#Russia ​🇷🇺 — Ukraine 🇺🇦 Conflict

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Global Times Editorial: North Atlantic Terrorist Organization’s (NATO’s) Hidden Agenda Against China Exposed In Advance By “Braindead Puppet Lithuania 🇱🇹!”

— Global Times | July 07, 2023

Illustration: Liu Rui/Global Times

North Atlantic Terrorist Organization (NATO) is set to hold a summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, next week. As the host country, Lithuania appears both excited and impatient. A significant part of this sentiment is reflected in its provocation of China. At the same time, several other NATO members also appear to have coordinated in their approach to Taiwan Island. These have all exposed the coming NATO Summit's Malicious Intentions Toward China. This cannot be ignored by the Chinese people, who must remain vigilant.

About a week before the summit, Lithuania, mimicking the US, announced its so-called Indo-Pacific Strategy. The most eye-catching part of this 16-page "strategy" is its statement on the Taiwan question, emphasizing "the development of economic relations with Taiwan is one of Lithuania's strategic priorities." It even shamelessly drew a "red line," claiming that the status quo in the Taiwan Straits "cannot be changed via the use of force or coercion."

This is another display of Lithuania's "tough talk" and arrogance, after the country and Taiwan island mutually established representative offices, which led to a sharp deterioration in Lithuania's relations with China. If there had been no one to back it up, Lithuania would not have been able to provoke China for this long, nor would it have been so brazen in doing so.

It is bizarre that a Baltic country with a population of less than 3 million, located in the direct radiation zone of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, has come up with an Indo-Pacific Strategy. Many of its wordings for the strategy are familiar, as if they have been directly taken from the US rhetoric toward China, only this time they are being voiced from Lithuania. What is even more jaw-dropping is that Lithuanian foreign minister claimed that "with the Strategy having been approved, Lithuania now finds itself among global leaders 😂😂😂." Only someone completely lacking self-awareness could make such a statement. Lithuania is by no means a "global leader," but the incident has become one of the biggest international laughing stocks of the year.

Amid the era of great changes, Lithuania's radical foreign policy is somewhat representative. This Lithuanian government seems to have been gripped by an excessive fear toward Russia, lacking a sense of security, and behaving abnormally. The US and NATO, on the other hand, seem to be the piece of wood that a drowning Lithuania clings onto.

The more the Lithuanian government becomes psychologically dependent on the US and NATO, the stronger impulse it has to take the lead for the US and NATO to prove its own value. The US has repeatedly signaled its support for Lithuania on issues related to China, leading Lithuania all the way into the dark. However, Lithuania fails to realize that it has unwittingly handed over its destiny to others, and fear and unease are the essential sources of energy driving Washington's geopolitical chariot.

North Atlantic Terrorist Organization (NATO) Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪. Photo: Xinhua

This year's NATO summit in Vilnius will have distinct differences from previous ones. The small anti-China clique that Washington has cultivated is staging a "public performance" ahead of the NATO summit, displaying radicalism, anxiety, aggression, and impulsive interference in Asia-Pacific affairs. These actions serve as a barometer for this NATO summit and foreshadow NATO's next moves. While intensifying pressure on Russia, NATO is clearly accelerating its expansion into the Asia-Pacific region. This Vilnius summit may well become a "watershed" moment.

Leaders of the four Asia-Pacific countries - Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand - that have been labeled as "partners across the globe" by NATO will attend the summit for the second consecutive year. According to Japanese media reports, NATO will elevate its partnership with these four countries to a higher level, giving a strong signal of NATO's expansion into the Asia-Pacific. Who else is unaware that this is aimed at China? The grand chess game played by NATO and the US is certainly not influenced by Lithuania, which is merely a pawn that has crossed the Rubicon, encouraged and pushed forward without considering retreat, and ultimately unable to turn back.

