Russia / Ukraine

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8/20/2026 2:20pm Edited Date/Time 8/20/2026 2:21pm
Spurdo wrote:

Speaking of Russia/Ukraine, I wonder what ever happened to that big time pro-Ukraine operative that was here on Vital, "kongols"?

On June 1st 2025 I messaged Kongols to see how he was doing because he had not posted in a while.  Below is his reply,

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Reese95w
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8/20/2026 3:52pm
TeamGreen wrote:

In Kongols’ case, wasn’t he loving in a neighboring country? Poland or…? 

Falcon wrote:

Latvia, I believe. 

TeamGreen wrote:

As I recall, he was doing anything and everything he could to support Ukraine’s efforts. Seems like a really good dude. 

Yes Latvia.  I remember Kongols was part of a large convoy driven from Latvia through Lithuania and Poland to Ukraine, of vehicles donated to the Ukraine war effort.

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i miss Kongols's reports, he seemed a good dude, 

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8/20/2026 10:01pm

Glad you’re ok Kongols , I was worried about you since you weren’t posting , but your account was showing some activity. Hope you are doing ok during these tough times. 

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Rawly wrote:
Glad you’re ok Kongols , I was worried about you since you weren’t posting , but your account was showing some activity. Hope you are doing...

Glad you’re ok Kongols , I was worried about you since you weren’t posting , but your account was showing some activity. Hope you are doing ok during these tough times. 

Hey. Thanks. I`m doing good, turned 50. Working my ass off. On a good news- we got a new dog from shelter. She was abused by asshole owner so they took it away and put it in a shelter. One day we went there to donate blankets and cardboard and saw her. My other half fell in love and we decided to adopt her. She`s a little jumpy, but now she has a good home. And my other half beat cancer. And I`m a grandfather, twice.

 

English bulldog.

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8/25/2026 9:13am

Great to hear Kongols is doing well.

Looks like Russia is gearing up for another round of conscription/draft thru-out the country. I’m betting it’s after the September elections…this isn’t good.

The winter isn’t looking good for Ukraine as Russia keeps bombing the shot out of it…and they’re bombing civilians…apartment buildings…malls…

They’re “Double Tapping”, too. They’re waiting for EMS to respond and then they hit the target…again.

Putin needs to disappear. So do his friends…and his generals…

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8/25/2026 8:46pm Edited Date/Time 8/25/2026 9:04pm
TeamGreen wrote:
Great to hear Kongols is doing well.Looks like Russia is gearing up for another round of conscription/draft thru-out the country. I’m betting it’s after the September...

Great to hear Kongols is doing well.

Looks like Russia is gearing up for another round of conscription/draft thru-out the country. I’m betting it’s after the September elections…this isn’t good.

The winter isn’t looking good for Ukraine as Russia keeps bombing the shot out of it…and they’re bombing civilians…apartment buildings…malls…

They’re “Double Tapping”, too. They’re waiting for EMS to respond and then they hit the target…again.

Putin needs to disappear. So do his friends…and his generals…

Looks like war will come to my home. CIA director was in Moscow yesterday. Last time CIA director was in Moscow was in 2021, to warn Moscow  not to attack Ukraine. From what I understand, yesterday he was there to warn Moscow to not attack Baltic states to test NATO resolve.

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8/26/2026 1:58am Edited Date/Time 8/26/2026 3:10am
TeamGreen wrote:
Great to hear Kongols is doing well.Looks like Russia is gearing up for another round of conscription/draft thru-out the country. I’m betting it’s after the September...

Great to hear Kongols is doing well.

Looks like Russia is gearing up for another round of conscription/draft thru-out the country. I’m betting it’s after the September elections…this isn’t good.

The winter isn’t looking good for Ukraine as Russia keeps bombing the shot out of it…and they’re bombing civilians…apartment buildings…malls…

They’re “Double Tapping”, too. They’re waiting for EMS to respond and then they hit the target…again.

Putin needs to disappear. So do his friends…and his generals…

kongols wrote:
Looks like war will come to my home. CIA director was in Moscow yesterday. Last time CIA director was in Moscow was in 2021, to warn...

Looks like war will come to my home. CIA director was in Moscow yesterday. Last time CIA director was in Moscow was in 2021, to warn Moscow  not to attack Ukraine. From what I understand, yesterday he was there to warn Moscow to not attack Baltic states to test NATO resolve.

I'm not sure the Russians could fight on a second front right now even if they wanted to, any action if they really did want to would be limited 'testing' strikes to probe for future readiness etc. More likely than the Balkan countries right now is they will step up drone 'interference' or carry out some limited attacks in UK/France/Germany because they're extremely pissed at us still giving the Ukranians so much kit. 

Ukraine's biggest problem right now is lack of interceptor missiles meaning more of Russia's long-range drone and ballistic missile strikes are getting through (hence TG's reference to their double-tap strikes). The front line is pretty stable, but Ukraine's infrastructure is definitely under huge pressure - Though so is that of Russia, their economy is definitely in some pain so any mass-mobilisation (which Putin has tried really hard not to do) will definitely cause some ripples at home. 

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8/26/2026 7:04am Edited Date/Time 8/26/2026 7:06am

What or where the crazy Russians attack next? I don’t know. 

But, there are reports of North Korea shipping 15 million (man, I hope that’s misreported!) artillery shells to Russia and preparing to send 15,000 troops.

Russia’s economy continues to take a hit and I’m assuming the CIA boss visiting was also about that…and NATO…and possibly Iran…etc.

