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Lew Anno Support#Israel #Ukraine 24/2-22

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Sep 1

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In a creaky mobile my volunteer anonymous friend who is
in Ukraine calls
01.09.2025
12.40
I wrote it down
( info not verified)

The fronts are basically still so I will deal with the new Ukrainian and vatnik doctrine that is prevailing, something that has not been dealt with in the Western media as far as I know.

I can reveal these now because the vatnik have already noticed how we act on the front lines.

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I will use the #Dobropilla battles as a typical example but first some facts.

We no longer use trench systems to any great extent because they are visible and were continuously under glide bomb attacks.

We lost way too many men in them.

Therefore we switched to dugouts which were camouflaged and manned by 3-4 people.

These were in abundance and our losses were reduced.

At first we reduced the number of soldiers in the trenches but when the vatnik attacked with lots of motorcycles we had too few people to knock them out.

Digouts solved this problem.

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The development of the vatnik;

Now we no longer hear about meat grinders, but about small groups that sneak through during the night, hide until several small groups arrive and start fighting when they are numerous enough.

Their doctrine also includes the formation of so-called mobile Rubicon drone units.

Ukraine has drones on all front lines and all units have drones. Vatniks has had problems with the number of drones so they have concentrated them into these Rubicon units.

When the small groups have become as many as needed, a Rubicon unit is allocated and begins to cover the entire combat area with lots of drones.

The tactic itself is good, but so far these Rubicon units have arrived way too late.

At Dobropilla, enough small groups had arrived to cause us a big problem.

However, the Rubicon unit clicked and the light infantry was not strong enough to hold the positions.

The same problem has been discovered at #kupyansk, #Novomykhailivka, #Zeleny
#Hai and
#Stepnohirsk.

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Lew Anno Support#Israel #Ukraine 24/2-22

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Aug 30

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Can russia Weather a Fuel Crisis Caused by Ukrainian Drone Attacks?

Damage to russian refineries has helped send gasoline prices to multi-year highs, but the government has options to mitigate the shortages.

Once again, russia is in the grips of a gasoline crisis. Prices at the pump are rising, and some gas stations have run dry.

This isn’t the first time russia has experienced such shortages, but this time around they could be more serious because of the ongoing war in Ukraine.

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There were gasoline crises in russia both before the full-scale invasion (in 2011, 2018, and 2021), and afterward (in 2023).

Despite a 2024 Ukrainian drone campaign targeting russian refineries, the fuel market remained relatively calm.

Back then, each refinery was only hit by a single drone, reducing plant capacity but leaving it operational. The damage was dealt with in a matter of weeks, consecutive attacks, were rare and often deflected, and neighboring plants continued to operate without interruption. Ultimately, the 2024 drone attacks caused inconvenience and expense for the russian oil industry, but did not present a major problem.
carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia…

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The drone attacks that began on August 2, 2025, have been different.

#Ukraine clearly has more drones now, and can send out attack swarms numerous enough to overwhelm russia’s air defenses.

Drones also have better navigational capabilities. Ukraine’s tactic this year has been to launch massive attacks on refineries and inflict maximum damage—up to and including shutdowns.

Ukraine has also carried out rolling attacks, with some damaged refineries hit again, hindering repair work.

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Lew Anno Support#Israel #Ukraine 24/2-22

@anno1540

Aug 30

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MFRrussia has massively attacked #Ukraine️.

There is a death and destruction in #Zaporizhia and #Dnipro, in the Kyiv region - problems on the railway: all the details and photos

Approximate map of the massive russian attack on Ukraine on the night of August 30war.obozrevatel.com/ukr/rosiya-ata…

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On the evening of Friday, August 29, the aggressor country MFRrussia launched
obozrevatel.com/ukr/topic/ross…
another attack on Ukraine , launching Shahed strike UAVs and simulator drones from a number of locations.

Later, it became known about the takeoff of enemy strategic aircraft . Missile launches were carried out from them, and the enemy also attacked Ukraine with ballistic missiles and " Calibers" .

Air defense forces are operating in the regions, explosions are heard. The movement of enemy drones is reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and monitoring channels.
t.me/kpszsu/41102

What is known about the MFRrussian attack?

