These are the Human Safari guys that murder civilians and animals in Kherson for training. The Unmanned Systems Forces also blew up their building. https://t.co/vHhoiIgGIY

— Woofers (@NotWoofers) May 23, 2026

Per quanto riguarda l’attacco al dormitorio studentesco di Starobelsk, che le Forze Armate ucraine definiscono uno dei quartier generali dell’unità russa di droni Rubikon, mentre la Russia lo definisce un attacco contro civili, voglio dire questo.

Su quel caso specifico, nella… https://t.co/0GqlAN2tKp

— Daria Kryukova (@daria_sev) May 23, 2026

"Regarding the attack on the Starobelsk student dormitory, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces describe as one of the headquarters of the Russian Rubikon drone unit, while Russia describes it as an attack against civilians, I want to say this.

On that specific case, in the fog of war, I can't figure out with certainty what happened. But I can talk about what is absolutely known and documented. For example, the fact that Russia involves teenagers in assembling drones at the Alabuga facility in Tatarstan. And it does so openlyin fact, it's even publicized. In a promotional spot, 15- to 17-year-old students from the "Alabuga" college participated in an advertisement about Shahed production. In the video, they talk about working on drone production and earning between 150,000 and 350,000 rubles.

Is a facility that produces drones a legitimate military target? Obviously yes. However, if Ukraine struck that site, there would be a real possibility that minors working there would also die. And Russia would naturally say it was an attack against childreneven though the real crime is involving minors in drone assembly, knowing full well that the facility is a military target."

EDIT: Accidentally made a duplicate post. Original post is post above.

❗️Unmanned Systems Forces commander Magyar said SBS drones raided Novorossiysk port and the Grushovaya Balka oil storage site overnight into May 23. He said the Admiral Essen frigate and a Project 1239 missile hovercraft were inside the strike zone, though damage levels are… pic.twitter.com/xhpNolK8so

— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) May 23, 2026

The aftermath of Ukrainian drone strikes along the M14 Mariupol'-Melitopol' highway, a Russian logistics artery in occupied south eastern Ukraine.

Multiple Russian logistics vehicles can be seen burnt out or on fire. pic.twitter.com/3RKp7U5wwV

— Jimmy Rushton (@JimmySecUK) May 22, 2026

Russian forces appear to have struck Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, with an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile.

Seen here, Oreshnik submunitions rain down on Kyiv. pic.twitter.com/pd2wNmiz5Z

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) May 23, 2026

Footage of a Russian Oreshnik IRBM hitting Kyiv tonight, with its submunitions clearly seen. pic.twitter.com/aaUTVR3hU1

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) May 23, 2026

Kyiv tonight : people sheltering in metro from Russian drones and missiles . 6 missiles attacked Kyiv, some reports say more. There are reports the infamous transcontinental missile attacking the region. Massive attack tonight is expected, more drones and missiles are detected pic.twitter.com/UYL8mpw9fa

— Margo Gontar 🔱 (@MargoGontar) May 23, 2026

Rossticus said:

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Russian forces appear to have struck Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, with an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile.

Seen here, Oreshnik submunitions rain down on Kyiv. pic.twitter.com/pd2wNmiz5Z

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) May 23, 2026

Footage of a Russian Oreshnik IRBM hitting Kyiv tonight, with its submunitions clearly seen. pic.twitter.com/aaUTVR3hU1

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) May 23, 2026

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Just so random to me at this point. The Oreshnik is either a nuclear weapon or an intimidation weapon. Still don't think they are going to blast Kyiv with a nuke and Ukraine and Europe were not intimidated the first two times they used it.

I really hesitate to jump to the "desperation" explanation but it just doesn't make sense to me to utilize one of their rare and complicated MRBMs in a conventional manner. Their targeting is not really good enough to be considered a precision weapon. I've never been able to pin down exactly what kind of conventional submunitions they utilized earlier or if they were just straight dummy rounds. As the first one likely was from what I gathered at the time.

At the same time though, I guess the practical side of me can see the "we have them, let's just f'ing use them since this war is wildly out of our control anyways" viewpoint.

Showing that they could actually land a nuke if they choose.

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Putin again resorting to veiled nuclear threats and alluding to a supposed stance that anything which prevents them from doing what they please is a sovereign threat to their security and the "global balance of power". ~So you'd better let them do whatever they want or they may just nuke you~ ** Cue senseless hysterical screeching.

Putin:

The use of nuclear weapons is an extreme and exceptional measure to ensure the national security of our states.

At the same time, given the growing tension in the world and the emergence of new threats and risks, our nuclear triad, as before, must serve as a reliable… pic.twitter.com/QEx0a8xeFg

— Clash Report (@clashreport) May 21, 2026

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Ah. Failed to see this earlier. Maybe explains the Oreshnik choice then. Which is just more nuclear flexing. Didn't think he would try that again, but here ya go I guess.

Do wonder where the point of origin was for the launch if this actually was an Oreshnik. There was a hubbub couple weeks ago that Belarus was either getting/preparing to stage Oreshniks. Enough that all intelligences have been keeping an eye out and called out this possible attack earlier today. Be interesting to see if it did come from Belarus and whether Putin is still trying to rope them in closer and closer to the war themselves.

