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

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Ukraine War: US 'deeply concerned' at report of Mariupol chemical attack

• The US and Britain say they are looking into reports that chemical weapons have been used by Russian forces attacking the Ukrainian port of Mariupol.

• Last month US President Joe Biden said Nato "would respond" if Russia used chemical weapons in Ukraine.

• US President Joe Biden has said Nato "would respond" if Russia used chemical weapons in Ukraine.

• The president - who is in Europe for talks with allies - did not spell out what that might mean.

 

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April 12 2022 8:20 a.m. rbbm.
Ukraine updates: Fears rise over Russia's use of chemical weapons (usatoday.com)
''Global concerns that Russia will resort to chemical weapons in Ukraine were rising Tuesday after a separatist spokesman suggested to a Russian TV audience that separatists may use chemicals against Ukrainian soldiers holed up at a giant steel factory in Mariupol “to smoke them out of there.”

Eduard Basurin, who said 80% of the Mariupol port had been "liberated" by Russian-backed separatists, was later quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying separatist forces “haven’t used any chemical weapons in Mariupol.” The comment came after a Ukrainian unit defending Mariupol claimed without providing evidence that a drone had dropped a poisonous substance on its positions.

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby called the reports of chemical weapons use "deeply concerning." U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said officials were working to "urgently" investigate what she called "a callous escalation" of the war.''

Ukraine checking reports of Russian use of chemical weapons | Reuters
"We know that last night around midnight a drone dropped some so-far unknown explosive device, and the people that were in and around the Mariupol metal plant, there were three people, they began to feel unwell," he told CNN.
They were taken to hospital and their lives were not in danger, he said.

Asked about the total number of dead in Mariupol, Kyrylenko said: "We are currently discussing 20-22,000 people dead", adding that the figure needed to be checked very carefully.

Chemical weapons production, use and stockpiling is banned under the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Although condemned by human rights groups, white phosphorous is not banned under the CWC.

Russia's defence ministry has not responded to a Reuters request for comment. Russian-backed separatist forces in the east denied using chemical weapons in Mariupol, the Interfax news agency reported.'

Ukraine president warns of ‘new stage of terror’ as west probes chemical weapons claims | Ukraine | The Guardian
''About 120,000 civilians are in dire need of food, water, warmth and communications, the mayor said. Only those residents who have passed the Russian “filtration camps” are released from the city, Boychenko said.

Improvised prisons were organised for those who did not pass the “filtering”, while at least 33,000 people were taken to Russia or to separatist territory in Ukraine, he claimed.

A Russia-allied separatist official, Eduard Basurin, appeared to the use of chemical weapons on Monday, telling Russian state TV that Russian-backed forces should seize a giant metals plant in Mariupol by first blocking all the exits out of the factory. “And then we’ll use chemical troops to smoke them out of there,” he said.

Ukrainian lawmaker Ivanna Klympush said Russia had used an “unknown substance” in Mariupol and that people were suffering from respiratory failure, but did not know if chemical weapons had been used.''

 

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Live updates: Latest news on Russia and the war in Ukraine (cnbc.com)
''Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed there is no doubt that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which he has described as a “special military operation,” will achieve its objectives. He also warned Russia “cannot be isolated” from the West.

“There’s no doubt that the goals and objectives in operation in Ukraine will be fulfilled,” Putin said, according to a translation.

“Russia will not self-isolate and it cannot be isolated,” he added.

Putin was speaking alongside Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a visit to the Vostochny Cosmodrome to mark Russia’s annual Cosmonautics Day.''

 

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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 5 hrs ago
Five Ukrainian regions hit by Russia overnight. Khmelnytskyi Oblast was hit by a missile while shelling continued in Kharkiv, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kherson oblasts. At least nine people died, and tens are injured.

NEXTA on Twitter
Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila #Denisova told foreign media about mass rapes in #Bucha. The occupiers kept about 25 girls aged 14 to 24 in the basement and regularly tortured and sexually abused them. Many of them are now pregnant.

