JUST IN: 🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukraine Is Dismantling Russia’s Strategic Bomber Force, Moscow Is Losing Its Soviet-Era Airpower Fast
Ukraine has now destroyed at least 11 Tu-95MS strategic bombers and 7 Tu-22M3 bombers, with another Tu-95MS severely damaged at Engels-2 just yesterday.
These losses include the devastating Operation Spiderweb, which destroyed multiple Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 bombers deep inside Russia.
The latest Tu-95 strike is another major blow to a fleet whose production ended decades ago, making every destroyed aircraft exceptionally difficult to replace.
👀 Ukraine is steadily eating into one of Moscow’s most important long range strike forces.
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Good morning on Day 1649 of Ukraine's defence.
Welcome along, though updates today may be somewhat limited for personal reasons... feel free to wish me happy birthday 🎉
Anyway work to do, let's start.
Another severe blow to Putin's finances.
Russia would now have the opportunity to get a record price for its oil products. The attacks in Ukraine have made financing impossible.
The Russian government has extended the ban on fuel exports abroad by a month. Producers of diesel, marine fuels and gas oils were banned from exporting their products outside the country until the end of September.
Previously, the temporary ban extended until August 29.
The export ban is the result of a fuel shortage that is gnawing at Russia, with queues at gas stations a common sight across the country.
The fuel shortage itself is the result of Ukraine's accelerated "long-range sanctions" strategy, which, among other things, aims to destroy the fuel industry, which is critical to Russia.
#paperTigerHasNoRubles
#weakrussia
A note on parliamentarism.
I am a member of a parliamentary Investigative Committee chaired by @GoncharenkoUa . We summoned former Minister Mykhailo Fedorov to a committee hearing, only to learn afterward that he had left the country.
You cannot call for democracy on the one hand while disregarding its institutions and principles on the other. I am disappointed.
Killer whales and polar bears—it's no longer simply about defending Russian speakers or claiming Ukraine is Russia's mother country; it's simply that this guy is a criminal, yet there will still be people who think he's a good guy.
The point is, there are NO polar bears or killer whales in Ukraine, only Russian orcs trying to steal watermelons.
🇺🇦🇷🇺 UKRAINIAN DRONES REPORTEDLY STRIKE MAJOR PERM OIL REFINERY 1,500+ KM AWAY
Ukrainian drones reportedly flew more than 1,500 kilometers before hitting infrastructure at the LUKOIL-Permnefteorgsintez refinery in Perm.
Ukraine’s SBU is also reported to have confirmed the operation against one of Russia’s largest refining facilities, a site supplying fuel to both the civilian economy and Moscow’s war effort.
The distance is what makes the strike strategically important. Infrastructure once considered far beyond Ukraine’s reach is increasingly vulnerable to long-range drone operations.
More than 1,500 kilometers from Ukraine, Russia’s deep rear is no longer automatically a sanctuary.
Ich habe eine Tasse, die die ukrainische Armee darstellt, weil ich die Ukraine bei ihrer Verteidigung gegen den völkerrechtswidrigen russischen Angriffskrieg unterstütze.
Wenn AfDler dagegen Tassen mit Darstellungen der russischen Armee ausstellen, ist das keine „unpolitische“ Dekoration und kein harmloses Faible für Militärkitsch. Sie stellen damit ausgerechnet Symbole der Armee zur Schau, die über die Ukraine hergefallen ist, Städte zerstört, Zivilisten getötet und zahlreiche Kriegsverbrechen begangen hat.
Wer russische Militärsymbole als Schmuckstück ins Regal stellt und gleichzeitig die Unterstützung der angegriffenen Ukraine verteufelt, sollte sich nicht darüber beschweren, wenn man ihn fragt, auf welcher Seite er in diesem Krieg eigentlich steht.
Meine Tasse steht symbolisch für die Verteidigung eines überfallenen Landes. Eure steht für die Armee des Aggressors. Den Unterschied muss man eigentlich nicht erklären.
❗️Russians are hinting that their own 🇷🇺helicopter was shot down by an 🇺🇦FPV “ambush” drone dropped from another drone during a raid on one of the rear-area cities.
