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☆ TikTok's Lunden and Olivia Stallings are straight people's favorite lesbian couple. What do they owe queer fans?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Kate Taylor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +29 min

Lunden and Olivia told me their mission as influencers was to "represent and inspire others to be their authentic self." Advertisement"I did feel represented by them," Asia said, but the tweets "showed me that they are still white women." "We are especially confident in our sexuality and the way that we feel and who we are," Olivia told me. Lunden and Olivia told me they want to advocate for all LGBTQ+ people, including those who don't look like them. It's a chance, the couple told me, to combat the hate and negativity LGBTQ+ parents face.

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☆ I love my Stanley cup, and all of you are making me embarrassed to have one
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Everyone is losing their minds over Stanley Cups, a mashup of an oversize cup and water bottle. AdvertisementIf you've been on any corner of the Internet recently, you've encountered them: The Stanley Cups . As Stanley mania peaks , I am here to weigh in: I love my Stanley Cup, and all of you need to chill out. AdvertisementI admit that the internet and influencers are partially the reason I have a Stanley Cup in the first place. Some fans are amassing huge Stanley Cup collections, like the influencers who showcase rows of colorful, giant cups .

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☆ A stylist packed a capsule wardrobe for my 1-week trip to Italy, and it was the best I've ever dressed on vacation
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Priya Raj | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementI've never been a light packer, and also find it overwhelming to put together outfits while on my vacation. Earlier this month, I took a three-stop trip through Italy, starting in Rome, traveling through Florence, and finishing in Venice. I previously wrote about building a French-inspired capsule wardrobe and it got me thinking about building a capsule wardrobe that also fits in my hand luggage. The preparationThe stylist and author put together a mood board to set the tone of the capsule wardrobe. I packed less than I usually do and created 12 outfitsThe author was shocked at how small tweaks could make her outfits look completely unique.

Persons: —, I've, Neda, Neda Kalantar, I'd, Kalantar, Priya Raj, it's Organizations: Service Locations: Italy, Rome, Florence, Venice

☆ Russian troops outnumber Ukrainians 4 to 1 on a key battlefront, says soldier: 'The situation is deplorable'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewRussian troops have a significant advantage over Ukraine when it comes to manpower on the Dnipro River, a Ukrainian soldier said. He also said that Ukrainian forces were suffering heavy casualties, though he declined to give specific numbers. According to one Russian military blogger quoted by the UK MOD, Ukrainians have destroyed almost 90% of Russian military hardware in one village located on the east bank of the river. It's impossible to move equipment there," Ukrainian soldier Oleksiy told The New York Times in December. Meanwhile, an unnamed soldier told the BBC that some of the marines sent to help defend recent Ukrainian advances on the Dnipro "can't even swim."

Persons: —, Vanya, Oleksiy Organizations: Service, Business, Financial Times, UK Ministry of Defence, New York Times, BBC, Institute for, Russian 810th Naval Infantry Brigade Locations: Ukraine, Dnipro, Ukrainian, Krynky

As 2024 kicks off, the creator economy is having an identity crisis. "The venture-scale generational companies are, yes, creator companies, but they're also typically fitting into another bucket." Why the creator economy has been 'disappointing'Once pitched as a rocket-ship opportunity, service companies in the creator economy that focus on products for influencers haven't delivered, investors and industry professionals told BI. Although the phrase already existed, the world needed a new way to describe this prospering industry, and thus, the term "creator economy" entered the mainstream. Lia Haberman, an influencer marketing expert and instructor at UCLA Extension, described influencer marketing as separate from the services arm of the creator industry that has faltered.

