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

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Head of Donetsk regional administration Pavlo Kyrylenko says Kramatorsk station was actually hit by Iskander ballistic missile with cluster munitions. “There were thousands in station at the time of attack — this was a gathering point for evacuation to safer parts of Ukraine.”

@ChristopherJM

Zelensky commented on the Kramatorsk attack on Telegram: “Lacking the strength and courage to stand up to us on the battlefield, [Russian forces] are cynically destroying the civilian population. This is an evil that has no limits. And if it is not punished, it will never stop.

EU High Rep for Foreign Affairs and P of @EU_Commission
condemns Russian attack on Kramatorsk train station, as he himself is on a train to Kyiv in a big gesture of support for Ukraine.

This video as well as photos circulating show the words “for the children” scrawled on the Tochka-U rocket fired by Russian forces on Kramatorsk today. Kremlin propaganda has falsely claimed Ukraine is cynically attacking children. Reality: Russia is.

https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1512367311923130369?s=20&t=QMTNeAFHDxyAcHS83V1JyQ

At least 27 killed, 30 injured in missile strike on Kramatorsk railway station, regional spokesperson says

 

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'Meer dan 30 doden bij aanval treinstation' • Rusland ontkent schuld, wijst naar Oekraïne

'More than 30 dead in train station attack' • Russia denies guilt, points to Ukraine

Russia denies guilt, points to Ukraine

• Russia denies carrying out an attack on a train station, Russia's defense ministry said. According to the Russians, a missile used only by the Ukrainian army was used.
  
  A similar missile was said to have been used in a March Ukrainian attack on the center of Donetsk that killed 17 people. The Ministry of Defense also says that it had not selected any targets in Kramatorsk today.
  
  A leader of pro-Russian separatists in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic says the rocket attack on the Kramatorsk station is a "provocation" by Ukraine, Russia's state news agency TASS reported.

Very graphic.....Укрзалізниця

 

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'Meer dan 30 doden bij aanval treinstation' • Rusland ontkent schuld, wijst naar Oekraïne

'More than 30 dead in train station attack' • Russia denies guilt, points to Ukraine

11 HOURS AGO
Zelensky: situation in Borodyanka even worse than in Butcha
Ukrainian President Zelensky says the situation in Borodyanka is "much worse" than in Butya. More than 300 dead civilians were found in the latter city this weekend. At least 50 of them are believed to have been executed by Russian troops withdrawing from the region around the capital Kiev.

Similar sounds come from Borodjanka, 25 kilometers northwest of Butsha. "It's much worse there," Zelensky said in a new video message. "There are more victims of the Russian occupiers." Zelensky showed no further evidence for his statement.

According to Moscow, the dead in Butya were staged by Ukraine and Russian soldiers have nothing to do with it. Zelensky calls that nonsense.

https://twitter.com/nos_osint/status/1511355372002496522

 

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'Meer dan 30 doden bij aanval treinstation' • Rusland ontkent schuld, wijst naar Oekraïne

Mayor Butsha: 163 dead identified
In Butya, a place near Kiev where Russian soldiers are believed to have killed hundreds of civilians, 163 victims have been identified so far. That is what the mayor of the city tells Voice of America . "These are citizens of our city who were cynically murdered, brutally tortured by the Russians. We know their last names, first names, where they lived and who they were."

He says 320 civilian bodies have now been found in his city. They were almost all shot. He says that about 80 percent of the community has now been searched, but bodies are still being found. For example, five murdered youths whose hands were tied were found in a cellar.

 

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'Meer dan 30 doden bij aanval treinstation' • Rusland ontkent schuld, wijst naar Oekraïne

Food prices worldwide at record high due to war
Global food prices have not been as high as they were in March in the past 32 years, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reports. The war in Ukraine is one of the main reasons for the increase. Both Russia and Ukraine are important exporters of grains.

The index with which the FAO measures the prices of many commodities rose by 13 percent in March compared to February. Cereals in particular rose in price (+17 percent) because of the war in Ukraine.

Vegetable oil became almost 25 percent more expensive. Ukraine is the world's leading exporter of sunflower oil. This means, among other things, that the shelves with oil in Dutch supermarkets are empty.

I'm the lucky one who still has some "fat on the bones"...what about other people in lots of other countries....who have to skip another meal....man.....this is complete madness....please put a bomb on Poetin's love nests.

