How Russia Is Trying to Paralyze and terrorize Kyiv Without Occupying It

Kyiv is under siege! To terrorize the civilian population of a city is very well  another war crime committed by Putin the Terrible!

"... Attacks are spread across the entire day ...

Every alert carries an economic cost. Beyond physical destruction, the sirens mean delayed workers, interrupted production, closed stores, suspended deliveries, and disrupted public transport. Schools move children into shelters, while medical and emergency crews must continue operating under the threat of additional strikes.

Russia is also targeting the logistics that keep Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities supplied. ...

A modern siege logic ...

Beyond psychological warfare

Civilian exhaustion is only one effect of the campaign. Continuous drone waves also force Ukrainian air-defense crews to work extended shifts, leaving less time to rest, relocate, and repair equipment. ..."

Analysis: How Russia Is Trying to Paralyze Kyiv Without Occupying It "In brief: Russia has shifted from concentrated nighttime barrages to near-continuous strikes using faster jet-powered drones. The campaign is designed to exhaust air defenses, disrupt work and transit, damage commercial logistics, and exert sustained psychological pressure on a capital Moscow failed to capture."

Ships Not Entering Odesa Ports: What This Means for Ukraine’s Grain Exports

Serious stuff! The Russo-Ukrainian War since 2022 has also seriously affected the grain export of the Ukraine (aka the bread basket of the world).

Putin the Terrible is committing war crimes in many ways, this is one of them, i.e. starving the rest of the world! When will we finally see an international war crimes tribunal (a la Nuremberg) against Putin the Terrible!

"Ukraine is called a breadbasket of the world because over half of its land is rich, dark chernozem (black soil) ideal for farming. Before the war, it grew enough food to feed 400 million people, supplying a huge share of the world's wheat, corn, barley, and sunflower oil." (Google Search/AI)

"Since the beginning of 2026, USPA [Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority] has recorded 160 attacks on port infrastructure, 87 attacks on civilian ships in ports, and 68 attacks on ships in the maritime corridor. The attacks became especially intense this summer. Since July 1, Russia has combined large-scale drone attacks with jet-powered Shahed drones, air strikes, and ballistic missiles. By August 11, USPA had recorded 88 attacks on port infrastructure, 48 on ships in ports, and 39 in the corridor. ..."

Ships Not Entering Odesa Ports: What This Means for Ukraine’s Grain Exports "In brief: Ship traffic to Greater Odesa collapsed after Russian drone and missile attacks intensified, with just seven vessels entering in the first 11 days of August against 169 in July. USPA blames the drop on rising attack risk, while UCAB estimates Ukraine is losing $450-500 million in export revenue monthly as wheat and barley sell below production cost."

An attack on healthcare every six hours or 4 per day, and no one held to account (mostly war or armed conflict related attacks)

Bad news!

"Across the world, healthcare has suffered more than 10,000 attacks in the past eight years, including during the brutal conflict in Ukraine and efforts to contain the current Ebola outbreak spreading rapidly in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). ...

The UN agency maintains a surveillance system for attacks on healthcare, which includes hospitals and other facilities, personnel and patients, ambulances and other transport, as well as warehouses and supplies. 

Since 2018, more than 10,400 attacks have been reported across 29 countries and territories, resulting in approximately 5,700 deaths and over 8,000 injuries. To date, no one has been held accountable. ...

Between January and August of this year alone, WHO recorded more than 900 attacks resulting in at least 900 deaths and more than 1,400 injuries – a rate of more than four attacks a day.  

Most incidents occurred in Ukraine, Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territory, but other locations include Myanmar, Iran, Sudan, the DRC, South Sudan, Russia, Syria and Nigeria. ..."

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An attack on healthcare every six hours, and no one held to account

Iran used naval mines it laid in the Strait of Hormuz to force ships to use Iranian territorial waters to traverse the Strait

What! That is the first time I learnt about these news while in China!

What the heck are the NATO countries waiting for! Send immediately minesweepers and navy ships to protect the Strait of Hormuz shipping lanes!

"Iran is using the existence of an unknown number of naval mines it laid in the Strait of Hormuz to force ships to use Iranian territorial waters to traverse the Strait, which enables Iran to shakedown these ships for fees while the ships are in Iranian territorial waters. This protection racket is illegal under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Iran likely designed its threatening behavior and its shakedowns to disrupt the global economy, which Iran calculates will enable it to extract concessions from the United States.  Iran warned merchant ships that mines could exist in a “hazardous area” that covers 1,394 sq km of the Strait, including the normal traffic separation scheme (shipping lanes) that ships use to transit the Strait."

