Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 #8

[sunshineray]

March 2 2022
Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Red Cross tries Mariupol evacuation again, Moscow accused of mining homes (nbcnews.com)
''A fresh attempt to evacuate civilians from the besieged southern city of Mariupol will be launched Saturday, the International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement, after Friday's efforts failed because of what the group called "impossible" conditions.

Tens of thousands remain trapped with scant access to food and water in the city which has been encircled since the early days of Russia's five-week-old invasion. The ICRC sent a team on Friday to lead a convoy of about 54 Ukrainian buses and other private vehicles out of the city, but they turned back.


Six other humanitarian corridors would also open Ukraine's prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova said in a separate statement on her Telegram channel.

Her announcement came after Britain's defense ministry said in an intelligence briefing that Ukrainian forces continued to advance on withdrawing Russian forces in the vicinity of Ukraine's capital Kyiv. It added that Russian forces "are reported to have withdrawn from Hostomel airport to the city's northwest which has been subject to fighting since the first day of the conflict."

However, in a late night address, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that retreating Russian forces were leaving mines, including around homes and corpses. "There are a lot of trip wires, a lot of other dangers," he said.

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"However, in a late night address, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that retreating Russian forces were leaving mines, including around homes and corpses. "There are a lot of trip wires, a lot of other dangers," he said."

The psychology of this is just lost on me. Truly, does it ease the defeated ego or is it just a type of denial action for the depressed brain that it didn't lose, it won?
Booby-trapping corpses...what kind of mind does that?

 

[PommyMommy]

NEXTA on Twitter - 6 hrs ago
#Ukrainian flag is again visible over the #Chernobyl nuclear power plant As reported on the official page of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the operating personnel of the station raised it today, April 2.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 5 hrs ago
Conflict Intelligence Team: Missile hitting Belgorod Oblast came from Russia. Observers report that the missile that fell in the village of Nikolskoye in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast on April 1 came from the country’s northeast or east, ruling out Ukraine’s involvement.

NEXTA on Twitter - 4 hrs ago
“When the #Europeans “sober up from the #American bourbon,” the time will come to reassess relations with the #Russian Federation and enter into a state of dialogue,” Putin’s spokesman Peskov said.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 3 hrs ago
About 620,000 Ukrainians have returned to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s invasion. “In the first weeks of the war, most Ukrainians returning home were men, but now we see increasing numbers of women and children coming back,” said State Border Guard Service spokesman.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 1 hr ago
Lithuania becomes first EU country to ban Russian gas. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said that starting in April, the country will not import Russian gas. He added that other European countries should follow the Lithuanian example.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Governor: Russian forces shell hospital in Kharkiv Oblast. According to Governor Oleh Synehubov, Russia shelled a hospital in occupied Balakliia to frame Ukraine’s Armed Forces. He added that the building is partly destroyed & 70 people require immediate evacuation. 1/2

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
The Kyiv Independent can’t confirm this information at the moment. 2/2

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
Georgia, Moldova Formally Apply For EU Membership Amid Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine. However, joining sanctions against Russia would threaten Russian gas supplies to Moldova, while the Kremlin would not feel restrictions, Sandu said https://ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3446165-sandu-explains-moldovas-move-not-to-join-russia-sanctions.html

 

[sunshineray]

Dmitry Rogozin - Wikipedia

Dmitry Rogozin is a "Russian politician who is Director General of Roscosmos since 2018. Previously he was Deputy Prime Minister of Russia in charge of the defense industry from 2011 to 2018. Prior to that, he was Russia's ambassador to NATO from 2008 to 2011."

"Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Roscosmos, said in a social media post that the aim of the sanctions was to “kill Russian economy and plunge our people into despair and hunger, to get our country on its knees”. He added that they “won’t succeed in it, but the intentions are clear”.

“That’s why I believe that the restoration of normal relations between the partners at the International Space Station (ISS) and other projects is possible only with full and unconditional removal of illegal sanctions,” Rogozin said.

Russia to halt cooperation over International Space Station

Sounds like this guy is the type to be a prime candidate to replace Putin. There's just too many like him waiting in the wings to carry on with the lies and deceptions offloaded onto the Russian people. A true revolution is long overdue for personal freedoms, IMO.

How cool could Russia be if they just got rid of the mentality of that those in office need to practice such total subjugation of minds. It's obscene in this day and age. AJMO

 

[PommyMommy]

April 2, 2022

A Lamp, A Giraffe, And A Packet Of Buckwheat: What One Ukrainian Family Took With Them When They Fled (rferl.org)
In their desperate rush to get out, besides some clothing, the family grabbed three otherwise ordinary items: a giraffe keychain, a packet of buckwheat, and a desk lamp.

