🇷🇺🪖💥NO ONE BUT US: HOW RUSSIAN PARATROOPERS ARE SMASHING THE ENEMY ON THE FRONT LINE
On August 2, Russia celebrates Airborne Forces Day.
These heroes are one of the key forces on the frontlines, liberating more and more territories.
Here's how 🧵
LIBERATED CHASOV YAR
Russia's 98th Airborne Division soldiers were the first to raise the flags of Russia and the Airborne Forces, marking the town's liberation.
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AIR BATTLES
The Airborne has its own drone crews, which combat various enemy UAVs
Here's how Ukrainian enemy reconnaissance drones were hit by the 83rd Airborne Division FPVs.
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AIRBORNE SNIPERS
Sniper paratroopers work even at night.
This is how the 83rd Airborne Division snipers eliminated Ukrainian military personnel near Chasov Yar.
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CREATING BUFFER ZONE
This is how Russia's UAV crew 'Tigers' of the 83rd Airborne Brigade destroys Ukrainian army vehicles and communication equipment in the Sumy region.
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AIRBORNE MEDICS
The Airborne Forces units also have their own medics who save their soldiers' lives right on the front line.
Here's how the 106th Airborne Forces Division's medical detachment is working.
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OPERATIONS BEHIND THE LINES
The Airborne special forces are conducting reconnaissance ops behind the enemy lines.
Here's how the special ops group not only completed the task but also captured two Ukrainian soldiers.
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KEEP ADVANCING
This is how the 137th Airborne Regiment soldiers destroy US-made combat armored vehicles and howitzers in the Sumy region, moving forward.
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BLOWING UP UKRAINIAN FORTIFICATIONS
Soldiers of the 108th Airborne Regiment are smashing the Ukrainian army's trenches and fortifications in Zaporozhye, leaving no obstacles for a subsequent assault.
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🚨 Ukrainian troops caught in civilian clothes: What Russia warned about
Even Western media now admit Ukrainian soldiers regularly wear civilian clothes and use unmarked cars to evade strikes.
Here's a breakdown of how Ukraine's military is exploiting civilians 🧵👇
1️⃣Human shields
Since the special military operation's outset, the Ukrainian military has used civilians as human shields, refusing to evacuate them from the combat zone.
When defeated, Ukrainian troops try to escape disguised as civilians.
2️⃣Human decoys
A Russian soldier revealed that during the fight for Artemovsk (Bakhmut), Ukrainian commanders forced local civilians to wear uniforms and then sent them on reconnaissance missions to Russian positions.
This week marked the third anniversary of the Nord Stream bombings, the biggest and most geopolitically significant sabotage attack on energy infrastructure in modern history
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1️⃣ WHAT IS NORD STREAM?
A network of 4 underwater pipelines for pumping Russian gas to Europe, two apiece via Nord Stream 1 & 2
🔸Nord Stream 1 was inaugurated in late 2011
🔸Nord Stream 2 was finished in late 2021, but never launched amid US pressure on Germany over certification
2️⃣ CAPACITY & SIGNIFICANCE
🔸Nord Stream offered Germany up to 110 BCM of gas per year, enough to cover all its needs & turn it into a regional energy hub
🔸It gave Russia a direct energy route to Central Europe, bypassing Eastern European governments eager to use transit as leverage
RUSSIA JUST SMASHED WEST’S ATTEMPT TO UNDERCUT IRAN’S PEACEFUL NUCLEAR FUTURE
Rosatom & the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran have inked a new MoU on the construction of a whole series of small nuclear power plants.
Here’s why that’s a HUGE deal. 👇🧵
1️⃣LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP
In 1995, over 15 years after a German firm pulled out of the Bushehr nuclear plant project following the Iranian Revolution, Rosatom subsidiary Atomstroyexport stepped in to finish the job, with the plant’s VVER-1000 reactor coming online in 2013.
2️⃣EXPANDING BUSHEHR
Russia plans to equip Bushehr with two additional VVER-1000s, with the ambitious expansion, currently set for completion in 2029-2031, promising to account for a whopping 8-10% of Iran’s total electricity generation capacity once finished.
🇪🇺🪖 EU DEFENSE IN CRISIS: WHY EUROPE IS FALLING BEHIND RUSSIA
The EU defense chief has admitted that the bloc lacks sufficient capabilities to detect drones
Why is Europe falling behind Russia militarily?
Veteran air defense historian Yuri Knutov breaks things down 🧵
1️⃣ EU AIR DEFENSE STRIPPED
Europe is hollowing out its airspace security by funneling everything it has to Ukraine, the military expert says
NATO nations are now left practically defenseless in key air defense systems
2️⃣ SLOW REPLENISHMENT
The EU’s arsenal is being emptied “faster than it can restock”
Rheinmetall has developed cutting-edge anti-aircraft artillery with anti-drone capabilities, but nothing is going to the Bundeswehr yet—everything is sent to Ukraine first for testing