Until just recently, there was a library, one of Chernihiv's landmarks buildings. Now there is a 5-meter crater from the russian 500-kilogram bomb. Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol—each city bears the same signature: “The russian world paid a visit there.”
Photo by Marko Melnyk.
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Chernihiv’s library destroyed by Russian bomb, bearing the signature of the “Russian world”.
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Irpin: Images after one month of Russian occupation, location confirmed
GeoConfirmed. "After liberation from one month of Russian rule. #Irpin" 1 &2: 50.54250, 30.26536
3: 50.54174, 30.26408
4: 50.55341, 30.27706 GeoLocation by @Cosmonaut19 #UkraineInvasion
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DNR video shows fighting near Mariupol steel plant
GeoConfirmed.
— GeoConfirmed (@GeoConfirmed) 17 avril 2022
"DNR UAV video showing fighting around the Ilyich Steel Plant in #Mariupol. The end of the video appears to show Ukrainian soldiers taken prisoner. "
Tank part 1: 47.148846, 37.557409
Tank part 2: 47.148198, 37.557717
First group: 47.164952, 37.564884 https://t.co/uGRC1pQE3eGeoConfirmed. "DNR UAV video showing fighting around the Ilyich Steel Plant in #Mariupol. The end of the video appears to show Ukrainian soldiers taken prisoner." Tank part 1: 47.148846, 37.557409
Tank part 2: 47.148198, 37.57717
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T-72 B3 tank makes passage for infantry, geolocated
GeoConfirmed. "T 72 B3 makes passage for infantry" 47.10858, 37.63324 GeoLocated by @chris__759 #UkraineInvasion
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Ukrainian Neptune Missile Hits Russian Cruiser Moskva
Illustration by Stanislav Kutsenko. Russian cruiser Moskva hit by the Ukrainian Neptune Anti-ship cruise missile Neptune was developed at Kyiv design bureau Luch in 2014-2020. In 2020, the coastal complex Neptune was accepted into service by Armed Forces.
https://old.defence-ua.com/index.php/stattti/publikatsiji-partneriv/4671-pro-dosyahnennya-heneralnoho-dyrektora-stolychnoho-kb-luch-oleha-korostelova
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Ukraine’s best-case scenario: trapping Russians on fragile supply lines
In a best-case scenario for Ukraine, it might be able to get the Russians into the same sort of situation they faced east of Kyiv: stuck on the end of tenuous supply chains with dwindling supplies and constant attrition through attacks. /end
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Ukraine may target T2110 road near Kupyansk
There are other roads linking Kupyansk to Izyum, but the loss of the T2110 would seriously hinder the Russians' ability to supply their front lines east of Kharkiv. Therefore, I'd expect a Ukrainian push to try to take control of it.
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Ukrainiens coupent route clé près d’Izyum
The recapture of Bazaliivka and Lebiazhe potentially enables the Ukrainians to push on to Shevchenkove, which would cut the T2110 road to the south – the main supply route for the Russian advance out of Izyum. /3
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Map shows narrow Russian corridor between Shevchenkove and Kupyansk
This map (via @War_Mapper
) helps to show why this is important. Red territory is under firm Russian control, pink is under tenuous Russian control. Note that the Russians appear to have a narrow corridor between Shevchenkove and Kupyansk, further east. /2 -
Front-line maps show Bazaliivka and Lebiazhe near Shevchenkove
A look at front-line maps helps to confirm the significance of this. Bazaliivka and Lebiazhe are a few kms northwest of Shevchenkove, an important strategic point for both sides. /1