Russia strikes Cherkasy Oblast overnight on April 28, injuring 5: @KyivIndependent , regional governor Taburets.
Uman is a beautiful 200km south of Kyiv, far from the frontlines. It is smallish with 80K people. It has been safe throughout the war. But I guess Russia want to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Uman is beautiful. It is often know for its park Sofyivka. It is one of world-famous garden park art creations. It was founded in in 1976 by Polish count Potocki, when he was rebuilding Uman after a peasant uprising. Uman was a part of the Russian empire then. 2/
But it is an important place for Hasidic Jews too. Every fall, thousands of Hasidic Jews from around the world transform a central neighborhood in Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year.3/
There are several good schools in Uman. We admit students from them every year. Many students come from a private school founded and supported by local farmers. 4/
We regularly visit the school to talk to pupils about education and possible career paths. 5/
If you remember our Christmas campaign for refugees and orphanages organized by our students, some of them were from Uman, from this private school. 6/
The driving force and finder behind the school is Andriy Dykun. We first met when I was in the office as the minister. My job was to pass the land market reform. He strongly opposed it and lobbied against it and against me. 7/
They had tractor protests and we fought on prime TV shows. By the time the reform was passed we hated each other. But since then we have become friends. 8/
Andriy and his team are patriots. The name of their wifi is Krym Nash, translated as Crimea is Ukraine (ours). Andriy also works to preorder and develop public schools. 9/
There is a beautiful hotel and private park next to Uman where my wife and I stayed many times. The woods makes us relaxed and playful.
I hate that Russians bomb out cities. 10/10
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Crazy. Killed a lot, wants more. The Telegraph: Putin orders largest autumn army call-up since 2016.
Putin launches military conscription of 135,000 men aged 18-30 for Oct-Dec after mounting losses along 1,000 km front line with Ukraine. 1/
Combined with 160,000 spring conscripts, 2025 will see nearly 300,000 men called up, the biggest total annual conscription since 2016. 2/
UK Ministry of Defence reports over 1M Russian troops killed or injured throughout the war.
Trump envoy Kellogg said Ukraine could receive approval for deep strikes into Russia: "Use the ability to hit deep. There are no such things as sanctuaries." 3/
Putin: Our fighters and commanders go on the attack, and the entire country, all of Russia, is waging this righteous battle.
He said on Monday Russian forces are prevailing in a "righteous battle" in Ukraine, Reuters. 1/
Russia controls nearly 114,500 square km (19%) of Ukraine, including Crimea and major eastern and southeastern territory, according to open-source battlefield maps. 2/
Trump reversed his earlier stance last week, saying Ukraine has a chance at regaining territory, with Washington considering Kyiv's request for Tomahawk cruise missiles for deep strikes into Russia. 3/