💔 A year ago, the hearts of Ukrainians sank with pain at the sight of this photo
The photo shows the grave of the Sukhenko family, brutally murdered by Russian invaders during the occupation of the Kiev region.
On March 23, the Rashists took the head of the Motyzhinsky -
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village council, Olga Sukhenko, her husband Igor, and son Alexander, from their home. On April 3, after the flight of Russian troops from the Kyiv region, the whole family was found in a mass grave in the forest outside the village. Torture was applied to the dead -
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the limbs were broken, the nails were torn out, the skulls were pierced.
They buried Sukhenko and another man right next to the dugout dug in the forest by the Russians. In it, the invaders staged a torture chamber.
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Later, a burial place of another shot woman was found nearby. In total, in Motyzhin, with a population of a thousand people, the Russian invaders killed about 30 civilians.
04/05/2023 evening update. The situation in Bakhmut is still very tough. The tourists have brought in reinforcements, which means that we are now fighting in the central city. We withdraw slowly but surely to the west and set up a linear battle line.
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I have said before that we are getting a new Marinka where 2/3 of the city is dominated by the tourists and 1/3 by us. The likely result will be a line of defense from Kostiantynivka-Chasiv Yar-Khromove.
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We have, during the time that there has been fighting in Bakhmut, built up these defense lines.
Adviika stands unchanged, the tourists try to attack on the flanks but are beaten back. Vuhledar is also in the same situation as before -
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New day. And again at 9 in the morning. A time when we remember our fallen warriors. Those thanks to whom our state is still holding on and will continue to hold on.
Today, along with others, we remember the Hero of Ukraine, Junior Sergeant Dmytro Syskov from Chernihiv Oblast
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In 2015, he was trained at a deep intelligence camp in Nizhyn, then he served for almost one and a half years as a member of the battalion of the NSU "Donbas". He participated in the battles for Shyrokyne.
In September 2016, Dmytro signed a contract with the 58th OMBr -
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of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — defending Avdiivka. And since the summer of 2017, he was on the front line in the Luhansk region.
Unfortunately, on February 12, 2018, Dmytro died while performing a combat mission near the village of Zholobok (Popasnyansky District).
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Evening update. The situation in Bakhmut is still very tough. The tourists have brought in reinforcements, which means that we are now fighting in the central city.
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We withdraw slowly but surely to the west and set up a linear battle line.
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I have said before that we are getting a new Marinka where 2/3 of the city is dominated by the tourists and 1/3 by us. The likely result will be a line of defense from Kostiantynivka-Chasiv Yar-Khromove.
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▪️ On March 28, 2023, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mishustin announced that the transition to the issuance of part of the sovereign debt obligations of the Russian Federation in foreign currency is “under development”.
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▪️This step indicates that the Russian Federation is counting on external financial support from states that it considers “friendly”.
▪️Once the development is completed, foreign investors will be able to buy back the Russian national debt and finance some of its future budget deficits. And they will indirectly finance the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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⚡️ISW, April 4 understandingwar.org/backgrounder/r…
▪️Putin is likely to try to force Belarus to further integrate into the Union State during Lukashenko's meeting in Moscow on April 5 and 6.
The Kremlin continues to try to use nuclear threats to deter Western military aid to Ukraine.
▪️Prigozhin's demonstrative response to Tatarsky's murder indicates that he likely sees the attack as partly directed against him.
The Kremlin is trying to reassure the public that the war in Ukraine will not have significant long-term economic consequences.
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The Kremlin is probably trying to shift more responsibility for the development of industry to the regions in order to shield itself from criticism about the worsening economic situation.
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Operational information as of the morning of April 5 from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
◾️Over the past 24 hours #ВС_РФ carried out 3 missile and 47 air strikes, in particular, they used 17 Shahed-136 UAVs. 14 of them were destroyed by the Armed Forces of Ukr/1
◾️Also, Russian troops carried out 42 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems. There are dead and wounded among the civilian population.
◾️In the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - more than 60 Russian attacks were repulsed during the day. -
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Bakhmut and Marinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities.
◾️In the Bakhmut direction #ВС_РФ is trying to take full control of the city of Bakhmut, continues to storm it. Also, they conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the Bogdanovka region of the Donetsk region.
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