It was during an Ukrainain attack on Crimea, so Russian Ewar may have played a role.
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Todayâs picture from our little Baltic fire.
https://x.com/P_Kallioniemi/status/2039329952059842613
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More on who was on that plane
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Igor (Strelkov) Girkin has written a prison letter to his Ultra Nationalist friend on the state of Russia. Itâs always interesting hearing the complaints of political wing to the right of Putin, so here goes:
IGOR STRELKOV ON THE DEATH OF THE CENTRAL DISTRICT HOSPITAL GARRISON IN KUPYANSK: UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT I HOPED THAT THE GUYS WOULD BE
RELEASED Dear Frol Sergeevich! (to the letter dated 03/22/2026). Thank you for your letter!
As far as I understand, the destruction of the âTelegaâ will inevitably be completed - only the complete absence of independent sources of information can allow the authorities to âmaintain the illusion of stability/inviolabilityâ among part of the population for some time. However, when the effect wears off (and it will be short-lived), the consequences will be even more serious. There is no need to talk about âassociated costsâ (such as the disappearance of the last reliable method of communication at the front ); But the authorities now do not give a damn about anything at all, except for self-preservation in its current unchanged form. If it came to the point that even the âPlywood Marshalâ Shoigu himself began to âfrustrateâ, then âthe matter is rubbishâ and ânot up to any serfs, even front-line onesâ.
On the topics that âmost attractedâ your attention.
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The death of the garrison of the Central District Hospital in Kupyansk . "To the last" I hoped that the guys would be released. I was furious when I read the messages. "WHAT A SHAME! In the 5th year of the war, to allow the enemy to surround and destroy our units and subunits? The Brest Fortress was a symbol of courage and valor, selflessness and heroism â it was doomed in advance, but its defenders did not know about it and did not even know (at first), which gave them hope and strength. But this was at the very beginning of the Great Patriotic War, and we are in the 5th year! How did it happen that our troops took Kupyansk for MONTHS (FOR THE SECOND TIME!) in order to then (SECOND TIME!) surrender it in a matter of days, and even leave part of the garrison surrounded?!? And then in 100 days they could not unblock the encircled? â Just yesterday on TV I heard lies about the ârapid advanceâ of our troops â this is already some kind of vile surrealism â against the background of the death of our soldiers who fought heroically in Kupyansk. Unfortunately, we (apparently) will have a lot of âtroublesâ of this kind this year, and God grant that what happened does not happen again somewhere else! âAll the conditionsâ for repetition have been created by our military-political and military leadership: the troops are exhausted by senseless frontal attacks âin the style of the First World Warâ, the assault units have suffered huge losses, and replenishments are almost not coming, the enemy again owns the âsmall skyâ and has kept his reserves almost intact during the winter. â Plus the configuration of the front â with dangerous âprotrusionsâ and poorly protected flanks (the best demonstration of the vulnerability of which is the same Kupyansk, and most recently â partially (and rapidly!) recaptured by the enemy Chasiv Yar (which was also taken for many, many months!).
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Regarding the death of the K-52 helicopter . â No wonder. Nothing surprising. Even then, it is not surprising that ABSOLUTELY NO ONE EVER AND ANYWHERE IS PUNISHED for impenetrable stupidity, cowardice and âwindow dressingâ, for which ordinary soldiers and officers have to âpayâ! â The amazing impudence of the âPlywood Marshalâ, indignant with aplomb and âanguishâ that enemy missiles and drones freely (and daily) bomb our military and industry. objects âup to and including the Uralsâ) is the best evidence of this most blatant impunity: one of the main culprits of our common (systemic military crisis; the person directly responsible for the homericTheft in the military department and âtotal ostentationâ instead of combat training (and so on, and so on, and so on) - now âin the blink of an eyeâ is indignant that âsomeone overlookedâ and the enemy has become stronger. Why, the military court âweeps bitter tears!â - For all the crimes he committed when he was Minister of Defense! But no⌠his trusted deputies are âsittingâ, and he is âlike water from a gooseâ.
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âSlaughter of cowsâ in the Novosibirsk region is, in my opinion, a direct and undisguised sabotage . For this (in wartime conditions), too, in a good way, a military field court would be relied upon⌠But in our country, as you know, âonly the special military operationâ and saboteurs destroy Russiaâs food security âin their rightâ and without fear of anything⌠And there is nothing more to comment on here.
Finally, I will touch on a topic that is not reflected in your forced brief review: the "Craft case ". In general, there is nothing surprising in the fact that this âliberal invertâ (I was sent the text of his opus) has again âchanged colorâ - for him, as they say, ânot for the first timeâ. After all, a former employee of Navalnyâs Anti-Corruption Foundation, who âsuddenlyâ became a âpatriotâ and a member of the All-Russia Peopleâs Front, is an indicator (both organizations, in my personal opinion, are equally vulgar and harmful to Russia). It just seemed to âCraftâ that it was âtimeâ - it was profitable to âcome out with revelationsâ. That is, it is quite an ordinary phenomenon: the âbeginningâ of the escape of rats from a sinking ship. âCraftâ was one of the first to âjump offâ, but it is a âtrifleâ. The âbig ratsâ are still cautiously âweighing the chancesâ and are not in a hurry. But thatâs only for now⌠â With the âpersonnel staffâ (and the âpersonnel reserveâ too) that we have now, the âshipâ will sink sooner or later. Especially if everyone who sincerely tries to change something for the better is persecuted as âextremistsâ and turned into marginals just because they do not shout âGlory to the captain!â after every cretinous statement or gesture of the latter⌠Soon, soon they will run⌠abandoning everything and deceiving the âcaptainâ (however, almost all of them made their careers on continuous deception and âdepiction of vigorous activityâ, stealing unrestrainedly in the process). Sad? "Yes and no⌠Otherwise, this whole âglorious eraâ cannot end. We need to think about what to do next and how we will get out from under the rubble of the âgreat energy powerâ and Surkovâs âsovereign democracyââŚ
I am waiting for summaries and letters, sincerely yours,
(signature) I.V. Girkin 03/26/2026
P.S. Handwriting ânoneâ - I write extremely inconveniently, sorry!
(Letter to his colleague Frol Vladimirov)
Emphasis and such in the text is of course now mine, but Igor Girkinâs.
I just took it from Telegram and translated it to English.
I wonder how these multiple strikes deep in Russian territory affect the civil population. After all, it must be quite uncomfortable to know that at any given time, you can be hit by a missile at your workplace, even if you are hundreds of miles away from Ukraine. There must be an increasing feeling of insecurity spreading. Not good for Putin, thatâŚ
Of course, itâs still manyfold less suffering than what the Ukrainians have to endure, and to their credit, the Ukrainians donât aim directly at civilian targets like the Russians do.
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I wonder about that too and will ask my Russian friend next time I speak to her.
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Yupp!
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