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More Russian stuff blowing up, plus lots of drones [1]

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Date: 2023-05-30

This is supposedly an incident of a Russian drone attacking Russian soldiers in a trench — basically fragging. That may or may not be the case. But if it is, it wouldn’t surprise me. Actually it surprises me that this doesn’t go on a lot more.

Fragging refers to the killing of one of your own soldiers, usually an unpopular officer, with a fragmentation grenade. The term originated during the Vietnam War although killing fellow soldiers has been going on forever.

x The original thread I made, which I posted above, I posted my thought process as I was analyzing this video step by step. You can see I didn't believe this was Russian fragging until I eliminated every other possibility. It is really weird. — Andrew Perpetua (@AndrewPerpetua) May 30, 2023

x Russians keep posting videos of this Russian position getting hit by drones, claiming it is Russian drones. Maybe they are Russian drones? But, um, do you see any green? any yellow? Nope. pic.twitter.com/5o7Z490dfQ — Andrew Perpetua (@AndrewPerpetua) May 30, 2023

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It must have been HIMARS o’clock.

x Reported as the first visually confirmed destroyed Russian PBU 55K6E command centre, part of a S-400 complex. It was reportedly destroyed by HIMARS two weeks ago in the Russian controlled part of the Kherson region.



A high value target. pic.twitter.com/R4kJCpYDzu — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) May 30, 2023

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This is the site where 100 Russians were reported to have been killed in a Storm Shadow strike near Mariupol.

x Consequences of strikes on the “Yalta” recreation center in Yurivka, 05/28/2023. https://t.co/nOp7YbqHG7 https://t.co/OFAdPuzcIn pic.twitter.com/kQBUEbZPwf — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) May 30, 2023

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Russia’s defense minister claims they have destroyed 29 Storm Shadow cruise missiles, 196 HIMARS missiles and the Patriot battery in Kiev. All is going according to plan.

Many people will think this is just more Russian lies. But it’s true. Several of the Storm Shadow missiles were destroyed by ammo dumps, others were blown up by sudden contact with buildings.

x Shoigu reports on the "progress" of the (three-day?) "special military operation" that lasts 460 days already.



For some reason, Russia moved on to a war on its territory. But Shoigu is sure everything is according to plan. Does he know something?



He also claimed Russia… pic.twitter.com/Ck69pe84ID — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 30, 2023

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This is an informative thread that explains the differences between Ukraine’s use of drones and Russia’s.

It points out that targeting information obtained from Russian drones takes too long to get to commanders, long enough to be useless for mobile targets. By contrast, Ukrainian drones livestream to their operators and commanders.

x My colleagues @sambendett and @jeffaedmonds just released a deep dive into Russian drone tactics in Ukraine, and there are some incredibly interesting topline findings I wanted to pull from it.



1. The Russian military has used uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) extensively https://t.co/jKEKUNsFz7 — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) May 30, 2023

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Interesting theory.

So the candidates so far are:

1. a Russian false flag operation

2. Ukrainian special forces

3. Russian partisans

4. Shit stirrers and coup plotters like Prigozhin.

x I have been seeing those drone videos in Moscow and I was thinking something feels off.



But hearing Prigozhin “exploding” makes me wonder whether neither Ukraine nor the Kremlin are responsible for this but somebody in Russia with ambition, like him.pic.twitter.com/gI8bUL1dv5 — (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) May 30, 2023

I tend to agree that this probably wasn’t a false flag attack.

x Has there been an actual example of a false flag in Russia this year? Even one? Every prediction about them so far has been wrong.



Belgorod? Byransk? Airfields? The Kremlin? All of these were Ukraine, and there hasn't been any significant escalation from Russia in response. https://t.co/O1Tzdkz3Ez — Aric Toler (@AricToler) May 30, 2023

Also, there is no truth to the rumor that the remote operator of the drones was Mathias Rust.

x Today's drone attack on Moscow as well as the fact that drones were able to reach it is a fail of Russian air defense.



Russian air defense showed clearly that such drones are not an easy target for it, as these systems were not created to detect and destroy targets of this type.… pic.twitter.com/MzokAXIUs5 — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 30, 2023

How dare you poor huddled masses mock our filthy rich oligarchs!

x 🤡😅 Solovyov insults his vatniks who started laughing at the fact that drones were falling on the luxury districts of Moscow.



What did you expect? In Russia, everyone should be equally poor, then there will be sympathy. pic.twitter.com/inmpZwpp5W — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) May 30, 2023

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Anyone shocked by this?

x Remember Tara Reade that pro-Putin grifter who falsely accused Biden of sexual assault, a story people like Ryan Grim ran with, whose links to Russia were dismissed as an outrageous smear against an alleged survivor of assault? Well she’s just announced she has defected to Russia pic.twitter.com/up6ECdBa9m — Oz Katerji (@OzKaterji) May 30, 2023

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My birthday is in a few months. Just sayin’.

x 👾U.S. company Brickmania Toys announces new collection of figurines in support of Ukraine



The first figurine of the collection was made to resemble President Zelesnkyy and is called "Frontline President V2".



More news here 👉 https://t.co/S95ZiWHXi6 pic.twitter.com/S66O4gZ0UX — The New Voice of Ukraine (@NewVoiceUkraine) May 30, 2023

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The sanctions are starting to get real serious now.

x Tinder has begun warning Russians that it will stop working in the country starting June 30



Users with subscriptions valid after that date are offered to request a refund. And all "superlikes" and "boosts" should be used until the last day of the service's operation in Russia. pic.twitter.com/Ry2VOHG6T9 — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) May 30, 2023

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And finally, here’s a Russian agent being arrested after shooting someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue.

Note for the sarcasm challenged: This is just a joke.

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