Soldier Oleksandr Simakov, call sign Cossack, died on March 18, 2022 while performing a combat mission in the area of the village of Novoukrainka in Donetsk region. The defender was 40 years old, he did not live a month until his next birthday.
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Oleksandr was born in Lviv. He worked as a construction worker. When the Russian-Ukrainian war began in 2014, despite the fact that he had parents with disabilities, he went to defend Ukraine. Took part in ATO. Once at the station in Dnipro, /2
Alexander accidentally met Yevgenia, who later became his wife. The couple raised their son.
During the full-scale invasion of the Russian military, the man defended Ukraine in the ranks of the 503rd separate battalion of marines,
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"Sashko was a real patriot," - the defender's wife Yevgenia.
How tanks Leopard II and Challenger II can change the situation on the Ukrainian front
Dominic Nicholls, a British military analyst, gave a forecast about a possible confrontation between Russian and Western equipment
We present the most important points of his analysis.
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1. The Challenger II is securely protected by the secret armor of Chobham and Dorchester, which will allow the vehicles to withstand direct hits from T-72 tanks 2. The West has changed its mind about the supply of heavy equipment after the success of the Armed Forces of Ukraine/2
3. The relative vulnerability of tanks against UAV attacks can be reduced to zero through combat interaction with other units of the armed forces: for example, with their own drone or air defense operators.
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⚡️The main thing from the morning summary of the General Staff:
▪️ the occupiers continue to put pressure on the locals in the occupied Kherson region, in particular, they bypass houses.
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▪️Somewhere in the Melitopol region of Zaporozhye, Russians are conducting "filtering": they pay special attention to phones and seek confirmation of cooperation with the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
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▪️ Rashists order civilian overalls with the logos "Rosneft" and "Elektrostal" for the personnel of one of the units of the invaders in the Novopavliv region of Donetsk region: this is how the occupiers want to hide their affiliation with the Armed Forces of the Russ Federation/3
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Ryskt spionage i Sverige
Som jag skrev på nyårsafton har Rysslands spionverksamhet ökat väsentligt under 2022.
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Dels rör det sig om traditionellt spionage bl.a. mot militära mål, och kartläggning av möjliga sabotagemål.
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Dels rör det sig om verksamhet som ska förbättra den ryska krigsmaktens möjligheter att besegra Ukraina i form av både militärt spionage och tekniksmuggling samt påverkansoperationer riktade mot Ukraina och svenskt stöd till Ukraina.
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13.01.2023 morgonuppdateringen och det är rätt så dystra nyheter. Soledar har fallit, det som är kvar av det. Situationen har börjat klarna och det är ingen vacker bild av militärledningen i området.
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CNN fick kontakt med våra soldater INNE i centrum av staden i natt och de sade rätt ut att de känner sig övergivna och har ingen möjlighet och dra sig ut från sin position. Vidare sade man också att man inte fått kontakt med sin ledning de senaste 24 timmarna.
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Alla vi som gjort lumpen vet att kommunikationen skall på sätt eller annat ALLTID upprätthållas och det är på basens ansvar att så sker. Vidare gick orcernas attack på tok för enkelt fast de lidit ENORMA förluster, så planeringen av Soledars försvar kommer säkert att
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The last pillar of the Putin regime: the Russian defense industry is forced to use forced labor of prisoners
According to a British intelligence review, in November 2022, representatives of the largest tank manufacturer Uralvagonzavod said they would recruit 250 prisoners.
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With one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, the Federal Penitentiary Service oversees a vast empire of more than 400,000 people and is often accused of extreme brutality and corruption.
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Prisoner labor is likely to be especially in demand by manufacturers of low-tech weapons, which are under strong pressure from Moscow to increase their production
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Russia intends to create a two-million army
According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, during the first wave of mobilization in the Russian Federation, 300,000 orcs were called up. /1
After a short preparation, they were thrown into the war in Ukraine.
In intelligence, they do not exclude that in the near future another wave of mobilization will be announced in the Russian Federation and another 500 thousand will be called in, /2
which will replenish the strategic reserves. Preparations for such a campaign are already underway.
According to Ukrainian military intelligence, the scale of the mobilization measures indicates the Kremlin's plans to create an army of about two million people.
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