Fierce fighting continues at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, where Ukrainian fighters are stationed. The occupiers use heavy artillery, tanks, aircraft and military vessels to fire at the plant, the mayor of Mariupol Vadym Boychenko said on air of the national telethon.
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Berdyansk Authorities Declare Local Elections Legitimate
Source: Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration citing legitimate elected Berdyansk authorities
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No local officials joined occupiers in Berdyansk; Russia’s ‘new government’ is janitors, storekeepers
No head of a local government body, budgetary institution or utility company sided with the occupiers in Berdyansk – Zaporizhia RegAdm Russia's "fake 'new government' consists of janitors, storekeepers, cleaners, locksmiths, and other 'broad-profile' specialists," RegAdm said
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Ukrainian forces destroy BM-21 Grad MLRS, another abandoned near Kharkiv
GeoConfirmed. "Ukrainian forces destroyed another BM-21 122mm Grad multiple rocket launcher, another was abandoned in damaged but decent condition earlier (pic 3, documented)." Pic 1 &2: 50.123222, 36.266017
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Ukraine: Kraken visit before BM-21 Grad in Ruska Lozova
GeoConfirmed. "The Ukrainian troops from the 'Kraken' special unit posing in front of a damaged Russian BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher in now UA-controlled Ruska Lozova, Kharkiv Oblast." 50.140454, 36.276328 GeoLocated by
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@euromaidanpress โ 2022-05-04
Used by Mariupolites as a shelter, the theater had two large warnings "children" written in Russian on the ground from both sides of the building in the letters large enough to be seen from space. Russian aircraft bombed the building on 16 March:
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Ukrainian humor as therapy during genocide
cracking jokes in the face of genocide is so quintessentially ukrainian. this stand up is so therapeutical on so many levels. ะดัะบัั @_Tymoshenko https://t.co/H6IumH3boP
— maksym eristavi. (@maksymeristavi) 4 mai 2022cracking jokes in the face of genocide is so quintessentially ukrainian. this stand up is so therapeutical on so many levels. ะดัะบัั @_Tymoshenko
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Ukrainian forces advance to outskirts; 50,000 remain in controlled territory
He says that the Ukrainian authorities are trying to at least advance to the outskirts of nearby cities and villages. According to Haidai, more than 50,000 people remain in the territory, which is controlled by the Ukrainian government.
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ICRC criticized for ghosting Ukrainian civil society and insufficient aid
the thing is @ICRC first ghosted ukrainian civil society, then called us liars for exposing their absence and only recently started doing something on the ground โ but still not at the level warranted by hundreds of millions they fundraised for ukraine https://
kyivindependent.com/national/red-c
ross-criticized-for-not-doing-more-in-ukraine/
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AP: 600 killed in Mariupol Drama Theater airstrike, worst war crime of the century
AP now says 600 (!!!!!!) were killed in a Russian airstrike upon the Drama Theater in Mariupol.
Six. Hundred. People. Just one strike. The worst war crime case of the century to date.