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My next post in support of Ukraine is:

Next site, the Oskil River (Річка Оскіл) which starts in "russia" and flows through the Kursk & Belgorod regions before flowing through Kharkiv Oblast where it flows into the Siverskyi Donets. It's 293 miles long. Some of the towns along the river in Ukraine are Kupiansk, Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, Borova, and Dvorichna. The Oskil Dam was destroyed by "russia" on March 31, 2022. The destruction of the dam caused flooding downstream.

#russiaIsATerroristState

#StandWithUkraine

#СлаваУкраїні 🇺🇦🌻

[mariacallous]

Nina Marchenko was in her kitchen when a bomb fell on her cottage. It blew off the roof, demolished the concrete summer house in the garden, and killed her dog, Tulik. Bits of fence were tossed into the air. “There was smoke and that was it,” she said. “A woman died in another strike nearby. I can only curse Vladimir Putin. He’s driven us from our house.”

Last week, Marchenko and her disabled husband, Misha, fled their home in Kupiansk, in the north-east of Ukraine. The Russian army seized the city in the early days of Putin’s 2022 invasion. Ukrainian soldiers took it back eight months later. For most of the last two years the frontline – across the Oskil River and a series of rustic hamlets – barely changed.

In recent weeks, however, the Russians have been advancing. Across the frontline, Ukrainian defences are crumbling at the fastest rate since 2022. In October, Russia swallowed nearly 310 miles (500km) of Ukrainian territory including more than 15 sq miles around Kupiansk. Two-thirds of these losses of territory have been in the neighbouring Donetsk region. Ukraine’s southern sector there is close to collapse.

Russian combat units are now less than two miles from Kupiansk. A little to the south, troops have already reached the Oskil River, turning Ukrainian-controlled territory on the left bank into two separate and shrinking bulges. Bridges across the river are relentlessly bombed. Moscow’s apparent plan is to flatten Kupiansk and then reoccupy it.

Speaking from an office bunker, Kupiansk’s military-civilian mayor, Andriy Besedin, described the situation on the eastern side of the Oskil as “critical”. He said 1,400 people were refusing to evacuate from their homes, despite having no electricity, water or gas. Most were elderly people. They were not pro-Russian, Besedin suggested, but simply unwilling to move out or listen to anxious relatives.

“We are going flat to flat and driving around with loudspeakers. We say: ‘Please leave. We don’t know what will happen tomorrow,’” he said. “The pensioners think the Russians won’t hurt them. We tell them the situation is different from 2022 and that they will get killed.”

“I hope when the weather changes and it’s cold they will finally exit,” Besedin added.

Since the beginning of October the situation in Kupiansk became dramatically worse, the mayor said. Russian kamikaze drones were flying above the city, targeting people waiting at bus stops. “We can’t deliver humanitarian aid. They see a pick-up and hit it with a drone. You can’t outrun them,” Besedin said. About 2,200 residents remained, as missiles crashed around them.

Recently a Russian warplane dropped a 1,500kg guided bomb on the civic building next to Besedin’s office, killing three people. The decorative brick structure was a sprawling mess. Was the Kremlin trying to target the mayor personally? “Yes,” Besedin said. “They’ve tried several times.” Other missiles have struck Kupiansk’s museum, football ground, meat factory, market and palace of culture.

Ukraine was battling against terrorism and dictatorship, Besedin said, and a malevolent axis of countries that included Russia, North Korea and Iran.

“Our guys are fighting for every centimetre. Unfortunately the civilised world isn’t giving us enough weapons. What about democratic values? Stopping Russia is our collective responsibility. If we fail, Putin will attack the Baltic states and Poland,” he said.

Soldiers said conditions on the frontline were tough. “We don’t have enough to shoot with. They fire 10 shells for our one,” said Oleksandr Isaiev, a 59-year-old sapper. The Russians had more personnel and armoured vehicles, he said, and dropped between eight and 12 KAB glided bombs a day on his position. “If one lands on you, you’re dead. They make a hole 5 metres deep and 10 metres’ across,” he said.

Isaiev expressed frustration at the west’s so-called “red lines” and the Biden administration’s persistent refusal to allow Kyiv to hit targets deep inside Russia with US-supplied munitions. The UK and France have not lifted restrictions either. “We have the rockets. But we can’t use them to wallop Russian airfields,” Isaiev said. “Until the US gets over its nervousness, we will lose territory.”

