The damage is being tallied up from Ukraine’s most recent drone/missile attack on Tuapse, a city on the Black Sea coast.
Shrapnel damaged the superstructure, bridge wing, and portholes of the bulk carrier "Mumtaz bey," which sails under the flag of Panama. The vessel was loading coal, with 25 thousand tons of cargo on board. There were no casualties.
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As a result of yesterday's drone attack on Russian Tuapse, two vessels were damaged, ASTRA Telegram channel reported.
⬛️ The hull of the diving boat "Vodolaz 31," which belongs to the Morspassluzhba (Marine Rescue Service), was damaged by shrapnel, and water had to be pumped out;
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) February 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
If this had been a Russian armored vehicle, it might very well have been a contestant in the turret toss.
The drones are everywhere. The drones will find you.
Russian whose head is wrapped in bloody bandages boasts about how he is going to kick some Ukrainian ass.
The lone survivor of a Russian assault on a Ukrainian tree line.
“Everybody’s fucking gone.”
This Russian calmly relates how “we got so fucked up.” Their convoy was smashed by artillery, then a cluster shell landed and tore the clasp off his helmet “and tied it in a knot.” Oh, and he was hit in the leg with shrapnel.
Why do these Russians remind me of the Belarus special forces breaking bricks with their heads?
They ate a cat. 😡
Yes, they were starving. But — they ate a freakin’ cat.
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SW of Pokrovsk (48.265213, 37.076058)
🇺🇦425th Assault Regt 'Skala' show how they took a🇷🇺dug out with grenades, including dropped through the air pipe.
A survivor, now a POW, says there was no food, so they ate a cat. His comrade didn't want to surrender and was KIA by a grenade.
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— danspiun.bsky.social (@danspiun.bsky.social) February 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This Russian prisoner admits to shooting a wounded Ukrainian prisoner on the orders of his commander in the Kursk region.
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❗️A captured Russian marine confessed to the execution of a Ukrainian prisoner of war in the Kursk region of Russia.
According to a soldier of the 810th Marine Brigade, the murder took place on December 21, 2024. He said that the Russian army took two Ukrainian soldiers prisoner.
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) February 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Another 1,150 Russians either dead or temporarily occupying hospital beds until they are sent back to the front with crutches.
Russian losses are averaging nine tanks a day this year.
Russia has struggled to keep up with Ukraine in heavy-lift drones. This is their latest attempt to overcome that.
The photo with the Forbes article shows one of these DIY Vobla drones — 2x4s nailed together as a frame for four quadcopters.
Russian soldiers have found a novel way to get around their lack of heavy-lift drones: strapping four small drones to a frame to create a device known as “Vobla.” A wide variety of these unlikely contraptions have appeared in recent months, and they now carry supplies to the front. While inefficient, the improvised drones do provide much-needed capability. And they show how adaptable drone technology can be with a little imagination.
Ukraine has made wide use of heavy multicopters carrying thirty pounds or more, with four, six or eight rotor blades. Some 2,000 are now in use for logistics, night bombing and minelaying missions. These are the feared Baba Yagas, and Russia has struggled to come up with an equivalent; they have even pressed captured Baba Yagas into service.
“There are several Russian domestic heavy quadcopter/multirotor equivalents undergoing testing and evaluation, but nothing so far that can be mass produced in sufficient numbers, “ Samuel Bendett, an expert on Russian drones and adviser to both the CNA and CNAS thinktanks told me. “So Russian soldiers are cobbling together a substitute.”
This war just might be won by the side that produces the most drones for the least amount of money.
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Russian news report showing a wood cutting and milling machine used by Tomsk volunteers who build small FPV-type drones out of plywood; large, "Vobla"-type drone frames out of plywood (1:26); and a small uncrewed vessel prototype (1:33). t.me/kb70ru/2573
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— Samuel Bendett (@sambendett.bsky.social) February 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
“Condemn” is probably too strong a description. It’s more like dripping in sarcasm at the idea that a war started to denazify Ukraine and restore the glory of the Soviet empire in the face of NATO aggression is now about a rare earth minerals deal with the hated West.
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Apparently eager to compete with Zelensky in all areas, Putin has offered the U.S. “some ownership of rare earth minerals and other valuable metals in parts of Ukraine controlled by the Russian military.” The Z-blogosphere isn't happy.
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— Meduza in English (@meduza.io) February 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A dead Hezbollah leader adorning a dead Russian tank program. Seems fitting.
Shameful — by both the United States and Israel.
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"Behind the scenes of the Israeli vote today at the UN General Assembly against the resolution calling for the preservation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity: Massive American pressure was exerted on Israel - right up to the vote."
— ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) February 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Wait! How is this possible?
Our glorious president is the best deal maker EVER. Everyone says he makes the best deals.
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😅🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump is going to make a “bad” deal with Ukraine on minerals, — Politico
For example, the development of the Novopoltavske mine, which Ukraine claims as “one of the largest” mines of rare earth metals in the world, will require about $300 million in investment.
— MAKS 24 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) February 27, 2025 at 6:54 AM
A separate UGS report characterizes this mine as “relatively difficult” due to the risks of flooding and landslides. Also, the two largest mines of rare earth elements - “Azovske” and “Mazurivske” - are located in the territories occupied by Russia.
The US President's expected deal could leave him with a pile of unprofitable mines that no American company would want to invest in, the publication writes.
Yes, but not necessarily for the better.
More meat for the grinder.
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❗️ North Korea sends reinforcements to Russia’s Kursk region – South Korean intel
Up to 3,000 North Korean troops deployed in Jan-Feb, including motorized infantry, sappers & electronic warfare units not seen in October’s contingent.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) February 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The chances that Trump will insist on Russia taking responsibility for shooting down MH17 are slim and none.
If they don’t want to live as part of Ukraine, no problem! They can move to nearby Russia.
Rest in peace.
It’s been 10 years since Nemtsov was assassinated.
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Nemtsov, liberal politician, and outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin spoke on Putin’s plans for Ukraine in 2014. Before his murder on 2/27/2015 in Moscow, he was preparing a report called "Putin. War", which was published by his supporters after his death.
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— Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.bsky.social) February 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Three years ago today, Russia’s attempt to seize Kharkiv went up in flames.
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On this day three years back, russia rolled into Kharkiv from three sides, presumably expecting a warm welcome and a quick takeover of the city. Instead, they found a spirited 'hello, no.'
They barricaded themselves in Kharkiv School 134, the only building they ever held in the city,
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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) February 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM
A Russian attack on Kharkiv damaged this restaurant but the staff gets right to the job of cleaning up.
Free Yuri the Donkey!
