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Veterans from the Samara and Voronezh regions were given an "overdue payment" as gift for May 9 The "honored participants in the Great Patriotic War" were given food packages that were expired. “The herring is rusty, boiled sausage and liver sausage are the cheapest, cheese of vegetable origin. Is that a festive or at least a basic set of products?” complained a relative of one of the veterans. @freerussia_report

Car dealers in ruZZia refuse Chinese cars - K1 Many car dealers who took on the “Chinese” were faced with overwhelming complaining from their clients. The machines turned out to be difficult to maintain; numerous shortcomings were identified. "Many of the cars that we brought in 2022-2023 were brought for our own. Naturally, we gave people guarantees... And when problems begin, you can only write it down and close the office. What guarantee can I give for a Chinese car that cannot be repaired even after a minor accident - there are simply no parts or repair instructions," said Yaroslav Miloslavsky, an entrepreneur in the field of parallel import of cars. @freerussia_report

The Z-military dropped two aerial bombs near Belgorod on the day of the collapse of a high-rise building. In the nearest suburbs of Belgorod, two ruZZian FAB-500 bombs fell in a day. Local residents reported the fall of the first bomb in the village of Razumnoye-54 to the emergency services on the evening of May 12. According to state-controlled media, the bomb buried in the ground and did not explode near the house on Vereskova Street. And of course there were no casualties. The second bomb fell in the village about eight hours later. It also buried itself under the asphalt on Vereskova Street between houses No 5 and 8, writes the local channel "Pepel". The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, confirmed [following official newspeak rules] the "fall of explosive objects" [obviously right out from nowhere] in the village of Razumnoye and called on more than 250 local residents to go to a safe place during demining. The place where the bombs fell is located less than 8 km from the house on Shchorsa Street, 55A, in which the entrance collapsed on the morning of May 12 due to a hit. OSINT analysts, having studied photo and video materials of the consequences of the arrival, concluded that the explosion occurred from the northeastern side of the house, which faces deep into the territory of russia and that it couldn't be due to Ukrainian shelling. See previous report. "We have only two options: either it is a russian anti-aircraft missile from the air defense system, which failed and flew down after launch - this happens, or this is another example when an aerial bomb launched from a russian plane did not open its wings, and it once again fell on Belgorod," said Ruslan Leviev, founder of the Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT). For the latter possibility speaks that at the time of the tragedy, Ukrainian telegram channels reported the use of aerial bombs in the Kharkiv region. In 2024, 39 cases of Z-aircrafts losing their shit were recorded in the Belgorod region: 38 different modifications of the FAB and one Ch-59 missile. At least twice FABs fell in Belgorod city. Source So actually we have 3 possibilities: A fragment of an Ukrainian missile kind of get somehow backhanded into the building by Z-air defense, a ruZZian air defense missile gone astray or again self-bombing. @freerussia_report

Security forces continue to brutally beat activists near the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi - 20 detained The pro-Russian government has made no secret of its intention to use force to impose the law as a means to silence opponents. NGOs are already targeted “Enemy of the Church”, “enemy of the state”, “LGBT propagandist”, “foreign spy” These are some slogans on posters pasted outside the home of Giorgi Oniani, deputy managing director in Georgia of Transparency International. He said he was convinced that those who put up the posters acted with the complicity of the ruling authorities. “They're the ones who put it up, who are intimidating us. They're doing everything they can to disrupt our work,” he said. “All this took place in a group of buildings that is supposed to be protected because the PM lives there. But we discovered that the surveillance cameras were switched off. I called the police in the early hours but they refused to come and register my complaint.” Source @freerussia_report

Appeal of the Legion "Freedom of Russia" to the military personnel of Putins Army. The absurd “Kharkov operation” has already taken thousands of lives of your brothers-in-arms. But you don't have to sacrifice yourself for some bandits. You can surrender and live. You can come over to our side. You have the right not to carry out a criminal order. We announce the start of the “Path of Honor” program for the safe surrender of Russians. We guarantee safe exit from the battlefield, food, medical care and the right to choose. You can remain safe in captivity or go over to the side of the Russian liberation forces - the Legion "Freedom of Russia", the Russian Volunteer Corps or the Siberian Battalion. Many military personnel of Putin’s army, understanding what the command of the flayers is leading to, have already completed their service in the criminal army with honor, surrendering or going over to our side. Please contact us using the contacts below. Save your life. Telegram: @Path_of_honor Signal: path_of_honor.01 Mail: [email protected] WhatsApp: +380666361603 Video @freerussia_report

Addition to previous report and video about the collapsed dorm Residents of building 69 on Pechora Avenue have complained about their living conditions since 2014 Last year, an inspection of problematic dormitories was carried out in Pechora, including the collapsed house on Pechora Avenue. As a result of the inspection, a criminal case was opened under the article on “making life support facilities unusable.” The dormitory was visited at different times by the Minister of Construction Andrei Chibisov and the representative of construction and technical supervision Olga Mikusheva. A conclusion was drawn up about the house about the presence of signs of emergency, “including load-bearing structures and ceilings.” Mikusheva stated that it is unacceptable to continue operating the building in this condition. The major renovation of the house was planned to be carried out in 2042-2043. To bad that it collapsed earlier... 🤦‍♀️ @freerussia_report

The ruZZian air defense military base on Mount Ai-Petri was damaged as a result of the morning missile attack on Crimea. - Astra Today, May 13, at around 6 am, several missiles (presumably Storm Shadow) attacked military unit 85683 on Mount Ai-Petri in Crimea, according to sources in the emergency services. On the mountain there is a “secret” military air defense base of the 3rd Radio Engineering Regiment. Besides the damages, Alexander Kulakov, the commander of military unit 85683, and another soldier were killed. There are also a unknown number of wounded. The Radio Engineering Center for Long-Range Reconnaissance and Air Defense Guidance was created by USSR on the top of Mount Ai-Petri with protective domes under which the radar systems are hidden. There is also a military camp. The 3rd Radio Engineering Regiment was formed in 2014 after the annexation of Crimea from 40th radio-technical brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force. The headquarters is located in Sevastopol. @freerussia_report