With too few conventional weapons, Ukraine is trying to hold the line using drones. Oleksandr Ivantsov, a drone operator with the 3rd Assault Brigade, said the situation on the left bank was tense. The Russians were constantly trying to storm Ukrainian positions, he said, adding: “There are battles everywhere. Sometimes they succeed. Sometimes they don’t. There are no easy places. They have huge resources.”

This week, streets in Kupiansk were largely deserted. A handful of elderly residents could be seen carrying shopping bags and pushing trolleys. Police on patrol wore body armour. Besedin said he would provide municipal services for as long as possible. “We are fighting on every front: military, administrative and social,” he said. “Everybody is doing what they can. Kupiansk isn’t lost yet.”

Some residents, however, acknowledged it was only a matter of time before the Russians came back. Ksenia Lukyanova said her home city was strategically important and a railway hub. From Kupiansk, a road went south to the town of Izium – occupied and liberated in 2022 – and the garrison city of Sloviansk. Another led to Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city. To the north was the Russian province of Belgorod.

“During the second world war, Kupiansk was seized and liberated four times. It switched between Soviets and Nazis,” Lukyanova said. Last year a bomb wrecked her home. In September, shrapnel shattered the window of her new apartment in the village of Hrushivka, just outside Kupiansk. “We carry on, keep smiling and try and help each other. Inside we are crying and screaming,” she said. “Our souls hurt.”

Her friend Natalya Surko said most residents in the suburb of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi were packing up to leave. “At night it’s terrible. You hear a siren and three seconds later an explosion. There’s no time to get dressed. After the first bang, you think: ‘Do I get up or not?’ You don’t.” Surko said she lost her job as Kupiansk’s railway station duty manager when the full-scale war arrived. “I’m paid £40 a month,” she said.

Evacuees from the Kupiansk region are taken to a processing centre in Kharkiv, where they are registered and given medical checkups. Some arrive in their own vehicles; others are brought by minibus or ambulance. So far this month 1,800 people have turned up. Local charities, the UNHCR and the Red Cross dole out emergency parcels. Many of the displaced stay with relatives. Others are allocated dormitories.

The regional administration had issued compulsory evacuation notices to families with children. Lilya Shevchenko, 16, and Nadia Shynkarenko, 14, said they had come from Barove, a left-bank village south of Kupiansk. Every other house was smashed, they said. “The Russians were 30kms away. Now it’s 15 to 20kms. There are a few old ladies left. At night people drive to Izyum and sleep there, because it’s safer,” Lilya said.

She described bombardment as scary but said Russia’s eight-month occupation in 2022 was far worse. “For the first few weeks we had no internet connection. We didn’t know what was happening in Kharkiv. The Russians stole everything. They were drunk. We were afraid to go out on the street.” She last attended school on the day before the invasion, and was studying online, she said.

Queuing up to register, Marchenko said she had left all her belongings behind. “We had a garden with fruit trees and vegetables. But this year it was only weeds because it was impossible to plant anything. As soon as you stepped foot outside they start to shell,” the 72-year-old said. Would she ever go back? “I don’t know. If my house still stands, maybe I will.”

[theankoletimes]

Drone Hell: Coordinated UAV Attacks Hunt and Destroy Russian Terrorists (Video)

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have once again demonstrated their tactical and technological edge by carrying out a series of deadly drone operations against Russian invasion troops between 20 and 23 May 2025. The strikes took place from the forests of Donetsk to the rivers of Oskil, using first person view (FPV) kamikaze drones and surveillance units in seamless coordination. On 22 May, as Russian…

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Russia Heading Towards Victory On The Oskil River - https://www.military-stuff.org/russia-heading-towards-victory-on-the-oskil-river/

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Russia Heading Towards Victory On The Oskil River

[cyberbenb]

How Russia violated its own “Easter ceasefire” in Kharkiv Oblast

UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Apr 21 — During the "Easter ceasefire," the Russian army continued the attacks in Kharkiv Oblast, reported Ukraine's officials and military. Gwara Media talked to several brigades, stationed in different sections of the frontline in the region, to find out about their experience during so-called truce.

On the eve of Easter, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the Russian side would cease all hostilities from 6:00 p.m. on April 19 to 00:00 on April 21. 

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded to Putin's statement, calling it another attempt to “play with the lives of people.” After midnight of April 22, he reported that Russia violated its own “Easter ceasefire” 2,935 times for the past day. 

