4th Xmas In The Trenches
By: Giorgio Provinciali
Live from Ukraine
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Donetska oblast’ – Last night, the Russian Federation launched one of the most brutal attacks on Ukraine since the war began. Over 650 drones and other missiles of various types have targeted the entire country, aiming to further weaken energy production and break the morale of the Ukrainian civilian population.
Blackouts are so frequent that they make it difficult to access any aspect of daily life that requires internet connectivity or power. Alla and I spent Christmas in the trenches with the guys from the 95th Brigade. It was our fourth Christmas at war. No one in their lives would ever have imagined spending even one, yet this was already our fourth. We spent the first on the Orikhiv front in Zaporizhia, the second in Bakhmut, in Donetsk, the third in Sumy, when Operation Kursk was in full swing, and now we are here, in Donbas. Where the fate of Ukraine and the free world is being decided. Pokrovsk is holding, and the Russians are suffering horrendous losses. Today alone, between morning and afternoon, they lost over 200 men and a dozen armored vehicles, including tanks and other armored attack and troop transport vehicles. As we’ve said, in Kupiansk, they also suffered unimaginable losses because the Ukrainians neutralized most of the enemy cells, reestablishing control over 90% of the city.
So what did the Russians do? They launched a diversionary offensive against the village of Hrabivske, located in the easternmost part of the Sumy region, on the border between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Last Thursday, about a hundred Russian attackers and raiders stormed that village, taking all 52 civilians and 13 Ukrainian soldiers hostage. Since the town is small, it didn’t take long. In a couple of hours, the Russians gathered them all in the local church and then, on the evening of December 20th, deported them to the Russian Federation. After visiting Yahidne and the atrocities committed by the fascist butchers (who similarly kidnapped the local population, eventually locking them up in a gulag where they perpetrated unspeakable abominations), all that remains is to hope that the Ukrainian counteroffensive will be swift.
La Ragione is a widely read newspaper abroad. Here in Ukraine, it has a truly remarkable following and is widely shared among both Italian-speaking Ukrainians and the Italian community living in Ukraine. Through translation systems and platforms that translate our articles, we are also widely read in many other countries. So much so that we have received significant citations and mentions that have flattered us far beyond our merits. Last week, even US General David Petraeus confirmed our assessments, reposting a post by a prominent American analyst who mentioned us by name. In reality, we have no merit other than being here. We have always been here and will continue to be here as long as we have the strength. Closeness to reality is essential, and, conversely, distance is felt especially in the news.
What I’m keen to remind our friends following us in Italy is the importance of firsthand, authentic, and verified news from the field. In recent days, we’ve witnessed disgraceful statements even from Italian ministers and newspapers that support historical falsehoods and lies told by Russian propaganda. On this fourth Christmas at war, we want to remember that we can and must react to all this, and that everyone, even remotely, has the tools to do so. We have more computing power in our pockets than it took to land a man on the moon, yet many end up using it to refute even that reality. Used well, tools like a smartphone can keep propaganda and fake news at bay. We’re not asking you to come here, but to fight the war on information from the comfort of your own home, to isolate fake news and prevent its proliferation. It’s a task everyone can and must undertake, because the war isn’t just here. Here, we fight with weapons in the trenches, but there, we’re fighting the war on information, and we’re still doing too little to defend ourselves.
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在壕沟中的第四个圣诞节
作者: Giorgio Provinciali
翻译：旺财球球
乌克兰前线报道
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顿涅茨克州 – 昨晚，俄罗斯联邦对乌克兰发起了自战争以来最残酷的攻击之一。超过650架无人机和各类型的导弹袭击了整个国家，旨在进一步削弱能源生产并摧毁乌克兰平民的士气。
停电频繁到影响了所有需要网络连接或电力的日常生活方面。Alla和我与第95旅的战士们一同在壕沟中度过圣诞节。这是我们在战争中的第四个圣诞节。没有人会想象自己会度过这样的时刻，但这已经是我们的第四个战时圣诞了。第一次是在扎波罗热的奥里希夫前线，第二次是在顿涅茨克的巴赫穆特，第三次是在苏梅，当时库尔斯克行动正如火如荼，而现在，我们来到了顿巴斯。在这里乌克兰和自由世界的命运正在被决定。波克罗夫斯克在坚守，而俄军则遭受了巨大的损失。光是今天，从早上到下午，他们就损失了超过200名士兵和十几辆装甲车辆，包括坦克和其他装甲攻击及运输车辆。正如我们所说，在库皮扬斯克，他们也遭受了无法想象的损失，因为乌克兰军方消灭了大部分敌军据点，重新控制了超过90%的城市。
那俄军又做了什么呢？他们对位于苏梅地区最东端的格拉比夫斯基村发起了一场分散注意力的攻势，该村位于乌克兰与俄罗斯联邦的边界。上周四，大约一百名俄军攻击者和突击队袭击了这个村庄，将52名平民和13名乌克兰士兵全都劫持。由于这个小镇不大，攻击并没有花太长时间。在几个小时内，俄军将所有人集中在当地教堂，然后在12月20日晚上将他们驱逐到俄罗斯联邦。在造访雅希德内和法西斯屠夫所犯下的暴行（他们同样绑架了当地居民，最终将他们关进古拉格，实施了无法述说的暴行）之后，我们唯有希望乌克兰的反攻能迅速展开。
（图：Alla与士兵们在壕沟中前行 – 版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
“La Ragione”是一份在国外广为流传的报纸。在乌克兰，它拥有相当可观的读者群，在意大利语系的乌克兰人和生活在乌克兰的意大利社群之间广为阅读。通过翻译系统和平台，我们的文章在许多其他国家也被广泛阅读。以至于我们收到了大量的引用和提及，让我们受宠若惊，得到远超应有的荣誉。上周，就连美国将军大卫·佩特雷斯也肯定了我们的评估，转发了一位著名的美国分析师的帖子，其中提到了我们的名字。事实上，我们没有什么功劳，除了身在前线。我们一直在前线，并将继续在这里，只要我们还有力量。与现实接近是至关重要的，远程作新闻的话距离会被感知到。
（图：Alla在苏梅，出发前往南方前线 – 版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
我想提醒在意大利关注我们的朋友们，来自前线的第一手、真实和经过核实的消息是多么重要。最近，我们目睹了一些意大利部长和报纸发表的可耻声明，支持俄罗斯宣传所散布的虚假历史和谎言。在这个战争中的第四个圣诞节，我们想让大家记住，我们可以也必须对这一切做出反击，每个人即使远在千里之外，都具备这样做的能力。
我们手中的计算能力比当年登陆月球所需的还要强大，然而许多人最终却用它来否认现实。善加利用，如智能手机就可以帮助我们抵御宣传和假新闻。我们并不是要求你来到前线这里，而是在你舒适的家中，在信息战中打击敌人，隔离假新闻并防止其扩散。这是每个人都可以且必须承担的任务，因为这场战争不仅仅发生在前线这里。在这里，我们用武器在壕沟中战斗，而在那里，我们则是在进行信息争，而我们在自我防卫方面的努力仍然太少。
（图：我在壕沟中，写这篇文章前的瞬间 – 版权所有，Giorgio Provinciali）
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