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What is Putin's nightmare?

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From your Digest [from Quora] What is Putin's nightmare? Dima Vorobiev  ·  Follow Former Soviet propaganda executive Considering what we know from the media, President Putin’s worst nightmare seems to be one of the following: Old age and frailty He keeps a rigorously healthy lifestyle, with no place for smoking, alcohol and other things that may ruin his body too soon. He gets a lot of sleep and daily spends hours swimming and engaging in other physical activities. He refuses to be seen in public in glasses. Annually, he does a face job that makes his skin smooth and cheeks pleasantly puffy. He engages in high-profile activities that show him as a virile, vigorous male who enjoys a good adrenaline kick as much as any red-blooded guy half or a quarter his age. Threats to his family Soviet secret services extensively relied on threatening and hurting families of the individuals they considered enemies of the State. Inside knowledge of this seems to have impacted President Putin ...
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Ukrainians Welcome a U.S. Victory in Venezuela, and Lament a Double Standard

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Ukraine’s government supports the removal of a dictator while members of Parliament question the wisdom of endorsing military interventions, even against a Russian ally.   Ukrainian soldiers salvaging parts from a Russian armored vehicle in Bucha, Ukraine in 2022. Some Ukrainians worry that the U.S. intervention in Venezuela and capture of its president will encourage Russia to toughen its military pressure on Ukraine. Credit... Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times By  Andrew E. Kramer Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine The New York Times , Jan. 4, 2026 Updated  12:17 p.m. ET Ukrainians have cheered a long string of Russian geopolitical setbacks coinciding with the war in their country: Swedish and Finnish membership in NATO, Russia’s pullback from the South Caucasus and the collapse of the Russian-supported regime in Syria. But the American capture of Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuela president and Russian ally, is different. Ukrainian lawmakers and commentators are divided on...
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A long article on Ukraine's drones

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From the below cited article: "Listen to this article · 54:01 min ..."  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/magazine/ukraine-ai-drones-war-russia.html image from the article: Bumblebee attack drones at a combat testing range outside Kharkiv, Ukraine. arfare in Ukraine has undergone a chilling transformation. Most drones require a human pilot. But some new Ukrainian drones, once locked on a target, can use A.I. to chase and strike it — with no further human involvement. This is the story of how the battlefield became the birthplace of a powerful new weapon.
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