So, the number of more than 400K Russian killed or wounded may include a good number of Ukrainians from occupied territories. This horrible, terrible, awful. I don't have words to explain how I feel about it. If there is genocide in Ukraine, this is a form of it. 6/
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Indirect evidence of conscription; voluntary joining from occupied territories a lie
There is indirect evidence that conscription is real. There are statements of that people from occupied territories can join Russian militarily "voluntarily". And that no conscripted person will be forced to serve on the battlefield. It is likely a lie 8/
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Ukrainian soldiers: Russia’s conscription leaves no men in occupied villages
Yet, I have also heard from Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines that Russia has been using this type of conscription for a long time. In some villages in the occupied Eat, I have been told, there are no man left. All have been drafted and killed. 5/
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Reports of Russia conscripting Ukrainians from occupied territories as cannon fodder
We actually have heard similar reports before. In the fall of 2023, there were multiples media reports that Russia will conscript Ukrainians from occupied territories to be used as cannon fodder. The conscription should have taken place until the end of 2023 3/
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Russia plans to conscript 150,000 Ukrainians in occupied Zaporizhia
Ukrainian Zaporizhia Oblast Head Ivan Fedorov stated that Russian authorities have created the infrastructure necessary to conscript Ukrainians in occupied Zaporizhia Oblast. Russia plans to conscript more than 150,000 Ukrainians into the Russian army 2/
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Russian conscription of Ukrainians compared to Nazi Germany’s WWII practices
Imagine that you are a Ukrainian occupied by Russians. Now, you will be conscripted to fight Ukrainian army and die. This is very cruel but not new. Nazi Germany used it in WW2 in Ukraine, Belarus, and the Baltics. The difference is that now it is done by Russians 1/
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Ukraine Air Force Downs 39 Missiles, 20 Drones Overnight
Air Force: Ukraine downs 39 missiles, 20 drones overnight. Ukraine intercepted 33 Kh-101/Kh-505 cruise missiles, four Kalibr cruise missiles, two Kh-59/Kh-69 guided missiles, and 20 Shahed-type drones launched by Russia overnight on May 8, the Ukrainian Air Force said.
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Attack on oil depot in Luhansk blamed on UA
Authorities of the so-called "Luhansk People's Republic" reported an attack on an oil depot in Luhansk. The occupiers accused the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the attack. Some propaganda Telegram channels report that the oil depot was attacked with ATACMS ballistic missiles. pic.twitter.com/AXfMM4BDRO
— Hromadske Int. (@Hromadske) 8 mai 2024Authorities of the so-called 'Luhansk People's Republic' reported an attack on an oil depot in Luhansk. The occupiers accused the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the attack. Some propaganda Telegram channels report that the oil depot was attacked with ATACMS ballistic missiles.
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Russia attacks Ukraine with 55 missiles, 21 drones; 59 targets shot down.
On the night of May 8, 2024, russian invaders attacked Ukraine with 55 missiles and 21 Shahed UAVs. russian attack targeted infrastructure in Lviv, Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Poltava, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhia, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. Ukrainian defenders shot down 59 aerial targets:
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Fires and rescue after Russian night attack in Kyiv region
🎞shows rescuers eliminating the consequences of Russia's night missile attack in Kyiv Oblast.
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) 8 mai 2024
Local officials reported the Russian attack on 8 May injured 2 people in Kyiv Oblast and, an 8-year-old child in Kirovograd Oblast.
📹State Emergency in Kyiv pic.twitter.com/4wXhKeEbrUshows rescuers eliminating the consequences of Russia's night missile attack in Kyiv Oblast. Local officials reported the Russian attack on 8 May injured 2 people in Kyiv Oblast and, an 8-year-old child in Kirovograd Oblast. State Emergency in Kyiv