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
Russia does not have the strength to go to Kyiv on a full scale, as was the case on February 24, 2022, — Zelensky in an interview for AFP
What else did the president say:
➡️Ukraine critically lacks air defense, the country has only 25% of the need;
➡️The country needs 120-130 modern combat aircraft F-16 or other combat aircraft to have parity with Russia.
➡️The current offensive of Russia may consist of several waves: the first wave is the Kharkiv region. The situation there is controlled, but not stabilized.
➡️Russia wants to occupy Kharkiv, although it understands that it is difficult.
➡️We want the war to end with a "just peace for us", while "the West wants the war to end as soon as possible. And for them it is a just peace."
@ukrainejournal
Jeff Tiedrich
Your big mistake Jeff, is thinking New York Times is mainstream. They used to be. Now they are only good for lining the bird cage.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jefftiedrich/p/the-mainstream-media-can-go-fuck?r=70k1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
🔴 IDF: “8-year-old Ela Elyakim told us that Hamas terrorists forced her to read from a script, forced her to change her clothes, and forced her to re-film this terrifying scene over and over and over again.”
Attached is footage located by IDF troops in the Gaza Strip.
In the attached video, 8-year-old Ela Elyakim is seen in Gaza several days after she was abducted on October 7th from her father's house in Nahal Oz: https://bit.ly/4dNlhqL
In the attached photo, Ela Elyakim is seen with her 15-year-old sister, Dafna Elyakim, who was abducted with her: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/anc19052024684545615461
The footage was taken by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
Attached is a statement by the IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, regarding the matter: https://bit.ly/44MOSMW
Attached is the full transcript of the statement by the IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari:
During our ground operations in Gaza, our troops found raw footage filmed by Hamas for their psychological terror videos.
Today, we showed the footage to the family of 8-year-old Ela Elyakim, who was taken hostage into Gaza on October 7th. Ela was released from Hamas captivity together with her sister Dafna during the hostage release agreement.
The video, which is being released today for the first time, was intended to be used by Hamas for psychological terror.
But Ela’s family asked us to share it with the world to expose Hamas's terror, to expose Hamas's cruelty, to expose Hamas's barbarism.
8-year-old Ela Elyakim told us that Hamas terrorists forced her to read from a script, forced her to change her clothes, and forced her to re-film this terrifying scene over and over and over again.
Our hearts go out to Ela, her family, and all the hostage families.
Please help us respect the wishes of Ela’s family by sharing this video far and wide.
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We will continue doing everything in our power to bring our hostages back home
In Zaporizhzhia, emergency workers rescued a kitten that was trapped in a concrete trap 😿
The owners of one of the apartments on the first floor heard meowing behind the bathroom wall in the ventilation shaft.
The rescuers made a hole in the building structure, through which the poor thing climbed out on its own🥹
The fluffy was handed over to the owners of the apartment, who will find its owners🫶
@ukrainejournal
The factories that produced the most popular vodka in Putinistan stopped working due to the threat of nationalization.
The alcohol factories "Russian North" in Vologda and "Rodnik and K" in Mytishchi near Moscow that produced the popular vodka "Horta" (formerly - "Khortytsia") have stopped production.
Until April 2022, they belonged to the Global Spirits holding of Ukrainian businessman Yevhen Chernyak. Later, the enterprises were transferred to the Traditions of Success Group of Companies of Alexander Bespalov. But the state claims now that the deal was formal in nature and the assets remained under Chernyak's control. The Ukrainian businessman himself denied that he owned any enterprises in ruZZia.
According to one of the interlocutors of Vedomosti, the cessation of vodka production is directly related to the criminal prosecution of Bespalov, who is suspected of giving a bribe when buying the ruZZian assets of Global Spirits. Another interlocutor recalled that the Traditions of Success group "is in the process of being transferred to the temporary management of the Federal Property Management Agency."
At the same time, one of the sources claimed that Horta is now "in small volumes" produced by the enterprises of another company, but he did not disclose which one.
On May 15, the Prosecutor General's Office demanded the nationalization of the former assets of the Global Spirits holding on the basis that the founder of the company is a major sponsor of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). The day before, the Leninsky District Court of Kursk arrested the assets of Russky Sever, Rodnik and K, as well as seven more legal entities at the request of the prosecutor's office.
Prior to that, a criminal case was opened against the founder of Global Spirits for financing terrorism.
According to state-controlled Kommersant, before the start of the war in Ukraine, Khortytsa was the leader of the Z-vodka market and market sources attributed the popularity of Global Spirits brands to the relatively low price.
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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