National Guard officer Viacheslav, with the call sign Lialia, had lived in Kharkiv and worked as a house painter before the full-scale Russian invasion.
But the war forced the man to change his profession and stand up for the country, the National Guar…
Serhii, a 40-year-old National Guard soldier who goes by the alias Lom, rose from the rank of private to junior sergeant in two months and began commanding a squad. In February 2023, he was promoted to junior lieutenant ahead of schedule and now comman…
Scar, a 24-year-old company commander in the 5th Slobozhanshchyna Brigade, has already survived the battles for Kharkiv, Balakliia, Kupiansk and Kreminna.
He is tall, thin and looks his age, the National Guard said on Facebook.
“I got the alias ‘scar’ …
On 1 July, the Russians shelled Balaklia, Izyum district, Kharkiv Oblast; Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the Oblast Military Administration, said that two women were wounded.
Source: Syniehubov on Telegram
Details: It is noted that a 65-year-old woman wa…
In May 2023, after ten months of heavy defence on the Bakhmut front, the Ukrainian army started offensive actions on both flanks and at the same time withdrew from the long-suffering city.
The defence forces began to successfully “nibble away” at the a…
The Russian occupiers have damaged an ammonia pipeline in an attack on the Kupiansk district, Kharkiv Oblast.
Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast State Administration, on Facebook
Quote: “The pipeline was depressurised as a result of enemy …
Russian occupiers attacked the city of Balakliia in Kharkiv Oblast with Smerch multiple rocket launchers, killing a man and injuring nine others.
Source: statement by Oleh Syniehubov, Head of the Kharkiv Oblast State Administration
Quote: “Russia…
At half past five in the morning on 3 March 2022, Vitalii Perehon, 47, who lives in Kyiv Oblast, was woken by a phone call. It was Serhii Martovytskyi, his cousin from Izium. Vitalii’s hands started shaking.
“Hello?”
“Vitalii, they’re gone…”
“What are …
On Sunday, Russian troops launched eight missile- and 22 airstrikes on Ukraine, Bakhmut is being attacked with incendiary and phosphorus ammunition.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, information as of 18:00 on 7 March
Details: Over …
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