For Those Who Might Be Wondering Why We Might Be In Ukraine

This isn't a win. We're giving Russia their bank assets back in exchange for a temporary ceasefire.
Oh yeah. That SWIFT readmission is one of Russias conditions for a Black Sea ceasefire and that nods Europe's agreement. So just like the last cease-fire agreement, this is a nothing burger. There is no ceasefire.
 
Oh yeah. That SWIFT readmission is one of Russias conditions for a Black Sea ceasefire and that nods Europe's agreement. So just like the last cease-fire agreement, this is a nothing burger. There is no ceasefire.
The US on it's own cannot "give" Russia access back to Swift.
 
The US on it's own cannot "give" Russia access back to Swift.
Exactly. Ergo. No ceasefire in tje Black Sea. The White House bullshits everyone once more, saying what THEY want to hear, NOT what was agreed, which is....nothing.

The United States has agreed separately with Russia and Ukraine to end fighting in the Black Sea and to “develop measures” to ban military strikes on energy facilities, the White House says.

A fresh round of talks between U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators in Saudi Arabia started on Tuesday morning, but an announced joint statement from Washington and Moscow failed to materialise. Nevertheless, progress appears to be at hand with the United States announcing agreements had been struck with Ukraine, and with Russia, to enact what has been called a ceasefire at sea to protect shipping in the Black Sea. In language that appears to exclude the possibility that Ukraine and Russia have yet to contract any agreement, but will be independently working towards the same goal through Washington, the White House said in two separate statements that the countries had agreed to “ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea.”

"When exactly this period of “safe navigation” will begin is unclear." LOL.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/...ne-agree-black-sea-ceasefire-in-riyadh-talks/

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Exactly. Ergo. No ceasefire in tje Black Sea. The White House bullshits everyone once more, saying what THEY want to hear, NOT what was agreed, which is....nothing.

The United States has agreed separately with Russia and Ukraine to end fighting in the Black Sea and to “develop measures” to ban military strikes on energy facilities, the White House says.

A fresh round of talks between U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators in Saudi Arabia started on Tuesday morning, but an announced joint statement from Washington and Moscow failed to materialise. Nevertheless, progress appears to be at hand with the United States announcing agreements had been struck with Ukraine, and with Russia, to enact what has been called a ceasefire at sea to protect shipping in the Black Sea. In language that appears to exclude the possibility that Ukraine and Russia have yet to contract any agreement, but will be independently working towards the same goal through Washington, the White House said in two separate statements that the countries had agreed to “ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea.”

"When exactly this period of “safe navigation” will begin is unclear." LOL.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/...ne-agree-black-sea-ceasefire-in-riyadh-talks/

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They will continue to offer just enough but then demand the impossible to sign.
 
They will continue to offer just enough but then demand the impossible to sign.

Putin's negotiators are holding a master class in how to string gullible Americans along while Zelensky's team, who have long experience with Russians and are rapidly gaining experience with Americans, are giving their own classes in how to keep the Americans onboard whilst setting their own conditions which are imossible for Russia to agree to, whilst of course being entirely reasonable. Neither Putin nor the Ukraoninans actually wish or intend to sop fighting, whatever Trump wants.

And Ukranian polls indicate 82% of Ukrainians support continuing the fight even if U.S. military aid stops, a poll by the Ukrainian Institute of International Relations shows on March 25. A survey conducted in March 2025 reveals that Ukrainians are determined to continue their fight despite limited support. A clear majority — 82% — of Ukrainians believe that despite all challenges, the country must continue resisting, while only 8% are inclined toward capitulation under such circumstances. This sentiment was consistent across all regions of Ukraine, with an absolute majority opposed to surrender. Furthermore, there is a unanimous stance against accepting peace under any conditions. At this stage, the priority is obtaining reliable security guarantees, and Ukrainians are prepared to maintain widespread resistance until an acceptable peace is achieved.
 
Putin's negotiators are holding a master class in how to string gullible Americans along while Zelensky's team, who have long experience with Russians and are rapidly gaining experience with Americans, are giving their own classes in how to keep the Americans onboard whilst setting their own conditions which are imossible for Russia to agree to, whilst of course being entirely reasonable. Neither Putin nor the Ukraoninans actually wish or intend to sop fighting, whatever Trump wants.

