Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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We are receiving reports that amidst the Ukraine Russia War, Iran has launched 4 missiles towards the US consulate in Erbil, Iraq. No one was injured on the ground. 1830 pm EST, March 12: Multiple long-range ballistic missiles fired at US consulate in Erbil, Iraq, Sky News Arabia reports. "No casualties have been reported after #missiles reportedly struck #Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern #Iraq, Reuters reports citing the Iraq state news agency...
Ukrainian military intelligence service says Wagner Group dog tags have been found among Russians killed in action in Ukraine. This from Illia Ponomarenko, who is embedded with Ukraine Army troops in Southern Ukraine. This is significant because it corroborates Ukraine claims that the Russians have hired mercenaries to kill Ukrainian leadership, including Pres. Volodomyr Zelensky himself. This as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on February 24, 2022....
Ukraine pres. Volodomyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of carrying out "genocide" after Ukrainian officials said Russian aircraft bombed a children's hospital on Wednesday, burying patients in rubble despite a ceasefire deal for people to flee Mariupol. At least three people, including a child, were killed and 17 more were injured in the maternity hospital in Mariupol, city officials said Thursday, as foreign ministers from the two countries arrived in Turkey for their first...
Several frontline photos have emerged of couples getting married in Ukraine. "This one picture exemplifies the strengths and hopes of the Ukrainian patriots. The looks on the couple's face made me weep because I understood the meanings.If they die, it will be for love and country. If they and the country survives, Ukrainians will thrive like no others," wrote Johnny B. Goode. "Love triumphs over hate. God bless these two beautiful souls." tweeted Francis Thomas. Congratulation...
Ukrainian forces say they have sunk the Vasily Bykov, the Russian warship that was immortalized when the border guards of Snake Island defiantly told it to "go eff" itself. The Ukrainian navy lured the patrol boat with another seemingly vulnerable boat. They then opened fire with a hidden onshore battery. Vasily Bykov was commissioned on 20 December 2018 in the Novorossiysk Naval Base [ru], becoming part of the Black Sea Fleet. The ship participated in the attack on Snake...
What has 24 square miles, is nominally independent, and somehow earned a place on Vladimir Putin's shit list? San Marino fought for its independence from the Roman Empire in 301 AD. It hasn't been in the news often since. At 24 square miles, and with a population of 34,000, not very much has happened in the valley surrounded on all sides by Italy. That damn San Marino! Monaco! The great Satan Lichtenstein! - Really, this list is kind of hilarious," tweeted Nasty Woman Needs...
A second Russian general was killed during fighting in Ukraine, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense said. Ukraine also claims to have killed four Colonels. It is believed that Senior military officials have to supervise the fighting in the field, because normal secured communications systems have broken down. One source says a radio phone conversation between Gerasimov was intercepted by Ukrainian intelligence, which then did a drone strike on the General. Maj. Gen. Vitaly...
A Russian aircraft reportedly bombed and sank one of Ukraine's Island-class patrol boats. P190 Slovyansk was formerly known as WPB-1321 USCGC Cushing. She was given to the Ukrainian navy in February 2019, along with USCGC Drummond which is now P191 Starobilisk. She was bombed in Odessa harbor, where she awaited what could be an amphibious invasion by Russian marines. P190 Slovyansk displaces 168 long tons. She is 110 feet long; about 34 meters. Her crew totaled 16 men,...
"Ukraine's Marines: Thirty enemy aircraft destroyed on the ground at the Kherson Airfield." This tweet from Illia Ponomarenko, Kyiv's Independent's war reporter in Southern Ukraine. If confirmed, this would be a major victory for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There is another tweet from "Euromaidan", which says all 30 aircraft were helicopters, and identifying the name of the airfield as Chernobayivka. There's also a video purportedly of the incident: https:/...
Update 3.8.22: The Pentagon was apparently sandbagged by Poland's announcement. Tuesday afternoon the US Defense Dept. called the Polish proposal was "untenable," which seems to kill the deal for now. “It is simply not clear to us that there is a substantive rationale for it,” Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said. Hours prior, the Polish government announced its decision to supply the U.S. with its stockpile of MIG-29 jets, free of charge, to be later transferred to Ukr...
Quoting Winston Churchill to the British Parliament, Zelensky said Ukraine "will not give up." He received a standing ovation from United Kingdom's House of Commons when he said, "we don't want to lose what we have, what is ours, our country, Ukraine." Zelensky called for Russia to be named a "terrorist state" and for allies to "make sure our skies are safe. . . . we will not surrender, we will not lose, we will go to the end." Channeling British Prime Minister Winston...
It could be a car park anywhere in the West. Except for the unexploded ordinance sticking into the side of a resident's BMW SUV. "BMW SUV impaled by a Smerch MLRS rocket booster in Kharkiv. https://t.me/truexanewsua/30678" Bob Lee tweeted this photo and caption. Well hopefully the owner is insured for this. Or can afford another car. Do mechanics repair this kind of damage? The Ukrainian authorities say that the Russian troops are demoralized, and increasingly violating rules...
