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

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Justin Trudeau
@JustinTrudeau
Officiel du gouvernement - Canada
I’ve touched down in Latvia. I’m looking forward to working with more of Canada’s allies to strengthen NATO, respond to Russia’s attacks, and to support the people of Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1500995402304212999?s=20&t=IkyGWnvXAOtGUsZDp0oy_Q

 

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WARNING - Graphic and disturbing video

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
A captured Russian said there was a direct order to shoot civilians near Kharkiv. He claimed he was injured by his fellows for warning Ukrainian civilians. This should be independently verified, although there were videos of shot civilians in cars - Служба безпеки України https://t.co/M7ndhZWJeU

 

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https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1500996979224100865?t=EC6-GHQleOa98Rl6l2aArw&s=19

️Russia will not use conscript soldiers in Ukraine, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said in a televised address on Mar. 7.

Putin also claimed there will be “no additional call-up reservists” and that “professionals” fulfilling “fixed objectives” were leading the war.

 

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"Russia is recruiting Syrians and other foreign fighters as it ramps up its assault on Ukraine, the Pentagon has said.

Moscow entered the Syrian civil war in 2015 on the side of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, and the country has been mired in a conflict marked by urban combat for more than a decade.

Now, US Department of Defence officials said, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin was “on a recruiting mission” seeking to bring some of those fighters into the fray in Ukraine, according to the Wall Street Journal.

“We do believe that the accounts of them – the Russians – seeking Syrian fighters to augment their forces in Ukraine, we believe there’s truth to that,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told journalists when asked about the reports."
Russia to let Ukrainians evacuate in ‘direction of their choice’

 

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Paulo Fonseca recalls his harrowing experience escaping Ukraine after Russia's invasion | Daily Mail Online

Ukrainian Actor Pasha Lee Killed During Battle Against Russians

 

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Retired US Army Sergeant Trains Ukrainian Resistance Fighters

 

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US State Department: Russian embassy's claim is "a flat out lie"
The tweet, posted Monday, claimed that Russia's military actions aimed "to stop any war that could take place on Ukrainian territory or that could start from there,” quoting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

US State Department Spokesman Ned Price responded on Twitter, saying: “This is a flat out lie. Russia’s special military operation is instigating a war in Ukraine. Ukraine does not want a war. #StopTheLies.”

Live updates: Russia invades Ukraine

 

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Russia steps up attack on Ukraine: "We will fight to the death if necessary"

Children flee under fire as Russians advance on Kyiv - BBC News

Ukrainian refugees reaching Polish train station share their stories

 

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How many U.S. troops are in Europe, and where in Europe are they stationed?
About 70,000 U.S. troops are permanently stationed in Europe.
Germany hosts about half of them,
In addition to the permanent troops, an additional 7,000 U.S. troops are in Europe on shorter rotational deployments as part of a NATO support mission called Atlantic Resolve. That includes an aviation division with 85 helicopters and an armored division with artillery and tanks. Those troops are headquartered in Poznan, Poland.
The Harry S. Truman carrier strike group has been in the Mediterranean Sea since December. This week, the aircraft carrier was in the Adriatic Sea conducting joint exercises with NATO.

In Ukraine itself, there is minimal U.S. military presence. Permanently deployed troops are limited primarily to the military attaché and Marine guards at the American Embassy in Kyiv. About 150 members of the Florida National Guard are in western Ukraine on a previously scheduled training rotation.

Explaining the U.S. military presence in Europe as 2,000 more troops deploy

 

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https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1501012494734995457?t=viNl3dr4_GQbhMNwrGVslA&s=19

️#Japan introduces a ban on exports of oil refining equipment to #Russia.

 

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From Reuters July 31, 2020

Poland currently hosts a rotating contingent of over 4,000 U.S. troops. A permanent presence, which the statement says will now number at least 5,500 troops, is likely to cost Poland more.

