Defender of Azovstal dies 8 months after returning from Russian captivity After coming home, Oleksandr Savov admitted he was afraid to even hug his daughter because in Russian captivity he had been infected with several serious diseases.

Later it became known that he returned with tuberculosis, severe skin conditions, and lymphostasis of the legs.

Memories from Russian captivity by Dmytro "Rasti" "We never knew when it would start.
But we always waited for the sound of the cart rolling down the corridor.

It was pulled by the balandyor. That’s what prisoners in Russian jails called those from a separate caste who distributed food. While waiting for that sound, we dreamed of bread.

‼️ The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR) has released information about a Russian war criminal involved in the missile strike on the “Okhmatdyt” children’s hospital.

On the anniversary of the Russian missile attack on the National Specialized Children’s Hospital “Okhmatdyt” in Kyiv, Ukraine’s military intelligence is revealing details about one of the individuals responsible for preparing this war crime — a serviceman of the aggressor state’s armed forces.

1/6 Major Denis Alekseyevich Sheynov of the Russian Armed Forces is the head of the Special Engineering Service of the 121st Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, part of the 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division.

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Tensions rise between Russia and Azerbaijan

In Yekaterinburg, Russian security forces (OMON, police) carried out a raid during which several Azerbaijani citizens were killed and dozens detained. The incident sparked a strong reaction from both Azerbaijani officials and the public.

1/6 Azerbaijan’s state TV aired an unusually harsh critique of the Kremlin, accusing Russia of clinging to an outdated imperial mindset and treating other nationalities as second-class citizens. The broadcast drew historical parallels with Stalinist repression and criticized Moscow for undermining Azerbaijan’s sovereignty.

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❗️Trump’s peace plan, which the U.S. reportedly proposed recently in Paris, has surfaced. The text was published by Reuters. Ceasefire:

permanent, with both sides immediately starting technical implementation.

@TimothyDSnyder, one of the most respected historians of our time, has broken down this catastrophe into five failures that will send shockwaves across the world: 1. Failure of Hospitality
The U.S. president and vice president did not welcome their ally in war; instead, they ambushed him. No warmth, no respect, no gratitude - only cold cruelty. Given the recent agreement, it was expected that Zelensky would not be present, but it is still shocking.

February 24th, 2025

Just writing that down feels weird.
It feels impossible that it has been 3 years since I watched Putin announce Russia's full scale invasion on TV, and saw the missiles starting to hit, as tanks and troops crossed the border.
On one hand, it feels like it's been much, much longer and on the other hand, it feels like the blink of an eye. I remember that when this full scale invasion started, no one gave Ukraine a chance. Virtually everyone, especially the analysts, thought it was a foregone conclusion that Ukraine's military would be defeated, and it would happen quickly.

And the early minutes, hours and days were pure chaos. (1/9) (2/9)
I remember the video from Hostomel, where the CNN reporter Matthew Chance found himself in the midst of a russian VDV assault on the airport.

I remember the stories of territorial defense units consisting of teachers, mechanics and other ordinary men taking on russia's "best" soldiers and battling them out of their towns, like Voznesensk.

I remember seeing videos of Ukrainians courageously standing up to the invaders, throwing sunflowers at them, or literally standing in front of their tanks.

Ukrainians did everything they could to keep the russians out. Those who could fight, they fought like hell, and those who couldn't did everything else they could to stop the russian invasion like it was a cancer trying to take over their body.

10 years since the Minsk agreements

On February 12, 2015, following the battles for Donetsk Airport and Ukraine’s heavy losses in Debaltseve, the "Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements" was signed. This was the second document aimed at stopping Russian aggression and resolving the conflict in Donbas. Ukraine fulfilled key provisions of the agreements: it declared a ceasefire, initiated prisoner exchanges, and passed a law granting special status to Donbas. Meanwhile, Russia continued supplying weapons to militants, blocking OSCE monitoring, and sending fake “humanitarian convoys.”

🧵 The Evolution of Saint Javelin

In 2022, we started out printing stickers and memes on t-shirts to support Ukraine. But we've grown into something much bigger.

We're now creating military-grade outdoor gear, 100% made in Ukraine.

Why? The Saint Javelin meme became known around the world as "the protector of Ukraine"

And for us, our simple work helped support and protect people with IFAK's, bulletproof vests, helmets, etc

As we grew, we tackled new problems.

When winter 2022 hit, we donated $250,000 worth of diesel generators, pickup trucks, sleeping bags, winter jackets and more

📦 BIG NEWS: We’re starting to ship our products directly from Ukraine with @NP_official_ua

Saint Javelin's mission has always been to support Ukraine—whether through direct donations to trusted funds or maximizing economic impact. Since 2022, we've shifted from global print-on-demand products to partnering directly with top Ukrainian manufacturers. This year, we're taking it further using a Ukrainian shipping company, so every item in our new collection is designed, made, and shipped from Ukraine.

Now let us introduce you to Nova Post 🧵 Nova Post is Ukraine's largest private delivery company and domestic analog to FedEx or DHL. It was founded in 2001 and stands head and shoulders above all other private parcel firms in Ukraine.

This whole interview in the @globeandmail with the director of "russians at war" is worth reviewing... 🧵

First, the reason why russian soldiers are portrayed as war criminals is because they are war criminals. They are responsible for nearly 200,000 documented war crimes. Second, we've already disproven this by digging up another interview that this director gave to a russian outlet. She admits she was even given a uniform to keep her safe. Why?

