Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 **Media Thread** NO DISCUSSION #2

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Trudeau says Canada is announcing new sanctions against 10 Russian government officials and oligarchs. He doesn’t name the people but says the list of names comes from those suggested by Alexei Navalny

Rutte says Russia has used cluster bombs in Ukraine. On energy, Rutte says Europe needs to “reduce dramatically” its dependence on Russia. But he says that needs to happen over time, suggests negative consequences outweigh the upside of quickly cutting off supply

Johnson says the West’s approach with Russian energy needs to be coordinated

Rutte: the painful reality is that we are very dependent on Russian oil and gas. Banning it now would have widespread ramifications. “This is a step by step approach,” he says. “That will take time.”

Trudeau: Canada imports a negligible amount of Russian oil but now it’s banned

Johnson is asked about if the wealthy Russians who live in London and send their kids to British private schools. He says the UK will continue to tighten the “vice” on Russia

Rutte says he agrees so far that the sanctions haven’t changed Putin’s behaviour. Trudeau says Russia’s “neo colonialism” is “not going to fly.”

Johnson says he won’t comment on Canadas defence spending but says we can’t go back to status quo as happened after Russias invasion of Crimea. Rutte says new Dutch defence spending will bring it closer to the 2% target
Boris Johnson announces £175million support plan for Ukraine as PM hosts Trudeau and Rutte in London

 

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Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom | Full Feature | Netflix

 

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Thirteen people have reportedly been killed after Russian forced bombed a bakery.
Five people were said to be pulled from the rubble alive.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russia-ukraine-putin-war-live-26401326

 

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Russia publishes an official list of 'unfriendly' states

A list of foreign states that Russia considers as having committed "unfriendly actions" against "Russia, Russian companies and citizens" was published on the Russian government's website on Monday. The countries, international organizations and territories considered "unfriendly" include:

Australia, Albania, Andorra, United Kingdom including Jersey, Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Gibraltar, the member states of the European Union (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden), Iceland, Canada, Liechtenstein, Micronesia, Monaco, New Zealand, Norway, Republic of Korea, San Marino, North Macedonia, Singapore, USA, Taiwan, Ukraine, Montenegro, Switzerland, and Japan. Russia lists Taiwan as being part of China.

A complimentary item of legislation from Sunday states that Russian citizens and companies must apply for a special permit to deal with "unfriendly" foreign entities.

While Israel has condemned Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, it was not included on the list. Israel has taken on a mediation role during the conflict, seeing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett flying to Moscow on Saturday to speak with Putin.

 

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Ukrainian peace negotiator shot dead amid claims he was a ‘double agent’

Russian tanks swarm Kyiv region as it promises to open 'safe corridors'

'They're Killing Children': Ukrainian Civilians Under Relentless Russian Attacks

 

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March 6, 2022 8:24 pm by The Kyiv Independent news desk
Russian military strike Vinnitsya airport from Black Sea.
A total of eight missiles were launched by Russia’s strategic missile carriers in the Black Sea, according to Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the country’s Air Force Command. The missiles have a range of up to 5,500 kilometers. The airport was completely destroyed.

Liveuamap on Twitter
Russian Navy Project 22160 patrol ship Vasily Bykov reportedly targeted in GRAD shelling in Black Sea last night Russian Navy Project 22160 patrol ship Vasily Bykov reportedly targeted in GRAD shelling in Black Sea last night Black Sea - Ukraine Interactive map - Ukraine Latest news on live map - liveuamap.com via @TarasChmut #Ukraine
3:34 AM · Mar 7, 2022·Liveuamap

 

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"Close the sky!" or how Russia bombed out my town of Borodyanka | Euromaidan Press
On 1 March and overnight into 2 March, Russian bombers destroyed the entire central part of a small town of Borodyanka north of Kyiv. Russian aviation, artillery, missile forces keep leveling Ukrainian cities to the ground viciously for no reason to this day. Russia has been doing to the Ukrainian cities of Mariupol, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, and many others what it had done to Syrian cities before.

