11/ "They were shelled with artillery and mortars, one of their commanders, also a mobilised man, was blown up in front of them, many had concussions and their eardrums were ruptured. Fortunately my husband is unharmed, alive."
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Ukrainian offensive near Svatove kills group commanders
9/ The same thing happened to them when they reached the forest near Svatove on 15 October, where they immediately faced the grinding onslaught of the ongoing Ukrainian offensive. Many of their group were killed or wounded, including their two commanders.
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Intense fire: a unit mobilized after 12 hours of bombardment
On 25 October, according to one wife, they were shelled for 12 hours, my husband's company was all mobilised [men], they were lying there in some forest and did not raise their heads because of the shelling.
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Mobilized men’s enthusiasm dented by heavy losses from Ukrainian shelling.
8/ The men had mobilised willingly out of patriotism but their enthusiasm was likely dented when they learned that out of a previous group of 96 mobilised men sent from the camp on 7 October, only 20 had returned alive after Ukrainian shelling.
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Testimony about an open-air camp
According to one wife, who visited the camp, "For the first two or three days they dug trenches. People lived in the camp, right under the open sky. I personally saw this camp, because I went there."
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27 survivors of Russian regiment face punishment for desertion
2/ The independent Russian media outlet Novaya Gazeta Europe (NGE) reports that 27 survivors of the 6th and 7th companies of the 423rd Guards Yampolsky Motor Rifle Regiment are facing punishment for leaving the front line near Svatove in eastern Ukraine on 25 October.
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Russian troops flee, hide without food, face court martial
1/ Mobilised men of the Russian 4th Guards Tank Division are sheltering in an abandoned house in Svatove without food or water after fleeing from the front line under intense Ukrainian fire that killed their commander. They are now being threatened with court martials. Thread
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Political will needed for special tribunal on Russia’s aggression in Ukraine
Political will is needed to establish a Special Tribunal to hold Russia accountable for crimes of aggression in Ukraine, and the number of countries supporting the creation of the tribunal is growing, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin has said.
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Western-Russian calls ease nuclear tensions, Putin’s speech lowers temperature
NYT: Biden admin officials and US allies say phone calls between Western + Russian counterparts in late Oct helped ease some of the nuclear tensions. Putin's speech last Thursday in which he denied Moscow was prepping to use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine further lowered the temp.
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Suspicious identical activity on posts with western criticism, authenticity questionable.
i first started seeing identical activity months ago under every post of mine with western criticism. at first i thought those are real people, but i started digging deeper and saw clear patterns of unauthentic social media behavior, authenticity of many accounts was questionable