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Yakiv, Ukrainian Jazz Trumpeter on Air-Alarm Creativity

Sep 15, 2022

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Daily Situation summary of war in Ukraine by region for Thursday, September 15, 2022.

by PAVLO VITENKO, Ukrainian Freedom News

Donetsk region / Photo: National Police

Summary by Oblasts (regions)

LUHANSK REGION

The situation on the contact line is complicated. During the night - seven mortars and 11 artillery shells. The Russians used MLRS four times and tanks twice. Our defenders courageously hold the defense.

DONETSK REGION

At night there was an airstrike on Bakhmut (destroyed high-rise building, probably people under the rubble). The rescue operation is ongoing. Shelling from the "Hurricanes" of Myrnohrad, one person was injured. At dawn — shelling of Toretsk (a hospital was damaged, one person was injured), massive shelling of the central part of Avdiyivka, the consequences are being clarified.

Toretsk, Mykolayivka, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Myrnohrad, Chasiv Yar, Novobakhmutivka, Karlivka, Tonenke, Kurdyumivka, Pivnichne, Sokil were shelled over the past day.

Five high-rise buildings, seven private residential buildings, TPP premises, 10 garages, two civilian cars, and a power line were damaged. Over the past day, two civilians were killed and 13 civilians were injured in the Donetsk region.

KHARKIV REGION

At night, a rocket attack was carried out in the Kharkiv district of Kyiv, the rocket hit the ground in a forest strip, the destruction is being investigated, without casualties. In the region, the occupiers attacked the city of Vovchansk yesterday evening, and five houses were damaged. There are no victims or injured. There was no fire.

According to the Center for Emergency Medical Assistance, one person was hospitalized in the Shevchenkove Kupiansk district during the day, who stepped on a mine.

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION

The enemy shelled the Nikopol district five times during the night. A power line was damaged in the Marhanets community. In Nikopol, a dozen houses, 114 panels of a solar station, a sanatorium and two enterprises were damaged. People were not injured.

In Kryvyi Rih, where seven Russian rockets landed the night before, the consequences of the attack were eliminated all night. Hydrotechnical structures were repaired and the water level in the Ihnulets River was lowered. Rescuers and emergency services are on the scene. Work continues. More than a hundred private houses and yards were flooded in the city. People have been evacuated.

MYKOLAYIV REGION

At night there was shelling on the outskirts of Mykolayiv. Detailed information is being clarified. At midnight, the enemy attacked the villages of Shevchenko and Mishkovo-Pohorilove. The consequences are clarified.

Also tonight, missile strikes were carried out on an infrastructure facility in the village of Chornomorka. There are no casualties. During the night, the enemy repeatedly struck the territory of the town of Ochakiv. Hitting mainly in the aqua zone. There are no casualties.

Since the evening of the previous day and throughout the night, enemy shelling was recorded on the outskirts of the villages of Solonchaky, Dmytrivka, Yaselka, Ivanivka, and Kutsurub. The villages of Ivanivka and Yaselka are currently without electricity. There are no casualties.

This morning - shelling of the outskirts of the village Nova Oleksandrivka. There were no injuries or damage. Villages located on the dividing line of the Berezneguvate community remain under constant fire.

Yesterday from evening to 04:00 - shelling mainly outside the settlements of the villages Shyroke and Chervona Dolyna, hitting rural buildings. There are no casualties.

KHERSON REGION

The situation in the region remains extremely difficult. Active hostilities continue. Cases of looting and seizure of premises by Russians continue in temporarily occupied settlements. In Kherson, the occupiers seized the premises of the regional library for children and the premises of a bank.

In Nova Kakhovka, the occupiers seized the premises of the energy company and stole valuables worth more than half a million hryvnias..

Read the full report at Ukrainian Freedom News.

Near-Daily Ukraine War Journal, 9/14: Yakiv, Ukrainian Jazz Trumpeter on Air-Alarm Creativity

Sep 14, 2022

Part of the Speak Freely Podcast, from Ukrainian Freedom News In the major southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, Joe Lindsley of Ukrainian Freedom News speaks with Yakiv Tsvietinskyi, world-class jazz trumpeter based in Lviv. They talk about how Russia's war on Ukraine changed music-making here. Yakiv shares how the death of his cousin at the front Iines pushed him to make music for the first time since the war started. He speaks of his warrior-musician friends who are creating soul-stirring songs.

Speak Freely Podcast: In war-time, two friends, Zakhar Pikh, Ukrainian bartender before the war; and Joe Lindsley, American writer in Ukraine since the pandemic started share a real conversation about life under Russian threat. They are often joined by guests.

Includes explicit language, because the goal is to share honest thoughts and the mood of the moment.

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🎙🎙🎙 WGN Radio Ukraine Report: 'Move your fats'-Odesa humor

Sep 15, 2022

FROM ODESA WITH JOKES

Since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Bob Sirott on Chicago's WGN Radio has been speaking daily with Joe Lindsley, an American in Ukraine since the pandemic started.

"Move your fats"

My tribute to Odesa’s jokes, cuisine, jazz and a little talk about Russell Crowe and some talk about strange hot dogs Speaking from the Ukrainian seaside city of Odesa, Joe describes the city's war-time mood, its elegance, and its history.

You can find all the episodes here: https://wgnradio.com/bob-sirott/ukrai...