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
The russians' only goal is to destroy Ukrainian identity: the photographer told The Guardian about communication with Ukrainians who survived enemy captivity.
Photographer Zoya Shu documented the experiences of people captured or kidnapped from Ukraine by the russians. She spoke with victims from both the 2014 conflict and those affected by the full-scale invasion. Shu shared their stories with journalists.
One of the most striking photos in the series is of Bohdan Serhiyets, a resident of occupied Donetsk, who had a swastika carved into his back by a separatist in 2014, accusing him of "Nazism."
Another photo features Aiden Aslin, a British volunteer captured in April 2022 while fighting for Ukraine. He and his colleague, Sean Pinner, who were threatened with death, reported being beaten, stabbed, and electrocuted.
Other survivors recounted sexual assault and rape by the occupiers. Many victims struggle to recover from their ordeals, even years after their release.
Hunger was another method of torture. Boris, a former prisoner, lost 45 kg during two years in captivity and was so weak upon his return that he couldn't walk. He described how beatings and other tortures were deliberately filmed by the russians. Some of his cellmates did not survive.
Former prisoners were also forced to sing the russian national anthem and recite "patriotic" poems and songs. Torture was used to coerce Ukrainians into agreeing with distorted historical facts favoring imperial russia. Shu noted that a soldier from western Ukraine who did not speak russian received additional punishment.
Photos: Zoya Shu
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Operational information as of 08.00 on 07/28/2024 regarding the Russian invasion
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Glory to Ukraine!
The eight hundred and eighty-sixth day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.
During the past 24 hours, 129 combat clashes were recorded.
According to detailed information, yesterday the enemy launched two missile strikes against the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas, using two missiles, as well as 74 airstrikes, including dropping 101 anti-aircraft missiles. In addition, he carried out 4,883 attacks, 129 of them from rocket salvo systems.
The enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of the settlements of Liptsi, Hlyboke, Slobozhanske, Mali Prohody, Dementiivka, Borshcheva, Ternova Vovchansk, Petropavlivka of the Kharkiv region; Lyman, Torske, Druzhba, Toretsk, New York, Ivanivka, Lysichne, Myrnograd, Grodivka, Oleksandropil, Kostyantynivka, Kurakhove, Halytsynivka, Vodiane, Urozhaine, Novodarivka of the Donetsk region; Gulyaipole, Mala Tokmachka, Kamianske, Pyatikhatki of the Zaporizhzhia region; Burgunka, Kherson region.
Last day, the aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces carried out 15 strikes on areas where enemy personnel were concentrated, and also hit an artillery system, a radar station and two air defense systems.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy continued offensive (assault) actions, a total of nine combat encounters took place. The fighting took place in the districts of Hlyboke, Tykh and Vovchansk settlements of Kharkiv region.
In the Kupyan direction, the number of combat clashes per day was three. Defense forces repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkivka area of the Kharkiv region.
In the Lymansky direction, our troops repelled 14 enemy attacks in the areas of Novosergiivka, Kharkiv region, Makiivka, Nevsky, Luhansk region; Terniv, Donetsk region.
On the Siverskyi direction, the Defense Forces repelled eight attacks in the areas of Verkhnokamianske and Spirn settlements.
In the Kramatorsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped six attempts by the enemy to break through the defenses of our defenders in the Ivanivskyi and Andriivka districts of the Donetsk region.
The enemy tried 28 times to penetrate our defenses in the Toretsk direction in the areas of Severnye, Toretsk, New York and Zalizne settlements.
In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders repulsed 29 attacks in the areas of Novooleksandrivka, Vesele, Sergiivka, Yasnobrodivka, Vozdvizhenka, Timofiivka, Novoselivka Persha and Kalinovka settlements, where the enemy tried to dislodge our units from the occupied lines.
In the Kurakhiv direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka and Paraskoviivka settlements, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops 18 times.
In the direction of Vremivsk, the enemy made seven unsuccessful attempts to break through the defenses of our troops in the direction of the settlements of Kostyantynivka and Rozdolne of the Donetsk region.
In the Orihiv direction, four combat clashes took place in the area of Mala Tokmachka and Novoandriivka, Zaporizhzhia region.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy is trying to attack our positions in the island zone. During the past day, he carried out three unsuccessful attacks on the positions of the Defense Forces.
Operational information as of 08.00 on 07/28/2024 regarding the Russian invasion
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On the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. No signs of formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.
On the border with the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy maintains a military presence, conducts sabotage and intelligence activities, attacks populated areas from the territory of the Russian Federation, increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border of Ukraine.
At the same time, our soldiers continue to actively inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying troops, exhausting the enemy along the entire line of battle.
In general, the Russian invaders lost 1,180 people in the past day. Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed 13 tanks, 21 armored combat vehicles, 51 artillery systems, two anti-aircraft guns, an air defense vehicle, 30 operational-tactical BpLA, two cruise missiles and 72 vehicles of the occupiers.
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🚁 One in Samara, two near Moscow: three helicopters burned down in russia
💥 On July 24, 2024, a Mi-8 military multipurpose helicopter burned down at the airfield "Kryaz" in the city of Samara, russia.
✔️ And a few days earlier, on July 21, 2024, two more helicopters of the aggressor state - an attack Mi-28 and a multi-purpose Ka-226 - were hit by fire in the Tomilino settlement near Moscow.
📍 The indicated two boards were located on the territory of the russian "National Center for Helicopter Construction of Mil and Kamov".
🛠 This military aviation enterprise of the aggressor state is engaged in the development, production and repair of helicopters.
🔧 The structure of the center includes two design bureaus, experimental production, an experimental research complex and a testing center.
❗️ Destroyed and damaged russian helicopters were used by the aggressor in the war against Ukraine.
Local residents of Samara, Tomilino and the neighboring Moscow suburbs were very embarrassed by the explosions, but the russian authorities are trying to hide the causes and consequences of the noise and fire.
🇺🇦 Glory to Ukraine!
- GUR
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In an interview with "Suspilne," Timothy Snyder, a historian and professor at Yale University, stated that russia is aware it will lose without its influence in the West. He highlighted that russian propaganda focuses significantly on individuals they consider allies, such as Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, and Marine Le Pen. russia supports and promotes these figures in the West, who, in turn, inadvertently further russian interests.
Snyder clarified that he does not claim all these individuals are directly russian agents, but emphasized that russia relies heavily on Western domestic politics, particularly American politics, for its strategies. He suggested that until January 2025, when the next U.S. president will be inaugurated, russia will likely avoid serious discussions about peace.
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🇺🇦 🇨🇳 We received a clear signal that China is working to end Russia's war against Ukraine, - Kuleba.
After a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Guangzhou, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said: he received clear signals that China is not looking for "temporary solutions" but is working on a sustainable and strategic end to Russia's war against Ukraine.
In particular, the head of the Foreign Ministry noted that China's support for Ukraine's territorial integrity was the first and most important point in the negotiations. According to him, Wang Yi "very clearly and repeatedly" stated that China's position in support of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine is unshakable.
This week in stupid. Yes, two sound signatures. One the assassin. The other was the Secret Service assassin
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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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