Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 **Media Thread** NO DISCUSSION #3

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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 10 hrs ago
Reuters: FBI hijacks Russian cyber network. According to U.S. officials on April 6, the Federal Bureau of Investigation hijacked thousands of routers and firewalls from Russian military hackers.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
This was reportedly a “pre-emptive move” to stop the creation of a “botnet,” a network of computers infected with malicious software and used to barrage other servers with traffic.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 5 hrs ago
Taiwan expands sanctions against Russia, targets high-tech exports. Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs said in a statement that the list includes designated telecommunications equipment, integrated circuit parts, and variable-frequency drives.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
NATO to discuss supplying heavy weapons, air defense systems to Ukraine. NATO foreign ministers will consider the isssue at a meeting on April 7, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 4 hrs ago
Emergency service: 6,883 explosive devices found and neutralized in Kyiv Oblast. The area is being demined after the withdrawal of Russian troops from the region in early April.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Ukraine, Russia agree on 10 humanitarian corridors for April 7 to evacuate people from: Mariupol in Donetsk Oblast; Berdiansk, Tokmak, Energodar and Melitopol in Zaporizhzhia Oblast; Sievierodonetsk, Lysychansk, Popasna, Rubizhne and Hirske in Luhansk Oblast.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 3 hrs ago
Russian troops forcibly transport Mariupol hospital staff, patients to occupied territories in eastern Ukraine. The staff and patients have been transported from Mariupol's Hospital No. 4, the city council said on April 7.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Russian troops shelled Kharkiv civilian infrastructure 48 times over the past 24 hours. Three people had been killed by Russian artillery in the city of Balakliya in the region. Source: Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Synehubov

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 2 hrs ago
Zelensky, European Commission President to meet on April 8. Zelensky's meeting with Ursula von der Leyen will take place in Kyiv, Zelensky's spokesman Serhiy Nikiforov said on April 7.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 1 hr ago
Der Spiegel: Russian soldiers discussed killing civilians in Bucha by radio. The conversations have been intercepted by German intelligence, Der Spiegel reported on April 7. Russian soldiers also said that Ukrainian prisoners of war had been shot dead after being interrogated.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Kyiv city hall bans visiting forests during martial law. The Vyshgorod district administration in Kyiv Oblast said in March that forests in the district, which is separate from the city, cannot be visited either. Martial law will be in force until at least April 25.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Bucha mayor: Almost 90% of people found dead have ‘bullet wounds, not shrapnel wounds.’ Mayor of Bucha Anatoly Fedoruk told Deutsche Welle that the number of people found dead is growing every day. The mayor said that three mass graves were found in the city.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Dnipro mayor: Residents not involved in critical infrastructure should evacuate. According to Suspilne media, Borys Filatov said that the situation in eastern Ukraine is escalating. Dnipro is a regional capital in central Ukraine that borders the eastern Donetsk Oblast.
 
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[URL='https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1511978872660713475']NEXTA on Twitter [/URL]- 5 hrs ago
#Australia announced sanctions against 67 #Russian citizens. According to the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country Marise Payne, all persons from the list are members of President Vladimir #Putin's close circle of communication.

NEXTA on Twitter
#Hungary's foreign minister says #Budapest does not support proposals to impose sanctions against #Russia in the field of energy.

NEXTA on Twitter
#EU postpones total ban on #Russian coal imports by one month until mid-August, #Reuters reports.

NEXTA on Twitter - 4 hrs ago
The #Chinese army will take effective measures to suppress "outside interference and attempts to achieve #Taiwan's independence". This was announced by Tang Kefei, spokesman of the Chinese Defense Ministry.

NEXTA on Twitter
#Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro #Kuleba has met #NATO Secretary-General Jens #Stoltenberg in #Brussels. Stoltenberg expressed his admiration for the people, authorities and Armed Forces of #Ukraine and recalled that NATO allies had been supporting the country for many years.

NEXTA on Twitter - 3 hrs ago
Meanwhile, #Lukashenko again forgot to take his pills and said that: "Negotiations cannot take place without the participation of #Belarus".

NEXTA on Twitter - 1 hr ago
The #European Parliament, by a majority of votes, supported a resolution calling for a complete and immediate embargo on #Russian energy imports.
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NEXTA on Twitter
Makey demands security guarantees for #Belarus In his opinion, Lukashenko should participate in the final negotiations between Zelenskyy and Putin.

Euromaidan Press on Twitter - 1 hr ago
Satellite imagery shows that some Russian aviation have relocated from Belarus to the Seshcha airfield in Russia's Bryansk Oblast. Currently, AN-124 & IL-76 military planes, helicopters, jets are based in Seshcha - @cxemu
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APR 7, 2022

Russo-Ukrainian war, day 43: Russian troops left Sumy Oblast, preparing an offensive is Donbas in 3-4 days | Euromaidan Press
Russian army is preparing to start an offensive in Donbas in 3-4 days. Heavy artillery and strategic aviation units are concentrated around the area for the bombing of Mariupol. Residents of the Ukrainian-controlled territories in Donbas are told to leave. ...

