1. The Russians surprised again. The first was grills on tank turrets to protect against #Javelins and #NLAW.
Now this "miracle" isn't analogous: the ship's anti-aircraft guns were welded to the hull of the infantry fighting vehicles... I'm laughing to the point of tears...⬇️
During the evacuation of the wounded near #Bakhmut on Friday, March 3, a volunteer, servicewoman, combat medic of the 93rd #KholodnyYar brigade Yana Rykhlitska died.
Eternal memory! Condolences to loved ones, relatives and brothers.
R.I.P.
🕯️💔🕯️ bbc-ccnn.com/pid-bahmutom-z…
1. Soldiers from the 126th brigade of the Russian Armed Forces refused to fight "for reasons of conscience", Russian media reported, adding photos of the reports.
Having visited #Ukraine, the Russian mercenaries "found no traces of the Nazis there" and found out that the local⬇️
2. residents were against the Russian Armed Forces "liberating" them. According to the "refusalists", now Russian propaganda in the brigade against Ukrainians has intensified, one of the arguments is "they are bombing our cities."
After the Russian soldiers wrote their reports,⬇️
3. commanders came to them for the first time in several months, who explained the decline of patriotism to the effect of alcohol.
"Alcohol has created ulcers in the heads through which bad thoughts get there," one of the contractors quotes the commander as saying.⬇️ #StopRussia
1.❗️ #Russia bypassing sanctions receives key technologies for the war in #Ukraine through third countries, #Bloomberg.
According to the publication, Russian imports in general have largely returned to pre-war levels in 2020, and an analysis of trade⬇️ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
2. data suggests that modern chips and integrated circuits produced in the #EU and other allied countries are being supplied to #Russia via third countries such as #Turkey, #UAE and #Kazakhstan.
3. $3.7 million worth of advanced semiconductors to #Russia, up from just $12,000 the year before the war.
In the period from 2017 to 2021, the #RussianFederation annually bought advanced chips and integrated circuits for an average of 163 million dollars from the #EU,⬇️
A fake British intelligence report is now circulating all over the telegram, which allegedly says that Putin is trying to persuade #Ukraine and the West to negotiate on the terms of the withdrawal of Russian troops from the #Kherson and #Zaporizhzhia ⬇️
2. regions in exchange for #Crimea. At the same time, the report allegedly says that the Russian General Staff has enough resources to completely capture the #Donetsk and #Luhansk regions. Thus, the fake report promotes a narrative favorable to the Kremlin about leaving the war⬇️
3. with the occupation of Ukrainian territories.
Why it's fake is very simple.
1. The text is written with errors. The city of Zaporozhye (#Zaporizhzhia) is twice written differently - in Ukrainian and Russian transliteration - Zaporizhzhia and Zaporozhye.⬇️ #StopRussia
1. In #Russia, they decided to respond to the visits of the Ukrainian command to the front - and pretended that Shoigu had personally appeared at the front. Namely, in the command post of the troops.
On the right, the destroyed building, against the background of which Shoigu⬇️
2. appeared, bears little resemblance to a control post. Inside, too, everything speaks of a hastily put together decoration: camouflage netting on the walls, a bunch of tables, hanging campaign posters, scattered colored markers and mineral water in a glass (maybe vodka?🤣).⬇️
3. And of course, orders to "heroes of special operations". An interesting moment - one of the awardees says that she is happy to receive the award from the hands of Shoigu:⬇️