Now, living as refugees in Poland, the Pavlenkos cling to those three mementos of everyone they left behind ...

Alyona, 45, and her husband, Viktor, 48, have five children ... aged from seven to 24.

Red Cross Heads Again For Mariupol As Zelenskiy Warns Russia Is Creating A 'Disaster' With Mines (rferl.org)
An advisor to Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said he was hopeful about the Mariupol evacuations. "I think that today or maybe tomorrow we will hear good news regarding the evacuation of the inhabitants of Mariupol," Oleksiy Arestovych told Ukrainian television.

Russia-Ukraine war latest: Kyiv says 30 areas retaken from Russian forces; protest in occupied town violently dispersed – live | World news | The Guardian

38m ago 17:47 Chernihiv governor Viacheslav Chaus has also accused Russian troops of planting mines as they drew back from positions around the regional capital.

“There are a lot of mines. They (the villages) are strewn with them,” he said on national television. Russia’s defence ministry has yet to comment on the allegations, Reuters reports.

 

[sunshineray]

Snipped from PommyMommy's post...

"Alyona is also struggling to convince her disbelieving father living in Russia of the death and destruction that Putin's invasion of Ukraine has caused, a similar story told by other Ukrainians with relatives in Russia where state-controlled media speak only of a sanitized "special operation," or of destruction caused by "Ukrainian nationalists" or "Nazis."

"Despite the fact that his daughter and grandchildren have fled the bombings, he says, 'This is your fault, you [Ukrainians] started it all. When this is all over, I will drive with you around Ukraine myself and show you that all you've been shown is a lie. Why did you leave anyway?'" Alyona said"

A Lamp, A Giraffe, And A Packet Of Buckwheat: What One Ukrainian Family Took With Them When They Fled

How do you not believe your daughter when she tells you the WAR she and your grandchildren are experiencing and at who's hands it's occuring!? How does the state take away that trust so throughly? I will never understand it, Thank God.

These poor people, death and destruction is not enough, they have to deal with immediate family calling them liars. AJMO

 

[dotr]

If the war in Ukraine is a fight against authoritarianism, why are these democracies sitting on the fence? | The Star
''To be sure, Putin’s unprovoked invasion shows the perils of unconstrained power. But the unpredictable reactions of so many other leaders shows the limits of democratic engagement.
Across Western and Central Europe (and parts of East Asia), the cohesion is impressive. But some of the most influential democracies around the world are still sitting on the fence instead of standing up for freedom and defending sovereignty.
From India to Israel, elected leaders are walking a fine line between doing right versus military might:''

• ''India boasts of being the world’s biggest democracy, long espousing its Gandhian values of peace, non-violence and non-interference. Yet Prime Minister Narendra Modi has suddenly gone silent over the invasion, and India abstained from a UN vote condemning the invasion (as did neighbouring Sri Lanka and Pakistan).

• Israel styles itself the Middle East’s beacon of democracy, born in the aftermath of the Holocaust. But Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has decidedly lost his voice.

• Turkey imagines itself a democratic role model for the Islamic world and a bulwark of NATO. Yet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is having it both ways.

• South Africa, an exemplar of post-apartheid pluralism and democracy, is siding with Russia. President Cyril Ramaphosa pointedly blamed NATO for provoking the invasion and also abstained from the UN vote.

Each of these outsized nations has long made a virtue of its foreign policy values, in good times and bad. Now, high-minded international principles of territorial integrity are captive of core national interests — and military armaments.''

 

[sunshineray]

https://ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3446165-sandu-explains-moldovas-move-not-to-join-russia-sanctions.html

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Poor little Moldova have their own security problems with a Donbas-type breakaway region called Transnistria. Population around 350,000.

It seems human rights is not a thing there, just like in Russia. The banned in Moldova communist hammer and sickle emblem is even on it's de facto flag.

Transnistria - Wikipedia

"The right of citizens to change their government was restricted ... Authorities reportedly continued to use torture and arbitrary arrest and detention ... In Transnistria authorities limited freedom of speech and of the press ... Authorities usually did not permit free assembly ... In the separatist region of Transnistria the authorities continued to deny registration and harassed a number of minority religious groups ... The separatist region remained a significant source and transit area for trafficking in persons ... Homosexuality was illegal, [sic] and gays and lesbians were subject to governmental and societal discrimination."

