Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 #8

[margarita25]

Live updates: Russia attacks Ukraine

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Military Times
Live Twitter updates from Russia’s massive Ukraine invasion

“As Russian President Vladimir Putin tonight announced a special “special military operation” and reportedly launched a major attack on neighboring Ukraine, President Joe Biden responded that the Russian government would be held accountable for “catastrophic loss of life and human suffering.”

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[Sillybilly]

APPROVED SOURCES
(In addition to approved MSM from around the world)

The Kyiv Independent
Ukrinform
Nexta TV
Hromadske
AtlanticCouncil.org
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
Euromaidan Press
The New Voice of Ukraine


NON APPROVED SOURCES
(Do not link to the following Russian state affiliated agencies or sources that promote or spread false information)

TASS
Korrespondent media and all other UMH Group publications found here
RT and RT America
Sputnik
Russia 24
RIA Novosti
Dozhd TV
Ekho Moskvy
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Russia-24
VGTRK (Russia TV)
Aram Gabrelyanov media (including Zhizn, Lifenews.ru, Izvestia)
Global Times (Chinese publication, known for fabrications, disinformation, misinformation and conspiracy theories.)

 

[LadyL]

Red Cross heads again for Mariupol as Russia shifts Ukraine focus

 

[sunshineray]

Ukraine helicopters attacked fuel depot in Belgorod, Russian officials claim | ITV News

If confirmed, it would be the first attack of its kind by Ukrainian forces inside Russia since Vladimir Putin's forced invaded five weeks ago.

Read more here: Ukraine helicopters attacked fuel depot in Belgorod, Russian officials claim | ITV News

U.S. official confirms Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory

Ukraine is denying any involvement in an attack on a Russian oil depot in Belgorod, but a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News that Ukrainian helicopters did carry out the strike. Holly Williams has the latest.

This image shows that Ukraine has "0" attack helicopters. Maybe they were captured Russian attack helicopter...or not captured Russian attack helicopters?

UK missile shoots down first Russian helicopter in Ukraine war | News | The Times

 

[sunshineray]

TikToker's old phone enables social media updates from behind Russia's "iron curtain"

..."In many countries, including Russia, we have a text message service if you need to notify the population about an upcoming storm," she said in another report. "Now they're using the services to tell people, if you notice someone spreading misinformation regarding the actions of Russian army, then please tell us, please let us know, and there is a form you can fill in… We used to think of this snitching phenomenon as something that is far in the past, and now it's getting back, and we're not quite sure how bad it's going to get."...

...Natalia said that many Russians, especially older generations, having lived for so long under repressive governments, simply don't believe they can make a difference.

"I talk to my mom, I talk to my relatives who are a bit older, and I say, 'Well, why don't you wanna change something?' But they always answer: 'But you can't change anything. Nothing. You can't influence anything. That's it. The government decided everything for us. You can't do anything.' When most of the people believe that, it's hard to change their mind."...

TikToker's old phone enables social media updates from behind Russia's "iron curtain"

What will make the people finally see and find a way? Putin finally and forever going away? What/who comes after Putin?

 

[Bit of hope]

Seems to me, in looking it up on Wikipedia
that they're pretty much not sue-able, successfully, unless the information is proven to be liable/damaging and wrong OR the sources (links) for claims have link-rot. I'm sure, really sure, probably 99.999% sure, that there's a bounty of links to replace any link-rot to prove each and every item in question by the Russian government

Not wanting to call a war a war and other moronic word-play to keep the Russian people in the dark to what's really happening, does not a lawsuit makeAJMO

Wikimedia Foundation - Wikipedia

Litigation involving the Wikimedia Foundation - Wikipedia.

Link rot - Wikipedia

Wikipedia is not an official source. It's an open source. It's filled by people like you and me....yes, there are some control systems if you put absolutely BS on there...but hé.....It's getting pathetic...

 

[Bit of hope]

Thanks for the correction, I meant to say Lenin's body is still there in his Moscow Mausoleum, not Stalin.

I recall Mao's body looking very waxy as well in his maosoleum in Tiananmin Square.

It is interesting that the Chinese name for "steel" or Stalin was very popular for a certain age of Chinese boys. Several of our friends have this name, shows you that Stalin/steel was a very popular name in that era.

I have some ideas about Putin's body, but I'm not going to share on here.

 

[CSIDreamer]

This image shows that Ukraine has "0" attack helicopters. Maybe they were captured Russian attack helicopter...or not captured Russian attack helicopters?

UK missile shoots down first Russian helicopter in Ukraine war | News | The Times

I found this:

It survived. Analysts have confirmed, via photos and videos, just two losses among Ukraine’s pre-war fleet of around 30 each active Mi-8 transports and Mi-24 gunships. And on Friday, two of the twin-seat Mi-24s seem to have flown potentially a hundred miles or more to lob S-8 rockets at the Belgorod depot.

