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  • #621
“WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is preparing sanctions targeting Russian companies it says provides goods and services for the military and intelligence services, including dual-use components used in weapons proliferation, U.S. officials said.”
WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. to Sanction Companies Providing Technology for Russian Military, Intelligence Services

Also - on Twitter:
BREAKING NEWS: Anonymous publishes leak of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Via:
@Thblckrbbtworld

https://twitter.com/LatestAnonPress/status/1507477329689387008
March 24 2022 rbbm.
Anonymous claims it has hacked Russia's Central Bank (dailymail.co.uk)
''It comes as speculation has mounted in recent days over the future of central bank head Elvira Nabiullina.
She was photographed looking dejected at a Kremlin meeting and posted a cryptic video, in which she acknowledged the Russian economy was in an 'extreme' situation and said, 'We all very much would have liked this not to have happened.'
But Vladimir Putin this week asked parliament to nominate her for another term, apparently scotching rumours she could resign in protest at the war.
There have been murmurs of concern from oligarchs who stand to lose massively from the invasion, such as the magnates Oleg Deripaska and Mikhail Fridman, who have both made cautious comments promoting peace.''

''Top Ukrainian cyber security official Victor Zhora said he would not normally endorse Anonymous' vigilante-style cyberwarfare, but recognised that the war in Ukraine represented an extraordinary situation.

The deputy chair of Ukraine's state special communications service said earlier this month: 'We do not welcome any illegal activity in cyberspace. But the world order changed on the 24th of February' - the date that Russia invaded his country.

On March 15, Anonymous brought down several Russian state websites, including that of Russia's security and intelligence service (FSB).''
 
  • #622
I have a Russian American friend whose husband is Ukrainian and his family is in Ukraine still. Her daily updates have been heartbreaking. They have lost two family members since the war started due to lack of access to adequate medical care.

Her husband's nephew and his wife delivered their first child after the invasion. She had to beg for permission for her and her husband to be admitted to the hospital before a 12 hour curfew would go into effect trapping them at home. Sadly their baby died at 5 days old due to an infection.

90 something year old grandfather about died of grief the next day they said. His heart started acting up but they didn't have access to medical care for him because she said they were only seeing soldiers at that point. Meanwhile his wife, 90 something year old grandmother is drastically mentally deteriorating and mentally going back in time. Talking about the past and being confused.

3 days later grandfather dies. The entire family is devastated. My friend and her husband of course can not attend his funeral. They have lost this brand new life so joyfully expected and their patriarch is now gone. And they are still in a war zone with no end in sight.

She talks about how hard it is to wake up each day safe and with plenty of everything they need while their family and others suffer and die. :(
 
  • #623
  • #624
The Kyiv Independent@KyivIndependent
1h

Ukraine destroyed Russian three airplanes, five cruise missiles, three UAVs, and a helicopter on March 25, according to the Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
 
  • #625
Euromaidan Press on Twitter - 7 hrs ago
Russia is preparing to use poison, chemical weapons against Ukrainians. Russian officers are receiving antidotes, Center Countering Disinformation reports. Meanwhile, Russia is spreading propaganda on "American biolaboratories in Ukraine." ☝ЦПД при РНБО підтверджує,... - Центр протидії дезінформації | Facebook

NEXTA on Twitter
#Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a stationary electronic warfare complex This complex blocked work of electronics, air defense systems and drones. Occupants used it to conduct reconnaissance. It also destroyed about 50 military personnel who worked with the equipment.
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NEXTA on Twitter
"Hezbollah" fighters are coming to #Belarus According to "Novaya Gazeta," the first group of 200 militants of Lebanese "Hezbollah" will arrive in Belarus next week. On March 29 they will go to #Ukraine to fight for the #Russian Federation.

NEXTA on Twitter
A total of 800 fighters will be hired. The fee for hiring one fighter is $1,500 per month. They will be transferred from #Damascus to the military base in #Homel region.

NEXTA on Twitter - Video
Alexander Krasnoyartsev, pilot of the #Russian Su-34, said that while trying to escape after ejecting from the downed plane he killed a civilian who was chasing him with pitchforks.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 6 hrs ago
Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland set up joint team to investigate Russia's war crimes. Prosecutors general of the three countries signed an agreement to jointly work on collection, storage and exchange of evidence of Russia’s war crimes, says Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova.