And Ukranian polls indicate 82% of Ukrainians support continuing the fight even if U.S. military aid stops, a poll by the Ukrainian Institute of International Relations shows on March 25. A survey conducted in March 2025 reveals that Ukrainians are determined to continue their fight despite limited support. A clear majority — 82% — of Ukrainians believe that despite all challenges, the country must continue resisting, while only 8% are inclined toward capitulation under such circumstances. This sentiment was consistent across all regions of Ukraine, with an absolute majority opposed to surrender. Furthermore, there is a unanimous stance against accepting peace under any conditions. At this stage, the priority is obtaining reliable security guarantees, and Ukrainians are prepared to maintain widespread resistance until an acceptable peace is achieved.
rightguide will be along momentarily to inform you how wrong you are, and how those Ukrainian polls are fake news.
 

White House says Ukraine and Russia agreed to Black Sea ceasefire deal​

By REUTERS and NIKKI SCHWAB, CHIEF CAMPAIGN CORRESPONDENT

Published: 13:20 EDT, 25 March 2025 | Updated: 14:06 EDT, 25 March 2025

The White House announced that Ukraine and Russia agreed to a ceasefire in the Black Sea to ensure safe navigation as they move closer toward a peace deal. The agreement also implements a ban on attacks by the two countries on each other's energy facilities.

It is the clearest move to a wider ceasefire deal that the Trump administration sees as a positive step toward ending the war.

The agreements reached in Saudi Arabia follow talks initiated by President Donald Trump, who has vowed to swiftly end the war.

'The United States and Russia have agreed to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea,' the White House said in a statement.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...house-ukraine-russia-black-sea-ceasefire.html
 
Putin's negotiators are holding a master class in how to string gullible Americans along

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Putin is easily stringing along traitorous, gullible MAGAts, NOT “Americans”…

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Actually, the "top" MAGAts are cooperating / coordinating with Putin, so they’re more treasonous than “gullible”…

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Also:

We. Told. Them. So.

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White House says Ukraine and Russia agreed to Black Sea ceasefire deal​

By REUTERS and NIKKI SCHWAB, CHIEF CAMPAIGN CORRESPONDENT

Published: 13:20 EDT, 25 March 2025 | Updated: 14:06 EDT, 25 March 2025

The White House announced that Ukraine and Russia agreed to a ceasefire in the Black Sea to ensure safe navigation as they move closer toward a peace deal. The agreement also implements a ban on attacks by the two countries on each other's energy facilities.

It is the clearest move to a wider ceasefire deal that the Trump administration sees as a positive step toward ending the war.

The agreements reached in Saudi Arabia follow talks initiated by President Donald Trump, who has vowed to swiftly end the war.

'The United States and Russia have agreed to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea,' the White House said in a statement.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...house-ukraine-russia-black-sea-ceasefire.html
The Kremlin said it won't commit until sanctions are lifted and membership to the Swift payment network is reinstated, demands Trump says he is considering.

Trump cannot unilaterally give Russia access back to swift....smoke and mirrors wrongway, and you bought in. Wana bet on if this ceasefire comes to fruition....?

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c4g7w7521w0t
 

White House says Ukraine and Russia agreed to Black Sea ceasefire deal​

By REUTERS and NIKKI SCHWAB, CHIEF CAMPAIGN CORRESPONDENT

Published: 13:20 EDT, 25 March 2025 | Updated: 14:06 EDT, 25 March 2025

The White House announced that Ukraine and Russia agreed to a ceasefire in the Black Sea to ensure safe navigation as they move closer toward a peace deal. The agreement also implements a ban on attacks by the two countries on each other's energy facilities.

It is the clearest move to a wider ceasefire deal that the Trump administration sees as a positive step toward ending the war.

The agreements reached in Saudi Arabia follow talks initiated by President Donald Trump, who has vowed to swiftly end the war.

'The United States and Russia have agreed to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea,' the White House said in a statement.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...house-ukraine-russia-black-sea-ceasefire.html
You're late to the party.

No ceasefire has been agreed to fully. Russia has demanded things the US needs Europe for.
 

White House says Ukraine and Russia agreed to Black Sea ceasefire deal​

By REUTERS and NIKKI SCHWAB, CHIEF CAMPAIGN CORRESPONDENT

Published: 13:20 EDT, 25 March 2025 | Updated: 14:06 EDT, 25 March 2025

The White House announced that Ukraine and Russia agreed to a ceasefire in the Black Sea to ensure safe navigation as they move closer toward a peace deal. The agreement also implements a ban on attacks by the two countries on each other's energy facilities.

It is the clearest move to a wider ceasefire deal that the Trump administration sees as a positive step toward ending the war.

The agreements reached in Saudi Arabia follow talks initiated by President Donald Trump, who has vowed to swiftly end the war.

