Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 #11

[margarita25]

Live updates: Russia attacks Ukraine

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Military Times
Live Twitter updates from Russia’s massive Ukraine invasion

“As Russian President Vladimir Putin tonight announced a special “special military operation” and reportedly launched a major attack on neighboring Ukraine, President Joe Biden responded that the Russian government would be held accountable for “catastrophic loss of life and human suffering.”

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[Sillybilly]

APPROVED SOURCES
(In addition to approved MSM from around the world)

The Kyiv Independent
Ukrinform
Nexta TV
Hromadske
AtlanticCouncil.org
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
Euromaidan Press
The New Voice of Ukraine


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Russia 24
RIA Novosti
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Ekho Moskvy
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Russia-24
VGTRK (Russia TV)
Aram Gabrelyanov media (including Zhizn, Lifenews.ru, Izvestia)
Global Times (Chinese publication, known for fabrications, disinformation, misinformation and conspiracy theories.)

 

[PommyMommy]

SEP 21, 2023

Poland will no longer send weapons to Ukraine, says PM, as grain dispute escalates

Comments by Polish PM follow Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s accusation that some in Europe are in effect aiding Russia

www.theguardian.com

Poland, one of Ukraine’s staunchest allies, has announced an end to its arms transfers to the country, a day after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Warsaw of playing into Russia’s hands by banning Ukrainian grain imports.

Poland is one of Kyiv’s main weapons suppliers and has been one of the loudest cheerleaders for the Ukrainian cause since the full-scale invasion began last February, but relations have soured over recent days amid the growing row over grain.

The argument has led to heated rhetoric between the two countries on the sidelines of the UN general assembly, with the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, comparing Ukraine to “a drowning person clinging to anything available”.

Poland no longer supplying weapons to Ukraine amid grain row

Mateusz Morawiecki's remarks come as tensions escalate over Ukraine's grain exports.

www.bbc.com

"We are no longer transferring weapons to Ukraine, because we are now arming Poland with more modern weapons," the prime minister said.

He was adamant Poland was helping Ukraine defeat the "Russian barbarian" by maintaining a military hub, but would not agree to Poland's markets being destabilised by grain imports, Polish state news agency Pap reported.

"Our hub in Rzeszow, in agreement with the Americans and Nato, is fulfilling the same role the whole time as it has fulfilled and will fulfil."

Poland's military hardware has been depleted by about a third through transfers to Ukraine and Warsaw is in the process of replacing it with modern Western-produced kit.

Arms exports to Ukraine will not stop completely as Polish manufacturer PGZ is due to send about 60 Krab artillery weapons in the coming months. Government spokesman Piotr Muller later clarified that only previously agreed deliveries of ammunition and armaments would be delivered, including those from contracts signed with Ukraine.

 

[PommyMommy]

Russia launches mass wave of missile attacks, 2 killed, 26 injured. Russia launched a mass wave of missile attacks on Ukraine early in the morning of Sept. 21, killing two people and injuring at least 26 others.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1704757433313251775

Air Force downs 36 of 43 Russian missiles launched overnight. Russia used 10 Tu-95 planes to launch the Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles, starting at around 3:40 a.m. local time, the Air Force said.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1704768105925263405

Media: Ukraine strikes Russian air base in Crimea. Ukraine launched an overnight attack on the Saky air base in Russian-occupied Crimea, sources in Ukraine's Security Service told Ukrainian media. The attack allegedly seriously damaged Russian equipment at the base.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1704785465805545937

 

[PommyMommy]

Airl alerts issued throughout Ukraine. Explosions reported in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi. Some districts of Kyiv have no water and power.
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1704696201306624292

Ukrenergo: First mass strike on energy infrastructure in 6 months.

The wave of Russian attacks on Sept. 21 marked the first mass strike on Ukraine's energy infrastructure in six months, state energy operator Ukrenergo reported.

Energy facilities in western and central Ukraine were damaged and there were partial blackouts in Rivne, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv oblasts, according to Ukrenergo.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1704790150205628772

Ukrainian forces executed a coordinated drone and missile attack on Russia's military Saky airfield in occupied Crimea, damaging the military equipment and inflicting casualties, according to security sources. Media: Ukraine attacks Russian air base in Saky, occupied Crimea, damages equipment - Euromaidan Press

https://twitter.com/x/status/1704808941782225398

 

[ilovewings]

Agreed. The problem with Vietnam and Afghanistan, was that the United States never actually declared war. And this is what is happening with Ukraine, we no longer take a stand. We will throw money, training, weapons...but hold back on actually going all in...Operation Desert Storm was probably the closest thing we have come to "being all in" since WW II.

