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Russian stuff blowing up: Trump tries to manipulate Ukrainian elections [1]

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Date: 2025-03-06

Trump isn’t just interested in manipulating America’s elections.

Zelenskyy isn’t kissing Trump’s ass so they figured they’ll replace him with someone who will pucker up.

x Four senior members of President Trump’s entourage have secretly met with Ukrainian opposition leaders on potentially holding early elections to unseat Ukrainian President Zelensky, per Politico.



[image or embed] — OSINTtechnical (@osinttechnical.bsky.social) March 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM

Two potential presidential candidates say they were contacted but that Ukraine should not have elections during a war.

x Of note, Zelensky currently leads in future election polling. His primary challenger, former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi, is arguably more of a war hawk. www.politico.eu/article/dona...



[image or embed] — OSINTtechnical (@osinttechnical.bsky.social) March 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM

Special Envoy Kellogg blames Zelenskyy for having the audacity to tell Trump he was wrong.

x 🙄 "Ukrainians are to blame for the fact that we have restricted their access to intelligence and stopped their support," — Kellogg ❗️"Zelensky was warned that no one contradicts the US president in the Oval Office, and he did not want to."



[image or embed] — The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) March 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM

Ukraine continues to press the attack in the area south of Pokrovsk.

x Russian milbloggers report that a Ukrainian local counteroffensive near Pokrovsk has started. "Ukrainian forces expanded their assault today, achieving significant tactical gains. Fighting is intense, with up to two brigades attacking from Pokrovsk and one from Uspenivka. We struggle," they add.



[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) March 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM

And in Toretsk.

Russians on dirt bikes lead Ukraine to their shelter, which is promptly destroyed.

x Aerial reconnaissance of the 413th Separate Battalion "Raid" detected and destroyed a concentration of Russian Armed Forces personnel and ground-based robotic systems. Following this, the position was struck using FPV drones and artillery, including 155mm cluster munitions.

t.me/c/1377735387...



[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM

More bavovna from Kursk.

The availability of intelligence information is also critical in Ukraine’s use of HIMARS rockets.

x ⚡️🇫🇷 France is ready to provide intelligence to Kyiv after the U.S. halted all intel sharing with Ukraine, French Armed Forces Minister Lecornu said. Politico earlier wrote that 80% of Ukraine’s intel came from allies, mainly the U.S. www.france24.com/en/europe/20...



[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) March 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM

x Ukrainian military stopped receiving data for HIMARS even before Zelensky's meeting with Trump, — WP According to the soldiers, at least one of units has not received coordinates for strikes further than 60 km from the contact line over the past month. — Olga Nesterova (@onestpress.bsky.social) March 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM

x 1/3: Just one of the impacts from Trump's decision to cut off sharing "intel" with Ukraine is that Ukrainian Civil Defense agencies will no longer receive early warnings of Russian aircraft being scrambled and the launching of incoming missile attacks thereby... #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar



[image or embed] — OSINT (Uri) (@urikikaski.bsky.social) March 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM

And, naturally, Trump thinks he can tell everyone else to jump and they’ll ask “How high, sir?”

Trump thinks he has the biggest swinging dick in the West.

The folks whose job it is to shovel Putin’s bullshit nightly on TV are positively giddy over Trump.

x Meanwhile in Russia: TV pundits discussed the drastic change of America's foreign policy under Trump and how Moscow can use it to its advantage. They rejoiced that Trump's enemies are also Russia's enemies. Once again, Vladimir Solovyov threatened Germany.

youtu.be/EEY1wMEqXs0?...



[image or embed] — Julia Davis (@juliadavisnews.bsky.social) February 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM

For once I agree with Solovyov — Trump does sound exactly like his show.

x Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov says that the Trump administration sounds exactly like his show. He is also claiming that under Trump, America wants to be in an alliance with Russia, the same way the U.S. was an ally to the USSR in WWII. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEcU...



[image or embed] — Julia Davis (@juliadavisnews.bsky.social) February 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM

The process of weaning Ukraine off of Soviet/Russian military hardware continues.

