A Ukrainian cluster bomb ends the war for 30 unlucky Russians.
Big-time bavovna
Russia continues to bomb Odesa.
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🤬 Right now, my city, Odesa, home to a million people, is under heavy attack by Shahed drones. The entire city is in shelters—children, the elderly, the sick.
Cutting military aid to Ukraine is not a peacekeeping strategy—it is aiding the aggressor. It weakens Ukraine’s air defense.
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— Savchenko Volodymyr (@savchenkoua.bsky.social) March 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Another 1,250 Russians, but only one tank.
Do we dare use the C word about Russia at Pokrovsk?
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The number of Russian assault operations continues to decline on the Pokrovsk front.
A new record low of 17 engagements was recorded on March 4, compared to the daily maximum of 30. The DeepState graph shows the dynamics since 2025, with recent data in blue.
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Standing in a muddy ditch, because …. oh, who the hell knows why.
A former advisor to Putin who defected to the U.S. outlines what he says would be solid guarantees for Ukraine’s security.
He says Ukraine needs an armed forces of about 1.5 million, the ability to produce all of its own weapons, including long-range missiles, nuclear weapons and a security arrangement with other nations outside of the NATO structure.
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Putin's advisor who defected to the US, Andrei Illarionov specifically discussed the "worst case scenario" when the United States cuts off support for Ukraine and how Europe must address it. 2 weeks ago.
Starts at 5:17 ⏯️
I implore everyone to watch this in full.
youtu.be/Gs2pISu9ZiM?...
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— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko.bsky.social) March 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Zelenskyy remains hopeful of salvaging a relationship with the United States (i.e. Trump). He has a nation to protect so it is understandable. I would have told Trump to shove large painful objects up his ass.
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"Everyone can see how quickly diplomatic events are unfolding. Today, the teams of Ukraine and the United States have begun working on a meeting. Yermak and Waltz held discussions. There is positive progress. We hope for the first results next week." - Zelensky.
— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A new analysis examines the rate of desertions in the Russian army.
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Frontelligence Insight Special Report: AWOL Trends and Casualty Ratios in Russia and Ukraine
In assessing overall manpower casualty ratios, we analyzed Russian AWOL figures alongside Ukrainian estimates, factoring in KIA, MIA, and recruitment rates to assess the war’s prospects
🧵Thread:
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— Tatarigami (@tatarigami.bsky.social) March 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM
3/ As shown in the translated graph, the Southern MD has the highest number of desertion cases. This is unsurprising, as it includes the former 1st and 2nd Army Corps (now the 51st and 3rd CAAs), which are largely composed of forcibly mobilized residents from occupied territories
4/ Through simple calculations, as demonstrated in the image, we determined the total number of desertion and AWOL cases in the Southern Military District, arriving at a figure of 22,577 cases.
5/ After applying the same method to each district, we arrived at a total of 50,554 documented AWOL cases across all military districts. While this number is not exhaustive, desertion rates among naval/air force specialists are low enough to be considered insignificant overall
6/ According to the US ARI report What We Know About AWOL and Desertion (Ramsberger & Bell, 2002), the desertion rate in the US Army during the Vietnam war period 1968-1971 averaged ~ 5%. This rate, comparable to current desertion levels in Russia, does not indicate a collapse
7/ Our team estimates that Ukrainian military AWOL rates are higher than Russia's, with the caveat that many Ukrainian soldiers went AWOL to join preferred ones rather than waiting for official transfers. Additionally, some deserters returned through the amnesty program
There was nothing worth fighting and dying for in the first place.
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Ukrainian sources are reporting an increase in the number of Russian refuseniks and surrenders that they attribute it to the rumors of a peace agreement. The ChMobiki have begun asking themselves if it is worth fighting when the end has already been determined.
#OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar
— OSINT (Uri) (@urikikaski.bsky.social) March 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Those are some big drone bombs.
NOTE: Please don’t make fun of the guy holding them. He is very sensitive about his yellow face.
Drones for everyone!
Just print more money. That’ll fix everything.
Fly the friendly skies.
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⚡️Russia’s airlines face growing crisis as sanctions strangle aircraft maintenance.
Between Dec. 1 and Jan. 20, Russian aircraft experienced 11 engine failures—more than double the number from the previous two months, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
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— The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) March 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
No problem. Russians can just ride donkeys.
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‼️ “Foreign planes have one year left to fly in Russia”
Many of them are coming due for their D checks which cannot be completed without “the direct participation of manufacturers, who no longer cooperate with Russian companies.”
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/03/05/i...
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— Prune60 (@prune602.bsky.social) March 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Just close the border. Russia doesn’t belong there anyway.
Germany steps up.
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⚡️ Merz seeks to quickly push through $3.2 billion in German aid for Ukraine.
Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next chancellor, said he wants a defense aid package for Ukraine worth roughly 3 billion euros ($3.2 billion) approved by the current, outgoing parliament.
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— The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) March 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Ireland steps up.
What a ridiculous law.
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Ireland moved on Tuesday to remove a law that prevents the deployment of its troops without U.N. approval, with Prime Minister Micheal Martin saying he did not want Russia, China or the United States having a veto on deployments.
— Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.bsky.social) March 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Whoever dies because there wasn’t a Patriot available to bring down a Russian missile — that blood is on Trump’s hands.
The EU gets serious.
Romania isn’t taking any more shit either.
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Romania declared the Russian embassy's military air&naval attache&his deputy persona non grata.They must leave the country
Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated - reason was"for carrying out activities that contravene the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961"
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) March 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Another Darwin Award nominee.
