War

Vasyl Molchan, resident of Vokzalna Street in Bucha: "When Bayraktar hit column of Russian armor, ammunition in vehicles started exploding. It was iron fountain." During the detonation, the pensioner and his family were hiding in a house twenty meters away from the burning column. When everything calmed down, he went outside and started taking videos and photos. 29.03.24 22:59 25 969 10 Previously in trend: War

Use your MIND, or we will lose our country - Hero of Ukraine, EOD pioneer Illia Zheved How long will the war last and what could be its outcome? Illia Zheved, the Hero of Ukraine, EOD pioneer of the Rubizh Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, spoke with Anna Miroshnychenko about this and not only. 26.03.24 22:26 17 597 54 Previously in trend: War

Soldier Khrystyna Panasiuk: "When I put on my armor, helmet, knee pads, ground pad, all these things at training center, and took assault rifle, I noticed: "Yeah, Rambo is over hill..." A music teacher from Rivne, who has traveled throughout almost all units on the front line since 2014 and whose songs are loved and listened to by soldiers, signed a contract with the 126th Odesa Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces. 27.03.24 19:43 25 595 18 Previously in trend: War

Commander Ruslan Kahanets: "It is impossible to win this war without people. We will not make millions of robots with artificial intelligence to fight for us" Ruslan Kahanets currently commands the Sonechko (Sunshine) Volunteer Reconnaissance Battalion, a part of the DIU’s Tymur special forces. He has the call sign Commandant, which he received at the beginning of the Revolution of Dignity. However, he has been wearing a military uniform since 2008. Back then, he switched to part-time form of study at the university and joined the army. 22.03.24 09:15 15 946 75 Previously in trend: War

What Putin will do at front after elections The stream is dedicated to what awaits us now, after Putin’s re-election and what has happened in Russia. I cannot call it an election of power. Russia did not choose power. Russia chose war. 21.03.24 14:50 14 693 10 Previously in trend: War

Call sign Patriarch: "Katsaps come here with feeling that they are immortal. They think they will win quickly, get bunch of medals and everything will be great." Andrii volunteered for the Russian-Ukrainian war ten years ago. He survived the Ilovaisk cauldron, sustaining severe injuries. He was captured by the Russians and miraculously escaped. As a "memento" of that time, he still has shrapnel in his body, which he admits he has to "make friends" with. On 25 February 2022, he planned to go to work abroad, but stayed in Ukraine and took up arms again. He defended Kharkiv region and Donbas. In 2014, he received the call sign Patriarch. 20.03.24 09:10 15 123 11 Previously in trend: War

Taras Sokolyk, commander of 10th Mountain Assault Brigade "Edelweiss": "After whole day of assaults, we communicated with gestures because we could not hear anything - everyone was shell-shocked" The 24-year-old soldier, wounded and shell-shocked, repeatedly forced the enemy to flee during assaults on our positions near Bakhmut. 18.03.24 09:05 29 881 4 Previously in trend: War

On "white flag" of legal world order defeat The Pope finally discredited the very idea of peace talks by wrapping it in the "white flag" of capitulation of Ukraine. 15.03.24 13:45 16 053 26 Previously in trend: War

How will war develop in 2024? The stream is dedicated to the current situation at the frontline and the immediate prospects of the war that await us in 2024. Very heavy fighting continues along the entire frontline. The area of active hostilities has now expanded. There are also battles on the border between Russia and Ukraine in Kharkiv and Belgorod regions. 15.03.24 12:00 11 070 14 Previously in trend: War

Call sign Violinist: "We have not heard that Russians have any drones in any direction" Mykhailo Savytskyi worked as an actor and musician for over 20 years. He played the violin in the musical groups Bandershtadt and Horta. He came to the war after the full-scale invasion when he joined the Azov-Zaporizhzhia unit. He received the call sign Violinist. 14.03.24 10:30 8 271 1 Previously in trend: War

