⚡️🇷🇺Let's put this to bed, short🧵
First the translated video below, of the claimed 'FSB agent' who's been found:

https://twitter.com/vicktop55/status/1772917926191944176

You can see below the claim that the guy on the left (who's in the video above with the same haircut we see he wore to the theater) has been compared to the Russian agent on the right, who captured the perps.
Look below for final part:

Some people have asked why Russia doesn't use or mass produce the Armata tank for the SMO. A new statement by Rostec head Chemezov made waves recently when he said that the Armata is too expensive and at the moment, Russia prefers to buy cheaper tanks.
Propagandists have attempted to use this as some sort of 'dunk' or admission by Russia that the Armata is a dead project, or is pointless, and whatever else.
The truth is this:
The Armata would die to FPV drones just as easily as virtually any other tank, as modern APS is not tuned for FPVs, nor does any nation on earth currently field a totally reliable EW system capable of stopping all FPVs given that FPVs now change frequencies every other week on the front, obsoleting all current EW countermeasures tuned to counter them. Sure, the Armata would handle other types of weapons/charges better than Russia's other tanks, but those are responsible for a much smaller portion of tank kills than FPV drones at this point.
Thus, what exactly would be the point of using an Armata now? The Armata was designed to fight and kill other peer-level tanks--but Ukraine doesn't field anything in number that's even remotely a threat to Russian T-90Ms or other variants, let alone the Armata. Nor is tank warfare even common in the SMO. Tanks are used as infantry support, bulldozers, indirect fire artillery, fire support for destroying fortifications, etc.
All Russia's other tanks are capable of doing these tasks about as well as an Armata can. In short: there's no real need for the Armata on the front.
The only real advantage it offers is defensively, much better crew survivability. However, it's mostly a moot point because--despite what a few hand-selected UA propaganda clips attempt to depict--tanks are already at the top of the survivability chain in this war. The vast majority of tank kills do not take out the crew but merely immobilize the tanks. We see video after video of Russian crews escaping unharmed--as I said, apart from a few cherry-picked outliers where the tank hits a quadruple stacked mine, or was loaded with tons of ammo/mines for delivery which resulted in a thrown turret, etc. These are actually rare instances. The vast majority of crews escape unharmed, and that's the case even on the Ukrainian side, which uses even older and less armored tanks.
So, does the survivability/protection advantage the Armata offers outweigh the hugely disproportionate disadvantage of its price and lower production output? Not in the least.
Any Russian commander worth his salt would rather take 5 x T-90Ms over a single Armata, or even several T-72B3Ms, etc.
Thus, within the purview of winning the war, it's far better to have a higher quantity of slightly worse tanks, whose survivability is still quite high relative to anything else on the battlefield, than fewer highly advanced tanks which add a negligible amount of crew survivability, yet are killed by drones nearly just as easily. Oh and by the way, if anyone doubts my assertion that Russian tanks are far more survivable than NATO parody-propaganda claims, with their 2-3 replayed videos of turret tosses, you can check MediaZona (a pro-Western site) yourself and see Russia's losses broken down just by tank forces--they're statistically a *tiny* percentage, proving tankers rarely actually die.

Ukrainian people aren't taking it anymore! In just the last few days we have the following incidents (scroll down for thread):
First, a commissar gets knocked out for trying to recruit fresh meat: Next a commissar is reportedly stabbed to death during recruitment attempt:

I thought this was a joke at first, but apparently Russian forces really cut their way through a secret pipe behind enemy lines in Avdeevka suburbs to surround AFU troops, leading to major recent advancements:

🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Like A Movie! How Russian Forces penetrated the AFU defenses in Avdeevka.

Video of the pipe used by Russian Forces, (in the video stormtroopers of the "Veterans" brigade of the Volunteer Corps) to penetrate into the "Tsarska Okhota."

The object was discovered a year ago by scouts, and the details of the operation and its preparation have been kept secret all this time.

The work to cut passages in the pipe was accompanied by active artillery and mortar shelling, masking the noise of the ongoing operations. The first attempt was unsuccessful due to a lack of oxygen, leading to the need for additional ventilation shafts. Later, the pipe was flooded with water due to a flood.

Only now have the "Veterans" been able to carry out this daring operation. They entered the AFU rear, cutting off a significant portion of fortifications near Avdeevka and capturing a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers.

🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 More details about the operation:

💬 "Some time ago, our valiant scouts developed and executed an unimaginably bold plan: In conditions of maximum secrecy, an abandoned, flooded underground pipe leading to the 'Tsarska Okhota' base area was manually cleared. In icy murky water, trying not to make a single sound, warriors carried out a colossal amount of work, preparing the way for the passage.

On January 17th, "tigers" embarked on an underground 2-kilometer journey to the 'Tsarska Okhota,' emerging from underground behind enemy lines (we're sure fans of our tales are surprised now).

The 'Tsarska Okhota' garrison was annihilated before reacting; the survivors surrendered, and the operation was conducted so cleanly that the main enemy forces were unaware of the loss of the Tsarska Okhota for another day.

The "tigers" capitalized on the element of surprise, eliminating the enemy entrenched in the forest west of the 'Tsarska Okhota' and on "Skotovatye" - clearing the rear, then entered the city territory, where they defeated military criminals in the residential sector.

The enemy attempted to repel our warriors for another day until realizing that an immediate counterattack wouldn't work. On January 20th, the enemy's Telegram channel started spreading news of our success in the 'Tsarska Okhota' area.

No one has ever achieved such a victory; our warriors have no equals, at least they are the stars of Heroes of Russia.

We also sincerely thank the "Veterans" who covered the backs of our "Tigers" while they crushed the enemy in the Tsarska Okhota and fortified the city. It's tough to advance without a reliable second echelon.

Glory to military intelligence!"

🔴 @DDGeopolitics 🇷🇺Soldiers in the pipe: