Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 #10

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  • #821
I'm not clear where Moldova stands. I had thought they were associated with Russia (and it's oligarchs).

Can anyone help explain this?

JMO
 
  • #822
I'm not clear where Moldova stands. I had thought they were associated with Russia (and it's oligarchs).

Can anyone help explain this?

JMO
Wikipedia explains it much better than I can. The paragraph below is just an intro. Scroll down to the "Russian Invasion of Ukraine" section and there's much more detail.

Moldova–Russia relations - Wikipedia
Despite Moldova and Russia agreeing that Russian troops in Transnistria would leave by 2002, they did not leave and proposals by Russia resulted in a deterioration in the relationship, with economic pressure put on Moldova. Gradually Moldova began to look westward, culminating in 2020 with a new government determined to join the European Union and possibly NATO. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 added momentum to Moldova turning away from Russia.
 
  • #823
National Resistance Center: Over 20,000 residents in Russian-occupied Horlivka killed due to forced enlistment. National Resistance Center: Over 20,000 residents in Russian-occupied Horlivka killed due to forced enlistment (kyivindependent.com)
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ISW: Ukrainian troops advance as Russia cracks down on war images. Ukrainian counteroffensive forces advanced in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Oblasts while the Russian government proposed a ban on images of Russian military activity. ISW: Ukrainian troops advance as Russia cracks down on war images (kyivindependent.com)
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General Staff: Ukrainian troops advance south of Donetsk Oblast’s Urozhaine. Ukrainian forces have successfully advanced south of the recently liberated village of Urozhaine, Donetsk Oblast, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on Aug. 17.

The units are fortifying the territories they have retaken, the military wrote in its daily update on Ukraine’s counteroffensive. General Staff: Ukrainian troops advance south of Donetsk Oblast’s Urozhaine (kyivindependent.com)
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  • #824
Latvian National Security Council convenes to address situation at Russian, Belarusian border. Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics announced on Aug. 17 that he had called a National Security Council meeting to discuss the situation at the border with Russia and Belarus.
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Washington approves sending F-16s to Ukraine from Denmark and Netherlands. The United States has given the green light to Denmark and the Netherlands for sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine defend against Russian aggression as soon as pilot training is completed, a U.S. official said on Aug. 17, according to Reuters.
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Lukashenko admits Russian troops invaded Ukraine through Belarus. Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko admitted that Russian forces had invaded Ukraine from the territory of Belarus in February 2022 in an interview with a pro-Kremlin presenter published on Aug. 17.

While Lukashenko claimed that "not a single Belarusian was involved," he said that some Russian troops entered Ukraine after the completion of "large-scale" training exercises in Belarus. Lukashenko admits Russian troops invaded Ukraine through Belarus in 2022 (kyivindependent.com)
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  • #825
The Washington Post received documents that provide evidence of cooperation between Russia & Iran in producing kamikaze drones The documents of “Project Boat” – a code name of a secret factory that builds drones show its location and production volumes Evidence offers proof Russia orders drones from Iran to attack Ukraine - The Washington Post - Euromaidan Press
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Economist: Ukraine's counteroffensive strategy, combining long-range strikes and close combat, is slowly gaining ground. Grinding progress faced with heavy mines, but precision artillery and missiles hitting Russian logistics.
Ukraine’s counter-offensive is making progress, slowly (economist.com)
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National Resistance Center: Russia plans to passportize all teenagers in Luhansk region by October 1. Russia plans to carry out the forced distribution of Russian passports to all teenagers aged 14-18 living in the Luhansk region by Oct. 1.
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  • #826
AUG 18, 2023
1 hr 49 min ago

It's mid-afternoon in Kyiv. Here's what you need to know

Russia blamed Ukraine for Friday’s attempted drone strike on Moscow, which forced authorities to suspend traffic to four major airports in the Russian capital. During the suspension, seven flights were diverted to alternative locations: three to Nizhny Novgorod, three to St. Petersburg and one to Minsk, in Belarus.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said that Russian air defenses shot down a drone over the capital city overnight into Friday. He said in a post on Telegram that debris from the drone fell into Expocentre, an exhibition center that lies within the wider Moscow city center, about three miles (five kilometers) east of the Kremlin.

