The Guardian: Ukraine confirms capture of key village on Zaporizhzhia front
Ukraine making steady progress in Orikhiv sector as it clears dense minefields and trenches Ukraine has confirmed it has captured a key village on the southern Zaporizhzhia front, the latest step in a gradual advance aimed at splitting the Russian lines that defend the overland route to Crimea.
Hanna Maliar, a deputy defence minister, said on Monday morning that the village of Robotyne, south of Orikhiv, had been liberated, bringing Ukraine into contact with Russia’s main defence line to the south covering routes to the Sea of Azov.
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Update #1: Ukraine says it liberates strategic southeastern settlement (Reuters)
Update #2: Ukraine breaches Russia's defenses to retake Robotyne as counteroffensive pushes painstakingly forward (CBS)
WNU Editor: For Ukraine the cost of taking this village has been very high ....
It took 10+ brigades, 20-35,000 men?, to take
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Robotyne (population, 2001 census, 480).
How many more such victories can Ukraine sustain? https://t.co/5EO82sGaAW
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Quite Quite old Boy!!!! Sun never sets on the British Empire!!
Two days ago WNU reporting name of Fatman ran a Moon of Alabama post with the same theme. Now Fatman has come back for a second bite of the apple.
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there are people who appreciate the wittiness and yet truthfulness. You are not one them.
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I've always disliked Monty. Genuine example where the winners write the history and glorifies him. My view on the English empire was very very low in my younger days thanks to him.
And yet Brittania ruled half the world
ReplyDeletemaybe not for very long, but neither did Alexander
DeleteMonty had nothing to little to do with the empire... He was just a snivelling, conniving little shit that just wanted all the glory for himself. Couldn't fucking beat Rommel without a ratio of 1000:1 in everything.
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