 

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SOMNIA - Spotlight on Military News and International Affairs (forces.gc.ca)

7 April Update:

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 7 | Institute for the Study of War (understandingwar.org)

RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, APRIL 7
April 7, 5:15 pm ET

Russian proxy forces claimed to have captured central Mariupol on April 7, but Ukrainian forces retain positions in the southwest of the city. ISW cannot independently confirm this proxy claim, but we have not observed confirmed reports of fighting in central Mariupol since April 2.[1] Russian forces will likely complete the capture of Mariupol in the coming days.

Russian forces are cohering combat power for an intended major offensive in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts in the coming days. Ukrainian civil and military officials continued to warn local residents to evacuate prior to a likely Russian offensive. Russian forces will likely attempt to regroup and redeploy units withdrawn from northeastern Ukraine to support an offensive, but these units are unlikely to enable a Russian breakthrough. Russian forces along the Izyum-Slovyansk axis did not make any territorial gains in the last 24 hours. Russian forces are unlikely to successfully capture Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts if Russian forces in Izyum are unable to encircle Ukrainian forces on the line of contact in eastern Ukraine.

Key Takeaways

• Russian forces claim to have successfully captured central Mariupol, but Ukrainian forces retain control of the port southwest of the city. Russian forces will likely complete the capture of Mariupol in the coming days.
• Russian forces are setting conditions for a major offensive in eastern Ukraine in the coming days, but damaged units redeployed from northeastern Ukraine are unlikely to enable a successful Russian breakthrough.
• Ukrainian forces repelled continuing Russian attacks from Izyum southeast toward Slovyansk and Barvinkove.
• Russian and Belarusian forces are conducting “demonstrative actions” to fix Ukrainian forces around Kyiv in place. However, these units are highly unlikely to launch new offensive operations, and Ukrainian units around Kyiv can likely safely redeploy to eastern Ukraine.
• Western sanctions are likely successfully disrupting Russia’s military-industrial base.

Main effort—Eastern Ukraine
Subordinate main effort—Mariupol (Russian objective: Capture Mariupol and reduce the Ukrainian defenders)

Russian forces claim to have successfully captured central Mariupol, but Ukrainian forces retain control of the port southwest of the city. Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) Press Secretary Eduard Basurin claimed on April 7 that Russian forces have “practically cleared” central Mariupol of Ukrainian forces, but stated fighting is ongoing around Mariupol’s port in the southwest of the city.[5] While ISW cannot independently confirm this claim, we have not observed confirmed reports of fighting in central Mariupol since Russian forces seized the SBU building in downtown Mariupol on April 2.[6] Social media users and the Ukrainian General Staff confirmed that Ukrainian forces retained control of at least portions of southwestern Mariupol on April 7.[7] Russian forces will likely complete the capture of Mariupol in the coming days.

Subordinate main effort—Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts (Russian objective: Capture the entirety of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, the claimed territory of Russia’s proxies in Donbas)

Russian forces are setting conditions for a major offensive in eastern Ukraine in the coming days. The Ukrainian General Staff reported on April 7 that Russian forces are regrouping units to form offensive groups.[8] The head of Ukraine’s Luhansk regional defense command called on residents to evacuate immediately, ahead of a Russian offensive in the coming days or weeks.

Supporting Effort #1—Kharkiv and Izyum: (Russian objective: Advance southeast to support Russian operations in Luhansk Oblast, and fix Ukrainian forces around Kharkiv in place)

Ukrainian forces repelled continuing Russian attacks from Izyum southeast toward Slovyansk and Barvinkove on April 7.

Supporting Effort #2—Southern axis: (Objective: Defend Kherson against Ukrainian counterattacks)

Russian forces continued efforts to improve their defensive positions in Kherson Oblast on April 7 to repel further Ukrainian counterattacks.

Supporting Effort #3—Sumy and Northeastern Ukraine: (Russian objective: Withdraw combat power in good order for redeployment to eastern Ukraine)

Russian forces withdrawn from northeastern Ukraine continued preparations to redeploy to other axes of advance. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Eastern Military District and VDV (Airborne) units are regrouping in Belarus, and Central Military District units are regrouping in Bryansk and Kursk, Russia.

