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A delegation from my volunteer group Defense Tech for Ukraine spent two weeks in Ukraine meeting with military units and defense manufacturers.
My strongest impression was of Ukrainian civilians completely ignoring the frequent air raid sirens and calmly going about their day.
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My strongest impression was of Ukrainian civilians completely ignoring the frequent air raid sirens and calmly going about their day.
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Even a Shahed attack on Kharkiv one night had no apparent effect other than an earlier blackout.
The Milky Way was vivid in the middle of the city!
The Ukrainian people seem determined to ignore the hated Russians as much as possible, and refuse to let them affect their lives.
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The Milky Way was vivid in the middle of the city!
The Ukrainian people seem determined to ignore the hated Russians as much as possible, and refuse to let them affect their lives.
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I was worried we would find an exhausted and pessimistic nation, but the opposite was the case.
Military personnel and commanders are calm and confident.
Ukrainian defense manufacturers are inventive, and are steadily reducing reliance on Chinese components.
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Military personnel and commanders are calm and confident.
Ukrainian defense manufacturers are inventive, and are steadily reducing reliance on Chinese components.
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Ashkenazi Jews have a 112 verbal IQ, but a 92 spatial IQ - an 8 points lower visual IQ then the European average
This was proposed in the famous 2005 Cochrane study about their high IQ, and was used to explain why Jews dominate Law and Academia, but are absent in Engineering
A study by Rahman in 2003 found that females and gay men have a similar verbal dominant brain, whereas lesbians and straight men have high spatial intelligence
They wondered if the visuospatial mind is the male hunting brain that models reality in the right hemisphere - compared to the "talkative female brain" of the left hemisphere designed for the village
A 2016 study by Mueller found that female transexuals given testosterone exhibited increased right-hemisphere activity during mental rotation tasks
So: Ashkenazis, Females, and Homosexuals have girl coded wordcel brains - but Europeans, Men, Lesbians, and Transsexuals on gear have a more hunter shape rotator brains
The Jewish religions - Judaism, Christianity, Islam - all have a streak of hating icons, and making God abstract, textual, and a moral teacher
European artistic movements - Athens and the Italian Renaissance - produce high fidelity shape rotator art, that teaches no law, but imposes the majesty of its presence
This was proposed in the famous 2005 Cochrane study about their high IQ, and was used to explain why Jews dominate Law and Academia, but are absent in Engineering
A study by Rahman in 2003 found that females and gay men have a similar verbal dominant brain, whereas lesbians and straight men have high spatial intelligence
They wondered if the visuospatial mind is the male hunting brain that models reality in the right hemisphere - compared to the "talkative female brain" of the left hemisphere designed for the village
A 2016 study by Mueller found that female transexuals given testosterone exhibited increased right-hemisphere activity during mental rotation tasks
So: Ashkenazis, Females, and Homosexuals have girl coded wordcel brains - but Europeans, Men, Lesbians, and Transsexuals on gear have a more hunter shape rotator brains
The Jewish religions - Judaism, Christianity, Islam - all have a streak of hating icons, and making God abstract, textual, and a moral teacher
European artistic movements - Athens and the Italian Renaissance - produce high fidelity shape rotator art, that teaches no law, but imposes the majesty of its presence
Important: Cochrane said theres been no targeted studies on visual IQ in Ashkenazis, and his team said it would be great if there was
He hypothesised they would have a significant deficit due to a variety of factors, diseases, careers, and genetic tradeoffs, but needs testing!
He hypothesised they would have a significant deficit due to a variety of factors, diseases, careers, and genetic tradeoffs, but needs testing!
🧵🧵The Propaganda Century: How the Woke Left and Woke Right Recycled a 1920s Invention
In the 1920s, propaganda became an industry. In the 2020s, it became everyone’s side hustle.
I. The Birth of the Manipulated Mind
Propaganda did not start with Hitler or Stalin. It started with advertising executives in Manhattan boardrooms.
After World War I, Western governments discovered that mass persuasion could move entire populations. Posters, slogans, and patriotic newsreels had convinced millions to fight, ration, and sacrifice. When peace returned, those same tools migrated into civilian life.
