■ Casualties & combat engagements both above 7-day average
■ Massive equipment losses including record high special equipment losses
■ Less shelling but increased 🇷🇺 strikes while only 3 🇺🇦 strikes reported
■ Poternet: +567 🇷🇺 KIA added
Russia recruits mercenaries in Central #Africa to be used as cannon fodder.
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Operator Starsky was an officer of the National Guard of #Ukraine.
He partecipated in the successful defense of the #Hostomel Airport of #Kyiv in February 2022.
DRONE ATTACKS: RADAR IN ORSK & PUTIN PALACE IN GELENDZHIK
by #AnnafromUkraine
09:05
An Ukrainian drone strikes detection radar station "Voronezh M" in the russian city of #Orsk, #Orenburg Oblast
Drones attacked targets in #Gelendzhik, next to the palace of #putin
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Anna Danylchuk is a professor of linguistics at Volyn National University in Lutsk, she vlogs every day, giving a perspective of an Ukrainian from inside war-torn #Ukraine.
■ 4th highest daily casualties, engagements slightly below 7-day average
■ Massive equipment losses; artillery, tanks & APVs far above average
■ More strikes on both sides; improved strike ratio
Is Putin ready for ceasefire talks — and does it matter?
by @anderspuck 07:32
Western media is again reporting that Putin secretly wants a ceasefire, and it is probably not true.
Why the West should continue supporting Ukraine regardless whether it's true or not.
🇩🇰 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #AndersPuckNielsen is a military analyst and Navy Commander at the Royal Danish Defence College. He studies #Russia's military since long before the 2022 invasion
■ Daily casualties stay above 1k, engagements slightly below average
■ 12 missiles intercepted, drones & special equipment also above average
■ Good increase in 🇺🇦 strikes & improved strike ratio
■ Janovsky: 85 🇷🇺 17 🇺🇦; 30-day ratio now at 2.4x
@SocraticEthics
Western weapons can shoot down Russian missiles over Ukraine, no? And der Herr Bundeskanzler can sleep without a worry, Ukraine will keep the Russian wolf from the German door.
■ Combat engagements well above 7-day average, casualties stay above 1k
■ Sukhoi Su-25 shot down in Donetsk (3rd plane in a week)
■ Increased 🇷🇺 strikes, relatively few 🇺🇦 strikes reported
■ Poternet: +244 🇷🇺 names added as KIA
■ 1k+ casualties; milestone of 500,000 reached
■ Tank losses above average & 7-day MLRS at 2024 record level
■ 🇷🇺 strikes go down while 🇺🇦 ones go up, leading to an improved strike ratio
■ KIU: +40 officers; 5.2 per day in last four batches (+0.17)
Russians advance towards Kharkiv | Terrorists stealing washing machines | Ukraine Update: Day 821
by #OperatorStarsky
05:14
Russia pushed about 5 miles in the #Kharkiv region, while looting residential areas.
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Operator Starsky is an officer of the National Guard of #Ukraine, who joined during the war in #Donbass in 2014.
He partecipated in the successful defense of the #Hostomel Airport of #Kyiv in February 2022.
■ Combat engagements & casualties below 7-day average; only 1.1k needed to reach 500k
■ 7-day artillery losses at record level & 3rd plane in last 7 days
■ Less 🇷🇺 shelling but increased MLRS strikes, 12 🇺🇦 strikes reported
■ Poternet: +372 🇷🇺 names added to KIA database
■ Casualties slightly above 7-day average; milestone of 500k may be reached on Saturday
■ Equipment losses slightly below average; most 7-day drone & artillery losses to date
■ 🇷🇺 strikes intensify; 12 🇺🇦 strikes reported
■ Poternet: +256 🇷🇺 names added to KIA database
ATACMS are Ripping Apart Russian Forces
by #JakeBroe
23:58
The helicopter crash site of #Iran's President has been found and there were no survivors.
Given Russia's attempt to exploit the West's rule of not using Western weapons on Russian territory, there might soon be a policy change given Russia's tactics in #Kharkiv.
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Jake Broe is a US Air Force veteran covering #Russia 's war in #Ukraine several times a week since February 2022.