Persons: Grant Long, Koji, hasn't, Rex Woodbury, they're, it's, Woodbury, Figma, haven't, Ollie Forsyth, They've, Benjamin Grubbs, I'm, Goldman Sachs, Lia Haberman, Haberman, upstarts, Logan Paul, KSI, Marshall Sandman Organizations: TikTok, YouTube, Business, VC, UCLA, North, PitchBook, Animal

☆ Russia will be scared to deploy its precious command planes after the 'embarrassing' loss of 2 of them, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine said it damaged two Russian command aircraft — a Russian A-50 radar early-warning plane and Ilyushin Il-22 airborne command post — on Sunday, hitting the planes with its air defense systems. A photo that purports to show the wing of a Russian Il-22 aircraft shared by pro-war Russian milblogger Fighterbomber. Considering those losses together, Manon said: "For the Russian Air Force, it's kind of embarrassing." Given the limited supply, the latest developments are "a pretty big loss" for Russia, Manon said, adding that these aircraft are a key resource for Russia. Ukraine says it needs more air defense equipment, with Russia trying to erode Ukraine's stockpiles to clear the way for unobstructed attacks.

Persons: —, Rajan Manon, Manon, Gustav Gressel, Wagner, Sefa, shootdowns Organizations: Service, Business, Ilyushin, European Council, Foreign Relations, UK Ministry of Defence, Russian Air Force, Wagner Group, Anadolu Agency, Getty, NATO, Ukrainian Air Force Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Russia, Belarus, Minsk .

☆ From transparent TVs to ChatGPT-powered pet companions, here’s some of the buzziest tech of CES 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Here’s a look at some of the buzziest products announced this week:Loona companion robot is the world's first consumer robot equipped with ChatGPT AI technology. From Beijing KEYi Technology Co. Ltd.AI companionsAI companions are one of the biggest trends to emerge from the show this year. Samsung’s buzzy Ballie robot, which was first shown off at CES in 2020, received a refresh. BaracodaAI task robotsBeyond companions, AI has made its way into nearly every appliance and gadget you could think of this year. LG was one of the first leaders in transparent TVs; one of its earlier prototypes impressed the show floor back in 2020.

Persons: it’s, Loona, Rosie, Samsung’s, Dipanjan Chatterjee, ”, Volkwagen, Mercedes Benz, Chatterjee, ” Honda, VinFast, “ There’s, Jon Erensen, EssilorLuxottica, Francesco Milleri, Evie, Steve Jobs, Cook, Christoph Dernbach, “, Jitesh Ubrani, ” Ubrani, CNN’s Peter Valdes, Dapena Organizations: CNN — Tech, Consumer Electronics, Beijing KEYi Technology, ., LG, CES, Forrester Research, Walmart, Nvidia, AMD, Honda, VinFast, Fiat, Samsung, Gartner, Media, Apple Vision, Steve, Apple, IDC, Sony, Qualcomm Locations: Las Vegas, Beijing, USA, Cupertino, Cupertino ., Apple's, United States

☆ Substack takes a halfsies approach to banning Nazis
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. In December 2023, The Atlantic reported that it had seen a handful of Nazi-affiliated or white supremacist blogs on the platform, some of them with paying subscribers. Last week, Newton wrote in the newsletter that he was meeting with Substack to discuss the issue and was considering taking his popular newsletter to another service if Substack wouldn't budge. AdvertisementNewton and Schiffer flexing their power worked: Substack is removing five out of the 14-plus newsletters with Nazi or white supremacist content. But Substack will continue to remove any material that includes "credible threats of physical harm," it said.

Persons: —, Hamish McKenzie, Casey Newton, Zoë Schiffer, Newton, Substack, Schiffer, it's, Hitler, Bari Weiss, Richard Dawkins Organizations: Service, Nazi, Business

☆ Sony's Neal Manowitz: As AI advances, the creative community increasingly worries about authenticity
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-31 | by ( Josée Rose | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewMost people are likely familiar with Sony Electronics products — they're used in music publishing, photography, movie creation, and gaming. Like many top execs, Manowitz has focused on AI this year. "There's the excitement and wonderful opportunity that we see, but there's also a fear of the unknown," Manowitz said. He added, "There's not a single hotter-button pressing the creative community than authenticity." Naturally, we're thinking about how we can use AI to be a tool for creators and how we protect their rights.