'The United States and Russia have agreed to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea,' the White House said in a statement.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...house-ukraine-russia-black-sea-ceasefire.html

This "ceasefire" is just like the last one. It exists nowhere except in Trump's and Wotkoff's heads.

On the very day of the negotiations, the Russian side has already demonstrated manipulative attempts to twist the agreements reached in Saudi Arabia. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky in an evening video address to the nation on Tuesday, March 25, Ukrinform reports.

"Unfortunately, already now, just today, on the very day of the negotiations, we see how the Russians have already started to manipulate. They are already trying to twist the agreements and actually deceive both our mediators and the whole world. There are absolutely clear statements published by the White House. Everyone can see what is stated there. And there is something that the Kremlin is lying about again: that supposedly silence in the Black Sea depends on the issue of sanctions and that supposedly the date for the start of ‘silence’ on energy is March 18. Moscow always lies. And it depends on the world – on everyone who really needs peace – whether they will allow Moscow to lie again," Zelensky said.

There are really only two options here. Either Putin is playing Trump for a fool, or Trump is a traitor. Everything here is so obviously NOT in the USA's interests, including the destruction of NATO and the burning our relationships, both trade and defense, that my take is Trump has to have been bought and paid for by Putin at some stage in the past. Everything he is doing is so obviously against America's interests here. I suspect the view that Putin is playing Trump for a fool is probably the most optimistic take.

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-po...ying-to-twist-agreements-on-day-of-talks.html

https://www.france24.com/en/video/2...-playing-donald-trump-for-a-fool-analyst-says
 
This "ceasefire" is just like the last one. It exists nowhere except in Trump's and Wotkoff's heads.

On the very day of the negotiations, the Russian side has already demonstrated manipulative attempts to twist the agreements reached in Saudi Arabia. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky in an evening video address to the nation on Tuesday, March 25, Ukrinform reports.

"Unfortunately, already now, just today, on the very day of the negotiations, we see how the Russians have already started to manipulate. They are already trying to twist the agreements and actually deceive both our mediators and the whole world. There are absolutely clear statements published by the White House. Everyone can see what is stated there. And there is something that the Kremlin is lying about again: that supposedly silence in the Black Sea depends on the issue of sanctions and that supposedly the date for the start of ‘silence’ on energy is March 18. Moscow always lies. And it depends on the world – on everyone who really needs peace – whether they will allow Moscow to lie again," Zelensky said.

There are really only two options here. Either Putin is playing Trump for a fool, or Trump is a traitor. Everything here is so obviously NOT in the USA's interests, including the destruction of NATO and the burning our relationships, both trade and defense, that my take is Trump has to have been bought and paid for by Putin at some stage in the past. Everything he is doing is so obviously against America's interests here. I suspect the view that Putin is playing Trump for a fool is probably the most optimistic take.

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-po...ying-to-twist-agreements-on-day-of-talks.html

https://www.france24.com/en/video/2...-playing-donald-trump-for-a-fool-analyst-says

Um,…

https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/21/how-russian-money-helped-save-trumps-business/

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We. Told. Them. So.

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Ukrainian Armor Supplies Over 50 MP-120 Mortars to Military

These are the mortars for big boys. Ukrainian Armor has manufactured and handed over a large batch of 120-mm MP-120 mortars to the Ukrainian army. “Despite the air and missile attacks, Ukrainian Armor continues to produce mortars of all calibers and has significantly increased its production capacity,” the company stated. In addition to 120-mm mortars, the company also produces 60-mm and 82-mm mortars. In September 2024, Militarnyi reported that the company’s mortar production capacity was operated at 100% capacity by the end of 2024. At the same time, it became known that production had already been contracted for 50-70% for 2025. The company’s CEO noted that the workload percentages are very conditional and do not reflect the real production potential. In other words, with funding, they can produce way more.

This is actually quite important - Ukrainian Brigades have had an ongoing shortage of mortars, and the 120mm's are great for support against infantry attacks, as well as packing a real punch and beig way cheaper to build and operate than SPG's. They're also usually attached to Battalions, giving every battalion their own organic "artillery" support. My head is overloaded with all this - my husband commanded a mortar platoon in the weapons company of a USMC battalion for a while, as well as a Rifle company and the weapons company later on, so I just got a brain dump as well as a coffeeo . LOL. My head is exploding. Anyhow.....semper fi and all that...so a big bunch of these being delivered and more production scheduled over 2025 is a big deal - more and more self sufficiency for Ukraine with their own weapons production. They make the ammo for these too....Ukraine s firmly on the road to peace through superior firepower....

