Except, the round doesn't land ON the M777. It lands nearby. W/ towed artillery, a round almost has to land ON the howitzer to destroy it. It doesn't. It may be slightly damaged, or maybe not. Doesn't appear any UKR soldiers are hurt or wounded. Maybe, but maybe not. 4/
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Ukrainian M777 howitzer under incoming fire
Okay, here's what's happening. A UKR M777 is in a firing position, obviously getting set up for a shoot. Gun is unlimbered (not being towed by it's truck), the truck is in the treeline, and there's a few soldiers walking around the vehicle. Then, INCOMING! The round lands! 3/
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Delivering food to cut-off Ukrainian towns under bombs
What’s it like delivering critical food to communities east of Kharkiv in Ukraine? Katya, @cheftkilcoyne & the @WCKitchen team recently visited Kutuzivka and nearby towns that were cut off until recently due to Russian troops. But the bombs keep falling. Turn on sound and watch: pic.twitter.com/TvotZkDcbJ
— Nate Mook (@natemook) 18 mai 2022What’s it like delivering critical food to communities east of Kharkiv in Ukraine? Katya, @cheftkilcoyne & the @WCKitchen team recently visited Kutuzivka and nearby towns that were cut off until recently due to Russian troops. But the bombs keep falling. Turn on sound and watch:
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Kyiv night scene: hedgehogs, moon, and air raid sirens
A night picture outside my apartment in Kyiv yesterday. There are two hedgehogs in the grass. They are very loud, but you can’t hear them in the picture. The bright thingy is the moon. There are air raid sirens, but you can’t here them in this picture either 😉
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Sanctions and weapons bring victory closer, says Mylovanov joining group
Sanctions against and weapons for are two things that bring our victory closer. The military knows what weapons are needed. What sanctions are needed knows the Yermak-McFaul Group, which I have joined as an expert. Follow @sanctionsgroup for more info
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Russia’s internal propaganda on Azovstal troops fate
Variety of thoughts and statements from Russia on possible fate of Ukrainian troops from Azovstal steelworks are all part of Russia's information policy intended for internal consumers [Russians]. Rescue operation is ongoing, says Ukraine's deputy defence minister Hanna Malyar.
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Foreign journalists in Mariupol tours complicit in war crimes
any foreign journalists taking part in those propaganda tours of occupied mariupol will be automatically complicit in russian war and genocide crimes and will become persons of interest for future international war crime tribunal on ukraine
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Memory of Russia’s total defeat gives strength
On some days you feel you have no strength left to even open your eyes in the morning. Some days like today. But then you remember that Russia is totally fucked and the restart works.
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Ukraine calls for recognition of Crimean Tatar deportation as genocide
We call on the int’l community to recognize the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 as genocide, to join the International Crimea Platform, within which Ukraine and its partners continue the joint struggle for the deoccupation of Crimea, to strengthen int’l sanctions on Russia.
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Russia resumes Soviet persecution of Crimean Tatars
In 2014, #Russia resumed criminal Soviet practices against the Crimean Tatar people. Russia’s full-scale invasion of #Ukraine has only exacerbated the human rights situation on the peninsula. Crimean Tatars suffer from political persecution, enforced disappearances, detentions.