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Igor Sushko

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · Jun 22

🚨 Zelensky: Russia is preparing military operations against Europe
Time to act.
1. Arm Ukraine to Win - Ukraine wants to purchase weapons from the US
2. Bankrupt Russian Economy - already in dire straits.
3. Negotiate Peace with a defeated Russia.
igorsushko.substack.com/p/preventing...

The United States Should Make Putin Beg for Negotiations

The path is obvious once we finally dismiss Putin's nuclear blackmail and overcome our irrational fear of Russia's collapse

igorsushko.substack.com

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💥 Russians

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💥 Belgorod, Russia

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💥 Lots of Ukrainian drones struck Russian military assets in occupied Donetsk.

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💥 Ukrainian drone swarms are striking the Russian military in occupied Donetsk right now.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 11h

Ukraine will receive at least a dozen Skyranger 35 mobile air defense cannons from Germany given the per unit cost is around €12–15 million.

The systems are highly effective at shooting down drones.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 11h

Russia: All law enforcement in Ryazan will receive a commission of 92,000 rubles ($1,130) for every civilian they can threaten and torture into joining the military to die in Ukraine —
FSB, national guard, police, prosecutors, bailiffs, prison guards, Investigative Committee.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 12h

💥 Russia: Two men blew themselves up in a house while playing with a live munition they found somewhere.
Stepnoy, Volgograd region.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 12h

💥 Rylsk, Kursk region, Russia

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💥 Russia: Bashneft Novoil Refinery struck by Ukrainian drones in occupied Republic of Bashkortostan — 1,450km from Ukraine.
Refining capacity was 340,000 barrels per day, 17 million tons per year.
Initial reports incorrectly stated the target as the smaller adjacent refinery in Ufa.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

💥 Russians announced a loss of a Ka-52 attack helicopter.
Valued at approximately $16 million.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says the Trump administration is engaged in positive and nuanced technical discussions on the provision of Tomahawk missiles.
They contrast it with the Biden administration's blunt "No."
Zelensky also asked Trump for more ATACMS & GMLRS.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

Russia: Alexander Fenev, former Minister of Energy for Perm region caught systemically shoplifting groceries.
He would make an order online, go into the store, put groceries from shelves into his bags, and then pay only for the online order at check out.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

“We may see a powerful army along the borders of the Baltic states, with the obvious aim of capturing all three countries within a period of three days to a week”
Unlike Ukraine, the Baltics only have 6 million people situated on much smaller territory.
mezha.net/eng/bukvy/ba...

Baltic States Prepare Coordinated Evacuation Plans Amid Russian Threats | Ukraine news - #Mezha

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania develop coordinated evacuation plans amid rising security threats from Russia, focusing on rapid mobilization and logistics management to protect citizens.

mezha.net

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Baltic NATO states - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania plan for mass evacuation to relocate over 1 million civilians when Russia invades - one out of every six people.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

The absolute garbage that Google Search has turned into —
Gemini AI (Artificial Idiot) pops up before all web results to tell you that 1.3 + 1.9 + 2.7 = 6.9

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Russia: Reported as a 'routine' Roscosmos rocket engine test in Peresvet, 50 miles northeast of the Kremlin in Moscow region.
Thought to be plumes of the highly toxic Heptyl rocket propellant.
Locals are in shock.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

💥 In a joint operation, Russian Freedom Legion and Ukraine's GUR defense intelligence struck Russian oil platforms in the Black Sea with air drones launched from naval drones.
Russian Freedom Legion is composed of Russian soldiers fighting on the side of Ukraine against Russia.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 AES munitions plant exploded in Tennessee this morning. There are significant casualties.
Accurate Energetic Systems (AES) was awarded a $120 million Pentagon contract last month to supply the military with TNT for warheads and demolition.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

Germany to supply Ukraine with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Skyranger 35 air defense cannons mounted on Leopard 1 chassis.
Funded by interest revenue from frozen Russian assets.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

💥 Ukraine's SBU conducted a series of precision strikes on Russian military bases in occupied Ukraine with the new FirePoint FP-2 drones.
The FP-2 trades the FP-1's 1,400km range for just 200km to accommodate a much larger 105kg warhead. (230 lbs)

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 2d

Ukraine: Russian fascists carpet-bombed a residential neighborhood with cluster munitions in Zaporizhia region on the night of October 8th.

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💥 Russia: MiG-31K aircraft crashed in a forest in Chaplyginsky district, Lipetsk region.
Both pilots hospitalized with injuries after ejecting due to a landing-gear release system failure.
Russia only had about 24 MiG-31K variants capable of launching Kinzhal missiles.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 2d

💥 Russia: Matveev-Kurgan fuel depot struck by Ukrainian drones in Rostov region.
The site is used as a local distribution center of fuel to gas stations and industrial facilities.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 2d

Russia: Maternity Hospital № 5 in Omsk will be converted into a military hospital for injured soldiers.

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Russia: After getting fired, defense contractor employee in Rostov region kept sneaking into the warehouse at night to steal drone batteries.
663 batteries worth $74,000 were found in his home.

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