Immediate items to watch

• • Russian forces will continue reinforcing the Izyum-Slovyansk axis and attempting to advance to and through Slovyansk to encircle Ukrainian forces.
  • Russia is likely cohering forces in Donbas to attempt a major offensive in the coming days or weeks.
  • The Battle of Mariupol continues, and it is unclear how much longer the Ukrainian defenders can hold out.
  • Russian forces have fully vacated the Sumy axis and are regrouping in Belgorod for likely deployment to the Izyum-Slovyansk axis.
  • Some Russian forces are likely to return to home stations in Russia while others will re-enter the fighting in the east.

 

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GRAPHIC VIDEO
At Least 30 Killed In Rocket Attack On Train Station In Ukraine - YouTube

Russia-Ukraine live updates: At least 30 killed, over 100 injured in attack on Ukrainian train station - ABC News (go.com)
''The attack occurred as "thousands" of civilians fleeing the Russian invasion were at the train station waiting to be taken to "safer regions of Ukraine," according to Kyrylenko, who accused Russian forces of "deliberately trying to disrupt the evacuation of civilians."

"The evacuation will continue," the governor added. "Anyone who wants to leave the region will be able to do so."

Graphic images provided by Ukrainian officials showed the aftermath of the attack -- bodies lying on the ground next to scattered luggage and debris, with charred vehicles parked nearby. The remains of a large rocket with the words "for our children" in Russian painted on the side was also seen on the ground next to the main building of the station.''

Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images
Large crowds of people wait on a platform to board trains at Kramatorsk central station
''Earlier this week, large crowds of people were seen waiting on the platform to board trains at the Kramatorsk railway station as they fled the city in Ukraine's disputed Donbas region.''

 

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April 8 2022
Ukraine war: 'For the children' written on Russian missile used in train station airstrike - YouTube

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Kremlin reacts to attack on Kramatorsk railway station - ABC News (go.com)
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''Platforms at the station, in the city of Kramatorsk, had been jammed in recent days with people rushing to safer areas in Ukraine’s west, and officials said there were about 4,000 people at the railway station at the time of the strike. Photos provided by Ukrainian officials of the aftermath showed people splayed on the ground, surrounded by scattered luggage and debris. In a video from the scene, a woman screams, “There are so many corpses, there are children, there are just children!”

As the war enters its seventh week, the strike appeared to continue a Russian approach of targeting civilians and infrastructure that has devastated cities such as Kharkiv and Mariupol, intended to demoralize populations. Russia’s Defense Ministry called the reports that Russia was responsible for an attack in Kramatorsk a “provocation.”

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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 7 hrs ago
Russian forces strike at Odesa Oblast from the Black Sea. According to the Odesa city council, citing the Armed Forces, the missile strike launched by Russian warships has damaged some infrastructure in the region. The details of the attack are yet to be published.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
UK intelligence: Russian redeployment from Ukraine's north to east will likely take at least a week. Russian troops have fully withdrawn from the north, with at least some of those expected to be sent to the Donbas, according to the U.K. Ministry of Defense.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 5 hrs ago
Kharkiv Oblast shelled 48 times over past 24 hours, 15 people injured. Governor Oleh Synehubov said that Russian forces had used artillery, mortars, tanks and multiple launch rocket systems to attack residential neighborhoods of Kharkiv and Derhachi, a city north of Kharkiv.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTO
Russian attack of Kramatorsk train station kills 30 people, injures over 100. Thousands were at the station at the time of the missile strike, as locals are being evacuated ahead of the escalation in the east. Source: Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko, Ukrzaliznytsia.

At least 39 killed by Russian strike on train station with evacuating civilians (kyivindependent.com)
The Russian forces used Tochka-U missile systems to hit a train station where thousands of civilians were waiting for evacuation at the moment of the attack.

Just two days earlier, on April 6, the Ukrainian authorities urged the residents of the country’s eastern regions – Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv oblasts – to evacuate, ahead of the military escalation in the area.

