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You've got serious problems if you take anything Putin says at face value.

Harsh stuff, hard to feel overly sorry for them though given that Russia has been using thermite since the start of the war. Also I'm not sure it's nicer to be killed by a grenade.

That is a nice report although we should remember somewhat anecdotal. Most troops are in the east and there tend to be more demoralization among recently drafted Ukrainians sitting around in trenches, whereas the elite UA units are happy to be on the offense. But I agree with the fundamental...

Also: https://www.dailydot.com/debug/russia-tenet-benny-johnson-tim-pool-indictment/

More propagandists (these ones better paid) getting legal trouble: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-rt-employees-indicted-covertly-funding-and-directing-us-company-published-thousands --- Employees of Russian State-Controlled Media Outlet Deployed Nearly $10 Million to Publish RT-Curated...

From what I infer from my reading over the years this is super common, even here in Sweden, and almost all of them get away with it, sadly. Many times they do indeed not know they're taking directional cues from Moscow and are usually in the useful greedy idiot traitor category.

Russia increasing the use of chemical weapons in Donbas: https://kyivindependent.com/silent-killer-russia-boosts-grinding-donbas-advance-with-chemical-warfare/

Rylsk and Lgov within reach of Ukrainian artillery:

The drone on drone warfare is constant:

Soft:

Hard (first one technically hardstyle but it's close to hard trance):

Don't think it's so much about wishful thinking; serious analysts know Russia without Putin is no automatic improvement w.r.t. to UA's position. Putin today is isolated, paranoid, and surrounded by sycophants he's playing against each other, and he's at the age of decline. Outright stated - the...

Rare insight into Kreml's internal politics: https://www.is.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000010648292.html (Google translate, IS = Ilta-Sanomat BTW) Sources for IS: A fierce power struggle is underway in the Kremlin In the Kremlin, there is a lot of bubbling under the surface. There is a power struggle...

RU ammunitions storage facility destroys a UA drone:

Russians are Christians and are doing the sickest shit right now as we speak. Modern islamic terrorism was originally inspired by the Nazis, who were in fact Christians. Although I'm not the one to teach that rather long story, you can start by reading about one of Hitler's friends here...

For sure, nothing is ideal in warfare and you got to make do with what you have. UA has placed many of its most experienced troops in Kursk to conduct offensive operations whereas new troops learn to fight in the trenches in the east for the most part. For over a year UA has been trading ground...

What's hard to believe about it, there are immoral and/or dumb CEOs out there. Once you're on the hook, this kind of scheme by intent spirals out of control and rapidly goes from (relatively) small to big. You don't back out from things you started, right. It's a bit like not cutting that small...

Another Russian airbase Ukraine didn't manage to hit while all drones were destroyed according to Russia media:

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Random Russian blogger's take on the situation: Note he's assuming UA will run out steam too, we will see. Posted it because it corresponds with the general pattern of Russia in this war, it can fight according to previously defined static plans but doesn't handle dynamic situations too well...