 

[sunshineray]

If the war in Ukraine is a fight against authoritarianism, why are these democracies sitting on the fence? | The Star
''To be sure, Putin’s unprovoked invasion shows the perils of unconstrained power. But the unpredictable reactions of so many other leaders shows the limits of democratic engagement.
Across Western and Central Europe (and parts of East Asia), the cohesion is impressive. But some of the most influential democracies around the world are still sitting on the fence instead of standing up for freedom and defending sovereignty.
From India to Israel, elected leaders are walking a fine line between doing right versus military might:''

• ''India boasts of being the world’s biggest democracy, long espousing its Gandhian values of peace, non-violence and non-interference. Yet Prime Minister Narendra Modi has suddenly gone silent over the invasion, and India abstained from a UN vote condemning the invasion (as did neighbouring Sri Lanka and Pakistan).

• Israel styles itself the Middle East’s beacon of democracy, born in the aftermath of the Holocaust. But Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has decidedly lost his voice.

• Turkey imagines itself a democratic role model for the Islamic world and a bulwark of NATO. Yet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is having it both ways.

• South Africa, an exemplar of post-apartheid pluralism and democracy, is siding with Russia. President Cyril Ramaphosa pointedly blamed NATO for provoking the invasion and also abstained from the UN vote.

Each of these outsized nations has long made a virtue of its foreign policy values, in good times and bad. Now, high-minded international principles of territorial integrity are captive of core national interests — and military armaments.''

Excellent post!!

 

[PommyMommy]

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 45 min ago
More than 4,200 people evacuated from dangerous areas on April 2, including from Luhansk Oblast, Mariupol, and Berdiansk.

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
Ukrainian eastern operational command claims the Ukrainian army destroyed the entire Russian battalion tactical group yesterday when it attempted to attack in the Donbas area. The strike was inflicted primarily by artillery. https://facebook.com/otueast/posts/687794462646297

NEXTA on Twitter - Video
The occupiers fled in fear, leaving behind looted valuables and alcohol. The #AFU also received a lot of trophy assault rifles and armor vests.

NEXTA on Twitter
The #Ukrainian special operations forces seized a #Russian helicopter.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar: Whole Kyiv Oblast now free from Russian occupiers. The region sustained some of the most intense fighting as Russians tried to reach the capital.

Euromaidan Press on Twitter - WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTO
The Ukrainian Muslim battalion "Crimea" has found corpses of civilians near Motyzhyn in Kyiv Oblast who were shot. According to preliminary information, it is the family of village head Olha Sukhenko who was abducted on 23 March. Official info to follow Telegram: Contact @iponKrim

Live updates | Ukraine says 765 evacuate besieged Mariupol | AP News
(25 min ago)

• Ukraine’s deputy prime minister says 765 residents managed to make it out of Mariupol in private vehicles on Saturday.

• Meanwhile, the International Committee of the Red Cross said a team with three vehicles and nine staff members planned to get into Mariupol on Saturday ...

• By late Saturday, there was no word if the Red Cross convoy had reached Mariupol ...

• The Mariupol city council said earlier Saturday that 10 empty buses were headed to Berdyansk, a city 52 miles (84 kilometers) west of Mariupol, to pick up people who managed to get there on their own.

 

[dotr]

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine says it has retaken entire Kyiv region - BBC News
''Summary

1. Ukrainian forces have retaken the entire region around Kyiv, the deputy defence minister says, as Russian forces withdraw from key towns
2. Russian troops have abandoned Hostomel airport near the capital, leaving behind the wreckage of the world's largest aircraft
3. But as Moscow's forces retreat, evidence of civilian killings is mounting
4. Reporters in the town of Bucha, just outside Kyiv, have found at least 20 bodies strewn in the streets
5. The BBC has confirmed the killing of at least two civilians on a highway leading to the capital
6. A pro-Ukraine protest held by residents of an occupied town in southern Ukraine has been violently dispersed
7. Video from Enerhodar, home to Europe's largest nuclear plant, shows people running away from explosions in a square''

''New evidence of atrocities

• As Russian forces retreat, journalists in Ukraine say they've seen at least 20 bodies - dressed in civilian clothes - on a street in a town near Kyiv
• The reporters travelled to Bucha with Ukrainian troops, after Russian forces retreated
• One commander said all men aged between 18 and 60 had been rounded up and executed by Moscow's soldiers
• Meanwhile, the mayor of Bucha told AFP news agency a mass grave in the town contained 280 bodies
• Ukrainian authorities said the body of a well-known photographer, Maks Levin, had been found near a village in the region around Kyiv''

 

[worldwatcher]

When I read this...I thought,wow,really??! Could this?? be possible??!
Putin 'running out of missiles' because all the parts are made in Ukraine

Hope so..don’t let it be a downer,just when I had suspicions about a terminal illness,I thought Putin had...seems it’s likely,he is going to die soon,hopefully!
Turned out,most msn reported about thyroid cancer ,which is sadly - treatable, in VP case !
Putin Accompanied by Doctors, Thyroid Cancer Surgeon on Sochi Trips – Report - The Moscow Times

 

[dotr]

Ukrainian journalist found dead near Kyiv after going missing over two weeks ago | The Times of Israel
''According to Ukrainian News State Agency Ukrinform, Levin had contributed to Reuters, BBC, TRT World, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, TIME, Breaking news Poland, and other major international publications.''

