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World Court Holds Hearing in Ukraine Case Against Russia
Hearing at the World Court in The Hague on whether to order “provisional measures” in a suit brought by Ukraine against Russia. Ukraine’s suit filed on 27 February argues that Russia’s claim it invaded Ukraine to prevent a genocide is false. Daily Mail UK.7 MAR 2022 https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/UM...1b24932361bfc2 https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016...26_634x422.jpg https://ticotimes.net/wp-content/upl...1216Hague1.jpg Hearing at the World Court in The Hague on whether to order “provisional measures” in a suit brought by Ukraine against Russia. The court says it has sent Russia an urgent communication to prepare in case it does order provisional measures, or immediate steps, to protect Ukraine, as it has requested. The International Court of Justice: Russia boycotted hearings at the U.N.'s highest court on Monday during which Ukraine is seeking an emergency order to halt hostilities, arguing that Moscow has falsely applied genocide law in justifying its invasion. |
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Putins' Price For Peace
Ukraine Crisis: Putin Lays Out His Demands The Russian President called for Crimea - annexed by Moscow in 2014 - to be recognised as part of Russia, a halt to weapons shipments to Ukraine and an end to Kyiv's bid to join NATO. Sky News 8 MAR 2022 As Russian troops were ordered into eastern Ukraine, Vladimir Putin set out what he wanted if the country was to be spared war. Might this prove a pivotal moment? Russia has set out its demands to end the conflict in Ukraine for the first time. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia had told Ukraine it was ready to halt its military action "in a moment" if Kyiv met its conditions, which include acknowledgement of Crimea as Russian territory. Yet the deal, which would surely be unacceptable to the Ukrainians, would spell the end of the country's ambitions to join the EU and Nato. Vladimir Putin might just settle for a land grab if his price for peace is to be believed. As one of the most powerful militaries on the planet, Russia had been expected by analysts to prevail when the war started 12 days ago. However the efforts of the Ukrainian forces have raised the prospect of Russian tactical defeat on the battlefield, with potential strategic implications at home. |
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Putins' Price For Peace
Ukraine Crisis: Putin Lays Out His Demands The Russian President called for Crimea - annexed by Moscow in 2014 - to be recognised as part of Russia, a halt to weapons shipments to Ukraine and an end to Kyiv's bid to join NATO. Sky News 8 MAR 2022 https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/pr...eg?imwidth=640 As Russian troops were ordered into eastern Ukraine, Vladimir Putin set out what he wanted if the country was to be spared war. https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/pr...2DavidRose.jpg Might this prove a pivotal moment? Russia has set out its demands to end the conflict in Ukraine for the first time. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia had told Ukraine it was ready to halt its military action "in a moment" if Kyiv met its conditions, which include acknowledgement of Crimea as Russian territory. Yet the deal, which would surely be unacceptable to the Ukrainians, would spell the end of the country's ambitions to join the EU and Nato. Vladimir Putin might just settle for a land grab if his price for peace is to be believed. As one of the most powerful militaries on the planet, Russia had been expected by analysts to prevail when the war started 12 days ago. However the efforts of the Ukrainian forces have raised the prospect of Russian tactical defeat on the battlefield, with potential strategic implications at home. |
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Children’s Hospital Hit in Devastating Attack
Schools Destroyed by Bombing Schools and Nurseries are among the many buildings destroyed by Russian bombs in Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv Ukraine-Russia War: Western Officials 'Seriously Concerned' Putin Could Use Chemical Weapons Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffers 'complete blackout' as fears grow over site People in the region have been left horrified after Ukraine's national nuclear energy company says the lack of power at Chernobyl risks sending radioactive substances into the air Joe Biden bans Russian oil imports over Ukraine invasion 9MAR, 2022 Sky News. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...g_11534JPG.jpg Destruction at a children's hospital today in Mariupol Ukraine says Russia has largely failed to respect a 12-hour pause in hostilities to allow civilians from the worst affected areas of the invasion by Vladimir Putin’s forces. Only two of those evacuation corridors were definitely opened, leaving from Sumy and Borodyanka near Kyiv. There are mixed reports over three other corridors, though it's thought some were able to leave the city of Enerhodar. For the fifth day, the evacuation of Mariupol was made impossible by Russian bombing, the Ukrainians say. Those developments amount to another day where the hopes for a ceasefire came and went, and where Ukraine's youngest citizens are once again bearing some of the heaviest burdens. Schools and nurseries are among the many buildings destroyed by Russian bombs in Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv. Warning: This report contains very distressing images. Children buried under rubble at Mariupol hospital after Russian airstrike, Zelenskiy says Drone shows destroyed Russian military column in Ukraine's Sumy regon Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffers 'complete blackout How will China respond to Russia's war in Ukraine |
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Britain and US Fear Russia Could be Setting Stage to Use Chemical Weapons
White House press secretary Jen Psaki says false Russian claims about alleged US chemical weapons in Ukraine may be pretext CIA boss fears Putin could lash out at Ukraine with nuclear weapons as invasion stalls Oil Prices Plunge as UAE Backs Supply Boost One of Worlds' Deadliest Snipers With 3.5km Kill Distance Vows to Fight Russian Daily Mirror 10 MAR 2022 https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...es-in-Kyiv.jpg One of world's deadliest snipers with 3.5km kill distance vows to fight Russians https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin.../2_Ukraine.jpg Wali, his nickname, has been in Iraq on his own to fight the Islamic State but he has now crossed the border of Ukraine to take on Putin's army after leaving his wife and son in Canada https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.U...=0&w=269&h=179 One of the world's deadliest snipers has arrived in Ukraine and vowed to fight the Russians as a volunteer fighter. Wali, his nickname, has been in Iraq on his own to fight the Islamic State. But he has now crossed the border of Ukraine to take on Putin's army after leaving his wife and son in Canada. He was used twice in Afghanistan as a sniper with the Canadian Armed Forces from 2009 and 2011. And in the same Canadian group he was a sniper with a 3.5km kill distance. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky announced those wishing to join the Ukrainian fighters would be welcome. Wali, who was one of four snipers who fought the Taliban in Afghanistan, is now in Ukraine fighting Russia He said: "All foreigners wishing to join the resistance against the Russian occupiers and protect international security are invited by the Ukrainian government to come to our territory to join the ranks of our territorial forces." Wali was contacted by a friend on Friday involved in "neutral convoys" of humanitarian aid for months to bring food to the Donbas area. He told French-Canadian publication La Presse : "He told me they needed a sniper. It's like a firefighter who hears the alarm ringing. I had to go." But his arrival in Ukaraine leaves behind his wife and boy, who will celebrate his first birthday without him. He told The Sun : "I know, it's just awful. But me, in my head, when I see the images of destruction in Ukraine, it is my son that I see, in danger and who is suffering. "When I see a destroyed building, it is the person who owns it, who sees his pension fund go up in smoke, that I see. I go there for humanitarian reasons," Wali, who was one of four snipers who fought the Taliban in Afghanistan, is now in Ukraine fighting Russia His wife reluctantly allowed him to go and wants her identity to remain under anonymous She said that if she hadn't let him it go it "would have broken him" and likened it to "putting him in jail". https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin.../0_Ukraine.jpg Wali told CBC three other former Canadian soldiers had also made the journey with him the journey with him and were warmly greeted "They were so happy to have us," he said. "It's like we were friends right away." He travelled from Poland, going against a sea of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees travelling the opposite way. The sniper fought with the Kurds against ISIS in Syria several years ago, and travelled to Ukraine because "I want to help them. It's as simple as that." He added: "I have to help because there are people here being bombarded just because they want to be European and not Russian." Since crossing into Ukraine, he and other veterans have taken shelter in an abandoned home, ahead of linking up with Ukrainian authorities. