Україна | Ukraine 🇺🇦
- ‘It’s Crazy’: The Scramble for Ancient Treasures After Ukraine’s Dam Disasterwww.nytimes.com ‘It’s Crazy’: The Scramble for Ancient Treasures After Ukraine’s Dam Disaster
After the Kakhovka dam was blown up in June, the reservoir above it quickly drained, revealing a bonanza of artifacts that has electrified Ukrainian archaeologists.
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Archaeologists, and looters, are scrambling to scour the exposed reservoir floor for artifacts.
- The Strange Death of Denys Kiryeyev: Hours before Russia first sent troops into Ukraine, Mr. Kiryeyev warned of Moscow’s plan to capture Kyiv. Days later, he was killed by [Ukrainian] security agents.
> “If it were not for Mr. Kiryeyev, most likely Kyiv would have been taken,” the general said.
He used his Russian connections to save Kyiv. He wanted to negotiate an early end to the war. Then the SBU summarily executed him claiming he was a Russian spy.
- Which is the right community for discussion of the war in Ukraine?
I subscribe to four communities:
- https://kbin.social/m/Ukraine
- https://kbin.social/m/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
- https://kbin.social/m/Ukraine\_UA
- https://kbin.social/m/ukraine@lemmy.ml
There's activity on all of them. It would be helpful to keep all the discussion in one place. Have these communities (and others I am missing) discussed any plans to push the discussion into one community so we can gain economies of scale in sharing/discussing news related to Ukraine and Russia's immoral war against the people of Ukraine?
- Russia strikes Ukraine's Danube port, sending global grain prices higherwww.reuters.com Russia strikes Ukraine's Danube port, driving up global grain prices
Russia attacked Ukraine's main inland port across the Danube River from Romania on Wednesday, sending global food prices higher as it ramped up its use of force to prevent Ukraine from exporting grain.
- Did you know that Zelensky is a BILLIONAIRE? This was revealed years ago by the Pandora Papers.www.theguardian.com Revealed: ‘anti-oligarch’ Ukrainian president’s offshore connections
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has railed against politicians hiding wealth offshore but failed to disclose links to BVI firm
Zelensky was a low-income actor who overnight began buying property in London, Tel Aviv and Switzerland, and running offshore accounts. How is this possible?
- 6 killed, 75 wounded as Moscow attacks Zelensky's hometown Kryvyi Rih after he said war had returned to Russia | CNNwww.cnn.com Moscow attacks Zelensky's hometown after he said war had returned to Russia | CNN
A day after Volodymyr Zelensky said war was “returning to Russia” with an attempted drone strike on Moscow, the Kremlin launched a deadly airstrike against the Ukrainian president’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih.
- Ukraine repairs 100% of thermal generation facilities damaged by Russian attackswww.pravda.com.ua Ukraine repairs 100% of thermal generation facilities damaged by Russian attacks
Ukraine has recovered virtually all thermal generation facilities damaged by Russian missile and drone attacks late in 2022 and early in 2023.
- Soviet emblem cut off Ukraine's Motherland Monument in Kyivnews.yahoo.com Soviet emblem cut off Ukraine's Motherland Monument
STORY: Ukraine is removing the Soviet hammer and sickle emblem from this statue in KyivThe Motherland Monumentis Europe's tallest statueA Ukrainian trident emblem will take its place
To be replaced with Ukrainian trident
Photos of the new trident symbol being built https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-motherland-statue-shield-trident/32511869.html
- Ukrainian troops 'break through Russian defences' to capture village of Staromaiorskenews.sky.com Ukrainian troops 'break through Russian defences' to capture village of Staromaiorske
Ukraine's forces appear to have broken through some entrenched Russian defences in the south after Volodymyr Zelenskyy hinted at success on the frontline.
Staromaiorske is on the Velyka Novosilka axis of the Southern Front.
But the real prize is 2 towns further south, i.e. the similarly named Staromlynkiva, because that town is a crossroads.
