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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 8h

Reserved mostly, age is also a definitive factor

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🔥A new video released by the SSU’s Alpha unit shows strikes on multiple Russian air defense systems, including: • 3 Buk SAM systems • 1 S-400 launcher • 3 Pantsir systems • 1 possible additional Pantsir Most of the strikes were carried out using Ukrainian RAM-2X/RAM-3X loitering munitions.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

Trump wants the US to fund Putin’s evil regime.

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Ukrainian reaction to Trump-Putin disel deal .

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For support, yes, but they are very much in counter drone game so technically not what we are looking in this instance

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More on the target bsky.app/profile/spec...

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Which Ukrainian units are specifically targeting russian oil/diesel and how can I support them?

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Rostov is also currently experiencing difficulties in fuel storage

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Part of the recent successes are Syrskyi’s legacy. UP notes that Syrskyi left the army in a better position than the one inherited from Zaluzhnyi in 2024, particularly thanks to his corps reform. Some of the current successes (Lyman, Oleksandrivka) build upon earlier momentum. t.me/clement_moli...

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1. Drone reconnaissance. 2. Strikes against drone operators and interception of enemy drones. 3. Strikes on detected positions and logistics (trucks, motorcycles, infantry supply troops). 4. Infantry engagement, using armored vehicles escorted by drones, once defenses are deemed weakened.

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5. Tactical doctrine: drones first 🔹The army has abandoned massive tank assaults preceded by artillery preparation. Every engagement now follows the same sequence:

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Reintegration of AWOL soldiers: several units managed to bring back thousands of AWOL troops by promising better organization, an end to violence, and guaranteed pay. Nearly 10,000 soldiers reportedly rejoined the army.

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🔹16 leadership principles defining expectations for commanders and soldiers. 🔹Reform of military education, led by Serhiï Sobko. 🔹Digitization. Drapatyi is pushing commanders to adopt the Delta situational awareness system; some still do not use it.

🔹Eight strategic priorities, presented immediately upon taking office. The first is transforming the armed forces (command and control, structure, doctrine, training, personnel management, digital and unmanned capabilities, logistics, lessons learned, and command culture).

4. Systemic reforms 🔹War plan : According to two sources cited by UP, this is reportedly the first document of its kind, outlining priorities and the development of the armed forces over three decades.

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3. Purge and renewal of the officer corps 🔹Dozens of colonels and generals have been transferred to the reserves, while officers sidelined by previous commanders-in-chief have been reinstated.

🔹Assault regiments : -recruitment temporarily suspended, with some personnel reassigned; -units placed under the operational control of various corps

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🔹Joint Forces Command (proposed, NATO model). Drapatyi intends to entrust it with conducting operations across the entire front; currently, it covers only parts of the Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts. The General Staff would refocus on strategic planning, reserves, and international coordination.

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2. Command structure 🔹Six force groupings: North, South, West, Joint Forces Grouping, and two new ones: Center (Andrii Biletsky) and Azov (Denys Prokopenko). Since September, these two young brigadier generals have effectively commanded the defense of the Donetsk Oblast.

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🔹End of daily briefings with every commander. This frees up his time allowing him to focus on strategic and systemic issues. 🔹Commanders' perspective. The word most frequently used by brigade and corps commanders to describe his first few months is "freedom."

1. Command style: an end to micromanagement 🔹Respect for the chain of command. The commander-in-chief no longer commands units directly; orders are routed through the operational commands' force groupings. Syrskyi would sometimes dictate orders down to the level of specific positional coordinates.

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Since Mykhailo Drapatyi took up the post of Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian 🇺🇦 Army, a series of new reforms happened 1. Command style 2. Command structure 3. Purge and renewal of the officer corps 4. Systemic reforms 5. Tactical doctrine

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EUvsDisinfo @euvsdisinfo.eu · 7h

russian* oil storage hit on 8th of October in Samara is still burning nicely. *was russian oil in 8th, now is US oil burning nicely t.me/absolutely_r...

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The Kremlin is flooding the information space with AI-generated posts, bot accounts and staged ‘anti-war’ rallies, all pushing the slogan ‘Russia is not my enemy’.

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 7h

That's true but its also complicated. Buick gear shift doesn't work in BMW but might in KAZ if you really really wanted to

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 7h

Hence the part that sending them to the wider world will be Kremlin policy. The kind where you really want to 'volunteer' for it

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It’s a dangerous feedback loop: a state built on perpetual conflict feeding a global market of permanent violence. Once you open Pandora's box of industrialized mercenary warfare, you can't just close it when the war ends. Thoughts? 🌐🔄

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The long-term consequence? russia is cultivating a privatized, globe-spanning legion of kinetic actors who answer as much to profit, resource cartels, and criminal syndicates as they do to Moscow, weaving the Kremlin's foreign policy deep into the global underworld.

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Think about the convergence: a globalized underworld looking for elite operational expertise (drones, counter-intelligence, heavy weapons handling) and a vast pool of veterans conditioned to look past ethical boundaries for a paycheck.

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Beyond direct state proxies, there’s a shadow economy at play. Modern conflict requires muscle, logistics, and security. We are increasingly seeing veterans and the logistical networks intersecting with global transnational crime, including cartels and illicit resource extraction.

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By funneling these surplus fighters into international deployments, the Kremlin achieves two things: it keeps potential domestic unrest at bay and maintains a network of boots on the ground in strategic flashpoints across Africa, the Middle East, and beyond.

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Domestically, this solves a massive economic and social pressure valve. russia faces severe labor shortages, but men returning from the trenches with specialized combat skills and often severe trauma frequently struggle to reintegrate into traditional civilian life.

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What’s changed is the volume and the institutional normalization. Through PMCs like Wagner, the Africa Corps, and newer spin-off structures, the russian state has institutionalized mercenary work as a legitimate career path for returning soldiers.

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This isn't entirely new. russia has a deep historical precedent for off-the-books projection of force. From Soviet "advisors" in the Cold War to the rise of the Wagner Group, Moscow has long used deniable proxies to project power without committing regular troops.

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Oksii ✚ 🇺🇦 @oksii33.bsky.social · 21h

The sheer scale of russia’s war in Ukraine has created a massive, permanent byproduct: hundreds of thousands of battle-hardened veterans. But as the frontlines grind on, a darker global trend is emerging, these men, and the infrastructure behind them, are becoming a permanent export. 🧵

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67th brigade needs a pickup and we have a huge matching from Friday friend and Tony Smerdoochi😌 Let’s go🫶 send.monobank.ua/jar/8GrNvjMTGp PayPal v.titarenko@student.csn.khai.edu

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While not confirmed anywhere, this is my greatest concern. Thats a real thing Trump can do that would have a considerable effect. With caveat, much of this wouldn't be fast and US elections are weeks away.

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This is not how anything works tho

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11h

P.S not too distant future the market will be FLOODED with merks, a lot of them russians and we are not prepared. I'm 100% sure that making russian soldiers PTSD a worlds problem will be Kremlin’s official policy

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Look at the graph of US support for Ukraine, and how it disappeared when Trump entered his second term. The Russia hoax was never a hoax

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Hormuz is offcourse not closed and did 16mil per day during September (its tad lower now) but otherwise you might be towards correct path

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Estonia gains battle-tested weapons, and Ukraine gains additional funding for its defense. We agreed that our teams will move quickly to put together such an export package. I am also grateful to Estonia for its steadfast support for Ukraine on our path to joining the EU."

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