#kharkiv

mlansbury@despora.de
mlansbury@despora.de

Authorities to open underground schools in Zaporizhzhia Oblast by late October

Local authorities plan to open some of the six #underground #schools being built in the southeastern city of#Zaporizhzhia and the surrounding region by late October, Zaporizhzhia Oblast Governor Ivan Fedorov said on Aug. 11.

Kharkiv was the first Ukrainian city where the concept of underground schools was introduced to ensure offline education despite regular Russian attacks. The first school was established in #Kharkiv's #metro.

https://kyivindependent.com/local-authorities-plan-to-open-some-underground-schools-in-zaporizhzhia-oblast-by-late-october/

#UkrainianChildren #StopRussianAggression #WarCrimes

mlansbury@despora.de

Russia suffered 'astronomical' losses on Kharkiv front, NATO source suggests

Russia suffered "astronomical" losses while attempting to advance in Kharkiv Oblast, European Pravda reported on June 13, citing a NATO official who spoke on condition of anonymity during a NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels.

Russia launched a new offensive on May 10 in northern Kharkiv Oblast in a push that involved as many as 30,000 troops, according to a Ukrainian official.

Russian forces have so far advanced less than 10 kilometers into Ukrainian territory and have not managed to seize control of Vovchansk, a city with a pre-2022 population of around 17,000.

"I would also add that the gains in Kharkiv Oblast seem to have come at a rather high price for Russia," European Pravda cited the NATO official.

"Russia likely suffered losses of almost 1,000 people a day in May, which is quite an astronomical figure," the official reportedly said, referring to the number of fatalities.

https://kyivindependent.com/media-russia-suffered-astronomical-losses-on-kharkiv-front/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #Kharkiv #offensive #losses #StandWithUkraine

faab64@diasp.org

Russia claims they destroyed an Ukrainian storage facility, located in the underground parking of a shopping center, resulting in massive secondary explosions, but ukraine claims the targets were civilians and had no military purpose.

Both sides have stepped up the use of suicide drones, long range rockets and missiles as well as newly developed remote controlled armored vehicles mainly focused on targeting bunkers and soldiers.

There are no sign of talks about ending this bloody conflict and both sides spreading propaganda and lie about their progress or "enemy" losses. It's impossible to know what to believe, but the material and human losses on the both sides are significant including many civilians caught in between.

#Russia #Ukraine #UkraineWar #Kharkiv #Propaganda #Drones

nowisthetime@pod.automat.click

#Russia called the French ambassador for an explanation: The dead French in Kharkiv were members of the regular French Army - They were not mercenaries... 19/01/24

Direct French involvement in the war - Russia hardens its stance

Russia- #France relations are showing a sharp deterioration after the Russian strike on a mercenary base in Kharkiv, which killed more than 60 and injured at least 20 soldiers.

Moscow today summoned the French ambassador to the foreign ministry for an explanation regarding the unprecedented number of dead French soldiers in Kharkiv.

Moscow considers that these are soldiers of the regular French #Army, officers, special forces, advisers, etc., who were sent on behalf of the French government. This also explains their large number in a specific location in #Kharkiv and not on the front lines of the war.

"Bomb" Ritter: Not all the French killed in Kharkiv were mercenaries

The strike on a building in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Tuesday (16/1/2024) resulted in the death of 60 mercenaries — mostly of French nationality.

The presence of armed Frenchmen in Ukraine's second-largest city has sparked speculation about who they are working for, Scott Ritter, a former CIA officer and former UN weapons inspector, told Sputnik. The American expert drops a real bombshell saying that not all French soldiers were mercenaries.

It essentially reveals the direct involvement of the West in the battles with the Russian forces, which comes as a result, among other things, of the scarcity of the Ukrainian army, but also of the great impact that a defeat in #Ukraine's #proxy #war will have for #NATO.

continue:

https://warnews247-gr.

aljazeera@squeet.me
aljazeera@squeet.me

Dozens killed including boy as Russia targets Kharkiv

A10-year-old boy has been killed in Russian air attacks on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. The air raid comes a day after Russia was accused of carrying out o...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #Kharkiv #Kharkivdevastation #Russianstrikes #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews
Dozens killed including boy as Russia targets Kharkiv

faab64@diasp.org

#Russia massing 100,000 troops for attack on #Kharkiv to draw Ukrainians away from counter-offensive

— 'Russia is building a force of 100,000 soldiers to attack the northern sector of the frontline as Ukrainian commanders start to admit that their counter-offensive has stalled.

Col Serhi Cherevaty, a Ukrainian army spokesman, said that Russia had also ordered Storm-Z ex-convict battalions to prepare for battle and was firing more than 500 shells per day at Ukrainian forces around #Kupyansk.

“The enemy has concentrated a very powerful group,” he said. “More than 100,000 personnel, more than 900 tanks, more than 550 artillery systems and 370 rocket salvo systems.”

Kupyansk is a town in the northeastern #Kharkiv region of Ukraine. Ukrainian forces recaptured the town, which previously had a population of 25,000 people, in September last year."
#Ukraine #UkraineWar
Link
https://archive.is/V3m9B

faab64@diasp.org

Washington Post article from December last year had a section about Ukraine planning to blow up the Kakhobskaya dam to drench the Russian forces and to help open up the road for Ukraine to be able to attack Russian sources from multiple front

But hey, who knows history or even bothers to remember such an ancient story.

Look forward, listen to the Hollywood start Mr. Z and stand firm against evil Putin. Be a true patriot.
#Ukraine #Russia #UkraineWar #Kakhobskaya #Kharkiv
#WasgingtomPost #Politicd

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/29/ukraine-offensive-kharkiv-kherson-donetsk/

olladij@diaspora.permutationsofchaos.com

https://twitter.com/ChuckPfarrer/status/1568035564452024321 #russia #war #ukraine #kharkiv