The Black Spark

@Osinttechnical The reality is that everything used by the military or to support it will be systematically destroyed in every corner, both in the occupied territories and in the Russian rear🔥 x.com/i/status/20570…

Ukrainian mid-range attack drones continue to wreck havoc on Russian rear-area logistics. Seen here, a Russian Ural transport truck burns on a supply line deep behind the front after a Ukrainian drone strike.

@jurgen_nauditt In an attempt to save his regime, Putin is once again trying to "sell out" Russia x.com/BlckSpark/stat…

The entire fanfare surrounding Trump’s recent visit to China was reduced to zero by a single joint statement issued by the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China. It seems as though Xi and Putin signed this piece of paper purely for the fun of it—to publicly deliver a slap in the face to Donald and eloquently underscore that the USA is no longer a global hegemon. It is a lengthy document (described as 47 pages long) that further deepens the strategic partnership between Russia and China. Key points include: • Strengthening "comprehensive strategic coordination" and "good-neighborly, friendly cooperation." • Explicit emphasis on a multipolar world order and a "new type of international relations," in which no single power (read: the USA) exercises hegemonic dominance.

@nexta_tv Putin had high hopes for this deal. While this mad dictator pursues his bloodthirsty dreams, he is ready to sell off not only the eastern part of the country, but all of Russia x.com/BlckSpark/stat…

Putin will leave China with almost nothing Russia has failed to pressure Beijing into launching the Siberian gas pipeline project. According to Peskov, there are still no clear timelines for the “Power of Siberia 2” project, but Russia will continue uninterrupted supplies of gas and oil to China. The Kremlin also emphasized expanding military cooperation with China, including joint exercises. According to Reuters, at least 200 Russian soldiers underwent training in China last year on drone operations. Beijing denies this.

Two locomotives less for transporting oil on the Trans-Siberian Railway. First, we burned a two-section diesel locomotive allocated by Russian Railways for oil transport at the Voynovka marshalling yard in Tyumen. This is where trains arriving from the Tyumen Oil Refinery, Surgut, Nizhnevartovsk, and Novy Urengoy are formed. From there, the oil, refined products, and gas condensate are sent to the European part of Russia and for export. A few days later, at the Sverdlovsk-Sortirovochny station in Yekaterinburg, we struck a very fat target - the 2ES6-475 mainline freight electric locomotive. The total damage from the loss of just these two locomotives amounted to approximately 200 million rubles. The oil industry is the lifeblood of Putin's regime, and we have targeted it and will continue to do so in order to reduce the Kremlin's revenues. Our next report will focus on the attack on the South Ural Railway and the efforts to stop the transport of military cargo from the Urals. Find us: chernayaiskra.com t.me/chernayaiskra2 @blcksprk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tiktok.com/@blcksprk @blckspark" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@blckspark

@KareemRifai In moments of desperation, Putin's regime begins to threaten the entire world, fully aware that there will be no response - and such threats are hard to take seriously when Putin himself is groveling before his "friends" to save his crumbling empire x.com/BlckSpark/stat…

This is insane — Russia quite literally just threatened to attack NATO member Latvia at the UN today: "The coordinates of decision-making centers in Latvia are well known, and membership in NATO will not protect you from retaliation."

@McFaul Earlier predictions were, rather, a naive optimism. But this year has definitively shown that Putin's empire has reached the end of its rope, and the Kremlin is desperately trying to find the resources to continue the war and simply to survive. x.com/BlckSpark/stat…

Predictions of Putin’s demise have been wrong many times before, but something is happening in Russia now that deserves more attention. Read more on Substack: michaelmcfaul.substack.com/p/growing-crac…

@nexta_tv Some of Trump's recent decisions and actions have indeed contributed significantly to Europe's collective defense, given that the United States may not participate in this collective defense (at least while Trump is president of the United States)

“No president has done more to help Ukraine survive the Russian invasion than Trump” J.D. Vance appears to be living in some alternate reality where Trump already ended the war in Ukraine in 24 hours.

