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created by WorldNewsMods on 08/03/2022 at 04:38 UTC
1792 upvotes, 247 top-level comments (showing 25)
Comment by WorldNewsMods at 08/03/2022 at 13:34 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Comment by TheNightKing99 at 08/03/2022 at 07:05 UTC
684 upvotes, 3 direct replies
BREAKING - The night of March 8 in capital #Kyiv was the first night since the war began when the #Ukrainian air defense intercepted and destroyed ALL Russian cruise missiles. No impacts registered in Kyiv this night. Source: Ukrainian Army via Telegram channel "operativnoZSU"
https://twitter.com/mrkovalenko/status/1501071619439087617?s=21[1][2]
1: https://twitter.com/mrkovalenko/status/1501071619439087617?s=21
2: https://twitter.com/mrkovalenko/status/1501071619439087617?s=21
Amazing if truee! SLAVA UKRAINI!!
Comment by groovygyal at 08/03/2022 at 09:19 UTC*
246 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Zelensky addressed the American public in English, saying that while Americans speak often of freedom, the example of Ukrainians resisting the Russian invasion has demonstrated the meaning of freedom.
Comment by [deleted] at 08/03/2022 at 05:08 UTC
660 upvotes, 4 direct replies
It is now 7am and the Sun has Risen on the 13th Day of the Russian Invasion in the Capitol city of Kyiv, and Ukraine continues to Live and Fight on, Glory to Ukraine! 🇺🇦🇺🇦
https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1501061654347456516?t=e_SoJUN6WxpteFbmZGvjEA&s=19
Comment by tierras_ignoradas at 08/03/2022 at 05:23 UTC
624 upvotes, 7 direct replies
Well, Russia just stole a 10-month-old Airbus. All their planes are leased and they can't make their lease payments so a company tried to repossess it and the pilot just flew away!
https://theaircurrent.com/aircraft-leasing/repo-aeroflot-a321neo-egypt/[1][2]
1: https://theaircurrent.com/aircraft-leasing/repo-aeroflot-a321neo-egypt/
2: https://theaircurrent.com/aircraft-leasing/repo-aeroflot-a321neo-egypt/
So add that to the rest of Putin's crimes.
Comment by TheGreatBrett at 08/03/2022 at 05:30 UTC
166 upvotes, 3 direct replies
At this rate... Putin will never step foot in public again. Next stop 6 feet under.
Comment by Late_Stage_PhD at 08/03/2022 at 05:18 UTC*
337 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Russian families turn to Ukrainian hotline in desperate search for lost soldiers
"Excuse me for disturbing you, I'm calling regarding my brother."
"Do you have any information about my husband?"
"Hello hotline, is this the place that you can find out if a person is alive?"
These are excerpts from audio recordings made to a Ukrainian government-run hotline. Mothers and fathers, wives, siblings and others are engaged in a desperate search for their loved ones as Russia's war with Ukraine extends seemingly without end.
The shaky voices at the end of the line are not calling to search for Ukrainians, however -- they are looking for information on Russian soldiers.
In recordings shared exclusively with CNN by the Ukrainian officials operating the hotline, the desperation and uncertainty in the callers' voices sheds light on how tightly Moscow is controlling communications about the war.
The recordings indicate that many Russian soldiers seemed to not have known what their plans were or why they were being deployed, and bolster reports of Russian soldiers being denied communication with their families.
...
Marat's family in Ufa, Russia, asked him to call the hotline for fear of prompting reprisals from Russian authorities by searching for their son.
"The family is trying to not get contacted by anybody because everybody is so scared in Russia. Everyone's scared to talk, everyone's afraid of law enforcement agencies tracking them," said Marat.
...
Kristina recounts how she took another call from a fiancée looking for her husband-to-be. "It touched me she was asking for forgiveness. She kept saying, 'Forgive us, we did not want to attack you. This is not our war. We did not want to do this.'"
More transcripts of calls in the linked article.
Comment by 115GD9 at 08/03/2022 at 04:44 UTC
599 upvotes, 7 direct replies
Fucking Jill Stein man.
Constantly tries to spin this war as Russia being a victim and lo and behold turns out she was at a dinner party with Putin
Comment by MarshallGibsonLP at 08/03/2022 at 04:56 UTC
421 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Starting Saturday, weather forecast shows next 10 days to be above freezing. Say hello to *rasputitsa* season. That 40-mile convoy is about to become the world’s largest museum dedicated to hubris.
Comment by LastManSleeping at 08/03/2022 at 05:08 UTC
139 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Btw, forgive my ignorance. What happens when a country is indebted to other countries but 100% cannot realistically pay any of it in a realistic timeframe, what happens then?