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...es-in-Kyiv.jpg An instructor shows new members of the Territorial Defence Forces how to operate the RPG-7 anti-tank launcher during military exercises amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv Putin Plotting Chemical Weapons Attack in Ukraine' Britain and US fear Russia could be setting stage to use chemical weapons Vladimir Putin is plotting to use chemical weapons in Ukraine, Western officials fear, after his air force bombed a maternity hospital in a "depraved" attack that shocked the world. There is now "serious concern" that the Russian president will order an "utterly horrific" attack using chemical or biological weapons, as Moscow ramped up allegations that Kyiv is itself planning to deploy them in the battlefield. It comes after the Russian leader was accused of "crossing the line of humanity" following an air strike on a children's hospital during a ceasefire in the besieged city of Mariupol. Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's president, accused Russia of "genocide" in a passionate address on Telegram late last night. Read how Russia sank to a new low as Putin made war on mothers and babies. In this joint article, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Sean Penn, Salmon Rushdie and Sting say it is the world's duty to do all we can to stop him. Mr Zelensky has accused the US and Poland of "playing ping pong" with the lives of Ukrainians after the apparent collapse of a proposal to send MiG fighter jets to his air force. The Ukrainian president criticised the White House and Pentagon, and Warsaw, after the deal fell through amid a diplomatic debacle. The fleet from Poland would be a "thorn in the side" of Russian invaders, but there is more to employing air power than just having the aircraft. Dominic Nicholls analyses how the jets would boost Ukraine – but the first challenge is getting them into the skies. Russia has admitted that it has sent conscripts to fight in Ukraine |
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Ukrainian Soldiers Find Field Full of Abandoned Russian Tanks After Invaders 'Fled Their Post'
Ukrainian soldiers found a field full of Russian tanks and other 'trophies' after the invaders 'simply fled' their post on Monday. 10 Mar 2022 The Sun The Russian armoured vehicles were found in a field in the southern Ukrainian region of Mykolaiv Oblast. Ukrainian soldiers found that the area had been abandoned by the Russian aggressors, who reportedly fled their post and left behind military hardware for their foes to take advantage of in the defence of the country. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine released the images on March 6, saying: 'Mykolaiv region. The paratroopers of the Russian aggressor simply fled.' The Ukrainian Armed Forces added: 'New trophies for our Ukrainian defenders.' In the footage, a surprised Ukrainian defender films an apparently abandoned tank before panning across the whole field and showing several other armoured vehicles. Several colleagues walk around the allegedly abandoned Russian vehicles to make sure the area is clear of enemy soldiers. Meanwhile, in the neighbouring region of Kherson Oblast, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) said they have taken control of a Ukrainian military base with tanks, ammo and other 'trophies' on the same day. The MoD claimed on March 6: 'The Ukrainian military left their positions in a hurry, leaving the base with equipment, weapons and ammunition. The base was located on an area of six to seven hectares. Among the trophies found are Ukrainian T-64 and T-80 tanks, armoured personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and Ural (general purpose) vehicles. 'A few metres from the car park is a large hangar housing an ammunition depot with mines, anti-tank guided missiles, mortar and tank shells, over 4,500 tons of ammunition. Some of the weapons stored on the street are rocket projectiles for multiple rocket launchers.' The Russian MoD said the facility was probably used to train soldiers as well as house around 4,000 personnel. It said: 'Mortar ammunition and high-explosive fragmentation shells were also nearby. Presumably, various units were trained here - marines, sappers, signalmen, tankers and gunners.' Frozen 60 Minutes Australia 10 Mar 2022 The counterattack Putin didn’t see coming. Russian tycoon offering a million-dollar reward to stop the tyrant’s terror. |
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Civilians Trapped in Mariupol Attack Each Other For Food as Supplies Become Scarce
Aid workers warn of an imminent ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ as attempts to deliver water, medicines and fuel are thwarted 'No food for children': Voice message reveals grim reality of besieged Mariupol The Telegraph UK 10 MAR 2022 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/...eg?imwidth=480 People trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol are “attacking each other for food”, as resources including water, medicines and fuel become increasingly scarce, aid workers have warned. Russian forces are desperate to take control of the strategic port city, which is home to roughly 400,000 people, and there is little sign that the conflict will soon let up. Attacks on Mariupol have been relentless and attempts to evacuate civilians and deliver aid have fallen through, with NGOs warning a “humanitarian catastrophe” is imminent. In a three-minute voice message on Wednesday, Sasha Volkov, deputy head of the International Committee of the Red Cross’s (ICRC) delegation in the city, painted a stark picture of an increasingly grim situation. “All the shops and pharmacies were looted four to five days ago,” Mr Volkov said, in between coughs. “Some people still have food but I’m not sure for how long it will last. Many people report having no food for children. “People started to attack each other for food. People started to ruin someone’s car to take the gasoline out,” he told his ICRC colleagues via a satellite phone. |
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Ukraine's ex-PM: Putin Will Invade EU Cities Next
