The reply he gets “we go to work”. On the first day of the war I personally saw hundreds of heroes who kept doing their job even though they also had families and loved ones to save. Police and paramedics rocked, banks worked, gas stations worked, groceries worked. 7/
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Civilian testimony of Russian helicopter invasion February 2022
Check out this video (in Ukrainian) of people driving to work on the day of invasion and seeing Russian helicopters en masse. That doesn’t look like the US crusade, but it is a very clear start of the war by Russia.
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 22 avril 2023
About 1/3 in the video, one person asks “what do we do now?”6/ pic.twitter.com/YOx5ey4lS1Check out this video (in Ukrainian) of people driving to work on the day of invasion and seeing Russian helicopters en masse. That doesn’t look like the US crusade, but it is a very clear start of the war by Russia. About 1/3 in the video, one person asks “what do we do now?”6/
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Ukraine’s People Defended Their Country
But it is the people of Ukraine who picked up the arms and defended the country during the first days and weeks of the invasion. It is the people of Ukraine who continued to do their job so that the country functioned in the critical moments. 5/
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US Initial Reluctance to Support Ukraine in First Days
Moreover, the US and the rest of the free world was reluctant to
Provide any material support in the first days of the invasion. Instead, it offered the government of
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Russia invaded Ukraine with hundreds of thousands troops
Main argument: the US has declared a crusade against Russia, while Kyiv is a puppet of the US. No, on February 24, 2022 Russia has invaded Ukraine with hundreds of thousands troops, from North, South, and East, launched missile attacks, sent tanks, bombed cities. 2/
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Russia started the war: civilian casualties and war crimes
The US has not done nor declared anything. It is Russia that started the war in Ukraine. Since then Russia killed and tortured tens of thousands of civilians, abducted and deported children, and committed war crimes and atrocities. 3/
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Leopard 2A4 tank reportedly in Ukraine
Leopard 2A4 tank reportedly in Ukraine
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) 22 avril 2023
📹https://t.co/Sge9xkEtxd pic.twitter.com/XPmtdFTjLeLeopard 2A4 tank reportedly in Ukraine https://
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Ukraine’s boldest operation tests army and Western aid
The most ambitious operation of Ukraine’s war against Russia has not just the lives of its soldiers riding on it, but the army’s self-esteem as well as billions of dollars’ worth of western support. https://
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More on Russia’s use of guided bombs
More on Russia's use of guided bombs against Ukraine:
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Russia hits Ukraine’s north with guided bomb, no casualties
Russia hits Ukraine's north with guided bomb. A guided bomb launched from the Russian Sukhoi Su-35 jet exploded at around 1:35 a.m. in the area of Orlykivka, a village in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine’s military reported. There have been no casualties, according to the military.