A Q&A on the Azov Battalion that may help with some understanding of it. Before anyone complains about it, read the bottom about the author's credentials.
A Q&A on the Azov Battalion that may help with some understanding of it. Before anyone complains about it, read the bottom about the author's credentials.
It is known that only a court determines whether a person is a criminal. However, with the regard to war crimes committed during the armed conflict, it is more difficult. Even Vladimir Putin and Sergei Shoigu have not been recognized as war criminals, at least not yet. If we rephrase the question: “Are there credible grounds to assume that Azov fighters may be suspected of committing war crimes”, the answer will be yes. There are grounds to believe that in 2014 some fighters violated the laws and customs of war towards civilians. However, such cases were not systemic and those who probably committed crimes have left the unit by 2015 at the latest.In addition, it is worth adding that there are grounds to believe that in 2014 rare violations of the laws and customs of war took place in almost every unit. Moreover, according to the known information, there were fewer violations like this in “ideological” formations, such as Azov or the Ukrainian Right Sector Volunteer Corps, than in the “ordinary ones“ (for example, the infamous battalion Tornado).It seems that the SBU (The Security Service of Ukraine) was the biggest human rights violator in the ATO zone (Anti-Terrorist Operation Zone) from the contact line side controlled by the Ukrainian government. However, the scale of the violations cannot be compared to the bloody lawlessness of pro-Russian armed groups on the temporarily occupied territory.
We have repeated allegations of war crimes from Mariupol' residents. It's entirely plausible that some of those allegations are true. Yet he confidently dismisses this stating that anyone who committed crimes left by 2015 "at the latest".... he then claims that Azov as an ideological formation is different from Tornado. This is silly. Both were volunteer btlns formed under MVD auspices. One turned to politics and violence, the other to just organized crime. There is nothing ordinary about either unit. Compare Azov to a regular piece of the Ukrainian military, Interior Troops or Army. Instead this author compares Azov to literally the most criminally infamous volunteer formation in the Ukrainian armed forces...
He then promptly contradicts himself:
14. Azov fighters commit war crimes in Mariupol (both stories of 2014 and from February 24 separately)?
As mentioned above, individual cases with a certain probability could take place.
Did he just say that all those who committed war crimes left in '15? Who's committing them now? He quickly cites this:
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission, which was present in Mariupol until the end of February 2022 (and continues to work in Donetsk), did not record such cases at all.
How convenient. Most of the allegations I've seen (and shared here) come after the city was blockaded by Russian troops. And it makes sense, desperate defenders do desperate things.
He finishes off with a link to the Azov home webpage, stating:
You may visit official website of Azov regiment to lear more information, to support organization or to send request and joint the regiment.
This is not an impartial observer. This is an author who has taken a side in this conflict. He is correct in saying that the truth lies where it lies, not in the middle. I would love to see his response to the repeated and consistent use of Nazi symbols and imagery by force-wielding structures, state and otherwise, in Ukraine. How come, inevitably, soldiers pop up in photos with emblems of various SS units? How come the Azov National Corps, that the author carefully separates from the Azov regiment, received Ukrainian state funding to run summer camps for children? Bellingcat, as late as 2019, ran articles arguing for a connection between the Azov Regiment and the Azov National Corps, and specifically countered the idea that Azov Regiment is somehow no longer connected to right wing extremism. They even cite an FBI investigation that claims Azov Regiment not only maintained ties with right wing extremists but participated in training and radicalizing right wing extremists from America, who traveled to Ukraine for that purpose.
Translations:English (UK)Русский (Россия)Newly uncovered evidence going back to 2015 suggests that the Ukrainian white nationalist Azov movement has been systematically co-opting American right-wing extremists to advance the former’s own international agenda. In audio statements uncovered by...
Translations:English (UK)Русский (Россия)Authored and researched by Oleksiy Kuzmenko, Michael Colborne Ahead of Ukrainian parliamentary elections on July 21, it is clear from polling data that Ukraine’s far-right groups and their ideas enjoy little popular support among its citizens. Despite...
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I'm highly skeptical of articles that attempt to whitewash Azov in the wake of the Russian invasion. Regardless of how much Ukraine is the victim of Russian aggression, this doesn't move the needle one inch on the nature of Azov itself. Attempting to talk around it in glib phrases and blanket denials is inherently suspect, and there is very little of substance in this article.
In my opinion this article is not aimed at objective reality, but is a piece of the continuing information war and is written to accomplish a partisan objective.