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
Russia will now focus on "liberating Donbas," Sergey Rudskoy, Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. https://t.me/radiosvoboda/19116… Earlier, Russia's goal was to take Kyiv, if not the entire country.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 5 hrs ago
Russia hits Vinnytsia with 6 cruise missiles, some shot down by air defense. According to the defense ministry, Russians targeted the territory of the Air Force Command in Vinnytsia, a city in west-central Ukraine. The rockets hit several buildings causing significant damage.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
CNN: Russia moving troops into Ukraine from occupied territories in Georgia. CNN reported citing an unnamed Pentagon official that the U.S. had seen “movement of some number of troops from Georgia.” Russia invaded Georgia in 2008.

Russia begins to mobilize military reinforcements in Georgia for duty in Ukraine, Pentagon says - The Washington Post

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 4 hrs ago
Ukraine demands that International Red Cross Committee obtain from Russia lists of deported Mariupol residents. Ukraine demands that all its citizens deported to Russia from Mariupol are provided with the opportunity to return, says Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.
 
  • #626
The Kyiv Independent@KyivIndependent
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WHO: Attacks on hospitals increasing on a “daily basis.” The World Health Organization said on March 25 that there have been over 70 distinct attacks on hospitals, ambulances, and doctors in Ukraine since Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine began on Feb. 24.
 
  • #627
MAR 25, 2022
Russians shift focus from Kyiv — scaling back goals in war? | AP News
Putting a positive face on it all, the deputy chief of the Russian general staff said his forces had largely achieved the “main objectives” of the first phase of what Moscow calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine. Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi said Russian forces had “considerably reduced” the combat power of the Ukrainian military, and as a result Russian troops could “focus on the main efforts to achieve the main goal, liberation of Donbas.”

How would those accused of Ukraine war crimes be prosecuted? | AP News
The International Criminal Court, located in the Hague, can prosecute individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of aggression.

The court holds sway over its 123 member countries. Ukraine is not among them but has granted the ICC jurisdiction. ...

'I Will Never Leave': The Ukrainian Dog Shelter Caught Up In War (rferl.org)
One dog now in the Dnipro shelter is from Mariupol, a city currently under siege from Russian forces. The young male was delivered to the shelter by a woman who was about leave Dnipro by train with her two dogs. But the male was so traumatized by war the woman said he could not be coaxed into further travel.

In early March, the shelter took in seven newborn rottweiler puppies from Kharkiv, a city which has come under intense bombardment from Russian rockets and missiles. Then, on March 12, Bolokhovets organized the collection of 125 dogs and 65 cats from a kill shelter in Kharkiv.

Ukrainian 9th-Grader Recalls How Russian Soldier Killed His Father In Cold Blood (rferl.org)
Video caption: A Ukrainian teenager recalls how a trip to get medicine ended with his unarmed father being gunned down in cold blood by a Russian soldier. Yura and his family have now escaped the war-torn town of Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, and are sheltering at a safe location elsewhere in Ukraine. From there, he gave Current Time journalists chilling testimony about his father's death.

(5) Ukraine's Zelensky claims more than 16,000 Russian troops lost (cnn.com)
“The number of the Russian losses has exceeded 16,000 casualties,” Zelensky said in a video message posted to social media on Friday. “Among them are the high-ranking commanders. So far no reports of killed Russian general colonels or admirals. However, in that number we have a commander of one of the occupiers' armies and a second in command of the Black Sea Navy.”
 
  • #628
Snipped and BBM for focus

Not just for the US but for every NATO country accepting Ukraine refugees...

With so many refugees applying to come into countries, so many Ukrainians being abducted (for what reason actually, why not just march them into their war torn land to be shot or blown up?) AND their passports being stolen by the Russian government...beware of Russians impersonating Ukrainians for nefarious reasons to gain entrance. AJMO

If I sound woefully paranoid, I am because of the monsters doing harm.

Well, several years ago, Ukraine made its archives open, and online. Hence, are trees, and there are DNA tests available in cases of doubt.
 
