Geoffroy Lasnier

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

During fighting near Pokrovsk, Ukrainian soldiers from the 152nd Jaeger Brigade captured a young Russian soldier who had just turned 18 and signed a contract.

Upon arrival at the front line, his company commander took away his and his fellow soldiers' bank cards with all the passwords and sent them into the meat assault from which Dmitry was not supposed to return.

Dmitry Valkov’s story: his mother died, his father hanged himself, his grandmother wished him dead on the front line. His commander took his bank card, gave him oversized uniform, and a Russian drone injured his eyes just as he tried to surrender.

Video: 152nd Jaeger Brigade

[WarTranslated @wartranslated]

The video shows Russian army soldiers captured in Ukraine's Kharkiv region. The Center for Countering Disinformation reported that over 28,000 recruited foreigners have already been identified within the ranks of the Russian occupying forces. The Kremlin is using them to compensate for its frontline losses. They are lured with fake job offers, after which their documents are confiscated, and they are thrown into 'meat assaults' completely unprepared.

[Jean Quatremer @quatremer]

Boucheron s'est fracassé en chutant de son piédestal et est devenu l'incarnation de la lâcheté des élites, celle que dénonce Marc Bloch dont il est pourtant le spécialiste. Son "on vous laisse parler tout seul" sera LA phrase du retour de l'antisémitisme contemporain.

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

In Russia's Volga region where the fuel crisis continues to spiral, Russians attempt to solve the problem not by asking the czar to stop the killing in Ukraine, but by..

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

For those who believe russia’s vast size is somehow natural — just look at this map.

It screams continual colonization and the destruction of entire ethnic groups. Today, over 65 languages in russia are endangered, and hundreds more have already disappeared. And the process was even more brutal than in the Americas, where over 90% of Indigenous people were wiped out by Eurasian diseases. In russia’s case, the Moskovians had to kill manually — with steel — because unlike in the Americas, the local populations had immunity to those diseases.

Most of Ukraine fell under their occupation only in the 1800s. Before 1600, they controlled only a small part of it. So if someone tells you that “Ukraine is historically russian,” show them this map. It’s not. Just like Finland, Poland, and many other countries — Ukraine was never inherently russian. It was simply conquered, like the rest.

This empire stops expanding only when it’s stopped by force. Not by negotiations, kind words, or “understanding” the Kremlin’s grievances. They wage war simply because they can — not because they were “provoked” by NATO, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, or whatever monster they imagine under their beds. That’s been their nature for over six centuries. And they won’t change.

Author: Volodymyr Kukharenko

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Alexander Browder, a 17-year-old London teenager, has become Russia's youngest ever sanctions target. He has built a database exposing the crypto networks helping Russia and other rogue states dodge Western sanctions.

In March, @Alexbrowder_ published a report for the Henry Jackson Society think tank, describing money-laundering mechanisms involving cryptocurrencies and estimating the scale of such operations by Russia, Iran, and North Korea at around $350 billion.

▪️ Cryptocurrency as a sanctions-evasion tool

A stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency whose value is pegged to a stable asset. This may be a currency, such as the ruble. This avoids the sharp price fluctuations typical of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, making the token convenient for payments and transfers.

According to Alexander Browder, this stability made the A7A5 stablecoin a useful instrument for sanctions evasion. The ruble-pegged token allowed payments to be conducted outside the banking system, which has been blocked for Russia by Western sanctions.

Alexander described A7A5 as one of the West's biggest challenges in the fight against money laundering. According to the British Foreign Office, more than $90 billion passed through the stablecoin network linked to the token in the past year alone.

That figure is comparable to roughly half of Russia's annual military spending. In late May, London imposed sanctions on 18 platforms in several countries, accusing them of creating shadow financial systems to circumvent restrictions.

▪️ Russia's response

On June 2, the Russian foreign ministry added Browder and four other British citizens to its sanctions list. They were accused of "slander and spreading false information." The teenager was banned from entering Russia.

Browder himself took the move calmly. According to him, the sanctions have become a badge of honor and proof that his investigation has "touched a nerve."

By the way, Alexander is the son of financier and human rights advocate William Browder @Billbrowder, CEO and co-founder of Hermitage Capital. His lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, died in a Russian prison in 2009 after exposing a major tax fraud scheme. Browder Sr. is an outspoken critic of Putin and the initiator of the Magnitsky Act.

According to Alexander, it was his father's story that inspired him to pursue investigations. He believes that today's schemes for financing war through cryptocurrencies require a new, younger generation of analysts.

📹: DW

[SPRAVDI — Stratcom Centre @StratcomCentre]

Staying true to the hundreds of years of corruption and backwardation that has consistently barred them from early-adopting new technologies they'vebeen unable to steal, Moscow "air defenses" remain mired in a long lost era.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Regarding Belarus.

When the full-scale war began, we were hit by missiles that killed children and adults. And Alexander Lukashenko knows this. A large number of missiles were launched from Belarus. Back then, he called, apologized, and said it was out of his control. I don’t believe that, but that’s what he’s already said. Now, Russia will keep pushing him further into this war. Now, he understands that Ukraine will respond.

