What Are You Afraid of Vova? Putin's Paranoia Grows Rampantly

2025-10-27 | Silicon Wafers 042 | DAILY UPDATES | Drones over Moscow, in mass, seem to be doing nothing to ease Putin’s natural paranoia as autocrat of Russia, quite the reverse. In this episode we look at the targets of Ukraine’s sanction, Moscow, Ryazan and other nodes within Putin’s military machine. We try to separate lies from truth, propaganda myths and rumours from reality in relation to Pokrovsk and the two-year effort by Russian rabble troops to occupy the Ukrainian fortress city. We decode the “Coalition of the Willing” decisions; and explain why Kremlin chatter about a peace deal being “near” is classic weaponised diplomacy. Plus: Lithuania says it will shoot down Belarus’s smuggler balloons — the hybrid war goes airborne over Europe.----------Partner on this video: KYIV OF MINE Watch the trailer now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arJUcE1rxY0'Kyiv of Mine' is a documentary series about Ukraine’s beautiful capital, Kyiv. The film production began in 2018, and much has changed since then. It is now 2025, and this story is far from over.https://www.youtube.com/@UCz6UbVKfqutH-N7WXnC5Ykg https://www.kyivofmine.com/#theprojectKyiv of Mine is fast paced, beautifully filmed, humorous, fun, insightful, heartbreaking, moving, hopeful. The very antithesis in fact of a doom-laden and worthy wartime documentary. This is a work that is extraordinarily uplifting. My friend Operator Starsky says the film is “Made with so much love. The film series will make you laugh and cry.” ----------SOURCES: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-it-destroyed-193-ukrainian-drones-2025-10-27/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-drone-attack-kyiv-kills-three-2025-10-26/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-drone-attack-kyiv-kills-three-2025-10-26/https://www.reuters.com/world/lithuania-shoot-down-smuggler-balloons-belarus-prime-minister-says-2025-10-27/https://www.reuters.com/world/sending-tomahawk-missiles-ukraine-remains-under-review-says-natos-rutte-2025-10-24/https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-reiterated-previous-ukraine-peace-terms-us-private-communique-sources-say-2025-10-21/https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russias-fourth-largest-oil-refinery-halts-processing-unit-after-drone-attack-2025-10-24/----------SILICON CURTAIN FILM FUNDRAISERA project to make a documentary film in Ukraine, to raise awareness of Ukraine's struggle and in supporting a team running aid convoys to Ukraine's front-line towns.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras----------SILICON CURTAIN LIVE EVENTS - FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN Events in 2025 - Advocacy for a Ukrainian victory with Silicon Curtainhttps://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasOur events of the first half of the year in Lviv, Kyiv and Odesa were a huge success. Now we need to maintain this momentum, and change the tide towards a Ukrainian victory. The Silicon Curtain Roadshow is an ambitious campaign to run a minimum of 12 events in 2025, and potentially many more. Any support you can provide for the fundraising campaign would be gratefully appreciated. https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extrasWe need to scale up our support for Ukraine, and these events are designed to have a major impact. Your support in making it happen is greatly appreciated. All events will be recorded professionally and published for free on the Silicon Curtain channel. Where possible, we will also live-stream events.https://buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain/extras----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------