Persons: —, Neal Manowitz, Manowitz, there's, I'm, We've Organizations: Service, Sony Electronics, North America, Business Locations: North, Business, America

☆ An engineer started a food blog after a quarter-life crisis. When she was laid off, she saw an opportunity and turned it into a lucrative career.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-16 | by ( Aimee Pearcy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewIn May 2013, at the age of 27, Jannese Torres says she had a "quarter-life crisis." Looking for a creative outlet that would allow her to immerse herself in something other than her career, she decided to start a food blog. In March 2014 she started a new role working as an engineer at L'Oreal — but she continued working on her blog in her downtime. In 2021, she earned $144,000 from her food blog, which more than matched her previous salary of $118,000 per year, according to documents seen by BI. While she continues to build her blog, Torres plans to carry on sharing her journey online and teaching others how to build their own blogs so they can become financially free.

Persons: —, Jannese Torres, Torres, wasn't Torres, L'Oreal —, she'd Organizations: Service, Business, Puerto Rican, L'Oreal, BI Locations: Puerto Rican, New York City

CNN —The eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka is increasingly becoming a flashpoint in the conflict, where fighting remains intense even when the front lines have barely moved for months. Russia appears to have made tactical advances in the outskirts of the embattled town as Ukraine claims it is inflicting heavy losses on assaulting troops. Here is what you need to know about the past week in Ukraine. Defensive fortifications will be bolstered along all of Ukraine’s northern territory which borders Belarus and Russia. Ukraine claims defensive actions in and around the town are inflicting heavy losses on Russian troops and equipment.

Persons: Zelensky, Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, “, Vitalii, Jens Stoltenberg, ” Stoltenberg, chief’s, Marianna Budanova, GUR, Kyrylo Budanov, Andriy Yusov, Russia —, — Organizations: CNN, Analysts, Ukrainian, Russian, Ukrainian Security Service, Russian Railway, NATO Locations: Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Russia, Ukraine, Donetsk, Kupiansk, Kharkiv, Belarus, Kherson, Russian, Dnipro, Ukraine’s, CNN Ukraine, Buryatia, Siberia, Mongolia, North Korea, China, Finland, Helsinki, Brussels, Turkey, Soviet Union

The fighting is reminiscent of a battle for another eastern city, Bakhmut, which fell to Russian forces last May after months of brutal urban combat. Since Moscow launched its renewed offensive around Avdiivka in October, Ukraine's top general and Western military experts have made downbeat assessments of Ukraine's ability to break Russian lines. Located just north of the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk in the industrial Donbas region, Avdiivka hosts deeply entrenched Ukrainian defences. Pushing Ukrainian forces out of Avdiivka would be seen as enlarging the amount of territory Russia controls and making Donetsk city safer. Seizing Avdiivka could boost Russian morale and deal a psychological blow to Ukrainian forces, which have made only incremental gains in a counteroffensive launched in June.

Persons: Nuzhnenko, Ukraine's, Russia's, Andrei Gurulyov, Semyon Pegov, Vladimir Putin, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Mykola Bielieskov, Bielieskov, Dan Peleschuk, Andrew Osborn, Mike Collett, White Organizations: Ukraine's National Guard Omega, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, REUTERS Acquire, Mechanized Brigade, Avdiivka, National Institute for Strategic Studies, Kyiv, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Avdiivka, Ukraine, Donetsk region, Radio Free Europe, Ukrainian, Bakhmut, Russian, Moscow, Kyiv, Soviet, Donetsk, Luhansk, Russia

☆ 5 types of new jobs that AI could create
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

New AI jobs, which may not require a college degree, could offer high salaries for workers. The number of AI jobs is already on the rise. Here are the five new jobs that AI could create in the future, per the World Economic Forum. AdvertisementAs new AI tools continue to emerge , experts say engineers will be needed to guide their development. AI content creatorsAI tools will make it possible for "AI content creators" to "rapidly produce in-depth content on a topic in any field or domain" per the World Economic Forum report.