Russia-Ukraine war: military base close to Polish border hit by Russian missiles; explosions heard in Lviv Refugees | UK Households offered £350 a month to host Ukrainians Nato | Russia warns it will target Western weapons convoys Negotiations | Zelensky challenges Putin to meet him for peace talks The Telegraph UK 13 MAR 2022 https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.u...=0&w=304&h=203 'Putin doesn't stop with Ukraine': Interview with former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Putin will invade EU cities if the West fails to intervene, warns Ukraine former PM VLADIMIR PUTIN will invade European Union (EU) cities if the West fails to intervene in the invasion of Kyiv, a former Prime Minister of Ukraine has warned. Military Base Close to Polish Border Hit by Russian Missiles; Explosions Heard in Lviv...'Escalation of Horror' Russian rocket attack on military base at Yavoriv, 50km west of Lviv, has killed 20 people according to emergency workers Missile strike on Ukraine base near Polish border reportedly kills 20 Arms shipments are a legitimate military target, Kremlin warns west– stealth v brute force Russia-Ukraine war update: what we know on day 18 Guardian UK 13 MAR 2022. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...CS-Ukraine.jpg https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...es-Donetsk.jpg https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...section-of.jpg https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...-in-Ukrain.jpg https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...-the-weste.jpg https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...A-CONFLICT.jpg https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...A-CONFLICT.jpg Devastating photos of destroyed Ukraine city - Brutal assault on Kyiv...where 1,500 killed Russia widened its military offensive in Ukraine on Friday, striking near airports in the west of the country for the first time. Videos circulating online appeared to show a military airfield in Lutsk being repeatedly hit, followed by large explosions. UK Starmer says that the government should go “further and faster” with sanctions against people connected to the Putin regime, and should offer more humanitarian aid. He told Sky News: “They should have been in place before this invasion started. The Russia Report two years ago set out these problems, the economic crime bill was talked about a year ago and is only now coming on to the statute book. “On humanitarian aid, on refugees, I think the Home Office has got it completely wrong. Everybody knows they’ve got it completely wrong, and we need to see change.” UK To Equip UKraine With Starstreak Anti-Aircraft Missiles As Russian Troops Close In On Kyiv. Captured Russian Soldiers Fear Firing Squad as Funerals 'Already Arranged' Back Home WARNING, DISTRESSING IMAGES: A Kremlin soldier, who gave himself up to Ukrainian forces, said his funeral has already been 'arranged for him' in Russia as he reports of demoralised troops continue to come out https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...A-CONFLICT.jpg https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...A-CONFLICT.jpg https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...A-CONFLICT.jpg https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...rs-in-Kyiv.jpg https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...like-lions.jpg This image shows frozen Russian bodies scattered across a battlefield |
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Russia Widens Assault on Ukraine With Deadly Hit on Military Base Near Poland
BBC News 13 Mar 2022 At least 35 people have been killed and 134 injured in the Russian missile attack on a military training base in western Ukraine, the Lviv regional governor says. Russia is stepping up its attacks across the country and many Ukrainian soldiers, some teenagers, are engaging in battle with as little as three days training. Ukraine War: American Photographer and Film-maker Killed in Ukraine American journalist killed in Ukraine 'paid his life' for covering war, Kyiv police chief says 13 Mar 2022 Sky News https://br.web.img3.acsta.net/r_1280.../31/574489.jpg An award-winning American photographer and film-maker has been killed in Ukraine A 51-year-old world-renowned media correspondent was shot in Irpen today," police chief Andriy Nebytov wrote on Facebook, referring to a city located to the west of Kyiv that has been hit hard in the war. "Another journalist is injured. Now they are trying to remove the victim from the war zone." The social media post identified the journalist who died as award-winning documentary filmmaker Brent Renaud. The post shared images of Renaud's passport and a press pass for the New York Times. The deputy managing editor of The New York Times tweeted Sunday that Renaud was not on duty for the newspaper while he was in Ukraine. The Times "is deeply saddened to learn of the death of an American journalist in Ukraine, Brent Renaud," Cliff Levy said. "Brent was a talented photographer and filmmaker, but he was not on assignment for @nytimes in Ukraine." "He was wearing a Times press badge that had been issued for an assignment many years ago," a statement from The Times said. Irpen, located to the west of Kyiv, has been hit hard during the Ukraine-Russian conflict. "Irpen, and its surroundings villages, are seeing an absolute humanitarian disaster. Russian soldiers occupied Vorzel, Hostomel, Zabucha and the Mylhailivka-Rubezhivka and won't let residents leave their own homes," the city's former mayor said, according to a group of Ukrainian journalists. The former mayor described Russian forces shooting at homes and shelling hospitals. Renaud has won numerous accolades for his work, including a Peabody and DuPont award, according to his IMDB biography. He's been producing films for two decades. He often produced films with his brother Craig, the bio says. = |
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US Warns China -NO Military Support for Russia -Russia Asked China for Military Support and Help in Evading Sanctions.
US warns China against helping Russia The US says China will face harsh "consequences" if it aids Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, according to US media reports UK says Russian navy has blockaded Black Sea coast BBC News 14 MAR 2022. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...ac61882214.jpg Mr Sullivan, seen here in a file picture, warned that the US would not allow China to provide a "lifeline" to Russia Unnamed officials reportedly told multiple US news outlets that Russia asked China to provide military assistance after it began the invasion. The Chinese embassy in Washington said it was not aware of this request. The warning comes ahead of a meeting in Rome on Monday between top US and China officials. Since the start of the crisis Beijing has expressed strong rhetorical support for long-time ally Moscow, but is not publicly known to have provided any military or economic support. However local media outlets citing US officials, say that Russia has in recent days asked China specifically for military equipment, including drones. China's response to that request is not known. In a CNN interview, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said they were "communicating directly, privately to Beijing that there will absolutely be consequences for large-scale sanctions evasion efforts or support to Russia to backfill them. "We will not allow that to go forward and allow there to be a lifeline to Russia from these economic sanctions from any country, anywhere in the world." He added that while the US believed China was aware that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was "planning something" before the invasion happened, Beijing "may not have understood the full extent of it". "Because it's very possible that [Mr] Putin lied to them the same way that he lied to Europeans and others," Mr Sullivan said. Mr Sullivan is due to meet Yang Jiechi, a member of China's top decision-making body the Politburo and the head of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, on Monday in Rome. Reuters news agency quoted a US official as saying that during the meeting Mr Sullivan will spell out the consequences and isolation China would face if it increased support for Russia. Liu Pengyu, a spokesman for China's embassy in Washington DC, told US media that he had not heard of Russia's request. He added: "The high priority now is to prevent the tense situation from escalating or even getting out of control." China so far has refrained from condemning Russia for the invasion, and has said Moscow's "legitimate security concerns" should be taken seriously. Chinese state media and government officials, besides echoing Russia's official line that it is a "special military operation" and not an invasion, have also been repeating Russian disinformation claims about the war in recent days. But Beijing at the same time has expressed "unwavering support" for Ukraine's sovereignty. It has also called for peace, and has said it is ready to help end the war through diplomacy. Several countries have urged China to do more to stop Russia's invasion. Analysis by Robin Brant, Shanghai The EU and US help Ukraine, China helps Russia; if that's how this goes, then it's a delineation that will make the war in Ukraine an even more consequential one. The White House has decided to make public its claim just as President Biden's top security adviser is due to meet with China's most senior diplomat. It appears to be a tactical move, to put pressure on China; presumably to either confirm or deny it. The bigger aim could be to try to make Xi Jinping weigh up the pros and cons to his current position of what was last week called a "rock solid" relationship with Moscow. Remember that it was just weeks ago, as the Winter Olympics opened in Beijing, that Presidents Xi and Putin declared a new alliance that had "no limit". Military aid could, clearly, be part of that. But in the days after Russia's invasion China has condemned the UK, the US and others for giving weapons to Ukraine's military, saying they were adding "fuel to the fire". If the US intelligence assessment is correct and Beijing follows through on that request, then they too would be "adding fuel". War in Ukraine: What Happened on Day 18 of Russia's Invasion BBC News 14 MAR 2022. https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/pr.../289266073.jpg US threatens Vladimir Putin with 'full force' of Nato Vladimir Putin has brought his war to Nato's border. After a missile strike on foreign fighters within 15 miles of Poland, the US warned Russia it would face Nato's "full force" if attacks on Ukraine strayed beyond the boundary. Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, suggested Nato would engage in direct conflict with Russia if Moscow accidentally hit Nato territory. Michael Gove, the Cabinet Office minister, warned Putin was "pushing the boundaries" in warfare. As Steve Bird reports, Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, later reiterated calls for a no-fly zone over his country, warning: "If you don't close our sky, it is only a matter of time before Russian rockets fall on your territory, on Nato territory." Russia boasted it had killed "up to 180" foreign fighters and destroyed a cache of weapons donated by the West after using long-range missiles to target a military training centre, pictured above, hosting volunteer fighters near the city of Lviv. Sofia Barbarani has our report from Yavoriv. Follow the latest updates in our live blog. And our map has a live snapshot of where conflict is reported. Fierce Ukrainian resistance has slowed the Russian land invasion, with its massive tank convoy en-route to Kyiv reportedly stalling as it struggles to cope with fuel shortages. Now Russia has appealed to China for military equipment and support to sustain its assault, senior US officials have said. With the country's economy struggling from the tightening sanctions noose, Moscow has turned to Beijing for aid. |
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Ukrainian Capital Kyiv Hit by Devastating Russian Airstrikes
14 Mar 2022 The Sun https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.J...=0&w=351&h=200 https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.p...=0&w=281&h=169 https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.I...=0&w=331&h=199 https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.x...=0&w=355&h=200 HEARTBREAKING footage shows the devastation of war on Ukraine's capital city, Kyiv, after several Russian airstrikes leave city in wreckage. At least two civilians were killed as Russian forces targeted an apartment in the capital Kyiv, the country's State Emergency Service said on Monday. Artillery hit a nine-story apartment building in the Obolonsky district, northern Kyiv, at 05.09 a.m. local time (0309GMT), causing a fire in the building. Rescue teams saved 63 people from the building while reaching the remains of two civilians, the emergency service said on Telegram. Meanwhile, the Antonov Serial Production Plant in Kyiv and the Okhtyrka region in the Sumy city were also hit by Russian air forces. |
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Inside Kremlin Chaos Amid Cracks in Putin Regime and Faltering Ukraine Invasion
Russia has so far lost a number of Russian generals, with General Andrei Kolesnikov, of the 29th Combined Arms Army, killed in fighting on Friday - a top Putin's ally has admitted the war is progressing slower than expected Daily Mirror 15 MAR 2022 https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...al-Meeting.jpg Russian President Vladimir Putin has maintained the invasion is going to plan The Kremlin is said to have been thrown into chaos following a number of blows to Vladimir Putin's regime, as the planned invasion of Ukraine slows. Putin is reported to be furious at the Russian failures so far but the Kremlin has denied asking China for weapons to help. The invading forces have scarcely moved in recent days and the Russian attack is now mostly focused on intense shelling and airstrikes. Efforts to assassinate Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky have failed with a 'hit squad' sent into Kyiv reported to have been thwarted by double agents. Russia has so far lost a number of Russian generals, with General Andrei Kolesnikov, of the 29th Combined Arms Army, killed in fighting on Friday. Russian generals killed in battle Kolesnikov was one of 20 major Russian generals who were believed to be leading the Ukraine invasion that has been riddled with tactical errors, according to Western officials. His death will be a blow to Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin who maintains the invasion is continuing to go to plan. They still refuse to call the conflict a 'war'. Kolesnikov’s death follows the killing of Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, chief of staff of the 41st Army, who died outside Kharkiv. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin.../1_Ukraine.jpg Russian Major General Andrei Kolesnikov has been killed during the invasion of Ukraine Russia has so far lost a number of Russian generals, with General Andrei Kolesnikov, of the 29th Combined Arms Army, has been killed in fighting on Friday While Major-General Andrey Sukhovetsky, a top paratrooper in Vladimir Putin's invading forces, is alleged to have been killed by a sniper during a special operation in Ukraine. Sukhovetsky was the first general to die, withPutin confirming his death in a speech eight days into the invasion. Christo Grozev, executive director of investigative journalism outlet Bellingcat, said that confirmation of his death would be a “major demotivator” for Russian troops. Sukhovetsky had reportedly been decorated for his role in annexing Crimea and Russian paper Pravda and graduated from Airborne Command School in 1995. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...ieged-city.jpg Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, chief of staff of the 41st Army, who died outside Kharkiv https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...2west-news.jpg Andrei Sukhovetsky, a top paratrooper in Vladimir Putin's invading forces, is alleged to have been killed by a sniper Ukraine's defence ministry said that Gerasimov was killed outside the eastern city of Kharkiv, along with other senior officers. The deaths of Russian generals comes after reports a Kremlin spy chief and his deputy haven been placed under house arrest by Putin - who is reportedly blaming his security services for setbacks in the invasion of Ukraine. Arrest of FSB intelligence head Sergey Beseda, head of the Federal Security Branch, Russia's intelligence branch, was arrested along with his deputy, Anatoly Bolyukh, an expert claimed. Vladimir Osechkin, an exiled Russian human rights activist also confirmed the arrests. It comes after Russia finally admitted losing its first senior military intelligence officer during the war with Ukraine. GRU spy Captain Alexey Glushchak died in the carnage in the Ukrainian port of Mariupol, although his country has given no details of how he was killed. "Due to the strict secrecy of the military operation, the circumstances of the death of the Tyumen hero are not disclosed," a statement read. Putin could be 'toppled in coup' Putin could face the threat of being toppled by his own officers and generals, a journalist claimed. Andrei Soldatov, a leading Russian investigative journalist, told Channel 4 News that "everything now seems to be possible" when asked if the Kremlin leader, a former FSB agent himself, could be deposed by his own men. In the wake of the invasion, there have been reports that Putin was told by the FSB security service, the successor to the KGB, that Ukraine would capitulate easily and give up. Matt Frei of Channel 4 News asked Mr Soldatov: “Is it possible that some senior generals, especially the ones who are on the front here, perhaps together with some disgruntled officers in the FSB, could turn against Putin to try and dislodge him?” In response he said: "Obviously, everything now seems to be possible, but we need to remember that Putin is a trained KGB officer. "He is well aware of risks to his personal security and safety and he has not one but two security services. At least 12,000 Russian troops killed - and slow advances While chaos appears to escalate within the Kremlin, Ukraine’s Armed Forces estimated that approximately 12, 000 Russian troops have been killed, a staggering 303 tanks, 48 warplanes, 80 helicopters and over 1,000 armoured personnel carriers. It comes as the head of Russia’s National Guard has said that Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine is not going as quickly as the Kremlin had wanted, in the strongest public acknowledgement yet that the invasion is not going to plan. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...A-CONFLICT.jpg One person died in shelling in Kyiv last night as Russian forces escalate their strikes on civilian buildings Viktor Zolotov blamed the slower-than-expected progress on what he said were far-right Ukrainian forces hiding behind civilians, an accusation repeatedly made by officials in Russia. "I would like to say that yes, not everything is going as fast as we would like," Mr Zolotov said in comments posted on the National Guard's website. Those comments appeared to be at odds with an assessment made on Friday by Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, who told Putin that "everything is going according to plan". A column of Russian forces approaching Kyiv are now about 15 miles from the Ukrainian capital, the UK’s Ministry of Defence said this weekend. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...of-Ukraine.jpg An aerial view shows a hot on Russian military vehicles Earlier, it was reported the Ukrainian army reportedly wiped out Russian armoured vehicles and a command centre. Drone footage appears to show rockets being fired at armoured vehicles in the city of Mariupol - where Russian forces last destroyed a children's hospital in an airstrike. The aerial footage shared on social media appears to shows a BTR-82 APC and KamAZ-63968 'Typhoon' vehicle being targeted successfully. Military sources on the ground have told the Mirror Russian forces may have reached a critical mass point where they may have lost critical momentum |
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Ukraine War: West Made Terrible Mistake After Crimea
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the West made a "terrible mistake" and let President Vladimir Putin "get away" with annexing Crimea in 2014. BBC 15 MAR 2022 https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/pr...eTelegraph.jpg Writing in the Telegraph, Mr Johnson said ending the West's dependence on Russian oil and gas was vital to "end the bullying" from the Kremlin. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...1239075420.jpg It comes as the foreign secretary is expected to announce further sanctions. About 100 more people are likely to be sanctioned under newly-passed legislation, the BBC has learned. In his article in the Telegraph, Mr Johnson said: "When Putin invaded Ukraine the first time round, in 2014, the West made a terrible mistake. The Russian leader had committed an act of violent aggression and taken a huge chunk out of a sovereign country - and we let him get away with it." Crimea, in the south, was annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014 and is home to a sizeable Russian military presence. Mr Johnson said the only way to halt President Putin's "continuous blackmail" was by ending Western countries' dependence on Russian oil and gas - a process that would be "painful". The prime minister is preparing to head to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf for talks about increasing production of oil and gas to compensate for reduced reliance on Russia. He also said his promised Energy Security Strategy for the UK would "double down" on wind energy, exploit solar power and make a "series of big new bets" on nuclear energy. Further drilling in the North Sea was one suggestion he made. The UK is to phase out Russian oil imports by the end of 2022. Analysis by Justin Rowlatt, Editor Boris Johnson is talking about taking back control again, but this time of the country's energy supply and, along the way, he is doubling down on the ambition to make the UK a "net zero" carbon emitter. "Green electricity isn't just better for the environment, it's better for your bank balance," says the prime minister in his article in the Daily Telegraph. "There's nothing [Putin] can do to stop the North Sea wind." Mr Johnson has been talking about making the UK "the Saudi Arabia of wind" for some time now so this is not a new policy, but it would represent a significant acceleration of the move towards low carbon power. Yes, he is backing new drilling in the North Sea, but there's also the promise of "big new bets" on nuclear power and - a surprise for many - no mention of the return of fracking. A decision by the government to talk to Saudi Arabia about measures to bring down the cost of energy has been criticised by many MPs after the country executed 81 people at the weekend. Downing Street says the UK "will continue to raise human rights abuses" with Saudi Arabia. Since Russia invaded Ukraine last month, a growing number of Russians have been sanctioned by the UK. Most recently, 386 Russian MPs who voted to recognise two rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine as independent have been hit by asset freezes and UK travel bans. The fast-tracked Economic Crime Bill, passed in the early hours of Tuesday, will now allow the UK to automatically sanction those who have had their assets already frozen by the EU, US or Canada. This will potentially open the door to hundreds more individual sanctions. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is likely to announce new sanctions on Tuesday on more than 100 individuals with links to President Putin's regime, the BBC understands. Speaking to BBC's Hardtalk, senior Conservative and chair of the Defence Select Committee Tobias Ellwood said sanctions on Russia would lead members of the Russian elite and generals to "recognise there is no future for Russia" and Mr Putin would "eventually go". However, Mr Ellwood warned that "until then, he will cause absolute carnage in Ukraine and beyond unless we stand up to him". More; |
HUGE Explosion Seen Near Russian Airbase in Crimea
World Court Rules on Measures Sought by Ukraine Against Russia – US Brands Putin With War Crimes
Nuclear WAR Steps Away Warns RAF Chief, While China Willing to Help Russia' RAF's Air Marshal Edwar Stringer CBE has said that a nuclear war may be "just a few steps away" while at the same time there is fear that China could provide military support to Russia Fox News Cameraman Dies in Ukraine – Brit Journalist Wounded Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski - who was described by colleagues as an "absolute treasure" and an "unsung hero" - was killed today in the same attack outside Kyiv, Ukraine that left Brit journalist Benjamin Hall in a critical condition Guardian News 17 MAR 2022 https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/UM...1b24932361bfc2 https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016...26_634x422.jpg Judges at the World Court rule on a request from Ukraine which has asked the court to order Russia to cease military activities because they argue the invasion is based on a faulty interpretation of the UN genocide treaty. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...4-December.jpg A nuclear war with Russia may be "just a few steps away" due to bristling tensions with the West over Ukraine said an RAF chief, while the situation is made worse by fears China could provide military support to Russia. US national security adviser Jake Sullivan has raised concerns about China's alignment with Russia in a seven-hour meeting with Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi. It comes as Washington warned of the isolation and penalties Beijing faces if it helps Moscow in Ukraine. Biden Sparks Kremlin Fury Over War Criminal Remark Russian President Vladimir Putin has been branded a "war criminal" by his US counterpart Joe Biden. The off-the-cuff remark to a reporter is the first time he’s used the phrase, which he and his administration have so far avoided. It’s sparked fury from Russia with the Kremlin saying Mr Biden's comments are "unacceptable and unforgivable rhetoric". It’s likely to escalate tensions between the countries, and the comment came after Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded to the Congress for more military help - the US says it’s sending $1bn in weapons to Ukraine. One by one, diplomatic bridges between the United States and Russia are being set ablaze, says our North America reporter Anthony Zurcher. RAF Air Marshal Edward Stringer CBE issued the stark warning that World War Three could very easily be triggered in Ukraine which would involve nuclear weapons. World Court Rules |
