Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 #7

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Russia-Ukraine war latest: Poland calls for EU-Russia trade ban; Boris Johnson warns of ‘new age of intimidation’ – live | World news | The Guardian

3h ago 08:05
Aid agencies are been prevented from reaching people trapped in Ukrainian cities surrounded by Russian forces, the World Food Programme has said.

The UN agency’s emergency coordinator, Jakob Kern, told AFP that “the challenge is to get to the cities that are encircled or about to be encircled”, describing the situation as dire. He said it has been almost impossible to deliver emergency supplies to the besieged port city of Mariupol or the north-eastern cities of Kharkiv and Sumy. He said it was a tactic that was unacceptable in the 21st century.

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2h ago 08:38
Vladimir Putin made a “catastrophic mistake” in invading Ukraine, Boris Johnson has said.

Speaking at the Conservative party conference in Blackpool, the UK prime minister said the country stood with the people of Ukraine. “With every day that Ukraine’s heroic resistance continues, it is clear that Putin has made a catastrophic mistake,” he said.

Johnson questioned why Putin had launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, rejecting the idea that it was over concerns about the country joining Nato. “He was frightened of Ukraine, because in Ukraine, they have a free press. And in Ukraine, they had free elections and with every year Ukraine has progressed, not always easily, towards freedom and democracy and open markets, he feared the Ukrainian example, and he feared the implicit reproach to himself,” Johnson said.

The prime minister contrasted this with the situation in Russia. “In Putin’s Russia, you get jailed for 15 years just for calling an invasion an invasion. And if you stand against Putin in an election, you get poisoned or shot.”

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1h ago 09:13
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He [Boris Johnson] described Putin as a “a backstreet pusher, feeding addiction, creating dependence” on Russia’s gas and oil.

“Putin’s war is intended to cause economic damage to the west and to benefit him,” he told the conference.

He knows that with every dollar increase in the price of a barrel of oil, he gets billions more in revenues from the sales of either oil and gas, and that’s the tragedy of the situation.

Now he wants to weaken the collective will to resist by pushing up the cost of living, hitting us at the pumps and in our fuel bills, so we must respond.


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9m ago 10:36
Russia deployed hypersonic missiles to warn Ukraine and the west that it “has the means to escalate” the conflict further, a defence expert has said.

Dr James Bosbotinis, a specialist in defence and international affairs, told the BBC it is not possible for the Ukrainian army to defend itself against attacks by these missiles. “The speed of the Kinzhal puts it beyond the reach of any Ukrainian air defence system and the launch platforms can launch from ranges beyond the reach of Ukraine.” He said the hypersonic missile was likely launched from southern Russia.

Bosbotinis said hitting the “high value target” of an underground military depot “is sending the message to Ukraine that Russia has the means to escalate this conflict further ... It’s also a warning to the west that Russia can of course, up the ante in Ukraine and the Kinzhal could also be deployed if the war escalated and drew in external powers.” He said it was “messaging” that Russia could hit targets in other parts of Europe.
 
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Russia-Ukraine war latest: Poland calls for EU-Russia trade ban; Boris Johnson warns of ‘new age of intimidation’ – live | World news | The Guardian

3h ago 08:05
Aid agencies are been prevented from reaching people trapped in Ukrainian cities surrounded by Russian forces, the World Food Programme has said.

The UN agency’s emergency coordinator, Jakob Kern, told AFP that “the challenge is to get to the cities that are encircled or about to be encircled”, describing the situation as dire. He said it has been almost impossible to deliver emergency supplies to the besieged port city of Mariupol or the north-eastern cities of Kharkiv and Sumy. He said it was a tactic that was unacceptable in the 21st century.

[...]

2h ago 08:38
Vladimir Putin made a “catastrophic mistake” in invading Ukraine, Boris Johnson has said.

Speaking at the Conservative party conference in Blackpool, the UK prime minister said the country stood with the people of Ukraine. “With every day that Ukraine’s heroic resistance continues, it is clear that Putin has made a catastrophic mistake,” he said.

Johnson questioned why Putin had launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, rejecting the idea that it was over concerns about the country joining Nato. “He was frightened of Ukraine, because in Ukraine, they have a free press. And in Ukraine, they had free elections and with every year Ukraine has progressed, not always easily, towards freedom and democracy and open markets, he feared the Ukrainian example, and he feared the implicit reproach to himself,” Johnson said.

