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From Marta Havryshko on X:
Today is Ukraine’s Constitution Day, whose Article 10 guarantees the protection of the Russian language.
Let’s take my hometown, Lviv, as a shining example of how that works in practice today:
🧶There isn’t a single school left (not even a primary one) where a child can receive education in Russian.
🧶Not a single school offers Russian as a subject. Not a single school allows it even as an optional course.
🧶In some schools, there are "language patrols" that bully displaced children from Donbas during recess for speaking the “wrong” language.
🧶You won’t find a single bookstore selling books in Russian. Not Russian-published ones—Ukrainian translations into Russian. Just none.
🧶Scholars are prohibited from citing Russian-language sources in their academic work.
🧶Ordinary vigilantes and self-proclaimed patriots harass Russian-speaking Ukrainians, calling their language "pig-dog speak" or “the enemy’s tongue.”
🧶Russian speakers are occasionally attacked in public spaces, including hospitals.
All this while hundreds of thousands of Russian-speaking citizens serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Others—trapped behind the bars of conscription—are denied the right to leave this open-air prison.
So, the real constitutional question is: when will the Ukrainian state finally set its Russian-speaking citizens free and stop forcing them into the war?
Here's a fuller explanation on the background to Blaise Metreveli who was this week unveiled as Britain's new MI-6 (SIS) chief, provided by Maria Zakharova:
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Maria Zakharova:
“The internet exploded with information that the grandfather of the new head of British intelligence, Blaise Metreveli – Konstantin Dobrovolsky – was a Ukrainian Nazi and war criminal during World War II.
The British spy chief Metreveli clearly bears a Georgian surname. In Tbilisi, this was noted immediately after her appointment, but the investigation went no further. British amateur researchers began looking for citizens with this rare surname and found a mention in The London Gazette dated August 25, 1966 — the official government publication — of Konstantin Dobrovolsky, “also known as Metreveli,” receiving a certificate of naturalization. This, apparently, is the father of the current British spy chief.
In response to journalists’ inquiries, the UK Home Office stated that Konstantin Metreveli-Dobrovolsky was born in the town of Shchors (now Snovsk near Chernihiv) during its occupation by the Wehrmacht in 1943. His father — Blaise’s grandfather — was Konstantin Dobrovolsky. Metreveli is the surname of Blaise’s grandmother’s second husband — David Metreveli, a Georgian émigré.
The Federal Military Archive in Freiburg added some critical context to this information.
Konstantin Dobrovolsky was a Ukrainian collaborator and killer, a brutal war criminal involved in the Holocaust.
After the war began, he switched sides to the Germans and voluntarily joined not just the Wehrmacht but the SS. Archive records preserve his confession: “I personally took part in the extermination of Jews near Kyiv.”
Several historians believe he participated in the executions of Jews at Babi Yar and was one of the Ukrainian SS “askaris” who stripped Jewish women, children, and elderly naked, laid them side by side in the so-called Sardinenpackung (“sardine packing”) style, and shot them in the back of the head or forehead — two days in a row, batch after batch.
Dobrovolsky later claimed he wasn’t at Babi Yar — a standard tactic among war criminals seeking to evade responsibility. He insisted he had left Kyiv a week before the massacre. It is hard to believe the Germans would release such a “valuable asset” right before a long-planned “action.”
After Kyiv, having gained the Germans’ trust, he began overseeing the execution of Jews in villages. In Sosyntsi — 300 people were shot. His documents include letters ending with the Nazi salute “Heil Hitler!” and eyewitness accounts stating he condoned the rape of Jewish women by his subordinates. His brutality earned him the nickname “the Butcher” on both sides of the front line.
In 1943, he received permission from the SS to take his son — Konstantin (the father of the future MI6 chief) — to Europe. After that, the “Butcher” vanished; there is no record of him in any public archive.