Euromaidan Press on Twitter - Video
Ukrainian marines of the 36th brigade shared a farewell video from Mariupol, saying they are devoted to Ukraine till the end. However, no ammunition was delivered to them in the besieged city. They ask to finish the job and fight for victory.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 4 hrs ago
Mariupol defenders, who criticized command, say they keep fighting. “We held every part of this city to the best of our ability,” soldiers fighting with the 36 Marine Brigade said in a video address. They added that ammunition is scarce & it’s unknown how long they can hold.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
The 36th Marine Brigade accused the country’s leadership of abandoning them in the besieged port city with no ammunition left. “For over a month, (we) fought without replenishment of ammunition, food, water, drinking from a puddle and dying in batches.”

Defenders of besieged Mariupol plead for help, criticize commandment (kyivindependent.com)
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On the night of April 11, Azov reported a chemical attack conducted by Russia in Azov.

The regiment said that an unknown substance was distributed by a drone, and that three people who came in contact with it were having trouble breathing.

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Just hours earlier, Russian proxies in Donetsk called for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian forces defending the city.

Eduard Basurin, a spokesman for Russian-controlled Donetsk proxies, said that it made no sense to storm the well-fortified Ukrainian-controlled Azovstal plant in Mariupol because Russian troops would suffer heavy casualties, and instead Russian “chemical forces” should “smoke them out.”

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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 3 hrs ago
Azov: Injured by poisonous substance spread in Mariupol are in 'relatively satisfactory condition.' The Azov Regiment issued a statement saying that victims have high blood pressure, eye rash and shortness of breath.

Russia ‘using weapons smuggled by Iran from Iraq against Ukraine’ | Ukraine | The Guardian
Russia is receiving munitions and military hardware sourced from Iraq for its war effort in Ukraine with the help of Iranian weapons smuggling networks, according to members of Iranian-backed Iraqi militias and regional intelligence services with knowledge of the process.

RPGs and anti-tank missiles, as well as Brazilian-designed rocket launcher systems, have been dispatched to Russia from Iraq as Moscow’s campaign has faltered in the last month, the Guardian has learned.

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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 2 hrs ago
CNN: Large Russian military column spotted heading to Donbas. CNN geolocated a video showing a group of Russian military vehicles near Russia’s Matveev Kurgan, a settlement in the Rostov region. The vehicles were seen facing northwest, in the direction of Ukraine’s Donbas.

NEXTA on Twitter
#Russia plans terrorist attacks on its territory "Russian special services are planning a series of terrorist attacks with mines and bombing residential areas. As well as missile attacks on city of #Belgorod or one of the cities of Crimea,"said head of #Ukrainian Intelligence.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
State Investigations Bureau says it seized 10 Russian ships worth over $34 million. The Bureau blocked eight Russian cargo ships and two tankers from leaving Ukraine. According to Ukrainian law, the state can seize Russian property without compensation.

 

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[URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/apr/12/russia-ukraine-war-latest-mariupol-mayor-says-more-than-10000-civilians-killed-zelenskiy-taking-chemical-weapons-threat-seriously']Russia-Ukraine war latest: Putin defends ‘noble’ invasion; alleged Mariupol chemical attack investigated – live (theguardian.com)[/URL]

3h ago 06:35
A British man fighting in Ukraine has said his unit has no choice but to surrender to Russian forces in the besieged city of Mariupol, his family and friends told the BBC.

Aiden Aslin, from Newark, Nottinghamshire, is a marine in the Ukrainian military after moving to Ukraine in 2018. Over the past few weeks, his unit has been defending the southern port city of Mariupol, which has come under heavy bombardment by Russian forces.

His mother, Ang Wood, told the BBC:

He called me and said they have no weapons left to fight. I love my son. He is my hero. They put up one hell of a fight.

But he sounded OK. Boris [Johnson] needs to take Putin down.

