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Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 #5
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There was video a few days back of armoured men stopping young people on the streets of Moscow demanding to look at their phones.
Good ol'KGB is at it again but wait now they're called the FSB...or the SVR...all the same secret police.
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So many places, too many already look like wasteland...and he's not satisfied, not done with the murder. I was just reading about Hitler yesterday. I didn't realize there were, from 1932-1944, 42 assassination attempts on Hitler. Nowadays security is so much more elaborate. I wonder how many attempts Putin has survived?
The difference is we are a democracy. And we know what nukes do now. I don’t see the US or any western democratic nation using them now.
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Posted 1 year ago
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Eta: If this happens, I prefer to be killed in an initial blast.
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Eta2: You can stock up on all the toilet paper you want - not gonna help ya.
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Eta: If this happens, I prefer to be killed in an initial blast.
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Eta2: You can stock up on all the toilet paper you want - not gonna help ya.
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I am not blaming him for anything, and I understand he is desperate--
He is showing immense courage, but he has expressed
dissapointment that the West isnt doing more and specifically
he has repeatedly requested the United States set up a no fly zone--
which in the opinion of many experts could trigger WW3 and
should not even be considered--- I dont know what more
the United States can or should do at this point---
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This front page doesn't mince words.
Putin Bombs Babies
https://mobile.twitter.com/IsFearrAnStar/status/1501710584747855872/photo/1
Putin Bombs Babies
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'We are not co-operating': Life in occupied Ukraine
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When the invading forces took control of Melitopol a week ago they ransacked the mayor's offices, Federov said, exiling his team to another location where they are attempting to continue running their city.
"We are not co-operating with the Russians in any way," Federov said emphatically. "They have not tried to help us, they cannot help us, and we do not want their help."
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has claimed he is liberating historically Russian lands and speakers from a Nazi regime. But in Melitopol and a string of other mainly-Russian speaking southern and eastern cities, his forces have found themselves treated as occupiers.
"There are protests in Melitopol every day," said Yuliya Kovaliova, 33, who before the invasion helped run her family business of electronics stores.
"At some point the Russian army started shooting at us and one man got shot but we have not stopped protesting," Kovaliova said. "We are not afraid to protest because we are together. We are afraid to walk alone at night, but we are not afraid to protest."
About 5,000 people gathered in Melitopol's central square on Tuesday, Federov reckoned, despite the shooting last week, which wounded a man in the leg. Videos have surfaced showing protests in occupied and part-occupied cities and towns across the region - Kherson, Berdyansk, Starobilsk, Novopskov. The BBC reached residents and local mayors to try to understand the situation inside.
"I don't know how to count the number of people protesting, I thought it was 2,000 at least," said Yunona, a 29-year-old IT worker in the southern city of Kherson. "One of our friends was beaten and taken by the Russian soldiers and people got so angry they chased the occupiers down the street and took him back."
The Russian troops in Kherson looked young and uncertain, said Olha, a 63-year-old English teacher. "We go to the protests every day and they are close to us but they look afraid," she said. "We are all just waiting for the Ukrainian army to kick them out."
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Vadym Gaev, the mayor of Novopskov, a town near Donbas, told the BBC there had been daily protests but they had stopped three days ago when Russian soldiers shot three protestors - non-fatally - and beat another. Gaev said the Russian troops told an intermediary they had authorisation to shoot protesters, so there should be no more protests.
Novopskov appeared to be an example of a strange and uneasy scenario playing out in some parts of Ukraine, where local Ukrainian officials were continuing to function in some form but Russian military forces were in control. In the occupied city of Starobilsk, nearby, mayor Yana Litvinova was also working remotely, she said.
"A new 'administration' has been appointed. The only thing we know is that it is going around government buildings and asking people to co-operate, and they are refusing."
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Most residents who spoke to the BBC from the occupied cities said food was fast running out.
"Shops are almost empty. You can buy the things that are left but very few things are left," said Yuliya Kovaliova, the electronics shop owner from Melitopol. "Pharmacies are empty and my mother can't buy her heart medicine."
Kovaliova said that two Russian trucks with humanitarian markings came into the city centre last week and attempted to hand out food, but they also brought a film crew. Nearly everyone refused, she said.
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When the invading forces took control of Melitopol a week ago they ransacked the mayor's offices, Federov said, exiling his team to another location where they are attempting to continue running their city.
"We are not co-operating with the Russians in any way," Federov said emphatically. "They have not tried to help us, they cannot help us, and we do not want their help."
