Soldiers who immolate themselves to destroy a bridge, attempted lynchings of Russian saboteurs, soldiers who record themselves smiling on video while firing artillery batteries and contempt for the enemy before dying. This is how war is lived
Equipped for the urban guerrilla
Images like the one above have suddenly broken the daily normality of Kiev and led its neighbors to assume that their lives have been shattered by a war that hardly anyone thought would reach their streets. How else can one imagine that a group of volunteers has gathered in a corner of the Troieschyna neighborhood, one of the largest on the outskirts, an axe, a revolver and bottles with which they prepare Molotov cocktails to defend themselves against Russian troops.
A Russian soldier is portrayed with death
Not even the combat front stops the desire for self-portraits in the age of images and technology. The scene, which took place in the early hours of yesterday morning, shows a Russian soldier recording himself on video in front of the Grad artillery batteries targeting Kiev in full action. These launchers have brought death to large areas of Ukraine since the start of the offensive. In the capital itself, the Kremlin forces have installed batteries even in urban squares. The soldier, meanwhile, smiles ironically at the recording of him about the destructive power of the missiles.
The sailor who blew himself up to stop an armored column
All the branches of the Ukrainian Army joined yesterday together with the Ministry of Defense to pay a posthumous tribute on the networks to the sailor Vitalsy Skakun, a young engineer who decided to immolate himself by blowing up a bridge to slow down the Russian offensive in Henichesk, in the southern region. of Kherson. The soldier volunteered to mine the viaduct before the arrival of a column of enemy tanks in this strategic connection between the area of Crimea occupied by Russia and Ukraine.
The General Staff reported that, while he was finishing placing the explosives, Skakun noticed that a group of Russian soldiers was approaching him, so he decided to detonate them. “The bridge was mined, but he couldn’t get out of there.” “According to his colleagues, Vitaly got in touch and told them that he was going to blow up the bridge. Then the explosion sounded, “added the high command.
The reaction of his companions was immediate. «Russian occupants. Know that the ground will burn under your feet!” shouted one of the officers present at the immolation. The blasting allowed the local forces to withdraw and reorder their defenses. Brugada commanders have proposed to pay posthumous honors to the deceased sailor for his “heroic act” in preventing a massacre by forcing Russian tanks off course.
18,000 submachine guns for the defenders of Kiev
The Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Oleksiy Reznikov (on the right), is photographed with a high command of the Armed Forces to announce the distribution, mid-morning yesterday, of up to 18,000 machine guns among the units defending Kiev. Some of these weapons, accompanied by abundant ammunition, were also destined for the volunteer brigades that have trained for weeks with their sights set on the current offensive. The arsenal would be part of the latest shipments made by Western countries.
Crushed by a tank that ran over his car
A resident of Kiev who was trying to flee the city in his car was run over yesterday by a tank, which unexpectedly left its lane and went directly to the vehicle, which was crushed under the armor. Several witnesses came to help the driver, who fortunately saved his life. The brutality of the scene was captured on home video by a woman. The tank continued on its way, which made it impossible to identify him, but the Belarusian opposition pointed to the Kremlin as responsible for these “terrifying images”.
I return to the front with the flag riddled with bullets
Three soldiers of the Ukrainian Army smile at the camera while proudly showing a flag of their country with several holes apparently from bullets; a symbol of their passage through the Donbass front, to which they return in a military convoy. The social networks of the former Soviet republic have been filled with photographs like this one – in a demonstration of the military’s determination not to surrender despite the overwhelming Russian advance – as well as the enlistment of numerous young people and well-known figures, including a film director and a music group.
“Russian warship, fuck you”
They were the last words of the head of the Ukrainian detachment of a small island in the Black Sea sent over the radio to the officer of the Russian ship, who ordered him to surrender if he and his men wanted to save their lives. The contempt of the island’s command towards the attacker, who immediately bombarded the islet, was praised yesterday by the Zelensky government as an act of courage. All the deceased will be decorated, announced the Executive, whose president praised in general the “heroism” of the civilian population against the Russian troops.
They corner and beat up an alleged saboteur
The Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs has asked citizens to identify Russian saboteurs and observers infiltrating the population. The Police have arrested dozens of individuals and received an avalanche of home videos where pro-Russians can be seen occupying houses or marking roads and buildings with paint supposedly to facilitate the bombings. In the image, a man who, apparently, intended to crack the wheels of several government cars in Kharkov is hit by neighbors.
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