The man who codified it was Edward Bernays, the nephew of Sigmund Freud and the father of modern public relations. His central idea was breathtakingly cynical: democracy could survive only if an “invisible government of men” managed the masses. Voters were too emotional to be trusted with reality, he said; they had to be guided through symbols, stories, and desire.
Bernays built an empire on that principle. He sold soap by organizing child-friendly sculpture contests. He made women smoking in public a feminist milestone. He even persuaded Americans that breakfast should include bacon and eggs by getting doctors to sign a pre-written “study.”
He did not just sell products; he sold the illusion of choice.
By the end of the 1920s, the formula was clear: repetition plus emotion plus moral simplicity equals mass obedience. The century of persuasion had begun.
In the 1920s, propaganda became an industry. In the 2020s, it became everyone’s side hustle.
I. The Birth of the Manipulated Mind
Propaganda did not start with Hitler or Stalin. It started with advertising executives in Manhattan boardrooms.
After World War I, Western governments discovered that mass persuasion could move entire populations. Posters, slogans, and patriotic newsreels had convinced millions to fight, ration, and sacrifice. When peace returned, those same tools migrated into civilian life.
The man who codified it was Edward Bernays, the nephew of Sigmund Freud and the father of modern public relations. His central idea was breathtakingly cynical: democracy could survive only if an “invisible government of men” managed the masses. Voters were too emotional to be trusted with reality, he said; they had to be guided through symbols, stories, and desire.
Bernays built an empire on that principle. He sold soap by organizing child-friendly sculpture contests. He made women smoking in public a feminist milestone. He even persuaded Americans that breakfast should include bacon and eggs by getting doctors to sign a pre-written “study.”
He did not just sell products; he sold the illusion of choice.
By the end of the 1920s, the formula was clear: repetition plus emotion plus moral simplicity equals mass obedience. The century of persuasion had begun.
II. The 1920s Playbook
Propaganda of that era operated through a set of recognizable levers:
1.Repetition and saturation – Say it often enough and it becomes true.
2.Simplification and scapegoating – Reduce complexity to “us vs. them.”
3.Emotional contagion – Anger, pride, and shame override logic.
4.Authority laundering – Wrap the message in expert validation.
5.Spectacle and symbolism – Make politics feel like belonging.
6.Manufactured events – Create “news” instead of reporting it.
Fascists and communists adopted these methods. So did advertisers and democracies. The propaganda of the 1920s did not just shape regimes; it created the psychological infrastructure for consumer capitalism and modern media alike.
Propaganda of that era operated through a set of recognizable levers:
1.Repetition and saturation – Say it often enough and it becomes true.
2.Simplification and scapegoating – Reduce complexity to “us vs. them.”
3.Emotional contagion – Anger, pride, and shame override logic.
4.Authority laundering – Wrap the message in expert validation.
5.Spectacle and symbolism – Make politics feel like belonging.
6.Manufactured events – Create “news” instead of reporting it.
Fascists and communists adopted these methods. So did advertisers and democracies. The propaganda of the 1920s did not just shape regimes; it created the psychological infrastructure for consumer capitalism and modern media alike.
III. The Digital Resurrection
A century later, we have resurrected the same machinery with stronger engines.
Our smartphones are the new printing press, radio, and rally hall in one. The algorithm, optimized for attention, is the perfect propagandist. It rewards emotion, punishes nuance, and learns exactly which outrage keeps you scrolling.
Where Goebbels needed censors, Silicon Valley only needs engagement metrics.
Propaganda is no longer a state monopoly; it is a participatory sport. Every influencer, think tank, and micro-celebrity can manufacture reality from their bedroom studio. The audience, addicted to moral certainty, supplies the free labor: likes, reposts, and uncritical loyalty.
A century later, we have resurrected the same machinery with stronger engines.
Our smartphones are the new printing press, radio, and rally hall in one. The algorithm, optimized for attention, is the perfect propagandist. It rewards emotion, punishes nuance, and learns exactly which outrage keeps you scrolling.
