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

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JUL 3, 2022
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Russia claims control of pivotal eastern Ukrainian province

Russia has claimed control over the last Ukrainian stronghold in an eastern province that is key to achieving a major goal of Moscow’s grinding war.
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Ukraine’s General Staff of the military reported that its forces had withdrawn from Lysychansk in Luhansk province, but the president said the fight for the city was ongoing.

If confirmed, Russia’s complete seizure of Luhansk would provide its forces a stronger base from which to press their advance in neighboring Donetsk province and bring them one step closer to achieving one of President Vladimir Putin’s major goals: capturing the entire Donbas.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told Putin that Russia’s troops, with members of a local separatist militia, “have established full control over the city of Lysychansk” and now hold all of Luhansk, according to a ministry statement published Sunday.

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Ukrainian forces retreat from Lysychansk as Russia claims strategic city

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Fighting continuing in Lysychansk, says Zelenskiy​

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy casted doubt on Russia’s claim that Russian forces have captured and taken over Lysychansk, a strategic eastern city in Ukraine.

"We cannot say today that Lysychansk is under (Russian) control. There is fighting on the outskirts," Zelenskiy said on Sunday at a press conference with Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese.
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Earlier on Sunday, Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russian forces have taken full control of the Lugansk region after conquering Lysychansk, which has been at the centre of fierce fighting for weeks.

Nevertheless, Zelenskiy warned of “risks” that Lysychansk, the last major city under Ukrainian control in the Lugansk region, “will be completely occupied” by Russian forces.

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JUL 4, 2022
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Ukrainian governor urges evacuation of 350,000 residents

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — The governor of the last remaining eastern province partly under Ukraine's control urged his more than 350,000 residents to flee as Russia escalated its offensive and air alerts were issued across nearly the entire country.
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“The destiny of the whole country will be decided by the Donetsk region,” Kyrylenko told reporters in Kramatrosk, the province’s administrative center and home to the Ukrainian military’s regional headquarters.

“Once there are less people, we will be able to concentrate more on our enemy and perform our main tasks,” Kyrylenko said.

The governor’s call for residents to leave appeared to represent one of the biggest suggested evacuations of the war, although it’s unclear whether people will be willing and safely able to flee. ...

Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy said air alerts were issued Tuesday night in nearly all of the country, in many places after a long period of relative calm during which people searched for an explanation.

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JUL 5, 2022

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Governor of Donetsk urges 350,000 civilians to evacuate – as it happened

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6h ago17.03

Teachers from Russia have arrived to the Polohy district of Zaporizhizhia region that is occupied by Russia.

According to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, children will go to kindergartens and schools to study under a Russian curriculum.

“In case of parental disagreement, the occupation administration threatens to remove children from their families and send them to boarding schools. The parents themselves are promised to be punished by administrative measures - men will be sent to the “army of the DPR [Donetsk People’s Republic]”, women will be sent to communal work related to cleaning the city,” the defense ministry reports.
 
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Extraordinary argument between Macron and Putin revealed​

The details of the confidential February 20 call were revealed by the broadcaster France 2 in a documentary on the French president's handling of the conflict that will air on Thursday.
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In the fiery discussion, Macron told Putin: 'I don't know where your lawyer learned the law! I'm just looking at the texts and trying to apply them!

'I don't know what lawyer will be able to tell you that in a sovereign country, the texts of laws are proposed by separatist groups and not by the democratically elected authorities.'

A raging Putin then replies: 'This is not a democratically elected government. They came to power in a coup, there were people burned alive, it was a bloodbath and Zelensky is one of those responsible.'

When the Kremlin leader again suggested Macron negotiate with the separatists, the Frenchman exclaims: 'We don't give a damn about the separatists' proposals.'

The following day, Putin declared Russia recognised the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic and full invasion began on the morning of February 24.
 
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Friday 8 July 2022 02:24, UK​

Ukraine war: Vladimir Putin's warning that Russia has barely started its action​

​''Vladimir Putin has told Kyiv it should quickly accept Moscow's terms or brace for the worst, adding ominously that Russia has barely started its action in Ukraine.

The Russian president has also accused Western allies of fuelling the hostilities, charging that "the West wants to fight us until the last Ukrainian".

''The Kremlin wants Kyiv to acknowledge Russian sovereignty over the Crimea peninsula it annexed from Ukraine in 2014.

It is also demanding the independence of Moscow-backed separatist regions in eastern Ukraine and an acceptance of the existing situation on the ground - a reference to other land gains it has made since troops invaded on 24 February.''

''Mr Putin reaffirmed his long-held claim that the West is using the conflict in Ukraine to try to isolate and weaken Russia.

"They simply don't need such a country as Russia," he said.

"This is why they have used terrorism, separatism and internal destructive forces in our country."
 
