Edge Guerrero wrote:Ukraine war: Civilians now out of Azovstal plant in Mariupol
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All elderly people, women and children have been evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, Ukraine and Russia have announced.
The operation began a week ago, co-ordinated by the UN and Red Cross, which have not confirmed the news.
Ukrainian forces are holding out at the heavily bombed plant, the last part of the city not under Russian control.
Russia has besieged the plant for weeks, demanding the surrender of its defenders from the Azov battalion.
The whereabouts of the evacuees are not yet clear, but Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said this part of the humanitarian operation was now complete. In the past, it has taken days for those evacuated to reach Ukrainian-held territory.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 300 civilians had been rescued from the plant, although the Russian defence ministry gave a much lower number, saying 51 people had been evacuated over a period of three days.
Capturing Mariupol is important to Russian troops because it will allow them to complete a land bridge between Crimea and the Donbas region, as well as giving them full control of more than 80% of Ukraine's Black Sea coastline.
But in their quest to do so, they have pummelled Mariupol with artillery, rockets and missiles - damaging or destroying more than 90% of the city.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61362557
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Edge Guerrero wrote:Heroic Ukrainian soldier blows himself up on bridge to prevent Russian advance
By Yaron Steinbuch
A Ukrainian soldier has been hailed as a hero for blowing himself up to destroy a bridge in an effort to stop Russian tanks from invading his country.
Marine battalion engineer Vitaly Skakun Volodymyrovych was deployed to the Henichesk bridge in the southern province of Kherson when the Russian tanks advanced, the Ukrainian military said on its Facebook page.
“On this difficult day for our country, when the Ukrainian people give way to the Russian occupiers in all directions, one of the hardest places on the map of Ukraine was the Crimean intersection, where one of the first enemies met a separate marine battalion,” according to the post.
When the battalion decided that the only way to block the armored column was by blowing up the bridge, Volodymyrovych volunteered to place mines on the span, the General Staff of the Armed Forces said.
And when he realized he had no time to get to safety, the brave soldier made the ultimate sacrifice on the bridge, which connected Russian-occupied Crimea and mainland Ukraine.
“According to his brothers in arms, Vitaly got in touch [with them] and said he was going to blow up the bridge. Immediately after an explosion rang out,” the military said.
“Our brother was killed. His heroic act significantly slowed down the push of the enemy, allowing the unit to relocate and organize the defense,” the statement said.
“Russian invaders, know, under your feet the earth will burn! We will fight as long as we live! And as long as we are alive we will fight!” it added.
Military commanders said they planned to give Volodymyrovych a posthumous award for his “heroic act.”
As a result of his act of valor, the Russian forces were forced to take a longer route into the region, the US Sun reported.
More than 130 Ukrainian soldiers were killed on the first day of fighting after Russian forces stormed into the country, according to the outlet.
https://nypost.com/2022/02/25/ukrainian-soldier-blows-himself-up-on-bridge-to-prevent-russian-advance/
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Never mind turn back time
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Interesting question/thread:
"Where exactly did
@JustinTrudeau
fly into? It is a 10 hour drive from Warsaw to Kyiv and he made it in less than one day with a 10 hour flight from Ottawa. Obviously he flew into Kyiv while Russia controls the skies. Something doesn’t add up here."
"Where exactly did
@JustinTrudeau
fly into? It is a 10 hour drive from Warsaw to Kyiv and he made it in less than one day with a 10 hour flight from Ottawa. Obviously he flew into Kyiv while Russia controls the skies. Something doesn’t add up here."