Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 #9

[worldwatcher]

Can you give a synopsis? Paywalled for me.

Poland Says Norway Should Share Its “Gigantic” Oil & Gas Profits | OilPrice.com

Norway, western Europe’s largest oil and gas producer, should share the huge profits it has made from oil and gas exports since the Russian invasion of Ukraine according to Polish PM Morawiecki

www.google.com

^Sorry about that, here is another article^

Poland announced yesterday, that the Yamal pipeline will be in use:
"This piece of the gas pipeline can also be used to transport gas from Germany to Poland - commented Piotr Naimski."
Polska zerwała relacje gazowe z Rosją. Rząd przyjął uchwałę ws. gazociągu jamaskiego

.According to a Dutch article, Norway is a huge supplier of gas, The Netherlands also imports Norwegian gas

Oproep: megawinsten Noors olie en gas moeten worden gedeeld

De premier van Polen roept Noorwegen op de miljarden extra winst die ze maken met olie en gas te delen. Vanwege de boycot door steeds meer landen van Russische olie en gas verkoopt Noorwegen daar meer van. En dat gebeurt tegen een fors hogeren prijzen.

www.rtlnieuws.nl

How Europe is struggling to become less dependent on Russian gas..

 

[PommyMommy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1529012575190405122

https://twitter.com/x/status/1529048216003559425

https://twitter.com/x/status/1529093222970138624

 

[worldwatcher]

Russia in Mariupol:

Russia Uses Huge Demining Robots to Clear Explosives From Seized City of Mariupol​

Russia uses huge demining robots to clear explosives from seized city of Mariupol

The pro-Russian People's Militia of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) said they are continuing demining operations after seizing Mariupol last week.

www.newsweek.com

 

[PommyMommy]

MAY 24, 2022

Ukrainian soldiers captured at Azovstal plant in ‘satisfactory’ conditions

Unit commander’s wife receives call saying prisoners have not been subjected to violence by Russian forces

www.theguardian.com

Denys Prokopenko, commander of the Azov battalion, was able to briefly call his wife, Kateryna, who said she had also been told that the prisoners had not been subjected to violence. It was not immediately clear if Prokopenko had been able to speak freely during the conversation.

Battles being fought in eastern Ukraine could determine the country’s fate, Ukraine’s defence ministry spokesperson says – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can find our latest coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war here

www.theguardian.com

5h ago17.03
The governor of Ukraine’s eastern Lugansk region said the situation there “is only getting worse” as Russian troops advance.

“The situation is very difficult and unfortunately it is only getting worse. It is getting worse with every day and even with every hour,” said governor Sergiy Gaidai. “Shelling is increasing more and more.” He added that the Russians are focused on the key city of Severodonetsk.

“The city is being bombed by aviation, shelled by multiple launch rocket systems, artillery, mortars, tanks,” he said. “They are simply eliminating Severodonetsk from the earth.”

3h ago18.29
Ukraine gathers bodies of dead Russians for prisoner exchange

Ukraine is gathering the bodies of dead Russian soldiers strewn among the rubble of formerly occupied towns and using everything from DNA to tattoos to verify their identities in the hope of exchanging them for prisoners of war, Reuters is reporting.

[...]

Bodies are sometimes used as part of prisoner exchanges and other times in exchanges for Ukrainian bodies, according to Anton Ivannikov, captain of the Ukrainian armed forces military-civil cooperation branch, which is coordinating the effort.

[...]

The bodies will travel on the train to Kyiv where the team negotiating exchanges is based, he added.

 

[PommyMommy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1529168051798790147

https://twitter.com/x/status/1529231662382469126

https://twitter.com/x/status/1529232751987138561

 

[PommyMommy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1529393076778811392

https://twitter.com/x/status/1529399238471335939

https://twitter.com/x/status/1529418083399610368

 

[worldwatcher]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1529418083399610368

Snipped for focus - seems contradictory from what I read :

May,20,2022
Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday his country bought Iskander nuclear-capable missiles and S-400 anti-aircraft anti-missile systems from Russia.