As of 23:44, it was known about the takeoff of two Tu-95MS aircraft from Olenya towards the Caspian region and one Tu-160 aircraft from Engels within the Saratov region of the MFRrussian Federation.

"The Tu-95MS will most likely be in the Engels area at 02:00 - 03:00 +/-. If the launches are from here, then we expect the missiles in our airspace at around 02:45 - 03:30 +/-. In the Caspian Sea area, they will most likely be at 04:00 - 05:30 +/-. If the launches are from here, then we expect the missiles in our airspace at around 05:00 - 06:00 +/-. The time is very approximate, with a large margin of error," wrote "Nikolaevsky Vanek."

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The vast majority of UAVs in the Chernihiv region were transiting to the north of the Kyiv region. A few UAVs also passed through the Gomel region of Belarus on a westerly course. The majority of UAVs were heading to the #Zhytomyr region.

Also, up to 20 drones in the #Poltava region passed close to Poltava. Up to 15 UAVs - along the border of #Odessa and #Mykolaiv regions in the direction of #Vinnytsia.

"As of now, the trend is moving towards the western regions of Ukraine ," the monitors noted
t.me/war_monitor/32…

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Lew Anno Support#Israel #Ukraine 24/2-22

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Aug 29

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russia brings first criminal charges and imprisonment for studying the Bible to occupied Donbas

While next to nothing is known about this latest victim of russian persecution on occupied territory, the case is disturbing as it is likely to be russia's test run of religious persecution, with more arrests almost certain to follow
khpg.org/en/1608814929?…
(A Jehovah’s Witness in occupied Donetsk has been arrested and remanded in custody, and could face a six- or seven-year term of imprisonment merely for practising his faith)

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Given russia’s record of religious persecution both at home, and in occupied Crimea, the move cannot be called unexpected. That does not make it any the less ominous, with this first such arrest likely to be followed by others on all parts of #Donetsk, #Luhansk; #Kherson and #Zaporizhzhia oblasts currently under russian occupation.

Any such persecution is disturbing for another reason also. Russia has brought a significantly greater level of lawlessness, as well as an information blockade, to all territory under Russian occupation, with it hard to even find out who has been arrested, let alone ensure that they have an independent lawyer.

The reports
rapsinews.ru/judicial_news/…
on 26 August 2025 do not even give a name, with the person arrested identified only as ‘K’.

russia is using its flawed ‘terrorism’ and ‘extremism’ legislation as supposed justification for what is clearly religious persecution.

russia’s Supreme Court effectively banned the Jehovah’s Witnesses on 20 April 2017, by claiming them to be an ‘extremist organization’, and reports ever since of arrests have used words that suggest something illicit and ‘extremist’ about believers meeting to pray and study the Bible together.

It was claimed in this case that “the accused actively participated in the activities of a cell of the extremist organization ‘the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ from September 2018 through May 2023.” The occupation ‘Voroshilov inter-district court’ had remanded him in custody for two months.

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With information so limited, it is often the cutoff time (in this case May 2023) which can suggest when a person was, in fact, abducted.

While not at all guaranteed that this is the case here, it is otherwise unclear why the alleged ‘extremist activities’, i.e. group worship and study of the Bible are only until more than two years ago.

The claim that ‘K’ was “the leader of a Jehovah’s Witnesses cell” is also nonsense, as the Jehovah’s Witnesses do not have any such hierarchy.

The assertion is, doubtless, needed to try to justify the arrest and the most serious charge, that of ‘organizing the activities of an extremist organisation’.

This is under Article 282.2 § 2 of Russia’s criminal code, with the article having already been used at least 20 times in occupied Crimea to imprison believers for six to seven years....

Even before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, russia used its proxy ‘Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics’ [‘DPR’ and ‘LPR’} to carry out the same offensive against all faiths except the russian Orthodox Church which russia undertook in occupied Crimea.

Back in 2018, for example, the so-called ‘Donetsk people’s republic’ banned virtually all material
khpg.org/en/1535746157
published by the Jehovah’s Witnesses, claiming it to be ‘extremist’ (see also: Ukraine’s religious freedom crushed in russian proxy Donbas ‘republics’
khpg.org/en/1607892179
)

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Lew Anno Support#Israel #Ukraine 24/2-22

@anno1540

Aug 27

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A "split" is emerging: ISW pointed out a nuance in Russians' attitude towards the war against Ukraine

Citizens of the aggressor country russia are becoming apathetic towards the war.

