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7th May 2023
“It’s not the Special Military Operation. It’s a horrific war.” says Russian oligarch Andrey Kovalev. Hmm… Looks like they are beginning to suspect something. #Russia #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #RussiaIsCollapsing #RussiaIsLosing
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“EMPIRE” … Putin wants to leave behind him a “grand” Russia
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8th May 2023
It’s hard to know what Wagner boss Prighozin is really up to in Bakhmut with his constantly conflicting statements, but the one thing we can be sure of is that there’s a serious problem on the Russian side as the Ukrainians prepare their counter offensive
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Even before the arrest of Evan Gershkovich, journalism was dangerous. The few independent Russian reporters still in the country speak about their work and the risks they face.
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The Independent Journalists Risking Their Freedom to Keep Reporting From Russia
Even before the arrest of Evan Gershkovich, journalism was dangerous. The few independent Russian reporters still in the country speak about their work and the risks they face.
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In comments posted by the press service of his Concord catering firm on Russia’s Facebook equivalent VKontakte, Prigozhin said: ‘We have interfered [in U.S. elections], we are interfering and we will continue to interfere. Carefully, accurately, surgically and in our own way’ 2/5
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8th May 2023
The Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force have been providing support to Irish forces by tracking Russian navy ships operating near Irish territory.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk British and Irish forces monitor Russian warship off Ireland The Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force have been providing support to Irish forces by tracking Russian navy ships operating near Irish
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Niall McCullagh / Найл МакКала
8th May 2023
Some Russians living in Ireland gathered today in Naas displaying Pro Putin ‘Z’ symbols. As there are a few armed Russian tug boats knocking around the west coast perhaps they should charter a trawler and hitch a lift back to the Motherland if it’s that great.
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South East Military Veterans
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8th May 2023
Appalling sight today at Naas Racecourse Russian Military Vehicles, Russian Military Uniforms, Russians with Putin T-Shirts all organised by the man on the left and Embassy
8th May 2023
Never again happened. Pick something the Nazi’s did & Russia’s doing exactly the same – including ethnic cleansing, denouncing a race of people as subhuman & encouraging violence and hatred towards them. It’s not Putin you see, it’s Hitler. #VEDay.
8th May 2023
Congratulations Russia. You heathen bastards managed to destroy a large #RedCross humanitarian food aid storage site in Odesa, southern #Ukraine – forcing the Red Cross to suspend operations in the area.
8th May 2023
Today on #VEDay & tomorrow, Russia celebrates victory over Nazi Germany. In 1945 the celebrations involved Russian soldiers raping 2 million German women & children, incl around 100,000 in Berlin. And today in Europe, Russian soldiers in #Ukraine are again raping women & children
The Kyiv Independent sat down with one of the world’s most renowned experts on the Russian security landscape,
, to discuss the internal conflict between Wagner mercenary group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Russian Defense Ministry.
kyivindependent.com Wagner a ‘shadow of what it once was’: Russia security expert on the rage of mercenary boss… After seeming to have calmed down over early spring, the internal conflict between Wagner mercenary group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin
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8th May 2023
Prigozhin visited a cemetery in Yekaterinburg where Wagner soldiers are buried. “We must understand that Russia has received new heroes and a new branch of our history. This monument is to those who died in the new war of a new round of our history. Remember them,” he said.
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U.S. air defenses proved capable of shooting down Putin’s hypersonic missiles The “Kinzhal” hypersonic missile, one of the five “miracle weapons” that Putin presented in 2018, proved vulnerable to U.S. air defense systems. The brainchild of the state weapons program, on which… Show more
8th May 2023
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has also accepted Putin’s invitation and will come to Moscow for the May 9 parade.
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8th May 2023
RUSSIA’S COLLAPSE WILL BE VIOLENT Only 2 weeks ago, Wagner’s Prigozhin and Chechen psychopath Kadyrov, were pictured smiling and complimenting each other. Now, there are news reports of a rising conflict of Kadyrov telling Prigozhin to not abandon Bakhmut. Following this,…
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Jason Jay Smart
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KADYROV & PRIGOZHIN MET The Chechen autocrat & Wagner Group boss allegedly discussed “hot international issues.” The truth is that they hate each other, but must, for self-preservation, unify against their common domesticenemies. It’s a union of treachery & fear, not love
8th May 2023
Think tank
says Prigozhin and Kadyrov’s blackmail of the Russian mil command raise questions about Russia’s ability to conduct a coherent theater-wide defensive campaign, and has highlighted issues in the Russian military’s command chain.
euromaidanpress.com Growing factionalism affecting Russia’s ability to coordinate coherent theater-wide defensive… Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov may have
8th May 2023
Head of Wagner mercenary group says Russia has promised his fighters enough ammunition to stay in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, after threatening to pull out in scathing videos (see attached video) http://u.afp.com/iLbL
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7th May 2023
Kadyrov forbade Prigozhin to leave Bakhmut and began to entice mercenaries from the “Wagner” PMC Kadyrov urged the mercenaries to turn to Chechen commanders and promised better conditions. “If you stay with us, I promise you that we will give you more … We will create better… Show more
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Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance
8th May 2023
#victims_of_russia 82-year-old Alla Soloshenko was tortured by in Irpin. Her mutilated body was found after the liberation. She had a punctured skull, multiple bruises on her body, her face was beaten and her teeth were knocked out. She had survived WWII, but not the Russians.
8th May 2023
Today, Ukraine, like the rest of the civilized world, remembers the fallen soldiers of WWII. We honor their service, bravery, and sacrifice. Our mission is to defeat the modern day aggressor and restore peace in Europe.
Who Watches the Watchers? 