2,000 verified Russian deaths in Ukraine through imagery gathered through open-source intelligence. Estimates sit at around 60,000-120,000. I agree with that assessment. 1/2
For context to people living in the west, my collection of verifiable imagery of Russian casualties within the last 7 months dwarfs the entire US losses in Afghanistan. 2/2
This means you can start with the first post in my telegram and scroll through the demise of over 2,000 human beings. Or exactly 1% of the entire Russian invasion force in February 2022.
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[Thread] One year ago Russia expanded a once localized conflict into the largest global conflict situations since WW2. Thousands of civilian casualties and billions upon billions of damages later. The war rages on, here is a reflection of my thoughts on the war so far.
For some context on myself, I’ve been watching the war in Ukraine since the Maidan Protests in 2013, through the invasion of Crimea and the ongoing battle of the Donbas. That said this isn’t a ‘new’ subject for me. Reporting it on Twitter, we’ll I have been since November, 2022.
I started reporting as soon as I had enough data to call the impending-invasion a threat to global security. Since that time I’ve launched a database of confirmed Russian casualties within Ukraine and publicized that data in order to curb Russian enthusiasm about the war.
Here’s a hypothetical for you all. Russia invades Moldova on the 23rd. If this happens don’t add me to a watch list. Just purely a hypothetical based on current events unfolding.
Also, doubt Moldova would fight back considering their clear lack of military. Unless Romania was to get involved which I highly doubt would be kinetic action. The situation in Ukraine has overshadowed a rushed meeting between Moldovas government and the Biden admin in Poland.
It also overshadows the constant stream of intelligence that is being gathered regarding Moldovas major airport being compromised and used to shuttle equipment and troops to Moldovas capital of Chișinău. Which would be the same playbook Russia attempted towards Hostomel in Kyiv.
[Thread/Analysis] Important bits from the speech… Russia has announced its ‘temporary’ suspension in participation in the strategic nuclear arms treaty START. Stated they will test nuclear weapons if the West begins to. Appears the speech was a rally for internal support.
Many analysts have called the speech boring and a 2 hour rant. Here is where my opinion differs. Putin could have made a speech full of drastic decisions such as declaring war or a larger scale mobilization. But this speech was far from that, it was a cry for internal support.
Seeing Putin bash the antics of Russian Oligarchs and elites for 15 minutes to him reassuring the Russian public that the presidential election in 2024 will be held to a legal standard to the countless is damning to say the lease.