Sam Kiley @kileycnn visited the #Bilogorivka village (Luhansk r-n), where 🇷🇺 lost over 1,000 men and 200+ vehicles failing to cross Seversky Donets r. over & over. The operation showed 🇷🇺 epic failure in command (allegedly of Putin himself) & became a war meme, akin Chornobaivka pic.twitter.com/A1eJ0yKS6U

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) 18 mai 2022

Sam Kiley @kileycnn visited the village of Bilogorivka (Luhansk region), where Russia lost over 1,000 men and 200+ vehicles in repeated failed attempts to cross the Seversky Donets River. The operation exposed an epic command failure—allegedly under Putin’s direct oversight—and became a war meme, much like Chornobaivka.

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Ukrainians in the capital brimmed Wednesday with pride over how outgunned fighters at a southern Ukraine steel plant had held out against Russian troops for weeks but voiced fear for them now that they were captives.
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#Russia Former Russian colonel, Mikhail Khodarenok, appeared on Russian state TV and gave rare public criticism of the war. He called on Putin to withdraw troops from Ukraine and undermined the threats to use nuclear weapons as pretty funny, not scary pic.twitter.com/0tlQaZGRee

— Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) 18 mai 2022

Russian former colonel Mikhail Khodarenok appeared on Russian state TV and delivered rare public criticism of the war. He urged Putin to withdraw troops from Ukraine and dismissed threats of using nuclear weapons as laughable rather than frightening.

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Denis Pushylin, the so-called leader of self-proclaimed ‘DPR’ said to Russian TASS media that Russia wants to demolish the Azovstal plant to build a technology park, a residential area, or a park on the site of the plant 2/4

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SBU published intercepted conversation of allegedly soldier. He says Russian troops are killing civilians who are trying to leave occupied territories "They try to leave at night. We don't feel sorry for civilians. We kill them,"- soldier says http://
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Antonov Airlines move base from Kyiv Oblast's Hostomel to Leipzig Airport. Antonov confirmed that five An-124-100 airplanes are now temporarily based in Leipzig and continue operation. Hostomel Airport was destroyed during Russian advances on Kyiv in late February.

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Solomianskyi District Court of Kyiv is considering the case of 21-year-old Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin, a Russian serviceman and commander of the 4th Kantemirov Tank Division of Moscow Oblast, who is accused of killing 62-year-old civilian Oleksandr Shelipov in Sumy Oblast 2/2

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