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has claimed he is liberating historically Russian lands and speakers from a Nazi regime. But in Melitopol and a string of other mainly-Russian speaking southern and eastern cities, his forces have found themselves treated as occupiers.
"There are protests in Melitopol every day," said Yuliya Kovaliova, 33, who before the invasion helped run her family business of electronics stores.
"At some point the Russian army started shooting at us and one man got shot but we have not stopped protesting," Kovaliova said. "We are not afraid to protest because we are together. We are afraid to walk alone at night, but we are not afraid to protest."
About 5,000 people gathered in Melitopol's central square on Tuesday, Federov reckoned, despite the shooting last week, which wounded a man in the leg. Videos have surfaced showing protests in occupied and part-occupied cities and towns across the region - Kherson, Berdyansk, Starobilsk, Novopskov. The BBC reached residents and local mayors to try to understand the situation inside.
"I don't know how to count the number of people protesting, I thought it was 2,000 at least," said Yunona, a 29-year-old IT worker in the southern city of Kherson. "One of our friends was beaten and taken by the Russian soldiers and people got so angry they chased the occupiers down the street and took him back."
The Russian troops in Kherson looked young and uncertain, said Olha, a 63-year-old English teacher. "We go to the protests every day and they are close to us but they look afraid," she said. "We are all just waiting for the Ukrainian army to kick them out."
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Vadym Gaev, the mayor of Novopskov, a town near Donbas, told the BBC there had been daily protests but they had stopped three days ago when Russian soldiers shot three protestors - non-fatally - and beat another. Gaev said the Russian troops told an intermediary they had authorisation to shoot protesters, so there should be no more protests.
Novopskov appeared to be an example of a strange and uneasy scenario playing out in some parts of Ukraine, where local Ukrainian officials were continuing to function in some form but Russian military forces were in control. In the occupied city of Starobilsk, nearby, mayor Yana Litvinova was also working remotely, she said.
"A new 'administration' has been appointed. The only thing we know is that it is going around government buildings and asking people to co-operate, and they are refusing."
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Most residents who spoke to the BBC from the occupied cities said food was fast running out.
"Shops are almost empty. You can buy the things that are left but very few things are left," said Yuliya Kovaliova, the electronics shop owner from Melitopol. "Pharmacies are empty and my mother can't buy her heart medicine."
Kovaliova said that two Russian trucks with humanitarian markings came into the city centre last week and attempted to hand out food, but they also brought a film crew. Nearly everyone refused, she said.
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U.S. dismisses Russian claims of biowarfare labs in Ukraine
Zakharova said the documents unearthed by Russian forces in Ukraine showed "an emergency attempt to erase evidence of military biological programmes" financed by the Pentagon. She provided no further details on the documents.
Reuters was unable to independently confirm her information.
A former U.S. official, who is familiar with the cooperation between Kyiv and Washington, said the United States had helped to convert several Ukrainian laboratories that had been involved in the former Soviet Union's biological weapons program into public health facilities.
Zakharova said the documents unearthed by Russian forces in Ukraine showed "an emergency attempt to erase evidence of military biological programmes" financed by the Pentagon. She provided no further details on the documents.
Reuters was unable to independently confirm her information.
A former U.S. official, who is familiar with the cooperation between Kyiv and Washington, said the United States had helped to convert several Ukrainian laboratories that had been involved in the former Soviet Union's biological weapons program into public health facilities.
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UK freezes assets of seven Russian oligarchs including Roman Abramovich
Britain said on Thursday it had imposed asset freezes on seven Russian businessmen including Roman Abramovich, Igor Sechin, Oleg Deripaska, Andrey Kostin, Alexei Miller, Nikolai Tokarev and Dmitri Lebedev after they were added to the country’s sanctions list.
The prime minister, Boris Johnson, said: “There can be no safe havens for those who have supported Putin’s vicious assault on Ukraine.
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Britain said on Thursday it had imposed asset freezes on seven Russian businessmen including Roman Abramovich, Igor Sechin, Oleg Deripaska, Andrey Kostin, Alexei Miller, Nikolai Tokarev and Dmitri Lebedev after they were added to the country’s sanctions list.
The prime minister, Boris Johnson, said: “There can be no safe havens for those who have supported Putin’s vicious assault on Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s Kuleba says Lavrov didn’t commit to humanitarian corridors in Mariupol. Lavrov will consult the leaders in Moscow
Ukraine’s Kuleba says no progress made on a ceasefire as Lavrov wasn’t authorised to discuss the matter.
