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

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7 min ago
Singapore to impose "appropriate sanctions and restrictions" on Russia

From CNN's Lizzy Yee

Singapore will impose “appropriate sanctions and restrictions” on Russia, the country’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said in the country's Parliament on Monday.

He called the Russian invasion of Ukraine “unprovoked” and a “clear and gross violation of the international norms," adding that Singapore intended to “act in concert” with other countries to take a strong stance.

“We will impose export controls on items that can be used directly as weapons in Ukraine to inflict harm, or to subjugate the Ukrainians. We will also block certain Russian banks and financial transactions, connected to Russia,” he said, adding that the specific measures are still being worked out.

Live updates: Russia invades Ukraine

 

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The Foreign Ministry of Belarus is preparing for the meeting between Ukraine and Russia.

On their twitter , they write that they are waiting for the delegates, and have shared a picture on the negotiating table.

Liverapportering: Ryska invasionen av Ukraina

 

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Zelensky demands 'immediate' EU membership for Ukraine - The Economic Times

Ukraine Appeals For "Immediate" EU Membership: "I'm Sure It's Possible"

A former US ambassador to Russia says Putin is becoming 'increasingly unhinged' and 'disconnected from reality'

Russian stock exchange will not open today
https://mobile.twitter.com/ASLuhn/status/1498241200553435138

Food and medicine crisis in Kyiv
https://mobile.twitter.com/ASLuhn/status/1498237560342159362

Roman Abramovich in Belarus assisting in Ukraine-Russia talks at Kyiv's request
https://m.jpost.com/international/article-698891

Image at this link P with his men sitting far apart.
Ukraine invasion: Kremlin says EU is 'acting in a hostile fashion towards us' over arms supplies to Kyiv

 

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LVIV, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Talks between Ukraine and Russia have started at the Belarussian border, Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak told Reuters via text message on Monday.

Earlier the Ukrainian president's office said Ukraine's goal for the talks was an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine.

Talks between Ukraine and Russia have started, says Ukraine presidential advisor

 

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A Ukrainian official released footage on Sunday, appearing to show a drone taking out a Russian missile system.

Footage appears to show Ukrainian drone destroying Russian missile system

 

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This site was created by representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. On it you will find information about captured and killed Russian soldiers in Ukraine since the beginning of the occupation. Here we will promptly post photos and videos that we receive from the battlefield.

If your relatives or friends are in Ukraine and participate in the war against our people - here you can get information about their fate.
Unfortunately, it is difficult to identify a lot of those killed. We deliberately post these photos and videos, you may recognize someone by indirect signs.

Ищи своих

 

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Belarus approves hosting nuclear weapons, Russian forces permanently

Belarusians voted Monday to allow the country to host nuclear weapons and Russian forces permanently, results showed, part of a package of constitutional reforms that also extended the rule of leader Alexander Lukashenko.

Belarusians voted Monday to allow the country to host nuclear weapons and Russian forces permanently, results showed, part of a package of constitutional reforms that also extended the rule of leader Alexander Lukashenko.

 

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Illia Ponomarenko on Twitter
It’s official - Snake Island sailors are alive, Navy confirms.
They were taken prisoner by Russia

 

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Fatima Tlis on Twitter
Russia’s main state news agency posted, then removed a piece with invaluable insight into what Putin wanted to gain from the war he waged against Ukraine. Apparently, the war was supposed to end on Feb. 26 with full irreversible capitulation.

Russian invasion a 'solution to Ukrainian question' - Russian state news - The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)
Putin was supposed to emerge a victorious unifier, savior and the leader of the “Russian world” announcing immediately after the defeat of Kyiv a new state that included “all three parts of the Russian nation” - Ru, Ukraine, Belarus

In this “new world” the “anti-Russian” Ukraine no longer exists. Russia is now back to its “original self, whole again,” and a global monolith, which does not have to follow the rules imposed by others but dictates its own rules to the world.

