Good piece on Italy's both-sidesing & disturbing coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. W/ smart comments from @olgatokariuk
: “The talk shows fail to give context, distinguish between opinion and facts. They care more about creating a show and ratings.” https://
politico.eu/article/infowa
rs-russia-vladimir-putin-propaganda-permeates-italy-media/
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Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Italian media’s both-sidesing and coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Russian push from Popasna toward Soledar and Bakhmut
I’m now in the pocket illustrated. It really feels like Russians making a push west of Popasna. It’s open, sparsely populated terrain until Soledar, Bakhmut. Russian air power, artillery almost nonstop for days. Ukrainian troops say they need better air defense and MLRS here.
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Zelensky Proposal: Seize Russian Funds and Assets Abroad
President Zelensky last night proposed a deal with allies to compensate Ukrainians who’ve suffered from Putin’s invasion by seizing Russian funds and assets abroad. “Russia will feel the true weight of every missile, every bomb…it has fired at us.” pic.twitter.com/2v6OlQcV4t
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) 21 mai 2022President Zelensky last night proposed a deal with allies to compensate Ukrainians who’ve suffered from Putin’s invasion by seizing Russian funds and assets abroad. “Russia will feel the true weight of every missile, every bomb…it has fired at us.”
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Russia may overstate number of Azovstal defenders – ISW
This is done either to negotiate the exchange of the maximum number of Russian prisoners of war, or to avoid the unpleasant admission that for such a long time the siege was only able to be repelled by a few "hundreds" of Ukrainian soldiers.
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Ukrainian airstrikes destroy 20 enemy vehicles
On 20 May, Ukrainian aircraft conducted strikes on concentrations of enemy equipment, personnel, and other facilities. Air strikes destroyed at least 20 armored combat vehicles, according to the Air Force Command.
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Air defense downs 5 targets: 3 drones, missile, helicopter
The Air Force Command reports that on May 20, air defense units shot down five air targets: three operational-tactical UAVs, one cruise missile, and one unidentified target (presumably a helicopter).
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Russians kill 3 civilians in Donetsk Oblast, 5 injured on May 20
Russians killed 3 more civilians in Donetsk Oblast – RegAdm Head Pavlo Kyrylenko "All three are in Lyman hromada. Five more people were injured [on May 20]," he wrote. https://
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Come Back Alive Foundation’s Largest Thermal Imager Transfer to Ukrainian Military
51,6 million UAH, 467 thermal imagers & 27 special nozzles for sniper rifles.
This is how the largest one-moment transfer of thermal imagers for Ukrainian military in the history of the Come Back Alive Foundation looks like. https://
euromaidanpress.com/2022/02/27/ver
ified-ways-to-help-the-ukrainian-army/
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Operational information as of 06:00 21.05.2022 regarding the Russian invasion
Operational information as of 06:00 21.05.2022 regarding the Russian invasion
Details: https://bit.ly/3wJZXOp
Read more: https://bit.ly/3G9TWP5 https://youtube.com/watch?v=jbKPi5wsVqA
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Ukraine’s military destroys 3 tanks and Grad launcher
Ukraine’s military destroys 3 tanks, Grad missile launcher. Ukraine’s Operational Command “South” reports that Russia has lost at least 36 soldiers, three T-72 tanks, a Grad missile launcher, and a number of vehicles along Ukraine’s southern frontlines over the past 24 hours.