Belarus Buys S-400, Iskander Missiles From Russia: Lukashenko

Belarus strongman Lukashenko said his country bought Iskander nuclear-capable missiles and S-400 anti-aircraft anti-missile systems from Russia.

www.thedefensepost.com

 

[Mo Thuairim]

Putin will not dictate Ukraine peace terms - Scholz​

Russia will not win its war in Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin must not dictate the terms of any peace agreement, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said.

After failing to seize Ukraine's capital Kyiv or its second city Kharkiv in its three-month-old war, Russian forces are trying to wrest full control of the eastern Donbas region and have also advanced in the south, despite stiff Ukrainian resistance and tough Western sanctions on Moscow.

"Putin must not win his war, and I am convinced he will not win," Mr Scholz said in a speech at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos.

"A capture of the whole of Ukraine seems further away now than at the beginning of the war."

Although some have suggested that Ukraine should negotiate with Mr Putin and consider ceding territory, Mr Scholz rejected the idea of letting Putin dictate the terms of an agreement.

"There will be no dictated peace," Mr Scholz added. "Ukraine will not accept this, and neither will we."

Mr Putin is only likely to seriously negotiate once he accepts that the war cannot be won, making continued Western support for Ukraine essential, he said.

Mr Scholz, however, did not address Ukrainian demands for the delivery of more heavy weapons to Kyiv, despite concrete requests by Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Davos yesterday.

(...)

As Russia seeks to solidify its grip on the territory it has seized, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree simplifying the process for residents of newly captured districts to acquire Russian citizenship and passports.

The Russian parliament yesterday scrapped the upper age limit for contractual service in the military, highlighting the need to replace lost troops.

In a late-night video address, Mr Zelensky, commenting on the new Russian enlistment rules, said: "(They) no longer have enough young men, but they still have the will to fight. It will still take time to crush this will."

Mr Zelensky said this week the conflict could only be ended with direct talks between him and Putin.

(...)

Moscow has blockaded ships from southern Ukraine that would normally export Ukrainian grain and sunflower oil through the Black Sea, pushing up prices globally.

The African Union yesterday urged the two countries to unblock exports of grains and fertiliser to avoid widespread famine.

Russia has blamed Western sanctions for the food crisis. It said it was ready to provide a humanitarian corridor for vessels carrying food to leave Ukraine but wanted sanctions to be lifted in return.

Western nations have imposed severe sanctions on Russia.

The United States pushed Russia closer to the brink of a historic debt default by not extending its licence to pay bondholders. That waiver has allowed Moscow to keep up government debt payments till now.

The European Commission proposed to make breaking EU sanctions against Russia a crime.

The EU also said it hoped to agree sanctions on Russian oil before the next meeting of EU leaders.

But Russia, for now at least, is not short of money. Oil and gas revenues stood at $28 billion in April alone, thanks to high energy prices.

Putin will not dictate Ukraine peace terms - Scholz

Russia will not win its war in Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin must not dictate the terms of any peace agreement, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said.

www.rte.ie

 

[ParkerParky]

Turkey blasts Swedish, Finnish support for rebels at NATO meeting​

Turkey’s foreign minister has described as “unacceptable and outrageous” the support that prospective new NATO members Sweden and Finland give to the PKK, a Kurdish rebel group designated a “terrorist” organisation by Ankara and its Western allies.

The PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) has waged a rebellion against the Turkish state since 1984 that has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people, and Ankara’s criticism of Sweden and Finland has potentially complicated plans for NATO’s enlargement.

“The problem is that these two countries are openly supporting and engaging with PKK and YPG [People’s Protection Units],” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday as he arrived in Berlin for a meeting with his NATO counterparts.

(...)

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, said earlier on Saturday that Turkey had not shut the door to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, but negotiations are needed with the Nordic countries and a clampdown on what Ankara views as terrorist activities.