On the same day Lithuania announced its Indo-Pacific strategy, the UK and Poland signed the 2030 strategic partnership joint declaration, which also meddles in the Taiwan question. Various signs indicate that NATO member countries are further coordinating their positions on the Taiwan question, attempting to form an encircling pattern against China in international public opinion. We must closely observe what kind of consensus will emerge at the Vilnius summit regarding China-related issues and what specific plans will be drawn up. In this regard, we should not merely regard Lithuania as a clown or a joke. Its exaggerated and ugly words and actions are also a window through which the outside world observes NATO, allowing us to be prepared in advance.

[workersolidarity]

[Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks about Ukrainian attacks on civilians in Donetsk City and Bolgorod city-center on New Year's Eve and Day.]

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RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN RESPONDS TO UKRAINIAN STRIKES ON BOLGOROD AND DONETSK CITY

Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to Ukraine's New Year's Day strikes targeting Donetsk City while visiting the Vishnevsky Military hospital and speaking with soldiers wounded in the Special Military Operation in Ukraine.

While making rounds speaking with soldiers and answering questions from reporters, President Putin broached the topic of Ukraine's recent missile strikes targeting the city center of Bolgorod and then again in Donetsk City overnight on New Year's Day.

“What just happened in Belgorod is, of course, a terrorist act. Why? Because, under the cover of two Vilkha missiles they fired from multiple launch rocket systems, right in the center of the city, where people are walking in front of for the New year," President Putin said.

“Should we respond in this way? Of course, we can hit squares in Kiev or any other city. There are children walking, mothers with strollers. I understand, everything is boiling inside me."

Pointing to the terrorist nature of the attack, Putin added, "I want to ask you: Do we need to do such things? Hit city-center squares?"

President Putin, emphasizing that Russian Forces focus on military targets rather than civilian ones, added, “And that’s what we do. We strike with high-precision weapons at places where [military] decisions are made, at places where military personnel, mercenaries gather, at other centers of this kind, at military facilities, first of all. And they are quite sensitive, these strikes."

Putin added that in launching these terroristic strikes aimed at civilians, the Kiev regime is trying to intimidate Moscow, and induce fear and uncertainty in the Russian population.

“We, for our part, will increase the strikes that I mentioned. Not a single crime of this kind - and this is, of course, a crime against the civilian population - will go unpunished, one hundred percent, there can be no doubt,” Putin assured.

Pointing to Western assistance to Ukraine, Putin added "The point is not that they help our enemy, but they are our enemy. They solve their own problems with [Ukrainian] hands, that’s what it’s all about."

Putin emphasized that ordinary Ukrainians were not their enemies, but that the collective West wants to destroy Russian sovereignty and to inflict a strategic defeat on the Russian Federation, and pointed out that Western elites have wanted to split the Federation into five parts for many years.

“That’s why they nurtured the so-called Kiev regime for quite a long time. It was precisely in order to create this conflict. Unfortunately for us, they achieved this, they created this conflict and are trying to solve their problem with the help of Ukrainians, namely the task of fighting Russia," the Russian Commander-in-Chief said.

Though, according to President Putin, the situation on the ground is gradually improving, with the enemy slowly losing ground, and pointed to the ammunition shortage the Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering from at the moment, with Ukrainian Forces firing more munitions than the collective West can produce.

“And we are increasing and will continue to increase [production], and in multiples. They were supplied with more than 400 tanks - 450 or whatever it is - and in a year we will produce and overhaul 1,600. This is not a state secret, in fact, there will probably be more," the Russian President said.

"And this is true for almost every position. Therefore, despite the fact that from time immemorial they have set such a task, - to [destroy] Russia, we ourselves will [destroy] them faster, it seems."

President Putin also spoke about the importance of the consolidation of Russian society, and fulfilling the task set for the Russian Armed Forces. He mentioned the changing rhetoric of the West as evidence of the progress of Russian goals, pointing to Western leaders who are already talking about how to quickly end the conflict. However, President Putin emphasized that the Special Military Operation would only end on Russia's own terms.

Speaking of the progress by Russian Forces, Vladimir Putin stated, “Firstly, we have weapons that no army in the world has. And secondly, the ability to use everything that [is produced]. Thirdly, what [is produced, is produced] quickly enough.”

