The Russian Invasion of Ukraine (Part 2)

https://x.com/RALee85/status/1923090496328511742

https://x.com/RALee85/status/1923137381412069776

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Video under. Cloaks help, but training to use them critical
https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1923058314008531127

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https://x.com/UAControlMap/status/1922964021264654692
https://x.com/M0nstas/status/1922920607982747911

You need to open to translate, so threadreader is useless
https://x.com/solonko1648/status/1922742848493060224
https://x.com/M0nstas/status/1922774227196788859

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A strange decision to attempt the jump
https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1922927853999374513

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https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/1922818256861069376

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https://x.com/UAControlMap/status/1923061613076090964

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1923061613076090964.html

https://x.com/DVKirichenko/status/1923113392375574684

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1923111636232990778

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https://x.com/tweet4Anna_NAFO/status/1929273448175370352

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https://x.com/JayinKyiv/status/1929133408749289561

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Is this all confirmed? If yes, this is the kind of move I absolutely love. Don’t look at destroying people and lives, but focus on destroying the tools which destroy people and lives, in that case, the bombers who bring destruction over Ukraine, and which seemed pretty much invulnerable until now.

This is some hit for Russia. Impressive! I’ve nothing but admiration for Ukraine’s resilience and fighting spirit, and also for their creativity in dealing with their plight. :+1:

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No. Not the super high numbers.
What is confirmed by video and satelite images are:

Tu-95s: 6 destroyed, 1 damaged (unclear if W/O)
Tu-22Ms: 4 destroyed
An-12: 1 heavily damaged (perhaps a W/O)

But that is the verified number. True number likely to rise. But you asked for confirmed and not “allegedly”.

Problem is that it is impossible to get civilian satelite images out of several of the locations now due to cloud cover.

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They won’t. They will agree to 6000 bodies versus 6000 bodies, but they won’t return the children unless forced to be sanctions or militarily defeated.

Obviously so
https://x.com/SergKoloskov/status/1929532399651623363

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No matter the actual numbers, Ukraine’s capacity to inflict heavy asymmetrical blows to Russian assets is admirable.

Makes you wonder what would have happened if they had been properly supplied by their timid and callous allies.

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Rumours from Russian telegram:

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Russian media have published a “peace” memorandum allegedly presented to Ukraine, outlining the following demands:

• Full withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia within 30 days of a ceasefire
• International recognition of Crimea, Donbas, and “Novorossiya” as part of Russia
• Ukraine’s neutrality
• Elections in Ukraine followed by a peace treaty
• Ban on redeployment of Ukrainian troops except for withdrawal
• Prohibition of nuclear weapons on Ukrainian territory
• Ban on Western arms and intelligence support

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I’m rather reminded of Kipling’s “Dane-geld”:

It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation,
For fear they should succumb and go astray;
So when you are requested to pay up or be molested,
You will find it better policy to say:—

"We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that plays it is lost

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I gave you a like for good poetry, but I don’t really think the Russian terms are like Danegeld at all (worth noting that William the Conqueror continued Danegeld exactly like it had been, but gave it a slightly different name; in fact in 1096 Anglo-Saxons had to pay double the Danegeld to William, as he demanded much more). They are far worse than mere tribute.

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Juicy ! Seems at least part of the rumours were true.
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1929618866503639263

But I read from experts that it is still not 100%. Will update later, when I have more.

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Kerch Bridge under attack (the strategic significance is very low now that Krim is not theatened, but the propaganda value is incredibly high). Ongoing attack. Second explosion just happened and naval drones are now reported by Russian telegram to have broken through underwater cordon. An incredibly intelligence operation !

First attack:

https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1929858263178158494

https://x.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1929871453853200519

“Someone is breaking through the barriers of the Crimean Bridge – the attack on the Crimean Bridge is ongoing, Russian channels report”

1100kg TNT, but seems that the first explosion unfortunately missed slightly. Personally, I don’t think the bridge will collapse, but attack is ongoing so…

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