🤦FSB planted evidence of a Ukrainian Nazi terror plot to assas1nate a Russian propagandist. The FSB was clearly instructed to leave 3 SIM cards. Instead, the dumbasses left copies of Sims 3. (pictured)
🤦Update: The idiot FSB agent who planted evidence….oh my God you guys…he was instructed to “write an unclear signature” and the signature he wrote was LITERALLY “-Unclear Signature” (pictured)
🤦I have to dedicate an additional bullet to the complete ineptitude of the Russian FSB. You guys. You guys. I can’t believe I have to wait 24 hours to post this in Tuesday’s update.
🤦 FSB posted these images for the world to see, and then quickly took the images down, likely because they, too, realize that they’re completely GD inept.
🇺🇦 The Transnistria fires/explosions were likely a false flag attack by Russia, according to the Institute for the Study of War. Transnistria is an illegally occupied area of Moldova. Thankfully everyone sees through Russia’s idiot schemes at this point. Sadly they’re just blowing up their allies’ things, and that’s what happens to you when you’re an illegally occupied territory of Russia
🇺🇦 Within hours of Macron’s election, with domestic pressure off, huge amounts of French equipment started moving to Ukraine. Paris greenlit the transfer of Milan anti-tank systems and Caesar artillery systems (originally intended for Morocco) to Kyiv. Macron is said to be very impressed with Zelensky. France is elbows deep in this now.
🇺🇦 Canada will supply Ukraine with GPS-guided M982 Excalibur precision-guided long-range artillery shells for new 155mm howitzers
🇺🇦 Russian forces have set up interment camps in the Kharkiv oblast
🇺🇦 The U.S. and Britain have provided Sweden with security guarantees during its NATO application process
🇺🇦 Lithuania has run out of arms to give Ukraine. Now they have to choose between their own defenses, and defending Ukraine.
🇺🇦 Some Ukrainians acted as local informants who helped Russia during the initial invasion of Kyiv. UA law enforcement is searching for these collaborators. In the past, these collaborators gave up UA secrets in exchange for a promise of being treated well once Russia took over
🇺🇦 An airbase caught fire in Ussuriysk, Russia, 6,000 miles away from the Ukrainian border. While there’s been no cause established, it’s quite a coincidence that there’s been so many fires at key Russian facilities in the past week
🇺🇦 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with NATO military leaders and said Putin “never imagined that the world would rally behind Ukraine so swiftly and surely.” Opinion: more importantly, Putin didn’t realize how much he had made the world hate him through his military doctrine and adversarial philosophies. For example…
🇺🇦 Russia is employing a tactic where they strike the same place twice. The first time injures civilians. The Russians wait a few minutes then strike the same place, thereby getting all of the civilians who rushed to help the victims. (John Aravosis)
Operational:
🇺🇦 Russian forces are accelerating efforts to secure occupied Mariupol but will likely face widespread Ukrainian resistance. (Institute for the Study of War) To this end…
🇺🇦 Russian forces resumed ground attacks against Mariupol’s Azovstal Steel Plant with 35 air strikes. (Institute for the Study of War) This is because…
🇺🇦 Russian officers assessed they will be unable to starve out the remaining defenders by May 9. (Institute for the Study of War)
🇺🇦 Russian forces will likely take high casualties if they resume major ground assaults to clear the facility. (Institute for the Study of War)
🇺🇦 Continued Russian attacks in eastern Ukraine took little to no additional territory in the past 24 hours. (Institute for the Study of War)
🇺🇦 Prudent tactical Ukrainian counterattacks around Izyum are likely impeding Russian efforts to complete even tactical encirclements of Ukrainian forces. (Institute for the Study of War)
🇺🇦 Russian forces are preparing for renewed attacks to capture the entirety of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine after minor losses in the past 48 hours. (Institute for the Study of War)
📢 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, Philip DeFranco, 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.
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