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Elley Mae said:
Looking at maps and the two most northern borders are closed, between Poland and Belarus.
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Maybe it’s me,but can’t find that on the map...

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Only could find this...
“A Polish government spokesperson said there has been no European Union decision on blocking lorry traffic between the bloc and Russia although he said Poland was looking into legal options for limiting this flow of trade, according to a report by the Polish news agency PAP.”
Polish demos halt Belarus, Russian trucks
 
This is simply beautiful to listen to but do it with your eyes closed. The video? Not so beautiful. :(

MAR 12, 2022
Ukrainian Pianist Plays A Final Rendition of Chopin In The Ruins Of Her House (rferl.org) - Video
A Ukrainian pianist has been filmed playing a final rendition of Chopin in the ruins of her house after it was badly damaged by Russian shelling. In a video recorded by her daughter, Iryna Manyukina is seen playing the piano in their home in Bila Tserkva, some 80 kilometers from the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on March 5. A Russian shell exploded just a few meters from the house, but no one from the family was injured. The family has since left the damaged home.
sunshineray said:
To read these being half a world away is crushing...I can't imagine the devastation of the Ukrainian people. When will this stop? What can I do or speak to to help make this stop. I've emailed everyone I could think to email. I feel so helpless to help...is there no way to help make it stop?
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I have the same questions. The same feelings of helplessness. I was sick to my stomach this morning after reading stories about children being massacred.

There is only one person who can make it stop. Unfortunately, he doesn't want to. MOO
 
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MAR 12, 2022
Largest Hypermarket Chain In Russia's Far East Imposes Limits Amid Buying Frenzy (rferl.org)
The largest hypermarket chain in Russia’s Far East is restricting how much sugar, salt, and other essential foods people can purchase amid a buying frenzy triggered by fears of future shortages.

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The hypermarket said demand for sugar has risen 400 percent compared with the average and that the sizes of individual purchases resemble what a small neighborhood retail store would buy, implying owners of mom-and-pop shops could be turning to Samberi to fill up their empty shelves.

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Lviv Opens Its Arms To Ukraine's Displaced Cancer Patients (rferl.org)
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“Yesterday, we had 52 patients, and 45 of them were…from the east and the south,” said Yaroslav Shparyk, head of chemotherapy at the Lviv center. “The number of patients from places like Kherson, Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Mariupol is increasing exponentially.”

Before the war, patients were provided medicines at the clinics where they were being treated.

“Today, many hospitals are cut off from the world,” said Oleh Duda, deputy head of surgery at the Lviv oncology center. “They can’t send us this medicine. Now we are grappling with the problem of providing chemotherapy at our center and other oncological facilities in western Ukraine.”

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Cashless and flightless, Russian tourists stuck in Thailand | AP News
Thousands of Russian tourists are stranded in Thailand’s beach resorts because of the war in Ukraine, many unable to pay their bills or return home because of sanctions and canceled flights.

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There are about 6,500 Russian tourists stuck in Phuket, Surat Thani, Krabi and Pattaya, four provinces that are popular seaside resort destinations, in addition to 1,000 Ukrainians, Yuthasak Supasorn, governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, told The Associated Press on Friday.

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While almost all direct flights from Russia have been suspended, connections are still available through major carriers based in the Middle East.

He said efforts are also being made to find alternative methods of payments for Russian tourists.

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gitana1 said:
This is one lay what led Russia to invade:

West made mistake in promising Ukraine NATO membership: Borrell

This professor called it and blamed the West in 2015 after Russia invaded Crimea:


He explains the situation very clearly. I’m not sure I agree with all he says. But at this point I’m thinking the best bet is if Ukraine agreed not to join NATO/EU with conditions. Maybe Putin will leave.
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I could only stomach listening to the first 20 minutes or so and I wasn't particularly impressed. It totally misses the right to self determination and the will of the Ukrainian people to become a modern European democracy. It seemed like he was putting democracies and dictatorships on a morally equal plane. I find the idea that promoting democracy is dangerous in case you upset a despot frankly ridiculous. The premise that the West and Russia should decide on Ukraine's future political direction (or neutrality) totally misses the point, it's a country of 44 million who should be free to take their own path.

