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More Russian stuff blowing up, plus remembering MH17 [1]
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Date: 2023-07-17
A reminder that this is the 9th anniversary of when the Russian-backed militia in occupied Ukraine shot down a civilian airliner, killing all aboard — and then proudly displayed their trophies.
x After Russia shot down MH17 over Eastern Ukraine on July 17th, 2014, their soldiers posed with the toys and teddy bears of the children that were onboard the plane.
They also looted the luggage of the victims, stealing jewels, cash and cosmetics. pic.twitter.com/jp8GRQKIr4 — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) July 17, 2023
x Russians celebrating shooting down what they thought was a Ukrainian plane over Eastern Ukraine on July 17th, 2014.
After a while, they realize they shot down an international passenger plane and suddenly change their story and start saying they didn’t shot it down.
We remember pic.twitter.com/aWkNGZRyJn — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) July 17, 2023
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The drivers probably didn’t expect to be ambushed there.
x A team of Chechen soldiers fighting for Ukraine crossed the border into Belgorod, Russia and attacked a Russian military truck.
2 Russian soldiers were killed. pic.twitter.com/gMVAqmx6yZ — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) July 17, 2023
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Splash. One less Russian plane available to bomb Ukraine.
x A Russian fighter jet Su-25 crashes into the sea in Russia's Kransodar region, Russian media report
The cause of the crash is currently unknown.
🎥
https://t.co/L4lJbZoHQo pic.twitter.com/coYHP0XS4b — Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) July 17, 2023
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What always amazes me about these videos of huge explosions is how some guy will just drive right by it as if nothing had just happened.
x Russia Warehouse was hit in Tarvriysk direction pic.twitter.com/rgVTHWf4MF — Getty (@region776) July 17, 2023
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He’s being facetious. There is no sound.
x The explosions seems so loud 🔥 pic.twitter.com/vQgPmCC23P — Getty (@region776) July 17, 2023
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This one does have sound and you need to turn it on to get the effect.
A soldier calmly drinking a soda while gunfire goes off nearby.
x Ніщо не завадить релаксу, час якого настав pic.twitter.com/6EQ4xlrxe5 — Армія FM (@Armia_fm) July 17, 2023
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It’s HIMARS o’clock on the left bank.
x HIMARS strike on Russian positions on the left bank of the Kherson region.
https://t.co/cbE5BNaMMh pic.twitter.com/uEdISzI4OG — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) July 17, 2023
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Another hit on one of Russia’s relatively rare heavy mortars.
x Minus another Russian 240mm self-propelled mortar 2S4 Tyulpan in the Luhansk region. pic.twitter.com/3neoZCB99x — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) July 17, 2023
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Here’s a satellite photo of the Kerch Bridge.
x /10. Russian officials regarding the Crimean bridge. - “One track of the railway part of the Crimean Bridge has minor damage”, “two-way traffic on one side of the Crimean Bridge is planned to be launched on September 15, on the other side - in November” — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) July 17, 2023
And ….. there’s video:
This should only take a week month year.
x "A temporary bridge of 250 meters long will be built next to the damaged part of the Kerch Bridge," Vice Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Husnullin said. pic.twitter.com/qjPgqFjOnV — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) July 17, 2023
“The ferry is coming to take us safely back to Russia.”
Narrator: No, it isn’t.
x Russian media report this is a line to the ferry crossing from temporarily occupied Crimea to Russia. pic.twitter.com/sW1TIB3mVX — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) July 17, 2023
A little late.
x “Russian military boat patrols the area around Crimean bridge”. Indeed, very timely. pic.twitter.com/eUpVvPpD3G — Maria Avdeeva (@maria_avdv) July 17, 2023
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Libertarians are no better than Republicans.
x Tweeted by the third-largest political party in the US. pic.twitter.com/QQrxh5G3Rj — Julia Kril 🇺🇦 (@juliavkril) July 15, 2023
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Belarus dictator Alexander Lukashenko is being linked to the despicable crime of child theft.
x Putin & Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, already faced an @ICC arrest warrant for the alleged forced deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children into Russia.
The @ICC’s investigation could now widen to include Lukashenko👇
https://t.co/3GBYDbYByr — Sviat Hnizdovskyi (@s_hnizdovskyi) July 17, 2023
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Slava Ukraini!
x Ukrainian helicopter crew say women flash them as they fly overhead to boost their morale fighting Russia
https://t.co/LsB67ix1K9 — Insider Military and Defense (@insidermildef) July 17, 2023
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A well-named cat.
x Churchill the cat was rescued in Lviv from the debris of the residential building hit by a Russian rocket on 6th July.
He managed to survive for 11 days! Now the vets are taking care of him and then Churchill will be together with his humans again.
📹: Oksana Koshak pic.twitter.com/ZnpXmZTAlJ — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) July 17, 2023
Poor puppy.
Polecats just wanna have fun.
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