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

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“Anonymous also said it had hacked the Ministry of Defence database, while on Sunday it was claimed the group had hacked Russian state TV channels, posting pro-Ukraine content including patriotic songs and images from the invasion.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...llective-that-has-declared-cyberwar-on-russia

 

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Moscow police detain children for laying flowers at Ukrainian embassy

Five children aged seven to 11 with peace signs held for hours while two women face trial on unspecified charges

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Police in Moscow detained two women and five children who wanted to lay flowers at the Ukrainian embassy.

Photographs of their detention showed the children holding a poster saying “No to War.”

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Video footage on social media apparently showed one of the women explaining to a crying girl from inside a cell that the “task is for fewer people to gather and say they’re against the war”.

Arkhipova said that police allegedly threatened to strip the women of custody over the five children. They face a trial and a fine on unspecified charges, Arkhipova added. She wrote: “The parents are in fear.”

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Sergei Lavrov repeats warning that WW3 'can only be nuclear' and likens US to NAZIS | Daily Mail Online

Ukraine: Watching the war on Russian TV - a whole different story

 

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Brainwashing children. russia organises the all-Russian lesson about the «liberation mission in Ukraine» on 3 March

BRAINWASHING CHILDREN. RUSSIA ORGANISES THE ALL-RUSSIAN LESSON ABOUT THE «LIBERATION MISSION IN UKRAINE» ON 3 MARCH

Earlier, Russian schools received materials for conducting lessons about the war in Ukraine, which sets out the official kremlin’s point of view on the Russian invasion.

Russia expands its propaganda with holding an all-russian open lesson with ironical name «Defenders of Peace», organised by the Institute of Education of the Russian Academy of Education. There, the schoolchildren will be told why «the liberation mission in Ukraine is a necessity,» reports Russian independent media «Meduza» with reference to the Ministry of Education of the russian federation.

The institute said that the lesson will be broadcast on March 3 at 12:00 Moscow time, hosted by Sofia Khomenko and journalist Denis Polunchukov, one of the moderators of russia’s main propagandist program «Vesti» on the TV-channel «Rossiya-1». The guest of the broadcast will be Peter Ishkov, an «expert» in military history.

«Listeners will be told the background of today’s events: about the danger NATO poses to our country [russia], why Russia stood up for the civilian population of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, and they will also help you figure out how to distinguish truth from lies in a huge stream of information, photographs and videos, which the Internet is full of today,» – the Ministry of Education said in a statement.

Earlier it was reported that schools in several regions of russia received recommendations for conducting lessons about the war in Ukraine, which sets out the official kremlin’s point of view on the russian invasion.

Thus, to the possible question «Is this a war with Ukraine? Was it possible to avoid it?» the teacher was urged to answer «There is not a war with Ukraine, but a special peacekeeping operation, the purpose of which is to contain the nationalists who oppress the Russian-speaking population.»

Translated by Vitalii Holich

 

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Estonian owned cargo ship Helt sinks off Ukrainian coast near Odessa after explosion – Reuters, citing ship manager.

Helt cargo ship may have hit mine - ship manager

Two crew members from Helt cargo ship in life raft at sea, four others still missing – ship manager

Estonian freighter captured by Russian Navy, sank off Odessa UPDATE
1310 UTC Mar 3 UPDATE: According to latest info confirmed by ship’s manager, Estonian company VISTA Shipping Agency, the ship sank, 2 of the crew went into life raft, 4 remained trapped on board. The ship was hit by something, or hit mine – there’s no clarity here. 2 crew on life raft are missing, VISTA can’t get any information with regards to their fate, condition.

General cargo ship HELT on Mar 2 was reported by Ukrainian defence and maritime authorities, as captured by Russian Navy and used as a shield from either Ukrainian fire, or as disguise to prevent enemy radar detection. In the afternoon Mar 3 the ship was reported by Ukrainian sources as sinking, with heavy list, abandoned by crew, which went into life rafts. No clarity, no understanding, no impartial information on this case, so far. As of 1200 UTC Mar 3, ship’s AIS was still on, she was 16 nm SE of Odessa, anchored or adrift. One more piece of info – allegedly, she’s or was used by Russian Navy Landing Crafts, approaching Odessa for troops landing and general attack on one of the main ports of Ukraine, and one of the main targets of invasion.

 

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2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine - Wikipedia

 

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It was advised that the tanks be avoided, which would be met by regular forces. Instead, irregulars should create obstacles to cause delays for the unarmored and poorly guarded supply vehicles in the rear, which can be attacked with Molotov cocktails.

"Without ammunition, the enemy's tank is a tractor. Without fuel it is a hunk of dead iron. Without food the enemies will surrender to captivity."

https://m.jpost.com/international/article-699200

 

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Hermitage Amsterdam breekt met staatsmuseum Hermitage in Rusland

The Hermitage in Amsterdam severs ties with the state museum of the same name in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The board and the Supervisory Board have decided that, according to a statement.

