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Russian stuff blowing up: Russian missiles strike the center of Odesa [1]

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Date: 2025-01-31

Another ship suspected of cable damage in the Baltic Sea is seized.

x Another ship, the Silver Dania, Norwegian-owned with a Russian crew on board has been detained in Norway on suspicion of damaging a cable in the Baltic Sea. The ship was brought into Tromsø Port in Breivika today at 6:40 a.m. borsen.dagbladet.no/nyheter/poli...



[image or embed] — 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 4:52 AM

Another Russian refinery is targeted.

x Ukrainian drones reportedly struck the Yaroslavl Oil Refinery (Slavneft-YANOS), 250 km from Moscow. It processes 15M tons of oil annually. Locals reported explosions; streets blocked. Located 800 km from Ukraine, damage unclear.



[image or embed] — Meanwhile in Ukraine (@meanwhileua.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM

Russia struck a hotel in Odesa, reportedly with Iskander missiles.

x 🙏 In Odesa, the ceiling of the Bristol Hotel collapsed after the strike. The hotel was damaged from the first to the fourth floor.



[image or embed] — MAKS 24 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM

x 🤬 Russia attacked the historic center of Odesa with missiles: two casualties reported. Much damage and destruction in the UNESCO protected area, damaged building, which is under enhanced protection. ❓What is the logic behind the Russian attack on historical sites? 🤔



[image or embed] — The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM

A plethora of drone hits on Russian vehicles in Kursk.

Kursk? What’s that? Never heard of it.

x Six months after the start of the AFU operation in the Kursk region, Putin has practically stopped talking about what is happening there, Russian media report after an analysis of his speeches.



[image or embed] — Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM

Her house burned down but … hey … life is beautiful.

x Woman in Donetsk says that her house burned down and she hasn’t received compensation but her live is nevertheless much better than it used to be.



[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM

How valuable could it be after being underwater for two years?

x Against all odds, soldiers of Ukraine’s 106th Battalion, 63rd Brigade “Steel Lions,” pulled off a daring operation near the front line. Under shelling and drone attacks, they recovered a Russian BMP-2 submerged for two years—right under the enemy’s nose. A month and a half of planning paid off!



[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 7:57 AM

Rylsk is the town on the highway the runs west from the Kursk nuclear power plant. This is north of the main battlefield in Kursk.

x Ukrainian General Staff reports a missile strike today on a command post for the Russian forces (Northern Military District) located in #Rylsk, #Kursk AO, Russia, which is well within the range of #ATACMS. It is believed that 91st Brigade of #DPRK Mercenaries was deployed in the Rylsk area.



[image or embed] — OSINT (Uri) (@urikikaski.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 9:12 AM

Is she saying that Ukrainians are evil because they shared their food or that Ukrainians are not entirely evil because they shared their food?

x 🇷🇺 Russian Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova: “Ukraine is not just an ‘evil empire.’” She claims evacuees from Kursk reported that Ukrainian soldiers shared their own food with them.



[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) January 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM

Hmmm. Maybe she should stay away from windows. Didn’t she get the memo about how Ukrainians are supposed to be Nazis?

x 😳 According to Russian Ombudsman local resident from Kursk regions reported that Ukrainian soldiers shared their own last food with them. ❗️"We must not dehumanize them," she said. P.S. This is all true, and it also means that an order has come "from above" to soften the position on Ukraine.



[image or embed] — MAKS 24 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM

The UK steps up.

x 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇦 UK will provide Ukraine with up to 2 billion GBP for the purchase of air defense systems and air defense missiles, — Smyhal ❗️Agreement also provides funds for the organization of repair bases for military equipment and weapons. Such bases will also be located in Ukraine.



[image or embed] — The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 3:53 AM

Finland steps up.

x ⚡️Finland announces $206 million military package for Ukraine. This brings Finland's total defense aid provided to Ukraine since the outbreak of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022 to 2.5 billion euros ($2.6 billion).



[image or embed] — The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) January 31, 2025 at 7:23 AM

Hopefully this is about competency and not corruption or petty politics.

x ⚡️ Arms procurement chief Bezrukova dismissed, Defense Ministry says after disputes. Maryna Bezrukova's firing follows a week of escalating tensions between the Defense Ministry and the Defense Procurement Agency.



[image or embed] — The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) January 31, 2025 at 6:47 AM

Another 1,670 Russians and 101 other vehicles.

