Three Russian propagandists recently found severed pig heads outside their homes.
Известный российский военный эксперт Константин Сивков рассказал РИА Новости, что неизвестные подбросили ему под дверь свиную голову и угрожали убить за... РИА Новости, 27.09.2023
Three Russian propagandists — military expert Konstantin Sivkov, TASS news wire employee Mikhail Tereshchenko, and political analyst Timofei Sergeitsev — recently found severed pig heads outside their homes. (Death threats for these guys are no surprise.)
MOSCOW, September 27 - RIA Novosti. Konstantin Sivkov, a prominent Russian military expert, told RIA Novosti that unknown people planted a pig's head under his door and threatened to kill him for supporting the Defense Ministry.
This is the second such case to come to light on Wednesday: the day before, the press service of the Rossiya Segodnya news agency said, a pig's head was planted under the door of RIA Novosti columnist Timofei Sergeitsev.
"I was on vacation. A pig's head was planted right under the apartment door. Then they called me and told me that it was due to the fact that I was misbehaving in the information space. They started demanding from me that I refuse to support the actions of the Russian president, refus
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UAF: Losses of the Russian military until 12.09.23
The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 12.09.23 were approximately:
Data are being updated.
UK: The Russian military intends to recruit 420,000 contract personnel by the end of 2023 - but for a price
The Russian military intends to recruit 420,000 contract personnel by the end of 2023. On 3 September 2023, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dimitry Medvedev stated that so far 280,000 personnel had been recruited. These numbers cannot be independently verified. Russia's conscription continues to have negative effects on its industry workforce. The Yegor Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy found that Russia's industry shortage of workers reached a new high of 42% for July 2023, 7% higher from April 2023.
In contrast to conscription efforts elsewhere, in the IT sector Russia has taken steps to preserve the workforce. This likely highlights the particularly acute shortages in the sector after about 100,000 IT workers left Russia in 2022. This equates to 10% of the IT sector workforce. On 4 September 2023, President Putin signed a decree to increase the exemption age of military recruitment for IT professionals from 27 to 30.
This shows that mobilisation and conscription
UAF: Losses of the Russian military until 11.09.23
The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 11.09.23 were approximately:
Data are being updated.
UK: Russia started elections in the occupied regions of Ukraine
Russian authorities in the occupied regions of Ukraine plan to hold elections for the first time, on the 8-10 September 2023, in parallel with those held in the Russian Federation. Voting has already started in Zaporizhzhia and Mariupol.
Whilst over 1,000 candidates have been indentified, there is a lack of qualified, experienced, and willing candidates according to some reports. There is also an absence of independent candidates that are not members of the Kremlin endorsed parties, indicating that these will not be free or fair elections. The Ukrainian Centre of National Resistance claims that the occupation administrations have significantly overstated the number of voters on the electoral register.
Kremlin polls indicate United Russia, the dominant political party in the Russian Federation, is predicted to gain 80 per cent of the vote in the four occupied regions. The United Russia party will likely command the majority of seats in an attempt to secure the Kremlin's hold and
UAF: Losses of the Russian military until 05.09.23
The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 05.09.23 were approximately:
Data are being updated.
A brave woman unfurled a Ukrainian flag earlies today in Red Square
She already has been released after being charged with discrediting Russia's Military
UK: Russia uses malware for Android devices with the aim of stealing sensitive military information
On 31 August 2023, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), alongside international partners, published a report on a malware campaign targeting Android mobile devices used by the Ukrainian military.
The malware, referred to as ‘Infamous Chisel’, has been used by the Russian cyber threat group known as Sandworm. NCSC has previously attributed Sandworm to the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate’s (GRU) Main Centre for Special Technologies (GTsST).
Infamous Chisel enables persistent access to, and the collation and exfiltration of data from, compromised Android devices. This includes targeting applications used by the Ukrainian military.
Infamous Chisel has highly likely been used with the aim of stealing sensitive military information. This activity demonstrates Russia’s continued use of cyber capabilities to support the invasion of Ukraine.
UAF: Losses of the Russian military until 04.09.23
The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 04.09.23 were approximately:
Data are being updated.
