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#UAarmy reached Hoptivka check point, at the Ukraine/russia border
counteroffensive is ongoing in the Kharkiv region. Dozens of villages and towns have been liberated. #UAarmy reached Hoptivka check point, at the border of the terrorist state.
🇺🇦 will restore its territorial integrity, including Donbas and Crimea.
Prepare to swim, occupiers.
Link to tweet
In five days, Ukraine’s northern counter-offensive has changed everything. What began as a push in a part of the front largely ignored by military analysts became an advance of 43.5 miles (70km), capturing “more territory than Russian forces have captured in all their operations since April”, according to the Institute of the Study of War.
russia is destroying civilian infrastructure in response to getting their asses kicked "In Kharkiv Oblast, Russian troops hit the country's second-largest thermal power plant, causing blackouts throughout the region, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said."
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Thanx to DUer Irish Dem for this map
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https://www.purpleheartmission.org/stories-of-valor/megan-leavey-corporal-united-states-marine-corps
Very brave Marine and very inspiring story.
The Fox News Clip is one of her cherished souvenirs. Corporal Megan Leavey is shown after landing at JFK with her German shepherd Rex, after being reunited thanks to the efforts of Randy Levine, president of the New York Yankees, his wife Mindy Levine, and New York Senator Charles Schumer.
Finally, five years after her injury under enemy fire and Rex’s retirement from the K-9 anti-bomb squad, the decorated Marine was allowed by the Corps brass to adopt her beloved canine buddy and bring him home with her from his kennel at Camp Pendleton, California to her apartment in Valley Cottage, New York.
“It took an army of people to make this happen,” a radiant Corporal Leavey marvels, taken totally by surprise by her warm welcome at the airport replete with a fife and drum band furnished by a retired captain and television cameras and lights. Thanks to the caring generosity of the Yankees and Levine, who paid for their round trip flight to California and back, Corporal Leavey’s quest had a happy two-year ending.
Megan Leavey was born on October 28th, 1983. She grew up in Valley Cottage, in Rockland County, New York. She attended a local Catholic school until the 7th grade, and then went to nearby Nyack High School. Some of her favorite activities during her high school years included cheerleading and softball. She enjoyed high school, making lifelong friends; however, she initially did not want to go to college. Her parents, knowing the value of college, persuaded her to go to SUNY Cortland. Unable to find motivation at a college far away from home, she convinced her parents to let her return home. Working full time, she began to sort things out.
Finally, five years after her injury under enemy fire and Rex’s retirement from the K-9 anti-bomb squad, the decorated Marine was allowed by the Corps brass to adopt her beloved canine buddy and bring him home with her from his kennel at Camp Pendleton, California to her apartment in Valley Cottage, New York.
“It took an army of people to make this happen,” a radiant Corporal Leavey marvels, taken totally by surprise by her warm welcome at the airport replete with a fife and drum band furnished by a retired captain and television cameras and lights. Thanks to the caring generosity of the Yankees and Levine, who paid for their round trip flight to California and back, Corporal Leavey’s quest had a happy two-year ending.
Megan Leavey was born on October 28th, 1983. She grew up in Valley Cottage, in Rockland County, New York. She attended a local Catholic school until the 7th grade, and then went to nearby Nyack High School. Some of her favorite activities during her high school years included cheerleading and softball. She enjoyed high school, making lifelong friends; however, she initially did not want to go to college. Her parents, knowing the value of college, persuaded her to go to SUNY Cortland. Unable to find motivation at a college far away from home, she convinced her parents to let her return home. Working full time, she began to sort things out.
Very brave Marine and very inspiring story.
