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[Regnum] Sleet and colder temperatures are expected in Moscow on April 9 and 10. Alexander Shuvalov, head of the Meteo forecasting center, shared this forecast with Regnum News Agency on April 7.
"According to forecasts, a northeastern precipitation zone is approaching Moscow on Thursday, April 9. The precipitation will mostly take the form of wet snow. This zone is quite extensive and will extend into Friday, April 10. Snow is expected," the forecaster noted.
According to Shuvalov, along with the precipitation, colder weather will arrive in the capital.
"With a northeasterly wind, temperatures won't be very high. It's unlikely to rise above 3 degrees Celsius on Thursday and Friday. These will be the coldest, most stormy, and most unpleasant days. Wednesday, April 8, won't be like that, but Thursday and Friday will be the coldest and snowiest," the meteorologist noted.
Snow won't linger in Moscow for long. No precipitation is expected as early as Saturday, April 11.
"At the same time, pressure is rising, and the influence of the Scandinavian anticyclone is intensifying, so Saturday and Sunday will be dry. While light frosts down to -3°C are still possible on Saturday morning, highs of up to 8°C are expected during the day on April 11. Sunday, April 12, will be even better: highs of 11–13°C. We only need to get through Thursday and Friday, and the weather will improve over the weekend," Shuvalov concluded.
On April 7, Yevgeny Tishkovets, a leading specialist at the Phobos weather center, announced that 1–2 cm of snow would form in the capital on Thursday. On Friday, freezing temperatures will cause icy roads overnight.
Shuvalov previously warned that April and March would switch places in Moscow. Starting on April 6, sunny weather will shift to cloudy and cooler conditions, with rain also expected.
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[Korrespondent] 22.47 Ukrainian marines carried out a unique operation: for the first time in the history of warfare, they destroyed a bridge using drones. The Ukrainians used British Malloy T-150 logistics drones for this, The Telegraph reports.
The mission, carried out by the 426th Marine Unmanned Systems Regiment, lasted two months. The bridge had previously been attempted to be destroyed by aircraft and HIMARS missiles, but the structure proved too strong for attacks from above.
20.17 As a result of the attack by Russian troops on the city of Pryluky, 15 civilians were injured. This was reported by the head of the Chernihiv OAV Vyacheslav Chaus.
According to him, seven people were hospitalized - three of them were taken to the regional hospital. The rest were provided with outpatient care. At the same time, one woman is in serious condition, the other patients are stable.
18.39 On the night of April 7, Ukrainian military again struck the Ust-Luga Oil oil terminal in the Leningrad region of the Russian Federation. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this.
The military also clarified the results of the attacks in the port of Primorsk and at the Lukoil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod.
17.33 As a result of the attack on the Russian city of Novorossiysk, oil infrastructure and a missile frigate were hit. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on the details of the attack.
17.27 A member of the FSB agent network received 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. The SBU reported this on April 7. It is noted that the perpetrator was part of an enemy cell of correctional officers, which SBU officers neutralized in August 2024 in the Dnipropetrovsk region. According to the case materials, the agent traveled around the area to identify and hand over to the enemy the places of the largest concentration of Ukrainian troops near the regional center. She also covertly asked acquaintances for the addresses of logistics centers where weapons are stored and military equipment is repaired.
17.09 Russian war criminals struck the village of Velykyi Burluk in Kharkiv region. As a result of the strike, a 19th-century architectural monument - the Dontsiv-Zakharzhevsky estate - was completely destroyed. This was reported by the head of the Kupyansk district military administration, Andriy Kanashevich, on Facebook.
17.04 A scheme to seize budget funds during the restoration of a nine-story building in Uman, destroyed by a Russian missile strike in April 2023, has been exposed. This is a facility where 23 people died, including six children. As reported by the Prosecutor General's Office, the contractor illegally received more than UAH 1.4 million.
16.47 Since the beginning of the day, 82 clashes between the Ukrainian army and the Russian occupiers have taken place on the front. Most of them were recorded in three directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational summary as of 16:00.
