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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · 3d ago

A Russian ballistic missile hit the Zaporizhstal steel mill in southern Ukraine as workers were heading to shelters after an air raid alert, the plant's parent group says. Seven people were reportedly killed and 21 wounded, and the mill has stopped work completely. https://tvrain.tv/news/posle-rossijskoj-ataki-polnostju-ostanovilas-zaporozhstal-sem-chelovek-pogibli-21-ranen-574700/

tvrain.tv

После российской атаки полностью остановилась «Запорожсталь». Семь человек погибли, 21 — ранен

О том, что после атаки предприятие полностью остановило работу, сообщила группа «Метинвест», в которую входит комбинат.

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · 5d ago

Finland has no Patriot missiles to give Ukraine & Defense Minister Antti Häkkänen won't say what air defense it is sending. As a frontline state, he said, Finland can't endanger its own readiness. US industry can cover the acute shortage, he said, but it's slowed by bureaucracy. https://www.is.fi/politiikka/art-2000012190107.html

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Aug 06, 2026

A Russian military court sentenced two Ukrainian POWs, Dmytro Horiainov and Roman Ponomarenko, to a maximum-security prison for 18 and 19 years for serving in the Azov Battalion. Russia has also added both men to its official registry of “terrorists and extremists.” https://zona.media/news/2026/08/06/azov

Медиазона

Двух пленных бойцов «Азова» приговорили к 18 и 19 годам колонии

Южный окружной военный суд вынес приговор двум пленным бойцам ВСУ — 36-летнему Дмитрию Горяинову и 46-летнему Роману Пон...

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Aug 06, 2026

Replying to @richpuchalsky@mastodon.social

@richpuchalsky@mastodon.social I suspect more and more people will come to share this sentiment in the decades ahead.

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Aug 05, 2026

FSO guards & National Guard troops sealed off a Moscow cemetery for the burial of a major general said to have died in the Aug. 1 restaurant bombing that killed 5 people, according to the Telegram channel VChK-OGPU. Russian Ground Forces and Aerospace Forces flags were spotted. https://t.me/astrapress/121354

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Aug 05, 2026

A car bombing outside Yekaterinburg killed the driver & left Vladimir Tkachuk, creator of Russia's Upyr attack drones, in intensive care. It was the 2nd attack in a week on the head of a Russian drone firm: on July 29, a gunman in Tula shot Andrey Cherezov, owner of another drone supplier, 3 times. https://www.agents.media/pod-ekaterinburgom-soversheno-vtoroe-za-nedelyu-pokushenie-na-proizvoditelya-dronov/

«Агентство»

Под Екатеринбургом совершено второе за неделю покушение на производителя дронов • «Агентство»

Автомобиль создателя используемых на фронте дронов «Упырь» и автора Z-блога «Повернутые на войне» Владимира Ткачука взорвали во вторник в поселке под Екатеринбургом, сообщили местные СМИ. По данным 66

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Aug 05, 2026

Russian ballistic missiles & drones hit the Kyiv region, killing at least 15 people, Ukrainian officials say. There's a reported ammonia leak, & residents are likely trapped under rubble. Moscow claims the attack hit logistics hubs holding military cargo & producing drones. https://t.me/tkachenkotymur/2623

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Aug 04, 2026

Odd: Candidates in St. Petersburg's local races got a warning call "from above," a source told Fontanka, and that evening began renaming / deleting their social media accounts. Two candidates have already been thrown off the ballot, one for a link to a banned network, another over copyrighted music. https://t.me/fontankaspb/108498

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Aug 04, 2026

things my five year old daughter has said on this road trip: in the car, after hours of travel: "I'm almost tired, and I'm probably hungry." after the second night at our airbnb: "there's no dreams in that bed."

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Aug 04, 2026

Update on yesterday's Gelendzhik beach attack: Four of the seven people killed when a Ukrainian drone came down were children. Children's Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova says three more are hospitalized, one of them underwent surgery. https://t.me/tvrain/108619

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Aug 04, 2026

interesting promo...