The entire ~3,000 words piece is significant for it gives a glimpse into the apparently troubled mind of Russia’s leader, but this part below is probably the most important: to Putin the existence of independent Ukraine caused a struggle with a «national humiliation complex.”

 

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By most accounts, the Russian Revolution began on February 23, 1917 with the women's strike for bread and suffrage.

February 23 and March 8: Two Holidays that Upstaged the February Revolution | Slavic Review | Cambridge Core

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He went into Crimea February

 

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Anti-war protests break out as Belarus votes to renounce non-nuclear status

Появились видео последствий обстрела Харькова
"videos of the consequences of the shelling of Kharkov....."

Roman Abramovich speaking with Ukraine in attempt to broker peace after Russia invasion
"I can confirm that Roman Abramovich was contacted by the Ukrainian side for support in achieving a peaceful resolution, and that he has been trying to help ever since," Abramovich's spokesperson told the PA news agency.

Ukrainian ambassador says Russian platoon surrendered to Ukrainian forces

Ukrainian commander in Kharkiv says dozens of Russians surrendered

 

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https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1498243206374379521?t=topXgCtiTkk-YyTe2-UKLg&s=19
️Zelensky: Ukraine to release prisoners with combat experience.

Zelensky said it was a difficult moral choice but that it was necessary for the country’s defense. He said the the prisoners will be fighting in the hottest spots.

“The key is defense now.”

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1498255934333894656?t=mUKh-bJpT91z_fVC6nNL-A&s=19
️Russian forces burn museum with paintings of Maria Prymachenko.

A history museum in Ivankiv town, Kyiv Oblast, was destroyed by a Russian attack, according to Ustyna Stefanchuk, an art collector. The museum had about 25 works by famous Ukrainian artist Prymachenkoю

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1498282971412979713?t=mfV-fh3Dan05onKlSC-yuA&s=19
️Oil depot burns after artillery shelling in Okhtyrka, Sumy Oblast.

Mayor Pavlo Kuzmenko reported that Russian occupiers dropped a vacuum bomb. This type of weapon is known as the most deadly non-nuclear bomb, producing high-temperature explosions.

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1498283832914685955?t=cNLLJTamqWBEdDVul4Tglw&s=19
️National Bank of Ukraine receives Hr 1 billion ($33 million) in support for armed forces.

Earlier, the bank had opened a special account where Ukrainians and foreigners can donate money to support the military.

 

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Boots On The Ground: Satellite Images Reveal Russian Troop Buildup Near Ukrainian Border And In Crimea
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Satellite images from Oct 18 show russia was building up then.

 

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[URL='https://fox5sandiego.com/news/world-news/ukrainian-ambassador-says-russian-platoon-surrendered-to-ukrainian-forces/']Russian troops surrender to Ukrainians after invasion, ambassador says[/URL]

Alec Luhn on Twitter
The Ukraine war has reached a new level. Dozens killed & hundreds injured after Russian Grad rockets struck residential areas of Kharkiv. Sharing this video via
@UKRINFORM
because it's one of the few without corpses https://pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2022/02/28/7326818/index.amp

 

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'We Will Not Comply:' RFE/RL Rejects Russian Media Regulator's Demand To Remove Content (rferl.org)
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According to Fly, Russians are turning to RFE/RL's websites and broadcasts "more than ever during this critical moment to hear what Ukrainian officials and civilians are saying and to see images of the death and destruction caused by Vladimir Putin that their government is withholding from them."

He said RFE/RL "will not succumb to this pressure to deprive them of the truth."

Roskomnadzor on February 26 ordered media outlets to delete reports using the words "assault," "invasion," or "declaration of war" to describe Russia's incursion into neighboring Ukraine.

 

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39m ago 13:21

Russia-Ukraine war latest news: rouble crashes as markets open; US condemns Putin’s nuclear deterrence order – live updates | World news | The Guardian

The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Vasilkiv says residents are “dreaming of peace”, the Guardian’s Shaun Walker reports.

