Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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Ryuu96 on 09 May 2023

🧵Russian May 9th Parade 2023 vehicle composition thread. Now we finally get to compare this year's parade to the previous years'.

This year I have not seen an official lineup released for the first time.

Last year 131 vehicles took part, down from over 200 the previous years pic.twitter.com/qKL8JQrsLg
— Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) May 9, 2023

The flyover is expectedly cancelled. As no rehearsals had taken place, this was a guarantee.

Since the invasion the amount of vehicles in the annual parade has plummeted into a pitiful display:
2021: 197
2022: 131
2023: 51
— Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) May 9, 2023

To even get to 51 vehicles, the Russian military had to "borrow" 10 Remdiesel Ahmat Z-STS from Ramzan Kadyrov.
— Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) May 9, 2023

The only Russian tank present at today’s Victory Day parade in Moscow was a single T-34. pic.twitter.com/o15e38W2Vh
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) May 9, 2023

Embarrassing.

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Ryuu96 on 09 May 2023

It seems that during today's "festivities" in Moscow Putin got scared by a drum beat and looked to the other presidents for protection. pic.twitter.com/3fIQuzuDRK
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 9, 2023

The ambassador of the Russian Federation in Poland failed to lay a wreath at the memorial in Warsaw. The crowd blocked his way and forced him to leave the place. On the background, you can hear air raid sirens which activists turned on in front of the Russian Embassy. pic.twitter.com/kZkMvUlBag
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Ryuu96 on 09 May 2023

The Kremlin would have welcomed a military victory in Ukraine today. Instead, they got another Prigozhin tirade in which he accused the ministry of defence of abandoning their positions in Bakhmut and threatened to leave the city after receiving "10%" of the promised ammunition pic.twitter.com/W8TDPPA038
— Pjotr Sauer (@PjotrSauer) May 9, 2023

In Novosibirsk, Russia, unknown persons burned a Russian Su-24 fighter jet. It happened yesterday morning on the territory of the Sukhoi Company JSC aviation plant. It is reported the plane burned down and is not usable anymore. pic.twitter.com/elycE0576R
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) May 9, 2023

Maverick 🇷🇺 nationalist warlord Prigozhin now directly attacks Putin - and does it on May 9. This will get interesting. https://t.co/RD06Nwlsn8
— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) May 9, 2023

Prigozhin explained the lack of shells at the front by the desire of the “grandfather” to create stocks in warehouses: “Happy grandfather thinks that he is well...
How to win the war, if it suddenly turns out that this grandfather is a complete asshole.”
“Grandfather” Frost 🥶⁉️ pic.twitter.com/ZQl8tcTQLA
— EDVIN KORNELIUS (@edvin_kornelius) May 9, 2023

Prigozhin personally runs into Putin, calling him a complete asshole. Of course, maybe later he will begin to make excuses, they say, he meant Shoigu, or Gerasimov. But the message is clear. This is the first jump of the Wagnerian directly on Putin. Yes, and on the 9th of May. https://t.co/I9LSzdVvI6
— Raimo Ikonen 🇫🇮🇺🇦🇪🇺NATO (@Raimo_Ikonen) May 9, 2023

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drkohler on 09 May 2023

Notably absent from the parade in Moscow: A Chinese delegation..

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Ryuu96 on 09 May 2023

It was last year (wasn't it?) that the supposedly state-of-the-art T-14 Armata had a heart attack or something and had to be nixed from the parade. Now they showcased a tank first introduced into service in 1940. https://t.co/Xc1xf3pXXz
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) May 9, 2023

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Ryuu96 on 09 May 2023

❗️I think this might be the top-news for today.

While Putin was speaking about "Russian greatness" in Moscow, Russian troops were fleeing in Bakhmut.

Prigozhin said the 72nd brigade and Gazprom "Torch" PMC abandoned their positions after 500 Wagner members died to get them -… pic.twitter.com/QiBKDufUbX
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 9, 2023

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EpicRandy on 09 May 2023

Ryuu96 said:

It was last year (wasn't it?) that the supposedly state-of-the-art T-14 Armata had a heart attack or something and had to be nixed from the parade. Now they showcased a tank first introduced into service in 1940. https://t.co/Xc1xf3pXXz
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) May 9, 2023

I don't know what's funnier, the fact they display a WW2 era tank or the fact that it would actually make so much sense to do so while celebrating the end of WW2 resulting in Russia being forced to parade as they should instead of as they want.

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CaptainExplosion on 09 May 2023

Ryuu96 said:

â—ï¸I think this might be the top-news for today.

While Putin was speaking about "Russian greatness" in Moscow, Russian troops were fleeing in Bakhmut.

Prigozhin said the 72nd brigade and Gazprom "Torch" PMC abandoned their positions after 500 Wagner members died to get them -… pic.twitter.com/QiBKDufUbX
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 9, 2023

Putin's incompetence is showing more and more all the time.

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Ryuu96 on 09 May 2023

We watched russia's "Victory Day" parade today with great interest. Our tribute: pic.twitter.com/56evOrTcnn
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) May 9, 2023

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Ryuu96 on 09 May 2023

Pentagon Press Secretary, Brigadier General Patrick S. Ryder has Confirmed that the Ukrainian Air Force utilizing an American MIM-104 “Patriot” Air Defense Battery was able to Down a Russian Kh-47M2 “Kinzhal” Hypersonic Ballistic Missile over the Capital City of Kyiv on May 4th. pic.twitter.com/8VGqPwegzT
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