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Putin says Russia is only just getting started in Ukraine – as it happened

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2h ago 20.12

Summary​

  • Russian president, Vladimir Putin, warned Moscow has barely started its campaign in Ukraine and dared the west to try to defeat it on the battlefield. Putin said the prospects for any negotiation would grow dimmer the longer the conflict dragged on during a speech to parliamentary leaders. “Everyone should know that, by and large, we haven’t started anything yet in earnest,” he said. “The further it goes, the harder it will be for them to negotiate with us.”
  • Three people were killed and another five wounded after Russian forces fired rockets at Kharkiv, officials said. Regional governor, Oleh Synyehubov, said a district in the north-eastern Ukrainian city was shelled on Thursday.
  • At least one person was been killed and six injured by a missile strike on Kramatorsk which hit a residential area, according to Ukraine’s regional governor of Donetsk. “This is a deliberate attack on civilians,” Pavlo Kyrylenko said, adding that this will not stop until the Russians are stopped.
  • The mayor of Sloviansk said his city near Kramatorsk has come under Russian fire. Some residents were injured, said Vadym Lyakh, without providing further details. Ukraine’s military said pressure is intensifying with heavy shelling on Sloviansk and nearby populated areas.
  • Russia’s defence ministry has said it killed Ukrainian servicemen who were trying to raise Ukraine’s flag on the recently retaken Snake Island. Authorities in Odesa appeared to confirm that missiles had struck the island, and that Russians had also destroyed two grain hangars in the region which contained “about 35 tonnes of grain”. Ukraine has denied reports any of its servicemen were killed.
  • Foreign analysts say Russia may be temporarily easing its offensive in eastern Ukraine in an “operational pause” as its forces attempt to reassemble for a new assault. Russian forces made no claimed or assessed territorial gains in Ukraine on Wednesday “for the first time in 133 days of war,” according to the Institute for the Study of War.
  • Ukraine has summoned the Turkish ambassador after it said Turkey had allowed a Russian-flagged ship carrying thousands of tonnes of allegedly stolen Ukrainian grain to leave the port of Karasu. Turkish customs officials had seized the vessel at Ukraine’s request on Tuesday, after Kyiv said the cargo was illegally transporting 7,000 tonnes of grain out of Russian-occupied Berdiansk, a port in the south-east of Ukraine.
  • The UN warns of a “looming hunger catastrophe” due to Russia’s blockade on Ukrainian grain. Patrick Beasley, director of the UN World Food Programme, said a hunger catastrophe is set to explode over the next two years and called for an urgent lifting of the blockade on 25m tonnes of Ukrainian grain trapped by a Russian blockade.
  • Investigators in Ukraine said they had foiled a criminal gang who forced women into sex work abroad after luring them with false adverts for legitimate employment. Authorities in Kyiv arrested the suspected leader of the gang after months of surveillance resulted in them stopping a woman as she was about to cross the border.
  • Russian prosecutors have called for prison sentences for a prominent opposition activist and for a Moscow city council member who opposes the invasion of Ukraine. Alexei Gorinov faces up to 15 years in prison for spreading “knowingly false information” about the Russian army. Gorinov criticised Moscow’s military actions in Ukraine at a city council meeting in March.
  • US basketball player Brittney Griner has pleaded guilty to drugs charges in a Russian court, but said she had not deliberately broken the law. Griner faces up to 10 years in prison under the charge. Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, said “hype” around Griner’s case does not help and suggested Washington be silent about her fate.
  • Russia’s foreign minister has flown into the Indonesian island of Bali for a gathering of G20 foreign ministers. The gathering, which is likely to be overshadowed by Moscow’s war in Ukraine and deep divisions within the bloc over how to respond to the crisis, will mark the first time that Sergei Lavrov has met counterparts from nations that are strongly critical of the war.
  • Boris Johnson spoke with Volodymyr Zelenskiy “to reiterate the United Kingdom’s steadfast support” in light of his resignation, Downing Street said. In his resignation speech outside No 10, Johnson addressed the people of Ukraine directly and promised that “the UK will continue to back your fight for freedom for as long as it takes”.
  • Johnson’s resignation has been met with sadness in Kyiv, most notably by Volodymyr Zelenskiy who said the PM has been a “true friend of Ukraine”. Ukraine expects Britain’s support to continue despite Johnson’s resignation, Zelenskiy’s office said. Mikhail Podolyak, a key adviser to Zelenskiy, thanked Johnson for “always being at the forefront of supporting Ukraine”.
  • Johnson’s downfall has been met with delight and ridicule in Moscow, with Kremlin spokesperson saying: “He doesn’t like us. We don’t like him either.”Russia’s ambassador to Britain, Andrei Kelin, said Moscow would prefer someone “not so antagonistic” to lead the UK.
 