If there is no really painful package of sanctions against Russia, it will be considered by Moscow as a permission to attack - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — Official website of the President of Ukraine
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Some politicians are still unable to decide how to limit the flow of dollars and euros to Russia from the oil trade, so as not to jeopardize their own economies. But that's why people go into politics. To solve such problems, difficult tasks. To solve them quickly and in a principled fashion. If you are not capable, then you shouldn’t have started political activity.

The embargo on Russian oil supplies will be applied anyway. The format will be found. The only question is how many more Ukrainian men and women the Russian military will have time to kill, so that you, some politicians - and we know you, can borrow a little determination somewhere.

It is good that the United States Department of the Treasury has suspended Russia's ability to use US bank accounts and related assets to pay its debt. It's tangible. And I'm grateful for that. But much more needs to be done to stop the war.

[...]

Moscow Patriarchate to troops: "Wipe the Ukrainian nation off the face of the earth" | Euromaidan Press

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Broadside produced by the Bryansk metropolitanate of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate that has been distributed to Russian soldiers there (Credit: social media)

Translation: “Russian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate Bryansk Metropolitanate
You are a Russian Warrior.
Your duty is to defend the Fatherland from Ukrainian nationalists.
Your task is to wipe the Ukrainian nation off the face of the earth.
Your enemy is an ideology causing sinful damage to human soul.
The Department for relations with the military and the police of the Bryansk Eparchy, Priest Mikhail Ageshin.”

Bucha massacre survivors: ‘Why do Russians hate us so much?’ (kyivindependent.com)
Monthlong massacre

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“The Kadyrovites’ checkpoint was the scariest,” said Lyubarets referring to Chechen forces loyal to Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov, which Russia had deployed in the area.

“They could shoot to kill without asking questions, without checking documents. In that area, there were a lot of corpses that have now been buried on the territory of the church. Kadyrovites killed everyone – women, men, children, the age didn’t matter.”

[...]
 
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Shell says its decision to pull out of Russia in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine has already cost the international energy giant as much as $5bn.

The reduced value of Russian assets, credit losses and “onerous” contract terms will cut earnings for the first three months of the year by between $4bn and $5bn, the company said in a statement.

Energy companies are under pressure to cut ties with Russia because oil and natural gas exports are crucial revenue sources for Moscow.

Ukraine warns ‘last chance’ to flee Russian attacks in east
 
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British embassy security guard suspected of being Russian spy pleads not guilty to nine charges

Report: Germany Intercepts Russian Calls Discussing Bucha Killings
Germany's intelligence agency intercepted radio messages from Russian military sources discussing the killing of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, German news magazine Der Spiegel reported Thursday.

Possible Evidence of Russian Atrocities: German Intelligence Intercepts Radio Traffic Discussing the Murder of Civilians in Bucha

Private jet linked to Wagner Group’s Yevgeny Prigozhin seized at Luton airport | News | The Times
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as “Putin’s chef”, runs Wagner Group, which supplies mercenaries to conflict zones across the world
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''Investigators are trying to untangle the shadowy history of a private jet which was detained last weekend on the suspicion of being linked to the Putin crony who runs the notorious Wagner Group mercenary unit.

The Gulfstream G550 landed at Luton airport last weekend with no passengers on board. Flight data suggests it flew from Dubai.''
 
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April 5 2022
What is Russia's Wagner Group of mercenaries in Ukraine? - BBC News
''A BBC investigation into the Wagner Group has pointed to the believed involvement of a 51-year-old former Russian army officer, Dmitri Utkin. He is thought to have founded Wagner and given it its name - his own former call-sign.

He is a veteran of the Chechen wars, a former special forces officer and a lieutenant colonel with the GRU, Russia's military intelligence service.

The Wagner Group first went into action during Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, says Tracey German, professor of conflict and security at King's College London.

"Its mercenaries are thought to be some of the 'little green men' who occupied the region," she says. "About 1,000 of its mercenaries then supported the pro-Russian militias fighting for control of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.''

"Running a mercenary army is against the Russian constitution," she adds. "However, Wagner provides the government with a force which is deniable. Wagner can get involved abroad and the Kremlin can say: 'It has nothing to do with us'."

Samuel Ramani, associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, says Wagner mainly recruits army veterans who need to pay off debts: "They come from rural areas where there are few other opportunities for them to make money."

Who funds the Wagner Group?
Some suggest Russia's military intelligence agency, the GRU, secretly funds and oversees the Wagner Group.

Mercenary sources have told the BBC that its training base in Mol'kino in southern Russia is next to a Russian army base.''
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''Russia has consistently denied Wagner has any connection with the state.

