/1. Just now. Explosion occurred in Moscow, Russia.
According to preliminary data, the person killed in the explosion may be the creator of the "Arbat" battalion of the Russian and also the President of the Boxing Federation of the so-called DPR and, Armen Nagapetovich Sargsyan.
The incident occurred 12km from Kremlin.
/2. Photo of the Armen Nagapetovich Sargsyan. It is also known that he had a conflict with the Chechens. So in February 2024 there was even a shootout between his security and a Chechen militant in Moscow. Then three people were hospitalized with bullet wounds. As a number of Russian media wrote, it was provoked by his daughter's car accident.
/3. Also, during the explosion in Moscow, Oleg Kaspirovich, who had previously been deputy commander of a separate special forces detachment of the Crimean territorial command of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was wounded.
/4. Armen Sargsyan survived the explosion but is in serious condition and was hospitalized. He was placed in intensive care.
/5. Video from the site of the explosion in Moscow. Preliminary, the radio-controlled IED could have been planted above the ceiling.
/6. Update: Russian war criminal Armen Nagapetovich Sargsyan died in the hospital.
/7. Another version from media is that the IED could have been installed in a sofa or armchair standing in the hallway of the entrance. The nature of the injuries allegedly indicates this. Also, according to preliminary data, the power of the explosive device planted in was 300-400 grams of TNT equivalent.
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🪡🧵/1. Footage shows the NEMESIS unit of the @usf_army “bombarding” NATO armored columns during drills in Estonia.
NEMESIS, a Ukrainian unit that participated in major NATO exercises in Estonia, helped simulate a drone-dominated battlefield for the Alliance.
Below is a thread with NEMESIS drone operators insights and the experience they gained during the drills.
/2. The military exercise Hedgehog-2025 took place in Estonia in May last year.
More than 16,000 service members from 12 NATO member states, as well as Ukraine, participated in the drills — including operators from the 412th Nemesis Brigade.
/3. Under one of the exercise scenarios, a large NATO battlegroup numbering several thousand troops conducted an offensive operation.
Playing the role of the opposing force was a Ukrainian UAV unit — bomber drone crews from the 412th NEMESIS Brigade, along with several FPV drone teams from the 427th Rarog Brigade and the International Legion of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR).
/1. (WSJ) - NATO conducted large-scale military exercises in Estonia, the Hedgehog 2025 drills, bringing together more than 16,000 troops from 12 member states, with Ukrainian drone operators serving as a simulated adversary.
The exercise laid bare a sobering conclusion: Alliance is not ready for a battlefield where drones dominate the sky and make every move visible and vulnerable.
/2. The exercises goal was to recreated a battlefield packed with threats and constant drone activity, pushing units to operate under pressure and testing how well they could adapt in real time.
From the outset, things did not go as smoothly. In one scenario, a NATO battle group of several thousand troops, including a British brigade and an Estonian division, advanced as if the battlefield had not fundamentally changed, effectively ignoring the drone threat as though it did not exist.
“The NATO battle group simply moved around without camouflage, setting up tents and armored vehicles. Everything was destroyed,” said one participant who acted as the opposing force.
/3. A single Ukrainian team of about 10 personnel acting as the simulated enemy managed within half a day to replicate the destruction of 17 armored vehicles and carry out 30 additional strikes on other targets.
According to Aivar Hanniotti, who commanded the roughly 100-strong opposing unit, more than 30 drones were operating in an area of less than 10 square kilometers — only about half the drone density currently seen along Ukraine’s front line.
“There was no possibility to hide. We quite easily found cars and mechanized units, and we were able to take them out quite fast with strike drones,”
(1/8) In Sweden, nuns from the St. Elisabeth Convent, originally based in Belarus, embedded in 20 churches, worked for Russian intelligence and raised funds for the Russian army while posing as a charity.
(2/8) This exposure forced the Swedish Church to issue an official warning to other Catholic communities, stating that nuns of the St. Elisabeth Monastery direct their earnings toward supporting Russian nationalism and Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine, while maintaining close ties to the GRU.
In Sweden, those nuns became known as the “Z-nuns.”
(3/8) What Z-nuns sold as “souvenirs” in Swedish churches actually served as a funding tool for Russian military units.
Thus proceeds from the sales were channelled directly towards supporting Russia's war effort.
Vehicle complies with STANAG 4569 Level 1. Protection covers 7.62×51 mm non-AP fire beyond 30 m and the effects of a 155 mm HE-fragmentation round at ≥80 m.
Mine protection withstands a 3 kg TNT equivalent and DM 51 grenades detonated under the hull center.
/3. UAT-FOX
Vehicle is an armored conversion project based on the Mitsubishi L200, while fully retaining a civilian exterior appearance.