Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 #2

[PommyMommy]

Russia-Ukraine war latest: Moscow tells Kyiv residents to leave and threatens ‘high-precision strikes’ – live | World news | The Guardian

3h ago 06:57

Zelenskiy tells EU parliament: 'Nobody is going to break us' or 'intervene with our freedom'
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy tells the European parliament that his country is “giving away its best people” for its desire to be treated as equals and for the price of freedom.

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3h ago 07:04

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has told the European parliament that the EU must prove it is with Ukraine.

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So prove that you are with us. Prove that you will not let us go. Prove that you indeed are Europeans and that life will win over death, and light will win over darkness.

3h ago 07:07

Ukrainian sources in Sumy and Okhtyrka have given conflicting accounts of when the attack on the barracks in Okhtryka took place, with one suggesting it had happened on Monday evening and others over the weekend, the Guardian’s Peter Beaumont writes.

“We’ve been attacked every day since the 24th,” one resident called Igor told the Guardian.

Every single night by Grad rockets. They’re not just hitting the military in the region but also civilian targets.

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3h ago 07:12

Zelenskiy urges European leaders to 'prove that you are with us' and 'light will win over darkness'

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has given a powerful address to the European parliament via videolink.

Sitting in front of the country’s flag, he said today would be the last for some of his citizens who were defending the country.

Ukraine, he said, was paying a very high price for European ideals: “Thousands of people killed, two revolutions, one war and five days of full-scale invasion”.

He said:

I am not reading from a script, because the phase of scripts for Ukraine has ended.

Now we are dealing with death, real life, he said.

Zelenskiy said Ukraine was giving lives in order to have be as “equal as you are”.

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[Elley Mae]

March 1, 2022 6:56AM EST rbbm.
Russia blasts Ukraine's no.2 city as tanks amass outside Kyiv | CP24.com
''KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian strikes pounded the central square in Ukraine’s second-largest city and other civilian sites Tuesday in what the country’s president condemned as a blatant campaign of terror by Moscow. “Nobody will forgive. Nobody will forget,” vowed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

At the same time, a 40-mile convoy of hundreds of Russian tanks and other vehicles advanced on the capital, Kyiv, in what the West feared was a bid to topple Ukraine’s government and install a Kremlin-friendly regime. And Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces pressed their attack on other towns and cities across the country, including the strategic ports of Odesa and Mariupol in the south.

Day 6 of the biggest ground war in Europe since World War II found Russia increasingly isolated by tough economic sanctions that have thrown its economy its disarray and left the country practically friendless, apart from China and Belarus.''

And Myanmar

 

[shotgun09]

Yesterday, we heard ( read ) that Ukraine was sending pilots to go and retrieve fighter jets from Poland and elsewhere, to aid in arming them.

The Fog of War affects the MSM press as well, as evidenced by this tweet from Idrees Ali: ( Reuters )

Idrees Ali
@idreesali114
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3h
This issue had me confused. Were Ukrainian officials going to continue saying they were getting jets, including that they had sent pilots to pick them up, until the countries they were alleging were sending jets said anything?
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Natasha Bertrand ( From CNN )
@NatashaBertrand
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Polish President Andrzej Duda says during an event with NATO sec gen @jensstoltenberg that Poland will not be sending any jets to Ukrainian airspace. Stoltenberg also reiterates that NATO will not enter the conflict.

 

[PommyMommy]

Russia-Ukraine war latest: Moscow tells Kyiv residents to leave and threatens ‘high-precision strikes’ – live | World news | The Guardian

2h ago 07:48

The European Union will have to seriously look at Ukraine’s request for EU membership and respond to Kyiv’s “legitimate” request, the chairman of EU leaders, Charles Michel, has said.

Michel was speaking at the European parliament after Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, received a standing ovation for his powerful speech.

Michel told the European parliament:

It is going to be difficult, we know there are different views in Europe.

The council (of EU governments) will have to seriously look at the symbolic, political and legitimate request that has been made and make the appropriate choice in a determined and clear-headed manner.

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2h ago0 8:03

Numerous diplomats staged a walk-out as Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, addressed the UN human rights council, after a similar boycott of his speech at the nearby Conference on Disarmament.

The diplomats, including from France and the UK, filed out of the room when Lavrov’s pre-recorded video message began to play, in protest against Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian ambassador Yevheniia Filipenko, who led the walkout, told the crowd:

Thank you very much for this wonderful show of support to Ukrainians who are fighting for their independence.

