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🚨 February Kremlin directive to propagandists:
- General #Surovikin to be mentioned only in a neutral manner.
- #WagnerPMC and #Prigozhin may not be mentioned when discussing combat operations.
- Do not cite Prigozhin's statements related to the war in #Ukraine️.
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Related: The failed Prigozhin - Surovikin - Kadyrov Conspiracy to take control of the FSB, Ministry of Defence, and Rosgvardia (National Guard)
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#Russia: Reports that #Kremlin has banned the mention of #Prigozhin and #WagnerPMC on all Russian propaganda TV channels.
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#Russia on 🔥: Shopping center in Uryupinsk, #Volgograd has reportedly completely burned down.
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🚨 Prigozhin's failed conspiracy to take power in #Russia: In September 2022, Surovikin, Prigozhin, and Kadyrov together tried to create conditions to capture the following government posts to challenge Putin:
- Surovikin, Commander of Russian Aerospace Forces to take over the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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#Russia: First photo is from last year when #Bryansk prisoner Iskandar Isatilloevich Rakhmatov, Uzbek citizen, refused to go to war to #Ukraine with #WagnerPMC and subsequently tortured. Executed in prison for refusal, cause of death 'cancer,' coffin handed to relatives.
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#Russia continues to launch long-range cruise missiles from 70-year old Tu-95 PROPELLER PLANES in total safety. Sending weapons to enable #Ukraine to defend itself by destroying them is considered 'escalatory.' What utter nonsense. Fascist pilot says "Good morning, Zelensky!" twitter.com/igorsushko/sta…
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Putin's fascist regime exterminated 75,000 Ukrainian civilians just in Mariupol - estimate by AP from Dec 2022. People in Mariupol continue to be starved, raped, tortured, and executed. We must arm Ukraine to liberate all occupied cities.
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The myth, the legend: Zelensky continues to accrue titles.
- President of Ukraine (elected by the people)
- President of Russia (appointed by the Portuguese)
- President of Great Britain (appointed by the Polish)
- Chancellor of Germany (voluntarily ceded by Scholz personally) twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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This is Russian-occupied, once thriving Ukrainian city of #Mariupol.
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If and when #Russia rolls out its scorched-earth doctrine to level cities from afar with 100s of Grad MLRS (range up to 52km, 122mm) & some Smerch MLRS (range up to 90km, 300mm), what will #Ukraine be able to do except continue giving up land through retreat, leaving behind razed… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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🚨 Ukrainian military estimates #Russia has prepared 1,800 tanks, 3,950 armored vehicles, 2,700 artillery systems, 810 multiple-rocket-launch systems, 400 fighter jets, and 300 helicopters for the impending blitzkrieg 2.0.
Everyone needs to stop with the foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/08/ukr…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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BBC #Ukraine journalist said she wanted to hug President Zelensky to thank him but understood that'd be impossible (due to security measures).
President Zelensky: Challenge Accepted!
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🚨 #Russia: Putin issued an order to allow #Gazprom to create its own private military company (PMC) to replicate something akin to its own #WagnerPMC. - reported by GUR - Military Intelligence of #Ukraine's MoD.
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🧵🚨 #Russia: Pavel Melnik, previously fired from Saratov prosecutor's office for rape & torture of inmates in the Tuberculosis Prison Hospital-1 (OTB-1) has been put in charge of the entire Ministry of Justice for Saratov region by the FSB.
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🧵Head of Russian Orthodox 'Church' KGB intelligence officer Vladimir 'Kirill' Gundyaev who likes to wear dresses and pretend to be a priest was a spy in Geneva, Switzerland in the 1970s. His cover identity: "Moscow Patriarchate representative to World Council of Churches (WCC)."
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Quite a few naive Germans commenting that Frankfurt-Hahn International Airport is "worthless." It's not worthless to Russia, which is why it's buying it. Under Russian ownership and the airport's night-flight permit, say goodbye to customs & immigration, no more border control. twitter.com/igorsushko/sta…