Most likely, he was either killed by advancing Red Army troops during the liberation of Soviet Ukraine, executed by NKVD-MGB units after the war, or killed by his own in the chaos of retreat to avoid prosecution.
His son — Konstantin Konstantinovich Metreveli-Dobrovolsky — survived and fled with his mother first to Hong Kong (then under British rule), where his daughter Blaise Metreveli was born, and later to the UK. Blaise graduated from Cambridge and then disappeared from the public eye until her appointment as head of MI6.
Comment from the Foreign Office: “Blaise Metreveli did not know or meet her paternal grandfather. Blaise’s family history is marked by conflict and estrangement and, as with many people of Eastern European descent, is only partially understood.”
But the question is not just about that. It’s about how Blaise Metreveli relates to her roots. She shouldn’t hide behind a press office but should come forward and explain.
Because the trend is clearly neo-Nazi: Friedrich Merz, Annalena Baerbock, Chrystia Freeland, Salome Zourabichvili. Now, the head of MI6, Blaise Metreveli, can be added to the list.
🇷🇺 Fire in Kremenchug after multiple cruise and hypersonic missile strikes.
https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1939107897075736648
❗️🚀There's a large combined missile-drone attack on Ukraine underway.
— 3 x Kinzhals have been fired
— Preliminary reports say target(s) at Kremenchug in Poltava Region is the focus of the attacks.
— Power outages have begun in the Poltava and Kharkov regions, Ukr channels report.
https://x.com/Cyberspec1/status/1939106860336111935
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EUROPE'S Political plutocrats & NATO’S warmongers along with their billionaire backers have woken up to more BAD NEWS !
The Russian army has already captured the second and most important of four lithium deposits in Ukraine, - Le Figaro
DETAILS :
▪️It is one of the most promising Ukrainian deposits and is located near the village of Shevchenko in the DPR.
▪️In addition to lithium, this deposit also contains many other rare metals.
▪️The deposit, itself, discovered during the Soviet Union in 1982 and occupying 40 hectares, has been under Russian control for several days, as it is located on the eastern outskirts of the village.
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On June 26, 2025, the Russian Armed Forces achieved a significant strategic victory by securing control over the Shevchenko lithium deposit in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), marking the capture of the second of Ukraine’s four known lithium deposits. This triumph, reported by the French newspaper Le Figaro, underscores Russia’s growing influence over critical resources in the region, delivering a substantial blow to Western economic interests while bolstering Russia’s position in the global energy transition market.
https://usa.news-pravda.com/world/20...27/359670.html
https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/06/27/1472870.html
The Shevchenko deposit, discovered in 1982 during the Soviet era, spans approximately 40 hectares and is located on the eastern outskirts of the village of Shevchenko. It is considered Ukraine’s most promising lithium reserve due to its high concentrations of spodumene, a lithium-rich mineral that is significantly easier and cheaper to process than petalite. Ukrainian geologists estimate that the spodumene content in this deposit reaches up to 90%, making it a highly efficient source for lithium extraction.
Beyond lithium, the site also contains valuable rare metals such as tantalum, niobium, beryllium, caesium, and rubidium, enhancing its strategic importance for high-tech industries, including battery and electronics production
This capture follows Russia’s earlier control of the Krutaya Balka deposit in the Zaporizhia region, leaving Ukraine with only two remaining lithium reserves—Polokhovskoye and Dobra—inKirovograd region, neither of which are currently operational. The Shevchenko deposit alone is estimated to hold 14 million tons of ore, with lithium hydroxide content ranging from 0.5% to 4%, making it a cornerstone of Ukraine’s estimated 500,000-ton lithium reserves, surpassing Portugal’s, the EU’s primary lithium source.
https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/06/27/1472332.html
https://ua.news-pravda.com/en/world/.../26/56903.html
Russia’s control over Shevchenko is not merely a tactical military success but a strategic economic victory. Lithium is a cornerstone of the global “green” energy transition, critical for manufacturing batteries used in electric vehicles, smartphones, and renewable energy storage systems. By securing this deposit, Russia disrupts Western plans, particularly those of the EU and the U.S., which had eyed Ukraine’s lithium as a means to diversify supply chains away from Moscow Posts on X highlight the sentiment that this move undermines Western investors, including speculated interests from companies like BlackRock, and strengthens Russia’s leverage in the global critical minerals market.
