Vasylkivs Mayor Natalia Balasynovich reportedly told the Ukrainian government [Vasylkiv] is completely occupied with fightingThere are many casualties. When his mother found out he was in Ukraine, she said she stopped speaking for days and took sedatives. Some soldiers shoot themselves just to get medical leave, he says. In total, Ukraines Air Assault Forces have already downed 15 enemy Then we go in, and theres a f jewelry store. This macabre site has been nicknamed the 'Alley of the Paratroopers', with many flower-bedecked graves displaying the Orthodox cross in Mikhailovsk. It was an 18-year-old guy. 'It's disgusting and inhumane!' Death came for Ivan a decade after that boyhood paintball game. Politics. Stuck just outside Kyiv, bored and unsure why theyre in Ukraine in the first place, Maxim and a half-dozen other guys shot up a shopping mall and made off with all the gold they could carry. A royal tease! 'The tank drives up close to the enemy and fires directly at the houses in which the Russian invaders are hiding!'. KYIV, Ukraine -- One Russian soldier tells his mother that the young Ukrainians dead from his first firefight looked just like him. We listen as their mothers struggle to reconcile their pride and their horror, and as their wives and fathers beg them not to drink too much and to please, please call home. WebThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 89%. The AP verified these calls with the help of the Dossier Center, an investigative group in London funded by Russian dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Naval War College Review's Special #Ukraine Issue w/ Gabriel Collins at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Buildings damaged by a Russian military strike yesterday in the frontline city of Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region, Ukrainian troops speed through battle-scarred Bakhmut in a tank yesterday. I was sleeping and then I woke up with all these thoughts. You are my happiness.. WebRT @Igor_from_Kyiv_: russian helicopters with paratroopers attack Gostomel and Vyshgorod. WebA Ukrainian tank has blown up a house being used for cover by Vladimir Putin 's soldiers, and a Russian armoured convoy has been ambushed by paratroopers with Javelin missiles, two He entered an elite unit of Russian paratroopers, which crossed into Ukraine the very first day of Putins Feb. 24 invasion, one year ago. WebAccording to The Washington Post, the Ukrainian military claimed that it shot down a Russian military transport plane with at least 150 paratroopers on board. He told his mother Russia would win this war. And the russian paratroopers who landed in Gostomel will be completely destroyed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The wrecks of several all-terrain vehicles are seen clustered together, with one in the middle still in flames. And thats it, right there., Leonid: There was a prisoner. Video footage from a town in southern Russia has emerged which appears to show the graves of dozens of elite Russian paratroopers killed in Ukraine. Hows the situation there?, Maxim: We dont have a f thing to do, so we go around and loot the f shopping mall., Wife: Just be careful, in the name of Christ.. Debris from the vehicle - including a turret - soars into the air as a huge fireball rises hundreds of feet into the sky before the parts crash back down to earth. Leonid: When our commander warned us we would be shot, 100%. I dont know. OK. Im waiting, too. It appears there are a total of 26 grave sites, though MailOnline was unable to verify this information. The Southern California News Group is one of them. The AP has been unable to determine what happened to Maxim. If these transports were destroyed before they could drop their paratroopers, that may imply a staggering loss of life. Notable, if confirmed, this would indicate Russia is on the way to encircle Kiev, as Vasylkiv is to the south, south-west of the capital. We will never forget you. Glory to Ukraine!'. A bullet in your foot is like four months at home with crutches, he says. Ivans dream came true. Over the past day, the enemy sustained the biggest losses in Novopavlivsk, Kurakhove, and Sievierodonetsk directions. But, like many others, she expected Russia to take parts of eastern Ukraine quickly. You should cross yourself any chance you get, just turn away from everyone and do it. How the Princess of Wales recreated her 2006 outfit from Prince William's Sandhurst graduation EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Prince William's potentially awkward visit to homelessness charity. Information about your device and internet connection, like your IP address, Browsing and search activity while using Yahoo websites and apps. Source: 25th Separate Sicheslav Air Assault Brigade of the Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Between February 24, 2022 and May 22, 2022, the enemys total combat losses included also 1,285 tanks, 3,141 armored fighting vehicles, 599 artillery systems, 201 multiple launch rocket systems, 93 anti-aircraft warfare systems, 204 aircraft, 170 helicopters, 2,194 motor vehicles and fuel tanks, 13 warships/cutters, 470 unmanned aerial vehicles, and 43 special equipment units. Ivan was in Belarus on training when they got a Telegram message: Tomorrow you are leaving for Ukraine. His wifes world is filled with school crafts and the sounds of children playing outside. They were told theyd be welcomed as heroes for liberating Ukraine from its Nazi oppressors and their Western backers, and that Kyiv would fall without bloodshed within a week. Another shows a vehicle in the middle of a field being blown to pieces. Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 began with a surprise VDV helicopter assault on Hostomel airfield northwest of Kyiv. I am f shocked.. There remains a major caveat to these reports: visual confirmation of the Il-76 losses has yet to be produced. Maybe he would pull out a grenade launcher Or we had a case, a young guy was stopped, they took his cellphone. Honestly, Im scared s-less myself. Mother: Vanya, I understand they might be listening so Im afraid , Mother: to ask where you are, whats happening. Earlier on 7 September, Ukrainian troops shot down a Russian Su-25 Maxims mood flips between boredom and horror not just at what he has seen, but also what he has done. 