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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine destroys two more Russian aircraft [1]
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Date: 2025-06-27
Ukraine has destroyed two more Su-34 aircraft and damaged two more. Russia had reportedly redeployed Su-34s to Marinovka last year after a Ukrainian attack on another air base.
x ❗️Ukraine has destroyed two Russian Su-34 aircraft at Marinovka airfield, Volgograd region of Russia. Two more aircraft were damaged. Su-34 aircraft are used to bomb the frontlines and drop KAB bombs. Glory to Ukrainian Defenders!
[image or embed] — Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) June 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
All is going according to plan for Russia in Sumy.
x 15 soldiers in the 'elite' Russian Airborne Forces (VDV) surrendered to Ukraine after their unit was wiped out in their failed invasion of Sumy region.
Russia's large scale 2025 Summer Offensive on Sumy has failed so far.
[image or embed] — Igor Sushko (@igorsushko.bsky.social) June 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is an amazing video. A drone hits a North Korean 240 mm rocket launcher, causing a rocket to fire right through the cab and somehow two guys manage to jump out without having been barbecued.
This is an effective way to blow up a bridge — use a kamikaze drone as a detonator for anti-tank mines placed on a bridge support.
x The "Sky Ryders" Ukrainian drone crew struck a Russian logistics route with an FPV drone, hitting a mined railway bridge on the eastern front.
[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Analysis of a Russian motorcycle assault group.
x 21st-Century Dragoons: Dissecting Russia’s Motorcycle Assault Tactics 🧵Thread with key findings from Frontelligence Insight analysis on Russia’s Motorcycle Assault Groups: structure, tactics, training, equipment, battlefield performance, and the conditions that enabled them
[image or embed] — Tatarigami (@tatarigami.bsky.social) June 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
4/ The structure of a motorcycle assault group can vary depending on the unit, its assigned tasks, and the resources available to the parent unit. However, such a group typically consists of 6 - 8 motorcycles, with 1 - 2 riders per vehicle. 5/ At least one motorcycle in the group is usually equipped with a drone detection system. Additionally, these groups typically carry 2 to 3 EW stations — either mounted directly on motorcycles or carried in backpacks by riders — to jam drone communications during an assault 6/ Motorcycles with two riders optionally have the passenger as the primary combatant, ready to engage both ground targets and aerial threats, such as drones while on the move. However, in most cases, the passenger is usually just dropped off by the rider before actual engagement 7/ Common Tactical Maneuvers Used by Motorcycle Assault Groups:- Single Flank: Motorcycles maneuver around the enemy’s position from a flank to strike- Pincer Movement: Coordinated flanking from both sides aimed at overwhelming or encircling the target. 8/ Deep Penetration: Rapid advance beyond the first line of defense to disrupt rear-area logistics, rotations etc Diversionary Maneuver: Aimed at drawing enemy attention and fire away from the main assault forceReconnaissance-in-Force: Probing enemy positions while mobile
Russian losses dip below 1,000.
Oh well. Anyway.
x On June 18, 2025, a missile strike hit a shelter used by Russia’s 346th Brigade (unit 31681) near Polohy in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The impact caused the structure to collapse, and those inside reportedly suffocated due to a lack of oxygen. Eleven servicemen were killed, including three officers.
[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) June 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Vovchansk hasn’t been heard from lately, but things are still active there.
x Ukrainian border guards near Vovchansk destroyed two Russian artillery pieces — a D-30 and an MT-12 “Rapira.” Recon-strike UAV also eliminated three Russian vehicles used for transporting troops and ammunition, and neutralized six soldiers.
[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) June 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Audio on for the very appropriate “Accidents Will Happen” by Elvis Costello.
Remember when Russians back home were setting up shrines to these guys?
I would offer this as further evidence of Russian indifference to the lives of its soldiers, but this kind of treatment occurs in many armies over many centuries, including in the U.S. It is shameful no matter where it occurs.
x 1/ 'Doomed' Russian troops who made a long trek through a gas pipeline to attack Ukrainian forces have been denied awards or any significant compensation for the lung damage and cancers they contracted. The news is being denounced as a betrayal. ⬇️
[image or embed] — ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) June 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
2/ Russian forces carried out what they called 'Operation Stream' in March 2025 to ambush Ukrainian forces holding the Kursk region town of Sudzha. Around 600 men were reported to have spent six days walking nearly 16 km through a disused gas pipeline leading under the town. 3/ Although the pipeline was empty of gas, it still contained toxins and carcinogenic chemicals. An unknown but significant number of Russians died, overcome by the fumes within the pipeline. Those who survived emerged with permanent lung damage and cancerous tumors. 4/ Russian warblogger and journalist Anastasia Kashevarova reports that the soldiers have been given token compensation of 100,000 rubles each (about $1,270) for their damaged lungs and cancers, and have been denied awards for their actions. She writes: 5/ "In the hospitals of Kursk, the fighters were diagnosed with "acute bronchitis of moderate severity", they threw 100 thousand rubles like dogs, and in some of the fighters this "pseudobronchitis" has already developed into lung cancer, into thromboembolism … 6/ "Everyone who was in the pipe suffered lung damage. The soldiers were suffocating. Some had already died. 7/ "But the most offensive thing here is that their illness is either not classified as a military injury, or is not classified as severe. And they are not entitled to payments. At the same time, they are all doomed and have received serious lung damage.
