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Re: Ukraine
By: caretaker Date: May 17, 2022, 7:04 am
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On the news this morning they show wounded Ukrainian soldiers
from Mariupol being loaded onto trucks headed for Russian
occupied towns. Apparently they may be swapped for Russian
prisoners.
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Re: Ukraine
By: caretaker Date: May 17, 2022, 7:48 am
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Here's a link to the end of the siege.
HTML https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/05/17/azovstal-siege-ends-as-hundreds-of-ukrainian-fighters-surrender/
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Re: Ukraine
By: Dakota44 Date: May 27, 2022, 10:48 pm
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I used a company in Ukraine to design my book covers...in the
middle of the war. I could have gone elsewhere,but I was happy
to give that bit of support to the people working in such
conditions and they were great. Oddly enough, yesterday I got an
email from My Heritage with additional information for someone
that I had forgotten was in my tree....way back. Sviatoslav I
De KIEV. He was a many generations ago grandparent whose
grandson, Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Novgorod & Kiev De Kiev
married Ingegerd Olofsdottir of Sweden. She was the opening to
the path to some of my earlier ancestors from Germanic Europe,
which included Sweden. Now that I know there is a tiny bit of
Ukrainian in me, I'm even more proud of the bravery of the
Ukrainian people. slava ukraine/ Glory to Ukraine.
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Re: Ukraine
By: caretaker Date: May 28, 2022, 8:13 am
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Lavrov has been telling the Serbs they would be wise to continue
making the right decisions about the war in Ukraine... Serbs
and Russians are very close, but they have been divided in the
past over EU membership vs ties to Russia. The Serbs I know
don't respond well to threats.
This was the old family farm NW of Mariupol.
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Re: Ukraine
By: caretaker Date: June 11, 2022, 11:18 am
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The comments section of RT has been locked down so hard it may
as well be North Korean news. Any comments not praising Putin
or the invasion or predicting a great victory are deleted
immediately. Until a couple of weeks ago they allowed (or
fabricated) a few cheerleaders for the west, but no longer. As
before, the website's usefulness isn't in imparting news, but in
giving insight into the mood of the regime. I think they're
getting a little touchy about the way things are going.
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Re: Ukraine
By: caretaker Date: July 19, 2022, 9:41 am
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Russia continues to shoot missiles into Ukraine from the
relative safety of Crimea and from ships as far away as the
Caspian Sea, so obviously until the defenders get long range
weapons that can hit those sites they'll depend on air defense
systems to try to shoot them down. I expect another major
Russian offensive when they get reinforcements and supplies in
place. The question of how long the west keeps fighting this as
a proxy war depends on how Russia tolerates their increased
support for Ukraine. If the US trains Ukrainian pilots on F-15
and F-16 fighters, and the UK and Germany train Ukrainian tank
crews on Leopard tanks (I would not be surprised if both of
those things are happening right now) it sends a clear message
that should Putin decide to expand the conflict, the west is
going to be there.
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Re: Ukraine
By: caretaker Date: July 22, 2022, 6:50 pm
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Not often you see a Muslim and a Jew in the same trench... The
enemy of my enemy is my friend.
HTML https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraina/comments/w54grc/kremlin_karens_stoo_caring_about_ukraine_conflict/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
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Re: Ukraine
By: caretaker Date: August 11, 2022, 10:43 am
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The Russian airbase at Saki in the Crimea was hit by a missile
attack from Ukraine and it looks like at least 7 bombers and
fighter planes were destroyed. The Russians tried to deny it 6
ways from Sunday but eventually the truth comes out as usual.
There's a lot of stuff going on; a couple of thousand Russian
troops are encircled in the Khershon oblast and the bridges
isolating them have been rocketed so they aren't safe for armour
to cross. Plans for an artillery-proof pontoon bridge might
work, but until they get it in place those guys won't be
relieved or resupplied and the Ukrainians are hungry to gain
some land back. Russian athletes have been excluded from some
international competitions, and American basketball star is
still sitting in jail in Russia for smuggling some vape
cartridges containing THC. She got 9 years and the average
sentence for a Russian convicted of the same crime is 1 - 2
years so it's political.
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Re: Ukraine
By: caretaker Date: August 29, 2022, 11:38 am
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Ukraine's army is attacking Russian positions in Kherson oblast
southward on a broad front, and the first line of defense has
reportedly broken and retreated. The logistics of replacements
and supplies and available reserves are critical to both sides,
and the value of observation and attack drones can't be
over-rated. In the longer term, they have to come up with a way
to strike missile launch sites and air bases in Crimea, as well
as a large concentration of T-80 tanks and other armoured
vehicles that is being amassed there. If they don't hit them in
Crimea soon they'll have to fight them in Kherson.
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Re: Ukraine
By: Siouxie Date: August 29, 2022, 7:07 pm
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It's all far too upsetting.. innocent lives lost, and for what?
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