Iranian-backed Iraqi militias probably used first-person view (FPV) drones to ambush US Embassy personnel near the Baghdad

What else to expect from this terrible theocratic dictatorship in Iran! Another war crime! (Source)

And cluster bombs on residential areas in Israel!

Hezbollah uses ambulances, paramedic uniforms, as disguise for terrorism

Did not Hamas terrorists have a command center underneath a hospital in the Gaza strip?

These terrorists should be prosecuted as war criminals!

"... Another statement from the IDF described Hezbollah as routinely making use of medical infrastructure, equipment, and personnel in order to conceal its terrorist activity. ..."

Hezbollah uses ambulances, paramedic uniforms, as disguise for terrorism | The Jerusalem Post "The terrorists, the military claimed, systematically used ambulances to transfer weapons across the country, in order to launch attacks against Israel and IDF soldiers."

Putin the Terrible, a war criminal

Ugandan soldiers are used as canon fodder! If a Ugandan soldier does not follow commands, he will be forced at gunpoint to wear an anti-tank mine around his belly while approaching a Ukrainian position.

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Will Putin the Terrible be arrested on his next trip to a foreign country?

After the arrest of the dictator Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela by President Trump anything is possible! Hope and pray! 

Something like the Nuremberg Trials are waiting for him!

There is an arrest warrant out on Putin the Terrible since March 2023 by the International Criminal Court.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin | International Criminal Court [Strange the arrest warrant by the ICC is not dated and it lacks a photo of the defendant! Very sloppy!]

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Ukraine childbirths Under Siege, maternal deaths spiked, sharp increase in complications, maternity hospitals damaged or destroyed and so on

Bad news! Putin the Terrible is a baby killer!

Google search: "In 2023, the U.S. maternal mortality rate was 18.6 deaths per 100,000 live births".

"Childbirth in Ukraine has grown increasingly perilous, as relentless bombardments and displacement fuel a maternal mortality crisis and contribute to plunging birth rates that threaten the country’s future.  

 

Dangerous delivery: 

Maternal deaths in Ukraine spiked 37% between 2023 and 2024, reaching 25.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, reports France24.

Doctors report a sharp increase in complications, including more premature births, a 44% rise in uterine ruptures, and dangerous spikes in C-section rates—up to 46% in frontline regions like Kherson. 

Compromised care: 80+ maternity centers across Ukraine have been damaged or destroyed since Russia’s 2022 invasion, putting pregnant women and newborns at severe risk and forcing hundreds of births to occur in underground shelters, warns the UN Population Fund.  

Last week, a maternity hospital in Kherson was attacked, further compromising severely strained medical services, per the WHO. 

Power outages and supply shortages further contribute to rising risks.  

Demographic disaster: Ukraine now has the highest death rates and lowest birth rates in the world, measuring three deaths for every birth, reports Reuters.  

That has led to fears of population collapse, with the country’s population plummeting from 42 million in 2022 to a projected 25 million by 2051."

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Harvard Law School Library releases first complete set of digitized Nuremberg Trials records

What took so long!!! This should have been published several decades ago!

"... In the first Nuremberg Trial, the International Military Tribunal (IMT) tried and convicted 19 of the most powerful and influential Nazi leaders and six German organizations. In the 12 subsequent proceedings convened by the U.S., prosecutors successfully charged and convicted nearly 200 defendants from the Nazi military, judiciary, medical community, and other sectors.

The Nuremberg Trials Project commenced in 1998 with the goal of preserving, creating, and presenting online versions of the library’s collection. At the time, the original documents were stored in boxes, rarely accessed, and beginning to “literally crumble,” according to the project’s longtime technical lead, Paul Deschner. ..."

Harvard Law School Library releases first complete set of digitized Nuremberg Trials records - Harvard Law School | Harvard Law School "The law school’s Nuremberg Trials Project has finalized the first complete, keyword searchable online collection of more than 750,000 pages of Nazi war tribunal documents"

Italy Probes Claim Rich Tourists Paid to Shoot Civilians in Bosnia War with Palki Sharma

What a bizarre and horrific story!

Systematic and deliberate Russian Attacks on military and civilian Medics, medical transports and Medical Infrastructure in the Ukraine

Serious stuff if confirmed!

When will the lethargic, apathetic Russian Slav(e)s/Serfs finally get rid of their last tsar, the megalomaniac and war criminal Putin the Terrible! Please Russian people make the world a better, more peaceful place again!

Russian Attacks on Medics and Medical Infrastructure: Submission to the ICC by the Centre for Civil Liberties and Partners - Центр громадянських свобод "The Centre for Civil Liberties, together with its partners, has submitted an official communication to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) under Article 15 of the Rome Statute. The submission concerns systematic and deliberate attacks on medical personnel (both military and civilian), healthcare facilities, and medical transport in Ukraine. The document draws on research by Professor Michael A. Newton of Vanderbilt University Law School, as well as materials prepared by the Centre for Civil Liberties."

