Saturday, June 4
A Russian propagandist found out UA has anti-artillery radar about 50 seconds after filming Russia shooting artillery
🇺🇦 Ukrainians have anti-artillery radar. A Russian propagandist was filming Russia shooting artillery at Ukraine. The Russian propagandist found out Ukraine has anti-artillery radar about 50 seconds later when the Russian artillery exploded
🇺🇦 Russia has forcibly deported 200,000 Ukrainian children to Russia to fix Russia’s demographics crisis
🇺🇦 Confirmed: After pretending to leave the city and letting Russians conquer up to 80% of Severodonetsk, pro-UA forces come back in force, recapturing up to half of Severodonetsk
🇺🇦 Russian forces failed to regain lost positions in northeastern Kherson Oblast and continued to defend previously occupied positions.
🇺🇦 The unexpected Ukrainian counter-offensive reversed the momentum and caused a "small crisis" among the Russian armed forces which are now sending continuous reinforcements from Russia, to Kherson, Zaporizia and Kharkiv to stop the advance of the Ukrainians
🇺🇦 Russian occupation authorities began issuing Russian passports in Kherson City and Melitopol, though they continue to face challenges establishing societal control over occupied territories and ending Ukrainian partisan actions.
🇺🇦 According to a Russian milblogger, nearly the entire 35th Combined Arms Army has been destroyed in Izyum due to incompetent Russian commanders
🇺🇦 According to this account, commanders did not account for combat challenges in the Izyum woods, leading to significant losses in the 64th and 38th Separate Guard Motor Rifle Brigades, which he reported now have less than 100 servicemen in total.
🇺🇦 Russian and proxy forces reportedly have not sufficiently prepared frontline units with medical supplies, leading to abysmal medical care.
🇺🇦 Belarusian troops were ordered to fight against Ukraine, but commanders knew their troops had no desire to mount an offensive, and didn’t convey the orders to lower ranking troops.
🇺🇦 Apparently some 10,000 Belarusian troops were willing to fight. (Opinion: in the context, 10k seemed like a random number to illustrate a small scope. 10k out of 62k active and 344k reserve)
🇺🇦 In a meeting with Chechen Leader Ramzan Kadyrov, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said that Russian forces will ‘accelerate the special military operation’ in Ukraine. Kadyrov said that Shoigu has “identified new tasks” that will improve the effectiveness of Russian offensive maneuvers and improve Russian tactics….but did not specific what these new tasks were. In other news, Shoigu has a new girlfriend, but she goes to a different school, you wouldn’t know her.
🇺🇦 Russian electronic warfare (EW) units are increasingly threatening Ukrainian air reconnaissance in eastern Ukraine. This also affects drone warfare.
📢 Countries apply to be in NATO. NATO doesn’t seek to expand. 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 America…” 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.
⚠️ Note: 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, Aaron Parnas, John Aravosis, Malcontent News, 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. You’re the private individuals I wish I could source publicly
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