I’ve been speaking to Natalia Balasynovych, the mayor of Vasilkiv, which came under extremely heavy fire as Russian troops tried to disable the air defence system here and capture the airport over recent days.

Asked what she would like to see at the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine currently taking place, Balasynovych said she believed most people in her town would accept a compromise to stop the war.

We would like to see compromise but not a capitulation. Maybe neutral status for Ukraine, if it will stop them shooting now. Because to live like this is not possible.

If they will offer us only the condition of capitulation then we have to fight to the end. But I would like our children never to wake up with these bombs. Our children will have serious trauma, and people are dreaming of peace already.

People used to think about new car or iPhone, but nobody was thinking about peace. But now, they are really dreaming of peace.

When old people used to wish each other peace, we didnt understand the sense of this word. Now we really understand.

 

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Russia-Ukraine war latest news: rouble crashes as markets open; US condemns Putin’s nuclear deterrence order – live updates | World news | The Guardian

1h ago 13:01

The US has suspended operations at its embassy in Minsk, Belarus, and non-emergency employees and family members are being authorised to voluntarily depart the US embassy in Moscow.

In a statement on Monday, US secretary of state Antony Blinken said the decision was taken “due to security and safety issues stemming from the unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces in Ukraine”.

1h ago 12:55

US administration officials have been briefing this morning about the decision to block dollar assets of Russia’s Central Bank and its Direct Investment Fund this morning, before markets opened, the Guardian’s Julian Borger writes.

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The official said about the planning behind these measures, which date back to the much more limited US sanctions imposed after the annexation of Crimea in 2014:

When we took those actions, [the Russians] decided that they were going to try and build a war chest to try and defend against the actions that we may take, if they were to take further actions in Ukraine or elsewhere in the world. We knew that this existed and we knew that ultimately, one of the things that we would need to do to ensure that our sanctions would be effective is at some point to go after that war chest and that’s exactly what we’ve done today.

 

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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
️New curfew in Kyiv will last from 8 p.m. until 7 a.m.
People will only be allowed to walk on the streets to seek shelter in case of air raid sirens. Moving around the city by car is allowed only with a special permit.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter
️Kharkiv resident killed in Russia’s latest attack.
Kharkiv has been under heavy air strikes over the past day. Throughout this time, five civilians and two soldiers died, while 44 were injured including 22 civilians and 20 soldiers.

 

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2h ago 12:04

Russia-Ukraine war latest news: rouble crashes as markets open; US condemns Putin’s nuclear deterrence order – live updates | World news | The Guardian

The website of Russian state news agency Tass was hacked on Monday with the site replaced with messages claiming Russian president Vladimir Putin is forcing them to lie, Reuters reports.

According to Reuters, the message read:

We urge you to stop this madness, do not send your sons and husbands to certain death.

Putin is forcing us to lie and is putting us in danger … It’s not our war, let’s stop him!

The message has since been removed. The website now says: “Sorry, the page you are looking for is currently unavailable. Please try again later.”

 

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4h ago 10:01

Russia-Ukraine war latest news: rouble crashes as markets open; US condemns Putin’s nuclear deterrence order – live updates | World news | The Guardian

Lithuania’s government has announced it will ask prosecutors at the international criminal court to investigate “war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine”.

“There is new material coming in every day, but we have enough of it by now to file the request,” Lithuanian prime minister Ingrida Simonyte said in a televised cabinet meeting.

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14m ago 14:03

Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has cancelled his visit to the United Nations in Geneva due to “anti-Russian sanctions” imposed by EU countries, Russia’s mission in Geneva has said.

Lavrov had been scheduled to address the UN Human Rights Council and the Conference on Disarmament in person on Tuesday.

But he has been forced to cancel his trip “due to an unprecedented ban on his flight in the airspace of a number of EU countries that have imposed anti-Russian sanctions,” the mission tweeted.

RIA news agency quoted a diplomatic source as saying the decision was because Lavrov’s plane would not be able to pass through airspace that the EU has closed to Russian airlines as part of sanctions against Moscow.