Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 #3

[tedtink]

Oh what a difference.......

 

[Mo Thuairim]

Russian talkshows dismiss ‘fake’ reports of military losses

Pundits and officials turn to ‘mythbusting’ as evidence of Ukraine destruction undermines official line

Russian state television talkshows are describing videos of missiles striking Ukrainian cities and reports of Russian soldiers killed in action as “fakes”, as the country’s media try to account for photos and video emerging from Ukraine that contradict official reports of the invasion.

The “mythbusting” is one of the adjustments that TV propaganda shows have had to make as evidence of the growing destruction in cities such as Kharkiv and Kyiv makes it increasingly difficult for the government to present the fiction of a concentrated offensive in the Donbas region.

On Channel One’s Vremya Pokazhet (Time Will Tell), pundits and officials took on the reports that hundreds of Russian soldiers had died, in a sign that the information about casualties could no longer be kept from the public.

That followed stories over the weekend of Russian relatives describing shock and anger at finding out that their husbands, brothers and sons had been sent to fight in Ukraine.

“There’s an enormous wave of information,” said the Russian MP Boris Chernyshev. “People are showing fakes, they’re showing what are allegedly our dead soldiers. All of that needs to be stopped.”

(...)

 

[Herat]

Flightrader24 is picking up Russian Air Force flights over Turkey, heading towards ? Syria?

Some unnamed private planes heading out of Moscow, too.

Looks like Emirate and Dubai Airlines are flying commercial flights into Moscow.

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Apple halts ALL sales in Russia: iPhone maker imposes freelance sanctions | Daily Mail Online

ETA sorry Tiff….I just saw that u posted this a few minutes ago

 

[sunshineray]

This is my concern as well. Putin is brilliant, savvy and, usually, tactical. But it's very hard to figure this one out. US State department says they have intelligence that the plan was a 3 phase invasion, with negotiations in between, so that Ukraine could surrender.

The idea he might have had was that "While we intend to take your eastern lands, Ukraine, we don't want to obliterate you, so here's your chance to save yourselves. We are, after all, cousins." So a kind of intra-family feud, in which the powerful branch of the family eventually squeezes the weaker branch into submission. It's happened many times in history.

But I do believe he is very isolated, may not even be watching anything about the invasion, and only speaks with a handful of elder generals (who have been lying to him because they fear him).

He looks puffy and his voice was weak at times in his short address to his minions. Apparently his hour long history lecture went better. One of his former aides says he spent the last two years carefully studying Russian history, every treaty, every bit of history involving Crimea (Russia claimed it for a very long time and Ukraine agreed to certain things regarding it when Ukraine was created, and in 2014, Putin himself declared that Ukraine wasn't doing what it said it would way back in 1945 or whatever).

So he's obsessed, out of touch, and, IMO, has some kind of craziness that comes with a certain type of person getting too much power. Is he also in the throes of Parkinson's? Dementia? Long COVID? No one knows.

That's one speculation I've heard that may be the case, Long Covid.

"Long COVID is a range of symptoms that can last weeks or months after first being infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 or can appear weeks after infection. Long COVID can happen to anyone who has had COVID-19, even if their illness was mild, or if they had no symptoms"

Memory, concentration or sleep problems
Anxiety
Fatigue

 

[tedtink]

Flightrader24 is picking up Russian Air Force flights over Turkey, heading towards ? Syria?

Some unnamed private planes heading out of Moscow, too.

Looks like Emirate and Dubai Airlines are flying commercial flights into Moscow.

This one?
RA78830

Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24

 

[Tiff23fr]

It seems like things can’t move fast enough, yet it is great to hear things are indeed moving.

Excerpt:
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague will hold public hearings starting Monday next week over claims of genocide in Ukraine.

In a statement Tuesday, the ICJ said public hearings will be held next Monday and Tuesday regarding “the case concerning Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation).”

