DECREE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE No. 827/2022 – to award the title of Hero of Ukraine with the award of the Order of the Gold Star to Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Poteshkin – Lieutenant Colonel.

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After the UAV attack, up to 10 Tu-22m bombers disappeared from the Russian airfield in Diaghilev. Airplanes also disappeared from the airfield in Engels. Satellite images indicate that there were 6 Tu-95s less than before cotton. What happened? 😏 pic.twitter.com/GDgGTkkbxZ

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After the UAV attack, up to 10 Tu-22m bombers disappeared from the Russian airfield in Diaghilev. Aircraft also vanished from the Engels airfield. Satellite imagery suggests there were six fewer Tu-95s than previously recorded. What happened?

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According to the General Staff, the convicts escaped while being transported to combat positions. Three of the escapees were killed by Ukrainian forces during a search operation, the General Staff said.

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General Staff: Mobilized convicts deserted Russian army in Donetsk Oblast. Around 20 mobilized former convicts deserted the Russian army in the Russian-occupied city of Yasinuvata in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk Oblast, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported.

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According to the ISW, "Putin is conditioning Russian domestic audiences to expect a protracted, grinding war in Ukraine that continues to seek the conquest of additional Ukrainian territory."

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Putin compared himself favorably with 18th-century Russian tsar Peter the Great by noting that Russia now controls the Sea of Azov, which Peter the Great also fought for, the ISW wrote.

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