Ukrainian Attack Helicopters Apparently Just Slipped Into Russia And Blew Up A Fuel Depot

 

[Bit of hope]

Freaking brilliant.

 

[Bit of hope]

APR 1, 2022
Live updates | US giving Ukraine $300M more in military gear | AP News
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in a statement Friday evening that the gear in the new package includes laser-guided rocket systems, unmanned aircraft, armored vehicles, night vision devices and ammunition. Also included are medical supplies, field equipment and spare parts.

War in Ukraine fuels fears among draft-age Russian youths | AP News
“I don’t trust them when they say they won’t send conscripts into combat. They lie all the time,” said Vladislav, a 22-year-old who is completing his studies and fears he could face the draft immediately after graduation. He asked that his last name not be used, fearing reprisals.

We must protect Ukraine's state officials from Russian abductions | Euromaidan Press
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the press March 17 to expect additional “systematic” abductions of local officials and attempts to replace them with Russian puppets. That is what happened in Melitopol where a Russian plant stood ready to do the Kremlin’s bidding as “acting” mayor.

WARNING: Viewers may find the content of this video disturbing.
Destruction On The Road To Kharkiv Reveals Intensity Of Battle For Ukrainian City (rferl.org)
Burned-out Russian tanks, cars, and bodies littered a highway leading to the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. It reveals the intensity of the fighting that occurred there when Ukrainian forces launched counterattacks on occupying Russian troops. On March 31, RFE/RL reporter Roman Pahulych surveyed the destruction along the highway near the village of Mala Rohan just east of Kharkiv.

Ukraine drastically lacks weapons to defend its airspace - Air Command | Euromaidan Press
Article by: Ukraine’s Air Force Command
In a post on Facebook, Ukraine’s Air Force Command stresses that despite statements to the contrary, Ukraine drastically lacks the weapons it needs to defend its airspace in order to win the war against Russia. Ukraine’s requests to western allies to provide air defense has not been met. MANPADS and Javelins are not enough to counter the dominating Russian air force and until Ukraine receives weapons to protect its sky, Russian bombs and cruise missiles will continue to destroy Ukrainian cities and kill civilians.

Russian "military police" destroy Ukrainian books and archives | Euromaidan Press
Editor's Note: Russian “military police” seize and destroy books on Ukrainian history and culture in the occupied territories in the Northeast of Ukraine. There are also cases of destruction and damage to the Ukrainian archives with documents about the Soviet repression and attempts to introduce Russian re-educational programs in Melitopol. Although still officially unconfirmed, appalling instances of deliberate murders of teachers in Bucha were also reported.

And there you go in a body bag...for what?

 

[Bit of hope]

NEXTA on Twitter - 3 hrs ago
The #Netherlands partially suspends the work of its embassy in #Moscow and the consulate general in St. #Petersburg.

Couldn't find confirmation for this...but I found this Nederland zet 17 Russische diplomaten uit vanwege spionage

The Netherlands expels 17 Russian diplomats for espionage

The Netherlands expels 17 Russian diplomats because, according to the intelligence services AIVD and MIVD, they were in reality spies. The Russian ambassador to our country was summoned this afternoon to inform him of the decision, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

The diplomats suspected of espionage must leave our country within two weeks, says Minister Hoekstra of Foreign Affairs. "These people have diplomat on their business card, when they are actually doing something completely different." He wouldn't say what kind of espionage they engaged in.

"We have made this decision for the sake of Dutch security," says Hoekstra. "In the greatly changed context, with the war in Ukraine and the increasing Russian assertiveness."

 

[Charlot123]

I surely hope the younger Russians are more informed and more open to free-flowing information. Ir's really the only way to change minds.

They were, until it was all cut off. A big mistake. IMO.

 

[Bit of hope]

Minder Oekraïners steken Poolse grens over • 'Raketinslag bij woontorens'

3 HOURS AGO
Ukrainian photojournalist killed near Kiev
Ukrainian photojournalist Maks Levine was killed about 30 kilometers north of Kiev, reports the news medium LB with whom he often collaborated. His body was found yesterday, according to the news outlet.

The photographer, who also worked for Reuters, among others, went to the area on March 13 with a former photographer to document the effects of the war. Since then there has been no contact with them. Heavy fighting had broken out in the area where the two were.


Rest in Peace Maks. War in Ukraine: photographer Maks Levine found dead near kyiv

 

[CSIDreamer]

It would be nice if all involved parties (looking at you, Russia) would get their act together so civilians can be evacuated.

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1510228562573410307?t=c_HdW45uDboV7zRJ2LX5Qw&s=19

Turkey is ready to provide ships to organize the evacuation of civilians and the wounded from Mariupol by sea, according to Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar.
Турция готова помочь в эвакуации из Мариуполя по морю

 

[CSIDreamer]

They're all a bunch of low life criminals. JMO

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1510223260356648967?t=m9A-yIEOzP2NtVrIo-Cz-w&s=19

️ Ukraine's intelligence: Russian military set up bazaar to sell looted goods in Belarus.

