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First person footage from the 1st battalion of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade 🦅 working in the Donetsk region

At 0:13 you can see the machine gunner put his gun down on a PFM-1 anti personnel mine

Fortunately the mine isn’t that powerful and all of the fragments where captured by the gun itself leaving the machine gunner with only a small concussion
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The linked picture of a forest devestated by the 's inspired me to a quick research. My preliminary conclusion:

1) International scientists envision a relaunch of war-torn forests in postwar .

2) The Kremlin's regime should be indicted for mass , on top of and , and others.

Via @ science.org*
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science.org/content/article/sc (2023--04-19)

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(2/n)

"In addition to its horrific human toll, the has inflicted widespread damage on the nation’s forests. Bombs and missiles have sparked thousands of fires, and “👉artillery breaks trees in half—it basically mows the 👈,”..."

"Since the began in February 2022, almost 20,000 have burned across 755,638 hectares, according to remote sensing data."

"Even before the current war,...

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

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...👉’s forests were considered some of the world’s most damaged. 👈
👉The expansion of agriculture in this major food exporter had vastly reduced forest cover; nearly half of is now cropland. In many of the forests that remained, open stands of fire-adapted Scots pine had been replaced by crowded, 👉more fire-prone plantations.👈"

"“Economics, legislation, and habit” enable plantations to persist, ...

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... said, despite 👉increasing concerns that the do relatively little to support native species and can suck up scarce water👈..."

"...some experts say the destruction could lead to a 👉major overhaul of how manages its forests👈, changes they say will help ensure these landscapes 👉can better cope with , support , and protect water quality.👈"

"Researchers...

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(5/n)

...a long overdue policy shift👈."

is pretty dry, and it’s getting drier.”

"Shrinking could avoid the “repeated depletion” of these water resources,.."

"Forests with 👉mixed species and well-spaced trees of varying ages would be less susceptible to intense fires and the 👈 that are expected to become more common as the region’s climate warms,.."

"Minister of Environmental Protection and...

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...Natural Resources said 👉 is “moving towards the trend of creating mixed forests👈, i.e. coniferous with deciduous, as well as the planting of additional shrubs.”"

done correctly, postwae could become an example for many other nations .

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Read on:
science.org/content/article/sc