a powerful anti-colonial cry and dispatch by badass @ngumenyuk
. she covered every war zone imaginable in the last decade. natalka never thought the war zone will come to her own backyard. #StandWithUkriane
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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War journalist Natalka’s anti-colonial cry as war arrives home
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Russian forces level 80% of Shchastia, shell Starobilsk residential areas
eastern front updates: russians levelled 80% of shchastia (population 11,500)
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Ukrainian anthem played amid clashes in Sumy
My favorite video of all time. It’s not even close.
— The Intel Crab (@IntelCrab) 25 février 2022
Someone played the Ukrainian National anthem on their trumpet in #Sumy during clashes. pic.twitter.com/L3xpTLgJCpMy favorite video of all time. It’s not even close. Someone played the Ukrainian National anthem on their trumpet in #Sumy during clashes.
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Western Ukraine: Ideal Insurgent Territory, Costly for Soviets
Western Ukraine is heavily forested and mountainous. It's even better insurgent territory than Afghanistan. In fact, the Soviets lost more troops there fighting Ukrainian partisans in the 1940s and 1950s than they did in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
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Ukraine agrees to talks with Putin
The presidential press secretary says Ukraine has agreed to hold talks with Putin. At this moment, the sides are selecting the time and place. I truly hope they’re doing it right.
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Russian elite troops sent, not conscripts, suffered heavy losses
Yes. Also "Russia is sending in conscripts aged 18-25 as fodder during the initial waves" is not true, as far as I've seen. They've sent some of their best, most elite troops. And a lot of those have got spanked.
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Fixer’s Challenges: Family Priorities and Aid Withdrawals
Our fixer pulled his hair out to find this hospital, then left us to care for his children. Others who were helping us until then stopped doing so. More important things to sort out. Family most of the time. That's normal.
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Soviet hospital east of Dnieper in war without resources
It's interesting to find oneself in a Soviet hospital with apple-green walls in a small town east of the Dnieper. It's tough in wartime, when battles rage 60 km north, 200 south, 200 east, 500 west, without having a translator or a car.
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Two days in a Ukrainian hospital at the heart of the war
At a time when the southern front is collapsing, when Donbas is resisting, when Russian troops are approaching Kyiv, as the largest war in Europe since 1945 breaks out, we spent two days in a hospital lost in the Ukrainian pampas. In the eye of the cyclone.
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When Work Becomes Escaping Dead Ends and Rut
Sometimes, we cannot work. We cannot interview, try to understand troop movements; we can only try to escape dead ends and ruts.