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The Kyiv Independent@KyivIndependent·2h
️Russian troops in Crimea refuse to take part in Ukraine invasion.
The Center for Defense Strategies, citing their sources in the marine personnel in Crimea, says members of Russia’s 810th Detached Marine Brigade are in a “demoralized state."
The Kyiv Independent@KyivIndependent️Earlier, A senior U.S. Defense Department official told reporters during a briefing that “morale is flagging” in some of the Russian units.
Acts of vandalism include puncturing vehicle gas tanks, presumably so soldiers can avoid transport into combat, the official said.
The Kyiv Independent@KyivIndependent·1h️About 80% of the troops that Russia massed along Ukraine’s borders have crossed into Ukraine since the invasion began Thursday, Ukrinform reported, citing an unnamed high-ranking official in the Pentagon.
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️Russian troops in Crimea refuse to take part in Ukraine invasion.The Center for Defense Strategies, citing their sources in the marine personnel in Crimea, says members of Russia’s 810th Detached Marine Brigade are in a “demoralized state."
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️Earlier, A senior U.S. Defense Department official told reporters during a briefing that “morale is flagging” in some of the Russian units.Acts of vandalism include puncturing vehicle gas tanks, presumably so soldiers can avoid transport into combat, the official said.
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️About 80% of the troops that Russia massed along Ukraine’s borders have crossed into Ukraine since the invasion began Thursday, Ukrinform reported, citing an unnamed high-ranking official in the Pentagon.https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent
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I think the average Russian is horrified by the invasion.
Putin had described Ukraine as the Russian homeland and had to call the current citizens of Ukraine "Nazi's" to come up with a reason to attack those who he just described as countrymen.
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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
️Biden: We will join our allies in closing our airspace to Russian planes.
Speaking at his annual State of the Union address on March 1, Biden announced that the United States will join European countries in banning Russian flights from American airspace.
The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
️Biden: US Department of Justice assembling task force to go after crimes of Russian oligarchs and corrupt Russian leaders.
“To the Russian oligarchs and corrupt leaders who built billions of dollars off this violent regime I say: No more,” Biden said.
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President Putin thought he could roll into Ukraine — and the world would roll over. Instead, he met a wall of strength he never imagined. He met the Ukrainian people.
️Biden: We will join our allies in closing our airspace to Russian planes.Speaking at his annual State of the Union address on March 1, Biden announced that the United States will join European countries in banning Russian flights from American airspace.
The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
️Biden: US Department of Justice assembling task force to go after crimes of Russian oligarchs and corrupt Russian leaders.“To the Russian oligarchs and corrupt leaders who built billions of dollars off this violent regime I say: No more,” Biden said.
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President Putin thought he could roll into Ukraine — and the world would roll over. Instead, he met a wall of strength he never imagined. He met the Ukrainian people.
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I agree. Not that they can protest. It would be a "Tiananmen Square" massacre scene. Or a quick trip to a gulag in Central Russia.
The best part of living in the United States, is the Freedom of Speech, and Right for Lawful Assembly.
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Ministry of Defence on Twitter (UK)
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 01 March 2022 Find out more about the the UK Government's response: Russian invasion of Ukraine: UK government response - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Roland Oliphant on Twitter (Senior Foreign Correspondent, The Telegraph)
Message from a Ukrainian solider: If anything happens don’t let us be forgotten. We are surrounded in Mariupol no way out.
Russia-Ukraine war latest: Moscow tells Kyiv residents to leave and threatens ‘high-precision strikes’ – live | World news | The Guardian
2h ago 00:55
The International Skating Union, figure skating’s world governing body, has announced it will bar all Russian and Belarusian skaters from international events, a ban that would include the world championships later this month in France.
That would prevent Anna Shcherbakova, the Olympic women’s singles champion, from defending her 2021 world title.
Russia has historically dominated the figure skating domain.
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 01 March 2022 Find out more about the the UK Government's response: Russian invasion of Ukraine: UK government response - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Roland Oliphant on Twitter (Senior Foreign Correspondent, The Telegraph)
Message from a Ukrainian solider: If anything happens don’t let us be forgotten. We are surrounded in Mariupol no way out.
Russia-Ukraine war latest: Moscow tells Kyiv residents to leave and threatens ‘high-precision strikes’ – live | World news | The Guardian
2h ago 00:55
The International Skating Union, figure skating’s world governing body, has announced it will bar all Russian and Belarusian skaters from international events, a ban that would include the world championships later this month in France.
That would prevent Anna Shcherbakova, the Olympic women’s singles champion, from defending her 2021 world title.