16.43 The number of dead in the shelling of Kherson has increased to four people, reported Yaroslav Shanko, head of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
"It became known about another Kherson resident who received fatal injuries as a result of shelling of the Korabelny district by Russian occupation troops at around 11:00. His identity is currently being established by the relevant services," he noted.
Note that at around 10:50 a.m., the occupants set fire to a residential building. Initially, three people were reported dead.
16.41 The Verkhovna Rada adopted draft law No. 15110 on the extension of military conscription for 3 years after the end of the war. 257 people's deputies voted for it and in total. This is evidenced by the broadcast of the parliamentary session.
A separate special fund will be created in the Budget Code, where funds from the military levy will be directed.
16.16 Russian invaders fired at a bus in the Nikopol district for the second time in a day. Five civilians were injured, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Oleksandr Ganzha, reported on Telegram.
15.48 The appearance of the "operational reserve" mark in "Reserve+" is not related to the update of the application - it existed in the system before. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine reports. It is noted that citizens can be assigned to the operational reserve, in particular after military service or in other cases provided for by law. Currently, this is a relatively small number of people, this category is not massive. The Ministry of Defense emphasized that no new functions have been introduced in this part, and the current reservation rules are regulated by relevant regulatory acts.
15.21 Ukraine is preparing a law on alternative civilian service for religious organizations whose members cannot take up arms during war. This was announced by Viktor Yelensky, head of the State Service for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience, Ukrinform reports.
"As we know, during war many freedoms are restricted, but freedom of conscience is not. Is enough being done to protect this freedom, and are all legal mechanisms involved? I think not. Therefore, we are currently working with colleagues from the ministries of economy and justice on a draft law on alternative non-military civilian service, which directly affects Jehovah's Witnesses," explained Yelensky.
He believes that the Law "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations" adopted in 1991 was a huge breakthrough, but it does not take into account the realities of war.
13.56 The Russians continue their targeted terror against Ukrainians in Nikopol and other cities and communities near the front line. This was written by President Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram, commenting on the Russian attack on a minibus in the city of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region.
13.26 A scheme of illegal accrual of "combat" payments to 164 servicemen who were not actually performing tasks on the front line was exposed in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The State Bureau of Investigation reported this on Tuesday, April 7.
The investigation established that the unit's leadership organized a scheme to illegally charge combat pay to personnel.
In total, such payments were issued to 164 servicemen, allegedly for performing tasks related to maintaining platoon strongholds.
In reality, these servicemen were in headquarters positions and did not perform combat missions.
As a result, almost 12 million hryvnias were unreasonably paid from the state budget.
13.22 Suspicion has been reported against the captain of a vessel of the Russian "shadow" fleet , which was exporting grain and oil products from temporarily occupied Crimea. The SBU informs about this.
The captain is a citizen of a Middle Eastern country. At the time of the detention in Odessa, there were 16 other crew members on board the vessel - all citizens of the Middle East region.
12.48 Russian invaders killed three people in the Korabelny district of Kherson. This was reported by the head of the Kherson OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin, in Telegram. It is also known about five wounded civilians - two women and three men.
12.27 Law enforcement officers have uncovered a large-scale scheme of illegal "booking" and travel abroad, organized by a criminal authority from Odessa. The press service of the National Police reported on the details of the special operation.
According to the investigation, a clear criminal scheme was built by a resident of Odessa, known in criminal circles. He involved representatives of a controlled company, the CCC and the JV, as well as residents of Odessa, Kyiv, Mykolaiv and Ternopil.
12.25 Fighters of the Brotherhood unit from the Timur special unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine carried out an extremely difficult raid deep behind the Russian lines at the bottom of the dried-up Kakhovka reservoir and captured a Russian GRU officer.
As part of the Ukrainian Witness YouTube project, scouts spoke about kilometers of swamps, reeds, and thickets, constant surveillance by Russian drones, and the distance of fire contact, which in some places is reduced to two meters.
"You're just rustling around in these thickets all the time without being able to orient yourself in which direction to go. You can really see everything two meters in front of you," the chief of staff of the Brotherhood unit, under the pseudonym "Division", described the conditions of movement.