The prime minister contrasted this with the situation in Russia. “In Putin’s Russia, you get jailed for 15 years just for calling an invasion an invasion. And if you stand against Putin in an election, you get poisoned or shot.”

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1h ago 09:13
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He [Boris Johnson] described Putin as a “a backstreet pusher, feeding addiction, creating dependence” on Russia’s gas and oil.

“Putin’s war is intended to cause economic damage to the west and to benefit him,” he told the conference.

He knows that with every dollar increase in the price of a barrel of oil, he gets billions more in revenues from the sales of either oil and gas, and that’s the tragedy of the situation.

Now he wants to weaken the collective will to resist by pushing up the cost of living, hitting us at the pumps and in our fuel bills, so we must respond.


[...]

9m ago 10:36
Russia deployed hypersonic missiles to warn Ukraine and the west that it “has the means to escalate” the conflict further, a defence expert has said.

Dr James Bosbotinis, a specialist in defence and international affairs, told the BBC it is not possible for the Ukrainian army to defend itself against attacks by these missiles. “The speed of the Kinzhal puts it beyond the reach of any Ukrainian air defence system and the launch platforms can launch from ranges beyond the reach of Ukraine.” He said the hypersonic missile was likely launched from southern Russia.

Bosbotinis said hitting the “high value target” of an underground military depot “is sending the message to Ukraine that Russia has the means to escalate this conflict further ... It’s also a warning to the west that Russia can of course, up the ante in Ukraine and the Kinzhal could also be deployed if the war escalated and drew in external powers.” He said it was “messaging” that Russia could hit targets in other parts of Europe.


Why Russia's Hypersonic Missiles Can't Be Seen on Radar
 
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Young Ukrainian cancer patients get medical help in Poland | AP News

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Twenty-two-month-old Yeva Vakulenko had been through four rounds of chemotherapy for leukemia at a hospital in Ukraine, and then suffered a relapse. As she began returning again for more treatment, Russia invaded, disrupting doctors’ efforts to cure her.

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“We were told that she was in stable condition and we should try to go. Otherwise, she is simply doomed to death,” the grandmother said.

The little girl, who her grandmother says understands everything, is one of more than 400 Ukrainian children with cancer who have been evacuated to a clinic in Poland. Doctors then place them in one of some 200 hospitals in 28 countries.

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Decisions have to be made fast because time is critical for the young oncology patients.

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Dr. Marta Salek, another pediatric hematologist oncologist with St. Jude who is staffing the Polish clinic, said the center receives large numbers of patients and convoys that arrive from Lviv through humanitarian corridors.

“At times we can have convoys with only 20-something patients but we can have up to 70 patients at a time and even more,” she said.

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“Cancer itself is a problem, but treatment interruptions, stress and risk of infection mean that hundreds of children might die prematurely,” said Dr. Roman Kizyma, head of the Western Ukrainian Specialized Children’s Medical Centre in Lviv, where the pediatric oncology patients are first stabilized before they are sent across the border into Poland.

“We believe that these are the indirect victims of this war,” Kizyma said in a WHO statement.

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russia: Denied easy victory, Russia presses reduced goals in Ukraine - Times of India

WASHINGTON: The signs are abundant of how Ukraine frustrated Vladimir Putin's hopes for a swift victory, and how Russia's military proved far from ready for the fight.

A truck carrying Russian troops crashes, its doors blown open by a rocket-propelled grenade. Foreign-supplied drones target Russian command posts. Orthodox priests in trailing vestments parade Ukraine's blue and yellow flag in defiance of their Russian captors in the occupied city of Berdyansk.

When it comes to the grinding job of capturing and holding cities, conventional military metrics suggest Russia needs a 5-to-1 advantage in urban fighting, analysts say. Meanwhile, the formula for ruling a restive territory in the face of armed opposition is 20 fighters for every 1,000 people - or 800,000 Russian troops for Ukraine's more than 40 million people, Clarke notes. That's almost as many as Russia's entire active-duty military of 900,000.

On the ground, that means controlling any substantial chunk of Ukrainian territory long-term would take more resources than Russia could foreseeably commit.
 