Yulia Navalnaya donated the monetary part of the Dresden Prize to the families of political prisoners Liliya Chanysheva and Ksenia Fadeeva “They are in russia. All these years, together with Alexei, they fought Putin shoulder to shoulder. For this, Lilia and Ksenia were sentenced to monstrous prison terms. They, like all other Russians opposing Putin, now really need the support of the whole world, all good people,” Navalnaya said. On December 29, 2023, Ksenia Fadeeva, the ex-head of the Tomsk “Navalny Headquarters” was accused of allegedly “organizing an extremist community and participating in the activities of an organization that infringes on the rights of citizens” and was sentenced to 9 years in prison and a fine of 500.000 rubles. The former coordinator of Navalny’s Ufa headquarters, Liliya Chanysheva, was initially sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for creating an “extremist community.” However, on April 9, the prison term for Liliya Chanysheva was increased to 9.5 years. @freerussia_report

German deputies discussing the idea to shoot down russian missiles over Ukraine from the territory of NATO countries. NATO countries may start destroying russian missiles over Ukraine from their territory in order to relieve the load on the Ukrainian air defense system and allow Kyiv to defend the front. This idea found more support among German politicians than a possible sending of troops, writes Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. In particular, this proposal was supported by deputies of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Green Party. CDU spokesman and member of the Foreign Affairs Committee Roderich Kiesewetter cited Israel as an example, which the United States, Great Britain, France and other Western countries helped repel an Iranian air attack. According to him, this shows that such a decision will not make NATO countries a party to the conflict. It is possible to use air defense to destroy Russian missiles from the territory of Poland and Romania, said Anton Hofreiter, head of the Bundestag Committee on European Policy. Air defense systems need to be deployed on the borders of neighboring countries so that "the western parts of Ukraine can be defended," said Agnieszka Bruger, a deputy from the Green Party. At the same time, the implementation of this idea will require the production of more new air defense systems and missiles for them, said Markus Faber, a deputy from the Free Democratic Party. The fact that NATO countries are studying the possibility of shooting down russian missiles over Ukraine was announced at the end of March by Deputy Polish Foreign Minister Andrzej Sheina. At the same time, he made a reservation that such a decision can be made "only with the consent of the Ukrainian side and taking into account its international consequences." In April, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commented on the possibility that NATO countries might use their aircraft to intercept russian missiles hitting the country's energy facilities. "If this aviation rises on the territory of our neighboring countries, and shoots down missiles that certainly fly to Ukraine, but can also fly to these territories, as the facts with Poland and Romania have already been recorded, then let them shoot down these missiles, I will only applaud," Zelensky said. Source @freerussia_report 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇺🇦

Addition to previous report and video OSINT analysts: The explosion that caused the collapse of the entrance of the house in Belgorod occurred from the "russian" side of the house. Independent researchers drew attention to the fact that the façade of the house on Shchorsa Street, in which the entrance collapsed, judging by satellite images, is located approximately parallel to the border between russia and Ukraine. Thus, the exterior of the house looks to the northeast, into the depths of the territory of russia, and the inner courtyard of the house is directed to the southwest, towards Ukraine. The explosion occurred on the outside of the house on the "russian" side. "Compare the damage on the northeast side with the damage on the southwest side," OSINT analyst Oliver Alexander comments on the video of the aftermath of the destruction. "The explosion clearly occurred on the northeast side of the building. The video also shows significant damage to garages and vehicles on this side." The media outlet "Ashes" comes to similar conclusions. They also note that the epicenter of the explosion was from the northeastern part of the house. On the side that is directed towards Ukraine, most of the windows are intact. While on the "russian" one, there is not a single intact window. This also indicates that the explosion was directed from the "russian" side. The analysis showed that the direction of the flame, smoke and dust, as well as the absence of the visible moment of the explosion in the video from the side of the house No49 on Shchorsa Street, also indirectly indicate that the explosion occurred on the other side of the house from the Ukrainian shooting site. Additionally in some videos one can see how the blast wave probably knocked out the garage doors opposite the explosion site. If the "arrival" had been from the courtyard, the blast wave would have knocked out the building itself - and the garage doors on the outside would have remained intact, the journalists conclude. They also drew attention to the fact that the Z-channel "War with fakes" changed the position of the entrance and the angle of shooting on its schemes several times, trying to explain the direction of the explosion - from initially correct to incorrect, but beneficial for the version with shelling from Ukraine. All of the above does not refute the version of the Ministry of Attack that the explosion occurred when part of the Tochka U missile hit the house. "Probably, the Belgorod air defense "unsuccessfully" shot down a Ukrainian missile, the high-explosive part of which, capable of causing appropriate destruction, hit directly into the house by inertia," writes "Ashes". The Ukrainian OSINT project "KiberBoroshno" comes to the same conclusions. "Judging by the damage and the surrounding buildings, the explosion itself was on the north-eastern side of the house. The windows are broken, the garage doors are curved in the other direction. Then this arrival was from russia. If we take as a counterargument that the video from the camera does not show the rocket and it flew from the part that is not visible, then the rocket somehow bypassed all the buildings around and flew directly to the 0th floor from the northwestern part of the house and what? And this is still from russia." For its part, The Insider notes in one of the videos of the rubble dismantling significant destruction of the entrance next to the collapsed one on the northeast side of the house. On the south-western side, there is no similar destruction. Source @freerussia_report