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Sep 16 • 3 tweets • 1 min read
In a single day at least 5 Russian-installed officials have been killed on occupied Ukrainian territory. Two in Luhansk, one in Kherson, & two more in Berdyansk. Ukraine has not claimed responsibility but this is sure to undermine Russian morale just as Kyiv presses its offensive
Ukraine says a blast that killed the Russian-appointed prosecutor general in Luhansk and his deputy "should be considered as showdowns of local organized criminal groups that could not share looted property before a large-scale escape."
If Ukraine is responsible for today's attacks, it would demonstrate the growing reach of its intelligence deep inside Russian-held territory and could further demoralize Russian forces at a time when they have suffered stinging defeats on the battlefield wsj.com/articles/blast…

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Sep 9
Video appearing to show emotional residents of Balakliya greeting Ukrainian troops who liberated the town after enduring 7 months under Russian occupation.

“The flag of Ukraine in a free Ukrain­ian city un­der a free Ukrain­ian sky,” Ze­lensky said yest
Another clip from Balakliya. The women offer a meal to the men, who warn them: “Stay in the basement, the city can still be shelled. But don’t worry, we are here now”

Months under Russian control make some lose hope of liberation. So timing of the Ukrainian offensives is crucial
Imagine being a Ukrainian soldier in your teens or early 20s witnessing a scene like this
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Sep 2
Our dispatch from Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, where volunteers are braving artillery barrages from Russians advancing on the city in order to save the most vulnerable residents. For many who stay, "the fear of being homeless outweighs the fear of death” wsj.com/articles/for-s…
Bakhmut is now so close to Russian lines that the volunteers almost turned back when a helicopter swooped overhead dropping rockets on a strategic position overlooking the road. “Sometimes we show people a map and say ‘Look, the Russians are just 2 miles away.'" Many have no idea Image
Many residents of war-torn Donbas are choosing to stay, hoping the fighting stops and often scoffing at a $50 payout promised to evacuees. Some 80% of people have no set destination and no relatives or friends to go to. They accept help only when the situation becomes unbearable. Image
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Sep 1
Exclusive: We spoke to soldiers wounded in Ukraine’s counter-offensive at a hospital behind the frontlines, where they spoke of significant advances but an extremely brutal fight. “Our orders were ‘Go in, fuck them up, retake what’s ours.’” wsj.com/articles/ukrai…
Interviews with eight soldiers who took part in the fighting offer the most detailed on-the-ground picture yet from an offensive that Ukraine hopes will help it seize the initiative & prove that its military can take on Moscow’s army and win. wsj.com/articles/ukrai…
One Ukrainian soldier said his unit was so riled up to fight that a teammate fired a rocket launcher a few steps from where he stood and he ended up in hospital with a concussion. “The guys are in a fighting mood,” he said. “They’re moving forward.”
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Aug 15
This article about a Russian soldier who died in Ukraine has been widely shared in Russia as it describes life circumstances that seem so typical to many of the poor, provincial men fighting Putin's war. A short translated excerpt I think is worth sharing: baikal-journal.ru/2022/08/08/ya-…
(It tells the story of 19-year-old Russian private Alexey Udaltsev, who died under artillery fire and was buried on July 22 in a village in Kemerovо region. His parents later received a death report printed in 1974, entitling them to compensation “in line with laws of the USSR.”)
From the article:
“He was a decent guy, happy, well-meaning,” Alexey's father Arkady says. Three years ago a drunk Arkady attacked his son with a knife, shouting “I’ll kill you!” After this Alexey left his college studies and went to the army…
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Aug 9
Моя стаття про українську мову викликала значний резонанс в Україні (твіти WSJ я не пишу). Нижче я додаю ті мої абзаци, які не увійшли до статті. wsj.com/articles/mosco…
Russian nationalists have peddled the false theory that Old East Slavic - a language spoken on the territory of modern-day Ukraine, Belarus & European Russia in the 10th-15th centuries - was merely a precursor to modern Russian instead of a foundation for modern-day Ukrainian too
“Russia's argument is that this was all one, single condominium, linguistically, religiously,” said Roman Koropeckyj, a Ukrainian-American professor of Slavic Languages at UCLA. “It's a relatively recent invention and part of its propaganda and justification for what it's doing”
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Jul 22
A ceasefire with Russia “means a pause giving Russia a break for rest,” @zelenskyua tells us in a wide-ranging interview at his fortified compound in Kyiv.

“It is a whale that has swallowed two regions and now says: freeze the conflict.” W/@yarotrof wsj.com/articles/ukrai…
Western weapons have helped Ukraine swing the balance against Russia, Zelensky says.

Russia used to fire 12,000 artillery shells daily against Ukraine’s 1,000-2,000. Now he said Kyiv can fire 6,000 a day as Russia suffers a shortage of ammunition & troops wsj.com/articles/ukrai…
At the peak of fighting in May and June, Ukraine was losing between 100 and 200 troops a day, Zelensky said. Now it’s down to some 30 a day, and 250 wounded.

“I can tell you exactly because I live with this every day,” he said, pulling out his phone to check the latest figures.
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