I think the reason for not going "all in" , as in American Boots on the ground (if that is what you are referring to), is the fear that the madman in Russia will use nuclear weapons. Personally I think he is "mad" enough to do it- then go to his underground bunker.

 

[ilovewings]

Hypersonic Missiles Are Game-Changers, and America Doesn’t Have Them

The U.S. military is pouring resources into the superfast weapons but has struggled to develop them. China and Russia are far ahead.

www.wsj.com

This is behind a paywall but the bottom line is that Russia and China have hypersonic missiles and the United Stated does not.

 

[PommyMommy]

Zelensky arrives in Ottawa, greeted by PM Trudeau.

President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives to Ottawa late on Sept. 21 for his first official visit to Canada since Russia launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705085980309696610

CNN: Zelensky pledges to liberate Bakhmut, two other crucial cities. “We will de-occupy Bakhmut. And I think we will de-occupy two more cities,” Zelensky said, according to CNN.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705124946341417409

Biden: 'Next week, the first Abrams tanks will be delivered to Ukraine.'

U.S. President Joe Biden announced at a press conference on Sept. 21 that the first tranche of U.S. Abrams tanks will be delivered to Ukraine next week. Biden: 'Next week, the first Abrams tanks will be delivered to Ukraine' (kyivindependent.com)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705149678998769797

 

[PommyMommy]

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko expressed interest in creating a three-way partnership with Russia and North Korea during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, on Sept. 15. Belarus Weekly: Lukashenko seeks closer ties with Russia, North Korea (kyivindependent.com)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705172270702792956

The Russian Defense Ministry reported that a Ukrainian missile strike on Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea damaged the building of Russia's Black Sea Fleet headquarters.

The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces hasn't yet commented on the attack. Russian Defense Ministry confirms strike on Black Sea Fleet headquarters (kyivindependent.com)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705199971597754483

Large-scale cyberattack reported in occupied Crimea.

Russian proxies in occupied Crimea announced on Sept. 22 that there was a cyberattack of an “unprecedented” scale.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705212795883557116

 

[margarita25]

 

[PommyMommy]

Canada to participate in F-16 pilot training for Ukraine. Canada will provide an additional $500 million in military assistance to Ukraine, including 50 armored vehicles, PM Trudeau announced after meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky in Ottawa. Canada to participate in F-16 pilot training for Ukraine - Euromaidan Press

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705303257587814620

US to send small number of ATACMS to Ukraine; Zelensky addresses Canada's parliament as Trudeau pledges more aid; and more. Ukraine war latest: Ukraine strikes Russia's Black Sea Fleet headquarters; Abrams to arrive next week (kyivindependent.com)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705345827919544685

Ukraine advances near Donetsk's Bakhmut and Zaporizhzhia's Robotyne on Sep 22 as its slow daily progress on the two main axes of the counteroffensive is substantiated through geolocated footage and reports from the Ukrainian military and Russian media. ISW: Ukrainian forces continue to advance south of Bakhmut and in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast - Euromaidan Press

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705461404419985639

 

[PommyMommy]

Military: Ukraine has achieved a breakthrough in Verbove. Ukraine's forces on the southern Zaporizhzhia front have breached Russian lines in Verbove, General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, the commander of Ukraine's military fighting south, told CNN on Sept. 23.
Military: Ukraine has achieved a breakthrough in Verbove (kyivindependent.com)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705531813119095173

The recent destruction of a Russian ship, a submarine, and multiple air defense systems by Ukrainian forces indicates that the Crimean peninsula may be far more vulnerable than Moscow has planned for. Uncertain Triumph: Ukraine picks apart Russia's best air defenses in Crimea (kyivindependent.com)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705558016089542702

According to the report, Ukraine will receive a version of ATACMS armed with cluster munitions rather than a single warhead. FT: US decided to provide Ukraine with ATACMS ahead of Zelensky’s visit (kyivindependent.com)

Read how the provision of ATACMS may change the war in Ukraine in our recent explainer:
US will reportedly give ATACMS to Ukraine. Will it change the war? (kyivindependent.com)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705571048534483013

 

[PommyMommy]

IAEA: Previously reported mines remain at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.

