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One of the Russian attack helicopters, allegedly Ka-52, suddenly left its squadron which was arriving from Russia to Belarus for war in Ukraine. It switched off navigation, and escaped to the south, to #Ukraine. Kyiv offers $500,000+ for a Rus. helicopter. [Thread⬇️]
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Seven busses packed with Russian soldiers suffering from Acute Radiation Syndrome arrived to #Belarus from the #Ukrainian #Chernobyl exclusion zone. Source: member of public council of state #Ukraine agency of exclusion zone Yaroslav Yemelyanenko via Unian news agency.
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The #Ukraine #firefighters are also heroes at this war. In this video you can see too tired capital #Kyiv firefighters after they rescued dozens of residents from the 16-floor apartment building wich was hit by the #Russian missile.
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Attention! Graphic video! The Russian unit commander from #Kadyrovites was killed by the shell at the moment of live reporting on social media TikTok that their mission was completed successfully with only one wounded.
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Dire conditions of the Russian Army. This video is from Russian social media & was filmed by one of the mobilized who was sent to Omsk. They spend days & nights in the open field, eat what they have & drink. No command, no uniform, no barracks, no tents, no sleeping bags.
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On April 30, #Ukraine attacked the occupied Snake Island in the Black Sea & destroyed 3 Russian anti-air guns, one anti-air system "Strela-10" (SA-13 "Gopher"), a communication vehicle, and 42 Russian invaders. Source: the South command of UAF. (Archive photo)
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The #Ukrainian sniper killed the notorious Russian soldier Vladimir Andanov "Vakha" from #Buryatia. A mercenary of PMC Vagner, he fought in #Ukraine & Syria since 2014. In Feb 2015, he murdered Ukrainian POWs in Logvynove suburb of #Debaltseve city (which I defended in that time)
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The Russian commander of the #1822 battalion from Samara city, Major Tomov, who disappeared 5 days ago, resurfaced alive on the Ukrainian side. In this video he helps the #Ukrainian officers by disclosing and putting on the map the Russian positions and fortifications along the eastern bank of the Dnipro river. [Video by the Ukrainian military.]
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On May 5, #Ukraine's air defense shot down the third in two days pride of the Russian Air Force, their Gen. 4+ multirole "air superiority" fighter Su-30. Its unit cost is $25-45 mln. They keep sending them. (Photo is illustrative)
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The 97th Ukrainian infantry battalion issued a thank you letter for the Russian unit which on May 8 opened friendly fire on its own positions. The Russians annihilated their positions with troops & armor with thermobaric flamethrowers TOS-1A Sunblaze in #Zaporizhzhya province.
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Today's video of my 2014-2015 comrade, now a brigade commander Lt. Col. Pavlo Fedosenko receives the highest #Ukraine honor: the title of Hero of Ukraine with the Golden Star medal. He didn't let Russians capture his Kharkiv.
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After the Russian Amb. to #Bulgaria said that #Bulgarians don't support #Ukraine, they went on a massive march in capital #Sofia against the Russian war. (Video from social media)
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BREAKING - #Ukraine Armed Forces claim that they damaged the Russian missile fregat Admiral Essen in the Black Sea. This warship fired cruise missiles on civilians in Odessa city. Not anymore.
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Today, the #Ukraine Armed Forces destroyed the Russian battle tank from a record distance of approx. 4,5 km. It was most likely done by the latest version of an FGM-148 #Javelin which has an extended range of up to 4 km 750 m. Source: Ukr. MoD. nationalinterest.org/blog/re…
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The #Ukrainian Navy shared details of the operation which was aimed to destroy the modern #Russian patrol boat 'Ivan Bykov' in Black Sea two days ago. Burned out, it finally sank today. [Video + Thread⬇️] #Ukraine
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The service @GoogleMaps opened public access to satellite imagery in HQ of all Russian military bases, fortifications, facilities, airports, jets, ships, anti-air systems, nuclear rocket launchpads, etc. On this photo you can see Su-57, a 5th gen fighter jet. #OSINT
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This night, Russian social media report about a series of explosions in #Sevastopol city, the naval base of the Russian fleet in the occupied #Crimea that belongs to #Ukraine. First available visuals show not only intercepts of the low-flying objects but confirm several ground explosions from something that actually penetrated the air defenses. Allegedly, the city power station, docked military vessels in the Southern Bay and the Naval Repair Factory were hit.
