Jim Stone, Freelance Journalist

GAME ON: ALL OUT RUSSIAN TAKEOVER OF ALL of Ukraine and possibly more

The French detained a Russian ship that was carrying cars as it passed through the English Channel. The reason was "sanctions enforcement". They are hitting Russia so hard even cars are banned. One interesting thing to note is that all proposed sanctions end before August 1 2022. Why??

Chechnya is deploying (at least) 12,000 troops to Ukraine as an ally of Russia

As of the morning of the 26th the war propaganda is in such full swing that it is difficult to make heads or tails of what is actually going on. The only thing solid is that last night there were negotiations, which ended with Russia resuming the war in full.

The only thing I can see that is a solid development is the west attempting to get weapons in that will allow Ukraine to strike Russia. And the real reason why Russia took Chernobyl was revealed - because Ukraine wanted to use it to make dirty bombs. Or so the rumor goes ... Russia wanted that threat eliminated.

So far Russia has managed to not knock out the power and has kept everyday life pretty much normal, but if they encounter too many problems they are going to have to start playing dirty.

There is no one left putting up a resistance to banning Russia from Swift. Putin said a ban would equal nuclear war. Today might be the day they shut it off. I would not put too much creedence in Chinese support, the chinese serve their own interests so much that they could hardly be considered an asset to rely on. Xi will not be thinking "How can I help Russia", he will instead be thinking "What can I get out of this?". Russia will not be in a good position if Swift gets cut.

REMEMBER: The Hunter foot job, the billion plus bribe China gave top U.S. government officials, the whole 9 yards, China is likely to screw Russia over totally.

One thing I have noticed is that cyber attacks are not having a huge effect. Both sides have taken shots at this and only inconvienence (sic) ensued, no one is offline and the most substantial thing I heard was that Russia, for a short time knocked Uber Eats offline to "Hit Americans where it really hurts". The cyber attacks thus far have been a joke.

Maybe someone has a trick up their sleeve we have yet to see, but I think it is going to take cutting cables to really do anything.