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1 Year Ago, sinking on the 14th day of April 2022.

The flag ship Moskva was hit.

Ukraine has
'officially declared the wreck of the ship to be an underwater cultural heritage site'.

Russian Moskva, Flagship of the Black Sea Fleet the Slava-class cruiser

The Russian Ministry of Defence said a fire caused a munitions explosion, and the ship sank in stormy seas while being towed to port. Moskva is the largest warship to be sunk in combat since the 1982 Falklands War, and the largest Russian warship to be sunk since World War II.

'Ukraine has something to surprise Russian warships with – Ukraine's Defence Minister'
https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-somethin … 19937.html

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Vladimir Putin Fires Top Admiral For Insubordination', Refusing To Send Soldiers Into Ukraine

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Russian cruise missile strikes kill at least 25 civilians in Ukraine
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/russian-cruis … 32611.html

A day after Russian cruise missiles killed 23 Ukrainians, Ukraine drones target Crimea oil depot
https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/ … 70602.html

Sometimes not all propaganda is from Russia for example

Russell Bentley is this cartoon character a pot smoking redneck America turned Russia patriot character also known as "Texas", is an American man who has fought for the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. He featured on a joke segment of Jimmy Kimmel, he was a YouTuber until his channel was deleted

The Bizarre Story of How a Hardcore Texas Leftist Became a Frontline Putin Propagandist
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/p … w-1315433/
In a contentious interview with Rolling Stone, Russell "Texas" Bentley explains why he's in Ukraine cheering on Russian troops

Bentley bills himself as an “auto-didact.” He dropped out of middle school, but later got his GED and spent some time in the U.S. Army. He then waited tables and partied for years on South Padre island, on the Texas coast, playing guitar in a group called the Asbestos Band. He says his preferred genre was “cow punk” — a mix of Johnny Cash and Johnny Rotten. But when that music failed to pack in the crowds, Bentley recalls, they started covering hits from hot MTV bands like ZZ Top, the Cure, and even Bryan Adams.

Known then as “Bongo” rather than “Texas,” Bentley followed a girlfriend to Minnesota, according to profile in Texas Monthly. There, Bentley got deep into the world of marijuana legalization, running for Senate in 1990 as a member of the pro-pot Grassroots Party, whose motto was “lower taxes, higher taxpayers.” He garnered nearly two percent of the statewide vote.

He also changed from socialist to communist

'his socialist leanings hardened into communism. “I went with Pastors for Peace, with Medea Benjamin from Code Pink, and a bunch of those guys,” Bentley recalls. On the island, he met a captain in the Cuban army who told him that “a communist is someone that’s willing to fight for socialism.”  '

Like Putin, Bentley decries the Ukranian military as the sum of all evil, blasting them as “genuine, mass-murdering Nazis.” Bentley embellishes that the Ukrainian ranks are also swelled by “thousands of ISIS cannibals.” 

Invocations of Nazis are still politically potent in Russia, which suffered unfathomable losses at the hands of Hitler’s armies in World War II. But while Ukraine, like many nations, has extremist right-wing factions, there is no evidence its military is teeming with Nazis. To the contrary, Ukraine’s popularly elected president is Jewish, and several of his relatives were killed in the Holocaust. The United States Holocaust Memorial and Museum has denounced Putin for having “misrepresented and misappropriated Holocaust history” by “claiming falsely that democratic Ukraine needs to be ‘denazified.’” Shortly after I spoke to Bentley, news broke that Russian forces had shelled a Holocaust memorial in Kyiv.

Carrying on a conversation with Bentley is challenging. Though we share a common language, he’s committed himself to an alternate reality. “With U.S. politicians and mainstream media, including Rolling Stone,” he tells me, “everything they say is a lie. It is 180 degrees — the opposite direction from what is true.”

In his professional life, Bentley wasn’t just promoting pot, he was dealing it — importing substantial quantities of weed from Texas to Minnesota. And by 1996, Bentley got tripped up by the DEA. He was arrested for felony trafficking and sentenced to federal prison. But only months before he was scheduled to be released in 1999, according to court documents, Bentley broke out of the minimum security facility where he was being held. “I didn’t have to dig a tunnel or take anybody hostage,” he recalls. “But I did escape from prison.”