Russia has historically dominated the figure skating domain.
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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
️346 residents evacuated from Volnovakha, Donetsk oblast today.
As of Mar. 1, Ukraine has evacuated 496 people from the region, including 100 children and 3 people with disabilities.
Russian forces have been attacking Volnovakha for the fifth day in a row.
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️Belarus troops are on standby for deployment and are stationed close to the border with Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense. The country has already been used as a staging post by Russian forces.
Russia-Ukraine war latest: Moscow tells Kyiv residents to leave and threatens ‘high-precision strikes’ – live | World news | The Guardian
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Boeing, one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers, has announced it is cutting ties with its Russian partners.
The US airplane maker said it would suspend all major operations in Moscow and will no longer provide technical support or maintenance, or parts, for Russian aircraft.
️346 residents evacuated from Volnovakha, Donetsk oblast today.As of Mar. 1, Ukraine has evacuated 496 people from the region, including 100 children and 3 people with disabilities.
Russian forces have been attacking Volnovakha for the fifth day in a row.
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️Belarus troops are on standby for deployment and are stationed close to the border with Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense. The country has already been used as a staging post by Russian forces.Russia-Ukraine war latest: Moscow tells Kyiv residents to leave and threatens ‘high-precision strikes’ – live | World news | The Guardian
17m ago 21:55
Boeing, one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers, has announced it is cutting ties with its Russian partners.
The US airplane maker said it would suspend all major operations in Moscow and will no longer provide technical support or maintenance, or parts, for Russian aircraft.
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Russia-Ukraine war latest: Moscow tells Kyiv residents to leave and threatens ‘high-precision strikes’ – live | World news | The Guardian
The people of Japan have donated ¥2bn ($17m) to a relief fund for Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian embassy in Tokyo.
[...]
Rakuten’s chief executive, Hiroshi “Mickey” Mikitani, donated ¥1 billion to the Ukrainian government at the weekend, describing the “unjustified” Russian invasionas a “challenge to democracy”.
Japan said Wednesday it would temporarily close its embassy in Kyiv as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine escalates.
Russia-Ukraine war latest: Moscow tells Kyiv residents to leave and threatens ‘high-precision strikes’ – live | World news | The Guardian
The people of Japan have donated ¥2bn ($17m) to a relief fund for Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian embassy in Tokyo.
[...]
Rakuten’s chief executive, Hiroshi “Mickey” Mikitani, donated ¥1 billion to the Ukrainian government at the weekend, describing the “unjustified” Russian invasionas a “challenge to democracy”.
Japan said Wednesday it would temporarily close its embassy in Kyiv as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine escalates.
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No words.
Noting:
"These children suffer more because they need to stay alive to fight with the cancer — and this fight cannot wait," Dr. Lesia Lysytsia told NBC News over the phone from the basement of Okhmatdyt, the country's largest children's hospital, in Kyiv.
"If the childrens' cancer treatment is interrupted further by the war, our patients, they will die," she warned.
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show devastating scenes in the town of Borodyanka, northwest of Kyiv. Two apartment buildings have partially collapsed and they surround a kindergarten. Schools in Ukraine have been closed since Feb 21. W/
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https://nytimes.com/live/2022/03/0
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show devastating scenes in the town of Borodyanka, northwest of Kyiv. Two apartment buildings have partially collapsed and they surround a kindergarten. Schools in Ukraine have been closed since Feb 21. W/
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https://nytimes.com/live/2022/03/0
https://twitter.com/muyixiao/status/1498857620370821123?s=20&t=xrci8jtwI3MSv9AjfziQeA
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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
️Ukraine negotiating humanitarian corridors with WHO regional office for medicine and food to the most heavily affected areas of Ukraine.
Ukraine's Health Minister Lyashko said Russian occupying forces are not allowing deliveries of medicines and foods by private transport.
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️The city of Trostyanets in Sumy Oblast, was occupied by Russian forces, journalists report.
Three columns of Russian troops entered the city on March 1, demolishing the gate to The Round Court, a historical landmark, and destroying an art gallery.
The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
️Russian paratroopers landed in Kharkiv and attacked one of the city’s military medical centers, UNIAN news agency reports. Ukrainian forces are repelling the attack.
The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
️Russian lawmakers of Gagarinsky municipal district in Moscow called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “a disaster."
“This is a path to the degradation and impoverishment of the country. No other actions could cause more damage to the Russian economy,” reads the appeal.
The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
️128 wounded civilians are currently being treated in local hospitals after the city was heavily shelled by Russian forces, according to Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko.
