Ukraine attacked oil refineries in Volgograd and Astrakhan
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⚡️ Ukraine's drones reportedly strike Russian energy facilities in Astrakhan, Volgograd oblasts.
Ukrainian drones attacked energy facilities in Russia's Astrakhan and Volgograd oblasts overnight on Feb. 3, causing fires, according to local authorities.
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— The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) February 3, 2025 at 12:44 AM
A notorious wanted war criminal was assassinated in Moscow. Looks like an IED exploded as he was entering/exiting a residential building.
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🚨 Russia: Armen Sargsyan, long-wanted by Ukrainian authorities for war crimes, was assassination in Moscow today. He is the founder of ArBat special forces battalion subordinated to the Russian army, currently fighting against Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kursk region.
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— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko.bsky.social) February 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Sarkisyan, a crime boss known as Armen Horlivskyi, was closely associated with former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and had been on an international wanted list since 2014 for involvement in organising murders in central Kyiv.
— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) February 3, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Russians forced to rely on “complete shit.”
2/ The Russian Voenkor Kotenok Telegram channel highlights the problems that Russian troops are having due to their reliance on old Soviet armoured vehicles, which cannot withstands landmines or drones. The blogger blames the greed and inaction of Russian manufacturers.
3/ "We have a huge problem with the delivery of infantry and the movement of infantry in the frontline area and its direct defeats there even by small arms.
4/ "The means of delivery of infantry – both BMP (1-2-3), BMD (1-2-3) and wheeled APCs – absolutely do not correspond to the realities of modern combat. Moreover, very often the consequence of their use can be called high losses of personnel. I am putting it mildly.
5/ At the front line they express themselves more directly: "This is complete sh@t that burns and kills our soldiers ..."."
6/ "But... everything was shelved, because it is much easier to pour money into the advertised "Armata", "embroider", beating everyone in a row in tank biathlon, and now it is easier to send people to assault on something that is cumbersome, inconvenient, that burns and penetrates through."
This military strategy is known by the acronym CYA.
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1/ Russian warbloggers say that Russian soldiers are taking huge casualties trying to capture the strategically unimportant Ukrainian village of Novoiehorivka, because commanders have prematurely and falsely claimed that they have already captured it. ⬇️
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— ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) February 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM
But they got good video, right?
Another former Soviet client state that is flirting with pro-Russian opposition parties.
Sweden and Norway release ships detained on suspicion of cutting undersea cables.
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I'm late with this one, but Silver Dania, brought in by Norwegian Police on a request from Latvia, on the same case, on Friday, was released later the same day.
"No findings have been made linking the ship to the act,"
www.politiet.no/aktuelt-tall...
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— Thord Are Iversen (@thelookout.bsky.social) February 3, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Another 1,300 lucky winners. And 12 tanks.
Missing soldiers don’t have to be paid.
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"It's a f*cking mass grave.They bury men here and then say they're f*cking missing.That's the kind of sh*t going on here."
The video reportedly shows one of the numerous mass graves on the territory of the so-called "LDPR"
The true face of Russian territorial gains& Putin's imperialistic ambitions
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) February 3, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Life carries on in the town of Lyman.
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In the basements of the destroyed Lyman,Donetsk region,people live in extremely difficult conditions- they cook in the open air on fire,there are only ruins around them
They don’t want to leave their homes. Everyone has their own story, pain, and decision to stay there.
📹pro100_media_kramatorsk
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) February 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
That’s good. Now start doing something about it.
Wish him luck.
A Shahed drone is downed by an American-supplied helicopter.
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Shahed kamikaze drone chased and intercepted by Mi-17 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine which was transferred by the United States. The helicopters were previously designated for the Air Force of Afghanistan, the desert camouflage remains on the helicopter as a reminder of this.
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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) February 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Orban is a tool.
But they can march into Berlin and Paris in three days.
Rest in peace.