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The developer states that the "tactical action real-time game" was designed "with insights from #Russian veterans and active soldiers" and is "officially recommended by the #Russian defence ministry as a training aid for cadets and Young Army members."

It is unknown what moderation checks were taken by #Steam ahead of #Squad_22: ZOV's release, but as of now, it's available on the service.

#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691

"WTF? Seriously, WTF?" 🤮🤮🤮

From t.me/pravdaGerashchenko_en

#Russian military propaganda PC game #Squad_22: ZOV was released on #Steam.

Friends, if you have #Steam accounts, please consider contacting them and asking to remove the game.

The game presents real military campaigns from the point of view of #Russian propaganda, starting from the 2014 events in #Donbas to the full-scale #Russian invasion launched in 2022.

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Oleksandr says his job is similar to that of a biologist: to understand a frog, you have to dissect it. He is now dissecting #Russian imperialism: examining its inner workings to expose and teach the Ukrainian security services.

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"I went from being a teacher of the history of the Russian language to a person who hates everything #Russian," said Oleksandr Bondarenko, head of the Department of East Slavic Studies at the Taras Shevchenko National University of #Kyiv.

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a spider's web of bottlenecks, national transit license requirements, and inadequate infrastructure."

◾️ "Unlike #Ukraine, whose long logistical tail is strung across countries at peace to the west and is therefore protected, #NATO's would be attacked from the outset. Every #European port, warehouse, factory, and railway siding involved in the war's supply chain would become a legitimate target for #Russian missile strikes."

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once he's done in #Ukraine is now multi-layered and comes from a #Danish intelligence assessment earlier this year: 6 months for a localized attack, 2 years for a regional Baltic war, and 5 for any wider #European conflict."

◾#Russian forces quickly learned and adapted in #Ukraine. In terms of drones and electronic warfare, "#Russia is probably ahead of #NATO."

◾️ Most sobering for #Western generals is the "continued demonstration of #Russia's near total indifference to casualty rates,"

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◾️ "Those who would have to do any fighting aren't asking if the threat of a #Russian attack on a #NATO member is real, but rather where, when, and in what form it comes."

◾️ "At the start of the 2022 invasion of #Ukraine, #NATO commanders were as surprised as anyone else by the ineptness of the #Russian assault on #Kyiv. But any complacency that followed has now gone."

◾️ "Rather than 5-10 years, as once thought, the working estimate for when #Putin might have the capabilities to take on #NATO

From t.me/pravdaGerashchenko_en

I wanted to share with you several points from an article by #Marc_Champion, a #Bloomberg columnist, who attended a meeting of generals and officers from around 20 countries at the #UK's Royal United Services Institute.

Key points from the article by #Marc_Champion:

◾️ "#Putin aims to reestablish #Russia as a great power in Europe and will continue trying to subjugate former #Russian colonies and break #NATO."