#зсу

[anastasiamaru]

Ukraine.Real-life story fragment

Oksana Chorna Ukrainian Armed Forces

"Spoiler: I'm fine"

...Have you ever washed blood off a car seat?Your own blood? There's a reason they say, 'You won't hear your own mortar whistling'... And I didn’t hear it either... Neither the whistle of the shell, nor the buzzing of the drone, nor even the sound of the launch. I remember smth(blood) pouring into my eye. I raised my left hand to wipe my cheek...

There was no pain at all. I ran to the car. Surprisingly, it was intact. I got in and drove away. The most horrifying injuries I saw at the stabilization point were cranio-cerebral injuries

When a pink mess that used to be responsible for thoughts, feelings, and memories spills from a hole in the head onto a white sheet.

Severed arms and legs, intestines neatly folded into a T-shirt, holes in the chest from which air escapes with a whistling sound—these can all be repaired. The essence of a person will live on, love, dream.

But the empty gaze of those who have lost themselves due to a traumatic brain injury scares me more than anything else...

...With my right hand, I steered the wheel, while with my left hand, I tried to feel my head to see if any foreign "artifacts of war" were sticking out of it. I even took a selfie to assess the extent of the damage to the "decision-making center" (my head).

Only after 10 minutes did I notice that blood was also flowing from my hand. I thought I needed to bandage it... At the next crossroads, I suddenly forgot where to go. It felt like I was here for the first time. Although I had already driven through the village twenty times.

A jeep drove by. I thought I should probably ask for help. But if they transferred me and took me to the stabilization point, I would have to leave my "Discovery" here, and then those bastards(russian soldiers) would definitely wreck it.

I didn't leave it either at the crossing in Bakhmut or in Avdiyivka, and I absolutely refuse to leave it here. I’m just obligated to get to the stabilization point by myself.

What scared me was that my wounds didn’t hurt. Just a dull noise in my head, like a severe migraine.

Closer to Konstantynivka, I started to recognize the road. When I arrived at the stabilization point, I even parked the car by a tree and locked it...

[san-demetrio-corone]

Синиця в руках українського захисника. Донбас, жовтень 2023

[thelittleukrainianwell-armedgirl]

(c) Nikita Titov

[tomorrowusa]

Ukrainian drones blew up a large Russian arms depot west of Moscow. The blast was large enough to have been detected by earthquake sensors.

A Ukrainian drone attack on a large Russian weapons depot caused a blast that was picked up by earthquake monitoring stations, in one of the biggest strikes on Moscow’s military arsenal since the war began. Pro-Russian military bloggers said Ukraine struck an arsenal for the storage of missiles, ammunition and explosives in Toropets, a historic town more than 300 miles north of Ukraine and about 230 miles west of Moscow. Videos and images on social media showed a huge ball of flame rising high into the night sky and detonations thundering across a lake, in a region not far from the border with Belarus. The strike was part of a broader Ukrainian drone campaign targeting Russian oil refineries, power plants, airfields and military factories, and highlights Kyiv’s enhanced long-range drone capabilities. Earthquake monitoring stations registered what sensors thought was a minor earthquake in the area.

The blast was so big that in the first couple of seconds it appears to be during daytime.

The Kyiv Independent has additional details.

Arms depot in Russia's Tver Oblast built to withstand nuclear explosion heavily damaged by Ukrainian drones

Back in 2018, the Russian Defense Ministry bragged that this facility would be prepared to withstand even a nuclear explosion. Six years later, the claim was proven to be false. According to the SBU, the arsenal stored ballistic missiles, including Iskanders, anti-aircraft missiles, artillery ammunition, and KAB guided bombs. The attack "literally wiped off the face of the earth a large warehouse of the main missile and artillery department of the Russian Defense Ministry," the SBU source said. The construction of the arsenal, controlled by the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate, began in 2015 in the town of Toropets, located 480 kilometers north of Ukraine. The construction was part of a 2012 government program set to improve Russia's storage of missiles, ammunition, and explosives. According to Russia's Defense Ministry, the program, worth 90 billion rubles (nearly $980 million), called for 13 modern arms depots to be built. [ ... ] Yet the source in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) told the Kyiv Independent that a "very powerful detonation" occurred, and the affected area was 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) wide. NASA satellites also recorded a surge in thermal activity in Tver Oblast, where the 107th arsenal of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate is located. "The arsenal seems to have been built correctly, with bunkered storage facilities that can hold up to 240 tons of ammunition each," Serhiy Zgurets, military expert and CEO of the Ukrainian media Defense Express, told the Kyiv Independent.

As Joe Biden might put it, this is "a big fucking deal". Months worth of ammunition, missiles, and other ordnance which was waiting to be used against Ukrainians has been eliminated.

In total, about 30,000 tons of ammunition were stored in the arsenal in Toropets, which could have been enough to conduct attacks for months, according to the expert. Russia most likely stored 122 mm Grad ammunition, 82 mm mines, and missiles for Buk medium-range surface-to-air missile systems, among other munitions, according to Zgurets.

Ukraine apparently destroyed 30,000 tons (i.e. 30 kilotons) of ammo. For comparison, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima was the equivalent of 15 kilotons.