The monitoring mission of the IAEA has observed previously reported anti-personnel mines at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Rafael Grossi, the agency's head, said on Sept. 23.

"The team did not observe any heavy weapons during their walkdowns but confirmed that the previously reported mines remain in place," the statement reads.
IAEA: Previously reported mines remain at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant (kyivindependent.com)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705613804048973830

National Resistance Center: Russian strongholds in Kursk Oblast deserted.

Russian military strongholds in Kursk Oblast are largely abandoned and only imitating defensive positions, the National Resistance Center reported on Sept. 23. National Resistance Center: Russian strongholds in Kursk Oblast deserted (kyivindependent.com)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705759395806609545

"550+ days into the war, we have agreed to supply Ukraine with weapons and equipment that Zelensky asked on day one. If it would have been granted right then...the situation could be much different,” says Estonia's outgoing spy chief Margo Grosberg Estonia says it tipped off Ukraine on pivotal Hostomel assault - Euromaidan Press

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705794324800086148

 

[PommyMommy]

ISW: Winter will not freeze Ukraine’s counteroffensive

According to the Institute for the Study of War, the decisive factors in Ukraine's counteroffensive are the balance of forces on the front and Western aid to Ukraine, not the coming winter freeze
ISW: Winter will not freeze Ukraine's counteroffensive - Euromaidan Press

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705833283576062306

Russia nearly defenseless against Ukrainian cruise missile strikes on Crimea,

Ukraine Air Force spox Ihnat said According to Ihnat, Russian air defense "cannot cope with Western-made cruise missiles,” even though Crimea is "densely packed with air defense systems"
Russia nearly defenseless against Ukrainian cruise missile strikes on Crimea, Ukraine’s Air Force spox says - Euromaidan Press

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705907458646938042

By pushing over 1 km along the front, Ukrainian forces severed a key Russian supply line and split Russian troops near Novoprokopivka into two isolated groups. This allowed Ukrainians to conduct an assault north of Novoprokopivka and gain a stronghold there. Frontline report: Ukrainian troops press offensive, gaining ground north of Novoprokopivka - Euromaidan Press

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705940050226069792

 

[PommyMommy]

Following nearly two years of increasing tensions between Ukraine and Israel, Volodymyr Zelensky met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sept. 19. Zelensky, Netanyahu's meeting in New York highlights their differences (kyivindependent.com)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705970071938466067

Ukrainian forces push forward near Melitopol. The Ukrainian counteroffensive continues operations in the Melitopol sector, the General Staff of Ukraine's armed forces announced on Sept. 24. Ukrainian forces push forward near Melitopol (kyivindependent.com)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1706008031383683085

The U.K. will continue its support and will stand “shoulder to shoulder” with Ukraine, said Britain's @grantshapps "We know the history of Europe. We know what happens when we allow a tyrant to invade a neighbor and continue westward," he added Britain to continue to stand "shoulder to shoulder" with Ukraine, Shapps says - Euromaidan Press

https://twitter.com/x/status/1706015329049018850

 

[PommyMommy]

After over a year of pleading to get long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) from the U.S., Ukraine might finally receive this much desired weapon. But will they radically change the course of the war? US will reportedly give ATACMS to Ukraine. Will it change the war? (kyivindependent.com)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1706019577128198359

Zelenskyy: "There is a historic decision by the United States to jointly produce weapons and defense systems. In particular, air defense. This is something that was an absolute fantasy until recently. But it will become a reality. We will make it a reality. Everyone who works for the state."

As a result, Ukrainian defense industry will reach a new level, and the economies of both countries will receive new jobs, Zelenskyy emphasized.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1706037692197196006

BBC: British military bomb disposal teams training Ukrainian engineers to clear minefields. As Ukraine remains the world's most heavily mined nation, the U.K. Army has stepped up training Ukrainian engineers at a military base in Poland, helping them clear large anti-tank mines, smaller anti-personnel mines, and other deadly devices planted by Russian forces.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1706128973082816899

 

[PommyMommy]

Military: 34 Russian Black Sea Fleet officers, including commander, killed in Sevastopol strike.

Last week's strike against the Russian Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol killed 34 Russian officers, including the fleet's commander, and injured 105 more soldiers, the Special Operations Forces Command of Ukraine's Armed Forces said on Sept. 25.