This is a story told by a local resident of Borodyanka who calls himself Fayna Borodyanka (“Lovely Borodyanka”) on Twitter. He and his family enjoyed a quiet life there up until the Russian invasion. The author maintains anonymity but allowed Euromaidan Press to publish his story, originally posted on Twitter in Ukrainian. All photographs are courtesy of the author. [/editorial]

This is just the aftermath of the morning fire attack. If tomorrow is quiet, I will try to walk around, to photograph the consequences of the “Russian world.” It’s so horrible that it still seems to me that it’s not real, that it’s not happening to me. I used to be sure that the Russians wouldn’t need Borodyanka. I still want to believe that this is just a terrible dream.

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Anonymous is 'waging war' on Russia: Several broadcasts hacked

The hacker group Anonymous hacked Russian streaming services on Sunday, hitting Wink and Ivi, as well as live TV channels Russia 24, Channel One and Moscow 24 to broadcast footage of the war with Ukraine.

Anonymous also posted photos on Twitter showing that, instead of regular broadcasting, a message appeared stating that "ordinary Russians are against the war" and called for Russians to oppose their government's attack on Ukraine.

Anonymous has been actively targeting Russia in cyberspace since the initial assault on Ukraine began on February 24. In the days since, the group has claimed credit for several cyberattacks including DDOS attacks and the complete shutdown of government sites, which brought Russia's media and government sector to a grinding halt on the internet.

 

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Judo federation removes Putin's titles
"The International Judo Federation announces that Mr. Vladimir Putin and Mr. Arkady Rotenberg have been removed from all positions held in the International Judo Federation," the federation said in a statement.

The federation had already suspended Putin’s honorary presidency of the IJF last week, the organization said. Rotenberg was a member of the IJF executive committee as “development manager.”

World Taekwondo previously removed the honorary black belt from Putin after declaring that the "brutal attacks on innocent lives" did not follow its motto: "Peace is More Precious than Triumph."

The organization also said that it would prohibit the display of the Russian flag and its anthem from being played during events.

Third round of Ukraine-Russia talks begins in Belarus - report
Later on Monday, US President Joe Biden plans to hold a video teleconference with the leaders of France, the UK and Germany to discuss developments in Ukraine as Washington pushes its allies on a possible Russian oil ban.

 

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Land mines littered a proposed route for Ukrainians to flee, Red Cross official says

A top International Red Cross official told the BBC on Monday that a proposed humanitarian zone in Mariupol, Ukraine, was lined with land mines, the latest sign of the struggle to allow women and children to flee Russia's war on the country.

"That is why it is so important that the two parties have a precise agreement for us then to be able to facilitate it on the ground," Dominik Stillhart, director of operations for the International Committee of the Red Cross, told BBC 4.

Stillhart said some Red Cross staff had tried to take the proposed route out of Mariupol before realizing that it was mined.

Land mines littered a proposed route for Ukrainians to flee, Red Cross official says

 

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The Kyiv Independent
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These are the indicative estimates of Russia's losses as of March 7, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

 

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SEE IT: Putin’s $1.3-billion Black Sea mansion

 

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March 7, 2022
Ukraine Says Part Of Black Sea Port Of Olvia Has Been Hit (maritimeprofessional.com)
''Ukraine’s infrastructure ministry said on Monday that part of the Black Sea port of Olvia, which is under concession to Qatari sea port operator QTerminals, had been hit by a military “strike”.

Nobody was wounded, the ministry said without providing further details.
QTerminals, a joint venture between state-owned Qatar Ports Management (Mwani Qatar) and shipping and logistics group Qatar Navigation (Milaha), won the 35-year concession in 2020 to develop and operate the port.''

March 3, 2022
From Mines To AIS Spoofing, Assessing The Risks To Shipping In (maritimeprofessional.com)
''Commercial ships are being advised of the high risk operating in the Black Sea following Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, with various reports of missile attacks on commercial ship, plus warning of the waters containing mines.
According to a press release from the NATO Shipping Center (NSC), there is a high risk of collateral damage on civilian shipping in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, citing several open source reports of civilian ships being hit directly or indirectly as a result of the acts of war in the north western Black Sea within Ukrainian territorial waters and adjacent international waters.''

