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Jan 23 • 7 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
1/ An audacious Ukrainian UAV attack on gas facilities near St Petersburg was reportedly enabled by a chronic shortage of usable air defence systems in the area, as a result of them being redeployed to protect Putin's luxury residence at Lake Valdai. ⬇️
2/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that Pantsir S1 short range air defence (SHORAD) systems formerly based in the St Petersburg areas were mostly redeployed to protect a "particularly important" facility in Valdai, i.e. Putin's residence there. Image
3/ It was reported before the war in Ukraine that Russia had established a Pantsir regiment in St Petersburg. However, apart from mostly being redeployed to Valdai, its Pantsirs have reportedly also been sent to Ukraine and one was lost in an accident.
4/ VChK-OGPU comments: "Today, it is simply impossible to take St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast into a circumferential air defence network, as well as important strategic enterprises, due to a shortage of anti-aircraft missile systems."
5/ It notes that the local air defence units are mainly equipped with longer-range systems such as the S-300, S-400 and Buk M1, which have difficulty engaging small, slow targets travelling at low altitudes.
6/ In response to the attack, ASTRA reports that Russia has deployed S-300s to protect sites in the region around St Petersburg. A video recorded by a local resident shows an S-300 on the road. "So, guys, we’re preparing for the worst,” he says. /end
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Jan 23
1/ Russian soldiers suffering from serious illnesses such as HIV and hepatitis C are complaining of the army's "bestial attitude and lies" towards them. They have been refused supposedly mandatory dismissal from service and in some cases have even been held captive. ⬇️ Image
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Jan 19
1/ At least 2,500 scientists are reported to have left Russia since the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022 and the number of published scientific papers has collapsed. This comes as the result of isolation due to sanctions, visa restrictions and state paranoia. ⬇️ Image
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Jan 15
1/ The Russian government has hidden a vast amount of data from the public in an apparent attempt to conceal the impact of the war in Ukraine. An analysis shows that almost 500 datasets have been removed since February 2022, covering everything from weather to state pensions. ⬇️ Image
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Jan 11
1/ An increasing number of criminals and mercenaries from Africa are fighting with the Russian armed forces in Ukraine. In the latest instances, a convicted criminal from Cape Verde appeared in a propaganda video and a Somali was captured by Ukrainian forces. ⬇️
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Jan 9
1/ Mobilised Russians are stoically enduring appalling conditions on the front lines in Ukraine, without food or water and with endemic theft of their supplies and equipment by their own side. Meanwhile, many of their wives are afraid to speak up for fear of retaliation. ⬇️ Image
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1/ A GRU project to create a 'volunteer corps' to replace the Wagner Group is reported to have run into severe problems, with crippling shortages of fuel and lubricants hampering operations in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka areas. ⬇️ Image
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3/ These problems have reportedly arisen despite the 'volunteer corps' being incorporated into the GRU's organisational structure as a separate special department at the 462nd Special Purpose Training Centre (likely a spetsnaz training organisation).
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