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Here’s what we are reading today:
60 miles from #ukraine #Russian forces have begun tactical nuclear weapon drills.
The drills involved training exercises where troops loaded launch vehicles, travelled to launch sites and put hypersonic Kinzhal missiles on planes.
60 miles from Ukraine, Russian forces have begun tactical #nuclear weapon drills.
Russia begins tactical nuclear weapon drills near Ukraine border
Vladimir Putin announced the exercises earlier this month ‘as a warning to the west not to escalate tensions further’Pjotr Sauer (The Guardian)
Here's what we're reading today:
In #Vovchansk, #Kharkiv region, where active hostilities are taking place, the first executions of civilians by #Russian troops have been reported, police said. A man who tried to flee on foot was killed. Civilians are also being captured.
Evacuations had been taking place, but now the Russian military, trying to gain a foothold in the city, is not allowing locals to evacuate.
МВС: Росіяни беруть в полон і вбивають людей у Вовчанську
За словами очільника МВС Ігоря Клименка, війська РФ перешкоджають евакуації цивільних з півночі Вовчанська, викрадаючи їх та утримуючи у підвалах. Відомо і про перші випадки розстрілу людей.Анастасія Шепелева (Deutsche Welle)
Via #IneBackIversen
🇬🇪 World, are you still watching? Tonight might have just been the biggest gathering of #Georgians marching in #Tbilisi against the #Russian violations and law infiltrating the Georgian government! Please watch, share, stand with the brave people of #Georgia!🇬🇪 #NoToRussianLaw
Here's what we are reading today:
At 5 a.m. #Russian forces tried to break through #Ukraine defensive line in #Kharkiv region using armored vehicles, the first attempt to invade this area in 2 years.
#Ukrainian troops surged into the area, halting #russia attempted advance, #Zelenskyy said.
Russia-Ukraine war live: Kyiv sends reinforcements to Kharkiv and evacuates civilians as Russian forces advance
Head of the town of Vovchansk’s military administration said transport was being organised for those without carsJane Clinton (The Guardian)
As a service to my followers, here's a non-expiring link to the Internet Archive with the full text of #TheEconomist article,
"Europe | I spy danger
A fresh #Russian push will test #Ukraine severely, says a senior general
An interview with Vadym Skibitsky, deputy head of #Ukraine’s military intelligence"
"The enemy is there, and we have nothing to do there": the story of Ukrainians who managed to leave the occupation
The #Kolotylivka_Pokrovka humanitarian corridor operates on the border of the #Sumy and #Belgorod regions. This is the only place where #Ukrainians from #Russian-occupied territories can enter #Ukraine. #Viktor and #Lyudmila from the #Luhansk region recently used it .