A friend of Aslin also said he had spoken to him by phone and was told the unit had no food, ammunition or supplies, leaving them no option but to surrender.

He said:

They can’t get out. They can’t fight back. So they had no choice. I’m sure sure if they had a bullet left, they would have shot it.

Jake Hanrahan on Twitter
British #Ukraine Marine Aiden Aslin (AKA Cossack Gundî / Johnny) has had to surrender with his unit to Russian forces in Mariupol. They fought like hell for 48 days and have now run out of food and ammunition due to #Russia’s siege and destruction of the city.

Jake Hanrahan on Twitter
Aiden will become a Prisoner of War of the Russians. His family agrees that this information should be shared far and wide, so please share. He is a friend and fellow East Midlands lad. He previously fought against ISIS in Syria with the YPG.

 

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Russia-Ukraine war latest: Putin defends ‘noble’ invasion; alleged Mariupol chemical attack investigated – live (theguardian.com)

1m ago 14:35
Putin: peace talks with Ukraine in a 'dead end', military operation going as planned

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been speaking again at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far east of Russia, where he is visiting with Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko. The key lines that have been reported by news agency Tass and Reuters so far include:

• Putin said Ukraine had deviated from the agreements made at a peace conference in Istanbul, and that talks are in a “dead end”.
• He said the military operation was going as planned, and that Russia’s aim in Ukraine was to meet all its goals and minimise losses. He said the end of the military operation depends on the intensity of the fighting.
• Putin claimed Russia’s financial system was operating well and the West’s economic “blitzkrieg” had failed, but he said the risk of harm from sanctions could rise in the medium and longer term. He said regarding the sanctions that he hoped common sense would prevail in the West.
• He said the West does not understand that difficult conditions unite the Russian people.
• Putin said images and footage of dead bodies strewn across the Ukrainian town of Bucha were fake.

 

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'Open hearts': Communities of all backgrounds hold donation drives for Ukrainians | CP24.com
''April 12, 2022
Canadians from all backgrounds are finding ways to support Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion, from Ukrainian Canadians across the Prairies holding regular perogy fundraisers to Sikhs and Muslims in Calgary collecting donated household items.

Members of the Sikh community dropped off cash donations, blankets and other items at the Dashmesh Culture Centre in northeast Calgary last weekend as they arrived to gather, eat a vegetarian meal or volunteer.

"We believe in brother and sisterhood. This is our duty as a Sikh," said the centre's president, Amanpreet Singh Gill.


Members of the Sikh community give donations to a "Stand with Ukraine" campaign at the Dashmesh Cultural Centre in Calgary, Alta., Saturday, April 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

"People are suffering for over a month now and they are going through a very tough time in their life and finally are arriving to Calgary. We should be helping with open hearts."

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada said Monday that it has received more than 117,000 applications from Ukrainian nationals since March 17, and 31,000 of those applications have been approved. Many are expected to come to the Prairies, where there is a large Ukrainian community.

The Ahmadi Muslim Women of Calgary are spending Ramadan — a month of fasting, prayer and community that goes until May 1 — collecting household items.

"We know that coming to a new country has its challenges," said Adila Munir, one of the organizers.''

 

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@cliffordlevy
Vladimir Kara-Murza, a prominent Russian opposition leader, was detained in Moscow after criticizing Putin over the Ukraine invasion. Kara-Murza was poisoned twice in recent years with toxins that sent him into comas.

Vladimir Kara Murza calls Putin regime a 'regime of murderers'. He was arrested in Moscow an hour later.

Russian 'regime of murderers' revealed by twice-poisoned Putin critic - CNN Video

@SecBlinken
United States government official
The United States is troubled by Russian authorities' detention today in Moscow of prominent civil society leader Vladimir Kara-Murza. We are monitoring this situation closely and urge his immediate release.

@PaulaChertok
Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 15 days in jail in Russia, after criticizing Putin's war in interviews w/ US media.

