The Ukrainian Muslim battalion "Crimea" has found corpses of civilians near Motyzhyn in Kyiv Oblast who were shot.
According to preliminary information, it is the family of village head Olha Sukhenko who was abducted on 23 March. Official info to follow
Some more photo evidence of intentionally executed civilians is coming from Bucha and Motyzhyn which Ukrainian troops entered today.
No official comments were given about the incidents or investigation so far.
"🇷🇺 is waging a war to destroy the 🇺🇦nation. We do not ask for sympathy or likes. And we are definitely not asking to fight with Russia for us. We ask only one thing: give us weapons so athat we can protect civilians. Everything else we will do ourselves"
Today, journalists from world media visited a mass grave in Motyzhyn, where 🇷🇺 troops murdered & buried village head Olha Sukhnenko with husband & son. Bodies carry signs of torture
Ukrainian in the Russian-occupied south don't give up. Two anti-occupation rallies took place today.
In Kherson, local residents gathered for a peaceful rally on Shevchenko Square of their city.
📹via @prm_ua
This time, the Russian troops reportedly didn't manage to gather enough forces to disperse the rally in Kherson before it ended.
📹via @nashaniva
Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast, also rallied against the Russian occupation today. The Russian troops dispersed the rally using stun grenades and shooting into the air.
In Nov 2021, US Intel got info Putin was preparing to invade Ukraine. Over next months, 🇺🇲 struggled to persuade Allies to maintain united front. However, West managed neither to deter Putin from invading nor reassure him that Ukraine poses no threat
🧵 wsj.com/articles/vladi…
WSJ recreates events leading up to 🇷🇺 invasion based on interviews with 30 policymakers.
🔹🇺🇲 hoped to integrate Putin into post-Cold War order
🔹when that failed, US&Allies didn't return to containment
🔹🇩🇪 led the EU’s big bet on peace through commerce ->energy dependence
🔹 NATO said in 2008 that Ukraine & Georgia would one day join but never followed up
🔹West had limited reaction to Russia's invasions of Georgia & Ukraine, encouraging Putin
🔹Russia saw Orange Revolution as a threat, in 2005 launched campaign to contest perceived US influence
Odesa was hit by a Russian airstrike that damaged an infrastructure object; there are several fires & residents advised to close windows.
Ukrainian air defense shot down a part of the missiles
📷Suspilne Odesa
UK PM Johnson pushing to arm Ukraine with anti-ship missiles to sink Russian warships to defend Odesa and relieve coastal cities being bombarded from the sea thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-…
Strike on Odesa could be done from 🇷🇺 boats
1)missile cruiser "Moscow" (board# 121)
2)Naberezhnye Chelny rocket boat (953)
3)Admiral Essen Missile Frigate (490)
4)Admiral Makarov Missile Frigate (499)
5)Vyshny Volochyok missile corvette (609)
6)Ingushetia Missile Corvette (630)
However, 🇷🇺attacks elsewhere have killed animals in zoos, like in the 12 months Park (Demydiv district near Kyiv).
Other animals from the Park were evacuated, owner said. Since 🇷🇺 invasion, he & other zoo owners struggled to provide food & fuel for them facebook.com/97444677924687…
Recently, the Feldman Ecopark near Kharkiv managed to evacuate its kangaroos 🦘
Thousands of volunteers and patrons have chipped in over the month+ of Russia's war to help with food, fuel, and evacuation of animals of the zoo