Kuleba says he will open to this format of talks if Russia comes up with genuine intentions to make progress
Lavrov says serious political consultations are held by Russia and Ukraine in Belarus. And today’s meeting with the Ukrainian FM confirmed that the Belarus talks are important. He basically says he just met the Turkish and Ukrainian FM to discuss the humanitarian issues.
Talks between Ukraine, Russia's top diplomats begin
Ukraine’s Kuleba says no progress made on a ceasefire as Lavrov wasn’t authorised to discuss the matter.
Kuleba says he will open to this format of talks if Russia comes up with genuine intentions to make progress
Lavrov says serious political consultations are held by Russia and Ukraine in Belarus. And today’s meeting with the Ukrainian FM confirmed that the Belarus talks are important. He basically says he just met the Turkish and Ukrainian FM to discuss the humanitarian issues.
Talks between Ukraine, Russia's top diplomats begin
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Opinion | Putin Has No Good Way Out, and That Really Scares Me
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In the coming weeks it will become more and more obvious that our biggest problem with Putin in Ukraine is that he will refuse to lose early and small, and the only other outcome is that he will lose big and late. But because this is solely his war and he cannot admit defeat, he could keep doubling down in Ukraine until … until he contemplates using a nuclear weapon.
Why do I say that defeat in Ukraine is Putin’s only option, that only the timing and size are in question? Because the easy, low-cost invasion he envisioned and the welcome party from Ukrainians he imagined were total fantasies — and everything flows from that.
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When you get that many things wrong as a leader, your best option is to lose early and small. In Putin’s case that would mean withdrawing his forces from Ukraine immediately; offering a face-saving lie to justify his “special military operation,” like claiming it successfully protected Russians living in Ukraine; and promising to help Russians’ brethren rebuild. But the inescapable humiliation would surely be intolerable for this man obsessed with restoring the dignity and unity of what he sees as the Russian motherland.
Incidentally, the way things are going on the ground in Ukraine right now, it is not out of the realm of possibility that Putin could actually lose early and big. I would not bet on it, but with every passing day that more and more Russian soldiers are killed in Ukraine, who knows what happens to the fighting spirit of the conscripts in the Russian Army being asked to fight a deadly urban war against fellow Slavs for a cause that was never really explained to them.
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So either he cuts his losses now and eats crow — and hopefully for him escapes enough sanctions to revive the Russian economy and hold onto power — or faces a forever war against Ukraine and much of the world, which will slowly sap Russia’s strength and collapse its infrastructure.
As he seems hellbent on the latter, I am terrified. Because there is only one thing worse than a strong Russia under Putin — and that’s a weak, humiliated, disorderly Russia that could fracture or be in a prolonged internal leadership turmoil, with different factions wrestling for power and with all of those nuclear warheads, cybercriminals and oil and gas wells lying around.
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In the coming weeks it will become more and more obvious that our biggest problem with Putin in Ukraine is that he will refuse to lose early and small, and the only other outcome is that he will lose big and late. But because this is solely his war and he cannot admit defeat, he could keep doubling down in Ukraine until … until he contemplates using a nuclear weapon.
Why do I say that defeat in Ukraine is Putin’s only option, that only the timing and size are in question? Because the easy, low-cost invasion he envisioned and the welcome party from Ukrainians he imagined were total fantasies — and everything flows from that.
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When you get that many things wrong as a leader, your best option is to lose early and small. In Putin’s case that would mean withdrawing his forces from Ukraine immediately; offering a face-saving lie to justify his “special military operation,” like claiming it successfully protected Russians living in Ukraine; and promising to help Russians’ brethren rebuild. But the inescapable humiliation would surely be intolerable for this man obsessed with restoring the dignity and unity of what he sees as the Russian motherland.
Incidentally, the way things are going on the ground in Ukraine right now, it is not out of the realm of possibility that Putin could actually lose early and big. I would not bet on it, but with every passing day that more and more Russian soldiers are killed in Ukraine, who knows what happens to the fighting spirit of the conscripts in the Russian Army being asked to fight a deadly urban war against fellow Slavs for a cause that was never really explained to them.
(...)
So either he cuts his losses now and eats crow — and hopefully for him escapes enough sanctions to revive the Russian economy and hold onto power — or faces a forever war against Ukraine and much of the world, which will slowly sap Russia’s strength and collapse its infrastructure.
