Author: Dal Stanton
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7/18/2023 – Oksana, the sole operating room nurse in the area…
From Euromaiden Press: Good morning World! Good morning Ukraine! Oksana, an operating room nurse with the 128th Brigade, shares her experiences in the war zone. Despite heavy casualties, wounded soldiers continue fighting and liberating their land. Oksana, aka “Ksiukha”, has been with the brigade since the war began in 2015. Ksiukha is an army jargon…
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7/18/2023 – “Made in Ireland”
From Euromaiden Press: “Made in Ireland”: the sign on the carburetor of the Iranian-made Shahed drones used in Russia’s night attack on Mykolaiv, says Presidential Office chief Andriy Yermak. It and hundreds of other parts in Shahed drones and Russian weapons are produced in the West and Asia. Sanctions must be strengthened, he says. Sometimes,…
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7/18/2023 – This war is far more than just “a conflict between Russia and Ukraine…”
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 509): Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me; deliver me from those who work evil, and save me from bloodthirsty men.Psalm 59:1-2 On this day 9 years ago (July 17, 2014), Russia shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 from…
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7/17/2023 – Russians torture imprisoned 75-year-old Spanish volunteer seized in occupied Kherson
From Euromaiden Press by Halya Coynash: Russia only admitted to holding Mariano Garcia Calatayud prisoner in occupied Crimea after information became available about his whereabouts and the torture he had been subjected to It was over a year after the Russian invaders abducted Mariano Garcia Calatayud [generally known simply as Mario] from occupied Kherson before…
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7/17/2023 – I know we are never able to forget about this war, but we surely cannot let it destroy us…
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 508): Let them vanish like water that runs away;when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted.Psalm 58:7 As a kid, I heard WWII stories and wondered how people lived during those days. Were they always mourning? Did they wear only gray clothes because they had no joy in…
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7/16/2023 – US not delaying F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots
From Euromaiden Press: On 16 July, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that the US will allow European countries to start training Ukrainian pilots to use F-16 fighter jets, after reports that Europe was awaiting formal approval, CNN reports. “Yes, we will,” Sullivan told CNN when asked. “The president has given a green light and we…
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7/16/2023 – Where the “Russian world” comes, everything ceases to exist…
From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (507th day): It took ruzzians 10 months to take over the city of Bakhmut. The name of that city became famous as it was a place of great heroism and resistance. The city was leveled to the ground as ruzzians tried to take over it at any cost. Bakhmut became…
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7/16/2023 – I feel like we live in the never-ending Groundhog Day…
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 507): Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,for in you my soul takes refuge;in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,till the storms of destruction pass by.Psalm 57:1 Some days, I feel like we live in the never-ending Groundhog Day. Missiles and kamikaze drones…
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