 

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" In 1942, as Hitler’s forces swept through the Soviet Union, the Red Army went underground. Outside the city of Kerch in Crimea, 10,000 Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian soldiers dug into the caves of a limestone quarry, ready to defend their position to the last man. Intent on flushing them out, the Nazis bombed them from the skies, flooded the complex and, according to testimony from survivors, pumped noxious gas into the tunnels.

That siege, 80 years ago, would have been the last time that chemical weapons were used in combat in Europe. Until, perhaps, yesterday. Just over 100 miles north of Kerch, in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, locals have reportedly complained of lung and ear problems after a drone dropped its payload overhead..."

Is Putin using chemical weapons in Ukraine? | The Spectator

 

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Oliver Carroll @olliecarroll
Breaking. Zelensky has just announced that secret services have captured Putin’s best friend in Ukraine Viktor Medvedchuk. He had been on the run.
Medvedchuk, the godfather to Putin’s children, is a highly controversial figure inside Ukraine. Poroshenko used him as a conduit to Putin. Zelensky blocked his media and put him under house arrest.

@KyivIndependent Zelensky announced that Viktor Medvedchuk, a lawmaker with the pro-Kremlin party Opposition Platform was captured by the Security Service. Medvedchuk is accused of treason. He escaped house arrest in February.



Ukraine secret services capture close Putin ally after weeks on the run
"In connection with the real danger to life, as well as the need to ensure his protection, Viktor Medvedchuk was evacuated to a safe place in Kyiv,” the lawyer Larysa Cherednychenko said."

 

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Duitse president niet welkom bij Zelensky • Oekraïense vriend van Poetin opgepakt

German president not welcome at Zelensky • Putin's Ukrainian friend arrested

31 MINUTES AGO
German president not welcome at Zelensky
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier wanted to travel to Kiev to show "European solidarity with Ukraine" but was not welcome, he told Bild newspaper .

The reason, according to Bild, is his close ties with Russia in recent years. Steinmeier was a strong supporter of the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and is seen as "the architect of the federal government's Russia-friendly politics," the magazine writes.

Polish President Duda wanted to travel to Kiev with Steinmeier and their counterparts from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. These politicians are allowed by President Zelensky, Bild writes.

AN HOUR AGO
Putin's friend handcuffed in Ukraine
The Ukrainian security service SBU has arrested a Ukrainian politician and businessman who is friends with Russian President Putin. President Zelensky shared a photo of Viktor Medvedchuk in handcuffs on Telegram . Medvedchuk is the leader of Ukraine's largest opposition party. According to Reuters news agency , Putin is his daughter's godfather.

Medvedchuk had been under house arrest since May last year for financing separatists in Donetsk and Lugansk. He escaped on Feb. 27, three days after the raid, a government adviser said. Medvedchuk's lawyer said he was forced to move elsewhere because of threats and that he had informed the authorities.

NOS NEWS • ABROAD • TODAY, 21:59 • MODIFIED TO7 MINUTES AGO

Two weeks after Istanbul, there is hardly any talk between Russia and Ukraine

At the end of March, there was a glimmer of hope over the Bosphorus. In Istanbul, concrete results were achieved for the first time in the talks between Russia and Ukraine. The Russians pledged to withdraw from the regions around Kiev, Ukraine said the status of Crimea and Donbas could be discussed.

Now there seems to be little left of a view of more, such as a possible truce. "There is almost no talk anymore," says defense expert Bob Deen van Clingendael. "Actually only on an operational level, such as about the exchange of prisoners of war."

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Two weeks after Istanbul, there is hardly any talk between Russia and Ukraine

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For example, Ukraine still wants to continue to export grain
Ukraine is building infrastructure to export agricultural products by rail. Until now, grain, maize and other products were exported only through the port cities of Mariupol and Odessa. But ships can no longer reach those ports because of the war.

