Ukrainians will not abandon their territories, and the United States did not set deadlines for peace, Budanov stated
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Russia Lied About Troops in Ukraine
Russia spent years lying about having no boots on the ground in Ukraine, and many media desks treated it as a debatable theory rather than a documented fact. Since 2022, the charade is over. Truth usually wins, but the delay was expensive.
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Logistics and medics trained separately: Vulnerable, easily targeted, and poorly designed supply centers.
18/ "3. Logistics and medics trained separately. — The logistics center was always built compactly, easily targeted. Field kitchens were placed one next to the other, brightly illuminated by thermal imagers from a distance—no underground canteens or freestanding kitchen units.
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Regimental HQ exercises: Single command post, vulnerable to a single missile strike.
12/ "2. Regimental headquarters exercises were conducted separately: — Instead of the prescribed several command posts, they deployed a single command post, a tightly packed cluster of several staff cars and one command post vehicle. One missile strike—all dead.
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Preparing positions for artillery and heavy weapons
The same principle applies to preparing positions for mortars, howitzers, rocket launchers, automatic grenade launchers, and anti-tank guided missiles.
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Soldiers learning trench work and construction, making common mistakes together.
8/ "So when the war began the regular soldiers were also learning trench work and construction, as were we, the mobilised ones, very soon after. We went through the same stupid mistakes together, like screwing boards or chipboard panels to log columns from the inside with screws.
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Military training lacked basic trench digging skills for all branches.
6/ "Nevertheless, there were some general gaps in general military training: 'We didn't learn how to dig in during exercises. Neither the infantry, nor the tankers, nor the artillerymen.' Digging a trench according to a blueprint in the manual? That didn't even exist.
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Harsh training methods for new soldiers: isolation, no essentials until proficiency.
4/ "The training was, for example, like this: The command company commander locks a young contract soldier in a room alone with his radio and documentation. No water, no food, and no access to the restroom—until he passes a certain basic level of theory and practice.
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Fire on EW tower near Sevastopol by Atesh
A Russian electronic warfare tower near Sevastopol is reportedly out of action after Atesh partisans set fire to its relay cabinets. The group says it's part of a systematic effort to disable Russian control over Crimea's skies.
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Atesh claims burning Russian jamming tower in Crimea
Atesh partisans say they burned out a Russian jamming tower near Sevastopol, occupied Crimea, clearing skies for Ukrainian drone operations in the area.
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) 26 février 2026
📹Atesh pic.twitter.com/fQBCbNDCO9Atesh partisans say they burned out a Russian jamming tower near Sevastopol, occupied Crimea, clearing skies for Ukrainian drone operations in the area. Atesh