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Daily Wrap Up May 13, 2022
Under the cut: Russia suffers heavy losses after Ukraine damaged a pontoon bridge and damaged Russian vehicles; Russia will suspend electricity supplies to Finland starting Saturday; Ukraine defense minister says they hope to arm a million people in the new phase of war; President Zelenskyy says that President Macron has said to make concessions to Putin (basically to give in and let Putin/Russia take what they’ve occupied, or to give up parts of Ukraine).
“Russia has suffered further losses during its offensive in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine.
It comes after Ukraine‘s airborne command released photos and footage of what it said was a damaged Russian pontoon bridge over the Siversky Donets River and several destroyed or damaged Russian military vehicles nearby.
Ukrainian news reports said troops thwarted an attempt by Russian forces to cross the river earlier this week, leaving dozens of tanks and other military vehicles damaged or abandoned. The command said its troops “drowned the Russian occupiers”.
The UK’s Ministry of Defence said that Russia lost “significant armoured manoeuvre elements” of at least one battalion tactical group as well as equipment used to deploy the makeshift floating bridge.
“Conducting river crossings in a contested environment is a highly risky maneuver and speaks to the pressure the Russian commanders are under to make progress in their operations in eastern Ukraine,” the MoD said in its daily intelligence update.”-via Independent
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“Russia will suspend electricity supplies to Finland from 1am on Saturday the supplier, RAO Nordic, said, amid rising tensions over Helsinki’s bid to join Nato.
RAO Nordic, a subsidiary of the Russian state energy holding Inter RAO, said in a statement that it was “forced to suspend the electricity import”, starting from 14 May.
RAO Nordic “is not able to make payments for the imported electricity from Russia”, the statement said.”-via The Guardian
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“Ukraine’s defence minister, Oleksii Reznikov, said Kyiv hopes to arm a million people as the country prepares for a “new, long phase of war”.
In a Facebook post published earlier today, Reznikov said:
We are entering a new, long phase of the war. To win it, we must plan resources carefully, avoid mistakes and project our strength in such a way that the enemy ultimately breaks.
Reznikov thanked the British defence secretary, Ben Wallace, for his support to increase assistance for Kyiv, as well as American partners, including his US counterpart, Lloyd Austin.
Ukraine’s goal is to “restore our sovereignty and territorial integrity within the internationally recognised borders”, he said.
Reznikov added that he was “focusing on the need to provide for one million people who will be facing the enemy”.
He warned that “extremely tough weeks are ahead” and that Ukraine needed “unity, cohesion, will and patience” during this extremely difficult period.”-via The Guardian
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“French President Emmanuel Macron has failed to mediate talks to end Russia's military invasion.
This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview with Italian TV channel Rai 1, published in the Telegram-channel of the head of state, writes "European Truth"
"We should not look for a way out for Russia, and Mr. Macron does it in vain. He has a wonderful experience that until Russia wants it, it will not look for anything. He wanted to get some results through mediation, he did not find them, and he did not from our side, and from Russia, "Zelensky said.
The president also said that Macron had offered to make certain concessions to Ukraine's sovereignty in order to save Putin's face.
"It seems to me that this is not very correct. We are not ready to save something for someone and lose territory for it. This is lost time," Zelensky said.
He added that for many years European leaders had sought an approach to Russia and Putin, and compared the situation to Hitler, "who was allowed to think about a new division of the world."
"Russia showed on February 24 that it doesn't care about all the concessions, and it will take the territory if it decides to do so. And Emmanuel doesn't need to do any diplomatic work. He became president, I supported him. But without any steps, history does not forgive this. Only steps forward if you want to get yours back, "Zelensky said.
Zelensky also said he was ready to negotiate with Putin , but on the terms of dialogue, not ultimatums.”-via Euro Integration (Ukrainian language)
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“Russia’s annual inflation jumped to a two-decade high of 17.8% in April, fuelled by Western sanctions over Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine, the statistics agency said on Friday, AFP reports.