Persons: —, it's, Chris Hyams, James Neave, OpenAI Organizations: Service, World Economic, Meta, Economic, Marketing Factory

☆ Russia says it takes Ukrainian village, Ukraine notes increased Russian activity
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

There was no mention of the villages in official Ukrainian accounts of Wednesday's fighting in an area that Ukrainian forces have been trying to secure for weeks. Unofficial accounts and bloggers acknowledged that part of the village was held by Russian forces, but dismissed any notion it was fully under Russian control. Oleksandr Shtupun, a Ukrainian military spokesperson, said Russian front line shelling and air strikes had doubled following an end to several days of rain. Shtupun told national television that Russian troops were sending waves of up to 20 armoured vehicles at a time in attempting to move on Ukrainian lines. Russian forces, he said, were now within 9 km of the town.

Persons: Nuzhnenko, Khromove, Oleksandr Shtupun, Shtupun, Serhiy Zgurets, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Radio Free, Radio Liberty, REUTERS, Russia's Defence Ministry, Russian, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Avdiivka, Ukraine, Donetsk region, Radio Free Europe, Donetsk, Kyiv, Bakhmut, Russian, Ukrainian, Zaporizhzhia, Kupiansk

☆ Russian forces advancing on Ukrainian town from all sides
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Barabash earlier said that Ukrainian forces had in recent days pushed back Russian forces near Stepove, a village northwest of Avdiivka, pinning them down near a rail line. Ukrainain and Western military analysts say Russia has incurred heavy losses, although the battle for the town is rarely mentioned in official Russian military dispatches. Russian military bloggers also reported Ukrainian gains near Avdiivka last week. Ukrainian military spokesperson Oleksandr Shtupun told the news outlet liga.net that wintry weather and strong winds were affecting the use of drones by both sides. Shtupun said Russian forces had suffered heavy losses near Avdiivka and nearby Maryinka, another largely destroyed town where control has been contested for months.

Persons: Nuzhnenko, Vitaliy Barabash, Barabash, Avdiivka, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Oleksandr Shtupun, Shtupun, liga.net, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Stephen Coates Organizations: Radio Free, Radio Liberty, REUTERS, Russian, Fortifications, Thomson Locations: Avdiivka, Ukraine, Donetsk region, Radio Free Europe, Ukrainian, Ukraine's Donbas, Donetsk, Stepove, Russia, Russian, Moscow, Maryinka

☆ Ukraine is taking advantage of a storm grounding Russia's air power to fortify a vital bridgehead, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A cyclone is dropping heavy rain and snow around the Dnipro River in Ukraine, a think tank reported. The storm is weakening Russian air power in the area, a military analyst said. Ukrainian forces are using the time to strengthen their positions on the eastern bank, per the ISW. However, it added that winter conditions have also helped Russian troops advance to the center of Krynky, pushing Ukrainian forces out of the south of the village. AdvertisementUkraine can't bring in new troops because of high waves and wind on the right bank of the Dnipro River, it said.

Persons: —, Rybar Organizations: Service, Washington DC, Ukrainian, 36th Marine Brigades, Estonian Defense Forces ' Intelligence Center Locations: Dnipro, Ukraine, Russian, Krynky, Estonian, Russia

☆ Avdiivka: The story of one bloody battle in a trench in eastern Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Anna Coren | Daria Tarasova-Markina | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Avdiivka, Ukraine CNN —“Guys, leave me here. It is seen by Ukrainian and Russian forces as a heavily fortified stronghold, with entrenchments built up over the past eight years. Sentsov and his unit filmed a 5-hour battle on helmet and body cameras in the trenches of Avdiivka, eastern Ukraine, on October 19, 2023 CNNRussian forces have been repelled by the Ukrainian troops who are heavily entrenched in the area. He has fought in some of the war’s fiercest battles so far — Bakhmut, Zaporizhzhia region and now Avdiivka. Sentsov said Ukraine must prepare for a long war and develop a strategy in case the war grinds on for years.