Comment by wet-rabbit at 08/03/2022 at 09:57 UTC
128 upvotes, 2 direct replies
As a dutch person, I really like the part where Ukraine focuses on taking out Buk launchers. I hope they catch the crew that downed MH-17
Comment by rishcast at 08/03/2022 at 09:24 UTC
119 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Tiny bit of good news here
https://twitter.com/mrkovalenko/status/1501071619439087617?s=21
BREAKING - The night of March 8 in capital Kyiv was the first night since the war began when the Ukrainian air defense intercepted and destroyed ALL Russian cruise missiles. No impacts registered in Kyiv this night. Source: Ukrainian Army via Telegram channel "operativnoZSU"
Comment by Barbed_Dildo at 08/03/2022 at 09:05 UTC
119 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, overthrown by revolutionaries in Kyiv in 2014, emerges from obscurity in Russia to urge Zelensky to "stop the bloodshed at all costs and reach a peace agreement."
He wants Ukrainians to stop bleeding on their Russian murderers
Comment by Zuropia at 08/03/2022 at 07:48 UTC
116 upvotes, 1 direct replies
"Barbaric bombardment of residential area in Sumy last night. 18 dead civilians. Many children."
NSFW.
https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1501098667465494531
Comment by dmreeves at 08/03/2022 at 05:57 UTC
224 upvotes, 5 direct replies
https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1501071008777883648?t=ppNpo1L9jEorIkFQrsxAQA&s=09
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of #Ukraine reports that the enemy has regrouped to organize an assault on #Kyiv. They plan to send the most combat-ready units of the #Russian army, as well as the #Wagner group and #Kadyrovites to the capital.
Comment by sendokun at 08/03/2022 at 11:40 UTC
110 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Ukraine: Man refuses to abandon 400 animals in Kyiv shelter and would 'rather die' than leave them
Andrea Cisterno owns an animal rescue shelter in Kyiv and hasn’t left since the crisis broke out
Comment by PolyDipsoManiac at 08/03/2022 at 12:07 UTC
110 upvotes, 4 direct replies
“The Kremlin spent the last 20 years trying to modernize its military,” said Andrei V. Kozyrev, the foreign minister for Russia under Boris Yeltsin, in a post on Twitter. “Much of that budget was stolen and spent on mega-yachts in Cyprus. But as a military advisor you cannot report that to the President. So they reported lies to him instead. Potemkin military.”
Comment by [deleted] at 08/03/2022 at 05:06 UTC
218 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by xmuskorx at 08/03/2022 at 04:40 UTC
300 upvotes, 2 direct replies
3000 dead Russians as a "conservative" estimate...
Shit must be brutal out there.
Comment by IllegitimateHeir at 08/03/2022 at 05:13 UTC
281 upvotes, 4 direct replies
One thing that stands out in that FSB call intercept about Gerasimov’s death is how utterly MISERABLE both men sound. They’d rather be anywhere else. “So how are you guys holding up over there?” “Not fucking great” — you can’t fake that.
https://twitter.com/michaelidov/status/1501036433972203529
This call was intercepted, analyzed and released within hours. It's amazing when you think about it.
Comment by groovygyal at 08/03/2022 at 09:48 UTC
91 upvotes, 1 direct replies
⚡⚡⚡ 78% of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine will win the war with Russia, according to the fresh poll.
https://twitter.com/alexkhrebet/status/1501129346001645569?s=21
Comment by hockey_stick at 08/03/2022 at 05:07 UTC
174 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Russian Su-34s using American-made domestic GPS units[1] was one of the greatest revelations of how much of a paper tiger Russian technology has become. GLONASS is useless and the Russians themselves know it even if they can't admit it.
1: https://mobile.twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1500916082630172682?s=21
Comment by smt1 at 08/03/2022 at 04:54 UTC
169 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Russia is now Ukraine’s largest weapons supplier by far.
https://twitter.com/MikeColarusso/status/1501030016544649217[1][2]
1: https://twitter.com/MikeColarusso/status/1501030016544649217
2: https://twitter.com/MikeColarusso/status/1501030016544649217
Comment by arsenal247 at 08/03/2022 at 06:39 UTC
75 upvotes, 1 direct replies
They are saying not a single missle stuck Kyiv last night. Either Russia is running out of missiles or Ukraine is using Russians anti air weapons. Either way it's good to hear.
Comment by frobar at 08/03/2022 at 11:02 UTC
72 upvotes, 1 direct replies
If you're shelling evacuation paths, you're no better than Nazis in my book. Just following orders is as little of an excuse. Killing innocent people is killing innocent people. Motivation makes no difference.