Well who are releasing the Mariupol residents claims of war crimes etc., by the Azov battalion? If they're coming from Russian and / or rebel sources then that makes such claims highly suspicious. If they're coming from Ukrainian sources then they are worth investigating.
Why the claim for War Crimes only worth investigating if comes from Ukrainian ? Both Russian and Ukranian are not above lying. Butcha War Crime comes to attention especially in West due to Ukranian claim.
Thus that's not make War Crime done by Azov batalions as some Mariupol civilian claims (as Russian and Rebels media put), basically in similar state like what Ukranian claimant? All just still claims.
The War Crimes accusation will always come from opposite sides. There's no way Ukranian especially Zelensky regime will aknowledged any war crimes done by their precious Azov Batalions.
Sorry both sides are not beyond lying for propaganda benefits. Thus both claims on war crimes should be treated equally as grain of salt as large of sea of azov it self.
There're should be impartiality on treating any war crimes accusation from either both side. Both side accusations must be treated equally.
Well who are releasing the Mariupol residents claims of war crimes etc., by the Azov battalion? If they're coming from Russian and / or rebel sources then that makes such claims highly suspicious. If they're coming from Ukrainian sources then they are worth investigating.
Mariupol' residents were trapped in the city and only able to get out after Russian and rebel forces started clearing sections of the city. It's pretty obvious who is releasing their statements. Individually you are welcome to be as suspicious as you like, but there is a body of material on the subject that needs to be addressed. Their stories are similar, though not identical, suggesting certain patterns of behavior. Noteworthy are claims of Azov fighters firing heavy weapons into buildings sometimes at random, Azov fighters preventing residents from exiting by firing towards or near people trying to exit the city, and in one case a claim of them shooting up a bus that was trying to exit, Azov fighters killing civilians over petty disagreements, Azov fighters setting up fighting positions inside residential buildings with the residents still inside. Again, desperate defenders do desperate things. None of this sounds, on it's face, implausible. The consistence and volume of stories suggest that if the entire thing is one giant fake, it's certainly a very well thought out and well executed fake. And there is nothing, other than the inherent un-trustworthiness of Russian officialdom, to counter these claims. And to top it off, these claims aren't coming from Russian officialdom. They're coming from video taped statements of the residents from multiple sources. You're welcome to sift through the materials provided, I've linked to plenty of these stories in my update posts. If you have reason to suspect any of them of being untrue, or if there are OSINT publications disproving them, please feel free to share. To dismiss the claims without addressing their substance is, in my opinion, a mistake.
My personal view is that the truth from any source is highly unlikely while the conflict is still in progress. There will be war crimes happening on both sides of the conflict as has happened in past wars. There were war crimes on the Allied side of WW2, the difference being that in the main they were individual acts and not state sponsored or unit tolerated acts.
While Russia has a history of manipulative stories to suit their agender in excess of what most other countries carry out, no country is immune from this practice in a time of war.
Until any evidence is tested in a recognized court of law it must be considered to be suspect, unless there is verifiable fact based confirmation available. I do not trust personal statements unless there is hard evidence to back their statements up as, people are easily manipulated., Films of people making statements I find particularly dodgy as you cannot know if the person is genuine or simply an acting stand in set up for the role.
Further to my previous post, I find that any of the films put out by either side showing a person of the otherside making accusations against the own country less than convincing as I look at it like this. For example would I as a citizen of Mariupol make a Filmed accusation against Azov, The fact that this is filmed and released could lead to me being identified and after the war could lead to unpleasant repercussions if the Russian version of the culture of Azov is correct. I have the same view of the Ukraine showing Russian pow's speaking out against there army as it would be unlikely they could return to Russia while Putin was still in power.
These so called accusations on camera must be viewed as propaganda and nothing more, unless they can be verified by an independent and reliable source. The volume of such accusations is not any indication of their veracity.
Очень удачный и редкий кадр. Был нанесён ракетный удар по военному объекту в г.Фастов, Киевской области, после чего произошло возгорание и в этот момент туда же прилетела другая ракета.
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Georgian fighters near the recent impact site in Kiev.
Денацификация в освобождённой Херсонской области: в одном из населенных пунктов российским спецназом задержан бывший командир батальона "территориальной обороны"
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Genichensk and Novaya Kahovka have had their Lenin monuments put back up.
Фактически, на освобожденных территориях проходит отмена антикоммунистических законов принятых бандеровским режимом, что ведет к восстановлению памятников и названий существовавших на 2014-й год.
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Zaporozhye-Dnepropetrovsk.
