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In discussion w/ Andriy Sadovyi, mayor of Lviv, Ukraine. To The Zero Line: Brave hearts in dark times. True life film. DM to request podcast/interview.

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Now Playing! Streaming Free. #Ukraine . The real inside story. The spirit of the people in cities, villages, towns and the front. All four seasons, and lots and lots of Christmas. A project that brought together hundreds of people in front of and behind the camera. Includes…
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Battle of Bakhmut. Medical stabilization unit. This soldier was evacuated from the battlefield to the brigade's stabilization unit (approx 6km from the zero line). A doctor is applying a chest seal almost immediately upon the wounded soldier's arrival. The purpose of a chest seal…
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New film made in Ukraine. Streaming free, starting next week. To The Zero Line is about what you’ll do for the people you love. In war, the mind gets focused on the essence of life. Family, friends, food, heritage, what you’ll fight for, what you might die to keep. The choices…
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Sound on LOUD: Christmas Greetings from wartime Ukraine. Presenting for the first time an excerpt from the upcoming film To The Zero Line. Real life during four seasons. Christmas is happening. The spirit is strong, unbroken, in the fight for their lives. See the film all…
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Sound on LOUD Full Screen To The Zero Line Update: Planned for release December 1st, the film will take a few more days to reach you, but something important is going on, US politicians are about to vote. This special To The Zero Line Trailer is being released for them to…
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@DevanaUkraine I was with the 24th Brigade in Bakhmut filming during the heyday of Wagner. I wanted to film the guys talking about the advantage UK and USA weapons were to them... This is an entry that I put on my website about it. Everyone I met and know in Ukraine is grateful for the…
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Almost 2 years ago. Billboard on the main road after crossing the border from Poland to Lviv. Two years of asking...they arrive this week. And Bang! Instant success. No more delaying long range weapons, please...History is keeping the score. …
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@DefactoHumanity . It's possible because of people like you and the people who donate. How many lives have all of you saved? Nobody knows.
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@JPLindsley It's out in the open now. The USA refuses to send long range weapons in sufficient numbers. A swift victory would have occurred two years ago. The truth was hiding behind numbers of dollars sent. The dollars sent have been mostly for short range weaponry to perpetuate a World…
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@DannyDrinksWine There are so, so, so, so many. Almost any movie set in Las Vegas: One From The Heart, The Hangover... Almost any movie set in Paris, even Last Tango and that takes place in an apartment. But to answer the question: Blade Runner. It is a world of its own, while it is so many…
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Sound on Christmas. Carol of The Bells 🔔🔔 Performed in Ukraine during War. For Real. a scene from: #Christmas Full documentary on life in the war zone streaming free. @MCIPUkraine #tothezeroline
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She explains maybe it will remind the fighters of their mothers, of their childhood and it will help them fight better. Here, the women and girls of this village make varenyky, a national dish of Ukraine, and send them to the men and women on the front lines. Much of the…
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@Lyla_lilas @RomanTrokhymets Роман. Для вас чудово знімати відео та розповідати про те, що ви відчуваєте. Професіонали, які вивчають і лікують посттравматичний стресовий розлад, і солдати кажуть, що найважливіше – це негайно розповісти про пережите. Щоб не чекати. Якщо ви тримаєте це всередині, воно може…
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Literally dozens of people inside and outside Ukraine joined the project, working behind the scenes and even more appeared on camera to let the world know who they are and the genocidal peril they are in. Politics aside, maybe someone somewhere will see him or herself in the…
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@DefactoHumanity Defacto. I'm feeling you. Your resolve. Your exhaustion. Your energy. Your everything. Your pain. Your everything again. So much. You're magnificent.
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@Philceee1 We have a website that will open when the film opens to experience it for free. Watch this space for the url. You'll be able to stream it all at once or in episodes.
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@DannyDrinksWine By the time Kubrick made 2001, his philosophy of filmmaking is that every element of the film, every angle, every cut, every piece of music should serve the "super objective", which is the overarching purpose of the work of art. He picked up on this from Stanislavski's An Actor…
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Last Christmas our project filmed the guys and gals having Christmas at the front. They were all hoping that they'd be out by this Christmas. Sucks. See them in "Chapter 5: Bakhmut Christmas" of To The Zero Line. #tothezeroline . Streaming Free. A project…
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Those of you fortunate enough to be able to celebrate Christmas with your families, spare a thought for the Ukrainian boys spending it in the trenches of Eastern Ukraine, holding the line against murderous Russian imperialism.