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2h ago 08:11

The EU has announced it plans to block Russia Today from all platforms including satellite and the internet, Lisa O’Carroll writes.

French commissioner Thierry Breton said there was “no place for Russian war propaganda in our information space”.

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[PommyMommy]

Russia-Ukraine war latest: Moscow tells Kyiv residents to leave and threatens ‘high-precision strikes’ – live | World news | The Guardian

1h ago 08:24

At least 10 people were killed and 35 wounded in rocket strikes by Russian forces on the centre of Kharkiv today, Ukraine’s interior ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko said.

Similar strikes killed and wounded dozens in Kharkiv, the country’s second largest city of 1.5 million people, the previous day.

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1h ago 08:41

Russian defence ministry warns Kyiv residents to leave
Russia’s defence ministry is warning residents in Kyiv to leave their homes as it plans to strike targets in the Ukrainian capital, Russian state news agency Tass is reporting.

In a statement issued on Tuesday afternoon, the defence ministry says Russian forces are preparing to launch “high-precision strikes” against the “Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the 72nd Center for Information and Psychological Operations (PSO)“ in Kyiv.

We urge Ukrainian citizens involved by Ukrainian nationalists in provocations against Russia, as well as Kiev residents living near relay stations, to leave their homes.

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1h ago 08:50

Andrew Gregory

Tens of thousands of medical items have been flown from the UK in response to the “humanitarian emergency” in Ukraine caused by Russia’s invasion, Sajid Javid, the UK health secretary, has told MPs.

He said almost 50,000 items were sent on Sunday night and revealed that a second supply flight carrying, among other things, personal protective equipment (PPE), left early this morning.

Javid also expressed hopes there will be “many more” flights to provide aid to the people of Ukraine.

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[badgersmythe]

Russian politicians who voted to recognise enclaves denounce the war


Russian politicians who voted to recognise separatist enclaves speak out against Ukraine invasion | Daily Mail Online

 

[badgersmythe]

Astonishing moment diplomats WALK OUT during Russian minister's speech


Astonishing moment diplomats WALK OUT as Kremlin minister says Russia was forced to invade Ukraine | Daily Mail Online

 

[PommyMommy]

Russia-Ukraine war latest: Moscow tells Kyiv residents to leave and threatens ‘high-precision strikes’ – live | World news | The Guardian

1h ago 08:55

More Russia-Ukraine talks scheduled for Wednesday, Russian state news agency reports
A second round of talks between Russia and Ukraine has been scheduled for tomorrow, the Russian state news agency Tass has cited a source on the Russian side as saying.

The first round of talks that took place near the Belarus-Ukraine border on Monday ended after about six hours with no breakthrough, but both sides agreed to a follow-up round in the coming days.

47m ago 09:08

Ukraine is in talks with its allies on how to support its air defences, Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Tuesday.

He made the comments when asked about whether Nato should set up a no-fly zone to help the country after Russia’s invasion.

“Everything they can help us with now – it’s better to help now than find themselves eye-to-eye with Putin later,” Kuleba told an online news conference.

“No need to fear that Nato will find itself at war with Russia because of Ukraine. If Russia wins – you are next.”

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33m ago 09:23

Russia Today’s European satellite broadcasting operations are expected to be blacked out later today, the Luxembourg company distributing the channel has indicated.

Société Européenne des Satellites, which operates the Astra satellites and transponders which RT lease told the Guardian it had been working to find a EU wide suspension following a sanction announced by the French commissioner Thierry Breton on Tuesday.

SES and other satellite carriers are legally unable to pull the plug without regulatory intervention.

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20m ago 09:37

The northeastern Ukrainian region of Sumy exchanged a captured Russian officer for five fighters from Ukraine’s defence forces, governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyy said on social media.

He added that it was the first such swap in the area, the Reuters news agency reported.

He posted a video of a blonde-haired man in handcuffs and wearing a green camouflage jacket, saying he was born in 1997 in the Russian city of Omsk. He also said that he was being taken to be exchanged for Ukrainian fighters.

Reuters was not able to independently verify the video immediately.

2m ago 14:56

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar has told his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu of the urgent need for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine for humanitarian reasons.

Nato ally Turkey borders Ukraine and Russia in the Black Sea and has good ties with both.

On Monday, Turkey said it had asked all countries not to cross its straits into the Black Sea under a 1936 pact, limiting passage of some Russian warships.