The Kherson Human Safari continues.
x 🚨 Kherson. Russian FPV drones destroy the city by dropping incendiary devices. A dozen of houses burnt today; some are still on fire. “God, please, no drones…” Later today, a quiet launch of a documentary about Kherson, to raise awareness and help the city. -- with @khersonhumansafari.bsky.social
[image or embed] — Zarina Zabrisky (@zarinazabrisky.bsky.social) June 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Newspapers are dinosaurs in Russia too.
x 1/ The Russian army's political officers – a Soviet institution revived under Vladimir Putin – face a crisis. Russian warbloggers say their traditional methods are now irrelevant in the Internet age, and political officers have become a "department of lies and hypocrisy". ⬇️
[image or embed] — ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) June 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
2/ The 'Philologist in Ambush' Telegram channel has published a scathing critique of the role and work of political officers, who work for the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces (GVPU for short). 3/ "An ordinary political officer is a typewriter for preparing a shitty mountain of absolutely outdated, useless and basically useless waste paper, millions of reports on reports, reports on the provision of reports, endless forms one, two, etc., a printer for duplicating… 4/ …absolutely useless printed and visual propaganda, taking into account all of the above problems.The GVPU apparently has no understanding that the printed "Red Star" [newspaper] is a thing of the past. That the modern soldier reads Telegram and e-books. 5/ "That no one needs any kind of newsletters, bulletins, borders, magazines and other paper bullshit, no one reads them or even picks them up. But the political officers in the troops continue to print this crap with a maniacal look, 50-100 sheets a day.
If this guy was an American, he’d be a Florida man.
A Russian soldier chooses suicide over going on a meat assault. Maybe he should have tried fragging his commander instead.
WARNING: The video was edited for graphic content, but it still shows the moment he pulls the trigger.
x Video edited from original to remove graphic content. A Russian Yakut or Buryat contraktnic chooses self-demobilization over going on a meat assault or deserting. Their moral is at an all-time low as desertions are at an all-time high. #OSINT #UkraineRussiaWar
[image or embed] — OSINT Intuit (@urikikaski.bsky.social) June 27, 2025 at 6:23 AM
And yet South Korea refuses to send lethal military aid to Ukraine.
x The North Korean and Russian military commands authorizing the deployment of North Korean forces to Ukrainian territory would mark a significant battlefield inflection that may improve Russian forces' ability to sustain simultaneous offensive operations in multiple directions. isw.pub/UkrWar062625
[image or embed] — Institute for the Study of War (@thestudyofwar.bsky.social) June 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
When even Iran doesn’t want to buy your military hardware anymore.
Bangladesh has been accused of buying grain stolen from Ukraine by Russia.
x ⚡️Ukraine to seek EU sanctions against Bangladesh over Russia-stolen grain import. "It's a crime," Ukraine's ambassador to India, Oleksandr Polishchuk, told Reuters. "We will share our investigation with our EU colleagues, and we will kindly ask them to take the appropriate measures."
[image or embed] — The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) June 27, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The Ukrainian Embassy in New Delhi sent multiple letters to Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry this year, requesting rejection of more than 150,000 tonnes of grain allegedly stolen and shipped from the Russian port of Kavkaz, according to documents reviewed by Reuters, shared by people familiar with the matter. According to Polishchuk, Ukrainian intelligence showed that entities in Russia mask grain obtained from occupied Ukrainian territories by mixing it with Russian wheat before shipping it to other countries. Bangladesh's Food Ministry, in comments to Reuters, denied the imports, saying that they banned grain deliveries originating from occupied Ukrainian territory.
The bad news is that we are reducing your salary. The good news is that we won’t send you to Ukraine … yet.
x ‼️ Russia: “Every sixth (16.5%) enterprise in the country is planning to reduce staff salaries in the coming year. At the same time, 3.6% of companies plan to begin cutting in the next month or three.” According to a survey by Akcion Bukhgalteriya. www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/06/26/k...
[image or embed] — Prune60 (@prune602.bsky.social) June 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We didn’t go broke. We experienced a reduction in financial optimization.
x “According to the study, most organizations (56.7%) will start cutting salaries of line employees first, and 36.5% — of top managers. In 41.4% of cases, business representatives explained the need to reduce labor costs by a drop in revenue and financial optimization.”
[image or embed] — Prune60 (@prune602.bsky.social) June 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This should clinch Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize.
x 🇺🇸🚫 The White House is proposing to cut U.S. funding for nearly two dozen programs that investigate war crimes and accountability around the world, including in Myanmar, Syria and an investigation into alleged Russian atrocities and crimes in Ukraine, - Reuters
[image or embed] — MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) June 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Either they were poisoned deliberately or they decided to drink out of puddles.
This was bound to happen the longer the war drags on. Poland hosts about a million Ukrainian refugees.
x Polish concerns about national security are overtaking solidarity with Ukraine, with three-quarters of Poles demanding NATO strengthen its eastern flank while nearly half want military aid to Kyiv reduced, according to a new IBRiS poll
euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/26/a...
[image or embed] — Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) June 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Fico and Orban are the Bonnie and Clyde of the EU.
x ❗️🇸🇰 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has vetoed the EU’s 18th sanctions package against Russia during the summit in Brussels, Index reports.
[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) June 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Russia continues to crank out Shaheds.
x Russia ramped up production to 90 Shaheds per day, and that number is expected to exceed 100 soon, said military expert Oleg Katkov Moscow produces 2,700 Shahed drones per month, allowing for massive attacks. They often involve 300-400 drones at once
euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/26/i...
[image or embed] — Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) June 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The American ambassador to Russia is leaving. The story doesn’t give a reason, but the fact that she became ambassador in 2023 probably tells you all you need to know.
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