Russia Attacks Ukraine - 23 Feb 2022 #7

[nhmemorymaker]

Putin is now in rarified company: Hitler and Stalin--- he is apparently attempting to go down in history as one of the worst, vilest dictators in history. This is not a war--- this is an invasion- This monster (psychopath IMO), is enjoying murdering thousands of innocents- he does not see them as humans, but as objects - he has a goal and the Ukranian people are in the way of his goal- to control the Ukraine- these innocents are pawns- he wants to murder as many as possible, to reign terror on the Ukranian people in order to bring the Ukraine to its knees so they will surrender. I am concerned that his need and obsession with the Ukraine, coupled with his blind hatred of the West could motivate him to go to further lengths that could bring us to a third world war with nuclear potential. I don't know if Putin has gone "mad", if he is bordering on insane, or he is just exhibiting the potential that was always within him. I truly believe he needs to be taken out, before he takes this planet out. What we are witnessing is beyond heartbreaking and cruel.

i am probably bordering on ridiculous.......... but I just keep hoping hoping that one of his own will take him out.

 

[dotr]

March 23 2022

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[Dontknow?]

NEXTA
@nexta_tv
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#Germany intends to provide #Ukraine with 2,000 hand grenade launchers This was reported by the DPA agency, citing its own sources.


[URL='https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent']The Kyiv Independent[URL='https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent']@KyivIndependent[/URL][/URL]
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1,143 buildings have been destroyed in Kharkiv since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov, Russian forces destroyed 1,143 buildings in Ukraine’s second-biggest city, 998 of which are residential buildings.

 

[sunshineray]

Surely they do...but cutting off IG and FB is depriving them of information. Anyhow, regular people are probably scared of the future. And they can not get to any bunker, you understand. Which brings up a point...so far, I see only China having long-term plans on dealing with the situation. To their profit. This concerns me.

They concern me as well, greatly. I just can't see how China could sit back and allow Putin to start lighting a fire under the North Korea sis and bro when China knows just how dangerous that is. It boggles the mind that instead of really wanting nuclear peace, China seems ready to back, to be ok with nuclear catastrophe.

 

[dotr]

Ukraine war: Nato to send more troops to eastern Europe - BBC News
''Nato is set to approve big increases in the forces deployed on its eastern flank, its secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg has said.
Mr Stoltenberg was speaking at a news conference on the eve of an emergency summit on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
He pledged more troops for Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania.
Nato will also agree more support for Ukraine, including greater protection against the use of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.
US President Joe Biden is on his way to Brussels for the summit on Thursday and for other meetings with European leaders.
"I expect leaders will agree to strengthen Nato's posture in all domains, with major increases in the eastern part of the alliance. On land, in the air and at sea," Mr Stoltenberg said.''

Nato countries set to give Ukraine kit to protect against nuclear and chemical attacks | Ukraine | The Guardian
''Secretary general says equipment would be ‘to protect against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats’''

Ukraine war: Canadian surrogate baby born in Kyiv rescued | CTV News

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  Eight-day-old baby Aari was safely rescued from Kyiv and taken to a clinic in western Ukraine last Thursday, where he met his parents for the first time. On Friday, Aari and his parents made it safely across the Polish border. (Project DYNAMO)

''With the help of Project DYNAMO, a U.S. based non-profit rescue organization, eight-day-old baby Aari was safely rescued from Kyiv and taken to a clinic in a Ukrainian city near the Polish border last Thursday, where he met his parents for the first time. DYNAMO says on Friday, Aari and his parents were escorted across the Polish border.''

 

[sunshineray]

‘We have one enemy’: The Belarusians who oppose the Ukraine war

Very interesting write up about the position of Belarusians against the Belarus regime and pro-Ukraine.

‘We have one enemy’: The Belarusians who oppose the Ukraine war
Those who fled political violence in Belarus fear being associated with the actions of a government they do not support.

Just before dawn on February 24, Marina, a 33-year-old IT specialist from Belarus, woke up in her Kraków apartment. She’d been having a nightmare. She noticed that her husband, Alexey, was not sleeping either. He was on his phone, reading the news.

“Has it started?” Marina asked.
“It has,” he responded wearily.

