That, once again, I choose to continue on only because I have resigned to finish this horrible chronicle.
Perhaps one day the nightmare will end, but the ghosts will remain.
18/
@agris1144.bsky.social
Latvian NAFO Fella reporting on the war in Ukraine since 4:04 AM, February 24th, 2022. Self-appointed chronicler of the Russian-Ukrainian war of 2022-20XX.
That, once again, I choose to continue on only because I have resigned to finish this horrible chronicle.
Perhaps one day the nightmare will end, but the ghosts will remain.
18/
I just know that, once again, another grim date passes me by alone.
That, once again, I make the same wishes for the future that will never come true.
That, once again, I try to change things that cannot be changed.
17/
With each year this date becomes more difficult to get through.
I do not know whether the pain & sadness are constant and it's me who becomes weaker as time goes on, or the pain & sadness become stronger with time.
Perhaps it's a combination of the two - I cannot say.
16/
The next date is day 1825.
My wish, as before, is to never see this date - to never make a report about day 1825 of the war.
But I fear we may, in fact, see it.
15/
Because I understand & recognize that, and do not wish to do so, as I always seem to end up doing, therefore I don't mention or talk about it.
14/
Because there is nobody else to talk to about such things.
Because nobody else understands or will ever understand.
Because nobody else is willing to listen, as they do not wish to be burdened.
13/
It is a reminder of the February 25th that never was & of those who will never see it.
A reminder of the reality that there is nobody else anymore - just me.
So I find myself spending these days talking to ghosts of people long-gone.
12/
Personally I do not like such dates.
And I get two of this date every year, as there is the actual day on which the year passes over and the symbolic date of February 24th.
Eventually, once the war is over, I will stop counting.
Perhaps then there will only be one such date for me as well.
11/
I remember that morning well, how it shook us all awake into a new reality.
Now, however, it is a normal event.
Overlooked and forgotten upon the piles of other such horrific events.
10/
The day began with explosions once more, but not just from drone and missile strikes.
There was also what can only be described as a terrorist attack organized by the Russians at Lviv.
9/
Another grim milestone has been reached.
This day, which refuses to end, has now lasted 4 years.
In a way - not much has changed.
8/
~ 22 ballistic missiles Iskander-M/S-400 (8 shot down), 4 anti-ship missiles ''Tsirkon'' (2 shot down).
Total - 307/347 shot down, diverted via EW means and/or lost in location.
7.15/
First - the Russian strike statistics.
297 strike & simulator UAVs (274 shot down, diverted via EW means and/or lost in location), 4 guided aircraft missiles Kh-59/69 (4 shot down), 2 cruise missiles Iskander-K (2 shot down), 18 cruise missiles Kh-101 (17 shot down), ~
7/
-Hungary threatens to block 20th EU sanctions package against Russia due to ''Druzhba'' pipeline closure.
6/
-No significant actions reported on these fronts (Velykyi Burluk front-Hlukhiv front).
5/
-No significant actions reported on this front (Siversk-Bakhmut front).
-Russian attacks east of Lyman, at Drobysheve and Hrekivka (Lyman front).
-Russian attacks south of the northern Pishchane (Oskil front).
-Russian attacks towards Kolodyazne (Dvorichna front).
4/
-No significant actions reported on this front (Kherson front).
-Russian attacks at Prymorske and towards Hirke (Zaporizhzhia front).
-Russian attacks at Novopavlivka (Velyka Novosilka front).
-Russian attacks at Pavlivka, northeast of Rusyn Yar and at Kostyantynivka (Dobropillya front).
3/
-Russian missile strikes at Kyiv (15 civilians wounded (including 4 children) as of writing).
-Russian terrorist attack at Lviv (1 killed & 15 wounded as of writing).
-Explosions at Mariupol, Russian-occupied Donetsk region.
-Explosions at oil depot, Luhansk, Russian-occupied Luhansk region.
2.15/
-Explosions at Mykolaiv.
-Explosions at Kropyvnytskyi.
-Russian drone strikes at Zaporizhzhia.
-Russian airstrikes at Sumy.
-Russian missile strike at Putrivka (1 civilian killed & 6 wounded as of writing).
2/
Summary of day 1460 of the war (Discussions with ghosts):
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#NAFO
#Fellas
#Fella
The weekend is nearing - we talk about the games we will play when it arrives.
About who will make it and who will not.
Everyone is still here.
Only a few more days until the weekend game..
9/
At the time of the writing of this report we are one minute past midnight, at the beginning of the day that has lasted 4 years.
But, for the next 4 hours and 3 minutes - that remains unknown.
For the moment, it's a normal night.
8/
-Slovakia threatens to cut electricity supplies to Ukraine & Hungary blocks 90bn EUR aid package for Ukraine due to lack of resumption of oil transit via the ''Druzhba'' pipeline.
7/
-No significant actions reported on this front (Dvorichna front).
-Russian attacks towards Kruhle (Velykyi Burluk front).
-Russian attacks at Vovchanski Khutory (Kharkiv front).
-No significant actions reported on these fronts (Belgorod front-Hlukhiv front).
6/
-Russian attacks south of Riznykivka (Siversk-Bakhmut front).
-Russian attacks south of Ozerne, east of Lyman, east of Stavky and at Drobysheve (Lyman front).
-Russian attacks south of the northern Pishchane and at Kurylivka (Oskil front).
5/
-Russian attacks towards Serhiivka, at Kotlyne, Hryshyne, at the industrial area southeast of Shevchenko, towards Kucheriv Yar, at Pavlivka, northeast of Rusyn Yar, at Stepanivka, Illinivka and Kostyantynivka (Dobropillya front).
4/
-No significant actions reported on these fronts (Kherson front-Zaporizhzhia front).
-Russian attacks at Stepove and Novopavlivka. Ukrainian attacks along the Vyshneve-Stepove axis (Velyka Novosilka front).
3/
-Ukrainian drone strikes at Kazan, Tatarstan region, Russia.
-Explosions at Neftegorsk gas processing plant, Neftegorsk, Samara region, Russia.
2.15/
-Russian drone strikes at Artilne (5 civilians wounded as of writing).
-Russian airstrike at Sumy (3 civilians wounded as of writing).
-Fire at Elektrovipramitel plant, Saransk, Republic of Mordovia region, Russia (???).
2/
Summary of day 1459 of the war (00:01, 02.24.2022):
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#NAFO
#Fellas
#Fella