Kyiv says it has liberated four villages - the first since President Zelensky announced the offensive.
  • Ukraine says it has liberated four villages in the south-east, calling these the first settlements won back from Russia since Kyiv’s counter-offensive began
  • On Monday morning, officials reported that “the national flag is once again waving” over Storozhove, in the Donetsk region
  • A day earlier, footage showed Ukrainian troops celebrating in Blahodatne and Neskuchne - and a minister said nearby Makarivka was also taken
  • The settlements are relatively small - and Moscow is yet to confirm any retreat
  • The Institute for the Study of War backs up Kyiv’s claims, saying Ukraine captured “multiple settlements” along the frontline over the weekend
  • On Saturday, President Zelensky acknowledged that the long-awaited counter-offensive was under way
    • dethleffs@feddit.nl
      6733·
      2 years ago

      I’m just expressing my hope they will succeed and liberate many more villages and cities, in the most succint way possible. And they will succeed.

      • Count042
        2415·
        2 years ago

        You just said ‘glory to the heroes’. Which heroes are you wishing glory to? Cause that saying has a history that you are apparently unaware of.

        • YellowtoOrange@lemmy.world
          3435·
          2 years ago

          The ones right now (not 70 years ago) defending their country (aka the Ukrainians) from imperialists (russians) who are shelling civilians, kidnapping children, castrating soldiers, raping women. YHave you been keeping up?

            • Bloops@lemmygrad.ml
              25·
              2 years ago

              Funnily enough, the Ukrainian constitution does have a line in there like that, although thankfully it has to do with radiation and not… you know.

              Providing ecological safety and maintenance of ecological equilibrium in the territory of Ukraine, overcoming consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophic crash - catastrophic crashes of planetary scale, preserving gene pool of the Ukrainian people are obligation of the state.

              • CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml
                116·
                2 years ago

                I don’t know, the gene pool comment is weird. Do they think Chernobyl is going to give them superpowers, or are they Banderites?

                • Bloops@lemmygrad.ml
                  12·
                  2 years ago

                  Not really sure what the discussions were like when it was put in. But it was before the 2014 coup.

          • Count042
            108·
            2 years ago

            Frankly, if the Germans were invaded, it wouldn’t excuse starting to use a phrase the traditional Nazi’s used, even if the people invading were monsters. In the same way that the swastika is an appropriated symbol, but no longer represents that because something came along that carries far more … historical weight, shall we say.

            If someone invaded the South of the US, I would not be okay with the US starting to use wildly well known confederate slogans.

            Also, you just said the Russians are the heroes you were referencing that were defending their country from imperialists who are doing all that bad stuff. I know that isn’t what you meant, but that is what you said. Might be worth an edit, if you care.

            • YellowtoOrange@lemmy.world
              319·
              2 years ago

              undefined> Also, you just said the Russians are the heroes you were referencing that were defending their country from imperialists who are doing all that bad stuff. I know that isn’t what you meant, but that is what you said. Might be worth an edit, if you care.

              Ah, yes, I meant the russians are doing the evil things.

              • Count042
                33·
                2 years ago

                Unrelated: When you quote me, are intentionally typing undefined? Or is that a weird Lemmy bug?

                • 133arc585
                  31·
                  2 years ago

                  If you press some of the buttons below the comment editing box, like the Quote or Insert Link button, if the comment box is empty it prepends ‘undefined’. Seems like a javascript bug, not properly handling the case where the box is empty.