43/ Dovhenke, meanwhile, is completely destroyed and littered with vast quantities of unexploded ordnance and land mines. It will be many years before it's habitable again. It's Ukrainian again, but there's no victory for anyone in such total devastation. /end
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Ukrainian forces recapture Dovhenke in single day, ending months of fighting
39/ After a brief assault in which at least one Ukrainian vehicle appears to have been destroyed, the Ukrainian forces recaptured Dovhenke in a single day, thus ending five months of fighting over the village. pic.twitter.com/d8tOuq3KW1
— ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) 8 octobre 202239/ After a brief assault in which at least one Ukrainian vehicle appears to have been destroyed, the Ukrainian forces recaptured Dovhenke in a single day, thus ending five months of fighting over the village.
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Russes encerclés à Lyman, fuite désorganisée
40/ The Russians regrouped in Lyman, where they found themselves virtually surrounded two weeks later. The 752nd Regiment was among the trapped units which left a trail of their dead soldiers and destroyed or abandoned equipment as it fled to safety further east.
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Doubts on Shoigu and Gerasimov’s Integrity Over War Plan
Can you pls share more on the criminal order aspect? Hard to say how they would react, however: Shoygu/Gerasimov either designed a bad war plan or let it get co-opted by kremlin + ordered 300k unprepared citizens mobilized. Leads me to doubt they’re the “resign on principle” type
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Fighting in and around Dovhenke as of August, no man’s land
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Decaying bodies, scattered corpses, and unrescued wounded
35/ "Some have already begun decomposing and swelling back then. Some also said they saw bodies of our dead piled up in shrubbery, some were also tied to the trees … They said our wounded were in one of the trenches for three days and no one could pick them up."
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25 soldiers died in an attack, don’t believe the propaganda
33/ "There was an offensive here two days ago, 752 [regiment] were attacking the Ukrops and 25 people died. 25. 25 fucking guys have died. Simply, 25 have died, all “200” [dead]. It’s a complete slaughter. Total ass. What they are telling you on the TV, don’t believe it, don't."
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Survivor’s stark recount: 107 down to 10, only one left from platoon
32/ "There were 107 people [in my company], 10 remain. From them 4 have left, 6 of us have stayed. From the 1st platoon I’m alone left. In the 1st platoon we’ve had 22 people, I am the only one left."
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Russian army suffers heavy casualties, soldier speaks of losses
31/ The Russian army continued to attack without success, suffering huge casualties among the 752nd Regiment and other Russian units. In July, a Russian soldier spoke of the losses that they had suffered.
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Ukrainian soldier: defenders stay united to fight and win
30/ As one Ukrainian soldier put it, "Everyone stayed until the end of the rotation … It's such a crazy mix [among the defenders], but everyone feels the same: we have to be there, we have to fight and we have to win."