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@Lyla_lilas Tears in my eyes on my cheeks.
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@DefactoHumanity Defacto, I'm crying. I love who you are.
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BenOfficial @BenTotallyReal There's a sad beauty in this. Protecting children from Russia's Eliminationist (aka Genocidal) campaign. Eliminationism (aka Genocide), to destroy a nation's identity. How they prey on children. These children will not be stolen. Bravo. Victory for…
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Children from the Kherson region went to Romania for a temporary stay Since the beginning of the full-scale war, they did not leave their homes and were all the time in dangerous settlements - Muzikyvka, Ingulka, Novovorontsovka, Darivka, Novobratskyi, Orlovo, Mikilskyi,…
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@catch22qi I don't know. I filmed the vehicle arriving with him in it and filmed continuously while he was being treated through his departure, which was maybe 2 or 3 minutes in total. After he left, I asked the medical staff if he had armor, but nobody knew. It's assumed he did. If he…
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@RobertDussaul14 @RobertDussau14 Streaming at . After you see it, consider leaving a comment there and on IMDB that will help Ukraine. Thanks!
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@RabbiUkraine You are beautiful.
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@DefactoHumanity It's because of you and people like you getting them the supplies that they can do their work.
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@DannyDrinksWine The Tenant by: Roman Polanski. There are so many madmen in movies. It's difficult to choose one without going mad myself. Here is Roman Polanski acting in the film he directed. The madness comes about in part because of pressure society exerts on the character.
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@ApBJanet @CedricLeighton They will never give up. "Without victory, there is no survival" -- Sir Winston Churchill. And they knew it.
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@DefenceHQ Designate weapons for Victory. Not for an attritional war. Please... TOOLS FOR VICTORY: 1) Long range munitions in sufficient number (Qty: 1000 targets?) 2) Defend the sky (Patriots?) to protect women and children For 2 years, UK has been a leader and the USA a follower.…
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@SpencerGuard Talk about badass.
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@JenniferDHWA Thank you Jyn Erso Fella for boosting. This is the first video I've posted on X, and the format is smaller than I'd like. So your boost is espcially kind. It's made to play loud and full screen. Thanks again for the boost.
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@DannyDrinksWine Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902) Georges Méliès
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@Danielxrk For sure. I can tell you first hand. Ukraine gets wounded off the battlefield as quickly as possible. Since there are few armored vehicles, if there's ongoing contact, evac by whatever vehicle is around, or on foot, might have to wait until after nightfall.
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I was in the audience when Andres Segovia performed at UCLA decades ago. He nearly brought the house down when he played variations on the ditty "My Hat, It Has Three Corners". It was stunning and clearly a virtuouso having fun. There was a childish smile on his face when he…
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Andrés Segovia - Bach Prelude BWV 1007.
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Now Playing! Streaming Free. #Ukraine . The real inside story. The spirit of the people in cities, villages, towns and the front. All four seasons, and lots and lots of Christmas. A project that brought together hundreds of people in front of and behind the camera. Includes…
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Jonathan. I enjoyed our dialogue. I felt like I was chatting with you over coffee, getting to the crux of things layers deep. You're an extraordinary talent. #tothezeroline
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To the Zero Line is a documentary about the destructive war Russia has unleashed on Ukraine. It is a story about the courage, strength of will, and resilience of the Ukrainian people. Watch it and share! @BenTotallyReal @MriyaReport - #NAFOfellas #NAFO -
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Horizontal version of poster for Ukrainian community. #tothezeroline @U24_gov_ua @KyivPost streaming free.
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@3xR_team Awesome. Tears are in my eyes. You've done a great thing.
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@tezbar @OlenaWave @CurtainSilicon Jonathan is one of the best podcasters, probably the best solo podcaster, on the situation in Ukraine.
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I believe in Ukraine
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@DannyDrinksWine "We'll always have Paris"
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@randymot4 I agree with you. I don['t think enough people in US politics, the pentagon, and in particular Jake Sullivan and Tony Blinken have come to realize that... The Ukrainian people are in it for the fight. Losing would mean extinction of their country, their culture, their language,…
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@MyluReveron @Lyla_lilas The website opens next week. It's 2.5 hours all around Ukraine. You can watch it all at once or in episodes. I'll tweet when it opens.