Accident? Coincidence?

x ⚡️Explosion at Rheinmetall plant in Spain leaves 6 injured. The explosion occurred at 4:20 p.m. local time on Jan. 30, starting a large fire that spread to about 2,000 square meters. The cause of the incident is currently under investigation, Spanish authorities said.



[image or embed] — The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) January 31, 2025 at 2:19 AM

Because more teen pregnancies will fix everything for Russia.

x Russian schools need to hold more “romantic” events, including school discos, to encourage teenagers to start families, an Education Ministry official said at a State Duma roundtable discussion on Thursday.



[image or embed] — Meduza in English (@meduza.io) January 31, 2025 at 4:11 AM

We shouldn’t jump to conclusions. Perhaps she was hired because she works well with people.

Rosneft, Russia’s second-largest state-controlled company (after Gazprom), officially employs these women as high-paid “specialists,” “advisors,” and “secretaries” in administrative departments. Leaked telephone records and police databases identify several of these employees as sex workers, the Anti-Corruption Foundation learned. For example, one of these women, Albina Ivanova, joined Rosneft in 2016 at the age of 21 as a deputy head of the company’s administrative department. Over nine years, her total salary earnings are reportedly 33 million rubles ($335,000 by today’s exchange rate), and she has accompanied Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin on 58 private jet trips. Additionally, Ivanova gets a second paycheck from the Independent Oil and Gas Company, which is also connected to Sechin, says the Anti-Corruption Foundation. On social media, Ivanova regularly shows off her collection of expensive jewelry, handbags, and cars.

The forests will grow back relatively quickly, but the mines in the woods will take generations to remove.

x 🌱🇺🇦🙏 Damages from the war for the environment could amount to €72 billion, - DW ❗️​​25,000 hectares of burned forests, 220 nature reserves that are under threat or destroyed, and almost a million hectares of mined forests and lands.



[image or embed] — The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 7:11 AM

Putin is bringing back the good ole days of Soviet grain harvests.

x Russia's grain export revenues, a key source of foreign currency, are plummeting. In 2023, grain exports brought in $15.5 billion, but shipments are now in free fall. In January 2025, exports dropped by 42% year-on-year, with farmers managing to sell only 2.5 million tons abroad.



[image or embed] — Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 6:34 AM

If you bombed this bridge, would anyone be able to tell the difference?

x The bridge over the Vitim River is considered the most dangerous bridge in Russia.It connects two regions– the Republic of Buryatia&Zabaykalsky Krai This "gap-toothed" row of blackened sleepers placed on metal crossbeams was built in the 1980s.The "bridge" is as wide as a truck.With no railings



[image or embed] — Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 2:22 AM

Just paint it green and … voila! … the tractor becomes a UPC (Unarmored Personnel Carrier).

Is this a Lada roadster?

x 2nd Army Level Sh|t! It appears as if drone jamming/EW equipment was added to the katsap chopped #Lada VAZ 2103. #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar Please repost to help defeat Ex's anti-Ukraine algorithms.



[image or embed] — OSINT (Uri) (@urikikaski.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 9:43 AM

It’s a log cabin on treads.

x 🌱Eco-Friendly wooden armour is a new standard of the Russian military. Here is a Russian T-72 tank with uninstalled turret modified into an 'armoured' personnel carrier.



[image or embed] — 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) January 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM

But he did get some nice shiny medals. Those must be worth $10 or $15 each on eBay.

x 51-year-old Dmitry from St. Petersburg decided to shake things up and joined Wagner in 2022. Things went wrong, and he lost an arm and a leg. Instead of honours, he was abandoned and received no insurance money. "Why should we defend your arses, and you owe us nothing?" he asks.



[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 7:39 AM

This is from the director of the documentary about Mariupol that won an Oscar last year.

x Moments ago, the Sundance Film Festival bestowed its Directing Award for World Cinema Documentary to Mstyslav Chernov for “2000 Meters to Andriivka." Read film critic Elena Smolina's review here at Meduza.



[image or embed] — Meduza in English (@meduza.io) January 31, 2025 at 11:37 AM

Heroes happen everywhere.

x Dr Mohammad Zakaria was performing surgery when Russia attacked Chornomorsk, Odesa region The blast wave shattered glass in the operating room, the surgeon was injured. He didn't pay the slightest attention to explosions and flying shards of glass but continued his surgery. 📷Oleh Kiper



[image or embed] — Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM

Finally found a dog post. 🐶

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