TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
Hits Digest July, 8 to July 14 - 4/4
🔥 Two children suffered shrapnel wounds in Shebekino, both critical in ICU. Five injured, the youngest is 8 years old. In 24 hours at least 29 civilians injured in Belgorod and one dead. Photos
🔥 RF claims to have shot down a drone aimed at one of the auxiliary substations of the largest Kursk nuclear power plant in the region in Kurchatov. According to Mash, the drone loaded with explosives was shot down several kilometers from the station, heading towards a strategic facility.
🔥 Oil depot burning in Rostov after an attack by UAVs. The drone fell around 4am, where gasoline and diesel are stored. They are stewed at a third level of difficulty (like a 3 alarm fire?). Video
🔥 More on the Rostov fuel tanks: At least two UAVs, one fell 20 meters from the site, the second one hit the target, say Z-media. An ambulance arrived on the premises, but no casualties. Video
🔥 More videos on the Rostov tanks, including one UAV impact.
🔥 The Rostov oil depot took six hours to extinguish the fire, which covered 200 square meters and required a fire train. putler’s policies necessitate fire stations next to each oil depot, or having a fire train on constant duty. Video
🔥 An oil depot in Rostov heroically disabled a drone... or perhaps air defense repelled the attack and debris fell on the oil depot and exploded
Not sure which newspeak euphemism Z-media prefers today. The blaze spread to 200m² and they needed 6 hrs and a fire train to extinguish it. Videos
JULY 13
🔥 Exercise in futility. Guards at russian oil depots, equipped with anti-drone rifles, are struggling to counter attacks by Ukrainian kamikaze drones.
Too bad when you realize the nearing drones (which mostly have cruised kilometers across russia) just seconds before the hit.
🔥 Anti-drone "rifles" are intended to jam and cut off datalinks, but autonomous, long-range drones operate without that.
🔥 Somebody's droppin' that bass around Mariupol airfield. Photo & vids
🔥 The Bryansk Republic's border area was cleaned up by The Unknown Rangers with your drones. Multiple power stations burned to the ground. Nice compilation Video
🔥 In Kursk, destruction of 2 substations deprived the Russian army of electricity. Compilation Video
🔥 In Sudzha, Kursk, there are again power outages. Because an electric substation burned down.
🔥 Communication tower suffers 'technical difficulties' in Sudzha. Photo
@freerussia_report
Several sources are reporting over the last week, four F-16s departing a Romanian airfield, loitering over the Odessa area, and patrolling into Crimea. 🛩 The ruZZians have been sending multiple recon drones every day to scout the southern regions.
Unconfirmed reports from Z-channels, but might be true.
@freerussia_report
Exercise in futility
Guards at russian oil depots, equipped with anti-drone rifles, are struggling to counter attacks by Ukrainian kamikaze drones.
Too bad when you realize the nearing drones (which mostly have cruised kilometers across russia) just seconds before the hit. 🤷♀️
@freerussia_report
A rally was held in Paris before the Olympics in honor of Ukrainian athletes who died as a result of the war with Russia.
Russia has killed 488 Ukrainian athletes, 20 Olympic and gold champions among them since the full-scale invasion began.
The demonstration was held by French Union of Ukrainians and World Ukrainian Congress.
The peaceful rally was attended by about a thousand people wearing T-shirts with the names of the victims, as well as several city deputies and representatives of the Administration of Paris.
In addition to showing solidarity, the participants of the rally also called for the removal of representatives of Russia and Belarus from the 2024 Olympic Games, even under a neutral flag.
This is a news guy I tend to trust. Remember when news people told the truth???
😡❌ American blogger, Jackson Hinkle, spreads disinformation about the alleged fakeness of the pictures of the emergency services at the site of the "Okhmatdit" children's hospital destroyed by the russians.
▫️In particular, on his page in X, the blogger published one of the photos of the State Emergency Service, which shows children's toys on the ruins of the hospital, and wrote: "The Ukrainian government inserted fake children's toys into the image of the hospital it destroyed in Kyiv."
✅ In fact, no one inserted the toys into the photos, which was reported to the Center by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Emergency Service. It is these children's toys that can be seen on other photo and video materials from the scene, which indicates their originality.
▫️This is not Hinkle's first fake about a missile attack on "Okhmatdyt".
▪️Yes, an American blogger, known for his commitment to russia, claimed on his X-page that "Okhmatdyt" was apparently hit by an American air defense missile "Patriot" launched by Ukraine. This also turned out to be a fake, as SBU investigators determined that the attack was carried out by an Kh-101 cruise missile.
❗️ By spreading such lies, the blogger is trying to discredit the Ukrainian government and divert the attention of the world community from yet another russian war crime.
@ukrainejournal
Germany buys 105 Leopard 2A8 tanks for controversial Lithuania brigade
Germany will purchase 105 Leopard 2 A8 tanks, the latest generation of the platform, to deploy in Lithuania at Nato's Eastern flank.
Germany buys 105 Leopard 2A8 tanks for controversial Lithuania brigade
Germany will purchase 105 Leopard 2 A8 tanks, the latest generation of the platform, to deploy in Lithuania at Nato's EasternIt is expected that the 105 new battle tanks in the newest order will join troops in the Lithuania Brigade between 2027 and 2030. Panzerbrigade 45’s 4,800 German soldiers will be permanently stationed in Lithuania and combat ready by 2027, following the signing of an agreement in December 2023 of the deployment. The transfer of troops began with an advanced team of 20 staff in April 2024.
€2.9bn to be spent on the latest variant of the Leopard 2
The funds for the programme approved from the Bundeswehr special fund and the regular defence fund by the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag on 3 July amount to €2.9bn ($3.1bn). This will be the second procurement of the A8 variant of the Leopard 2 tank, following a decision in May 2023 to replace stock donated to Ukraine by buying 18 of the main battle tanks, expected to be delivered between 2025 and 2026.
The Leopard 2A8 variant is a main battle tank similar to the Leopard 2A7V, but with improvements to increase the combat value, such a next generation of multi-layered armour composed of steel, tungsten, composite filler, and ceramic components, and a passive armour kit, as well as reinforcements to the underbelly to protect against mine detonation.
https://www.army-technology.com/news/germany-buys-105-leopard-2-a8-tanks-for-controversial-lithuania-brigade/?cf-view
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I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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