Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 #6

[LadyL]

Ukraine's war with Russia unfolds through mother's daily Twitter diary

 

[Dontknow?]

Ukraine peace talks resume as Russian ex-foreign minister calls for ceasefire – latest news | World news | The Guardian
18m ago 21:23

'Choose dignity': Zelenskiy urges Russian troops to surrender

Here is the first part of his speech:

Free people of the free country, the 19th day of our resistance has come to end. Another hard day that made us closer to the victory and peace for Ukraine. As before, the enemy is perplexed. They didn’t expect such resistance. They believed their propaganda that lied about us for decades.

They still can’t recover but have begun realizing that they won’t achieve anything by war. Their soldiers know it. Their officers understand it. They flee from the battlefield, leaving behind their vehicles and equipment. We take the trophies and use them for defence of Ukraine. Russian forces have de-facto become a supplier of equipment for our army. They couldn’t imagine it in a nightmare.

[In Russian] I want to tell Russian soldiers, those who have already entered our lands and those who are only being sent to fight against us. Russian conscripts, please, listen to me attentively. Russian officers, you have already understood everything. You won’t be able to take anything from Ukraine. You will take lives – you are many – but yours will be taken too.

What are you dying for? I know, you want to survive. We hear in your intercepted calls what you really think of this war, of this shame, and of your state. Your conversations with each other, your calls home to your families, we hear everything. We make conclusions. We know who you are. That’s why I offer you a choice: On behalf of the Ukrainian people, we give you a chance to live. If you surrender to our forces, we will treat you as humans have to be treated: with dignity. The way you have not been treated in your army. And the way your army doesn’t treat our people. Choose.

Very great speach/news.

 

[mickey2942]

Very great speach/news.

No wonder Putin wants Syrians. His own soldiers won't do what he wants to the Ukrainian people.

 

[PommyMommy]

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 6 hrs ago
Russians deny humanitarian convoy entry to Mariupol. A convoy loaded with food, water and clothes didn’t reach the city, according to Deputy Head of the Ukrainian President’s Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko. The convoy is unable to reach the city for three days, he added.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 5 hrs ago
Heavy fighting in Donbas continues, Ukraine reports Russian casualties. According to Ukraine’s Armed Forces, 100 Russian soldiers were killed & six vehicles were destroyed. Russia tried to break through Ukrainian defenses in Donetsk Oblast to no avail, the army reports.

President Biden on Twitter - 4 hrs ago
We will make sure Ukraine has weapons to defend against the invading Russian force. We will send money and food and aid to save Ukrainian lives. We will welcome Ukrainian refugees with open arms.

NEXTA on Twitter
The U.S. could impose a complete embargo on trade with #Russia as well as blocking international waterways for Russian vessels as further sanctions, CNBC reports

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
The effort to deliver one single humanitarian convoy into besieged Mariupol comes into its tenth day.

Euromaidan Press on Twitter - 1 hr ago
According to the latest official reports, 700 Russian soldiers were captured or surrendered themselves. Some decided to leave vehicles and desertered. The main part of the Russian army still fights, though.

NEXTA on Twitter
Russia asks #China to help... with food According to two CNN sources, among #Russia's requested aid are packaged non-perishable military food kits, known in the United States as "ready-to-eat meals".

 

[ilovewings]

I don't really understand why journalists are putting themselves in the middle of violent urban conflict areas. It's not like they're the only ones carrying a camera. Everyone who is there can film and share what's going on. Journalism has changed.

This is the fifth journalist we've heard about in a short time who is either killed or injured. They need to understand that if they put themselves in the middle of the conflict, they will be treated like everyone else with a camera.

Could not agree more!!!

 

[Dontknow?]

I believe many reporters want to know the why, where, when and or how somedays. I do too. Don't expect them to be in uncharted areas or hostile fighting in Ukraine. It's too dangerous.

 

[mickey2942]

It doesn't seem like anywhere in Ukraine is safe. Not even maternity hospitals.

Putin needs to be put on trial for war crimes. He killed this baby.

Pregnant woman and baby die after attack on hospital in Mariupol

 

[sunshineray]

Reporter Benjamin Hall, injured in Kyiv, says the media has not been manipulated to garner more emotional impact with it's coverage of Ukraine's war.