The BBC investigation that identified Utkin's links to the Wagner Group also links Yevgeny Prigozhin, the oligarch known as "Putin's chef" - so-called because he rose from being a restaurateur and caterer for the Kremlin.''
 
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In Mali, Wagner has deployed its African playbook once again. Prigozhin associate Maxim Shugaley conducted another disinformation operation, releasing a public opinion poll “purporting to show 87 percent support among Malians for the government’s outreach to Wagner” by the Foundation for National Values Protection (FZNC). This organization is sanctioned by the US Treasury Department for disinformation activities. The operation, along with an interview by another Prigozhin associate, Alexandre Ivanov, to Malian media, demonstrate Wagner Group’s involvement in a bid to enhance its own reputation in Mali.[17]

The military-to-miliary relationship between Mali and Russia is nascent but reflects the recent introduction of Wagner to the country. Around September 2020, Mali’s transitional government agreed to accept 1000 Wagner group contractors “to conduct training, close protection, and counterterrorism operations.” In 2019, Mali’s then-government agreed to receive four Russian attack helicopters, MI-171s with weapons and ammunition, which were allegedly delivered as a “donation” on January 9, 2021, as part of a Mali-Russia military cooperation convention.[18] Given the chronological proximity of these two actions, Wagner appears intimately involved in the growing military-to-military relationship between Mali and Russia.

The Wagner Group's Playbook in Africa: Mali - Foreign Policy Research Institute
 
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Pink Floyd - Hey Hey Rise Up (feat. Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Boombox)


Here is the official video for 'Hey Hey Rise Up', Pink Floyd’s new Ukraine fundraiser feat Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Boombox.

Stream / download from midnight at http://pinkfloyd.lnk.to/HeyHeyRiseUp '

'Hey Hey Rise Up', released in support of the people of Ukraine, sees David Gilmour and Nick Mason joined by long time Pink Floyd bass player Guy Pratt and Nitin Sawhney on keyboards, all accompanying an extraordinary vocal by Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Ukrainian band Boombox. All proceeds go to Ukrainian Humanitarian Relief.

The track uses Andriy’s vocals taken from his Instagram post of him in Kyiv’s Sofiyskaya Square singing ‘Oh, The Red Viburnum In The Meadow’, a rousing Ukrainian folk protest song written during the first world war. The title of the Pink Floyd track is taken from the last line of the song which translates as ‘Hey, hey, rise up and rejoice’.

The video for ‘Hey Hey Rise Up' was filmed by acclaimed director Mat Whitecross and shot on the same day as the track was recorded, with Andriy singing on the screen while the band played. Gilmour, who has a Ukrainian daughter-in-law and grandchildren says: “We, like so many, have been feeling the fury and the frustration of this vile act of an independent, peaceful democratic country being invaded and having its people murdered by one of the world's major powers”.

Speaking about his hopes for the track Gilmour says, “I hope it will receive wide support and publicity. We want to raise funds and morale. We want to show our support for Ukraine and in that way, show that most of the world thinks that it is totally wrong for a superpower to invade the independent democratic country that Ukraine has become.

The artwork for the track features a painting of the national flower of Ukraine, the sunflower, by the Cuban artist, Yosan Leon. The cover of the single is a direct reference to the woman who was seen around the world giving sunflower seeds to Russian soldiers and telling them to carry them in their pockets so that when they die, sunflowers will grow.
 
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The Horrors Russia Left Behind | Russia-Ukraine War


'You don't resign after you're fired': Russia quits human rights council after suspension

 
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Benjamin Hall on Twitter
It's been over three weeks since the attack in Ukraine and I wanted to start sharing it all. But first I need to pay tribute to my colleagues Pierre and Sasha who didnt make it that day. Pierre and I traveled the world together, working was his joy and his joy was infectious. RIP


Benjamin Hall on Twitter
To sum it up, I've lost half a leg on one side and a foot on the other. One hand is being put together, one eye is no longer working, and my hearing is pretty blown… but all in all I feel pretty damn lucky to be here - and it is the people who got me here who are amazing!
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  • #754
The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 7 hrs ago
General Staff: Russia plans to capture Mariupol, break through Donbas defense lines. Ukraine’s Armed Forces say Russian troops are regrouping and gathering additional forces near Mariupol, that are set to launch a new offensive on the besieged city.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Fedorov: Russia abducted more than 100 people in Melitopol. Mayor Ivan Fedorov said that Russians began to kidnap teachers and lecturers of the Melitopol University and are trying to resume education under Russian dictate.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 5 hrs ago
Over 500,000 people officially registered as internally displaced persons in Ukraine since Feb. 24. Over 4 million Ukrainians fled abroad, while another 6.5 million people are thought to be internally displaced, according to the UN.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Zelensky calls for heavy weapons to defeat Russia. President Volodymyr Zelensky added that Russia is ready to use all kinds of weapons against Ukraine, including nuclear, if it sees that Ukraine and its supporters are weak.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 3 hrs ago
Politico: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delays tank delivery to Ukraine. According to people familiar with the deliberations, Scholz is delaying a final decision over whether to give Ukraine around 100 tanks to fight Russia, despite pressure from several other top officials.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 1 hr ago
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin: US providing military intelligence to Ukraine for operations in Donbas. Austin confirmed for the first time at a hearing on April 7 that the US is providing Ukraine intelligence on Russian forces to conduct operations in the Donbas region.