"Hal" Turner has also been saying crazy stuff about the War, he is not from Moscow he is from the USA, he used to be pro Bush but he's a crazy hot head insane political commentator and convicted felon he was convicted for making threats against three federal judges with the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, he was a frequent caller to and supporter of WABC radio talk show hosts Bob Grant and Foxnews Sean Hannity, he might also work with some people linked to Doomsday white nationalist group and follow Lizard people Alien conspiracy, Turner seems to have played a role and was a paid informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for several years, supplying information about right-wing groups. Turner's information led to the arrests of the Hutaree militia, with Turner's FBI handler serving as the prosecution's witness.

https://web.archive.org/web/20090814125 … sed_o.html

https://archive.today/20120713153233/ht … r+22,+2012

Poland Seizes Russian High-School Building In Warsaw
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-poland-h … 84940.html

Russia promises ‘harsh’ response after Poland seizes Warsaw building
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia- … -building/

German Armor on Ukrainian Battlefield Shrugs Off Russian Kamikaze Drone
https://funker530.com/video/german-armo … aze-drone/

Drone video released by Russian forces shows what appears to be a German Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard completely shrugging off a direct hit from a Russian Lancet kamikaze drone.

While I'm not positive that the vehicle in this video is a German Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG), the profile does seem to match up with other pictures of the vehicle, and we do know that several of these systems are in Ukraine.

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Striking back ‘Robin Hood’ hacker steals rich Russian crypto funds, gives to poor Ukraine

The crypto experts said the hacker had transferred the stolen bitcoins to the addresses of Ukrainian volunteers.

The mystery user seems to have been able to put blockchain and bitcoin technologies to work against the aggressor state. Using their arcane skills, the hacker gained access to hundreds of crypto wallets, which likely belonged to Russian law enforcement agencies.

Chainalysis analysts believe that the hacker used a feature of documenting transactions in the bitcoin blockchain to identify 986 wallets controlled by the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU), the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), and the Federal Security Service (FSB).

The analysts did not disclose which feature it was.

At the same time, the hacker left messages in Russian to the owners of the wallets, in which he states that these wallets were used to pay for the services of hackers working for Russia.

It is not known to what extent these allegations are true. Western analysts consider it indisputable that Russian intelligence services use hackers to conduct numerous operations.

Chainalysis experts could only partially confirm the hacker's claims.

They note that at least three of the allegedly Russian wallets have already been linked to Russia by third parties. Two of them were allegedly involved in the Solar winds attack, and the third paid for servers used in Russia's disinformation campaign in the 2016 elections.

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Russian woman who left note on grave of Putin's parents calling him a 'freak' convicted amid dissent crackdown

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-12/ … /102336812

US ambassador says South Africa gave weapons, ammunition to Russia for Ukraine war

https://www.news24.com/news24/politics/ … r-20230511

Currency traders and analysts said they were concerned that South Africa could face Western sanctions if it was found to have supplied Russia with weapons while it was waging war in Ukraine.

Russia to Build ‘Migrant Village’ for Conservative American Expats

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/ … ats-a81101

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Japan pledges to mobilize $1 billion to help nations around Ukraine accept refugees

https://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/14906248

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Improvised Top Cover For Ukrainian Mortar Team

https://funker530.com/video/improvised- … rtar-team/

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Germany announces nearly $3 billion military aid package for Ukraine

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/germ … -rcna84319

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Le Pen questioned for four hours about Russia ties by Parliament inquiry
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/arti … 979_5.html

Russia Calls Off Major Air Show Amid Security Fears, Lack of Aircrafts
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/05/ … rts-a81272

Poland admits 22,600 new arrivals from Ukraine: officials
https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7784/Ar … -officials

Japan says scrambled jets after Russian planes seen off coasts
https://www.macaubusiness.com/japan-say … ff-coasts/

Brazilian President Lula calls for ceasefire talks between Russia, Ukraine
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230522_16/

Russia: Warship guarding Black Sea pipelines attacked by uncrewed Ukraine craft
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ru … 023-05-24/
Russia's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday the Russian warship Ivan Hurs had been attacked unsuccessfully in the early morning by three Ukrainian uncrewed speedboats in the Black Sea, on the approaches to the Bosphorus strait.
In a statement posted on Telegram, the ministry said the warship had been protecting the TurkStream and Blue Stream gas pipelines - which carry gas from Russia to Turkey, partly across the Black Sea - and "Continues to fulfil its tasks".
Ukraine accused Russia on Tuesday of effectively cutting the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi, known as Yuzhny in Russian, out of the deal as Russia complained that it had been unable to export ammonia via a pipeline to Pivdennyi.