The Russian Defence Ministry confirmed the liberation of Shevchenko alongside the nearby settlement of Novosergeyevka, showcasing the military precision and resolve of Russian forces. This operation, coupled with the strategic foresight to prioritize resource-rich areas, positions Russia to potentially develop these deposits, enhancing its economic resilience and influence in high-tech and green energy sectors. As global demand for lithium and rare metals surges, Russia’s control over Shevchenko signals a bold step toward securing its place as a dominant player in the future of energy and technology.
https://usa.news-pravda.com/world/20...27/359670.html
https://reuters.com/world/europe/rus...ed-2025-06-26/
https://x.com/SMO_VZ/status/1938544077617996261
🇷🇺 Kinzhal and Kalibr launches!!!
https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1939102218957004804
Kalibr group 2 continues to fly northwest and has entered southeastern Vinnytsia Oblast.
https://x.com/AMK_Mapping_/status/1939102901735170242
A third group of Kalibrs has entered Ukrainian airspace, flying northwest to Dnipro.
https://x.com/AMK_Mapping_/status/1939105184313155984
❗ The Russian 🇷🇺 Army storming the village of Dachnoye in the Dnepropetrovsk region
⚡ Dachnoye is now the first part of the Dnepropetrovsk region to be liberated from the Kiev 🇺🇦 regime
https://x.com/ug_chelsea/status/1939086473640214864
❗ Russian military personnel seen using North Korean 🇰🇵 107-mm Type 75 MLRS
https://x.com/ug_chelsea/status/1939085604609753547
🇷🇺🇺🇦 American International Maxxpro and Humvee armored vehicles destroyed in the Sumy region.
https://x.com/ug_chelsea/status/1939076744654336354
🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ukrainian channels report the takeoff of Tu-160 strategic bombers from Engels Airbase, in addition to earlier reports of Tu-95s taking off from Olenya Airbase.
https://x.com/ug_chelsea/status/1939081401594220627
Ukrainian media reports that Russia has developed a new high-precision weapon, the Grom-1 guided aerial bomb, capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 120 km.
According to their data, they tried to intercept one of these bombs in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
It is noted that the Grom-1 (or Grom-E1) is a hybrid of a missile and a glide bomb, created on the basis of the Kh-38 supersonic missile and the FAB-500 high-explosive aerial bomb.
https://x.com/BowesChay/status/1938928142481002943
Russia Used Grom-E1 Bomb
⚡️First Sappers Arrived in Kursk Region
🪖Military Summary 6/28/2025
https://x.com/Russia_Truth/status/1939057937022099743
"BURN THAT FU*KING FLAG "
" F*CK UKRAINE, SLAVA RUSSIYA "
🇧🇬♥️🇷🇺
Protests and clashes in Sofia: Bulgarians tore down the Ukrainian flag from the city hall and burned it
▪️Today, a large-scale protest against the replacement of the Bulgarian lev with the euro took place in the capital of Bulgaria.
One of the protesters' motives was the unwillingness of the country to become a donor for Ukraine.
▪️After the end of the protest, the crowd headed to the city hall and tried to remove the Ukrainian flag from the building. There were clashes with the police, but the Ukrainian flag was torn, set on fire and trampled by the crowd
https://x.com/SMO_VZ/status/1939138480463855830
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Explosions thunder in Dnepropetrovsk. The fleet goes to sea, Tu-95s fly to Ukraine
▪️Dnepropetrovsk and the region are attacked by "Geranians".
