The appointment of Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas) as the EU foreign affairs chief has caused great anger among Russians. This is not only in Russia, but also among many who live in Europe, primarily in Estonia. The number of messages in social networks and the media aimed at
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discrediting Kallas has skyrocketed. It is obvious that Russia has launched an information attack at full power. And the Estonian media are falling into this pit as well. Every day, the Estonian media publish articles that in one way or another denigrate the work of Kallas
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and her cabinet. The main discontent is the increase in taxes and inflation, which is higher than in other countries. However, when discussing this, the media always misses several key facts. It cannot be said that Kaja and her government do not make mistakes, this is not
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true at all, but the main reason for the increase in expenses is the war unleashed by Russia in Ukraine and the fact that we are now forced to spend huge amounts of money on defense. The media are also silent about the fact that Estonia had close ties with Russia under the
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Centre Party. The Centre Party even had a friendship agreement with United Russia, Putin's party. Business in Estonia was closely tied to Russia, and the loss of Russian investment hit the Estonian economy hard. Despite everything, Estonia remains the country with the
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smallest gross government debt among the EU countries. Estonian media also wrote much less about the scandals of the Tallinn mayor from the Centre Party related to corruption, and about corruption in this party in general, about their mistakes in power. But Kaja Kallas
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and her party are attacked literally on a daily basis. The media should remain neutral, but there is no trace of this. Estonian media should explain daily that the increase in spending is related to aid to Ukraine, defense spending, and the severance of trade relations
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with Russia, but the bullying of Kaja Kallas is simply massive and is present in almost every Estonian news agency. Manipulation of information, quotes from Russian sources or commentators, as well as comments from the Estonian media themselves on any topics related to the
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ruling party occupy a huge part of the Estonian information field. Against this background, support for conservative far-right parties is growing, as in Europe as a whole. And this is what Russia usually achieves. The question arises - are our media so independent?
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There is no ideal government and there can't be. Kaya and her party also make mistakes, but the behavior of the media now raises a lot of questions about their neutrality and professionalism. Also, these information attacks show that Russia is really afraid of her
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appointment, because she has a very tough position regarding Russia. There will be more sanctions and more support for Ukraine and Russia does not like this.
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The publication recorded an interview with a Russian occupier who fled to the West. “We really are fucking orcs”: the story of a grenade launcher deserter from “Storm Z”, who is now seeking political asylum. He told them what is happening in these
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units. Even during training in the Kirov region, there were problems with equipment - “Everything is f*ked up there. They should have provided us with the basics. At least one set of clothes. By the time they registered us, by the time they took us to the clothing
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warehouse... And all the workers there were drunk as skunks. The officers were 50/50, but the senior staff was just a little short of Yeltsin’s level. All the clothes were from the 60s and did not fit. Extortion began immediately. 500 rubles here, 500 rubles there. We
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1/6 Not so peaceful china was caught red-handed supplying drones to Haftar in Libya. Update by @joni_askola
2/6 Italy has seized two distinct shipments, one of which was labeled as "wind turbine parts" but actually contained Wing Loong UCAV, including two control stations intended for Khalifar Haftar in Libya.
3/6 Italian authorities confiscated the shipment of chinese Wing Loong drones destined for Libya following a tip-off from the US.
The situation in the Kharkiv direction remains difficult. The commander of the Achilles UAV unit writes -
"Information is now spreading that the occupiers are allegedly retreating from Vovchansk and Hlyboke. I want to emphasize that over the past year I cannot recall a period 1/7
when the enemy retreated. Heavy and difficult battles continued in all the territories that we managed to return and de-occupy. On every part of the front, we have counter-battles. After recapturing one or another position, the enemy necessarily counterattacks with the aim of 2/7
regaining the lost positions. The enemy has more forces and means. So when you hear that the situation is stabilized, or that the Defense Forces have a tactical initiative, you should understand that at this time very difficult things are still going on". Despite the fact 3/7
1/7 Documents obtained by the Washington Post have revealed that russia carried out almost 40 bombing incidents on its own territory within a year. Update by @joni_askola
2/7 Continuing from the previous thread on glide bombs, an article from the Washington Post has unveiled further details regarding russia's utilization and shortcomings with glide bombs.
3/7 The Washington Post reported today that a document it obtained indicated that russia deployed glide bombs on its own territory almost 40 times in a single year, likely attributed to malfunctioning guidance systems.
Since March 2023, Russia has been actively using guided glide bombs or GBs along the entire front line. In 2024, these bombs became the main striking force of the Russians on the front, it is with their help that Russia destroys Ukrainian cities and villages. On March 27,
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Russia struck Kharkiv with a large-caliber guided munition for the first time in early 2022. Since then, Russian terror with KABs has not stopped. It has a fairly wide GB arsenal. New, but rare, guided gliding aerial bomb UPAB-1500 weighing 1,500 kilograms and a warhead
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weighing 1,010 kg. For the UPAB-1500V, the range is 40 kilometers at a drop altitude of 14 kilometers, that is, from the stratosphere. The speed of the carrier aircraft is about 1,000 kilometers per hour. Developed on the basis of the Kh-38 Grom-1 and Grom-2 missiles.
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1/6 Ukraine is now mass-producing its long-range UAVs. Update by @joni_askola
2/6 Ukraine has commenced the mass production of long-range UAVs capable of targeting strategic locations within russia from a distance of 1000km, according to Ukroboronprom's General Director, Herman Smetanin.
3/6 It is unsurprising, considering the heightened intensity of Ukraine's deep strikes into russian territory, accompanied by a substantial increase in the number of drones deployed per strike.