Where Goebbels needed censors, Silicon Valley only needs engagement metrics.
Propaganda is no longer a state monopoly; it is a participatory sport. Every influencer, think tank, and micro-celebrity can manufacture reality from their bedroom studio. The audience, addicted to moral certainty, supplies the free labor: likes, reposts, and uncritical loyalty.
GIULIANO FERRARA @ferrarailgrasso
La macchia che resterà sulla stupidità umanitaria (1/24)
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La macchia che resterà sulla stupidità umanitaria (1/24)
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Vedevano solo l’orrore delle vittime civili, non che i civili erano esposti come scudi umani a difesa dei predoni. Non hanno fatto uno sciopero per la liberazione degli ostaggi, mentre per loro si accendeva una speranza. (2/24)
Hanno preferito la gita antisemita dal fiume al mare (3/24)
A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that an unusual heart rhythm disorder, POTS, is particularly common in people with #LongevityPoweredbyGinseng COVID. The majority of those affected are middle-aged women. 1/
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS, is a condition where the heart beats abnormally fast when changing position from lying down to standing up. Standing up is a challenge for those affected who feel dizzy and would rather sit or lie down, so-called orthostatic intolerance. Their hearts may also beat faster than normal at rest and during exertion. 2/
Patients experience fatigue and difficulties concentrating, symptoms that are common in longCOVID.
Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet show that POTS occurs in almost a third of patients with severe longCOVID. By comparison, less than 1% of the Swedish population was affected by POTS before the pandemic. 3/
Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet show that POTS occurs in almost a third of patients with severe longCOVID. By comparison, less than 1% of the Swedish population was affected by POTS before the pandemic. 3/
What is happening?
The S&P 500 is up +40% in 6 months, Gold is nearing $4,000/oz, and Bitcoin hit a record $2.5 TRILLION market cap.
Meanwhile, the US Dollar is set for its WORST year since 1973.
Are markets THAT strong or is the US Dollar just crashing?
(a thread)
The S&P 500 is up +40% in 6 months, Gold is nearing $4,000/oz, and Bitcoin hit a record $2.5 TRILLION market cap.
Meanwhile, the US Dollar is set for its WORST year since 1973.
Are markets THAT strong or is the US Dollar just crashing?
(a thread)
Yesterday, on a casual Saturday night, Bitcoin surged to $125,000, a new all time high.
This makes Bitcoin worth a record $2.5 trillion.
Meanwhile, gold has hit 40 record highs in 2025 and is now worth a whopping $26.3 TRILLION.
That's more than 10 TIMES the value of Bitcoin.
This makes Bitcoin worth a record $2.5 trillion.
Meanwhile, gold has hit 40 record highs in 2025 and is now worth a whopping $26.3 TRILLION.
That's more than 10 TIMES the value of Bitcoin.
Meanwhile, take a look at Silver, worth $2.7 TRILLION and up over +60% YTD.
Gold, Silver, and Bitcoin are now all in the top 10 largest assets in the world.
These are all typically viewed as safe haven assets which rise when stocks fall.
But, take a look at equity markets.
Gold, Silver, and Bitcoin are now all in the top 10 largest assets in the world.
These are all typically viewed as safe haven assets which rise when stocks fall.
But, take a look at equity markets.
For 50 years, John Ott filmed what artificial light does to life.
He saw plants refuse to ripen. Fish change sex. Cancer patients improve when they ditch sunglasses.
His findings hit journals. He was honoured. Then his work was buried.
Here's what he documented: 🧵
He saw plants refuse to ripen. Fish change sex. Cancer patients improve when they ditch sunglasses.
His findings hit journals. He was honoured. Then his work was buried.
Here's what he documented: 🧵
1/ John Ott (1909–2000) was a banker turned photo-researcher
Pioneer of time-lapse photography. Filmed plant growth for Disney’s Secrets of Life (1956)
Found light wavelength altered cell growth & behavior more than chemicals
Spent 50 years documenting how light shapes health
Pioneer of time-lapse photography. Filmed plant growth for Disney’s Secrets of Life (1956)
Found light wavelength altered cell growth & behavior more than chemicals
Spent 50 years documenting how light shapes health
2/ Apples won’t ripen without the right light.
