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Between Front Lines, Ukrainian Reconnaissance Teams Hunt Russian Targets
WSJ ^ | 24-MAY-2022 | Yaroslav Trofimov

Posted on 05/24/2022 10:05:41 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas

Walls rattled and pieces of plaster fell from the ceiling of a basement converted by Ukrainian troops into a forward outpost. Russian shells hit again and again the crumpled building above. Images on a surveillance monitor, linked to a camera outside in the deserted village, showed plumes of black smoke rising all around the compound.

“The Russians are very angry today because yesterday we killed two of their tanks,” said Marian, a platoon leader in the volunteer Carpathian Sich battalion deployed on the front line near the Russian-held Ukrainian city of Izyum. Like most military personnel, he is only allowed to provide his first name. “Every soldier here, ask anyone, their biggest dream is to destroy a Muscovite tank,” he said.

This time, soldiers in the village said, they destroyed the Russian tanks by using a re-engineered commercial drone to drop mortar shells on them. The technique is emblematic of the inventive improvisation used by Ukrainian forces in the now three-monthlong war as they face off against Russian units that are usually larger and better armed.

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To: lepton

I don’t waste time on Soros cucks.


41 posted on 05/24/2022 3:33:27 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Affirmative action is systemic/institutional racism/sexism targeting straight, white males.)
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To: MercyFlush

If they are trying to establish an empire with their military, they’re really screwing it up.

The old communist Soviet Union wanted to conquer the world. Their political doctrine demanded it, and they let everyone know about their political doctrine.


42 posted on 05/24/2022 4:00:05 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: BenLurkin

In honor of the Ukraine patriots:

Robert Goulet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK21blDchao

Marion Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-66CrUh9EpI

This Land Is Mine – André Rieu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QggP7d647fQ


43 posted on 05/24/2022 9:00:32 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (et, so p)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

bump for later


44 posted on 05/24/2022 9:03:43 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: freeandfreezing
Considering OWN air and sea completely and that fuel is scarce on the Ukrainian side because the Russians blew up all their fuel depots, the Ukrainians are in a grave position.

Henry Kissinger spelled it out for Soros and the globalists when he conceded that negotiations must occur and Ukraine must concede land to the Russians.

45 posted on 05/25/2022 12:12:15 PM PDT by Kazan
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