The MP-120 range is 480 m – 7100 m; the shooting mode is 15 rounds per minute. Having analyzed the previous operation background of 120 mm mortars in the army, the Ukrainian Armor team developed and introduced several crucial alterations which allow MP-120 to surpass analogous European weapons technically and operationally. The major innovations are:

1. The improved base shape allows 360 degrees firing with no need for mortar repositioning; it takes 2 – 3 minutes to prepare firing position;
2. Minimized horizontal looseness substantially improves operational accuracy and facilitates gunner activities;
3. Construction know-how of the safety lock mechanism safe keeps artillery crews from double loading events;
4. The innovative barrel manufacturing technology using top -quality steel increases durability and safety quotient.

“Mortar is a high-tech product. In cases of intense operation, barrels wear rapidly. During governmental trials, MP-120 fired 5.5 thousand rounds, i.e., the entire service life of the barrel. Remarkably, the barrel wear hit 0.2 mm, which is 50% under the current performance benchmark. It means that our mortar can service twice as long as the analogs and fire advanced rounds of enhanced warfare and flight range,” – noted Vladislav Belbas, Director General at Ukrainian Armor. Based on the Decree of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the Ukrainian defense and security forces has now commence rhythmic procurement of MP-120, reliable mortar made in Ukraine. Back in 2023, “Ukrainian Armor” has established the production of 120mm mortar rounds together with two NATO member states. “The Defense Forces of Ukraine are already receiving thousands of new mortar rounds,” representatives of the enterprise said (in 2023). International cooperation and the production facilities’ dispersion helped the company increase monthly volumes of supplies of this ammunition.

MP-120 comes as a standard weapon for a 120 mm MRAP Kamrat-L-based self-propelled mortar complex (cipher code Smereka) developed under the order of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The Kamrat-M, a variant of the Kamrat APC, is based on Ukrainian Armors Novator wheeled armoured combat vehicle. The rear configuration allows to carry an automated mobile mortar system stowed on the back platform and lowed hydraulically to the ground behind the vehicle, on its base plate for firing. 120 mm caliber, with 40 rounds in racks on the rear compartment.

Recently, it became known that Ukrainian Armor will produce one and a half times more Novator armored vehicles than last year. However, this number may increase even more by the end of the year. This year’s state order for armored vehicles from Ukrainian Armor was supposed to reach at least 300 units by the end of the year.

https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukrainian-armor-supplies-over-50-mp-120-mortars-to-military/

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With a batch of newly arrived F16's (from the Netherlands) as well as additional training simulators from Canada, Ukrainian Airforce F16's are taking to the offensive.....

 
Look at how Ukrainians sing in a shelter while hiding from Russian missiles in Kremenchuk, Ukraine. The song "Ukrainian Sun" was performed by a famous rock band Kozak System, who happened to be in the shelter during yet another Russian attack on the city. You can see that everyone-even the children-knows this song by heart. They remembered these words in their scariest moments: "Ukrainian Sun has risen, let it shine brightly".

 
It's a shame that her driver survived, but never mind. Anna has now turned into a good Russian. Russian Channel One propagandist Anna Prokofiev, who actively helped the Russian army destroy Ukrainians, was liquidated. She was liquidated in the Belgorod region near Demidovka. Her car hit a mine—others unfortunately escaped, but she didn’t. The cameraman was seriously injured.

On Monday cameraman Andrei Panov of Zvezda TV, driver Alexander Sirkeli and Izvestia "correspondent" Alexander Fedorchak also died in Luhansk.

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3rd Assault Brigade (Azov) has liberated another chunk of Ukraine from the Russians as they keep movig on retakung Toretsk.

3 years ago Russia held 30% of Ukraine. Today they hold 19% of Ukraine—after suffering 900,000 casualties and counting.

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Ukraine has been pushed out of the Kursk region with heavy losses because of lack of intell. from the US shutdown. Don't forget to say thank you to trump.
 
It's a shame that her driver survived, but never mind. Anna has now turned into a good Russian. Russian Channel One propagandist Anna Prokofiev, who actively helped the Russian army destroy Ukrainians, was liquidated. She was liquidated in the Belgorod region near Demidovka. Her car hit a mine—others unfortunately escaped, but she didn’t. The cameraman was seriously injured.

On Monday cameraman Andrei Panov of Zvezda TV, driver Alexander Sirkeli and Izvestia "correspondent" Alexander Fedorchak also died in Luhansk.

