He didn’t shoot himself because he thought that was the “smart move”, he did it out of pain and despair. Some just lack basic human compassion.

The article is actually pretty balanced. Yes Proton is secure and private, but if you’re hiding from law enforcement, don’t expect a third party to take the fall for you.

The number of killed russians is given 3 times, and each time it’s a different number. Is it 46, 24 or 18 killed?

Edit : i misread.

They’re cleary aware there’s drones above, yes. They seems exhausted, we don’t know for how long they’re under attack but fatigue plays it’s role. They also don’t have any counter-measure, and are not trained to act a certain way.

Without good fortifications hiding you from the enemy sight, there’s actually not much you can do to protect yourself. At some point it’s just every man for himself. You can always give away your mate position, as we can see here, it only works for a brief moment.

Feel like the argument is pretty weak “UAF launched a surface-to-air missile around that area, around that time, therefore they were the ones bombing themselves”.

I’m not sure what that’s suppose to prove. If the city was targeted by an attack, yeah, air defence likely get into action to protect it. Them being active at that precise moment is expected.

I can’t find the non-paywalled article, i guess i am missing more conclusive evidences.

Seems pretty far from the front, unless you plan on crossing the Dnipr…

For reference

Mash is pro-Russian but relatively reliable (i.e. they usually don’t make things up). Someone smarter than me will be able to geolocate the picture.

An ukrainian national guard unit.

Here we’re more specifically talking of former prisoners who recently came back from Turkey.