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  • #630
I'm almost sure this is faked and Shoigu isn't there at all. Picture/footage seems to be on repeat...a Russian response on the tweet said that the first 4 seconds and the last 4 seconds of the video are the SAME frames.

According to Russian jokes, Shoigu is in Moscow, standing in a line for sugar (making war supplies).

According to Zelinskiy, Shoigu decided to personally visit Chernobayevka.
 
  • #631
rbbm.
Russia-Ukraine war: Russians evolving Plan C may focus on single front (afr.com)
''The Institute for the Study of War said Russia’s declaration that it is nearing the completion of the “first phase” of its invasion of Ukraine was “a fictitious report”.

“The Russian General Staff is attempting to adjust the war’s narrative so make it appear that Russia is achieving its aims and choosing to restrict operations when in fact it is not achieving its objectives and is being forced to abandon large-scale offensive operations because of its own failures and losses as well as continuing skillful Ukrainian resistance.”

''The ISW said it has no confidence in Russia redefining its objectives and said it assess Russian moves as part of an effort to rebuild combat power and to renew efforts to encircle and take control of Ukraine’s key cities.''
 
  • #632
Lengthy article but well worth the read, IMO.

MAR 26, 2022
Ukraine reaches breaking point in Russia’s war (kyivindependent.com)
[...]

The “operational pause,” as dubbed by the Ukrainian defense community, unfolded throughout the country after March 8-11.

It was believed that Russia took this short breathing spell to possibly regroup its forces and improve its logistics which had caused massive troubles in terms of food and fuel supplies.

[...]

Numerous and fierce attempts to advance have resulted in little to no progress in almost each of the principal axes. West or east of Kyiv, there have been almost no territorial gains for nearly two weeks, be it the Irpin-Hostomel-Bucha triangle or the vast areas east of Brovary.

In Mykolaiv, numerous frontal attacks from occupied Kherson also resulted in nothing but severe Russian casualties. By March 22-23, Russians effectively halted their attempts to advance toward the city. Attempts to bypass Mykolaiv and toward the city of Voznesensk or threaten Kryvyi Rih have also not proven successful.

As a result, in the south, Russia is not even close to threatening Odesa by land, despite enjoying full supremacy at sea. It is not even attempting to attack Odesa by way of the beach with an amphibious landing force, since it would be a guaranteed failure given the circumstances.

[...]

The northern Russian group in this theater is not even close to being ready to advance further south. It has been stuck in extremely hard fighting in the city of Izium in Kharkiv Oblast for weeks and still faces numerous obstacles in its way.

In Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, there also have been no major territorial gains since mid-March.

[...]

Poor results amid severe casualties stir resentment among many Russian observers, even such as Igor Girkin, the infamous warlord of the early days of the Donbas campaign in 2014. In his numerous interviews with pro-Kremlin media outlets, the former high-ranking terrorist says at such a pace the Donbas militants, much of the Russian force in the region, will shortly run out of manpower for any further offensive operations.

[...]

The city’s [Maripoul] garrison, despite the full blockade and relentless Russian bombardment, has continued waging block-by-block warfare for over 20 days, making Russian advances extremely slow, hard, and costly.

Even if Russia, having paid a high price, finally seizes the city in the coming weeks, it will effectively end up conquering nothing but barely habitable heaps of ruins, similar to Volnovakha, which was also razed to the ground.

[...]

According to the Kyiv-based Center for Defense Initiatives, between one-third and a half of Russia’s over 120 battalion tactical groups deployed against Ukraine could be rendered ineffective in combat.

Fierce and highly-organized Ukrainian resistance, in addition to poor Russian logistics, communications, morale, and inadequate leadership, have precipitated such a casualty rate of nearly 1,000 service members a day, which Russia has not seen since World War II.

Very telling is the fact that a cohort of Russian senior officers, even generals, have been killed in combat or reportedly assassinated by Ukrainian special operations forces. Some of the hits have been confirmed on the Russian side.

In many instances, high-ranking Russian officers were killed solving organizational issues on the ground or while trying to prove themselves to superiors in combat operations. And their deaths wreak even more havoc in the ranks of Russia’s military forces.

