This kind of opposition takes cojones.
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Russian dissident Aleksandr Skobov is awaiting the third verdict in his life (another court hearing was held yesterday). Russian sociologist Igor Eidman posted Skobov's "last word" for the court. I want to share the words of this decent, honest and brave man with you.
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 3:43 AM
"I was brought up in the Soviet Union in the belief that when peaceful people are attacked by an evil and cruel aggressor, one should take up arms and go to fight. And if you cannot hold a weapon, help those who are fighting and encourage others to do so. All my publicistic activity is a call to go to fight the aggressor who attacked Ukraine, to help it with weapons and ammunition. I see myself as a participant in the armed confrontation with the aggressor. There's my small part in the missiles and shells that destroy the invaders. And I take responsibility for each destroyed occupier.
No one attacked Russia, no one threatened it. Putin's Nazi regime attacked Ukraine. Exclusively because of the megalomania of its leaders, because of the inhuman thirst for power over everything around them. They assert themselves by killing hundreds of thousands of people. They are bastards, scumbags, Nazi scum.
Bavovna.
The 2S23 Nona SVK is a self-propelled mortar that fires 120mm shells.
Cluster rounds greet Russian troops trying to take islands in the Dnipro River delta.
Russia buzzes the presidential palace with a drone, Zelenskyy promises a reply.
Starmer was in Kyiv to sign a long-term security agreement with Ukraine.
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Ukraine and the United Kingdom signed a centennial cooperation agreement.
Under the agreement, the United Kingdom will expand the training program for Ukrainian military personnel and develop cooperation in the field of long-range weaponry and weapons creation.
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Zelenskyy says a third of the North Koreans in the war are casualties.
Here’s South Korea’s estimate of NK losses:
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North Korea has lost 3 000 soldiers in the war against Ukraine – 300 dead and 2 700 wounded – according to South Korea's National Intelligence Service, as reported by Yonhap. This is roughly 1/3 of the ~11 000 DPRK troops that were sent by Pyongyang to help their Russian allies mere months ago.
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Fico is an ass.
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🇸🇰🇺🇦 Fico said that we must forgive the Russians. I told Fico that we cannot forgive the murderers. And I believe that this should be a common position. And I told him: "You were shot. Why didn't you forgive? Why did you arrest this person," Zelensky asked Fico a question.
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— MAKS 24 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 4:08 AM
A wise decision.
This sounds like a modern version of the Charge of the Light Brigade, except the Light Brigade didn’t get its ass kicked this badly.
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Russian assault involving over 40 motorcyclists on the Siversk front.
During five massive enemy attacks on January 14, soldiers of the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade destroyed 39 motorcycles, 2 BMPs, 2 vehicles, 2 ATVs, 16 FPVs, and one antenna.
t.me/c/1377735387...
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The oil depot at Engels continues to burn.
The oil depot at Liski is also still burning.
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3 fuel tanks were damaged in a Ukrainian UAV attack on a fuel depot in Liski, Voronezh region. The strike hit "Voronezhnefteprodukt" with seven drones, two hitting a 10,000 m³ diesel tank, one a 5,000 m³ gasoline tank, causing explosions and a fire. The fire spread to another gasoline tank.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) January 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
They’d still be alive if they had stayed home.
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1/2: A crying katsap films the results of an ATACMS strike on a three-story school building in occupied #Vasylivka, #Zaporizhia Oblast, which was being used as makeshift quarters for an ex-Russian unit since they all died.
#OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar
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— OSINT (Uri Kikaski) (@urikikaski.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Speaking of people who would still be alive if they had stayed home.
Russia’s strategy in Transnistria/Moldova explained.
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Transnistria's leader has announced that Russia will soon resume gas deliveries to the region. Still very light on details, but it turns out that there were no impediments to gas deliveries. So let's go over some hypotheses about why Moscow organized this artificial crisis...
— Cristian Canțâr (@cristiancantir.bsky.social) January 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
First, targeting Moldova, Moscow's intention is to cause a spike in energy prices for individual Moldovans, exhaust Moldova's resources, and have pro-Russian parties claim that they can lower those prices. This is already happening since authorities in Chișinău are scrambling to contain rising prices, and are spending a lot of money to help Moldovans handle bills. In December, families totaling 1.3 million (!!) people got government welfare for paying bills.
This is in a country with a population of 2.5 million people (even a 3.5-million population estimate shows the degree of vulnerability). And opposition groups, including pro-EU ones, are all exploiting this event to argue they can get/could have gotten a better deal.
Pro-RU groups are more convincing here since Moscow bolsters their claims, which helps with the 2025 legislative election campaign. When gas deliveries are resumed, it's likely that Moldova will no longer get cheap electricity from Transnistria, so this will continue.
Second, targeting Moldova, Moscow wants to remind Moldovans that it can still mess with their lives. Moldovans paying exorbitant prices for utilities (and dealing with inflation) are basically being told that they could pay much lower prices if they just give up on the EU.
Third, for Transnistria, the suggestion here is that Russia can destroy them if they think about distancing themselves from Moscow. In theory, Tiraspol could have done this by accepting coal from Ukraine and more aid from the West.
He’ll be in a meat wave assault before long.
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⚡️ Russian officer jailed for accidentally shooting down own helicopter in Crimea.
Russian air defense officer Igor Pashkov was sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison after he shot down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter in December 2023, mistaking it for a drone.
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— The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) January 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
The Russians aren’t worried. They’ll send the North Koreans first.
Hopefully none of these sanctions are lifted next week.
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🇺🇸 The US sanctions Russian-Chinese networks, Chinese firms supplying drones/bombs, and Kyrgyzstan’s Keremet Bank for aiding Russia’s sanctions evasion. 250+ individuals/entities targeted for supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine.
www.eurointegration.com.ua/news/2025/01...
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) January 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Additionally, Congress is empowered to block any attempts to loosen or remove sanctions targeting critical components of Russia’s defense sector.
Under the new process, lawmakers will have 30 days to review and potentially block the removal of any of the 100 key entities from the sanctions list
— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) January 16, 2025 at 4:31 AM
If he survives the war, he will have an interesting story to tell his grandchildren.
China won’t need to invade Russia to seize parts of Siberia. They’ll just buy it at a steep discount.
She seems nice.
It’s a hippie helicopter! 😄
