Top IPSO of the week (June 23–29, 2025): Emperor Pu feints with military spending; millions of Israeli refugees in Kharkiv; Kharkiv grandmothers and stormtroopers near Kursk; who has more drones?

Cartoon by Oleksandr Sydorenko.

The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the night shelling of Ukraine was “successful” and that “all designated targets were hit.” At the same time, photos of the aftermath of the strike on the city of Smila in the Cherkasy region appeared on the Internet — a huge crater right between high-rise buildings. This is not news to us, but the real news is the statement by war criminal Putin that the terrorist federation is allegedly cutting military spending.