Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 #9

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Russian forces leave Snake Island, keep up eastern assault​

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SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia on Thursday pulled back its forces from a strategically placed Black Sea island where they have faced relentless Ukrainian attacks, but kept up its push to encircle the last bulwark of Ukraine’s resistance in the eastern province of Luhansk.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it withdrew its forces from the Zmiyinyy (Snake) Island off Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa in what it described as a “goodwill gesture.” Ukraine’s military said the Russians fled the island in two speedboats following a barrage of Ukrainian artillery and missile strikes.

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov insisted that the withdrawal was intended to demonstrate that “the Russian Federation wasn’t hampering the United Nations’ efforts to establish a humanitarian corridor for taking agricultural products from the territory of Ukraine.”

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Black Sea | Zmiinyi Island

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[Elley Mae]

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Russian forces leave Snake Island, keep up eastern assault​

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SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia on Thursday pulled back its forces from a strategically placed Black Sea island where they have faced relentless Ukrainian attacks, but kept up its push to encircle the last bulwark of Ukraine’s resistance in the eastern province of Luhansk.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it withdrew its forces from the Zmiyinyy (Snake) Island off Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa in what it described as a “goodwill gesture.” Ukraine’s military said the Russians fled the island in two speedboats following a barrage of Ukrainian artillery and missile strikes.

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov insisted that the withdrawal was intended to demonstrate that “the Russian Federation wasn’t hampering the United Nations’ efforts to establish a humanitarian corridor for taking agricultural products from the territory of Ukraine.”

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Black Sea | Zmiinyi Island

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I don’t have a good feeling about this.

Russian forces 'hurriedly evacuated' infamous Snake Island, says Ukrainian military

Russian forces 'hurriedly evacuated' infamous Snake Island, says Ukrainian military

Russian forces 'hurriedly evacuated' from the infamous Snake Island of the Ukrainian coastline near Odessa following an overnight missile operation.

www.foxnews.com

 

[cujenn81]

NYT article about Snake Island.
(IDK if the article is behind a paywall but I’ve quoted the major highlights.)

Ukraine Live Updates: U.S. Will Face Higher Gas Prices for ‘as Long as It Takes’ to Defeat Russia, Biden Says
Ukraine Live Updates: U.S. Will Face Higher Gas Prices for ‘as Long as It Takes’ to Defeat Russia, Biden Says

Russian troops have withdrawn from Snake Island in the Black Sea after repeated assaults by Ukrainian forces, a move that is a setback for Moscow’s forces and possibly undermines their control over vital shipping lanes for grain in the Black Sea.

The retreat came after sustained Ukrainian attacks — including with powerful, newly arrived Western weapons — made it impossible for Russian forces to hold the island, a small speck of land 20 miles off the coast of Odesa that has played an outsized role throughout the war.

The Russian withdrawal, coming only a week after the Kremlin bragged about repelling a Ukrainian attempt to retake the island, appeared to be another instance of Moscow’s scaling down its military ambitions in the face of Ukrainian resistance.

The Russian Defense Ministry, in a statement, sought to cast the retreat as “a gesture of goodwill” that would “not allow Kyiv to speculate on the impending food crisis,” since control of the island is vital to securing the shipping lanes.

Still, there was no indication that the Kremlin was prepared to allow safe passage of Ukrainian vessels leaving the port of Odesa.

Russia had moved to bring powerful surface-to-air missile systems to the island to support its ground forces.

But the Russian Navy started operating further from the Ukrainian coast, out of range of land-based anti-ship missiles provided by the United States and other NATO countries that began arriving in late May. Around June 20, Ukrainian forces renewed their assault on the island, striking a Russian tugboat delivering weapons and personnel to the island.

The Ukrainians “almost certainly” used newly delivered Harpoon missiles in the attack, according to the British military, which said it was their first demonstrated use.

After the Russians pulled out, it was unclear whether the Ukrainians would try to restore their own garrison, given the island’s vulnerability to attack.

 

[PrimeSuspect]

NATO 'prepared for all eventualities' as Russian President Vladimir Putin issues fresh threats​

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz used his platform to take aim at Mr Putin's claim that NATO was acting like it had "imperial ambitions".

"This is honestly quite ridiculous," Mr Scholz said.

"Because, in fact, NATO is a defensive alliance.

It does not attack other countries, neither does it intend to. It is not a threat to anyone in its own neighbourhood. In fact, it is Putin who has made imperialism the goal of his politics and the object of his politics.”

