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In addition to thousands of deaths and the #destruction of crucial #infrastructure, another, more invisible, crisis tied to Russia’s invasion could haunt Ukraine for years: environmental #damage. From shelled #chemical plants to forests scorched by missiles, the consequences will be felt not only by Ukraine’s #ecosystems but also by its people.

Interesting reading: https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-environmental-catastrophe-russia-invasion-ecosystems/31919411.html

Newer: https://time.com/6222865/ukraine-environmental-damage-russia/

Scorched Earth: The Catastrophic Environmental Costs Of Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine

In addition to thousands of deaths and the destruction of crucial infrastructure, another, more invisible, crisis tied to Russia’s invasion could haunt Ukraine for years: environmental damage.

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

"There is currently no political solution to Russia's war against #Ukraine,because V.#Putin understands only the power of weapons and has not given up his desire to destroy our state...for us, this is a matter of life or death."

She said also that Ukraine received heavy long-range #artillery, self-propelled guns,#M113 tracked vehicles,#missile systems,shells of various calibers from #Italy 🇮🇹

Source:ukranews.com

#HIMARS = powerful multiple launch rocket system. The information was presented by #Politico from a senior member of the US Defense Department.
This is completely contrary to Russian (nonsense #propaganda) numbers.

❗Correction:
In fact, the Russians probably managed to destroy some HIMARS💥: wooden decoys...

Photo: Ministry of Defence of #Ukraine

#Kyiv planning for total #evacuation if it loses #electricity.

As they struggle to maintain an electricity grid heavily damaged by #Russian #missiles, they have begun planning for a once unthinkable possibility: a complete blackout that would require the evacuation of the city’s approximately 3 million remaining #residents.

Roman Tkachuk, the director of security: “If there’s no power, there will be no #water and no #sewage..”

Source & more reading:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/05/world/europe/kyiv-ukraine-electricity-russia-infrastructure.html

Kyiv Planning for Total Evacuation if It Loses Electricity

The city is also establishing 1,000 heating centers for its 3 million residents, as Russia pounds away at civilian targets.

On March 1 Dmytro Bahnenko, a journalist in #Kherson, southern #Ukraine watched Russian tanks roll down his street.
As his world, like many Ukrainians’, turned upside down, he secretly started filming everything around him...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJSzVW6ZYOA

Occupied - #BBC World Service

Regular Ukrainian Army forces captured an additional T-80BVM in Kherson Oblast, most likely abandoned after throwing a track.
A Ukrainian Mi-8 and Mi-8MSB take off from a remote site, armed with unguided S-8 rockets.
Ukrainian trench warfare in Donetsk Oblast, filmed by soldiers from the Independent Presidential Regiment.
Another Ukrainian FPV drone attack on a Russian armored vehicle.