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Quick housekeeping note. The girls are fine. Rosie starts her next round of chemo on Monday. So not much to report. Thank you all for the well wishes, good thoughts, prayers, and donations.
Here’s the butcher’s bill from Russia’s attacks on Ukraine early this morning:
Russia launched a total of 53 missiles, including 10 Kalibrs and 47 drones. Out of these, 35 missiles and 46 drones were shot down. pic.twitter.com/7dvVVPOqjt
— Maria Avdeeva (@maria_avdv) June 1, 2024
35 missiles and 46 drones were shot down during tonight’s Russian big missile attack on Ukraine. Air-, sea-, and land-based missiles, as well as “Shahed” were used by Russians.
In total, the Russians launched 53 missiles of various types and 47 attack UAVs:
– 35 Kh-101/Kh-555… pic.twitter.com/PVf79rK3nI— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) June 1, 2024
35 missiles and 46 drones were shot down during tonight’s Russian big missile attack on Ukraine. Air-, sea-, and land-based missiles, as well as “Shahed” were used by Russians.
In total, the Russians launched 53 missiles of various types and 47 attack UAVs:
– 35 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95 MS (launch area – Saratov Region, Caspian Sea);
– 4 Iskander-M ballistic missiles (from Crimea);
– 1 “Iskander-K” cruise missile (from Crimea);
– 10 Kalibr cruise missiles (from the northeastern part of the Black Sea);
– 3 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided air missiles (from the Zaporizhzhia region);
– 47″Shahed-131/136″ (Prymorsko-Akhtarsk launch area).81 air targets were shot down:
– 30 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles;
– 4 Kalibr cruise missiles;
– 1 “Iskander-K” cruise missile;
– 46 “Shahed-131/136”.The second image shows a map of today’s Russian attack on Ukraine. Once again, Stryi, where Ukraine’s largest underground gas storage facility is located, becomes the primary target of the attack.
Kharkiv faces almost daily attacks from russian missiles and bombs, yet its defenders are not allowed to deploy ATACMS for its protection. pic.twitter.com/a1sfJAeLvn
— Iryna Voichuk (@IrynaVoichuk) June 1, 2024
There are already seven victims in Kharkiv after yesterday’s Russian strike on a residential building .
Four men and three women were killed by Russia. Rescue works continue, two more women may be under the rubble – local authorities. https://t.co/SXtSyqxj7Y pic.twitter.com/AtlujFkyYc
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 1, 2024
Last night, Russia launched another attack on Ukraine with more than 50 missiles of various types and about 50 Shahed drones. They targeted the south, center and west of Ukraine. Two thermal power plants are seriously damaged.
This was the sixth massive attack on Ukrainian… pic.twitter.com/zC3yZY5KhP
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 1, 2024
Last night, Russia launched another attack on Ukraine with more than 50 missiles of various types and about 50 Shahed drones. They targeted the south, center and west of Ukraine. Two thermal power plants are seriously damaged.
This was the sixth massive attack on Ukrainian thermal power plants in 2.5 months – DTEK energy company.
▪️ An attack on Ukrainian energy infrastructure facility was reported in the morning by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration.
▪️ Russians also hit one of the energy infrastructure facilities in Zaporizhzhia. According to the head of the regional military administration, there is destruction at the site of the hit.
President Zelenskyy is still traveling, so no daily address has been posted for yesterday or today. The official YouTube channel of the President of Ukraine has posted the video of his interview with The Guardian that I quoted from on Thursday night. It is below.
The price:
Today, as we mark International Children’s Day, we are once again reminded of what the russian aggression has done to the children of Ukraine.
Kids killed. Kids kidnapped. Kids in bomb shelters. Kids robbed of their childhood.
The world must unite to protect children from the… pic.twitter.com/xbaemYxoh3
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) June 1, 2024
Today, as we mark International Children’s Day, we are once again reminded of what the russian aggression has done to the children of Ukraine.
Kids killed. Kids kidnapped. Kids in bomb shelters. Kids robbed of their childhood.
The world must unite to protect children from the genocidal war waged against a sovereign nation by a terrorist state.