There’s no need for extra words. There are retransmitters on his communication towers. On his territory, along the two regions bordering Ukraine, there is equipment that adjusts fire on our people. He should remove that equipment. I think a week is enough for him to do that. Because right now, every day, our civilians are being killed, and children are being wounded as a result of this. If he doesn’t do it, we will.

The same goes for his oil-refining sector, for example. We are doing everything so that the Russians don’t have the ability to sell oil and supply diesel and fuel to their army. Today, Belarus is one of the key suppliers for the Russian army. Can this be stopped? I’m sure it’s within his power. And he is the one who controls it.

As for the drone strike on a bus with Belarusian children, everyone has already acknowledged it – international experts and, it seems, even the Russians are admitting it wasn’t our strike. The Russians will resort to all sorts of provocations to drag the Belarusian people into this war. This is one of them.

From the joint press interaction with the President of Honduras, Nasry Asfura. (1/3)

[SPRAVDI — Stratcom Centre @StratcomCentre]

Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma also returned the Polish Order of the White Eagle.

"Ukraine did not fight against Russia, which justified its invasion with historical claims, only to have other countries dictate our history and determine who we should honor today"

[Donald Tusk @donaldtusk]

Konflikt między Polską i Ukrainą cieszy Putina i szokuje naszych sojuszników. Zadaniem prezydentów Zelenskiego i Nawrockiego jest tonowanie emocji, a nie podsycanie napięcia. Linia frontu przebiega gdzie indziej.

[L'Événement @LevenementFTV]

GUERRE EN UKRAINE - "Je ne pense pas que l’Ukraine puisse gagner la guerre", estime Jean-Luc Mélenchon sur le plateau de l’Évènement.

[h16 @_h16]

Le rectorat de Versailles (celui qui a lâché Samuel Paty, regardé ailleurs et laissé les islamistes le décapiter) vient de convoquer Barbara Lefebvre devant une commission disciplinaire pour des propos tenus sur RMC il y a deux ans.

Elle risque la révocation pour avoir dit que des agresseurs "ne possédaient pas les codes d'une société civilisée." La justice a déjà rendu son verdict (1000 € d'amende) mais ça ne suffit pas. L'Édnat veut une 3e peine.

Notez : la même administration qui n'a pas protégé un professeur menacé de mort devient turbo-active pour régler son compte à une chroniqueuse qui dérange.

En France, le "devoir de réserve" s'appliquerait-il seulement à ceux qui disent des vérités qu'il ne faudrait pas dire ?

[NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @NOELreports]

❗️Zelensky said relay stations in two Belarusian regions bordering Ukraine are helping adjust fire against Ukrainian civilians. He warned Belarus to remove or shut them down within a week, saying Ukraine will do it itself otherwise. Zelensky also said Belarus remains a major supplier to the Russian army and that its oil refining industry is part of the same problem. #Belarus

[Tom Cotterill @TomCotterillX]

Ukraine has just blown Russia’s military secrets vault wide open.

Kyiv has unveiled its TrophyLab, which basically gives governments and defences firms free access to captured Russian tech.

It’s a treasure trove of Russian military secrets, which every country can now benefit from.

Missiles, drones, tanks, aircraft, electronic warfare and UGVs are all exposed.

Ukraine will even send hardware to allies to allow scientists and engineers to rip it apart and discover all the top secret developments Russia never wanted the West to know about.

This could be a significant move by Kyiv in helping allies to dull the threat posed by Moscow.

The site is available here: https://t.co/w4qSFnLI57

[Maria Avdeeva @maria_avdv]

“I got up, looked down, my arm was gone.” Rescuer Oleksandra lost her arm in Russia’s double tap missile strike on Kharkiv. After recovery, she plans to return to service.

If you want to understand Ukraine, start here.

Video: Suspilne

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

"I'm scared..."

"It's okay, little one. Don't be afraid anymore. We've got you."

Rescuers freed a six-year-old girl trapped under the rubble after Russian guided bombs partially destroyed a residential building in Kharkiv overnight. Heavy equipment was deployed to rescue the kid.

The Russian strike killed one person and injured nine others, including two children.

📹: Footage of the rescue operation / State Emergency Service of Ukraine

[(((Tendar))) @Tendar]

Tons of videos from Moscow showing the strikes against the refinery, but not in one video you can hear the air alarm.

In the capital of „Panem“ you don’t want to embarrass the Kremlin midget and his oligarchic entourage. However, the miles-high smoke clouds cannot be hidden.

[(((Tendar))) @Tendar]

Absolute devastation inside the Kapotnya refinery in Moscow, Russia. The fires fully engulfed large parts of the Russian refinery, but also objects surrounding this military target have been compromised, whether by Russian air defense action or shrapnel of the exploding refinery.

[(((Tendar))) @Tendar]

Another instance where the Russian air defense missile not only misses the Ukrainian drone, but also impacts inside a civilian neighborhood.

[(((Tendar))) @Tendar]

The sky over Moscow, Russia, has darkened.

Another oil volcano eruption has occurred. This time you can call it Mount Doom.