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Feb 26 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
1/ Without detracting at all from the stunning success of this Ukrainian operation, it's clear that Russian failings – specifically corruption and poor safety – were a major factor in making it possible.
2/ As discussed in the thread below, vast amounts of ammunition were stored in the open air, without any protection whatsoever.
3/ Additionally, around 30% of the construction budget for building and expanding the Toropets depot is said to have been stolen, likely through substituting cheap flammable materials for more expensive fireproof ones.
4/ The Russian minister in charge of the project was arrested for large-scale fraud in July 2024. The amount of money which is said to have been stolen at Toropets alone was at least $16 million.

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Feb 27
1/ Despite promises from the Russian government, wounded soldiers are routinely being denied medical examinations, psychiatric assistance, or prosthetic limbs, leading to sick, limbless and brain-damaged men being returned to the front lines. ⬇️
2/ The Russian warblogger Anastasia Kashevarova, who has written repeatedly about the mistreatment of Russia's wounded, has posted a comparison of official claims and the reality of what the men are facing.
3/ "I will say that the reports from officials and from those who work on the ground, who are really immersed in the topic, were strikingly different...
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Feb 26
1/ Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine should hold a presidential election in wartime. Nazi Germany demanded the same of Britain in July 1942. This is the story of why the UK delayed holding elections throughout World War II. ⬇️ Image
2/ There were no General Elections in the UK between 1935 and July 1945, making the wartime Parliament the longest in modern British history. Whereas Ukraine's constitution prohibits holding elections under martial law, the UK Parliament had to vote annually to prolong itself.
3/ This was not the first time it had been done. Five prolongations were passed between 1916 and 1918 to extend the life of the Parliament that had been elected in December 1910. During WW2, five Prolongation of Parliament Acts were passed between 1940 and 1944.
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Feb 25
1/ A civil engineer who was mobilised into the Russian army despite ill-health has escaped to Germany and spoken about the chaos and brutality he saw. His regiment was told by its commander: "You came here to die." He was later arrested and tortured for trying to flee. ⬇️ Image
2/ 44-year-old Georgy from Lyubertsy near Moscow has told his story to Radio Free Europe. He was mobilised in September 2022 despite serious heart problems and was sent to a training ground where he "wandered aimlessly" and "fired a few times from rusty automatic rifles".
3/ He had protested against being mobilised but was assured initially that he would be sent to a construction battalion, where his skills as a civil engineer would be valuable. Despite this, he was sent to a front-line Russian unit fighting in Ukraine in November 2022.
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Feb 24
1/ The third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a time for mourning, Russian nationalists say – not because of the destruction and huge loss of life, but because the war has failed to "heal and awaken Russia" from its "thirty-year bad dream" since the USSR fell. ⬇️ Image
2/ The Russian pro-war 'Soldier's Truth' Telegram channel writes that the war's anniversary allows a reappraisal of the 33-year-old phenomenon of the post-Soviet 'New Russia'. The author writes:
3/ "The Special Military Operation has convincingly shown that "New Russia" turned out to be a weak likeness, a pale shadow of historical Russia – either the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union.
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Feb 23
1/ An 'anti-crisis' video of a Russian officer condemning wounded soldiers for complaining has prompted criticism from Russian warbloggers for ignoring realities on the ground, such as extortion of compensation payments and an "epidemic" of suicides. ⬇️
2/ The video was published by the Izvestia correspondent and military journalist Alexander Sladkov, who is generally regarded as an apologist for the Putin regime. It features an unidentified battalion commander (said to be from the 5th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade).
3/ Sladkov calls it, somewhat optimistically, "a conversation between a samurai and samurais, a warrior with warriors, a hero with other Russian heroes."

In the video, the officer says:

"Comrades, I've had enough, there's a lot of negativity pouring out."
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Feb 22
1/ Russian warbloggers are protesting about numerous videos of crippled Russian soldiers on crutches being sent into assaults, or being used as 'bullet sponges' to identify where the Ukrainians are firing from. ⬇️
2/ Anastasia Kashevarova, who has written about the issue before, says that she is seeing videos from all fronts showing badly injured soldiers on the battlefield. She writes:

"Why is this happening? There are two ways to go to war with a crutch or an Ilizarov apparatus:
3/ "Way 1. Discharged from the hospital, given 30 days of rehabilitation leave. If from Storm (that is, a convict), then he is immediately taken to the unit, and from there back to the front.
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