Russia has stolen the childhood of Ukrainian children, forcing them to witness horrors of the war. Yet, they continue to live, learn, and dream. Ukrainians fight so these children won’t have to.#InternationalChildrensDay pic.twitter.com/G2hs0R3Wwm
— Maria Avdeeva (@maria_avdv) June 1, 2024
“They said they would bring us back in about two weeks, but they never did. We sailed and made it to Russia.”
Five more children who were forcibly and illegally deported to Russia have returned to Ukraine. These are pupils of the Novopetrivka boarding school in Mykolaiv region.… https://t.co/Ut4xuRJOtn pic.twitter.com/B7ldgPqDYd
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 1, 2024
“They said they would bring us back in about two weeks, but they never did. We sailed and made it to Russia.”
Five more children who were forcibly and illegally deported to Russia have returned to Ukraine. These are pupils of the Novopetrivka boarding school in Mykolaiv region.
Here are their first emotions after meeting their families.
📹: DW
Five deported orphans were returned to Ukraine, reports the head of Save Ukraine organization
“We managed to rescue five children from the Novopetrivsk orphanage in the Mykolaiv region. The children were surviving for 3 months on the very front line, hiding from bombs and… https://t.co/LpCRZcrRW3 pic.twitter.com/f7Lj8xWweq
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 31, 2024
Five deported orphans were returned to Ukraine, reports the head of Save Ukraine organization
“We managed to rescue five children from the Novopetrivsk orphanage in the Mykolaiv region. The children were surviving for 3 months on the very front line, hiding from bombs and missiles in the basement without food and water, and later experienced the horrors of deportation. In mid-July of 2022, they were kidnapped by Russians at gunpoint and moved to the occupied territory,” the statement said.
In October 2022, the invaders moved them to Crimea, and then to Anapa (Krasnodar region). From there, the children were rescued and taken to a safer territory in Georgia.
Today, Maryana Checheliuk returned home from Russian captivity.
Together with her younger sister Alina, she went into Azovstal bunkers at the end of March 2022. When the Russians opened a green corridor for civilians, Maryana was not allowed through because of her service in the… https://t.co/WS1WHfvWEl pic.twitter.com/66t5hsA0GF
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 31, 2024
Today, Maryana Checheliuk returned home from Russian captivity.
Together with her younger sister Alina, she went into Azovstal bunkers at the end of March 2022. When the Russians opened a green corridor for civilians, Maryana was not allowed through because of her service in the National Police of Ukraine.
Now she is home.
📷: today and before Russian captivity.
Ukrainian soldiers in russian captivity or after it.
Now compare how tired and exhausted our soldiers are when they return home from captivity. And what well-fed and healthy russian prisoners of war return from Ukraine to russia during the exchange. And you will no longer have… pic.twitter.com/56j35AsKY5
— Igor Kyivskyi (@Igor_from_Kyiv_) June 1, 2024
Ukrainian soldiers in russian captivity or after it.
Now compare how tired and exhausted our soldiers are when they return home from captivity. And what well-fed and healthy russian prisoners of war return from Ukraine to russia during the exchange. And you will no longer have any doubts about which country the Nazis and terrorists are actually located in. Russia violates all international rights, moral and human principles.
I’m not even talking about torture, murder, shooting of Ukrainian soldiers by Russian terrorists.
The return of our soldiers, our guys and girls from captivity is always a small victory and a big holiday for us.
Despite the fatigue and terrible conditions of detention of prisoners by russian fascists. In the eyes of our soldiers, joy for returning home🇺🇦🫡
Kharkiv Oblast:
Madiar, sometimes transliterated as Madyar or Magyar, has some thoughts:
“We need the go-ahead and one salvo of what the Ukrainian Armed Forces have in service. These f**king Su-s [aircraft] will forget their way towards Kharkiv” – Ukrainian Defender, callsign “Madiar” who is defending Kharkiv.
It looks like there might be an approval already. https://t.co/PjYueFgdox pic.twitter.com/Qm0zo7xLWT
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 31, 2024
A thread by Iryna Voichuk on the new children’s memorial exhibit in Kharkiv via the Thread Reader App:
Please read all tweets below.
On the National Children’s Day, an exhibition in memory of children killed by russian aggression was opened at one of the metro stations in Kharkiv. It was hard for me to hold back tears while reading the stories of these little angels.
But I felt… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…Polina Tutunzhy. 8 y.o. 16.03.2022. Mariupol.