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He wasnt involved in murders, let alone in looting, she told the AP before hanging up the phone. I told him: Look here, take it, give it to families with kids and take something for yourself. WebRT @Igor_from_Kyiv_: russian helicopters with paratroopers attack Gostomel and Vyshgorod. A flag bearing a symbol of Russia's naval infantry was also seen at the end of the row of graves, with the cameraman confirming the grave belonged to a marine. Unfortunately, they are in the 200s.. The images then cut to more drone-captured aerial footage, which shows several Russian war machines exploding on the battlefield. ONE: Ivans road to war. On the contrary, its easier to shoot civilians. Tricky emoji quiz will put your knowledge of childhood classics to the test. 'The cemetery in Mikhailovsk they're all guys from the VDV.'. The comments below have not been moderated. An unnamed soldier from Ukraine's 93rd Separate Mechanised Brigade, speaking on the Telegram messaging app as explosions boomed in the background, struck a defiant note: 'February 28, the town of Bakhmut. He holds a master's in political science. Its just that we f- up this We were shooting at this shopping mall from a tank. WebRussia's huge airborne force, composed of 45,000 paratroopers in four divisions, is actually a separate military branch that serves as shock troops and a rapid-intervention force. The AP established that they were in areas when atrocities were committed, but has no evidence of their individual actions beyond what they confess. Youre my beloved. However, there is no independent confirmation of this so far. Russia's state-run RIA news agency released a video clip which it said showed Russian Su-25 fighter jets roaring over Bakhmut. landed by helicopter to seize Antonov Airport, S-300P long-range surface-to-air missile systems. Many of the helicopters will be shot down. Another is shown off to the side. In our money, theyre like 30-40,000 a piece, 60,000 a piece., Maxim: I scored about a kilo and a half of necklaces, charms, bracelets these earrings earrings with rings , Maxim: Anyway, I counted and if its 3,000 rubles a gram, then I have about 3.5 million. Im so proud of you, my son! Putin's soldiers have been sent to Belarus and Russia to resupply and reorganise before the heavy onslaught in Ukraine's east, US intelligence sources said. Solomiia Hera and Anna Pavlova contributed to this report. The man who filmed the clip out of his car window as he drove alongside the memorials said: 'It's an alley, of our guys. Ivan: F-, you know, its driving me crazy here. Waiting for the time I can come see you Lets make a deal. At first, she seems not to believe that Russian soldiers could be killing civilians. "Yesterday, in one of the areas of mission execution, an air defense unit of the 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down a Russian Mi-24 attack helicopter by Stinger MANPADS," the press service of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine posted on Telegram. Leading the attack on the ground were infiltrated Russian Spetsnaz special operations forces disguised as Ukrainian police and driving a police car who reportedly gunned down soldiers at a checkpoint near Vasylkiv airbase, the home base of the agile MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters of Ukraines 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade, located just 11 miles southwest of Kyiv. That mirrors numerous other claims of aerial shoot downs in the conflict which have not been confirmed. Dont go charging around! Such graves would suggest that at least some of the Russian soldiers killed in action are being transported back to Russia for burial - though the Kremlin has continued to downplay the number of losses its troops have suffered in Ukraine. Hes a puppet for the U.S. and they really dont need him, the fool. 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Leonid: Look, mom, Im looking at tons of houses I dont know, dozens, hundreds and theyre all empty. The conversations have been edited for length and clarity. There is a genocide of the Russian population. This was a whole-of-society war. Image Credit: Creative Commons. Despite the Kremlin's crackdown on Russian media, it is notable that non-official bloggers and publications such as Military Review have been allowed to criticize Russia's poor military performance in Ukraine. I never saw such hell as here. Many of the recent criticisms about the performance of Russia's elite parachute force, known as the VDV, have been voiced about lightly armed airborne units since World War II. Trophies from Ukraine, he calls them. The Mykolaiv Beaming Prince Harry and Meghan enjoy a date night at exclusive $4,200-A-YEAR Repli-Kate! The best way to end the war, his mother says, is to kill the presidents of Ukraine and the United States. Coronavirus literally started there., Maxim: Yeah, I also saw somewhere that they used bats., Mother: All of it. Ukrainian multimedia platform for broadcasting, Scholz announces more Gepard, Iris- systems for Ukraine, Story of Ukrainian saboteurs" in Bryansk region classic provocation advisor, GUR explains why Russia creating tension in Moldova, Transnistria, Death toll in missile attack on Zaporizhzhia grows to four, Kryvyi Rih struck with eight Russian missiles: Hydraulic structures damaged, Privacy policy and personal data protection. A single Il-76 ordinarily is rated to carry up to 126 fully-equipped paratroopers, roughly a company-sized unit. Pub puzzle depicting a 'common phrase' stumps thousands - before the What lack of sleep REALLY does to your face: Expert reveals the warning signs your skin is suffering. We shot from the tanks, machine guns and rifles. The footage emerged as Russia's forces withdrew around24,000 troops from Kyiv and Chernihiv in preparation for an expected major offensive in the Donbas. The hands of one of the victims are tied behind his back. The brigade does incorporate a security company, as well as communications and technical support battalions and two fighter squadrons. At the same time, the Russian military lacks adequate infantry "for operations in the mountains and in inaccessible terrain, as well as during assaults on cities.". 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