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☆ For Many Ukrainians, It’s Been a 10-Year War, Not a 2-Year One
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Andrew E. Kramer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

They were a ragtag army, fighting with baseball bats, Molotov cocktails and plywood shields. But for Ukrainians, the protesters who faced off with riot police on Kyiv’s main square a decade ago were the first soldiers in a war still raging today. Their portraits now adorn a wall of honor at St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv. They are displayed first, ahead of portraits of soldiers killed in the simmering, eight-year conflict in Ukraine’s east that served as a prelude to Russia’s full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022. And a museum dedicated to the street uprising identifies those who died on the square as the first soldiers killed in the war with Russia.

Persons: Molotov, Viktor F, Yanukovych, Michael’s Organizations: St Locations: Europe, Ukraine, Moscow, Kyiv, Ukraine’s, Russia

☆ An unusual twist during US Army training had noncombatants posting photos and videos to Fakebook for the enemy to see: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Data from civilian devices — like a photo or video of a soldier's position — could be equally dangerous and reveal important information to the enemy. Throughout the Ukraine war, civilians have regularly recorded and relayed enemy troop movements. Individuals tasked with portraying civilians took photos and videos of soldiers' locations and their equipment in a recent drill. The imagery was then uploaded to a fake social media site called Fakebook, and troops role-playing as the enemy used the data to stage attacks, the Post reported.

Persons: —, Viktor Fridshon, Curtis Taylor, Taylor, Insider's Sinéad Baker Organizations: Service, Business, Washington Post, Army, Getty Images Army, Post Locations: Russia, Ukraine, China, California, Soledar, Donetsk Oblast, Baltic

For Mr. Putin, it was a rare interaction with Western leaders since the start of the war last year. Once he had a chance to respond, Mr. Putin could not hide his irritation. “Some colleagues already in their speeches were saying that they were shocked by the ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine,” Mr. Putin said. Mr. Putin repeated Russia’s official line that the Kremlin was ready to negotiate and blamed Ukraine for rejecting talks. “Russia has never refused peace talks with Ukraine,” Mr. Putin said.

Persons: Vladimir V, Putin, “, ” Mr, ”, Mr, Viktor F, Yanukovych, Putin —, Xi Jinping —, Biden, Sergei V, Lavrov, Li Qiang Organizations: Hamas, Western, Kremlin, Ukraine Locations: Ukraine, Israel, Russia, India, Gaza, United States, China, Moscow, Europe, Delhi, Western

☆ Russia and Ukraine are building up huge armies, but they both have the same problem with using them in battle
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The Russian and Ukrainian militaries both lack junior officers who can lead large forces in battle. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe difference between an army and a well-armed mob often comes down to the presence of good junior officers. "The heavy attrition of experienced junior officers and trained field-grade staff has limited the scale at which offensive action can be synchronized." This same pattern can be seen today in Ukraine, where Russian operations have been characterized by rigid tactics and slow reaction times on the ground and in the air. AdvertisementAdvertisementCostumed folk singers pose with a Russian military officer during a celebration in Moscow in September.

Persons: —, Jack Watling, Viktor Fridshon, Watling, there's, Ed Ram, Arkady Budnitsky, Pavel Luzin, Luzin, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, Britain's Royal United Services Institute, Getty, Bradley, Washington, Anadolu Agency, Russian, Jamestown Foundation, Defense, Foreign Policy, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Bakhmut, Ukrainian, Zaporizhzhia, Stalingrad, Rostov, US, Russian, Moscow, Kyiv, Forbes

☆ Machine gun-wielding judges fight off Russian drone attacks from Kyiv rooftops, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Thirty-five judges are part of Mriya, a volunteer paramilitary squad, The Wall Street Journal reported. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. He told the Wall Street Journal that the Mriya squad had taken down five Iranian-made Shahed drones. "If I do not do this now," he told The Wall Street Journal, "my children and grandson will not have a peaceful future." Judge Chumak, 48, told The Wall Street Journal that when the drones get close, "they're noisy.

Persons: Yuriy Chumak, Chumak, —, YASUYOSHI CHIBA, Viktor Fomon, Judge Chumak, Vladimir Putin's, Chris Panella Organizations: Street Journal, Service, Street, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, Getty, Wall Street, Ukraine's Locations: Mriya, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Russia, Kyiv, Soviet, Czechoslovakian, AFP

☆ Ukraine's offensive has a problem: Russia knew what was coming and was given way too much time to figure out how to beat it
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ukraine has received various Western tanks, weapons systems, fighting vehicles, and armor. But Russia has often sidelined the assets with trenches, anti-tank mines, and fortified defenses. An expert told Insider the West's piecemeal rollout gave Russia time to adapt to each weapons system. Landmines, booby traps, and trip wires are a favorite Russian tactic, turning Ukraine's environment against Kyiv's own troops. To deal with Ukraine's mine clearers and sappers, Russia has stacked anti-tank mines to destroy de-mining equipment that can only handle so much explosive force.