Heroes of Heroic City. On second anniversary of battle of Mariupol March 2022. Bleeding battles are taking place in Mariupol. The Russian army is destroying the city in front of the whole world. The heroic defense lasted 86 days. Completely surrounded, the Mariupol garrison held back the Russian army, which spared no resources, weapons, or cannon fodder. In this article, we will partially recreate the chronology of events and remember the people whose feat shocked the world and saved thousands of lives, preventing the Russians from setting up Mariupol in other cities of Ukraine. 12.03.24 15:20 5 127 3 Previously in trend: War

If Ukraine loses, occupiers will throw entire male population to "meat assault" on Europe - Bohdan Kovalenko, soldier of 126th Brigade of Territorial Defense Forces Bohdan Kovalenko spoke about God, Ukrainians, the Russian language, Russians, Putin and tactical medicine in an exclusive interview with Anna Miroshnychenko. The 30-year-old fighter of the 126th Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces (TDF) received the Cross of Military Merit from the President. He told about how he became a victim of propaganda in Odesa in 2014 and what all Ukrainians should do today. 12.03.24 09:50 14 323 74 Previously in trend: War

Vladyslav Hornod, explosives expert: "They make decoys to distract people. If person sees mines laid out, he thinks that no one bothered to bury them here." Vladyslav Hornod is a police explosives expert who was one of the first to go to de-mining the de-occupied territories, first in Kyiv and then in Kharkiv regions as part of the combined units. 11.03.24 08:10 10 847 1 Previously in trend: War

After action review of unsuccessful assault on lighthouse by unit of 73rd SOF Center on Tendra Island on 29.02.2024 Censor.NET Editor-in-Chief Yurii Butusov analyzed the reasons for the unsuccessful assault on the lighthouse by the soldiers of the 73rd SOF Center on Tendra Island on February 29, 2024. 08.03.24 14:35 33 655 69 Previously in trend: War

Anniversary of Da Vinci’s death 25 October 2021. Da Vinci, as always, worked all day - it was necessary to respond to another Russian attack with fire. "The Wolves", as usual, moved to the position with a howitzer and hit the enemy targets, and Dmytro, as usual, commanded the operation and the correction. 08.03.24 08:40 10 567 13 Previously in trend: War

Yevhen Terekhov (Titanium Jackson): "Most terrible ’road of life’ I would call distance to another trench when ours collapsed. It was hard. I would say it was 700 metres of hell." Yevhen Terekhov mobilised in 2014. Then in August he was seriously wounded. Since then, he has 28 pieces of shrapnel in his body and a titanium plate in his head. But this did not stop him at the beginning of the full-scale war when he returned to the front. 07.03.24 09:52 10 387 5 Previously in trend: War

20 months in captivity. Fascinating story of musician of military orchestra 20 months in captivity, losing 40 kilograms of weight, Pushkin’s poems and Zhukov’s biography.... Volodymyr Tsema-Bursov, a native of Mariupol, a soldier of the 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces, a professional musician, spoke about his Russian captivity in the program "Who is with Miroshnychenko?" 06.03.24 17:00 16 397 12 Previously in trend: War

Artem Kariakin, soldier of AFU: "What would I ask President during meeting? In some places, fortifications are being built, and in others, there is nothing at all." Recently, a photo from the town of Chasiv Yar was shared on Ukrainian social media and in many international media outlets: a Ukrainian soldier is shown against a wall with an inscription in English. The inscription is addressed to Ukraine’s Western partners: "We are not asking for too much. We only need artillery shells and aviation. The rest we do ourselves. The Armed Forces of Ukraine". 05.03.24 10:25 7 814 2 Previously in trend: War

Critical losses of our troops and advance of Russians - due to lack of construction of defense lines On December 1, 2023, Supreme Commander-in-Chief Zelenskyy ordered the construction of defensive structures at the front. However, apart from the speech, the government has not yet done anything about it. At the moment, engineering work has not even begun on most of the objects that were planned for construction, and where it has, it is only at the initial stage. Not a single facility has been completed. The pace is too slow. 04.03.24 11:10 27 994 111 Previously in trend: War