Trump has never said a bad word about Putin, EVER! That’s because Trump is indebted to Putin and owes him big bucks and favors. It’s not about the pee pee tapes, it’s about the debt! It’s obvious that Trump is the enemy, destroying our country from within. 🤬 Wake up America! 🇺🇸
Schätzungen zufolge wurden in Deutschland zum Endes des 2. Weltkriegs 800.000 - 2 Mio Frauen vergewaltigt. Meist von russ. Soldaten. Auch in der Ukraine vergewaltigen Soldaten der russischen Armee unzählige Frauen. 2026 stehen bei der AfD Tassen der russischen Armee im Schrank.
🇺🇦 Field tests of 4 interceptors that can shoot down jet Shaheds have been conducted, - Khmara
🔹On the budget deficit: the defense financing deficit is $27 billion. The Ministry has options for solving the problem: to bring closer the part of the European loan foreseen for next year; work with partners who have not yet joined this financial framework or can increase their contributions.
Президент України Володимир Зеленський нагородив командира Батальйону безпілотних систем «RUGBY TEAM» 129 ОВМБр Євгенія Дудку Хрестом бойових заслуг.
Хрест бойових заслуг - одна з найвищих військових нагород України за видатну особисту хоробрість та відвагу або видатні успіхи в управлінні військами (силами) під час ведення воєнних (бойових) дій.
Євгеній Дудка розпочав свій бойовий шлях у лютому 2022 року солдатом-добровольцем під час оборони Криворіжжя. Далі були Херсонщина і звільнення Берислава, Авдіївський напрямок, Роботине, Сумщина та Курська операція. Сьогодні він командує батальйоном безпілотних систем, який успішно виконує бойові завдання на Південній Слобожанщині.
Нагорода стала визнанням його бойового шляху, ухвалених рішень та відповідальності за людей і виконання бойових завдань.
Вітаємо командира з високою нагородою!
#RugbyTeamArmy
When you border Russia, "better safe than sorry" must guide deterrence and defense.
Panic is avoided through preparation and clear-eyed threat assessments, not by pretending the risk does not exist.
Russia is a bigger and more imminent threat to us today than two years ago
"In total, this week alone, the Russians have launched nearly 2,000 strike drones, more than 1,600 aerial bombs, and 31 missiles of various types, including North Korean ballistic missiles, against our people."
THIS IS NOT NORMAL.
Ukraine should NOT have to face this alone.
🇷🇺🇫🇷 Si on ne fait rien, la Russie va foutre le bordel en France comme elle l'a fait en Afrique.
Le procédé de Moscou sur les réseaux sociaux pour chasser l'armée française d'Afrique est simple.
Moscou rémunère des influenceurs, comme Kémi Seba et Nathalie Yamb, les invite au Kremlin pour les mousser, les fait monter sur internet avec sa galaxie de bots, et leur demande de diffuser ses narratifs et fake news.
Le Kremlin utilise ensuite de faux comptes ou rémunère des vrais comptes pour créer autour de ses influenceurs toute une communauté de comptes secondaires, comme celui en photo, qui partage et amplifie la propagande.
Exemple de message totalement fallacieux que le Kremlin a martelé en Afrique : "l'armée française tue plus en Afrique qu'Ebola, sida et covid réunis".
Même phénomène en Roumanie : la Russie a rémunéré des milliers d'internautes s'ils partageaient les contenus du candidat populiste anti-UE Călin Georgescu et utilisait en hashtag son slogan "Équilibre et Verticalité".
Cette tactique s'appelle l'astroturfing.
Pour les présidentielles de 2027, je m'attends au pire.
Plusieurs ingérences informationnelles russes ont déjà eu lieu. J'ai peur que Moscou capture une partie de l'opinion publique avec ce genre de procédés (galaxie de faux comptes capturant des vraies personnes, astroturfing, influenceurs...).
La Russie est prête à payer cher pour faire gagner l'extrême-droite. Je pense que la Roumanie n'était qu'une expérimentation en conditions réelles.
Il faut se protéger en détectant très rapidement les campagnes pour les dénoncer au plus vite et en fermant immédiatement les comptes relayant de fausses informations.