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Last night about 2 AM we finally got a humongous thunderstorm that had been supposed to arrive Monday afternoon. And tonight maybe a hard freeze and maybe not. Officially 32⁰ but the weatherman says it will be in the 20s. I sure hope he is wrong.

Today the earliest irises decided to bloom

Good morning Resisters. We are supposed to get a bit of extreme weather later today. Thunderstorms with possible tornadic activity. Oh well.

Goodnight Resisters everywhere

A rescuer from Odessa from the now famous photo spoke about what happened to him on March 15 after the shelling of the city.

After the Russian attack on Odessa, houses were burning, and there were already the first casualties and injuries. Alexander Dontsov arrived at the scene with other rescuers and doctors. At this moment, the Russian army launched a second strike on this place.

“I just remember how I scream, my face caught fire,” Alexander said in an interview published by the State Emergency Service.

“I remember how I flew about 40 meters. Everything hurts and fragments hit me. It’s impossible to get up. I was afraid to open my eyes,” says Alexander. Then he crawled out and helped carry out his colleague.

“The last thing I saw before I passed out by the tree was the girl from the press service,” says Alexander about the photograph, which later appeared in many media outlets.

Alexander is a hero!!

Slave Ukraini. HEROYAM SLAVA!

🇺🇦 @ukraine_report 🇺🇦 (PL)

Daddy is home

Rest in Peace

Junior Lieutenant Andrii Keidalyuk died on August 12, 2023 in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Andriy was 42 years old. He lived in Odessa. He worked in the municipal guard. He was fond of hunting.

"Everyone knew him as a brave, kind and sensitive person. This is a person who always radiated light, a smile shone on his face in any situation," said niece Victoria Shepel.

On February 24, 2022, the man joined the ranks of the territorial defense. Later he joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

He was awarded the orders of combatant, war veteran, "Unity and Will", as well as the "Indomitable Heroes of the Russian-Ukrainian War" medal.

"Andrei never gave up and went to victory. He was a brave, purposeful, intelligent and brave warrior. He came to help, never left his brothers in trouble," shared the niece.

Russians destroy Ukrainian churches and torture priests in the occupied territories, — Institute for Religious Freedom.

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russia has destroyed or damaged about 630 religious buildings. Most of them were destroyed in Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kherson regions.

It has been documented that some churches and prayer houses were looted by the Russian military, closed or converted into administrative buildings by the occupation authorities.

Ukrainian religious leaders continue to be imprisoned, tortured, and killed in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Those who did not agree to collaborate and refused to submit to Russian religious centers are subject to repression.

The woman infantry officer

A volunteer from Georgia, Tengiz Chania, died at the front in Ukraine. He served in the 3rd OShBr in the Avdiivka-Marinka direction.

Tengiz took part in the Russian-Ukrainian war since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.

During his service, he was wounded twice, but after recovering, he returned to the front both times.

Eternal glory to the Hero.

🇺🇦 @ukraine_report 🇺🇦 (PL)

"I will show you my new reality. Widows," wrote Olexandra, the woman in the photo.

Her husband, Mirosh, died defending Ukraine on the front lines. "He lived honorably and left honorably," she wrote.

Ukrainian photographer Garry Efimov knew this couple well and began photographing them at the very beginning of their romance. Now he has captured their tragic end❤️‍🩹

Glory to the hero!

📷: Garry Efimov, Oleksandra Kostetska / Instagram

Good morning Resisters. I am in Branson this morning.

Goodnight Resisters

Good morning Resisters

Frames of the "Novator" light armoured vehicle and chassis for the 2S22 " Bohdana" self-propelled howitzer production.

Rest in Peace Veronika

8-year-old Veronika Khitsai died with her father in Zaporizhzhia on March 22, 2024.

In the morning of that day, the Russian military once again attacked the city with rockets.

Veronika studied at local school #29. She loved to draw and play with animals. She loved to come up with recipes for various delicacies and cook together with her mother.

"Veronichka loved watching the TV series "House of Happiness". She was a real incredibly bright angel. All the best character traits are about her. Very friendly, sociable, beautiful," Aunt Olena said.

The girl is survived by her mother, grandfather and uncle.

Good morning Resisters. 26⁰ here. All 3 cats inside this morning.