A patrol group of 10 Russian soldiers were captured in an elevator by Ukraine territorial defense, claims the Eastern European news website 24 Visegrad. A security camera captured this photo of the soldiers, who look like they've just realized their error. They were apparently trying to reach the rooftop to take up sniper positions. The oldest rule of warfare, after all, is take the high ground. "A team of Russian soldiers wanted to use the elevator to reach the roof of an...
"This is the beginning of World War III," said one UCLA student named Illia, who was participating in the event on Santa Monica Blvd and Sepulveda. "You guys just haven't figured that out yet," he said grimly. Other demonstrations took place in Westwood Village, near the Santa Monica Pier, and on the Third Street Promenade. One place where demonstrating is illegal is Moscow. Authorities there have arrested 8,000 people, who may be subject to 15 years in prison under newly...
British singer Gordon Sumner (aka Sting) has re-released "The Russians Love Their Children Too" to highlight Russia's invasion of Ukraine. At the beginning, he receives this preface: "I've only rarely sung this song in the many years since it was written, because I never thought it would be relevant again. But In light of one man's woefully misguided decision to invade a peaceful unthreatening neighbor, I sing it again. To the Ukrainians fighting this tyranny, and also to the...
People are criticizing Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R), after he apparently tweeted this screenshot of Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelensky speaking to Senators Saturday morning, from a bunker in Kyiv. US Security services apparently warned Senators not to tweet photos, least they reveal the endangered man's location to Russian intelligence or military. While there is nothing obvious about Zelensky's location to be taken from the photo, the screenshot may have been helpful to...
12: - Saturday’s evacuation of civilians from Mariupol has been suspended "for security reasons" after Russian forces failed to observe an agreed ceasefire, the Ukrainian parliament said. "I just spoke to Petro Andrushenko an advisor to the mayor in Mariupol, the Ukrainian city where Russia said it was opening a humanitarian corridor. He said they have had to halt the evacuation because Russia shelled the agreed evacuation point where people were to gather," said a s...
3/3/22: For the first time since Russia's invasion of his country 8 days ago, Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky addressed Vladimyr Putin directly. In a video released on social media, the Ukrainian leader told his Russian counterpart, let's sit down and talk, man to man. "Good Lord, what do you want? Leave our land. If you don't want to leave now, sit down with me at the negotiating table. But not from 30 meters away, like with Macron and Scholz. Sit down with me and...
In St.Petersburg, Russia, the police detained a well-known survivor of the Siege of Leningrad at an anti-war protest. At 76, Yelena Osipova was born during the siege, which ended in 1944. She is among 7000 people detained by the police while protesting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "Even the officers seemed to be relatively respectful/gentle with her, as well as the others keeping many protesters from jumping on the officers while, while commendable could've caused her to...
3/1/22: The Russian Army recently shelled residential areas of Kharkiv, Ukraine in their recent assault on that City. But a local cat has decided to change all that. The "Panther of Kharkiv" reveals the locations of Russian army snipers, by chasing down the red laser dots produced by their AK-47 rifles. Well at least that's the story. I certainly hope it's true. The original post reads: Ukraine army cats are trained to spot and direct the location of Russian sniper laser...
By now, the Ukrainians have taken several hundred Russian prisoners of war, some of which have been released since Ukraine lacks facilities to hold prisoners. But before releasing them, the prisoners are interviewed. One man said he is stationed in Nizhny Novgorod. He was told he was being deployed to military exercises in Belarus. At first, his unit was not even informed that they were being transported South into Ukraine. "One by One the, Ukrainian Army are taking Russia...
Joe Biden actually said the following to Congress at his State of the Union address on 3.1.22: "Our troops are not going to fight Ukraine." Well that's a relief. "A pound of Ukrainian people. Proud proud people." "Putin may encircle Kyiv with Tanks. But he'll never win the hearts of the Iranian people." "I told Chinese President Xi Jin Ping, We'll build roads and bridges, and we'll do it to fight the dangerous infects of climate change." "Technology of the Internet,...
A trumpet player captured by journalist Kristina Berdynskykh (@berdynskykh_k) playing a poignant rendition of the Ukraine national anthem while others residents of Kyiv look on, is making the rounds on social media. The video may be seen at https://twitter.com/Francis_A_K/status/1498402863311208448?s=20&t=9XWPjSaqZ5C_JmIu7tSJ6Q "Listening to this gut-wrenching video of #Ukraine anthem played in a subway station turned bomb shelter. Telling myself that #Putin actually revealed...
Video has emerged of a Ukrainian farmer using his tractor to tow away a Russian Armored Personnel Carrier. In the video, which has a couple discussing the scene in the background while they laugh; a soldier runs after the tractor. Needless to say the video garnered a lot of comments on social media. "That's going to make a heck of a story one day. "My dad stole this tank at the beginning of WW3", wrote Sly Bry. "It is not a tank, by the way. Armored personnel carrier."...
As women and children are being evacuated, some Ukrainian women are also joining the military and helping men fight off the Russian army. "Ukrainian army has 17% women soldiers 🇺🇦Among these incredibly brave women, here is the Pict of #IrynaTsvila killed while trying to stop Russian army near #Kyev 🙏🏼 #UkraineUnderAttack #PutinsWar #PutinHitler" reads one unverified post on Twitter. "She is Miss Ukraine, Anasasiia Lenna. Ukraine has 36,000 women serving in the military. I...