Turkey considers YPG, the US-backed Kurdish fighters based in Syria, a “terrorist” organisation. Ankara views YPG as a PKK affiliate.

“We are not closing the door. But we are basically raising this issue as a matter of national security for Turkey,” Kalin, who is also the president’s top foreign policy adviser, told Reuters in an interview in Istanbul.

Kalin said the PKK was fundraising and recruiting in Europe and its presence was “strong and open and acknowledged” in Sweden, in particular.

(...)

Asked whether Turkey risked being too transactional at a time of war, and when Finnish and Swedish public opinion favours NATO membership, Kalin said, “If they [Finland and Sweden] have a public concerned about their own national security, we have a public that is equally concerned about our own security,” he said.

Kalin said Russia’s sharp criticism of Finland and Sweden for their plans to join NATO was not a factor in Turkey’s position.

(...)

Turkey blasts Swedish, Finnish support for rebels at NATO meeting

Turkey’s foreign minister described Swedish and Finnish support for Kurdish rebels as ‘unacceptable and outrageous’.

www.aljazeera.com

IMO Turkey helped MBS of Saudi Arabia with the killing of khashoggi. Erdogan is not our friend and he is also an authoritarian want to be. I believe he was also working with Flynn to extradite a cleric he wanted back in Turkey to prosecute. Flynn and his son were helping with a small fee of $15 million dollars if successful. Traitors imo that will get off because of TFP pardons. shameful Ex-Trump aide Mike Flynn 'offered $15m by Turkey for Gulen'

 

[Sundog]

Whether some like it or not, Turkey is a member of NATO and the views of all NATO members have to be taken into consideration in order to secure a vote for admission of new members to NATO. I am sure there will be negotiations among the lead NATO countries with Erdogan, including the U.S., and that they will come to some kind of agreement that allows the new memberships to move forward.

 

[PommyMommy]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/may/27/russia-ukraine-war-latest-russian-attack-kills-9-civilians-in-kharkiv-zelenskiy-accuses-moscow-of-genocide-in-donbas-live

4h ago06.05

Today so far …​

• Officials in Ukraine have admitted that Russia has the “upper hand” in fighting in the country’s east, as Ukrainian forces fell back from some of their positions in the Donbas region.
• The governor of Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai, said just 5% of the region remained in Ukrainian hands – down from about 10% little more than a week ago – and that Ukrainian forces were retreating in some areas.
• Pro-Russian separatists from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic have said they have established full control over the strategic town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine. The claims have not been independently verified.
• Russian ground forces are continuing their attempt to surround Sievierodonetsk and Lyschansk, having recently captured several villages north-west of Popasna, the UK ministry of defence has said in its latest report.
• Artillery pounded the north eastern city of Kharkiv yesterday for the first time in two weeks, just as life in Ukraine’s second city was starting to return to normal. Kharkiv’s regional governor, Oleh Synehubov, said at least nine people had been killed and 17 injured in the attacks on the northern part of the city. He said “doctors are providing all necessary assistance” and there were no further casualties overnight.
• Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Ukraine was not eager to talk to Russia’s Vladimir Putin, but that it has to face the reality that this will likely be necessary to end the war.
• Russia’s ministry of defence has claimed to have killed more than 250 fighters overnight, shot down one MiG-29 aircraft, and destroyed two ammunition dumps, including one within the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic.
• The Kremlin has rejected claims that Russia has blocked grain exports from Ukraine, blaming the west for creating such a situation by imposing sanctions on Russia. The UK’s foreign minister, Liz Truss, accused Vladimir Putin of “weaponising” hunger through Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian grain exports. A senior Turkish official said Ankara was in “ongoing” talks with Russia and Ukraine to open a corridor via the Bosphorus.
• Two captured Russian soldiers have pleaded guilty to shelling a town in eastern Ukraine, in the second war crimes trial since Russian troops invaded the country. Alexander Bobikin and Alexander Ivanov acknowledged being part of an artillery unit that fired at targets in the Kharkiv region from Russia’s Belgorod region.
• Russia has deployed mobile propaganda vans with large-screen televisions to humanitarian aid points in the captured city of Mariupol. The Orwellian turn comes as the Kremlin continued to push forward with efforts to integrate newly occupied territories across the south of Ukraine.
• Sweden and Finland’s push to join Nato won’t require adding more US ground forces into either country, the US general nominated to take over European Command told senators.
• The US is reportedly preparing to send advanced, long-range rocket systems to Ukraine after an urgent request from Ukrainian officials.
• Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign minister, said that “weapons, weapons and weapons again” are what the country needs. “We need more heavy weapons delivered as soon as possible, especially MLRS (multiple launch rocket systems) to repel Russian attacks,” Kuleba said.

