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Russian stuff blowing up: 2,000 North Koreans reported dead in Ukraine war [1]

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Date: 2025-09-02

Oops.

Udachne is a village southwest of Pokrovsk.

x 🔥 The village of Udachne near Pokrovsk has been liberated, - General Staff And once again the 425th "SKELYA" regiment stood out. The regiment's fighters raised the flag in the village.



[image or embed] — Shaun Pinner (@olddogua.bsky.social) September 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM

The luckiest man in Russia.

But he probably needs clean underwear after that.

x Lucky him: a Russian assault soldier riding a motorcycle films a Ukrainian kamikaze drone narrowly missing him in Donetsk region.



[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) September 2, 2025 at 6:24 AM

In the Russian Army missing = dead

x 1/ At least 250 Russian soldiers a day are being declared missing or dead by the courts, equivalent to the declared daily losses of the Russian army at the front. Although at least 50,000 men are missing, the Russian government is doing little to help relatives. ⬇️



[image or embed] — ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) August 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM

2/ Mediazona and Meduza report that by the beginning of August 2025, families of missing soldiers had filed about 50,000 claims to declare their relatives dead, so that they can obtain compensation. The vast majority of the missing are indeed likely to be deceased. 3/ The number of missing is almost certainly far higher than 50,000, due to a number of factors highlighted by Russian warblogger Anastasia Kashevarova. She complains that even now, the Russian military does not have a proper system for tracking them: 4/ "There is still no system for searching for missing persons and there is no single verified database. There are many problems in this issue, as it affects all aspects of the activities of the Ministry of Defence: 5/ "1. Lack of and low level of evacuation. The problem of missing persons is directly related to the problem of evacuation. The wounded need to get to the evacuation point, which is sometimes several kilometres away. And 300 [missing] turns into 200 [dead]. 6/ "Evacuation is further complicated by a serious shortage of personnel at the front — there are very few evacuation teams. Evacuation teams are sent into combat. 7/ "And as troops advance, there is also the problem of collecting bodies; they are left lying there because the fighting must continue and there is no one to collect the bodies. 8/ "2. Inaccessibility of evacuation. Often, bodies cannot be evacuated because they are located in territory controlled by the enemy (and the news reported that we had taken the settlement, but in fact we had not). 9/ "Either the bodies are mined or they lie under rubble and require special equipment, but as soon as the equipment arrives and work begins, enemy drones and shells arrive.

Lightning struck twice for this Ukrainian family.

This is some sort of interview with a Russian commander who says he only has 17 troops left out of a group of 179.

x A "special military operation" veteran claims that only 17 out of 179 men from his unit remain due to the meat assaults near Kupiansk. This occupier is also an aide to a deputy and a coordinator of the "SMO" veterans’ association in Moscow.



[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) September 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM

A Russian tanker has spilled a large volume of oil in the Black Sea.

x Russians have likely caused a new environmental disaster in the Black Sea: a massive oil slick is currently drifting toward Crimea following a Russian tanker accident and an oil spill near Novorossiysk. According to the latest data, the slick covers approximately 350 square kilometers.



[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) September 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM

Putin met with Slovak PM Robert Fico at the big Axis of Evil summit in China.

x ⚡️Putin calls on Fico to cut Ukraine’s reverse gas, electricity supplies from Europe. “Cut off their reverse gas supplies, cut off their electricity supplies, and they will immediately understand that there are limits to their behavior in violating the interests of others," Putin said.



[image or embed] — The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) September 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM

Russian nationalist fanatic Alexander Dugin thinks Ukraine should join Russia in conquering the West.

x Years liquidating its military and economy for no real gains, the delusional Kremlin rolls out "Putin's Brain" Alexander Dugin to ask Ukraine to join Russia in war against the west. Nice try.



[image or embed] — SPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre (@stratcomcentre.bsky.social) September 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM

Maybe God is trying to tell them something.

x 🇩🇪🧐 AfD party has recorded six deaths among its politicians in a short period of time ahead of upcoming local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, — Welt



[image or embed] — Savchenko Volodymyr (@savchenkoua.bsky.social) September 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM

The bad news is that there is no water.

The good news is that the water is brown anyway.

x Water crisis. Mariupol.

Today, according to the schedule, there was supposed to be water in Mariupol. In the end, the water was supplied — but again not where people were waiting for it. And where it was expected — there was no water.



[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) September 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM

Another 800 Russians plus 53 artillery systems.

North Korean dead in this war now number about 2,000.

I wonder if this deal includes money for building air-defense systems.

x Russia’s Gazprom signs a legally binding agreement to build the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline to China via Mongolia. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...



[image or embed] — Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) September 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM

Russian bloggers blame their oil companies for the successful Ukrainian attacks on refineries. Doesn’t occur to them that maybe the fault lies with those who started the war.

x 1/ Russian warbloggers continue to be furious that, as one puts it, "our oil refineries continue to leave the chat". They are turning their anger on "oil barons" who, they suspect, are happy to see refineries exploding if it boosts their profits. ⬇️

bsky.app/profile/maks...