Russen-Vormarsch verkommt zu „Flaggen-Spiel“ | BILD-Lagezentrum

Mehr Kriegsverbrechen von Putin dem Schrecklichen. Diesmal wurden Dänische Minenräumer tödlich angegriffen (siehe letzten Beitrag in diesem Video). 

First Lady Melania Trump sends personal letter to Russia's Putin about protecting children

Did Melania Trump remind Putin the Terrible that he abducted maybe up to 19,000 Ukrainian children! Bravo, if confirmed!

The end of Putin’s immunity: creating a Tribunal against Russian criminals

Yes, we need something like the Nuremberg Trials for the megalomaniac and war criminal Putin the Terrible and his henchmen!

Russian Soldier and former Russian prisoner Faces Unprecedented Trial in Ukraine Over Alleged Execution of POW

Good news!

Russian invasion force made up e.g. of prisoners released to fight in the Ukraine. The glory of the Russian army?

Next we ought to have a trial like the Nuremberg Trials (1945-46) for the megalomaniac and war criminal Putin the Terrible!

"Dmitriy Kurashov, a former Russian prisoner recruited into the army, pleaded guilty in a Zaporizhzhia court to killing 41-year-old Ukrainian soldier Vitalii Hodniuk, known by the callsign “Penguin”, in January 2024. He was serving with a “Storm-V” assault unit made up almost entirely of convicts.

According to three of his former unit members, Hodniuk emerged from a foxhole unarmed and knelt in surrender when Kurashov shot him with a burst from his rifle. Kurashov initially denied the charges, blaming another soldier, but changed his plea in court, claiming he wanted to shorten proceedings despite still informally protesting his innocence.

Ukrainian forces overran the position hours after the attack and captured Kurashov and others. Hodniuk’s body was found face down, with no weapon nearby, witnesses told investigators. ..."

Russian Soldier Faces Unprecedented Trial in Ukraine Over Alleged Execution of POW "A Russian soldier accused of executing a captured Ukrainian fighter during a frontline assault has become the first to face trial in Ukraine for a battlefield war crime."

Caption: Dmitriy Kurashov pleaded guilty in a Zaporizhzhia court to killing 41-year-old Ukrainian soldier Vitalii Hodniuk in January 2024.

Video Evidence as Russian Troops Execute More Ukrainian POWs in Zaporizhzhia

There have been plenty of reports like this since the war began in 2022!

Putin the Terrible is a megalomaniac and war criminal. When will the Russian people finally get rid of him or when will he suddenly and fast die, to become hopefully the last tsar! Lord have mercy!

Video Evidence as Russian Troops Execute More Ukrainian POWs in Zaporizhzhia "Ukraine opens an investigation into possible war crimes as grim footage shows four Ukrainian POWs being shot at point-blank range by Russian forces in the village of Piatykhatky."

DR Congo: Children reportedly killed in summary executions by Rwanda-backed M23 fighters

Another example how easily human civilization descends into barbarism! 

Children soldiers is one of those most horrible abuses of children!

"In an alert on Tuesday, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, confirmed that three children were killed by Rwanda-backed M23 armed group in Bukavu, the city in South Kivu which fell to the fighters on Sunday.

“Our office has confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they entered the city of Bukavu last week. We are also aware that children were in possession of weapons,” said OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani. “We call on Rwanda and M23 to ensure that human rights and international humanitarian law are respected.” ..."

DR Congo: Children reportedly killed in summary executions by M23 fighters | UN News "The humanitarian emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deteriorated sharply with serious human rights violations and abuses, including reported summary executions of children and generalised sexual violence."

Credits: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Global Health NOW

Russians Tried to Force Ukrainian POW’s Wife to Carry Out Terrorist Attacks

Putin the Terrible is quite nasty! This is most likely illegal!

Russia takes military medics as prisoner of war?

"Svitlana, the 42-year-old wife of Dima, a Ukrainian army medic who had been a prisoner of war in Russia, had waited for news of her husband’s fate for more than two years.

Then, one morning out of the blue, she received a phone call from a Ukrainian number she didn’t recognize from someone calling himself Dmitry who promised her news of her husband.

She said she was immediately suspicious because the man had a Russian accent, and her fears were realized when Dmitry told her that he could arrange for her husband to receive better conditions while captive or even early release – if she did something for him. ..."

Russians Tried to Force Ukrainian POW’s Wife to Carry Out Terrorist Attacks "The BBC reported on Tuesday how the Kyiv housewife was promised her POW husband would be better treated if she committed acts of treason."

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More war crimes committed by the megalomaniac and war criminal Putin the Terrible!