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For example, Ukraine still wants to continue to export grain

Four journalists sentenced to forced labor in Russia
A Russian court has sentenced four journalists from a student magazine to two years of hard labour. According to the judge, they have called on young people to demonstrate against the Kremlin, the Russian news agency Interfax reported. They are also not allowed to use the internet for three years.

The independent news medium DOXA was founded five years ago by students and graduates of the Moscow Higher School of Economics. The magazine, which has since been blocked, focused on student life, educational news, politics and science.

The four journalists were arrested in April 2021 after a raid on the editorial office. This happened during the period when the Russian police cracked down on allies of opposition leader Navalny.

According to DOXA, a video is the reason for last year's arrests. In that video, DOXA said it is illegal for universities to expel students who participated in pro-Navalny protests. The media says the video was removed following a request from the media regulator.

The four reporters say they will appeal the verdict.

 

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"China has delivered anti-aircraft missile systems to Serbia as part of a contract the European nation signed with China that also included drones."

China delivers anti-aircraft missiles to Serbia

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* China levert raketsysteem af in Servië, ondanks spanningen Oost-Europa

 

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In Mariupol, fighters hidden in the tunnels resist the Russians
Several square miles of train tracks, warehouses, coke ovens, various factories and chimneys, all with reduced visibility, holes, obstacles, traps at every step, steel and concrete at a loss of sight. Below, tunnels representing nearly 20 kilometers of underground corridors, up to 30 meters deep, according to some. This is the setting for the latest urban battle being played out in Mariupol.

The Azovstal metallurgical complex, which belongs to the Metinvest group, controlled by Ukraine’s richest man, Rinat Akhmetov, has been at the heart of the fighting in this Ukrainian city for weeks. So does the Azovmash plant, which manufactures railway equipment, cranes and other heavy metallurgical products. “How to represent the industrial zone? It’s a city within the city, and there are several underground levels dating from the Soviet period, it’s not possible to bomb from above, you have to clean underground. It will take time, ”admitted last week Eduard Basurin, representative of pro-Russian separatist forces in Donetsk.

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How Ukraine's Air Force Holds Up Against Russia

But six weeks after the war broke out, Russia still does not control Ukrainian airspace. For analysts, this is one of the great surprises of the war. The Russian air force is many times larger and also has more modern aircraft.

He received his call sign Moonfish - his call sign during a flight - during a training course in the US.

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Hoe de Oekraïense luchtmacht het volhoudt tegen Rusland

 

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Russian embassy in Canada weaponizes its social media accounts to fuel support for Ukraine war

 

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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 7 hrs ago
Donetsk Oblast Governor: Up to 22,000 people killed in Mariupol. Pavlo Kyrylenko told CNN that these were the preliminary estimates. According to the official, it is difficult to make estimates since Mariupol, a seaport in southeastern Ukraine, remains besieged.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Mariupol City Council: Russian forces illegally deported 33,500 residents to Russia, occupied territories. Mayor Vadym Boychenko said the authorities are working on returning the deported residents and that several embassies of European countries have joined the process.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 4 hrs ago
Loud explosion reported in Kharkiv.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Ambassador: Ukraine invited Scholz to Kyiv. According to the German newspaper Der Spiegel, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk said Kyiv would be happy to welcome German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for talks on assistance with heavy weapons.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Earlier, the German newspaper Bild said Kyiv had rejected a visit by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier over his “close ties to Russia” in the past.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 3 hrs ago
Ukraine identifies bodies of over 720 people killed by Russian military in Kyiv Oblast. More than 200 people are still missing, according to Kyiv Oblast Police Chief Andriy Nebytov, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Zelensky offers to trade Medvedchuk for Ukrainian POWs. President Zelensky suggested in an address to exchange the recently captured Viktor Medvedchuk, the most high-profile pro-Kremlin lawmaker in Ukraine, for Ukrainians held in Russian captivity.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
Zelensky also said that Medvedchuk was captured while attempting to flee abroad.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 35 min ago
Shmygal: Ukraine begins seed sowing in all regions except Luhansk. The government will provide farmers with Hr 3.5 billion (over $100 million) in financial assistance, said Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmygal.