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@JRagsOP @StateDept Literally dozens of people inside and outside Ukraine joined the project, working behind the scenes and even more appeared on camera to let the world know who they are and the genocidal peril they are in. Beyond politics, maybe someone somewhere will see him or herself in the…
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Stand with Israel. Stand with Ukraine My translation of the headline: "It Feels Like Hell". The headline on the bottom right next to the picture of the IDF: "Waiting to Storm (Attack) Underneath each child's photo is the child's name and age. A translation (via google…
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“This is what hell feels like” The front page of Israel’s largest newspaper with photographs of the children taken hostage by Hamas
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@strategywoman @joad7073 I'm a regular, and sometimes I'm sipping a coffee.
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@Lyla_lilas Very sad, very beautiful and true.
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@SquizzRadical @FellaShaggy @DMBrookfield It will streaming free on our website this week. It's a big film 2.5 hours. You can watch it there all at once or in episodes.
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Honor guard bearing portrait of fallen soldier his medals, and flag of Ukraine outside the garrison church. Lviv, Ukraine.
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@WarUnprovoked @WarUnprovked . To aswer your question: In a few days I'll send out a tweet that the film is streaming. Our team is looking forward to it. Please review, if you think it will help Ukraine.
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@Operation_N4FO I'm putting this in a frame for my wall.
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@wilde_frank Frank! You're in Kyiv!!!!
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@Meidas_CLARITYP Lizzie. In time of war, your graphics are a super power. I'm glad we're on the same side.
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@Daniel_Red_Eire @AmelieLabrande I prefer to gaze at Lucien Clergue's photos of Picasso, nudes and water.
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@Princess_SIFH @FellaShaggy @DMBrookfield I can think of no greater compliment than your post. I have tears. You, a Ukrainian speaker who travels during war in the Donbas saying the film resonates deeply. Wow. I'm posting this so you know how I feel, and hopefully people will discover by experiencing it, the culture…
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@FAB87F @richloft @KonstantinTeam @MayorofLondon @BWallaceMP @grantshapps @carforukraine Gman @FAB87F . You’re a good man. The movie #tothezeroline has been streaming for less than two weeks with global response, because of you and people like you. You’ve picked up on a little side note I wrote about Traian Popovichi that’s not even in the movie and you’ve expanded…
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Homer's Odyssey. Think about Ukraine's.
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@DefactoHumanity Defacto. I admire you. It's obvious you give all of yourself, your love, comfort and you're saving lives. Fuck knows the haters, in what dingy corner they drool hate with their thumbs, their endless evil madness. You shine.
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@CurtainSilicon @tezbar @MriyaReport Jonathan. You were well prepared and are thoughtful in the give and take of conversation. A pleasure.
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@3xR_team I rarely say anything here on what is being bought, but I feel I should. It's fantastic you want to provide vital humanitarian assistance. But it's better to switch brands. I have spent a lot of time with medical units and hospital staffs all over Ukraine. Nobody I have come…
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@Lyla_lilas There's a sad beauty in this. Protecting children from Russia's Eliminationist (aka Genocidal) campaign. Eliminationism (aka Genocide), to destroy a nation's identity. How they prey on children. These children will not be stolen. Bravo. Victory for Ukraine now and in Crimea.
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@TarasKuzio The Ukrainian people should not perish. Everything, love, food, weapons provided them is for them to save their families, children, art, music, church, culture, nation. Everytime anybody talks about the cost of war. It is a terrible cost and necessary to survive.
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@MelSimmonsFCDO Here is another film that covers women in the war in Ukraine. Streaming free. . You will see women throughout, doctors, soldiers, nurses, girlfriends, wives, a wedding, a cesarean section, women making camo nets, and you'll see men doing what they do,…
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@onezuluseventy Me too. The project started in March 2022 right after the full scale invasion. We've been working non-stop ever since, so I'm looking forward to it, too, just like you!
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@KyivIndependent Last Christmas our project filmed the guys and gals having Christmas at the front. Be there with them. See them in "Chapter 5: Bakhmut Christmas" of To The Zero Line. #tothezeroline . Streaming Free. A project for Ukraine.
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@betelgeuse1922 The UN is set up intentionally NOT to come to a decision on genocide. The organization serves as a legalistic facade. It is more important for right minded people to come to their own conclusion of the peril that the Ukrainian people are in. That the stated national project…
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Battle of Bakhmut. Ukrainian mortar crew firing shell in support of infantry.
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@strategywoman I appreciate you in return for your letters, spirit, for everything.
