TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 72 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 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
Occupying russians in Crimea build 'monument' over the ancient Greek ruins of the city of Chersonesus.
Confirmed by both GeoSat images and the russians themselves, the destruction of Ukrainian heritage sites and theft of Ukrainian art continues. The russians have taken items of value in Crimea, to russia- Just like they did with Ukrainian art from Mariupol, Kherson and elsewhere.
@ukrainejournal
Don't try this at home. This stunt is for MAGA or Russians only.
Московська область/Moscow region….
Epic fail! 🤦♀
Take Two!! 🤦♀😄
@ukrainejournal
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JUNE 26
🔥 Fire at Shahed drone launch site, Cape Chauda, Crimea. Unknown cause, no attacks reported, photo & satellite image.
🔥 The June launch of a train from Tatarstan to China was postponed due to April and May drone attacks. Eight trains per day planned to ship SIBUR petrochemical products to China, and bring back automotive components and other goods.
🔥 The ICEYE satellite is used by Ukrainian intelligence to identify enemy targets and protect the country. It has captured 4.173 images of enemy objects, including airfields, air defense positions, fuel depots, and military bases. This has allowed Ukraine to monitor enemy movements and intentions, leading to significant damage to Russian assets, causing billions of dollars in losses for Russia.
🔥 Drone attack burned down Moshenoye, Belgorod, former school building repurposed as Russian military base. One serviceman dead one injured. 200 residents evacuated from nearby houses.
🔥 Satellite images confirm Krasukha EW-complex destruction in space center Vytino, Crimea, missile attack.
🔥 Explosion of unknown origin overnight at Belgorod railstation. Photo
🔥 ruZZians dropped a FAB-500 bomb on Selydove, Donetsk Oblast, damaged a fire dept, six apt buildings, and 37 private homes.
JUNE 27
🔥 Air defense system damaged between Streletske and Severny, Belgorod, by unknown means.
🔥 Factory in Tver region hit by UAV. Videos
🔥 Aviation fuel plant in Tver region hit by UAV. Photo
🔥 More videos of 4 Lyuty kamikaze drones on chemical plant in Redkino, Tver region, Russia.
🔥 The Redkinsky experimental plant in Tver, hit by drones on the night of June 27. No injuries at one of the largest chemical production facilities in the region.
🔥 Fire at drone-launching mil training ground in Crimea, has significantly expanded. Satellite images from June 25 and 26 show the fire has grown several times, reaching buildings.
🔥 A Ukrainian drone attacked a Michurinsky, Tambov oil depot.
JUNE 28
🔥 Belgorod residents to be given several thousand fire extinguishers because fire trucks come under drone attack, explained the governor.
JUNE 29
🔥 The village of Yur'evka, Kursk, was shelled, damaging seven houses, three cars, the power supply, and the local gas pipeline. In Belgorod, drones destroyed three cars and a KAMAZ truck occupied by ruZZian
forces. Video of burning van and 2 destroyed cars.
🔥 Aftermath of drone attack on Tambov oil depot shows fire, but not large-scale.
@freerussia_report
Sunday report about strikes in ruZZia - A Compilation of Strikes and Calamities in ruZZia from June 23 - 29
JUNE 23
🔥 ruZZians claim a deliberate attack on civilians at a Sevastapol beach. Yet, it seems the missile was shot down and debris killed people...
🔥 Derbent, Dagestanin, gunmen attacked an Orthodox church, and in Makhachkala, a synagogue is on fire, One policeman dead, one wounded. Video
🔥 Continuing info on ongoing Dagestan attacks: Two orthodox churches and a synagogue torched, gunmen attacked traffic police post in Derbent and Makhachkala.
Among the dead is 66-year-old father Nikolai, whose throat was cut: AND six policemen, 12 injured.The shooting reportedly continues in Derbent.
🥃 A State Duma deputy claimed Ukraine and NATO are behind the attacks.
🔥 Addition to previous post Terrorist attack in Dagestan. According to Astra:
- Those who attacked Makhachkala and Derbent are adherents of an international terrorist organization;
- Two sons of the head of the Sergokalinsky region of Dagestan, Magomed Omarov, took part in the attack on Makhachkala: Osman and Adil Omarov. The information has not been confirmed;
- Two attackers killed at a traffic police post in Makhachkala. At least two more detained on Beryozka beach;
- Nine died, seven were police officers. 25 injured;
- A priest was killed during an attack on a church in Derbent. His throat cut;
- 40 hostages locked in Orthodox church in Kirov district, Makhachkala.
- a CTO regime was introduced in Dagestan. Russian National Guard on the streets of Makhachkala with armored vehicles. Helicopters and APCs deployed in Derbent.
🔥 Continues Videos from Dagestan
🔥 Continues: Cavalry deployed in Makhachkala since all armor burned in Ukraine, video
🔥 Continues: Video of dead Dagestan militants. Russian reports the terrorists destroyed.