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"Thank you! Let God give you health!" - "To you too!". - "Electricity?" - "We'll turn it on soon" - "Can my son shake your hand?" #Ukraine's President @ZelenskyyUa visited #Bucha, the city near #Kyiv which suffered a lot from the gravest war crimes committed by the Russian Army.
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[2] The #Ukraine Army released a 6 minute audio intercept of radio communications btw a Homel air traffic controller & a Rus. helicopter squadron commander who went on the search for the disappeared helicopter of his squadron, but failed to find it.
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The Russian Army command is failing to reinforce troops in #Ukraine with workable tanks and APCs from the storages because optics, electronics, engine parts on the majority of them were stolen. Source: Intel. Dept. of Ukr. MoD. [Thread⬇️]
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Street protests against Putin's #mobilization are growing in the southern #Dagestan region of #Russia. In #Makhachkala city, a hundred protesters had been arrested by riot police so far.
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The #Ukraine intelligence reports about confirmed death of the first Russian Army soldier from Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) and 73 more soldiers in a severe condition suffering from this illness. They were camping in the Red Forest near Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
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Today, the Russian air defense in the occupied #Kherson province shot down their own attack helicopter Ka-52 Alligator (cost $15 million) after it mistakenly attacked the Russian positions. Source: The South Command of UAF. Photo is illustrative.
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A commander of the destroyed in Berdyansk port Russian landing ship "Saratov", Capt. of 2nd rank Vladimir Khromchenkov died in Rus. hospital from wounds. In 2014, he betrayed Ukr. Navy & switched to Rus. Navy.
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"Look at this "lend-lease" from Russia! Just 10 km from the border & they didn't take it back with them. We have our own ammo, but now we've got even more." A #Ukrainian soldier filmed a massive ammo storage in the fields abandoned by retreating Russian troops.
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Russia continues transferring heavy assault weapons to #Ukraine according to its retreating "everything must go" giveaway. In this video, a Ukrainian tank has to pull two abandoned Russian tanks at the same time. (The Ukrainian Tractor Battalion is currently on vacation.)
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Everything is faked in Russia, even its "precise" cruise missiles. The #Ukraine MoD explored electronics at Х-55, Х-555, and Х-101 and figured out that it's from the 60s-70s. Their navigation component PGI-2М is from 1977. That's why most of the Rus. missiles don't hit targets.
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Today, #Ukraine artillery effectively destroyed the bridge in Nova Kakhovka city. This is the second (and the last) bridge over the Dnipro river through which Russian military supply tens of thousands of its troops on the right bank. Now, they're cut of supplies.
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Who among world political leaders can make a speech in so perfect #Ukrainian? May be just a few. Here is the today's video of the Speaker of the Parliament of #Finland Jussi Halla-aho addressing the #Ukraine's Parliament in Ukrainian on the 90th anniversary of the Russian crime - the artificial famine that starved millions of the #Ukrainians to death. #Holodomor
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Russia is gradually losing its military grip over the Black Sea. The #Ukrainian commandos returned control over 2 stolen by Russia since 2014 oil & ras extraction rigs and 2 drilling platforms, the Intel. Directorate of Ukr. MoD reported today about its late August secret operation with photos. In particular, rigs are "Petro Godovanets" & "Ukraina" renamed by the occupiers into "Crimea-1" and "Crimea-2". The Russians moved them to the Golitsyn gas field in 70 miles to the west from #Crimea [look on the map below]. Also, commandos disabled the Russian surveilance radars on those rigs & platforms. In addition, they shot down a Russian fighter jet & resqued their comrade who spent 14 hours in open waters.
