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

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https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1503697021655523331?t=HnEDu6T16gLWLNypX4hA0Q&s=19

️In #Kharkiv, #Russian troops began shelling the city right at the time of the evacuation of people https://t.co/Xg280BaGnH

https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1503691422297378819?t=4Sfy197ETtkaIZgzq5ztwA&s=19

️A member of the #Ukrainian delegation Arakhamia announced the resumption of negotiations between Russia and #Ukraine, Ukrainian media write

 

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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 6 hrs ago
Russian forces shoot at evacuating civilians in Hostomel. According to National Police, the first 10 buses of evacuees safely left the town, when Russians opened fire on the next four buses. One woman was killed, two men injured as a result of attack.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Russian attack on two residential buildings in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district in the early morning of March 15 killed at least two people, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Telegram

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 5 hrs ago
Four people killed following Russian attack in Rubizhne. Serhiy Haidai, the governor of Luhansk Oblast, said on March 15 that Russian forces destroyed three school buildings along with a boarding school for visually impaired children and a hospital in the city of Rubizhne.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 4 hrs ago
19 killed, 9 injured in Russia’s attack on TV tower in Rivne. According to Rivne Oblast Governor Vitalii Koval, there might be more victims, as the rescuers are still working at the scene. The strike happened on March 14 in Rivne, a regional capital in northwestern Ukraine.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 3 hrs ago
State Emergency Service: 7 people found dead under rubbles in Kharkiv. Russian forces have intensified shelling of Kharkiv on March 14, leading to multiple damages and a large fire in the city’s northwestern Kholodnohirskyi district. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
New curfew in Kyiv will last from 8 p.m. on March 15 until 7 a.m. on March 17. Residents will only be allowed to go outside to head to bomb shelters, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 2 hrs ago
Russian missiles damage airport in Dnipro. Two missiles hit the Dnipro airport on the night of March 15, destroying a runway and damaging a terminal, according to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Valentyn Reznichenko.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 1 hr ago
Local authorities cry for help in Izium. Deputy mayor Volodymyr Matsokin said that residents were left without electricity, water, and food. According to local deputy Max Strel, Russians have been blocking humanitarian aid delivery and civilian evacuation for the last 3 days.

 

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Euromaidan Press on Twitter - 7 min ago
Another Russian army General allegedly killed in Ukraine Ukrainian National Guard's Azov Regiment published on Telegram a graphic photo of a man in Russian uniform with general major shoulder straps killed in Mariupol. His identity and military unit haven't been reported yet.

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
If the identity of the Russian military would be confirmed, he would be the fourth Russian general killed in Ukraine.

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
The other three Russian generals killed in Ukraine were:
Maj.-Gen. Andrey Kolesnikov, Commander of Russia's 29th Army
Maj.-Gen. Vitaly Gerasimov, Chief of staff of Russia's 41st Army
Maj.-Gen. Andrey Sukhovetsky, Dep.Commander of the 41st Army

 

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Almost 75 per cent of Canadians say NATO should prepare to intervene in Ukraine: poll | CP24.com
''March 15, 2022 5:40AM EDT
OTTAWA -- A new poll suggests nearly three-quarters of Canadians believe NATO allies should prepare for military intervention as Russian aggression escalates in Ukraine, even as half hold out hope for a diplomatic resolution.

''The online survey of 1,515 Canadians and 1,002 Americans was conducted by Leger between Friday and Sunday.''
This is the first time where people say, 'Give diplomacy and sanctions a chance but brace for potentially this becoming military involvement,”' said Leger executive vice-president Christian Bourque.

Approximately 49 per cent of Canadians still believe a diplomatic end to the war is possible, but 64 per cent said the conflict between Ukraine and Russia will be protracted, and will last many years.

Sixty-five per cent of Canadians said governments should impose more severe sanctions against Russia, even if it means higher gas prices for western countries, even though 62 per cent agreed the sanctions mainly hurt the Russian people and not Russian President Vladimir Putin directly. Only 35 per cent believe economic sanctions will actually convince Putin to back down.

Canadians seem to understand the stakes are high, and they increasingly believe the conflict could escalate into a world war, the poll shows. About three-quarters report they believe the situation has the potential to lead to a third world war in this latest poll, compared to 66 per cent of Canadians polled at the end of February when the conflict first began.

Nearly half of those polled, about 47 per cent, say they believe Putin will use nuclear weapons if the conflict doesn't go his way.

“The fear factor is high,” Bourque said.'