As he seems hellbent on the latter, I am terrified. Because there is only one thing worse than a strong Russia under Putin — and that’s a weak, humiliated, disorderly Russia that could fracture or be in a prolonged internal leadership turmoil, with different factions wrestling for power and with all of those nuclear warheads, cybercriminals and oil and gas wells lying around.
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This should be madatory viewing.
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Mariupol officials say Russian forces have begun dropping bombs on the "green corridor" designated to evacuate Mariupol residents.
https://mobile.twitter.com/MarquardtA/status/1501872182716157955
Mariupol officials say Russian forces have begun dropping bombs on the "green corridor" designated to evacuate Mariupol residents.
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Again! Why bother even agreeing these “safe” corridors if he’s going to bomb them?! The man is completely deranged.
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Ukraine invasion: False claims the war is a hoax go viral
One example from the article:
A video of a young woman and a young man having fake blood applied to their faces has racked up millions of views on multiple platforms.
It is shared as supposed evidence that the war in Ukraine is a hoax and civilian victims are actually "crisis actors" - people hired to act out scenes from an attack.
But the video is unrelated to the war. It was shot in 2020 on the production set of Ukrainian TV series Contamin.
The male actor can be seen in behind-the-scenes images from the set tweeted in December 2020.
One example from the article:
A video of a young woman and a young man having fake blood applied to their faces has racked up millions of views on multiple platforms.
It is shared as supposed evidence that the war in Ukraine is a hoax and civilian victims are actually "crisis actors" - people hired to act out scenes from an attack.
But the video is unrelated to the war. It was shot in 2020 on the production set of Ukrainian TV series Contamin.
The male actor can be seen in behind-the-scenes images from the set tweeted in December 2020.
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Well, that’s put me off my breakfast 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10597763/Russian-fills-entire-fridge-McDONALDS-cash-selling-Big-Mac-meals-250.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10597763/Russian-fills-entire-fridge-McDONALDS-cash-selling-Big-Mac-meals-250.html
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Rusland zet Shell op lijst met bedrijven om eigendommen van te kunnen nationaliseren
MOSCOW (ANP - General Dutch Press bureau) — Russia has drawn up a list of Western companies that could be nationalized. That list of 59 names includes oil and gas group Shell, car manufacturers Volkswagen and Toyota and furniture store Ikea, Russian news agency Izvestia reports.
The reason for this is that the companies withdrew from the country because of the war in Ukraine, according to the Kremlin without giving guarantees to consumers.
The list could be expanded to include more companies, said Oleg Pavlov of the Public Consumer Initiative, which compiled the list. It has already been sent to the government. But if more companies stop doing business in the country and leave Russian consumers without guarantees, they will also be on the list, according to Pavlov.
Bill
Earlier, the government in Moscow passed a bill to put under receivership companies that were more than 25 percent owned by foreigners from so-called "unfriendly nations". Companies can avoid that receivership by resuming operations or selling their shares within five days of announcement, United Russia, President Vladimir Putin's party, previously said. Then the activities and employees must be retained.
If this does not happen, a temporary board is appointed for three months by a judge and the company assets and activities are transferred to a new company. At the end of those three months, the shares in the new organizations are then auctioned. A similar arrangement could apply to the companies on this list.
As expected, Russia lashed back. I'm curious how this is going to be played out by all parties.
MOSCOW (ANP - General Dutch Press bureau) — Russia has drawn up a list of Western companies that could be nationalized. That list of 59 names includes oil and gas group Shell, car manufacturers Volkswagen and Toyota and furniture store Ikea, Russian news agency Izvestia reports.
The reason for this is that the companies withdrew from the country because of the war in Ukraine, according to the Kremlin without giving guarantees to consumers.
The list could be expanded to include more companies, said Oleg Pavlov of the Public Consumer Initiative, which compiled the list. It has already been sent to the government. But if more companies stop doing business in the country and leave Russian consumers without guarantees, they will also be on the list, according to Pavlov.
Bill
Earlier, the government in Moscow passed a bill to put under receivership companies that were more than 25 percent owned by foreigners from so-called "unfriendly nations". Companies can avoid that receivership by resuming operations or selling their shares within five days of announcement, United Russia, President Vladimir Putin's party, previously said. Then the activities and employees must be retained.
If this does not happen, a temporary board is appointed for three months by a judge and the company assets and activities are transferred to a new company. At the end of those three months, the shares in the new organizations are then auctioned. A similar arrangement could apply to the companies on this list.
As expected, Russia lashed back. I'm curious how this is going to be played out by all parties.
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