Ukraine already has a lot of Czech-made CZ Bren 2 assault rifles, but now they will be built in Ukraine.

x YouTube Video

Ukraine currently produces several hundred of these drones a month.

x 🇺🇦 Ukraine plans to quadruple the production of long-range kamikaze drones, bringing their output to several thousand per month , — Brigadier General Yuriy Shchygol in an interview with Sky News.



[image or embed] — PS01 (@pstyleone1.bsky.social) March 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM

The White House is denying this story, but does anyone doubt the idea of doing this is being kicked around?

Why would they do this? Because Trump is a raging asshole.

Russia murdered at least four people in Kryvyi Rih, attacking a hotel where aid workers were staying.

Russia, of course, claimed they were mercenaries.

x The aftermath of the Russian missile attack ok Kryvyi Rih last night. Four people killed, 31 injured. A hotel, 14 residential buildings, a post office, over a dozen vehicles, 12 shops damaged. Russia continues terrorizing Ukrainian civilians. 📹: Radio Svoboda



[image or embed] — Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) March 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM

x During the night, Russia hit a hotel in Kryvyi Rih with a ballistic missile, where volunteers from humanitarian organizations, citizens of Ukraine, the USA, and the UK had checked in the day before.



[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 6, 2025 at 4:46 AM

x Volunteers from US and UK in the hotel in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine on the night of russian missile attack. Here is their story: "We were just having dinner. One woman said: ‘I got notification on my phone, we need to leave now.'..



[image or embed] — Margo Gontar (@margogontar.bsky.social) March 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM

“..I’m telling you, we got up - and bang! It happened in like 5 sec. It was crazy," Adam said. He came to Ukraine for the 3rd time since full-scale invasion, all the way from Denver, Colorado (Adam’s to the left on 📸), to bring medicines for hospitals in Ukraine damaged by russian attacks, and also to help orphanages, among else. "Our mission is primarily aimed at helping children. last night, it was terrible, very disturbing. But when you go to the children the next morning and they greet you with such love and laughter, all of that, you know, just disappears. “

Russia also destroyed a post office. And they did it faster than Louis DeJoy.

x 🙏 The strike occurred at night in Sumy. Unfortunately, an employee of the contractor company died. There were 2,576 parcels on the terminal territory — all of them burned.



[image or embed] — The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) March 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM

Dr. HIMARS makes a house call.

Another 1,150 Russians who should have stayed home.

The numbers have been lower lately, which might just be an indication that Russia has scaled back on offensive assaults in some areas.

Speaking of casualties.

And here are two more Russian casualties.

WARNING: Video shows Russian soldier getting shot.

Would you fly on a Russian airliner if it was free? How about if you were paid $100k?

x “394 people cannot fly from the resort town of Varadero in Cuba to Moscow due to a flight delay. This was reported by the North-West Transport Prosecutor's Office on its Telegram channel.” So…a big plane probably.



[image or embed] — Prune60 (@prune602.bsky.social) March 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM

x ‼️ Russia: “Almost 400 people are unable to fly from Cuba to Moscow” Due to “technical reasons” 🚨 DO NOT FLY ON A RUSSIAN AIRLINE This report is from yesterday, I kept looking to see if could find more details, but I haven’t. There’s a good chance it was a plane problem www.mk.ru/social/2025/...



[image or embed] — Prune60 (@prune602.bsky.social) March 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM

Probably just as well since we didn’t live up to our end of the deal anyway.

Ukraine won’t need to depend on Elon Musk’s Starlink service much longer.

x 🚀 Eutelsat is in talks with the EU to expand satellite internet access in Ukraine, per Reuters. The Franco-British satellite group may provide an alternative to Starlink, with OneWeb satellites stepping in. www.reuters.com/technology/s...



[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) March 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM

A Ukrainian city of 25k before the war now has 25 residents. The Russians are quite proud of what they have accomplished here.

x "Now it's like in paradise here." Footage by Russian "liberators" from Vuhledar, Donetsk region. Locals say that only 25 people are left in the city out of 25,000. One of the countless Russian crimes against #Ukraine.



[image or embed] — Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) March 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM

Children should not have to live through times like this.

x Instead of a thousand words, school students kneel before a funeral procession for a fallen Ukrainian hero. Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes!



[image or embed] — Roman Sheremeta (@rshereme.bsky.social) March 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM

Kharkiv all lit up at night in defiance of Russian attacks.

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