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1/ Everybody knows Chief Commander of the UAF 4-star Gen Valeriy Zaluzhniy. I’d like you to know more about who is enabling the success of #Ukraine military by providing correct intelligence. Meet the chief of the Intel Directorate of MoD Major General Kyrylo Budanov [on a photo]
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A former internal affairs minister of #Ukraine @AvakovArsen shared the intercepted Russian military summary for March 18: Rus. Army troops killed 12,814. Private company Liga (former Vagner) troops killed 4,451. Total number ofservicemembers killed at war in Ukraine: 17,265.
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I forgot to tell you that today (don't laugh from the Russian Army) #Ukrainian Armed Forces hit the airport in #Chernobaivka for the 8th time in a row to destroy next Russian weapons that Russians stubborny keep bringing there. Just yesterday, it was the 7th time. Today - the 8th
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The #Ukrainian Armed Forces precisely struck the Russian base in occupied #Skadovsk city, #Kherson province killing ~20 military instructors from #Iran who were teaching 40 locals + 20 from Russia (also KIA) to operate Shaheed-136 drones. Source: Ukr. journlo Roman Bochkala
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In the occupied Kiselivka village (near the famous Chornobaivka Russian arms storage) in #Kherson province, about 50 Russian soldiers of Buriat nationality opened fire at night at fellow #Kadyrovites Chechens. There're dead & wounded. Source: Intel Dept of Ukraine MoD. [Thread⬇️]
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This is a video from the smartphone of the dead Russian soldier. He filmed his comrades camping in #Ukraine. They are also already dead. (Video was released by a Ukrainian serviceman who found the smartphone.)
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Two days ago, the chief of #Ukrainian #military #intelligence and media celebrity Major General Kyrylo Budanov, 37 enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Political Science at one of the best local universities -- the Ostroh Academy located in the northwestern part of #Ukraine [website oa.edu.ua/en/]. This announcement caused an outburst of humor on social media where #Ukrainians joke that the General will know all the test answers from his spies🤣. But Budanov's choice of university isn't random. He will soon be lecturing graduate students along with the well-known expert, ex-commander of the US Forces in Europe, Lt. Gen. (Retired) Ben Hodges @general_ben who delivered his 3rd lecture so far at Ostroh Academy. [Photo of Budanov by Ukr. MoD when he was mere Brigade General.]
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"We're receiving a lot of phone calls to our hotline from newly mobilized or soon-to-be mobilized Russian men asking "What should I do to surrender correctly?" said Andriy Yusov, a representative of #Ukraine's military intelligence on Ukr. Rada TV. Their morale is very low.
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BREAKING - Follow the Moskva... #Ukraine received and deployed the land-based anti-ship systems #Harpoon by @BoeingDefense. (If the Russian Navy continues its blockade in the Black Sea or renews missile attacks on Ukrainian cities, it may soon follow the cruiser Moskva).
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"Mom, I am OK. I want to show you something. Behind me is the #Izium city area. Oh wow! Look, this is A-10 Warthog! And another one! Here is the Lend-Lease!" This happy #Ukrainian soldier's video selfie is the first ever (to my memory) evidence of the US A-10 Warthogs in #Ukraine
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#Sweden to provide #Ukraine with the highly mobile howitzers FH77 BW Archer of 155 mm caliber. #StandWithUkraine
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OFFICIAL UPDATE from the #Ukraine's South Command on the offensive on the south: The UAF destroyed the Russian makeshift evacuation/supply bridge across the Dnipro river near Lvove village in Beryslav district of Kherson province. [Thread⬇️]
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#Ukraine finally arrested the top ranked mole, long-time Russian FSB agent Oleg Kulinich (linked to sanctioned by the US Andrey Derkach). Since 2020, Kulinich was returned by Ukr top spy Ivan Bakanov to top ranks in @ServiceSsu & responsible for occupied #Crimea. Thread⬇️
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On Sept 13, a former Russian citizen who quit Rus. citizenship & gained the #Ukraine citizenship instead, Sgt. of the #Ukrainian Armed Forces, 24th Brigade Olga Simonova (callsign Simba) sacrificed her life defending Ukraine from the Russian invaders. Source: @en_censor_net.