 

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Ukraine-Russia war latest news: Russian ‘war machine’ will target others after Ukraine, Zelenskiy warns – live | World news | The Guardian
1h ago 07:46

Civilians trapped in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol are “essentially being suffocated with no aid”, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

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He (Ewan Watson, Red Cross) noted there had been delays with similar evacuations from Mariupol, where he said people are “essentially being suffocated in this city now with no aid”.

We know of families undoing oil heaters to take water out as a last resort to have something to drink.

42m ago 08:28

Vladimir Putin plans to order the mass logging of Ukrainian forests to be sold as lumber in Russia, a document published by Ukraine’s military intelligence claims.

The document, published by the Ukrainian defence intelligence today, reportedly shows a letter from Russia’s minister of defence, Sergei Shoigu, addressed to the Russian president.

The letter discusses the subject of “the possibility of felling on defence lands”, Ukrainian intelligence claims, with the money from the sale of the wood going to funding the Russian army.

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13m ago 08:59

About 2,000 cars have been able to leave the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol and a further 2,000 are waiting to leave, according to local authorities.

In an online post published today, Mariupol city council said:

As of 14:00 (1200 GMT), it is known that 2,000 cars have left Mariupol.

On Monday, local authorities said more than 160 private cars left Mariupol in what would be the first successful evacuation since the city was encircled by Russian troops more than two weeks ago.

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Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova protests against Putin live on air

“Unfortunately, in recent years I have been working on Channel One, creating Kremlin propaganda and I am now very ashamed of it. I’m embarrassed for letting them tell lies from the TV screen. I’m ashamed that I allowed them to zombify Russian people.

“We were silent in 2014, when all this was starting. We didn’t go out to rallies and protests when the Kremlin poisoned Navalny. We just silently observed this anti-human regime. And now the whole world has turned its back on us."

 

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MAR 15, 2022
Slovaks charge 2 with spying for Russia's military service | AP News
Slovak authorities have broken a Russian spying network that was operating on Slovak territory, officials said on Tuesday.

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“We’re talking about serious cases,” Lipsic said. “It’s about a long term, paid cooperation with the Russian military intelligence service” (known as GRU).

The two are accused of seeking out and gathering highly sensitive, strategic and classified information about Slovakia, its armed forces and NATO and handed them over to undercover GRU officers who were based at the Russian Embassy in the Slovak capital, Bratislava, in exchange for money, Hamran said. He said such a case has not been known in Slovakia before.

Lipsic said the suspects received tens of thousands euros (dollars) from the Russian spies.

“The information the Russian intelligence service was looking for also involved Ukraine,” Lipsic said. He didn’t elaborate at a news conference in Bratislava.

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https://twitter.com/Podolyak_M/status/1503718859219554312?t=wMTMcSqh0__IH2kDriBJew&s=19

Negotiations are ongoing. Consultations on the main negotiation platform renewed. General regulation matters, ceasefire, withdrawal of troops from the territory of the country…

 

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Ukrainian Refugee Children Give Chilling Accounts Of War Carnage (rferl.org)
Video caption: Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian children have become refugees since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. Their testimonies of the horrors of war are a stunning combination of unfiltered emotion and calm descriptiveness. The children also reflect on politics, with one girl remarking that Russian President Vladimir Putin was perhaps "neglected as a child." RFE/RL interviewed several Ukrainian refugee children in Poland and Lithuania on March 2-8.

 

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LIVE SOON (15:00 CET) Pre-ministerial press conference ahead of #NATO #DefMin
@NATO
HQ, Brussels

https://twitter.com/jensstoltenberg
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In Putin's vision for the world, a medieval narrative resurfaces - CNN

Russian President Vladimir Putin has given several explanations for his country's war on Ukraine, and some are more plausible than others. They include stopping NATO's advance towards Russia's borders, protecting fellow Russians from "genocide" or the baseless claim of "de-Nazifying" Ukraine.

The top-ranking priest in the Russian Orthodox Church, meanwhile, has offered a very different reason for the invasion: gay pride parades.

Patriarch Kirill said last week that the conflict is an extension of a fundamental culture clash between the wider Russian world and Western liberal values, exemplified by expressions of gay pride.

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The "test" of which side you are on, said Kirill, is whether your country is willing to hold gay pride parades.

"In order to enter the club of those countries, it is necessary to hold a gay pride parade. Not to make a political statement, 'we are with you,' not to sign any agreements, but to hold a gay parade," he said during the March 6 sermon.