 

[Sundog]

IMO Turkey helped MBS of Saudi Arabia with the killing of khashoggi. Erdogan is not our friend and he is also an authoritarian want to be. I believe he was also working with Flynn to extradite a cleric he wanted back in Turkey to prosecute. Flynn and his son were helping with a small fee of $15 million dollars if successful. Traitors imo that will get off because of TFP pardons. shameful Ex-Trump aide Mike Flynn 'offered $15m by Turkey for Gulen'

I don't believe that General Flynn or his son were ever charged by the U.S. government with treason. General Flynn was charged with lying to the FBI and the charges against him were just about to be dropped when he was pardoned by the 45th President of the United States. The alleged crime reported in your post was never made against General Flynn.

 

[Sundog]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/may/27/russia-ukraine-war-latest-russian-attack-kills-9-civilians-in-kharkiv-zelenskiy-accuses-moscow-of-genocide-in-donbas-live
4h ago06.05

Today so far …​

• Officials in Ukraine have admitted that Russia has the “upper hand” in fighting in the country’s east, as Ukrainian forces fell back from some of their positions in the Donbas region.
• The governor of Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai, said just 5% of the region remained in Ukrainian hands – down from about 10% little more than a week ago – and that Ukrainian forces were retreating in some areas.
• Pro-Russian separatists from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic have said they have established full control over the strategic town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine. The claims have not been independently verified.
• Russian ground forces are continuing their attempt to surround Sievierodonetsk and Lyschansk, having recently captured several villages north-west of Popasna, the UK ministry of defence has said in its latest report.
• Artillery pounded the north eastern city of Kharkiv yesterday for the first time in two weeks, just as life in Ukraine’s second city was starting to return to normal. Kharkiv’s regional governor, Oleh Synehubov, said at least nine people had been killed and 17 injured in the attacks on the northern part of the city. He said “doctors are providing all necessary assistance” and there were no further casualties overnight.
• Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said Ukraine was not eager to talk to Russia’s Vladimir Putin, but that it has to face the reality that this will likely be necessary to end the war.
• Russia’s ministry of defence has claimed to have killed more than 250 fighters overnight, shot down one MiG-29 aircraft, and destroyed two ammunition dumps, including one within the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic.
• The Kremlin has rejected claims that Russia has blocked grain exports from Ukraine, blaming the west for creating such a situation by imposing sanctions on Russia. The UK’s foreign minister, Liz Truss, accused Vladimir Putin of “weaponising” hunger through Russia’s blockade of Ukrainian grain exports. A senior Turkish official said Ankara was in “ongoing” talks with Russia and Ukraine to open a corridor via the Bosphorus.
• Two captured Russian soldiers have pleaded guilty to shelling a town in eastern Ukraine, in the second war crimes trial since Russian troops invaded the country. Alexander Bobikin and Alexander Ivanov acknowledged being part of an artillery unit that fired at targets in the Kharkiv region from Russia’s Belgorod region.
• Russia has deployed mobile propaganda vans with large-screen televisions to humanitarian aid points in the captured city of Mariupol. The Orwellian turn comes as the Kremlin continued to push forward with efforts to integrate newly occupied territories across the south of Ukraine.
• Sweden and Finland’s push to join Nato won’t require adding more US ground forces into either country, the US general nominated to take over European Command told senators.
• The US is reportedly preparing to send advanced, long-range rocket systems to Ukraine after an urgent request from Ukrainian officials.
• Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign minister, said that “weapons, weapons and weapons again” are what the country needs. “We need more heavy weapons delivered as soon as possible, especially MLRS (multiple launch rocket systems) to repel Russian attacks,” Kuleba said.

