Tim Mak9h ago

Good #morning to readers; #Kyiv remains in #Ukrainian hands.

Iryna was 37 when she learned she was #Rumey — a #Greek ethnic group that was deported in 1778 from #Crimea by the #Russian empire. Now her village is #occupied and the identity she spent her life finding is being erased.

https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/how-russia-exploits-ukraines-greek

How Russia exploits Ukraine’s Greek community

Iryna, a Nadazovian Greek woman, discovered her true identity only as an adult and is now striving to preserve it despite the pressure of the Russian imperial system.

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Until the age of 37, Iryna did not know her true #origin . As a #child growing up in Nova #Karakuba, a village in the #Donetsk region of southeastern #ukraine she simply noticed that her #grandparents spoke differently.
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She recalls asking when she was seven or eight years old, "Grandma, how do you say #bread ?" "Psuny," she replied. "And how do you say #water ?" "Nero." The words she wrote down on a piece of #paper back then remained etched in her #memory forever.
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“All my life I considered myself #Greek " Iryna says, “until the war broke out and my #native village was #occupied. My grandparents passed away, and I began to question who I really am. And the #truth is: I am Rumey.”
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How Russia exploits Ukraine’s Greek community

Iryna, a Nadazovian Greek woman, discovered her true identity only as an adult and is now striving to preserve it despite the pressure of the Russian imperial system.

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#NEWS OF THE #DAY

OCCUPIED #CRIMEA INTRODUCES #GAS #vouchers : Starting #May 31, a voucher-based fuel #distribution system is being introduced in Crimea, according to the head of the #Russian #administration in the occupied #peninsula

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/77169

Crimea Imposes Strict Gasoline Rationing as Land Corridor Collapse Sparks Fuel Crisis

Occupation authorities in Crimea have officially capped A-95 gasoline sales at 20 liters per day per person due to an acute fuel shortage.

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#RUSSIA HAS ESTABLISHED A NEW #DRONE #DEFENSE #MINISTRY: Russia’s Nizhny #Novgorod region has established a separate #government body to #defend against drone #strikes in the #region, called the Ministry for Facility #protection

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/one-russian-region-creates-special-ministry-1780167216.html

Russian region creates special ministry just to deal with drone attacks

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#RUSSIA BUILDS LARGEST #AIR DEFENSE RING ENCIRCLING #MOSCOW: Russia is constructing a ring of air #defense which will surround the nation's #capital and some #suburbs. The new air defense #system will be put on the #roofs of #civilian buildings in #Moscow.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/77212

Moscow Erects Third Air Defense Ring as Pantsir Systems Placed on Civilian Rooftops

Russian forces have begun constructing a massive third outer ring of air defenses around Moscow while air-lifting a new variant of the Pantsir missile system onto civilian skyscrapers.

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#DOG OF #WAR

This #pup is waiting for its little #owner after her after-school #classes.

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Civilians will love becoming potential targets.
Ukraine should drop leaflets around those buildings to inform residents that their property values may soon plummet.
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Russia does devote a lot of effort to euphemisms.
"gas vouchers" almost sounds retail compared to "ration cards".