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@johnsweeneyroar @BraveUFund John. Since I can only read one at a time. Which one do you recommend first, bearing in mind the current situation.
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@DannyDrinksWine Werner Herzog's wrote a memoir of the experience of making of Fitzcarraldo, Conquest of the Useless, which is a literary masterpiece in its own right. He is a master of prose, as he is the cinema.
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@DannyDrinksWine Stanley Kubrick's creation of a masterpiece in each genre he stepped into.
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@RabbiUkraine Rebbe, you are a hero, too.
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@Highpeaked @20gimsack @20gimsack and @Highpeaked . Thank you for adding it to your thread to your list of Ukraine films. Our side is getting better and better at working together.
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@SpencerGuard The map while reading Endurance, Shackleton's memoir of the voyage
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@RabbiUkraine You are more beautiful every day!
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@cwindley @MriyaReport @willthiel @Princexxxii @PrimusPilus2022 You look so much better than your avatars, that goes for the shark, too.
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Rescue dogs on the way to Ukraine.
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@RabbiUkraine Your spirit is beautiful even in this. Fierce winter winds, deep cold, snow covered plain, fingers freezing, warm spirit, good words and a smile.
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@SquizzRadical @FellaShaggy @DMBrookfield We'll send out a tweet when it opens.
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@Lyla_lilas I love sharing with you @Lyla_lilas . You share so much in your timeline of the human spirit that becomes stark in war. You've been feeling it and sharing it for a long time, so you're beautiful to me.
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@ChrisJamesNYU @SpeakerJohnson @SenSchumer @RepJeffries @RepJerryNadler @SenMikeLee @SenGillibrand @MriyaReport Hope you like it. And thank you to @nyulangone for letting us film Tisch Hospital. The people at Saint Nicholas Hospital in Lviv, Ukraine were grateful for the medicine sent.
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@front_ukrainian And When will they arrive in Ukraine?
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@prolixmusic_ @HrShipwreck I was in the audience when Andres Segovia performed at UCLA decades ago. He nearly brought the house down when he played variations on the ditty "My Hat, It Has Three Corners". It was stunning and clearly a virtuouso having fun. There was a childish smile on his face when he…
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Funeral. The casket is carried into garrison church, the wife, the son, his family follow him inside. Lviv, Ukraine.
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@maria_avdv In Zelensky's New Year's speech, he said something that we can help with in the information domain. Talk more of the "existential threat" (his words). The eliminationist (aka genocidal) peril Ukraine is in can be defeated. I suggest we highlight the reasons for long range…
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Happy Birthday! We are all alike. Let's feel the love of a Ukrainian family and stand up so they will thrive and we will thrive and they will not perish.
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We fight to protect those we love. Can one imagine a more perfect gift? On her birthday, a mother calls her son who had gone to fight for his country. She had no idea he had returned from the frontlines to celebrate with her in person.
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@johnsweeneyroar Thank you John for recommending the film. It means a lot to me that you did.
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@healyjforUC @MriyaReport Thanks James Healy. And kudos too for what you do for Ukraine.
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@FAB87F @MriyaReport Gman. You've put together a beautiful reminder of what one man did to save many. Traian Popvici deserves the honor you've given him. It's because of him that my father survived the Holocaust. It's my turn to help others in peril. Ukraine. You are teaching here and others are…
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@DefactoHumanity DeFacto is absolutely right about it being dark and scary at night. I've been there. It is pitch, pitch black. There are lots of roads with no lights at all. Because of tracked and heavy vehicles the pot holes are enormous. It's road is like the moon. If there is ice or water on…
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@tezbar @DMBrookfield Can she bring her friends?
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@uasupport999 Thank you News from Ukraine. I've been loving your stream for so long. It's an honor that you included my film today. This film belongs to everybody who has been part of it and who uses it to spread the word about Ukraine. All of us will win the info war together!
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Battle of Bakhmut. Artillery crew inside 2S3 Akatsiya receiving coordinates via radio and permission to fire. 24th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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@CormacS63 @Euan_MacDonald @Biz_Ukraine_Mag @CharlesTannock @the_mcquade @brucemcd23 @YelchenkoUN @olex_scherba @ViKononenko @VasylBodnar @O_Vashchenko Lovely time, and pub. Thanks for your insights and the blurb. Afterward went to @Ukr_Institute to sit in the audience for films on survivors of #genocide campaign by journalist @ngumenyuk Nataliya Gumenyuk.
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@DefactoHumanity Heartwarming.
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