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Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 #8
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Putin accuses the West of backing threats of 'nuclear war,' provoking Ukraine conflict
Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the West in his Victory Day speech Monday at the Kremlin, claiming that the U.S. and other countries had propped up a “threat” on Russia's borders and had even supported threats of nuclear war against the Kremlin.
Putin is so vile- and many of the Russian people believe these lies
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Russians in Donetsk Oblast are now bombing their own churches too?
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May 10 2022
''Latest political developments
- The head of the UN human rights monitoring mission said the death toll in Ukraine is likely considerably higher than the official number, which sits at 3,381 civilians killed.
- The World Health Organization estimates at least 3,000 people have died in Ukraine because they were unable to access treatments for chronic diseases.
- The website RuTube, essentially a Russian version of YouTube, is down for a second day after a cyberattack.
- German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock visited a mass grave in Bucha and pledged the international community would hold to account those responsible for "the worst crimes imaginable."
- French President Emmanuel Macron and the Hungarian prime minister are expected to discuss a potential European Union ban on oil imports from Russia on Tuesday.
Updates from the ground on Day 76 of the war
- The bodies of 44 civilians were found in the rubble of a building destroyed by Russia in March, in Izyum, in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine.
- The Ukrainian military said Russia fired seven missiles at the port city of Odesa, hitting a shopping centre and a warehouse and killing one person.
- Intense fighting continues in Ukraine's east, where Russia has refocused its efforts.
- Ukrainian troops are making a final stand at a steel plant in Mariupol, the last remaining stronghold in the strategic port city of Mariupol. ''
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The Ukrainian military said Tuesday that Russian forces fired seven missiles a day earlier from the air at Ukraine’s largest port, Odesa, hitting a shopping center and a warehouse. One person was killed and five were wounded, the military said.
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Ukraine alleged at least some of the munitions used dated back to the Soviet era, making them unreliable in targeting. But the Center for Defense Strategies, a Ukrainian think tank tracking the war, said Moscow used some precision weapons against Odesa: Kinzhal, or “Dagger,” hypersonic air-to-surface missiles.
Ukrainian, British and American officials warn Russia is rapidly using up its stock of precision weapons and may not be able to quickly build more, raising the risk of more imprecise rockets being used as the conflict grinds on.
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Even if it falls short of severing Ukraine from the Black Sea — and it appears to lack the forces to do so — continuing missile strikes on Odesa reflect the city’s importance as a strategic transport hub. The Russian military has repeatedly targeted the city’s airport and claimed that it has destroyed several batches of Western weapons.
Odesa is also a major gateway for grain shipments, and Russia’s blockade of it is already threatening global food supplies. Beyond that, the city is a cultural jewel, dear to Ukrainians and Russians alike, and targeting it carries symbolic significance as well.
In Mariupol, Russians also bombarded the Azovstal steel mill, the Azov regiment said, targeting the sprawling complex 34 times over the past 24 hours. Attempts to storm the plant also continued.
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Russia pummels port of Odesa in attempt to disrupt supplies
Russia pummeled the vital port of Odesa in an apparent effort to disrupt supply lines and Western weapons shipments.
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The Ukrainian military said Tuesday that Russian forces fired seven missiles a day earlier from the air at Ukraine’s largest port, Odesa, hitting a shopping center and a warehouse. One person was killed and five were wounded, the military said.
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Ukraine alleged at least some of the munitions used dated back to the Soviet era, making them unreliable in targeting. But the Center for Defense Strategies, a Ukrainian think tank tracking the war, said Moscow used some precision weapons against Odesa: Kinzhal, or “Dagger,” hypersonic air-to-surface missiles.
Ukrainian, British and American officials warn Russia is rapidly using up its stock of precision weapons and may not be able to quickly build more, raising the risk of more imprecise rockets being used as the conflict grinds on.
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Even if it falls short of severing Ukraine from the Black Sea — and it appears to lack the forces to do so — continuing missile strikes on Odesa reflect the city’s importance as a strategic transport hub. The Russian military has repeatedly targeted the city’s airport and claimed that it has destroyed several batches of Western weapons.
