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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine loses an F-16 pilot [1]

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Date: 2025-04-12

Ukraine lost an F-16 pilot and, presumably, the plane.

x A Ukraine F-16 pilot has been killed in battle. Exact details of how and where the incident happened, have not been revealed, with the Air Force only saying 27 year old Cpt Pavlo Ivanov was on a combat mission, defending his native land.



[image or embed] — Tim White (@twmcltd.bsky.social) April 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM

A HIMARS strike takes out a Russian air-defense system.

Ukraine makes another foray into Kursk and comes away with some prisoners, including officers.

x SSO strikes deep: Ukraine’s Special Forces captured 14 Russian troops in Kursk region, including three officers. After multiple firefights, they surrendered. Additionally around 30 Russians were eliminated.



[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) April 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM

I wonder if Lt. Rambo here ever saw Rambo III.

x Lieutenant Заречнев Иван Викторович (Zarechnev Ivan Viktorovich), callsign “Rambo”, has mastered the training programme for platoon commanders of UAV in motor rifle units in August ’24 and was eliminated in Balka Zhuravka, Ukraine on 27 October ’24.

vk.com/wall-2144568...



[image or embed] — KIU • Russian Officers killed in Ukraine (@killedinukraine.bsky.social) April 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM

Some people never learn from history.

Colonial powers divided up Africa into states that made sense to them but made no sense on the ground. And the post-WWI victors created an Iraqi state that made no sense either and screwed over the Kurds.

How did all that turn out?

Witkoff is a fool. He needs to be removed before he continues to embarrass himself and America.

x Witkoff’s insanity: He told Trump that the fastest way to a deal is handing Russia full control over 4 Ukrainian regions—Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia. Trump ally Keith Kellogg pushed back, saying Ukraine will never agree to unilaterally surrender land www.reuters.com/world/trump-...



[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) April 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM

x ❗️ "Witkoff must go." Republicans outraged by his role in Ukraine talks, - Reuters There is growing discontent among senators from both the Republican and Democratic parties with Witkoff as a negotiator with Russia



[image or embed] — 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@militarynewsua.bsky.social) April 12, 2025 at 6:09 AM

Kellogg, the envoy that Putin said is too pro-Ukraine, had his own plan, which was presented in some media as giving land to Russia.

x President Trump's special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said the Times misrepresented his new Ukraine plan. Keith Kellogg was talking about the proposed deployment of a "resiliency force" after a ceasefire in support of Ukraine's sovereignty.



[image or embed] — Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) April 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM

Trump keeps demanding more. He has learned from Putin.

x "Antagonistic" tone marks US-Ukraine minerals deal talks, says Reuters source US-Ukraine mineral talks deteriorate as Trump administration demands privileged resource access and control of Russian gas pipeline through Ukraine.

euromaidanpress.com/2025/04/12/a...



[image or embed] — Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) April 12, 2025 at 5:08 AM

Another 1,240 Russians and 11 tanks.

Russia advances in Donetsk Oblast.

There hasn't been much news lately from the Klishchiivka area.

x 💥👊 Ukrainian soldiers repelled a large-scale attack in the Klishchiivka area, where the Russians broke through with both trapped tanks and equally trapped MT-LBs. 😎 Phoenix unit, 5th assault brigade and 93rd mechanized brigade.



[image or embed] — MAKS 24 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) April 12, 2025 at 7:43 AM

The fight continues over the village of Kotlyne in the Pokrovsk area.

x 👊 Soldiers of the 152nd Jaeger Brigade, together with other units, recaptured part of Kotlyne near Pokrovsk and captured several occupiers.



[image or embed] — MAKS 24 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) April 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM

The GAZ-69 was produced in the 50s.

You have to have cojones of steel to do this job.

x An unexploded russian FAB-500 aerial bomb was found in a field in Slatyne, Kharkiv Region. Specialists from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine identified the ordnance. It miraculously didn't detonate but remained highly dangerous.



[image or embed] — Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) April 12, 2025 at 7:49 AM

The forced conscription will continue until morale improves.

x Russia: "OMON (riot police) is beating ... our friend!? That's our friend. This is fucked!"

Putin's gestapo raided the Mono nightclub in Moscow to collect cannon fodder for the invasion of Ukraine under the guise of 'combatting LGBT propaganda.'

Lots of people taken away.



[image or embed] — Igor Sushko (@igorsushko.bsky.social) April 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM

Russia also continues to collect non-Russians for cannon fodder duty. Ufa is the capital of Bashkortostan.

x Russia: Putin's gestapo raided an Ozon warehouse in Ufa to collect more cannon fodder for the invasion of Ukraine.

Ozon is Russia's largest e-commerce company.



[image or embed] — Igor Sushko (@igorsushko.bsky.social) April 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM

Russia also decides that surrendering voluntarily deserves prison time.

x Russia's military is moving toward a precedent it hopes will dissuade more soldiers from voluntarily surrendering to Ukrainian troops.



[image or embed] — Meduza in English (@meduza.io) April 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM

Sort of like duck hunting.

Slatyne is just north of Kharkiv and had a pre-war population of about 6,000.

x Slatine village, Kharkiv region, morning after the russian strike. It's hard to imagine what thoughts run through this man's mind as he sits amidst the ruins of his home.



[image or embed] — Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) April 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM

The Russian economy is (not) humming right along.

x ‼️ Russia: “Inflation in Russia in March amounted to 0.65%, annual inflation accelerated to 10.34%” Once again, “official” inflation is being manipulated. Actual inflation is likely much higher than that. www.interfax.ru/business/102...



[image or embed] — Prune60 (@prune602.bsky.social) April 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM

How’s that ceasefire Trump achieved in 24 hours going?

x 🤬 Russia increased the number of drone attacks against Ukraine by 8 times in 2025 ❗️Since the beginning of 2025, Russia has already launched almost 11,400 drones over Ukraine, while during the same period in 2024 (from January 1 to April 10) only 1,400 drones were launched.



[image or embed] — MAKS 24 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) April 12, 2025 at 5:49 AM

Perhaps because books can absorb the impact of shrapnel.

x It was cold in Kyiv today.

When I put the money into his backpack, I saw it was full of books.

After school? As my friend put it right:

It is image of everything what is wrong with the world



[image or embed] — Yaroslava Antipina (@strategywoman.bsky.social) April 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM

Someone needs to take charge of the effort and tell everyone else what their role is going to be. The US used to fill that role.

x 🚫🪖 Negotiations of "coalition of the willing" to support Ukraine have now collapsed, — Kallas ‼️ ~200 military experts from 30 countries are working on creating a strategy to protect Ukraine. However, due to differences in approaches of different countries, they cannot agree on a common strategy.



[image or embed] — MAKS 24 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) April 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM

Chinese cooperation with Russia continues.

x Reuters: Chinese military officers have been touring close to Russia's frontlines with Beijing's approval to draw lessons and tactics from the war. t.me/c/1817343196...



[image or embed] — 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) April 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM

Nobody is forcing Hungary to stay in the EU or NATO. One word — Hexit.

x 🇭🇺 Orban: “Ukraine’s EU membership will destroy Hungary and Hungarian families. It will undo 15 years of our economic efforts.” Next week, Hungary will hold an informal public poll—initiated by Orban—on whether Ukrainians should join the EU.



[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) April 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM

I was wondering when someone would finally solve that sphere-packing problem in 8D space.

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