The Russian Head-of-State also discussed the situation with regards to military production and supply-lines, saying that the effectiveness of the armed struggle is determined by how quickly an army can isolate what it needs at any given moment and respond to it from a production point-of-view, implementing plans as quickly as possible during combat operations.

“We are doing this better and better, and probably better than anywhere else. And this is a very huge advantage that our armed forces have,” Putin added and recalled that although he wouldn't give themselves the highest evaluation, he assesses the progress of the SMO as "satisfactory".

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Color me in unsurprised, but @china 🇨🇳 fears fallout if Russia 🇷🇺 nuking @ukraine 🇺🇦 triggers a nuclear war.

Chinese President Xi Jinping told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz he opposed the use of nuclear force in Europe, in his most direct remarks yet on the need to keep Russia’s war in Ukraine from escalating.

During the two leaders’ first in-person talks on Friday in Beijing, Xi called on the international community to “reject the threat of nuclear weapons” and advocate against a nuclear war to prevent a “crisis on the Eurasian continent,” according to the official Xinhua News Agency.

A tactical nuke by Russia 🇷🇺 would invite the United States 🇺🇸 into the conflict via conventional warfare.

The US is worried that not responding to a potential Russian 🇷🇺 nuke would encourage North Korea 🇰🇵 to launch a tactical nuke against South Korea 🇰🇷 or even Japan 🇯🇵.

But if the United States 🇺🇸 responds by attacking Russia 🇷🇺 in Ukraine 🇺🇦, then Russia 🇷🇺 might attack the US with nukes & the USA would respond in kind.

Within a hours a nuclear exchange has taken place with millions dead & billions suffering from fallout, famine & fragmentation of nations as global chaos would reign.

So yeah, China 🇨🇳 wants to avoid this scenario which means Russia 🇷🇺 will probably avoid using a nuclear bomb—at least for now.

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damn so i became curious about moldova 🇲🇩 after mercy chapter 18 so i looked it up. lmao i thought the official language was french for some reason but its actually romanian so is terry speaking romanian? my british ass is impressed lol since i can only speak english like most brits and here’s our psycho speaking multi languages fluently haha. anyway i also thought moldova 🇲🇩 (my phone keeps making flags sorry) was in central europe and then it says its in eastern europe and it being affected by the ukranian 🇺🇦 war against russia 🇷🇺. how did terry get a visa for daniel? well, he is pretty much karate god so i suppose he can do whatever he fuckin likes. amazing story much love.

I do believe CK is taking place in like 2017 for season one and it is supposed to be only like 2019 by season five- something like that and something I keep forgetting.

So even though the war in Ukraine has been ongoing since 2014, it was only recently in 2022 that Russia escalated it and actually invaded them which caused the rest of the world to sort of reckon with the ramped up tension and potential for a world conflict.

Now, I don’t claim to be an expert and I only have the cliff notes versions but I didn’t really factor it in as with season five only supposed to be 2019 - I don’t think the conflict, considering it is five years old at that point but before the recent escalations would affect them too much.

Also, origanally they were going to be in the mountains somewhere - it was written that he could tell that they were in the mountains and I wanted it to be in Romania 🇷🇴- the Carpathian Mountains - plus their dense forests as well - in which case Moldova would have been the buffer between them and Ukraine but I decided I wanted the added factor of them being somewhere that they could not be extradited back to the states - and Romanian does, so next door Moldova it was, which used to be part of Romania.

I imagine, for some reason, that Terry speaks French and Romanian is a love language therefore he probably could adapt to learning it.

That being said I don’t HC him as speaking Romanian as such and he had brought people with him he trusts - so no guarantee they do and in my mind, don’t know why, but the nurse speaks Spanish 🤷‍♀️ and so does one of the maids.

[milverton]

Russia🇷🇺 is using rape as part of a deliberate military strategy in Ukraine🇺🇦 Russian troops have raped more than 100 Ukrainians with victims as young as FOUR (4 years old‼️) as part of military strategy that has seen troops equipped with Viagra, UN says (x)

“Reported cases are only the tip of the iceberg. It's very difficult to have reliable statistics during an active conflict, and the numbers will never reflect reality, because sexual violence is a silent crime that is largely underreported.”