Live updates: Russia invades Ukraine and Vladimir Putin news

 

[LadyL]

Americans, Canadians answer Ukraine call for foreign fighters

Winnipeg goalkeeper enlists with Ukrainian armed forces (video)

Pentagon mulling more permanent US troops in Eastern Europe

Europe's approach to Ukraine refugee crisis drawing accusations of racism

 

[LadyL]

Apple suspends all product sales in Russia

Ukrainians refugees make it to safety in Romania after criss-crossing country for days in search of escape route

Russia’s cyber warfare is a problem for ‘everyone,’ experts warn

Canada working to swiftly welcome Ukrainians fleeing Russian invasion: Trudeau

 

[LadyL]

With Russia bearing down on Ukraine's cities, the 'real' fighting begins

UK could take in over 200,000 Ukrainian refugees, says Johnson

Translator chokes up as Zelenskyy gives emotional address to EU parliament

Russia said it's pushing ahead with building a massive natural-gas pipeline to China as Western sanctions rock its economy

 

[LadyL]

Why Russia should fear the coming insurgency in Ukraine

Canada wants ICC investigation of Russia, says Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly

Some Americans hope Biden's state of the union will pledge more action against Russia

Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the West's response, signals the end of Canada's hopes for the G20

 

[Tiff23fr]

This one?
RA78830

Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24

It appears to have turned toward the Black Sea. Crimea or Odessa could be a possibility. (Shrug… watching )

 

[SouthAussie]

The amount of refugees these countries have accepted, so far. The EU estimates that 4,000,000 citizens may try to exit Ukraine.


As for countries, the UN says that by 13:00 GMT on 1 March:

• Hungary had taken 89,561
• Moldova 65,391
• Slovakia 54,304
• Romania 38,461
• Belarus 329

Poland has so far taken in over 377,000 refugees, according to the UN. The Polish government says a further 50,000 are arriving every day.

51,797 people have moved on from these countries to others in Europe.

On Monday, the UN said that more than 670,000 people had entered these countries from Ukraine.

To get refugee status, they need to be Ukrainian citizens or people legally living in Ukraine, such as foreign students.

Ukraine crisis: How many refugees and where might they go?

 

[PrairieWind]

World's biggest shipping groups suspend Russian deliveries

World's Biggest Shipping Groups Suspend Russia Deliveries.

Holy cow. Things are going to get pretty scarce in Russia. The Russian people are going to pay a huge price for this. They can't do anything about it, and Putin doesn't care.

 

[sunshineray]

What's being called "the last bastion of independent broadcast media" has been taken off the air in Moscow



https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-699051/amp

 

[Mo Thuairim]

In other developments, earlier today, EU officials were considering offering asylum and refugee status for soldiers who want to leave the Russian army, as long as they have not committed war crimes.

Russia-Ukraine war latest: Kyiv TV tower hit, killing five, as Moscow threatens ‘high-precision strikes’ – live

 

[sunshineray]

Too many of his buddies leaving in their private jets with piles of cash on board?


Putin Bans Cash Exports From Russia Exceeding $10,000 in Value - Kremlin

By Reuters Wire Service Content • March 1, 2022, at 2:42 p.m.


MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a decree banning cash exports of foreign currency from Russia exceeding $10,000 in value with effect from March 2, the Kremlin said in a statement

 

[Herat]

Interesting

Russian Air Force RA78830 is just north of Putin's megapalace on the east coast of the Black Sea, as seen on Flightracker24

And has now made a 45 degree turn headed straight for Crimean pennisula

 

[Herat]

Too many of his buddies leaving in their private jets with piles of cash on board?


Putin Bans Cash Exports From Russia Exceeding $10,000 in Value - Kremlin

By Reuters Wire Service Content • March 1, 2022, at 2:42 p.m.


MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a decree banning cash exports of foreign currency from Russia exceeding $10,000 in value with effect from March 2, the Kremlin said in a statement

Oh interesting.

Trying to stop the broken dam of Russian banks failing.

Nice.

 

[SouthAussie]

What being called "the last bastion of independent broadcast media" has been taken off the air in Moscow



https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-699051/amp

Controlling the narrative as much as they can ... the narrative within Russia. So they don't continue to lose internal support.

Same with their threat/intention of blocking Wikipedia from the Russian people.

It is concerning that they have hit that huge TV tower in Kyiv, as that will likely stop many Ukrainians from their immediate local TV news.