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Aug 04, 2026

A Russian soldier killed two men, 71 and 59, and a 64-year-old woman when he opened fire in a village near Sevastopol in Crimea, the city's governor says. A fellow serviceman was also killed and four people wounded. https://www.agents.media/v-krymu-voennyj-zastrelil-sosluzhivtsa-i-treh-mirnyh-zhitelej-im-mozhet-byt-21-letnij-saratovets-obvinyavshijsya-v-krazhe/

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Aug 04, 2026

Overnight Russian strikes killed four civilians in two Ukrainian cities, officials say: two girls, 5 and 10, and an elderly woman in Sumy, hit by guided bombs, and an 89-year-old woman in Mykolaiv. Seven were hurt there, including girls aged 2 and 12. https://t.me/hryhorov_oleg/3026

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Aug 04, 2026

Telegram has reportedly disappeared from the App Store in Russia and supposedly also in Turkey and the USA. (It's still visible in the Play Store from here in America for me.) https://t.me/tass_agency/388580

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Aug 04, 2026

Ukraine will never join NATO, former commander-in-chief Valery Zaluzhny said, calling the alliance outdated (😏), though he conceded that Ukraine still needs technology NATO countries have. Kyiv's future lies in a European bloc yet to be formed, he said. https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/news/2026/08/3/7242871/

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Aug 03, 2026

A Ukrainian drone hit a crowded beach near Gelendzhik in southern Russia, killing 6 people, 3 of them children. About 40 more were hurt, 17 of them hospitalized. Footage shows the drone flying into beachgoers, OSINT analysts say the trajectory suggests it lost control after being damaged or jammed. https://www.agents.media/rabota-pvo-mogla-privesti-k-padeniyu-drona-na-plyazh-pod-gelendzhikom-i-gibeli-rebenka-i-treh-vzroslyh/

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Aug 02, 2026

Replying to @aedan@serrebiradio.com

@aedan@serrebiradio.com Advocating the murder of family members is insanity.

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Aug 02, 2026

Replying to @aedan@serrebiradio.com

@aedan@serrebiradio.com fucking insane, man. seek help

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 29, 2026

Naoero, formerly Nauru, has cut ties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Georgia's Foreign Ministry says. Now only four UN members recognize the independence of Georgia's two breakaway regions: the Cool Kids Club of Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Syria. https://mfa.gov.ge/statements-by-mfa/063124-saqartvelos-sagareo-saqmeta-saministros-gantskhadeba

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 29, 2026

just unlocked a new Gen Z teen anxiety that i didnt even know existed: panicking when being told to use cash instead of contactless pay

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 29, 2026

Sberbank cut its forecast for Russian economic growth in 2026 to as low as zero and said it may set aside more for bad loans, citing drone strikes on Wildberries that have disrupted operations and caused losses for tens of thousands of small businesses. https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/russias-sberbank-may-raise-reserves-after-wildberries-attacks-hit-borrowers-2026-07-29/

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 29, 2026

Economics analyst Bogdan Bakaleyko spoke to the "Chto Sluchilos" podcast yesterday about the Wildberries warehouse attacks. He says the company essentially relies on political protection from its lenders, who could march in and carve up the over-borrowed business whenever they want. https://meduza.io/en/brief/2026/07/29/testing-the-state

Meduza

Testing the state. Ukraine’s warehouse strikes won’t break Russia’s economy, but they might show Rus

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 29, 2026

Not sure how this is even remotely realistic, but it's a good indication of where U.S. ideas about the war currently float.