Daily Mail

[maverickflyer1948]

Foreign Conflicts Stances :

🇷🇺- Russia-Ukraine - 🇺🇦: Ukraine

🇮🇱 - Israel-Palestine - 🇵🇸: Israel

🇦🇿- Azerbaijan-Armenia - 🇦🇲 : Armenia

🇨🇳 - CCP China-Free China - 🇹🇼 : Free China

🇷🇸 - Serbia-Kosovo - 🇽🇰 : Serbia

[darnellafrica]

Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Preparing For War Against Eritrea 🇪🇷

After recently ending their war against the Tigray region, Ethiopia 🇪🇹 is preparing to wage war against their former ally Eritrea 🇪🇷 in order to regain access to the Red Sea.

Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is probably betting on Eritrea 🇪🇷 receiving little diplomatic or military assistance if the nation is attacked as the latter is loathed worldwide by many international governments.

With the world distracted by conflicts in Europe (Russia 🇷🇺 verses Ukraine 🇺🇦), the Mediterranean (Israel 🇮🇱 & Hamas in Gaza), & a potential war between China 🇨🇳 & Taiwan 🇹🇼, Ethiopia 🇪🇹 would face very few sanctions from the international community.

The United States 🇺🇸 would probably be one of the few countries who would respond with economic sanctions against Ethiopia 🇪🇹, although that alone would probably not deter Ethiopia 🇪🇹 from annexing the entire country of Eritrea 🇪🇷.

[dr-f-dejahang-7-19]

➢🇷🇺 Russia at the UN Security Council: "Why should the American people pay out of their own pockets for the military adventures of the Democratic Party?"

➤Brave act of a Swedish woman who tried to stop burning of the #Quran by the Mossad agent.

Every Muslim country MUST-

1-Boycott NAZI Swedish/ NAZI Denmark products.

2-Close down their Embassy.

3-Don't allow any Company work with NAZI Swedish/ NAZI Denmark companies.

4- Follow up and push and push ''UN rights council approves resolution on religious hatred''..

⁍⚡🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov:

“If you look into the future, everything is bleak for the Kiev authorities and their curators. The longer the armed clashes drag on, the less willing Western investors are to participate in the post-conflict reconstruction of Ukraine. Their faith in its military successes and in general in the preservation of this state in any form and borders is becoming weaker. Not to mention that Kiev's ability to service its national debt is a big question mark. Failure to repay loans will inevitably place an additional burden on taxpayers in Western countries, will accelerate inflation and lower living standards. The West should also realize something else: Russia will protect its people and its vital interests by all means. And it would be better if our opponents realize as soon as possible the complete futility of confrontation with Russia and move on to more civilized, political and diplomatic methods to ensure a balance of interests.”

◘Empire Of Lies

For decades - the German economy was fueled by inexpensive Russian energy. Now look at them.

And if they want to turn it back on? They can't. Because the US - their "ally" - blew up Nord Stream.

Is Germany the most cucked country on the planet? What an embarrassment.

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Around 50,000 German companies have gone bankrupt since the beginning of the year, most of them due to sanctions against Russia, according to German newspaper Die Zeit..

◙The Ukrainian army of the US and NATO will be defeated by the RF Armed Forces. No matter how much weapons the West sends to Ukraine, it will be turned into scrap metal. "War to the last Ukrainian, Pole, German" is the choice of the United States, not the peoples of these countries.

'500,000 servicemen wounded and killed in war in Ukraine, US officials say': Americans have counted half a million victims in Ukraine.

“The peak of Ukraine's losses still falls on the battle for Bakhmut. It is quite difficult to count the losses of the parties in this war, and these estimates may be inaccurate. Kiev does not publish information about the dead, officially declaring at the beginning of the war that data on losses would be published only after it was over.

