Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 #6

[nhmemorymaker]

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.

I vividly remember the Presidential debates of 2012... Romney was laughed at for declaring that Russia remains the biggest threat to the world. I believe, today, there is a justified admiration for his due dilligence and knowledge of the situation.

jmo.
The former US president admired Putin so much, AND wanted to get rid of Nato....
I shudder to think what could have happened.
moo.

i actually do believe the best scenario would be if his inner circle turned. I get bogged down thinking about the pros and cons of such happening. However, I am on the side thinking Putin will stop at nothing.
He has all his money, billions. He probably sees nothing but "Power".... the ultimate evil that drives most wars.

moo, sadly

 

[CSIDreamer]

Video at link

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1503697021655523331?t=HnEDu6T16gLWLNypX4hA0Q&s=19

️In #Kharkiv, #Russian troops began shelling the city right at the time of the evacuation of people https://t.co/Xg280BaGnH

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1503691422297378819?t=4Sfy197ETtkaIZgzq5ztwA&s=19

️A member of the #Ukrainian delegation Arakhamia announced the resumption of negotiations between Russia and #Ukraine, Ukrainian media write

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Sound familiar? Is the whole world going mad?!

MAR 14, 2022
Witness: Army attacks in eastern Myanmar worst in decades | AP News
BANGKOK (AP) — While Russia’s war in Ukraine dominates global attention, Myanmar’s military is targeting civilians in air and ground attacks on a scale unmatched in the country since World War II, according to a longtime relief worker who spent almost three months in a combat zone in the Southeast Asian nation.

[...]

Ground forces are also firing artillery — indiscriminately, he said — causing thousands to flee their homes.

Video shot by his group’s members includes rare images of repeated air strikes by Myanmar military aircraft in Kayah State – also known as Karenni State — causing a number of civilian deaths.

An analyst for New York-based Human Rights Watch said the air attacks constitute “war crimes.”

[...]

Russia is a top arms supplier to Myanmar’s military, keeping up supplies even as many other nations have maintained an embargo since the army’s takeover to promote peace and a return to democratic rule.

[...]

“These are war crimes,” Manny Maung, the Myanmar researcher for Human Rights Watch, told AP. “These attacks by military on civilians, civilian buildings, killings of civilians, public buildings like religious buildings, yes, they are no less than war crimes that are happening right now in that particular area and this is because they are indiscriminately targeting civilians.”

[...]

“In the middle of all this we have Ukraine, which is a tragedy, and I’m really grateful for the help the world has galvanized behind Ukraine,” Eubank said. “But the Karenni people ask me ‘Don’t we count? ... And of course, the people of Ukraine need help. But so do we. Why? Why isn’t anybody helping us?’”

Truth. The current state of Myanmar is evil as well.....
Ukraine certainly wins the PR war, but we are all waking up to a very fragile world out there.
Sometimes, I think it is hard to be "of the world' as an isolated American...... but we must be part of the world. We just must....
And we are not teaching our children well....
moo

 

[nhmemorymaker]

In case not posted, watching now

I really encourage all to listen to this interview....
To just listen to Zelensky and this low-keyed smart reporter.......gives such an "up close and personal" feeling, like you are having a real conversation with this remarkable man. I just kept feeling that "i sooo hope we do not lose you"
I

 

[Bit of hope]

Video at link

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1503697021655523331?t=HnEDu6T16gLWLNypX4hA0Q&s=19

️In #Kharkiv, #Russian troops began shelling the city right at the time of the evacuation of people https://t.co/Xg280BaGnH

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1503691422297378819?t=4Sfy197ETtkaIZgzq5ztwA&s=19

️A member of the #Ukrainian delegation Arakhamia announced the resumption of negotiations between Russia and #Ukraine, Ukrainian media write

This is completely crazy.....I see one older woman being helped...but I don't see the shelling...people running away in the background.....because of shelling? No doubt this things are going on....