Even if Ukraine had gone down a path of neutrality I don't believe it would have satisfied Putin, it would have only been a matter of time before it was de facto controlled by Moscow like Belarus. Putin doesn't respect international treaties. <modsnip: Circumventing Websleuths profanity filters is not allowed>

As for the usual justifications for invasion, that it's the fault of the EU, Nato aggression, Ukrainian fascism etc., Mr. Mearsheimer certainly checks all the boxes for Putin talking points, but when it boils down to it the only person responsible for this war is Putin and his imperialism. It's not the West, the EU, Nato or Jewish Nazis, it's Putin.

The Ukrainian people are fighting for their freedom in a black and white war, there's a good guy and a bad guy. It should be simple moralistically, at least it is for me.

And I appreciate the video was from 2015, but it's nonsense all the same, IMO.
 
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The Zaporozhye regional administration says a new mayor has been installed in the Ukrainian city of Melitopol, which is under Russian military control, after the elected mayor was detained on Friday.

The newly installed mayor is Galina Danilchenko, a former member of the city council,Danilchenko, who was not elected by the people, was introduced as the acting mayor on local TV, the statement said.

In her televised statement, which was posted by the administration on Telegram, Danilchenko said her "main task is to take all necessary steps to get the city back to normal."

She claimed there were people still in Melitopol who would try to destabilize "the situation and provoke a reaction of bad behavior."

"I ask you to keep your wits about you and not to give in to these provocations," Danilchenko said. "I appeal to the deputies, elected by the people, on all levels. Since you were elected by the people, it is your duty to care about the well-being of your citizens."

Danilchenko proposed the creation of a "People's Choice Committee" to "solve all the critical issues for Melitopol and the Melitopol region."

New mayor installed in Russia-controlled Melitopol after the Ukrainian city's elected mayor was detained
 
Latest stats on refugees: Situation Ukraine Refugee Situation (unhcr.org)
Refugees fleeing Ukraine (since 24 February 2022)
2,597,543
Last updated 11 Mar 2022

NEXTA on Twitter - Video
A girl with a blank sheet of paper was detained at an anti-war rally in Nizhny Novgorod

Lithuania will be the next country that Putin wants to seize if he wins in Ukraine – Danilov (interfax.com.ua)
Lithuania will be the next country that Russian President Vladimir Putin will seize if he wins the war with Ukraine, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said, citing Ukrainian intelligence.

"What we understand and what our intelligence gives: today we are talking about Lithuania. The Russian Federation is not going to stop. They have the next goal – if they have a victory, God forbid, on our territory, then the next country that Putin will want to seize will be Lithuania directly," Danilov said on a telethon on Saturday evening.

Eugene Czolij: NATO member states must provide Ukraine with fighter jets without further delay (kyivindependent.com)
Indeed, numerous UN and NATO member states, including the U.S., have publicly provided Ukraine defensive lethal weapons, including Javelin anti-tank missiles and Stinger surface-to-air missiles, and imposed severe sanctions on Russia, Putin and Russian oligarchs, all of which Putin considers to be acts of aggression against Russia.

In that sense, it is very difficult to follow the logic that providing Ukraine with Javelin anti-tank missiles and Stinger surface-to-air missiles somehow does not involve NATO and its member states in the war that Russia has launched against Ukraine, whereas providing Ukraine with fighter jets would get them involved, particularly since these fighter jets would be operated under Ukrainian command by Ukraine’s pilots from Ukraine’s airfields.

'We're Encircled': Residents Flee Russian Forces In Southeast Ukraine -Video
RFE/RL has spoken to evacuees fleeing Russian forces in the Zaporizhzhya region of southeast Ukraine. Nine buses and 150 cars were used on March 11 to move people from areas including the city of Dniprorudne, near the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Station, which Russian troops seized on March 4. Residents said the city itself was still in Ukrainian hands but was encircled by Russian troops.