▪️Ukrainian monitoring resources are sounding the alarm:
➖"At 22:30, 5 Tu-95MS strategic bombers took off from the Olenya airbase, they report.
▪️Arrival in the potential launch zone of Kh-101/555 cruise missiles:
▪️01:30 Saratov region.
▪️02:00 Volgograd region.
▪️03:00 Caspian Sea.
❗️Missiles are expected in Ukrainian airspace around 04:30 - 05:00.
▪️Russian Navy ships - carriers of Kalibr missiles - are also going out to sea
https://x.com/SMO_VZ/status/1939141587684208920
- BREAKING: Russia Unleashes Tu-160 Bombers – 36 Missiles Rain Down on Ukraine!:
In a shocking escalation after over two years of conflict, Russia has finally unleashed its most powerful aerial weapon—the Tu-160 “White Swan” strategic bomber—against Ukraine. On June 6, 2025, two Tu-160s launched a barrage of 36 Kh-101 long-range cruise missiles in a massive precision strike, signaling a shift in Moscow’s war doctrine. Long held in reserve due to high costs and strategic value, the Tu-160’s sudden appearance raises chilling questions: Why now? Is this Russia’s answer to mounting Western aid and battlefield stalemates? Once reserved for doomsday scenarios, this bomber's deployment isn’t just a tactical strike—it’s a warning shot to Ukraine and NATO alike. The age of Tu-95s may be fading, but the era of Blackjack has just begun.
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:39 Why Tu-160 Hasn't Entered Ukrainian Battlefield
- 03:12 Russia Transitions to the Tu-160
- 05:37 Tu-160: Now It’s My Turn
- en.defence-ua.com/industries/satellite_shows_why_russians_barely_use_tu_160_bombers_for_attacks_on_ukraine-6966.html
- what_problems_russians_might_have_with_the_tu_160_bombers_and_why_ukraine_refused_them_in_1999-5223.html
- militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russian-tu160-bombers-first-strike-ukraine
- armyrecognition.com/focus-analysis-conflicts/army/conflicts-in-the-world/russia-ukraine-war-2022/breaking-news-first-operational-use-of-tu-160-bombers-by-russia-to-strike-ukraine-after-tu-95-destruction
- 19fortyfive.com/2025/05/russias-new-tu-160m-supersonic-bomber-has-a-message-for-the-u-s-air-force/
Zelensky KILLS civilians in Russia’s Donetsk, DESTROYS markets — RT’s Roman Kosarev with the latest
Why are civilian areas a priority for Ukraine?
RT’s Roman Kosarev is on the ground after Ukraine hit a ‘purely residential’ area
Casualties expected to rise as dozens of ambulances dispatched throughout Donetsk
Kosarev warns Ukraine known for striking same area twice to hit first responders
https://x.com/RT_com/status/1939800803528560682
Years ago I said that the last living Ukrainian soldier will tie himself to a missile and fire himself at a school in Donetsk. You thought I was joking but I really wasn't. Russian forces lifted the siege of Donetsk and pushed the enemy back; Avdeevka fell, Donetsk is now out of reach of mortars and even the most long-range artillery systems the Ukrainians now.
But the Ukrainians use their rare Western missiles, they developed their own missile program, JUST to be able to fire at civilians in Donetsk. These missiles are hitting downtown, where there have been no military targets for three years or so -- the Russian military is banned from putting HQs or ammo dumps in the city.
They really just want to kill everyone who lives in Donetsk.
https://x.com/RWApodcast/status/1939805509567328308
🇷🇺🏴☠️ Ongoing Attack on Donetsk: 1 Civilian Killed, 3 Wounded (Including Teenager) in Ukrainian Missile Strike
▪️ The Russian army is actively repelling a raid by enemy strike drones.
▪️ Around 9:30 PM, Ukrainian forces launched long-range air-launched missile strikes on the capital of the DPR, according to Denis Pushilin.