@RALee85 Very populist statements from the developers of the project, which has failed to achieve mass production in 20 years x.com/BlckSpark/stat…

Photos from Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation of the prototype of the two-seat Su-57D fighter as it conducted its first flight. t.me/uac_ru/4504

@Osint613 This is nothing more than an attempt to show that the Kremlin's military machine is still capable of something x.com/BlckSpark/stat…

Russia's Rostec released the first official photos of a twin-seat Su-57 fighter. Test flights of the prototype have begun, according to First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, who said the jet will serve as a combat trainer and combat control aircraft in addition to its strike role.

A nice try by Kremlin propaganda to showcase the potential of Russian aviation using this "fake" fifth-generation fighter as an example. But it took Russia’s defense industry nearly 20 years to produce just a small number of these fighters. With any potential "improvements", the situation will be much the same.

Rostech publishes first official photos of the twin-seat version of a Russian Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet. "Test flights of the prototype of the two-seat fifth-generation Su-57 fighter have begun. This plane, developed proactively by our aircraft manufacturers, will not only boast unique combat capabilities but also offer the functionality of a combat training aircraft and combat control aircraft capabilities," said First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Denis Manturov.

The narrative about "protecting the Russian-speaking population" is still in the Kremlin’s propaganda shortlist. The fact is, the largest number of Russian-speaking people live in Russia, but Putin has chosen to spread poverty and death among his own people, and continues to justify this by claiming the need to protect citizens of other countries.

🥴 Simonyan claims that “71% of Ukraine’s population are Russian people” simply because they speak Russian According to the Kremlin propagandist, the UN supposedly defines ethnicity not by origin or self-identification, but purely by language. To support her theory, Simonyan even shared the results of a DNA test, saying she discovered she was “only 18% Armenian” (and apparently 82% beaver-eater). The only problem: that’s not how the UN defines ethnicity. Otherwise: — Austrians would automatically be Germans; — Irish people would be English; — all Latin Americans would be Spanish. Yes, many people in Ukraine speak Russian. That does not make them “Russian people.” And no — it’s definitely not 71%.

@Gerashchenko_en The Kremlin is unable to completely restrict the sharing of information in Russia, and there are already too many people here who want to end Putin's war by any means necessary. The struggle continues! x.com/i/status/20556…

"Do not film Ukrainian attacks or post them," Russian authorities said. Seems like these employees are enjoying it? Today, Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck the Yaroslavl-3 oil pumping station near Semibratovo in Russia’s Yaroslavl region. Yesterday, the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region, was struck. It is one of Russia’s largest oil refineries, with a processing capacity of around 17 million tons of oil per year.

@jacksonhinkle When Putin runs out of arguments, he always appeals to religion. But in Russia, the problems stem solely from those who use religion as a tool to divide people.

🇷🇺Putin: “Insulting the Quran is not freedom of expression; it is a violation of religions and the feelings of Muslims.”

Putin arrives to sell Russia to Emperor Xi No sooner had President Trump returned from his visit to China than Xi Jinping summoned Putin. One of the main issues will be the discussion of the long-running project to build the "Power of Siberia 2" gas pipeline from Russia to China. Moscow sent positive signals ahead of the visit. "Virtually all the main issues have been agreed upon. If we manage to finalize them and put an end to the matter during the visit, I will be very pleased," Putin said. This suggests that the parties have reached a basic agreement on the price of gas. But does this mean that Putin has won a victory over China? By starting a war with Ukraine, Russia lost the highly lucrative European gas market. International sanctions forced Putin into Beijing's embrace, on which Russia now depends for technology supplies, and turned the country into a raw materials appendage of China. For China, "Power of Siberia-2" remains merely an opportunity to hedge against future gas shortages, not a source for current supplies. By and large, China doesn't really need gas - it has coal and renewable energy sources. China will certainly not repeat Europe's mistake, which fell into energy dependence on Russian gas and struggled to extricate itself from it. No one is lining up for Russian gas. China can wait as long as it wants and, at the same time, pressure Moscow on the issues of price, volume, and who will pay for the construction of the pipeline from Western Siberia. But Russia has no one else to sell gas to and is desperately in need of money. That's why signing a contract with Beijing is only possible on China's terms. Residents of the Irkutsk region also played a dirty trick on Putin ahead of his visit by recording an appeal to Xi Jinping asking him to build a school for them. They say they'll learn Chinese in return. Well, it’s clear what language will be used for instruction in the school that gets built. Residents of Eastern Siberia and the Far East have long realized that Putin isn’t the boss in their region, and they already get by quite well in Chinese. Restaurants, shops, sawmills, and many other businesses are owned by Chinese. They generously hand out bribes to local officials, buying up everything that brings in a good profit. Russian women in those parts dream of marrying Chinese men: they don't drink, they’re always flush with cash, and they’re good family men. Is it even necessary to explain what kind of culture children born into such families are raised in? In China, this is called soft power. And Putin, aside from weakness, will be unable to bring Xi Jinping anything else. Follow us: chernayaiskra.com t.me/chernayaiskra2 @blcksprk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tiktok.com/@blcksprk @blckspark" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@blckspark

