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Unless there's a shift in the West's policy in arming #Ukraine right now, we will be faced with 2 possible scenarios this Summer:
1) Pretend to be shocked as Putin takes over Ukraine.
2) NATO enters Ukraine, which should've happened prior to Feb 24 2022.
Which one will we pick?
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If the Ukrainian heroics & sacrifice on a miraculous level over the past year have only been rewarded with minimal military aid, so that Ukraine was unable to even hold one town - #Soledar, when Russia threw just 20,000 soldiers at it, think what will happen when 500,000 invade.
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Putin doesn't care if he loses hundreds of thousands of his own soldiers. Some are already being pumped with meth and other drugs, just like Hitler's army was in WW2. Putin's goal is simple -
1) Take as much territory as possible.
2) Exterminate as many Ukrainians as possible.
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Putin's Spring 2023 offensive will likely come from all directions - North, East, and South, a repeat of Feb 2022 invasion but with lessons learned & hundreds of thousands more troops. It will be bloody. Time is running out for the West to act decisively. Too little too late.
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#Russia has moved 8 attackers Su-30M & Su-34 and 4 cargo planes to #Baranovichi forward airfield in #Belarus on Jan 15th in preparation for the planned offensive on #Ukraine from the north. Joint Russia-Belarus "training exercises" to take place from January 16 - February 1.
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🚨 🧵 Former commander in #WagnerPMC, Andrei #Medvedev has escaped to #Norway and requested political asylum. Wagner had kept all of his identity documents. His escape on foot is one for a Hollywood movie 👇
Correction: He was not a convict when joining Wagner. twitter.com/igorsushko/sta…
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🚨 BREAKING: General #Dorofeev in charge of #Moscow region FSB has been fired. Blamed for #Crimea bridge. Announcement expected in days. Serious infighting on who is to replace him among various power blocks within FSB. This is one the most powerful positions in all of FSB. twitter.com/igorsushko/sta…
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🚨 BREAKING: @Vlad_Osechkin has received the database of Tu-22 flight crews for practically all of Russian Air Force's missions in #Ukraine & #Syria from a Russian military defector. Today's war crime in #Dnipro was conducted by a Tu-22M3. Every war criminal will face justice. ✊ twitter.com/igorsushko/sta…
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Putin's fascist regime used a 6-ton Kh-22 missile carrying a 1 ton warhead to murder and maim scores of civilians in their apartment buildings in #Dnipro today.
We must give #Ukraine missiles & drones with an equivalent range that #Russia uses. Kh-22 has a range of 375 miles. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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🚨 New wave of #mobilization in #Russia, after some delays, is now expected to begin at the end of January or beginning of February. Target number of conscripts ranges from 500,000 to 2 million. #Ukraine will be out of munitions & overrun unless we act decisively. #ArmUkraineNow!
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As a result, #Russia has been able to export its barbaric torture system to Ukraine starting in 2014, Belarus in 2020, Kazakhstan in 2021. Time has come for us to stop this evil once and for all. #ArmUkraineNow!! Hundreds of tanks, dozens of planes, #ATACMS.
END THIS NIGHTMARE.
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A boy & his mom tried to hand a pile of cash, which appears to be the totality of family savings, to a Ukrainian soldier as a donation to the Armed Forces of #Ukraine. The soldier thanked the boy, kissed him on the forehead and refused the money.
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🚨 Gas pipeline sabotage in #Lithuania, a NATO member. The West won't be able to keep Russian FSB/GRU/SVR sabotage and terrorist activities like this under wraps forever to avoid 'escalation.'
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If Olaf Sholz keeps lying about his reasons for not sending #Leopard2 MBTs, questions on what blackmail Putin has on Sholz will inevitably get asked. Or Putin threatened him and Sholz has been afraid ever since. Missing a key puzzle piece to explain Sholz' peculiar acts. twitter.com/berlin_bridge/…
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🚨 Godfather of Russian rock music, Boris #Grebenshikov @Bg53G succinctly explains Putin's nature and calls today's #Russia a fascist nation. Boris has fundraised millions for Armed Forces of #Ukraine. Keep watching - Boris' performance & interview with Dave @Letterman from 1989!
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Former Chief of the General Staff of the British Army, General Richard #Dannatt says sending only 12 #Challenger2 tanks to #Ukraine is "too tokenistic," and the UK should send 50 tanks. ✊
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#SANCTIONS: Russian telecom #MegaFon has developed a brand new phone with cutting edge domestic technology. "Made in #Russia" in 2023.
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Russia reportedly lost over 10,000 troops in the offensive on #Soledar so far, on top of over 10,000 lost in the attempt to take #Bakhmut.
60% of killed and injured are from PMCs, especially #WagnerPMC, many of whom are recruited prisoners.
Born in Ukraine. American. @WindofChangeRG | Former Racecar Driver - Japanese SUPER GT #FSBletters igorsushko.substack.com