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Just between 2002 and 2006, 55 Tu-22Ms (16 Tu-22M2s and 36 Tu-22M3s) were scrapped at airbases in Poltava and Priluki, and also at the Nikolayev aviation plant.
See this PDF for a more complete timeline:
Ukraine Bomber Decommissioning & Transfer Chronology nti.org/wp-content/upl…
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Indepth article on Ukraine's history of disarmament. All for naught, as Europe betrayed Ukraine's great hopes for a bright future in the civilized union that is the EU. The EU sided with the Russian mafia state in exchange for a bribe of cheap oil & gas.
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Ukraine also got rid of its entire fleet of 19 Tu-160 supersonic bombers years earlier, all part of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I) & Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) it joined voluntarily and in good faith.
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So long as the Russian population in #Moscow is able to live in relative comfort, Putin will maintain his iron grip over the country. Deep inside, the vast majority may be against his war, but will do nothing against the regime. Only desperation will overcome fear of rising up.
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#Ukraine's National Agency for Prevention of Corruption has designated @ProcterGamble as International Sponsor of War. P&G's profits increased in #Russia in 2022 as it continues to make the lives of Russians comfortable via sales of common household goods, aiding the Putin regime
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Konstantin #Efremov, platoon commander of 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the Russian Armed Forces fled to the West with @Vlad_Osechkin's help. He witnessed Russian war crimes and unspeakable barbarism & cruelty against Ukrainians. Today, he went public.
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President-elect of #Czechia @general_pavel, former NATO General argues the West should not impose any limits to the types of weapons for #Ukraine. ✊
#Fellas - I nominate Petr Pavel for rank of #NAFO General.
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US CENTCOM seized over 3,000 AK-47 assault rifles, 578,000 rounds of ammo, and 23 advanced ATGMs from an Iranian ship in the Gulf of Oman on January 15th. Fifth such operation in a little over two months, on Jan 6th over 2,000 AK-47 assault rifles seized.
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#Poland intends on including Ukrainian as a foreign language in school curriculum, and #Ukraine will include Polish as part of school curriculum.
These countries will undoubtedly continue to amaze and surprise the world in the coming decades.
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Putin is in overdrive trying to prepare the domestic information space before the upcoming mass-mobilization. Putin's message to the Russian subjects of his fascist regime is clear: TRUST ME.
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#Iran: Young couple sentenced to 10 years in prison for dancing on the street and posting this video online. The terrorist state issued 'guilty' verdicts for:
- spreading vice
- conspiracy to undermine national security
- participation in anti-regime propaganda
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Hey #Switzerland: Helping Putin's immediate family hide unknown giant sums of money stolen & laundered out of #Russia in your banks is not exactly 'neutral.' twitter.com/igorsushko/sta…
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Putin gave 3% of Bank Rossiya to his baby-mama Svetlana Krivonogih, the de facto Putin's personal bank used for money laundering. This bank is sanctioned by the US & Europe. How is a major shareholder of this mafia-operated bank not sanctioned?!
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Total assets that were traced to Svetlana Krivonogih's name exceed $100 million. No one knows how much money was laundered to her Swiss bank accounts.
theguardian.com/news/2021/oct/…
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🚨 Putin's 2nd family (or 4th or 5th or 6th...who's keeping track amirite) has continued to evade #sanctions. While married, Putin started a family with house maid Svetlana Krivonogih, daughter Elizaveta born in 2003. Immediately Svetlana the maid became Svetlana the BANK OWNER.
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"#SlavaUkraïni (Glory to Ukraine), no, no, I will not shut my mouth. No! I will not shut my mouth! Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes! ... "
To Putin's gestapo taping: "I can feel how ashamed you are. I know. In your youthful age how you live in shame for everything you do."
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Olesya Ovchinnikova was defiant after getting handcuffed by Putin's gestapo during dinner with her husband & 9-year-old child for having a pro-Ukraine conversation at the table, at which time another person reported them to the police. She says:
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Restaurant name is "Na Drovakh," sorry - correction. Name translates as "On the firewood"
Here's their website.
restoran-na-drovah.ru/nadrovah
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When Putin's fascist police arrived, they handcuffed the parents, Olesya & Alexei Ovchinnikov, and held them down flat on the floor of the restaurant for over an hour before taking them to jail, according to eyewitnesses.
Born in Ukraine. American. @WindofChangeRG | Former Racecar Driver - Japanese SUPER GT #FSBletters igorsushko.substack.com