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☆ Russian Forces Advancing on Ukrainian Town From All Sides
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

(Reuters) - Russian forces are intensifying their drive to capture the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka, trying to advance on all sides after weeks of fighting, the town's top official was quoted as saying on Monday. Barabash earlier said that Ukrainian forces had in recent days pushed back Russian forces near Stepove, a village northwest of Avdiivka, pinning them down near a rail line. Ukrainain and Western military analysts say Russia has incurred heavy losses, although the battle for the town is rarely mentioned in official Russian military dispatches. Russian military bloggers also reported Ukrainian gains near Avdiivka last week. Shtupun said Russian forces had suffered heavy losses near Avdiivka and nearby Maryinka, another largely destroyed town where control has been contested for months.

Persons: Vitaliy Barabash, Barabash, Avdiivka, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Oleksandr Shtupun, Shtupun, liga.net, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Stephen Coates Organizations: Reuters, Russian, Fortifications Locations: Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Ukraine's Donbas, Donetsk, Stepove, Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Moscow, Maryinka

☆ Russia says it downed dozens of Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow, following a mass strike on Kyiv
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

An explosion of a drone is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Nov. 25, 2023. Moscow's Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports also briefly shut down because of the drone attack, according to Russia's state-run news agency Tass. The attack was "the most massive air attack by drones on Kyiv" in the war so far, Serhii Popko, head of the Kyiv city administration, said on Saturday. Ukrainian air force spokesman, Yurii Ihnat, confirmed later that same day that air defenses shot down 66 air targets over the Ukrainian capital and surrounding region throughout the morning. The Ukrainian air force early on Sunday said it had brought down eight of nine Iranian-made Shahed drones fired overnight by Russian forces.

Persons: Sergei Sobyanin, Andrei Vorobyev, Moscow's, Vitali Klitschko, Serhii Popko, Yurii Ihnat, Denis Pushilin Organizations: Sunday, Russia, Russian Defense Ministry, Russian Telegram, Military, Russian, Kyiv, Ukrainian General Staff, Ukrainian, Staff Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kyiv, Moscow, Tula, Ukrainian, Russia, Soviet Ukraine, Azov, Crimea, Kyiv ., Donetsk, Mariupol, Avdiivka, Washington

☆ Ukrainian strike kills Russian actress performing in Ukraine, theatre says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MOSCOW, Nov 23 (Reuters) - A Russian actress has been killed in a Ukrainian attack while performing to Russian troops in a Russian-controlled area of eastern Ukraine, according to her theatre. The Russian theatre where actress Polina Menshikh, 40, worked said she had been killed while performing on stage in the Donbas region. Reuters could not verify details of the incident but military officials on both sides confirmed there had been a Ukrainian attack in the area on Nov. 19. Ukrainian commanders said their forces had struck what they said was a Russian military award ceremony, targeting Russia's 810th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade. Robert Brovdi, a Ukrainian military commander, said in a post on social media that 25 people had been killed in the strike and more than 100 wounded.

Persons: Polina Menshikh, Robert Brovdi, Ukraine's Brovdi, Vladimir Putin, Guy Faulconbridge, Timothy Organizations: Reuters, HIMARS, Separate Naval Infantry Brigade, Assault Brigade, Telegram, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Russian, Ukraine, Donbas, Ukrainian, Donetsk, Ukraine's

☆ So many kids are falling sick in China that a children's hospital said it saw 13,000 cases in a single day
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Matthew Loh | Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Northern China is struggling with a wave of respiratory illnesses among its children. Cities like Beijing and Tianjin have been hit hard by cases of flu and pneumonia, hospitals said. Children wait on the stairs at a children hospital in Beijing on November 23, 2023, with some administered with drips. "All the children have respiratory illnesses." Children receive a drip at a children hospital in Beijing on November 23, 2023.

Persons: —, Liu Wei, Liu, imploring, JADE GAO, Mi Feng, they're, It's, JADE GAOJADE, Hu Xijin, Hu, David Heymann, Francois Balloux Organizations: Service, Beijing Aviation General, Management, drips, Getty, Changjiang, Health, Business, Global Times, Health Organization, London School of Hygiene, Tropical Medicine, UCL Genetics Institute Locations: Northern China, Cities, Beijing, Tianjin, China, Tianjian, Wuhan, Hubei, Chongqing, Weibo

☆ Ukrainian forces blew up a dance hall where an actress was performing for Russian troops: reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Even staying away from the frontlines isn't safe for Russian and Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian forces shelled a dance hall where an actress was performing for Russian troops. Earlier this month, Russia attacked a military ceremony in Ukraine, killing soldiers. AdvertisementUkrainian forces blew up a dance hall in occupied eastern Ukraine, killing a Russian actress who had been performing for her country's troops, according to multiple reports. The attack killed about 20 Russian soldiers, the BBC reported, citing Ukrainian sources.

