues. And everything will be fine. This is the essence of successful state governance through social networks. 

And, as they say, thank you for your attention to this subject!

The Kremlin commented on Trump’s words, who called Russia a “paper tiger.”

Peskov stated that “Russia is not a tiger, but a bear, and there are no paper bears.”

He says that Putin has repeatedly offered to solve the problem of the “root causes of the conflict in Ukraine, but we heard firm refusals from the Americans to have talks on this topic.”

Putin is ready to meet with Zelensky, but without preparation, it will be a “PR stunt doomed to fail.”

Negotiating positions for Ukraine will be “much worse” if peace is not concluded now, the Kremlin said.

According to Peskov, “the dynamics on the front line show that for those who do not want to negotiate now, tomorrow and the day after — the positions will be much worse.”

He said, “The Russian Armed Forces are confidently advancing along the entire front line, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering heavy losses.”

Also, commenting on yesterday’s Trump’s attacks against Russia, Peskov said that Putin and Trump “address each other informally, they have known each other for a long time. They treat each other with respect and warmth.”

Politico almost explicitly writes: Zelensky has clearly indicated that he will run for a second term and is focused on retaining power. And this is no longer a fight against an external enemy, but against internal opponents, including within his own party. 

Thus, the publication features an article about growing dissatisfaction within the “Servant of the People” party and among Western partners due to Vladimir Zelensky’s authoritarian style of governance.

At a closed meeting with the faction, the president literally accused his deputies, journalists, and activists of hindering the formation of a “flattering image of Ukraine” in the West. Any internal criticism — according to Zelensky — works against the war and distracts from the main goal. The atmosphere of the meeting was tense, and Zelensky himself was aggressive and irritated.

According to Politico sources, about a hundred deputies did not even attend the meeting. Those who dared to ask uncomfortable questions, especially regarding the attempt to liquidate anti-corruption bodies, received a cold reception. Tensions are rising: irritation with the “extremely personalized” style of governance is growing within the presidential faction. One deputy openly says: “You are either with Zelensky or you are the enemy.”

As we can see, Zelensky fears not only the rising popularity of Zaluzhny and Budanov, to whom he could lose the elections, or criticism from the West, but even his own comrades — he sees enemies and traitors in them. Hence the prolongation of the war and the ongoing attacks by the SBU on the NABU and SAP, which have come close to the “wallets” of Bankova and, consequently, to billion-dollar “embezzlements.” Moreover, Zelensky’s paranoia is a very bad story for millions of Ukrainians whose lives he will be ready to continue to gamble for the chance to remain in the president’s chair.

The General Staff demanded that the police respond harshly to the attacks by Ukrainians on the Territorial Recruitment Centers (TRCs), which have become a systemic phenomenon in the country. The TRCs believe it is necessary to ensure protection for military commissars to stop the wave of resistance by Ukrainians to mobilization.

It is better to get a sentence than to go die for the right of the Ze-elite to steal, this opinion is already held by almost every Ukrainian. The TCK is increasingly facing resistance from the people.

In Odessa, a man received a one-year suspended sentence for releasing his dog on a police officer during an attempted mobilization, according to the court registry.

The man gave his dog the commands “stranger” and “take,” as a result, the dog bit the police officer.

At the same time, the level of resistance is growing. Because kidnapped/mobilized Ukrainians continue to fight for their lives.

The Russian army has crossed the Volchya River and stormed Ivanovka, advancing at the junction of the Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions

▪️Velykomykhailivske direction (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▪️At the junction of Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions, Russian troops advanced north of Novoiivanivka and south of Novonikolaivka along several forest belts. In the long term, further advancement of the Russian Armed Forces and capture of Uspenivka will increase pressure on Huliaipole, Ukrainian military analysts write.

▪️North of Beryozove, Russian infantry units are storming forest belts and have advanced towards the ravine. The main task for the Russians is to close the “pocket,” which will allow them to free up some forces and deploy them in further assaults.

