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Jul 10 • 5 tweets • 1 min read

Overnight, another Russian ammunition dump went 💥 in #Shakhtarsk. Site has been burning for hours.

Hard to ignore the pattern underway this week. Every night - around the same time - Ukrainian missile systems launch devastating, strategic missile strikes on Russian military targets all across the Donbas.

Game changing tactics.

Tonight was particularly intense. More RU bases/warehouses were targeted in the last six hours than I can genuinely recall.

Remember: Ukrainian intelligence has documented the exact location for many of these sites for YEARS now. Never had the tools to take care of them so effectively until now.

U.S. intelligence is no doubt helping, too.

I also think a lot of us forget that Donetsk is a frontline city. Until ground is gained further west (Mariinka/Avdiivka), Russian sites will continue to sit in the splash zone.

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