U.S. to have permanent troop presence in Poland as defence pact agreed

 

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Published at: Jan 18 2022 - 09:54 / Updated at: Jan 19 2022 - 17:32
Cold Response 2022: 35,000 Soldiers from 26 Countries in Northern Military Exercise
Facts about Cold Response 2022

• Cold Response is a Norwegian-led series of military exercises organized every other year with NATO allied and partner countries. The 2022 edition will take place in March and April under the command of the Joint Operation Headquarters in Bodø.
• 35,000 soldiers from 26 countries (including Norway) will participate. This will thus be the largest Norwegian-led exercise on Norwegian territory since the 1980s. Trident Juncture 2018 was nevertheless the largest exercise in Norwegian territory since the 1980s, though under joint NATO command.
• The 23 NATO countries sending forces to the exercise are the USA, Canada, Denmark, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Germany, Spain, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia. In addition, the partner countries Finland and Sweden will participate.
• Allied forces have arrived in Norway ever since the fall of 2021 to train and prepare before the exercise.
• The exercise will take place in Northern, Central and Southeasten Norway, with emphasis in the North. In the North, the exercise will play out from Bodø to Porsangermoen.

 

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"The UK is Europe’s largest contributor to NATO. We have deployed more troops to NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence than any other Ally, and HMS Prince of Wales leads the Alliance’s Maritime High Readiness Force."
https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2022/02/exercise-iron-surge-bolsters-nato/

 

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[URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/07/ukraine-news-russia-war-latest-news-vladimir-putin-zelenskiy-kyiv-russian-invasion-civilian-attacks-irpin-ceasefire-live-updates']Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy vows to punish attack on civilians in Irpin; Russia bombards Mykolaiv – live | World news | The Guardian[/URL]
11h ago 15:58

The British prime minister, Boris Johnson, said a boycott of Russian oil and gas was “very much on the table”.

Over the weekend, the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said Washington was in “very active discussions” with countries in Europe over banning imports of Russian oil, PA Media reported.

At a Downing Street press conference, Johnson said:

I don’t think Tony Blinken was wrong in the sense that we are all together now moving very, very fast and seeing that something that, perhaps three or four weeks ago, we would never have considered is now very much on the table.

We have to consider how we can all move away as fast as possible from dependence, reliance, on Russian hydrocarbons, Russian oil and gas. Everybody is doing that, everybody is on the same journey. Some countries will find it faster and easier than others, that’s all.

But we’re going to do it together and we are going to work together on making sure that we all have the substitutes and the supplies that we need.

 

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[URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/07/ukraine-news-russia-war-latest-news-vladimir-putin-zelenskiy-kyiv-russian-invasion-civilian-attacks-irpin-ceasefire-live-updates']Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy vows to punish attack on civilians in Irpin; Russia bombards Mykolaiv – live | World news | The Guardian[/URL]
11h ago 03:11

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, asked the international community on Monday to boycott Russian exports and urged a boycott of supply to Russia.

He said:

If they do not want to comply with civilised rules, they should not receive goods and services from civilisation either. Let the war feed them.

He also called on western allies to send aircraft to Ukraine for his air force to use.

 

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[URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/07/ukraine-news-russia-war-latest-news-vladimir-putin-zelenskiy-kyiv-russian-invasion-civilian-attacks-irpin-ceasefire-live-updates']Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy vows to punish attack on civilians in Irpin; Russia bombards Mykolaiv – live | World news | The Guardian[/URL]
10h ago 03:55

Ukraine says 13 dead as bread factory hit by Russian air strike

At least 13 civilians have been reported killed in an air strike on a bread factory in the Ukrainian town of Makariv, just outside Kyiv, according to the Ukrainian state emergency service.

The latest multiple fatality incident involving civilians occurred on Monday afternoon.

According to a statement of the Twitter account of Ukraine’s armed forces:

Russian occupiers carried out an air strike on a bakery in Makariv, Kyiv region.

As a result of a shell hit the territory of the bakery, [and] 13 people died with five people were rescued from the rubble.

There were 30 people at the bakery.