(snipped)

The young couple had moved to the Polish city of Kraków two and a half weeks earlier, fleeing the Ukrainian city of Lviv where they had settled after escaping political violence and repression in Belarus. “I didn’t want to leave Ukraine,” Marina explains. “It was a wonderful place, I lost my home and I found a new home, and I lost that too.”

Later that day, Marina and Alexey joined the anti-war protest outside the Russian Consulate in Kraków. “When I saw how many people came and that they were outraged as well, it made me feel a bit better,” she says.

Although the majority of the protesters were Polish and Ukrainian, Marina spotted quite a few Belarusians, wrapped in the white-red-white flags of the Belarusian opposition, in the crowd.

When Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko won a sixth term in office in an election widely regarded as rigged in August 2020, a violent crackdown on peaceful protesters ensued. As a result, tens of thousands of Belarusians – seeking refuge from an unprecedented campaign of mass arrests and state-sponsored violence – fled to nearby countries, including Lithuania, Latvia, Georgia, Poland and Russia. Ukraine also became a common refuge for Belarusians in exile.

(snipped)

Forty hours after Russia invaded Ukraine, Marina stood outside the train station in Przemyśl, Poland, just 14km (8.7 miles) from the Ukrainian border. She was waiting for her friend Dina, 34, another Belarusian dissident.

(snipped)

“My heart was bursting into pieces,” Marina says, recalling how it was unbearable to overhear snippets of conversations revealing lives ripped apart by the war.

Marina is all too familiar with the pain of leaving one’s home and family behind. After taking part in the pro-democracy movement in Belarus, during and after the August 2020 election, Marina was arrested twice and threatened by the Belarusian KGB. In detention, she was beaten and denied food and water for days.

When she was released in August 2021, she fled to Ukraine with her husband, leaving her elderly mother behind. “We miss each other and we understand there’s a possibility I will never see her again,” Marina says.

(snipped)

Originally from Minsk, Gerard left Belarus in the aftermath of the mass arrests in August 2020, and lived in Irpin’, not far from Kyiv, before the war.

“Lukashenko’s regime took everything from me,” says Gerard, explaining how he was persecuted and arrested in Belarus. “Ukraine has given me a new home, a new job, and a really good life.”

Gerard is currently undergoing military training in the battalion alongside other volunteers. Although worried about what is to come, he is resolute in his decision to fight for Ukraine. “I have to protect what is mine,” he says.

(snipped)

“Many [Belarusians] feel a sense of disconnect, many have family there [in Ukraine], they perceive Ukrainians as their brothers and sisters,” says Liubakova. “They want to protect Ukraine.”

‘The weaker Putin is, the weaker Lukashenko is’
The outcome of this invasion could also have consequences for Belarus. A Russian defeat in Ukraine could threaten the Belarusian regime as Lukashenko has become increasingly dependent on Moscow in the last year and a half.

As the US and EU imposed a series of sanctions on the Belarusian regime following the violent crackdown on civilians in August 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin stepped in, offering Lukashenko funds and security forces.

But Putin’s help did not come cheap. Lukashenko allowed Moscow to deploy thousands of troops to Belarus, using the country as a springboard for the invasion of Ukraine.

(snipped)

‘I’m afraid of speaking Russian in the streets’
While Lukashenko has denied that he plans to send Belarusian troops to the front line, Belarus is among the few nations – together with North Korea, Eritrea and Syria – that voted against the UN resolution condemning the invasion.

“Ukrainians will now think we’re bad people,” says Marina, voicing a fear shared by many Belarusians. Since the invasion, anti-Russian and anti-Belarusian sentiments have been brewing in some countries and some Belarusians say they have been denied entrance to bars and shops because of their nationality.

‘We are in the same boat’

(snipped)

More than 800 Belarusians were arrested while protesting against the war in Ukraine. These protests were a desperate act of defiance. In the last year and a half, the regime has arrested more than 35,000 Belarusians in an effort to suppress the country’s pro-democracy movement.

Etc.