A bridge near Melitopol', in Russian occupied area, was destroyed. Presumably by either an infiltrator team or a resistance group.
По Акимовке в 27 км от Мелитополя - подрыв подтвердился, один путь на двухпутке подлежит восстановлению (~2 - 2,5 суток). Скорей всего, воздействие дистанционное - напр., тактическая ракета, а не работа ДРГ.
Новая администрация начала работу в подконтрольном российским вооруженным силам поселке городского типа Михайловка Запорожской области с 12-тысячным населением и Михайловском районе, где проживают около 28 тысяч человек. «В ближайшее время в Михайловку и во все села нашей Михайловской громады...
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Kharkov-Sumy.
Russia's 55th Motor-Rifles in action near the Russian border, Bryansk region, Troebortnoe border checkpoint.
На изюмском направлении ВСУ активно используют партизанскую тактику с применением «багги» Мобильные группы по 2 человека, вооруженные ПТРК «Стугна» с дистанционным управлением, осуществляют рейды, диверсии и засады против бронетехники. Экипаж данного автомобиля совершил большую ошибку...
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Ukrainian T-64BV and BMP-2 destroyed near Kramatorsk.
Ukrainian armored car, MT-LB, and other vehicles, knocked out/captured near Liman. Note there is a large group of Ukrainian troops currently cut off around Liman. Technically they're not surrounded but they're pinned against a river, and the bridges are blown.
A large column of Russian civilian volunteer trucks carrying aid to the 202nd and 204th LNR reservist regiments in the Izyum Salient. We can see Russian troop columns, including a column with T-72Bs, BTR-82A, and BRDM-2. I suspect this is a new element, or at least one we haven't seen much of before. Their equipment looks older (the Shilka is theirs) and it's probably a replacement for some of the better equipped units that were rotated out.
In the comments the person who appears to be in charge of the column mentions 1500 fighters in the regiment. In another part he mentions a 5th btln, presumably these are regiments with 5 btlns of 300 fighters.
We see a few other interesting moments including a T-72B3 that has a few sections of K-1 attached to the rear-sides, at least one BTR-MDM indicating a VDV element being present,
At 8:30 you have improvised body armor with metal inserts that allegedly stop a 5.45mm round. Note rebel reservists were not issued body armor when they were called up, so for most it's this or nothing. At 13:52 you can see a fighter with a Mosin rifle. Note the optics, he's likely the DM or "sniper".
In the second video we get a lot of footage of battle damage, the commentator unsurprisingly blames it all on Ukrainian forces.
⚡️Эксклюзив⚡️«Спарта» сожгла позиции боевиков под Авдеевкой⚡️ Проект @wargonzo публикует эксклюзивные кадры того, как птурщики легендарного донбасского батальона «Спарта» разбирают очередной блиндаж укрепрайона неонацистов в Авдеевке. На кадрах с дрона видно, как после попадания ПТУР позиции...
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Rebel artillery landing at Novoselovka, near Avdeevka.
‼️ВСУ нанесли удар по Донецку Мэр столицы ДНР Алексей Кулемзин сообщает, что в результате обстрела на территории рынков «Сокол» и «Меркурий» есть раненые, и публикует кадры с места. UPD. Штаб территориальной обороны ДНР сообщает о 2 убитых и 5 раненых. t.me/rusvesnasu
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Msta-S knocked out in Rubezhnoe, possibly Ukrainian (based on the lack of Russian markings and the paintjob).
Fighting continues along the outskirts of Azovstal', despite the announcement that Russia won't be assaulting the factory. I wouldn't be surprised if rebel forces will still work their way into the factory slowly, section by section, keeping pressure on the Ukrainian defenders.
Large fires have been spotted from orbit burning in Azovstal'. This is a stark reminder that while Russia may not be conducting a final assault on the factory, it's still being shelled and bombed.
28 апреля на ресурсе по спутниковому мониторингу пожаров на природных территориях The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) зафиксированы крупные возгорания на территории завода "Азовсталь" в Мариуполе (помечены красными квадратами). Ранее Минобороны России сообщало о том, что...
Два уничтоженных танка Т-80БВ морской пехоты Украины в Мариуполе. (с) Репортаж "Известий".
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Old combat footage from Mariupol'. Interesting situation where one part of a building is held by Russian marines, the other by Ukrainian forces, and a Russian BTR-82A is firing into the building. This is very risky, and requires extremely good communication and coordination between the infantry inside the building and the fire support coming in from outside.