“Evacuations have been going on since Feb. 26, and the Russians knew that thousands of people are there every day. I believe that’s what they were counting on,” Ihnatchenko said.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 1 hr ago
Chernihiv Mayor: about 700 people killed by Russia during siege. This includes both soldiers and civilians, Chernihiv Mayor Vladyslav Atroshenko said on April 8. Atroshenko said prior that 70% of Chernihiv was destroyed during the month-long siege of the city.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Al Arabiya: Russia, Ukraine willing to hold talks in Turkey. A Turkish official told Al Arabiya news outlet that “both Russia and Ukraine are willing to hold talks in Turkey, but they are far from agreeing on a common text” after Russia massacred Ukrainian civilians in Bucha.

 

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A train filled with trauma (cbc.ca)
''Nadia Zhmikovska was a teenager when she started working for Ukrainian Railways. In 31 years crisscrossing the country, she had never been scared until Russia invaded.

“It was scary,” she told CBC News on a recent journey east from Lviv, in western Ukraine.

“The trains were under shelling, we went through Zaporizhzhia; in Kyiv we stopped for four hours and we could hear a lot of shelling.”

In the first month of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the trains going west were overloaded with panicked passengers fleeing the brutal bombing and shelling in the east, filling up every square metre of the carriages.
In one carriage “we had 50 spots and 200 passengers,” she said.'''

''Zhmikovska remembers one man in particular, a father, evacuating from Volnovakha, a town in the Donetsk region hit by heavy fighting. His wife had been killed and he had two children with him, ages nine and seven; they were headed for Poland, but in the panic he’d lost their third child.

“He walked through the whole train, 20 carriages, and he never found his child,” she said.''

''On Friday, a rocket attack on a train station in Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine killed at least 30 people and injured more than 100, according to Ukrainian Railways.

In spite of the grave risks, the trains haven’t stopped and the staff keep working.

An estimated 2.5 million Ukrainians have escaped by train to relative safety, an extraordinary exodus not seen in the railway’s 31-year history since independence from the Soviet Union.''

''Her son, Pavel, turned three years old in the basement.

“People suffered,” she said as her face collapsed into tears. She spoke about feeling guilty they’d gotten out while so many were still trapped.
She said they won’t go back.

“There is no Mariupol, no city, no infrastructure, no hospital, no shops, not even one building.”

“The city is only alive,” she described, “because there is life in the basements, but there is no Mariupol.”

“We are an ordinary family that have no place to live, no home, no city. We are wanderers.”

 

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This Ninth-Grader Made A Video Diary In Mariupol

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. Originally published at - This Ninth-Grader Made A Video Diary In Mariupol (rferl.org)

Ukrainian rescuers fight to save hundreds feared buried alive in Borodyanka

DRAMATIC moment Ukrainian rescuers fight to save hundreds feared buried alive in Borodyanka. Emergency services worked to clear the rubble after the collapse of the two buildings, said by a resident to have been caused by a bomb dropped from a plane. "I left approximately at 7.30am, and at quarter or ten to (8am) I was on my way back... when the plane came on and dropped a bomb," said Vadym Zagrebelnyi, who said he had several family members trapped under the rubble.

[...]

 

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Food Prices Soar to Record Levels on Ukraine War Disruptions | Business News | US News

The United Nations says prices for world food commodities like grains and vegetable oils have reached their highest levels ever because of Russia's war in Ukraine.

ROME (AP) — Prices for food commodities like grains and vegetable oils reached their highest levels ever last month largely because of Russia's war in Ukraine and the “massive supply disruptions” it is causing, threatening millions of people in Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere with hunger and malnourishment, the United Nations said Friday.

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said its Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in international prices for a basket of commodities, averaged 159.3 points last month, up 12.6% from February. As it is, the February index was the highest level since its inception in 1990.

FAO said the war in Ukraine was largely responsible for the 17.1% rise in the price of grains, including wheat and others like oats, barley and corn. Together, Russia and Ukraine account for around 30% and 20% of global wheat and corn exports, respectively.

While predictable given February's steep rise, “this is really remarkable,” said Josef Schmidhuber, deputy director of FAO's markets and trade division. “Clearly, these very high prices for food require urgent action.”...

 

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Russian Nobel-winning editor says he was attacked with red paint

Chilling moment Putin is pictured with ‘Russia’s secret nuclear briefcase’ at funeral - amid fears of World War 3

Ukrainian officials accuse Russia of using 'mobile crematoriums' in Mariupol

 

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Ukraine demands 'firm global response' against Russia for deadly train station strike | CBC News
''Ukraine called for more weapons and harsher sanctions after it blamed Russia for a missile attack that killed at least 52 people at a train station packed with women, children and the elderly fleeing the threat of a Russian offensive in the east.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the strike in Kramatorsk in the eastern region of Donetsk a deliberate attack on civilians. The city's mayor estimated about 4,000 people were gathered there at the time.