Hello! My name is Polina, I’m 8 years old and I have lived all my life in those city of Mariupol that the whole world has been talking about in recent months… My childhood was spent in the once bright city by the sea, and I died… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Margarita Haponenko. 8 y.o. 21.06.2022. Bezruky, Kharkiv region.
Hello everyone! My name is Margaryta, I’m from Kharkiv region. When I was killed, I was only 8 years old – I had just celebrated my birthday recently. It turned out to be the last for me. Enemy shells flew right… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Anna Sokolova. 9 y.o. 20.03.2022. Mariupol.
Hello everyone! I’m 9-year-old Anna Sokolova from Mariupol. All the time, while the russians were shelling my city, I was hiding in our house with my mother Yana. We tried to leave Mariupol twice, but the enemy stopped us twice. After… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The unborn child of the Zamchenko family. 10.17.2022. Kyiv.
Hello! In this photo you don’t see me, but my mom and dad. They are so smiling and happy on their wedding day. Mom got pregnant with me, their dream child, just a few years later. But they didn’t have time to rejoice… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast:
Combat in the streets of Vovchansk.
Special DOZOR unit of the Border Guards together with the other units of the Defense Forces is conducting combat in the streets and pushes the enemy back in the north of destroyed Vovchansk. https://t.co/zshJhdjikC pic.twitter.com/Wlp2wmAW0i
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 1, 2024
The Bakhmut front:
Repelling of the Russian attack on the Bakhmut front. Video by Phoenix unit. As said two AFVs destroyed, another two damaged. https://t.co/4VcbtEWpe6 pic.twitter.com/MhXa7bomck
— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) June 1, 2024
Bilhorivka:
81st Brigade of Ukraine repels Russian attack on Bilohorivka front. Bilohorivka has become one of the location where Russians most often use various ‘turtle tanks’. https://t.co/lIcFHNI0dy pic.twitter.com/jmQEHWM7SI
— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) June 1, 2024
Between Vulhedar and Novomykhailivka:
Ukrainian defenders report about a Russian attack between Vuhledar and Novomykhailivka:
“The boys repelled a large assault between Vugledar and Novomykhailivka. A lot of AFVs were involved. 5 units of AFVs were burned. In nutshell: “burning Russians were running across the… pic.twitter.com/3rjCFJe6JW
— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) June 1, 2024
Ukrainian defenders report about a Russian attack between Vuhledar and Novomykhailivka:
“The boys repelled a large assault between Vugledar and Novomykhailivka. A lot of AFVs were involved. 5 units of AFVs were burned. In nutshell: “burning Russians were running across the field.”
Recently, the enemy has been very active movements in the Vugledar direction.”
That’s enough for tonight.
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japa21
Mood definitely improved by 20%, maybe a little more.
Jay
Thank you, Adam.
Jay
https://nitter.poast.org/IlvesToomas/status/1796877076261159023#m
Bill Arnold
@Jay:
It’s a deep shame that they’ve gone bad (in that area at least). I will, however still be referencing their IHL database ( https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en ) – it is what is found in web searches for particular Geneva Conventions articles.
Jay
@Bill Arnold:
Not only is the ICRC aiding and abetting all forms of War Crimes in Occupied Ukraine, from child kidnapping to genocide,
But they also arn’t fulfilling any of their required duties to Ukrainian POW’s and captive Civilians,
And they refuse to take any action against the ruZZian Red Cross, that takes an active role in ruZZian War Crimes and actively promotes Putin’s genocide.
Another Scott
Meanwhile, … TimesofIsrael.com:
[ insert 2 red buttons meme ]
It would be nice to think that Bibi’s time is coming to an end, but …
I still think it would be delicious if Bibi were thrown out before he gets his chance to address the joint session of Congress (no date set yet).
We’ll see what happens.
Cheers,
Scott.
Westyny
Thank you, Adam.
YY_Sima Qian
Hamas & Bibi are both adept at maneuvering so that the other side gets blamed for scuttling the deal.
Adam L Silverman
@Another Scott: Bibi is now 7 points ahead of his nearest competitor Gantz in the most recent polling. Gantz has spent the past 7 months demonstrating that he is both a moral coward and has feet of clay. Eisenkot is easily outshining him. While Bibi’s coalition is only at 51 potential seats in the same most recent polling, there is no way for anyone to build a majority coalition out of the opposition’s potential 62 seats.