@wartranslated Putin is desperately trying to gain China's support by attempting to sell them Russian gas, but China no longer views the Kremlin's resources as the only option.

Putin has arrived in China for a two-day visit. Tomorrow, Putin and Xi Jinping will hold talks in a narrow format, followed by expanded-format negotiations with the participation of delegations.

@sentdefender Without putting pressure on Iran’s allies, it will be difficult to force Iran to sign a deal, especially if those allies - as in Putin’s case - stand to gain only from the conflict continuing

Following his announcement that the resumption of combat operations against Iran would be postponed, U.S. President Donald J. Trump told the press today that Gulf leaders from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar asked him to postpone strikes for “2 or 3 days,” and he agreed. It’s yet unclear if this is a hard timeline for negotiations to play out.

@ianbremmer @gzeromedia Putin's empire is now weaker than ever. And the struggle against it continues by every means possible. x.com/i/status/20563…

putin is more isolated than ever. fewer advisors. fewer appearances. more bad decisions. that’s dangerous. @gzeromedia

@L_ThinkTank Pour la région de Moscou, l'époque de la « vie tranquille » est définitivement révolue. Et cela se poursuivra tant par l'action de l'armée ukrainienne que par celle des Russes désireux d'en finir avec le régime de Poutine🔥 x.com/i/status/20563…

‼️ [ 🇺🇦 UKRAINE | 🇷🇺 RUSSIE ] 🔸 Une nouvelle vague majeure de drones ukrainiens vise la Russie, avec des centaines de drones lancés selon des canaux russes, tandis que des alertes aériennes ont été déclenchées dans plusieurs régions, dont celle de Moscou.

@rshereme Unfortunately, Trump's administration has once again given Putin a gift that the Kremlin dictator could only have dreamed of. The Kremlin must be fought with every means available, not given a lifeline! x.com/i/status/20563…

Trump’s administration again is extending sanction waiver on russian oil. As a result, russia will receive billions of dollars, which they will use to make more missiles and drones. And to kill more Ukrainians. Everyone who still supports Trump is talking part in these crimes against Ukrainian people. Trump and his supporters have become an enabler of russian terrorism and genocide again at Ukrainian people. History will remember this.

"I am Igor Volobuev, former vice president of Gazprombank. In March 2022, I returned from Russia to my homeland - Ukraine - and joined the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. I was wounded near Bakhmut, received military decorations, and was granted Ukrainian citizenship. I have given dozens of interviews in which I called on Russians to fight against Putin's regime. Recently, I have been collaborating with the underground movement in Russia called "Black Spark". We share the same goals and values: armed resistance to Putin's despotism, an end to the war with Ukraine, the collapse of the empire, and the transformation of Russia into a free, democratic, non-aggressive country or countries. I accepted "Black Spark's" offer to become its spokesperson. My reputation and experience with the media should help "Black Spark" become a recognizable and understandable organization and increase its membership. Join the fight against evil!" chernayaiskra.com t.me/chernayaiskra2 @blcksprk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tiktok.com/@blcksprk @blckspark" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@blckspark

Igor Volobuev has been appointed spokesperson for "The Black Spark". We have reached a stage of development that requires broader and more direct communication with the public. That is why we have appointed a spokesperson. Igor will answer journalists' questions regarding our activities and issue statements on our behalf. Contact information: blckspark@proton.me