TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
Sailor Lyubomyr Sohan died on June 23, 2023 in the area of the village of Staromayorske in the Donetsk region.
While performing a combat mission, he received fatal shrapnel wounds and explosive injuries. The defender is forever 35.
For the sake of a free country and a peaceful future for his children, the man defended Ukraine during a full-scale Russian invasion. Lubomyr became a soldier of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He served in the grenade launcher unit of the 18th separate battalion of the 35th separate marine brigade.
"Lyubomyr, together with his comrades, defended the integrity of our state and expelled the enemy from populated areas of the Donetsk region. He died protecting all of us with his body, covering his comrades. Lubomyr fulfilled his duty as a citizen of Ukraine, a patriot to protect his state with honor and dignity. Until his last breath, he remained loyal to his brothers, his people and his Motherland."
- wrote relatives of the deceased.
⚡️EXCLUSIVE: Other informed sources from Kyiv Post reported that SBU drones destroyed the Russian radar station «Nebo» in Crimea, valued at $100 million.
According to the sources, it was shot down by drones developed by the military counterintelligence department of the SBU. The station, located near Armyansk in the temporarily occupied Crimea, monitored a 380-kilometer stretch of the front line, providing protection for Russian facilities in Crimea.
According to the source, after the SBU drone attack, satellite reconnaissance detected the shutdown of the radar emissions from the station, and they were no longer detected thereafter.
⚡️EXCLUSIVE: SBU Conducts Complex Operation to Disrupt Russian Military Logistics in Crimea
Kyiv Post sources report that the Ukrainian defense forces, along with Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU), conducted a several-day operation to disrupt the logistics supporting the operation of Russian troops in Crimea.
According to preliminary information, a complex strike was made on substations and power supply networks, as well as stocks of light oil products in Russia’s Krasnodar region.
Kyiv Post's source explained that initially, Ukraine launched missile strikes on two ferries bound for the "Kavkaz" port and utilized for military supply to the aggressor.
Then, SBU drones targeted power substations supplying electricity directly to the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula and to the waters of the Kerch Strait, including ports.
Anyone know who their parent corporation is? Who we can boycott?
"Children in Russia also love to eat chocolate": Ritter Sport CEO explained the decision to maintain business in Russia, as reported by Bild.
"You cannot win a war through food restrictions. Our decision was correct, and I would make it again exactly the same way," said Andreas Ronken, the company's CEO.
Ritter Sport also explained that Russia is the second-largest market for sales. Reducing production would lead to a large number of layoffs and negatively impact farmers who grow cocoa in West Africa, Central, and South America.
5 orphans deported to Russia were returned to Ukraine
"We managed to save five pupils of the Novopetriv boarding school in the Mykolaiv region. The children survived for 3 months on the lonely front line, hiding from bombs and rockets in the basement without food and water, and then also experienced the horrors of deportation. In mid-July 2022, they were kidnapped by the Russians at gunpoint and moved to the occupied territory," said Mykola Kuleba, the founder of the Save Ukraine organization.
In October 2022, the occupiers took them to Crimea, and then to Anapa, Krasnodar Territory. From there, the children were rescued and taken to a safer territory, to Georgia.
FPV drone of the Armed Forces destroys the 152-mm self-propelled gun 2S19 "Msta-S"
NATO plans to allocate $40 billion to help Ukraine every year, but Hungary will participate in it only if it is a war in Europe, — the head of the Foreign Ministry of Hungary, Peter Szijjártó.
"The leadership of NATO offers to provide this assistance, given the fact that the conflict in Ukraine will drag on.
I indicated that Hungary will take a financial part in this only if, according to the Washington Treaty, it is connected with the war in Europe," he said at the end of an informal meeting with colleagues from the member states of the Alliance in Prague.
Sijarto also opposed the sending of allied military instructors to Ukraine.
"No one attacked a NATO member state, so there is no defense task to be performed by the Alliance in Ukraine. We insist that no Hungarian soldier should take part in this," the minister added.
The G7 countries and the EU are considering imposing sanctions on banks that use the Russian Financial Messaging System (SPFS), according to Bloomberg.
The agency reports that discussions are ongoing about sanctioning banks in other countries that utilize SPFS, Russia's alternative to the SWIFT system. The G7 countries prioritize preventing Russia from obtaining key technologies for weapon production, as Russia often circumvents existing restrictions by importing goods through third countries.
A source notes that the use of SPFS has tripled in 2023 compared to 2022, with around 150 financial organizations from 20 countries, including China, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan, currently using the system.
🇵🇱 Poland declared a "long and tense night" during the Russian attack on Ukraine.
The operational command of the Polish Armed Forces reported that on the night of June 1, Polish and allied aviation were involved in response to the threat of Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian territory.
The Polish military noted that Russia's night attack covered the entire territory of Ukraine, including border regions with Poland. The attack was carried out using cruise missiles, Shahed-type drones, and ballistic missiles launched from the Black Sea region.
The aftermath of the overnight Russian attack on Kharkiv, which, according to the latest data, left 3 people dead and 16 injured
There may still be people under the rubble of residences, local authorities said.
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⚡⚡Ukraine got back 75 defenders from Russian captivity.
The President said that these were soldiers of the Armed Forces and the National Guard, border guards, and four civilians - all of them were already on their native land.
The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that the exchange took place in a 75-for-75 format.
All of these survivors of the horrors of Russian Torture Camps will need help putting both mind and body back together.
Maryana Chechelyuk, a police officer from Mariupol, is among 75 POWs freed from Russian captivity today.
She was captured from the Azovstal Steelworks, where she was during the siege with her family.
According to her mother, she was tortured, beaten and starved regularly.
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I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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