The U.S., European Union and Britain condemned the attack which took place on the same day European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Kyiv to show solidarity and accelerate Ukraine's membership process.

"We expect a firm global response to this war crime," Zelensky said in a video posted late on Friday.

"Any delay in providing … weapons to Ukraine, any refusals, can only mean the politicians in question want to help the Russian leadership more than us," he said, calling for an energy embargo and all Russian banks to be cut off from the global system.''

 

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"Wissman, author of "Not Quite Ready for Combat: How the German army became a rubbish army," says World War II not only destroyed the German military, but left a residue of shame around its future. "And actually, you can see a lot of problems which the German army has now stems from that time because we never really got comfortable with having an army."
With war on its doorstep, Germany plans a major military buildup

"Le Pen’s links to Putin are more blatant than most. In October 2014, her party borrowed €9m (£7.5m) from a Russian bank to fund its campaign for local elections. Her promo material for this current contest, admittedly printed before the invasion, features a smiling picture of her with the butcher of Moscow."
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th.../vladimir-putin-viktor-orban-eu-marine-le-pen

The White House is freaked out that Putin's next big win could be in Paris

And of course, the elections of Hungary:

First congratulation, he got was from Trump!
https://twitter.com/orbanxviktor/status/1511363558600237062?s=20&t=sw2VSvs7BFkjUPF9L7R5qw

"During the fighting in Ukraine, Russia deliberately aims its weaponry at the country's food infrastructure. The aim is to cause hunger, says EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski, who makes a comparison with the famine that Joseph Stalin caused in this region 90 years ago."
Janusz Wojciechowski: 'Rusland zet honger in als agressiemiddel'

The starvation of a nation: Putin uses hunger as a weapon in Ukraine

"Hulzebos learned from the media, among other things, that there is a great need in the country for seeds to grow vegetables. So he bets on that. 'If you have a car full of seeds, you can harvest a lot of vegetables. That's better than a car full of cans of soup. Then the car is quickly full. Far fewer people benefit from that.' He sees the seed as a small gesture to support the reconstruction of the country"
Bram rijdt met kofferbak vol zaden naar Oekraïne: 'Beter dan blikken soep'

 

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This dog and its owner had a joyful reunion in Kyiv this week after they were separated during the violence in Bucha, Ukraine.

 

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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Reuters: Czech Republic ships tanks, rocket launchers, artillery to Ukraine. Czech Republic recently sent a shipment of five T-72 tanks and five infantry fighting vehicles, undisclosed Czech defense sources told Reuters on April 8.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Conflict Intelligence Team: Missiles hitting Kramatorsk train station presumably launched from Russian-occupied Donbas. According to CIT, the missile was launched by the Tochka-U ballistic missile system allegedly from Shakhtarsk, occupied by Russia since 2014.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Mayor: Russian troops shot 132 civilians in Makariv. Makariv Head Vadym Tokar added that 40% of the town was destroyed by shelling. Makariv, a town of 10,000 people 50 kilometers west of Kyiv, was liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces on March 22. PHOTO CREDIT: @AnnaMyroniuk

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
UK to send 'Mastiff' armored vehicles to Ukraine. The U.K. will be sending an unspecified number of Mastiff heavily armored vehicles to Ukraine, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace confirmed on April 8. British troops will head to a country neighboring Ukraine to provide training.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Ukraine's General Staff: More than 80% of Russian troops in some units refuse to fight. Russian commanders reportedly refuse to accept applications for the dismissal of military personnel, even from those whose contracts have already expired.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
BBC: Russia changes its military command. According to an unnamed Western official, Gen. Alexander Dvornikov, who has experience in Syria, will lead the army amid Kremlin's desire to reach “some kind of success” before May 9, when the country celebrates the victory in WWII.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
UK, Germany won't send tanks to Ukraine. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a joint conference with German counterpart Olaf Scholz on April 8 that it “wouldn’t be appropriate” for Western allies to meet all of Ukraine’s weaponry demands.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Instead, the U.K. will send £100 million of defensive military equipment to Ukraine, including more Starstreak anti-aircraft missiles, and another 800 anti-tank missiles.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
WSJ: Ukraine’s Ministry of Health orders antidote to chemical weapon. The humanitarian non-profit Direct Relief will reportedly provide Ukraine with a requested 220,000 vials of atropine, which may be used to counter the symptoms of various nerve agents.

