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Occasionally irreverent analysis of global conflicts. USAF Veteran, retired engineer, USCG Master Captain, 2% Neanderthal. Pronouns: skipper, me matey.
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Welcome to the Russkiy Mir! A Spetsnaz Akhmat Kadirovite is seen struggling with his reluctant wife. #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar #BanStarlink #BanTesla

1/4: Donald Trump's 'Favorite' Newspaper Fact-Checks Him on Its Cover! It is refreshing to see a conservative US news outlet, the one up until today that Trump called his "favorite newspaper", take the side of truth over political ideology.

Me: "Grok, Why is President Trump criticizing Pres. Zelenskyy?" Grok: "Trump’s rhetoric suggests a personal grudge. He has repeatedly called Zelenskyy a “dictator without elections,” a jab tied to Ukraine’s postponement of elections under martial law—a common wartime (1/6)

Counterbattery fire on a katsap mortar position. Marvelous.... #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

1/5: Opinion: It is 0147 Kyiv Time on February 22, 2025. At this time three years ago, Putin's unprovoked grand strategy of capturing #Kyiv, and thus the entirety of Ukraine, was unfolding as large military columns... #SlavaUkraini #StandWithUkraine #NeverForget #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

1/2: The latest modification to the Ukrainian marine drone fleet is designed to destroy enemy marine drones or small surface vessels. It has a domestically-produced TAVRIA-14.5 remote-controlled unmanned combat turret armed with a 14.5 mm KPVT machine... #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

Izgoy Igor's addition of camouflage netting over the roof of his tan assault Lada VAZ-2103 seemed like a good idea... on paper. #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

Welcome to the Russkiy Mir! A civilian pidaryshchy somewhere in the toiletless steppes or the mir decided to build his own homemade MANPADS. He's lucky he didn't have any teeth, or brains, to begin with. #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

1/2: Izgoy 1: "What's that?" Izgoy 2: "Anti-personnel mines." Izgoy 1: "Touch!" Izgoy 2: "Huh? I no touch." Izgoy 1: "Touch with stick!" Izgoy 2: "OK. Touch with stick." 💥💥 KABOOM!💥💥 #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

Budanov approves... UA GUR (Defense Intelligence of Ukraine): On February 20, 2025, at 6:05 a.m., the car of the Deputy Head of the #Berdyansk, Ukraine, occupation administration, Yevgeny Bogdanova, exploded and burned to the ground. #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

The Russians are reporting at least 15 Ukrainian long-range UAVs are currently traversing the Sea of Azov. Typically this means the Rostov or Krasnodar regions of Russia can expect fireworks. hisutton.com/Ukraine-OWA-... #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

Tyumen, Russia: This one is titled "Why are Russians so darn flammable?" #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

"We are winning the war... because Pres. Trump says we are." - Putin New Russian Storm-Z izgoy for the meat grinder... #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

Moscow: This one is titled "Hero of the Ess-Vee-Ohh." #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

Fires are still burning after a successful Ukrainian drone strike last night on the #Syzran Oil Refinery, #Samara Oblast, Russia. Location: 53.077747, 48.395128 #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

1/2: EU agrees new sanctions on Russia amid Donald Trump's push for negotiations - Ban on imports of Russian primary aluminum; - Expel 13 Russian banks from the SWIFT electronic system; #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

1/2: Successful Ukrainian drone strike on the #Syzran Oil Refinery, #Samara Oblast, Russia. Location: 53.077747, 48.395128 #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

"We are winning the war... because I convinced Trump we are." - Putin The 2nd Army of the World using a donkey to deliver water and/or fuel. #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

🔞🔞🔞🔞#Bakhmut AO: At least one of the Storm-Z izgoy in a Russian BTR-82A was unable to escape the fire after the vehicle was struck by an FPV. Note the size of the impact hole on the side of the APC and that the slat armor provided zero protection. #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

First documented AFU strike on a North Korean M1978 "Koksan" 170mm self-propelled gun which was on Ukrainian soil in occupied #Luhansk. #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

1/3: "We can still win this war by destroying every city in Ukraine... because I said so... and Trump believes what I tell him." - Putin Trump in his statements today claimed that "Russia is capable of very quickly destroying Ukrainian cities by 100%,... #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

The Russian delegation participating in Russian-American talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Feb. 18 does not include one of the members of Putin's innermost circle who had been reported as a likely negotiator: Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Head Sergei Naryshkin.🧵(1/6) isw.pub/UkrWar021725

February 15th: A tanker linked to the Russian shadow fleet exploded in Italy. Two explosions hit the Maltese-flagged oil tanker #Seajewel in the port of #Savona. The vessel was damaged below the waterline, but there was no oil spill or crew casualties. #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

Storm-Z izgoy spetsnaz specimen heading for delousing. #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

It looks like desperation is setting in with the katsaps as the Kremlin orders mostly suicidal offensive actions along almost all fronts. The last 24-hours have seen over 250 combat clashes which is by far the highest level since the beginning of 2025. #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

Russians film their own flaming ghost truck (a Ural-43206 4x4 double-cab) after it was struck by an AFU FPV. Note that one of them is carrying a shotgun for drone protection. #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

1/2: First images of the destruction of the RF's 155th Marine Brigade armored assault near #Nikiskii, #Kursk AO, earlier today. Note that the vehicles are flying the red soviet flag which is considered the "victory" flag. This is known as "premature v-flagulation." #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

Reports are coming in, mostly from Russian sources, that the commanders of the RF's 155th Marine Brigade attempted a suicidal armored assault today in the area of #Nikiskii, #Kursk AO, that was defeated in piecemeal via mines and FPV drones. Map: taplink.cc/majakovsk73 #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

What appears to be a successful HIMARS GLMRS strike on a Russian BM-21 MLRS, loader vehicle and crews. #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

Video demonstrating the extent of AFU fiber-optic FPV droned use as the unspooled fibers glisten in the morning sun. Multiple Russian sources report very high attrition rates among their units since their deployment began. #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar

If all of the anti-drone EW kit doesn't protect the assault team, resort to perfidy by carrying a Red Cross flag. #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar