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Igor Sushko

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · Jun 22

🚨 Zelensky: Russia is preparing military operations against Europe
Time to act.
1. Arm Ukraine to Win - Ukraine wants to purchase weapons from the US
2. Bankrupt Russian Economy - already in dire straits.
3. Negotiate Peace with a defeated Russia.
igorsushko.substack.com/p/preventing...

The United States Should Make Putin Beg for Negotiations

The path is obvious once we finally dismiss Putin's nuclear blackmail and overcome our irrational fear of Russia's collapse

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 6h

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

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 8h

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says the Trump administration is engaged in positive and nuanced technical discussions on the provision of Tomahawk missiles.
They contrast it with the Biden administration's blunt "No."
Zelensky also asked Trump for more ATACMS & GMLRS.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 13h

Russia: Alexander Fenev, former Minister of Energy for Perm region caught systemically shoplifting groceries.
He would make an order online, go into the store, put groceries from shelves into his bags, and then pay only for the online order at check out.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 15h

“We may see a powerful army along the borders of the Baltic states, with the obvious aim of capturing all three countries within a period of three days to a week”
Unlike Ukraine, the Baltics only have 6 million people situated on much smaller territory.
mezha.net/eng/bukvy/ba...

Baltic States Prepare Coordinated Evacuation Plans Amid Russian Threats | Ukraine news - #Mezha

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania develop coordinated evacuation plans amid rising security threats from Russia, focusing on rapid mobilization and logistics management to protect citizens.

mezha.net

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 15h

🚨 Baltic NATO states - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania plan for mass evacuation to relocate over 1 million civilians when Russia invades - one out of every six people.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 15h

The absolute garbage that Google Search has turned into —
Gemini AI (Artificial Idiot) pops up before all web results to tell you that 1.3 + 1.9 + 2.7 = 6.9

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 16h

Russia: Reported as a 'routine' Roscosmos rocket engine test in Peresvet, 50 miles northeast of the Kremlin in Moscow region.
Thought to be plumes of the highly toxic Heptyl rocket propellant.
Locals are in shock.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 17h

💥 In a joint operation, Russian Freedom Legion and Ukraine's GUR defense intelligence struck Russian oil platforms in the Black Sea with air drones launched from naval drones.
Russian Freedom Legion is composed of Russian soldiers fighting on the side of Ukraine against Russia.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 17h

🚨 AES munitions plant exploded in Tennessee this morning. There are significant casualties.
Accurate Energetic Systems (AES) was awarded a $120 million Pentagon contract last month to supply the military with TNT for warheads and demolition.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 18h

Germany to supply Ukraine with hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Skyranger 35 air defense cannons mounted on Leopard 1 chassis.
Funded by interest revenue from frozen Russian assets.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 18h

💥 Ukraine's SBU conducted a series of precision strikes on Russian military bases in occupied Ukraine with the new FirePoint FP-2 drones.
The FP-2 trades the FP-1's 1,400km range for just 200km to accommodate a much larger 105kg warhead. (230 lbs)

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

Ukraine: Russian fascists carpet-bombed a residential neighborhood with cluster munitions in Zaporizhia region on the night of October 8th.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

💥 Russia: MiG-31K aircraft crashed in a forest in Chaplyginsky district, Lipetsk region.
Both pilots hospitalized with injuries after ejecting due to a landing-gear release system failure.
Russia only had about 24 MiG-31K variants capable of launching Kinzhal missiles.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 2d

💥 Russia: Matveev-Kurgan fuel depot struck by Ukrainian drones in Rostov region.
The site is used as a local distribution center of fuel to gas stations and industrial facilities.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 2d

Russia: Maternity Hospital № 5 in Omsk will be converted into a military hospital for injured soldiers.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 2d

Russia: After getting fired, defense contractor employee in Rostov region kept sneaking into the warehouse at night to steal drone batteries.
663 batteries worth $74,000 were found in his home.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 2d

Russia: FSB 5th Service leadership initiated a major investigation concerning embezzlement of funds by their own FSB officers, funds which were allocated to corrupt elections in Moldova. They suspect only a sliver of the bribe money actually made it to Moldova in recent years.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 12d

🇲🇩 Moldova: With 85% of the vote counted the pro-Europe PAS party won against the Kremlin's communist "Patriotic Bloc" party, whose logo is literally a star with a hammer and sickle.
Preliminary votes:
PAS: 45.03%
Kremlin Communists: 27.62%

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 2d

💥 Russia: Ukrainian drones struck the LUKOIL-Korobkovsky Gas Processing Plant in Kotovo, Volgograd region.
This key facility was processing several billion cubic meters of raw gas annually, converting to usable natural gas, propane, butane, etc.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 2d

Source from Japan:
www.sankei.com/article/2025...

＜独自＞中国軍が台湾総統府模した施設隣に「模擬司法院」と地下道　「斬首作戦」訓練か

中国人民解放軍が台湾侵攻に備えて、内モンゴル自治区内の訓練場にある「模擬総統府」に隣接した土地に、その位置から「模擬司法院（司法省）」と見られる新たな建物をつ…

www.sankei.com

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 2d

China constructed a large-scale replica of Taiwan's central government buildings to conduct special forces exercises aimed at simulating an assault to neutralize Taipei's seat of power.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 2d

Source: newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/czechia...

Czechia prepares to supply Ukraine with tanks capable of rivaling Russia's T-90M

newsukraine.rbc.ua

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 2d

Czechia will transfer 30 modernized T-72M4CZ tanks to Ukraine.
- Advanced fire-control system with thermals and ballistic computer.
- New engine that can be replaced in 30 minutes.
- 14 km/h reverse speed, compared to the Russian T-90M's 4 km/h.
- Enhanced armor protection.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 2d

Classic Russia: 20-year old murdered a disabled veteran who lost his left leg and right hand in the invasion of Ukraine.
Buried his body.
Impressed with his very particular set of skills, the military took him out of jail and sent him to kill in Ukraine.
Murder charges dismissed.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 2d

🔥 Russia: Microchip & electronics warehouse burned down in Novosibirsk.
Solder Factory (ЗАО «Завод припоев») is a military contractor specializing in wholesale and distribution of electronics.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 3d

💥 Russia's own air defense missile struck a residential building in Belgorod, Russia.
Russians reported it as "debris from a Ukrainian drone."

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