1940s: Ott filmed apples in a glass box.
Outside the box → red, ripened.
Inside the box → green, never ripened.
He swapped glass for UV-transparent plastic. 2 days later → red.
Wavelengths, not time, controlled ripening.
1940s: Ott filmed apples in a glass box.
Outside the box → red, ripened.
Inside the box → green, never ripened.
He swapped glass for UV-transparent plastic. 2 days later → red.
Wavelengths, not time, controlled ripening.
You're articles on anything related to Jews and Israel are universally terrible. I wrote up this critique of your article on the purported "hysteria" over Hamas's declaration of a "Day of Rage" on 10/13/2023:
(1) You would never know from this article that there have, in fact, been attacks on Jews in the US from Islamists. The most recent one before 10/7 was in 2022, when Malik Faisal Akram took worshippers hostage at the Congregation Beth Israel of Colleyville, a Jewish synagogue. The history of such violence, again never mentioned by Petty, makes the hysteria look a lot less hysterical. As would a mention of vandalism and threats against Jewish institutions and individuals since 10/7, including the killing of a Jewish man at a pro-Israel rally by an anti-Israel protestor less than a month later.
(2) Petti makes it seem like the main fear on 10/13 was that someone acting on Hamas's orders would try to harm Jewish Americans. Having been in touch with local Jewish community leaders around that time, I can attest that the underlying fear was that a "lone nut" would hear all the talk about the "day of rage" (not "day of jihad" I don't recall hearing that phrase at the time) that Hamas was promoting, and act on it.
(3) Petti cites "Jewish writer David Klion" as some sort of authority. David Klion is a far left extremist who represents nothing but that point of view. Citing him as an authority on antisemitic violence in the US is akin to citing Candace Owens on racist violence against black people.
(4) Petti attributes the (awful) murder of a Palestinian child by a deranged neighbor "directly" to rumors of the day of rage/jihad, with the killing supposedly to preempt an attack by his neighbors. Except that the day of rage was supposed to be on October 13, and the murder happened the next day. And as Petti himself acknowledges, the killer told the victims "You are killing our kids in Israel. You Palestinians don't deserve to live." Nothing to do with a day of rage.
(5) Petti's piece was dated October 7th. Maybe a coincidence, but if not hardly a sensitive day to publish a tendentious piece suggesting that American Jews' concern for their safety was a product of pure hysteria. I could go on, but that gives you an inkling. I will grant that even at the time, I thought people were a bit overwrought about the threat on that particular day. But I tend to be more stoic about such things than most.
(1) You would never know from this article that there have, in fact, been attacks on Jews in the US from Islamists. The most recent one before 10/7 was in 2022, when Malik Faisal Akram took worshippers hostage at the Congregation Beth Israel of Colleyville, a Jewish synagogue. The history of such violence, again never mentioned by Petty, makes the hysteria look a lot less hysterical. As would a mention of vandalism and threats against Jewish institutions and individuals since 10/7, including the killing of a Jewish man at a pro-Israel rally by an anti-Israel protestor less than a month later.
(2) Petti makes it seem like the main fear on 10/13 was that someone acting on Hamas's orders would try to harm Jewish Americans. Having been in touch with local Jewish community leaders around that time, I can attest that the underlying fear was that a "lone nut" would hear all the talk about the "day of rage" (not "day of jihad" I don't recall hearing that phrase at the time) that Hamas was promoting, and act on it.
(3) Petti cites "Jewish writer David Klion" as some sort of authority. David Klion is a far left extremist who represents nothing but that point of view. Citing him as an authority on antisemitic violence in the US is akin to citing Candace Owens on racist violence against black people.
(4) Petti attributes the (awful) murder of a Palestinian child by a deranged neighbor "directly" to rumors of the day of rage/jihad, with the killing supposedly to preempt an attack by his neighbors. Except that the day of rage was supposed to be on October 13, and the murder happened the next day. And as Petti himself acknowledges, the killer told the victims "You are killing our kids in Israel. You Palestinians don't deserve to live." Nothing to do with a day of rage.