Electricity was restored in the city and 26 tonnes of bread were baked overnight for Mariupol residents.
The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
️Artem Zdunov, who heads Russia's Mordovian Republic, reported the death of Russian Colonel Viktor Isaikin.
Zdunov said that Colonel Isaikin was sent to Ukraine on a “military assignment.”
The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
️Vladimir Putin signs decree to prohibiting Russians from leaving the country with more than $10,000 in foreign currency.
The move follows the sanctions the U.S. and allies have imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
️Ukraine negotiating humanitarian corridors with WHO regional office for medicine and food to the most heavily affected areas of Ukraine.Ukraine's Health Minister Lyashko said Russian occupying forces are not allowing deliveries of medicines and foods by private transport.
The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
️The city of Trostyanets in Sumy Oblast, was occupied by Russian forces, journalists report.Three columns of Russian troops entered the city on March 1, demolishing the gate to The Round Court, a historical landmark, and destroying an art gallery.
The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
️Russian paratroopers landed in Kharkiv and attacked one of the city’s military medical centers, UNIAN news agency reports. Ukrainian forces are repelling the attack.The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
️Russian lawmakers of Gagarinsky municipal district in Moscow called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “a disaster."“This is a path to the degradation and impoverishment of the country. No other actions could cause more damage to the Russian economy,” reads the appeal.
The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
️128 wounded civilians are currently being treated in local hospitals after the city was heavily shelled by Russian forces, according to Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko.Electricity was restored in the city and 26 tonnes of bread were baked overnight for Mariupol residents.
The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
️Artem Zdunov, who heads Russia's Mordovian Republic, reported the death of Russian Colonel Viktor Isaikin.Zdunov said that Colonel Isaikin was sent to Ukraine on a “military assignment.”
The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
️Vladimir Putin signs decree to prohibiting Russians from leaving the country with more than $10,000 in foreign currency.The move follows the sanctions the U.S. and allies have imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
They are protesting, however. Even with that horrible threat. Last I heard 6,000 had been arrested.
My hope is that now that the oligarch’s money is being threatened, they will try to put a stop to this. And maybe to Putin.
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Well, he said it out loud
Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations had some blunt advice for Vladimir Putin during Monday’s emergency special session: kill himself in a bunker, like Adolf Hitler.
Ukraine's UN Ambassador Bluntly Tells Putin To 'Kill Himself' Like Hitler
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Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations had some blunt advice for Vladimir Putin during Monday’s emergency special session: kill himself in a bunker, like Adolf Hitler.
Ukraine's UN Ambassador Bluntly Tells Putin To 'Kill Himself' Like Hitler
Video: https://twitter.com/therecount/stat...imself-like-hitler_n_621d1a14e4b0ef74d734550e
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From banking to sports to vodka, Russia's isolation grows | AP News
In barely three days, Russia has become an international outcast because of its invasion of Ukraine, and its leader is finding himself with fewer and fewer foreign friends. What’s more, the actions against Moscow are happening in diverse, far-reaching ways that are remarkable for — and in some cases helped along by — the extremely connected world in which we live.
Nations agree to release 60M barrels of oil amid Russian war | AP News
The International Energy Agency’s 31 member countries agreed Tuesday to release 60 million barrels of oil from their strategic reserves — half of that from the United States — “to send a strong message to oil markets” that supplies won’t fall short after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
As non-Ukrainians also flee war, some report mistreatment | AP News
Poland’s ambassador to the U.N., Krzysztof Szczerski, said the refugees admitted from Ukraine on Monday morning alone represented 125 countries. Ukrainians naturally accounted for the vast majority.
But Polish officials said the refugees included at least 100 nationals each from Uzbekistan, Nigeria, India, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Poland, Belarus, Iran, Turkey, Algeria and Russia.
'Undisguised terror': Russia's Kharkiv strike chills Ukraine | AP News
Not long after sunrise, a Russian military strike hit the center of Ukraine’s second-largest city, badly damaging its symbolic Soviet-era regional administration building. Closed-circuit television footage showed a fireball engulfing the street in front of the building, with a few cars rolling out of the billowing smoke.
“You cannot watch this without crying,” a witness said in a video of the aftermath, verified by The Associated Press.
Russia-Ukraine War: Russia steps up attack on Ukraine cities | AP News
Although Ukrainian forces have slowed Russia’s advance and still control Kharkiv and the coastal cities of Kherson and Mariupol, all three are encircled, according to the U.K. Ministry of Defense.