Perhaps it's because russian soldiers shoot civilians!

https://x.com/saintjavelin/status/1832483982111363394

During a rotation on the frontline, a combat medic, Iryna 'Cheka' Tsybukh was killed in Kharkiv region. She would have turned 26 on June 1st.

Her brother, Yuriy Tsybukh, shared a posthumous letter that Cheka' wrote in case she would get killed—translation in the thread below. “Hi, accept my condolences. I don't like seeing you sad, but over time, this despair will fade, and life will go on. So don't waste time on suffering, move forward.

It's now 7:19 PM, Saturday, April 8, 2023. My team and I are working on reconnaissance for the 80th brigade. ‘Dream On’ by Aerosmith is playing in the background. There have been so many close calls this past year, I figured I should write a posthumous letter just in case."

Last minute St. Valentines cards from Saint Javelin with love

a thread 🧵

Photos from the line 0 by Marian Kushnir.

He spent a day with the 118 Brigade and he describes their conditions like nothing but hell. The tranches are covered with the bodies of the russians. The bullets are flying above. The shells are bursting around. It’s cold and it smells like death.
Bringing drinking water to the frontlines is a difficult task. It’s so cold that it’s impossible to sleep and all you can think of is having hot water.

“I crawl to the cell on the faeces on the floor because the pipe is leaking. I barely have the strength to get up, but my heart is full of joy. I did not feel pain. At the subconscious level, I understood that I was eating meat (a rat). And this will help me survive until the morning. The taste of blood and liver in the mouth. It's like licking lead. The wool is stuck between the teeth. I spat out only mouse teeth and was chewing the tail for a long time, like chewing gum.”
On December 31, 2022, 140 Ukrainian soldiers, including 30-year-old Oleksii Anulya, a kickboxer from Chernihiv, returned from Russian captivity. Oleksiy talked about torture, beatings, torture with electric shocks and starvation. Read excerpts from his testimony published in @TextyOrgUa below.

"If you look at NATO’s textbooks and at the maths which we did [in planning the counter-offensive], four months should have been enough time for us to have reached Crimea, to have fought in Crimea, to return from Crimea, and to have gone back in and out again," - General Zaluzhnyi said sarcastically in an interview with the Economist.
1/ Despite General Zaluzhny’s sardonic tone, the anticipation surrounding Ukraine's summer and autumn offensives was substantial. Prior to their commencement, there was a prevailing notion that perhaps only the Russian military struggled offensively, a belief bolstered by their recent setbacks around Vuhledar.

Due to recent gains by the Russian army near Avdiivka, some are mistakenly downplaying the town's strategic importance.

People have compared it to Bakhmut and suggested that focusing on Avdiivka is a misguided use of resources.

The reality tells a different story, here's why: /1 First off, Avdiivka has evolved into one of Donbas' most heavily fortified zones between 2014 and 2022. Its defenses feature underground tunnels, concrete bunkers, and a host of other barriers that significantly impede any enemy advance.

Here's a glimpse:

How Russian Armored Vehicles “disappear”. Part 2.

The largest Russian storage base, "Vagzhanovo".

The fact that the "Vagzhanovo" base in Buryatia is the largest in Russia is evidenced by calculations made by The Moscow Times based on Google Earth data.

A brief history of the base in numbers: Five months before the full-scale war in Ukraine - in September 2021 - there were approximately 3,840 armored vehicles stored in "Vagzhanovo".

Eight months into the full-scale war - in November 2022 - there were about 2,600 armored vehicles left at the base, and by May 2023, approximately 2,270 remained. Thus, during this time, 1,570 units, or 40.8% of the armored vehicles, were removed from the base. The majority of them (32%) were removed after the mobilization was announced at the end of 2022.
Let's start the count from the Google Earth image dated May 16, 2023.

First, let's compare the images we will be using in the future with the ones from Google Earth. Unfortunately, it was not possible to obtain images of similar quality, but this does not hinder the count.

Part of the base #1, as we can see, corresponds to the other

This morning, the russians made another attempt to advance on Avdiivka. Their persistence is noteworthy, but fortunately for us, artillery and Javelins find ways to handle even the most persistent.

This video from the AFU perfectly demonstrates the results of this attack. By the way, here are the results of another "brilliant" attack of Russian forces in the direction of Avdiivka this morning.

Something didn't go according to plan for the Russian army in the Luhansk region. They simply wanted to carry out a successful offensive, but something went wrong...

Without delving into irony on this topic, once again, the occupiers were roasted like french fries in your favorite fast food.

While composing this post, we would like to talk about the global complexity of offensive operations in current conditions. Why can neither the occupiers nor the UAF achieve significant successes with big armored groups?




Globally, none of the sides can conduct an absolutely successful operation using armored groups since the success of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast. Yes, back then, thanks to deep breakthroughs, armored vehicles proved effective in breaching the already crumbling defenses from all sides.

The tactics of small infantry groups have become a key source of recent successes on the front line of Tokmak direction. Let's consider why this tactic has become crucial for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

To begin, brigades that underwent full training cycles in Western countries did not anticipate having to use this tactic as their primary strategy. As demonstrated in the initial attempts at advancement, NATO instructors, along with AFU, practiced tactics involving powerful armored breakthroughs that were intended to breach enemy defenses and create disorganization among Russian forces, preventing them from organizing defenses behind lost positions.
This plan sounded good on paper, but the reality became evident in early June 2023. Ukrainian commanders quickly realized that using this tactic resulted in significant losses outweighing potential successes.