TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org

So sunny this morning I thought the remnants of the hurricane were gone. Blue skies are gone.
The forecast says rain tomorrow morning but I am not so sure.

❤️‍🩹The returnees need serious rehabilitation, because during their stay in captivity, their health deteriorated significantly, - Lubinets.

In total, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, it was possible to conduct 57 exchanges of prisoners of war and return 3,672 Ukrainians.

😭Can't hold back tears! Two siblings hug after returning home.

Welcome home, our Defenders!❤️

Freeonis

https://mailchi.mp/kyivindependent/welcome-to-the-ukraine-daily-newsletter-17587982?e=7763f0b74a

Dan Rather - Michael Buble

https://open.substack.com/pub/steady/p/michael-buble?r=70k1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/the-legacy-of-hate?r=70k1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Some points an admin from our sister channel Free Russia Report noted while monitoring ruZZian and russian channels:

Comments on various russian channels have been increasingly pessimistic, full of despair, black humour, and a sense of impending doom. Fascinating and revealing.

The lack of social empathy is startlingly clear. There is a certain delight in the misfortunes of others; the suffering of other Russians is particularly relished - they're probably vatnik scum anyway is the attitude. (Ethnic and religious tensions and rivalries are another layer of complexity on top)
There's mutual hatred between and within all groups. Putinists hate anyone not supporting the regime; zetniks hate everybody and are beginning to direct this toward the regime; those who oppose the war are a disparate and divided group, and both sides despise the vast apathetic blob in the middle who ignore it all.

There's more resentment and open anger at the regime since Kursk invasion - particularly the blatant lies told by all levels of the authorities. There is not a great deal of sympathy for the affected population, same for any russian affected by the war in Belgorod or elsewhere. Instead a kind of satisfaction - "you wanted war, well here it is.

I'd say there's a growing anger not just at this regime but everything else that came before it in all russian history. . There's no hope that change will bring anything better; they simply can't comprehend how russia can be anything other that what it is. Everything and everybody is rotten through and through, beyond all repair. Unless everything is completely destroyed it will always be so. They know everything is headed toward collapse one way or another. An increasing number expect massive destruction from a wider war, and some welcome it.

Fear of the 90s is palpable, which creates a kind of inertia. So far life isn't as hard hungry and violent as those years but it's getting there. The hunger games will begin, says one russian. The 90s will seem a picnic in comparison, says another.

Anger is rising, a kind of generalised rage at life and everybody else, and it's increasingly directed at the elite and those in authority. There's an element of anger at the sheer stupidity of the regime, its theft, cruelty and lack of concern for citizens. Bloody ends for various public figures are discussed with pleasure.

Notable - there are a LOT of Ukrainians in russian channels. On anti-regime channels I've seen many discussions where Ukrainians explain their history, and the real russian history, to Russians - who ask more questions. They tell russians truth of the war and their own regime.

There are always waves of angry Ukrainians in the channels after particularly savage or tragic actioñs by russian forces. They make it abundantly clear that the old fraternal bonds between russians and Ukrainians are broken beyond repair.
However -- there are civil discussions with russians who support Ukraine and not Putin. The Ukrainians clearly understand that it's too dangerous to openly oppose the regime, but there's an element of contempt for all russians for allowing putin to take total control, and not stopping him long before 2014.

There's a lot of families inside russia broken by opinion on the war. Relatives no longer speaking, children estranged from parents. A lot of comments from people in despair because their whole family believes the propaganda. The general estimate is at most 10% don't believe it, and there's mutual hatred on both sides.

Russians fear the end of the war because it means 'heroes of the SVO', who they despise, return home to terrorise them. As the relative few who returned already are. In return, soldiers are full of rage and resentment towards the citizens 'living their fat life' at home. The general expectation is that life would become extremely violent ....

Kursk Evacuees Say Still Awaiting $100 Payment Promised By Putin

Many of the evacuated residents of southwestern Russia’s Kursk region have not yet received payments promised by President Vladimir Putin over one month into Ukraine’s surprise incursion, the independent news outlet Agentstvo reported Monday, citing regional volunteers. 

On Aug. 8, two days after Ukrainian forces crossed into the region and captured settlements there, Putin promised one-time payments of 10,000 rubles ($110) to residents who were forced to evacuate from parts of the embattled region.

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Founder and co-host of Telegraph Ukraine podcast dies aged 32.

David Knowles, the founder and co-host of the Telegraph's Ukraine: The Latest podcast has passed away aged 32, the Telegraph said on Sept. 9.

Liliane Bivings, the Kyiv Independent's business editor, described his passing as "a huge loss for all of us."

"David was a crucial part of keeping the world informed about Ukraine. He was a great journalist, but more importantly a great person who was a joy to be around," Bivings said.

Sad loss 🕯️

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The SBU detained two more collaborators in Kharkiv and Kherson regions, who worked for the occupiers

One of them is a former official of Kupyansk City Council, who after the capture of the city, voluntarily joined the occupation administration.

The collaborator was put in charge of reconstruction of buildings for the benefit of the occupiers. He "quartered" enemy personnel and equipped their warehouses with ammunition.

After the liberation of the city, he fled to Kharkiv and hid until the SBU detained him.

Another enemy accomplice is a Kherson resident. After the capture of the city, she got a job at the pseudo- "electoral office" and went to the homes of residents, agitating them to support the fake referendum.

After the liberation of the region, she tried to "lie low" to avoid justice, but the SBU detained her.

They are charged under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. If convicted, they face up to 10 years in prison with confiscation of property.