During the first two weeks of the Ukrainian counter-offensive, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost about 20% of Western armored vehicles. Due to heavy losses, Ukraine stopped trying to conduct a combined arms battle, breaking through the Russian defenses, and switched to the tactics of wearing down the Russian army with artillery and missile strikes. American officials are concerned about this decision - the Armed Forces of Ukraine can spend a huge amount of valuable ammunition"

⦾The US is quietly 🤫 warning its Middle East partners about the cost of stocking up on Chinese-made weapons 🤣

👉 US officials have warned that Chinese-made weapons can't be used alongside US-made hardware.😭

⦿🇲🇱🇧🇫🇳🇪 The Sahel gets warmer

Mali, Burkina Faso send warplanes to Niger in case of intervention

Mali and Burkina Faso dispatched warplanes on Friday to Niger in a show of solidarity against possible military intervention by the ECOWAS.

"Mali and Burkina Faso turned their commitments into concrete action by deploying warplanes to respond to any attack on Niger," said the report on state TV, noting the planes were Super Tucano fighter jets.

➢Syria has 830 foreign military sites. 70% belong to Iran

The location of these military bases is significant, they surround occupied Palestine - one of Qassem Soleimani's doctrines, which I discussed in my book

These bases are not necessarily occupied by Iranian troops, most of them are built for resistance forces operating in Syria

In the event of a war between Iran and the Zion regime, a ground invasion of Israel is more likely than an Israeli ground invasion of Iran

Most of the actual Iranian presence in Syria is IRGC military advisors to assist the Syrian army and Resistance Forces

https://twitter.com/IranObserver0/status/169291550371..

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[milenaolesinska]

"If the war in Ukraine🇺🇦 spills over into a broader conflict between Russia🇷🇺 and the West, a frightening prospect, there's a good chance it could happen in Poland🇵🇱" | Analysis by Stephen Collinson

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Title: Int. Women's Day 22 - Stay Strong Ukraine with Sputnik

Hello! Here's my first artwork using my new artwork software called "Medibang Paint Pro". 🖌️🎨🖥️ Looks like I'll discussing my Medibang experience with my recent XP-Pen tablet, coming next month. And man, It's been absent for my recent drawing tablet topic review, with the last update being on August & Nov of 2022. But don't worry, I will end my topic with my final verdict, very soon.

Anyways, let's discuss my artwork!

• On Feb 24th of this year, a full-scale of Russian militaries 🪖 🇷🇺 evading small portion parts of Ukraine 🇺🇦🏙️💥 & citizens we're fleeing for their lives 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️😨. In fact, the Russo-Ukrainian War 🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 was dated all back to Feb 20th, 2014, some news media networks didn't have attention (nor myself) to the public until now (8 years later). As of this typing, some cities & towns from Ukraine we're demolished, crumbled & trembled. Including thousands of people (both foreign & native), we're killed & injured. Man, watching this video where a missile destroys Kharkiv in Ukraine is something coming out of a live-action film 🇺🇦🏙️💥😨 [CLICK ME!].

• That's why I drew Sputnik ⚛️🐷 wearing Sammir's old (2nd) clothes 🔵⚡differs the Ukrainian flag that flapping behind her using that pink flag pole female symbol. I've gotta say, she looks pretty cute wearing it.🥰💙 I hope my artwork will cheer up Ukrainian citizens and/or netizens including strong Ukrainian female armies 🚺♀🪖🇺🇦, and they will fight back against Russia to end this conflict. I hope. Will pray for you, Ukraine.🙏😔💐🇺🇦

Well, that's all for now & 🚺Happy International Women's Day ♀, around the world!

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• We Can Do It! - GIMP version - [Mar 15th, 2021]

Sputnik (Astroblast) © Universal Kids, Bob Kolar

Sammir’s old 2nd outfit is owned by sammirbear2k42021 (dA).

[shamanicnoise]

War! Russia kills people (including children) in Ukraine and violates international law! Russia destroys hospitals, schools & residential buildings.Russian invaders shoot at RedCross vehicles & prevent people from evacuating!