Odesa is also a major gateway for grain shipments, and Russia’s blockade of it is already threatening global food supplies. Beyond that, the city is a cultural jewel, dear to Ukrainians and Russians alike, and targeting it carries symbolic significance as well.
In Mariupol, Russians also bombarded the Azovstal steel mill, the Azov regiment said, targeting the sprawling complex 34 times over the past 24 hours. Attempts to storm the plant also continued.
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Ukrainian soldiers have shown the squalid conditions in which they are currently living while trapped and wounded holed up under the Azovstal steel works plant in besieged Mariupol.
A series of photos were published on the Azov Regiment’s Telegram channel early this morning, alongside a plea to the international community for help.
The regiment pleaded for the “immediate evacuation of wounded servicemen to Ukrainian-controlled territories” where they could be assisted and provided with proper care.
The number of civilians killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the war is ‘thousands higher’ than official figures, UN says – as it happened
Ukraine’s president cautioned against creating a pressure of expecting ‘certain victories’, however, in his nightly address
Ukrainian soldiers have shown the squalid conditions in which they are currently living while trapped and wounded holed up under the Azovstal steel works plant in besieged Mariupol.
A series of photos were published on the Azov Regiment’s Telegram channel early this morning, alongside a plea to the international community for help.
The regiment pleaded for the “immediate evacuation of wounded servicemen to Ukrainian-controlled territories” where they could be assisted and provided with proper care.
Russia has signaled intent to end 'current phase' of invasion, cut losses with Kherson referendum: expert
Russia may end its engagement if it can secure the Kherson, which would allow Moscow to establish a landbridge to Crimea.
Wonder if this is what could happen, at least on Russia's side.
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Ukraine to hold first war crimes trial of captured Russian
Ukraine's top prosecutor disclosed plans Wednesday for the first war crimes trial of a captured Russian soldier, as fighting raged in the east and south and the Kremlin left open the possibility of annexing a corner of the country it seized early in the invasion.
Ukraine's top prosecutor disclosed plans Wednesday for the first war crimes trial of a captured Russian soldier, as fighting raged in the east and south and the Kremlin left open the possibility of annexing a corner of the country it seized early in the invasion.
Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said her office charged Sgt. Vadin Shyshimarin, 21, in the killing of an unarmed 62-year-old civilian who was gunned down while riding a bicycle in February, four days into the war.
Shyshimarin, who served with a tank unit, was accused of firing through a car window on the man in the northeastern village of Chupakhivka. Venediktova said the soldier could get up to 15 years in prison. She did not say when the trial would start.''
''Inside Kherson, people have taken to the streets to decry the Russian occupation. But a teacher who gave only her first name, Olga, for fear of Russian retaliation said such protests are impossible now because Moscow's troops "kidnapped activists and citizens simply for wearing Ukrainian colours or ribbons." She said "people are scared of talking openly outside their homes" and "everyone walks on the street quickly."
"All people in Kherson are waiting for our troops to come as soon as possible," she added. "Nobody wants to live in Russia or join Russia."
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The destroyed facilities of the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol. Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
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Russia-Ukraine war updates: peace talks harder ‘with each new Bucha’, says Zelenskiy - as it happened
Interim summary
... comprehensive rundown of where things stand as of 3am in Kyiv.- Boris Johnson has promised to support Sweden and Finland against potential Russian threats in any way necessary. The UK prime minister travelled to both countries to sign mutual security agreements, with their governments mulling Nato membership in the wake of the Ukraine invasion. Finland’s president, Sauli Niinistö, said joining would be to “maximise security” and not be in any way offensive.
- The Russian-controlled administration in the Ukrainian city of Kherson has said it plans to request annexation by Moscow, a move that would confirm the Kremlin’s permanent occupation of Ukrainian territory captured since February. Kyiv said Moscow plans to hold a fake referendum on independence or annexation. The Kremlin responded that it was up to residents living in region to decide whether they wanted to join Russia, but any decision must have a legal basis.