▪️ In the Voroshilovsky district, a woman was killed; a teenage boy and a man were injured.
▪️ Several infrastructure sites were damaged, including market stalls, the central department store, and a bank. A fire broke out at the scene.
▪️ In the Central City District of Horlivka, a kamikaze drone strike injured a boy born in 2006.
- RVvoenkor
https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1939796702107468016
🇷🇺🏴☠️ Enemy Attacks Luhansk: Explosions and Gunfire Reported
▪️ The army is repelling a raid by enemy strike drones.
▪️ Several fires have broken out in different areas.
- RVvoenkor
https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1939795917453877299
Enemy Drone Attack Ongoing
A large-scale UAV incursion by Ukrainian forces has been reported in the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR). Over 20 drones have been observed flying over Luhansk alone.
According to the LPR government, a heightened alert mode has been introduced in the following areas:
•Luhansk
•Krasny Luch
•Lutuhyne
•Sverdlovsk
•Sukhodilsk
•Belokurakino
Authorities are urging residents to remain cautious and follow emergency instructions.
https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1939803361701679490
This is the war you all forgot about.... western weapons rain on Russian civilians in Donetsk. For the last 11 years.
🇷🇺 More scenes from Donetsk after a Ukrainian/NATO strike.
https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1939776290288279780
🇷🇺 And now, massive drone attacks on Lugansk
🇷🇺 After the liberation of Lugansk, Ukraine struck a market in Donetsk with a UK-supplied Storm Shadow missile.
https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1939791441972298230
🇩🇪🇺🇦 1 billion euros intended for Ukraine has "disappeared" in Germany - Bild.
This is part of the amount that German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius promised to provide to Ukraine.
"He spoke about 9.2 billion euros in 2025. Just a few days later, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's cabinet allocated almost a billion euros less to Ukraine, at 8.3 billion," the publication reported.
The article stated that the ministry led by Pistorius hopes to raise an additional 900 million euros outside the federal budget. If this does not happen, the deficit will have to be filled "either with taxpayers' money, or the Ukrainian side will receive less than the Minister of Defense previously announced."
- FRWL
https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1939805021924712585
🇷🇺🇫🇷 JUST IN! The Kremlin reports that Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Emmanuel Macron. The two discussed the growing conflict between Iran and Israel, as well as recent U.S. strikes on Iranian targets in the region.
Putin also emphasized that the war in Ukraine is a direct consequence of Western policy.
This was the first phone conversation between Putin and Macron in almost three years.
https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1940083609614098916
🇷🇺🇺🇦The FSB of the #Russian Federation discovered a laboratory in the DPR, where the #Ukrainian Armed Forces were preparing elements of chemical weapons.
Experts have identified: This chloropicrin is an extremely toxic compound. The Ukrainian militants planned to spray it from drones over populated areas, as well as at the positions of the Russian Armed Forces.
https://x.com/MaimunkaNews/status/1940049925653360962
🇺🇦🪖⚰️💀 A wave of posts is spreading across #Ukrainian social media under a spontaneous “Remembrance Flashmob.” AFU soldiers are sharing group photos, marking fallen comrades with “200” (killed) and “300” (wounded). These posts, often with brief unit info or battle locations, highlight losses Kiev tries to hide. #Ukraine️ #UkraineRussiaWar
https://x.com/MaimunkaNews/status/1940068347669832074
🇨🇦🇺🇦 Canada transferred $1.7 billion from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.
Ukraine has received $1.7 billion from Canada, the first payment under the G7 ERA initiative, which redirects proceeds from frozen Russian sovereign assets to support Ukraine.
ERA plans to attract loans for Ukraine in the amount of $50 billion, which are also planned to be repaid at the expense of income from Russian assets.
Since the beginning of 2025, Ukraine has received a total of $17.6 billion from frozen Russian assets.