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Here is an SMS sent today by the #Russian Army to the mayor of southern #Mykolayiv city asking him to stop resistance. He replied: "Can you tell me where is the Russian ship now? If you'd like to give away your vehicles and earn money for that, contact me. I'll organize it."
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BREAKING - The #Ukraine Army liberated the Posad-Pokrovske village in a halfway between #Mykolyaiv and still occupied #Kherson city by destroying the Russian convoy located in it. Source: Ukrainian Security Service.
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After @ElonMusk in 2022 privately helped Putin by blocking @SpaceX's Starlink for the #Ukrainian military and not letting the #Ukrainians to de-occupy their #Crimea, Pentagon is purchasing for #Ukraine 500 Starlink terminals with the guaranteed Internet access that Musk can't switch off. nytimes.com/interactive/2023…
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Remember an intercepted phone call where a Russian wife laughingly blessed her husband soldier to rape Ukrainian women? That guy, a Russian conscript Roman Bykovskiy was captured by the Ukraine Army near Izium. Source: ex Rus. politician Ilya Ponomarev. facebook.com/iponomarev/post…
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BREAKING - The night of March 8 in capital #Kyiv was the first night since the war began when the #Ukrainian air defense intercepted and destroyed ALL Russian cruise missiles. No impacts registered in Kyiv this night. Source: Ukrainian Army via Telegram channel "operativnoZSU"
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Today, a #Ukrainian volunteer medic Yulia Paevska who spent 3 months in Russian captivity after the defense of #Mariupol delivered devastating testimony before US lawmakers in Washington DC, recounting her experiences of torture, death, and terror. Photo by Ukr. Amb. @OMarkarova.
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The Russian air force completelly destroyed the one of the largest in #Europe metallurgical plants #AzovStal in #Mariupol city. "It's impossible to restart it. All is destroyed" said deputy city mayor Sergey Orlov for #Ukrainian media Forbes.
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You won't believe how stupid the Russian Army command is, but they sent a new group of attack helicopters to the #Chernobaivka airport near #Kherson. So, #Ukrainian Army bombarded this location for the 7th time during war and destroyed that new group. Source: A. Arestovych.
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BREAKING - In a surprise counterattack, the #Ukraine Armed Forces regained 20% more territory of #Severodonetsk city. Now Russians control less than a half of this city in eastern #Luhansk province, reports the province administration.
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F-16s, allegedly piloted by the Ukrainian pilots, flew along the aircraft with the Ukrainian President onboard in the skies over #Belgium. This country promised to give Ukraine thirty F-16s by 2028. Today, Belgium also signed the security agreement with Ukraine becoming the 11th NATO country which did it in recent months.
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"They [the Russians] flee not only from Svatove, Starobilsk, and Troitske. They also flee from Alchevsk and Luhansk - the cities occupied since 2014. They pack belongings, gather families, and send them to Russia," said the Luhansk province governor Sergiy Gaidai on the Ukr. TV.
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BREAKING - #Ukraine exchanged the wounded soldiers from the besieged #AzovStal steel mill in #Mariupol for the Russian POWs. Details of the operation will be explained in the evening address by the Ukr. President @ZelenskyyUa.
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#Ukraine's SpecOp forces captured several Russian anti-air systems in functional condition. Source: Ministry of defense of Ukraine.
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Today's quote of Chief Commander of the #Ukraine Armed Forces, General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi: "It's very difficult for us but we hold the ground. We fight for every stretch of the front and each settlement." [Thread⬇️]
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[3] Gen. Gerasymov suffered a minor shrapnel wound to his right shin without breaking a bone. Source: former minister of Internal Affairs of #Ukraine Arsen Avakov via his sources.