- Russian and Ukrainian forces appear to be settling into a gruelling and deadly stalemate in Ukraine’s east. Despite claims from Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, that Ukrainian counteroffensives around Kharkiv and elsewhere were pushing invading Russian forces back, Ukrainian successes appeared to be confined for now to the far north-eastern and south-western flanks of the 300-mile frontline.
- Ukraine claimed it has recaptured Pytomnyk, a village north of Kharkiv, about halfway to the Russian border. “The occupying forces moved to the defence in order to slow down the pace of the offensive of our troops,” Ukraine’s general staff of the armed forces said in its latest report. “The settlement of Pytomnyk ... was liberated.”
- Ukraine has said it will suspend the flow of gas through a transit point that it says delivers almost a third of the fuel piped from Russia to Europe through Ukraine. GTSOU, which operates Ukraine’s gas system, said it would stop shipments via the Sokhranivka route from Wednesday, declaring “force majeure”, a clause invoked when a business is hit by something beyond its control. Gas flows from Russia’s Gazprom to Europe via Ukraine fell by a quarter on Wednesday.
- Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, warned Kyiv was running out of patience to hold talks with Russia, given the mounting evidence of atrocities committed by Russian forces in his country. He said the possibility to negotiate “disappears” with “each new Bucha, each new Mariupol”.
- The war will end when Ukraine reclaims everything that Russia took from it, Zelenskiy maintained. “The war will end for the Ukrainian people only when we get back what’s ours,” he said in an online address with students of leading universities in France, representatives of academia and the media.
- Three Russian prisoners of war accused of targeting or murdering civilians, and a soldier who allegedly killed a man before raping his wife, are set to be in the dock in the first war crimes trials of the Ukraine conflict, the Ukrainian prosecutor general has revealed. More than 10,700 crimes have been registered since the war began by the office of Ukraine’s prosecutor general, led by Iryna Venediktova, and a handful of cases have now been filed or are ready to be submitted.
- Ukraine has proposed to Russia that badly injured defenders in the Azovstal steel plant in the southern port of Mariupol be swapped for Russian prisoners of war, deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Wednesday. “There is no agreement yet. Negotiations are continuing,” she said in a post on Telegram.
- Russia has demanded a formal apology from Poland and threatened possible future reprisals after its ambassador was doused with red paint at the Soviet military cemetery in Warsaw on Monday. The statement by Russia’s foreign ministry came after it summoned the Polish ambassador, Krzysztof Krajewski, to receive its protest.
- A Chinese former ambassador to Ukraine, Gao Yusheng, has strongly criticised Russia’s invasion. In a speech which was reported on by the Chinese press before quickly being taken down, Gao said Putin’s frequent “violations” of former Soviet states’ territory were “the greatest threat to peace, security and stability in Eurasia”.
- The wives of two of the last remaining Ukrainian fighters holed up in Mariupol’s steelworks asked Pope Francis to help get soldiers to a third country. One told him: “You are our last hope, I hope you can save their lives. Please don’t let them die.”
The destroyed facilities of the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol. Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
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Allies to approve Finland, Sweden NATO bid, offer security, diplomats say
NATO allies expect Finland and Sweden to apply to join the alliance soon and will grant membership quickly, diplomats and officials said.
During the one-year ratification of their membership, the allies would provide an increased troop presence in the Nordic region, hold more military exercises and naval patrols in the Baltic Sea and possibly rotate U.S. and British forces through Finland and Sweden, they said.
Finland and Sweden would not benefit from NATO’s collective defence clause – that an attack on one ally is an attack on all – until the parliaments of all 30 member states have ratified the decision.''
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Putin's alleged girlfriend not ruled out of future Canadian sanctions: Joly
Canada has not ruled out imposing sanctions on Vladimir Putin's alleged girlfriend, Alina Kabaeva, says the foreign affairs minister.
The minister said in an interview that Canada is preparing a fresh list of sanctions that will be announced soon. She confirmed that Canada has not ruled out adding Kabaeva’s name to a future sanctions list.
“Our goal is to be completely in line with the European Union,” she said. “It is our goal that all the sanctions by our allies also be put in place in Canada.”