- FRWL
https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1940137987792413136
❌ Peskov disagreed with Trump’s special envoy Keith Kellogg, who claimed that Moscow is prolonging the conflict.
“No one is dragging anything out. We are interested in achieving the set goals — and the goals we are striving for in the course of the special military operation — by political and diplomatic means,” said the presidential press secretary.
Peskov added that Russia is grateful for the efforts being made by Washington and members of Trump’s team to facilitate negotiations for a Ukrainian settlement.
https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1940002219728019571
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Russian forces struck the Ukrainian army’s command system and UAV assembly workshops over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported:
https://vk.cc/cNjX7J
https://x.com/tassagency_en/status/1940030168107471113
🇷🇺🇺🇦 Fearless Russian soldier on a quad bike charging through a mine field to evacuate a wounded comrade – under enemy fire
https://x.com/ug_chelsea/status/1940066396681204094
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Zelensky revokes Ukrainian citizenship of Metropolitan Onufriy — head of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) claims he 'voluntarily acquired Russian citizenship in 2002' but 'continued to use the status of a Ukrainian citizen'
SBU adds that the Metropolitan 'maintains ties with Moscow Patriarchate'
Ukrainian Orthodox Church declared independence from Moscow Patriarchate in May 2022
https://x.com/RT_com/status/1940409965807837675
'After everything Macron has said and done, why was it necessary to answer his call?'
Kremlin spox Peskov: 'Putin always ready for dialogue, even when disagreements are CRITICAL'
'This is indeed the right time' — former French ambassador Claude Blanchemaison on the Macron-Putin call
He believes the key goal was 'to publicly remind Putin of the European position,' adding that 'there's something to discuss with Putin on Iran'
https://x.com/RT_com/status/1940370616500253170
‼️🇷🇺🪖🧨 More than 1,000 mines per day – this is the result of the use of the Uran-6 robotic complex in the Bolshesoldatsky District of Kursk region. While retreating, #Ukrainian militants planted anti-personnel mines PMN-4 on an arable field in an attempt to stop the advance of Russian troops. Now, this ‘harvest’ is being collected by sappers.
Engineers of the Sever Group of Forces actively use robotic mine clearance systems. The Uran-6 complex is their main assistant.
#Russian Defence Ministry
https://x.com/MaimunkaNews/status/1940381843582341289
‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦Russia is stepping up its offensive in Ukraine near Donetsk and in the Sumy region, — The Washington Post
▪️The publication writes that the Russian army, inspired by its recent successes, is increasing pressure in two directions at once:
➖ In the north (Sumy) - the Russian Armed Forces are conducting massive shelling with gliding air bombs and drones, attacking with small infantry groups, preventing the Ukrainian Armed Forces from transferring reserves to the Donetsk direction.
➖ In the east (Donbass) - Russia's main goal remains the same - the complete liberation of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. To do this, the Russian army is trying to encircle Pokrovsk, threatening to advance further, into the Dnipropetrovsk region.
▪️The publication notes that if Russian troops enter there and gain a foothold, this will be a serious moral blow to Kyiv and will strengthen Moscow's position in possible negotiations.
▪️American journalists paid special attention to the change in the mood of Russian fighters:
➖"They are no longer running under the blows of Ukrainian drones. Even prisoners say: "We will win," the publication quotes a Ukrainian commander.
RVvoenkor 🇷🇺 TG
https://x.com/GeromanAT/status/1940411051993972891
Well, reality is a bitch...
NATO has developed a scenario for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to abandon the Kherson, Odessa and Nikolaev regions
https://topcor.ru/uploads/posts/2025...55ec4_beg.webp
The NATO European Command Headquarters, with the expanded participation of British, French and German staff officers, has developed a scenario for the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops to a conditional line along the Dnieper. This is reported by Western media, citing leaked information. According to them, the developed version provides for, among other things, the abandonment of a significant part of the Kherson, Mykolaiv and Odessa regions by the militants of the Kiev regime.
