Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 #9

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Russian Pharmacies Short Of Medication, Customers Blame Sanctions​


Parents with sick children asking in vain for Nurofen are an increasingly common sight in Russia, where pharmacies are turning customers away. Pharmacists say they no longer have the medicines they usually stock. Sanctions over Russia's unprovoked war on Ukraine are being blamed.

'It's Going To Be OK. You'll Live': A Polish Volunteer Paramedic On The Ukrainian Front Line​


Damian Duda is a military paramedic from Poland who has volunteered to save lives on the front line near the eastern Ukrainian city of Soledar. He volunteered to work in Ukraine in 2014 and returned in 2022.

Ukrainian Villager Recounts Russian Mass Destruction, Looting In Kharkiv Region​


Tetyana Honcharova never thought she'd survive the Russian assault on Kamyanka. She says the invading army looted and burned its way through the village located the eastern Kharkiv region. The March battle marked part of Russia's failed efforts nearly a year ago to move in quickly and take Kyiv.
 
Wow, the difference in these two statements. SMH

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Turkey and Syria: second large earthquake strikes as death toll rises to over 1,200 – latest updates

Desperate rescue operations on the ground as number of dead rises substantially following 4am quake on Monday
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55m ago01.34 EST
Ukraine ready to provide help following earthquake: Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said his country was ready to provide necessary assistance to “friendly” Turkish people in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck the country earlier on Monday, Reuters reports.

Zelenskiy said on Twitter:

Shocked by the news about the death and injury of hundreds of people as a result of the earthquake in Turkey.

We extend our condolences to the families of the victims and wish the injured a speedy recovery. We are in this moment close to the friendly Turkish people, ready to provide the necessary assistance.

6m ago02.21 EST
Russia’s defence ministry said that its military facilities had not been damaged by the major earthquake that struck central Turkey and northwest Syria, Reuters reports.

Russia, which is closely allied with the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad, maintains a significant military presence in the country.
 
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Ukraine pushes to exclude Russia from 2024 Paris Olympics​

With next year’s Paris Olympics on the horizon and Russia’s invasion looking more like a prolonged conflict, Ukraine’s sports minister on Friday renewed a threat to boycott the games if Russia and Belarus are allowed to compete and said Kyiv would lobby other nations to join.

Such a move could lead to the biggest rift in the Olympic movement since the Cold War era.

No nation has declared it will boycott the 2024 Summer Games. But Ukraine won support from Poland, the Baltic nations and Denmark, who pushed back against an International Olympic Committee plan to allow delegations from Russia and ally Belarus to compete in Paris as “neutral athletes,” without flags or anthems.

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In pro-Putin Serbia, liberal-minded Russians seek a home

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — At a central square in Serbia's capital of Belgrade, dozens of Russians gathered recently to denounce President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine , holding up photos of political prisoners from their homeland.
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At a central square in Serbia’s capital of Belgrade, dozens of Russians gathered recently to denounce President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine, holding up photos of political prisoners from their homeland.

Across the plaza, a billboard touts the Russian propaganda outlet RT, which has launched an online news portal in the country but is banned elsewhere in Europe. Heroic portraits of a bare-chested Putin adorn souvenir T-shirts and coffee mugs, or are painted on city walls.

These conflicting images reflect the complex and delicate relationship these days between Russia and Serbia.

The Slavic country is Moscow’s closest ally in Europe, with historic, religious and cultural ties that are bolstered by Kremlin political influence campaigns. Russia backs Serbia’s claim over its former province of Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008 with Western support. And Serbia has refused to impose sanctions on Moscow over the invasion.

At the same time, Serbia wants to join the European Union. Populist President Aleksandar Vucic has denounced the invasion, and about 200,000 Russians have flooded into the country in the past year, with many seeking a new life in a brotherly land free of Kremlin oppression.

