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Russians are booby trapping lighters they leave behind as they retreat.
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Ukrainian drone successfully completed a recon mission above the Kremlin and the Red Square. You can see Lenin's Mausoleum in the initial shot. Putin is not the only one preparing for May 9th.
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Moisei Bondarenko at Times Square in New York. twitter.com/igorsushko/sta…
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🚨🧵 GUR, Ukraine MoD Intelligence Directorate, advises Russian public to stay away from the May 9th Soviet WW2 Victory parade on the Red Square and to avoid proximity to war criminals & military equipment. Ukraine has event security measures, seating, & routes. cc:@BBCSteveR
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#Russia: Putin reportedly headed to the Kremlin with some urgency at 10pm. Unusual.
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🚨 Unconfirmed claims that President of Turkey (NATO member) may have been poisoned during a meeting with a Russian official.
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37 years ago today on April 26th, 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant had a meltdown, just 60 miles (96km) from Kyiv. This is how the Soviet propaganda lied about the event on April 28, after complete silence for 2 full days.
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🧵 On August 1st, 1991, President Bush came to Kyiv and gave a 20 minute lecture to pressure the government not to declare independence from the Kremlin. 3 weeks later, Ukraine declared independence. 4 months later, 92.26% of Ukrainians voted to withdraw from the Soviet Union.
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The Soviet Union collapsed 145 days after this speech, in part because Ukraine became independent. This was dubbed the Chicken Kiev speech due to Bush's colossal misjudgment, weak tone and catastrophic miscalculation. Full speech:
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Bush came to Kyiv after spending two days with Gorbachev at a dacha. He said the collapse of the Soviet Union isn't in America's interest & assured Gorbachev that he will argue against Ukraine's independence. Bush refused to even meet with pro-independence leaders in Ukraine.
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I strongly urge our leaders in the United States not to repeat this mistake now. We must not arbitrarily limit military support to Ukraine out of fear of Russia's collapse when Ukraine prevails. Let the chips fall where they may.
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We must not be precluded from doing what's right out of fear of Russia's collapse. We must declare Russia a terrorist state and impose unprecedented sanctions to choke Russia catastrophically, a totalitarian country run by a wanted war criminal. Let the chips fall where they may.
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We must focus on doing what is right, and seize the possibility of Russia collapsing as a once-in-a-century opportunity to make the world a better, safer place for all. Russia's collapse, just like the Soviet Union's collapse, is in the interest of all humanity.
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In #Russia, buildings no longer wait to be completed before catching fire. Near "Victory Park" in Moscow.
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Russia's newest drone Lancet, released in 2019, can't penetrate the Gepard, released in the 1970s. ✊
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#Russia: Explosion at a fuel terminal in Sevastopol, occupied Crimea. Local authorities claim it was hit by a Ukrainian drone.
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The drone strike occurred at 4:30am in Russia-occupied Sevastopol, Crimea. The fuel terminal appears to be giant. The sheer magnitude becomes clear as the sun rises.
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Russian-occupied Sevastopol, Crimea - home to the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the morning. At 4:30am, a drone struck a large fuel depot. There is no question the impending Ukrainian counteroffensive has liberation of Crimea as its goal.
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Is this the official start of Ukraine's spring counteroffensive to liberate Crimea from Russian fascists? Large fuel depot hit by a drone at a port in Sevastopol at 4:30am.
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As expected, Russians are leaving occupied Crimea en masse across the Kerch bridge after a morning drone strike on Russia's Black Sea Fleet's fuel depot. ✊
#WindofChange twitter.com/igorsushko/sta…
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🚨 #Bakhmut may very well end up being the catalyst for a Russian civil war.
1) Putin has ordered that Bakhmut must be taken by May 8th, in time for the Soviet Victory Day parade on May 9th. He has threatened Shoigu and others with dire consequences.
2) Prigozhin has Putin's… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Just published by Osechkin:
"We are witnessing the process of closing down the Wagner PMC and ending the use of Yevgeny Prigozhin for military purposes. The coming weeks will show a lot. The source reports that dozens of search warrants have already been prepared for Prigozhin's… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Just in from Osechkin:
Prigozhin has not been invited to the May 9th Soviet Victory Parade on the Red Square. Wagner PMC will have no presence at the parade in any form whatsoever, including simple attendance.
According to Osechkin's sources, FSB investigators are collecting… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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On why Prigozhin publicized Putin spokesman Peskov's son, Nikolai Peskov, as a Wagner PMC mercenary artillerist in Ukraine:
It's a made up story and not true, but an attempt by Prigozhin to establish leverage with the power players. He is offering a service to Russian politicians… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Ukrainian Air Force has announced that dozens of their pilots are now ready to operate the F-16s. I would not expect a public announcement to precede F-16s suddenly appearing above the battlefield. Would be a monumental secret to keep, but if there is will there is a way.
Born in Ukraine. American. @WindofChangeRG | Former Racecar Driver - Japanese SUPER GT #FSBletters igorsushko.substack.com