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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Journalist: Russia mined commercial routes in Black Sea. Andriy Klymenko, the chief editor of news site BlackSeaNews, said on March 19, citing his sources, that Russia had deployed the naval mines in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Meanwhile, Russia issued a warning to ships claiming that the mines have been deployed by Ukraine at its ports, and are now drifting.

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
Ukrainian soldiers near Popasna in Luhansk Oblast reported that Russian tactical missile OTR-21 Tochka is "quiet easily" shot down by Stingers, adding this photo. The upgraded Tochka-U version of this Soviet missile has the range of about 120 km.
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Euromaidan Press on Twitter
Russian army transferred two of its units to Belarus to replenish the losses. These are 155th Separate Marine Brigade (Vladivostok) and 40th Separate Marine Brigade (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski),–General Staff of Ukraine, March 19 https://facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua/posts/276000071379745

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
Lethal defensive weapons Ukraine receives from the West exhaust Russia's offensive potential but do not allow to conduct serious counterattacks To counterattack, artillery is much needed,–Chief Military Consultant of Ukraine Strategic Studies National Institute https://chas.news/current/mir-za-bud-yaku-tsinu-chomu-ukraina-mae-vdostal-zahidnoi-zbroi-dlya-oboroni-ale-ne-otrimue-zasobi-dlya-kontrataki-rosiyan

NEXTA on Twitter
562 #Russian servicemen are now in #Ukrainian captivity This was stated by the Minister of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, Iryna Vereshchuk, on the TSN TV channel.
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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Russia uses newest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles to bombard Ukraine. Russian Defense Ministry said Russia’s newest air-to-ground missile was used to destroy an arms depot in western Ivano Frankivsk Oblast. This is the first time this type of missile was used in Ukraine.
 
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No doubt, wearing blue and yellow will be outlawed in Russia.
 
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The Kyiv Independent
@KyivIndependent

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562 Russian prisoners of war held in Ukraine. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on March 19 Ukraine is treating them according to international humanitarian law.
 
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MAR 19, 2022
Russians push deeper into Mariupol as locals plead for help | AP News
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The fall of Mariupol, the scene of some of the war’s worst suffering, would mark a major battlefield advance for the Russians, who are largely bogged down outside major cities more than three weeks into the biggest land invasion in Europe since World War II.

“Children, elderly people are dying. The city is destroyed and it is wiped off the face of the earth,” Mariupol police officer Michail Vershnin said from a rubble-strewn street in a video addressed to Western leaders that was authenticated by The Associated Press.

Russian forces have already cut the city off from the Sea of Azov, and its fall would link Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, to territories controlled by Moscow-backed separatists in the east. It would mark a rare advance in the face of fierce Ukrainian resistance that has dashed Russia’s hopes for a quick victory and galvanized the West.

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Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to Ukraine’s president, said the nearest forces that could assist Mariupol’s defenders were already struggling against “the overwhelming force of the enemy” or at least 100 kilometers (60 miles) away.

“There is currently no military solution to Mariupol,” he said late Friday. “That is not only my opinion, that is the opinion of the military.”

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Urgent 11 staff members of the #Belarusian embassy in Ukraine left the territory of #Ukraine today, led by the ambassador What could this mean in diplomacy?
https://twitter.com/PavelLatushka/status/1505183015588278273

Makes you wonder what's going on.

On one hand, Pavel Latushka is very sympathetic to Ukraine. I don't know the stance in the Belarusian Embassy in Ukraine.

On the other hand, they were given the 30 pieces of silver (upthread). According to Pavel, there is some movement in Belarusa that concerns him.

A military chronicle of the last few hours in #Belarus:
A convoy of military vehicles has been spotted near Kobrin. A convoy of military vehicles moves towards Slutsk. A fighter jet takes off in Baranovichi, missile launches in Mozyr. https://t.co/Nn1gRaMvUa

#Russia's convoy of petrol tankers moving in Bobruisk. A convoy of tanks moves in Minsk. Two helicopters take off from airfield in Minsk. Rocket launches in Mozyr. A military column is moving in Brest.
What is Lukashenko preparing for after evacuation of diplomats from #Kiev❓


https://twitter.com/PavelLatushka/status/1505203365193654273?t=TrZAMrRHEOpnZxljyWsIbw&s=19
 
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March 19 2022
A Chinese vlogger shared videos of war-torn Ukraine. He's been labeled a national traitor - CNN
''(CNN)Wang Jixian didn't set out to become the Chinese voice of resistance in Ukraine. The 36-year-old resident of Odesa, a key target in Russia's invasion of the country, simply wanted to show his parents he was fine.''