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[2] As the #Odesa-based newspaper Dumskaya reported, it was a specially designed secret operation of the Ukraine Navy. Two #Ukrainian speedboats provoked the Russian boat to follow them, so it sailed right into the prepared area of artillery fire and was successfully destroyed.
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Today, the #Ukraine Parliament adopted a bill to cancel the traditional celebration of the Soviet Victory Day on May 9 (as Russia does). From now, #Ukrainians will celebrate the victory over Nazism on May 8 together with the UK & the US (the Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day).
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[3] Yemelyanenko on his Facebook quoting Belarus TV: Seven medical busses with people inside arrived at 12:20 pm to Homel, Belarus, to the Center of radiology medicine. They regularly bring Russian soldiers there.
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The first 100% success of #Ukraine in countering the Russian cruise missile attack. All 4 Kalibr missiles launched today by the Russian Navy vessel in the Black Sea towards #Khmelnytskyi province were destroyed, said UAF spokesman Yuri Ignat on #Ukrainian TV.
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[4] UPDATE - #Ukraine claims that it liquidated at least 200 Russian servicemen incl. 30 high-ranked officers & elite Spetsnaz bodyguards unit as a result of the precision strikes on several Rus. military HQs in the last 5 days. Source: presidential aide A.Arestovych.
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The #Ukraine artillery in a precise strike annihilated the command center in occupied #Kharkiv province with all high-rank commanding officers of the 20th Russian Army (detachment #89425, Voronezh city, Russia), reports @UkrInform state news agency.
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On April 21, #Ukraine Armed Forces shot down 9 Russian UAVs Orlan-10, 3 aircraft (Su-34, Su-35, Su-25), and 3 helicopters (two Mi-9 and Ka-52). Source: press release of Ukraine Air Force.
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[3] The Dumskaya claims that this is for the first time in the world military history when the military vessel was destroyed by the land-based MLRS system. (To be verified by historians).
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The Russian Army keeps abandoning its arms in #Ukraine. This is the Russian artillery battery of D-20 (152 mm caliber; up to 17 km) which switched sides.
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Russia has no chance. The recently released from the Rus. captivity #Ukrainian serviceman Lev Pashko, 23 proposed to his girlfriend. In besieged #Mariupol, he had to take the role of the battalion commander & break through enemy lines to Azovstal to save the lives of his comrades
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Today, #Ukraine Armed Forces sank another barge on the Dnipro river that the Russian military tried using to supply their isolated BTGs on the right bank. Source: The South Command of UAF.
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From the northern #Ukraine's area near capital #Kyiv, Russia withdrew to #Belarus two battalions of the 106th air-paratrooper division which suffered significant losses during recent #Ukrainian counterattacks. Source: Gen. Staff of UAF.
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Those jailed in #Ukraine priests strangely belong only to the Russian Orthodox Church which continues to function freely on Ukraine's sovereign soil. Those jailed priests are also agents of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and they committed crimes against the national security of Ukraine, which is a sovereign state. Many of those convicted Russian priests-agents are exchanged back to Russia for the Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs).
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#Ukraine Armed Forces struck the Russian positions on the occupied Ukrainian Snake Island in the Black Sea. As a result, Russians lost a command point and an anti-air system SA-13 "Gopher". Source: "South" command of UAF.
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The Ukrainian driver talks to the Russians who run out of fuel on their way to Kyiv: "Vehicle broke? - No, waiting for diesel. - I can tug you back to Russia! - [Russians laugh] - Do you know where are you going? - No. What's in the news? - Ukraine wins. Your guys surrender."
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In this video, #Chechnya "#Kadyrovites" soldiers were filming a video-selfie for #TikTok about how they invade #Ukraine, but something went wrong...
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On August 6, the #Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed on the occupied south of #Ukraine 4 Russian anti-air launchers S-300 (an entire system costs $114 mln), an anti-air gun system Pantsir ($13-14 mln), a 122mm howitzer, armored vehicles, etc. Source: The South Command of UAF.
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