WARNING: Viewers may find the content of this video disturbing.
'Who Will Bring Back Our Children?' Russian Tanks Shell Residential Buildings In Mariupol (rferl.org)
Russian forces continue to heavily bombard Ukraine's southeastern port city of Mariupol. Residential buildings have been reduced to rubble and there are bodies of civilians strewn on the streets. In this video, Mariupol resident Anastasiya Erashova is seen holding her surviving child after her second child was killed.
 
worldwatcher said:
Go Poland!!❤️

Protesters block trucks at Polish border

Polish protesters march in Koroszczyn near the Belarusian border. There they try to stop trucks with Russian and Belarusian number plates. The Polish TVN24 reports that twenty demonstrators are blocking the border crossing, but that the number is increasing.

"We are protesting against the European Union's trade with Russia and Belarus," one of the activists told the channel. "Sanctions have been introduced and yet we see that the reality is different and there are trucks with Belarusian and Russian plates waiting at the border. Those trucks will be unloaded later in Russia."

The line of trucks that want to cross the border was about 10 kilometers long, according to the demonstrator this afternoon. The protesters say they will stay "as long as it is necessary".

From live ticker:
Duizenden mensen op de Dam voor Oekraïne-manifestatie • '1300 Oekraïense militairen gedood sinds invasie'

Orginal source:
Protest na przejściu granicznym, blokada rosyjskich i białoruskich tirów

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They demand that the borders be closed to Russian and Belarusian trucks.


On Saturday, they protested in Aleje Ujazdowskie.
"People's lives don't count, business counts." Protest in front of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister

"Życie ludzi się nie liczy, liczy się interes". Protest przed KPRM
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That's certainly problematic! Why has this gone on so long?

"A moment ago we saw a picture that the driver talked to the Ukrainians and asked them why he was not being released further. Realizing what was happening in Ukraine at that moment, he did not believe, said "what war, there is no war" - reported Grzymkowski on TVN24. Other drivers the reporter spoke to said that "even if there is war, what interests them, they just want to keep going."

On Saturday afternoon, the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways informed that the national road No. 68 - between Wólka Dobryńska and the village of Kukuryki - is blocked until further notice. The difficulties are caused by a protest against the transport of goods to Russia and Belarus.
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A similar protest took place on Saturday in Warsaw. Protesters gathered in front of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and demanded that the borders be closed to Russian and Belarusian trucks .

European business with Russia has not even slowed down. As it was before the war, this is still the case. Goods go from Russia to Europe, that is, Europe trades and buys.

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Protest na przejściu granicznym, blokada rosyjskich i białoruskich tirów
 
otto said:
That's certainly problematic! Why has this gone on so long?

"A moment ago we saw a picture that the driver talked to the Ukrainians and asked them why he was not being released further. Realizing what was happening in Ukraine at that moment, he did not believe, said "what war, there is no war" - reported Grzymkowski on TVN24. Other drivers the reporter spoke to said that "even if there is war, what interests them, they just want to keep going."

On Saturday afternoon, the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways informed that the national road No. 68 - between Wólka Dobryńska and the village of Kukuryki - is blocked until further notice. The difficulties are caused by a protest against the transport of goods to Russia and Belarus.
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A similar protest took place on Saturday in Warsaw. Protesters gathered in front of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and demanded that the borders be closed to Russian and Belarusian trucks .

European business with Russia has not even slowed down. As it was before the war, this is still the case. Goods go from Russia to Europe, that is, Europe trades and buys.

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Protest na przejściu granicznym, blokada rosyjskich i białoruskich tirów
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Have no clue,but left a comment on social media for our dutch prime minster Rutte!
This is beyond words...!!!
Europe as its worse,imo!
Ukrain truck drivers are stranded here in The Netherlands and all citizens try to support them with food,etc. And now this!
 
MAR 12, 2022
Why Russia bombs hospitals and maternity wards in Ukraine | Euromaidan Press
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), by 11 March, there have been 24 verified attacks on health care facilities in Ukraine.

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One of the explanations is that this barbaric decision is the most effective way to force the local population to flee. People are resilient and they use to stay in their native communities – cities and villages, even when they suffer from very serious hardships. They may face serious shortcomings of food, water, housing, electricity, but still, they will stay and do their best to survive and raise their children.