 

[CSIDreamer]

I really encourage all to listen to this interview....
To just listen to Zelensky and this low-keyed smart reporter.......gives such an "up close and personal" feeling, like you are having a real conversation with this remarkable man. I just kept feeling that "i sooo hope we do not lose you"
I

Do you have a link?

 

[CSIDreamer]

https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1503661470575480832?t=gWuW4vCk1UJrILBPPblJdA&s=19

We in Kyiv now have another 2-day-long curfew starting from 8 p.m. tonight.
This almost certainly suggest Russia’s is going to have intense subversive activity in the city in the next 48 hours.

 

[Bit of hope]

I really encourage all to listen to this interview....
To just listen to Zelensky and this low-keyed smart reporter.......gives such an "up close and personal" feeling, like you are having a real conversation with this remarkable man. I just kept feeling that "i sooo hope we do not lose you"
I

Although he has learned a lot being an entertainer.....I really think he is very authentic, what I always admire a lot, a "real person" with a heart and a pulse ...looking at him....hear what he is saying. He is doing great! It would be devastating if "we" loose him. He is such an inspiration.

 

[PommyMommy]

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 6 hrs ago
Russian forces shoot at evacuating civilians in Hostomel. According to National Police, the first 10 buses of evacuees safely left the town, when Russians opened fire on the next four buses. One woman was killed, two men injured as a result of attack.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Russian attack on two residential buildings in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district in the early morning of March 15 killed at least two people, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Telegram

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 5 hrs ago
Four people killed following Russian attack in Rubizhne. Serhiy Haidai, the governor of Luhansk Oblast, said on March 15 that Russian forces destroyed three school buildings along with a boarding school for visually impaired children and a hospital in the city of Rubizhne.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 4 hrs ago
19 killed, 9 injured in Russia’s attack on TV tower in Rivne. According to Rivne Oblast Governor Vitalii Koval, there might be more victims, as the rescuers are still working at the scene. The strike happened on March 14 in Rivne, a regional capital in northwestern Ukraine.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 3 hrs ago
State Emergency Service: 7 people found dead under rubbles in Kharkiv. Russian forces have intensified shelling of Kharkiv on March 14, leading to multiple damages and a large fire in the city’s northwestern Kholodnohirskyi district. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
New curfew in Kyiv will last from 8 p.m. on March 15 until 7 a.m. on March 17. Residents will only be allowed to go outside to head to bomb shelters, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 2 hrs ago
Russian missiles damage airport in Dnipro. Two missiles hit the Dnipro airport on the night of March 15, destroying a runway and damaging a terminal, according to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Valentyn Reznichenko.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 1 hr ago
Local authorities cry for help in Izium. Deputy mayor Volodymyr Matsokin said that residents were left without electricity, water, and food. According to local deputy Max Strel, Russians have been blocking humanitarian aid delivery and civilian evacuation for the last 3 days.

 

[PommyMommy]

Euromaidan Press on Twitter - 7 min ago
Another Russian army General allegedly killed in Ukraine Ukrainian National Guard's Azov Regiment published on Telegram a graphic photo of a man in Russian uniform with general major shoulder straps killed in Mariupol. His identity and military unit haven't been reported yet.

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
If the identity of the Russian military would be confirmed, he would be the fourth Russian general killed in Ukraine.

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
The other three Russian generals killed in Ukraine were:
Maj.-Gen. Andrey Kolesnikov, Commander of Russia's 29th Army
Maj.-Gen. Vitaly Gerasimov, Chief of staff of Russia's 41st Army
Maj.-Gen. Andrey Sukhovetsky, Dep.Commander of the 41st Army

 

[dotr]

Almost 75 per cent of Canadians say NATO should prepare to intervene in Ukraine: poll | CP24.com
''March 15, 2022 5:40AM EDT
OTTAWA -- A new poll suggests nearly three-quarters of Canadians believe NATO allies should prepare for military intervention as Russian aggression escalates in Ukraine, even as half hold out hope for a diplomatic resolution.