The Hermitage Amsterdam displays art from the collection of the Russian Museum, one of the largest in the world. "For a long time, the Hermitage Amsterdam kept aloof from political developments in Putin's Russia," according to the museum. "Russia's recent attack on Ukraine makes this aloofness no longer tenable."

 

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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 5 hours ago
️Zelensky: Russia's missile and bomb strikes on Ukrainian cities are a recognition that they have failed to achieve anything significant on our land.
All lines of our defense are preserved, the enemy has no success in any of the strategic directions.

️Zelensky to Russia: Learn the word "reparation."
In the most recent video address, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia will compensate Ukraine for all the damages it suffered during Moscow's brutal war.
"We will restore every house, every street, every city."

️Zelensky: We have survived two world wars, three famines, the Holocaust, Babyn Yar, the Great Purge, the Chornobyl explosion, the occupation of Crimea, and the war in the east of our state.

️Zelensky: We've been through so much. And if someone thinks that after overcoming all this, Ukrainians, all of us, will be scared, broken, or surrendered, he just doesn't know anything about us. He knows nothing about Ukraine.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 4 hours ago
The southern city of Kherson is de facto controlled by the Russian invaders since March 2. The city mayor said that "for the Ukrainian flag to continue flying over us" he negotiated with the Russian forces several conditions, including:
1. Strict curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
"They wanted to destroy us so many times, but they couldn't," he said.

2. Cars are only allowed to drive in daylight.
3. Only cars carrying necessary supplies such as food and medicine can enter the city.
4. Citizens can walk alone or in groups of two people. They have to stop when demanded. They must not confront the Russian forces.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 3 hours ago
️ Ukraine, Russia to hold new round of peace talks.
According to Vladimir Medinsky, assistant to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the second round of negotiations will take place on March 3 in Belarus, close to the Polish border.

The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 2 hours ago
️ Russian forces have fully captured the building of the Kherson Oblast Administration, according to governor Hennadiy Lahuta.

️ Biden asks Congress to approve $10 billion in aid for Ukraine.
The money would be spent on battling the emerging humanitarian crisis in the country and Ukraine’s defense amid the ongoing war with Russia, the Washington Post reports.

️Fitch and Moody's cut Russia's credit rating to “junk.”
Rating agencies slashed Russi

 

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French readout of Putin call: "There was nothing in what President Putin said that could reassure us," the French presidential adviser said, adding that Putin had reiterated his "narrative" that he was seeking the "de-nazification of Ukraine".
France's Macron told Putin: "You are lying to yourself" - French official

Reuters- French President Emmanuel Macron told Russia's Vladimir Putin he was making a "major mistake" in Ukraine, that he was deluding himself about the government in Kyiv and that the war would cost Russia dearly over the long term, a French official said.


Putin tells Macron Russia will achieve its goals in Ukraine

 

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How the world voted to condemn (or support) Russia’s war.


UN resolution against Ukraine invasion: Full text

Satellite image shows super yacht linked to Putin out of reach of sanctions

Ship NIRVANA (Yacht) Registered in Cayman Is - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 1011202, MMSI 319222000, Call Sign ZGBM

 

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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 1 hour ago
️Russian forces strike at residential buildings in central Chernihiv.
According to the Northern Territorial Defense Forces, there is no military infrastructure in the nearby area, only several schools, kindergartens, and a hospital.
Photo: Northern Territorial Defense Forces.

35 minutes ago:
️Kuleba slams Russian FM Lavrov for spreading lies about state protection of "Nazi torchlight procession in Ukraine."
"It is not torches, but Russian tanks that are burning in Ukraine," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said, as quoted by Ukrainska Pravda.

13 minutes ago:
️Volkswagen, Ikea suspend business in Russia.
The largest furniture retailer Ikea closes all of its stores in Russia, pauses sourcing from both Belarus and Russia. German vehicle manufacturer Volkswagen shuts production at two Russian factories and halts exports to Russia.

 

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MAR 3, 2022
White House requests $10 billion for Ukraine aid as part of broader emergency funding request - CNNPolitics
"This request identifies an immediate need for $10 billion in additional humanitarian, security, and economic assistance for Ukraine and Central European partners due to Russia's unjustified and unprovoked invasion," read the formal request sent Wednesday from acting Office of Management and Budget director Shalanda Young to congressional leadership.

Young suggested the initial $10 billion request for Ukraine would address "immediate needs" and more funding could be needed.

"Given the rapidly evolving situation in Ukraine, I anticipate that additional needs may arise over time. This funding request is based on the administration's best information on resource requirements at this time, and we will remain in touch with the Congress in the coming weeks and months as we assess resource requirements beyond these immediate needs," she said.

 

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Russia-Ukraine war latest news: Macron tells Putin he is making a ‘major mistake’; Zelenskiy says defence lines holding against onslaught – live | World news | The Guardian
5h ago 04:51

'This is genocide of Ukrainian people' - Mariupol city council
Mariupol city council said Russia was constantly and deliberately shelling critical civilian infrastructure in the southern Ukrainian port, leaving it without water, heating or power and preventing bringing supplies or evacuating people.

