Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 Media Thread NO DISCUSSION #4

PommyMommy · Feb 15, 2023

PommyMommy · Feb 15, 2023

Feb 15 2023

Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko jailed for highlighting Mariupol killings

Maria Ponomarenko faces six years for detailing Russia's deadly attack on a theatre in Ukraine.
www.bbc.com
By Paul Kirby
BBC News

''Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko has been jailed for six years for posting on social media about a deadly attack by Russian warplanes on a theatre in Ukraine.
The court in Barnaul in Siberia found her guilty of spreading "fake news", under laws introduced aimed at stifling dissent about the invasion of Ukraine.
She was also barred from activities as a journalist for five years.
Hundreds of civilians died when the Mariupol theatre was bombed last March.
Ponomarenko was detained last April, weeks after the bombing, for posting that Russian warplanes had carried out the attack even though the Russian defence ministry had denied it.
She is one of a growing number of Russian dissidents jailed for criticising the war in Ukraine.''

PommyMommy · Feb 15, 2023

FEB 13, 2023
Russia pushes advance on Bakhmut, bolsters defenses in south
Fierce battles raged outside Bakhmut as Russian forces pushed their advance on the eastern city with heavy shelling and infantry attacks, Ukraine’s presidential office said Monday, with at least five civilians killed and as many wounded in action across the war-torn country in the last 24 hours.

The presidential office said the situation in Bakhmut’s northern suburb of Paraskoviivka is “difficult” as Russian forces continued to pummel the area with “intense shelling and storming actions.” The nearby town of Vuhledar is also under heavy bombardment.

NATO chief says Ukraine’s ammunition use outstripping supply

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Monday that Ukraine is using up ammunition far faster than its allies can provide it and putting pressure on Western defense industries, just as Russia ramps up its military offensive.

“The war in Ukraine is consuming an enormous amount of munitions and depleting allied stockpiles,” Stoltenberg said. “The current rate of Ukraine’s ammunition expenditure is many times higher than our current rate of production. This puts our defense industries under strain.”

FEB 14, 2023
Some Ukrainian soldiers freeze sperm amid war with Russia
As Vitalii Khroniuk lay facedown on the ground taking cover from Russian artillery fire, the Ukrainian solider had just one regret: He had never had a child.

Aware that he could die at any moment, the 29-year-old decided to try cryopreservation — the process of freezing sperm or eggs that some Ukrainian soldiers are turning to as they face the possibility that they might never go home.

Germany to produce ammo for air defense guns sent to Ukraine

Germany has signed a deal for new ammunition for self-propelled anti-aircraft guns it provided to Ukraine to be produced at home after it ran into difficulties securing supplies from elsewhere, the defense minister said Tuesday.

Germany has supplied 32 of the Gepard anti-aircraft guns since it first agreed to send them to Ukraine in late April, and has pledged 37 in total. The German military hasn’t used them since 2012, so they came from stocks held in reserve by the defense industry.

FEB 15, 2023
Romania, Moldova both report strange objects in their skies
Romania briefly scrambled military jets and neighboring Moldova temporarily closed its air space Tuesday after authorities in both countries reported mysterious weather balloon-like objects traversing their skies.

The incidents occurred at around midday local time and briefly raised concerns in the two Eastern European countries, both which border Ukraine and have been affected by Russia’s war.

Russia claims minor Ukraine progress, Kyiv readies offensive

Russian forces claimed some battlefield success Wednesday as Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine labored to gain momentum almost a year after it began, while Ukraine said it needs another few months to stage its own offensive.

The Russian Defense Ministry said its troops broke through two Ukrainian defensive lines in the eastern Luhansk region and pushed back Ukrainian troops some three kilometers (two miles), forcing them to leave behind equipment and the bodies of those killed.

PommyMommy · Feb 15, 2023

PommyMommy · Feb 15, 2023

Video Shows Ukrainian Forces Repelling Russian Troops In The Donbas

Current Time reporter Borys Sachalko was with a Ukrainian frontline unit as reports came in of Russian troops advancing toward it. Using an armored personnel carrier, a rocket launcher, and small arms, the Ukrainians held the line.

Reporter Films Frantic Battlefield First Aid After Bakhmut Bombing

An RFE/RL reporter was interviewing a Ukrainian soldier in Bakhmut when a Russian bomb hit a neighboring house. His dramatic footage captures what happened next: frantic battlefield first aid to save a man's life.

77-Year-Old Yelena Osipova, 'The Conscience Of St. Petersburg'

A new exhibition of anti-war posters in St. Petersburg by the veteran Russian artist and activist Yelena Osipova has been closed the day after it opened after police confiscated all the works. Speaking to RFE/RL, she said her protests against Russia's invasion of Ukraine would continue.

