Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 **Media Thread** NO DISCUSSION #5

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JUL 4, 2023
www.bbc.com

Ukraine war: At least 43 injured in daylight strike in Kharkiv region

Two babies were reportedly among the injured after a missile strike in Ukraine's Kharkiv region.
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At least 43 people, including twelve children, have been injured after a missile struck the carpark of a residential building in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, local officials say.

What is believed to be a Russian Iskander missile landed in the town of Pervomaisky at about 13:30 local time.

Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said there were only residential buildings in the area.
A one-year-old and a ten-month-old were reportedly among the injured.

Russian air defenses on Tuesday foiled a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow that prompted authorities to briefly close one of the city's international airports, officials said, as a Western analysis said Russia has managed to slow Kyiv's recently launched counteroffensive.

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Ukraine war: Three drones intercepted 'heading for Moscow' - Russia accuses Kyiv of 'terrorist attack'

Russia's defence ministry says four out of five drones were shot down, while a fifth was jammed and crashed, causing disruption to the capital's main airports.
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Flights from Russia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt were diverted to other airports in the city.

"The Kyiv regime's attempt to attack an area where civilian infrastructure is located, including the airport, which incidentally also receives foreign flights, is yet another act of terrorism," said foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

"The international community should realise that the United States, Britain, France - permanent members of the UN Security Council - are financing a terrorist regime."

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Russia loses 31,000 soldiers in under two months amid counteroffensive—Kyiv

Ukraine's armed forces said on Tuesday that Russia had faced troop losses of more than 231,000 since the start of the war.
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On Tuesday, Russian troop losses since the start of Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, stood at 231,030, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces posted on social media, up 770 from the previous day.

This figure is more than 31,000 higher than the 200,000 milestone, which Kyiv claimed on May 17, and comes amid Ukraine's counteroffensive, which started at the beginning of June.
 
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Now we have information from our intelligence that the Russian military has placed objects resembling explosives on the roof of several power units of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Perhaps to simulate an attack on the plant. Perhaps they have some other scenario. But in any case, the world sees – can't but see – that the only source of danger to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is Russia and no one else. Unfortunately, there was no timely and large-scale response to the terrorist attack on the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. And this may incite the Kremlin to commit new evil. It is the responsibility of everyone in the world to stop it, no one can stand aside, as radiation affects everyone.
 
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Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina passes away from injuries sustained during Russian attack​

 
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Belarus leader Lukashenko says Prigozhin back in Russia​

The mutinous head of Russia's Wagner group is no longer in Belarus and it is not clear if his fighters will move there, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday, raising questions about the deal that ended last month's revolt.
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Belarus leader claims Wagner chief is in Russia, adding uncertainty about his fate after revolt​

The mercenary leader who led a short-lived mutiny against the Kremlin is in Russia and his Wagner troops are in their field camps, the president of Belarus said Thursday, raising new questions about the deal that ended the extraordinary challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s claim could not be independently verified, and the Kremlin refused to comment on Yevgeny Prigozhin’s whereabouts. But Russian media have reported he was recently seen at his offices in St. Petersburg.

It was not clear if Prigozhin’s presence in Russia would violate the deal, which allowed the Wagner chief to move to Belarus in exchange for ending the rebellion and a promise of amnesty for him and his troops. But the reports signaled that the deal may have allowed him to finalize his affairs in Russia.
 
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‘It is like a virus that spreads’: business as usual for Wagner group’s extensive Africa network​

''Though attention has mainly focused on Wagner’s combat role, particularly in Ukraine in recent months, analysts and western intelligence officials say that in Africa it is the group’s economic and political activities that are important to Putin’s regime.

“Since its first deployments in 2017, Wagner has really become much more widespread and high profile. Now the Kremlin certainly seems to be trying to emphasise continuity, if not immediate expansion,” said Julia Stanyard, an expert on Wagner at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.

Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, last week reassured allies in Africa that Wagner group fighters deployed to the continent would not be withdrawn. In an interview with Russia Today, Lavrov promised that “instructors” and “private military contractors” would remain in CAR and Mali, the two countries in sub-Saharan Africa where Wagner has the biggest presence.''

''From multiple bases in and around Bangui, CAR’s capital, Wagner has run an extensive mining operation across the country. The group has also begun making and selling beer and spirits, and has been granted a hugely profitable concession to exploit rainforests in the south of CAR.

The biggest single project is the vast Ndassima goldmine, which has been taken over by Wagner and is being developed.''
 
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Belarus says Wagner chief who staged mutiny is in Russia, raising questions about Kremlin’s strategy​

''On Wednesday, Russian online newspapers Fontanka and Izvestia posted videos and photos of Prigozhin’s opulent mansion in Russia’s second-largest city that showed stacks of cash and gold bullion. The images appeared to be part of the authorities’ efforts to denigrate Prigozhin, who has postured as an enemy of corrupt elites even though he has owed his wealth to Putin.

A photo hanging in the mansion showed a lineup of decapitated heads. In one published image, an oversized souvenir sledgehammer could also be seen with the inscription “for important negotiations.” The sledgehammer has become a symbol of Wagner after reports its troops used the tool to beat defectors to death.

The Russian media also published a collection of selfies that showed him posing in various wigs, fake beards and foreign uniforms, an apparent reflection of Wagner’s deployments to Syria and several African countries.

Asked if Prigozhin and his mercenaries would eventually move to Belarus, Lukashenko answered evasively that it would depend on the decisions of the Wagner chief and the Russian government.''
 
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JUL 7, 2023

Ukraine war latest: Deadly blast at Russian explosives factory; why Putin regime 'may well collapse', according to one expert​

''Ukraine war latest: Deadly blast at Russian explosives factory; why Putin regime 'may well collapse', according to one expert​

At least six are reported to have died in the factory blast; a Ukrainian MP explains how the Wagner mutiny has "shattered" the myth of Vladimir Putin as a strongman; and the US is expected to approve sending cluster munitions, which are banned in 120 countries, to Ukraine today.''

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''Cleverly: Russia must stop endangering nuclear power plant​

The UK's foreign secretary said Russia must give the UN's nuclear watchdog full access to the occupied Zaporizhzhia power plant to ensure "nuclear safety".
In a tweet, James Cleverly said Russia "must not endanger the safety" of the facility - Europe's largest nuclear power plant - any longer.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has been pushing for access to the entire site after Ukraine claimed Russia had planted explosives there - claims Moscow denies.
Russia has so far only granted limited access to officials, citing the security situation.''
 
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