🤔 Continues : M&S claims, "a major uprising has started, Russian police and special forces have taken heavy casualties. Heavy machine gun fire, fires and shelling have been heard. Further south in the second city, Rossguardia troops struggle to contain the uprising in Durbin. The Dagestan is a difficult region, heavily Muslim, not particularly pro Russian. Uncomfortable Moscow, could easily get out of hand.
🔥 Crimea afire video
🔥 Military warehouse afire in Rostov video
🔥 Aftermath photo of missile strike in Yeysk, on a warehouse storing Shahed drones, and accommodations for personnel.
🔥 Destruction of enemy drone base, by drone, after drone scouting the house interior. Morokhovets, Kharkiv Video
🔥 The large fire in Crimea, above, turns out as at the 40th separate command & measurement complex - long-distance space communication center.
JUNE 24
🔥 An drone destroyed a warehouse in Novodonetske, Donetsk. Video
🔥 Dubovoe, Belgorod, visible fire after a missile threat declared. Video
🔥 Additional info on bombed Crimean Space Communications facilities
🔥 Moscow electronics research building afire after explosions, 2 dead, videos
JUNE 25
🔥 Russian border checkpoint at Abkhazia, Georgia, takes fire from unknown number of gunmen, who are sought. At least one killed and three wounded. Unclear if related to Dagestan attack.
🔥 Massive Belgorod drone attack damaged multiple buildings, vehicles, and a gas supply line, injured four. Two injured in the town of Stroitel.
🔥 Video of strikes on Belgorod circulating
🔥 Update on fire at Platan Research Institute, Fryazino, near Moscow, 8 dead. Calamitous emergency response, lack of resources, personnel, safety standards, inspections, laws, murderous building design, etc. Overloaded electrical system is claimed cause.
🔥 Targets in Dagestan included an Orthodox church and a synagogue, where Islamic extremist left religious messages doors of the building.
🔥 Video of ATACMS on Sevastopol beach 2 days ago. Most cluster munitions went into water.
🔥 State of emergency after drone attacks 3,500 m² ammo warehouse in Voronezh, Olkhovatsky. Fire and explosions expected to continue indefinitely.
🔥 Video of explosion at ammo depot near Olkhovatovka.
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Operational information as of 10.00 on 29.06.2024 regarding the Russian invasion
Glory To Ukraine!
Eight hundred and Fifty-Seventh days of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct a defensive operation.
On the night of June 29, 2024, the enemy attacked with 10 Shahed attack UAVs from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk area (Russia).
As a result of combat work, all 10 "shaheds" were shot down within the Mykolaiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy and Vinnytsia regions.
Over the past day, 170 military clashes were recorded.
According to updated information, yesterday the enemy launched two missile strikes on the positions of our troops and settlements, using three missiles, 88 air strikes (in particular, dropped 150 guided aerial bombs), carried out almost 4,400 attacks, 110 - with the use of multiple launch rocket systems, more than 1,200 attacks with kamikaze drones of various types.
Over the past day, aviation and missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces hit two artillery systems, four air defense systems, two electronic warfare stations and 11 areas of concentration of enemy personnel.
As a result, over the past day, the total losses of the Russian invaders amounted to 1,070 people. The enemy also lost seven tanks, 25 armored combat vehicles, 57 artillery systems, 29 OTR UAVs, two missiles, 54 vehicles and five units of special equipment.
Today, as of this time, there have been 37 Military clashes. The invaders carried out 12 airstrikes with 35 Kabami and 25 kamikaze drone strikes, 630 attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements.
In the Kharkiv direction, there have now been six attacks by the invaders in the area of Volchansk. Two-repulsed, clashes in four locations continue. The situation is under control. Over the past day, the invaders lost 129 manpower in the direction, 40 of them irrevocably. Three armored combat vehicles, eight vehicles and three units of special equipment were destroyed. One tank, three armored personnel carriers, three artillery systems and two vehicles were damaged. 35 enemy dugouts were hit and one ammunition depot was destroyed.
In the Kupyansky direction, the attack on our positions in the stelmakhovka area continues. The situation is under control.
Two enemy assaults have already been repulsed in the Seversky direction. And three attempts by the invaders to move forward near the disputed and excavation site continue. Ukrainian soldiers inflict a complex fire defeat on the enemy.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been five clashes in the Kramatorsk direction. Two attacks near Kalinovka have been repelled, and fighting is underway in the area of Chasovy Yar. The Russian aggressor is not successful.
The enemy is actively operating in the Toretsk direction – today it is trying to oust our defenders from their positions near Toretsk. The battle continues in three locations.
The enemy remains particularly active in the Pokrovsky direction. Since the beginning of the day, he has made eight attempts to break through our defenses in the Vozdvizhenka, progress and Sokol areas. Four of them are still ongoing. The Defense Forces are taking measures to deplete the offensive potential of the occupiers.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, the invaders ' attack on Praskoveyevka continues. The situation is under the control of the Defense Forces. Five more assaults were repulsed in the area of Konstantinovka. The enemy suffered losses. Counting is underway.
