Kyiv Still Holding, Saturday Morning

[orangecrush]

Francis Scott Key would be proud.

[mdelaguna]

1. Gave me chills.

Woke up worried, checked here first.

[orangecrush]

2. An inspiration for Democrats

Courage, conviction, and dedication to ideals can stand up to a monster.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

16. Yes

We have OUR monsters here.

[gademocrat7]

3. Courageous people!🇺🇦

[Tetrachloride]

4. Waiting for info on an acquaintance in Ukraine

Meanwhile 200 Ukraine tourists are “stranded” in my area, as all civilian flights to Ukraine are canceled.

[orangecrush]

5. Stranded?

I'm sure plenty of good people are willing to offer them American hospitality and put them up.

Best of luck to your acquaintance.

[Tetrachloride]

6. I am on the Red Sea

Local English websites are saying little.

[orangecrush]

10. Thank you

For the information, my friend!

[Tetrachloride]

8. My acquaintance has probably joined the Ukraine underground

One of the smartest people that i have personally “met”

[orangecrush]

9. What an honor

To have such a friend!

[Tetrachloride]

12. ty. Also interesting are my Moscow acquaintances.

they did post recently. ice skating and karaoke.

i presume they are anti Putin as there is zero indication that they are pro pooty

online only. not personally met.

[WHITT]

7. Still Holding?

They haven't entered the cities yet.

Two-thirds of Russian forces are still outside the Ukrainian borders in the staging areas. My assumption is they will roll the heavy artillery batteries in and attack targets in the cities and urban areas FROM A DISTANCE, before entering any cities.

[orangecrush]

11. And they'll have to kill

Every fucking person in the city.

What heroes.

I hope the Ukrainians take plenty of the russian bastards with them.

[WHITT]

13. No, That's Not How It Works

They TARGET anything that would prevent being ambushed as they enter urban areas.

[orangecrush]

18. Sounds like you know

What you're taking about.

I have never been in that situation, so I defer.

Still, having followed the Iraq war, I would imagine the insurgency is going to be lots of fun for Russia.

[Kaleva]

22. Destroyed and damaged buildings offer good defensive positions

[BlueWavePsych]

15. Rubble from bombardment creates more defences like in Stalingrad in 1942

or more recently in cites of Syria and Iraq.

[Irish_Dem]

17. Yes air raids and shelling from a distance.

Higher civilian casualties this way.

Then the ground troops move in and mop up.

[Sunsky]

14. Is this related to current events?

Looks like a celebration with fireworks to me.

[orangecrush]

19. This was from 2014

When they ran Putin's puppet out on a rail.

"In November 2013, a wave of large-scale protests (known as Euromaidan) erupted in response to President Yanukovych's refusal to sign a political association and free trade agreement with the European Union (EU) at a meeting of the Eastern Partnership in Vilnius in Lithuania. These protests continued for months. In February 2014, clashes between the protestors and the Berkut (special riot police) became violent, and resulted in the deaths of nearly 130 people, including 18 police officers.[28] On February 21, an agreement between President Yanukovych and the leaders of the parliamentary opposition was signed that called for early elections and the formation of an interim unity government. The following day, Yanukovych fled from the capital ahead of an impeachment "


- Wikipedia

(Link not working)

I posted it as an example of the Ukrainian national anthem being sung in solidarity.

[Sunsky]

20. Got it

Thanks for the explanation. Hopefully, we'll get to witness a similar event sooner than later. 🇺🇦

[orangecrush]

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