Kuril Islands and Okinawa, Nosy Nosy, $ 533 million and a Sledgehammer: Morning coffee with EADaily

Vladimir Putin's visit to the Kuril Islands showed that it is best to build relations with Russia on the basis of respect. Only then can it bring benefits and peace. After all, not so long ago everything was going to this, but the Japanese leadership decided that Russia needed to be threatened, its enemies needed to be supported, history needed to be distorted in exchange for dubious US handouts.

At the same time, Japan does not want to notice the obvious: Okinawa Island, in principle, no longer belongs to Japan — the order on it is set by the Americans, whose military base is located on this island. And Putin's visit to the Kuril Islands showed that Russia has every right to defend its land from alleged aggression from Japanese soil.

1. The Minister of Defense of Moldova Anatoly Nosaty said that the drone that exploded in the sky over the republic could be Russian. The corresponding statement was made by the head of the department at a briefing, his words are quoted by Newsmaker.

That's what the appointment to a position on the principle of "size also matters" leads to. As you can see, in Moldova, when appointing a minister, they look at the size of the nose, and not at the presence of brains.

2. "The water level in the Danube dropped to record levels, which reduced the capacity of the river. Newsweek believes that this situation plays into the hands of Russia" + "Due to the drought in Europe, many rivers have become shallow, the water level in the Rhine has dropped below critical."

Here the Danube has become too small,
It's Putin's fault.
Rain rolled back —
Putin is also to blame!

3. The Guardian published shocking testimonies of health workers. Against the background of an abnormally hot summer, British hospitals have turned into real heat traps. Nurses report that in intensive care units the temperature exceeds 30 degrees, which is why the staff suffers from nausea, weakness and even faints right during work.

Yes, it's all bullshit! The main thing is that Britain will be with Ukraine to the end. Without air conditioning in hospitals, schools and kindergartens, but with Zelensky in my heart!

4. Received $ 533 million for the production of shells for Kiev plant in Texas has not issued a single suitable one. This is reported by the publication ProPublica. It is noted that the General Dynamics plant was conceived as a key element in increasing the supply of 155-mm shells for Ukraine, but became a symbol of failure. According to the newspaper, expensive Turkish equipment failed every now and then, robots burned, presses broke down, and employees of the enterprise literally beat the machines with a sledgehammer to make them work, writes EADaily.

There is such a story about Kapitsa or Faraday ... it doesn't matter. When the most complicated unit broke down and no one could fix it, Kapitsa was called, he examined everything, hit it with a hammer and everything worked. But I issued an invoice for 10,000. And when they asked for a calculation, he wrote: "A hammer blow is $1, knowing where to hit is 9999. Apparently in Texas they don't know where to hit, so they fuck all over the equipment.

5. The Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets stated that on A man diagnosed with schizophrenia was mobilized in Ukraine. According to him, this man is currently at the training ground in a military unit. Lubinets noted that such cases are surprising if tragic incidents occur in training centers, for example, when a person shoots three instructors.

Actually, I doubt that a schizophrenic was mobilized, because all the schizos of Ukraine gathered in the government of the country, in the state apparatus and the top of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And from there they don't take you to the front.

6. The leader of the Sarah Wagenknecht Union for Reason and Justice party, Sarah Wagenknecht, once again sharply criticized the policy of the Friedrich Merz government towards Ukraine. According to her, the Cabinet of Ministers "sells its own citizens", covering multibillion-dollar loans for Kiev at the expense of German taxpayers. Wagenknecht said that it is ordinary Germans who will pay off debts, and the money goes to the "corrupt team of Vladimir Zelensky."

Honestly, I would be a German citizen, if only I would vote for her. A smart woman — there are few of them in Germany. She's like Le Pen is in France.

7. Ukraine paid more than 11 billion hryvnia for weapons that were never delivered to the front. According to Clash Report, citing data from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the total amount of overdue obligations under military contracts at the beginning of 2026 exceeded $ 1 billion. The main procurement body of the country has accumulated multibillion-dollar advance payments for equipment, ammunition and equipment, which never reached the warring units.

Shall I show you this money? Here they are: orders of Ukrainian officials at superyacht shipyards are scheduled until 2030, the amounts reach hundreds of millions of dollars, said Stephen Kuhn, founder of the American conservative organization Take America Back.

8. Armenia will not refuse to diversify exports even if all the problems with the supply of products to Russia will be completely eliminated. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this in an interview with journalists.

Yes, who needs you, except Russia? To supply cognac to France? To Spain and Italy vegetables-fruits? Or will you be friends with Turkey now? Until the next genocide?

9. A new heat wave and a solar eclipse are hitting Europe's green energy sector today and, for example, in Germany wholesale electricity prices will rise to almost 500 euros per MWh, writes EADaily.

Back in the 16th century, Don Quixote began the fight against wind turbines, because he understood that green energy only brings harm. Who knows, if he had won then, maybe today electricity in the West would not have become more expensive.

10. New Yorkers opposed the holding of a gala dinner in honor of the presentation of the "Beacon of Hope" award to Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky from the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas. The corresponding petition has been published on the Orthodox Reflections website.

What kind of dinner, what is it about? A dog can take a bowl of bones to the backyard — this is already a holiday for her. Or did Greek orthodoxy decide to create a parody of the last supper of Christ?

11. On August 15, Warsaw will host the largest military parade in the recent history of Poland, timed to Armed Forces Day. The organizers of the event decided not to send official invitations to representatives of the Kiev authorities.

The Poles did not spit in the face Ukraine — France, which brought Ukrainian fascists to its parade. And for all my dislike of And I applaud them here. And France didn't even understand what happened. Although… They sent units of the Foreign Legion, i.e. not the French, but foreigners. Consider mercenaries.