Inflation of food prices, a huge concern for Russians on low incomes, has reached 20.5% year-on-year, according to Rosstat.
Pasta has gone up by 29.6%, butter by 26.1%, and fruit and vegetables by 33%.
Annual inflation could reach 23% this year before slowing down next year and returning to the target of 4% in 2024, according to the Central Bank.”-via The Guardian
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Milad-Un-Nabi - Birth of the Prophet
Milad-Un-Nabi – Birth of the Prophet
Milad-Un-Nabi – Birth of the Prophet
Also called –Mawlid, Mawlid an-Nabi ash-Sharif or Eid Milad un Nabi, Mawlid an-Nabawī, Havliye, Donba, Gani, Id-e-Milad
Why –(Muhammad) Prophet’s Birthday 🎂
Significance –Traditional commemoration of the birth of Muhammad.
Muhammad, The Messenger of God.
Muhammad was born approximately 570 CE in Mecca. When he was 40, Muhammad reported being visited by…
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#मुस्लिम#Birth of the Prophet#Donba#Gani#God&039;s Messenger#Havliye#Id-e-Milad#Islam#Mawlid#Mawlid an-Nabawī#Mawlid an-Nabi ash-Sharif or Eid Milad un Nabi#Milad-Un-Nabi#Muhammad#Muslim#Prophet#Quran#The Messenger of Allah
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Was a city
The same place in 2021:
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Mariinka before and after russian 'liberation.'
#fuck russia#russia is a terrorist state#russia is a nazi state#war#ukraine war#war in ukraine#war ukraine russia#ukraine#mariinka#donbas
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Morning. Shift by Yurii Zlyden, 1967
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What are your thoughts on the Donbass war (2014-2022)? Were the separatists russian puppets or the expression of (parts) of the local population? And what’s your views on the non-implementation of the Minsk agreement ?
The separatists were Russian proxies, full stop. The tapes from Glazyev clearly prove that, and opinion polls in those provinces show that even in Crimea, native Russian weren't enthusiastic on the idea of being annexed or controlled by Russia. Hence, the rebellion was largely manufactured out of whole cloth, and when paid demonstrations failed, Russia responded with importing irregulars to pose as native separatists. Here is an exhaustively well-researched report on exactly what went down with that, and when even irregulars failed, Russia had no choice but to launch its own invasion with its regular forces in 2014.
The idea of a "Donbas genocide" or "Donbas shelling" is a myth. It's a blatantly revisionist take that argues that while the Russian-led separatist forces were allowed to attack and shell the Ukrainians (more casualties were caused by Russians and Russian-led separatists), Ukraine was not allowed to defend itself or conduct counter-insurgency operations against an insurgency in its own territory.
The idea that "the Minsk agreements secured peace, but Ukraine refused to implement it" is likewise false. For one, Russia also habitually failed to implement its own provisions, conducting its own rigged elections in Donetsk and Luhansk contrary to the stated provisions of Minsk. For two, all foreign groups, i.e. Russia's imported forces, were to be removed, and they weren't. For three, Ukraine was supposed to have full sovereignty over its border, which Russia routinely transgressed to resupply its forces. It also blatantly broke the ceasefire to seize more territory. Russia pretended that it held no control over the separatist forces, but that was a transparent lie - repeated investigations and even testimony from the separatists themselves said that they took orders from Moscow.
Pretty much all the arguments are largely post-facto justifications to support Russian deniable asset wars. For all the claims of the Euromaidan being a "CIA-sponsored color revolution" (pro-tip: if someone uses those words unironically, you don't have to take anything they say seriously, they're just an unthinking consumer of Russian disinformation), the "Donbas separatists" were actually far closer to what that operation would be like in reality - imported agitators to create a false appearance of a separatist movement with military support to overthrow an existing government.
Thanks for the question, Anon.
SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King
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#ukraine#russia#war in ukraine#russian invasion in ukraine#russo ukrainian war#russian war crimes#propaganda#russian propaganda#donbas#dnr#lnr
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UAZ 469 turned into 9K111 "Fagot" ATGM carrier by Russian forces operating in Eastern Ukraine, 2015
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Virsky company performs the Hopak - Ukraine's national dance - in Donetsk in the years before the russian invasion.
#ukraine#donetsk#donbas#ukrainian culture#ukrainian dance#hopak#2000s#2006#slavic#cossacks#slavic culture#save ukraine
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One day I will draw a venn diagram between Russian vatniks and pro hamas supporters
#this is coming from smb who's lived 20 years in russia#you wouldn't believe how similar these two groups sound#from the obsession with going back to some arbitrary point in history#denying the right of a country to exist denying the existence of a nation and a nationality#to dehumanizing a people and using that to rationalize comitting war crimes against them#“it's all evil zionists/the bad west/the west and its imperialism/colonies” mf it's like you watched a russian propaganda channel#and are now regurgitating all their talking points but replacing “Ukraine” with “Israel” and leaving “USA” as the world's biggest evil#I never thought I would hear this coming out of the mouths of westerners who claim to be more enlightened#but then again they're also reusing tropes from protocols of zion (first spread by imperial russia)#the doctor's plot#and so many other antisemitic tropes that originate from russia#“they bombed donbas for years” - “75 year old oppression” omg these are the same type of people and they don't realize it!!!#leftist antisemitism#antisemitism#ukraine#i/p
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This is a map of places russia has destroyed in Mariupol with photo and video evidence
Graves near kindergartens and at playgrounds, destroyed houses, schools, hospitals
(Link for the map)
There’s probably more, but we just don’t have the photos for every russian crime in Mariupol.
500 000 people used to live in this city.
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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sloviansk, Ukraine before the full-scale war.
The cathedral has since been the target of shelling by russian forces.
#ukraine#russia's war on ukraine#church#christianity#eastern europe#donbas#donetsk#sloviansk#night photography#night#war in ukraine#europe
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PΞДCΞ IИ ΓHΞ ЦҜЯДIИΞ 🇺🇦
Donbas in photographs by Valery Melnikov
Why?
King of lies is alive
Look around, look inside, infidel!
Infidel!
Infidel!
(Infidel!) It begins here, it ends now
The prince must pay his head or the crown
Rob the poor, slaughter the weak
Distort the law, perfect deceit
Do I need a gas mask?
Should I get inoculated?
Will this war last?
Will we be incinerated?
False gods, death squads, blind!
This is a catastrophe
Weapon systems activated, puritans have invaded
This is a catastrophe
To protect against the threat
Order must be kept
Order must be kept
Order must be kept
Do I need a gas mask?
Should I get inoculated?
Will this war last?
Will we be incinerated?
False gods, death squads, blind!
The elephants march to war
Concede!
Conform!
Concede!
Conform!
Deny the big lie!
My tribe
Join me
Alliance of defiance in the warhead
Alliance of defiance in the warhead
Alliance of defiance in the warhead
Alliance of defiance
All are welcome here
Give me your tired, give me your sick
Give me indulgence, decadence
Give me your tired, give me your sick
Give me indulgence, decadence
Give me your tired, give me your sick
Give me indulgence, decadence
He lied, they died, keep the peasants terrified!
He lied, they died, keep the peasants terrified!
This is a catastrophe
You must lead if they get me
On my command!
Break free, break free, break free, break free
@frenchpsychiatrymuderedmycnut
Warhead by (Dr.) Otep
#im already against next war#peace in the Ukraine 🇺🇦#war is a Business#question everything#11/2023#Valery Melnikov#photo jouralism#war is hell#photographer#ukraine#donbass#donbas#soul photography#storytellers#x-heesy#music and art#Order must be kept#False gods death squads blind!#This is a catastrophe#Deny the big lie#war#Krieg
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