Here's what else is happening:
  • Thousands without power after Russian shelling: Some 14,000 people in the frontline region of Donetsk have been left without power after Russian shelling affected generation at a thermal powerplant, according to Ukraine's grid operator Ukrenergo. The operator also said that months after the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in June, around 11,000 people were still without power in the Kherson region.
  • Russia says it thwarted Black Sea gunboat attack: Russia says two of its patrol ships repelled a new Ukrainian attack on the Black Sea. According to Russia’s defense ministry, Ukraine targeted the ships with an unmanned gunboat late Thursday night. But Russia says its ships opened fire on the vessel and destroyed it before reaching its target.
  • Grain ship arrives in sea near Turkey: A container ship laden with grain that departed from Ukraine's southern port of Odesa on Wednesday has transited through the Bosporus and arrived in the sea of Marmara near Turkey, its final destination. The Hong Kong-flagged Joseph Schulte, carrying 30,000 metric tons of cargo including food products, is the first vessel to use a temporary Black Sea shipping corridor established following the breakdown of a UN-brokered grain deal last month, Kyiv officials said.
  • Japan concerned: Japan’s defense ministry said Friday that it scrambled fighter jets in response to two Russian IL-38 information-gathering aircrafts seen flying to and from the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea through the Tsushima Strait, which separates Japan and South Korea. This came after Tokyo expressed “grave concern” after Chinese and Russian warships sailed close to its southern islands on Thursday.
  • F-16 transfers: The US has committed to approving the transfer of F-16 fighter jets for Ukraine as soon as training is complete, according to a US official. The plan is to make sure Ukraine has the fighter jet it has long sought the moment its pilots complete training on the F-16. The training program was initially expected to start this month, but it is now unclear exactly when it will start or how long it will take.
  • Lukashenko threat: Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, a key Russian ally, said Minsk would immediately respond to aggression if provoked, including by using nuclear weapons, state media reported. Earlier this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.
 
  • #827
Russian forces strike center of Chernihiv with missile. The city center of Chernihiv has been targeted by Russian forces "possibly with a ballistic missile," Chernihiv Oblast Governor Viacheslav Chaus reported at 11:41 a.m. local time. According to Suspilne Chernihiv's correspondents on the scene, there are civilian casualties. More information will be provided as it comes in.
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UPDATE: 7 killed, 90 injured, including children, in Russian missile attack on Chernihiv city center. A woman’s body was found under the rubble bringing the death toll of the Russian missile attack on Chernihiv to 7, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.

Among those killed is a six-year-old child, Interior Ministry reported. 90 people were injured, including 12 children and 10 police officers, according to Klymenko. 25 people were hospitalized. UPDATE: 7 killed, 90 injured, including children, in Russian missile attack on Chernihiv city center (kyivindependent.com)
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Russian drone attack damages nearly 400 buildings in Khmelnytskyi Oblast overnight. Russia's overnight drone attack damaged nearly 400 buildings in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Serhii Tiurin, first deputy head of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast Military Administration, told Suspilne.

The attack damaged administrative buildings, schools, communal facilities, and hundreds of residential houses in Medzhybizh and Derazhnia communities, Tiurin said, as reported by the media. Russian drone attack damages nearly 400 buildings in Khmelnytskyi Oblast overnight (kyivindependent.com)
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  • #828
Ihor Klymenko said the majority of victims in Russia’s Aug. 19 attack on Chernihiv city center were people in cars, those crossing the road nearby, as well as people returning from church service.
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In #Chernihiv, August 19-21 have been declared Days of Mourning According to the latest data, the number of injured in Chernihiv has grown to 117 people. The number of dead remains the same - 7 people, including a six-year-old child. This was announced by the acting mayor of the city, Alexander Lomako.
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On 19 August, Ukraine launched a drone attack on a military airfield in Novgorod Oblast, said Russian Defense Ministry Later, the Monitor Telegram channel informed that two Tu-22М3 long-range supersonic missile carrier bombers were damaged in the strike Russia says Ukrainian drones hit military airfield in Novgorod Oblast - Euromaidan Press
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  • #829
National Resistance Center: Wagner fighters leave Belarus due to low pay. Over a thousand Wagner Group mercenaries have departed Belarus because they are unhappy with their pay, the National Restistance Center reported on Aug. 19. National Resistance Center: Wagner fighters leave Belarus due to low pay (kyivindependent.com)
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ISW: Ukraine makes 'tactically significant' counteroffensive gains. Recent Ukrainian military gains near the Donetsk-Zaporizhzhia border and in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast are likely "tactically significant," the ISW wrote in its Aug. 19 report. ISW: Ukraine makes 'tactically significant' counteroffensive gains (kyivindependent.com)
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Telegraph: China arms Russia's war in Ukraine. China has sent tens of thousands of shipments to Russian weapons firms since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Telegraph reported on Aug. 19. Telegraph: China arms Russia's war in Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
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  • #830
Russian soldier admits proudly his comrades were killing POWs Wagner PMC fighter Antipov said in an interview with a local outlet that his unit executed POWs, including one Polish volunteer. Antipov was imprisoned for murder, then recruited, and now lives freely in Russia.
Russian soldier admits proudly his comrades were killing POWs - Euromaidan Press
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. @ZelenskyyU Mark Rutte and I agreed on the number of F-16s that will be provided to Ukraine after training our pilots and engineers is completed. 42 planes. And this is just the beginning. Thank you, the Netherlands!
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Dutch PM: Netherlands, Denmark to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets. The Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Aug. 20 that the Netherlands and Denmark would provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets once conditions for the transfer have been met. "Today we can announce that the Netherlands and Denmark commit to the transfer of F-16 aircraft to Ukraine and the Ukrainian Air Force," he said.
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  • #831
Bloomberg: Russian security hardliners want Shoigu and Gerasimov gone, new mobilization wave. Hardline members of Russia's security apparatus remain in favor of dismissing current Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and General Staff chief Valerii Gerasimov, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 20 citing undisclosed five people "with knowledge of the situation." Photo: AFP via Getty Images
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Since the outset of the all-out war, Russia has targeted Ukraine with more than 6,500 missiles and 3,500 drones, the Ukrainian President says. Ukraine President: Russians have already fired more than 6,500 missiles across Ukraine
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Official: number of victims rises to 156 following end of rescue operation in Chernihiv. An additional eight injured civilians were found in Chernihiv on after the rescue operation ended on Aug. 19. This was reported by the deputy head of Ukraine's Presidential Office, Oleksiy Kuleba on Aug. 20.
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  • #832
A powerful and very fruitful day. I thank @MinPres Mark Rutte, his entire team, and the Dutch people for the decision on F-16s for Ukraine. Our warriors will receive 42 great combat aircraft.