 

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Euromaidan Press on Twitter: 20yo woman, raped by 3 occupiers in all possible places at once. Irpen" / Twitter
Ombudswoman Denysova on cases of Russian Army raping children in Kyiv Obl 14yo girl raped by 5 occupiers. Now pregnant. Bucha
11yo boy raped in front of mom, she was tied to a chair to watch. Bucha
20yo woman, raped by 3 occupiers in all possible places at once. Irpen

Russian soldiers rape Ukrainian women, including little girls | Euromaidan Press

Euromaidan Press on Twitter - Video
Woman in Bucha cries over bodies of her daughter&2 grandkids. Russian Army shot them during evacuation attempt. Father survived but lost leg. Bodies lay in open for several weeks The woman escaped from Russian occupied Donbas in 2016. Then the Russians came again VIDEO CREDIT: Marian Prysiazhniuk

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
Warning, sensitive photos Several incinerated bodies of civilians, incl 1 child, were found in the cellar of a house in Husarovka village (Kharkiv Obl) after it was liberated from Russian occupation. Russian's did this deliberately, as no houses burned PHOTO CREDIT: Sergei Loiko #RussianWarCrimes

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
132 bodies executed by shooting were found in Makarov (Kyiv Oblast) after liberation from Russian occupiers, 40% of village destroyed - village head The killed were found in mass graves and separately. 15k ppl lived in Makarov before Russia's invasion, now fewer than 1k remain

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
Japan bans coal imports from Russia, expells 8 diplomats "Russia has repeatedly violated international humanitarian law by killing civilians & attacking nuclear power plants. These are unforgivable war crimes," PM Fumio Kishida told

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
Kramatorsk hospitals unable to cope with number of wounded after Russian missile strike on the railway station, where 4k ppl waited for evacuation - mayor Honcharenko: "Many people heavily wounded, without arms and legs, they are operated on by 30-40 surgeons at the same time"

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
The death toll from the Russian missile attack on the Kramatorsk railway station has risen to 52, 109 people have been injured, according to Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk Regional Administration. https://t.me/pryamiy/26451

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
A car with Ukrainian electric workers heading to repair power lines in Sumy Obl exploded on a mine of Russian occupiers. 1 electrician died, 2 wounded Prosecutors launch investigation into case of Russia's violation of customs of war https://buff.ly/3Jixtzf

Euromaidan Press on Twitter - WARNING: DISTURBING PHOTOS
On the morning of 8 April, the Russian troops killed an entire family in Avdiivka, Donetsk Obl. Russian shelling of Avdiivka, the Ukrainian-controlled Donetsk suburb, killed four people, according to Head of Donetsk Regional Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko PHOTO CREDIT: Telegram: Contact @pavlokyrylenko_donoda

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
Another Russian Tochka-U missile launched from Belarus was shot down in Chernihiv Oblast on 8 April After Russia's missile strike on Kramatorsk that killed dozens of civilians, Putin's spokesman claimed that the Russian military doesn't use Tochka-U missiles. https://t.me/operativnoZSU/18105

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
Two Belarusian KGB officers died hitting a Russian mine in Gomel Oblast Belarusian media Nasha Niva citing an unnamed source says that 2 Belarusian secret police offices were killed by an anti-tank mine near an abandoned Russian military camp near the Ukrainian border Two KGB officers struck a Russian mine in the Gomel region (nashaniva.com)

Euromaidan Press on Twitter
Western official confirms that Russia has now reorganized the command of its operations in Ukraine - BBC The new commander of Russia's South Military District is now reportedly Gen. Alexandr Dvornikov who had extensive experience from Syria. Ukraine war latest: Biden blames Russia for 'horrific atrocity' at Kramatorsk - BBC News

 

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APR 8, 2022
Inside joint effort to provide Ukrainians with healthcare amid war (kyivindependent.com)
With her husband’s dependence on cancer treatments, the war is the worst thing that could have happened to Bucha resident Halyna Opalat.