Российский «Панцирь» в очередной раз доказал свою способность эффективно противостоять хваленым турецким «Байрактарам». На фото узлы и блоки сбитого «Байрактара», пытавшегося зайти в воздушное пространство России. @razved_dozor
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A Bayraktar allegedly shot down over Russia. Unclear if the same as above.
⚡️В Приднестровье объявили военные сборы — Главное управление разведки Украины Разведка Украины сообщает, что в Приднестровье объявлены военные сборы. ГУР из этой информации пытается сделать сенсацию. В Приднестровье действительно запланированы трехмесячные специальные военные сборы в...
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NATO/EU.
PzH-200s and M-270s at a train station in Stuttgart, likely heading east.
Российские военные показали уничтожение украинского танка Обстрел велся высокоточными артиллерийскими боеприпасами "Краснополь". Корректировал огонь расчет беспилотника. @anna_news
‼️Кадры уничтожения: "Солнцепёк" и артиллерия выжигают окопы и блиндажи ВСУ Тяжелая огнеметная система "Солнцепек" и РСЗО Армии России уничтожают опорный пункт украинской армии перед наступлением. Нацисты усердно готовили опорник, но это их не спасло. t.me/RVvoenkor
Reports of fuel shortages in Kiev and Odessa. It's plausible that Russian strikes are starting to cause a nation-wide deficit, but we will have to wait for more information.
♨️ Украинские Т-каналы пишут, что в Киеве и Одессе наблюдается дефицит с топливом. На многих заправках горючее отсутствует, а там, где оно есть, выстраиваются огромные очереди из автомобилей. При этом на всех заправках поставили ограничения – продают только по 10 литров. В украинских чатах...
⚡️В Одессе километровые очереди на заправках. В городе очень быстро заканчивается бензин⚡️
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We have unconfirmed information of another prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine. The numbers look odd, the statement is that 45 were exchanged of which 13 were Ukrainian officers and 20 soldiers. So... was it 33 Ukrainian service members for 12 Russian ones? Or was it 45 exchanged by Russia, including some civilians (possibly local leaders) for an undisclosed number?
‼️Состоялся новый обмен пленными, Вице-премьер Украины Ирина Верещук: обменяны 45 человек, из них 13 офицеров и 20 солдат ВСУ (из которых 5 ранены). @RVvoenkor
Лондон подтверждает гибель как минимум одного британского подданного на Украине. Еще один пропал без вести. Известно, что убитого боевика звали Скотт Сибли. По слухам, был отставным британским военным, который то ли от скуки, то ли по контракту решил съездить на "сафари на русских". Сафари не...
How can Russia sustain this? They're now fighting predominantly in territory that is already full of destruction. Personnel losses will be large for both sides. One seemingly has - although not guaranteed - relative unlimited supply of equipment and finance, while the other will greatly struggle to produce replacement equipment and will without a doubt struggle financially. The Ukrainians also likely have more will to fight given what's at stake.
Obviously both sides here are losing - there are no winners. However for Russia, this is such a comprehensive own goal in the long term.
I don’t know if there is an unlimited supply of financing and equipment. United States has mid term elections in November. Inflation is the worst in 40 years. Foreign aid may come under increased scrutiny.
Are the Russians fought to a halt? Or are they advancing at Izyum?
1. There is significant Russian activity southeast of Izyum with reports of shelling and fighting around Lyman and further east around Serebrianka. Shelling has been reported outside Sievierodonetsk too. With the war in Ukraine looking nowhere near resolved and both sides gearing up for the 2nd round of fighting, one thing is clear, Russia has to do more — escalate to deescalate.
(a) Packed with exhausted Ukrainian soldiers with clenched jaws, a truck drives away at full speed from the nearly-besieged outpost in Oskil (near Izyum) —ceding ground here and there, but planning on regrouping while inflicting much more serious losses on the Russian attackers’ logistics.
(b) They escaped on foot on 30 April 2022 through the woods South of the town after destroying the bridges. This is because the troops from the 81st brigade received an order to withdraw from the eastern front where Russian forces advance.
2. Russian supply lines and air support here is still inadequate at the moment. Furthermore, there are now unverified reports of setbacks this weekend for Russia near Izyum.
3. Ukrainian Intelligence Officials have denied reports that the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Military, General Valery Gerasimov, was injured during a Ukrainian strike on a command centre in the Russian occupied city of Izyum; though they have confirmed he was indeed near the frontlines (around the city of Izyum) on the same day of the attack. We have to wait while to see how this new Russian effort develops.