 

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Biden calls atrocities in Ukraine a 'genocide' for the first time - CNNPolitics
"I called it genocide because it's become clearer and clearer that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin is just trying to wipe out even the idea of being Ukrainian. The evidence is mounting," Biden told reporters in Iowa after using the term earlier in a speech.

"It's different than it was last week, the more evidence that's coming out," he continued. "Literally, the horrible things that the Russians have done in Ukraine -- and we're going to only learn more and more about the devastation."

"We'll let the lawyers decide, internationally, whether or not it qualifies," he concluded, "but it sure seems that way to me."

Volodymyr Zelensky says Joe Biden 'true leader' after US President calls Russian invasion of Ukraine 'genocide'
"True words of a true leader @POTUS," Zelensky tweeted. "Calling things by their names is essential to stand up to evil. We are grateful for US assistance provided so far and we urgently need more heavy weapons to prevent further Russian atrocities."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/04/12/pentagon-ukraine-weapons/
The Biden administration is poised to dramatically expand the scope of weapons it’s providing Ukraine, U.S. officials say, potentially sending Mi-17 helicopters that can be equipped to attack vehicles, armored Humvees and a range of other arms.

 

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APR 12, 2022
Putin vows to press invasion until Russia's goals are met | AP News
Vladimir Putin vowed Tuesday that Russia’s bloody offensive in Ukraine would continue until its goals are fulfilled and insisted the campaign was going as planned, despite a major withdrawal in the face of stiff Ukrainian opposition and significant losses.

Ukraine says potent Russian hack against power grid thwarted | AP News
Authorities did not specify how many substations were targeted or their location, citing security concerns, but a deputy energy minister, Farid Safarov, said “2 million people would have been without electricity supply if it was successful.”

Satellite photo: Russia charges military aircraft to the airfield "Lipetsk-2" – "Schemes" (radiosvoboda.org)
According to an April 11 satellite image, Russian warplanes are located on two parking lots at once. According to military experts, who were shown the images by journalists, they show six su-27 heavy multipurpose high-personnel fighters, 14 Su-30 or Su-34 fighter-bombers, 10 Su-24 bombers and four unidentified sides.

Photo of parking lots of lipetsk-2 airfield aircraft from April 11, 2022
Compared to the picture from March 27, there were half as many aircraft at this part of the airfield. The boards occupied only one parking area. With the help of military experts, it was possible to recognize 10 Su-27 fighters and 6 Su-25 fighters.

Comparison of images of the parking area No1 of the Lipetsk-2 airfield dated March 27, 2022 and April 11, 2022
At the second part of the airfield, according to satellite imagery from March 27, there were no aircraft at all.

Comparison of images of parking area No2 of the Lipetsk-2 airfield dated March 27, 2022 and April 11, 2022

 

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https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/12/russia-ukraine-live-updates.html

Speaking at an event about inflation in Iowa, Biden said to the audience, “Your family budget, your ability to fill up your tank, none of it should hinge on whether a dictator declares war and commits genocide a half a world away.”

A White House adviser quickly went on TV to clarify that Biden’s words did not reflect a change in U.S. policy towards Ukraine.

Biden acknowledged that the legal definition of “genocide” was separate from his impression of what’s going on in Ukraine.

 

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“Seven Novaya Gazeta journalists, including Yuri Shchekochikhin, Anna Politkovskaya and Anastasia Baburova, have been murdered since 2000, in connection with their investigations.[4]

In October 2021, Novaya Gazeta's editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, alongside Maria Ressa, for their safeguarding of freedom of expression in their homelands.[5]

On 28 March 2022, due to the ongoing 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the newspaper suspended its print activities after receiving a second warning from Roskomnadzor.[6]”