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☆ Russia is exploiting Ukraine's lack of manpower to thin out the front line and seek a breakthrough, military expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewRussian forces are taking advantage of Ukraine's manpower shortage to thin out the front line and improve their chances of making breakthroughs, a war analyst said. According to the Times, in recent days Russian troops have poured across Ukraine's northeastern border and have taken at least nine villages and settlements. Ukraine's parliament also passed a bill earlier this month that would allow the country's military to recruit prisoners to fight . Whether these will be enough to replenish Ukrainian forces and prevent Russian breakthroughs remains unclear. AdvertisementFor now, Russian forces appear to be trying to encircle the city of Vovchansk in northern Kharkiv from the west and the east, according to an assessment published on Sunday by the ISW.

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☆ Ukraine war: With a surprise cross-border attack, Russia ruthlessly exposes Ukraine’s weaknesses
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Analysis Tim Lister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The town of Vovchansk in the northern Kharkiv region, liberated from Russian occupation more than 18 months ago, awoke Friday to intense shelling and aerial bombardment. As of Saturday, it appeared the Russians still held a handful of Ukrainian border villages, with intense aerial bombardment continuing in the Vovchansk area. Barros says that it is instead to compel Ukrainian forces to pivot from Donetsk to Kharkiv region. Gunners fire at Russian positions in the Kharkiv region on April 21. In Krasnohorivka, for example, Ukrainian units were able for months to use apartment buildings and a brick factory as defensive positions.

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☆ Russian troops are attacking Ukrainian positions at night on quad bikes, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian troops are using quad bikes in their assaults in Ukraine, according to CNN. Drone footage from the front lines shows quad bikes in use, and some on fire. Ukrainian troops say there are typically three to four Russian soldiers per bike. AdvertisementRussian troops are using quad bikes to attack Ukrainian positions, according to imagery and soldier testimony. This isn't the first report of quad bikes in use in the war.

Persons: —, Robotyne, Oleksandr Syrsky Organizations: CNN, Service, National Guard, Ukraine's 65th Mechanised Brigade Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russia, Robotyne

☆ Putin is tightening his grip over what's left of the Wagner Group
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementThe military formation has been actively recruiting former Wagner Group mercenaries and soldiers who fought in Ukraine for combat operations in Africa. The Kremlin is likely using the Africa Corps to take over many of the functions of the Wagner Group, Parens added. Last week, in a video obtained by the Kyiv Post, Ukrainian special forces were shown interrogating captured Wagner mercenaries in Sudan. "Ukrainian special services have acquired considerable experience of waging non-linear warfare against the Russian side and especially against the Wagner Group," he said. The fate of the Wagner Group, it seems, still hangs in the balance.

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☆ Ukraine says its special forces blew up a Black Sea mining platform in the night to throw off Russian drone operations
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine said on Tuesday that its special forces raided a Russian mining platform in the Black Sea. Ukrainian troops stole Russian equipment and mined the platform during the nighttime raid. AdvertisementUkrainian special forces raided and then blew up a mining platform in the Black Sea that Russia was using to support its drone operations, Kyiv said on Tuesday. It added that Moscow had also placed a radar on the platform to monitor ships in the Black Sea and better control the region. Ukrainian special forces have staged numerous assaults targeting Russian-held assets in the Black Sea and around Crimea.

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☆ Ukraine captured a radar during a daring oil platform assault that it's now using to track Russian warships, commandos say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukrainian commandos say they captured a Russian radar they're now using to track Moscow's warships. AdvertisementUkrainian special forces say they've captured quite a few "trophies" during their daring amphibious raids of Russian oil platforms, according to a new report. One such prize is a sophisticated long-range radar that Ukraine is now using to track Russian warships, giving them a useful tool in the Black Sea fight. Now, Ukraine says it's repurposing it to track Russian activity, Dmytro Linko, the commander of Stugna, told The War Zone. The amphibious raids are just one example of Ukraine's demonstrated ability to cause chaos far from the front lines.

