If anyone remembers I had done a zoom call with the Ukranian Mushroom Conference last year. I had not heard if the people we talked to that set the call up were safe until this morning. Here is what he said: yes, looks like we safe in meaning of life. I hope at least… war is not over. We get accustomed with the constant air raid sirens that sound couple of times a day. As I never held weapon in arms so army haven’t asked me to go to the front, but demand staying in country just in case. My children and their mother went to Germany. Inna with her parents fled to Poland and get temporary work in Polish company that produces equipment for mushroom farms. UMDIS activities was frozen… I hope we’ll manage to defrost them soon. Couple of seminars that was planned for March haven’t happened as you can guess. Though I don’t really guess now how it will be because Ukraine economy was hit strongly, war is continue, for Russian market we will not work in future in any case. Time will show. About half of mushroom farms in the country stopped, the rest collecting the rest of yield, but for 3 first week of March no compost yard produced a compost, so soon we’ll have gap in production. Now their work recovered a little, not more than 25% from what it was. I think I’ll be looking for what to do somewhere abroad after the war, to try something new.
Yeah, I’m happy to celebrate it as any Russian casualties, but I don’t know if we have a lot of room to laugh about it. We have shot down several of our own or allied aircraft, going back to Desert Storm. I’m betting, without even seeing the particulars of the Russian case, that whoever shot down this latest aircraft had a lot more reason to believe it was hostile than whoever shot down this Tornado in 2003. https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...fighter/d231ba70-080a-450b-a12c-ba6e4ee2e10f/
It is sobering to have an on line chat interrupted when the other party has to retreat to the basement due to air raid sirens. Even though Odessa has not been target directly yet, they get sirens frequently. Towns just to their east have been bombed.
They sabotaged the rail system to f up russian logistics. Credit to them for doing their part. Wish they would become the focal point of a bigger movement to rid themselves of Russian influence if that is what Belarus wants. The last election proved they want democracy and not a puppet
A week old so it may have previously posted. More points for the good guys. The Ukrainian Army Has More Tanks Now Than When The War Began—Because It Keeps Capturing Them From Russia
Just heard on the news that the Russian soldiers involved were digging trenches in the area. That actually makes a lot of sense to me. I’ve heard that part of the liquidation efforts involved digging up the irradiated topsoil and burying it underneath the deeper dirt. They may have hit that stuff.
Cnn live "Ukrainian minister: Russian forces took 14 tons of humanitarian aid From CNN's Nathan Hodge and Hira Humayun Russian forces on Thursday confiscated 14 tons of humanitarian aid from buses bound for Melitopol in southern Ukraine, according to Iryna Vereshchuk, the Ukrainian minister of reintegration of temporarily occupied territories. Vereshchuk said the food and medication was loaded on 12 buses. "This is the price for the agreed corridors and for the Red Cross' guarantees that the corridors will be provided and working," Vereshchuk said. "We are negotiating for the buses to be returned and for the Melitopol residents tomorrow to evacuate using these buses."
Shoot them. Cnn live "Zelensky removes two top Ukrainian generals, says he does not have "time to deal with all the traitors" From CNN's Mariya Knight and Hira Humayun Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he removed two top Ukrainian generals, calling them "antiheroes" in his nightly address posted to social media on Thursday night. "Today another decision was made regarding antiheroes. Now I do not have time to deal with all the traitors. But gradually they will all be punished," he said. The generals — former chief of the Main Department of Internal Security of the Security Service of Ukraine, Naumov Andriy Olehovych, and the former head of the Office of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Kherson region, Kryvoruchko Serhiy Oleksandrovych — have been stripped of their rank. “Those servicemen among senior officers who have not decided where their homeland is, who violate the military oath of allegiance to the Ukrainian people as regards (to) the protection of our state, its freedom and independence, will inevitably be deprived of senior military ranks. Random generals don't belong here!” Zelensky said."
Burn baby Burn. CNN live "Fire breaks out at a Russian fuel depot near Ukrainian border From CNN's Masha Angelova, Jake Kwon, Olga Voitovych, Uliana Pavlova and Nathan Hodge A fire broke out at a fuel depot in Belgorod, a Russian city near the Ukrainian border, the regional governor said on his Telegram channel Friday morning. Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of Belgorod region, accused Ukraine of being behind the blaze without providing further evidence. “The fire at the oil depot occurred as a result of an air strike coming from two helicopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces which entered the territory of the Russian Federation flying at a low altitude. There are no victims,” said Gladkov. CNN is unable to verify this claim. The fire “engulfed fuel reservoirs,” Russian state media TASS reported, citing the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations."
I get the sentiment, but I hope they don't shoot them. Not unless that's the punishment for the crime once convicted in a court under their system.
Cnn live " Chernihiv mayor says Russian shelling destroyed oncology ward of hospital The mayor of Chernihiv said that Russian shelling destroyed the oncology ward of a hospital in the northern Ukrainian city, just days after Russia said it would "drastically reduce" its military assault on Kyiv and Chernihiv. "Some shells hit the regional hospital direct, and one of the buildings of the hospital, in fact the oncological unit, was completely destroyed. Three people sustained heavy injuries," Mayor Vladyslav Atroshenko told CNN's John Berman via a translator. He also said there is no water or electricity, and the city could run out of food and medicine within a week. The only supplies coming in are being provided by the military and volunteers"