(Apologies if any of these are repeats)
In barely three days, Russia has become an international outcast because of its invasion of Ukraine, and its leader is finding himself with fewer and fewer foreign friends. What’s more, the actions against Moscow are happening in diverse, far-reaching ways that are remarkable for — and in some cases helped along by — the extremely connected world in which we live.
Nations agree to release 60M barrels of oil amid Russian war | AP News
The International Energy Agency’s 31 member countries agreed Tuesday to release 60 million barrels of oil from their strategic reserves — half of that from the United States — “to send a strong message to oil markets” that supplies won’t fall short after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
As non-Ukrainians also flee war, some report mistreatment | AP News
Poland’s ambassador to the U.N., Krzysztof Szczerski, said the refugees admitted from Ukraine on Monday morning alone represented 125 countries. Ukrainians naturally accounted for the vast majority.
But Polish officials said the refugees included at least 100 nationals each from Uzbekistan, Nigeria, India, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Poland, Belarus, Iran, Turkey, Algeria and Russia.
'Undisguised terror': Russia's Kharkiv strike chills Ukraine | AP News
Not long after sunrise, a Russian military strike hit the center of Ukraine’s second-largest city, badly damaging its symbolic Soviet-era regional administration building. Closed-circuit television footage showed a fireball engulfing the street in front of the building, with a few cars rolling out of the billowing smoke.
“You cannot watch this without crying,” a witness said in a video of the aftermath, verified by The Associated Press.
Russia-Ukraine War: Russia steps up attack on Ukraine cities | AP News
Although Ukrainian forces have slowed Russia’s advance and still control Kharkiv and the coastal cities of Kherson and Mariupol, all three are encircled, according to the U.K. Ministry of Defense.
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They are already doing that. Posted 2 days ago:
Statement of ICC Prosecutor, Karim A.A. Khan QC, on the Situation in Ukraine: “I have decided to proceed with opening an investigation.”
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'Our Streets, Our Town': Unarmed Ukrainians Confront Russian Troops (Video)
In one Ukrainian town, invading Russian troops admitted over a loudspeaker that the streets belonged to local residents who refused to move out of their way. But the military column then dispersed the crowd with an unspecified gas. Across Ukraine, it was another day that saw unarmed civilians confronting heavily armed Russian soldiers.
Snapshots From The War: Under Heavy Fire Or Tensely Waiting, All Ukraine Is Under Siege (rferl.org)
"The town is being destroyed," one resident wrote to RFE/RL's Donbas.Realities on February 27. "Direct hits to the hospital. Houses are burning. Looters are thriving -- they steal groceries, mobile phones, appliances. Residents are in basements, completely cut off from information. There is no light, water, heat, or telephone connection."
Volnovakha, with a prewar population of about 21,000, lies in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, about 65 kilometers southwest of the regional capital, Donetsk, and on the front line between Ukrainian forces and the combined arms of the Moscow-backed separatists and their Russian military allies. It has been the scene of intense fighting since February 27.
"Private homes and apartment buildings, infrastructure facilities, and a hospital were severely damaged by the occupiers' shelling," the Kyiv-appointed head of the Donetsk regional administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko, told RFE/RL. "The town is blocked by the enemy," he added. "It is impossible to evacuate the population or even bring people bread and water.... I appeal to international humanitarian organizations to help the city."
In one Ukrainian town, invading Russian troops admitted over a loudspeaker that the streets belonged to local residents who refused to move out of their way. But the military column then dispersed the crowd with an unspecified gas. Across Ukraine, it was another day that saw unarmed civilians confronting heavily armed Russian soldiers.
Snapshots From The War: Under Heavy Fire Or Tensely Waiting, All Ukraine Is Under Siege (rferl.org)
"The town is being destroyed," one resident wrote to RFE/RL's Donbas.Realities on February 27. "Direct hits to the hospital. Houses are burning. Looters are thriving -- they steal groceries, mobile phones, appliances. Residents are in basements, completely cut off from information. There is no light, water, heat, or telephone connection."
Volnovakha, with a prewar population of about 21,000, lies in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, about 65 kilometers southwest of the regional capital, Donetsk, and on the front line between Ukrainian forces and the combined arms of the Moscow-backed separatists and their Russian military allies. It has been the scene of intense fighting since February 27.
"Private homes and apartment buildings, infrastructure facilities, and a hospital were severely damaged by the occupiers' shelling," the Kyiv-appointed head of the Donetsk regional administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko, told RFE/RL. "The town is blocked by the enemy," he added. "It is impossible to evacuate the population or even bring people bread and water.... I appeal to international humanitarian organizations to help the city."
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