- AFU liberated Klishchivka and Andrivka, a vital Russian supply line south of Bakhmut
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Much Russian artillery and armor destroyed in poorly planned counterattacks.
Another Russian general fired for complaining about lack of resources.
- How the AFU Third Assault Division launched a counteroffensive on Bakhmut
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With subtitles on YouTube.
Great video of a well organized counter offensive towards Klishchivka near Bakhmut.
The amount of work and sacrifice to move it took to push forward a little further east...
- The Russians Packed Hundreds Of Vehicles Into A Crimean Repair Depot. The Ukrainians Just Hit It With A Cruise Missile.www.forbes.com The Russians Packed Hundreds Of Vehicles Into A Crimean Repair Depot. The Ukrainians Just Hit It With A Cruise Missile.
How many vehicles were at the site at the moment of the Ukrainian strike is unclear. How many vehicles the strike destroyed also is unclear.
Slava Ukraini!
- Is this Lemmy instance all Russian bots?
All I see here is anti-Ukraine spam posted by the same few accounts. Seems clearly biased.
Any humans in here that can chime in?
- 'Unusual' numbers of a massive Russian missile built to sink aircraft carriers are hammering a port city in southern Ukraine, intelligence sayswww.businessinsider.com 'Unusual' numbers of a massive Russian missile built to sink aircraft carriers are hammering a port city in southern Ukraine, intelligence says
The supersonic Kh-22 anti-ship missile was built to be a carrier killer, but Russia is using them to hit urban areas packed with civilians.
- Russia is launching "unusual" numbers of carrier killer missiles, among others, at urban areas in southern Ukraine.
- The Kh-22 missile is inaccurate when used this way and exceptionally dangerous.
- Its reported use in recent attacks on Odesa indicates Russia is continuing to engage in indiscriminate destruction.
- Who Can Give Security Guarantees To Ukraine?
A main question for Ukraine since it became an independent state was who or what could potentially guarantee its security.
- Female Ukrainian judge jailed, shocked, threatened with firing squad
Absolutely barbaric torture of civil servants who refused to cooperate with the occupiers.
- FPV DRONES ARE EASY. Destruction of the Tulip mortar. Life of the K-2 battalion. Soledar-Siversk
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All the work behind the scenes that goes into flying a FPV kamikaze drone to destroy Russian heavy 240mm mortar.
- Weary Soldiers, Unreliable Munitions: Ukraine’s Many Challengesweb.archive.org Weary Soldiers, Unreliable Munitions: Ukraine’s Many Challenges
A month of reporting by New York Times journalists found the fighting mostly stalemated and Ukraine facing an array of obstacles against a determined foe.
- Moscow got hitmastodon.online Ukraine War Bulletins and News (@SocraticEthics@mastodon.online)
https://t.me/liveukraine_media/11853 ⚠️🇷🇺Russian media and Telegram channels report a drone attack on Moscow: a building near the Russian Defense Ministry was damaged, and another drone hit the Leroy Merlin business center in Moscow. It is reported that there is currently no information about the...
Looks like some drones blew up a few buildings in Moscow
- Ukraine is looking for investors brave enough to bet that it will beat back Russia’s invasion with a simple pitch: High risk can offer high reward.
Leader of the Ukrainian State Property Fund says “If we don’t sell them this year, then next year their only value will be real estate, and in the following year, just the land they stand on"
- Kerch bridge attack video
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Interesting analysis of the kirch bridge attack from a few days ago. Include some interesting video as well as photographic satellite footage of the drones.
- CIA Leaking Like a Sieve As It Blames Ukraine for Impending Debacle - A Son of the New American Revolutionsonar21.com CIA Leaking Like a Sieve As It Blames Ukraine for Impending Debacle - A Son of the New American Revolution
I want to thank one of my readers, Paul S., for flagging this remarkable and hilarious Newsweek article, written by Bill Arkin, that is a classic example of the CIA...