''But his mood darkened as the days passed and the Russian assault escalated. When he logged onto Douyin, he said he would see Chinese videos praising Russian troops or supporting the invasion.''
I was very angry, then I thought I would record videos for them, and I'll tell them what the real battlefield is," he told CNN.
His daily videos, posted across various platforms including YouTube and the Chinese messaging app WeChat, quickly gained traction as a rare voice offering Chinese audiences a glimpse into war-torn Ukraine -- a stark contrast from Chinese state media, which has promoted Russian disinformation such as unfounded claims Ukrainian soldiers are using "Nazi" tactics.''

''Wang had studied art in college, and enjoyed dance, music and painting -- so when he moved to Odesa four years ago for work, the city's "artistic atmosphere" immediately appealed to him. One video on his Douyin account last year showed a man playing piano in a colorful room filled with books and paintings.
His videos look very different now. Several are filmed late at night, with the sound of explosions and air raid sirens in the background. Other clips show snapshots of daily life -- quiet streets, Ukrainian flags hung outside buildings and painted onto walls.''

"I want to (provide) some voice for the people in Ukraine, for the heroes, for my neighbors. Because in my eyes they are all heroes," he said. "I see people being calm, I see people brave ... I want to remind you to see who is dying, who has been killed."

''When he isn't filming videos, Wang provides volunteer support in repairing people's cell phones and assisting the displaced.
"(If) I turned back and left, it would be enough to make me regret for the rest of my life," he said. "I have no interest or desire to leave Ukraine until the war is ended and Ukraine has won."
 
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Apologies, my comment came across insensitive.

IMO those fleeing Ukraine are not on the same level as those from bordering countries even if they are fleeing from the same oppressor. Hadn't taken into account the fact that these sanctions against Russia are mostly effecting the citizens, such as internet, banking, job loss etc. Still, to me it's not the same as having your workplace bombed while you're administering medicine or some other example.

Having said that, I still feel that the Russian people (citizens) are not in danger in the same way and therefore shouldn't be afforded the same privilege as those who are fleeing Ukraine. Again, JMO, IMO, MOO.
whiterhino, I did not think your comments insensitive. I don't mind hearing everyone's perspectives, I was just sharing mine. I hope in doing so I didn't sound confrontational about yours. That was not my intent. My apologies if it sounded that way.
 
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Russia-Ukraine World news | The Guard
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9m ago 10:36
Russia deployed hypersonic missiles to warn Ukraine and the west that it “has the means to escalate” the conflict further, a defence expert has said.

Dr James Bosbotinis, a specialist in defence and international affairs, told the BBC it is not possible for the Ukrainian army to defend itself against attacks by these missiles. “The speed of the Kinzhal puts it beyond the reach of any Ukrainian air defence system and the launch platforms can launch from ranges beyond the reach of Ukraine.” He said the hypersonic missile was likely launched from southern Russia.

Bosbotinis said hitting the “high value target” of an underground military depot “is sending the message to Ukraine that Russia has the means to escalate this conflict further ... It’s also a warning to the west that Russia can of course, up the ante in Ukraine and the Kinzhal could also be deployed if the war escalated and drew in external powers.” He said it was “messaging” that Russia could hit targets in other parts of Europe.

Are these the same hypersonic missiles that can carry nuclear warheads and reach the west without being detected? Will have to do some research on this.
 
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Are these the same hypersonic missiles that can carry nuclear warheads and reach the west without being detected? Will have to do some research on this.
From Forbes:

FEB 8, 2022
Russia Deploys Hypersonic Missile To Baltic In Range Of NATO Capitals (forbes.com)
The Kinzhal (“Dagger”) missile—designated the Kh-47M2 and more recently the 9-A-76609 in Russian sources—has a reported range of 1,240 miles and can carry either an 1,100-pound fragmentation warhead or up to a 500-kiloton nuclear warhead with 33 times the yield of the Fat Man bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
 
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220317200401-01-wang-jixian-chinese-vlogger-exlarge-169.jpg

March 19 2022
A Chinese vlogger shared videos of war-torn Ukraine. He's been labeled a national traitor - CNN
''(CNN)Wang Jixian didn't set out to become the Chinese voice of resistance in Ukraine. The 36-year-old resident of Odesa, a key target in Russia's invasion of the country, simply wanted to show his parents he was fine.''