The Ukraine grain deal is safe, for now: Erdogan
https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-grain-de … 03676.html

'US decides to play long game by inviting PM Modi for state visit'
https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/ … 78488.html

Romania received 450 million euros from EU for Ukrainian refugees
https://actmedia.eu/daily/romania-recei … gees/97378
Most funds, 562 million euros were paid to Poland, since it received most Ukrainian refugees. It was followed by Italy with 452 million euros and Romania

Tasha Kheiriddin: Trudeau has lost the right to criticize Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni
At the summit, Trudeau criticized Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government

Russian Mercenaries Send Back Bodies Of U.S., Turkish Citizens From Ukraine
https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-wagner- … 27936.html

since Zeihan's name pops up in old discussion

an old article from Zeihan

describing the world after Bretton-Woods, he describes how will China, Russia, and other superpowers react to America's retreat from the international system?...although Russia seems to be less of a superpower than late.

There is no alternate reserve currency. There is no one who can react to any event anywhere in the world like the US can.

'BRICS' has become a thing,
five emerging regional economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
maybe expanding to Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates also have applied to join.
Mexico and Turkey have also expressed interest in membership of BRICS.

In year 2014, Brazil trimmed down its holdings of US government securities to US$261.7 billion; India, US$77.5 billion; China, US$1.25 trillion; South Africa, US$10.3 billion, India introduced an alternative Structured Financial Messaging System (SFMS), an alternative to Swift like China's alternative payment-system as do Russia (System for Transfer of Financial Messages (SPFS) and Brazil (Pix).

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. 'It sounds a bit cruel, but the ongoing civil wars in Syria and Yemen are good examples of the balance-of-power strategy working because those conflicts keep the region’s powers at one another’s throats.'

I'm not sure what he's talking about here

Yemen is not a nice place, the government and its security forces, often considered to suffer from rampant corruption they have been responsible for inhumane treatment, and extrajudicial executions. However jihadi killing another muslim is a near endless cycle, the Mohammedan muslims have killed other muslims for thousands of years, every decade or so a bunch of terrorist camel jacking Sharia Law types take over a town and run door to door saying they have a new islam and if you don't support them you're dead!! they have new way of interpreting that terrorist pedophile book the Koran or Quran, they then make threats to kill anyone who is not with the 'new islam' this cycle has been happening for thousands upon thousands of years unless you keep the islamo mob under control with a tough but benign dictator.
Banning islam sometimes does not seem such a terrible idea or allow the new islam mob to spread the jihad and muslim will continue killing muslim, the cycle repeats since the beginning of islamism
Only this time Yemen is in mass starvation while Saudis bomb some guy with an AK-47 from 30,000 feet. Since 2016 a food crisis has been ongoing in Yemen which began during the Yemeni Civil War and Saudi intervention. In America people dying from drugs but in Yemen they die of hunger, estimated 100,000 deaths with nothing to eat, both Russia and the USA have used proxy warfare here, it probably helped groups like ISIS grow, Russia has been closer to the other islamic pawns, the Shiites, the Shia Islamist political party, Iran terrorists and Sh'iite Shiism militant groups.

I also never believed the BS news headlines that Assad was going to kill everyone in Syria or 'Gas All of His Own People'

In all this Trudeau went to the G7 wasted a trip and got obsessed with some transgender sports LGBT thing and seems to have missed an opportunity while they sanctioned Russia or made trade deals with each other, he still calls the Truckers 'racists' or 'sexists' or 'Nazis' while closing bank accounts of protesters, today Newspapers calls Trudeau a 'buffoon' after lecturing Italian PM

https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/tru … 674a4ec91a

https://www.richmond-news.com/politics/ … it-7023643

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/italy-s … -1.6407479

Some news media still insist the Italian woman is bad, they like Peter Zeihan said she is a far-Reich Hitler type character

she supports freedom for Ukraine, gives them support during the invasion and Putin dislikes her, Ukrainian has even praised Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni for her financial and military support.

but like almost all modern political media they will almost never admit when they are wrong

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Russian private army chief says handing off Bakhmut to main army
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-mil … main-army/

Who controls Bakhmut? Analysts say Russia has taken city despite Ukraine denials
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/who-cont … ls-2356034

Ukraine war: Wagner troops raise Russian flag in Bakhmut as Zelenskyy denies claim Russia has taken control of the city
https://news.sky.com/video/ukraine-war- … y-12886098

There was reports of a ship getting hit and Russia blast some robot boat that was going to attack their ships and this is a strange one, so  Belgorod Oblast is on Russia's South West front, within Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River, approximately 40 kilometers (25 mi) north of the border with Ukraine. There seem to be reports of things going unstable, some break away militia groups attacking structures or government buildings,  Russian 'Volunteer' against Russia's military? There have been reports of help from within and reports attack on village in Belgorod Oblast, some individual they might also be of mixed family heritage, single persons that had heritage in both countries and moving across Ukraine and Russia over generations, sometimes Ukraine itself will deny being linked to attacks and say Ukraine was not directly related to the events that transpired in 'Russia'.