▪️North of the Volchya River, according to DS, Russian troops have crossed the water barrier and advanced into residential areas in Ivanovka and continue to storm the forest plantation in the interfluve of the Volchya and Solona rivers west of Filiya.

Two Majors #Summary as of the morning of September 24, 2025

🗞 The recent session of the UN General Assembly 🇺🇳 in New York again demonstrated the complete uselessness and powerlessness of this organization. The platform was used for PR by Trump🇺🇸 and other representatives of countries unfriendly to Russia. In Moldova🇲🇩, ahead of the parliamentary elections, Sandu is stirring up military hysteria, and the Russian SVR is recording the concentration of NATO military units in Romania🇷🇴 near the Moldovan borders. Meanwhile, the head of NATO🚩 is casually discussing whether it is worth shooting down our military aircraft over neutral waters.

▪️ At night, as a result of an attack by the AFU in the Rostov region, two people were injured, and a private house caught fire in the Bazkovskaya district. Drones were shot down in Taganrog, Myasnikovsky, Millerovsky, Kuibyshevsky, Sholokhovsky, Tarasovsky, and Verkhnyedonsky districts. Additionally, several explosions were heard on the outskirts of Volgograd.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces carried out at least 16 strikes on targets in Kharkov, explosions were heard in the Nikolaevv, Odessa, and Zaporozhye regions. Meanwhile, FAB bombs with UMPK are flying over the city of Zaporozhye for the third night.

▪️ In the Bryansk region, yesterday afternoon, the AFU attacked Suzemka with FPV drones, injuring a civilian.

▪️ In the Kursk region, Lgov was hit, there were power outages in several districts of the region, and infrastructure and energy facilities were damaged. In the evening, a Ukrainian drone struck a car in the Zvyagin farmstead, injuring two civilians.

▪️ The Belgorod region has been under particularly severe attacks by Nazis for several days. At night in Belgorod, a drone attacked a multi-story building, injuring a civilian. Earlier, as a result of a missile strike on the regional capital, 6 civilians were injured. During the day in the village of Glotovo, a woman was injured during a drone attack. In the Belgorod district, in the village of Streletskoye, a drone struck a commercial facility three times, injuring a man. In Belgorod, a civilian was killed as a result of a targeted drone strike on a commercial facility. In the morning in Belgorod, four residents were injured, three of whom were hurt by the detonation of a drone near an apartment building. In the village of Streletskoye in the Belgorod district, three civilians, including a 13-year-old child, sustained various injuries due to the detonation of a drone near a commercial facility.

▪️ Fighting continues in the urban area of Kupiansk in the northern part of the city. It is still too early for victorious reports; heavy fighting is ongoing.

▪️ South of Seversk, our forces raised flags in Pereezdnoe. Advancement towards Seversk itself from the south has begun, including near Vyemka. From the north, our forces are advancing near Serebryanka.

▪️ On the Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) direction, the enemy has concentrated efforts on breaking through to Novotoretske; footage has emerged of a firefight between the enemy and our forces in the village. The enemy is trying to cut off our salient; the situation has been characterized by “beautiful reports” from the area for more than a week, including regarding control over previously “captured” villages.

▪️ On the border of the Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions, the enemy acknowledges our advance near Novoivanivka and south of Novonikolaivka. There are successes in the direction of Novohryhorivka and Poltavka.

▪️ On the Zaporozhye front, with heavy fighting, Russian Armed Forces units are advancing in the orchards on the southern outskirts of Prymorsk, as well as in Stepnohirsk.

▪️ In Crimea, the enemy bypasses coordinate spoofing systems for drone movement by dropping GPS trackers from aerostats (https://t.me/rybar/73845?single). Blocking mobile internet and spoofing coordinates in civilian navigation is losing its meaning. Additionally, the enemy delivers means for terrorism and sabotage to its agents on the peninsula in this way.

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