Аlen

Mother Nature gives life to each of us. And music helps to live.

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

In one of the most ridiculous pieces of Russian propaganda of the year, amidst the ruins of Avdiivka, the few residents that managed to survive are lining up to vote for Putin.

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

But this Frenchman, when he drew his caricature, probably thought that he was good at hyperbole.

Fake elections in russia.

[Накипіло. Харків @nakypiloua]

10-літній Сергій, 8-річна Злата, 4-місячний Тимофій, 3-річний Марк, 7-місячна Ліза. Цих дітей убила росія в Одесі в ніч з 1 на 2 березня.
За два роки великої війни загинула 532 дитина. Стільки могло навчатися в якійсь зі шкіл України.
Понад 1230 отримали поранення.
Болить

[Anastasia Rodi (exMagazova) 🌻 @a_magazova]

The Russians themselves are documenting their own war crimes in #Avdiivka.

[Prof Richard Buggs @RJABuggs]

Very cool: trees planted a century ago are stalling effects of global heating in eastern US, study finds https://t.co/p6avP1DLV5

[Serg @NHunter007]

Адекватно.

✙ Хамелеон

[Tetiana 🇺🇦🇳🇴 @Tetiana_NAFO]

At the Berlin Film Festival, 🇺🇦 director Oksana Karpovich presented her film 'Intercepted.' The film features intercepted telephone conversations between 🇷🇺 soldiers in Ukraine & their families. While not all quotes are exact, I convey the essence as accurately as possible.
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[🇺🇦Позивний Майя🐝 @LudmilaBets]

На Берлінському фестивалі показали фільм української режисерки Оксани Карпович "Intercepted" (літер. - "перехоплене")
Півтори години перехоплених телефонних розмов російських "солдатів" з України з сім'ями. Цитати не всі точні до слова, але суть передаю найточніше
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[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

😡The North Korean missile, which flew over Kharkiv in January, consists almost entirely of American and European components, - CNN with reference to a report by experts.

Of the 290 components tested: 75% were developed in the USA,
16% are related to European companies,
9% are made by companies registered in Asian countries.

[Ukrinform @UKRINFORM]

🎻 Композиція "Everybody Knows" Леонарда Коена пролунала на Донеччині.

Український захисник Мойсей Бондаренко знову розчулив своєю грою на скрипці 💔

Відео: moisei.bondarenko

[Вільний Вітер @VilnyViter]

20 днів в Маріуполі.
Репост обов'язковий.

[Donna Rainey @donnarainey4]

Bilberry flowering today at Banagher glen. #wildflowerhour

[Michelle Cowbourne @Glastomichelle]

Daffodils at Glastonbury Abbey.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

So, Z-Russians on Telegram are now talking about their losses in the Battle of Avdiivka in 2023-2024.

Allegedly, it's 16,000 men as 'irreplaceable losses' (e.g., all fatalities + all severely wounded that will never be back to ranks again), as well as around 300 armored vehicles.

So, if that's true (though it's likely that Russians traditionally understate their losses, at least when it comes to lost equipment, given the gargantuan amount of verified video footage we've seen) -- it means that over the four months of the Avdiivka campaign between mid-October and mid-February, the Russian fatalities rate surpassed the official death toll of the Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989), which stands at 15,000 fatalities.

Yes, the ill-fated and formerly sadly-remembered senseless war in 'Afghan' that once left a heavy scar on an entire generation and particularly precipitated the fall of the Soviet Union...

Fighting for Avdiivka continued since the very days of 2014 and 2015 and lasted with varying intensity all those years before 2022, and was also extremely bloodletting and fierce for almost two years of Russia's full-scale invasion.

Moreover, the claimed Russian death toll at Avdiivka... literally corresponds to some 50% of the city's entire population in 2021 (some 32,000).

And that's within the last four months alone and according to likely downplayed Russian estimates.

I guess that to take New York City, Russians would have to ditch 4.5 million soldiers under the same scheme or what?

And the defense of Avdiivka gradually crumbled particularly due to a severe lack of munitions and means to counter Russian jets relentlessly throwing dozens of guided bombs at the city each and every day. Stalemate around the Ukraine aid at the U.S. Congress is already taking its toll.

And amid all those shortcomings, see the absolutely savage efficacy of the Ukrainian defense, outnumbered and outgunned, -- again.

A four-month battle vs a 10-year-long war in Afghanistan. Those are death toll estimates from Russians, not us.

We could have been celebrating victory over the aggressor right now, or at least we could have been much closer to restoring just and stable peace in Europe if Ukraine had been provided with everything it asked for.

There's still time.

[Donna Rainey @donnarainey4]

Primroses at Banagher glen. #wildflowerhour the 2nd one has been nibbled.

[Український часопис 🇺🇦 @falledlenin]

В цей день 1855 року у Київcькій губернії народився Левко Симиренко — видатний український вчений-садівник і плодовод. 6 січня 1920 року був вбитий чекістами. В 1919 році були вбиті у Києві двоє його молодших братів — Микола й Олексій.

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov explaining in 2014 why Putin’s anti-West crusade will hurt the country

“Putin is turning Russia into a natural resource colony of China"

He said Putin will stay in power at least to 2024

Nemtsov was killed in 2015

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

“A century from now, our planet could be a wild place again. And I'm going to tell you how."🌎 Sir David Attenborough spotlights #NatureBasedSolutions that can help us tackle the overlapping nature and climate emergencies. Via @UNBiodiversity @ourplanet

[Український часопис 🇺🇦 @falledlenin]

В цей день 1919 року від "іспанки" в Одесі померла Віра Холодна — видатна кіноактриса німого кіно, українського походження. Похована на 1-му Християнському цвинтарі Одеси. У 1937 радянською владою цвинтар було зруйновано. На його місці був відкритий «Парк Ілліча» з атракціонами.