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☆ Ukraine's counteroffensive has struggled, but Zelenskyy says the blow it dealt in the Black Sea is one for the history books
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Zelenskyy praised Ukraine's wins in the Black Sea, noting they'd "be in history textbooks." Ukraine's success in the battle for the Black Sea is what will be in history textbooks, though it's not discussed as often now." Ukraine's forces followed up that attack with a later strike on the Black Sea Fleet headquarters. AdvertisementAdvertisementSevastopol has been the longstanding headquarters of the Russian Black Sea fleet, a key part of Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014. Whether or not those victories in the Black Sea are sufficient to call the counteroffensive a success is debatable.

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☆ Russia moves its combat dolphins closer to the frontline to defend against Ukrainian special forces, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russia moved its trained dolphin force to a different part of the Black Sea, Naval News reported. It comes at a time when Ukraine is ramping up attacks on Russian naval assests in the Black Sea. AdvertisementAdvertisementRussia has moved its navy-trained dolphins closer to where fighting is happening in the Ukraine war, Naval News reported on Wednesday. The pens were initially spotted in the summer around Sevastopol, a major port on the Black Sea. Ukraine has become an increasingly threatening force in the Black Sea after it launched multiple attacks using underwater sea drones.

Persons: — Organizations: Naval News, Service, Naval, United States Naval Institute, UK Ministry of Defence Locations: Russia, Novoozerne, Ukraine, Crimea, Sevastopol

☆ A Ukrainian special forces soldier who snuck into Crimea in a nighttime raid said he was chased by Russian warships as he left
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine's special forces recently conducted a nighttime raid on Crimea using jet skis. A soldier involved in the raid said they were chased by Russian warships as they left, but escaped. AdvertisementAdvertisementA Ukrainian special forces soldier said he and his comrades were chased by Russian warships after a daring nighttime raid on occupied Crimea. Ukrainian soldiers then appear to hold up a Ukrainian flag. There were four of them, each with a crew of 20 Russian soldiers armed with heavy machine guns and a 30-millimeter gun," he said.

Persons: —, GUR, Andrey Yusov, Muzykant Organizations: Service, CNN, Pravda, Raptors, Black, Ukrainian Locations: Crimea, Ukraine, Russia, Russian, London

☆ US decision to send long-range missiles to Kyiv a grave mistake - Russia's envoy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Armoured vehicles move during "Noble Blueprint 2023" military exercise at Novo Selo military grounds, Bulgaria, September 26, 2023. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy also confirmed his forces used the ATACMS after his military reported on Tuesday striking two air bases in Ukrainian territory now controlled by Russia. Ukraine had repeatedly asked the U.S. administration for the ATACMS and pledged not to use inside Russia's territory. The Kremlin has said U.S. supplies of ATACMS missiles and Abrams tanks to Ukraine would not change the situation on the battlefield. Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Christopher Cushing and Lincoln FeastOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Anatoly Antonov, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Antonov, Lidia Kelly, Christopher Cushing Organizations: NATO, Army Tactical Missile Systems, White House, Ukrainian Special Forces, Thomson Locations: Novo Selo, Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Turkey, Albania, U.S, Ukraine, ATACMS, Russia, Luhansk, Ukraine's, Berdiansk, Azov, Washington, United States, Melbourne, Lincoln

☆ Russian Black Sea Commander Shown on Video Call After Ukraine Said It Killed Him
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Admiral Viktor Sokolov, the commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, was shown on Russian state television on Tuesday attending a defence leaders' meeting remotely, a day after Ukrainian special forces said they had killed him. In response to the Russian video, the Ukraine special forces said on Telegram: "Since the Russians were urgently forced to publish a response with Sokolov allegedly alive, our units are clarifying the information." Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, interviewed by CNN, neither confirmed nor denied Sokolov's death, but said his demise could only be a good thing for all concerned. In the video, Shoigu said more than 17,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed in September and that more than 2,700 weapons, including seven American Bradley fighting vehicles, had been destroyed. Kyiv's counteroffensive has yet to seize much territory from Russian forces, which control about 17.5% of Ukraine's internationally recognised territory.