 

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[URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/07/ukraine-news-russia-war-latest-news-vladimir-putin-zelenskiy-kyiv-russian-invasion-civilian-attacks-irpin-ceasefire-live-updates']Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy vows to punish attack on civilians in Irpin; Russia bombards Mykolaiv – live | World news | The Guardian[/URL]
9h ago 18:06

The Pentagon has been giving its daily update to defence department reporters. The headlines are that the US assesses that Russia has now committed almost 100% of the forces it had amassed for the Ukraine invasion. That means an estimated 127 battalion tactical groups.

The Russian force has launched over 625 missiles, mostly short and medium range surface to air missiles and cruise missiles, US officials say.

The US also deems Ukraine airspace to be still contested, as the country’s forces still have most of their fixed-wing aircraft available and flying, and its air defences are still working.

There are still no signs of Belarus troops inside Ukraine and no sign they are on the point of entering. Meanwhile, Russia is trying to recruit foreign fighters, especially Syrians, to take part in its war in Ukraine. There is no evidence of Syrian fighters actually arriving in Ukraine however. Overall, the offensive on Kyiv is still stalled, the US says.

“We’re not seeing a lot of progress,” a senior defence official said, attributing it to a combination of stiff Ukrainian resistance and “internal challenges” within the Russian forces.

 

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[URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/07/ukraine-news-russia-war-latest-news-vladimir-putin-zelenskiy-kyiv-russian-invasion-civilian-attacks-irpin-ceasefire-live-updates']Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy vows to punish attack on civilians in Irpin; Russia bombards Mykolaiv – live | World news | The Guardian[/URL]
5h ago 22:05

"It's clear Mr Putin has a plan to brutalize Ukraine" - US envoy to UN
“Children are dying, people are fleeing their homes, for what?” Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the United Nations, is expressing unbridled outrage to the UN Security Council in New York.

Moments ago, Russia’s envoy Vasily Nebenzya, claimed Ukrainians are shelling themselves.

Diplomats are beside themselves with this cruel lie.

“It’s clear Mr Putin has a plan to brutalize Ukraine,” Thomas-Greenfield said.

“The humanitarian toll of President Putin’s war on Ukraine is mounting. Children are dying, people are fleeing their homes - for what?” she asked.

The ambassador said that dozens of children are known to have been killed in the military invasion already and the actual number is likely to be far greater and warned that there are already reports of children being struck dumb in shock and trauma from the terrifying situation around them.

 

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Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy vows to punish attack on civilians in Irpin; Russia bombards Mykolaiv – live | World news | The Guardian
5h ago 22:25

Interim summary

Here’s where things stand:

• Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the United Nations, just slammed Russia and accused Vladimir Putin of having a plan “to brutalize Ukraine”, as the UN tries to negotiate evacuation corridors.
  
• But Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, was in the UN Security Council chamber in New York, with a different message, claiming Ukrainians are shelling themselves.
• The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is deepening as Russian forces intensify their shelling and food, water, heat and medicine grow increasingly scarce, with Ukraine accusing Moscow of ‘medieval’ tactics.
• A third round of conflict talks between Ukraine and Russia ended with “small positive developments” relating to potential humanitarian corridors, according to reports, but there were no details and the veracity of anything offered by Russia is in doubt.

 

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8 Mar 2022 rbbm.
‘No better than North Korea’: Russian aviation faces wipeout | Russia-Ukraine war News | Al Jazeera
''Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has resulted in its airlines being banned from European, American and Canadian airspace, left the country with leased aircraft it cannot use, and scuttled aerospace industry partnerships with the West.

Russian citizens won’t be flying to Europe or North America anytime soon, with even flights to friendly countries such as China in doubt due to the international community’s ostracisation of the country’s aviation sector, according to aviation analysts.''

“Russia will be the world’s largest country with a developed economy and an aviation industry no better than North Korea’s,” Richard Aboulafia, managing director of Michigan-based AeroDynamic Advisory, told Al Jazeera.

“Aviation sanctions are easy to enforce,” said Aboulafia, who has more than 30 years of experience in the aviation industry. “Airlines can’t fly. They will have to completely redo their aircraft plans, which at the moment, are built on Western technology.”