In the Vremovsky direction, the Russian aggressor is trying to advance in the Vodiane area. Ukrainian units restrain the invaders with fire.
Orekhovsky direction. Our soldiers suppressed the attempt of the invaders to break through the defense in the area of Novodanilovka.
The enemy did not conduct any active offensive operations in other areas.
Join the ranks of the Defense Forces! Together we will win!
Glory To Ukraine!
Ukraine war latest: Kremlin claims 'provocations' from US drones over Black Sea, prepares potential response.
Moscow's defense minister has ordered the Russian army to develop measures to deal with what the ministry called "provocations" from U.S. strategic drones operating over the Black Sea, saying they are increasing the risk of a "direct confrontation" between Russia and NATO.
In a statement on June 28, the Russian Defense Ministry said the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were being used to conduct reconnaissance and find targets for "high-precision weapons supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine by Western states."
"This indicates the increasing involvement of the U.S. and NATO countries in the conflict in Ukraine on the side of the Kyiv regime," the statement added.
NATO drones operating over the Black Sea are no secret and can even be followed using publicly available flight-tracking websites. And any country can fly drones over the areas of the Black Sea designated international waters, so long as they enter over the territorial waters of a country that gives its permission.
Only ruZZia believes that all nations have to ask THEM for permission to fly over international waters...
Why so many Ukrainians speak russian?
Ukrainian language was banned by russia 134 times! Here are most notable events:
⭐️ 1720: A decree by Tsar Peter I banned the printing of books in Ukraine.
⭐️ 1753: A decree by Catherine II prohibited teaching in the Ukrainian language.
⭐️ 1768: A decree from the Synod of the russian Orthodox Church called for the confiscation of Ukrainian primers from the population.
⭐️ 1775: Closure of Ukrainian schools after russian troops destroyed the Zaporizhian Sich.
⭐️1830-1840s: russification of Ukraine intensified. Even the very name "Ukraine" was prohibited to be used.
⭐️ 1889: At an archaeological congress in Kyiv, it was permitted to read papers "in all languages except Ukrainian."
⭐️ 1895: A ban on Ukrainian children's literature.
⭐️ 1914: A ban on the Ukrainian press.
⭐️ 1938: Mandatory study of the russian language was introduced throughout Ukraine. At the same time, there was a mass closure of national schools, and the prestige of the Ukrainian language declined.
⭐️ 1926-1939: Physical deportations of Ukrainian activists accused of nationalism. Four family members on my mother’s side were deported.
⭐️ 1929: Newly printed dictionary of Ukrainian was prohibited.
⭐️ 1960s:Extermination of the young generation of Ukrainian intelligentsia.
130 years ago, Ukrainian-speaking area was not limited by Ukraine, but also some parts of russia and Belarus spoke it (see the red area, that's the result of russian Empire census in 1897, when people identified themselves by the language).
So, when someone says that some region of Ukraine is “russian speaking”, read the above list again. It’s a miracle that Ukrainian language even survived, and many people sacrificed their lives for it.
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"If I could hold a Russian by the throat, my hand would heal quicker!" Stories of the badly wounded - hromadske
"At first I came here for an amputation," Oleksandr says in the corridor of a Polish hospital, showing us his right hand.
Oleksandr Sivash, a tractor driver by education and a driver by his main profession, with the beginning of a full-scale war rushed together with other fellow villagers to defend his native Hadiach district in Poltava region. This operation, during which ordinary volunteers actually resisted the Russians with their bare hands, setting Russian equipment on fire, will later be called the "Hadiach Safari".
After Oleksandr pounced on the Russian "Ural", he was shot by an enemy sniper. For the third year, he is treating a severely injured hand.
For the third time, Oleksandr is visiting the Polish city of Chelyadz, where Canadian surgeons come for a few weeks every six months to save severely wounded Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.
"I have a damaged elbow, it was planned to have it replaced here. But when I got here, they refused to amputate and said they would try to do something with what was left. And they did it almost perfectly. They sawed the bone into pieces, fastened it, fixed it - and here it is," says Oleksandr, who has already started to push himself on his hands.
Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the fifth mission of the Canada Ukraine Surgical Aid Program (CUSAP) has taken place in Poland, within which Canadian plastic surgeons and traumatologists operate on wounded Ukrainian military and civilians.
In total, there have already been 12 such CUSAP missions - since 2014, when Canadian doctors came to Ukraine – to Kyiv, Lviv and Odesa.
See the stories of seriously wounded Ukrainians and the long-term treatment of their limbs in the hromadske report.
See the first part about super-complicated operations on traumatized faces here.
The only thing Alisa remembers are shouts, "Is anyone alive?"
She was in the hallway of her apartment when a part of the building collapsed a few meters away.
She is still shaking, and the only thing the girl realizes is that she won't be able to return to her room.
The horror to which terrorists condemn our people will not be tolerated.
📹: Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration
A Ukrainian pilot drops two French AASM-250 "Hammer" aerial bombs from a MiG-29 on a Russian position.
Both hits
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 72 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 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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