I thank @Statsmin Mette Frederiksen and the entire country of Denmark, as well as each and every Dane who has Ukraine at their hearts, for their extremely practical assistance. 19 jets. Expanding the training mission. A powerful algorithm for cooperation with partners.

I also thank @POTUS Joseph Biden, both parties in the U.S. Congress, and the entire American people for their unwavering support and continuously positive steps for the aviation coalition and for the benefit of our common freedom.
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Russian forces are reportedly suffering from shortages of tires for Ural and Kamaz trucks as well as acute shortages of auto parts for these trucks. http://isw.pub/UkrWar082023
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As Ukraine flies through artillery rounds, US races to keep up Washington has sent Kyiv millions of munitions, but restocking the arsenal and building new production lines remains a problem
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  • #833
National Resistance Center: Moscow plans to relocate 300,000 Russians to Mariupol Moscow has prepared a "development plan" for occupied Mariupol, which includes an increase in population by around 300,000 via migration from Russia, reported the National Resistance Center.

Moscow reportedly intends on completing the transfer by 2035, the center wrote, citing sources in local underground resistance who obtained the occupation administration's documents.
National Resistance Center: Moscow plans to relocate 300,000 Russians to occupied Mariupol (kyivindependent.com)
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Official: Ukraine liberates 3 square kilometers near Bakhmut over past week. Ukrainian forces are advancing on Bakhmut's southern flank, having liberated three square kilometers of land in the past week, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said on Aug. 21.

