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Mar 12 4 tweets 1 min read
Due to the failure of the offensive, the Russian invaders were forced to change tactics. Significant logistical problems and stretched communications mean the enemy can't get fuel, food and ammunition to its troops in Ukraine. Russian soldiers are looting and attacking civilians.
Russian soldiers were abandoned by their officers and left to fend for themselves. They have abysmal morale.

No longer making up a coherent army, many Russian soldiers are attempting to make it back to border.
Russian invaders suffer heavy casualties in combat with Ukrainian defenders. Having thrown all its reserves into the losing battle, Russia is bringing up more cannon-fodder: "conscripts" from occupied Donbas; mercenaries from occupied Georgia; and convicts from penal colonies.
In almost all their offensives the Russian invaders are not advancing. Instead, they are attempting to retain previously captured positions.

source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, operational information at 18:00 on 12 March 2022 regarding the #russian_invasion

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Mar 13
A large concentration of Russian troops and equipment near Melitopol was destroyed by Ukrainian artillery. Around 9pm local time, Ukrainian defenders targeted and eliminated some 200 tanks and armoured vehicles. A Russian mobile command and control post was also blown up
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Russia's offensive against Ukraine is stalled in all directions: northwest of Kyiv; north and northeast of Kyiv; Kharkiv region; Donetsk and Luhansk regions; Zaporizhia region; Mykolayiv region.

The invaders of Europe are attempting to replace losses.

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Russia is carrying out nuclear blackmail:

Russian forces captured Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe;

captured Chornobyl and cut power to the sarcophagus;

may set fire to radioactive forest around Chornobyl;

shells nuclear facilities, such as at Kharkiv.
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armyinform.com.ua/2022/03/12/ros…
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On March 11th the Russian air force bombed border settlements in Belarus. No one was injured in the attack.

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via the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
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