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Grandmother leaves tommorow and I'm spending another day with her. Grandma beats all of you every day of the week. Will also finish my article about the "Black Wednesday" strikes in Lebanon tonight for @OffbeatResearch.
Will stream tomorrow🦀

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@TedNoNumbers @DylanBurns1776 @PatrickHilsman Additional content will be released over the coming weeks.

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OffBeat Research journalists @DylanBurns1776 and @PatrickHilsman traveled to Beirut and southern Lebanon to report on the state of the ceasefire. They interviewed those displaced by war, covered recent ceasefire violations, and spoke to civilians living in the "pilot zones”.

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As the president’s office confirms the dismissal of Oleksandr Syrskyi as chief of staff, read our interview with one of Syrskyi’s biggest and most prominent critics: https://t.co/kviVBcLsYB

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Even at night, life on the front line can be a sensory overload.

From the urban heart of civilian life in Kramatorsk, the OffBeat Research team captured the chirp of resilient crickets beneath a constant, never-ending whine of Russian drones and their associated explosions.

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Tips to survive while evacuating civilians in a drone war like Russia's invasion⛑️
1⃣Don't slow down
2⃣Look for cover anywhere you go
3⃣Don't rely on being marked as aid workers
6⃣Make as much noise as possible to be heard
4⃣Stay no longer than you must
5⃣Do not debate civilians

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As the Ukrainian Armed Forces experience demographic shifts towards conscriptees over volunteers, defections are emerging as an increasingly significant concern among servicemembers — and this far from the first defection the 155th has experienced.

Read our prior coverage from @DylanBurns1776, through the eyes of a deserter who made the decision to flee the 155th Separate Mechanized Brigade in late 2024:

https://t.co/EFJk69YoqV

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Комбриг 155 ОМБр Станіслав Лучанов самовільно залишив місце служби на тлі повідомлень про викрадення його бійцями двох чоловіків на Київщині.

Інформацію про СЗЧ підтвердили в ОК «Північ». Місце перебування Лучанова наразі встановлюється.

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After failing to evacuate an elderly man in Kostiantynivka due to his passing, a young local man met us outside. The conversation quickly turned to why he won't leave the frontline city, speaking of the struggles went though to make ones home and how memories can't be rebuilt.

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I embedded with the 15th National Guard Brigade "Kara-Dag" as they pilot Hornet drones. These inexpensive mid-range strike drones are crippling Russian logistics. Drones like these are why occupation authorities now must engage in fuel rationing to keep the Russian army supplied.

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New: @DylanBurns1776 embeds with a Ukrainian mid-range drone strike team, whose successful use of the evolving technology has both patched and exposed critical gaps in Ukraine’s offensive against Russian supply lines. https://t.co/FYGyooyveJ

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The newfound targeting of Russian supply lines by Ukrainian forces owes largely to the proliferation of midrange strike drones, including the US-supplied ‘ Hornet’ system, which have substantially disrupted logistical routes toward the frontline.

Be on the lookout for @DylanBurns1776’s upcoming coverage of Ukrainian forces using these drones on the front.

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Ukrainian strike drone flies over Russian logistics routes.

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Today, the US government announced it is expending multiple high-value standoff munitions in response to yesterday’s downing of its $40 million Apache airframe with a low-cost Iranian drone.

This is the asymmetric future of modern warfare.

Read our prior analysis: https://t.co/Q7Ejm5IVNN

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Due to security risks associated with embedding on the front (and in particular response to emerging drone threats), photography/videography is often heavily limited. In his downtime, instead of B-reel, Dylan Burns took various cat videos which are provided here free of charge.

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New: @DylanBurns1776 interviews 'Flint', an infantry platoon commander with the 100th Separate Mechanized Brigade, as they hold the front against Russian forces on the Kostyantynivka axis. https://t.co/lIzvpt5fwx

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"I want to send a message to the people that like to sit at home and say that the Russians are ‘idiots, orcs, pigs, pig dogs’, and whatever else they call them. It’s not like that at all. They’re also people, and they’re also learning. They just need to make a few more mistakes."
https://t.co/dTaxUkfK0T

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From the archives: @DylanBurns1776 interviews “Kafa”, a displaced Crimean on a long path to reclaim her childhood home from occupying Russian forces. https://t.co/QlQcsPdB9u

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@Marcnelsonart “Why was the world able to drop humanitarian supplies into Gaza, but not into El Fasher?”, Abbas asked before he disappeared. “Why is nobody saving us?”

Read the full article here:

https://t.co/YdYFVmEDNC

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This week, Ukraine recalled Israel’s ambassador to discuss multiple grain shipments which were stolen by Russian forces and ported in Haifa — but this alliance is far from new.

Read our analysis on the longstanding Israeli-Russian alliance in Syria: https://t.co/VnxceN1ccb