[image or embed] — ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) September 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM

2/ As the Russian government appears powerless to stop an intensive Ukrainian campaign against the country's refineries, warbloggers are now shifting to blaming the country's oil producers for failing to protect their own facilities. 3/ 'Veterans' Notes' comments: "The enemy continues to systematically attack Russia's oil and gas infrastructure. According to experts, about 21% of all oil and gas refineries and stations have already been damaged or destroyed. If this continues, Russia risks facing a serious fuel crisis." 4/ "Oil companies say that the current legislation prevents them from building a full-fledged defence of oil refineries, which does not allow them to arm their private security companies with the weapons necessary to protect their infrastructure, and they are shifting the blame… 5/ …to the security forces – the Ministry of Defence and the Russian National Guard.But while this seesaw continues, our oil refineries continue to leave the chat. Someone must put an end to this and finally systematise and organise everything. 6/ "After all, it is now that a new concept of life in wartime is being born. Protecting oil refineries is a long-term prospect that we will have to live with in the future. ….. 10/ "The Krasnodar Oil Refinery was hit by drone debris. The most high-precision Ukrainian weapons that caused us the greatest damage are the high-precision debris of Ukrainian drones. They can't find a way to deal with them. 11/ "I'm joking. But I want to ask, aren't you ashamed every time, mangling the language, to write about "drone debris"?"'ZHIVOV Z' responds:"Oleg, drone debris is a kind of newspeak, like ‘gas explosion,’ which is both truthful and doesn't upset the bosses."

And if there is any justice, one day this “judge” will get 18 years at hard labor in a Ukrainian prison.

x The SBU has issued a new in absentia suspicion against Russian judge Konstantin Prostov of the Southern District Military Court, who sentenced captured defenders of Mariupol to long prison terms. In 2024, he gave two National Guard fighters 18 years in a strict-regime colony under fabricated charges



[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) September 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM

If I had told you at the start of this war that drones would be made to look like swans, you’d have asked me if I had been snorting ketamine with Elon again.

x 🦢🇵🇱 Poles have developed a "combat swan". This is a drone that can move on water and land and is designed for reconnaissance and surprise strikes.



[image or embed] — MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) September 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM

Or AI-powered drone swarms.

x 🇺🇦 Ukraine is the first country to routinely use AI-powered drone swarms in combat against Russia, - WSJ A swarm of 100+ drones is in testing. Local startup Swarmer built software that lets drones coordinate and decide when to strike.



[image or embed] — MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) September 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM

I guess this shit is what passes for traditional values in Russia.

“If the beatings do not threaten your life, endure them. They will soon end.”

Let’s check in on the Russian economy and see how things are going.

x ‼️ Russia: “Sunflower oil factories in Russia have begun to shut down due to losses” 🌻 “by the end of August, output had fallen by 11% year-on-year to 6.94 million tons.” www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/09/01/v...



[image or embed] — Prune60 (@prune602.bsky.social) September 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM

x Russia’s steel sector has suffered its worst decline since the invasion began: -10.2% in July. Magnitogorsk’s profits fell ninefold, cash flow turned negative, and major suppliers to the arms industry are posting billion-ruble losses. Sanctions aren’t symbolic—they’re working. Details:



[image or embed] — Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) September 2, 2025 at 6:38 AM

x ‼️Russia: “The industry is waiting for better times” This graph shows how the civilian economy (excluding oil refining) has been in decline since the beginning of the year. That’s the blue line on the graph (the one with 106,3 written to the right) www.kommersant.ru/doc/8006149



[image or embed] — Prune60 (@prune602.bsky.social) September 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM

Surely the gas lines must be getting shorter.

Another quisling uncovered.

x Ukraine's Security Service exposed a Russian “mole” at one of the Ukrainian Army's bases in Donetsk Oblast After being recruited, he secretly took images of workshops used for repairing Ukrainian heavy armored vehicles. He carried out surveillance during his shifts 📷 SBU



[image or embed] — Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) September 2, 2025 at 7:38 AM

Azerbaijan doesn’t give a fuck about pissing off Putin.

x robinhorsfall.substack.com/p/fists-move...

Azerbaijani assets in Odessa were hit by Russian missiles last week. Baku responded by sending artillery ammunition directly to Ukraine. This response from the Caucasus states is revealing. It proves fear of Russian power has diminished considerably.



[image or embed] — Nick in Moldova (@brit-in-moldova.bsky.social) September 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM

This time they really, really mean it. Blah, blah, blah. Yadda, yada, yada.

x Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News on Sept. 1 that the Trump administration is considering new sanctions on Russia after Moscow intensified strikes on Ukraine despite recent peace talks.



[image or embed] — The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) September 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM

He never had any ideas to begin with.

x 🇺🇸❗️🇺🇦 Trump has no ideas left to advance the peace process in Ukraine, his next "two-week deadline" has expired, and nothing has been decided about the meeting between Putin and Zelensky, — The Times



[image or embed] — The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) September 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM

Rest in peace.

x ⚡ In Friedland, Germany, 16-year-old Ukrainian refugee Liana, whose family fled Mariupol in 2022, was killed on August 11 when a 31-year-old Iraqi man reportedly pushed her under a train. The suspect is currently under investigation.



[image or embed] — UNITED24 Media (@united24media.com) September 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM

This is the funeral for the assassinated former head of Ukraine’s parliament.

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