Persons: Viktor Sokolov, Sokolov, Sergei Shoigu, Dmitry Peskov, Rustem Umerov, Umerov, Shoigu, Bradley, Guy Faulconbridge, Mark Trevelyan, Gareth Jones, Alex Richardson, Ron Popeski, Timothy Gardner Organizations: Fleet, Ukrainian Defence, CNN, Reuters, Ukrainian, Belfer, Harvard's Kennedy School Locations: MOSCOW, Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, Ukrainian, United States, Russian, Russia

☆ Ukraine killing Russia's Black Sea Fleet admiral would be a 'remarkable achievement' that hasn't been accomplished since World War II: ex-NATO commander
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine claimed it killed Russia's Black Sea Fleet commander, Viktor Solokov, in a Friday strike. The last time an admiral was killed in combat was in World War II, wrote James Stavridis. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine killing a Russian admiral in Crimea would be a "remarkable achievement" by Kyiv, a retired four-star admiral said. "I believe you have to go back to WWII to find other admiral killed in combat." The last admiral recorded to have died in combat was Japanese Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku, who was commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet during World War II.

Persons: Russia's, Viktor Solokov, James Stavridis, —, Viktor Sokolov, Stavridis, Yamamoto Isoroku, Kyrylo Budanov, Alexander Romanchuk, Oleg Tsekov, Joe Biden Organizations: NATO, Service, US, Ukraine, Japanese, US Air Force, Ukrainian Special Forces, TNT Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Crimea, Kyiv, Sevastopol, Europe, Japanese, South, Russia, America, Ukrainian, Moscow

☆ Russian Black Sea commander shown working after Ukraine said it killed him
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsMOSCOW, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Viktor Sokolov, the commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet and one of Russia's most senior navy officers, was shown on Tuesday attending a video conference, a day after Ukrainian special forces said they had killed him. In video and photographs released by the Russian defence ministry, Sokolov was shown apparently taking part in a video conference with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and other top admirals and army chiefs. The video was shown on Russian state television. Ukraine's counter-offensive has yet to yield significant territorial gains against Russian forces, which control about 17.5% of the internationally recognised territory of Ukraine. According to a Sept. 19 scorecard by the Belfer Center at Harvard's Kennedy School, Russia has gained 35 square miles of territory from Ukraine in the past month while Ukrainian forces have taken 16 square miles from Russian forces.

Persons: Sergei Shoigu, Viktor Sokolov, Sokolov, Dmitry Peskov, Shoigu, Bradley, Ukraine's, Guy Faulconbridge, Mark Trevelyan, Gareth Jones Organizations: Russian Defence, Armed Forces, Russian Defence Ministry, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Fleet, Defence, Russian, Belfer, Harvard's Kennedy School, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, Moscow's, Crimea, Sevastopol, Ukrainian, United States, Ukraine

☆ British commandos have trained hundreds of Ukrainian marines in the 'art' of amphibious raids
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Stavros Atlamazoglou | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

For six months, British Royal Marines have been training hundreds of Ukrainian marines in "the art" of conducting commando raids and complicated amphibious operations. The British Royal Marines Commandos are one of the best amphibious-warfare units in the world. Ukrainian marines training with British Royal Marines in March 2023. Ukrainian marines training in the UK in February 2023. Ukrainian marines could also join the shadowy fight taking place in the marshes and inlets of the Dnipro River Delta.

Persons: Mark Johnson, Ben Wallace, Wallace, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Stavros Atlamazoglou Organizations: British Royal Marines, Ministry of Defence, British Royal Marine Commandos, British Royal Navy, Royal Navy, British Commandos, UK Royal Marines, British Royal Marines Commandos, Commandos, Royal Marines, Argentine, British Marines, Naval Center of Special, Hellenic Army, 575th Marine Battalion, Army, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins School, International Studies, Boston College Law School Locations: Ukrainian, Ukraine, Crimean, Crimea, British, Argentina, East Falkland, Dnipro, Russian, Delta

