🇺🇦 Video: Even Russia’s missiles are defecting
🇺🇦 Russia seized control of Sakhalin gas project, which is the development of an oil field on an off shore island. This raises economic stakes with West as it could force out Shell and Japanese investors. This was a joint operation between Russia, US, and Japan, and Russia just took it over.
🇺🇦 All of the engineers working on this project were either Japanese or from the US, so like…?
🇺🇦 The Kremlin proposed an amendment to federal laws that would obliging Russian businesses (regardless of ownership) to supply Russian military war efforts.
🇺🇦 The amendment would force Russian businesses to accept state orders for special military operations and allow the Kremlin to change employee contracts and work conditions, such as forcing workers to work during the night or federal holidays..
🇺🇦 Russia is taking measures to integrate the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant directly into the Russian energy system. Russia is criminals all the way down.
🇺🇦 Russian forces continued efforts to encircle Lysychansk and conducted offensive operations to the south and southwest of the city.
🇺🇦 Russian forces have not yet reached the T1302 Bakhmut-Lysychansk highway on the ground but are denying Ukrainian forces use of it by continuing artillery and airstrikes against it
🇺🇦 Russian forces focused on regrouping and improving their tactical positions north of Slovyansk.
🇺🇦 Russian forces did not conduct any confirmed ground assaults in northern Kharkiv Oblast and continued shelling Ukrainian positions north of Kharkiv City.
🇺🇦 Russian forces conducted artillery and missile strikes along the Southern Axis.
🇺🇦 Russian authorities continue efforts to expand the pool of recruits available to fight in Ukraine.
🇺🇦 Putin warned Finland and Sweden against hosting NATO infrastructure hahahaha
🇺🇦 Russia called their withdrawal from Snake Island “a gesture of goodwill”.
🇺🇦 The Russian Air Force is now bombing Snake Island to destroy the tens of millions of dollars in equipment they were forced to leave behind when they evacuated. One of two things are happening 1) Russia has PTSD from the tractor brigade 2) Russia has stuff there they don’t want the west to know about
🇺🇦 The US will officially give National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems aka NASAMS
🇺🇦 The Russian Air Force allegedly struck their own troop positions near Kherson
🇺🇦 Pentagon chief, General Mattis: Russia's actions in the war against Ukraine are "immoral, tactically incompetent, operationally stupid and strategically stupid”
🇺🇦 Russia has more than doubled the number of strikes on Ukraine over the past two weeks…which finally explains to me the recent withdrawals.
🇺🇦 Russia is currently using older and less accurate soviet missiles, and half of their attacks are missing their targets
🇺🇦 The days of updates once every 48 hours is coming, so just be prepared!
📢 Countries apply to be in NATO. NATO is a defense alliance that has never, and does not, consider offensive operations. Saying NATO is encroaching on Russia is Kremlin messaging. Russia has three primary propaganda efforts directed at the West, and that’s the first.
📢 Yes, Ukraine has a nazi problem, but it’s a very small percentage of the country, and not representative of the whole. Using a small group to smear the entire group is called “guilt by association.” Russia has three primary propaganda efforts directed at the West, and that’s the second.
📢 If you ever hear anyone say “What about this thing America did…” or “what about Palestine?” in an effort to redirect attention away from Ukraine and onto the west, that is called “Competitive victimhood” and the associated meme is *always* created by Russian-backed media. Russia has three primary propaganda efforts directed at the West, and that’s the third.
⚠️ Sorry about the typos or awkward sentences!!!! This is the inevitable result of putting out a finalized research product once every 24 hours, with no staff. If anyone feels like giving me staff, we can polish this b right up!
⚠️ I got lazy with my citations and I apologize. My top sources are: Current and former military planners, singularly-focused pundits, and all manner of vetted open-source intelligence. Top cited open source pundits and sources include: CP Scott, Institute for the Study of War, Kyiv Independent, and mainstream news with high levels of journalistic integrity and track records. Sadly I can’t source private individuals, of course.
⚠️ Speaking of sources, thanks to all of you who have forwarded me tips or given me data from the front line. You’re the private individuals I wish I could source publicly
⚠️ Though my awesome employer taught me everything I know about OSINT, these posts are not affiliated with my employer, nor done during my employer’s time. Every item I report is from my own research, my own opinion, and written during my own time.
⚠️ Note: War happens fast and even high fidelity news needs a ton of corrections after the dust settles.
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