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Let me know when Puitn eats a lead pill (or a polonium pill - or a novichok pill - or gets defenestrated - or dies in a plane explosion at altitude - or…)

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Slava Ukraini!!!

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Ukraine has been pushed out of the Kursk region with heavy losses because of lack of intell. from the US shutdown. Don't forget to say thank you to trump.


The six month interruption in funding that tRump was responsible for during the Biden administration contributed to Russian gains and Ukrainian losses (deaths) as well.

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Fucking MAGAt traitors.

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We. Told. Them. So.

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Zelenskyy: Putin 'Will Die Soon' Amid Ailing Health Reports

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asserted that Russian President Vladimir Putin "will die soon" amid recent reports that Putin is in failing health. "[Putin] will die soon, and that's a fact, and it will come to an end," Zelenskyy said, adding that death is "what he is afraid of." It was reported last week that Putin, 72, suffered a "mini stroke" after shaking uncontrollably at a conference, The Standard reported. There have also been unverified claims that Putin is suffering from cancer and Parkinson's disease. "There's been rumors of Putin being unwell since the mid 2000s, if not earlier," Dr. Stephen Hall, a Russian political analyst told The Sun. "There are lots of possible theories as to what's been going on in terms of how the Kremlin hides it."

The Sun reported that Putin is on "heavy steroids and innovative pain-killing injections" to blunt the spread of pancreatic cancer. "It not only causes a lot of pain, Putin has a state of puffiness of the face and other side effects — including memory lapses," The Sun reported, citing another Russian intelligence source.

The reality is that speculation and misinformation surrounding Mr Putin’s health is not new. For the best part of two decades now, there have been rumours circulating about his health and capacity to run Russia. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Mr Putin’s reign would eventually “come to an end”. But one remark in particular, that the 72 year-old will “die soon”, appears to have been deliberately taken out of context on social media amidst Gallyamov’s comments. It is understood the phrase used by Mr Zelensky referred to Mr Putin’s age, and not any immediate health issues.

https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/ukraine-russia-volodymyr-zelenskyy/2025/03/27/id/1204570/

https://www.scotsman.com/news/world...nskys-comment-adds-to-dubious-rumours-5054420

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/49689
 

Ukraine’s slow invasion: Soldiers slip into Russia’s Belgorod Oblast quietly

Ukrainian troops quietly infiltrate Russia’s Belgorod region, executing a low-profile offensive that catches Russian defenses off-guard and signals a new strategic approach. Following the withdrawal from most of the Sudzhansky district in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, which Ukrainian forces had held since August 2024, Ukraine initiated a surprise offensive into Russia’s Belgorod Oblast. This operation aims to preemptively counter Russian troop concentrations along Ukraine’s Sumy border and prevent potential new fronts. It also takes the fighting into Russia, where it belongs, rather than inside Ukraine.

In western Russia, near the fortified border with Ukraine, the roar of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles could be heard as they moved through minefields and dragon’s teeth barricades, marking a new phase in the fighting. It remains unclear whether this is a brief raid or a longer-term operation. The Institute for the Study of War reports ongoing battles in the villages of Demidivka, Prylisia, and Popivka. Ukraine is also conducting targeted strikes on command posts, bridges, and supply depots. Previously, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that “strategic steps” are being taken to counter a potential Russian offensive on Sumy Oblast. The Ukrainian advance into Belgorod is likely meant to draw Russian forces away from that axis.

Meanwhile, frustration is growing in Moscow. “How did this happen? Russian forces completely f—-d up… They just gave it up. They just left. After that, the enemy occupied it,” said Russian war correspondent Vladimir Romanov, commenting on the loss of Demidivka. Elite Ukrainian units and American Bradley fighting vehicles are engaged in the battle. Pro-Kremlin military blogger Rybar reported clashes in Demidivka. “The enemy has repeatedly tried to enter our strongholds across the border,” he wrote on social media.

Another Russian Telegram channel, Two Majors, claims Ukraine is “stretching” Russian forces along the front while increasing attacks. “The gains have so far been modest, but Ukraine is advancing and taking high ground,” said Hardie, adding that it’s “too early” to assess the operation’s broader impact. Meanwhile, Ukrainian Air Force Su27's have been taking out bridges inside Belgorod with bombing runs. Where Russia Air Defenses?

However, the fact that Ukraine is still attacking the region after nine days suggests an attempt to create a buffer zone.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/03...rs-slip-into-russias-belgorod-oblast-quietly/

Ukrainian Su-27 fighters using precision-guided bombs destroy Russian bridges in Belgorod region
 
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