UA-RU | June 15th-30th | REPORT

[alphaecho]

Pundit on Russian state TV reports that the question he is asked most frequently by everyday Russians is: "When will all of this end?" State TV experts respond: "Never." They predict: "There will be more special operations," Russia will decide "how much of the West will remain."

https://twitter.com/x/status/1540769325128335360

 

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Russia is days away from a historic debt default as a $100 million payment comes due with Moscow cut off from the global financial system:

Russia is days away from a historic debt default as a $100 million payment comes due with Moscow cut off from the global financial system

By Sunday night — the last day of a 30-day grace period — Russia must pay roughly $100 million to bondholders, or else it will fall into default.

markets.businessinsider.com

 

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Russia will soon exhaust its combat capabilities, Western assessments predict:​

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/25/ukraine-russia-balance-of-forces/

 

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US intel officials admit they didn't see that Russia's military was a 'hollow force.' Here's what they did see and how they missed it:​

US intel officials admit they didn't see that Russia's military was a 'hollow force.' Here's what they did see and how they missed it.

Four months of fighting in Ukraine has revealed the gaps in what US intelligence agencies knew about the Ukrainian and Russian militaries.

news.yahoo.com

 

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Some CIA personnel have continued to operate in Ukraine secretly, mostly in Kyiv, directing much of the intelligence the U.S. is sharing with Ukrainian forces, according to current and former officials.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1540763016899072002

 

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Ukraine says key Russian units that invaded on February 24 are using their 2nd and 3rd groups of personnel Russia has refrained from a general mobilization but is mobilizing reservists in a stealth fashion.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1540823642203979777

 

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Russia forces in full control of Severodonetsk, east of Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1540823390113697798

 

[alphaecho]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1540813163498770432

So it seems Peskov is denying Putin's late night visit to the Kremlin is related to any announcement but what's weird is it's even being addressed at all.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1540818227139383296

 

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Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk falls to Russian forces after one of war's bloodiest fights:​

Explosions shake Kyiv's centre as Sievierodonetsk falls to Russia after one of war's bloodiest fights

Four explosions are heard in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv as Russian forces seize full occupation of the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, marking Ukraine's biggest battlefield setback for more than a month.

www.abc.net.au

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Ukraine's Sievierodonetsk falls to Russia after one of war's bloodiest fights.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1540823288015978502

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1540803472114667522

Weird. Nothing in Russian news and social media says that Putin’s motorcade was heading to the Kremlin at 11pm.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1540815190744338432

 

[alphaecho]

The #Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced the commanders of the “central” and “southern” groupings of forces in #Ukraine on June 24, confirming rumored changes reported on June 21.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1540826083406266368

 

[william]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1540735902766563329

Intelligence: Overnight airstrike on Ukraine from Belarus is Russia’s attempt to draw Belarus into war. 6 Russian Tu-22M bombers launched 12 missiles from Belarus, targeting Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy oblasts on June 25, Defense Ministry’s Intelligence Directorate reports.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1540667316555464706

 

[william]

It’s difficult to see this morning’s missile attack against residential areas of Kyiv as anything but a deliberate escalation and a signal to the G7 meeting in Elmau today.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1540954364654886912

 

[william]

A 7-year old girl saved under the rubble after Russian airstrikes on Kyiv this morning. Any politician speaking of “saving Putin’s face” instead of providing more weapons to Ukraine should feel responsible for this.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1540943233844486144

 

[william]

Kyiv, the result of a missile attack.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1540934296323645443

 

[william]

Warning: a very cute frontlines content was spotted on the @UkraineNowMedia. Three puppies shield and protect a cat with newborn kittens. That is pure & unlimited love amidst the hell #ArmUkraineNow.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1540618298756399104

 

[alphaecho]

Russian media, citing sources in emergency services, write that the 'Chornomornaftohaz' platform in the Black Sea was again under fire. According to preliminary data, no one was hurt.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1541090853883625474

 

[alphaecho]

According to him, the EC is now preparing a document allowing the transportation of sanctioned Russian goods to Kaliningrad, that is, "from Russia to Russia", but through the territory of the European Union.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1541123393122181120

 

[alphaecho]

News: The US plans to announce as soon as this week that it has a purchased a NASAMS—an advanced surface-to-air missile defense system— for Ukraine, a source familiar with the announcement tells CNN. with

https://twitter.com/x/status/1541179512561582085

 

[alphaecho]

Russian media: Putin to make first trip abroad since start of Russia’s full-scale war. Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Tajikistan and Turkmenistan this week, reports Reuters, citing Russian state-controlled television Rossiya 1. Putin will also reportedly visit Grodno, Belarus, on June 30 and July 1 to participate in a forum with Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1541197280790847488