“He needs to be on an IV, but we weren’t able to make it to Kyiv,” said the 69-year-old, whose travel was blocked by Russians, then by temporary restrictions after Ukrainian victory here. “The nurse used to give him injections, but she escaped and now there’s no one left.”

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More recently, on April 5, a UN convoy has reached the city of Sievierodonetsk, where intense fighting has left residents without access to electricity, gas or clean water, as well as other basic necessities. The convoy brought food rations, flour, plastic sheeting and blankets for some 17,000 people, as well as four electricity generators for use by the local hospital.

Previously, aid convoys also reached Kherson, Kharkiv and Chernihiv, Habicht said. However, the besieged and largely destroyed city of Mariupol remains beyond the reach of aid convoys for now.

[...]

According to the Health Ministry’s comments to the Kyiv Independent, Russian forces damaged 279 medical institutions, fully destroying 19 of them. They are known to be specifically targeting hospitals, like in Mariupol, where Russian air forces bombed a maternity hospital on March 9, killing four people, including one pregnant woman with her unborn child.

Russian forces also shot 70 ambulances and seized another 104. They also besieged and occupied cities and towns, destroyed infrastructure and cut off transportation.

According to Habicht, about half of Ukraine’s 22,000 pharmacies closed due to the invasion, although the Health Ministry said this week that 80% of pharmacies in the country are now open again.

[...]

“In the first weeks of the war, there was a very drastic situation with insulin,” said Ivanenko, “This also affected two hormonal drugs for treating the thyroid.”

“But volunteers helped and a lot of humanitarian insulin came… and now the situation with insulin is more or less normal,” she said. “There were gaps but the situation is improving.”

[...]

Still, the far reaching health impacts of the war will require a lot more work to mitigate.

“What we see is actually people have lots more conditions,” said Habicht. “Many have delayed their care. Also, because of being on the move, they have malnutrition and we are seeing the impacts of that. Many women are delivering early.”

“Because it’s only five weeks, (the full impact of the war) is difficult to describe. We potentially have impacts for years and a (psychological) impact for generations.”

 

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NEXTA on Twitter
The CDEK delivery service will not accept parcels without proof of purchase documents #Russian looters used this service to send looted goods to their homeland from #Ukrainian cities. Now it will be necessary to provide a cashier's check to send it.

Experts set to travel to Ukraine to identify the war's dead | AP News
A team made up of a forensic pathologist, forensic archeologist and an expert on collecting DNA samples from bodies and from families to cross-match, is expected to travel to Ukraine early next week, Director-General Kathryne Bomberger told The Associated Press on Friday.

They will help identify the dead, but also document how they died — information that can feed into war crimes investigations in the future. The organization’s laboratory in an office block on a busy street in The Hague will build a central database cataloging evidence and the identities of the missing.

Soviet-Style Denunciations On The Rise As Russian Society Confronts Ukraine War (rferl.org)

"I think that I acted properly," said Irina Gen, a 45-year-old English teacher from Penza, a Volga region city of about half a million people. "I don't regret it. The only problem is that I didn't manage to reach the minds of our students."

Gen is under criminal prosecution for discussing Russia's war in Ukraine with a group of eighth-graders on March 18. One of the students recorded the conversation and released it publicly, prompting prosecutors to file criminal charges that she disseminated "demonstrably false information about the armed forces of the Russian Federation."

U.S. To Send Patriot Air-Defense System To Slovakia After Its Donation Of S-300 To Ukraine (rferl.org)
Zelenskiy mentioned S-300s by name when he spoke to U.S. lawmakers by video last month, appealing for defense systems that would allow Ukraine to “close the skies” to Russian warplanes and missiles.

NATO members Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Greece have the S-300s, which can fire missiles hundreds of kilometers and knock out cruise missiles as well as warplanes.

ILO and IMO call for urgent action on seafarers stranded in Ukraine following Russian aggression
According to the IMO, as many as 1,000 seafarers are trapped, including in the besieged city of Mariupol, and on vessels in the Sea of Azov.

‘As well as the dangers arising from bombardment, many of the ships concerned now lack food, fuel, fresh water and other vital supplies. The situation of the seafarers from many countries is becoming increasingly untenable as a result, presenting grave risks to their health and well-being.’