PommyMommy · Feb 15, 2023

FEB 15, 2023

Russian army has lost up to half of key battle tanks, analysts estimate

Experts say Moscow has large number of cold-war era models in storage so can continue war in Ukraine for some time

www.theguardian.com

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Russian troops had anticipated being welcomed in Ukraine, and in some cases carried parade dress in the belief that after a blitzkrieg, the tanks would be used to stage a parade in Kyiv’s streets. Instead, they were picked off by Ukrainian artillery and infantry using anti-tank weapons.

There has been little sign of an improvement in tank tactics, with several dozen tanks estimated to have been lost in fighting since late January in a so far unsuccessful attempt to seize the Donbas town of Vuhledar. By using reconnaissance drones, Ukraine has been able knock out tanks with its artillery.

But, while the battlefield losses are notable, Russia retains a large number of old tanks in long-term storage, currently estimated at 5,000, meaning Moscow can continue to pursue an attritional strategy for some time to come.

Ukraine, however, has seen its tank count go up to 953 from 858 because it has partly offset its own losses by capturing an estimated 500 from Russia, of which it has “pressed a fair amount into service”, according to the IISS analyst Henry Boyd. It has also had significant donations from Poland, the Czech Republic and other states with Soviet-era armour, but its tank force is currently still half the size of Russia’s.

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PommyMommy · Feb 16, 2023

PommyMommy · Feb 16, 2023

'We Must Stand Our Ground': Fear And Fortitude In Ukraine's Frontline Cities

The city of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine's Donetsk region is just a few kilometers from the frontline city of Bakhmut. While Ukrainian troops are battling to retain control of a critical road linking the two cities, residents of Chasiv Yar are preparing for evacuation or war.

Russian Flash Drive Identifies Key Figures In Occupation Of Ukraine

A flash drive left behind by fleeing Russian forces in Ukraine contains hundreds of documents, including citations for medals, which identify key officials involved in handling civilians who allegedly hold anti-Russian views in occupied areas. Many of those civilians say they have been tortured.

With Threat Of New Russian Attack In East, Ukrainian Forces Train Near Belarus Border

As fighting intensifies in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukrainian forces in the northern Rivne region were undergoing intensive training on February 11. Troops practiced ambushes and attacks to prepare against possible airborne invaders.

PommyMommy · Feb 16, 2023

Top Russian Military Official Dead After Fall From 16th Floor

Marina Yankina handled cash flows for the Western Military District.

PommyMommy · Feb 16, 2023

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PommyMommy · Feb 17, 2023

EU bans exports of toilets to Russia to punish Putin for invading Ukraine

''One in five Russians do not have indoor plumbing and Russian troops have become notorious for looting lavatories from Ukrainian homes''

''The EU has banned the sale of lavatories to Russia to punish Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine''

''The export ban covers European “bidets, toilet pans, flushing cisterns and similar sanitaryware”, according to diplomats. It was brought in last summer but has only just been reported.''

“The flushing toilet has done more for civilization than any other single invention,” another European diplomat said. “So by restricting exports we are merely bringing Russia’s technological advancement in line with the state of its civilization.”

Russian troops have become notorious for stealing lavatories from Ukrainian homes, with president Volodymyr Zelenskyy referring to it twice.'

''The lavatory ban has been in force since July 2022 as part of a list of banned goods designed to hurt Russia’s industrial capacity. Not to be outdone, Britain has also sanctioned exports of “lavatory pans” and “toilet articles of porcelain or china”.

PommyMommy · Feb 18, 2023

Exclusive: Video shows volunteer medics targeted by Russian missile

Volunteer medics working in Bakhmut in Ukraine are no strangers to the extreme violence ravaging the city. A video obtained by CNN shows how medical aid workers are being targeted by Russian missiles.

'This is sick': Anderson Cooper reacts to new Russia report

According to American and European governments – and a new report by Yale investigators, backed by the US State Department – the Russian government is behind a scheme to forcibly deport thousands of Ukrainian children to Russia, often to a network of dozens of camps, where the minors undergo political reeducation. Russia has characterized reports of forcible relocation as “absurd” and said it does its “best” to keep minors with their families. CNN's Anderson Cooper speaks with Nathaniel Raymond, the executive director of the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab about the details of the report.

See Ukrainian children released from Russia's alleged 're-education' camps

CNN's David McKenzie investigates the stories behind a new report from Yale University that describes Ukrainian parents fighting to get their children out of purported Russian "re-education" camps.

PommyMommy · Feb 18, 2023

PommyMommy · Feb 18, 2023

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/18/politics/kamala-harris-russia-crimes-humanity-ukraine/index.html
By Jasmine Wright, CNN
Updated 3:35 PM EST, Sat February 18, 2023

''The US government has determined that Russia has committed crimes against humanity during its war in Ukraine, Vice President Kamala Harris announced Saturday in Germany.