"This is not the media trying to drum up some emotional response. This is absolutely what's happening," Hall told Fox News...

The cities "are being absolutely flattened," he said. "From all corners of this country, people are fleeing for safety."

Hall added that people from Mariupol are drinking water from puddles because they can't get out of the city...

"It's an absolute catastrophe. The people caught in the middle are the ones who are really suffering,"...

"It is a tragic, tragic thing happening in this country," Hall concluded. 'But it is only set to get worse."


Fox News journalist injured in Ukraine had pushed back on-air against a Fox host's dismissive comments about media's coverage of Russian war

 

[margarita25]

(I don’t know how you guys are doing it in here, I really don’t.)

—

Eta:

Friendly reminder to please take care of yourselves. This is all so awful and it can take it’s toll. Meantime kudos.

Eta2: Haha @Dontknow? liking this post first thing. Is that how you got your name?

Kinda like that time @somequestions liked my post which were some questions haha.

Seriously. This stuff is terrible. I can’t hang. Sorry. Wish I could.

 

[Dontknow?]

It's extremely hard to follow this war but it's always our possible warning.

 

[sunshineray]

@ASLuhn

Scripps environmental journalism fellow interested in the far north. Former Russia correspondent for @guardian& @telegraph


Russia is so toxic now that reports Putin asked Xi for military aid caused Chinese stocks to suffer their biggest drop since 2008. Chinese tech stocks lost $2.1 trillion today

bloomberg.com

China’s Tech Rout Deepens Amid Lockdown, Geopolitical Worries

11:16 AM · Mar 14, 2022·Twitter Web App

https://mobile.twitter.com/ASLuhn/status/1503389640862179334

 

[PommyMommy]

Ukraine peace talks resume as Russian ex-foreign minister calls for ceasefire – latest news | World news | The Guardian
34m ago 02:26

A bit of light relief comes from the folk at Citizenbrick, the makers of customised Lego figures.

They’ve come up with one of man-of-the-moment Volodymyr Zelenskiy, complete with a stack of Molotov cocktails.

(Go to citizenbrick on Instagram to see the Molotov cocktails...don't think it can be linked or I would. They have raised over $16,ooo - all donated to relief efforts for Ukraine.)

 

[ilovewings]

It doesn't seem like anywhere in Ukraine is safe. Not even maternity hospitals.

Putin needs to be put on trial for war crimes. He killed this baby.

Pregnant woman and baby die after attack on hospital in Mariupol

Eventually I hope he is put on trial for war crimes, but right now
The powers that be must find a way to stop the slaughter of all
These innocent people. What is going on is unfathomable to me--
Putin is an evil sociopath who is enjoying having the power
To murder all of those people.

 

[margarita25]

Eventually I hope he is put on trial for war crimes, but right now
The powers that be must find a way to stop the slaughter of all
These innocent people. What is going on is unfathomable to me--
Putin is an evil sociopath who is enjoying having the power
To murder all of those people.

Yeah. Awful man.

 

[PommyMommy]

Here we go again...

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 2 min ago
Heavy explosions reported in Kyiv early on March 15.

 

[Dontknow?]

Nothing we can say will penetrate his skull, Putin, He's gone. I say VD. jmo

 

[margarita25]

 

[PommyMommy]

NEXTA on Twitter - 35 min ago
#Russian oligarch Roman #Abramovich was spotted in the VIP lounge of #TelAviv airport waiting for his business jet to #Turkey. He flew to #Istanbul after it became known that #Israel had no intention of helping #Russians to hide from European and American #sanctions.

NEXTA on Twitter - Video
#Kharkiv was heavily shelled this night. It is the second most populous city in #Ukraine.

NEXTA on Twitter - 25 min ago
Two explosions were heard in #Kyiv. This is reported to us by our subscribers: "In the southwest of the city it was so loud and strong that the bed vibrated and the windows went shifting".

 

[CrimeAway]

I've been concerned about Putin for years, but few others seemed concerned. I was especially perplexed that some in the West seemed to placate or even admire him.

 

[LadyL]

Britain and Spain also are doing this

Ukrainian children with cancer to be flown to Toronto hospital for treatment