☆ Dramatic video shows Ukrainian special forces battling a Russian Su-30 from small boats at sea. Kyiv's forces say they scored a hit, forcing the jet to flee
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine shared a video of Ukrainian special forces on boats near the platforms battling a Russian fighter jet. The Ukrainians eventually struck the Russian jet with a man-portable air defense system, or MANPADS, according to a translated version of the HUR video with English subtitles. In a video published by Ukrainian GUR about raids on the Boyko Towers sea rig near Crimea, they showed a battle between 3 Ukrainian small boats and a Russian jet. The battle between the boats and the fighter jet was part of a 13-minute video released by Ukraine's military intelligence agency that showed additional aspects of the operation. AdvertisementAdvertisementUK intel added that the week prior to that update a Russian combat jet shot at a small Ukrainian military boat operating near a platform.

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☆ Video shows Ukrainian special forces retaking control of gas drilling platforms in the Black Sea during daring raid
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine said on Monday it had recaptured several offshore drilling rigs in the Black Sea. The two-day raid, dubbed "Battle for the Sea," was part of a special forces operation. The platforms were occupied by Russia since 2015 and used for military purposes, according to Ukraine. The 13-minute-long edited video, released on Monday, shows special forces regaining control of the Petro Godovanets and Ukraina drilling rigs, as well as the self-elevating Tavrida and Syvash drilling platforms. Advertisement Advertisement Watch: The true cost of Ukraine's dam disaster"On the drilling platforms, the Russians set up warehouses with ammunition and fuel for helicopters," the video says, according to a BBC translation.

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☆ Ukraine says it has retaken offshore drilling platforms near Crimea
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces have regained control from Russia of several gas and oil offshore drilling platforms close to Crimea, Ukraine's military intelligence (GUR) said on Monday. It said on the Telegram messaging app that Kyiv's forces had retaken the drilling platforms known as the "Boiko Towers" in a "unique operation". "Russia has been deprived of the ability to fully control the waters of the Black Sea, and this makes Ukraine many steps closer to regaining Crimea," it said. Before Russia seized the Crimea peninsula, Ukraine extracted a significant part of its natural gas from the Black Sea shelf, providing gas not only for Crimea but also to mainland regions of Ukraine. Reporting by Anna Pruchnicka and Pavel Polityuk, Editing by Timothy HeritageOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: GUR, Anna Pruchnicka, Pavel Polityuk, Timothy Organizations: Reuters, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Russia, Crimea, Moscow, Ukraine, Russian

The attacks are forcing Russian tourists to reconsider their plans. Popular destinationCrimea has always been popular with Russian tourists, many of whom remember vacationing there during Soviet times. After Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year, a number of countries closed their doors to Russian tourists. Crimea suddenly became one of the few sunny beach destinations Russian tourists could still visit without having to spend a lot of money. The attack was frightening enough to scare away many of the Russian tourists who had still been planning to come.

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☆ Latest news: Yevgeny Prigozhin presumed dead, Russia's war in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Moscow's claim Friday comes after Ukrainian forces carried out what appeared to be one of Kyiv's most complex and ambitious operations to date against Russian military facilities in Crimea. The operation involved Ukrainian special forces landing on the western shore of the peninsula to attack Russian units, destroy Kremlin materiel and raise the Ukrainian flag. The Ukrainian military claims at least 30 Russians were killed in the seaborne raid. While there has been no word from Russian-appointed authorities in Crimea on the attack, Russian military bloggers have raised questions about the inability of coastal defenses to detect and repel such operations. Here's the latest headlines from Russia's war in Ukraine:

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☆ Ukraine says its special forces pulled off a daring amphibious raid into occupied Crimea, hit Russian troops, and raised the flag on the peninsula
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Jake Epstein | Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Ukrainian special forces made a surprise amphibious raid into occupied Crimea on Thursday. Kyiv's military intelligence agency said its troops engaged with Russians and raised a flag there. It is the latest in a string of engagements around Crimea, which Ukraine has vowed to liberate from Russia. The amphibious raid — and symbolic flag raising — also comes as Ukraine observes its 32nd Independence Day. Indeed, many of Kyiv's Western military backers sent messages to mark Ukrainian Independence Day, renewing commitments to keep supporting the country with economic and security assistance.

