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Rest in Peace

💔 During the execution of a combat mission, the chief of staff - the first deputy commander of the aviation squadron, lieutenant colonel Denys Vasylyuk, died.

Denis Oleksandrovych was a fighter pilot of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he has flown dozens of sorties and is a full knight of the Order of Courage.

🕯 Eternal memory of the hero

831 brigade Tactical aviation

2️⃣0️⃣ border guards received state awards

One reserve officer was awarded the Order "For Courage" III degree. Nine border guards were awarded medals "For military service to Ukraine". Five defenders received "Defender of the Fatherland" medals. Five more border guard officers were awarded the departmental incentive awards of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine "Firearms".

The awarding ceremony was conducted by the Deputy Head of the State Border Service of Ukraine, Major General Vadym Chenchyk.
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Good morning Resisters. Today was supposed to be a low of 62, a high of 85 and sunny. Somehow it's 59⁰ and foggy. But good morning to you.

Goodnight Resisters everywhere.

Such a little drone. Such a big fire

Another angle of the Ukrainian strike at Tuapse, Russia 🇺🇦🦅💥

🇺🇦🦅 This was one of the largest attack by Ukrainian UAVs on targets on Russian territory and occupied Sevastopol during the entire war.

Targets reportedly struck include:

▪️Tuapse Oil Refinery.
▪️Sevastopol, power outages in the city.
▪️Novorossiysk, according to ASTRA, UAVs hit:
- NZT, fuel tanks;
- Importpischeprom, fuel tanks;
- Gazprom oil depot, Kirillovka;
- Transneft oil depot, Grushovaya Balka. 💥👏

The Crimean Wind also reported the UAVs in Novorossiysk successfully struck the fuel oil terminal.

I hope I have the right video

Firearm safety 101: Never point a gun at someone regardless if it’s loaded or not.💯

Knowing the Russians: What is gun safety, comrade? 🤡🦷

*Video is of a set of Russian recruits and an African mercenary being taught how to use a rocket launcher.

*Sadly, it wasn’t loaded 😢

This thing is a badass

👀Drunk Man vs. Z Scumbag 💥😏

A drunk man leveled a National Guard soldier at the Atan gas station in Sevastopol.👏

The Prosecutor's Office of St. Petersburg demanded that bookstores and publishing houses report on the printing and sale of books by "foreign agents".

n St. Petersburg, the prosecutor's office demanded that bookstores and publishing houses report on the printing and sale of books by "foreign agents". A photo of the document was published on his Facebook by journalist Giorgi Urushadze.

In March, State Duma deputies introduced a project designed to restrict access to books by "foreign agents" in libraries. The explanatory note to the project reported that now "documents created by foreign agents, extremists and terrorists" are freely placed and provided for temporary use in public libraries. Amendments to the law should limit the access of library visitors to such literature.

But already a month before, books by writers Lyudmila Ulitskaya and Boris Akunin stopped appearing in the search on the electronic system "Libraries of Moscow". And an employee of one of the Moscow libraries confirmed that they have received instructions since January 31 to send Ulitskaya's books to write-off, and those that have not yet been registered to waste paper.

Source

The next steps are obvious. A register of people who read "forbidden books" and prosecution of people who have read or possess any book declared taboo.

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Criminal cases have been opened in Belarus against 104 Belarusians for participating in Freedom Day rallies abroad.

The country's Investigative Committee reported this, calling the citizens of Belarus “incredible puppets abroad.”
The department said that 104 names have been added to the list of suspects in the case of “Belarusians Abroad”.

According to the Investigative Committee, searches, inspections and other “procedural measures” are now being carried out against participants in the protests in Batumi, Prague, Vilnius and other cities.

Freedom Day (Independence Day) is celebrated on March 25, the anniversary of the declaration of independence of the first national state - the Belarusian People's Republic, its flag is white-red-white. It is banned and people are persecuted for it in BelaruZ.

Belarusians celebrated 2024 Freedom Day again in Vilnius and other cities in the hope they will one day mark the day in their home country.

“I really want to be able to express myself, to express my thoughts without the fear of imprisonment [...]. We won’t be able to break the system just with flowers and white slippers. We shouldn’t probably do it by force, we shouldn’t kill, but we need to show that the nation is a united force,” Alexander Selekh said.

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and other representatives of the opposition residing in Vilnius also addressed the gathering.

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British historian Timothy Garton Ash donated 1.4 million Ukrainian hryvnias to the Armed Forces from his own award.

Together with the “Come Back Alive” foundation, he provided the Ukrainian military of the 22nd Mechanized Brigade with drones and night optics, giving his Lionel Gelber Prize for the book “Homelands: A Personal History of Europe.”

“I can't imagine a better use of the award I received for my book on modern European history than to donate it to equip the Ukrainian Armed Forces to win. After all, nothing less than the future of Europe is at stake in this war,” says the professor.

Good morning Resisters. Blue skies here. But we are soaked. I heard we have received 3 times our average May rainfall and the month isn't over.

Goodnight Resisters everywhere

Artur Yakubov, the imam of a Kharkiv mosque, died defending Ukraine at just 34 years old.

After the start of the full-scale war, he witnessed the Russian invasion and the first battles in Kharkiv region with his own eyes. Artur took his family abroad and returned to Ukraine. His house, which was located in a village on the outskirts of Kharkiv, was destroyed by the Russian invaders.

Artur Yakubov also taught at the Birlik School Crimean Tatar Lyceum in the village of Chaika, Kyiv region. He volunteered in the frontline regions.

Eternal memory and eternal glory to Ukrainian Hero!

Frontelligence Insight conducted an initial Battle Damage Assessment of strikes on Belbek Airfield in Crimea on May 15th and 16th. This analysis is based on mid-resolution images taken on May 16th

Three large scorch marks are visible in the central part of the airfield: two on the military jet apron and one in the fuel depot area. The exact diameter of these marks cannot be determined due to low resolution, but they appear to be approximately over 30m in size.

The imagery from July 2023 confirms that the apron was used to host military jets.

*Due to the resolution limitations, we cannot determine whether any aircraft were hit or destroyed, nor can we assess the level of damage, but we can conclude that missiles did reach the apron.*

The third scorch mark is visible within the fuel depot area. This likely explains the large, bright fire observed in videos taken by local residents, indicating the complete destruction of the depot. The extent of damage to nearby buildings cannot be determined at this stage

The characteristics and size of the scorch marks confirm that at least three missiles hit their targets. Damage from submunitions may not be visible at this resolution, and the actual damage could be more severe than what is visible in these images. High-res imagery is required.

Visible or invisible, it is always under the pixel of a defender and under the uniform of a rescuer, under a doctor's coat, a power engineer's jacket, it is on a volunteer, a teacher, on everyone who holds the line.

Our children have known her since they were little. It is a symbol of unity of all generations of Ukrainians through the centuries.

Its pattern is so unique because it is embroidered by our own deeds on a cloth woven with our values.

Over the years of resistance to aggression, it has become an informal uniform for all those who defend humanity, freedom and the right to identity.

Happy Vyshyvanka Day, Ukraine, Ukrainians and friends of Ukraine! 🇺🇦

How the Russians treat their wounded - badly

This is why they are equipping them with heat seeking missiles now.
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Rusnya hunts our kamikaze surface drones from a helicopter off the coast of Crimea.