'Russian Su-34 Attempts to Bomb Russians to Stop Invasion of Russia'

https://funker530.com/video/russian-su- … of-russia/

'Boat Bomb T-Bones Russian Ship'

https://funker530.com/video/boat-bomb-t … sian-ship/

In previous videos Russians released official videos and had said they destroyed all kamikaze drone vessels

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Major Dam Blown Up In Ukraine, Thousands At Risk

https://funker530.com/video/major-dam-b … s-at-risk/

A major hydroelectric dam in Ukraine's Kherson region was blown wide open, putting at ask tens of thousands of people that live down stream from the incident.

The Nova Kakhovka dam, which straddles the Dnipro River, was the target of sabotage, but by which entity, isn't currently known. The Russians, who were technically in control of the area in which the dam sits, are blaming the Ukrainians. Meanwhile, the Ukrainians are blaming the Russians for destroying the dam to foil counteroffensive plans.

the Hoover Dam is much taller but the Hover Dam's Length is 1,244 ft (379 m) while the Kakhovka Dam is longer

Kakhovka Dam
Height    30 m (98 ft) Length    3,273 m (10,738 ft)
Reservoir Created the Kakhovka Reservoir
Total capacity    18,180×106 m3  or 14,738,766 acre⋅ft

Installed capacity    357 MW
Annual generation    1.4 TWh

It also provides irrigation and drinking water resources at risk and water coolant systems for the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

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Nuclear warning hits Ukraine as ruptured dam reservoir can no longer cool reactors

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/17 … s-kakhovka

Ukraine Kakhovka dam’s reservoir no longer has enough water to cool nuclear plant, operator says
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia- … rator-says
The UN nuclear agency, however, rejects the claim, saying the Zaporizhzhia facility is still getting water

Hindustan news

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Russian Army hits the bull's eye; Leopard tanks blown up as Ukraine troops 'run for life'

https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/w … 39440.html

Farming Tractors?

Russian army boasts it's destroyed tank - but it's actually a combine harvester

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-new … d-30174047

Hindustan Dainik is an Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper. According to Audit Bureau of Circulations, it is ranked 13th in the world by circulation and 6th in India, Sister newspapers Hindustan Times and 'Mint'.

Leopard 2 is a third generation German main battle tank (MBT).
In 2023, Ukrainian Leopard 2 tanks saw action in the Russo-Ukrainian War.

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After looking on funker530 it seems some Leopard 2 were damaged, there is a claim by Russian they captured a full German tank, anotehr says a Leopard was damaged and defeated after all but it is difficult to say what level of damage they took and if the tanks were taken out or if the crews got out and survived.

https://funker530.com/

Photo Shows U.S. Bradley After 'Direct Hit' by Russian Rocket—'Outstanding'
https://www.newsweek.com/bradley-tanks- … ve-1807170

Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said a U.S. Bradley Fighting Vehicle withstood a direct strike

Russian tanks on average, seem to do far worse than many Western tanks.

Lots of other info and clips on drones, trench warfare and helicopters also trending on social media sites like twitter.

Russia accuses Australia of 'Russophobic hysteria' for blocking second embassy on security grounds
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wi … -100134424

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Ukrainian Fighter Pilots Will Get Training On Sweden's JAS-39 Gripen

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/u … -39-gripen

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Hundreds of years of history wiped out by war and Imagine cities almost as populated as Davenport Iowa, Burbank California, Korydallos Greece, Cádiz Spain Europe, Pescara Italy, Uppsala Sweden, Springfield Illinois, Boulder Colorado, Albany New York,  Darwin Northern Territory Australia and other such sized city turned to broken stone and dust.

Uncovering the extensive destruction of Bakhmut in a new detailed analysis
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/UKRAIN … -analysis/

Once a city of 70,000 people, Bakhmut is now mostly depopulated and a landscape of ruins.

Bakhmut was a city in eastern Ukraine, parts of it now look like the grayish dust and holes and stone you see on the Moon, aerial phtoos and videos show the results of brutal fighting. Bakhmut had sports stadiums, a winery, museum for tourists, salt mines, classical music concerts and a modern transport system...all of this is now gone. It was once an old capital of Slavo-Serbia, the old Bakhmut was which was established by settlers of Serb and other ethnicity. In World War 2 occupation authorities issued a decree forcing  local Jews to register at the local commandant's office and wear armbands marking them as Jewish. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine starting in February 2022, Bakhmut was later claimed to be captured by Russian forces and after it was largely destroyed, with most of its population having fled

'Foreign Legion Squad Fights Through Bakhmut'

https://funker530.com/video/foreign-leg … h-bakhmut/

The footage appears to be from a helmet camera worn by a Ukrainian Foreign Legion soldier. Most of the squad appears to be equipped with western weapons – the camera operator carries an AR platform, and early in the video one of his squad-mates appears to carry a suppressed M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. A few carry AKs in addition to their ARs. Several of the squad members sound as though they are American or Canadian, although one speaker might be from the UK, and some Ukrainian can be heard towards the end of the video. The date and exact location are unknown, although the original post claims that the unit is fighting in Bakhmut. The condition of the streets and buildings certainly supports that assertion – the city is shattered, reminiscent of Fallujah or Stalingrad.