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Showing that they could actually land a nuke if they choose.

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Well, obviously. But thought they had already made that point clear the two other times they have employed this weapon system. Third times the charm when we all buckle?

But I failed once again to account for the fact that I am in fact, not Russian and don't think like them. Plus, the tweet I missed that Putin was indeed recently flexing his nuclear cards so you do seem to be correct for sure.

Beautiful. I wonder how they're making sure their drones are there just in time. Loitering? AI controlled? Either way, remarkable that they have fire control over the land bridge like this.

High stakes russian roulette. One in six chance it is a nuke.

Seriously though, the psychological effect of being on the receiving end and not knowing. Plus if he does decide to nuke Kiev in the future, the false ones create cover for the real thing.

If Putin wanted to nuke Ukraine, he would have already done it. He won't. It's a non-issue.

On timed college dorm strike: Conservative Treehouse.

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If Putin wanted to nuke Ukraine, he would have already done it. He won't. It's a non-issue.

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Putin wants to win this special military operation (which is hard to define what he now considers winning )

Currently in Putins opinion ( which is the only opinion that matters and is hard to figure out his thought processes ). using nukes does not help him win

Hopefully this remains the case
Because he is enough of a sociopath that right and wrong don't really figure into his thinking

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Waffledynamics said:

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If Putin wanted to nuke Ukraine, he would have already done it. He won't. It's a non-issue.

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Putin wants to win this special military operation (which is hard to define what he now considers winning )

Currently in Putins opinion ( which is the only opinion that matters and is hard to figure out his thought processes ). using nukes does not help him win

Hopefully this remains the case
Because he is enough of a sociopath that right and wrong don't really figure into his thinking

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If Putins tries this (nukes), his,military will turn on him as will all the super wealthy oligarchs…. They won't let Putin do this, the entire world would turn on him and he would probably end up falling out of the apartment window. Just my 2 cents as a peasant

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High stakes russian roulette. One in six chance it is a nuke.

Seriously though, the psychological effect of being on the receiving end and not knowing. Plus if he does decide to nuke Kiev in the future, the false ones create cover for the real thing.

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Aye, very true. I am always one to highlight the "boy who cries wolf" issue. I also get caught up at times in the sheer objectiveness of the numbers, strategies, etc and forget the human element on the other end sometimes. Being at the mercy of something that you can't stop or even really attempt to has to be incredibly frustrating/scary.

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Beautiful. I wonder how they're making sure their drones are there just in time. Loitering? AI controlled? Either way, remarkable that they have fire control over the land bridge like this.

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Ambush drones prepositioned on the ground near front lines have been common for a long time. So I imagine they are now being pushed out to enemy LOC's too, waiting to be cued by these sensors.

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On timed college dorm strike: Conservative Treehouse.

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Already addressed. It was a drone command center using "students".

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On timed college dorm strike: Conservative Treehouse.

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An op-ed written by "Sundance", who rails against Ukraine and references the "Russian Human Rights commissioner" (we all know how seriously Russia has taken human rights throughout their war), the head of the occupation government in Luhansk, and the woman (I use that term liberally) responsible for overseeing the displacement and indoctrination of innumerable Ukrainian children. Quite the read indeed.

"When Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin uses the term "Nazi" he does so with a perspective that is not the same as western considerations. Ukraine is well known for their ideological blood lust, the events within this story are related to that definition.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered the targeting of a college dormitory in Starobilsk, Luhansk, an occupied territory under the control of Russian forces.

This was not a military target. Yana Lantratova, Russia's human rights commissioner, said that 86 teenagers aged 14 to 18 had been asleep inside the hostel belonging to Luhansk Pedagogical University's Starobilsk college when Ukrainian drones had attacked it during the night.

Leonid Pasechnik, the top Russian-installed official in Luhansk, said two people had been pulled from the rubble. Maria Lvova-Belova, presidential commissioner for children's rights, said up to 18 children could still be trapped.

Ukraine's military denied the Russian accusations and said it had struck an elite drone command unit in the area. It said that Kyiv complied with international humanitarian law.

Putin said in his own statement, which was carried by state TV, that there were no military targets near the dorm.

"There are no military facilities, intelligence service facilities, or related services in the vicinity. Therefore, there is absolutely no basis for claiming that the munitions struck the building as a result of our air defense or electronic warfare systems. The strike was not accidental; it came in three waves, with 16 drones targeting the same location," Putin told officials. (more)

Again, it does not go unnoticed that Zelenskyy feels the strongest empowerment when U.S. officials are meeting with NATO partners to discuss the conflict. As Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with NATO allies in Sweden, Zelenskyy takes the opportunity of association to carry out a strike that carries severe retaliatory consequence.

The people who control Zelenskyy use him as a tool to bait Putin, and they do it every time the U.S. has a delegation discussing the regional issues. There is a direct pattern here that repeats itself. Western media pretend not to notice.