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No Place For Double Standards On Ukraine And Gaza Conflicts – Top EU Diplomat! Josep Borrell Says The Bloc Should Welcome The ICC’s Actions Against Both The Israeli PM And The Russian President

— June 01, 2024 | RT

Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell. © Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images

There should be no double standards when dealing with the International Criminal Court’s decisions, regardless of whether it acts against Russia for its actions in Ukraine, or against Israel for its operation in Gaza, top EU diplomat Josep Borrell has said. He also called for international pressure to be placed on Israel to compel it to end its military operation against Hamas and ensure the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Last Monday, the ICC’s Chief Prosecutor, Karim Khan, stated that he was seeking arrest warrants for several senior Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. There are “reasonable grounds to believe” that these individuals are responsible for “war crimes and crimes against humanity” in Gaza and in Israel, Khan claimed. The actual issuing of arrest warrant may take months, however, before a three-judge panel passes its verdict.

While Israel, the US, China, and Russia, along with other nations, do not recognize the ICC’s jurisdiction, 124 countries, including all EU member states, have signed and ratified the Rome Statute. Should arrest warrants be issued in the names of top Israeli officials, this would likely restrict their travel options.

Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore on Saturday, Borrell noted that Ukraine “is not the only place where international law is being violated,” adding that the EU needs to “avoid double standards” with respect to the situation in Gaza.

“And if we applaud when the International Criminal Court acts against [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, we should be able to do the same thing when the same court acts against other actors in the Middle East,” he said.

The US, Israel’s key ally, has called the “ICC prosecutor’s application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders outrageous,” with President Joe Biden vowing last Monday to “always stand with Israel.”

According to Fox News, a bipartisan group of US senators is working on a resolution that would urge the White House and Congress to “impose financial sanctions and visa bans on officials of the ICC.”

Commenting on the US’ reaction, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last Tuesday that the “situation is more than curious with the attitude of the United States, and its readiness to use sanctions methods even in relation to the ICC.”

On March 17, 2023, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova for allegedly participating in the “unlawful” deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.

Moscow declared the decision null and void, insisting that children had been evacuated from front line regions in the interest of safety.

The Russian authorities also launched a criminal investigation into several prosecutors behind the charges.

[workersolidarity]

🇺🇦🇷🇺 EVEN WITH HIGH CASUALTY RATES, UKRAINIAN SAPPERS RETURN TO WORK CLEARING RUSSIAN MINES, REUTERS CELEBRATES.

In an article posted to Reuters by Vitalii Hnidyi, the author writes about Ukrainian sappers who have lost limbs while doing de-mining work and have since returned to the battlefield to clear more minefields.

The article celebrates the amputees of Ukraine, now in the hundreds of thousands by some estimates, a pattern we have seen frequently in Western news outlets as Ukraine's Counteroffensive failed on a massive scale.

During the 5 months of the Ukrainian Counteroffensive, tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers were killed or severely wounded, with little to no territory taken.

Now Russian Forces are back on the Offensive as Ukraine's Western allies become distracted by the conflict in the Middle East, focusing on Israel as Ukraine loses the little ground they gained during their offensive.

Still, Western news outlets try to put a positive spin on these developments by celebrating Ukrainian amputees forced back into the war by circumstance.

The Reuters article covers the experience of a Ukrainian sapper, named Andrii Ilkiv who was clearing a mine field in the Dementiivka village of the Kharkiv region in December, 2022 when a buried mine exploded, blowing one of his legs clean off.

"At first you don't feel pain, and you can use this moment of numbness to perform first aid – put on the tourniquet, before the state of shock comes over you," Ilkiv told Reuters.

"I lifted myself up, looked down, one of my legs was gone... they started pulling me out, I tried to help with my good leg, moved bit by bit and managed to get myself out without triggering two mines that were there."

But despite losing his leg, Ilkiv has returned to work as a sapper, continuing his work clearing mine fields for the Kiev regime in the Kherson and Kharkiv regions.

According to the Reuters article, Ilkiv's mine-clearing Unit, comprised of approximately 100 sappers, has seen four of its team killed, and 16 wounded by errant mine blasts.

