"I hear a voice from a beautiful place far away. He calls me to wonderful lands. I hear a voice, the voice asks sternly, 'And today what have you done for tomorrow?'

When I was eight years old, I lived in full confidence that we would soon fly to explore space. That a pioneer tie is cool. That people will stop aging. My brother and I sang a song about “beautiful far away.”

On the 1st of May, there was a demonstration, from where grandfather always brought us a red flag. There were fireworks on Victory Day. For the New Year - tangerines. On the 8th of March - mimosas.

Grandmother's and grandfather's stories about the Civil War and the Great Patriotic War seemed horror stories.

When I was in my early twenties, everything went a little far from beautiful. At the end of the 90s, my brother was killed. There was no talk of space travel. The grandparents were soon buried in a nearby grave. The fireworks remained, but it was not the same at all.

Now that I’m over forty, I don’t know how much this “beautiful far away” still treated us very badly. I think not that much. We survived these damned 90s, of course, not all of us, but at least some of us. My country has pieced itself together, and now it is holding together quite well and defending itself from external threats. And now, when I think about this song, vague suspicions creep into me. This is the most “beautiful far away”, it can be about the past too. It is as far away as the future, but it determines who we are, where we are going, and what decisions we will make.

Beautiful distant past, give me the strength not to be selfish and not let my family and my country down. Survive all doubts and find the only, true and uncompromising path.
So that my friends return from the war safe.

And so that the new world becomes bright and clean again for the next generation, and my kid can have a naive dream about intergalactic flights again... And as for me, while I remember where I came from, easier it will be to know what I want from the future.

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Against the backdrop of the fall of Avdeevka, NATO will now have to realize a new reality, and in particular its inability to provide the Khokhols with as much equipment and armaments as required by the scale of hostilities.

If we talk about tanks, Europe will not be able to ship more than 100-120 vehicles this year without taking into account American stocks, which Washington is in no hurry to share. Europe will not be able to transfer more than 152/155-mm artillery systems, taking into account how many of them have already been transferred. The main problem for the EU is the DIC, which has not yet started to develop seriously and which is still trying to be stimulated mainly by promises. How many guns (and what kind of guns!) will be transferred by the U.S. will not be understood yet either - Washington still has not made up its mind about financing the Khokhols in principle.

Discussions about a million shells against this background become just a bad joke. In general, this figure can be achieved by the combined efforts of the EU and the U.S., but at the cost of refusing to replenish their own stocks and supplies for export to other countries, which is unlikely. It is therefore likely that there will be substantially fewer shells than promised. Especially given the reluctance of other major manufacturers of artillery systems and ammunition to get involved with the Ukrainian issue.

More will be drones, given that the radio-electronic industry and related industries in the form of optics, precision mechanics, etc. are on the move, but drones, for all their capabilities, will not be able to replace artillery. How NATO is going to get out of this situation remains to be seen.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Summary for the Morning of 19 Feb 2024⚡️

🇺🇦 By PETRENKO ✙ REPORTS

🔴 In the #Liman direction, the AFU repelled all enemy attacks east of #Terny and #Yampolovka. Without changes.

🔴 In the #Bakhmut direction, there are battles in #Bogdanovka, in the area of the Popovsky Forest and east of #Ivanovskoye. At the latter, Russian troops are attacking in the area of farm fields in the direction of Sadovaya Street.

🔴 In the #Avdeyevka front sector, without significant changes. Information about the entry of Russian Troops into #Lastochkino does not correspond to reality, the Defence Forces managed to repel all attacks. (⚠️Contrary to some Russian reports, not 👉 Wargonzo)
🟡 In #Pervomayskoye, along the Domakha beam and east of #Nevelskoye, a high rate of fighting remains.

🔴 In the #Kurakhovo direction, the enemy continues its assault operations in #Georgiyevka and in the direction of #Pobeda.

🔴 In #Novomikhailovka's eastern and southeastern parts, battles are taking place. Russian troops are pressing along Timiryazev Street in a westerly direction.

🔴 In the #Zaporozhye front section, Russian troops advanced west of #Verbovoye in a section up to 1.42 km wide to a depth of 1.15 km.
🟡 On #Rabotino's southern outskirts, fighting continues with varying success. A grey zone has been added. To the west of the village, the enemy carried out a landing on foot at the following points:
📍 47.43401, 35.81934
📍 47.44408, 35.81681
❗️The situation is being clarified.