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Putin's Chilling Bizarre Rant
In a speech Putin sent a chilling warning out and doubled down on his claims he was not at fault for the invasion of Ukraine Russian Military Offensives Falter.... Ministry of Defence Explains Why Russia's Invasion of Ukraine is Failing Russia's invasion of Ukraine is approaching the end of its third week, over a period where it has suffered heavier casualties than Kyiv's forces and continues to struggle to make advances into the country's cities China Calls For 'Maximum Restraint' Xi Jinping delivers his strongest statement on Russia-Ukraine conflict Daily Mirror 18 MAR 2022 https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...mea-Russia.jpg Britain's Ministry of Defence has explained why Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has stalled and is failing so far. In the latest intelligence update on the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, they highlighted a number of the problems that Putin’s forces had run into. Challenges like the terrain, and transport issues have severely hampered Moscow’s ability to advance across what is the biggest European country by landmass. On top of that, an inability to secure control of the sky has “drastically limited” their ability to utilise jets and limited their options further. On top of that, the military acumen of the Ukrainian forces and the tactics they have used have exploited Russian weakness and inflicted “heavy losses” on Putin’s invading forces. Want all the latest news and analysis from Ukraine? Sign up to our World News Bulletin here https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...ng-in-Kyiv.jpg Rescuers work next to an apartment building that was hit by shelling In a statement released on Twitter, they said: “Russian forces are struggling to overcome the challenges posed by Ukraine’s terrain. “They have remained largely tied to Ukraine’s road network and have demonstrated a reluctance to conduct off-road manoeuvres. “The destruction of bridges by Ukrainian forces has also played a key role in stalling Russia ’s advance. “Russia’s continued failure to gain control of the air has drastically limited their ability to effectively use air manoeuvres, further limiting their options. “The tactics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have adeptly exploited Russia’s lack of manoeuvre, frustrating the Russian advance and inflicting heavy losses on invading forces.” This comes as one of Putin's closest allies has admitted Russia's invasion of Ukraine have not gone to plan. Viktor Zolotov, chief of Russia's national guard and apart of Putin's security council, said progress of the invasion had been slower than expected. He said: "I would like to say that yes, not everything is going as fast as we would like," Zolotov said in comments posted on the National Guard's website. "But we are going towards our goal step by step and victory will be for us." Zolotov has been at Putin's side since before the turn of the century and has spent the last 13 years in charge of his personal security. His comments, made at a church service led by Orthodox Patriarch Kirill on Sunday, have reflected reports from Western intelligence and mark a departure from official Kremlin lines so far. This comes as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine comes to the end of its third week. In that time, Russia has lost four major generals and nearly a dozen high-ranking officers. It has sustained heavier casualties than Ukraine, and lost more tanks than Germany has in its army. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...Volnovakha.jpg A woman walks with a bicycle next to a building damaged during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the separatist-controlled town of Volnovakha in the Donetsk region Putin's Chilling Bizarre Rant |
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Inside Ukraines' City of HELL Where Lost Children Buried in Mass Grave
Airstrikes and shells relentlessly pound Mariupol about one a minute. This southern seaport of has become a symbol of Vladimir Putin’s drive to crush Ukraine but also of a fierce resistance Feared EVIL Russian Paratroop Commander Who Masterminded Massacre is Killed in Battle The death of Col Sergei Sukharev, of the 331st Guards Parachute Assault Regiment from Kostroma, has been confirmed by state TV in Moscow Daily Mirror 18 MAR 2022 https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...f-Mariupol.jpg People gather near a destroyed block of flats in Mariupol The bodies of the children all lie here, dumped into a narrow trench hastily dug into the frozen earth of Mariupol to the constant drumbeat of shelling. There is 18-month-old Kirill killed by shrapnel to the head, 16-year-old Iliya blown up playing football at a school field, and a girl no older than six in unicorn pyjamas who was among the first of the children to die. They are stacked together with dozens of others in this mass grave on the outskirts of the city. A man covered in blue tarp, weighed down by stones at the *crumbling kerb. A woman wrapped in a red and gold bedsheet, her legs bound at the ankles with white fabric. Workers dispose of the bodies as fast as they can, because the less time they spend in the open, the better their chances of survival. “The only thing [I want] is for this to be finished,” said Volodymyr Bykovskyi, pulling body bags from a truck. “Damn them all, those people who started this.” More bodies will come, from the streets, from the hospital basement. The youngest still has an umbilical cord attached. Airstrikes and shells relentlessly pound Mariupol about one a minute. This southern seaport of 430,000 has become a symbol of Russian President Vladimir Putin ’s drive to crush Ukraine but also of a fierce resistance. The city is now encircled by Russian soldiers, who are slowly squeezing the life out of it, one blast at a time. Several appeals for humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians went unheeded, until Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday that about 30,000 people had fled in convoys of cars. Air strikes and shells have hit the maternity hospital, the fire department, homes, a church, a field outside a school, and now a theatre sheltering women and children. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...f-Mariupol.jpg Evacuees leave the besieged port city of Mariupol For the estimated hundreds of thousands who remain, there is quite simply nowhere to go. The surrounding roads are mined and the port blocked. Food is running out, and the Russians have stopped humanitarian attempts to bring it in. Electricity is mostly gone and water is sparse, with residents melting snow to drink. Some parents have even left their newborns at the hospital, perhaps hoping to give them a chance at life in the one place with decent electricity and water. People burn scraps of furniture in makeshift grills to warm their hands in the freezing cold and cook what little food there still is. The grills themselves are built with the one thing in plentiful supply: bricks and shards of metal scattered in the streets from destroyed buildings. Death is everywhere. Local officials have tallied more than 2,500 deaths in the siege, but many bodies cannot be counted because of the endless shelling. They have told families to leave their dead outside in the streets because it is too dangerous to hold funerals. Doctors say they are treating 10 civilians for every injured Ukrainian soldier. “They have a clear order to hold Mariupol hostage, to mock it, to constantly bomb and shell it,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said last week. Just weeks ago, Mariupol’s future seemed much brighter. If geography drives a city’s destiny, Mariupol was on the path to success, with its thriving iron and steel plants, a deep-water port and high global demand for both. Even the dark weeks of 2014, when the city nearly fell to Russia-backed separatists in vicious street battles, were fading into memory. Feared EVIL Russian Paratroop Commander Who Masterminded Massacre is Killed in Battle.... https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...2west-news.jpg The death of Col Sergei Sukharev, of the 331st Guards Parachute Assault Regiment from Kostroma, was confirmed by state TV in Moscow One of Russia’s top paratroop commanders has been killed in Ukraine in the latest blow to Vladimir Putin ’s debilitating war effort. The death of Col Sergei Sukharev, of the 331st Guards Parachute Assault Regiment from Kostroma, was confirmed by state TV in Moscow. Earlier his "liquidation" had been claimed by Ukraine’s Centre for Strategic Communication and Information Security. “Commander of the Kostroma Airborne Regiment, Colonel Sergei Sukharev…got lost in the ‘[military] exercises’, but returned home the right way,” said the Ukrainian statement. His deputy Major Sergei Krylov was killed alongside him, said the report. They were among a number slain from the “glorious” Kostroma regiment, seen as among Russia’s most elite fighting forces. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...2west-news.jpg Colonel Sergei Sukharev of the 331st Guards Parachute Assault Regiment, Kostroma Russia acknowledged that senior sergeant Sergei Lebedev, sergeant Alexander Limonov and corporal Yuri Degtyaryov were also killed. Sukharev was seen on Russian TV in January when he led his troops back from Kazakhstan where they had been sent following a wave of protests. Russian described their mission as “peacekeeping” and Sukharev said his forces protected a vital power plant in Almaty. Killed, too, in the latest Ukrainian fighting was military intelligence officer Sergey Vishnyakov, of the GRU’s 22nd Separate Special Forces Brigade. He is believed to have been killed fighting near Mariupol in a Grad attack by Ukraine’s Azov battalion. Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Agarkov, from Volgograd, commander of a motorised rifle regiment, died during a special operation. Major Ruslan Petrukhin, deputy battalion commander of the 38th Motorised Rifle Brigade, was also reported killed in action in Ukraine. Russia has failed to announce its estimated death toll in Ukraine for more than two weeks. There are claims it runs to around 7,000 with suspicions the true figure is being kept secret to prevent a sapping of support in Russia. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...ieged-city.jpg Vitaly Gerasimov, another dead general, who was killed in fighting near Kharkiv Mass graves dug in besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol as locals bury their dead |
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Russia Unleashes Unstoppable Nuclear-Capable Hypersonic Missile Destroying Ukraine Weapons Depot
Russian Drone Strike Eliminates Ukrainian Sabotage and Reconnaissance Mission Ukrainians ambush and blow up Russian tanks with laser-guided missiles Russian soldiers now begging Ukrainians for food as villagers hounded 'Please help us' 19 Mar 2022 The Sun https://i0.wp.com/www.thesun.co.uk/w...62%2C493&ssl=1 https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/...trip=all&w=960 https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/...trip=all&w=960 Video captures the dramatic moment a Russian hypersonic missile destroys an ammunition depot in the west of Ukraine. Moscow claims its 'Kinzhal' - or Dagger - weapon is "unstoppable" by current Western weapons. The video reportedly filmed from a military drone shows the moment a large Ukrainian ammunition depot in Ivano-Frankivsk was hit by a deadly Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missile. Russia's defense ministry said: “The Kinzhal aviation missile system with hypersonic aeroballistic missiles destroyed a large underground warehouse containing missiles and aviation ammunition in the village of Deliatyn in the Ivano-Frankivsk region." Russia Unleashes Unstoppable Nuclear-Capable Hypersonic Missile Destroying Ukraine Weapons Depot Latest Call Between Biden and Xi Jinping Don't Arm Russia, Biden Tells China Biden warns Beijing not to send weapons to Putin |
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Ukraine: Mariupol Women and Children Forcibly Sent to Russia
Thousands of resident illegally taken across border, says Mariupol council, as reports emerge its art school has been bombed while 400 were sheltering inside Dead Russian Soldiers Loaded on to Trains in Dead of Night to Hide Real Death Toll - Morgue Full of Russian Soldiers as Corpses Shipped Away at Night Crying Russian prisoners say 'liar' Putin is having bodies thrown in mass graves ‘Cowardly’ | Strike on barracks kills dozens of soldiers in their sleep Mariupol | City set to fall as Russians sever access to Sea of Azov Hiding death toll | More than 2,500 Russian bodies ‘sent to Belarus' Germany | Tensions rise as Berlin fails to send weapons to Ukraine EU army | Macron’s military proposal ‘risks destabilising Europe’ The Guardian UK 20 MAR 2022. https://corknow.com/wp-content/uploa...nto-russia.jpg https://cdnph.upi.com/svc/sv/upi/775...il-reports.jpg Russians slaughter fleeing gran in hail of bullets as boys scream in car behind Callous Russian troops opened fire on two cars painted with the word 'civilians', killing a grandmother and leaving children riddled with bullet wounds in a harrowing incident https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...Family_JPG.jpg Anguished Timofei, mum Illina and Yelisey https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...0_Ninajpeg.jpg Nina Shiripa was killed by the Russian troops Authorities in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol have said Russian troops have forcibly deported several thousand residents to Russia, as reports emerged that Russian forces bombed an art school in the city where 400 people were taking shelter. “Over the past week, several thousand Mariupol residents were deported on to the Russian territory,” the city council said in a statement on its Telegram channel late on Saturday. “The occupiers illegally took people from the Livoberezhniy district and from the shelter in the sports club building, where more than a thousand people (mostly women and children) were hiding from the constant bombing.” ‘We have come to protect you,’ Russian soldiers told Ukrainian man they’d shot The claims have not been independently verified, but the council’s statement is one of several reports about Mariupol residents being taken to Russia, where authorities have referred to “refugees” arriving from the strategic port. In a statement posted Sunday on the Telegram channels of Mariupol council and the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, the council said women, children and elderly people were inside and “are still under the rubble” of the destroyed G12 art school in Mariupol’s Left Bank district. The number of casualties was unclear. The Guardian has not independently verified the claim of the bombing. The message accused the Russians of committing war crimes, echoing Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s earlier video address, in which he said of the attacks on Mariupol: “To do this to a peaceful city ... is a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come.” Volodymyr Zelenskiy calls Mariupol siege 'a terror that will be remembered for centuries' Intense street fighting in the city has hampered attempts to free hundreds of survivors trapped for days inside a bombed theatre as Ukrainian forces held out against a larger Russian force inside the strategically important southern port city. Jakob Kern, the World Food Programme’s emergency coordinator, described Russia’s tactic of preventing emergency food supplies to Mariupol as “unacceptable in the 21st century”. Ukrainian MP Dmytro Gurin described conditions in the city as “medieval”. Across Ukraine, evacuations from cities continued on Saturday along eight of 10 humanitarian corridors, said the deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereshchuk. A total of 6,623 people were evacuated, including 4,128 from Mariupol, the scene of some of the war’s worst suffering. Meanwhile, China has responded angrily to mounting western pressure to condemn the invasion, saying it stands on the right side of history over the crisis and is in line with the stances of most countries. “China will never accept any external coercion or pressure, and opposes any unfounded accusations and suspicious against China,” the foreign minister, Wang Yi, said on Saturday evening. China has refused to condemn Russia’s action in Ukraine or call it an invasion, although it has expressed