As an example, on Easter afternoon, Russians attacked a five-story residential building with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in Kivsharivka village of the Kupiansk district, setting fire to 36 apartments, reported the local State Emergency Service. 

Rescuers putting out fire in the aftermath of Russian drone strike on Kivsharivka during so-called Easter ceasefire / Photo: State Emergency Service

During the timeframe of the "ceasefire," Zelensky said that Ukrainian troops would mirror Russia's actions—open fire after being attacked. 

Viktor Trehubov, the speaker of the “Khortytsia” operational-strategic group of forces that covers part of the Kharkiv Oblast, said to “Suspilne” that the “ceasefire” seemed more like a “smoke break.” 

“Russian maneuvers look like assaults under the white flag. It seems they really want to trigger a visual attack so that we think they are assaulting to make us attack them back,” said Trehubov.

Responding to Gwara Media, Trehubov added, “No one (from our military) counted on anything, we’ve seen these “ceasefires” many times (since 2014). We didn’t conduct any assaults on Easter but responded to Russian attack attempts.”

Kharkiv axis

The 13th National Guard Brigade, “Khartia,” is stationed near Lyptsi, a village north of Kharkiv, about 6 miles (10 kilometers) from the Russian border. 

Volodymyr Diehtiarov, the brigade’s spokesperson, said that while Russian troops refrained from attacking from artillery, they used drones to attack the positions of Ukrainian forces during the "ceasefire." They also used 30 hours to accumulate more of their forces, he said. 

Russians did so on other sections of the frontline as well — for instance, they tried to pull out remnants of destroyed military equipment from the river crossing in Donetsk Oblast that obstructed the passage for their machinery.

Stationed near Vovchansk, a city that’s 5 miles (3 kilometers) away from the Russian border, the 42nd brigade said to Gwara that the Russians shelled their positions but didn’t conduct any assaults. 

“The enemy was accumulating their troops and preparing logistics. We’re expecting the renewal of offensives,” Vadym Ivashchenko, the speaker for the brigade, told Gwara Media. 

During the ceasefire, the 42nd brigade received an order not to shoot until 00:00 on April 20. “We did reconnaissance and monitored the enemy. And got ready.”  

Kupiansk axis

“The enemy’s cannon fire kept hitting Ukrainian positions, frontline villages, and cities during the entire time of the so-called ceasefire. Russian drones continued doing reconnaissance and attacking,” Yurii Fedorenko, the commander of the strike drone battalion “Achilles,” said to Gwara Media about the unit’s experience on the Kupiansk axis. 

Fedorenko said that the Russian infantry gathered up to the zero line during the ceasefire. “They replenished their forces. Simultaneously, they pulled up light armored, armored equipment to [the zones where their forces were accumulating.] So, de facto there was no truce,” Fedorenko said.  

Bohdan Petrenko, the head of communications for the 48th artillery brigade, said that Russians attempted to cross to the right bank of the Oskil River on the Kupiansk axis — and the attempt was stopped. 

“We have an experience of Russia violating ceasefire promises since 2014, so our military was constantly monitoring the enemy.” 

Lyman axis 

On the Lyman axis, 115th brigade of the Armed Forces experienced quiet. “The tension persisted all the time, during that silence. Everyone boosted their vigilance, our intelligence and Russian intelligence were very actively working,” said the speaker for the brigade. 

Just like on other axes, Russians in the Lyman direction used these 30 hours to regroup, transport ammo where it was safe, and evacuate their wounded and killed, the 115’s spokesperson said. 

DeepState analysts say that the Russian military wasn’t attacking where they understand that the “truce” can be used to set up and prepare assaults, organize rotations, and so on.

“We have to understand that Russian intent is to destroy the Ukrainian state,” Yurii Fedorenko said. “Not four oblasts, but (destroy) Ukrainian statehood, kill all Ukrainians—some at once, some slowly, via repressions.” 

While Russia demands full control of four partially occupied regions of Ukraine as a peace deal condition, Washington’s “peace plan,” according to the WSJ’s journalists, includes Ukraine refusing NATO membership, establishing a neutral zone around the nuclear plant in Zaporizhzhia, and recognizing Crimea as Russian. 

Commander from Achilles is sure that the “one-sided ceasefire” on Easter is how Putin “plays along” with Trump’s attempts to bring Russia-Ukraine war to a freeze. The Russian President plans to use Trump as a guide that “will give him an opportunity to leave the economic isolation—lift sanctions,” Fedorenko believes. 

