Well, if you blinked, you might’ve missed it — the biggest drone barrage of the war just hit Ukraine like a thunderclap at midnight, and the media can’t quite decide whether to panic, yawn, or virtue signal on cue. Russia unleashed over 700 drones, more than 300 of them Iranian-made Shaheds, plus a spicy mix of hypersonic missiles — just your average Tuesday in the world of 2025, apparently.
Now let’s stop right there. Seven. Hundred. Drones.
Just look at this. Russia launched 728 drones at Ukraine tonight — the most so far. The attacks are escalating. Russia grows bolder with every delay and every silence. pic.twitter.com/XyMChITM9e
— Maria Avdeeva (@maria_avdv) July 9, 2025
Let that sink in for a second. While most of the Western media was still recovering from their latest thinkpiece about pronouns in the military or melting down over a rogue Supreme Court ruling, Russia was executing its largest air assault of the war. No TikTok dance could compete with that.
President Zelenskyy did what he does best — took to X (formerly Twitter, for those still catching up) to rally the troops and drop a laundry list of destroyed hardware. According to him, the majority of those drones were “neutralized,” which we assume is PR speak for “we knocked down a bunch, but a whole lot still got through.” His phrasing is suspiciously vague, as usual. But hey, points for passion.
NATO jets were scrambled as Russia launched a record attack on Ukraine overnight—just hours after Trump ripped Putin for his bullshit. Moscow fired 728 drones, along with 13 cruise and ballistic missile pic.twitter.com/IVb2SnfWTb
— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@NotHoodlum) July 9, 2025
Even more interesting? Poland — yes, NATO member Poland — scrambled jets and activated radar defense like it was 1983 and Red Dawn was trending again. Poland’s military went into full “Defcon Maybe,” deploying all available assets to secure the border and reinforcing the idea that this isn’t some regional spat we can ignore. Oh no, this thing is drawing in everyone, and fast.
And yet… where’s Washington?
You know, the place that used to lead the free world before it became obsessed with gender quotas, DEI checklists, and apologizing for existing?
Let’s be blunt. Russia just reminded us all — in case we forgot during this administration’s latest climate summit photo-op — that they’re not playing games. They’re not swiping left on diplomacy. They’re sending hardware. Heavy. Explosive. Unrelenting. And the West? Still fumbling over whether to approve more aid, still arguing about whether defending Ukraine is “imperialist,” or “escalatory,” or whatever MSNBC’s word of the day is.
If its “Bidens War” why are you sending more weapons?
‘We’re going to send some more weapons. We have to’: Trump pledges more military aid to Ukraine despite Russia’s warnings pic.twitter.com/a5Oxann4gy
— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) July 8, 2025
And here’s the kicker: Poland had to step up. While Biden’s foreign policy team was probably too busy drafting “strongly worded tweets,” Poland scrambled jets. You know — actual aircraft. Not hashtags.
Zelenskyy, for his part, used the moment to beg — again — for oil sanctions. Secondary sanctions, too. And he’s right about one thing: Russia’s war machine runs on crude. Yet somehow, every time the conversation turns to oil, Western leaders get… shy. Maybe it’s the piles of cash still flowing through energy pipelines into Moscow. Maybe it’s fear of upsetting Beijing. Or maybe — and this is the uncomfortable part — maybe peace just isn’t profitable enough.
Zelenskyy says the world needs to act if it wants peace. But what kind of action is he expecting from an administration that can’t even define what a woman is without checking polling data first?
Because here’s the truth nobody’s ready to admit: this war isn’t winding down — it’s escalating. Faster, wider, and darker than we’ve been told. When 700 drones cross the sky in a single night, that’s not a message — that’s a warning.
And the next move? Oh, it’s coming. But it might not be what we’re expecting…