 

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Three European leaders head to besieged Ukrainian city
The Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia are heading to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky amid shelling in the nation's capital city.

 

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“Russia fired an official who said last week that China had refused to supply Russian airlines with aircraft parts in the wake of Western sanctions“
https://twitter.com/fbermingham/status/1503711313314394117

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1503747145282773005?t=O3o7bmbNQ2qK1uIVzK5sWw&s=19
Ukraine shall join a new defense alliance with a state that owns nuclear weapons. Today, it is the UK — Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky set to address Parliament amid Russian attack | CBC News
''Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to deliver a virtual address to Parliament today as his country continues to defend itself from Russian attack.

Ahead of the address, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced new restrictions on 15 Russian officials who "enabled and supported President [Vladimir] Putin's choice to invade a peaceful and sovereign country."

The day is expected to kick off around 11:15 a.m. ET with remarks by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to be followed by Zelensky's speech.

CBC News will carry it live on CBC News Network, CBCNews.ca and the CBC News app.''

 

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Fox News cameraman killed in Ukraine:

@ChadPergram

1) Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott: It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we share the news this morning regarding our beloved cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski. Pierre was killed in Horenka, outside of Kyiv, Ukraine.

2) Scott: Pierre was with Benjamin Hall yesterday newsgathering when their vehicle was struck by incoming fire. Pierre was a war zone photographer who covered nearly every international story for FOX News from Iraq to Afghanistan to Syria during his long tenure with us.

3) Scott: His passion and talent as a journalist were unmatched. Based in London, Pierre had been working in Ukraine since February.

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@JDiamond1
Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kurshinova was also killed in this same incident, according to Anton Gerashchenko, an advisor to the Ukrainian Interior Minister. RIP.

RIP Pierre and Sasha. From our last correspondence: I will effort to get as much of this on TV to help Ukrainians in every way possible. Keep Smiling. Pierre
https://twitter.com/LucasFoxNews/status/1503761800533364736?s=20&t=EUuaiDJAVlDZd8g0PQGWKg

 

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Protester with 'No War' sign walks onto Russian state TV set

The independent OVD-Info human rights group said the woman was named Marina Ovsyannikova and that she had been detained and taken into custody.

Her whereabouts and condition were unclear as of Tuesday morning.

Earlier this month, the Kremlin made it a crime punishable by a 15-year prison term for people to spread “fake news” and describe the Ukraine invasion as a “war.”

 

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LIVE: Ukraine's Zelensky addresses Canada's parliament

 

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Javi Morgado @javimorgado
Deputy mayor of Mariupol Sergei Orlov confirms to @CNN @biannagolodryga
that there is an active hostage situation at a hospital in his city which has been occupied by Russian forces

Video at link
https://twitter.com/ICRC/status/1503730299175378946?t=z-H_vOBeMAUWyuN6eZDkWA&s=19
UPDATE: We’re facilitating the safe passage of civilians out of Sumy, #Ukraine.

Together with @RedCrossUkraine, we’ll lead two convoys of approximately 70 trucks.

We desperately hope this will help people leaving Sumy to reach a safe haven. https://t.co/WcC7sJSqbC

 

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https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1503759623156867073?t=WK3biPLbpscuczPu7DhQnA&s=19
His Ukrainian colleague Oleksandra Kuvshynova was killed as well.
Another Fox News journalist Benjamin Hall was badly injured. The incident took place just northwest of Kyiv. https://t.co/qFOpF54Fty

 

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Live updates: Russia invades Ukraine (cnn.com)
''14 min ago
Russia bans Canada's prime minister, foreign minister and minister of defense from entering country

Russia has banned Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly and Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand from entering the country, the Russian Foreign Ministry tweeted on Tuesday.
These individuals, as of March 15, are on a "black list," the tweet explains.''

'34 min ago
Russia imposes sanctions on US President Joe Biden, his son and other US officials
Russia has imposed sanctions against US President Joe Biden, his son, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, other US officials, and “individuals associated with them,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

“In response to a series of unprecedented sanctions prohibiting, among other things, entry into the United States for top officials of the Russian Federation, from March 15 of this year, the Russian 'stop list' includes on the basis of reciprocity President J. Biden, Secretary of State A. Blinken, Secretary of Defense L. Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff M. Milley, as well as a number of department heads and prominent US figures,” the statement read.
The statement went on to explain that this retaliation step was “an inevitable consequence of the extremely Russophobic course taken by the current US Administration, which, in a desperate attempt to maintain American hegemony, has relied, discarding all decency, on the frontal constricting of Russia.”