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Ukraine Strikes Russian Base Ahead of Talks With Turkey, U.N.
Wall Street Journal MSN ^ | 8/18/2022 | Ian Lovett, Evan Gershkovich

Posted on 08/18/2022 5:52:16 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

Ukrainian forces said they hit another base in Russian-occupied Kherson as the leaders of Turkey and the United Nations were expected to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky and discuss food shipments from Ukraine and the increasingly tense situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.

The Ukrainian military’s Southern Command said Thursday that it had struck an ammunition depot in the village of Bilohirka, near the front line of fighting in the Kherson region. The rocket strike is the latest in a series of attacks that have targeted logistics in the Russian-occupied south—part of a strategy to starve Russian troops in the region of supplies and force them to withdraw from the territory they are holding west of the Dnipro River.

A day earlier, the Ukrainian military posted video to social media that appeared to show the aftermath of a long-range rocket strike on Nova Kakhovka, also in the Kherson region. And on Tuesday, pro-Ukrainian saboteurs destroyed an ammunition depot in Crimea, which Russia seized in 2014. Video on social media Thursday also showed large explosions overnight in Russian-occupied Amvrosiivka, in the eastern Donetsk region; Ukrainian officials didn’t immediately comment on the cause.

As Ukrainian strikes inside Russian-held territory increase, Russian forces are attempting to crack down on pro-Ukrainian insurgents.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: accordingtoplan; crimea; evangershkovich; ianlovett; kherson; putin; russia
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1 posted on 08/18/2022 5:52:16 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Bonus: Ukraine just hit Russians in Crimea again

Mizhvodne, in the North-West of Crimea.

https://twitter.com/TpyxaNews/status/1560245372563476481


2 posted on 08/18/2022 5:53:31 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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3 posted on 08/18/2022 5:55:50 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Right now: Explosions reported at ammunition depot in Mizhvodne village in Crimea.


4 posted on 08/18/2022 5:57:56 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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Digging troops out of a besieged city is always tough. Ukrainians are playing that smart here by playing the long game with logistics in Kherson.


5 posted on 08/18/2022 6:15:09 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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zelensky is a fool


6 posted on 08/18/2022 6:17:16 AM PDT by mylife (And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
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Souvenir t-shirts from Crimea.


7 posted on 08/18/2022 6:22:36 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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What is the pompous Putin then? Tiny Ukraine has made Russia look impotent!


8 posted on 08/18/2022 7:06:17 AM PDT by deener
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This thread has been brought to you by George Soros.

For all your globalist warmongering needs, turn to George Soros. (also sponsored by Pfizer)


9 posted on 08/18/2022 7:31:34 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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“zelensky is a fool”

Putin is the fool here. He thought he could invade and conquer someone else’s country in a matter of days and instead here we are the best part of a year later and he’s bogged down by a man you call a fool.

If Zelensky is a fool and he’s defeating Putin then how do you describe Putin?


10 posted on 08/18/2022 7:55:09 AM PDT by MercyFlush (☭☭☭ Soviet Russia must be destroyed. ☭☭☭)
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Russia bought Crimea as we bought Alaska


11 posted on 08/18/2022 8:11:56 AM PDT by mylife (And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
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stand by


12 posted on 08/18/2022 8:12:44 AM PDT by mylife (And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
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He thought he could invade and conquer someone else’s country in a matter of days

According to who?

13 posted on 08/18/2022 8:13:02 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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No , zelensky shelled the separatist regions, that is what provoked Putin


14 posted on 08/18/2022 8:15:41 AM PDT by mylife (And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
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even as Erdogan tries to quell the waters, belligerent zelensky tries to eff it up


15 posted on 08/18/2022 8:17:39 AM PDT by mylife (And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
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winter is coming....


16 posted on 08/18/2022 8:19:22 AM PDT by mylife (And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
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Erdogan is presenting Zelensky a “peace proposal” from Pedo Putin. Stronk Leader Putin offering to retreat from Kherson and Zaporizhzha. Zelensky will tell Putin to go to hell and enjoy fighting in the winter.


17 posted on 08/18/2022 8:20:48 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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as I said, he is a fool


18 posted on 08/18/2022 8:21:41 AM PDT by mylife (And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
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"General" Winter has yet to be defeated in World Military History. I see a grave humanitarian crisis starting in a few months.

General Winter will triumph again.

19 posted on 08/18/2022 8:22:35 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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Putin in a panic because he’s not going to get his referendums on Sept 11th. Eff’s up his plans to dissolve the Duma in December and hold early election to install Patrushev as his successor. Cancer panic setting in for Stronk Leader Putin. His days are numbered. And winter is coming.


20 posted on 08/18/2022 8:24:10 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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