Author: Dal Stanton
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10/11/2022 – War update and commentary
From Jamie Peipon: Today felt much like a repeat of Day 1. It seemed likely that putin would have to respond in some way to the explosion on the Crimean Bridge (which, to my knowledge, Ukraine has yet to officially claim responsibility for). As of 5 pm Kyiv time, russia had launched over 80 missiles…
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10/11/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky – The day after

From Lyuda (Day 230): Dear brothers and sister, Thank you for your congratulations to Sergey and me, thank you for your kind words. Our day yesterday was not happy and we postponed our going out for lunch for better time. It was one of the hardest days since the war began. During the day the…
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10/10/2022 – From Kyiv subway now again a bomb shelter with singing

From Maia Mikhaluk (229th day of ruzzian invasion): Terrorist state ruzzia attacked Ukraine with at least 75 missiles this morning. 41 of those were disarmed in the air by our anti-missile defense, but quite a few struck our cities. (Updated number of missiles 83). Kyiv took a few hits and the subway once again became…
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10/10/2022 – Massive missile strikes

From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (229th morning of ruzzian invasion): Kyiv and many other cities of Ukraine are under massive missile strike. There were multiple explosions in Kyiv this morning, including downtown. One of the missiles struck a road busy at that hour with morning rush hour traffic. The explosions continue even now. Kyiv metro…
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10/10/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky
From Lyuda (Day 229): Dear brothers and sisters, Our day yesterday was not very peaceful, we had several air alarms during the day and at night, too. But God protects us though we are no better than people in other cities of Ukraine. Our worship was good. Out church is not as packed as it…
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10/9/2022 – Stamps commemorating attack of Crimean bridge

From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv: 227th day of ruzzian invasion. Media space was filled today with news about the explosion on the Crimean bridge and speculations as to what exactly happened there. Ruzzians don’t want to admit it was a Ukrainian missile – that would be too scary of news for ruzzians – the fact…
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10/9/2022 – War update and commentary: Examining closer the Crimean bridge attack
From Jamie Peipon: It feels like this day should be observed as a national holiday going forward. Bringing down the Crimean Bridge has been a long-term goal since its construction was completed in 2018 when the bridge was inaugurated. The rail bridge wasn’t inaugurated until 2019. The bridge was constructed when russia held sham referendums…
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10/9/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky

From Lyuda (Day 228): Dear brothers and sisters, What a day we had yesterday! In the morning we saw the photos of Crimean bridge on fire. It made our day. Through this bridge, heavy military equipment, weapons and ammunition went from Russian territory through Crimea to our southern regions. Everybody talked about this news. For…
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10/8/2023 – Destruction of Crimean bridge

From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv: 227th day of ruzzian invasion. Morning started for Ukrainians with good news. Crimean bridge on fire flooded all pages of social media! The destruction of this bridge has both practical and symbolic value. On the practical side, the absence of this bridge cuts off the supply of ammunition that is…
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10/8/2022 – War update and commentary

From Jamie Peipon: Morning has broken in Ukraine… and it appears the Crimean Bridge has also broken. These pictures are just now emerging by the minute. It isn’t clear at all what has happened… HIMARS? Drone? Smoking accident? Time will tell! Update: The bridge has at least partially collapsed (seen in the second picture that…