''The online survey of 1,515 Canadians and 1,002 Americans was conducted by Leger between Friday and Sunday.''
This is the first time where people say, 'Give diplomacy and sanctions a chance but brace for potentially this becoming military involvement,”' said Leger executive vice-president Christian Bourque.

Approximately 49 per cent of Canadians still believe a diplomatic end to the war is possible, but 64 per cent said the conflict between Ukraine and Russia will be protracted, and will last many years.

Sixty-five per cent of Canadians said governments should impose more severe sanctions against Russia, even if it means higher gas prices for western countries, even though 62 per cent agreed the sanctions mainly hurt the Russian people and not Russian President Vladimir Putin directly. Only 35 per cent believe economic sanctions will actually convince Putin to back down.

Canadians seem to understand the stakes are high, and they increasingly believe the conflict could escalate into a world war, the poll shows. About three-quarters report they believe the situation has the potential to lead to a third world war in this latest poll, compared to 66 per cent of Canadians polled at the end of February when the conflict first began.

Nearly half of those polled, about 47 per cent, say they believe Putin will use nuclear weapons if the conflict doesn't go his way.

“The fear factor is high,” Bourque said.''

 

[PommyMommy]

Ukraine-Russia war latest news: Russian ‘war machine’ will target others after Ukraine, Zelenskiy warns – live | World news | The Guardian
1h ago 07:46

Civilians trapped in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol are “essentially being suffocated with no aid”, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

[...]

He (Ewan Watson, Red Cross) noted there had been delays with similar evacuations from Mariupol, where he said people are “essentially being suffocated in this city now with no aid”.

We know of families undoing oil heaters to take water out as a last resort to have something to drink.

42m ago 08:28

Vladimir Putin plans to order the mass logging of Ukrainian forests to be sold as lumber in Russia, a document published by Ukraine’s military intelligence claims.

The document, published by the Ukrainian defence intelligence today, reportedly shows a letter from Russia’s minister of defence, Sergei Shoigu, addressed to the Russian president.

The letter discusses the subject of “the possibility of felling on defence lands”, Ukrainian intelligence claims, with the money from the sale of the wood going to funding the Russian army.

[...]

GOOD NEWS!

13m ago 08:59

About 2,000 cars have been able to leave the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol and a further 2,000 are waiting to leave, according to local authorities.

In an online post published today, Mariupol city council said:

As of 14:00 (1200 GMT), it is known that 2,000 cars have left Mariupol.

On Monday, local authorities said more than 160 private cars left Mariupol in what would be the first successful evacuation since the city was encircled by Russian troops more than two weeks ago.

[...]

 

[sunshineray]

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Zelensky praises Russian TV editor for 'telling the truth' after she was arrested for protest on state television against Putin's war and said 'they can't put us all in prison'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has praised the Russian TV editor who ran onto a live state TV news with a sign protesting Moscow's invasion of Ukraine that read: 'Stop the war... They can't put us all in prison'.

'I am grateful to those Russians who do not stop trying to convey the truth. To those who fight disinformation and tell the truth, real facts to their friends and loved ones,' Zelensky said in a Telegram video uploaded Tuesday, CNN reported.

The president also spoke directly to Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor on the Russian TV channel Pervyi Kanal (Channel One) who held up a sign on the broadcaster's main evening news show, Vremya, that said: 'Stop the war! Don't believe propaganda! They're lying to you here! Russians against war.'

Ukraine war: Brave female TV editor wields 'Stop the War' sign on Russian state TV before arrest | Daily Mail Online

What Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor on the Russian TV channel did when she held up her sign saying No War, which also told the viewers not to believe the propaganda they are being told is incredibly brave. It is being reported that she was arrested soon after and her solicitor/attorney does not know where she is being held.

It is unbelievable to think in the year 2022 Marina could potentially face up to 15 years in prison for holding up a sign saying No War. Unfortunately I think it will be impossible for her to work in the news industry in Russia again. By protesting so publicly she stood up for what is right and what she believes in but in doing so she will face severe consequences personally.

