Now, the 72nd, driven from its den, risks annihilation in the open fields under artillery and FPV drones. The Russians’ control from Vuhledar’s heights stretches 15 kilometers, nearly to Kurakhove 11/
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Unfamiliar faces and expressions after three years of war
In these three years of the war, unfamiliar faces have filled the sidewalks and metro, with new expressions I don’t recognize or can comprehend 9/
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No bridge between peaceful Ukraine and military
I have no way to bridge these two worlds – the peaceful Ukraine and the military, each marching relentlessly on its path 7/
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Reborn in war, forged in Vuhledar, now strangers in Kyiv
We were reborn there in the war in the East. Born in Kyiv, we were forged again in the fields and basements of Vuhledar. Now those empty, iron-pierced spaces are our homeland, and we are strangers on the Kyiv’s streets 8/
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72nd’s brutal withdrawal: burned vehicles and exhausted soldiers
The 72nd’s withdrawal was brutal. Vehicles, armored carriers were hit and burned. After days of agony in the besieged city before that, the soldiers were drained. By the dawn of retreat, not all had the strength to move to try break through 3/
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Russian troops set up firing positions behind cemetery before brigade retreat
Before that, the Russians had already reached the areas through which the brigade would retreat and set up firing positions in garages behind the cemetery. 2/
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Ukrainian brigade’s retreat from Vuhledar with heavy losses
Retreat, loss, and survival in Ukraine Our former student writes about the retreat of his brigade from Vuhledar this week. It is a heavy but honest reading “The 72nd Brigade left Vuhledar battered, with heavy losses. 1/
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Russia’s fake news assault on Ukraine
Operation “Doppelganger”: what the FBI knows about Russia’s latest fake news assault on Ukraine Fake Fox News and Washington Post, crypto, AI, & 2.8k influencers to cause “nuclear psychosis”: meet Russia’s fresh strategy to undermine support for Ukraine
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Ukrainians want to be left alone after many deaths
May be, but I think all Ukrainians want just one thing – to be left alone. So many people died.
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Russia’s embarrassing war: many losses for few villages
Probably. But it is also true that Russia has become an embarrassment. With all its might it couldn’t crush Ukraine and had to kill hundreds of thousands of its soldiers to get a couple of Ukrainian villages