“Sadly, there’s no tool that would maintain a commitment to this ceasefire, standing between the Russian Federation’s soldiers and our soldiers and making sure that there are no provocations from either side. That Russia cannot realize its intent: to gather up more forces, to continue attacks, to keep digging in,” Fedorenko said. “Until that happens, the ceasefire is just an illusion.” 

Putin-proposed Easter ceasefire ends with Russia not reacting to Zelenskyy’s proposal to prolong it to 30 days, multiple Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure, and intense fighting on the border of Sumy Oblasts. 

Authors: Yelizaveta Diachenko, Liza Bykova, Yana Sliemzina

UPD from Apr 21, 6:02 p.m.: Names for speakers of "Khartia" and 42nd brigade added.

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An der Front sieht es für Kiew gegenwärtig schlecht aus. Das Verteidigungsministerium in Moskau vermeldete am Donnerstag einen weiteren herben Rückschlag für die Ukraine. Demnach sei ein von den USA geliefertes »Patriot«-Luftabwehrsystem schwer beschädigt worden. Von dem kostbaren Kriegsgerät, unverzichtbar für die Abwehr russischer Raketen und Drohnen, verfügte Kiew offiziell über lediglich fünf Exemplare. Und das war nicht die einzige schlechte Nachricht. Allerorten vermelden russische Truppen zur Zeit Geländegewinne: ob im Bezirk Saporischschja oder im Osten von Charkiw, wo russische Truppen auf den Fluss Oskil vorstoßen. Schlechte Voraussetzungen also, um einen »Siegesplan« vorzustellen, wie der ukrainische Präsident Wolodimir Selenskij es diesen Sonnabend bei einem weiteren Kriegsrat mit seinen maßgeblichen westlichen Verbündeten auf der US-Basis Ramstein bei Kaiserslautern vorhatte. Die Zusammenkunft wurde denn auch am Mittwoch zunächst einmal »auf unbestimmte Zeit verschoben«. Als Grund dafür angegeben wird allerdings die Entscheidung von US-Präsident Joseph Biden, sein Erscheinen wegen des über Florida tobenden Hurrikans »Milton« abzusagen, da seine Anwesenheit im Lande erforderlich sei. Auffällig ist aber, dass Biden weder seine Stellvertreterin Kamala Harris noch seinen Außen- oder Verteidigungsminister als Vertretung in die Pfalz entsandt hat.

Selenskijs »Siegesplan« ist den westlichen Verbündeten kein Geheimnis mehr. Ihn hatte der ukrainische Präsident bereits Ende September intern bei einem Besuch in Washington präsentiert. Mit seinem Wunsch, westliche Waffensysteme auch gegen Ziele im Inneren Russlands einsetzen zu dürfen, war er dabei jedoch nicht durchgedrungen. Inzwischen hat Selenskij auch den sogenannten zweiten Friedensgipfel annulliert, den er bis Ende des Jahres veranstalten wollte. Hat er womöglich seine Siegesgewissheit verloren? »Im Oktober, November und Dezember haben wir eine echte Chance, die Situation in Richtung Frieden und dauerhafte Stabilität zu bewegen«, verkündete Selenskij am Mittwoch per Kurznachrichtendienst X und stellte ein »Ende des Krieges« bis 2025 in Aussicht. Trotz der Ramstein-Absage war er am selben Tag zunächst nach Kroatien gereist, um dort an einem Osteuropa-Ukraine-Gipfel teilzunehmen. Am Donnerstag machte er dann London, Paris und Rom seine Aufwartung. Diesen Freitag wollte er Papst Franziskus die Hand reichen und dann nach Berlin weiterreisen.

Die Kurznachricht und der »Aktivismus« des ukrainischen Kriegsherrn verleiteten das italienische Blatt Corriere della Sera am Donnerstag zu einem gewagten Bericht: Selenskij sei mittlerweile zu der Überzeugung gelangt, »dass es jetzt an der Zeit ist, nach einem Ausweg (aus dem Krieg) zu suchen, der die Ukraine nicht in die Knie zwingt und sie in Zukunft neuen Aggressionen Russlands aussetzt«. Gegen »umfassende Sicherheitsgarantien des Westens« und das feste Versprechen einer EU-Mitgliedschaft wäre man bereit, einer Waffenruhe und einem Einfrieren des Konflikts unter Wahrung des jetzigen Frontverlaufs zuzustimmen. Die Meldung, die in Deutschland unter anderem von Springers Bild weiterverbreitet wurde, hat nur einen Haken: Das Präsidialamt in Kiew dementierte sie laut der ukrainischen Internetseite Strana sogleich. Maßgeblich für die ukrainische Strategie sei weiterhin der von Selenskij ausgearbeitete »Siegesplan«.