(5) Petti's piece was dated October 7th. Maybe a coincidence, but if not hardly a sensitive day to publish a tendentious piece suggesting that American Jews' concern for their safety was a product of pure hysteria. I could go on, but that gives you an inkling. I will grant that even at the time, I thought people were a bit overwrought about the threat on that particular day. But I tend to be more stoic about such things than most.
@matthew_petti And given murders of Jews both here and abroad since then, the piece looks even worse.
Russian blogger “Atomic Cherry” argues that Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries will cause Moscow to perversely respond by forcing a reduction in consumption and the Russian economy itself.
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“Refined ideas about state governance imply the search for some highly effective symmetrical solution to any threat or crisis prospect.
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“Strikes on infrastructure should lead to the construction of a defensive perimeter; everything should be produced according to citizens' expectations to maintain their calm and well-being, necessarily organized and in the shortest possible time.
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🧵 Die Liebe zum Autoritarismus – Die dunkle Seite des Menschen
Demokratie kämpft auf verlorenem Posten.
Selbst stabile Demokratien sehen, wie Menschen zunehmend autoritäre Parteien wählen.
Warum?
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Demokratie kämpft auf verlorenem Posten.
Selbst stabile Demokratien sehen, wie Menschen zunehmend autoritäre Parteien wählen.
Warum?
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1) Misstrauen in demokratische Institutionen
Viele glauben, dass demokratische Institutionen korrupt, ineffektiv oder von Eliten beherrscht sind.
Anti-demokratische Parteien stellen sich als einzige Kraft dar, die „das System aufräumt“.
Viele glauben, dass demokratische Institutionen korrupt, ineffektiv oder von Eliten beherrscht sind.
Anti-demokratische Parteien stellen sich als einzige Kraft dar, die „das System aufräumt“.
2) Sehnsucht nach starker Führung
In Krisenzeiten sehnen sich viele nach entschlossenen, klaren Führern, statt nach mühsamem Konsens.
Kompromisse wirken wie Schwäche – autoritäre Führer versprechen entschlossene, mutige Lösungen.
In Krisenzeiten sehnen sich viele nach entschlossenen, klaren Führern, statt nach mühsamem Konsens.
Kompromisse wirken wie Schwäche – autoritäre Führer versprechen entschlossene, mutige Lösungen.
🧵 We’re going to have a large correction — but first, markets go much higher.
Here’s a factual argument against the oversimplified, dogmatic, and frankly dangerous view pushed by “Dr Profit” & others — who are incentivized to talk markets down for engagement & bias.
Let’s unpack it. 👇
Here’s a factual argument against the oversimplified, dogmatic, and frankly dangerous view pushed by “Dr Profit” & others — who are incentivized to talk markets down for engagement & bias.
Let’s unpack it. 👇
1) The “RRP crisis” is fiction.
Yes, Reverse Repo usage collapsed from $2.2 T → $8 B.
But that’s not a liquidity drain — it’s a rotation.
Cash moved into T-Bills & private repo.
More collateral = more efficient liquidity, not less.
This is normalization, not doom.
(Fed MPR Jun 2025 / FRED Oct 2025)
Yes, Reverse Repo usage collapsed from $2.2 T → $8 B.
But that’s not a liquidity drain — it’s a rotation.
Cash moved into T-Bills & private repo.
More collateral = more efficient liquidity, not less.
This is normalization, not doom.
(Fed MPR Jun 2025 / FRED Oct 2025)
2) RRP ↓ = Liquidity ↑.
When MMFs buy T-Bills instead of parking cash at the Fed, that money re-enters the banking system.
So the “buffer vanished” narrative is backward.
Liquidity didn’t disappear — it shifted into productive collateral.
When MMFs buy T-Bills instead of parking cash at the Fed, that money re-enters the banking system.
So the “buffer vanished” narrative is backward.
Liquidity didn’t disappear — it shifted into productive collateral.