“In the case of Russia’s actions in Ukraine, we have examined the evidence, we know the legal standards, and there is no doubt: These are crimes against humanity,” Harris said in a speech at the Munich Security Conference. She added, “To all those who have perpetrated these crimes, and to their superiors who are complicit in those crimes, you will be held to account.”

“First, from the starting days of this unprovoked war, we have witnessed Russian forces engage in horrendous atrocities and war crimes,” Harris said.

“Russian forces have pursued a widespread and systemic attack against a civilian population – gruesome acts of murder, torture, rape, and deportation. Execution-style killings, beating and electrocution,” she added. “Russian authorities have forcibly deported hundreds of thousands of people from Ukraine to Russia, including children. They have cruelly separated children from their families.”

Harris’ speech cited evidence of indiscriminate Russian attacks that deliberately targeted civilians, including the bombing of a maternity hospital that killed a pregnant mother and of a theater in Mariupol, where hundreds were killed. The vice president spoke of the horrific images out of Bucha that showed men and women shot and left to rot in the streets and reports by the United Nations of a 4-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted by a Russian soldier.

“Barbaric and inhumane,” Harris said.''

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PommyMommy · Feb 19, 2023

FEB 17, 2023

1st class of Ukraine fighters finishes advanced US training

ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — The first class of 635 Ukrainian fighters has finished a five-week advanced U.S. training course in Germany on sophisticated combat skills and armored vehicles that will be critical in the coming spring offensive against the Russians, the Pentagon said Friday.

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The first group of Ukrainian forces arrived at the base on Jan. 15 and was put through an intense course that prepared them to take Bradley fighting vehicles and M109 Paladins into battle. The Bradleys and Paladins are two of the many armored vehicles and tanks that the U.S. and allies have pledged to the Ukrainians to help them punch through entrenched Russian troop lines. The Paladin is a self-propelled howitzer that runs on tracks rather than wheels.

Ryder said another battalion of Ukrainian troops began training on the Bradley fighting vehicle two weeks ago, and a field artillery battalion started instruction on the Paladin. Those two units total about 710 troops. Another field artillery unit and a Stryker battalion will start training next week, involving about 890 troops. That will be the first Ukrainian battalion to get training on the Stryker, an armored personnel carrier.

FEB 18, 2023

Russian envoy claims West is determined to destroy Russia

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A week before the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin’s U.N. ambassador claimed that the West is driven by its determination to destroy Russia and declared: “We had no choice other than to defend our country — defend it from you, to defend our identity...

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A week before the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin’s U.N. ambassador claimed that the West is driven by its determination to destroy Russia and declared: “We had no choice other than to defend our country — defend it from you, to defend our identity and our future.”

Western ambassadors shot back, accusing Russia of using a Security Council meeting it called on lessons learned from the failure to resolve the conflict between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists that began in 2014 to justify what France’s U.N. Ambassador Nicolas De Riviere called “the unjustifiable” – Russia’s invasion of its smaller neighbor on Feb. 24, 2022.

Russian diplomats ordered out of the Netherlands

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government said Saturday that “a number” of Russian diplomats will have to leave the Netherlands, accusing Moscow of trying to smuggle spies into the country that is home to institutions including the International Criminal Court and the global chemical...

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The announcement is the latest twist in a diplomatic dispute between the two countries that began shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly a year ago sparked a war on Europe’s eastern flank.

“Despite numerous attempts by the Netherlands to find a solution, Russia continues to try to get intelligence officers into the Netherlands under diplomatic cover,” Foreign Affairs Minister Wopke Hoekstra said in a statement. “We cannot and will not allow that.”

Zelenskyy 'born for this moment,' Sean Penn says at Berlin

BERLIN (AP) — Just hours before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine nearly a year ago, actor Sean Penn had his first on-camera meeting with the country's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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Just hours before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine nearly a year ago, actor Sean Penn had his first on-camera meeting with the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

“It was as if he was realizing himself, that he was born for this moment,” Penn recalled in an interview with The Associated Press at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday, a day after the festival premiere of his documentary “Superpower.”

Penn and his co-director Aaron Kaufman were in Kyiv to film a profile of the comedic actor-turned-president when the war broke out. It would be the image of the president walking into the room for that first interview that would have the biggest impact on Penn.

FEB 19, 2023

Estonian leader: Russia must be held accountable after war

Munich (AP) — Estonia’s prime minister on Sunday insisted that once the war in Ukraine ends, Russia must be brought to justice for war crimes as well as for the decision to invade its neighbor if it is to have any chance of developing a normal relationship with the West.