A captured Russian officer with an open fracture, captured in the rear, was brought out by fighters under enemy fire.
"We had to walk 900 meters with him to our positions. The enemies started "working" on him. We understood that we had to get out together - his life was already our responsibility," said the Brotherhood fighter.
11.41 Russian aggressors attacked the center of the city of Pryluky in Chernihiv region with strike drones. The city council building was damaged , Suspilne reported.
An enemy drone also attacked the State Tax Inspectorate building in the center of the city of Novgorod-Siversky.
11.30 The government has adopted a resolution that accelerates the restoration and protection of national roads for military and medical logistics. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov. According to him, the State Special Transport Service will carry out work on the repair and anti-drone protection of such roads. It will also order work on their maintenance in areas of active hostilities and in a zone up to 40 km from them or temporarily occupied territories.
11.18 Russian occupiers have been trying to capture the city of Kostyantynivka in Donetsk region for almost a year, but units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are successfully repelling all enemy attacks. This was reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, on Telegram.
He said that he worked in the area of responsibility of the 19th Corps, which defends the Kostyantynivsko-Druzhkivsk agglomeration.
10.47 Counterintelligence officers detained an engineer of a strategic defense plant in the Dnipropetrovsk region. He was simultaneously spying for two Russian special services : the FSB and the military intelligence (GRU). This was reported by the SBU and the regional prosecutor's office.
The agent provided information about the testing of modern weapons models in the region: foreign tanks, artillery shells, as well as one of the key operational-tactical missile complexes for the country's defense capability - indicating the test sites and production volumes.
10.29 On Tuesday morning, power outages were recorded in 15 regions of Ukraine due to Russian shelling and bad weather. Ukrenergo reported this.
Energy experts are asking people to use electricity sparingly in all regions of Ukraine. And between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., it is necessary to limit the use of powerful electrical appliances.
10.23 Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, 2,997 criminal proceedings have been investigated for crimes against national security, the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) reports.
9.55 As a result of a Russian strike on a bus in Nikopol on the morning of April 7, three people were killed and twelve others were injured. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Oleksandr Ganzha. According to him, the occupiers attacked a city bus in the very center of Nikopol with an FPV drone. The bus was just approaching the stop, so people were both in the cabin and at the stop.
9.21 Russian troops killed one resident of the Donetsk region and wounded ten more people last day, April 6. This was reported by the head of the Donetsk Oblast Regional Administration Vadim Filashkin. According to him, the Russians killed one person in Sloviansk. Ten more people in the region were wounded during the day.
08.53 Russian troops attacked four districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones more than 10 times.
A private house was on fire in the Pokrovska community of Synelnyky district. Three other homes and a car were damaged. An 11-year-old boy died. Women aged 31 and 61 and a 33-year-old man were hospitalized in moderate condition.
In the Pavlohrad district, Pavlohrad itself and the Bohdanivska community were hit. A fire broke out. The administrative building and power lines were damaged. Two men, 52 and 66 years old, were injured and hospitalized in moderate condition.
In Apostolovy, Kryvyi Rih district, the Russians damaged infrastructure. In Nikopol, Chervonohryhorivska, and Marhanetska communities of Nikopol district, an administrative building, a private house, and a car were damaged.
08.41 On the night of April 7, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 110 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas attack UAVs and other types of drones, about 70 of them Shaheds.
Air defenses shot down/suppressed 77 enemy UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas type and drones of other types in the north, south and east of the country. 31 strike UAVs were hit at 14 locations, as well as the fall of downed ones (fragments) at nine locations.
08.25 Over the past 24 hours, 150 combat clashes were recorded on the front, most of them in the Pokrovsky and Konstantinovsky directions. The Defense Forces' aviation struck six areas of concentration of manpower and equipment of the Russian troops.
07.27 From February 24, 2022 to April 7, 2026, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,305,470 people (+980 per day).
03.50 Military intelligence has identified one of the eliminated occupiers in the Donetsk region as a Nepalese citizen, Madan Kumal. He signed a 4-year contract with the Russian army in Moscow on October 16, 2023. After five months of his service, Kumal's relatives began demanding his return and joined the protests in Nepal. They filed an appeal with the Nepalese consul, but they did not have time to return him - Kumal died during an attempt to storm Ukrainian positions.