Friendship that only death could cut off A few months ago, this collage was shared on almost all social networks. Hundreds of reposts, thousands of comments. Were the men in these photos really compadres and how did they die? So, below is the story of the military’s life, their service and strong friendship, which only death could cut off. 02.03.24 09:35 24 221 11 Previously in trend: War

Colonel Valerii Kurko: "Soldiers are not matches to be burned in whole boxes" We recorded this interview with Colonel Valeriy Kurko in June 2022, when he commanded the 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. However, we did not receive official permission to publish it at the time. 01.03.24 08:05 25 804 24 Previously in trend: War

Ukraine’s budget for fortifications is at level of Putin’s spending on Belgorod fortifications BusinessCensor found out where fortifications are being built to protect the Ukrainian military and how much money the government has started to allocate for fortifications now, during the Russian offensive. 29.02.24 09:16 101 0 Previously in trend: War

Truth and lies at Zelenskyy’s press conference The stream of Censor.NET Editor-in-Chief Yurii Butusov is dedicated to the big press conference of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which took place on 25 February. Many issues related to the war and real problems were raised there. Where was the truth and where were the lies in Zelenskyy’s answers? It is important to separate what is in the mind and on the tongue of our leadership because it affects the future of each of us and the whole country. 28.02.24 13:00 17 522 30 Previously in trend: War

Petro Pas, fire support company commander: "If you burn first vehicle, they start to panic. They start turning around, hitting mines, exploding, burning." Recalling the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion, my interlocutor says that he left home at six in the morning to look for like-minded people and weapons because he had to defend Kyiv. And when the Russians were knocked out of the Kyiv region, he went to the TCR (Territorial Centre for Recruitment - ed.note) himself, because he believed he should be at the front. Since then, he has been fighting in the Svoboda (Freedom - ed. note) battalion. 27.02.24 09:45 7 164 4 Previously in trend: War

Two years of great war The stream is dedicated to the second anniversary of the beginning of the full-scale invasion. The tenth year of the war, the tenth year of Russian aggression, which began on February 20, 2014. 26.02.24 12:00 9 849 16 Previously in trend: War

Call sign Marseille: "Russians are "throwing" everything they have. They are going to their inevitable death and trying to hit everything that can be levelled to ground" Our hero Artem is from Melitopol, which was occupied by the Russians at the beginning of the full-scale invasion. He and his family were forced to leave the city. On the way, he had to "communicate" with Russians, Kadyrovites, and Buryats. After he sent his family abroad, he volunteered for a year and a half: he brought the military what they asked for, got and repaired their cars. Then - the army. Here he became a driver of an operational group of a UAV reconnaissance unit. He was given the call sign Marcel by his comrades-in-arms, similar to the events of the world-famous French movie. 24.02.24 09:25 7 688 3 Previously in trend: War

Marharyta Omelianenko: "Russians have started using new tactics. They are digging tunnels in rear to suddenly break out somewhere behind front lines and encircle infantry." Back in 2014, she took up arms for the first time to defend the country, and after postponing her dissertation, she went to the east. The position held by the unit she joined was near the Donetsk airport. Her first battle took place there. 23.02.24 10:00 18 709 41 Previously in trend: War

Colonel Serhii Sidorin: Enemy intensified offensive actions almost along entire frontline. We could say that he did not stop them, but only made pauses The Russians have intensified their offensive along the entire front line. The Bakhmut direction, where the hero of our interview, Colonel Serhii Sidorin, commander of the battalion tactical group of the 4th Rubizh operational brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, is fighting, remains difficult. 21.02.24 12:55 11 377 11 Previously in trend: War

AVDIIVKA: DEFENSE AND WITHDRAWAL OF AFU Censor.NET Editor-in-Chief Yurii Butusov analyzed the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ withdrawal from Avdiivka on 17 February 2024 in a live broadcast. 19.02.24 23:00 14 088 22 Previously in trend: War

