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Dmytro was born on December 3, 1992 in the village of Znamenka.
Eternal memory!ππΊπ¦
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Dmytro was born on December 3, 1992 in the village of Znamenka.
Eternal memory!ππΊπ¦
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Defender Dmytro Strelets, nicknamed Yo-Yo, diedππ on December 19, 2024 near the village of Shevchenkove, Kharkiv region.
As a result of enemy shelling, he suffered a fatal shrapnel wound.
The soldier is forever 32 years old. π
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ISWβs broader takeaway:
Ukrainian activity in the south may complicate Russiaβs expected 2026 offensive planning.
Not a breakthrough story.
But pressure accumulating across the front often matters more than a single dramatic push.
www.understandingwar.org/%E2%81%A0
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If Russia pulls forces south to stabilize Zaporizhzhia, something else weakens.
War rarely allows free choices.
Every reinforcement creates a gap somewhere else.
That is the strategic logic Ukraine is testing.
www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
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Russian forces have reportedly redeployed airborne (VDV) and naval infantry units toward southern sectors.
When elite units move, it usually means pressure somewhere else is becoming uncomfortable.
ISW analysis:
www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
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ISW reports Ukrainian counterattacks around Hulyaipole and nearby sectors.
These actions appear limited tactically but force Russian command decisions operationally.
Small movements on the map.
Large effects in planning.
www.understandingwar.org/%E2%81%A0
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Ukrainian pressure in Zaporizhzhia (ISW assessment:
Ru called the Zaporizhzhia front βstable.β
New ISW assessments suggest something else: Ukrainian pressure is forcing Ru command to shift units and react
A βstable frontβ that keeps moving is not stable
www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
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Short ISW summary:
Ukraine is pushing locally in Zaporizhzhia.
Russia is redeploying elite troops to respond.
Ukrainian pressure could disrupt Russiaβs planned 2026 offensive campaign.
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Ukrainian tactical attacks are forcing operational decisions at the Russian command level.
This suggests Russia is already stretched even before its expected 2026 offensive.
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That weakens other sectors and complicates Moscowβs broader offensive plans.
Overall battlefield situation (ISW assessment)
Key takeaway from the latest campaign assessment:
Russiaβs battlefield position in southern Ukraine is worse than at the start of 2026.
www.kyivpost.com/post/71576?u...
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Russian forces appear overstretched
ISW notes Ukrainian counterattacks are exposing structural limits in Russiaβs force structure.
Russia may have to pull troops from Kherson or Donbas to stabilize the Zaporizhzhia front.
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This is significant because those units were expected to support Russiaβs offensive toward major Donbas cities like Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
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Russia is being forced to shift elite units
According to ISW analysis:
Russian command has redeployed elite airborne (VDV) and naval infantry units from Donetsk sectors toward the south.
This shift likely happened because of Ukrainian gains in Zaporizhzhia.
english.nv.ua/russian-war/...
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Why it matters:
ISW says these operations could disrupt Russiaβs planned springβsummer 2026 offensive.
The Ukrainian actions are creating βcascading effectsβ across the front.
english.nv.ua/russian-war/...
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These attacks are forcing Russia to redeploy units and react instead of continuing its planned offensives.
english.nv.ua/russian-war/...
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Latest update from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) β March 9β10, 2026
Ukrainian counterattacks in Zaporizhzhia are changing the battlefield
ISW reports Ukrainian forces are counterattacking around Oleksandrivka and Hulyaipole in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
UKRAINIAN πΊπ¦ BLUE KEEPS EATING ITS WAY ACROSS ZAPORIZHZHIA WHILE RUSSIAN π·πΊ MILBLOGGER MAPS CALL IT A βMINOR ADJUSTMENT.β
EVEN CONSERVATIVE ISW NOW TREATS THAT βSTABLE FRONTβ AS AN INKBLOT STAMPED βMADE IN UKRAINE.β πΊπ¦
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Ukraina diakuie za tsi podarunky. Ura!π―πΊπ¦β€οΈ
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Metallica has actively supported UkraineπΊπ¦
Since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion.
Raising over $1 million for humanitarian aid through its All Within:
"My Hands foundation."
The band donated funds to World Central Kitchen to support the Ukrainian
He survived the bloody events on the Maidan in January-February 2014. π
He survived after the concrete of the Donetsk airport could not withstand it!
SERHIY KROITOR, paratrooper
He diedππ on March 15, 2023 near Yampol in the Donetsk region.
We remember
πΊπ¦Eternal memory πΊπ¦
Absolutely, this has goin on for a long time, ru soldiers/materials, all has an end
The more Ukraine gains the more Russia becomes depleted. A depleted Russia can not provide ongoing substantial aid to Iran. If Trump had any brains he would pump military, intelligence and financial support to Ukraine to help end the Iranian war.
Heroyam Slava π―πΊπ¦π
Ukraine is winning against Russiaβs invasion.
Slava Ukraini.
"The Russian military simply does not have the capacity to overrun Ukrainian defences that Putin constantly claims"
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War creates strange alliances.
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Ukraine is now defending the Middle East from Iranian drones.
Qatar.
Saudi Arabia.
UAE.
Kyiv sends experts who spent years stopping Iranβs Shaheds over Ukrainian cities.
In return Ukraine asks for Patriot PAC-2 and PAC-3 interceptors.
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-send...
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It is necessary that those who are now turning to Ukraine for support β that they continue to help our defense, our air defense first of all.
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πΊπ¦ Zelensky: Now our team β both military and Umerov β is on its way to the Gulf region, where our guys can help protect life and stabilize the situation.
www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polyt...
Great tx to @docmurphydog.bsky.social has added you to the "Doc & Murphy Dogβs Keepers of Democracy #82" starter pack list
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/Lewi