01.22 Drones attacked the plant of JSC Mindobriva in the city of Rossosh, Voronezh region, on Monday evening. OSINT analysts write about several hits on the territory of the plant, a fire broke out there. The plant produces ammonium nitrate, which is used in the production of explosives.
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[NewsFront] 21:21 Snipers of the separate special forces battalion of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Center group sharpen skills before performing combat missions in the Dobropillya direction. 19:33 Drone operators of the "West" group shot down enemy reconnaissance and attack UAVs in the Krasnolimansk direction and in the Khar'kov region.
FPV drone operators from the Sever group rammed enemy drones in the Sumy region.
Novorossiysk paratroopers from the Dnepr group disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhzhia region.
A Molniya-2 UAV crew from the 18th Combined Arms Army of the Dnipro group burned down an enemy drone control point on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
UAV operators from the Southern Group of Forces eliminated enemy manpower in the Druzhkovko-Konstantinovsky direction.
Crews of the "Molniya" strike missile systems from the "Vostok" group destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces drone command and storage facilities in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Drone operators from the Center group carried out strikes against enemy personnel and fortifications in the Dobropillya direction.
16:34 152mm 2S19 Msta crews covered enemy in the Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia directions.
15:53 Russian intelligence received information about the advance of a combat group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the village of Malaya Rybitsa (Krasnopolsky district) in the direction of the line of combat contact.
The target was attacked in a series of strikes by FPV drone operators from the 41st Motorized Rifle Regiment, 72nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division, 44th Army Corps of the "North", who first stopped the Turkish Kirpi-II armored fighting vehicle and then burned the armored vehicle.
14:43 Severyan scouts in the village of Losevka (Volchansky district) opened movement of a combat group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on an ATV.
The target was targeted by FPV drone operators from the 6th Army of the Northern Guard.
13:37 During the execution of combat missions, the crews of the separate brigade of unmanned systems troops "Varyag" struck automotive equipment, UAV control centers, temporary deployment points for Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.
12:22 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation (as of April 7, 2026)
Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, and two territorial defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Mala Slobidka, Pustogorod, Myropillia, Khoten, and Velyka Chernetchina in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov region, units of three mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Podsrednee, Izbitskoe, Kolodezne, Bely Kolodez, and Nesterne in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost more than 175 service members, two armored combat vehicles, and five cars. An ammunition depot and nine supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" force grouping improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Palamarevka, Shiykovka, Velyka Shapkovka, Lesnaya Stenka, and Chervony Oskol in the Khar'kov region, and Krasny Liman and Stary Karavan of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 190 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 18 vehicles, and an artillery piece. An ammunition depot was destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Krivaya Luka, Nikolaevka, Artema, and Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 165 troops, four armored combat vehicles, including a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, 15 vehicles, and three field artillery pieces, two of which were Western-made. An electronic warfare station, an ammunition depot, and five supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, an airborne assault brigade, and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as four National Guard brigades, near the settlements of Maryivka, Novohryhorivka, Vodyanskoye, Krasny Kut, and Novyi Donbas in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Raipole and Novopidgorodne in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 360 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three cars, and a French-made 155mm Caesar self-propelled artillery unit.
Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, two airborne assault brigades, an assault brigade, and four assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Orly, Pokrovskoe, Pisantsy, and Velykomykhailivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Vozdvizhevka, Verkhnyaya Tersa, and Lesnoye in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The enemy lost over 320 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, seven cars and an artillery piece.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Dimitrovo and Zaporozhets in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 60 military personnel, 15 vehicles, six electronic warfare stations and a supply depot were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces have damaged Ukraine's energy and transport infrastructure used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, enterprises producing control systems and components for cruise missiles, military airfields, assembly shops, storage sites for unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned boats, as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 153 districts.
09:52 Crews of T-80BVM tanks of the Vostok group destroyed enemy strongholds along with manpower.