Ukrainians are intelligent and resourceful. They are now building drones which cannot be jammed by electronic warfare. They may have used those to get to Toropets.

And it seems a bit weird that Russia would build a gigantic arsenal just 4.51 km (less than 3 miles) from downtown Toropets – a scenic town and local administrative center.

So Ukraine has now penetrated and destroyed an impenetrable arms depot. Previously, Ukraine has stopped unstoppable Kinzhal Russian missiles. This war is unwinnable for Russia but the country continues to humiliate itself with its unmistakable military ineptitude.

[that-is-who-you-are]

«Another exchange of prisoners took place: Ukraine returned 100 people from russian captivity»— Head of the Office of the President.

Among them also Valeriia Karpylenko from "Azovstal",whose husband, Andrii Subotin, unfortunately was killed just three days after their wedding:

The Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported that 80 men and 20 women were released. Nine are officers, all the rest are privates and sergeants.

Almost half of them are seriously injured, sick or have been tortured. The youngest is 19 years old.

[killthemuggers]

Продовжуємо збір на 3 чотирьохдіапазонних РЕБи на Запоріжський напрямок! Безмежно дякуємо усім, хто долучається!

[nelligekata]

10 лют. 2020 р. Маруся Звіробій

10 лют. 2020 р.Військова Олена Біленька, відома як Маруся Звіробій, заявила у суді, що не змовлялася з Софією Фединою погрожувати президенту Володимиру Зеленському, що вони закликали його бути обачним: "У ваших документах я прочитала: злочинний умисел і попередня змова. Ви довели, що він злочинний? Ви довели попередню змову, в чому попередня змова? Ви нічого цього не довели. Ці два слова означають "шит�� справу". Ми з Софією не домовлялися попередньо погрожувати президенту. Те, що зараз відбувається, означає, що той, хто попередньо домовиться зробити стрім на будь-яку тему, має зважати, що він уже ходить під статтею. Вибір теми відповідав часу, в який ми це записували… Пан Рябошапка, генпрокурор наш драгоценний, заявив, що ми небезпечні тим, що нас багато людей слухають і дивляться… Тобто кожен блогер, якого дивиться багато людей, уже підпадає під справу. Коли нашого теперішнього президента дивилися мільйони, а не як мене десятки тисяч, – і він то хоронив Порошенка, то розстрілював Верховну Раду – у нас була демократія і свобода слова, і на цій свободі слова цей Зеленський став президентом. А тепер за такі саме дії – і поменше: я не погрожувала нікому! – він хоче вкрутити гайки військовослужбовцям. Він думає, що він хамить буде – хрін!"

[demiurgeua]

Сили оборони України уразили базу ПММ рашистських загарбників у Воронезькій області так званої рф

“Сили оборони України уразили базу ПММ російських окупантів у Воронезькій області. Сьогодні вночі завдано удару по базі зберігання пально-мастильних матеріалів “Аннанєфтєпродукт”, що біля населеного пункту Анна Воронезької області рф. В районі об’єкта фіксувалася робота російського ППО. Підтверджено влучання у щонайменше один з вертикальних резервуарів. Відбулось займання. Завдання виконано…

[kimasov]

ЗСУ-23-4М4 "Шилка".

[realiv0]

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[anastasiamaru]

Ukrainian Armed Forces with their fluffy assistants😺

Separate Brigade of Territorial Defense of Kharkiv City

As we can see from the chevrons, it's not necessary to be Ukrainian to defend Ukraine

Your assistance in defending Ukraine is an important component of our COLLECTIVE victory over pervasive evil.

[san-demetrio-corone]

When you're defending Ukraine but secretly you're a Snow White

[thelittleukrainianwell-armedgirl]

(c) @ iamsimonovdima

[tomorrowusa]

These are not good times for Putin fans. They want us to believe in the overpowering might of old Vlad. Things just haven't been working out that way. J.D. Vance is probably crying on his couch.

Putin is again revealing the incompetence of his army as well as the barrenness of his strategy. A big army is not necessarily a good army. Afghanistan had a relatively large army as the Taliban took over.

Kursk offensive embarrasses Putin to Washington’s delight

Putin can read English. If he manages to get around his own online censors, this is a sampling of what he may see...

I think today is Day 904 of Putin's 3-Day "Special Operation" in Ukraine. So much for Russia's overpowering invincibility. 🤡 😆

[that-is-who-you-are]

🇺���We are bringing home 106 of our people.

These are soldiers from the Bakhmut direction - 8 officers and 98 soldiers and sergeants.

«They fought for Bakhmut and performed a feat that prevented the enemy from advancing further into our East. Each of them is a hero of our state.

Among those who are being returned from captivity, many were considered missing. The relatives of these people went through a difficult stage,» - the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.

[killthemuggers]

ТЕРМІНОВИЙ ЗБІР НА МОБІЛЬНИЙ РЕБ ДЛЯ БІЙЦІВ! Наші захисники потребують мобільний РЕБ для боротьби з ворожими дронами та забезпечення безпеки на передовій. Це питання життя і смерті! Без РЕБ вони залишаються вразливими перед атаками.

Кожен ваш донат допоможе нашим воїнам залишитися живими і знищити ворога! Підтримайте збір просто зараз!