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Pax Lusitanica @paxlusitanica.bsky.social · 30m

Ukrainian drones appear to have hit the Smolensk Aviation Plant. It manufactures Kh-59 missiles, which have been used in several attacks against Ukraine.

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Baba Yaga Fèlla @babayagafella.bsky.social · 2h

Local residents report explosions in Smolensk, a UAV threat has been declared in the region, smoke is rising over the city.

GEOINT specialist Blinzka, having geolocated the filming location, concluded that the smoke most likely rises from the area of the airfield and the

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Ukraine War Brief Podcast @ukrainewarpod.bsky.social · 1h

In Smolensk, Russia, smoke billows from the aviation plant and airfield.

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 2h

Sources in occupied Donetsk say 4 UAVs struck around the former Auchan hypermarket.
Russian channels post pics of the drone remnants.

Military vehicles regularly parked at the side of the building and secondary explosions were heard (and seen in the video I already posted)

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Сонечко Flea🐶 @sonechkoflea.bsky.social · 2h

❗️In cooperation with the GUR, 22 war criminals have been identified — suspects have been announced for the torturers from the colony in Donetsk region

The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.

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Baba Yaga Fèlla @babayagafella.bsky.social · 1h

😁 "Vitalya, this is a f**k" or the moment a UAV hit what used to be a hypermarket in Donetsk.

According to some reports, there might have been a drone production workshop there.

Drop some 🔥 to make it burn even better.
#russianLosses
#UkraineNews

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 4h

🔥 Ukrainian OSINT channels write that it was at the site of the strike in Donetsk that the Russians set up their own workshop for the production of FPV drones, Molniya-1/Molniya-2 attack drones, and loitering munitions.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 4h

😎👊 Consequences after UAVs attack in Donetsk!

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 3h

☠️ Operators of the Black Sky 3rd Brop NGU Spartan as always delight with the bright results of their hunts.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 15h

🛢 Brent fell to $62.7

That is, now the real price at which Russians can sell its oil is somewhere around $40-50 per barrel. And their budget is calculated at $70+.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 15h

Moscow region 🔥👀

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 2h

Smolensk, Russia 🔥

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Linda Rey 🦋 My emotions identify as Sigh. Gulp. Haha. Sob. @lindarey.com · 2h

Raise your hand if you saw this coming!!

Keep it up if you hope there are rehired folks planning to be whistleblowers and leakers.

Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

Friday’s layoffs swept up scientists involved in responding to the measles outbreak and running an influential journal. An official acknowledged the mistakes on Saturday.

A blue sign, lit at night, stands before the C.D.C. headquarters in Atlanta.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta.Credit...Brynn Anderson/Associated Press

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@mterr337 @mterr337xxx.bsky.social · 2h

‘Used as Hostages!’: Chuck Schumer Shreds Trump Over Gov Worker Layoffs
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‘Used as Hostages!’: Chuck Schumer Shreds Trump Over Gov Worker Layoffs - NewsBreak

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said President Donald Trump has used government employees "as hostages" while Republicans and Democrats bicker over the shutdown

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othello1965.bsky.social @othello1965.bsky.social · 2h

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 2h

C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases

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Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error

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Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 2h

Trump Layoffs, Broken Trust Harden Democrats’ Shutdown Stand www.msn.com/en-us/news/n...

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Betsy Wolf @betsyjwolf.bsky.social · 2h

I would like to think that Democrats have learned their lesson that writing stern letters about mass layoffs isn’t going to cut it.

Jennifer Berkshire @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social · 2h

Trump admin going after special education with a hatchet in the dark of night seems like an issue the Dems could run with

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Amorah @divineclarity.bsky.social · 2h

I fear this may be true…it’d be just his venal approach to the layoffs, to include only Dems…

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 7h

More than 5,000 federal employees have received layoff notices. We’re working to ensure that the administration isn’t using state voter rolls to target registered Democrats for termination. More details soon.

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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 2h

BREAKING: CDC is apparently reversing many of its layoffs. Letters seen by NPR indicate that many employees working with infectious diseases have had their RIFs revoked.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 17h

💥 Russians announced a loss of a Ka-52 attack helicopter.
Valued at approximately $16 million.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 5h

💥 Russia: Bashneft Novoil Refinery struck by Ukrainian drones in occupied Republic of Bashkortostan — 1,450km from Ukraine.
Refining capacity was 340,000 barrels per day, 17 million tons per year.
Initial reports incorrectly stated the target as the smaller adjacent refinery in Ufa.