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1/ Citizens of Russia's Belgorod region are outraged that the regional government has spent far more on public events, including a dumpling festival, than on civil defence. As a result, bomb shelters have been neglected and evacuations have been chaotic and disorganised. ⬇️ Image
2/ The 'We Can Explain' Telegram channel reports that a source who has dealings with Belgorod officials says they "ignore the threat and prefer not to talk about the war in private conversations, but "have planned jam festivals for summer, recently they had a tulip festival"."
3/ The regional government has said that it has spent almost 30 million rubles ($368,500) so far in 2023 on organizing holidays and festivals. It held a "Varenyky Festival" last winter, in which 10,000 out of 64,000 dumplings were distributed to the military. Image
4/ The BelgorodMusicFest was held in February, and in March Belgorod held a two-day tulip festival, River in Bloom. Upcoming festivals include the Grill Fest barbecue festival, the Russian Kasha culinary festival, the Drum Wave rock festival, the Jam Festival and more. ImageImage
5/ However, Belgorod plans to spend only 8 million rubles ($98,000) on civil defence. Several of the festivals took place at the same time as shellings of Shebekino and other border settlements. Not surprisingly, citizens on the border feel they've been forgotten about. /end
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Jun 7
1/ This very good thread from @TomGiuretis highlights the vital role that the canals fed from the Dnipro play in the agriculture of southern Ukraine and Crimea. But I thought I'd add a historical perspective to how the canals changed life there.
2/ As Tom says, and I can attest as well having been there myself, it's a completely flat landscape of endless fields. It's watered by four major canals and innumerable side canals and irrigation channels. The Dnipro's water has made it a hugely productive farming region. Image
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1/ Russian soldiers fighting against the cross-border incursion in the Belgorod region are complaining that they are being "slaughtered" and "entire regiments" have been lost. They blame bad leadership, inadequate equipment, lack of artillery support and no reinforcements. ⬇️ Image
2/ The 'Pskov Province' Telegram channel has published a statement sent to it by mobilised soldiers from the 1009th motorised rifle regiment, which was raised in Russia's Pskov region. They want to "publicise what happened on the Russian-Ukrainian border."
3/ The men say in their statement: "I would like to see the story of our regiment being slaughtered on the Shebekino and Grayvoron directions and somehow put the matter to rest.
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1/ Vladimir Putin is reported to be refusing to hear bad news about the war in Ukraine, attributing it to "Western propaganda", and is said to be listening only to those who are reporting successes. ⬇️ Image
2/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that Putin is showing an "extremely irritated" attitude to bad news:

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3/ …currently under the influence of "Western propaganda" and was "thickening the clouds" following it, while Putin himself had more reliable information from other sources that did not coincide with the reporters' information.
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1/ Russia's army has been notoriously brutal towards its mobilised soldiers. One man who escaped from his unit and was captured by the Ukrainians have told of how he fled after his unit suffered 75% casualties, he was tortured by the FSB and his commanders abandoned him. ⬇️ Image
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1/ Men evacuated from Shebekino are causing havoc at Belgorod State University, where they've been relocated. Students are complaining of sexual harassment, drunkenness and rowdy behaviour. "Get together as a group, find those men and smash their faces in," one student says. ⬇️ Image
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3/ Numerous complaints have been posted in Belgorod State University student chat rooms and on WhatsApp. "It turns out, at the moment, everything is allowed in the dormitory! Drinking, smoking and partying," says one student.
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1/ Russian schools are spending tens of millions of rubles to buy drones to teach pupils aged 12-15 how to assemble and operate them. It's likely that the long-term intention is to create a new cadre of drone pilots for the Russian armed forces. ⬇️ Image
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3/ He supported proposals made by Russian UAV manufacturers "that children can learn to operate, assemble and design drones from school". This, he said, would allow schoolchildren to "engage in useful and interesting work".
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