Articles — OstroV

National security. Who and why did Zelensky nationalize?

PJSC Ukrnafta, PJSC Ukrtatnafta, PrJSC Zaporizhtransformator, PJSC Motor Sich and PrJSC AvtoKrAZ passed to the management of the Ministry of Defense. Previously, these companies were owned by 3 oligarchs and a "red director". With regard to each of these assets, the country's leadership had its own considerations, which are discussed below...

They are happy about blackouts in Kyiv, while they don’t have heating themselves. Donetsk journal

It is still not clear what will the situation with the central heating be. The perspective is not bright at all. Sooner than later, the temperature will drop below zero degrees Celsius, and if the system is defrosted, the pipes will burst, and Donetsk may become a second Alchevsk...

Teachers are looking for deserters. Donetsk journal

Those, who did not have time to leave the "republic" before October 1, are now in a stalemate. They have only one option: to hide in rented apartments. And only God knows for how many months or years. And now they are being looked for...

Serhiy Hrabsky: It would be beneficial for the russians, if we got involved in street fighting in Kherson

Let’s not forget that according to official data, partial mobilization in russia has ended, so in a few weeks, we can expect the arrival of new units that can strengthen the ability of the occupiers to fight. This is an objective reality. We can read dozens of articles and watch many videos that show problems with their staffing, but we must understand that they will arrive at the frontline and create some problems...

"We will kill you. A million, 5 million, or we will even exterminate you all". Review of publications of the occupied Donbas

"It is necessary that rocket attacks on Ukraine become a routine, a good tradition, a familiar part of the morning landscape. So that people wake up one morning, and there is NO Ukraine as a state. Government buildings are empty, AFU positions abandoned, electricity and water supply long gone. And confused people wander in search of a strong Moscow hand"

Ukraine after the war: without Akhmetov and Kolomoyskyi

All of this means the loss of influence of the oligarchs on the Ukrainian economy and, accordingly, political influence, without which it is impossible to continue receiving unreasonable state favors...

Laughter and tears! On the annexation and its CONSEQUENCES for russians and other "peoples"

So, the battle will last until someone’s victory. And, given the resources of the russian federation and the West, the battle will be long, right up to the fall of the demoniac’s regime. And it will be EXACTLY ON the lands annexed by russia! Therefore, you, my dear homies who naively expect peace due to russian advent, on the contrary, rejoice in turning your region into a theater of warfare for an indefinite period...

Serhiy Harmash: putin's announcement of partial mobilization is good for us and bad for russia

In this referendums venture, I see signs of either the final atrophy of putin's brain, or some insidious game of his entourage in order to remove him from the political arena as soon as possible and prepare bargaining chips for themselves in secret negotiations with the West...

Roman Svitan: Nothing prevents us from moving on and liberating Ukraine up to the 1991 borders

We press where it bends, and we go forward where it breaks. Within a week, we will hear about the same problems the russians had with Izium. The front line will break somewhere again, and we will advance into this gap with the transfer of reserves...

Bluff and putin's last hope

There is simply no more reliable way to commit suicide for the russian economy than to stop supplying gas to the EU against the backdrop of the threat of a complete loss of income from oil exports. Therefore, now the putin regime has no choice but to scare the Europeans with a cold winter...

"Ukraine has never been as far away as it is now". Luhansk journal

Everyone, who used Vodafone, became unavailable. Viber was declared an enemy app and all those, with whom you communicated only via Viber, disappeared at once as well. Same happened to Facebook and Instagram. Your social circle suddenly narrowed down to local mobile operator subscribers, who also managed to swap their Ukrainian number to a russian one, changing the first three digits of the number...

Serhiy Hrabsky: There are at least three scenarios for the development of events in southern Ukraine

Nowadays, the density of their troops simply cannot provide the opportunity to advance in any direction. Yes, they can concentrate several battalion tactical groups and break through in a particular direction, but they will not be able to hold it.

The war has gotten to Crimea: who is responsible for the "bangs" and what’s next

Great progress. We started with the demilitarization of Ukraine, then everything went according to plan, later "we haven’t even started yet”, and now we are checking bomb shelters, testing air raid sirens, setting up additional roadblocks, and talking about the excellent work of air defense systems. Not only tourists leave, but also many locals who have the opportunity to live somewhere else in russia...

Oleh Zhdanov: Russia is provoking us for an offensive operation in the Donbas. We don't give in

They want us to believe that a massive offensive is underway in the Donetsk direction, so that we transfer our main reserves and forces there. And as soon as it happens, they will begin an offensive in a southern direction...

Russia and sanctions: the EU goes into the "trenches"

For understanding: the average market price of Urals russian oil in May was $83/bbl. That is, the Chinese and Indians bought this resource cheaply, at almost half the price. How long the kremlin is ready to give away oil for nothing is a good question. Since, according to expert data, $40/bbl is the maximum cost of russian oil production...

Mobilization in Ukraine: politicians against the military

Many considered this to be Presidential Office’s specially planned campaign aimed at discrediting the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi, who signed the relevant order. Rumors of a strained relationship between them have been circulating for more than a month...

How people leave the occupation: filtration, checkpoints and scammers

Our driver had already driven several times, so he knew what to answer them. The only minus is that he, like many others, does not carry men. He says that they are most often left at the checkpoints...

Tamila Tasheva: After the atrocities we saw, neither the issue of Crimea, nor the issue of the Donbas can be left out

There are a lot of Crimean residents, who quietly hated the russian federation for all these eight years, and only now, after the horrors in Mariupol, Irpin and Bucha, they began to voice their position. And these are not just Crimean Tatars and local activists, these are completely different people who led a normal life and did not participate in human rights campaigns...

Oleh Zhdanov: Sievierodonetsk has fulfilled its task. We exhausted the enemy and inflicted huge losses on him

I think that in the Donbas, as well as in all other directions, the russians will soon go on the defensive. It is not their wish list. They will be forced to do this in order to somehow stabilize the situation. Although defense for them is the beginning of defeat...

Crimea is losing tourists. Dissatisfaction with war is growing

Almost two times fewer tourists visited Crimea during the May holidays than a year earlier. This is despite the fact that, according to OstroV, at least half of those who visited were state employees who came on free vouchers...