Persons: —, Polina Menshikh, Menshikh, It's, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, BBC, Russian Telegram, Astra Locations: Ukrainian, Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Kumachove

☆ Ukraine says Russia committing few troops to Avdiivka battle
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A local resident walks next to residential buildings heavily damaged by Russian military strikes in the front line town of Avdiivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine November 8, 2023. The head of Avdiivka's military administration, Vitaliy Barabash, said fighting was gripping an industrial district and Ukrainian forces were holding their positions. The Russian defence ministry's latest update mentioned that its troops were attacking villages south of Avdiivka, but gave few details. In the south, Russian forces also made missile strikes on port infrastructure in the Black Sea city of Odesa, regional officials said. Pro-Russian bloggers said Russian forces had been harrying Ukrainian forces near the village of Krynky, near marshes on the eastern bank upriver from the city of Kherson.

Persons: Nuzhnenko, Oleksandr Shtupun, Shtupun, Vitaliy Barabash, Avdiivka, Pavlo Norozhny, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Stephen Coates Organizations: Radio Free, Radio Liberty, REUTERS, Reuters, Russia's Defence Ministry, Armed Forces, Dnipro, Thomson Locations: Avdiivka, Ukraine, Donetsk region, Radio Free Europe, Donetsk, Ukrainian, Russian, Russia, Maryinka, Kyiv, Black, Odesa, Kherson, Dnipro, Krynky, Oleshky

☆ Kremlin tries to stifle war bloggers' 'hysteria' over Ukrainian offensives in Dnipro, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

However, Russian military bloggers said they're failing, per the Institute for the Study of War. AdvertisementThe Kremlin is struggling to stamp out Russian military bloggers' "hysteria" around Ukrainian offensives in the Dnipro River, according to war analysts. Shoigu's speech is likely intended to play down Russian military bloggers' fears about Russia's struggles on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, the Institute said. On Monday, a Russian milblogger called Two Majors on Telegram, posted a letter allegedly written by a Russian soldier. It said the lack of drones in the area meant Russian forces were moving more slowly and exposed them to Ukrainian strikes.

Persons: —, Sergei Shoigu, Russia's, Vladimir Putin, OGPU, Krynky, Serhiy Bratchuk, Ukraine's Espreso, Natalia Gumenyuk, Andriy Yermak, Su Organizations: for, Service, Institute, Novosti, Telegram, 1st Battalion, 35th Motorized Rifle Brigade, Ukrainian, Odesa's, Administration, AFP Locations: Dnipro, Kherson, Ukraine, Krynky, Censor.Net, Russian, Crimea, Russia, Donetsk

☆ Russia Says It Scuppers More Ukrainian Attempts to Cross the Dnipro
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

The Russian defence ministry published a video which it said showed marines from the 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade defeating Ukrainian forces. It said Ukrainian forces were suffering heavy casualties and losing equipment in unsuccessful attempts to land on islands in the Dnipro. It is still unclear how significant the Ukrainian attempt to gain a foothold on the eastern bank of the Dnipro is. A Ukrainian counter-offensive has failed to make any significant gains this year against Russian forces. According to unverified reports by pro-Russian bloggers, Russia has been harrying Ukrainian forces near the village Krynky, near marshes on the eastern bank upriver from Kherson, from which Russia withdrew its forces in autumn 2022.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Guy Faulconbridge, Ed Osmond Organizations: Sea Fleet, Armed Forces, 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade, Ukrainian, Reuters, Russian, Russia Locations: MOSCOW, Russia, Dnipro, Ukraine, War, Russian, Crimea, Ukrainian, Kherson

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