Russia responds with threats as NATO says it is 'prepared for any eventuality'

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says his organisation is ready for any repercussions of Sweden and Finland joining the alliance, as Russian President Vladimir Putin sends one of his trademark veiled threats over its expansion.

www.abc.net.au

 

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Moment Russian hockey star is forcibly enlisted after signing NHL deal

A Russian ice hockey player poised for a move to the NHL has been detained on 'draft dodger' charges. Ivan Fedotov, 25, was hauled to an enlistment office and could be sent to fight in Ukraine

www.dailymail.co.uk

Report: Flyers prospect detained in Russia for allegedly evading military service

Flyers goalie prospect Ivan Fedotov was detained Friday in Russia for allegedly evading military service in his native country, according to a report by a Russian media outlet. By Jordan Hall

www.nbcsports.com

 

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[dotr]

July 2 2022

https://www.theguardian.com/comment...in-🤬🤬🤬🤬-russians-truth-ukraine-gambling-sites

''Little moderation, huge audiences and biddable owners make and gambling sites a safe haven from censors''

In City Where ‘Europe Starts,’ Ethnic Russians Start Questioning Putin’s War (Published 2022)

Narva, in northeastern Estonia, is the E.U.’s most ethnically Russian city, with a population supportive of President Vladimir Putin. But the conflict in Ukraine has set off a “mental war” between old and young.

www.nytimes.com

“For me, Russia was always a liberator, a country that got attacked but never attacked others,” Ms. Larchenko said in the Estonian border city of Narva, NATO’s easternmost outpost and the European Union’s most ethnically Russian city.


But after four months of war, Ms. Larchenko said she had “taken off my rose-colored glasses” — and stopped quarreling with her son, Denis, 29, after taking his advice to stop watching Russian state TV.

“Psychologically,” she said, “I have passed over to the other side.”

''In a city where nearly everyone speaks Russian instead of Estonian and faces social pressure to stick with their ethnic group, Ms. Larchenko is unusual in her willingness to state openly that she no longer sees Russia as a force for good but as an aggressor.
That so few Russians in Estonia’s free and democratic society are ready to do this is perhaps an indicator of how difficult any change of heart will be for people in Russia, where open criticism of the war is a criminal offense.''

 

[PommyMommy]

JUL 3, 2022

Russia claims capture of pivotal city in eastern Ukraine​

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia's defense minister said Russian forces took control Sunday of the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine's Luhansk province, bringing Moscow closer to its stated goal of seizing all of Ukraine’s Donbas region.

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Ukraine’s General Staff of the military reported that its forces had withdrawn from Lysychansk in Luhansk province, but the president said the fight for the city was ongoing.

If confirmed, Russia’s complete seizure of Luhansk would provide its forces a stronger base from which to press their advance in neighboring Donetsk province and bring them one step closer to achieving one of President Vladimir Putin’s major goals: capturing the entire Donbas.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told Putin that Russia’s troops, with members of a local separatist militia, “have established full control over the city of Lysychansk” and now hold all of Luhansk, according to a ministry statement published Sunday.

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Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy casts doubt on Russia’s claims of capturing Lysychansk but warns strategic city at risk– live​

www.theguardian.com

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Fighting continuing in Lysychansk, says Zelenskiy​

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy casted doubt on Russia’s claim that Russian forces have captured and taken over Lysychansk, a strategic eastern city in Ukraine.

"We cannot say today that Lysychansk is under (Russian) control. There is fighting on the outskirts," Zelenskiy said on Sunday at a press conference with Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese.

Earlier on Sunday, Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russian forces have taken full control of the Lugansk region after conquering Lysychansk, which has been at the centre of fierce fighting for weeks.

Nevertheless, Zelenskiy warned of “risks” that Lysychansk, the last major city under Ukrainian control in the Lugansk region, “will be completely occupied” by Russian forces.

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[PommyMommy]

JUL 4, 2022

Ukrainian governor urges evacuation of 350,000 residents​

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“The destiny of the whole country will be decided by the Donetsk region,” Kyrylenko told reporters in Kramatrosk, the province’s administrative center and home to the Ukrainian military’s regional headquarters.

“Once there are less people, we will be able to concentrate more on our enemy and perform our main tasks,” Kyrylenko said.

