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When, in 2014, NATO published satellite images of invading Russian tanks in Crimea, Russian embassies tweeted a picture of toy tanks, dismissing them as the “most convincing evidence” that NATO could come up with. Late last month, a couple of days after Russian missiles hit Kyiv, killing a Ukrainian journalist; a few weeks after Russian forces laid siege to this city, my hometown; two months after Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded my homeland, I went down into a converted bomb shelter and laughed. A lot. And it felt great. At the other end of the front, in the south, on the Russians’ left flank, the most dramatic development came on June 6th when the Kakhovka dam collapsed, causing massive flooding across Kherson province. It is too early to assess the full damage. Yury Vaskov, Ukraine’s deputy minister for infrastructure, suggested on June 7th to The Economist that more of the dam may be intact than initially thought. Working out how much is left will be clear only once the water level falls. But already more than 150 tonnes of oil have leaked into the Dnieper. “We already know it is the most terrible catastrophe Ukraine has experienced in decades,” Mr Vaskov said.
Alhabash’s research indicates that people who share memes often aren’t thinking too deeply about what to post or share, and are “driven to make content based on what we think other people want to see on social media.” This can be a very knee-jerk experience, which doesn’t really lend itself to reflective war memes. The sub-munitions then detonate in turn with either hundreds of high-velocity fragments, or a single, larger anti-tank charge. When she feels down and fears the bloodshed will never end, she stops watching the news for a while. But the memes – “they are always there for me”.
Kuleba's visit to Equatorial Guinea will be the first in the history of diplomatic relations of the two countries, Ukraine's foreign ministry said in a statement. The plots to steal the weaponry and equipment were disrupted by Ukraine’s intelligence services and the items were ultimately recovered, according to the report, titled “DoD’s Accountability of Equipment Provided to Ukraine.” CNN obtained the report via a Freedom of Information Act request. Military.com first reported the news. The ensuing years gave the country ample opportunity to perfect its barbs against Russia, and Kuleba has brought that skill to his current portfolio as foreign minister. Taken together these military developments indicate that, after weeks of preparatory missile strikes and other activity, the counter-offensive has entered a new and more aggressive phase. The infrared data, which show the fires that result from shelling and bombing, suggest that June 6th was one of the most intense days of fighting since the war began, with most of the fires occurring in Russian-held areas. The continuing confusion over the disposition of Ukraine’s forces and their primary targets is testimony to Ukraine’s success in keeping its plans under wraps. Internal politics are a recurring theme. During a show a few weeks ago, a poll was cited that found 90 percent of Ukrainians want to join the European Union.
How many Russians does it take to change a Ukrainian lightbulb? At least 1 battalion to lose in the attempt. Please reply with your best punchline. Key context: The Wagner private military group is in Belarus after Lukashenko helped broker a deal to end the group's short-lived rebellion against Moscow. Ukraine says as many as 5,000 fighters are already in the country. During a post-show interview, both comedians said they hoped the war ends before the fall, for purely careerist reasons. They’ve got some corporate gigs lined up in other countries and as long as hostilities rage, men are barred from leaving the country. The inability of DoD personnel to visit areas where equipment provided to Ukraine was being used or stored significantly hampered ODC-Kyiv’s ability to execute” the monitoring, the report added.
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Things just unfold and keep on unfolding. And then [the topic] becomes so dynamic that there’s no way to pinpoint what is the cause of someone thinking in a particular way about the world,” Alhabash said. “Because, after all, they’re part of making that narrative and influencing how it evolves over time.” Nazar Romanchenko earned a degree in history from Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University. He lives in Lutsk and works as a sales manager. However, since 2014, Russian propagandists have used the imagined persecution of Russian speakers in Ukraine as justification for Russia’s aggression. In reality, while Ukrainian was promoted to the status of official language as part of Leninopad, Russian is so accepted in Ukraine that Zelensky broke into Russian during the 2019 presidential debate to the cheers of the crowd. This dark joke refers to the terror that follows when Russian soldiers come to “save” Russian-speaking Ukrainians.
In that, these comics carry a sense of duty. “During the darkest of times, humor helps us to stay sane and return to normality,” Anton Tymoshenko, another comedian, told me. “It is the cheapest form of therapy.” Tymoshenko is actually more than just another comedian. In 2016, he won a Ukrainian TV competition in which contestants had to make Zelensky—at that point not yet president—laugh out loud. He made our comedian in chief chortle. Before the war, Ukraine was the fifth-largest wheat exporter globally, accounting for 10% of exports, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. I’m already seeing the scolding tweets about WWIII jokes. We may be irony-poisoned on here, but you can’t stop gallows humor when it’s something this huge and bleak and we’re all individually powerless. It’s a sign we’re still human.— AICN Podcast Day! (@LazlosGhost) February 24, 2022Ukrainian jabs are directed at the invaders, but not towards their own fighters and victims. And it is worth noting that Zelenskyy, a comic before he assumed the presidency, has for the most part avoided jocular tweets during wartime. After all, he wants to be taken seriously as head of state. Dziunko is onstage with two other comedians and a well-known singer. All are seated and holding microphones, gamely trying to find humor in a place and at a moment when the tragic is trouncing the funny by a spectacular margin. Russian digital messaging instead tends to maximise threats, such as of nuclear war. It is hard to strike fear if you provoke guffaws. The training — which Reznikov said will likely be held in Denmark and the Netherlands, as well as possibly in the United Kingdom or Poland — will also include intensive sessions for technicians. The defense minister said the maintenance of the jets is a "serious task”.
British military intelligence suggests Russia's air force has "likely started" using the RBK-500 500kg cluster munition bomb more frequently.
Call for more air defense: Ukraine has been struggling in the past week to repel a wave of Russian strikes against Odesa, its air defenses unable to cope with the types of missiles that Moscow has used to pummel the region. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated his call for a "sky shield" provided by partners. Ukrainians were often the brunt of Russian jokes – they were ridiculed as greedy, rustic and humourless. Two years later, when Britain alleged that Russia had poisoned a former spy and his daughter, the Russian embassy in London posted a picture of Hercule Poirot, the detective in Agatha Christie’s murder mysteries. The caption read, “In absence of evidence, we definitely need Poirot in Salisbury!” Keep reading list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Ukraine says wife of military spy chief was poisoned list 2 of 4 Baltic foreign ministers pull out of OSCE summit over Russia invite list 3 of 4 NATO chief urges allies to ‘stay the course’ in supporting Ukraine list 4 of 4 Ukraine storm death toll rises to 10, thousands rescued in the south end of list
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