Ukraine hits 17 concentrations of Russian troops in east Over the last day, Ukraine's military struck 17 areas with Russian troops and military equipment, five command posts, and a Russian ammunition depot in Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, Ukraine's General Staff said.
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Ukrainian POWs Strutynska, Demchenko, Voronenko face months in prisons, including Olenivka.
Strutynska, Demchenko, Voronenko would be held in several prisons over the next 6 months. All endured periods in Olenivka prison in occupied Donetsk region, which Zelensky has called a “concentration camp” for Ukrainian PoWs. Yevhen Strutynski was separated from his wife.
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Azovstal medic recounts harrowing conditions, long hours treating wounded in makeshift hospital.
Warning: Graphic images. Demchenko set up a makeshift hospital and operating room in Azovstal to treat the wounded, many of whom he found in horrific condition. There were days when he and other medics “did not leave the operating room for more than 30 hours.”
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Doctor’s volunteer helicopter mission to Mariupol’s besieged Azovstal
Captain Oleksandr Demchenko, a doctor, arrived in Mariupol after he volunteered to fly in reinforcements and supplies into Azovstal on a helicopter mission. “Mariupol was already surrounded,” he said. “I understood it was probably a one-way ticket and there’d be no turning back.”
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Testimony on the fighting in Mariupol before the invasion
Major Oleksandr Voronenko was in Mariupol before the invasion as part of Ukraine’s 56th motorised brigade. He said the intensity of the fighting was terrifying, as Russian forces bore down, and the destruction unbelievable. “It felt like one long day in hell.”
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Ukrainian troops recount hellish prison experience after Mariupol defense
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: I interviewed Ukrainian troops who defended Mariupol, were inside Ilyich & Azovstal plants, & after being captured by Russian forces spent time in hellish Olenivka prison & prisons in Russia before swapped in September. This is their story: -
Ukrainians reject Russian culture as decolonisation war
Super piece by @chiggi on why #Ukrainians reject #Russian culture: "It's a 'war of decolonisation', as Ukrainian poet Lyuba Yakimchuk put it – a moment in which Ukraine has the chance to free itself, at last, from being an object of Russian imperialism"
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ISW: Russian wives and mothers advocate for soldiers, social issues loom
The ISW has recorded multiple examples of wives and mothers reaching out to local officials and military bloggers to advocate for their relatives serving in the war in Ukraine. The failure to address these issues will likely exacerbate social issues in Russia, the ISW said.
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Colères publiques face aux pertes russes en Ukraine
ISW: High Russian casualties prompt public outcry. Widespread anger over Russian failures in Ukraine has spilled out beyond Russian military bloggers into the public sphere, causing outcry among families of soldiers, the Institute of the Study of War said.
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Ukraine FM: Boycott firms funding Russian war crimes
International companies which remain working in Russia are funding Russian war crimes and genocide – FM @DmytroKuleba “I reiterate my call on their customers and partners to boycott these brands until they stop making blood profits and pull out of Russia” @MFA_Ukraine