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 29, 2026

Following the FSB's facilitating-terrorism charges against Pavel Durov, Russians should make no payments inside Telegram until the security agency and federal censor Roskomnadzor issue guidance, lawmaker Andrey Svintsov told state news agency TASS. https://t.me/rbc_news/153918

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 29, 2026

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a new interview that Yeltsin's "transfer of power" to Putin was divine intervention. Putin has rejected the "handover" framing in favor of constitutional legitimacy, but he's increasingly embraced the "God is on our side" rhetoric. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8847274

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 29, 2026

A woman was killed and a man wounded in a Ukrainian missile strike that hit an apartment building in Taganrog, in Russia's Rostov region, according to Governor Yuri Slyusar, who says residents are being evacuated and a temporary shelter has been set up. https://t.me/shot_shot/98266

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 28, 2026

Replying to @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io a clearly dropped ball. should obviously be Spider-Men

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 28, 2026

EV & hybrid sales in Russia rose 1.8x in 3 weeks, Autostat reports, and charging sessions on Rosatom's network are up about 80% in a month. Dealers have scrapped discounts, and the wait for a Russian-made "Evolute" is now 2–3 months. https://thebell.io/elektromobili-stali-zaryazhat-eshche-bolshe-iz-za-toplivnogo-krizisa https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8845961

The Bell

Электромобили стали заряжать еще больше из-за топливного кризиса

Число зарядок электромобилей в сети «Росатома» уже почти удвоилось за месяц: +80% в начале июля к началу июня. Большей частью это эффект топливного кризиса

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 28, 2026

Installing weapons on civilian vessels is prohibited by international law, but some Russian officials want to arm grain ships with machine guns and mobile missile launchers, Bloomberg reports, after Ukrainian drone strikes halted Sea of Azov trade for two weeks. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-28/russia-proposes-arming-grain-ships-in-azov-sea-with-machine-guns?srnd=homepage-uk

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 28, 2026

No major announcements following Zelensky's meeting with Trump today, but no blowups either. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 28, 2026

Lindsey Graham's dying effort to pass another round of sanctions on Russia (and Iran) reportedly has a new bipartisan deal in the Senate. "Some Democratic lawmakers oppose the bill" — a bill that would grant Trump even more "blanket tariff" power. Eh, I'm sure he'll use it wisely. Right? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-28/us-senators-announce-deal-on-new-russia-iran-sanctions-bill

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 28, 2026

Nikita Zezin, 68, scolded a group of young boys for riding ATVs across his experimental crops near Yekaterinburg. After he called their parents, their roided fathers showed up in 4 SUVs and beat him up. Zezin was hospitalized and died nine days later. Federal investigators are investigating. https://t.me/truekpru/209054

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 28, 2026

Russia's Omsk region has lifted all limits on fuel sales at gas stations, the first region in the country to do so, Governor Vitaly Khotsenko said. The caps, in place since June 22, held drivers to about 10.5 gallons of gasoline and 21 gallons of diesel. https://t.me/YourNewsTalk/57648

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 28, 2026

A Russian court has banned the North Caucasus SOS Crisis Group, which helps domestic violence victims & LGBTQ people in southern Russia, as an "extremist" org. The group says it will keep taking cases anyway: helping with evacs, consultations, medical and psych care, though this ruling adds new risks. https://t.me/paperpaper_ru/70794

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 27, 2026

Not everyone will like the messenger here, but I've been seeing this manifest in some forms already on Bluesky, the American liberal's most fertile grazing field.

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 27, 2026

Replying to @grammargirl@zirk.us

@grammargirl@zirk.us Sorry to hear that things are tough. I appreciate your work, for what it's worth!

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 27, 2026

Kyiv could begin striking Moscow with ballistic missiles this fall, says Denys Shtilerman, chief designer of Fire Point, one of the Ukrainian army's largest suppliers. He claims that the company's new missile is in its final tests. It's anybody's guess how Putin responds to that. https://gordonua.com/section-war/news-prozhech-y-posmotret-shtylerman-nazval-sroky-pervoho-udara-ukraynskoy-ballystyky-po-moskve-27-07-2026.html

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"Прожечь и посмотреть". Штилерман назвал сроки первого удара украинской баллистики по Москве

Первые удары украинскими баллистическими ракетами по территории страны-агрессора России, в частности по Москве, могут...