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☆ Ukraine's river raiders defy mosquito-infested bogs and the fear of being drowned by their body armor to harass Russian invaders
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | Julian Kossoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A unit commander told the Kyiv Independent that they needed more powerful boats. "We attack them where they least expect us," the military unit commander told the outlet. A map showing where the city of Kherson is in relation to the Dnipro river. But it added that it was "unclear if Russian forces possess the mechanized reserves necessary to do so." The unit commander told the outlet the river raiders Ukraine need more powerful boats.

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☆ Ukraine's daring nighttime raid across a river was likely a 'distraction' as it seeks to punch holes in Russia's defenses, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine's nighttime raid across the Dnipro was likely a 'distraction,' a defense expert said. Ukraine is seeking to breach Russian defenses at several points across the front line. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. The Dnipro raid was mentioned on Tuesday by US think tank The Institute for The Study of War, having initially been reported by Russian military bloggers. In an interview with the Kyiv Independent, a Ukrainian military commander said that Ukrainian forces were conducting regular raids across the Dnipro to probe weaknesses in Russian defenses, and to distract Russian forces from shelling the nearby Ukrainian-held city of Kherson.

Persons: Michael Clark, They've, they've, Clark, Mick Ryan, Ryan Organizations: Service, King's College London, Sky News, Australian Army, Financial Times, The, Russian, Kyiv Independent Locations: Dnipro, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Zaporizhzhia, Bakhmut, Ukrainian, Kherson

☆ Ukrainian special forces surprised and killed dozens of Russians in a daring nighttime river raid, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukrainian forces launched a raid across the Dnipro River under cover of dark. For around 150 miles in the south, the river forms the dividing line between Ukrainian and Russian territory. A map of Ukraine, with the Dnipro river visible in the center. It has been the site of intense fighting in recent weeks, as Ukrainian forces seek to break through Russian lines as part of their counteroffensive. "The majority of prominent Russian [military bloggers] claimed that Ukrainian forces managed to utilize tactical surprise and land on the east bank before engaging Russian forces in small arms exchanges," it said.

Persons: who've, Vladimir Saldo Organizations: Ukraine, Service, Daily Telegraph, Google Locations: Dnipro, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Kherson, Ukraine, Kyiv

☆ Russia built fake trenches along the front lines to lure Ukrainian soldiers into deadly explosive traps, researchers found
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Among them are fake trenches designed to lure Ukrainians into a death trap, researchers found on a recent Ukraine trip. And while many of the trenches are actual Russian combat positions, others have been traps, researchers learned from front-line Ukrainian forces. They have mine trenches," Kofman said, explaining that they attempt to "lure Ukrainian forces into trenches that have been mined" with remote-activated mines "and then blow up the mines." The possibility that the trench Ukrainian infantry are rushing into might be an explosive trap makes things immensely more difficult. Hendrickson said they have come across extremely complex minefields in which anti-tank mines are protected by anti-personnel mines and other explosives surrounded by booby traps.

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☆ A video appears to show Ukrainian special forces raiding a Russian-occupied island using US speedboats firing heavy machine guns
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A video shows Ukrainian naval forces raiding a Russian-occupied island in the Dnipro River. The Ukrainian forces deployed troops from the 73rd Special Forces Maritime Center to attack in two speedboats. Footage taken from a camera on the boat as well as from a drone shows the Ukrainian boats speeding towards the outpost while firing on it with a heavy machine gun. Russian boats are then deployed to the area, and the Ukrainian forces attack them using drones. The area has faced continued shelling by Russian forces ever since, according to The Kyiv Post.

Organizations: Service, Kyiv Post, US Navy, 73rd Special Forces Maritime Center, Post, Willard Sea Force, Willard Sea, Ukrainian Navy, Russian Locations: Ukrainian, Russian, Dnipro, Wall, Silicon, Kherson, Kyiv, Ukraine, Russia, Kherson Oblast

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