Aug 14, 2024

🔎 Trench digging spotted in Lhovo, Lgov and from Druzhnaya to Chermoshnoi in Kursk.

Russian forces have been developing a trench network that, if fallen back to, would cede #Ukraine a massive amount of territory.

They’ve simply given up on actually holding the border, it seems 🙄

The Russians have been unable to consolidate their defenses for a week. Meanwhile, the Ukrainians continue to slip raiding groups through their fingers.

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💥 Over 117 #drones and 4 missiles attacked Russia last night. Local residents reportedly shouted, “Guys, at least shoot down one!”

The drones flew too low to be detected by air defense systems, though Russia’s Ministry of Defense of course claimed to have shot some down.

The drones targeted the “Borisoglebsk” and “Baltimore” airfields in the Voronezh region, as well as the “Savasleyka” airfield in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

💣 #Ukraine found out that they could stop russian strikes on civilians by simply destroying ammo storages at russian airfields – repeatedly.

Ukraine’s clever use of drones is changing the face of warfare, swapping out expensive missiles for budget-friendly drones to hit big targets. It’s a wake-up call for the West – we need to step up our game and find ways to counter these drones to keep our #security intact

💭 I remember when Shahed trash and its noise began 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 Ukrainians. Even heard some fly over this week.

Seeing the same devices now fly over russia as Ukraine bombards russian airfields, is very satisfying.

💥 #Ukraine launches a wave of attack drones at the Russian air base in Savasleyka, some 500 miles east of the border, where the MiG-31K (carriers of Kinzhal hypersonic missiles) are based. Locals report ten explosions.

🚀 It is pretty crazy that Ukraine still has to do this without ATACMS or Storm Shadows though.

The signatories of the Budapest Memorandum could’ve done a better job.

💡 Even Ukraine’s ground incursion into Kursk can be seen as a result of Western restrictions on strikes by air.

“Hit the archers, not the arrows…”

intelligence #strategy

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🚽 “This is payback for my toilet!”
📍Lgov, Kursk region of russia.

Where #Ukraine soldiers steal a roadsign as a joke. While there’s countless photos, videos and newsflashes of russian soldiers surrendering in Kursk,

☝️ Note how there no #news of Ukrainian soldiers looting and plundering the countryside for TVs, washing machines and furniture, like russia has been doing in Ukraine for years now.

As a professional #military has strategic objectives, not shopping lists.

📣 This silenxe is bound to change soon, as Putin has sent in his FSB, who won’t will make much of a difference in battle, but will likely start staging false flag events to blame and slander Ukraine.

We should know better than to blindly believe such lies.

Intelligence #Ethics

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🚫 Imagine being 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 for getting 𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐝. Yet that’s exactly what happened to Nataliia Iarmoshchuck

She got 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 from #LinkedIn because she posted about her country being under fire again.

🙄 This ‘professional’ platform classified her post as 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 – while dozens posted the exact same video and nothing happened to them.

I even posted the same video last week, down in a Kyiv metro shelter, as somewhere up above russian cruise missiles blew up innocents.

📊 So this ‘censorship’ is incredibly selective, ineffective and unprofessional at best

And actively biased and malevolent at worst.

🤖 It is likely because masses of bots reported Nataliia’s post to trigger an auto-ban. This has happened to many #Ukraine supporters, including myself.

But censorship cannot hide the truth:

🚀 Putin doesn’t fire the missiles.

Millions of “Ordinary russians” do, whose professional jobs it is to design, produce, transport, aim and launch these weapons that 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 Ukrainians

☝️ This is a topic often discussed by professional scholars, journalists, politicians and of course victims.

Simply put, you cannot blame individuals for collective problems.

Yet Nataliia was banned for simply bringing this topic up.

LinkedIn you’re blaming the victim.

Bring Nataliia back!!

SocialMedia #Censorship

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🌾 #Ukraine recently sent 1.000 tons of flour to Palestine with the “Grain From Ukraine” program, supported by the #UN World Food Programme.

Good news is – it has already arrived in Gaza AND bread baked from this flour is being distributed to families in need. It will be enough to feed 100k people for a month

📊 Note Ukraine is one of the world’s biggest grain, flower and wheat producers. By directly exporting food to regions like Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and by indirectly helping keep global food prices affordable, Ukraine helps feed the world.

Many millions worldwide rely on the food Ukraine provides.

🔥 Even though Russia destroyed more than 300,000 tons of Ukrainian grain during their invasion, actively burning fields before harvest season and blocking sea exports to purposely put world #food security at risk.

And yet Ukraine still manages to feed others, like the 100 thousand Palestinian families who will benefit from this aid.

This is going to be hardly reported outside of ukrainian media though.

😔 Where most mentions of Ukraine are now met with “Why aren’t you talking about Gaza instead?”

Even though the people of Gaza, like many millions of others worldwide, rely on Ukrainian grain.

And this, too, is why Ukraine must win.

🚜 Despite the war, bombs, fires and land mines, Ukrainian farmers push on.

This is the way.

agriculture #kindness

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