"Grain pain" in the Black Sea
According to a report from EastGate Shipping, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its ripple effects could dramatically affect grain cargo and bulk freight cargos in the region.''

''And while the Russia-Ukraine conflict is very likely to grind the global wheat supply, French wheat will probably be in more demand, according to Eastgate, as well as Australia which expects a bumper crop of 39m tons this year''

 

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Basically nothing, according to Carroll Bogert of Human Rights Watch. The Geneva Convention is a standard by which prisoners and civilians should be treated during a time of war. The document has no provisions for punishment, but violations can bring moral outrage and lead to trade sanctions or other kinds of economic reprisals against the offending government.

WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE IS A VIOLATION OF THE GENEVA CONVENTION?

 

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US secretary of defense orders 500 additional US troops deploy to Europe

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered additional troops and US military assets to be deployed to different parts of Europe amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine to further support the US’s NATO allies, a senior US defense official told reporters on Monday.

The Defense Department will send a total of 500 troops in this new deployment, the official said. The deployment will include sending KC-135 refueling aircraft to Greece, but the official could not say how many aircrafts would be sent or where in the US they will be coming from.

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With these additional deployments, the US now has about 100,000 US military personnel either on rotational or permanent orders stationed in Europe right now, the official said.

Live updates: Russia invades Ukraine

 

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Liga.net found the woman who knocked down a Russian drone with a jar of pickled tomatoes. She wants to set the record straight: those were NOT picked cucumbers:

"They were tomatoes!" LIGA.Life found a Kiev woman who shot down an enemy drone with a can of conservation | Stories of | LEAGUE. Life

 

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March 7 2022 rbbm.
Ukraine rejects Russian proposal for humanitarian corridors that lead to Russia, Belarus | CBC News
"In Mariupol, where an estimated 200,000 people hoping to flee were becoming increasingly desperate, Red Cross officials waited to hear when a safe humanitarian corridor would be established. The city is short on water, food and power, and mobile phone networks are down. Shops have been looted as residents search for essential goods.

Police moved through the city advising people to remain in shelters until they heard official messages broadcast over loudspeakers to leave.

Hospitals in Mariupol suffered shortages of antibiotics and painkillers, and doctors performed some emergency procedures without them.''

''The battle for Mariupol, in particular, is crucial because its capture could allow Moscow to establish a land corridor to Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014 in a move that most other countries considered illegal.''

 

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Putin’s alleged love child deletes Instagram after verbal abuse over Ukraine

Luiza Krivonogikh, whose Instagram boasted 84,000 followers, faced severe backlash online since her rumored father gave the orders for Russian troops to attack last month.

The 18 year old is the daughter of cleaner-turned-multimillionaire Svetlana Krivonogikh, 46, who has long been rumored to have been Putin’s mistress in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

 

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Euromaidan Press on Twitter
A unit of Kadyrov mercenaries is shelling civilians in the village of Myla, Kyiv Oblast.–General Staff of UA Army, 18:00 EET Log into Facebook

'Sent As Cannon Fodder': Locals Confront Russian Governor Over 'Deceived' Soldiers In Ukraine

 

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Governments hit back at Russia on Twitter: 'We can't stay silent on this one'

When Ukraine was attacked on Twitter, the German embassy couldn't just stay quiet.

On Twitter, official Russian government accounts defended the country's actions in invading Ukraine, including one from the embassy in South Africa that read, "We appreciate your support and glad you decided to stand with us today, when Russia, like 80 years ago, is fighting Nazism in Ukraine!"

The tweet thanked South African followers for supposedly sending letters supporting Russia's invasion. Germany's embassy in South Africa clapped back on Twitter, calling out Russia for "slaughtering innocent children, women and men for its own gain."

"It's definitely not 'fighting Nazism'," @GermanEmbassySA tweeted on Saturday. "Shame on anyone who's falling for this. (Sadly, we're kinda experts on Nazism.)"

The tweet - which has been largely praised online and shared more than 15,000 times - is one of many posts from usually staid, official government accounts that during the war have shed formality for a distinctly more casual and sharp social media tone, one that is generally more common between individuals or corporate brands snapping back at each other.