Lieutenant Colonel Bohdan Harnaha, call sign Bakhmat: "We were not all born for war. Show me at least one woman who got pregnant on purpose to give birth to child for war." Bohdan Pavlovych came to study at the university from the position of Chief of Staff of the 65th Separate Mechanised Brigade. During the two years of full-scale war, he saw both people fighting bravely and running away in fear. That is why we devoted a separate part of the conversation to the question of whether everyone will have to defend the country. 18.02.24 13:15 12 355 36 Previously in trend: War

Hero of Ukraine Valerii Kucherenko: There were 30 meters left to end of planting. Enemy noticed me and threw me with grenades Valerii Kucherenko, a hero of Ukraine, lost both his arms in a battle in the Luhansk region, suffered numerous wounds to his leg and partially lost his eyesight. The Russians tried to "go in for kill", but that’s not how it turned out 17.02.24 09:35 9 816 2 Previously in trend: War

"They told me in prison that he was executed by shooting" - story of Yahupovs: military and civilian prisoner The Yahupovs have experienced what hell on earth is like. Artur is a soldier who joined the army under a contract in 2019, defended Kharkiv at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, and is now in a Poltava hospital due to spinal problems. Olena is a civilian who survived the occupation in her hometown of Kamianka-Dniprovska of Zaporizhzhia region, a filtration camp and captivity. She was beaten, strangled, tortured, kept in inhumane conditions and forced to dig trenches for the Russians in the cold. She says she was a slave. She miraculously managed to escape and return to the free territory of Ukraine. 16.02.24 08:50 7 600 4 Previously in trend: War

ZALUZNYI’S RESIGNATION. WHAT’S NEXT? Yurii Butusov, Editor-in-Chief of Censor.NET, shared his vision of the dismissal of the Chief Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi and analyzed President Zelenskyy’s statement on the tasks assigned to the newly appointed Oleksandr Syrskyi. 10.02.24 11:45 11 744 20 Previously in trend: War

Food mafia of Ministry of Defense does not give up: why Arsen Zhumadilov, DOT was targeted with ordered fudge Last Friday, the State Logistics Operator (DOT) announced a new tender for the purchase of food for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Despite the fact that the DOT has not yet been able to launch the announced procurement system by commodity group for the second quarter, it has nevertheless significantly changed the rules of the game for this market segment. 09.02.24 18:55 23 576 55 Previously in trend: War

In Avdiivka In Avdiivka, I learned about some amazing and unforgettable events. 06.02.24 09:51 19 783 41 Previously in trend: War

Vsevolod Kozhemiako, founder of volunteer unit "Charter": "When Defense Forces did not allow to capture cities and threw back enemy, parasites returned. Now there are lots of them in Kharkiv, and even more in Kyiv." A millionaire in the army. Voluntarily. Vsevolod Kozhemiako returned to Ukraine at the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion and founded the volunteer unit "Charter". What is its peculiarity and who is most welcome there? In an interview with Anna Miroshnychenko, he talked about parasites, politics and the prospects for ending the war. 05.02.24 18:20 16 006 12 Previously in trend: War

Writer and soldier Valerii Puzik: "There is gap between civilians and military. And it is growing exponentially. It keeps getting worse" He could have continued to write children’s fairy tales about wizards and dragons. Instead, he writes about war. Not from legends. From the trench. 03.02.24 10:10 22 601 75 Previously in trend: War

"I will not SHAKE HANDS with Russian pilot": helicopter commander Ihor Didukh At the age of 59, Ihor Didukh is still performing combat missions. In an interview with Anna Miroshnychenko, he talked about how he returned from civil aviation to the military, about air operations and working side by side with colleagues half his age, about communicating with the Russians in the first days of the full-scale invasion and mobilization. An exclusive conversation in the program "Who is with Miroshnychenko?" - next. 02.02.24 16:20 13 306 12 Previously in trend: War

