Something old Slavic. Well, relatives, confess, who else has kept this holiday? Ivan Kupala. That's what we call it in eastern Slavia.

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"I know that after I die, a pile of garbage will be placed on my grave. But the wind of history will scatter it mercilessly!"(c)

Happy birthday to a great man, a talented statesman and unrivaled manager, who became at the helm of the country in times of hardship.
Under his firm hand we have gone through all sorts of things, but we have gone through them, having survived as a united nation. And we are still using the legacy of his era.

The wind of history has blown, that is the main thing.

Note: I write this as a descendant of those who were repressed. And for a cause.

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Simply beautiful
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UPDATE: According to "a source in military circles informed RBC-Ukraine that a "listening device" was found in the office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valerii Zaluzhnyi." reports RBC Ukraine

Whether this is the result of an internal struggle or Russian intelligence operation is unclear at this time.

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The Winter of Ukrainian Discontent
Reported by AP Press
"'I don’t understand,' said a commander of the [Ukrainian] 11th National Guard Brigade’s anti-drone unit who is known on the battlefield as Boxer. 'Now it’s harder and colder. It’s not just my feeling, many units share it,' said Boxer, who spoke on condition that only his battlefield name would be used."

The article adds that discontent among soldiers seems to be growing and is being expressed openly. This generally occurs on condition of anonymity. But several soldiers have even expressed these feelings on Ukrainian language television.

This programming is seldom reported on by western media, as they're too lazy to check them.

Edit: Apologies for initially posting the incorrect photo here.

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Who hasn't posted a meme in a while?
Especially when they're straight up historical)))))

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Twisting Words
Newsweek uses a single word to warp the meaning of a statement madel by Andrey Gurulyov.

The article does get around to a more contextual quote, "If you consider it in a global sense, the future of our country and us personally, our children and grandchildren, our descendants. Today, everyone heard this. Therefore, we have a future. We look towards it with optimism. Either way, we will win, there is no other option. We will confidently get there and then go further."

Russia President Vladimir Putin has denied this accusation. While the statement does imply that the aims are greater than those made in the intial phase of the SMO, nothing here implies aims of attacking NATO.

This appears to be an attempt to return to the fear mongering which has been on the wane in recent months. For his part, Biden appears to be amplifying this message in a desperate bid to pass further funding through the American Congress.

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Ukrainian channel Strana:

Zaluzhny criticized the dismissals of military commissars carried out by Zelensky this summer after corruption scandals.

When asked how the removal of the heads of regional TCCs affected the effectiveness of mobilization, the commander-in-chief replied that “they were professionals, they knew how to do it, but now they are gone.”

According to him, as quoted by the media, now the mobilization process should not be strengthened, but “simply returned to the framework in which it worked before.”

Zaluzhny said that now this is “the problem of the guys fighting on the front line, who must be replaced by someone.”

Zelensky signed a decree on the dismissal of all regional military commissars on August 17. This happened as a response to numerous scandals regarding mass corruption in the TCC.

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❗ Ukraine, in winter conditions, increased the import of electricity, which is now carried out almost around the clock - "Ukrenergo"

It is reported that electricity suppliers include Slovakia, Romania and Moldova.

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Fishing along the Dnepr.

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🇺🇦🏴‍☠ Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny regarded the installation of a listening device in his office “as a war” against him.

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦Russians have 5-10 times more conventional FPV drones, - Madyar

The Ukrainian commander of a separate tactical aerial reconnaissance group with the call sign "Madyar" also noted that a conventional Chinese drone costing 350-400 dollars, supplied to the Russian army, is the cause of significant losses among the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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Many in the West wonder how Russians laugh in the face of danger, whether it is taking Bakhmut with only shovels or holding the line as Germany once again tries to send in its latest tanks to the Russian steppes. Little do they know is that the Russian man already faces many dangers before he hits the battlefield and there are reasons he tames Leopards into house cats. 😉

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Clearing a basement full of AFU I'm Marinka.

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✍️#Statistics

📍An increase of the usage of T-64 & T-55s by the enemy may show a reduced amount of T-72s and T-80s and foreign tanks, a-lot of which were destroyed in the summer counteroffensive.

🔻 A vehicle in particular which has been practically withdrawn from combat was the Challenger 2, it is likely that after 3 were destroyed, British advisors demanded that the tank be withdrawn from active combat as to not destroy the image of the tank and its so-called reliability.

🔻 Similarly, a vehicle which has not been seen is the AMX-10, which was likely withdrawn when crews were dying of shrapnel damage, as it became quickly apparent, the outside protection of the vehicle is insignificant. Nearly 14 of these vehicles were destroyed.

🔻 And we still haven't seen the most promised wunderwaffe of them all, the Abrams Tank. Likely, the pentagon demanded that these tanks not be used in frontline combat as to not allow for image losses to arise, a similar thing occurred with the Challenger 2.

🔻 The only foreign tank that remains on the frontline is the Leopard 1A5 and the Leopard 2A4-6. The image losses of this such vehicle is nearly 90 units, so the amount of Leopards remaining is obviously low.

🔻 So, if Ukraine continues to use the T-64 and T-55, then their offensive and counteroffensive capability will be reduced tenfold.