Russia’s Hybrid Warfare against the west is, also, a likely subject of this visit.

Fuck Russia. Fuck Putin.

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TeamGreen wrote:
What or where the crazy Russians attack next? I don’t know. But, there are reports of North Korea shipping 15 million (man, I hope that’s misreported!) artillery...

What or where the crazy Russians attack next? I don’t know. 

But, there are reports of North Korea shipping 15 million (man, I hope that’s misreported!) artillery shells to Russia and preparing to send 15,000 troops.

Russia’s economy continues to take a hit and I’m assuming the CIA boss visiting was also about that…and NATO…and possibly Iran…etc.

Russia’s Hybrid Warfare against the west is, also, a likely subject of this visit.

Fuck Russia. Fuck Putin.

Wow!

That's surprising given how paranoid Kim is about his strength. 

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TeamGreen wrote:
What or where the crazy Russians attack next? I don’t know. But, there are reports of North Korea shipping 15 million (man, I hope that’s misreported!) artillery...

What or where the crazy Russians attack next? I don’t know. 

But, there are reports of North Korea shipping 15 million (man, I hope that’s misreported!) artillery shells to Russia and preparing to send 15,000 troops.

Russia’s economy continues to take a hit and I’m assuming the CIA boss visiting was also about that…and NATO…and possibly Iran…etc.

Russia’s Hybrid Warfare against the west is, also, a likely subject of this visit.

Fuck Russia. Fuck Putin.

SEEMEFIRST wrote:

Wow!

That's surprising given how paranoid Kim is about his strength. 

NK has previously sent somewhere around 10,000 troops to the Russian front. They’re like Russia in the sense that they see their troops as fodder. 

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Conflicting reports regarding the CIA visit to Moscow yesterday. Some say it was regarding invasion of Baltic NATO countries, some say it was for help with Iran for Russia to avoid facing new sanctions to take effect for more econ pressure on Iran. 

Good to hear from you Kongols, keep on keepin on

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TeamGreen wrote:
What or where the crazy Russians attack next? I don’t know. But, there are reports of North Korea shipping 15 million (man, I hope that’s misreported!) artillery...

What or where the crazy Russians attack next? I don’t know. 

But, there are reports of North Korea shipping 15 million (man, I hope that’s misreported!) artillery shells to Russia and preparing to send 15,000 troops.

Russia’s economy continues to take a hit and I’m assuming the CIA boss visiting was also about that…and NATO…and possibly Iran…etc.

Russia’s Hybrid Warfare against the west is, also, a likely subject of this visit.

Fuck Russia. Fuck Putin.

SEEMEFIRST wrote:

Wow!

That's surprising given how paranoid Kim is about his strength. 

TeamGreen wrote:

NK has previously sent somewhere around 10,000 troops to the Russian front. They’re like Russia in the sense that they see their troops as fodder. 

Send them to Russia and I guess you don't have to feed them anymore. 

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early wrote:
Conflicting reports regarding the CIA visit to Moscow yesterday. Some say it was regarding invasion of Baltic NATO countries, some say it was for help with...

Conflicting reports regarding the CIA visit to Moscow yesterday. Some say it was regarding invasion of Baltic NATO countries, some say it was for help with Iran for Russia to avoid facing new sanctions to take effect for more econ pressure on Iran. 

Good to hear from you Kongols, keep on keepin on

It's probably about all of that...

But, "Hybrid Warfare" and the likely-hood that we're informing Russia that we know it's them doing it...that's a very likely subject...from what's available recently via open sources. 

Recently a -Russian- drone (utilizing western AI capabilities & hardware) was forensically analyzed and it established their targeting practices...which were civilian targets...the propane tanks at a public gas station in this case...and what they learned from this was compared to other drones...even those recently found in NATO member countries...and it's allllll Russia. 

So, that's my guess. 

Fuck Russia. Fuck Putin.

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8/26/2026 11:47am
TeamGreen wrote:
What or where the crazy Russians attack next? I don’t know. But, there are reports of North Korea shipping 15 million (man, I hope that’s misreported!) artillery...

What or where the crazy Russians attack next? I don’t know. 

But, there are reports of North Korea shipping 15 million (man, I hope that’s misreported!) artillery shells to Russia and preparing to send 15,000 troops.

Russia’s economy continues to take a hit and I’m assuming the CIA boss visiting was also about that…and NATO…and possibly Iran…etc.

Russia’s Hybrid Warfare against the west is, also, a likely subject of this visit.

Fuck Russia. Fuck Putin.

I think that the 15 million artillery shell figure is referring to how many NK has shipped to Russia over the last 3 years.  It sounds like Russia is definitely financing a pretty large number of munitions plants in NK, and making a big difference in NK’s otherwise shitty economy. 

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8/26/2026 12:48pm
TeamGreen wrote:

NK has previously sent somewhere around 10,000 troops to the Russian front. They’re like Russia in the sense that they see their troops as fodder. 

Footage from the Ukraine side against that original batch of NK deployment was telling. They looked completely clueless in that setting, let alone being dumped into that level of drone combat. Fodder is almost a generous description of their impact.

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North Korean reacts to US Military. I like this series. If only their military could see what this guy is seeing, North Korea would no longer have an army.

I like what he says about the USB in the first clip.

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SEEMEFIRST wrote:

Probably because it was our war and our guys and gals there fighting. 

lumpy790 wrote:

It became the norm but Why did the Vietnam war even start?

APLMAN99 wrote:

You’d probably have to ask some really old French guys to truly get to the root cause of that……

Lol...yeah we bought it from the French.  

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