''But his mood darkened as the days passed and the Russian assault escalated. When he logged onto Douyin, he said he would see Chinese videos praising Russian troops or supporting the invasion.''
I was very angry, then I thought I would record videos for them, and I'll tell them what the real battlefield is," he told CNN.
His daily videos, posted across various platforms including YouTube and the Chinese messaging app WeChat, quickly gained traction as a rare voice offering Chinese audiences a glimpse into war-torn Ukraine -- a stark contrast from Chinese state media, which has promoted Russian disinformation such as unfounded claims Ukrainian soldiers are using "Nazi" tactics.''

''Wang had studied art in college, and enjoyed dance, music and painting -- so when he moved to Odesa four years ago for work, the city's "artistic atmosphere" immediately appealed to him. One video on his Douyin account last year showed a man playing piano in a colorful room filled with books and paintings.
His videos look very different now. Several are filmed late at night, with the sound of explosions and air raid sirens in the background. Other clips show snapshots of daily life -- quiet streets, Ukrainian flags hung outside buildings and painted onto walls.''

"I want to (provide) some voice for the people in Ukraine, for the heroes, for my neighbors. Because in my eyes they are all heroes," he said. "I see people being calm, I see people brave ... I want to remind you to see who is dying, who has been killed."

''When he isn't filming videos, Wang provides volunteer support in repairing people's cell phones and assisting the displaced.
"(If) I turned back and left, it would be enough to make me regret for the rest of my life," he said. "I have no interest or desire to leave Ukraine until the war is ended and Ukraine has won."

Brave young man. He won't ever be able to go back to China now. I hope his family in the PRC can stay safe.
 
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I am really glad Stepan’s owner and Stepan have reached safety. It is incredibly heartbreaking and very distressing to think of all the women, men, children and animals who have died or are injured and those who remain in Ukraine in danger fearing for their lives.

There have been many stories of people who are risking their lives to try and rescue their animals or people who are staying behind to care for the animals in the Zoo in Ukraine and animal rescue organisations in the country. Tragically there have been men and women who have been murdered because they went back home to rescue pets or refused to leave animals they were looking after. I read that in the Zoo in Ukraine they even have a keeper sleeping in the elephant enclosure trying to comfort the animals who are understandably very distressed and alarmed by the noises of the weapons being dropped close by. It is incredible how the war can show the best and worst of humanity at the same time.

My cat gets frightened by the noises of some fireworks going off on bonfire night and I have to comfort and calm him for a few hours. I can’t begin to imagine how much worse it must be in Ukraine with noise and flashes of light the explosives and shelling and how terrified everyone and the animals must be. It is just an unimaginable, horrific tragedy and I wish there was a way to stop the suffering immediately.

It is. I've been maintaining a pretty detached façade for what is happening there because I feel so helpless about it but that post from Stepan completely undid me and I've been sobbing for the people and animals of Ukraine and now I can't stop.
 
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https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1505235827982585859?t=PHsUCM13OOMXMl15m6js-g&s=19

Russians support potential #Russian military aggression against another country and believe that it should be #Poland

Polish media Rzeczpospolita writes about this, referring to the results of a survey conducted by the #Ukrainian research company “Active Group”
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86.6% of respondents expressed support for idea of a #Russian attack on the territory of EU. 75.5% of them are sure that #Poland would be next target, as this is a “logical continuation” of “special operation” that began in #Ukraine.

More than 1500 people were interviewed
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This article describes the hypersonic missile that Russia claims to have used against Ukraine, and what other countries are developing this technology.

What you need to know about Russia’s latest weapon in Ukraine, the Kinzhal hypersonic missile

This article describes the hypersonic missile that Russia is developing that could travel further and not be detected by the US as of right now, but ways the US is working on technology to detect the next generation of hypersonic missiles that are now under development.

Here's What We Know About Russia's Hypersonic Waverider Weapon
 
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