4. Meanwhile the Russian ambassador to Israel has been summoned to the Israeli Foreign Ministry after the anti-Semitic statement of the Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov that "Hitler had Jewish blood." Lavrov’s remarks are an outrageous statement as well as a terrible historical error.
According to the Ukrainian government, they have caught Russian intelligence agents who planned to take down civilian aircrafts above Belarus and/or Russia.
They also claim that they have destroyed two Russian patrolboats near Zmiinyi Island.
For some scale of how the Ukrainian "mistake" is perceived and what it means:
Chancellor Scholz has declared today that Ukraine's affront against Federal President Steinmeier presents an "obstacle" to an own visit in Kiew, also in the same sentence - as an aggravation of the affront - mentioning German military and financial aid as well as future dependence of Ukraine on western security guarantees, as well as a bit further on mentioning that Ukraine would not have lasted as long without German and Allied military and financial aid.
Footage allegedly out of Odessa, of a Ukrainian plane that managed to take off as Russia hit an airfield in Odessa. Reportedly two Ukrainian planes managed to take off. It's unclear if any were destroyed on the ground.
Иллюстрация к ранее поступившей информации https://t.me/boris_rozhin/46104 о том, что во время ударов по аэродрому под Одессой 2 самолета смогли взлететь.
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Russian Bastion launch at targets, allegedly in Odessa.
Пуск высокоточной ракеты «Оникс» БРК «Бастион» ВС России по объекту ВС Украины расположенному в р-не Одесского аэродрома. @opersvodki
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Zaporozhye-Dnepropetrovsk.
Battle damage from a Russian strike in Dnepropetrovsk area. Despite the Ukrainian claims of this being a civilian target, you can see a destroyed howitzer in one of the shots.
Глава днепропетровской администрации Валентин Резниченко сегодня дежурно пожаловался, что ВС РФ уничтожили два совершенно мирных объекта - пару складов агропромышленности. Все бы ничего, только на первой фотографии в правый верхний угол предательски затесалась обгоревшая гаубица Д-20, а на...
В одном из районов Харькова прогремел мощный взрыв. Сообщают о прилете.
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Rebel security forces in Rubezhnoe arresting alleged Ukrainian combatants. Note this is Rubezhnoe village, Kharkov region, not the much fought over town in Donetsk region.
There is a report that soldiers from the 93rd Mech signed a document refusing further service due to poor conditions, lack of evacuation for the wounded, lack of armored vehicles, large casualties, poor command, and lack of rotation. Note this is unconfirmed.
❗️Бойцы 93-й отдельной механизированной бригады ВСУ «Холодний Яр» написали отказ от прохождения дальнейшей службы. Причины: не эвакуируют раненых, неадекватное командование, нет тяжёлой техники, большие потери, нет ротации. Солдаты ВСУ попали в тактическое окружение из-за самодурства...
Russian troops near Liman capture an armored Gazel' minivan carrying munitions and supplies. In the first few seconds we see what is presumably combat footage, including a couple of seconds of a BMP-1AM firing. If this isn't staged, it's the first combat footage of the type that I've seen.
Alleged Ukrainian POWs from the 93rd Mech bde. The unit appears to be in a tough spot and is allegedly running low on supplies. Some elements of the unit were allegedly surrounded. According to the speaker these soldiers were part of a squad-sized element that was sent to reinforce and assist the withdrawal of another element, but failed to reach them, tried to retreat themselves, took losses, and were taken POW. Both claim to be contract soldiers serving since 2019.
⚡️Видео 18+⚡️Д-20 уничтожили 15 боевиков под Авдеевкой⚡️ В распоряжении проекта @wargonzo оказалось видеоподтверждение ликвидации под Авдеевкой 15 украинских неонацистов артиллерийскими расчетами пушек Д-20 штурмового батальона «Сомали». На кадрах, снятых с БПЛА, видно как по скоплению живой...
Рубежное после боев. Часть 3 На первой фотографии можно увидеть характерный кабель - следы работы УР-77 "Змей Горыныч". Раздолбанный пикап - украинский. Собачка теперь у наших на довольствии.
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Rebel forces claim they have taken Ukrainian positions in Rubezhnoe. We can see 2? destroyed Ukrainian armored cars.
Пожары в Славянско-Краматорской агломерации после ударов ВС РФ.
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A Serbian DNR fighter shows off captured Ukrainian kevlars, one with SS markings on it. He also shows off US strike plates for body armor. Note how rebel reservists have to get solid metal strike plates in improvised plate carrier for body armor, while Ukrainian forces are reasonably well supplied.
