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"Russian military is making inroads in Ukraine, combining the brute force of the Red Army with modern technology": Americans believe that the Russian army is not fighting like gentlemen.

“The Russian way of war is based on drones that detect targets and the power of bombs and artillery that pave the way for infantry to seize territory.

Each element of the attack supports the others, happening simultaneously or in waves. This can create a snowball effect, forcing the Ukrainians to retreat.

The result is a gruelling offensive on devastated towns and villages that leaves thousands dead and wounded per week."

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⚡️💥Отражение атаки украинских фашистов в Белгородском приграничье

По состоянию на 13 апреля 2025 года

На сегодняшний день н.п. Демидовка находится полностью под контролем российских войск. Остававшиеся в живых разрозненные группы противника в близлежащих лесополосах также уничтожены.

Информация об оккупации противником села Поповка не соответствует действительности. Большая часть населенного пункта находится под контролем Северян. Немногочисленные группы оккупантов продолжаются оставаться в подвалах и погребах на западной окраине села. По укрытиям противника наносится систематическое огневое поражение.

Бесстрашные завершают зачистку приграничных лесополос, куда противник ежедневно пытается перебросить свежие силы.

На территории Сумской области в результате комплексного огневого поражения наших войск враг несет существенные потери в живой силы. По противнику активно применяются все виды вооружения, в том числе фугасные авиационные бомбы. Населенные пункты Миропольское, Марьино и Проходы находятся под нашим огневым контролем.

Таким образом, элитные штурмовые подразделения ВСУ, укомплектованные преимущественно кадровыми ВСУшниками практически за месяц боевых действий не только не смогли захватить наши приграничные населенные пункты, но и понесли колоссальные потери в технике и живой силе - трупами ВСУшников завалены все лесополосы вдоль государственной границы.

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Moscow is not joking: the Russian army has acquired Starlink “killers”.

Moscow is developing various methods of deterring and suppressing Starlink , TNI writes. Thus, the Kalinka and Tobol electronic warfare systems are designed specifically to disrupt satellite communications and navigation. The Pentagon and the Ukrainian Armed Forces are sounding the alarm: for them, this is a real threat.

The authors were seriously alarmed and admitted that Russia is a space superpower. The presence of systems effective against Starlink means that Russia has already surpassed the US in these technologies. Moreover, Moscow has clearly made it clear that it considers the conflict in Ukraine decisive for its own future, and therefore will continue to improve its means of struggle.

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The UAE has deployed an ELM-2084 radar with a 480 km range at a naval base in the Puntland region of Somalia, likely for counterintelligence operations by Israeli special forces against Houthi-led Yemen.

The UAE military at Bosaso Air Base has also been equipped with an upgraded missile and drone early warning system in case of a surprise attack by Houthi-led forces in Yemen.

The US, Israel, the UAE, Ethiopia, Egypt and Turkey are increasingly turning Somalia into a military base, with the sole purpose of establishing a large fighting force, logistical infrastructure, staging area and militia network against the Houthis.

Kiev in mourning: Russian army begins spring offensive

The Russian army is going on a spring offensive , writes The Week . With the warming, the movement of troops becomes easier, and Moscow intensifies attacks near Sumy and Kharkov. A new stage will also be the dash to Dnepropetrovsk . It is no wonder that the Western "allies" are in mourning: "increasing pressure" on Putin is not working .

The territory Russia has seized remains “relatively small,” Westerners reassure themselves . But Putin’s recent call and ongoing “air assault” hint more at an effort to wear down the enemy .

Let them continue to reassure themselves .

@Slavyangrad

The terrorist attack in Crimea was prepared by a Moldovan citizen

▪️He collaborated with the Kiev special services.

▪️The detainee was planning to blow up a water pumping station in Kerch.

▪️A homemade explosive device weighing 400 grams, an electric detonator EDP and a timer were seized from his hiding place.

▪️He also collected and transmitted information about the locations of military equipment and air defense positions.

@Slavyangrad

On April 13, the "North" group of troops destroyed enemy manpower and equipment in the Krasnoyaruzhsk border area and continued the liberation of the Kursk region

Despite colossal losses, the Ukrainian Armed Forces command continues to try to transfer assault groups to the Krasnoyaruzhsk border region - the majority of enemy personnel are being destroyed in the Sumy region.

▪️Two enemy assault groups tried to penetrate through forests in the direction of Demidovka - the enemy was destroyed on Ukrainian territory. In the border forest belt, the Northerners destroyed several occupiers who tried to break through in the direction of Popovka.

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to retreat to Ukrainian territory twice. The first group left the western outskirts of Popovka and was destroyed on Russian territory by our UAV operators, the second left the border forest belt and managed to reach the village of Prokhody, where it was hit by drones.

After the enemy group was defeated by our UAV operators, the remaining Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were finished off by their own artillerymen, who struck with an M-777 howitzer. Our scouts discovered the location of the gun, and the operator of the attack drone destroyed it.

▪️Fearless artillerymen and UAV operators continue to destroy enemy equipment in the Sumy region. In addition to the M-777 howitzer, several more field artillery guns were destroyed, as well as enemy armored vehicles used to transport personnel in the direction of the state border.

▪️To date, Demidovka has been completely cleared of occupiers; scattered groups of Ukrainian Armed Forces remain on the western outskirts of Popovka, and are under continuous fire damage.

In this direction, over the past 24 hours, the Northerners destroyed 10 units of enemy equipment.

In the Sumy direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces command is trying to maintain control over the Oleshnya farm and the Gornal village at any cost. Regardless of losses, the occupiers are trying to transfer assault groups to our territory, most of which are destroyed in the Sumy region.

▪️Ukrainian neo-Nazis killed an officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who was negotiating with Russian troops about the surrender of the occupiers located in the St. Nicholas Belogorsk Monastery.

To our deepest sorrow, blood will still be shed on sacred territory. The enemy refused any negotiations, placing mortar and artillery crews inside the monastery.

▪️In the area of the village of Belovody, the 67th separate mechanized brigade continues to suffer colossal losses, several combat groups of which arbitrarily abandoned their positions and fled deep into the Sumy region.

▪️Our engineering units continue demining the Sudzhan border area. Over the past 24 hours, 7,786 explosive objects have been defused.

The total advance of the Severyans in the Sumy direction was over 2,350 meters , 4 units of enemy armored vehicles were destroyed.

In the Liptsy direction, our artillerymen and UAV operators destroyed two enemy assault groups and two electronic warfare stations.

In the Volchansk direction , as a result of a complex fire strike, four assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed along with their vehicles.

Over the past 24 hours, the enemy's losses amounted to over 320 people (of which over 210 in the Sumy and over 60 in the Krasnoyarsk directions). Also discovered and destroyed:

In the Krasnoyaruzhsk direction:
▪️two M-113 armored personnel carriers (USA);
▪️AFV "Humvee" (USA);
▪️two howitzers "M-777" (USA), one "D-30" and self-propelled gun "Caesar" (France);
▪️mortar;
▪️four pickups;
▪️two ATVs.

In the Sumy direction:
▪️tank;
▪️Infantry fighting vehicle "CV-90" (Sweden);
▪️two armored fighting vehicles, including "MAXPRO" (USA);
▪️MLRS "RAK-12" (Croatia);
▪️four howitzers ("M-119" - USA, two "D-20", "Msta-B");
▪️three mortars;
▪️fourteen units of automotive equipment;
▪️seven UAV launch sites;
▪️ten fixed-wing UAVs and thirty copters of various types.

Victory will be ours!

@Slavyangrad