A military base near Tiraspol in Transnistria was attacked with a suicide drone; the attack destroyed a helicopter. Initial reports state that the drone came from Odessa oblast.

Wagner personnel voting from the Central African Republic https://news.1rj.ru/str/VAGNER_svodki/299

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Meanwhile, the exit polls after 30% of ballots counted:

Putin - 87,68%
Slutsky - 3,01%
Davankov - 3,81%
Kharitonov - 3,95%

During the ongoing post-election conference president Putin for the first time mentioned Navalny's name and talks about his possible exchange days before his death.

Full quote:

“As for Mr. Navalny. Yes, he passed away, this is always a tragic event. We have had other cases where people died in prison, but hasn't this happened in the United States? It happened, and more than once,” the president said.

“A few days before Mr. Navalny left, some colleagues told me - not administration employees, some people - they said that there was an idea to exchange Mr. Navalny for some people who are in prison in Western countries. You may believe me, you may not. The person who spoke to me had not yet finished his sentence, and I said: “I agree.” But, unfortunately, what happened happened. Only on one condition, he said: “We will exchange him, so that he will not return, let him stay there. But this happens, nothing can be done about it,” said Vladimir Putin.

"Everything is possible in the modern world" - Putin on the possible sending of NATO troops to Ukraine

"There are military personnel from NATO countries in Ukraine and there is nothing good for them, they die there in large numbers"

”The conflict between the Russian Federation and NATO will lead to the fact that World War III is one step away" Putin said.

If the enemy likes the “meat grinder”, it’s even beneficial for us - Putin

German government does not recognize the results of Russian elections

A man was poked with a sabre in Moscow. He claims, they had a drunk duel with his friend *just for fun*. The doctors say that he will be alright.

Retvrn

During his visit to Ukraine, known lover of endless wars and young boys, homo hawk Lindsey Graham called for Ukrainians younger than 25 to be connoscripted.

“I hope that those who have the right to serve in the Ukrainian army will join. I can't believe it is now from 27 years old. You (Ukrainians - ed.) are fighting for your life, so you should serve. And not from 25 or 27 years old. We need more people in the ranks,” Graham said.

He also called for a destruction of a Crimean bridge.

While afraid of coming out of closet as a gay man, Graham is as usual ready to come out as a bloodthirsty maniac. So stunning and brave!

Since 1. French troops are already deployed to Ukraine (and have been killed in noticeable numbers, particularly with that one missile strike in Kharkov), 2. French special forces have been in Ukraine even before the beginning of the SMO, 3. a French presence on the ground would not have a game-changing military impact (they'd have to deploy their entire combat-ready Armed Forces to actually change the situation, and even then it's doubtful how much they could actually achieve), it has to be assumed that the only actual purpose of openly announcing and sending French troops in an official capacity is that the French government believes they can render certain areas or targets off limits for Russian advances and strikes because they assume the Russian government would be afraid to attack French troops. That is an interesting gamble. If they go for it, we'll see how it plays out...

Putin winning 87% of the vote triggers a few funny but incorrect conclusions. "The numbers are made up" - there was no significant voter fraud detected neither by liberal opposition nor by international observers. None of the people he was "competing" against were even known to a wider public. Yes, it was done on purpose and that would be a legitimate argument.

"The numbers are real and it proves that Russians are Z-ombified Putlerists". This is also wrong. The general attitude to Putin is not one of worship of the glorious leader. Far from it.

Most politically-involved people who vote Putin criticize him on daily basis. So much so that i expected them not to vote for him at all. Yet they still do. Why? As Putin put it himself, "i'm working like a slave on a galley". Presidential post is considered to be a horrible job that only a uniquely capable individual can handle

Ultimately, it's not about the political program or any major achievements, but "stability". Russians want politics to not interfere in their day to day life. They want all the news about the Ukrainian war and the Western economic/military onslaught to remain just that - news that you can easily turn off.

This is exactly the strategy that Putin and co are pursuing. They don't want Russians to care about poltics too much or at all and they do everything in their power to stop harsh reality from penetrating this protective shell. Personally, i don't like it and regard it as a kind of an unhealthy hibernation but it's clearly working in their favor so far.

TL;DR I believe that numbers are more or less real but it's not because people are praying to Putin

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Talks about sending French soldiers to Ukraine continue. Foreign minister Kuleba suggested, that the purpose of French armed personnel will be to train Ukrainians in Ukrainian territory. On the other hand, MP Goncharenko said that French soldiers will be send to Belorussian border, so that Ukrainian soldiers currently guarding the northern border will be sent to the frontline.

Some weird rumors are coming about French Foreign Legion entering Ukraine from the Romanian territory.
Meanwhile, Polish foreign Minister Sikorsky called the presence of foreign armed forces inside of Ukraine an open secret.

Anyway, the further escalation will continue.

"Elections are cool!" - Russian poster for 2008 presidential elections.

Surrender instruction for the French soldiers.

>travel back in time to kill baby putin
>kiev gets firebombed in 2014 in every other possible timeline

Orban is the only EU leader who had sent Putin congratulations on his victory.