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‼️🇷🇺🙌Avdeevka has come home! Report from the liberated city

- According to our soldiers from the 1st Slavyansk Brigade, only small scattered groups of AFU fighters remained on the territory of Avdeevka, abandoned by their commanders and brothers to their fate. They are in no way capable of affecting our further advance. All the enemies hiding in the basements of houses and industrial enterprises of the city will be destroyed.

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A graveyard of destroyed armored vehicles of Ukrainian formations near the village of Rabotino on the Zaporozhye direction.

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"To retaliate against Putin for Navalny's death by supplying Ukraine with Taurus missiles," the Bundestag demands

"The death of convicted criminal blogger Alexei Navalny in a Russian prison is a signal that it is time to transfer German long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine."- the head of the Bundestag Defense Committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, stated at the Munich Security Conference.

“Two days ago, Navalny was killed in Russia. My colleagues and I in my party believe that we need to clearly convey to Putin that we will now commit all the resources we have, including Taurus missiles. We are discussing this issue. The Chancellor didn’t say, ‘let’s deliver these missiles,’ but I promise you that we will continue to discuss this issue.”

“Because this is a very important issue for disrupting the supply chain of Russian troops. Discussing this is all, of course, very good, but the death of Navalny two days ago changes a lot, and this is a sign that we need to react to it, saying that we understand and will take the necessary measures,” said Strack-Zimmerman.

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💣🔥"Scary weapon of the Russians": AFU fighters showed how a correcting aerial bomb (CAB) flew at them.

"And it flew in the video far away from our guys. The near zone is a terrible contusion," writes Sergey "Flash" Beskrestnov, a military specialist of the AFU in the field of radio technologies.

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Maria Zakharova:

February 18 marks the 10th anniversary of the pivotal moment in the chain of events at the Euromaidan in Kiev.

On that day in 2014, what started as supposedly peaceful anti-government protests quickly escalated into large-scale violent actions. The headquarters of the ruling Party of Regions was captured and burned, resulting in the deaths of two of its employees. Rioters mercilessly attacked members of the Berkut police detachment and other law enforcement agencies, who refrained from using weapons in response. Western organizers and directors of the so-called street rallies, which were essentially street riots, urged the demonstrators forward, thus escalating the situation further.

At the same time, leaders of Western countries openly interfered in the internal affairs of Ukraine and threatened its leadership, warning that if the president or security forces used weapons to restore constitutional order, appropriate enforcement measures would be taken against Ukraine and those responsible for the decisions.

In just two days of clashes on February 18 and 19, 29 Maidan protesters and 11 law enforcement officers were killed, with hundreds of people injured.

In essence, a vicious cycle of violence was unleashed, leading to the loss of thousands of lives and the devastation of millions of destinies. Ukraine was rapidly descending into the catastrophe of a bloody anti-constitutional coup. Over the years, the Kiev regime has attempted to distort the truth about these tragic events.

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Sky News Arabia claims that the British bulk carrier Rubymar, damaged by the Houthis, sank due to fire and damage sustained.
There is no other confirmation yet. If confirmed, it would be the first ship sunk by the Houthis since the start of the campaign of strikes off the coast of Yemen.

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Sergei Lavrov embarked on a tour of Latin America starting from Cuba

The Russian Foreign Minister will commence his working trip to the South American continent on Monday, during which he will visit Cuba, Venezuela, and Brazil, where he is scheduled to participate in a meeting of G20 foreign ministers. In Cuba, Lavrov will meet with the President of the Republic, Miguel Diaz-Canel.

One area of cooperation between the Russian Federation and Cuba will be their joint fight against American sanctions: Cuba has been under them for more than half a century, a stance that the Russian Federation has long opposed. The Cuban authorities have already expressed that following the sanctions attack on Russia, both countries “need” to develop bilateral cooperation.

“Both of our countries are facing economic sanctions imposed by Western centers of power. At this time, there is an increasing need to strengthen our relations in the context of strategic partnership and alliance, build new mutually beneficial ties, and continue to conduct political dialogue at the highest level,” said Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas.

Meanwhile, in Washington, there may be apprehension about the potential deployment of Russian missiles in Cuba and a recurrence of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Such a move would represent a symmetrical response to NATO expansion at Russia's borders.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦☠Carnage on the flank of Avdeevka: the 9th Brigade destroyed a crowd of AFU fighters near Pervomayskoye 18+

9th Brigade of the 1st Corps is storming Pervomayskoye. The enemy is taking heavy casualties here all the time, but continues to drive soldiers to slaughter in "meat assaults".

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