“They are breaking food supplies, setting us up in a blockade, as in the old Leningrad,” the council said in a statement, reported by the Reuters news agency.

“Deliberately, for seven days, they have been destroying the city’s critical life-support infrastructure. We have no light, water or heat again.”

The council said it was seeking to create a humanitarian corridor for the city, as well as trying to restore infrastructure.

“We are being destroyed as a nation. This is genocide of Ukrainian people,” it said.

 

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Russia-Ukraine war latest news: Macron tells Putin he is making a ‘major mistake’; Zelenskiy says defence lines holding against onslaught – live | World news | The Guardian
5h ago 04:56

EU leaders are expected to discuss and seek to find a common position on Ukraine’s membership application when they gather in Paris next Thursday for an informal summit, officials have said.

Leaders will discuss “timing or the conditions”, with positions currently widely diverging among the 27 capitals.

Georgia and Moldova are also expected to make formal applications “by the end of the week”, EU officials said.

5h ago 05:00

A new UK visa scheme for the extended family members of British Ukranians comes into force from Friday, the Home Office has announced.

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A man comforts his child, as refugees, who fled Ukraine due to the Russian invasion, wait to enter a refugee camp in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau. Photograph: Nikolay Doychinov/AFP/Getty Images

Roman Lytwyniw, 25, who travelled to the Polish town of Przemyśl, near the border with Ukraine, to bring his 80-year-old grandmother back to the UK, said the family had been in limbo for two days, with embassy and Home Official officials unable to help with her visa application.

Lytwyniw, a violinist from London, told the Guardian: “I’m not seeing anything yet from that [announcement]. Yesterday, they told me that I’m going to have to reapply for a visa because we didn’t meet the eligibility requirements.

“I’ve just been to the British embassy here and they’ve told me that the best thing to do would be to travel to either Rzeszow or Warsaw. Because that’s where the nearest visa application centres are.”

A petition calling on the UK government to waive visa requirements for Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion has now been signed by more than 100,000 people.

 

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Hackers changed the call sign of a Putin-linked superyacht to 'FCKPTN' and set the ship's destination as 'hell'

The Anonymous "hactivist" collective has messed with the call sign of a superyacht said to be owned by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The group claimed credit on Tuesday for the hack, which involved changing the call sign of the vessel — named Graceful — to "FCKPTN" and altering the craft's destination to "hell."

The Anonymous group claimed credit for the hack with a tweet reading: "Now Putin's yacht is on the right track! #FckPutin."

Hackers changed the call sign of a Putin-linked superyacht to 'FCKPTN' and set the ship's destination as 'hell'

 

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[URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/03/ukraine-news-russia-war-vladimir-putin-biden-latest-live-updates-kherson-kyiv-kharkiv-refugees-russian-invasion?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with:block-62208f248f08c1dd5f659bdd#block-62208f248f08c1dd5f659bdd']Russia-Ukraine war latest news: Macron tells Putin he is making a ‘major mistake’; Zelenskiy says defence lines holding against onslaught – live | World news | The Guardian[/URL]
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Germany is planning to deliver a further 2,700 anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine following a volte-face on its previously restrictive stance on exporting lethal weapons, German media reported on Thursday morning.

The shoulder-fired “Strela” surface-to-air rockets, which once belonged to the old arsenal of the National People’s Army of Soviet-controlled East Germany, have been approved for export by Germany’s economic ministry but still await formal approval by the federal security council.

The anti-aircraft missiles follow 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger missiles that the German government announced over the weekend would be dispatched to Ukraine.

In addition, the government of Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has green-lighted the delivery of weapons from Netherlands and Estonia that once belonged to East Germany.

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After India became a republic following the end of British rule in 1947, the country had a neutral position — although its founding prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, had a soft spot for Communist Russia.

But India tilted toward the Soviet Union in the 1970s, when it saw the United States providing military and financial support to its archenemy, Pakistan. The Soviets came to India’s aid.

India now relies on Russia for more than 60 percent of its military equipment. And Russia has often voted to support India in international forums, including refraining from criticism of its nuclear weapons tests in the 1990s.

India’s bonds with the United States are the tightest they’ve ever been, increasingly connected by the shared threat in the rise of an aggressive China. India’s spending on military equipment from the United States has gone from nearly zero to about $20 billion in just a little over a decade.

As World Rebukes Russia, India Tries to Stay Above the Fray

 

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The Kyiv Independent on Twitter - 14 minutes ago
️Ukraine's armed forces, border guards recapture Ukraine's state border in Sumy Oblast, according to National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov.
This northern region bordering Russia saw heavy fighting throughout the war.

 

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Also Thursday, Germany’s economy ministry approved sending 2,700 anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine, according to the dpa news agency.

The agency quoted unnamed Economy Ministry officials saying the weapons are Soviet-made, shoulder-fired Strela surface-to-air missiles left over from East German army supplies.

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