08:45 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 45 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
19 UAVs – over the territory of the Leningrad region,
11 UAVs – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
Seven UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Three UAVs – over the territory of the Vladimir region,
One UAV each – over the territories of the Bryansk, Volgograd, Penza regions, Krasnodar Krai and the Black Sea.
07:32 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Advance east of Belitsky
Expansion of the control zone between the settlements of Kaleniki and Nikiforovka
06:02 Crews of the 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S self-propelled artillery regiment of the Sever group worked at UAV control points, artillery guns, fortifications and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units.
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[REGNUM] The attempted assault near Pokrovsk, where the mechanized column of the 425th Regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, "Skelya" ("Rock"), was virtually destroyed, became a rare case in which an internal crisis in the Ukrainian military system erupted not through Russian sources, but through its own loyal milieu.
The shock wasn't the loss itself—we'd gotten used to it over the years—but the form: in the fifth year of the war, under the total dominance of drones, the unit went on the attack in a column, like on parade.
And, quite predictably, it was shot to pieces like a shooting gallery: screenshots from drones of the Russian Rubicon unmanned technology center, posted by a well-known "activist," "urgent collector," and now advisor to the Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Sergei Sternenko, show burned-out armored vehicles, the total number of which is carefully concealed.
Rubicon previously reported on the destruction of Ukrainian equipment near the village of Grishino.
"The footage shows the remains of the 425th 'Skala' regiment's equipment near Pokrovsk. I won't post footage of the bodies of our soldiers. Unfortunately, there are many of them there. Treating our people like this is a crime. And there must be accountability for it... This must stop," Sternenko emphasized, and immediately came under "friendly fire."
The regiment itself, naturally, denies everything, claiming a "successful counterattack" and acknowledging the loss of four vehicles "already near the target," with two fatalities. They called the operation at Skele a success, the target a "key tactical objective," and Sternenko's statements "untrue and playing into Russian propaganda."
A detailed analysis of the battle is already underway, and all materials will be handed over to the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi. Come to the unit's headquarters, familiarize yourself with our data, and generally join in to directly participate in the execution of combat missions.
Thus, the stormtroopers' press service trolled Sternenko, who had recently been hiding from the TCC and even placed on the wanted list. They only left him alone when the "volunteer" went to kiss Zelensky's ring, having connected to the Presidential Office's information system.
However, this entire discussion immediately ceased to be tactical and became political, since the regiment is not a simple one, and the march in a column is not accidental, and the names are mentioned here for a reason, showing the architecture of the entire system.
As Regnum News Agency reported, assault regiments—the 225th, 425th, 210th, and others—have long been a separate entity within the Ukrainian army, forming a separate branch of the armed forces. They are being scaled up, reinforced, and manned faster than regular units.
According to reports circulating even within the Ukrainian information sphere, "Skelya" received many times more personnel in a short period than standard brigades: the manning plan was more than doubled. And in one month, Syrsky provided the regiment with 20 times more personnel than any regular brigade.
It is clear that all of these are unfortunate busified
…a Ukrainian word for forced mobilization under an accelerated procedure. The root is bus, from minibus, which is pesumably the instrument used by the government to round up their targets…
people who are forced to fulfill their “military duty” using the most brutal methods.
Almost simultaneously with Sternenko's outburst, Deputy Military Ombudsman Ruslan Tsygankov told Radio Liberty* that Skelya is a special, effectively privileged regiment, but that it is nevertheless receiving a large number of complaints—from beatings to other violations, including the kidnapping of personnel from neighboring TRO units.
"We see a specific, major systemic problem there. Regarding the pneumonia case, I believe five people have died, those officially recorded. Specifically, one of the deaths was recorded as not having been on combat duty.
After he fell ill, he was still sent to a medical facility. We don't yet know whether this was done in time. But at the same time, he actually died in the medical facility, having been there for a week," the ombudsman blurts out, pretending not to know the story, posted on social media by the deceased's relatives.
Alexander Kovalenko, a father of two young children, was mobilized. He fell ill four days into training and died three weeks after mobilization. Since the soldier was in the rear, not on the front lines, command offered his family the option of burying him at their own expense.