APR 8, 2022
Gruesome photos show Borodyanka in ruins (kyivindependent.com)
Borodyanka, a town of 12,000 people 40 kilometers northwest of Kyiv, has suffered some of the worst destruction seen by any place in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

More than 10 apartment buildings in the heart of the town were destroyed by Russia’s bombs in early March. Only recently, when Ukraine regained control of Borodyanka, it became possible to start clearing the rubble. A month after the attack, there is little hope to find survivors.

Hundreds of people are expected to be found buried under the rubble.

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Euromaidan Press on Twitter - 8 hrs ago, Video w/subtitles
Russian troops get orders from their commanders to shoot civilians, a @ServiceSsu intercept published 5 Apr shows

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
Residents of liberated Ivankiv, Kyiv Oblast, are getting in touch with their relatives for the first time in a long while thanks to @spacex's Starlink equipment brought by volunteers to the city. PHOTO: Facebook
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Defence of Ukraine on Twitter
Russia is abducting Ukrainian children en masse. Thousands of Ukrainian orphans from the occupied territories are being illegally "evacuated" to Russia. The State Duma is speeding up a bill on a "simplified" procedure for their "adoption" by Russian families. #russiawarcrimes

NEXTA on Twitter - 7 hrs ago
The #EU countries agreed to impose an embargo on the import of #Russian coal as part of the fifth package of sanctions.

NEXTA on Twitter
6,000 sanctions have already been imposed against #Russia - this is a world record!
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Euromaidan Press on Twitter - 4 hrs ago
"It is precisely because certain countries refuse to provide heavy weapons to Ukraine that the war may last longer. We are not going to give up. And without heavy weapons it is just a long process: we fight back, the Russians then go again," Zelenskyy said Telegram: Contact @OP_UA

Euromaidan Press on Twitter - 1 hr ago
“I think the deal that Ukraine is offering is fair. You give us weapons, we sacrifice our lives, and the war is contained in Ukraine,” Ukrainian MFA Kuleba said, appealing to NATO with a threefold agenda: “weapons, weapons, weapons.”
Ukraine presses NATO for more aid to prevent atrocities like Bucha - The Washington Post

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
Ukraine is prepared to the potential use of chemical weapons by the Russian army: antidotes are present in sufficient quantities in hospitals and military units of the Ukrainian army, National Security and Defense Secretary Danilov said. Ukraine has prepared for a possible attack with the use of chemical weapons – NSDC (ukrinform.ua)

APR 7, 2022
This Ninth-Grader Made A Video Diary In Mariupol (rferl.org)
VIDEO CAPTION: Alona Zahreba made a video diary of life in the besieged Ukrainian port, showing how they gathered snow when water was cut off and smoke rising from nearby explosions. She spoke to Current Time about what life was like in Mariupol, and how she and her family escaped.
 
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Russia-Ukraine war latest: Zelenskiy says Borodyanka ‘much worse’ than Bucha; Kremlin admits ‘significant’ troop losses – live (theguardian.com)

1h ago 22:05
Australia has sent its first convoy of 20 refitted Bushmaster vehicles to Ukraine on aircraft C-17 Globemasters leaving Brisbane on Friday.

It is part of a $50m support package worth of military vehicles to the country.

The armoured vehicles have been repainted olive green with Ukraine’s flag stencilled on each side and the words ‘United with Ukraine’ emblazoned in both English and Ukrainian in a pledge of solidarity.

[...]

11m ago 23:18
Russia has imposed sanctions on Australian and New Zealand citizens, including their prime ministers, the Russian foreign ministry announced.

Entry bans have been imposed on 228 Australian government members and lawmakers, including Prime Minister Scott Morrison, in response to sanctions from Canberra.

The ministry published a list of 228 Australian lawmakers and government members who were barred from entering Russia on Thursday.

It said Australia “obediently follows the decisions of the West” and has decided to sanction Russia’s top managers and almost all of its deputies.

[...]
 
  • #760
MAR 29, 2022
Ukrainian captivity better than Russian army

APR 6, 2022
Russian invaders were promised several days of triumphal march, awards and ‘mountains of gold’

APRIL 6, 2022
SSU interception: occupiers receive orders to shoot civilian
 
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