/At the same time, the russians themselves do not believe that the russian Federation will agree to end the war in the near future./

Such sentiments about the war against Ukraine have arisen among russian residents from border areas.

This is stated in the analysis of the Institute for the Study of War.
Such sentiments about the war against Ukraine have emerged among russian residents of border regions, according to an analysis by the Institute for the Study of War.
understandingwar.org/backgrounder/r…

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"russians are tired of war"

russian civilians living in border areas are increasingly less likely to volunteer and participate in hostilities.

Residents of the Bryansk, Kursk, and Belgorod regions were recently surveyed on this issue.

russians said they did not think russia would agree to a ceasefire in the near future and expected the war to continue.

Those interviewed said that civilians near the border initially invested and donated to the military operation, but now there is no motivation to help Putin’s army.

A russian from the Belgorod region said that:
- residents of the border region increasingly view russian soldiers as a threat due to the high risk of Ukrainian drone strikes on the occupiers and cases where russian troops have damaged civilian infrastructure and robbed local residents.

Another russian from #Kursk Oblast said that people are tired of the war, want to return to normal life, and do not want to raise funds for military needs because the war has no end in sight.

A local resident from Bryansk Oblast said:
- that Moscow’s military goals are constantly changing, suggesting that dictator Vladimir Putin’s attempts to influence American audiences with statements of his willingness to negotiate contradict his statements to russian audiences that russia remains committed to achieving its military goals.

ISW @TheStudyofWar noted that Putin's attempts to play both information spaces may mislead russian audiences .

russian state and independent polls conducted in early 2025 showed that a majority of russians support the continuation of the war in Ukraine, indicating that the population in areas bordering Ukraine and most affected by the war is less supportive of military action than the population living in areas remote from the fighting.

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"What preceded"

russia shows no desire to end the war against Ukraine.

- Instead of holding full-fledged negotiations, the russian side has repeatedly put forward ultimatums, which, in fact, mean the surrender of Ukraine and the consolidation of territorial gains.

At the same time, despite statements of "readiness for peace", russian troops continue massive attacks on Ukrainian cities, including civilian infrastructure, and are also waging intense battles on the front.

This indicates that the russians are not interested in ending the war.

As a reminder, Deputy Chairman of the russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev admitted that Moscow is conducting bilateral negotiations with Ukraine not for the sake of a ceasefire and the approach of a just peace.
obozrevatel.com/ukr/politics-n…

The Ukrainophobe stated that the negotiations are needed for the "quickest victory" of the russian Federation and the destruction of the Ukrainian government.

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Lew Anno Support#Israel #Ukraine 24/2-22

@anno1540

Aug 26

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I get an letter from mine Anonymous voulanteer friend in Ukraine:
( hes viuws hs own )
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26.08.2025
13.45

Right now I am involved in a number of activities in preparation for the upcoming front trip. Today's report focuses only on our core area;

Pokrovsk/Myrnohrad. Much of what I previously reported has now received official confirmation.

Ukrainian counterattacks around #Dobropillya

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• Ukrainian defense forces have pushed back russian incursions east and northeast of Dobropillya.

They captured Nove Shakhove and Zapovidne, and managed to drive russian forces away from positions on the T 0514 highway between Dobropillya and Kramatorsk and south of Vesele.

• Through these counterattacks, parts of the russian 51st Combined Arms Army (51st CAA) are threatened with being encircled northwest of the Zapovidne–Mayak–Volodymyrivka line.

• The report indicates that the russian military leadership abandoned attempts to expand into Dobropillya due to failed infiltrations and the inability to establish permanent positions

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• Extensive fighting at Pokrovsk

• The Ukrainian General Staff reported 136 combat actions during the day, 43 of them in the Pokrovsk direction. russian forces conducted 43 airstrikes (with 57 guided bombs), used 1,459 kamikaze drones, and carried out 2,799 shellings against Ukrainian positions and settlements.

• An alternative account indicates 76 battles in total during the day, with the main focus at Pokrovsk according to the General Staff.

• Another source reports 174 clashes between 25–26 August, with Ukrainian forces repelling 43 Russian attacks in the Pokrovsk sector.

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