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Marcin Wyrwał

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Marcin Wyrwał

Polish journalist
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For almost two decades, Russia has been using a strategy of a boiled frog against us - the West / Poland - which, getting used to the rising temperature, does not realize it will soon be boiled. Increasing levels of threat that would have been unacceptable to us two decades ago are now. (translated)

Russian schools have increased the number of war preparation classes two and a half times. According to United24Media, starting this academic year, 50% of the time in the course "Fundamentals of Security and Defense of the Motherland" will be devoted to basic military training, which will amount to 68 hours in total. (translated)

Private Maja was sexually abused for two years in a leading Polish armored brigade. When she sought justice, she realized that her opponents were not only her persecutors but the entire military system. We highly recommend this article with @Edytazemla. (translated)

Touching photo. After the attack of a Russian rocket, only a towel from Roland Garros survived in the completely destroyed apartment of Ukrainian tennis player Dajana Jastremśka. The tennis player appeals to the women's tennis organization WTA to end its "neutrality." Unfortunately, such (translated)

During the night from Thursday to Friday, there was an explosion and fire at a weapons warehouse in central Bulgaria 🇧🇬. This series of unfortunate events has been ongoing in a condensed version since the beginning of August. Among them are three serious fires in Poland 🇵🇱. In most cases, the Russian direction 🇷🇺 is being investigated. (translated)

Incidents of diversion, only in Central and Eastern Europe, only since the beginning of August, only the most important ones: August 4 A drone with an explosive charge hits the wing of a Ukrainian cargo plane Antonov at the airport in Leipzig, Germany. Berlin officially confirms. (translated)

In 2023, Matthias Warnig, a former Stasi officer and former friend of Putin, was asked by a journalist from Die Zeit whether Russia is a mafia state. Warnig replied: "Mafia? I don’t see any organization there. Everyone steals on their own." (translated)

23-year-old Illia S., who according to Onet sources may have been testing the systems of Chopin Airport for foreign services, has been released from custody by a court decision. The prosecution has appealed the decision, but the man is no longer in Poland. The Border Guard has deemed him a threat to security and still... (translated)

Mandatory reading for today! Americans, who had hundreds of drones, were seriously outperformed by Ukrainian operators during exercises. The crux lay not in the number of drones, but in the philosophy of their use. However, Americans practice all of this in appropriately large... (translated)

Last month, Russia fired 126 ballistic missiles at Ukraine. This number is growing, not decreasing. Now let's translate this into our own capabilities: Ballistic missile production - zero Air defense systems - they exist, but there is a lack of missiles. (translated)

Sources of resentment towards Ukrainians in Poland: - Russian propaganda - Nationalist and/or pro-Russian groups in Poland - Irresponsible politicians in Ukraine - Polish politicians who until recently were reasonable and acted in the national interest but have changed. (translated)

Mychajło Fedorow announced that a Ukrainian ballistic missile is in the testing phase. Today, Ukraine does not have such missiles, and the reserves of air defense missiles are running low, which gives Russia a significant advantage by destroying the state's defenses. (source: @sternenko on YT) (translated)

Extremely dangerous situation in Germany. An armed drone with an explosive device has appeared at the airport in Leipzig. A tragedy did not occur because the detonator fell off. According to authorities, this could have been a drone from "foreign powers," meaning: Russia. (translated)

Normalization of criminal regimes is progressing in world sports. The FIVB has decided that starting next season, Russian men's and women's teams will play in the Nations League, in the same tournament as Ukraine. To facilitate Russia's return, the FIVB has increased the number of participants. (translated)

Outraged by the dismantling of the monument to Soviet soldiers in Pyrzyce, the Russian embassy did what was in Russia's interest. We, on the other hand, did what was in Poland's interest. The entry of the Soviet army into Poland in 1945 was not a liberation, but a replacement of one occupier. (translated)

Well, it's been a few days since the explosion of the Russian missile in Lublin and how did Poland/EU/NATO react? Any sanctions? Decisions aimed at shooting down Russian missiles outside NATO territory? Radical rearming of Ukraine? Anything that would realistically hurt the Kremlin? (translated)

Dobrze, że zawyły syreny w Lublinie. Tylko co dalej? Nie mamy, gdzie się schronić!

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We have a burst of entries, including government ones, that the Ch-101 missile, which fell in Lublin Voivodeship, was produced in recent months, meaning the Russians do not have old reserves and must rely on current ones. Before the full-scale aggression against Ukraine, Russia did not have any. (translated)

Regarding the discussion about SMS notifications, Ukrainians have a great app "Air Alarm" that notifies people about air threats in their area. It is so loud that it would wake the dead, which is useful since the attacks mainly occur at night. (translated)

French analyst Clement Molin examined the state of Polish defenses on the border with Russia and Belarus. I myself went to the site to see the state of the work. In many respects, it is worse than in the Frenchman's report. Real fortifications are located only a few kilometers of 744. (translated)