Adam L Silverman
@Westyny: You’re welcome.
Another Scott
@Adam L Silverman: Biden’s (and it seems to be Biden’s rather than Israel’s??) cease fire process proposal may be shaking things up a little.
More from the TimesofIsrael.com – story on 120,000 protesting today:
Things don’t change until they do.
We’ll see.
Thanks.
Cheers,
Scott.
Jay
@Another Scott:
Let me get this right, so the Biden Administration is trying to sell an Israeli Peace Plan that doesn’t exist and Israel won’t accept or honour,……
Bibi pants the US again.
AlaskaReader
Thanks Adam
YY_Sima Qian
@Jay: I think Biden is pushing the “Israeli” ceasefire plan to try to box Bibi in. The plan is far too nebulous beyond Phase 1 to be a meaningful “peace” plan, & the vague preferences, contradict the stated war aims of not only Bibi & his reactionary coalition partners, but also the Israeli natsec establishment. However, Bibi has no incentive to play ball, & neither does Hamas (especially if they sense Bibi will fail to come through). Why would Hamas give up the only leverage they have over Israel for only a temporary reprieve?
Feels like a Hail Mary pass attempt to me.
Geminid
@YY_Sima Qian: I see that Turkiye’s Foreign Minister will visit China this coming week, June 4 and 5. Hakan Fidan will stop in Urumqi and Kashgar besides Beijing.
Fidan is a political figure worth watching. Back in the 1990s, when he was a Turkish Army noncom stationed at a Nato command in Germany, Fidan earned a B.A. from the University of Maryland Global Campus. He went on to get a Ph.D. and was teaching at an Istanbul university in 2005 when then-Prime Minister Erdogan tapped him to be a troubleshooter for sensitive tasks. These included secret negotiations with PKK representatives that were held in Norway 2006-7, and later on, discussions with imprisoned PKK leader Ocalan that led to a short-lived truce, 2013-2015. Fidan’s father happens to be Kurdish.
Erdogan named Fidan Foreign Minister last June, after winning reelection as President. Before that Fidan spent 11 years heading up the M.I.T., Turkiye’s foreign intelligence agency. Fidan and Erdogan seem to have a very close and confident relationship.
I expect that among other problems, Fidan and China’s Foreign Minister will discuss the wars in Ukraine and in Gaza.
Chris
@Jay:
Going to bat for Israeli plans that Israel has no intention of honoring is kind of our whole thing.
One of the multiple reasons Ehud Barak’s “generous offer” of 2000 was such a bad joke was that there was no way in hell the rest of the Israeli government would ever have ratified it. They made a ridiculous offer that neither the Palestinian nor even the Israeli government would have honored, and sold it as a panacea so they could pretend that it was all the crazy Arabs’ fault for not being reasonable.
Chris
@YY_Sima Qian:
The entire last eight months have been the U.S. government wishcasting that if they keep throwing out good ideas and stern admonitions, but doing absolutely nothing to enforce consequences if they’re not followed, at some point the Israeli government will go along with them either because Bibi such a nice guy or because the rest of the Israeli government will somehow come to its senses and get rid of him. (And what replaces him will totally not be the same thing).
Honestly, they’re behaving exactly the way Republican politicians and the mainstream media have been behaving WRT Trump ever since 1/6: fervently hope that he goes away, just don’t ever ever ever actually do anything to make it happen.
Another Scott
@YY_Sima Qian: +1
That’s why I called it a “cease fire process proposal” – it’s a way to get things moving to get to a cease fire. As Biden said, there’s a lot of negotiating that has to happen for it to work. If it slightly boxes in Bibi and Hamas and puts pressure on them, so much the better.
Presumably if it really were mostly an Israeli proposal, then an Israeli representative would have been there with Biden to announce it. (Or at least there would be more positive mouth noises from Bibi’s government about it.)
Biden’s right to push the process along, even if that means getting a little ahead of where Bibi and Hamas are in the process. As we’ve seen for a few decades, waiting for Israel and the PLO/PA/etc to come up with a process for a solution means waiting a very long time…
Of course it won’t fix everything. Lasting progress is always incremental…
Thanks.
Cheers,
Scott.