Interesting take if the CIA are laying the groundwork to exonerate themselves from a possible impending failure.
- Russian Losses as of July 16th, 2023
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/752125
> As listed by The Kyiv Independent
- Day in the life of the aerial reconnaissance group of the 92nd OMBrstreamable.com Day in the life of the aerial reconnaissance group of the 92nd OMBr
Watch "Day in the life of the aerial reconnaissance group of the 92nd OMBr" on Streamable.
- Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin suffering from abdominal cancer, says Russian mediaenglish.nv.ua Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin suffering from abdominal cancer, says Russian media
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of Russia’s Wagner mercenary company, who staged an armed mutiny in Russia in late June, has been suffering from cancer, according to a report by Russian Telegram channel the Project on July 12.
- Russian Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokov killed in Berdiansk missile strikewww.newsweek.com Russian Lt. General Oleg Tsokov killed in Ukraine—Reports
The high-ranking commander reportedly died near the Russian-controlled port city of Berdyansk in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region.
- NATO leaders invite you to the Crimea Beach Party
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- Exclusive: Wagner fighters neared Russian nuclear base during revoltwww.reuters.com Wagner fighters neared Russian nuclear base during revolt
As rebellious Wagner forces drove north toward Moscow on June 24, a contingent of military vehicles diverted east on a highway in the direction of a fortified Russian army base that holds nuclear weapons, according to videos posted online and interviews with local residents.
>As rebellious Wagner forces drove north toward Moscow on June 24, a contingent of military vehicles diverted east on a highway in the direction of a fortified Russian army base that holds nuclear weapons, according to videos posted online and interviews with local residents.
>Once the Wagner fighters reach more rural regions, the surveillance trail goes cold – about 100 km from the nuclear base, Voronezh-45. Reuters could not confirm what happened next, and Western officials have repeatedly said that Russia's nuclear stockpile was never in danger during the uprising, which ended quickly and mysteriously later that day.
>But in an exclusive interview, Ukraine's head of military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, said that the Wagner fighters went far further. He said that they reached the nuclear base and that their intention was to acquire small Soviet-era nuclear devices in order to "raise the stakes" in their mutiny. "Because if you are prepared to fight until the last man standing, this is one of the facilities that significantly raises the stakes," Budanov said.
>The only barrier between the Wagner fighters and nuclear weapons, Budanov said, were the doors to the nuclear storage facility. "The doors of the storage were closed and they didn't get into the technical section," he said.
>Reuters was not able to independently determine if Wagner fighters made it to Voronezh-45. Budanov did not provide evidence for his assertion and he declined to say what discussions, if any, had taken place with the United States and other allies about the incident. He also didn't say why the fighters subsequently withdrew.
>A source close to the Kremlin with military ties corroborated parts of Budanov's account. A Wagner contingent "managed to get into a zone of special interest, as a result of which the Americans got agitated because nuclear munitions are stored there," this person said, without elaborating further.
- Russians lost more than two companies in Tavria sector over past day – General Tarnavskyiwww.ukrinform.net Russians lost more than two companies in Tavria sector over past day – General Tarnavskyi
Ukraine's Defense Forces continue to destroy the Russians in the Tavria sector, with the invaders losing more than two companies of soldiers killed and wounded in action in this sector of the front in the last day. — Ukrinform.
- Zelensky roasts Bulgarian president "Putin, please take over the territory of Bulgaria?"
>Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said there is no military solution to the war in Ukraine and that more weapons will not solve the problem. To which the President of Ukraine replied that his Bulgarian counterpart would not compromise if he were in his place.
>"Would you say: Putin, please take over the territory of Bulgaria? No, you, as a real president, I'm sure you would not compromise your independence. It's your right not to support aid to Ukraine. But I would really like you to understood correctly,” Politico quotes him.
>Zelensky added that military assistance to Kyiv is a better option than allowing "war to come to you." After that, the President of Bulgaria asked to continue the meeting without cameras, saying that he "has a proposal."