Footage from #Mariupol showing a Ukrainian BTR-4E APC attacking two Russian T-72 tanks from the rear with a 30mm cannon. Apparently, both tanks received serious damage.

Belarusian TV has aired the arrest of 3 “Railway Partisans” caught while sabotaging rail infrastructure in order to slow down Russia’s troop redeployment from Kyiv to the Donbas.

Yauheni, Dzmitry and Uladzimir were all brutally beaten or shot in the knees.

These men are heroes!

Russia controls dissenting movements on both sides.

In an intercepted call, a Russian soldier tells his wife about a “safari” hunt for children in Mariupol. The soldier shares stories of invasion forces chasing a little Ukrainian girl, shooting her in the legs – just for fun.

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1511848586878803970

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry published a video showing massive destructions in Borodyanka, a liberated town about 40 km northwest of Kyiv with a pre-war population of 13,000.

Hello Congressman Murphy,

I just recently returned to North Carolina – the state where I spent most of my 6-year army career. It’s good to be back in the safety and security of my beloved United States of America.

Until last month, I lived as an ex-pat in Ukraine – for many years, in fact. About a year ago, prior to our deciding to return to the US, my wife and discussed purchasing a home in Bucha, as it was an affluent suburb of Kyiv in the direction of my wife’s family’s residence. My daughter was born just 3 miles from there.

The tragedy of Russian massacres there is very real and close for me. I imagine my own family when I see the horrible images of victims and listen to the testimonies now emerging. One of the most troubling things is the audacity and tenacity of Russian propaganda — it seems especially intense in much of the dissident Conservative media which I used to frequent, as I considered myself a Trump Republican.

I hope the propaganda isn’t reaching you. I have personal ties all over Ukraine – from Luhansk in the east, to the Bucha and Irpin, to Kherson in the South where Russian soldiers are looting and threatening locals, to Lviv in the west. In this case, the main stream media is telling the truth, and Russian propaganda is breathing through the alternative media outlets which gained prominence when Trump and his followers were so heavily censored.

Please consider these two essays which I wrote about Russia and Russian Propaganda after witnessing the 2014 invasions of Crimea and Donbas:

https://www.iccrp.org/en/nine-lessons-of-russian-propaganda/
https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/a-look-at-russian-civilization-power-truth-trust-and-war

I thank you for your earlier support of restrictions on Russian energy imports, and your strong condemnation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

I hope your opposition to the recent referendum on supporting NATO was done because of some technical nuance. I’d be happy to hear more of your thinking on the subject. I’d also be happy to share more of my thoughts any time.

Thank you very much.

Respectfully,
Roman Skaskiw

Bucha was a once affluent suburb of Kyiv where, a year ago, my wife and I considered purchasing a home. F*cking Orcs.

A Russian soldier apparently posted a horrific video of himself raping and murdering a toddler. This headline claims he was arrested:

Russian Troops Allegedly Shot 72-Year-Old Ukrainian Professor In Irpin

“They Killed People Systematically”: Bucha Residents Allege War Crimes By Expelled Russian Forces

Operator Starsky told about tortured Ukrainian National Guardsmen

Bodies of mutilated children among horrors the Russians left behind

Satellite images refute Russia’s claim about killings:

All the Russian trolls talking about “dead body’s moving” and claiming they were “crisis actors” can stop lying. New satellite footage prove that the bodies on the streets of Bucha have there for more than 3 weeks.
This video shows it very clearly.

The head of Motyzhyn village, near Bucha, Olga Suhenko, her husband,son were tortured,killed by Russians.The family was delivering bread,medicine,evacuated their people.300 ppl walked after the coffins:”They could leave,they stayed to help us.They were killed for us”.Literally—died for their village.

Video of man in Bucha shot from tank while riding his bicycle.

Russian state TV keeps referring to Ukraine as “the hydra” that needs to be crushed. This term is straight from the Soviet period of the Red Terror, when Felix Dzerzhinsky proclaimed: “Let the working class crush the counterrevolutionary hydra with mass terror!”

Courage 🇺🇦 is a huge liability for societies based on fear & intimidation. In Russia 🇷🇺 it’s carefully curated to ensure it only ever appears in the service of the Kremlin.

Think of the sullen expression of a Soviet athlete standing on a podium. Same thing. Curated courage.