A big thank you to Marina, I have tremendous respect for her for doing this protest. It must have been very difficult to decide to do it knowing she could end up in a Russian jail for a long time, that it would likely end her career as a news presenter in Russia, and that she could potentially suffer other horrendous consequences in the years ahead. I wish Marina have done the protest and escaped immediately after to safety in another country.

Especially since she changed her publicly well established Pro-Putin stance. She's done a 180 from what she's reported to the Russian masses in the past. That in itself may hopefully open more eyes to see the truth. Praying for her safety.

“Unfortunately, in recent years I have been working on Channel One, creating Kremlin propaganda and I am now very ashamed of it. I’m embarrassed for letting them tell lies from the TV screen. I’m ashamed that I allowed them to zombify Russian people.

“We were silent in 2014, when all this was starting. We didn’t go out to rallies and protests when the Kremlin poisoned Navalny. We just silently observed this anti-human regime. And now the whole world has turned its back on us."

Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova protests against Putin live on air

 

[CSIDreamer]

https://twitter.com/Podolyak_M/status/1503718859219554312?t=wMTMcSqh0__IH2kDriBJew&s=19

Negotiations are ongoing. Consultations on the main negotiation platform renewed. General regulation matters, ceasefire, withdrawal of troops from the territory of the country…

Hoping they get it done!

My other big hope is the world leaders have the sense to keep sanctions on Russia until Putin is removed.

JMO

 

[PommyMommy]

Out of the mouths of babes! "Why is he (Putin) President?" and "Good is stronger than evil."

Ukrainian Refugee Children Give Chilling Accounts Of War Carnage (rferl.org)

Video caption: Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian children have become refugees since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. Their testimonies of the horrors of war are a stunning combination of unfiltered emotion and calm descriptiveness. The children also reflect on politics, with one girl remarking that Russian President Vladimir Putin was perhaps "neglected as a child." RFE/RL interviewed several Ukrainian refugee children in Poland and Lithuania on March 2-8.

 

[worldwatcher]

LIVE SOON (15:00 CET) Pre-ministerial press conference ahead of #NATO #DefMin
@NATO
HQ, Brussels

https://twitter.com/jensstoltenberg
https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1yoJMWeevXOKQ
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[Bit of hope]

This is disgusting...IMO Very happy there are still well thinking persons representing faith and humanity in the (orthodox) church.

In Putin's vision for the world, a medieval narrative resurfaces - CNN

Russian President Vladimir Putin has given several explanations for his country's war on Ukraine, and some are more plausible than others. They include stopping NATO's advance towards Russia's borders, protecting fellow Russians from "genocide" or the baseless claim of "de-Nazifying" Ukraine.

The top-ranking priest in the Russian Orthodox Church, meanwhile, has offered a very different reason for the invasion: gay pride parades.

Patriarch Kirill said last week that the conflict is an extension of a fundamental culture clash between the wider Russian world and Western liberal values, exemplified by expressions of gay pride.

(snipped....)

The "test" of which side you are on, said Kirill, is whether your country is willing to hold gay pride parades.
"In order to enter the club of those countries, it is necessary to hold a gay pride parade. Not to make a political statement, 'we are with you,' not to sign any agreements, but to hold a gay parade," he said during the March 6 sermon.

Yehhhh right...that's it....we finally found a motive....OMG!!

With pride...for all my brothers and sisters around the world....the flag..My motto: live and let live....

 

[worldwatcher]

Three European leaders head to besieged Ukrainian city
The Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia are heading to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky amid shelling in the nation's capital city.

 

[sds71]

@maxseddon


Russia has sanctioned Joe Biden and a range of other top US officials. The main impact of this is they can now make corny jokes on cable news about how they won't be able to access their Russian bank accounts or go on vacation in Siberia, I guess

 

[worldwatcher]

“Russia fired an official who said last week that China had refused to supply Russian airlines with aircraft parts in the wake of Western sanctions“
https://twitter.com/fbermingham/status/1503711313314394117