Russian media has alleged Ukraine is utilizing “black magic” to thwart President Vladimir Putin‘s invasion.
Citing cult researcher Ekaterina Dyce, Russian state-run media outlet RIA Novosti reported that Ukraine’s armed forces within the jap Donbas area allegedly practiced black magic.
The report stated “indicators” of black magic have been discovered on the Ukrainian artillery headquarters on the outskirts of a village known as Trekhizbenka within the Luhansk area. The outlet revealed photos of what it known as a “satanic seal” that was allegedly discovered on the partitions of a navy unit’s headquarters.
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Dyce claimed that the signal is a magical sigil (image) “consisting of many intersecting strains.”
“What it means is tough to say for positive, in it you possibly can see each the inverted signal of anarchy and a part of the signal “CC”, rune zig, it’s clearly seen within the far left sector of the circle, and the Hebrew letter “zayin” written in German, that means sword or weapon,” Dyce stated.
The knowledgeable stated that the image is a “magic seal of darkish forces” that mixes the concepts of anarchy, weapons and fascist symbols.
Dyce additionally stated the image was drawn in a single steady hand motion, and that it factors to its “occult nature.”
Sputnik, a Kremlin-backed information company, equally reported that “traces of black magic rituals” had been found at an deserted Ukrainian navy headquarters within the Donbas. The outlet stated “magic seal of darkish forces” had been discovered on the wall, with out elaborating.
RIA Novosti stated within the constructing itself, a doc containing details about losses in Donbas was discovered, lined in stripes of blood.
“There have been blood stripes on the doc, regardless of the very fact that there have been no such traces wherever else,” the report stated.
It comes because the Russian advance continues to stall amid stiff Ukrainian resistance.
In line with the state-run Vedomosti newspaper, Sergey Kiriyenko, a prime Russian official, lately ordered regional governors to not promise a fast Russian victory or to encourage false expectations that Putin’s offensive in Ukraine will quickly be over.
Greater than two months since Putin ordered what he calls a “particular navy operation” in neighboring Ukraine, Russia more and more seems to be affected by provide shortages, faltering troop morale, and navy losses.
In an intelligence replace on Monday, the British protection ministry stated it’s seemingly that greater than 1 / 4 of Russia’s battalion tactical teams helping with the Ukraine struggle have been “rendered fight ineffective.”
“A few of Russia’s most elite items, together with the VDV Airborne Forces, have suffered the best ranges of attrition,” the replace stated. “It is going to in all probability take years for Russia to reconstitute these forces.”
Newsweek has contacted Russian authorities for remark.