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Is Prighozin the new Monster and Putin the mad Frankenstein Doctor that created him, that old horror scifi story in 1818 the new Wagner Merc his Prighozin Frankenstein Monster creation.

At times difficult to know what is true and false in this war.

Hacked Russian Television Channels Playing Prigozhin Call to Coup
https://funker530.com/video/hacked-russ … l-to-coup/

Cell phone video from a Russian civilian captures the moment a Russian television channel starts broadcasting Yevgeny Prigozhin's recent calls-to-action against the Russian Ministry of Defense. For those of you who are out of the loop Yevgeny Prigozhin is the infamous leader of the Russian private military contracting agency known as Wagner Group.

video titled

'Live Cams Near Moscow: The Hunt for Bald Oktober'

https://funker530.com/video/live-cams-n … d-oktober/

Bewildered Russian TV hosts as Putin’s speech continues to be pushed forward
"Right now we're going to commercials and then....  more commercials"
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1 … 1774916609

a twitter account vid
'Not a jet. AN-24 more likely.'
https://twitter.com/Koeddk/status/1672529855433302017
The Antonov is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport/passenger aircraft
Voronezh  a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River,

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AN-26

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Kadyrov releases a statement, saying that Prigozhin has stabbed Russia in the back and that Kadyrov has sent Chechen soldiers to fight against the Wagner Group
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1 … 3437204481

Wagner leader Prigozhin says his forces have entered Russian city of Rostov facing no resistance
https://www.aol.com/news/ukraines-presi … 16206.html

Russian citizens warned to stay indoors are filming within spitting distance of Wagner troops in Rostov-on-Don
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-citi … 08732.html

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin accuses Russian military leaders of targeting his troops
https://news.sky.com/story/wagner-boss- … s-12908654

Moscow accuses Wagner chief of trying to start ‘civil conflict’, the Dictator Imperialist Putin seems to have addressed the nation the rumors of the convict Yevgeny Prigozhin going a bit crazy and wanting to invade and take over Russia might be true, the Wagner Group aka PMC Wagner a Private Russian paramilitary organization, you can see them doing crazy stuff possibly out of their minds on Vodka, some Russians are trained well as soldiers but Wagner at times it seems to be filled up with many criminals and felons. It is very difficult to know what is truly happening in the 'Fog of War' and so much propaganda. Rostov is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, it has twin city / towns across the world such as Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA, it also has a twin with another small town in Finland. The town in past time was invaded, ravaged by the hordes of Mongols in recorded history, the monastery was favored by Ivan the Terrible, I think in typical fashion he in his blood lust, misery and paranoia had people who designed built the Churches and Monastery 'Executed' just in case they might one day build for someone else. Some of the news might be true or news reports might be less true but the history of Russia at times is very strange and brutal.

Another odd detail you might see in these vids is how someone or some groups have strangely and conveniently left behind stacked pallets of rocks or bricks right in the Middle of the Street where no previous construction work seems to be going on, are these bricks ready to be thrown or maybe even the same kinda thing happened during the Antifa BLM Riots in the USA, all of these stacked bricks just magically popping up out of nowhere literally like 'magic'?

There is a video showing Wagner Forces Seized Buildings Of RussianFederal Government including the 'FSB HQ' I wonder what files or secrets they might discover, UAP UFO explanations or maybe these guys that act almost like drunken Merc criminals can tell the world what was really happening with Epstein and all that globe trotting from the Caribbean to Eastern Europe and so many foreign models and 'Blackmail'?

Moscow mayor says 'anti-terrorist measures' being taken in city
https://news.yahoo.com/moscow-mayor-say … 50294.html

Another media report quote

It appears that Roscosmos really is recruiting soldiers for the Ukraine War
"State corporation Roscosmos calls on you to join the Uran volunteer battalion."