The governor’s call for residents to leave appeared to represent one of the biggest suggested evacuations of the war, although it’s unclear whether people will be willing and safely able to flee. ...

Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy said air alerts were issued Tuesday night in nearly all of the country, in many places after a long period of relative calm during which people searched for an explanation.

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Governor of Donetsk urges 350,000 civilians to evacuate – as it happened​

www.theguardian.com

6h ago17.03

Teachers from Russia have arrived to the Polohy district of Zaporizhizhia region that is occupied by Russia.

According to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, children will go to kindergartens and schools to study under a Russian curriculum.

“In case of parental disagreement, the occupation administration threatens to remove children from their families and send them to boarding schools. The parents themselves are promised to be punished by administrative measures - men will be sent to the “army of the DPR [Donetsk People’s Republic]”, women will be sent to communal work related to cleaning the city,” the defense ministry reports.

 

[Elley Mae]

Extraordinary argument between Macron and Putin four days before Ukraine war is revealed - to Moscow's fury: French leader blasted Russian aggression... then Vladimir ended call by saying 'I'm in the gym'

Extraordinary argument between Macron and Putin revealed

The details of the confidential February 20 call were revealed by the broadcaster France 2 in a documentary on the French president's handling of the conflict that will air on Thursday.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The details of the confidential February 20 call were revealed by the broadcaster France 2 in a documentary on the French president's handling of the conflict that will air on Thursday.

In the fiery discussion, Macron told Putin: 'I don't know where your lawyer learned the law! I'm just looking at the texts and trying to apply them!

'I don't know what lawyer will be able to tell you that in a sovereign country, the texts of laws are proposed by separatist groups and not by the democratically elected authorities.'

A raging Putin then replies: 'This is not a democratically elected government. They came to power in a coup, there were people burned alive, it was a bloodbath and Zelensky is one of those responsible.'

When the Kremlin leader again suggested Macron negotiate with the separatists, the Frenchman exclaims: 'We don't give a damn about the separatists' proposals.'

The following day, Putin declared Russia recognised the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic and full invasion began on the morning of February 24.

 

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[dotr]

Ukraine war: Vladimir Putin's warning that Russia has barely started its action

The Russian president insists he is ready to sit down for talks to end the fighting - but that "those who refuse to do so should know that the longer it lasts the more difficult it will be for them to make a deal with us".

news.sky.com

''Ukraine war: Vladimir Putin's warning that Russia has barely started its action​

Friday 8 July 2022 02:24, UK

''Vladimir Putin has told Kyiv it should quickly accept Moscow's terms or brace for the worst, adding ominously that Russia has barely started its action in Ukraine.

The Russian president has also accused Western allies of fuelling the hostilities, charging that "the West wants to fight us until the last Ukrainian".


''The Kremlin wants Kyiv to acknowledge Russian sovereignty over the Crimea peninsula it annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

It is also demanding the independence of Moscow-backed separatist regions in eastern Ukraine and an acceptance of the existing situation on the ground - a reference to other land gains it has made since troops invaded on 24 February.''


''Mr Putin reaffirmed his long-held claim that the West is using the conflict in Ukraine to try to isolate and weaken Russia.

"They simply don't need such a country as Russia," he said.

"This is why they have used terrorism, separatism and internal destructive forces in our country."

Russia is just getting started in Ukraine, Putin tells ministers

In a hawkish speech to parliamentary leaders, Putin also dares West to try to defeat it on the battlefield

nationalpost.com

''Russia is just getting started in Ukraine, Putin tells ministers​

In a hawkish speech to parliamentary leaders, Putin also dares West to try to defeat it on the battlefield''

 

[dotr]

July 7 2022

 

[PommyMommy]