‼️Нацистские 14 88 на каске США: Сербский доброволец ДНР показал трофеи, взятые с помощью читателей "Русской Весны" Боец благодарит наших читателей за помощь фронту и обещает, что трофеев будет ещё много t.me/RVvoenkor
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DNR forces capture Ukrainian weapons and UAV in Troitskoe, near Gorlovka.
Russian humanitarian aid arriving in Mariupol'. Russian and rebel authorities will face a very steep uphill battle in restoring Mariupol' to any semblance of normality.
Вчера в Мариуполь был доставлен гуманитарный груз для гражданского населения по сбору, который размещался в начале недели. Завезена партия из 1000 собранных продуктовых наборов + разные ништячки для детей. Всем помогавшим, спасибо. Так как в Мариуполь постепенно налаживаются государственные...
Вчера мы писали, как украинская пропаганда пытается уничтожать российские системы ПВО при помощи «Байрактара». Сегодня мы напомним, что попытки атаковать позиции российских войск турецкими БпЛА заканчиваются примерно вот так… @razved_dozor
An odd report of a downed Ukrainian helo near Shovkoplyasy, allegedly downed by a Russian MANPADS team. However... that village is west of Poltava. The story doesn't make sense.
Сегодня в районе н.п. Шовкоплясы силами ПВО подразделений «Z» ВС РФ была подбита из ПЗРК «Игла» вертушка ВСУ. Собиралась отработать по нашим позициям, но не судьба. Теперь это наш трофей.
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Ukrainian Valkiriya UAV allegedly filmed its own shootdown.
A strange video. It allegedly features Russian volunteer fighters from Ural area fighting in Ukraine. It's unclear whether they're part of rebel formations or part of the recent waves of volunteer fighters arriving from Russia.
Как сообщило 29 апреля 2022 года Польское радио, к настоящему времени Польша передала Украине более 200 танков Т-72 из наличия польской армии. Вместе с танками, на Украину Польшей поставлены несколько десятков боевых машин пехоты БМП-1, а также 122-мм самоходные гаубицы 2С1…
Первое видео польских танков Т-72М1 на Украине. Ранее сообщалось, что Польша передала Украине 232 танка Т-72М1, переносные зенитно-ракетные комплексы, реактивные системы залпового огня и самоходные гаубицы.
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Ukrainian soldiers applying camo to another batch of Humvees, presumably newly delivered.
Analysis: After Bennett and Lapid slammed Russian FM's antisemitic remarks comparing Hitler to Zelensky, Jerusalem looks towards Moscow for an apology; despite the provocations, however, it is unlikely any dramatic changes are on the horizon
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They have a difficult act to balance, but nothing is going to change; while condemning Russia in using de-nazification as a reason and victim blaming, they still see Russia controlling the levers in Syria.
Analysis: After Bennett and Lapid slammed Russian FM's antisemitic remarks comparing Hitler to Zelensky, Jerusalem looks towards Moscow for an apology; despite the provocations, however, it is unlikely any dramatic changes are on the horizon
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They have a difficult act to balance, but nothing is going to change; while condemning Russia in using de-nazification as a reason and victim blaming, they still see Russia controlling the levers in Syria.
I have such a hard time grasping where this profound idiocy stems from. Lavrov and Putin have orchestrated nuanced and well executed foreign policy maneuvers. Where from comes this crude stupidity? Russia has few enough friends left... and there isn't even anything gained by this statement.
I don’t know if there is an unlimited supply of financing and equipment. United States has mid term elections in November. Inflation is the worst in 40 years. Foreign aid may come under increased scrutiny.
Inflation at the moment is not that bad and probably manageable. In the 1970s and1980s it was in double digits and the economies survived. There is bipartisan support for US military equipment support to Ukraine and that won't change because it's in the US national security interest and NATO's interest that Ukraine be fully supported until the Russian invasion is fully blunted and Russia removed from Ukrainian territory.
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(a) Packed with exhausted Ukrainian soldiers with clenched jaws, a truck drives away at full speed from the nearly-besieged outpost in Oskil (near Izyum) —ceding ground here and there, but planning on regrouping while inflicting much more serious losses on the Russian attackers’ logistics.
(b) They escaped on foot on 30 April 2022 through the woods South of the town after destroying the bridges. This is because the troops from the 81st brigade received an order to withdraw from the eastern front where Russian forces advance.
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