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Occupiers complain about their command: “Thousand or more people have already been killed here”. VIDEO
Video Censor.NET War in Ukraine
30.09.23 17:34
https://censor.net/en/video_news/3446673/occupiers_complain_about_their_command_thousand_or_more_people_have_already_been_killed_here_video

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https://storage2.censor.net/video/3/300923_jjjs.mp4

The occupiers from the 1307th Regiment of the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded a video message in which they say that they arrived in Klishchiyivka on 19 September and received orders to take the landing and then move to the residential area in the village. They were assured that everything would be fine, but in reality, the invaders had to fight with rotten machine guns and the enemy outnumbered them ten to one.

2. Two paratroopers, who were under occupation for year and half, were returned to Ukraine. EMBEDDED VIDEO
https://censor.net/en/video_news/3446618

VIDEO LINK
https://storage2.censor.net/video/3/300923_jjdh.mp4

Recently, two paratroopers who had been hiding in the occupied territory of one of Ukraine’s regions since the beginning of the full-scale war have been returned to the territory controlled by Ukraine. All this time, the soldiers were in an illegal situation and successfully hid thanks to local residents.

According to Censor.NET, the paratroopers took part in battles with the occupiers, were seriously injured and were unable to reach the territory controlled by Ukraine on their own.

“A decision was made to conduct a special operation to rescue and evacuate the servicemen, the preparation and conduct of which was entrusted to the special unit of the Angels Navy. An evacuation plan was prepared in a short time, and the command of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was also involved in its implementation, with units providing fire cover during the group’s departure,” the Ukrainian Navy said.

As to "VIDEOS/ARTICLES" citing censor.net, one learned via query to whois.com the following:

Domain: censor.net
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registered On: 1996-09-28
Name: Registration Private
Organization: Domains By Proxy, LLC
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Of itself, some "about info states:

“Censor.NET” – Ukrainian news, social and political Internet portal with a popular forum. It was founded by journalist Yurii Butusov in 2004. The portal occupies top positions among the online media in Ukraine.
Yurii Butusov is the editor-in-chief. The media positions itself as an “emotional news” site. The slogan of the site is the editor-in-chief's phrase: “Censor.NET is a popular politics with comments from the electorate.” The materials on the site are published in Ukrainian and Russian, some of them are translated into English, commentators on the forum use both Russian and Ukrainian.
In March 2015, “Censor.NET” was named the best Internet media of the year according to the national program “Person of the Year”. Yurii Butusov, editor-in-chief of the Censor.NET, received the corresponding award at the Palats “Ukraina” at the Person of the Year 2015 award ceremony.

Notice the dates. The site was registered in the US by GoDaddy in 1996. Then it claims founding "by journalist Yurii Butusov in 2004." One may buy a domain from another user, so that 1) Butusov bought the domain name from another, or 2) held it without being "founded" for eight years. No matter, It is hosted in the US, as the nameservers data suggest.

More to the point, for the Ukrainian readers, one finds:

© 2004—2023, "Цензор.НЕТ"
Всі матеріали, що розміщені на цьому сайті із посиланням на агенцію “Інтерфакс-Україна“, не підлягають подальшому відтворенню та/чи розповсюдженню в будь-якій формі, інакше як з письмового дозволу агенції “Інтерфакс-Україна“.

For those mere mortals on this thread who are not proficient in Ukrainian:

"All materials published on this website that cite Interfax-Ukraine news agency as a source should not be further copied and/or redistributed in any other form without written consent by Interfax-Ukraine news agency."

The choices are 1) either the censor.net materials are being "redistributed" with the written consent of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency, or 2) they are not.

All that remains is for Free Republic and its moderator(s) to inquire whether "written consent" has been given for posting this material, or not.

It is requested that the moderator(s) for Free Republic make a determination whether "written consent of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency" has been given or not, and, if given, to whom.