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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

igorsushko.substack.com

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 14h

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

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 18h

🔥 Russia: Ural Turbine Works on fire in Yekaterinburg. The factory manufactures steam turbines for the war sector as well as for combined heat and power plants in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and other cities.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

Russia: Nearly 1,000 soldiers have been court-martialed for murder since 2023 according to available public records.
The number of cases increased by a factor of 10 since mobilization began in September 2022.
Excludes murders by veterans as those are handled by civilian courts.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

Ukrainian Navy led the Red Team adversary in the month-long NATO REPMUS 2025 naval exercise, teaching the Europeans to counter naval drones.
www.kyivpost.com/post/60947

Ukrainian Naval Drones Play Enemy in Latest NATO Maritime Exercise

The REPMUS 2025 naval exercise that ended on Friday was designed to evaluate the role that unmanned systems could play, with Ukrainian naval drones playing a pivotal role as the “red team.”

www.kyivpost.com

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

The publicly known ground-launch system for Tomahawk cruise missiles is the Typhon.
The US is estimated to have around 3,500-4,000 Tomahawk missiles.
If President Trump tells the Pentagon to supply Tomahawks to Ukraine, the Pentagon will supply Tomahawks to Ukraine.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

Probably the US Army Typhon ground launch system.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

🚀 BREAKING: President Trump has made the decision to supply Tomahawk long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine for deep strikes against Russia, but wishes to ensure Ukraine coordinates target selection with him.
Realistically, Tomahawks will likely start striking Russia next year.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

💥 Russian air defense missile struck a Russian residential apartment building in Stary Oskol, Belgorod region, Russia.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

Russia: Roads around the oil refinery in Tyumen are blocked. All cars are being searched at checkpoints based on suspicion that drones were launched locally.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

💥 Russia: Ukrainian drones attacked the Antipinsky Oil Refinery in Tyumen, over 2,000km from Ukraine.
The refinery is connected to 3 major pipelines going west and east.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

⬛️ Russia: Blackout in central and southern parts of the city of Belgorod after additional Ukrainian missile strikes.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

Some damage at the Antipinsky Oil Refinery in Russia, 2,000km from Ukraine.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

💥 Russia: Ukraine is striking Belgorod with US-supplied HIMARS GMLRS missiles according to the Russians.
The city is located 40 miles from Kharkiv, Ukraine across the border

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

🚨⚡️ Russian electricity infrastructure is entering a systemic crisis, with a capacity shortage of 25 GW (9%) and growing, caused by network overload, worn-out equipment, and sanctions that have restricted access to technology. — Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

💥 Russia: Ukrainian drones attacked the Antipinsky Oil Refinery in Tyumen, over 2,000km from Ukraine.
The refinery is connected to 3 major pipelines going west and east.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

Fuel crisis in Russia: 20 liter limit for gasoline and 40 liter limit for diesel imposed at gas stations in Rubtsovsk, Siberia — 3,000km from Ukraine.
Gasoline - 5.3 gallons
Diesel - 10.6 gallons

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

Russian news is covering the blackout in Belgorod after Ukraine struck another electrical substation today.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

💥 Russia: Lights out in Belgorod after additional Ukrainian strikes today.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

🔥 Occupied Crimea: Russian fuel depot continues to burn in Feodosia after last night's strikes.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

This is what most of the so-called missing 33,966 Russian soldiers from Jan to Aug 2025 look like.
The brief footage from Pokrovsk direction shows 90 Russian corpses - all would be classified as MIA.
Over 100,000 Russian soldiers most certainly killed over 8 months this year.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

Russian casualties from Jan to Aug 2025:
86,744 KIA - killed
158,529 WIA - wounded
33,966 MIA - missing
2,311 Surrendered

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 Russian military data leaked to Ukraine's project "Want to Live," a framework to assist Russian soldiers surrender, exposes the scope of Russian casualties - 281,550 in 243 days.
1,159 per day from January through August 2025.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 2d

Russians are filling up buckets with gasoline in Bryansk.

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 2d

💥 Russian fuel depot struck by Ukraine in Feodosia, occupied Crimea.
The fire lit up the whole sky, reflecting from the clouds.
Heat from the fire was felt kilometers away.
"It suddenly got warm here."

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 2d

🔥 Supercut of Russian oil on fire

Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 2d

💥 Russia: Ukraine struck the Sverdlov Munitions Factory in Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod region.
It is the largest explosives plant in Russia is the only significant producer of HMX (octogen) and RDX (hexogen) in the country.