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More Russian stuff blowing up, plus Russia loses another general [1]

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Date: 2023-07-12

Major Gen. Ivan Popov committed the worst crime possible in Russia.

He told the truth.

I would laud him for being a truth-teller, but as an active participant in a horrendous war of aggression, he’s just as guilty as the rest of the senior command. So screw him.

x Ivan Popov, commander of the 58th Army of the Russian armed formations, currently in Zaporizhzhia, who was removed from his position earlier today says that Ukrainian artillery and missile strikes are causing significant casualties to the occupiers holding defence.



Explaining in… pic.twitter.com/iKFP0KtlnQ — Dmitri (@wartranslated) July 12, 2023

Explaining in an audio message, Popov says he delivered a damning report about the state of Russian counter-battery fire directly to Chief of the General Staff Gerasimov which resulted in his immediate dismissal.In a four-minute audio message, Popov talks about betrayal from the most senior military leadership, echoing the sentiment expressed by Wagner mercenaries: "A difficult situation with the leadership emerged. It was a choice between remaining silent and afraid and saying what they wanted to hear, or calling things for what they are. In your name, in the name of all perished comrades-in-arms, I didn’t have the right to lie. Hence I named all the problems that exist today in the army regarding operations, supply. I pointed the attention to the most important tragedy of the modern war - the lack of counter-battery fire, lack of artillery reconnaissance stations, and mass casualties and injuries of our brothers from enemy artillery. I also raised a number of other issues, expressed them to the highest levels, did it openly and very brutally. Due to this, the seniors likely felt some danger in me and instantly, in one day, put together an order to the Minister of Defence and got rid of me. As many commanders of regiments and divisions said today, our army was not broken through the front, but our most senior commander hit us in the back, thus treacherously beheading the army in the most difficult period."

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No doubt he was more afraid of the Russians behind him than he was of the Ukrainians he was running toward.

x A Russian, who ran away from his unit at full speed, surrenders to UAF fighters. What could he possibly be afraid of from his own? #OSINT #UkraineRussiaWar️ #UkraineWar #Ukraine #Counteroffensive pic.twitter.com/gfA67xIben — OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇦 (@UKikaski) July 11, 2023

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The tank turret flies up and nearly hits the drone.

x Night hunt by the Security Service of Ukraine for Russian military equipment.

PS: At the very beginning, the turret of the Russian tank almost knocks down the Dron.https://t.co/an1HxH9H9I pic.twitter.com/64YBlNiiTM — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) July 12, 2023

Big bavovna.

x BAD DAY FOR RUSSIA 🇷🇺



Russia has less Buk-M2s now, than earlier today.



🔥 🔥 🔥 That became a VERY big fire quickly. pic.twitter.com/vTkCPYzqqM — Jason Jay Smart (@officejjsmart) July 12, 2023

Big bavovna 2

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The crew of this tank leaves it blocking the rail line then hightails it out of there.

x Russian T-90M damaged near Kurdyumivka, Bakhmut direction. As it is said, "The tank was hit by a kamikaze drone, and then a thermobaric grenade was dropped on it". By the 28th brigade of Ukraine.

(48.4759286, 37.9582381)https://t.co/o9Qmh15JMY pic.twitter.com/LwBgn0cmhM — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) July 12, 2023

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Hard to believe nobody bothered to check on that guy.

x What is wrong with this country?! St. petersburg, Russia - A man approached the reception window of a hospital, but suddenly lost consciousness and fell to the floor. the hospital staff or the people around did not care..#Ukraine #moscou #Russia #RussiaIsCollapsing #russian pic.twitter.com/lNKaP3yh3o — Intermarium 24 (@intermarium24) July 12, 2023

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Would Russians rescue a Ukrainian soldier from a minefield?

Note: This isn’t sensitive.

Two more smart Russians.

x Captured of 2 Orcs in Bahkmut direction



Soldiers of the 1st mechanized battalion of the 3rd OSHBr are working. pic.twitter.com/jDSt3OKUNj — Getty🇺🇦🇦🇲🇹🇼 (@region776) July 12, 2023

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Don’t laugh. It’s entirely possible these guys had no idea where they were.

x 3rd Assault Brigade, #Bakhumt AO: Captured Russians from the vaunted RF 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade (Ussuriysk), receive a lecture on the geography of Ukraine.



"Gentlemen, I welcome you to Ukraine. Do you know where it is on a map?"



What LtCol Vitaliy Slabtsov doing?… pic.twitter.com/ZysmQWxAPK — OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇦 (@UKikaski) July 11, 2023

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Did these guys get permission to retreat? Get back up there and fight. Cannon fodder’s not supposed to complain. WARNING: Video shows wounded Russians.

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She reportedly lives in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist pole vaulter, has held positions in the government and is a major in the Russian Army. Perhaps she can be traded to Russia for WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich.

x Putin supporter Russian athlete Yelena Isinbayeva moved to a NATO country, Spain. Can someone explain why she is allowed into a NATO country pic.twitter.com/Y1Vs37NVMm — Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 (@OlgaNYC1211) July 12, 2023

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Well, somebody has to take the fall.

x Russian Media is spreading a video of what they claim are Police arresting a Russian Submarine Captain (name not given) in Krasnodar under suspicion of killing the submarine Captain Stanislav Rzhitsky.#OSINT #UkraineRussiaWar️ #UkraineWar #Ukraine #Counteroffensive pic.twitter.com/J3TtFLvNm1 — OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇦 (@UKikaski) July 11, 2023

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Resting, eh? In a jail cell? On a sidewalk under an open 10th-floor window?

x "Surovikin is resting now" - Andrey Kartapolov, Russian MP, explained Army General Sergei Surovikin's disappearance from media space.



Surovikin has not appeared in public since Prigozhin's mutiny. pic.twitter.com/L8kBhn7HYP — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) July 12, 2023

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Pigs prefer pop.

Note: This isn’t sensitive either.

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