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Lyman success isn’t just about liberating villages and territory. It’s probably permanently thwarted ruZZian plans to encircle Ukraine’s eastern fortress cities. #Ukraine
Putin is losing more than $600 million per day invading Ukraine. And his oil capacity is damaged by some 30%. There’s an inevitable inertia to these numbers.
In the last month, Ukrainian drones have destroyed 200 energy nodes - including shadow fleet tankers - in the Black Sea region.
Great to see Australian Army trainers in Poland working on the combat readiness of Ukrainian recruits. ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/414…
159 vessels of ruZZia’s shadow fleet for oil transport have been hit by Ukraine during Operation Molochko from July 6 to July 17. Ukraine is decimating not only oil production but distribution as well.
The Nazi’s killed 30000 Londoners through WW2 bombings. And achieved nothing militarily. Putin is high to think he can achieve victory by attacking Kyiv.
Evacuations from Crimea. Sun Tzu said you always need to leave your enemy an escape route. #Ukraine
An additional $100m for total of $1.8b - Australian aid to #Ukraine. Plus 3600 soldiers trained in infantry tactics. Mateship that matters.
Ukraine has turned the tide. @AmbVasyl Ambassador to Australia in today’s @australian
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Australian Army trainers will be deployed to Poland to partner with Operation Legio, a Norwegian-led mission, to train Ukrainian forces. This commitment, just announced by DPM @RichardMarlesMP , aims to provide practical and relevant support to Ukraine amidst intensified Russian strikes.
Thank you, Australia 🇺🇦🇦🇺
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~300 🇺🇦 drones heading into fascist Russia & Russian-occupied 🇺🇦. Some nights, Ukraine’s drone launches now exceed Russia’s - and by focusing on military/industrial targets, rather than terror bombing like Russia, Ukraine’s attacks are more effective.
Russia is not winning.
Biggest drone strike ever plus 2 months of regained territory plus ruZZian casualty rate exceeding recruitment… we’re beyond the tipping point in Ukraine’s resistance.
In the last 18 months, Ukraine has hit ruZZian oil infrastructure - 225 times. It seems ruZZia has few defences against this strategy.
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Chinese companies continue to massively supply drone components to Russia and Iran, despite US and EU sanctions.
China's customs data reveals hundreds of containers shipped to drone factories. In particular, Xiamen Victory Technology openly sells Limbach L550 engines - the core component of Shahed-136 kamikaze drones used by Russia to terrorize Ukrainian cities.
Previously, Chinese exporters used fake declarations to bypass sanctions. Now, US Treasury officials note they don't even bother hiding it anymore.
Source: WSJ
#Ukraine launched at least 21 strikes on Russian oil facilities in April, the highest number since December 2025. - Bloomberg
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The latest assessment from @russia_matters describes how Russia lost more ground in the past month. Its spluttering 2026 Spring offensive is yet to build significant momentum. With large-scale deep strikes on his territory, and a ground campaign not generating tempo, 2026 may be the worst year yet for Putin.
russiamatters.org/news/russi…
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A few hours after talking to Putin on the phone for 90 minutes, Trump posts about reducing US troops in Germany…
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For four months straight, Ukrainian forces have taken out more Russian troops than Moscow can recruit, Ukraine’s top commander Syrsky said.
In March alone, over 150,000 targets were hit, with hundreds of strikes up to 120 km behind the front line.
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