Dmitry Medvedev — longtime war cheerleader, ex-Russian president, and Putin puppet — goes on another vodka-fueled rant:

“Revenge is inevitable. Everything that must explode will explode. Everyone who must be annihilated will vanish. Talks? Just a step toward wiping out the neo-Nazi regime.”

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) 3 June 2025 at 08:47

Medvedev woke up this morning and decided to remind everyone that Russia needs this war and that it’s not particularly interested in the Istanbul negotiations, as they’re merely dragging out time.

When will the American administration finally open its eyes?

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) 3 June 2025 at 11:18

👀💯

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 3 June 2025 at 11:53

This feels a bit like a fuck up from Medvedev, Lmao. Probably on the vodka again, I mean we all knew Russia was never negotiating in good faith but to publicly acknowledge it is hilarious. Though I doubt they're afraid of TACO but it might force Republican Senators to make the move. Too Weak Trump will still try to give them more time though.

A few additional observations regarding the recent strike on Russia’s strategic aviation may help clarify its scale and implications. Our team assesses the operational strength of the Russian strategic bomber fleet to be at 70 to 90 aircraft. A midpoint estimate puts the number at around 80.

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— Tatarigami (@tatarigami.bsky.social) 3 June 2025 at 09:17

Based on available satellite imagery and open sources, we estimate that at least 11 bombers and one An-12 transport aircraft were destroyed, with two additional bombers likely damaged. This brings the confirmed and probable toll to between 13 and 14 aircraft.

— Tatarigami (@tatarigami.bsky.social) 3 June 2025 at 09:17

Some claims suggest over 20 bombers may have been damaged or destroyed, but we have not yet seen credible visual confirmation to support those higher estimates. There have also been unverified reports of an A-50 AWACS being hit. However, we have found no evidence to substantiate these claims.

— Tatarigami (@tatarigami.bsky.social) 3 June 2025 at 09:17

If we focus strictly on destroyed aircraft, the loss of 11 bombers out of an 80-plane operational fleet represents roughly 13.75% of Russia’s operational strategic bomber force.

Ukrainian strikes seem to deliberately avoided the more modern Tu-160 bombers, instead targeting the Tu-95 and Tu-22M3

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— Tatarigami (@tatarigami.bsky.social) 3 June 2025 at 09:17

We believe this selectivity was a deliberate decision to avoid escalations by targeting key elements of Russia’s nuclear triad, while still degrading assets actively involved in missile strikes. While this operation is unlikely to quickly diminish the frequency of missile strikes against Ukraine…

— Tatarigami (@tatarigami.bsky.social) 3 June 2025 at 09:17

…as Russia typically employs 7 to 11 bombers per salvo, it does have longer-term implications.

The loss of even a portion of these asset especially ones that are almost impossible to replace reduces Russia’s capacity for long-range force projection and its overall geostrategic flexibility.

— Tatarigami (@tatarigami.bsky.social) 3 June 2025 at 09:17

In sum, this was a highly successful operation for Ukraine. While it may not bring a quick reduction in the aerial threat to Ukrainian cities, it degraded a critical segment of Russia’s force projection. At the end it might influence a potential agreement to restrict long-range strikes in the future

— Tatarigami (@tatarigami.bsky.social) 3 June 2025 at 09:17

New: Ukraine's SBU security service behind the audacious drone attack deep inside Russia now says it has attacked the Kerch bridge in occupied Crimea in a months-long operation. It says SBU agents "mined the supports" of the bridge with 1,100kg of TNT under the water line and detonated this morning.

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— Christopher Miller (@christopherjm.ft.com) 3 June 2025 at 12:20

👀💥 This is what the Crimean Bridge looks like “in section” and its actually blown up supports (highlighted in red in the photo)

❗️SBU indicated that 1,100 kg of explosives were detonated near the bottom.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 3 June 2025 at 12:39

Wtf. I'm not sure how much damage it did but I'm not even that interested in that aspect (that would be a massive bonus though), it's more the psychological impact for me, the SBU are everywhere lately. How the fuck did they manage to mine the supports with TNT? When did they manage to do this? How did they even get there to do it? The bridge is literally surrounded by Russian defences now. What else do they have under their sleeve? First the drones in trucks set off inside of Russia, now this.

From what I've seen, the bridge hasn't collapsed or anything, the explosion likely wasn't strong enough for that, but it has been closed while they assess the damage and if the supports are damaged then I sure as shit wouldn't be the first to drive anything heavy over that bridge, Lmao. But like I said, regardless of the damage, Wtf.

The underwater supports of the supports were severely damaged at the bottom level - 1100 kg of explosives in the TNT equivalent contributed to this. In fact, the bridge is in a state of emergency.

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 3 June 2025 at 12:10

Reports of a 2nd explosion at Crimean Bridge.

:)

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 3 June 2025 at 13:00

FOR THE LAST TIME, IT WAS NOT BUDANOV, IT WAS THIS DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN, HEAD OF SECURITY SERVICE

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— Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 (@reshetz.bsky.social) 1 June 2025 at 20:37

They’re friends

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— Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 (@reshetz.bsky.social) 1 June 2025 at 20:40

Haha, lmao. Where is all of your big talk now Putin?

Russian media are reporting a renewed attack on the Crimean Bridge.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) 3 June 2025 at 13:06

⚓️💥 Russians write that Crimean bridge was attacked by underwater drones

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 3 June 2025 at 13:08

Submarine drones ey?

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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) 3 June 2025 at 13:19

Russian Panic.