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Russian forces keep up pressure as Ukraine anniversary nears

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces are keeping Ukrainian troops tied down with attacks in the eastern Donbas region as Moscow assembles additional combat power there for an expected offensive in the coming weeks, Ukrainian officials said Monday.
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Russian forces are keeping Ukrainian troops tied down with attacks in the eastern Donbas region as Moscow assembles additional combat power there for an expected offensive in the coming weeks, Ukrainian officials said Monday.

Intense fighting that has been raging for weeks continued around the city of Bakhmut and the nearby towns of Soledar and Vuhledar, Ukraine’s presidential office said.

They are located in the Donetsk region, which with neighboring Luhansk region makes up the Donbas, an industrial area bordering Russia.

“The battles for the region are heating up,” Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said in televised remarks, adding that “the Russians are throwing new units into the battle and eradicating our towns and villages.”
 

Hot Wheels: Stoves For Ukraine Made From Old Lithuanian Car Rims​


Lithuanian actor Viaceslavas Mickevicius has helped bring warmth and kindness to Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022. Together with a group of volunteers, he helps produce stoves out of old car rims. The stoves help provide heating for those in need in Ukraine.

Zelenskiy: 'We Know Russia Will Lose'​


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addressed the U.K. Parliament on February 8 during a surprise visit to London, his second known trip abroad since Russia's invasion of his country nearly one year ago.

'Wings For Freedom': Zelenskiy Pleads For Fighter Jets In London Speech​


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy presented a combat helmet signed by Ukrainian fighter pilots to the speaker of the U.K. House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, saying: "I appeal to you and the world with simple, and yet, most important words: combat aircraft for Ukraine, wings for freedom."
 
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Russia-Ukraine war live: Moldova summons Russian ambassador after missile crosses its airspace

Moldovan defence ministry confirms reports missile crossed through airspace
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    Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 352 of the invasion

    Ukraine accuses Russia of sending cruise missiles over Moldovan and Romanian airspace; missile attacks strike critical infrastructure in Ukraine again
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  • ''Ukraine has accused Russia of firing two missiles that crossed into Moldovan and Romanian airspace before entering Ukraine. Romania is a Nato member. General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the commander in chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, said two Kalibr rockets crossed into Moldova at 10.18am and then flew into Romania at 10.33am at the intersection of the state border. They then continued into western Ukraine, he said.

  • The defence ministry of Moldova has confirmed that a missile crossed its airspace. In a statement it said: “At 10.18am a missile crossed the airspace of the Republic of Moldova, over the town of Mocra in the Transnistrian region and, later, over the town of Cosauți in the Soroca district, heading towards Ukraine. The Ministry of Defence, with the responsible authorities in the country, carefully monitors the situation in the region, and strongly condemns the violation of the airspace of the Republic of Moldova”.
  • Romania’s defence ministry initially said it could not confirm the reports, but a further statement said surveillance systems detected what looked like a cruise missile launched from a Russian ship near Crimea, but that it did not cross into Romanian airspace.
  • Yuri Ignat, spokesman for Ukraine’s air force, said Kyiv had the opportunity to shoot down the Russian rockets over Romania and Moldova but did not do so. “The military understood the risks and threats to the population of a foreign state, so they did not do it right away,” Ignat said.
  • Ukraine said Russia launched “massive” missile and drone attacks on Friday, a day after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited some European countries to push for long-range weapons. On Friday morning, “the enemy struck cities and critical infrastructure facilities,” the air force said, adding that seven Iranian-made “kamikaze” drones were launched from the Sea of Azov and six Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea.

  • Russia also carried out a “massive” attack with “up to 35 anti-aircraft guided missiles” targeting the Kharkiv region in the east and the southern Zaporizhzhia region, it said. In Kharkiv, “critical and infrastructure facilities were targeted” resulting in fires that were “quickly” put out, governor Oleg Sinegubov said. He said nobody was injured but some parts of the city were without power. “Energy and industrial infrastructure” suffered damaged in Zaporizhzhia, leaving sections of the city without electricity, local official Anatoly Kurtev said.''
 
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