Thank you for posting this <3

 

[sds71]

US formally declares Russian military has committed war crimes in Ukraine - CNNPolitics

 

[worldwatcher]

An oversight of Military equipment Russia vs Ukraine :

Russia largest arms supplier to Ukraine

"The Russian claim that the Ukrainian air force had already been knocked out on the first day of war turns out to be incorrect. Ukrainian fighters still bomb Russian targets. Both countries fly the Sukhoi Su-25 attack fighter. The Ukrainians defend their airspace with the modernized Russian-made Sukhoi Su-27 and MiG-29 fighters. The Russians mainly fly the more modern Su-30 multirole fighter and the Su-34 fighter-bomber. Several aircraft have been shot down. Ukrainian losses amount to ten, while the Russians have lost fifteen aircraft, including a troop transport aircraft.

MiG-29
Function: Air Defense
Operational: 467 (Russia)
37 (Ukraine)
Lost: 0 (Russia)
3 (Ukraine)

Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot
Function: Attacker
Operational: 286 (Russia)
60 (Ukraine)
Lost: 7 (Russia)
5 (Ukraine)

Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker
Function: Air Defense
Operational: 32 (Ukraine)
Lost: 3 "

list goes on:
Rusland grootste wapenleverancier van Oekraïne

 

[Really?]

i am probably bordering on ridiculous.......... but I just keep hoping hoping that one of his own will take him out.

You and me both : )

 

[Elley Mae]

Vladimir Putin's defence minister 'vanishes with heart problems' as war stalls

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/vladimir-putins-defence-minister-vanishes-26536281

 

[Mominmi]

i am probably bordering on ridiculous.......... but I just keep hoping hoping that one of his own will take him out.

Every morning I open up websleuths in hope that this will be the update I read!

 

[Elley Mae]

Finland makes massive shift towards NATO, majority now support joining

Finland makes massive shift towards NATO, majority now support joining

Results from Autumn 2021 found only 26% of the population supported joining NATO, but following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that number has leapt to 60% support for NATO membership. The same percentage of Finns support taking a decision this year on the matter.

 

[Elley Mae]

Four children and their families arrived Tuesday at St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis, the first U.S. hospital to take in Ukrainian patients. The children's ages range from nine months to 9 years old.

Tennessee becomes first state to take in young Ukrainian hospital patients

 

[CSIDreamer]

Whoa!!!!!


NATO: Up to 40,000 Russian Troops Killed, Wounded, Taken Prisoner or Missing in Ukraine

NATO says that up to 40,000 Russian troops have been killed, wounded, taken prisoner or are missing in Ukraine, said a senior military official from the alliance.

 

[ilovewings]

As many as 15,000 Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine, NATO says; US accuses Russia of war crimes: Live updates

Why, at this point in the invasion by Russia, are we accusing Russia of War Crimes? Does anyone think Putin gives a rat's patootie about being accused of war crimes? This accusation will only serve to inflame this maniac who is now threatening nuclear war! There is a time for that type of accusation, and IMO it is not at this point! JMO

Putin ally warns of nuclear dystopia due to United States

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/22/putin-religious-russia-history-ukraine/

I do not take these threats lightly!

 

[Bit of hope]

Mister president.....from all the NATO countries.....................sleep thigh.....

 

[CoverMeCagney]

Every morning I open up websleuths in hope that this will be the update I read!

Reminds me of the meme going around:

A man in Moscow goes up to a newsstand and buys a newspaper… he then glances at the front page, then turns aside and tosses the whole newspaper straight into the trash.

Next day, he turns up, and does the same thing. Buys it, glances at the front page, throws it in the trash.

Next day, same thing. The newsstand worker is increasingly puzzled, but doesn't say anything.

But eventually, after a couple of weeks of this, he can't take it. "I'm sorry, friend, but I must ask: why do you buy the paper every day and then just look at the front page and throw it out?"

"Oh, I'm just checking for something."

"OK, but: what are you checking for?"

"I'm checking for a particular obituary."

"But sir, you don't even open the newspaper! The obituaries aren't even on the front page!"

"Oh, believe me, the one I'm waiting for will be."

 

[LadyL]

Poland orders expulsion of 45 Russians suspected of spying

 

[LadyL]

US finds Russian troops have committed war crimes in Ukraine

 

[LadyL]

NATO: 7,000 to 15,000 Russian troops dead in Ukraine