After the initial early rush, the Russian military exhausted its grand offensive capability for all five key axes.

[...]

Very obvious also is the fact that Russia has already used its full manpower stock prepared against Ukraine. And, as numerous indications suggest, it has no serious reserves ready.

It is also struggling to collect low-quality and low-readiness reserves, particularly from Russian military bases in Armenia and the unrecognized breakaway South Ossetia, as well as from unprepared units from the Far East.

[...]

Nonetheless, even despite the dire situation, Putin has stopped short of declaring an all-out or at least a partial mobilization in Russia for his “special operation,” most likely due to the severe political costs such a step could entail.

When it comes to the possible direct involvement of the Belarusian military in western Ukraine, the momentum of shock and awe is also gone.

[...]

Having neither any combat experience nor motivation, the Belarusian military would have to fight against a prepared Ukrainian western military group in complicated woodland terrain supported by local paramilitaries.

According to many observers, including the ISW, the possible direct Belarusian intervention to support Russia is unlikely to happen or be successful.

In other words, what was deemed a short lull to regroup and fix supply shortages turned quickly into Russia having to switch to stationary warfare due to the defeat of the initial offensive campaign and a lack of manpower.

[...]

Meanwhile, Ukraine enters this new stage in better shape than many expected.

Ukraine had to yield some territory in the initial days. But it has managed to preserve the overwhelming majority of its Armed Forces, including its air fleet, through the initial crushing Russian attacks, and effectively stop all of their axes of advancement.

The stubborn resistance of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kherson, has bought a lot of time for the rest of the country to wake up, launch the mobilization of Ukraine’s abundant combat-experienced reserves, and get cities and regions prepared for multilayered defense.

[...]

The Ukrainian military has also been careful and savvy in urban combat, inviting Russian mechanized forces into close quarters rather than confronting them in the open, when Russian close air support is still strong.

[...]

In general, the new phase of war sees Russia forced into halting its exhausted advancements and Ukraine saving and expanding its full combat potential.

The key factor now is Ukraine’s ability to keep exhausting the Russian military for as long as possible. As such, Western suffocation of the Russian economy is vital.

[...]

In achieving victory, the next big mission is to eliminate the Russian presence in the air.
 
  • #633
Lengthy article but well worth the read, IMO.

MAR 26, 2022
Ukraine reaches breaking point in Russia’s war (kyivindependent.com)
[...]

The “operational pause,” as dubbed by the Ukrainian defense community, unfolded throughout the country after March 8-11.

It was believed that Russia took this short breathing spell to possibly regroup its forces and improve its logistics which had caused massive troubles in terms of food and fuel supplies.

[...]

Numerous and fierce attempts to advance have resulted in little to no progress in almost each of the principal axes. West or east of Kyiv, there have been almost no territorial gains for nearly two weeks, be it the Irpin-Hostomel-Bucha triangle or the vast areas east of Brovary.

In Mykolaiv, numerous frontal attacks from occupied Kherson also resulted in nothing but severe Russian casualties. By March 22-23, Russians effectively halted their attempts to advance toward the city. Attempts to bypass Mykolaiv and toward the city of Voznesensk or threaten Kryvyi Rih have also not proven successful.

As a result, in the south, Russia is not even close to threatening Odesa by land, despite enjoying full supremacy at sea. It is not even attempting to attack Odesa by way of the beach with an amphibious landing force, since it would be a guaranteed failure given the circumstances.

[...]

The northern Russian group in this theater is not even close to being ready to advance further south. It has been stuck in extremely hard fighting in the city of Izium in Kharkiv Oblast for weeks and still faces numerous obstacles in its way.

In Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, there also have been no major territorial gains since mid-March.

[...]

Poor results amid severe casualties stir resentment among many Russian observers, even such as Igor Girkin, the infamous warlord of the early days of the Donbas campaign in 2014. In his numerous interviews with pro-Kremlin media outlets, the former high-ranking terrorist says at such a pace the Donbas militants, much of the Russian force in the region, will shortly run out of manpower for any further offensive operations.

[...]

The city’s [Maripoul] garrison, despite the full blockade and relentless Russian bombardment, has continued waging block-by-block warfare for over 20 days, making Russian advances extremely slow, hard, and costly.