Eric Berger - 2023

A new report in the Financial Times appears to confirm that the main Russian space corporation, Roscosmos, is recruiting and training a militia to join the country's war effort against Ukraine.
https://www.ft.com/content/c194cb2d-3aa … 8c1d2fd183
The "Uran" battalion, which translates to Uranus, is to be made up of employees of Roscosmos, as well as those from its dozens of state-owned subsidiaries in the aerospace business. Recruits will receive a 100,000 ruble ($1,200) sign-up bonus, and a monthly frontline duty salary of 270,000 rubles, according to the report. This is far above the wages paid to most employees of Roscosmos.

Among the recruitment efforts are glossy posters, showing soldiers Photoshopped next to space vehicles, and videos that aggrandize participation in the war. In one of these advertisements, the announcer states, "State corporation Roscosmos calls on you to join the Uran volunteer battalion, where you will be trained for victory in this great war." The report indicates that these recruitment videos are playing in the facilities of some Roscosmos entities, where there are 170,000 employees spread across Russia.

The recruitment campaign is an effort to bolster Russia's military forces, which have been bogged down into a less-than-successful invasion of Ukraine for the last 16 months. The Russian government does not want to conduct a draft of its citizens, which could be disastrous to public morale. Rather, with this effort by Roscosmos and other state corporations, such as Gazprom, the Russian government appears to be attempting to persuade its citizens to join the military rather than compel them.

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World wide news from many countries are reporting that Putin accuses Wagner chief of treason and vows to ‘neutralise’ uprising

This is an Indian news site, it offers a different perspective but its broadcasts sometimes come with a level of Hindu Nationalism

'Russian Rebellion: Putin Orders Killing Of Coup Leaders, Vows Punishment'
https://www.republicworld.com/world-new … eshow.html

and

Amid 'armed mutiny' rebel Wagner chief Prigozhin claims control of Russian city of Rostov-on-Don
https://www.thehindu.com/news/internati … 004645.ece

they are active with English-Speaking social media channels, I think they should always be taken with a pinch of salt, they can be full of drama like leftwings on 'TheView' or rightwings 'FoxNews' and Indians will often shout over each other.
However as ridiculous and dramatic as some broadcasts are the Media of the Hindu Indian is becoming a big international player on the world stage.

'What Are The Russian Military Options?'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHr8mAPk9Io

he accuses 'Western Agencies'

Japanese

Putin says Russia facing 'betrayal,' vows decisive action
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230624_13/

Russian law enforcement officers block PMC Wagner Center
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_W … 169648.htm

Putin vows to crush 'armed mutiny' after Russian mercenary boss tries to oust top brass
https://www.koreaherald.com/

Live: Putin accuses Wagner Group of 'treason' in national address

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/2023 … ter-russia

LIVE — Putin threatens punishment for Wagner 'mutiny'
https://www.dw.com/en/live-updates-puti … a-66018647

Finland News

'Niinistö: Finland following events in Russia closely'
https://yle.fi/a/74-20038251

What you need to know: Russian internal conflict begins to boil over
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/492564 … -boil-over
A fuse appears to have been lit between Russia's leadership and the increasingly outspoken Wagner mercenary leader

In the early part of the war Arma 3 an open world realism-based military tactical shooter video game developed and published by a Czech company Bohemia Interactive seen their clips used as 'propaganda' by both sides.  During the start of the war video game footage was shared as 'Real' on sites like Facebook and Twitter one of the realistic war game clips was 'Arma 3', a representative from the company that makes the game confirmed the video game was altered as propaganda and sent to the press.

Some other vids and rumors on social media

Watching the posts and vids its hard to know what is real or fake, if the uprising is true I do not think 'Prigozhin' and his diverse mix of gangster rag-tag mix of motley soldiers will succeed and ex-convicts, the Wagner private military does not seem to have numbers and they lack the power of the State are not going to get very far.

The other Leader an imperialist dictator? How far would he go with the insanity?
sending islamists into Russia to suppress areas of trouble, what would old historical leader the Peter I , commonly known as Peter the Great think of using hordes of islamic jihadi type against Russian?

Chechen fighters "are already on their way to the tension zones"- Kadyrov
https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1672534494950350848

'Apparently one of two planes used by the president of Russia took off from Moscow'
https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/sta … 0989820930

Entrance to Moscow in these moments
https://twitter.com/WarMonitors/status/ … 9450101760

Voronezh a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia

'Oil depot blown up in Voronezh'

Footage appears to show oil depot on fire in Russia's Voronezh
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video … nezh-video

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Fog of War, Nebel des Krieges the uncertainty of a situation

Sizing up Ukraine’s counteroffensive is difficult in the fog of war
https://www.butlereagle.com/20230616/si … og-of-war/

'Putin signs law permitting 30-day detentions for breaking martial law'
https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/06/24/r … aw-30-day/

New Delhi Television

"Frankenstein's Monster": How An Ex Ally Turned Into Biggest Threat For Putin
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/russia- … er-4150111

Flights leaving Moscow sell out as Wagner troops descend, and unconfirmed reports say Putin might have left the capital for St. Petersburg
https://news.yahoo.com/flights-leaving- … 05046.html

more Pravda or truth or 'rumors'?