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Estonia’s prime minister on Sunday insisted that once the war in Ukraine ends, Russia must be brought to justice for war crimes as well as for the decision to invade its neighbor if it is to have any chance of developing a normal relationship with the West.

Kaja Kallas, whose small Baltic country is the biggest per-capita contributor of military aid to Ukraine, told The Associated Press that the conflict cannot end with a peace deal that carves up the country and doesn’t hold Moscow to account.

Biden’s test: Sustaining unity as Ukraine war enters Year 2

WASHINGTON (AP) — One year ago, President Joe Biden was bracing for the worst as Russia massed troops in preparation to invade Ukraine.

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As many in the West and even in Ukraine doubted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intentions, the White House was adamant: War was coming and Kyiv was woefully outgunned.

In Washington, Biden’s aides prepared contingency plans and even drafts of what the president would say should Ukraine’s capital quickly fall to Russian forces — a scenario deemed likely by most U.S. officials. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, was offered help getting out of his country if he wanted it.

Yet as Russia’s invasion reaches the one-year mark, the city stands and Ukraine has beaten even its own expectations, buoyed by a U.S.-led alliance that has agreed to equip Ukrainian forces with tanks, advanced air defense systems, and more, while keeping the Kyiv government afloat with tens of billions of dollars in direct assistance.

PommyMommy · Feb 19, 2023

Ukrainian Crews Get Up To Speed On Leopard Tanks

While familiar with Soviet-era T-72 tanks, Ukrainian forces are keen to take newly acquired Leopard 2 tanks into battle against Russian invaders. Crews are undergoing accelerated training in Poland, mastering the advanced targeting systems, speed, and maneuverability of the German-made Leopards.

Ukrainian Team Sends Drones Deep Into Russian-Controlled Territory By Night

RFE/RL's Roman Pahulych accompanied a Ukrainian drone crew as they sent up the army's Leleka-100 unmanned aerial vehicle into occupied territory. Vlad, Yevhen, and their crew say they have made 2,000 sorties since the war began, by day and night.

Ukrainian Children Taken By Russia Reunite With Their Families In Kyiv

Sixteen Ukrainian children taken by Russia have been reunited with their families in Kyiv. The return operation was organized by the charity foundation Save Ukraine. The team says that they've been able to return 120 children from occupied territories in Ukraine and 30 children from Russia.

Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 **Media Thread** NO DISCUSSION #4

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Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko jailed for highlighting Mariupol killings​

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NATO chief says Ukraine’s ammunition use outstripping supply​

Germany to produce ammo for air defense guns sent to Ukraine​

Russia claims minor Ukraine progress, Kyiv readies offensive​

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Video Shows Ukrainian Forces Repelling Russian Troops In The Donbas​

Reporter Films Frantic Battlefield First Aid After Bakhmut Bombing​

77-Year-Old Yelena Osipova, 'The Conscience Of St. Petersburg'​

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'We Must Stand Our Ground': Fear And Fortitude In Ukraine's Frontline Cities​

Russian Flash Drive Identifies Key Figures In Occupation Of Ukraine​

With Threat Of New Russian Attack In East, Ukrainian Forces Train Near Belarus Border​

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Top Russian Military Official Dead After Fall From 16th Floor​

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EU bans exports of toilets to Russia to punish Putin for invading Ukraine​

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Exclusive: Video shows volunteer medics targeted by Russian missile​

'This is sick': Anderson Cooper reacts to new Russia report​

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Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 Media Thread NO DISCUSSION #4

Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko jailed for highlighting Mariupol killings

NATO chief says Ukraine’s ammunition use outstripping supply

Germany to produce ammo for air defense guns sent to Ukraine

Russia claims minor Ukraine progress, Kyiv readies offensive

Video Shows Ukrainian Forces Repelling Russian Troops In The Donbas

Reporter Films Frantic Battlefield First Aid After Bakhmut Bombing

77-Year-Old Yelena Osipova, 'The Conscience Of St. Petersburg'

'We Must Stand Our Ground': Fear And Fortitude In Ukraine's Frontline Cities

Russian Flash Drive Identifies Key Figures In Occupation Of Ukraine

With Threat Of New Russian Attack In East, Ukrainian Forces Train Near Belarus Border

Top Russian Military Official Dead After Fall From 16th Floor

EU bans exports of toilets to Russia to punish Putin for invading Ukraine

Exclusive: Video shows volunteer medics targeted by Russian missile

'This is sick': Anderson Cooper reacts to new Russia report

See Ukrainian children released from Russia's alleged 're-education' camps

Ukrainian Crews Get Up To Speed On Leopard Tanks

Ukrainian Team Sends Drones Deep Into Russian-Controlled Territory By Night

Ukrainian Children Taken By Russia Reunite With Their Families In Kyiv