''Putin, 69, has been intensely private about his personal life and has previously denied a relationship with the 38-year-old former rhythmic gymnastics medallist, who has several children.''
Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow warns of ‘retaliatory steps’ over Finnish Nato bid; Russia inflicting ‘pure evil’, says Ukraine – live
Kremlin says Nato expansion ‘will not make the world more stable’; Ukraine’s deputy condemns ‘endless human rights violations’ in address to UN
''Kremlin: Finland joining Nato is 'definitely' a threat to Russia
The Kremlin’s Dmitry Peskov has been giving one of his regular morning briefings by phone to journalists. The key lines being reported by Reuters include:- Pekov said Finnish entry to Nato is “definitely” a threat to Russia. He said Finland had joined the unfriendly steps towards Russia taken by the EU, which was a matter of regret and a reason for a symmetrical response.
- The Kremlin spokesperson said everybody wants to avoid a direct clash between Russia and Nato, and that Nato expansion will not make the world or Europe more stable.
- Peskov said attacks on Russian regions bordering Ukraine means additional measures are needed to ensure the security of those regions.''
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Surveillance video shows Russian forces shooting civilians
Surveillance video shows Russian forces shooting civilians
New surveillance video obtained by CNN shows Russian soldiers shooting two civilians in the back, providing a stark example of a potential war crime by Russi...
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This is just one sweet face of the thousands of Ukrainian children taken...to God knows where or into what conditions. It's all so heartbreaking </3 Praying hard for the stolen children.
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MOSCOW (AP) — The lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner says her pre-trial detention in Russia is extended by one month.
MOSCOW (AP) — The lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner says her pre-trial detention in Russia is extended by one month.
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Ukraine has repelled Russia’s attempt to cross Donbas River, UK confirms
Russia incurred heavy losses during Siversky Donets River attempt, according to defence intelligence
''Ukrainian forces have repelled a Russian attempt to cross a strategically significant river west of Severodonetsk in the Donbas, incurring heavy losses in the process, according to British defence intelligence.
The British said Russia had lost “significant armoured manoeuvre elements” from a battalion tactical group – a formation with about 800 personnel at full strength – as well as pontoon bridging equipment.
Severodonetsk is the easternmost town held by Ukrainian forces in the Donbas, and the effort to cross the Siversky Donets River to its west was likely to have been intended to be a fresh attempt by the Russians to cut off the defending forces.''
''Ukraine’s defence ministry tweeted out pictures of a smashed pontoon bridge and destroyed armoured vehicles on Wednesday, describing them of victims of “artillerymen of the 17th tank brigade”.
rbbm. Inspiring and beautiful.
Russia takes losses in failed river crossing, officials say
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia lost significant numbers of troops and important equipment when Ukrainian forces thwarted their attempt to cross a river in the east, British officials said Friday, another sign of Moscow's struggle to win decisive victories and salvage a war gone awry .
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“It helps to support them mentally. Because now there is a war, and many lost their homes ... some people’s parents are fighting now,” said teacher Valeriy Leiko. In part thanks to the lessons, he said, “they feel that someone loves them.”
Primary school-age children joined Leiko around a table for history and art lessons in the subway station, where children’s drawings now line the walls.
An older student, Anna Fedoryaka, monitored lectures on Ukrainian literature being given by Kharkiv professor Mykhailo Spodarets online from his basement.
The internet connection was a problem for some, Fedoryaka said. And, “it is hard to concentrate when you have to do your homework with explosions by your window.”
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Sweden & Finland's response to Putin regarding them joining NATO....
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Question for discussion. I'm just curious as to viewpoints.
Situation: Military trapped at Azovstal Steel.
My opinion is, WIA should be evacuated. It's the rules of war. As hard as it is, I'm not behind evacuating non wounded combatants. That's Ukraine's job. JMO
Situation: Military trapped at Azovstal Steel.
My opinion is, WIA should be evacuated. It's the rules of war. As hard as it is, I'm not behind evacuating non wounded combatants. That's Ukraine's job. JMO
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