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Right now there is a group of Russians fighting with Ukraine against Putin.
Today we’re joined by Ash, an assault trooper and combat medic who fled Russia a few years ago to join the @legion_svoboda. We talk about his decision to fight alongside Ukraine, the unique ways the Legion is expanding their ranks and details on life as medic in modern war.
"Every inch of Russian land will be returned to Russia, one way or another."
-Lead Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky following the Abu Dhabi peace talks
Conversation with Lex Fridman on the status of the war in Ukraine is now live! Post below has links to the episode on YouTube and Spotify as well.
Here's my conversation all about the state of the war in Ukraine with Preston Stewart (@prestonstew_) and Michael Kofman (@KofmanMichael).
It's here on X in full and is up everywhere else (see comment).
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:00 - State of the war in Ukraine
14:39 - Drone warfare and the kill zone
51:49 - Who is winning the war?
1:03:26 - Military analysis of Russia's 2022 invasion
1:19:14 - Battle of Bakhmut
1:34:56 - War optimism and bad information
1:55:05 - Prigozhin's mutiny
2:09:20 - Putin vs Zelenskyy
2:27:18 - Trump
2:36:13 - Paths to peace in Ukraine
2:46:53 - Nature of war
"Number of Assaults Triples as Enemy Increasingly Attempts to Move in Single-Person Groups"
That's why we're seeing record numbers of Russian casualties. While Ukraine has gotten more innovative in their defense, Russia has ramped up 'attacks' past few months which largely mean just more individual soldiers trying to sneak through the drone wall.
Huliaipole sector: Number of Assaults Triples as Enemy Increasingly Attempts to Move in Single-Person Groups
Within the area of responsibility of the 7th Air Assault Corps, Russian occupying forces continue their attempts to reinforce their grouping. The enemy is attempting to transport personnel using civilian vehicles.
In October, the enemy launched three times as many assaults on Ukrainian military positions as in September. At the same time, the adversary has begun adjusting its infiltration tactics. Previously, Russian troops moved in small infantry groups of 2–3 personnel; now, they are increasingly attempting to infiltrate individually. This shift is driven by the growing effectiveness of Ukrainian Defense Forces' fire strikes against enemy concentrations.
According to available information, infiltrators operating alone often lose contact with their command and are left without supplies. Ukrainian defenders either capture or eliminate them.
The most intense fighting along the Huliaipole sector continues in the areas of Hirke, Zaliznychne, Tsvitkove, and Huliaipilske. These settlements are located close to Huliaipole, which the enemy is attempting to use as an assembly area for personnel and equipment, as well as a staging ground for further advances toward Zaporizhzhia.
The video shows the elimination of individual Russian occupiers who attempted to infiltrate the defensive positions of units operating within the 7th Air Assault Corps' area of responsibility.
That's crazy. Anyways, we should get them more: dzygaspaw.com/preston-stewar…
"How many of those flying things do they have, especially the "Baba Yaga" type? We need dozens, even hundreds, of interceptor calculations to somehow control their movements, because right now they're flying wherever they want."
-Russian milblogger A Word From Management
"Look what you made us do!"
That's increasingly what I hear from Russian milbloggers when they show the destruction in the Donbas.
Pictures here from Sloviansk with Voenkor Kotenok commenting that because it was occupied by Ukrainians, the city is being turned to ruins.
IRGC just released a video of their Chief of Staff and head of their Aerospace Forces in an underground facility showing a range of Iranian munitions.
"We have to accept that approximately 400,000 confirmed deaths of Russian soldiers is already a practically undeniable fact, which can only be denied by completely fanatical pro-patriotic individuals, whose only argument is: "I don't believe you, you're all lying.""
-Russian milblogger Swodki
We're rolling with @dzygaspaw!
This campaign is supporting the soldiers of the 52nd International Assault Regiment 'Forge'. Check out the link below to learn more!
Russia is using decoy mobile fire teams to draw Ukrainian strikes along key routes in the occupied territories
"The database is reliable in all respects. The data itself, and its distribution by region or age, corresponds to what we know from other sources and methods of calculating losses."
-Russian milblogger Swodki on the ROSSTAT hack showing 450,000 Russians killed in the war so far
Go home Russia
1/7 Our @ROSSTAT hack revealed Russia's killed in action. A minimum of 393,881 Russian-side deaths in the war with Ukraine. Source: Rosstat leak, 2022–Aug 27 2026. Here's how we did it and what it actually means 🧵