Putin says Russia is only just getting started in Ukraine ​

www.theguardian.com
2h ago 20.12

Summary​

• Russian president, Vladimir Putin, warned Moscow has barely started its campaign in Ukraine and dared the west to try to defeat it on the battlefield. Putin said the prospects for any negotiation would grow dimmer the longer the conflict dragged on during a speech to parliamentary leaders. “Everyone should know that, by and large, we haven’t started anything yet in earnest,” he said. “The further it goes, the harder it will be for them to negotiate with us.”
• Three people were killed and another five wounded after Russian forces fired rockets at Kharkiv, officials said. Regional governor, Oleh Synyehubov, said a district in the north-eastern Ukrainian city was shelled on Thursday.
• At least one person was been killed and six injured by a missile strike on Kramatorsk which hit a residential area, according to Ukraine’s regional governor of Donetsk. “This is a deliberate attack on civilians,” Pavlo Kyrylenko said, adding that this will not stop until the Russians are stopped.
• The mayor of Sloviansk said his city near Kramatorsk has come under Russian fire. Some residents were injured, said Vadym Lyakh, without providing further details. Ukraine’s military said pressure is intensifying with heavy shelling on Sloviansk and nearby populated areas.
• Russia’s defence ministry has said it killed Ukrainian servicemen who were trying to raise Ukraine’s flag on the recently retaken Snake Island. Authorities in Odesa appeared to confirm that missiles had struck the island, and that Russians had also destroyed two grain hangars in the region which contained “about 35 tonnes of grain”. Ukraine has denied reports any of its servicemen were killed.
• Foreign analysts say Russia may be temporarily easing its offensive in eastern Ukraine in an “operational pause” as its forces attempt to reassemble for a new assault. Russian forces made no claimed or assessed territorial gains in Ukraine on Wednesday “for the first time in 133 days of war,” according to the Institute for the Study of War.
• Ukraine has summoned the Turkish ambassador after it said Turkey had allowed a Russian-flagged ship carrying thousands of tonnes of allegedly stolen Ukrainian grain to leave the port of Karasu. Turkish customs officials had seized the vessel at Ukraine’s request on Tuesday, after Kyiv said the cargo was illegally transporting 7,000 tonnes of grain out of Russian-occupied Berdiansk, a port in the south-east of Ukraine.
• The UN warns of a “looming hunger catastrophe” due to Russia’s blockade on Ukrainian grain. Patrick Beasley, director of the UN World Food Programme, said a hunger catastrophe is set to explode over the next two years and called for an urgent lifting of the blockade on 25m tonnes of Ukrainian grain trapped by a Russian blockade.
• Investigators in Ukraine said they had foiled a criminal gang who forced women into sex work abroad after luring them with false adverts for legitimate employment. Authorities in Kyiv arrested the suspected leader of the gang after months of surveillance resulted in them stopping a woman as she was about to cross the border.
• Russian prosecutors have called for prison sentences for a prominent opposition activist and for a Moscow city council member who opposes the invasion of Ukraine. Alexei Gorinov faces up to 15 years in prison for spreading “knowingly false information” about the Russian army. Gorinov criticised Moscow’s military actions in Ukraine at a city council meeting in March.
• US basketball player Brittney Griner has pleaded guilty to drugs charges in a Russian court, but said she had not deliberately broken the law. Griner faces up to 10 years in prison under the charge. Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, said “hype” around Griner’s case does not help and suggested Washington be silent about her fate.
• Russia’s foreign minister has flown into the Indonesian island of Bali for a gathering of G20 foreign ministers. The gathering, which is likely to be overshadowed by Moscow’s war in Ukraine and deep divisions within the bloc over how to respond to the crisis, will mark the first time that Sergei Lavrov has met counterparts from nations that are strongly critical of the war.
• Boris Johnson spoke with Volodymyr Zelenskiy “to reiterate the United Kingdom’s steadfast support” in light of his resignation, Downing Street said. In his resignation speech outside No 10, Johnson addressed the people of Ukraine directly and promised that “the UK will continue to back your fight for freedom for as long as it takes”.
• Johnson’s resignation has been met with sadness in Kyiv, most notably by Volodymyr Zelenskiy who said the PM has been a “true friend of Ukraine”. Ukraine expects Britain’s support to continue despite Johnson’s resignation, Zelenskiy’s office said. Mikhail Podolyak, a key adviser to Zelenskiy, thanked Johnson for “always being at the forefront of supporting Ukraine”.
• Johnson’s downfall has been met with delight and ridicule in Moscow, with Kremlin spokesperson saying: “He doesn’t like us. We don’t like him either.”Russia’s ambassador to Britain, Andrei Kelin, said Moscow would prefer someone “not so antagonistic” to lead the UK.

 

[Niner]

I got this off my FB page.

Hersonas apgabals 2022.Kara raža...
Ukrainas puiši pārklāj no debesīm, lai kombaini novāktu ražu... Šāda ir maizes cena

Translated to:

Kherson region 2022. Harvest of war...
Ukrainian guys cover from the sky for the harvesters to harvest... This is the price of bread

can not give you a line as it has my name in it....

 

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