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Elite US veterans volunteer in Ukraine​


Russia Is Using a Secret Network to Steal Ukrainian Grain | WSJ​


Opera House In Odesa Reopens As War In Ukraine Rages On​

 
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Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy plans million-strong army to retake south; death toll rises after Russian strike on apartment block – live​

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4h ago 06.00

Summary of the day so far​

  • At least 18 people have died and dozens more were injured after a Russian missile attack hit a five-storey apartment building in the town of Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine. Emergency crews worked to pull people trapped in the rubble. Rescuers say they were in voice contact with two people trapped in the ruins. The strike destroyed three buildings in a residential quarter of town, inhabited mostly by people who work in nearby factories.
  • Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, accused Moscow of purposely targeting civilians in the Chasiv Yar attack and promised “punishment is inevitable for every Russian murderer”.
  • Serhai Haidai, Ukraine’s governor of Luhansk, has said “a small part of the Luhansk region is still holding on, fierce battles are going on”. He accused Russian forces of using new recruits from the occupied areas of Ukraine as “cannon fodder”, who “are guaranteed not to survive even the first battle”.
  • Russia has claimed in the last 24 hours to have killed more than 500 Ukrainian troops and to have destroyed large amounts of foreign-supplied weaponry and ammunition, including “ammunition depots for HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, M777 howitzers, and 2S7 Pion self-propelled guns supplied by the United States to Ukraine”.
  • The UK’s Ministry of Defence suggests that neither side has made any territorial gains in Ukraine over the weekend. Its latest briefing states “Russian artillery bombardments continued in the northern Donbas sector, but probably without any major territorial advances. Ukrainian forces continued to apply localised pressure to the Russian defensive line in north-east Kherson oblast, also probably without achieving territorial gain.”
  • Ukraine has warned residents in southern Kherson and Zaporizhzhia to evacuate as it prepares to launch a counter-offensive to retake the area. The Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions were occupied by Russian troops in late February after they crossed the bridge from Russia-annexed Crimea. Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereshchuk, said: “It’s clear there will be fighting, there will be artillery shelling … and we therefore urge [people] to evacuate urgently.”
  • Lithuania has expanded restrictions on trade through its territory to Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave, as phase-ins on earlier announced European Union sanctions begin. Goods sanctioned from Monday morning include concrete, wood, alcohol and alcohol-based industrial chemicals. The governor of Kaliningrad, Anton Alikhanov, has proposed a total ban on the movement of goods between the three Baltic states and Russia, in response to what authorities in the exclave have called a “blockade”.
  • Russian gas giant Gazprom will begin 10 days of routine maintenance on its Nord Stream 1 pipeline today as Europe waits to see if the gas comes back on. The annual work on the two pipelines was scheduled long in advance, however many fear Gazprom might take the opportunity to simply shut off the valves.
  • Two Ukrainian civilians were killed and at least two others injured in Russian missile attacks on the town of Siversk, near Sievierodonetsk, officials said. Donetsk governor, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said three people were hurt by shelling in Soledar, and seven houses and other property burned down in Bakhmut with no details of casualties. Ukraine officials warned last week the city in the Luhansk region was facing a “humanitarian disaster”.
 
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JUL 12, 2022
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Ukraine Says It Has Launched Southern Counteroffensive As Russia Blasts Eastern Cities

Ukraine's military says it has launched a major counteroffensive in the south of the country as it seeks to recapture territory taken earlier by Russian troops, even as Kremlin forces continue to blast eastern Ukraine in their drive to take the crucial Donbas region.
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Ukrainian military strikes destroyed artillery, armored vehicles, "and a warehouse with ammunition" in the town of Nova Kakhovka, the Ukrainian military said at the start of its counteroffensive against Russian troops occupying parts of the Kherson region.

"Based on the results of our rocket and artillery units, the enemy lost 52 [soldiers], an Msta-B howitzer, a mortar, and seven armored and other vehicles, as well as an ammunition depot in Nova Kakhovka," Ukraine's southern military command said in statement.

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Rights Group Says Hundreds Of Prisoners In Russia's North Caucasus Recruited For War In Ukraine

A human rights group that monitors the treatment of inmates at Russian penitentiaries says hundreds of men at a prison in the North Caucasus region of Adygea have agreed to be sent to fight in Russia’s war against Ukraine as a result of aggressive recruiting.
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A human rights group that monitors the treatment of inmates at Russian penitentiaries says hundreds of men at a prison in the North Caucasus region of Adygea have agreed to be sent to fight in Russia’s war against Ukraine as a result of aggressive recruiting.