The Leader of the Wagner PMC Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin has Confirmed that he has Ordered his Forces to begin to move back towards their Field Bases in Southern Russia and Eastern Ukraine stating, “Wagner realizes all the Responsibility for the fact that Russian Blood will be shed on one of the sides. We now Deploy our Columns in the opposite direction to the Field Camps according to the Plan.”
https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status … 4222701568

an Italian American guy with a Trump pic pinned on the front page

https://twitter.com/JoeyMannarinoUS/sta … 8719718401

Seems to be one of those Tea Party Conservative accounts
I thought it was a wrong spelling 'NAFO' not NATO

https://twitter.com/JoeyMannarinoUS/sta … 8719718401

but NAFO is real

The representation of a NAFO "Fella" is a Shiba Inu dog, often used as an avatar and sometimes described as a "cartoon dog" or a "group of Shiba Inu soldiers"

https://web.archive.org/web/20220914173 … es/-/57123

Organisation des Fellas de l'Atlantique nord

The coup is finished.

Prozhigin has been quelled.

Putin remains the leader of Russia.

NAFO has egg on their faces.

Every bit of credibility these Yellow & Blue flag people had is gone now.

but NAFO might be a real thing?

North Atlantic Fellas Organization (NAFO, French: Organisation des Fellas de l'Atlantique nord, OFAN, a play on NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is an Internet meme and social media movement dedicated to countering Russian propaganda

Quote
Whatever "agreement" is in force I am confident that things can not go back to normal between Wagner and the Russian armed forces
https://twitter.com/Faytuks/status/1672679931409494017
Covering geopolitical incidents as they happen  BNONews collaborator.

BNO News is an international news agency headquartered in Tilburg, the Netherlands. It provides news wire services to media organizations.

Prigozhin accepted Lukashenka's proposal to stop the movement of PMC "Wagner" — TASS
https://twitter.com/WarMonitors/status/ … 7974094848

I think some online twitter style accounts you can take with a pinch of salt, one guy might be chasing news for example from Lebanon some online accounts might have their own agenda pro-Arab anti-Israel however that is not to say a real film of a region does not have a clip of a battle that is real and legitimate

For example TASS is a Russian state-owned news agency founded in 1904. It is the largest Russian news agency.

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Seems that a revolt coup from paid mercenary is at hand....

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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko helped end the armed rebellion in Russia. Who is he?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol … 353808007/

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko brokered a deal with Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeniy Prigozhin

Whatever results it has made Putin look weaker, I wonder how they in Russia that internal 'Pravda' media machine will spin it all.

'Exile' is the latest news

Russia's Orthodox Leader Urges 'Unity,' Says Supports Putin
https://www.barrons.com/news/russia-s-o … n-c29eef74

the person banished from their native land.

Yevgeny Prigozhin will leave Russia

many news papers both East and West finally coming to a similar conclusion on 'opinion' and news reports

Wagner boss calls off march on Moscow; agrees to exile in Belarus
https://island.lk/wagner-boss-calls-off … n-belarus/

Russian Mercenary Leader’s Exile Stops Revolt But Raises Concerns About Putin’s Power
https://www.republicworld.com/world-new … eshow.html

Wagner leader’s exile ends Russia revolt but leaves questions about Putin’s power
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia- … tins-power

'A Russian IL-22M Shot Down by Wagner Forces'
https://funker530.com/video/a-russian-i … er-forces/
This IL-22M command and control aircraft (reportedly RF-75917) was purportedly shot down over Voronezh Oblast by Wagner forces advancing towards Moscow.

It is reported that several Russian aircraft, including KA-52 helicopters and one or more fixed-wing aircraft were shot down by Russian forces.

The situation continues to develop, but there are unconfirmed reports that Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin accepted a deal brokered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko and agreed to return his forces to their staging areas in eastern Luhansk, while Prigozhin himself will relocate to Belarus. It is rumored that Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov may be sacked as part of this arrangement.

If Wagner was able to engage and destroy aircraft during their advance to Moscow, then this is a remarkable capability to have in the hands of a privately owned organization. Wager was able to deny Russian aviation control of the airspace and cover their movement inside of Russia.