According to Western media, the very fact of leaking information of such a delicate nature caused serious irritation among American representatives, about which they informed their European colleagues. Apparently, they are the ones suspected of the "leak".
"The US considers the leak a demoralizing factor for Ukraine and dangerous for the unity of the alliance "
– noted in publications.
At the same time, in Kyiv, as they say, the very fact that NATO officers were developing such a scenario caused real indignation. There, such calculations were perceived as interference in sovereign planning and an underestimation of the capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
"This story is a reflection of a deep split in NATO. Some countries, especially in Europe, are already mentally preparing for a freeze in the Dnieper conflict and want to insure themselves "
– Ukrainian political scientist Alexander Silchenko commented on the publications of the Western press.
Let us add that Ukraine has already stated several times that Russian troops may attempt to force the Dnieper. However, there is no confirmation of such reports yet.
https://en.topcor.ru/61540-v-nato-ra...-oblastej.html
Russian tank, "dressed" in a powerful "grill", was blown up by a mine, but fulfilled its combat mission
https://topwar.ru/uploads/posts/2025...f93d_tank.webp
The crew of the "Center" group successfully hit an enemy stronghold in the Krasnoarmeysk direction. The Russian T-90 tank, "dressed" in a powerful "grill", was blown up by a mine, but completed its combat mission.
This was reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
"The crew of a T-90 tank of the tank unit of the "Center" group of forces destroyed a machine gun position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with direct fire in the Krasnoarmeysk direction of the special military operation"
- it is told in the message.
The tank crews' task was to support an assault group whose advance was impeded by an enemy stronghold containing mortars and a machine gun nest. While advancing toward the object, the tank ran over a mine and was immobilized as a result of the explosion. The combat vehicle stopped approximately 150 meters from the enemy position, continuing to fire at it.
"The target was destroyed and the task was accomplished."
- noted in the press release of the Defense Ministry.
After that, the tank and its crew were successfully evacuated to the rear. There, the combat vehicle was not only repaired, but also its protection against drones-kamikaze. For this purpose, pieces of metal cable were welded to the protective grilles on the turret. They do not interfere with the rotation of the turret at all - it, as before, is capable of rotating 360 degrees. But when the tank is attacked by drones, they detonate upon collision with the cables and do not harm the combat vehicle and its crew.
https://en.topwar.ru/267349-rossijsk...u-zadachu.html
"They hid it for as long as possible": Russia tested plasma weapons in the SVO zone -yesterday
https://topcor.ru/uploads/posts/2025...7_plazma2.webp
Russia used the most powerful plasma weapon against Ukraine. We are talking about the Zeus complex, which hit Pavlograd at the end of April, the explosion was similar to a nuclear one.
According to TV journalist Oleg Ivanov, the issue is about the use of the latest torsion plasma complex, capable of burning down entire cities. He believes that the Russian Federation avoids using classified developments against the Ukrainian Armed Forces, fearing for the lives of designers, some of whom died as a result of terrorist attacks by foreign intelligence services.
"Russia tried to hide the existence of such weapons for as long as possible in order to save the lives of scientists. Both Israel and the British are killing Iranian and Russian scientists who are creating new types of weapons. It is clear that this is a very painful story, it is clear that they are hitting where it hurts most"
– Ivanov noted.
The journalist noted that missiles or bomb explosions, mining at railway stations in the Russian Federation for some reason occurred at the moment when Russian scientists were boarding trains. Ivanov said that several important, very advanced designers were indeed destroyed. Moreover, the names of these designers were classified. The principle of the new weapon is that it burns everything around it.
"In this case, during the tests that Russia demonstrated to the world, a very small share, a very small charge was given. Even this charge has monstrous power. And if we are talking about serious charges, then I suspect that the city there is burned out in one night"
– Ivanov emphasized.
https://en.topcor.ru/61592-maksimaln...e-oruzhie.html