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Aug 1 • 2 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
1/ As bad as the situation is with water supplies for the civilians of the Donbas region, it's worse for the Russian army. A video shared by a Russian warblogger shows Russian soldiers drinking from muddy ponds. 'Pioneer of the reserve' writes:
2/ "The situation with water on the front line remains consistently difficult. The guys have to collect water from puddles, swamps, lakes, and then filter it. This video is from Oleksiivka in the Pokrovsk direction." /end

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Aug 3
1/ An 'army mafia' has developed within Russia's invasion force in Ukraine, operating with near-impunity to smuggle commodities back into Russia and strip seized industries to sell for personal profit. A Russian commentary highlights the difficulties of tackling it. ⬇️ Image
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1/ With drug use widespread on the Russian front lines, it's not surprising that soldiers are overdosing. In this video, a military medic is providing first aid to a man who has had a drug overdose, prior to sending him to a hospital. ⬇️
2/ There have been many accounts of the scale of drug use in the Russian army – "corruption, drugs, alcohol all around" as one ex-Wagner soldier has put it. At least one in ten Russian soldiers is reported to be using drugs.
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1/ Investigations into suspected crimes in the Russian 5th Brigade, including the recent disappearance and possible murder of two officers, are reportedly hampered by an unexpected problem: investigators themselves are disappearing and possibly being murdered. ⬇️ Image
2/ Many accusations have been made against the brigade's senior officers, including "drug trafficking, robberies, looting, extortion, salary theft, trade in fuel and humanitarian aid", following the disappearance of battalion commander Yuri Burakov.
3/ An official investigation is said to have now been opened into Burakov's disappearance after he was summoned to meet his superiors, though previous attempts to investigate the 5th Brigade's affairs have apparently not produced any results. Anastasia Kashevarova writes:
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Aug 2
1/ Donald Trump's reasons for his firing of the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics are an ominous echo of a notorious concept from Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany: that of scapegoating individuals or groups as economic "wreckers" or "saboteurs". ⬇️ Soviet poster titled "The enemy is full of guile and evil" - espionage, sabotage, slander, provocations, lies
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3/ Trump's announcement yesterday that he was sacking BLS head Dr. Erika McEntarfer used language strongly reminiscent of Soviet-era denunciations of "wreckers" and "saboteurs". He claimed without evidence that she "manipulated" and "faked" statistics.
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1/ Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine have to supply almost all of their own equipment, including drones, either at their own expense or through volunteer donations. A commentary on the state of logistics in an elite Airborne Forces unit depicts a dire situation. ⬇️ Image
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1/ Black Sea Fleet commanders have reportedly imposed severe restrictions on their subordinates in retaliation for leaks portraying senior officers as involved in corrupt schemes. They are said to be keeping unseaworthy vessels in service to corruptly divert repair funds. ⬇️ Image
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3/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel named the commander of the 4th separate submarine brigade, Captain 1st Rank Dmitriy Skarga, as a key figure in the scheme. Now, the channel reports, Skarga is cracking down on his subordinates to deter any further leaks. Dmitriy Skarga
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