Ilkiv told Reuters he was one of 14 sappers injured in blasts who've returned to work on prosthetic limbs to continue clearing mines, but is confident he can continue his work.

"Of course, obviously there's fear when you return, when you stand next to a minefield there's fear, but on the other hand you know that with the help of a metal detector, a sapper spade and special equipment, you can move, and conduct demining work," said Ilkiv.

Ilkiv said he told his shocked wife that there was still much clearance work to be done and that he wanted to return to sapping. "She was a bit surprised, shocked. But she has accepted it," Ilkiv said.

According to the Ukrainian authorities, some 174'000sq km of its territory is still strewn with mines and other potentially dangerous unexploded ordinances as the Russia-Ukraine conflict rages on with no end in sight.

Still, Ukraine's Western allies refuse to accept defeat, and insist the Ukrainians fight on to the last man. In pursuance of this goal, Western countries' news media faithfully publishes articles that try to put positive spin on the horrendous losses and casualties Ukraine has suffered, but little can change the facts on the ground, and the fact is, Russian Forces are on the offensive and already beginning to take territory.

One can only assume we will continue to see more articles that will attempt to illicit pitty on Ukrainian casualties while insisting the Ukrainians can still win the war.

WorkerSolidarityNews will continue to cover the events of the Russo-Ukrainian war as it develops.

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@WorkerSolidarityNews

[ricisidro]

Day 128 🇷🇺 #Russia's Invasion of 🇺🇦 #Ukraine #PopeFrancis @pontifex said the #UN was able to help prevent wars, but it had "no power to assert its authority" over the Ukraine war and other conflicts around the world. #Germany’s gov't condemned alleged Russian missile strikes in apartments in #Serhiivka near the Ukrainian #BlackSea port of #Odessa, saying attacks on civilians were war crimes and #Putin must be held accountable. At least 21 killed including 2 children, and 31 injured. Russia denied responsibility. 🔴 LIVE updates: -https://t.co/5nLxkr8Pk9 -https://www.trtworld.com/europe -https://www.bbc.com/news/world-60525350 https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-07-01-22/index.html -https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine -https://abcn.ws/3NofR7n -https://cnb.cx/3udpWxe -https://twitter.com/i/events/1483255084750282753 -https://www.newsweek.com/topic/russia-ukraine-war -https://www.theguardian.com/international -https://www.telegraph.co.uk/russia-ukraine-war/ -https://euromaidanpress.com/category/ukraine/daily-review/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CfeepZ-hUFn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ramon-balaguer]

We ALL Americans Agree, 👿🤥🎭✊🏿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🐴🦄🎪🤹‍♂️ and their 💰💀🤡🪶 #BloodyBiden are RESPONSIBLE Not Just for #BidenInflationCrisis But ALL the CRISES they Created and or Exacerbated, Plus Pulling and Pushing US into the Russia 🇷🇺 Ukraine 🇺🇦 conflict and Agitating and Instigating a Nuclear ☢️ WWIII we really have No business in, especially when we have so many CRISES of our own, including the Southern Border ILLEGAL ALIENS CRISIS that they’ve been IGNORING but more than willing to help Ukrainians, Baltic nations and NATO instead‼️ 🤯🙏🇺🇸 #REBTD 😇

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🇺🇦🇷🇺Ukraine's first ever martial law to come into effect | Al Jazeera English by Al Jazeera English Russia is warning that limited martial law to be imposed in parts of Ukraine on Wednesday could escalate the conflict. Twelve Ukrainian sailors captured by Russia during Sunday's confrontation in the Black Sea have been sentenced to two months in prison. A court in Russian-controlled Crimea has accused them of illegally entering its territorial waters. Russian forces opened fire on three Ukrainian ships and then seized them on Sunday. Ukraine's government has declared martial law in response. Al Jazeera's Andrew Simmons reports from Kiev. - Subscribe to our channel: https://ift.tt/291RaQr - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://ift.tt/1iHo6G4 - Check our website: https://ift.tt/2lOp4tL #Ukraine #Russia #Crimea