Destruction of Russian missile boat "Ivanovets": Attack tactics deserve to be studied as example For the first time in the history of world wars, as a result of a group strike by naval drones guided by a space satellite, a warship was destroyed, which was sailing on the high seas in full combat readiness. 01.02.24 16:45 26 132 72 Previously in trend: War

Military man and writer Vlad Ivchenko: "If there had been no UPA then, there would be no resistance now. They would have come and captured Sumy on the first day, Kharkiv on the second, and Kyiv on the third." For Vladyslav Ivchenko, 24 February 2022 also became a watershed in his life, just like for his readers. The shock of Putin’s direct aggression, accompanying his wife and daughter to the border line, returning to Sumy, living and writing in a city half-encircled by the enemy - that spring held a lot for Vlad. 01.02.24 07:50 8 107 20 Previously in trend: War

Call sign Batman: "When we arrived in Avdiivka, we saw damaged equipment, mowed down plantations, mud, and wounded people. There was clear understanding that there was big real war going on." Anatolii, a senior gunner with the 6th Separate Rifle Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, call sign Batman, went to the Russian-Ukrainian war at the age of 19 in late 2015. He served under contract for three years. He fought in Volnovakha, Novotroitske, and Kurakhove. Then, in civilian life, he worked abroad. Before the full-scale attack, he returned to Ukraine for a while and was supposed to go back. But on February 24, 2022, his plans changed. 30.01.24 10:10 10 931 11 Previously in trend: War

Taras Horpyniak, artilleryman with the 10th mountain assault brigade "Edelweiss": "The Russians were complaining: "One tank and 15 ’Ukrops’ killed two and half of our battalions" Taras served in the 109th Battalion of the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade for almost four years. He went through the most terrible and difficult battles near Kyiv, Yakovlivka and on the outskirts of Bakhmut with this unit. 29.01.24 10:25 9 638 4 Previously in trend: War

Founder of Ukrainian military brand M-TAC Oleksandr Karasov: "Our workshops and warehouse were destroyed by enemy missiles, but state has not yet recognized us as critical infrastructure" The enemy fired three missiles worth $13 million each at the production of the popular Ukrainian brand of tactical clothing and equipment M-TAC. Two of them hit and caused $11 million in damage. What has the government suggested to restore strategic production? 29.01.24 09:12 188 0 Previously in trend: War

How to stabilize frontline Another stream is devoted entirely to the situation at the front - what is happening in the war and how to stop the Russian offensive. 28.01.24 16:45 14 610 17 Previously in trend: War

Main problem of war The main problem with the war now is that neither generals nor politicians understand that there will be no new heroes in the army who can stop tanks with machine guns and fight for every hole in the landing. 27.01.24 09:45 23 827 88 Previously in trend: War

Situation in Avdiivka is critical: what to do? According to Deepstate, Russian infantry in the south of Avdiivka approached the "9th Quarter" neighbourhood in one area. This is a complex of nine-storey residential buildings that is key to controlling the city. 25.01.24 09:40 20 099 46 Previously in trend: War

Intelligence officer of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine "Artan" Kep: "Cat basked on Wagner’s corpse until it got cold" Kep, deputy commander for combat training of the "Artan" unit of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, told about the peculiarities of the service of intelligence officers, SEALs (ed. - soldiers) at war, special operations on water and in hot spots. Exclusive interview in the programme "Who is with Miroshnychenko?" 24.01.24 10:25 13 218 2 Previously in trend: War

Oleksii Chub: "Intense mortar fire started from three sides. 120th shell hit trench about meter away from me. My comrade’s back was completely wounded - "sieve". My arm was torn off." Oleksii Chub, a fighter of the famous 93rd Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar" of the first motorized infantry company, worked as a miner in his native Pavlohrad until 2014. Then he was mobilized. He served until mid-2016. He returned to the mine, but after the full-scale invasion, he rejoined the Armed Forces to defend the country. He fought in the hottest areas of Kharkiv and Donbas. 23.01.24 13:05 11 485 6 Previously in trend: War