Even if Russia, having paid a high price, finally seizes the city in the coming weeks, it will effectively end up conquering nothing but barely habitable heaps of ruins, similar to Volnovakha, which was also razed to the ground.

[...]

According to the Kyiv-based Center for Defense Initiatives, between one-third and a half of Russia’s over 120 battalion tactical groups deployed against Ukraine could be rendered ineffective in combat.

Fierce and highly-organized Ukrainian resistance, in addition to poor Russian logistics, communications, morale, and inadequate leadership, have precipitated such a casualty rate of nearly 1,000 service members a day, which Russia has not seen since World War II.

Very telling is the fact that a cohort of Russian senior officers, even generals, have been killed in combat or reportedly assassinated by Ukrainian special operations forces. Some of the hits have been confirmed on the Russian side.

In many instances, high-ranking Russian officers were killed solving organizational issues on the ground or while trying to prove themselves to superiors in combat operations. And their deaths wreak even more havoc in the ranks of Russia’s military forces.

After the initial early rush, the Russian military exhausted its grand offensive capability for all five key axes.

[...]

Very obvious also is the fact that Russia has already used its full manpower stock prepared against Ukraine. And, as numerous indications suggest, it has no serious reserves ready.

It is also struggling to collect low-quality and low-readiness reserves, particularly from Russian military bases in Armenia and the unrecognized breakaway South Ossetia, as well as from unprepared units from the Far East.

[...]

Nonetheless, even despite the dire situation, Putin has stopped short of declaring an all-out or at least a partial mobilization in Russia for his “special operation,” most likely due to the severe political costs such a step could entail.

When it comes to the possible direct involvement of the Belarusian military in western Ukraine, the momentum of shock and awe is also gone.

[...]

Having neither any combat experience nor motivation, the Belarusian military would have to fight against a prepared Ukrainian western military group in complicated woodland terrain supported by local paramilitaries.

According to many observers, including the ISW, the possible direct Belarusian intervention to support Russia is unlikely to happen or be successful.

In other words, what was deemed a short lull to regroup and fix supply shortages turned quickly into Russia having to switch to stationary warfare due to the defeat of the initial offensive campaign and a lack of manpower.

[...]

Meanwhile, Ukraine enters this new stage in better shape than many expected.

Ukraine had to yield some territory in the initial days. But it has managed to preserve the overwhelming majority of its Armed Forces, including its air fleet, through the initial crushing Russian attacks, and effectively stop all of their axes of advancement.

The stubborn resistance of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kherson, has bought a lot of time for the rest of the country to wake up, launch the mobilization of Ukraine’s abundant combat-experienced reserves, and get cities and regions prepared for multilayered defense.

[...]

The Ukrainian military has also been careful and savvy in urban combat, inviting Russian mechanized forces into close quarters rather than confronting them in the open, when Russian close air support is still strong.

[...]

In general, the new phase of war sees Russia forced into halting its exhausted advancements and Ukraine saving and expanding its full combat potential.

The key factor now is Ukraine’s ability to keep exhausting the Russian military for as long as possible. As such, Western suffocation of the Russian economy is vital.

[...]

In achieving victory, the next big mission is to eliminate the Russian presence in the air.

That all sounds positive. I hope the West can continue to inundate Ukraine with weapons, military supplies, medical supplies, food, water, drones, everything that can be given. And of chemical weapons are used- it’s time to step in, IMO.
 
  • #634
The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 2 hrs ago
54 railroad workers killed since start of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. Chairman of the Board of Ukrzaliznytsia Oleksandr Kamyshin said via Telegram on March 26 that an additional 64 have been injured, and three held captive by Russian forces.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Displaying the Russian "Z" now criminal offense in German state of Bavaria. Justice Minister Georg Eisenreich said the “Bavarian Public Prosecutor’s Office is taking consistent action against persons who publicly approve the war of aggression that violates international law.”

NEXTA on Twitter - Video
#Yemeni Houthis rebels attacked a petroleum distribution station in #SaudiArabia. Two tanks caught fire. No one was injured. #Saudi authorities declared that the attacks "will reduce the kingdom's production capacity and its ability to meet its obligations to world markets".

