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Rob Lee

@RALee85

27 Sep

There's a shocking document on Russian social media that alleges the commander and deputy CO of the 78th Separate Spetsnaz Company were extorting their soldiers for money and beat any who refused. It alleges the CO raped a soldier with a broom handle while his deputy filmed it.

It isn't verified though, and I couldn't find information about the unit. The Russian Ground Forces have been standing up separate spetsnaz companies in every combined arms army, so it could be a newly established unit. 2/
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The document alleges three separate incidents that occurred in August and November 2020 and January 2021 against four different soldiers by Major Panov and Captain Yerushevich. A criminal case allegedly has begun for abuse of office and violent acts of a sexual nature. 3/

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Rob Lee

@RALee85

20 Sep

There was a shooting at Perm University, reportedly by an 18-year-old with what appears to be a shotgun. The initial reports indicate that as many as five people may have been killed and 11 wounded. The shooter has been detained.
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Another video of the shooter at Perm University. 2/
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Reportedly photo of the shooter after he was detained. 3/
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Rob Lee

@RALee85

16 Sep

Some initial conclusions from the Zapad 2021 exercise. The most notable difference between Zapad 2021 and Zapad 2017 is that Russia conducted two Yars ICBM launches during Zapad 2017, one at the beginning and end. We didn't publicly see any nuclear weapons used during Zapad 2021.

Does that tell us something about how conflict termination could occur in a conflict with NATO? Is Russia more confident in its conventional deterrence vis-a-vis NATO? There wasn't any escalate to deescalate either. Or would this be reading too much into the exercise? 2/

The Russian MoD said that a Tu-95MS bomber took part in the exercise, but as part of the OPFOR and reportedly focused on testing Russian air defenses. There didn't appear to be any strategic bombers involved in delivering simulated nuclear strikes. 3/
function.mil.ru/news_page/coun…

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Rob Lee

@RALee85

16 Sep

Pretty crazy story out of the town of Liski near Voronezh today. A man in tactical gear attached an explosive device to the door of a police station and detonated it. He appears to still be on the loose.
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CCTV footage of the attacker. 2/
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Video from inside the police department. 3/
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Rob Lee

@RALee85

16 Sep

Photos from a SOF shooting tournament in Tulsa with former SSO commander Alexey Dyumin and current SSO specialists. Interestingly, this is the first time I’ve seen SSO specialists wearing gray uniforms and berets. Will they be known as the Gray Berets now?
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The cap badge is of the SSO's emblem. It also appears Dyumin is playing around with one of the specialist's berets. 2/
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Obviously, I meant Tula, not Tulsa. Also in attendance was Alexander Matovnikov, another former SSO commander and Dyumin's deputy; Sergei Dyachenko, Deputy of FSO and a former Alfa officer; and Andrei Merzlikin, who received the Hero of Russia award in Tajikistan in 1993. 3/

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