However, when people see that there is no medical infrastructure around, when you cannot reach any doctor or nurse, when you know that all hospitals and outpatient medical facilities stopped working, especially when they have been destroyed – then people decide that they will not survive if the stay. And with pain in their hearts, they leave their home and their motherland and they turn into refugees.

For Assad and Putin, this was the way to win. Not just medical facilities were destroyed to achieve this goal and to force entire populations to flee (thus additionally creating a problem for Europe – the migrant crisis because of very large numbers of refugees). Entire cities, like Aleppo, were fully destroyed.

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Euromaidan Press on Twitter - 8 minutes ago
At 12.00 12 March, a mobile air defence group of
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Army shot down a Russian fighter jet near Izyum (Kharkiv Obl) with a Stinger MANPAD, Kharkiv RegHead Oleh Syniehubov reports. US & Allies supplied Stingers to Ukraine on the eve of the
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invasion, amid other weapons

(Sorry about those big flags but the tweet doesn't make sense without them!)

NEXTA on Twitter - 33 min ago, Video
Several rockets landed near the U.S. Consulate General in #Erbil, #Iraq According to the national Iraqi news agency, so far there have been at least three explosions in the city and alarm sirens are sounding.

@cujenn81
 
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Multiple rockets 'smash into US Army base' in Erbil in Iraq

Multiple rockets have smashed into a US Army base and a Kurdish news channel office in Erbil, northern Iraq.

There were 'victims or casualties after Erbil blasts' Kurdish Health Minister Saman Barzanji said. US officials later confirmed there were no military victims of the blasts.
 
PommyMommy said:
Euromaidan Press on Twitter - 8 minutes ago
At 12.00 12 March, a mobile air defence group of
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Army shot down a Russian fighter jet near Izyum (Kharkiv Obl) with a Stinger MANPAD, Kharkiv RegHead Oleh Syniehubov reports. US & Allies supplied Stingers to Ukraine on the eve of the
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invasion, amid other weapons

(Sorry about those big flags but the tweet doesn't make sense without them!)

NEXTA on Twitter - 33 min ago, Video
Several rockets landed near the U.S. Consulate General in #Erbil, #Iraq According to the national Iraqi news agency, so far there have been at least three explosions in the city and alarm sirens are sounding.

@cujenn81
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Would suggest to read the whole article (not just the headline) :
#Erbil #Iraq
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-701103
 
First Putin used conscripts. I suppose families complained, and now he uses mercenaries.

"The BBC has spoken to a serving mercenary and a former fighter with close links to one of Russia's leading mercenary organisations, who have shared details of the recruitment campaign.

The serving mercenary said many veterans of the secretive Wagner organisation were contacted on a private Telegram group a few weeks before the start of the war. They were invited to a "picnic in Ukraine", with references to tasting "Salo", a pork fat traditionally eaten in Ukraine.

The message appeals to "those with criminal records, debts, banned from mercenary groups or without an external passport" to apply. The message also included that "those from the Russian-occupied areas of Luhansk and Donetsk republics and Crimea - cordially invited".
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On Friday, the Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu said that 16,000 fighters from the Middle East had volunteered to fight with the Russian army. The Russian president Vladimir Putin gave orders allowing fighters from the Middle East to be deployed in the war."
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War in Ukraine: How Russia is recruiting mercenaries
 
otto said:
Putin is posturing all over the place, if you ask me, but it's important to separate causation and correlation. It could be entirely unrelated to Putin's wild threats.
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Exactly! It is msm -headlines aren’t accurate!
Just did a quick search:

“The extension also concerns the deployment of a force protection company. It monitors and secures Erbil International Airport as well as the outer ring of the airport. From January, the company will have another task. The military will protect advisers from Operation Inherent Resolve during activities in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region. This is done together with American, British and Finnish colleagues in so-called ground movement teams.

The total contribution to the anti-ISIS coalition is about 175 soldiers. The Netherlands will also remain active in the NATO mission in Iraq with a maximum of 20 military and civilian experts. The placement of a military adviser to the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs is helping to reform the Kurdish security sector. Finally, the Netherlands contributes to the EU Advisory Mission in Iraq with a maximum of 3 civilian advisers.”

Nederlandse bijdrage Irak verlengd
 
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