The founder of the organization Gulagu.net, Vladimir Osechkin, told RFE/RL on July 11 that two sources told him that some 300 inmates at Correctional Colony No. 1 in the town of Tlyustenkhabl had been recruited by the private military company Vagner, which has ties to the Kremlin and is involved in the war in Ukraine.

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In Russia's Poorest Regions, Mothers And Wives Are Fighting To Bring Their Soldiers Back Home

Women from the impoverished regions of Buryatia and Tyva -- which have seen some of the highest per capita casualties since Russia invaded Ukraine -- are uniting to pressure officials and the military to bring their soldiers home.
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"My brother was sent for 333 exercises," said a woman from the south Siberian region of Buryatia about her relative serving in the Russian military in Ukraine. "He didn't sign up for a war in another country. It was basically a deception. Only on the eve of the invasion were they informed they would cross the border."

The woman, who asked not to be identified for fear of repercussions for her anti-war activities, is one of a growing number of mothers, sisters, and partners of Russian soldiers from poor regions like Buryatia and Tyva who are coming together to press officials to let their loved ones return home.
 
  • #376
JUL 11, 2022
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Putin set to visit Iran next week

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Iran next week, the Kremlin said Tuesday, a day after the U.S. warned that Tehran could provide Moscow with drones for its action in Ukraine.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Iran next week, the Kremlin said Tuesday, a day after the U.S. warned that Tehran could provide Moscow with drones for its action in Ukraine.

During a trip to Tehran next Tuesday, Putin will attend a trilateral meeting with the leaders of Iran and Turkey, the so-called Astana format of meetings for Syria-related talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Putin’s visit to Iran will follow U.S. President Joe Biden’s trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia this week, where Iran’s nuclear program and malign activities in the region will be a key subject of discussion.

Peskov told reporters that on the visit to Tehran, Putin will also have a separate meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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JUL 14, 2022
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In Ukraine war, a race to acquire smarter, deadlier drones

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Drone camera footage defines much of the public's view of the war in Ukraine : grenades quietly dropped on unwitting soldiers, eerie flights over silent, bombed-out cities, armor and outposts exploding into fireballs.
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But after months of fighting, the drone fleets of both sides are depleted, and they are racing to build or buy the kind of jamming-resistant, advanced drones that could offer a decisive edge.

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“The Russian drone force may still be capable, but exhausted. And Russians are looking to capitalize on a proven Iranian track record,” said Samuel Bendett, an analyst at the CNA military think tank.

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“The number we need is immense,” a senior Ukrainian official, Yuri Shchygol, told reporters Wednesday, detailing the first results of a new fundraising campaign called “Army of Drones.” He said Ukraine is initially seeking to purchase 200 NATO-grade military drones but requires 10 times more.

Outgunned Ukrainian fighters complain that they simply don’t have the military-grade drones needed to defeat Russian jamming and radio-controlled hijacking. The civilian models most Ukrainians rely on are detected and defeated with relative ease. And it’s not uncommon for Russian artillery to rain down on their operators within minutes of a drone being detected.

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“Russians are in a much better position because they fly long-range drones” designed to evade electronic countermeasures, a Ukrainian air reconnaissance unit leader recently told Associated Press journalists outside Bakhmut near the front lines.

On the ground, Russia’s more plentiful electronic warfare units can cut off drone pilots’ communications, interrupt live video and drop the vehicle from the sky or, if it has homing technology, force it to retreat.

Hence the need for advanced drones that can survive radio interference and GPS jamming and rely on satellite communications and other technologies for control and navigation.

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JUL 15, 2022
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Belarus Weekly: Russia increases presence in Belarusian airspace as Lukashenko cedes control of one of its air bases to Moscow

The Kyiv Independent is continuing to provide readers with a weekly roundup to help explain current events in Belarus. To receive the Belarus Weekly newsletter subscribe via this LINK.Reports indicate increased Russian presence in Belarusian airspace as Belarus cedes control of
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Belarus established a no-fly zone from July 11 to 14, which reportedly encompasses Minsk and the southern half of the Minsk region, as well as parts of the Brest, Mahilow, and Homiel regions.

The establishment of a no-fly zone coincided with the arrival of several Russian military aircraft in Belarus, reports Belarusian monitoring group Belaruski Hayun.

A Russian Beriev A-50 and several other fighter aircraft reportedly entered Belarusian territory from Russia on July 10. According to the monitoring group, the Russian aircraft were likely identifying potential targets in Ukraine.

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Zyabrovka Air Base, which is located in Belarus’ Homiel region bordering Ukraine, has been transferred to Russian control, Deputy Chief of Ukraine’s General Staff Oleksiy Gromov reported on July 7.

Gromov said that the air base has been equipped with Russian S-400 and Iskander missile systems and that preparations are underway for additional missile systems to be transferred from Russia.

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