From above - "A senior Turkish official said Ankara was in “ongoing” talks with Russia and Ukraine to open a corridor via the Bosphorus."

I hope they can negotiate this opening quickly to fend off starvation in many developing countries that are dependent on this source of food for their citizens.

 

[dotr]

We are ready to attack Poland next for its support of Ukraine, Putin's Chechen ally warns

'Once Ukraine is done, we can show you what we're capable of in six seconds if there is an order,' said Kadyrov in a video message on social media

nationalpost.com

We are ready to attack Poland next for its support of Ukraine, Putin's Chechen ally warns''​

May 26, 2022 • Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov at a military parade in the Chechen capital Grozny, Russia May 9, 2022. PHOTO BY CHINGIS KONDAROV/REUTERS/FILE

''Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia’s Chechen Republic, has threatened to attack Poland unless it agrees to withdraw its support for Ukraine.''

''Ukraine is a done deal. What I’m interested in is Poland,” said Kadyrov in a video message on social media on Wednesday night''

''Oleg Morozov, a pro-Kremlin lawmaker, said earlier this month that Poland’s support for Ukraine “is pushing Russia to put it first in line for de-Nazification,” a term the Kremlin used to describe one of its goals in Ukraine.''

 

[ParkerParky]

I don't believe that General Flynn or his son were ever charged by the U.S. government with treason. General Flynn was charged with lying to the FBI and the charges against him were just about to be dropped when he was pardoned by the 45th President of the United States. The alleged crime reported in your post was never made against General Flynn.

They were not...and I don't believe it would have been a charge of treason anyway. My point was, imo, they are up to their ears in working against our country and they have gotten away with it.

 

[CSIDreamer]

They were not...and I don't believe it would have been a charge of treason anyway. My point was, imo, they are up to their ears in working against our country and they have gotten away with it.

Are you referring to Flynn? Is he involved with Ukraine somehow?

 

[CSIDreamer]

View attachment 346377

We are ready to attack Poland next for its support of Ukraine, Putin's Chechen ally warns

'Once Ukraine is done, we can show you what we're capable of in six seconds if there is an order,' said Kadyrov in a video message on social media

nationalpost.com

We are ready to attack Poland next for its support of Ukraine, Putin's Chechen ally warns''​

May 26, 2022 • Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov at a military parade in the Chechen capital Grozny, Russia May 9, 2022. PHOTO BY CHINGIS KONDAROV/REUTERS/FILE

''Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia’s Chechen Republic, has threatened to attack Poland unless it agrees to withdraw its support for Ukraine.''

''Ukraine is a done deal. What I’m interested in is Poland,” said Kadyrov in a video message on social media on Wednesday night''

''Oleg Morozov, a pro-Kremlin lawmaker, said earlier this month that Poland’s support for Ukraine “is pushing Russia to put it first in line for de-Nazification,” a term the Kremlin used to describe one of its goals in Ukraine.''

We'll see how that goes for them. JMO

 

[PommyMommy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1530327741190623232

https://twitter.com/x/status/1530342113908510722

https://twitter.com/x/status/1530345394676199425

 

[PommyMommy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1530552185104306178

https://twitter.com/x/status/1530575982263934977

https://twitter.com/x/status/1530604904598970376

 

[ParkerParky]

Are you referring to Flynn? Is he involved with Ukraine somehow?

No. I´m sorry I was trying to highlight my disdain for Ergodan that is all. I do not believe that Flynn or his son were involved with Urkaine.