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Events 9.6 (after 1940)

1940 – King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. General Ion Antonescu becomes the Conducător of Romania. 1943 – The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America. 1943 – Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others. 1944 – World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces. 1944 – World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia. 1946 – United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany. 1952 – A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board. 1955 – Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots. 1962 – The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill. 1962 – Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London. 1965 – India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the Tashkent Declaration. 1966 – Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting. 1968 – Swaziland becomes independent. 1970 – Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan. 1971 – Paninternational Flight 112 crashes on the Bundesautobahn 7 highway near Hamburg Airport, in Hamburg, Germany, killing 22. 1972 – Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day. 1983 – The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that its operatives did not know that it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace. 1985 – Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 crashes near Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing all 31 people on board. 1986 – In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services. 1991 – The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. 1991 – The Russian parliament approves the name change of Leningrad back to Saint Petersburg. The change is effective October 1. 1992 – A group of hunters at the Stampede trail near Healy, Alaska came across a male corpse in abandoned bus, later identified as Christopher McCandless. 1995 – Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years. 1997 – The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people line the streets and 21⁄2 billion watch around the world on television. 2007 – Israel executes the air strike Operation Orchard to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria. 2022 – Boris Johnson resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and is replaced by Liz Truss. Their meetings with Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle were the Queen's final official duties before her death two days later. 2022 – Russo-Ukrainian War: Ukraine begins its Kharkiv counteroffensive, surprising Russian forces and retaking over 3,000 square kilometers of land, recapturing the entire Kharkiv Oblast west of the Oskil River, within the next week.

[mokhosz-nafo]

🇺🇦 Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Syrskyi:

▪️ Russian troops are completely bogged down in street battles for Vovchansk (Kharkiv oblast). The enemy has suffered very high casualties and is moving reserves from different directions to support the unsuccessful assault.

▪️ In the area of the village of Lyptsi (Kharkiv oblast), the Russians also suffered significant losses. They are now on the defensive, mining the area and shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops.

▪️ In the Kupiansk direction (Kharkiv oblast), fighting is taking place in the forests north of the city. The situation is difficult near the village of Kyslivka, where the enemy is trying to break through the defense and reach the Oskil River.

▪️ Intense fighting continues in the area of Ivanivske and on the outskirts of Chasov Yar (Donetsk oblast). The enemy is trying to capture the city at any cost andand is using the latest T-90M, BMP-3, and BMD-4. The equipment is usually destroyed by ATGMs and FPV drones at the stage of advance.

▪️ The most intense and fierce fighting continues in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove directions (Donetsk oblast). The enemy is trying to break through the defense in a narrow area between the villages of Staromykhailivka and Berdychi. The most trained Russian units are engaged in the battle.

▪️ The situation in other areas is also turbulent, but the intensity of fighting is much lower.

Ukrainian Armed Forces Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi is currently visiting troops on the eastern front.

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KUPIANSK AXIS /1730 UTC 2 MAR/ RuZZian Air Strikes Target Church and Apartment Building in Kupiansk City.

RuZZian also Carried out an Airstrike on Pontoon Sections Across the Oskil Riv

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On this day in Wikipedia: Wednesday, 6th September

Welcome, Willkommen, Selam, שלום 🤗 What does @Wikipedia say about 6th September through the years 🏛️📜🗓️?

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6th September 2018 🗓️ : Event - Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India invalidated part of Section 377 of the Penal Code, thus legalising homosexuality in India. "The Supreme Court of India (Hindi: भारत का उच्चतम न्यायालय, IAST: Bhārat kā Uccatam Nyāyālay) is the supreme judicial authority and the highest court of the Republic of India. It is the final court of appeal for all civil and criminal cases in India. It also has the power of judicial review. The..."

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6th September 1923 🗓️ : Birth - Peter II of Yugoslavia Peter II of Yugoslavia (d. 1970) "Peter II Karađorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар II Карађорђевић, romanized: Petar II Karađorđević; 6 September 1923 – 3 November 1970) was the last king of Yugoslavia, reigning from October 1934 until he was deposed in November 1945. He was the last reigning member of the Karađorđević dynasty. The..."

