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Russian Invasion of Ukraine

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Here's a new one.

The head of one of the largest suppliers of surveillance equipment to Russian special services died on July 22. Russian law enforcement found “IKS Holding” Head Anton Cherepennikov dead in his office on July 22 and later claimed that Cherepennikov suffocated during a xenon gas therapy session. IKS Holding owns the developer of the YADRO data storage system, which Russian authorities reportedly use in efforts to monitor Russian internet users, and the Citadel Group, which produces operational-search measures that Russian special services use to listen to phone calls and monitor internet activities.
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Interesting:
Ukraine will begin talks with the US on a bilateral agreement for security guarantees as early as next week, Head of the President’s Office Andrii Yermak says.

“These guarantees will remain in effect until Ukraine becomes a member of NATO, which is the most reliable security guarantee,” he explains. “While the war continues in our country and we cannot join NATO, our state must seek reliable guarantees to ensure security during this transitional period.”

According to him, Ukraine will establish a system of bilateral agreements with the allies who signed the Joint Declaration approved by the leaders of the G7 nations during a meeting in Vilnius, which will include specific security guarantees. “Currently, we are working on bilateral agreements with each of these countries. We will begin negotiations with the US next week.”

Security guarantees for Ukraine will include specific and long-term assurances, mechanisms, financial and military support, and sanctions that will help the country deter Russian aggression, Yermak says.
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Meanwhile, in the Black Sea, major Russian landing craft Olenegorskiy Gorniak is potato.

Interesting thing is that ship was struck off Novorossiysk, which is not line of sight from Ukraine. The closest release point in Ukraine is around Odessa, 800 nautical miles away.

Also, the ship is part of the Russian Northern Fleet (which typically patrols the Barents Sea), not the Black Sea Fleet.
 
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Twitter says the Kerch bridge might be scrap metal? Oil tanker and sea doo collide at the right time?
 
walrus said:
Twitter says the Kerch bridge might be scrap metal? Oil tanker and sea doo collide at the right time?
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Nothing certain. Residents heard loud noises, Russia says nothing to see here, Ukraine says nothing at all, pointedly.

It's a bit confused because there was new released evidence about 10 hours ago that the last attack last month severed the railway on the bridge but this new attack has nothing to do with those reports and was 3 hours ago.
 
TIL millbloggers use open source NASA fire detection scans to locate actual combat positions in Ukraine, then time series them and create animations of the movement of lines. It's particularly valuable when an attack breaks through and exploits.

Which apparently has recently happened with an amphibious Ukrainian attack that broke through Russian lines on the Dnipro east bank near Kherson.

Also: what do you call the guy who graduated last from Ideology School?
 
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