Persons: George Barros, Thomas Alvarez, Joe Biden, They've, Abrams, Mykhailo Podolyak, Barros, Serhii, we've, Bradley, they're, Viktor Fridshon, Ritzau Scanpix, It's Organizations: Service, Russian, Ukraine, Institute for, M1A2 Abrams Tanks, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat, Idaho Army National Guard, Orchard Combat Training, Pentagon, Getty, Ukrainian National Guard Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Russian, Moscow, Soviet, Odesa, AFP

☆ White House Condemns Fox News Over Host’s Holocaust Comments
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Jeremy W. Peters | More About Jeremy W. Peters | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“Did you ever read ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’?” Mr. Gutfeld said. “Vik Frankl talks about how you had to survive in a concentration camp by having skills. You had to be useful. Utility kept you alive.”Ms. Tarlov did not address Mr. Gutfeld’s question directly, instead saying she was concerned about middle school children being taught what Florida had set in its new curriculum. A White House spokesman, Andrew Bates, released a statement on Tuesday condemning Fox News for broadcasting Mr. Gutfeld’s comments, calling them “a horrid, dangerous, extreme lie that insults the memory of the millions of Americans who suffered from the evil of enslavement.” He added, “There was nothing good about slavery; there was nothing good about the Holocaust.”Fox News has not commented on Mr. Gutfeld’s statement.

Persons: Greg Gutfeld, “, Mr, Gutfeld, Ron DeSantis, Jessica Tarlov, Viktor Frankl, “ Vik Frankl, Ms, Tarlov, Andrew Bates, Gutfeld’s, ” Organizations: White, Fox News, Fox, Florida, ” Fox

☆ Fox News' Greg Gutfeld is facing new backlash — this time over his comment about Holocaust victims' work skills
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Fox News is facing fresh backlash after one of its hosts made comments about concentration camp victims' work skills. Greg Gutfeld said that those in the work camps with skills survived during the Holocaust — a clear simplification. "Being skilled or useful did not spare them from the horrors of the gas chambers," the Auschwitz memorial said in response. Fox News is facing a slew of backlash after one of its primetime hosts suggested that Holocaust survivors who had work skills survived in concentration camps. "We should avoid such oversimplifications in talking about this complex tragic story," the Auschwitz Memorial concluded.

Persons: Greg Gutfeld, Viktor Frankl, Gutfeld, Gutfeld's, —, Andrew Bates, Abby Phillip, Michael Bornstein, Bornstein Organizations: Fox, Morning, Fox News, CNN Locations: Nazi Germany, Auschwitz, Ukraine

☆ White House responds to Fox News hosts downplaying slavery and the Holocaust
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“Would someone say about the Holocaust, for instance, that there were some benefits for Jews? In his book, Frankl detailed how people can cope with suffering and find meaning in the most horrific of circumstances. Fox News has faced criticism in recent years for giving air to extreme rhetoric. Fox News debuted its revamped prime time lineup just last week, after inexplicably firing Tucker Carlson earlier this year. The new lineup, featuring a bloc of pro-Trump hosts, features Gutfeld helming the 10 p.m.

Persons: ”, Adolf Hitler’s Nazi, Greg Gutfeld, ” Jessica Tarlov, “ I’m, ” Tarlov, “, ” Gutfeld, Tarlov, Viktor Frankl, “ Frankl, Gutfeld, —, ” Andrew Bates, ” Bates, “ Let’s, Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson Organizations: New, New York CNN, House, Fox News, White, Fox, CNN, “, Defamation League, Trump Locations: New York, Auschwitz

☆ A gay Ukrainian military couple engaged only days ago is being pulled apart to face the fear and heartache of combat alone
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

A gay Ukrainian military couple that got engaged only days ago is heading off into combat. The couple told Insider that while war is tough, they haven't let go of hope. "It is very difficult," Vladyslav told Insider, but if they were able to see each other more, or possibly fight alongside one another, it'd make the days a bit easier. They told Insider, courtesy of translator Maxim Potapovych, that they met on a dating app. The atmosphere, especially in the military, has improved, the couple told Insider.

☆ Ketamine is being sold as a depression wonder drug. For some, it's making everything worse.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Anna Silman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +42 min

The infusions at the ketamine clinic in his West Texas hometown were a Christmas gift from his grandmother. About five years ago, more and more of my friends started using ketamine recreationally. IV ketamine treatment centers charging $400 to $2,000 an infusion popped up all over the country. "Ketamine used as directed in an appropriate clinical setting very rarely leads to any dependence," Mindbloom says on its website. Like Nadia, most of the people I interviewed said when they started using ketamine, they didn't think it was possible to become dependent on it.

☆ (video) Te pierzi în culori și personaje neobișnuite. 10 filme și animații din lumea ireală a lui Tim Burton
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-17 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +5 min

Copiii anilor ’90 cunosc prea bine opera maestrului, pe când celor mai mici poate că le-a scăpat aceste capodopere cinematografice. # BatmanAn: 1989Gen: acțiune, fantasticNotă IMDB: 7,5Gotham City, un oraș întunecat și periculos, „protejat” de un departament de poliție în mare parte corupt, are mare nevoie de un erou. # Edward Scissorhands (1990)An: 1990Gen: dramă, fantasticNotă IMDB: 7,9„Edward Mâini-de-foarfecă” este o poveste despre toleranță, diversitate și creativitate, dar și despre anevoioasa maturizare a unui tânăr (tânărul în cauză e, bineînțeles, un monstru). Edward trebuie să-și găsească locul nu numai în lumea ironică și suprarealistă a micii comunități în care locuiește, dar și în lumea largă. Filmul abundă în culori, personaje interesante și o atmosferă de poveste.

Persons: Tim Burton, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Scissorhands, Edward, Ed, Edward D . Wood, Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket, Wonka, Victor, Edward Bloom, Sweeney, Sweeney Todd, Benjamin Barker, Alice, Viktor Frankestein, Viktor, Margaret Keane, Walter Keane . Artista Organizations: Fleet, Bull Terrier Locations: Gotham City, Moartă, Victoria, Fleet Street, Londra, Țara Minunilor, Reginei, Sparky, americană

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