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6th September 1819 🗓️ : Birth - William Rosecrans William Rosecrans, American general, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Mexico (d. 1898) "William Starke Rosecrans (September 6, 1819 – March 11, 1898) was an American inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and U.S. Army officer. He gained fame for his role as a Union general during the American Civil War. He was the victor at prominent Western Theater battles, but..."

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6th September 🗓️ : Holiday - The earliest date on which the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance is performed "The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance is an English folk dance that probably dates back to the Middle Ages. The dance takes place each September in Abbots Bromley, a village in Staffordshire, England. The modern version of the dance involves reindeer antlers, a hobby horse, Maid Marian and a Fool. ..."

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[mariacallous]

Satellite imagery obtained by Bellingcat suggests that Russia created a dam on the outskirts of the occupied Ukrainian city of Tokmak in Zaporizhzhia oblast ahead of Ukraine’s counteroffensive. This was previously reported by the Center for Journalistic Investigations, which noted that the move was part of a greater trend of creating water obstacles for the Ukrainian counteroffensive. However, Planet satellite imagery seen by Bellingcat now offers a more detailed view of the scene. The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection group also noted a trend of deliberate flooding across Zaporizhzhia oblast by Russian forces.

Water has been used as a tool on several occasions since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

In these instances, dams were broken to flood downstream areas, likely in order to complicate offensive efforts of the enemy. This would lead to higher water levels and muddy ground downstream along with the longer-term outcome of dried up reservoirs. 

Both sides have used these tactics so far, with Ukraine admitting to doing so in Demydiv just north of Kyiv at the start of the war. Ukraine is also reported to have blown up the floodgates of the Oskil reservoir dam in April 2022 to complicate Russian efforts. However, Russian forces are suspected of fully destroying the Oskil dam as a Ukrainian counteroffensive advanced later that year. 

It now appears that Russia may be considering flooding tactics in Tokmak.

The red line represents the approximate frontline in the war while green lines represent Russian defensive lines as observed by open source researchers. Map: Google Earth, frontlines: Ukraine Control Map, defensive lines as observed by: Nathan Ruser.

The makeshift dam lies within the defensive line wrapping around the city of Tokmak, which itself is behind several more defensive lines as can be seen in the map above. 

Since the dam’s construction in early May, the Tokmachka river has widened significantly to the east of the city, and flooded some fields nearest to the dam. This was visible in June 6 SkySat high-resolution imagery from Planet Labs (below), which showed that the dam was constructed out of what appears to be a sand barrier wide enough to hold back the small river.  Tyre tracks leading from the dam suggest that it could also function as a second bridge, although the bridge next to it on the P37 road appears to be functioning normally.

Water can be seen building up on the right of the image and spilling in to nearby fields. A yellow sand barrier can be seen to the left of the bridge in the centre of the image. Tyre tracks can be seen leading to the dam. Image courtesy: Planet Labs

Satellite imagery from Planet Labs showed tracks leading down to the site of the dam on May 3, 2023, and shows the river Tokmachka severed on May 6, with the water level on the east side of the dam steadily rising into June (as seen in the timelapse below).

Russia has spent several months preparing for the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the south of the country. The multi-layered defence is made up of several lines of minefields, anti-tank ditches, concrete obstacles, and trenches spanning the entire frontline at great depth. 

Increasing the water levels of the Tokmachka river could be part of a greater effort at slowing down advancing Ukrainian forces. More specifically, this may be part of an effort to slow down an eastern envelopment of Tokmak in the event of a Ukrainian breakthrough near the city.

Tokmak is situated in the south east of Ukraine. Map courtesy of Map Creator.

In early June, the huge Nova Kakhovka dam in Kherson oblast broke, leading to widespread flooding and damage. The exact events leading up to the collapse of the structure remain unclear. But the New York Times reported that evidence suggested it was instigated by an inside explosion set off by Russia. Russia has denied this and Bellingcat has not been able to independently verify the New York Times’ reporting. 

The damage caused by the Nova Kakhovka collapse has been immense, with CNN reporting that over 40 people are either dead or remain missing. Ukraine, meanwhile, has estimated that over one billion Euros in damage has been caused.

Given the size of the dam observed in Tokmak, however, flooding from the dam is negligible and not anywhere near the scale seen in Nova Kakhovka.

[theankoletimes]

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