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Netherlands Greenlights Kyiv to Hit Russia, Calls for All to Lift Weapon Restrictions

The Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans said that Ukraine can strike anywhere in Russia using weapons provided by his country. As far as his government was concerned Ukraine can use any Dutch provided weapons for self-defense in accordance with international law.
He also clarified that the permission to strike Russia directly also applies to the F-16 fighters that the Netherlands will provide to Ukraine and called on other Western countries to lift restrictions on the use of weapons they supply to Ukraine.

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Trump refuses to say he wants Ukrainian victory

The fate of Ukraine's defense against Russia and the future of U.S. support for Kyiv was subject at the presidential debate last evening.
Trump refused to say that he wanted Ukraine to win the war. "I think it's the U.S. best interest to get this war finished and just get it done, negotiate a deal," he said.
"I want to get this war settled," Trump said, adding that if he were president, Putin wouldn’t have lost thousands of troops in Ukraine.
Harris, in response, accused Trump of giving up on Ukraine.
"The reason that Donald Trump says that this war would be over within 24 hours is because he would just give it up, and that's not who we are as Americans," she said.
The United States is currently one of the primary sources of weapons and financial assistance to Ukraine. The forthcoming presidential election has the potential to alter the outcome of the war.

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Erdogan Says Crimea ‘Must Return to Ukraine’ For Just End to War

“Our support for Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence remains unwavering. The return of Crimea to Ukraine is a requirement of international law,” Erdogan said.
“We sincerely wish for the war to end with a just and lasting peace, based on Ukraine’s territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence,” he added.
Erdogan restated that ensuring the safety and well-being of the Crimean Tatars is one of Turkey’s foreign policy priorities, adding that Crimean Tatars have the right to live free, safe, and peaceful lives in their homeland.

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President Zelenskyy: Ukraine does not sell its land and does not abandon its people.

During the Fourth Summit of the Crimean Platform in Kyiv, he stressed that Ukraine will return all occupied territories and all its citizens.

"We will not leave anything and no one in captivity. I would like all our citizens in Ukraine, in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, to hear this – no matter where you are and no matter how difficult it is for you. It's part of our morality. Ukraine does not trade its land and does not abandon its people."

Zelenskyy emphasized that Ukraine knows, remembers and fights for each of the Crimean prisoners of Russia, for all civilians and military, adults and children who are in captivity or temporary occupation.

He called on the states of the region, in particular the Muslim societies of Turkey and Azerbaijan, to show leadership and help resist injustice and bullying. Zelenskyy also asked the countries working on the implementation of the Peace Formula to convince partners who have so far refrained from working together.

"True peace should have no alternatives. No frozen occupations! No people abandoned in captivity! No repressions forgotten and therefore seemingly forgiven by the world."

The attendees observed a moment of silence in memory of all Ukrainian men and women who were killed during the war, died in captivity, occupation, or during deportation.

🇺🇦 Operational information as of 08.00 on September 11, 2024 regarding the Russian invasion

❗️ The main summary:

🔵 During the past day, 131 combat clashes were recorded.

🔥 Over the past day, the aviation and missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces made ten strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and OVT, hit the control post, eight artillery systems, an electronic warfare device and one other important object of the Russian invaders.

🔵 In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy continued its assault. Four combat clashes took place here in the Vovchansk and Hlyboky areas.

🔵 There were 13 enemy attacks in the Kupian direction. The defense forces stopped the enemy's assault near Synkivka, Hlushkivka, Lozova and Petropavlivka.

🔵 In the Lymansky direction, our troops repelled 20 assaults by the occupiers in the areas of Druzhelyubivka, Tverdokhlibovo, Nevsky, Makiivka, Novosadovo, and Torsky.

🔵 In the Siverskyi direction, the Defense Forces repelled nine attacks near Ivano-Daryivka, Spirny, Verkhnyokamyansky and Vyimka.

🔵 In the Kramatorsk direction, Ukrainian soldiers stopped five attempts by the enemy to break through our defenses in the areas of Chasovoy Yar, Kalynyvka, and Ivanivsk.

🔵 In the direction of Toretsk, the enemy, with the support of aviation, carried out nine attacks. He concentrated his efforts in the districts of Dachnoy, Toretsk and Nelipivka.

🔵 In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders repelled 32 attacks. The enemy concentrated its efforts in the areas of Novooleksandrivka, Vozdvizhenka, Svyridonivka, Grodivka, Ivanivka, Novogrodivka, Mykhailivka, and Marynivka.

🔵 In the Kurakhiv direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the districts of Georgiyivka, Ukranian, and Krasnohorivka. In total, the enemy tried to break through the defense of our troops in this direction 29 times.

🔵 In the Vremivsk direction, the occupiers launched two attacks on our positions in the direction of Vugledar.

🔵 In the Orykhiv direction, one skirmish took place near Maly Shcherbaki, which was unsuccessful for the enemy.

🔵 Losses of positions and territories were not allowed in the Dnieper direction. Ukrainian soldiers successfully repelled seven attacks by Russian invaders.

We will win in unity! ✊
Glory to Ukraine! 🇺🇦

AFU. 🇺🇦@ukraine_report 🇺🇦🔱Liz

This one is well worth reading. Expenses going up while oil profits go off a cliff.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/38990

Breaking News

https://t.me/Kyivpost_official/25486

The amount of military assistance provided by the DPRK to Russia is incomparable with other allies of the occupiers. The fact that the country is helping Russia with ammunition is a critical problem, Kyrylo Budanov said at the 20th annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES)

“They supply huge volumes of artillery ammunition, which is critical. The fact that they are supplying ballistic missiles is unpleasant for us, but it is not the same volume. But as for the ammunition, it is critical for us,” said the head of the DIU.

In addition, he said that the Russians have increased the production of aircraft bombs several times, which poses a problem for the front line.

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