NEXTA on Twitter
A #Moscow City Duma deputy suggested that six more countries - #Kazakhstan, #Moldova, #Poland, #Lithuania, #Latvia, and #Estonia - should be "denazified".
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Euromaidan Press on Twitter
If Putin’s nuclear blackmail succeeds this time, he will use it every time,
@Kasparov63 writes. Moreover, the argument that “we cannot allow a third world war to start” sounds absolutely meaningless when the war is already underway. If Putin's nuclear blackmail works against Ukraine, Poland or Estonia will be next | Euromaidan Press

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 20 min ago
A shipment of 1,500 “Strela” anti-aircraft missiles and 100 MG3 machine guns from Germany arrived in Ukraine on March 25, according to the German Press Agency, citing the Ukrainian government.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Additionally, 350,000 food packs, 50 medical transport vehicles, and medical supplies were delivered.
 
  • #635
Someone saw it as the plan in as early as in 2015. From Donetsk and Luhansk, to go South, cut off the Black Sea and unite with Transdnistria. The goal would be landlocked Ukraine but mostly, getting the Black Sea coast to itself. What changed the plan now was Lukashenko’s rigged election, after which he let in Russian troops through its territory.

Then what? Leaving bombed and destroyed Ukraine to restore what it’s neighbor has done?

The military heads at NATO have been thinking and leaning this way since Feb 2014 when Russia invaded Crimea just after Sochi Olympics. I can say that we sat at work pending the end of this Winter Olympics .... waiting (we pulled our Canadian troops out on 14 Feb). I guess we're only surprised by how the Russians have failed at respecting the Principles of War as I can list a bunch they've utterly failed at heeding (Failed element of surprise, failed morale, failed to select and maintain an aim, really zero thought to their sustainment, zero economy of effort, or concentration of force etc etc etc). HUGE fails. War crimes against civilians and non-combatants don't surprise me; it's how they've always done it.

It's why Canada has had troops in Ukraine on a training mission for years now (pulled out mid-February).
How training by Canada helped give Ukrainian army a fighting chance against Russia | National Post

‘Excruciating’: War in Ukraine hits close to home for Canadian military trainers - National | Globalnews.ca

Canada deploys special forces to Ukraine amid rising tensions with Russia - National | Globalnews.ca

Canada extends its military training mission in Ukraine until March 2022 | Embassy of Ukraine to Canada (mfa.gov.ua)

It's why many NATO partners ramped up their presence within the countries on the eastern front.

Stay Strong Ukraine
 
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  • #636
IMO NO....they are going to smoke out the south...claiming the people there want to be with Russia...if so why they need to smoke and hunger out the people living in Mariupol, deporting people and are bombing humanitarian aide offices and people standing in a row for help in Kherson.....what about Chernobyl?...bombing the houses of personnel working there...is this scaling down? Russia keeps killing civilians....because they think the Dunbas and Cremea are rightfully theirs.....and pressuring Ukraine/Zelensky to give up by killing everybody in this cities....Not scaling down at all....instead "tandje erbij" in Dutch....in the south, can't explain the meaning....something like step up more.


I think it'd be a smart move on Zelensky's part to give up the Donbas. Crimea's already gone. I get it that they want to retain that area, but why?

After Ukraine built a dam on the North Crimean Canal and blocked more than 85% of Crimea's freshwater, they lost a lot of support from those living in the peninsula.

At this point--JMOO--Ukraine and Russia need to get together and come to some agreements to stop the killing.
 
  • #637
As a bit of back story, from 2012, this article is very informative to kind of set today's stage.

UPDATE 3-Putin sacks Russian defence minister amid scandal


This one tells the tales right now, IMO

The Sergei Shoigu Enigma, 'Last Man In The Bunker' With Putin

(...)

Putin's inner-circle

"The Financial Times names Putin's last five associates as foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, 72, foreign intelligence chief Sergey Naryshkin, 67, secretary of Russia's security council Nikolai Patrushev, 70, chief executive of the energy company Rosneft Igor Sechin, 61, and defense minister Sergei Shoigu, 66."...