The Special Operations Forces Command also reported that an earlier strike against the Minsk landing craft docked in the Sevastopol shipyard on Sept. 13 caused 62 Russian casualties. Military: Russian Black Sea Fleet commander, 33 other officers killed in Sevastopol strike (kyivindependent.com)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1706272457298989241

Zelensky confirms first Abrams tanks already in Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on Sept. 25 that the first U.S.-made Abrams tanks have arrived in Ukraine, thanking Washington for fulfilling the agreement.

Zelensky didn't mention how many vehicles of the 31 tanks promised by Washington were delivered in the first batch.
Zelensky confirms first Abrams tanks already in Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1706283003104694450

 

[PommyMommy]

SEP 25, 2023

September 25, 2023 - Russia-Ukraine news

Russian strikes killed at least two people and caused "significant damage" to Odesa overnight, Ukrainian officials said Monday. Moscow's forces have repeatedly targeted the southern port following the collapse of the Black Sea grain deal in July.

www.cnn.com

[...]

Pletenchuk was asked about comments made by Ukrainian authorities earlier Monday, claiming that Adm. Viktor Sokolov along with 33 other officers were killed and more than 100 servicemen were wounded in Friday's attack in Sevastopol.

Pletenchuk said Russian President Vladimir Putin "does not control the actual operation of ships at sea" and relies on his admirals who know "their means and forces, personnel, how to manage them, how to better deploy them. And they can also keep things from him [Putin], not report on certain issues."

He then claimed, "At this moment, they (the Russian Navy) lost the person who actually manages all of this, and his staff, who manages the fleet together with him. This is a large grouping that requires a great number of managers to run all the processes to make it (the fleet)work as a single mechanism. Imagine that the core part of this mechanism becomes inoperable."

Pletenchuk went on to say that "yes, last night they (referring to the Russian ships in the Black Sea) were still launching strikes by inertia" but he compared the operations to "a chicken running around without a head."

"Therefore, as of now, they (the Russian navy) will have respective problems with the control of the troops," he said.

Earlier on Monday, the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces said Sokolov has been killed in Sevastopol on Friday, in perhaps the most daring attack by Ukrainian forces on Crimea so far.

[...]

 

[PommyMommy]

National Resistance Center: Russian forces impose curfews, censorship in occupied Donetsk Oblast.

The Center reported that Denis Pushilin, head of Russia's proxies in Donetsk Oblast, has demanded military censorship of phone calls and correspondence. National Resistance Center: Russian forces impose curfews, censorship in occupied Donetsk Oblast (kyivindependent.com)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1706530358357860700

Frontline report: Ukraine entered key settlements of Novoprokopivka and Verbove, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Ukraine received Western tanks, which allow Ukrainian forces to strike Russian positions from a distance, softening defenses before infantry assaults.
Frontline report: Ukraine entered key settlements of Novoprokopivka and Verbove, Zaporizhzhia Oblast - Euromaidan Press

https://twitter.com/x/status/1706632338237485420

Media: Ukraine hits Russian command post near Kherson.

A Ukrainian HIMARS strike hit a temporary Russian command post near Kherson during a meeting of Russian officers, Hromadske media outlet reported, citing its source in Ukraine's Security Service.

Eight officers from Russia's 70th Motorized Rifle Division were killed, and seven more were injured, Hromadske wrote on Sept. 26. The media outlet's source said the attack occurred recently but didn't specify the date.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1706643641752572310

 

[PommyMommy]

ISW: Russia made no progress despite repeated attacks near Avdiivka, Marinka Russian troops failed to capitalize on attacks along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line and in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast. While the Ukrainian military liberated around 2 km of territory near Bakhmut. ISW: Russia made no progress despite repeated attacks near Avdiivka, Marinka - Euromaidan Press

https://twitter.com/x/status/1706653866811388188

Liberating the village of Robotyne in late August, Ukrainian forces have now reached and breached the main Russian line of defense, known as the Surovikin line after the former overall commander of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Overcoming setbacks, NATO-trained brigade breaches Surovikin line in Zaporizhzhia Oblast (kyivindependent.com)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1706653912479007177

Ukraine prepares dossiers for the ICC, accusing Russia of deliberately causing starvation by severing food supplies to cities, shelling supermarkets, destroying farms, and ruining critical infrastructure like water pumping stations during its full-out war War crimes dossier to accuse Russia of using hunger as weapon in Ukraine - Euromaidan Press

https://twitter.com/x/status/1706667542138474931