#OTD in 1944, Russian NKVD officers loaded 200,000 Crimean Tatars on cattle wagons & deported them to Central Asia. Today, the Crimean Tatars are undergoing a "hybrid genocide" for their resistance to Crimea occupation. https://
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Crimean Tatars deported by Russia in 1944, facing “hybrid genocide” today.
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ICC sends largest-ever investigative team to Ukraine to probe war crimes
The International Criminal Court on Tuesday sent a 42-member team to #Ukraine to probe alleged war crimes since the #Russian invasion in what it called the largest such deployment in its history. https://
kyivpost.com/ukraine-politi
cs/international-criminal-court-sends-largest-ever-investigative-team-to-ukraine.html
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Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers surrender at Azovstal, Kyiv urges swap
Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers who held off Russian fighters at the besieged #Azovstal steelworks in #Mariupol have surrendered, Moscow said Tuesday, as Kyiv called for an immediate prisoner swap. https://
kyivpost.com/ukraine-politi
cs/russia-says-hundreds-of-ukrainians-surrender-at-azovstal-kyiv-urges-swap.html
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Zelensky addresses Cannes film festival, highlights war deaths
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr #Zelensky made a surprise video address at the opening ceremony of the #CannesFilmFestival on May 17. “Hundreds of people are dying every day. They won’t get up again after the clapping at the end,” he told the audience. https://
kyivpost.com/ukraine-politi
cs/ukraine-president-volodymyr-zelensky-addresses-cannes-film-festival.html
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Kharkiv Territorial Defense destroys Russian armored vehicle. Combat video
💥 "Горит танк?", – "Еще как горит!", – "Это я", – харківські тероборонівці знищили бронемашину армії РФ. ВIДЕО боюhttps://t.co/G2GwFk7KRI pic.twitter.com/xRtJGrMMil
— Цензор.НЕТ ✍️ (@censor_net) 18 mai 2022"Is the tank burning?" – "It's burning alright!" – "That's me," – Kharkiv Territorial Defense destroyed a Russian Army armored vehicle. COMBAT VIDEO http://
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Czech national among three found shot dead in Kyiv oblast town
A citizen of the #CzechRepublic was among three men found dead in a pit with bullet wounds on May 17 in the town of Makariv in #Kyiv Oblast, the regional police chief Andriy Nyebytov said on his YouTube channel. https://
kyivpost.com/ukraine-politi
cs/czech-national-among-three-found-shot-dead-in-kyiv-oblast-town-of-makariv.html
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SBU uncovers network of five female Russian agents in Mykolayiv
#Ukraine’s domestic intelligence agency, the Security Service (#SBU), says it uncovered a network of five females who are suspected of being Russian agents in the southern port city of #Mykolayiv.
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Ukrainian group gifts keychains from downed Russian aircraft to donors
A Ukrainian non-profit group that provides drones and other materiel to Kyiv’s military is showing gratitude to its donors by gifting them with key chains made from the wreckage of Russian plane and helicopter parts that were shot down in #Ukraine
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Russia may use civilian airport for evacuations
Russia may use the civilian airport to evacuate the wounded and dead from the war zone, or as a transshipment point for refueling.
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Satellite images show 8 helicopters at civilian airport on May 14
Satellite images recorded 8 helicopters and few cars at civilian airport on May 14. Member of Ukrainian Military Center Yuriy Zbanatsky identified the modification of helicopter as a Mi-8, a Soviet-designed multi-role helicopter widely used for civilian and military purposes 2/3