"The USDA Approved Self Amplifying mRNA Injections For Our Cats & Our Dogs."
Nicolas Hulscher, MPH
"Veterinarians Across The Country Are Currently Injecting sa-mRNA Into Our Pets."
The Nobivac NXT Rabies Vaccine Side Effects Mimic Rabies..Aggression, Biting, Salivation & Rage
Nicolas Hulscher, MPH
"Veterinarians Across The Country Are Currently Injecting sa-mRNA Into Our Pets."
The Nobivac NXT Rabies Vaccine Side Effects Mimic Rabies..Aggression, Biting, Salivation & Rage
Merck has launched a new series of vaccines called Nobivac NXT, widely available across North America.
They use self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) technology:
Nobivac NXT Rabies Vaccine
Nobivac NXT Feline FeLV Leukemia Vaccine
Nobivac NXT Canine Flu # H3N2 Vaccine
They use self-amplifying RNA (saRNA) technology:
Nobivac NXT Rabies Vaccine
Nobivac NXT Feline FeLV Leukemia Vaccine
Nobivac NXT Canine Flu # H3N2 Vaccine
The critical, common-sense approach people need to consider: As an sa-mRNA vaccine, it is designed to replicate inside the dog's body, creating the "imprint" of either rabies, leukemia or flu.
A vaccinated dog or cat licks its owner—on hands, face, or an open wound—this
A vaccinated dog or cat licks its owner—on hands, face, or an open wound—this
Przyjrzę się wirusowej dezinformacja jaka szerzy się w mediach społecznościowych dzięki sensacyjnemu nagłówki artykułu dziennika Bild. 🧵 👇
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W wywiadzie dla kanału Partizán, udzielonym na początku października 2025 roku, Angela Merkel odnosiła się do swojej polityki wobec Rosji, zwłaszcza w ostatnim okresie urzędowania.
2/19
2/19
Kluczowe punkty jej wypowiedzi:
Merkel wspomniała, że w 2021 r., widząc, że Putin coraz bardziej ignoruje porozumienia mińskie, próbowała zainicjować stworzenie wspólnego, europejskiego formatu do rozmów z Rosją
3/19
Merkel wspomniała, że w 2021 r., widząc, że Putin coraz bardziej ignoruje porozumienia mińskie, próbowała zainicjować stworzenie wspólnego, europejskiego formatu do rozmów z Rosją
3/19
Conservative analysis reveals utterly horrific global warming of 1.75-2°C is likely set to hit within 4 to 12 years with truly catastrophic consequences for food systems.
UN ANÁLISIS DE LA GUERRA DE UCRANIA DESDE UNA PERSPECTIVA PERONISTA - ACTUALIZACIÓN SEMANAL: 29/09 - 05/10/25. CONTRAOFENSIVAS IMAGINARIAS
Rusia busca derrotar a la OTAN en ucrania
Resúmenes anteriores:
Rusia busca derrotar a la OTAN en ucrania
Resúmenes anteriores:
Situación Operativa:
Rusia mantiene su Esfuerzo Operacional Principal Ofensivo en dirección a Prokrovsk con la finalidad de aniquilar a las fuerza ucranianas en dicha ciudad, y además generar las condiciones para, luego del aniquilamiento de los ucranianos en Pokrovsk, atacar en
Rusia mantiene su Esfuerzo Operacional Principal Ofensivo en dirección a Prokrovsk con la finalidad de aniquilar a las fuerza ucranianas en dicha ciudad, y además generar las condiciones para, luego del aniquilamiento de los ucranianos en Pokrovsk, atacar en
dirección a Kramatorsk. Apoyan este Esfuerzo Operacional Principal, los Esfuerzos Operacionales Secundarios de los Comando Operacional Este y Sur.
El Comando Operacional Este, en el sur de Pokrovsk, que ha penetrado profundamente en Dniepropetrovsk, se encuentra atacando en
El Comando Operacional Este, en el sur de Pokrovsk, que ha penetrado profundamente en Dniepropetrovsk, se encuentra atacando en