Russia recruits people in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan and migrant workers as fighters against Ukraine in exchange for Russian citizenship
As of late June 2023, Russia has been appealing to citizens of neighbouring countries with recruitment adverts for individuals to fight in Ukraine. Online adverts have been observed in Armenia and Kazakhstan offering 495,000 roubles ($5,140 USD) in initial payments and salaries from 190,000 roubles ($1,973 USD). There have been recruitment efforts in Kazakhstan's northern Qostanai region, appealing to the ethnic Russian population.
Since at least May 2023, Russia has approached central Asian migrants to fight in Ukraine with promises of fast-track citizenship and salaries of up to $4,160 USD. Uzbek migrant builders in Mariupol have reportedly had their passports confiscated upon arrival and been coerced to join the Russian military. There are at least six million migrants from Central Asia in Russia, which the Kremlin likely sees as potential recruits.
Russia likely wishes to avoid further unpopular domestic mobilisation measures in the run up to the 2024 Presidential election
UAF: Losses of the Russian military until 03.09.23
The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 03.09.23 were approximately:
Data are being updated.
UK: On the 29/30 August 2023, Russia experienced up to five separate strikes by OWA-UAVs - the largest attack on Russia since the start of the conflict
Overnight on the 29/30 August 2023, Russia experienced up to five separate strikes by one-way attack uncrewed aerial vehicles (OWA-UAVs) - the largest attack on Russia since the start of the conflict. Explosions were recorded in Moscow, Bryansk, and Ryazan, as well as at Pskov airbase close to the Estonian border. The attack on Pskov likely damaged several Russian military transport aircraft. During August 2023 Russia experienced 25 separate drone attacks, almost certainly carried out by OWA-UAVS.
Many of these UAVs have reached their targets, which likely means that Russian air defence is having difficulty detecting and destroying them. Russia is likely rethinking its air defence posture in the area between Ukraine and Moscow to better deal with these attacks.
Previous strikes against Russian military airbases have led to the dispersal of Russian aircraft to locations across Russia. However, the recent strikes against Soltsy and Pskov have demonstrated that the UAVs have signif
UAF: Losses of the Russian military until 31.08.23
The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 31.08.23 were approximately:
Data are being updated.
Pskov is located very far in the north, near Lithuania and Estonia. I am curious whether they will try to blame NATO for this,
It was an internal meeting of the the International Esports Federation (IESF) where a vote was taken. There is no official confirmation or statement about it. But the Russian Esports Federation (RESF) has claimed in a statement approval has been granted for players to compete at IESF's competitions under their own flag.
Here is an article about it: https://esportsinsider.com/2023/08/iesf-votes-to-lift-restrictions-on-russian-players-russian-esports-federation
The statement claims 32 delegates voted in favour of Russia’s re-admittance, while 13 voted against and 25 abstained. Russia’s statement additionally claimed that a separate proposal put forward by Ukraine’s esports federation to suspend Russia’s esports federation from IESF entirely was rejected.
UK: Russia was convicting close to 100 soldiers a week for refusing to fight
On 25 August 2023, two Russian soldiers were sentenced to serve at least two years in a penal colony by a military court for refusing to obey orders to return to the front in Ukraine. On 18 July 2023 the Mediazona news outlet reported that Russia was convicting close to 100 soldiers a week for refusing to fight. If this trend continues, there will be approximately 5,200 convictions a year for refusing to fight.
The high rate of convictions demonstrates the poor state of morale in the Russian Army and the reluctance of some elements to fight. Refusal to fight likely reflects the lack of training, motivation and high stress situations Russian forces face along the entire Ukrainian frontline.
Although some soldiers have refused to fight and attrition rates remain high, Russia highly likely mitigates their loss by committing a mass of poorly trained soldiers to the frontline.
Since Russia’s September 2022 partial mobilisation, Russia has adapted its approach to warfare by uti
UAF: Losses of the Russian military until 30.08.23
The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 30.08.23 were approximately:
Data are being updated.
In this very tournament there are no Russians at all, but it is important to make a mark. I remember Virtus Pro, where in 2022 a Russian player drew a big Z on the minimap. The team was excluded, but was back in 2023 as if nothing had happened.