Defense Ministry Intelligence Directorate says Russian troops set up an open-air marketplace in the Belarus town of Naroulia, where they sell stolen jewelry, cars, cosmetics, and currency.

 

[CSIDreamer]

I guess Russians have more vermin issues than just their President. Check out the shaved heads. JMO

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1510223096934027267?t=UuzkABlCk_T55neYW0-mDw&s=19

Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk published photos with #Ukrainian servicemen released the day before as a result of an exchange of prisoners with the #Russian side. https://t.co/81ForabClE

 

[dotr]

March 2 2022
Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Red Cross tries Mariupol evacuation again, Moscow accused of mining homes (nbcnews.com)
''A fresh attempt to evacuate civilians from the besieged southern city of Mariupol will be launched Saturday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement, after Friday's efforts failed because of what the group called "impossible" conditions.

Tens of thousands remain trapped with scant access to food and water in the city which has been encircled since the early days of Russia's five-week-old invasion. The ICRC sent a team on Friday to lead a convoy of about 54 Ukrainian buses and other private vehicles out of the city, but they turned back.


Six other humanitarian corridors would also open Ukraine's prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova said in a separate statement on her Telegram channel.

Her announcement came after Britain's defense ministry said in an intelligence briefing that Ukrainian forces continued to advance on withdrawing Russian forces in the vicinity of Ukraine's capital Kyiv. It added that Russian forces "are reported to have withdrawn from Hostomel airport to the city's northwest which has been subject to fighting since the first day of the conflict."

However, in a late night address, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that retreating Russian forces were leaving mines, including around homes and corpses. "There are a lot of trip wires, a lot of other dangers," he said.

 

[sunshineray]

I found this:

It survived. Analysts have confirmed, via photos and videos, just two losses among Ukraine’s pre-war fleet of around 30 each active Mi-8 transports and Mi-24 gunships. And on Friday, two of the twin-seat Mi-24s seem to have flown potentially a hundred miles or more to lob S-8 rockets at the Belgorod depot.

Ukrainian Attack Helicopters Apparently Just Slipped Into Russia And Blew Up A Fuel Depot

Yes and apparently..."apparently" is the key word.

I got very worried when this story first broke. I thought jeez is it the Russians blowing up their own fuel depot (they have shown no compunction in sacrificing their personnel so why would some fuel matter much) to manufacture a reason to use more deadly force...on their way out? They are very oil/fuel rich enough to spare some. AJMO

 

[sunshineray]

They're all a bunch of low life criminals. JMO

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1510223260356648967?t=m9A-yIEOzP2NtVrIo-Cz-w&s=19

️ Ukraine's intelligence: Russian military set up bazaar to sell looted goods in Belarus.

Defense Ministry Intelligence Directorate says Russian troops set up an open-air marketplace in the Belarus town of Naroulia, where they sell stolen jewelry, cars, cosmetics, and currency.

Don't forget low life rapists and murderers
AJMO

 

[PommyMommy]

April 2, 2022
Ex-UN prosecutor urges global arrest warrant for Putin | AP News
GENEVA (AP) — The former chief prosecutor of United Nations war crimes tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda has called for an international arrest warrant to be issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“Putin is a war criminal,” Carla Del Ponte told the Swiss newspaper Le Temps in an interview published Saturday.

Live updates | Zelenskyy won't discuss fuel depot attack | AP News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declined to comment on whether he ordered an attack on a Russian fuel depot.

In an interview with FOX News, Zelenskyy said he does not discuss any orders he issues as commander in chief.

China rejects sanctions as Ukraine war tops summit agenda | AP News
Zhao said when it comes to Ukraine, Beijing would not be forced to “choose a side or adopt a simplistic friend-or-foe approach. We should, in particular, resist the Cold War thinking and bloc confrontation.”

“As the culprit and leading instigator of the Ukraine crisis, the U.S. has led NATO to engage in five rounds of eastward expansion in the last two decades after 1999,” he said, adding that NATO membership almost doubled from 16 to 30 countries, and pushed “Russia to the wall step by step.”

Russia-Ukraine war latest: Kyiv says 30 areas retaken from Russian forces; protest in occupied town violently dispersed – live | World news | The Guardian
40m ago 11:57
The bodies of at least 20 men in civilian clothes were found lying in a street on Saturday after Ukrainian forces retook the town of Bucha, near Kyiv, from Russian troops, according to the AFP news agency.

It reported that the hands of one of the bodies were tied, and that the corpses were strewn over several hundred metres of the residential road in the suburban town north-west of the capital.

The causes of death were not immediately clear, although at least one person had what appeared to be a large head wound.