A system devouring itself

"The system is beginning to devour itself," Osechkin says. "It's even reaching the people closest to the director of the Rosgvardia [National Guard of Russia], which indicates that a personnel war is now taking place: who will agree with whom on what and who will set whom up."

According to the journalist, these personnel decisions mean the weakening of the power bloc, which evidently has people who are aware of the destructiveness of Putin's actions.

Yet Putin remains in power, and the war continues against all odds..."

It seems like a hopeless situation to save face. World needs to worry just how much blind loyalty is left and what those idiots and Putin will do in their insanity to say to the world, "You're not the boss of me!"

IMO that is the mentality the world is fighting...a tantrum from it's biggest and richest dictator. Don't forget, he wrestled and then rode a bear to prove his machismo.

AJMO

Both of these articles are very good.......... It is really good getting that 10-year-ago perspective.

The latest on Shoigu.... is actually NOT very convincing.........
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-702360
 
  • #638
Russian general Yakov Rezantsev killed in Ukraine - BBC News
''Ukraine's defence ministry says another Russian general, Lt Gen Yakov Rezantsev, was killed in a strike near the southern city of Kherson.

Rezantsev was the commander of Russia's 49th combined army.

A western official said he was the seventh general to die in Ukraine, and the second lieutenant general - the highest rank officer reportedly killed.

It is thought that low morale among Russian troops has forced senior officers closer to the front line.

In a conversation intercepted by the Ukrainian military, a Russian soldier complained that Rezantsev had claimed the war would be over within hours, just four days after it began.

Ukrainian media reported on Friday that the general was killed at the Chornobaivka airbase near Kherson, which Russia is using as a command post and has been attacked by Ukraine's military several times.''
 
  • #639
I think it'd be a smart move on Zelensky's part to give up the Donbas. Crimea's already gone. I get it that they want to retain that area, but why?

After Ukraine built a dam on the North Crimean Canal and blocked more than 85% of Crimea's freshwater, they lost a lot of support from those living in the peninsula.

At this point--JMOO--Ukraine and Russia need to get together and come to some agreements to stop the killing.
Then what happens to Georgia and Moldova? Are they next? Putin might very well decide to take them before they are accepted into the EU like they want to be, like Ukraine has wanted also. I don't think there's any agreement without Putin leaving Ukraine.

Is it really expected that abducting hundreds of thousands of Ukraines from Mariupol, supposedly 85,000 of them children, after pretty much scorning the earth there, will that just be allowed? Is Ukraine expected to just forget and give Putin his strip of land (Mariupol and adjacent land) connecting Crimea and Dombas?

Is there any agreeing with a maniacal murdering dictator? I don't know unfortunately I don't think there can be.

AJMO
 
  • #640
rbbm.
Canada, Europe to co-host social media fundraiser for displaced Ukrainians | CTV News
''OTTAWA -- Canada and the European Commission will spearhead an international fundraising campaign to help people fleeing the war in Ukraine.''
''A statement from Trudeau's office says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is inviting musicians, actors, athletes, business leaders, politicians and anybody else so inclined to take part in a large-scale social media rally to help his besieged country.
The goal is to raise money to help the millions of refugees and internally displaced Ukrainians forced to flee their homes following the Feb. 24 Russian invasion of their country.''

Biden to deliver "major" speech in Poland about Ukraine (cbsnews.com)
''President Biden is meeting with Ukrainian refugees and Polish President Andrzej Sebastian Duda in Poland on Saturday, before delivering what his national security adviser described as a "major" speech about Ukraine.

Saturday is the final day of the president's whirlwind trip to Belgium and Poland, which began with meetings of the G7 and NATO. In Brussels, NATO leaders agreed to add four battle groups along the Eastern Flank, and Mr. Biden announced an additional $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine. The U.S. is also accepting up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees.

The president's address Saturday "will speak to the stakes of this moment, the urgency of the challenge that lies ahead, what the conflict in Ukraine means for the world, and why it is so important that the free world sustain unity and resolve in the face of Russian aggression," national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Friday.

His aides say he wants to not only show support for Poland and Ukraine, but also cast the conflict as a broader battle between democracy and autocracy.''
 
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