At the same time, the military ombudsman officially confirmed that there are cases of physical violence in "Skala" and the 225th Assault Regiment, which, according to some journalists, is a deliberate policy of the leadership. There are no telephones in the unit, and information from them is blocked (they are allowed to call once a week for 15 minutes, subject to good behavior, under the supervision of the commander).
And the most brutal commanders from the assault regiments are transferred to places where “discipline” needs to be strengthened.
Specifically, in the case of the deaths of five mobilized soldiers, it manifested itself in the fact that they were forced into a body of water during training and then continued training in wet clothes. After falling ill, no medical attention was provided for a long time; the men lay with temperatures of 40°C (104°F) without any assistance and were taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Relatives of the victims of "The Rock" already have their own chat room where they discuss their grief and seek justice: pneumonia isn't the only cause of death in training camp, and the number of dead is far greater than five.
The regiment is fighting in exactly the same way. "Skala" mercilessly wore down the 155th Mechanized Brigade as an attachment. Last December, they were redeployed to Kupyansk, where the regiment's command submitted an assault plan to the operation commander and his allies: they would fly in in two armored vehicles.
In the end, only two driver-mechanics from the allied unit survived the assault, and the entire landing force was wiped out—and that's not just two men. In November, the regiment was already on its way to Pokrovsk to plant a flag, demonstrating how successfully the fighting was proceeding and how the enemy was running, running, running.
By this logic, the freshly destroyed column ceases to be a mistake. It becomes a consequence of the fulfillment of very specific political objectives: in the Ukrainian media, assault regiments are increasingly being referred to as a tool for quickly delivering results.
It doesn't matter the cost. The main thing is that there's movement, so we can report back to the higher-ups and document the progress.
In this construct, human resources are not an "army of citizens," but cheap expendable material to be destroyed without mercy. And any protests regarding this are carefully channeled—though, in addition to the relatives of the unfortunate victims caught in the meat grinder, objections are also voiced from within the army.
One of the few "oppositionists" is former 47th Brigade commander Alexander Shirshin, who gives "anti-Cheese" interviews. His formulations sound like a diagnosis of the entire power vertical.
"I've never received more idiotic assignments than in my current assignment," a tongue-tied soldier recounts his experience with the 225th Assault Battalion, which later expanded into a regiment. His colleagues took orders directly from Syrsky, charged in blindly, and suffered "insane losses." He also complained about Shirshin's associates, who didn't want to die just like that.
However, such marginalized individuals are few and far between, and they have all been forced out of the system. It is immune to criticism from "free media" and daring activists who are irrelevant, because at stake is the very model of war management, in which human resources are of no value.
And then the next level is activated, when, simultaneously with indifferent and wasteful attacks on technology, pressure on society increases, mobilization is tightened, the practice of forced recruitment expands, and talk of introducing forced labor appears.
The state is expanding its control over the people, demanding a continuous flow of cannon fodder. And today it's already clear that the "to the last Ukrainian" model is a specific goal set by the Zelenskyy regime.
This means that such episodes will be repeated, regardless of what they are later called: a “defeat” or a “successful counterattack.”
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[Regnum] In the city of Šiauliai, Lithuania, archaeologists have excavated the remains of 26 Soviet soldiers who died in the Great Patriotic War. Their bodies were buried near the Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. This was reported on April 7 by Lithuanian state broadcaster LRT.
"Today, 26 [bodies] will definitely be exhumed—that's half. I'd like to complete the exhumation next week, because time is short. If we work intensively this week, we might finish it next week," said archaeologist Rokas Kraniauskas.
He said that along with the soldiers' remains, elements of Soviet military uniform were found, including buttons, shoulder straps, leather belts, shoes, and captain's and lieutenant's shoulder straps.
The bodies are planned to be transferred to the cemetery in Ginukai, where Soviet soldiers are buried.
In August 2025, authorities in the town of Kohtla-Järve, Estonia, excavated a mass grave of Soviet soldiers. The burial site contained over 40 bodies. The decision to excavate the bodies was made under the pretext of reburial. Public activists and journalists reported that the excavation was carried out using an excavator, and the bodies were apparently placed in black bags, which were kept away from the burial site.
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