Speak to anyone in Eastern Europe about their opinion of Ukrainians' and/or Volodymyr Zelenskyy and you will get the same response. It is a response disconnected from the opinion of European leaders. Eastern Europeans well understand the nature of the Ukraine mindset."

Waffledynamics said:

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Beautiful. I wonder how they're making sure their drones are there just in time. Loitering? AI controlled? Either way, remarkable that they have fire control over the land bridge like this.

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Saw a tweet last week talking about heavy drones dropping video cameras roadside connected via starlink to track Russian traffic.

Waffledynamics said:

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If Putin wanted to nuke Ukraine, he would have already done it. He won't. It's a non-issue.

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I think Putin is telegraphing that if a rout threatens Crimea, he'll go nuclear.

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Waffledynamics said:

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If Putin wanted to nuke Ukraine, he would have already done it. He won't. It's a non-issue.

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I think Putin is telegraphing that if a rout threatens Crimea, he'll go nuclear.

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Except he won't.

And Ukraine knows it

Ukrainian forces have reportedly taken advantage of the chaotic Russian supply situation to mount a local offensive south of Zaporizhzhia, retaking the key town of Stepnohirsk.

Ukrainian forces are now pushing towards Kamyanske, rolling back nearly a year of Russian progress. pic.twitter.com/IkPg46gqbx

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) May 23, 2026

Not exactly sure what a French threat is worth to a guy whose balls Putin keeps in his desk drawer, but interesting I suppose.

⚡️France's Macron issues warning to Belarus in rare phone call with Lukashenko.

The conversation marks the first recorded direct contact between Macron and Lukashenko since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.https://t.co/ZROiJfG6UP

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) May 24, 2026

It looks like a ruSSian missile punched straight through into the underground parking garage of the elite TRIIINITY residential complex in Pechersk.

It’s possible that this was one of the submunitions from an Oreshnik missile, judging by the lack of visible explosion damage and… pic.twitter.com/pQngEqgZSY

— 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝕯𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝕯𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔱△ 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇺🇲🇬🇷 (@TheDeadDistrict) May 24, 2026

🤡 Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed it struck “military targets” in Ukraine

Meanwhile, the following sites in Kyiv were damaged:

— Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry building (for the first time since World War II),
— the Chornobyl Museum,
— the Podil Opera and Ballet Theater,
— the… https://t.co/8CFFbtG6Vg pic.twitter.com/eLsPeSpOGR

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) May 24, 2026

Allegedly, these are the aftermath of an “Oreshnik” strike on a garage cooperative in Bila Tserkva.

Well, they certainly picked a worthy target for an intermediate-range ballistic missile. pic.twitter.com/oX4Co43CEG

— 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝕯𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝕯𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔱△ 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇺🇲🇬🇷 (@TheDeadDistrict) May 24, 2026

russia fills military training centres in occupied territories with young soldiers.

Those young soldiers die because they are a legitimate military target

russia complains about war crimes

Pathetic nation https://t.co/rqQxDbFo3K

— Caolan (@CaolanReports) May 24, 2026

The videos continue to emerge, confirming that Ukrainian forces are beginning to shape a key Russian logistics artery in occupied southeastern Ukraine. 1/4 pic.twitter.com/bOJYWIdi5I

— Giorgi Revishvili (@revishvilig) May 24, 2026

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russia fills military training centres in occupied territories with young soldiers.

Those young soldiers die because they are a legitimate military target

russia complains about war crimes

Pathetic nation https://t.co/rqQxDbFo3K

— Caolan (@CaolanReports) May 24, 2026

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Ukraine is justified in killing every last one of them

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The videos continue to emerge, confirming that Ukrainian forces are beginning to shape a key Russian logistics artery in occupied southeastern Ukraine. 1/4 pic.twitter.com/bOJYWIdi5I

— Giorgi Revishvili (@revishvilig) May 24, 2026

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Russians have no idea of how to combat this currently. The best they have done so far, is decree that military and military oriented vehicles are only allowed on certain stretches. Which is objectively stupid since it gives Ukraine the greenlight to hit literally everything moving on those roads with no hesitation.

Ukraine is flat out winning the suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) mission aspect of this war and doing it handily.

The damn thing is though, until truly cost effective and non-complicated counter drone tech is rolled out in significant strength, I don't know what Russia can do to actively deal with this. Passive stuff will go up soon like nets I presume but Ukraine is just roving freely right now over much of the occupied territory. Not a bad card to have in your hand as a Uke commander.

Preston Stewart had a really good interview with Ryan O'Leary, an American commander of their Foreign Legion, who went out of his way to stress a need to have a shift in the drone fighting doctrines that Ukraine uses. Lo and behold, here we are a few months later with this huge shift in drone tactics and it has caught Russia completely off guard. Not saying it was him per se, but the Ukes have finally developed reliable mid range attack drones (100-300km) and it has changed everything, again. He was right.

Found the interview for those so inclined:

Lavrov called Rubio, asking the U.S. to evacuate the American embassy and American citizens from Kyiv because Moscow intends to launch a campaign of systematic strikes on the Ukrainian capital.
Like they haven’t been doing it for more than four years now! https://t.co/ffyU7a80Le

— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) May 25, 2026