Ukraine Situation Summary: Mariupol Warriors Hold On, Russians Shell Kyiv
Plus: Podcast and supply requests
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Ukraine Situation Summary 29 April
BY PAVLO VITENKO, Ukrainian Freedom News
UKRAINE: The Army of the Russian Federation used phosphorous shells in the village of Solovyov, Ocheretyn community, Donetsk region.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated a strategically important village on the Kharkiv-Belgorod highway
Since the beginning of the large-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, Russia has launched more than 1,900 missile launches across Ukraine.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is reviewing a Ukrainian report that on April 16, 2022, a video surveillance camera recorded a rocket flight directly over the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant.
"Russian missile strikes on Ukraine - in Kyiv, Fastiv, Odessa, Khmelnytsky and other cities - prove once again that we cannot relax yet. We cannot think that the war is over. We still have to fight. We still have to chase the occupiers." — said Zelensky
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Read more, including our region-by-region summary: Daily Situation Report
Our Speak Freely Podcast: Near-Daily War Journal
Here's a near-daily audio war-journal from Lviv, Ukraine. The goal is to share with the world real conversations between two friends, a Ukrainian bartender and an American journalist, from this nation under existential threat.
Today’s Topic: Sorry for the complaints but we will share the real mood
We don't promise that it is always noble but that it is honest.
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Daily Supply Needs
Our Current Supply Needs for Front Line Soldiers
—Bulletproof vests -$330 each - 30 (9900$)
—Helmets - $330 each - 30 (9900$)
—Tactical glasses: $100/each - 30 (3000$)
—Tactical boots: 80$\each- 30 (2400$)
—Wool Socks:three-packs at $26/each 30 (780$)
—Knee pads - $32/each - 30 (960$)
—Tactical gloves: $21.60 each - 30 (648$)
TOTAL $27,588
If you wish to support specific soldiers, you can choose which items you’d like to fund (e.g., one tactical glasses; two uniforms; and a headlamp) and write us at lvivlab2020@gmail.com. We have access to supply sources for all of the above. We will purchase and deliver the supplies to the soldiers at their bases or at the front lines, and we will provide you video or photo showing receipt of goods.
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Through our Ukrainian Freedom Supply system, we will ensure that individual soldiers are outfitted with what they need.
Ukrainian Freedom News on Chicago’s WGN Radio
Ukrainian Freedom News on Chicago's WGN Radio: How Ukrainians greet each other at Easter, the new nature of fear in Ukraine, and thoughts on nuclear strikes
WGN radio host Bob Sirott speaks with Joe Lindsley of Ukrainian Freedom News, in a daily report from Lviv. They even have a small exchange in the Ukrainian language.
Read more via our Telegram Channel.
American Ethan Bracken Describes Front Line Needs
There's a false narrative circulating that somehow Ukrainians are taking essential front-line items at checkpoints. Our reporting has found no evidence of this. Instead, as Ethan Bracken reports, as he delivered supplies to soldiers, guards at checkpoints offered to buy essential items such as gloves and shoes.
Ethan, who has been volunteering in Ukraine for more than a month, has traveled the country delivering supplies, raising money from America, and listening to the needs on the ground. Despite all the global outpouring of support, despite glowing profiles about massive charities in big newspapers, we see that many soldiers are not getting the basic things they need.
Watch Ethan’s story in the video above.