Ukrainian war photographer Maks Levin is 'shot dead by Russian troops' | Daily Mail Online
''Ukrainian war photographer and documentary maker Maks Levin is found dead near Kyiv after being 'shot by Russian soldiers'

• Maksym 'Maks' Levin was killed by two bullets allegedly fired by Russian military on outskirts of Kyiv on Friday
• 40-year-old's body was found in the Huta-Mezhyhirska village, sources report
• Levin had been missing since March 13; he leaves behind a wife and four sons''

 

[CSIDreamer]

When I read this...I thought,wow,really??! Could this?? be possible??!
Putin 'running out of missiles' because all the parts are made in Ukraine

Hope so..don’t let it be a downer,just when I had suspicions about a terminal illness,I thought Putin had...seems it’s likely,he is going to die soon,hopefully!
Turned out,most msn reported about thyroid cancer ,which is sadly - treatable, in VP case !
Putin Accompanied by Doctors, Thyroid Cancer Surgeon on Sochi Trips – Report - The Moscow Times

We need to talk to Anonymous about his medical records. jmo

 

[worldwatcher]

NORNICKEL IS RUSSIA’S LEADING METALS AND MINING COMPANY AND THE WORLD’S LARGEST HIGH-GRADE NICKEL AND PALLADIUM PRODUCER

https://www.nornickel.com/company/about/

WOW!

 

[Charlot123]

A nice article

What I Heard From Passengers on the Last Train Out of Russia

 

[Charlot123]

When I read this...I thought,wow,really??! Could this?? be possible??!
Putin 'running out of missiles' because all the parts are made in Ukraine

Hope so..don’t let it be a downer,just when I had suspicions about a terminal illness,I thought Putin had...seems it’s likely,he is going to die soon,hopefully!
Turned out,most msn reported about thyroid cancer ,which is sadly - treatable, in VP case !
Putin Accompanied by Doctors, Thyroid Cancer Surgeon on Sochi Trips – Report - The Moscow Times

Yes. I think i have once mentioned Kharkiv tractor factory, producing half of details for tractors, and another half is made in Russia. For a while, transistors were made in Latvia, and the rest, in Russia. God knows who makes chips now. So, small wonder half of details for Russian tanks are made in Izyum. It probably was so in the USSR, and since then, nothing new has been invented, started or organized.

 

[CSIDreamer]

Bucha, Irpin, Kharviv. It's only going to get worse as they go. I can't with this evil. JMO

Almost 300 buried in mass grave in Bucha, near Kyiv: Mayor

 

[ilovewings]

United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect

Putin the terrible is committing genocide on the people of Ukraine (please see definition)- How in God's name is he being allowed by the entire world to continue this in plain sight of the world? Countries should be getting together to figure out a way to take him out-- My brain cannot comprehend how he is allowed to continue murdering innocent human beings and destroying cities. He must be eliminated or we are in very deep trouble. He is extremely dangerous and will stop at nothing to attain his goal of domination of the Ukraine, and maybe more countries.

 

[LadyL]

Ukrainian forces retake areas near Kyiv amid fear of traps

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/worl...of-traps/ar-AAVM82K?ocid=ACERDHP17&li=AAggNb9

 

[LadyL]

“The Chykmariovs’ car suddenly stopped and so I stopped,” said Halyna. “I saw a door open in the front car and two legs drop out. A thought came to my head, I just thought everybody is killed. It happened so quickly, I don’t know. My husband screamed, ‘turn round, turn round’. Then I felt something hit my right shoulder, a bullet. I pushed my husband to get out of the car. But he wasn’t moving. I realised he was dead. I just opened my door and ran.”

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“The Chykmariovs’ car suddenly stopped and so I stopped,” said Halyna. “I saw a door open in the front car and two legs drop out. A thought came to my head, I just thought everybody is killed. It happened so quickly, I don’t know. My husband screamed, ‘turn round, turn round’. Then I felt something hit my right shoulder, a bullet. I pushed my husband to get out of the car. But he wasn’t moving. I realised he was dead. I just opened my door and ran.”

‘It is a war crime’: two young boys among neighbours shot dead during attempted evacuation