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A visual illustration of the density of FPV drone use in Pokrovsk, filmed from the perspective of a pair of Ukrainian soldiers. Original Post Join @TranslatedRussianNews

🇫🇮 Bloomberg: Finland’s South Karelia region is losing €1 million per day in tourism revenue due to the closure of the border with Russia. Original Post Join @TranslatedRussianNews

Farewell, my dearest treasure How clumsy are these words, Yet how to hide or measure them, When dizziness still stirs. And wretched pity, bitter, Still claws, still rends my chest. I’ve only one turn left to take And then, at last, comes rest. G. Shpalikov November 1, 1974 — the death of Gennady Shpalikov “I am frightened by the indifference of time and by strangers. The farther I go, the more strangers there are — no one to bow to, no one to be with. Russia is vast, yet there’s no one to call. I understand this is an illusion, but a completely sincere one. I don’t know why I should go on living.” These words came from a letter written by the poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker Gennady Shpalikov shortly before his death. His final note was even more stark: “This is not cowardice — I simply cannot live among you any longer. Don’t be sad. I’m just tired of you. Dasha (my daughter), remember. Shpalikov.” On November 1, 1974, in Room No. 6 of the Writers’ Retreat in Peredelkino, Shpalikov hanged himself with his red scarf. He was only 37 years old The video accompanying this post features perhaps his most piercing poem: “By misfortune or by grace” Original Post Join @TranslatedRussianNews

🇺🇦 How Ukraine’s GUR Sent Its Own Commandos to Slaughter — for the Sake of a Headline Yesterday, Western media received information from Zelensky’s office about a “heroic landing” of Ukrainian GUR commandos in the industrial zone near Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) — as marked on the maps. The group was dropped from a NATO helicopter to carry out what was ambitiously described as a counteroffensive. There were about ten soldiers in total. Apparently, Kiev wanted what the military cynically calls a “flag-planting mission” — enough to make a flashy Western headline, but not to change the situation on the ground. And indeed, the headline worked… until the footage surfaced. Videos now circulating online show the group’s grim end — one by one, the Ukrainian commandos are taken out. Ukrainian outlets stressed that the operation was “personally led by Budanov” (head of GUR), meaning the political fallout for the loss of these elite troops will fall on him, not on Zelensky. Ten GUR fighters gone? Kiev will simply round up ten more off the streets. Original Post Join @TranslatedRussianNews

❗️Footage of a Friday landing of Ukrainian GUR special forces from a U.S. helicopter near Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) — and their rapid elimination by the Russian Army — is spreading across global social media. Original Post Join @TranslatedRussianNews

⚡️ Russian air defense shot down 98 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight, the Ministry of Defense reported. Original Post Join @TranslatedRussianNews

Kazakhs have just outplayed Apple Pay — a local bank has unveiled Kaspi Alaqan, a palm-payment system. Starting this December, residents of Kazakhstan will be able to ditch their cards and even their phones — just pay with the wave of a hand. What year is it again? Original Post Join @TranslatedRussianNews