Preston Stewart

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This appears to be pretty standardized at this point. For a while now we've seen Russian soldiers with shotguns accompanying air defense assets when they move out of their covered position. This is done to protect against the small Ukrainian FPV drones.

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"Operatives in Belarus have received reliable information about the planning of an invasion from different sides and into Comrade Lukashenko's land, which now, again according to the new "Nuclear Doctrine", falls under the conditions of the beginning of Armageddon on our side." -Two Majors

Stories circulating today that Putin is open to negotiations if they're led by Trump. From what I've seen so far, these are the same demands Russia has made for some time with one exception; nothing has been made public about the future size or capabilities of the Ukrainian military. 1/

It happened again. Russian soldiers executed Ukrainian POWs on camera. They're not trying to hide this, they're celebrating it on Telegram. This is Putin's Russia, this is who Ukraine is fighting.

Putin's threats about escalation aren't about US weapons striking in Russia. In past statements he has made the claim that advanced western weapons cannot be operated by Ukrainians, therefore the entire process is done by NATO soldiers from target identification to launch. 1/

"the US and Europe have upped the ante and lifted restrictions on the use of all types of weapons. As was rightly noted, there was no such restriction, because they [Ukrainians] have been firing missiles at Crimea and the LPR and DPR since the moment they first entered service. 1/2

"The service life of a vehicle on the front line is about a week. The enemy is constantly hunting with drones and mining the area. Our guys are studying the broken equipment in order to find spare parts - everything for the cause." -Russian milblogger Two Majors

Another senior Hezbollah figure removed from the battlefield. Mohammad Afif, chief of Hezbollah's media relations, was killed in a strike on the headquarters of the Syrian Ba'ath Party in central Beirut.

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