#donbas
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And that’s why we need more weapons
Remember Bucha? Well, right now the same thing is happening in Kherson region. More stories about killed, tortured and raped children. There’s also Mariupol - it’s like Bucha, but 20 times worse. And people still buy russian gas
severodonetsk, one of the major cities of ukrainian donbas. it was liberated by ukraine in july 2014. the city with population of more than 100 000 residents had lived peacefully for eight years and was a capital of the region instead of occupied luhansk as well as one of the main places for refugees from occupied parts of donbas. as fights and russian shelling continues for three months, there are around 15 000 of people left in the city and surrounding villages. 70% of the city are in ruins
Russians have almost completely destroyed the city of Mariupol and occupied whatever was left of it. The mayor of Mariupol says approximately 22 000 people died in Mariupol. Now, the russians install big screens in the remains of the city to show propagandist videos and fake news. Hunger games vibes, anyone?
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That’s what happens when russian world comes
“We are at the epicenter of the confrontation of two ideas: the European democratic idea that the freedom and life of everyone matters and the cruel tyrannical idea that only a person who can subdue other people matters. That’s what we need to stop together. Everyone in Europe”
Donbas
Horrifying rain of thermite from russian Grad 9M22S incendiary rockets. Thermite burns at 3,000 C - through metal. Ukraine’s troops are facing some of the most savage, barbarous weapons ever devised. There’s no excuse not to quickly supply them with weapons to fight back with.
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Donbas, Kharkiv,Mariupol was the russian-speaking cities.Now, you can see what russian nazis did with russians-speaking cities.Does not matter which language we speak russians hate, raping , torturing ukrainians,and then telling about “brotherlove”
Under the cut: US will send Ukraine four sophisticated, medium-range rocket systems and ammunition to help try to stall Russian progress in the Donbas region; Denmark has voted overwhelmingly to join the EU’s common defence policy; Lavrov has claimed that the Kremlin has given prior consent for Turkey to help to clear Ukrainian ports of mines; Zelenskiy has conceded that Kyiv’s forces are currently suffering up to 100 fatalities and 500 wounded every day; Russian troops have been accused of committing acts of torture against residents in the Russian-controlled Kherson region; United Kingdom will send multiple-launch rocket systems to Ukraine to help defend itself against Russia; Scotland fans joined in singing the Ukrainian anthem at Hampden Park in a show of support for their World Cup play-off opponents.
“The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that the US will send Ukraine four sophisticated, medium-range rocket systems and ammunition to help try to stall Russian progress in the Donbas region of its country, the Associated Press reports.
It will take at least three weeks to get the precision weapons and trained troops onto the battlefield, the Pentagon added.
The rocket systems are part of a new $700m tranche of security assistance for Ukraine from the US that also includes helicopters, Javelin anti-tank weapon systems, radars, tactical vehicles, spare parts and more.
The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Wednesday that the US is “deliberately and diligently pouring fuel on the fire.” He added that the Kremlin doesn’t trust Kyiv’s assurances that the multiple rocket launch systems supplied by the US will not be used to attack Russia.
It’s the 11th package approved so far and will be the first to tap the $40bn in security and economic assistance recently passed by Congress. The rocket systems would be part of Pentagon drawdown authority, so would involve taking weapons from US inventory and getting them into Ukraine quickly. Ukrainian troops would also need training on the new systems, which could take at least a week or two.
Officials said the plan is to send Ukraine the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or Himars, which is mounted on a truck and can carry a container with six rockets. The system can launch a medium-range rocket, which is the current plan, but is also capable of firing a longer-range missile, the Army Tactical Missile System, which has a range of about 190 miles and is not part of the plan.” -via The Guardian
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“Denmark has voted overwhelmingly to join the EU’s common defence policy, becoming the last of the bloc’s members to sign up, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to reshape Europe’s security landscape.
The referendum on Wednesday, in which voters backed the government’s proposal by 66.9% to 33.1%, followed historic applications by Denmark’s previously non-aligned Nordic neighbours, Finland and Sweden, to join Nato last month.
Denmark, historically critical of the EU, secured exemptions from joining the common security and defence policy (CSDP) and the euro in a 1993 referendum, but the country’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, said it was time to change tack.”-via The Guardian
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“Russian Minister of External Affairs Sergey Lavrov has claimed that the Kremlin has given prior consent for Turkey to help to clear Ukrainian ports of mines.
Lavrov said this agreement stipulates that Ukraine will not use the demining process to strengthen its military capability and will not disrupt the Russian navy.”-via Pravda
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Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has conceded that Kyiv’s forces are currently suffering up to 100 fatalities and 500 wounded every day.
In an interview with the US Newsmax television channel that aired yesterday, Zelenskiy said, “The situation is very difficult; we’re losing 60-100 soldiers per day as killed in action and something around 500 people as wounded in action. So we are holding our defensive perimeters.”
The most difficult situation is in the east of Ukraine and southern Donetsk and Luhansk, Zelenskiy added.
Ukraine and its people are the “defensive perimeter” for the world against Vladimir Putin’s aggression, he told the channel. “We have to realise who is the dark power: it’s Russia. And Russia is not going to stop in Ukraine, for sure. The other countries, the former Republics of USSR and the members of the EU – some of them are already Nato member nations – they’re already under threat.”
The Ukrainian president called out the “weakness” of Putin and Russia, not only in failing to occupy a smaller neighbouring nation but also in attempts to take him out as leader.
He said, “Attempting to kill the leader of this or that country is a weakness, I would say. If you can’t talk, then it’s a weakness.”
Putin cannot win, and the world must stop defending him amid the latest “atrocities” committed by Russian troops, he continued, while also calling out the lack of fully enforcing sanctions.
“Now, he’s almost isolated. The world always keeps giving him a chance, because the sanctions are not imposed completely. There’s gaps in some of the leaders saying the Russian leader should be offered with a way out.””-via The Guardian
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“Russian troops have been accused of committing acts of torture against residents in the Russian-controlled Kherson region in southern Ukraine.
The BBC has gathered multiple first-hand testimonies from Kherson residents who say they were tortured while in the hands of Russian forces. In one case, Olexander Guz, a deputy in the village of Bilozerka in the Kherson region, said he was left with severe bruising after being beaten.”-via The Guardian
Here is a BBC article outlining more details.Be warned, it’s graphic content with pictures.
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“The United Kingdom will send multiple-launch rocket systems to Ukraine to help defend itself against Russia, British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Wednesday.
Britain will send M270 launchers able to strike targets up to 80 kilometers (49.7 miles) away, offering “a significant boost in capability for the Ukrainian forces,” according to a statement from the British Foreign Office.
The move has been “coordinated closely” with the United States decision to provide Ukraine with its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) – a variant of the multiple-launch rocket systems that will be gifted by the UK, the statement added.”-via CNN
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“Scotland fans joined in singing the Ukrainian anthem at Hampden Park in a show of support for their World Cup play-off opponents.
Flyers containing a phonetic version of the national song were handed out before the match and members of the Tartan Army sang along in solidarity.
It was Ukraine’s first competitive game since the Russian invasion in February.
Amid remarkable scenes they defeated Scotland 3-1 and will now face Wales in Cardiff on Sunday for a place in Qatar.”-via BBC (I’m including this one because it made me happy to see the support for Ukraine. Also, they’re one win away from qualifying for the World Cup!)
