The absence of Gen. #Dvornikov in the #Izium HQ at the moment of the #Ukrainian attack yesterday may be explained by the intel info that he's busy preparing the other offensive - on Kryvyi Rih industrial hub, the native city of @ZelenskyyUa. [Thread⬇️]
[2] The Russians - masters of "maskirovka" - for a long time diverted public attention away from their preparations for the major offensive on Kryvyi Rih. According. to the Gen. Staff of UAF, they've formed an assault formation in this direction & launched the artillery attack.
[3] According to Gen. Staff of UAF, the Russian artillery is currently shelling and trying to clear the direction for their offensive on Kryvyi Rih in areas of the #Kherson province villages of Osokorivka, Trudoliubivka, and Kniazevka.
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UPDATE - Yesterday's #Ukraine attack on the Rus. HQ in #Izium was designed to liquidate the high-value target - chief of Gen. Staff of RAF Gen. Valeriy Gerasimov. The Kremlin sent him to get a victory for the May 9 parade. Gerasimov was close to the blast but wounded. [Thread⬇️]
[2] Yesterday, at the moment of the #Ukraine attack more than 40 high-ranked Russian military officers gathered in the HQs in #Izium. Reportedly, up to 20 of them are confirmed killed incl. Gen. Andrey Simonov, a commander of electronic warfare forces of the West district.
[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.
Due to the Putin's invasion, in the first quarter of 2022 #Ukraine registered an increased amount of 802 cyberattacks from Russia and Belarus, said the Ukrainian govt cyber group CERT-UA. [Thread⬇️]
Here is the list of top 5 Russian and Belorussian groups of hackers (connected to the military and security services of those aggressor countries) which conduct #cyberattacks on #Ukraine ⬇️
[1] The hacker group of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB): UAC-0010 aka Armageddon (GammaLoad, GammaDrop, HarvesterX). This is APT (advanced persistent threat).
The Kremlin launched the next wave of repressions against the Russian military brass for failing "the special operation" in #Ukraine, especially after sinking the cruiser Moskva - said the representative of the Intel. Dept. of Ukr. MoD Vadym Skibitskiy on Ukr. TV. [Thread⬇️]
[2] First, the Kremlin dismissed the Black Sea fleet commander, General Osipov. He's under arrest.
[3] Second, Russian MoD dismissed the Lt. Gen. Vladislav Ershov from the post of a commander of the 6th Army. He's arrested for more than 2,000 killed Russian troops, incl. 180 conscripts who should not be sent to war in #Ukraine according to Russian law.
BREAKING - The #Ukraine state enterprise EnergoAtom reports that the #Russian Army units that captured the defunct #Chernobyl nuclear power plant are leaving the plant in two convoys of about 100 vehicles to #Belarus. [Thread⬇️]
[2] On the morning of March 31, the #Russian Army commanders expressed to the #Ukrainian personnel at the #Chernobyl nuclear power plant their intentions to leave the station for Belarus. Sources: #Ukraine state enterprise EnergoAtom + State Committee of Special Communications.
[3] Yesterday's information had been confirmed by EnergoAtom that the Russian soldiers indeed dug the trenches in the highly radioactive Red Forest. After the first symptoms of Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) Russian soldiers began panicking, revolting, and demanding retreat.
"The Russian Army lost 40% of its troops. Any military in the world can't allow itself to lose that much of entire armed forces during one military operation," said a #Ukraine President's aide A.Arestovych for #BBC Ukraine. Thread⬇️ Link: bbc.com/ukrainian/feat…
[2] "The #Ukraine military killed 6 top Russian officers at #Mariupol. They fight very professionally & can defend the city for months. Due to similar calibers, they can get more arms & ammo from the Russians they eliminate," said A. Arestovych for BBC Ukraine.
[3] "It won't last for months. Russia won't hold this territory for months. I think that at the end of April - beginning of May everything will gradually end," said A. Arestovych for BBC Ukraine.
Calming pills from the #Ukraine President @ZelenskyyUa aide A. Arestovych: In a week or two, the Russian Army will withdraw from the capital #Kyiv province and will focus on the defense of the eastern occupied in 2014 area of #Donbas. [Thread⬇️]
[2] Calming pills from the Ukrainian presidential aide A. Arestovych: The Russian command realized that they can't capture large Ukraine cities, so they declared the end of the 1st phase and a start of the 2nd - "liberation" of Donbas.
[3] Calming pills from the Ukrainian presidential aide A. Arestovych: The Russian Army will focus on 3 tasks: to encircle our troops in Donbas, to occupy Mariupol city, and to hold the ground on the south. If they lose #Kherson city, their entire #Mariupol operation will fail.