 

[Dontknow?]

Yesterday Poland was supplying airplanes to Ukraine. Now this tweet this morning. There's more tweets about this but some are saying that it's fake news.

Paul McLeary
@paulmcleary
1h

It's official - Europe won't transfer fighter planes to Ukraine. Poland decided not to, and Slovakian defense ministry spokesperson confirms to me just now: “Slovakia will not provide fighter jets to Ukraine."

 

[CSIDreamer]

I’m trying to follow, but don’t understand why that long Russian convey is not being stopped by military action.

This may sound counter productive but right now, they're just basically sitting there. They're busy with street combat at the moment. If there is any hope regarding negotiations, I'd say put the convoy on the back burner. JMO

 

[CSIDreamer]

These translating journos need to work on their language skills.
Yesterday, they claimed Zelensky was "demanding" to be accepted into the EU, today they say he told the EU: "Prove you are with Ukraine."
That is not exactly what he said. None of it.

Can you tell us what he said?

 

[sunshineray]

Russian politicians who voted to recognise enclaves denounce the war


Russian politicians who voted to recognise separatist enclaves speak out against Ukraine invasion | Daily Mail Online

Only three and at the 11th hour for Kyiv too? The Duma is full of the Russian elite. I just think while a good start, these three are self-serving now also. Just can't help but think that. AJMO

 

[Bit of hope]

So now the Russians are warning civilians? Those kindergartners got no warnings, neither did the hundreds of other civilian Ukrainians who's homes were blown up.

It's "just" to fear and make people panicking, demoralizing.....and later on they can say...hée, no war crime...we warned you.

 

[Bit of hope]

The Ukrainian TV stations are allegedly down...not yet a formal news outlet.

 

[AliceInPain]

sbm

So is that the Ukrainian tactic? To defend, not to go on the offensive?

What would you do, if someone burst into your home in the middle of the night with their guns pointing at you?

 

[AliceInPain]

Can you tell us what he said?

"Demand" = request
"Prove" = show

 

[Bit of hope]

Yesterday Poland was supplying airplanes to Ukraine. Now this tweet this morning. There's more tweets about this but some are saying that it's fake news.

Paul McLeary
@paulmcleary
1h

It's official - Europe won't transfer fighter planes to Ukraine. Poland decided not to, and Slovakian defense ministry spokesperson confirms to me just now: “Slovakia will not provide fighter jets to Ukraine."

I think it's a complete mess and wrong wording....is it? As far as I know EU/NATO countries were never intend to do that, at least not bring them INTO Ukraine..........IIRR Ukrainians went to Poland to get some planes they could handle...why would that be all of a sudden not happening?

 

[dotr]

And Myanmar

Myanmar Democracy Activists Hold Rallies in Support of Ukraine
rbbm.
''Until May last year, Ukraine had links with the Myanmar military, with arms exports and technology transfers. Despite this, the Russian invasion of the second-largest country in Europe last week has enraged Myanmar democracy activists, who feel a connection with Ukraine’s civilians as they take up arms to defend their land.''
“We are inspired by Ukraine’s war in defense of democracy. Like them, the Myanmar Spring Revolution will continue to fight for our freedom until we win,” he said in a video. Behind him a group of young activists held placards reading “Glory to Ukraine” and “Putin Must Fail.”

''He said if Putin won in Ukraine, it would give a boost to the military regime in Myanmar and to the enemies of democracy everywhere.''

“The world is a scary place right now. But we’re all in this together, and when people unite we can accomplish anything. Slava Ukraini! Democracy must prevail!” he said.

 

[Skigh]

The Ukrainian TV stations are allegedly down...not yet a formal news outlet.

Ukraine live updates: Russia warns it will hit targets in Kyiv - BBC News


A large plume of smoke has risen near the TV tower in Kyiv. It's unclear if the tower was directly hit. Footage appeaing on social media - which the BBC has verified - shows an explosion in the area.

Earlier the Russian defence ministry warned Kyiv residents that it was preparing to hit targets in the capital.

 

[AliceInPain]

I think it's a complete mess and wrong wording....is it? As far as I know most EU/NATO countries were never intend to do that, at least not bring them INTO Ukraine..........IIRR Ukrainians went to Poland to get some planes they could handle...why would that be all of a sudden not happening?

I think the most difficult thing is that no one country can do anything.
He threatened nuclear bombs.
It makes it so much more challenging.