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 27, 2026

Testimony from freed Ukrainian POWs, Ukrainian prosecutors, & UN investigators indicates that Russian sexual violence against captives has been systematic & condoned by senior officials. The UN says it's gathered testimony in about 310 cases of alleged sexual violence by Russian forces. https://www.wsj.com/world/russia-ukraine-sexual-violence-15f9781d

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 27, 2026

Some context for Tokayev suddenly advocating peace in Ukraine? Kazakhstan has more ‌than halved its daily oil output after the closure of its main exporting terminal in the Black Sea amid Ukrainian drone attacks. That single pipeline carries more than 80% of Kazakh oil exports. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/kazakhstans-daily-oil-output-halves-after-exporting-terminal-closure-source-says-2026-07-27/

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 27, 2026

A married couple was killed in an overnight Ukrainian air attack on Rostov-on-Don, Governor Yuri Slyusar said. Five others were wounded, two critically, including a teenager. The attack hit a private business, warehouses, homes, and cars, Slyusar said. https://t.me/bbcrussian/97696

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 27, 2026

Putin sounds as convinced as ever of his reading of the historical future, saying in fresh comments that Ukraine will lose its western regions "sooner or later," along with the lands added by Soviet officials ("gifts from Stalin"). "Not tomorrow, maybe not the day after. Maybe a year, 2, 10, 15." https://www.rbc.ru/politics/26/07/2026/6a6629e29a7947320ea7a8f3

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 27, 2026

Iranian lawmaker Ebrahim Azizi, who heads the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, says Ukraine "miscalculated" by striking an Iranian merchant ship in the Caspian Sea, warning that Kyiv will soon learn Tehran "leaves no action unanswered." https://www.rbc.ru/politics/27/07/2026/6a6699449a7947834a3362c8

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 27, 2026

Russian pop singer Larisa Dolina has moved into a new Moscow apartment bought by friends and says she won't try to reclaim the one she lost in a phone-fraud case that became a news sensation in Russia. This story spawned so many theories about property, media, courts, vlast, etc. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8845018

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 26, 2026

Replying to @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange

Makes me want to pitch another exclusive to AP: Bigot Uncle Hated Gays for Years But Says After Visit to SF Castro District: Actually, They're Very Clean and In-Shape

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 26, 2026

The media's fascination with Loomer's Ukraine trip and about-face is truly breathtaking. Are people really this desperate to have their views validated? Yes, yes they are.

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 26, 2026

Replying to @deskJet95@ohai.social

@deskJet95@ohai.social Soviet bureaucracy influences the post-Soviet world of course, but competing for Most Historically Rooted War is 100% stupid.

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 26, 2026

Our Blessed Roots in History / Their Barbarous Nature

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 25, 2026

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 25, 2026

Tehran says Ukraine attacked an Iranian merchant ship in the Caspian Sea this morning, killing 1 crew member & wounding another. Meanwhile, on X, Zelensky said he will share evidence with the US showing Russia is assisting Iran in targeting US bases in the Middle East via satellite surveillance. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/8844751

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange · Jul 25, 2026

Replying to @JPummil@genomic.social

@JPummil@genomic.social Not sure a smirking emoji is the best accompaniment to advocating launching flying bombs that kill people.

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После российской атаки полностью остановилась «Запорожсталь». Семь человек погибли, 21 — ранен

Двух пленных бойцов «Азова» приговорили к 18 и 19 годам колонии

Под Екатеринбургом совершено второе за неделю покушение на производителя дронов • «Агентство»

Testing the state. Ukraine’s warehouse strikes won’t break Russia’s economy, but they might show Rus

Электромобили стали заряжать еще больше из-за топливного кризиса

"Прожечь и посмотреть". Штилерман назвал сроки первого удара украинской баллистики по Москве

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