According to Maliar, Ukraine has regained 43 square kilometers around Donetsk Oblast's Bakhmut since the summer counteroffensive started.
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Defense Ministry: Ukrainian forces make further gains in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Ukraine’s military has advanced southeast of Robotyne and south of Mala Tokmachka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar reported on Aug. 21. Defense Ministry: Ukrainian forces make further gains in Zaporizhzhia Oblast (kyivindependent.com)
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  • #834
Frontline report: Denmark and the Netherlands will provide Ukraine with 61 F-16 fighter jets, reinforcing Ukrainian aviation while Russian airfields are increasingly under drone attack
Frontline report: Ukraine increases its fighter jets fleet as Russian aviation losses mount - Euromaidan Press
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Russia likely will create a new formation, the 18th Combined Arms Army, aimed to expand its military structures in the face of wartime realities, British intelligence said UK intel: Russian troops reinforce southern front, creating new military formation - Euromaidan Press
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Over the past 24 hours Russian troops shelled Kherson Oblast 78 times, firing 377 shells, 47 of them at the city of Kherson Two civilians were killed, three were wounded, residential areas & infrastructure were damaged, head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration said
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  • #835
Media: Ukraine strikes at least five aircraft in Russia over past days. In a series of attacks over the past two days, agents cooperating with Ukrainian military intelligence have destroyed or damaged five Russian aircraft, including strategic bombers used to strike Ukraine, New Voice reported, citing unnamed sources in Ukrainian military intelligence.
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On July 14, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, told the Washington Post that it is “necessary” to strike enemy territory during war. From Moscow to Novorossiysk: The list of attacks on Russian soil (kyivindependent.com)
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"Ukraine must start rebuilding during war to support its home front," Orysia Lutsevych from Chatham House says "Despite daily missile strikes Ukrainians are not leaving the country in large numbers. To remain in Ukraine, they need housing and jobs."
Ukraine's dilemma: Rebuilding in midst of war (nst.com.my)
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  • #836
Prigozhin published the first video since the failure of the rebellion The head of PMC "Wagner" recorded a video from Africa and said that he "performs there the tasks that we promised to solve". The terrorist also called for volunteers to join the PMC to "defend the freedom of Africa".
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"In E Ukraine, where bombardments are every day, children could not go to school for 3 years—first because of pandemic & now war. They need shelters," says charity concert organiser on Ukraine's Independence Day (Aug 24) in Estonia Ukrainian Independence Day concert organizer: Ukraine still needs our help | News | ERR
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Greece wants to help rebuild Odesa. Greece wants to help Ukraine rebuild Odesa's historic urban center, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a joint press conference with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Athens on Aug. 21.
Greece wants to help rebuild Odesa (kyivindependent.com)
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  • #837
Russian authorities have reported downed drones near Moscow, damaging apartment building According to Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, one drone was shot down over Krasnogorsk, another over Chastsy Two more drones were downed over Bryansk Oblast, Russian MoD stated
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UK Defense Ministry: Some drone strikes against Russian targets likely launched from within Russia. The recent successful drone strike against a Tu-22M3 bomber in Russia's Novgorod Oblast "adds weight to the assessment" that some attacks against Russian targets are launched from within Russian territory, the U.K. Defense Ministry said on Aug. 22.
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Ukrainian troops continue to advance near Robotyne, achieving tactically significant gains, ISW said Ukrainian attacks on Robotyne hold tactical importance, potentially enabling forces to breach dense Russian minefields ISW: Ukrainian forces make tactically significant advances near Robotyne - Euromaidan Press
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  • #838
US tells its citizens to leave Belarus. The U.S. Embassy in Belarus asked American citizens on Aug. 21 to depart the country immediately, days after Lithuania closed two of its border crossings.
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Soldiers of the Ukrainian 47th Brigade entered the village of Robotyne and are evacuating civilians on Bradley BMPs, Dep Def Min Hanna Maliar wrote on her TG channel "Our soldiers carry out planned combat work and destroy the enemy. In response, Russians are continuously shelling Robotyne with artillery. The fighting continues," Maliar said
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The attack on the Soltsy airfield in Russia's Novgorod Oblast, which reportedly destroyed at least one Tu-22M3 fighter, was likely launched from Russian territory, British intelligence said
UK intel: Russia's Soltsy airbase likely attacked from Russian territory - Euromaidan Press
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  • #839
Russian media: Putin fires General Surovikin. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has removed Army General Sergey Surovikin from his post of Air Force Commander, Russian media reported on Aug. 22. The general was also the deputy commander of the Russian invasion forces in Ukraine

RBK reported that a source at the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that Surovikin was no longer Air Force Commander and is “currently on a short vacation.”
Russian media: Putin fires General Surovikin (kyivindependent.com)
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Ukrainian pilots start training on F-16 fighter jets in Denmark 8 Ukrainian pilots and 65 personnel who will be trained in aircraft maintenance arrived at the Danish military air base in Skrydstrup, according to the Danish Armed Forces.
Ukrainian pilots start training on F-16s in Denmark (euromaidanpress.com)
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IAEA: Situation 'precarious' after multiple explosions near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Military operations near the ZNPP, including multiple explosions in the past week, pose an ongoing nuclear security risk, the IAEA reported on Aug. 22. IAEA: Situation 'precarious' after multiple explosions near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant (kyivindependent.com)
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  • #840
Russia says it sent fighter jets after Ukrainian drones near Crimea. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that two Ukrainian drones flying near occupied Crimea changed course after the Russian military engaged fighter jets on Aug. 22. Russia says it sent fighter jets after Ukrainian drones near Crimea (kyivindependent.com)
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Kamikaze drones are attacking downtown Moscow, Russia One of the drones hit a building in Moskva City district.
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Moscow shuts down all airports. Russian media reported that all flights in and out of Moscow airports were suspended on the night of Aug. 23.
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