Ivan the Terrible once exiled to Siberia an inanimate object: a bell

I didn't know Russia was using such old stuff, if they are flying old post WW2 Ilyushin that is a really old design, it has a big window looking nose like the old Boeing B-29 Superfortress, or German Heinkel He 111 so I'm not sure what this aircraft could be used for today, maybe watching traffic jams on the road or reconnaissance watching the environment but its design would be totally outclassed by modern weapons.

Security of Nukes?

Russia mercenary threat revives concern over security of largest nuclear arsenal in the world
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/r … in-3585241

The Wagner mercenary group's march on Moscow has revived an old fear in Washington

Rebellion Revives Concern In US Over Russia's Nuclear Stockpile
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/wagner- … le-4150433

Coup threat revives concern: How secure are Russia’s nukes?
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/ … 5dj7x.html

Russia mercenary threat revives nuclear arsenal concern
https://nz.news.yahoo.com/russia-mercen … 47650.html
Images of tanks on Russian streets has revived concerns about the security of its nuclear arsenal

Russia rebellion threat revives concern over nuclear arsenal security
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia- … l-security

Other news repeats similar opinion and similar news items

Russian mercenary leader's exile ends revolt but leaves questions about Putin's power
https://www.aol.com/news/russian-mercen … 14744.html

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Putin Fled Moscow? Presidential Plane Was Spotted Leaving Country Amid Wagner's Uprising.

Signs of the end is coming....putting distance from Moscow towards Finland

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US targets Wagner Group over gold in Africa, days after mutiny

https://news.yahoo.com/us-targets-wagne … 13442.html

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Dashcam Video Shows Strike Against Wagner Convoy in Russia

https://funker530.com/video/dashcam-vid … in-russia/

Some experts are going so far as to say this may be the beginning of the end of Russia as we know it. Others suggest this may simply be the end of Wagner as we knew it.

https://gettr.com/post/p2krdhy649b

Regardless, one thing is certain: a rift has now formed.

Tether And Ruble Tango During Power Struggle Between Vladimir Putin, Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin
https://www.benzinga.com/markets/crypto … eny-prigoz

This surge coincided with the capture of the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, and his forces' subsequent advance toward Moscow, seemingly in an attempt to overthrow Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Following a Belarus-mediated agreement with Putin, Prigozhin reportedly agreed to halt his advance and exit Russia, leading to a decrease in the trading volumes between rubles and Tether to around $3 million as tensions eased.

Trades between Russian ruble and dollar-backed stablecoin almost quadrupled during short-lived Wagner rebellion
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trades-b … 36907.html

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Russian general who may have known about Wagner mutiny goes missing

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/ … es-missing

UA Soldier Buried in Trench

https://funker530.com/video/ua-soldier- … in-trench/

Ukrainian soldiers occupy a trench system, the sounds of battle in the background. A near miss by an artillery or heavy mortar round causes part of the trench to collapse, burying a soldier. His comrades dig him out, shaken but intact. Most in the trench are armed with AKs, though early in the video one soldier carries what appears to be an M16A2.

Mystery In Moscow As Russian Bank Vice-President ‘Falls Out Of A Window’

https://euroweeklynews.com/2023/06/29/m … -a-window/

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Cluster bombs: Biden defends decision to send Ukraine controversial weapons
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66140460

Thai news

Biden goes to galvanise - and restrain - NATO on Ukraine
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/26080 … on-ukraine

Republic TV an Indian Hindu Nationalist conservative English-language news channel co-founded by Arnab Goswami and Rajeev Chandrasekhar

US President Joe Biden Heads To Europe, Here's A Look At What's On His Agenda
https://www.republicworld.com/world-new … eshow.html

Brazilian

US Cluster Bombs Risk Russian War Escalation, Lula Adviser Says
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles … viser-says

UK willing to work with Japan to help Ukraine gather evidence of war crimes
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230707_02/

Japan NHK’s TV media service was previously suspended in Russia amid media censoring

Putin’s media machine turns on ‘traitor’ Prigozhin
https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimi … prigozhin/

'Russians Continue To Use VBIED Attacks'

https://funker530.com/video/russian-con … d-attacks/

Russia continues to use explosive-laden armored vehicles as vehicle borne improvised explosive devices against Ukrainian forces. This most recent example shows a two-man Russian MT-LB crew directing the vehicle toward a Ukrainian operated tree line and then bailing as the wayward APC ambles on alone.

The vehicle reportedly drove into a tree line, became lodged, and eventually exploded. The nature of the detonation isn't known as to whether the Russians had it on a time fuse, command detonated, or if the VBIED was destroyed by Ukrainian forces.