UK planes guard Ukrainian grain ships in Black Sea

UK began providing aviation security to Ukrainian ports following Russian attacks on grain infrastructure in July, when Russia withdrew from the Black Sea Grain Initiative

“We will use our intelligence, surveillance, & reconnaissance to monitor Russian activity in the Black Sea”

https://kyivindependent.com/uk-planes-guard-ukrainian-grain-ships-in-black-sea/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #RussianWarCrimes #GrainExports #Ukraine #BlackSea #RAF #UK #grain #food #hunger #FoodShortages #StandWithUkraine

Cuba uncovers human trafficking ring for Russian military recruitment

The human trafficking network detected by the Cuban Interior Ministry “operates from Russia in order to incorporate Cuban citizens… into the military forces that participate in military operations in Ukraine.”

These attempts have been neutralized & criminal proceedings have been initiated against those involved

https://kyivindependent.com/cuba-uncovers-war-trafficking-ring-for-russia-in-ukraine/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #HumanTrafficking #Cuba #military #RussiaUkraineWar #war

Ukraine has breached Russia’s first line of defense near Zaporizhzhia

This accomplishment comes after weeks of meticulous mine clearance operations. Tarnavsky expressed confidence that their progress would accelerate as they advance towards the ***less fortified second defensive line***

https://kyivindependent.com/military-ukraine-has-breached-russias-first-line-of-defense-near-zaporizhzhia/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #Zaporizhzhia #FrontLine #counteroffensive #mines #landmines #defense #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine

75 Ukrainian children tortured by Russian forces

Ukrainian prosecutors discovered that Russian forces had tortured 75 children throughout the full-scale invasion

Most cases of torture took place in #Chernihiv Oblast’s village of #Yahidne, which was under Russian occupation for about a month

https://kyivindependent.com/interfax-ukraine-75-ukrainian-children-tortured-by-russian-forces-prosecutor-says/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #torture #terrorism #children #UkrainianChildren #ChildAbuse #WarCrimes #RussianWarCrimes #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

UK Defense Ministry: 25 drone attacks on Russia in August

Russia has been hit by 25 drone attacks this month alone, the U.K. Defense Ministry reported in its intelligence update on Aug. 31.

The fact that many drones have struck their targets means that Russian air defense “is having difficulty detecting and destroying them,” leading Moscow to rethink how to deal with these attacks.

https://kyivindependent.com/uk-defense-ministry-25-drone-attacks-on-russia-in-august-alone/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #drones #DroneAttacks #Russia #AirDefense

Only when Russia is defeated there’s a chance that they will believe it?

#RussiaIsATerroristState
#RussiaInvadedUkraine
https://nafo.uk/@hanse_mina/110982307818557138

Russian colonel tortured civilians to death in Kherson Oblast

The Ukrainian Security Service has found evidence that Russian Colonel Viktor Bedryk tortured and killed two Ukrainian civilians in occupied Kherson Oblast.

In the cells of these prisons, people were beaten, electrocuted, left without food and water, and threatened with execution

https://kyivindependent.com/sbu-russian-colonel-tortured-civilians-to-death-in-kherson-oblast/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #WarCrimes #torture #RussianWarCrimes #Civilians #CiviliansKilled #terrorism #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

SBU sources confirm drone attack in Russia’s Kursk region

Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) confirmed the agency had launched 16 drones at an airfield in Russia’s Kursk region overnight.

The source said that the drones destroyed four Su-30 aircraft and one MIG-29. An S-300 complex radar and two Pantsir missile systems were also hit.

https://kyivindependent.com/media-sbu-confirms-drone-attack-in-russias-kursk-region/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #drones #DroneAttacks #Kursk #military #airfields #MilitaryTargets

Skirmishes between Ukraine & Russia’s maritime & air forces are unfolding over gas & oil platforms the Black Sea

The oil platforms were built by Ukraine between 2010 and 2012

When Russia illegally annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014, occupation authorities seized control of the platforms, which #Chornomornaftogaz operates

https://kyivindependent.com/uk-defense-ministry-skirmishes-between-ukraine-russia-over-strategically-important-gas-platforms/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #BlackSea #InternationalLaw #oil #gas #OilPlatforms #RussianWarCrimes #Crimea #CrimeanPeninsula #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

The use of pontoon bridges indicate that Russian forces occupying Crimea and Kherson Oblast face logistical issues, weeks after Ukrainian attacks on the bridges that link the two occupied regions

Ukrainian military confirmed striking the strategically important Chonhar and Henichesk bridges, which connect northern Crimea with Kherson Oblast.

https://kyivindependent.com/uk-defense-ministry-russian-use-of-pontoon-bridges-indicates-logistical-bottlenecks/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #logistics #bottlenecks #bridges #pontoon #Kherson #Crimea ##Chonhar #Henichesk #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

Russia has 27 operable Tu-22M3 bombers left following recent strikes

Following recent strikes against Russian military airports in #Soltsy and #Shaykovka, the Russian Air Force currently fields 27 operable Tu-22M3 strategic bombers

https://kyivindependent.com/intelligence-chief-russia-has-27-operable-tu-22m3-bombers-left-after-latest-strikes/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #bombers #Tu-22M3 #RussianWarCrimes #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

German foreign minister: Ukrainian strikes on Moscow are legitimate

“Russia has attacked Ukraine, & therefore has a right enshrined in UN Charter to defend its country"

Russia is bombing civilian targets in Ukraine relentlessly

Ukraine is defending itself within the framework of international law

https://kyivindependent.com/german-foreign-minister-says-ukrainian-strikes-on-moscow-are-legitimate/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #InternationalLaw #WarCrimes #RussianWarCrimes #Civilians #CiviliansAttacked #hospitals #churches #missiles #MissileAttacks #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

UK Ambassador Simmons: ‘People are waking up to understanding of Russia being colonial fascist-leaning country’’

An interview with Dame Melinda Simmons.

https://kyivindependent.com/british-ambassador-simmons-the-challenge-for-ukraine-is-not-to-take-support-for-granted/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #WarCrimes #fascist #fascism #Russia #RussianFascism #StandWithUkraine

Russia is resorting to sinking ferries in the Kerch Strait to protect the Crimean Bridge from attacks, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) said on Aug. 22.

The HUR said that Russian forces believe the submerged boats will provide a protective lane in the water in front of the bridge. One ferry has already been sunk and Russia plans to sink at least six in total, the HUR said.

https://kyivindependent.com/military-intelligence-russia-sinking-ferries-in-attempt-to-protect-crimean-bridge/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #CrimeanBridge #Crimea #BlackSea #martime #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

Russia is explicitly fascist

Jason Stanley, professor of philosophy talks about history of fascism, colonialism, & roots of Russia’s ongoing war

“Ukraine has been the victim of Soviet genocide, & the Russian Empire has, for centuries, directed itself toward the domination of Ukraine"

“Right now, Russia is explicitly fascist and plans a violent colonial territorial expansion”

https://kyivindependent.com/q-a-with-jason-stanley-fighting-fascism-colonialism-in-russias-war/

#fascism #RussiaInvadedUkraine #genocide #colonialism #Russia #Ukraine

Escape from Kupiansk: How 1 cop tricked the Russians

Kupiansk police officer Oleksandr doesn’t like remembering the time he was abducted and tortured by invading Russian forces trying to recruit him.

“Has this man told you that he’s a hero?” One of his fellow cops breaks in loudly, while grabbing Oleksandr by the shoulder. “He was arrested by the Russians & interrogated”

https://kyivindependent.com/escape-from-kupiansk-how-one-cop-tricked-the-russians/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #torture #RussianWarCrimes #abduction #WarCrimes #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine

🤔#pressefrihed #Rusland
“Jeg plejer at sige, at der er lige så meget pressefrihed i Rusland, som der er i en flyttekasse.

Så man stille hovedet derned, og så kan man råbe alt muligt.

Hvis man bare ikke tage hovedet op af flyttekassen og råber det ud på gaden, så kan man gøre, hvad man vil.”

#SørenLiborius i #Tabloid på #P1.

#TV2 #AndersLomholt #dkmedier #mediedækning #journalistik #propaganda
#RussiaIsATerroristState
#RussiaInvadedUkraine
https://www.dr.dk/lyd/p1/tabloid-3/tabloid-75

Ukraine In Maps - Tracking The War With Russia [August 17th 2023]
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #journalism #visualjournalism #Ukraine #war #RussianInvasion #Russia #geointelligence #maps #military #invasion #losses #ukraineconflict #ukrainerussianwar #ukrainetoday #weapons #tanks #territory #russiainvadedukraine #gischat
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Russia deports another 450 Ukrainian children

50 Ukrainian high school students were sent to #Yaroslavl

Another:

200 children from occupied parts of Luhansk Oblast
150 children from Kherson Oblast
50 children from Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Were all sent to ‘summer camps’ in #Krasnodar region - they seldom return

https://kyivindependent.com/national-resistance-center-russia-deports-another-450-ukrainian-children/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #genocide #UkrainianChildren #RussianWarCrimes #kidnapping #WarCrimes #children #ChildAbuse #StandWithUkraine

Russian bombers intercepted by RAF north of Shetland

Two Russian long-range bombers have been intercepted by RAF Typhoon fighters north of Shetland

Typhoon jets were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth after the Russian aircraft – used for reconnaissance – were detected entering UK airspace.

https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2023/08/14/russian-b0mbers-intercepted-by-raf-north-of-shetland

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #RussianAggression #RAF #Shetland #Scotland #Russian #bombers