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Prof. Bonk 🇺🇦 Perverse & Unintended Consequences@actfast · Oct 11, 2026

🧵Russia claimed its air defenses shot down 7,389 Ukrainian drones in a week. It forgot to mention that the ones that…

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Russia's military claims and propaganda face mounting contradictions as Ukrainian drone strikes damage critical infrastructure, kill senior officers, and disrupt operations, while Moscow's official narratives collapse under scrutiny from independent verification, probate records, and inconsistent state media reporting.

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    🧵Russia claimed its air defenses shot down 7,389 Ukrainian drones in a week. It forgot to mention that the ones that got through incinerated two refineries 2,500 km deep, blew up an ICBM dismantler, crashed Yandex data centers, and forced Washington to buy Russian diesel. 1/🧵

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    In Nizhny Novgorod, drones struck Surovatikha, Russia's official center for dismantling decommissioned ICBMs. Ukraine provided high-speed assistance. On the roofs, volunteer drone hunters took their first fatal loss, prompting the local governor to mourn their first widow. 2/

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    President Zelenskyy sat in a Kyiv bunker asking US lawmakers to enforce oil sanctions. Six hours later, Trump posted on Truth Social that Russia would supply 1.8M tons of diesel to drop fuel prices. The US Treasury issued General License 135 that same afternoon. 3/

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    Russian war bloggers were stunned. Pro-war channel Colonelcassad wrote: 'The strikes on refineries were so successful that the US lifted sanctions.' Ex-legislator Oleg Tsarev noted: 'When Zelenskyy strikes Russian refineries, he will be striking directly at Trump's interests.'4/

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    Six weeks ago, occupation chief Denis Pushilin claimed Ukrainian missiles hit a peaceful shopping mall in Donetsk. State media reported 10 dead, then deleted it. Independent outlet Mediazona ignored state denials and audited Russia's official probate court registries. 5/

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    Probate records proved at least 20 senior military officers died inside the mall's food court, including 7 full colonels. Among them were the Central Military District's chief of intelligence planning and the deputy chief of electronic warfare. None were buying pretzels. 6/

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    This was the 41st Army staff's third headquarters massacre in a year. The 6 biggest Russian war channels went silent. While probate court files logged the dead officers, occupation chief Pushilin spent the day posting updates about leaky roofs and diesel generators. 7/

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    In Moscow, drones and cheap party balloons paralyzed all 4 major airports. Putin's official aircraft diverted to St. Petersburg, while state media couldn't confirm which jet he was on. War bloggers noted balloons cost pennies but still freeze capital airspace. 8/

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    To cover up the airport shutdown, state fact-checker 'War on Fakes' claimed no airspace crisis occurred. It blamed airport closures on heavy rain, then advised citizens: 'Don't waste phone charge and gasoline in generators, or lights will start going out off schedule!' 9/

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    Mikhail Zvinchuk, founder of pro-Kremlin channel Fisherman/Rybar, bragged online that NATO border guards were too dumb to check databases. Days later, Montenegrin police dragged him from a hotel parking lot and deported him, leaving behind an unpaid 1,000-euro hotel bill. 10/

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    Moscow panicked. Dmitry Medvedev told 822,000 readers that Russia needed to kidnap 'European & American morons' to restock its exchange fund. Channel Fighterbomber admitted: 'Zvinchuk is an idiot, but he's our idiot.' Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova offered flowers. 11/

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    Near Kupiansk, a Russian soldier wrote to a war channel: 'Where do I send the coordinates of my regiment's command post so the Ukrainians hit it and end this nightmare?' Pro-war channels simultaneously declared victory over a town the Defense Ministry wouldn't name. 12/

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    Major General Anton Grunis was publicly praised by Putin and awarded the Hero of Russia Gold Star by Defense Minister Belousov. Ukrainian drones killed him 14 days later. Russian state TV posted footage celebrating his capture of a town 26 days after he was already dead. 13/

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    When a war effort blames balloons on rain, begs rivals to buy diesel, & airs dead generals as living heroes, military control is an illusion. Moscow can delete news posts and fake shoot-downs, but it cannot edit probate records or reality. Report: 14/🧵 professorbonk.substack.com/p/ukraine-blew…