concern about the crisis. Beijing has also opposed economic sanctions on Russia over Ukraine, describing them as unilateral and not authorised by the UN security council. Wang’s comments came after the US president, Joe Biden, warned his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, on Friday of “consequences” if Beijing gave material support to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We have always stood for maintaining peace and opposing war,” Wang said, reiterating that China will make independent judgments. “China’s position is objective and fair, and is in line with the wishes of most countries. Time will prove that China’s claims are on the right side of history.” An official in Mariupol accused Russian forces of taking thousands of Ukrainians across the border into Russia, adding he feared they could be used as forced labour, the New York Times reported. Pyotr Andryushchenko, an assistant to the city’s mayor, said Russian forces had taken “between 4,000 and 4,500 Mariupol residents forcibly across the border to Taganrog” – a city in south-western Russia – the newspaper said. The residents had been taken without their passports, Andryushchenko said. A Ukrainian police officer in Mariupol warned that it had been “wiped off the face of the earth”, and pleaded with the US and France to supply the country with a modern air defence system. In a video appeal from a street strewn with rubble, Michail Vershnin publicly reminded Biden and the French president, Emmanuel Macron, that they had promised assistance “but what we have received is not quite it”, and urged them to save the civilian population. 'Nothing's coming! Germany 'breaks promise to send arms to Ukraine' as tensions rise “Children, elderly people are dying. The city is destroyed and it has been wiped off the face of the earth,” Vershnin said, speaking in Russian in the video filmed on Friday that has been authenticated by the Associated Press. He then appealed directly to the US and French leaders. “You have promised that there will be help, give us that help. Biden, Macron, you are great leaders. Be them to the end.” Pressure on China to abandon its neutral stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine increased after the British prime minister, Boris Johnson, urged leaders in Beijing to get off the fence and join global condemnation of the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin. “As time goes on and as the number of Russian atrocities mounts up, I think it becomes steadily more difficult and politically embarrassing for people either actively or passively to condone Putin’s invasion,” Johnson said. “There are considerable dilemmas now for people who thought they could sit this one out, who thought they could sit on the fence. And, yes, I think that in Beijing you are starting to see some second thoughts.” China, however, has shown no sign of altering its stance. On Saturday its vice foreign minister, Le Yucheng, described western sanctions against Russia as increasingly “outrageous”. Le also acknowledged Moscow’s position on Nato, saying the alliance should not further expand eastwards and force a nuclear power like Russia “into a corner”. “The sanctions against Russia are getting more and more outrageous,” Le said at security forum in Beijing, adding that Russian citizens were being deprived of overseas assets “for no reason”. “History has proven time and again that sanctions cannot solve problems. Sanctions will only harm ordinary people, impact the economic and financial system ... and worsen the global economy.” The fall of Mariupol, a key connection to the Black Sea, would mark a major advance for the Russians, who are largely bogged down outside major cities more than three weeks into the biggest land invasion in Europe since the second world war. Russian media have offered a very different explanation for the reported removal of Mariupol residents. The Tass news agency reported on Saturday that 13 buses were moving to Russia, carrying more than 350 people, about 50 of whom were to be sent by rail to the Yaroslavl region and the rest to temporary transition centres in Taganrog, a port city in Russia’s Rostov region. RIA Novosti agency, citing emergency services, reported last week that nearly 300,000 people, including some 60,000 children, had arrived in Russia from the Luhansk and Donbas regions, including from Mariupol, in recent weeks. Russia’s defence ministry said this month that more than 2.6 million people in Ukraine have asked to be evacuated – a claim that has not been independently verified. Mariupol Women and Children Forcibly Sent to Russia Dead Russian soldiers loaded on to trains in dead of night to hide real death toll Crying Russian prisoners say 'liar' Putin is having bodies thrown in mass graves |
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Putin Accused of Deporting Ukrainians to Russian 'Concentration' Camps 'Unconscionable'
VLADIMIR Putin has apparently ordered his army to move thousands of Mariupol residents to "concentration" camps in Russia, according to latest reports. The besieged port city in Ukraine's south has been under horrendous Russian bombardment for weeks. Mariupol is an important prize for Putin, as it would allow the Russians to create a land corridor from Luhansk to Donets... |
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Putin Accused of Mass Abductions for Russian Concentration Camps SLAVE LABOUR
-Thousands of Ukrainians Forcibly Deported to Russia Putin has ordered his army to move thousands of Mariupol residents to concentration camps in Russia, Ukraine Rejects Russia’s Demand to Surrender Key City Russian Prisoners of WAR in Ukraine Deliver a Message to Vladimir Putin BBC 21 MAR 2022 https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/pr...linUkraine.jpg https://gistsmate.com.ng/wp-content/...-1-300x200.jpg It is a technique borrowed from the Nazi playbook. Vladimir Putin is accused of "abducting and deporting" thousands of civilians from the besieged city of Mariupol and transporting them deep inside Russia. Ukrainian authorities alleged Russian forces had rounded up several thousand residents from the shattered port before sending them to remote cities hundreds of miles from the border. Russian state media broadcast clips of hundreds of Ukrainians it said had been rescued from the Black Sea port and evacuated eastward to safety in Russian cities. But Ukrainian officials said the people - clutching bags of possessions, dazed children and confused pets - had been forced to travel. Mariupol mayor Vadym Boichenko said the deportations echoed historic transportations. "What the occupiers are doing today is familiar to the older generation, who saw the horrific events of World War II, when the Nazis forcibly captured people," he said. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky likened Russia's invasion to Hitler's "final solution". Mariupol has been shattered by bombardment and cut off from power, water and food deliveries for three weeks. Last night, Moscow gave Ukraine a deadline to surrender Mariupol as gun battles raged in the city of nearly half a million people. The Russian defence ministry said Ukrainian and foreign armed units must drop their weapons "without exception" and leave by 9am UK time today. Iryna Vereshchuk, Ukraine's deputy prime minister, insisted early today that Ukraine will not lay down arms. Ukraine WAR in Maps: Tracking the Russian Invasion https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/c...p_x2640-nc.png The Fight for Kyiv in The North https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/c...p_x2640-nc.png Big Russian Gains in the South https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/c...p_x2640-nc.png Russian Advances in The East https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/c...p_x2640-nc.png Thousands of Ukrainians Forcibly Deported to Russia |
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PURE EVIL Russia Fires Vacuum Bombs From TOS-1a Launcher Towards Mariupol Ukraine
Russian Airstrikes Destroy Homes and Devastate City of Mariupol SHOCKING footage shows Russian armed forces firing 'vacuum bombs' from TOS-1s launchers towards the war torn city of Mariupol, Ukraine. SCHOOL BLAST Women & Children Trapped Under Rubble After Russian Forces Bomb Mariupol School’ Where 400 Were Hiding 21 Mar 2022 The Sun Footage released by the Donetsk People's Republic's Press service, appears to show the deadly weapon in action, leaving devastation in its wake. Yesterday President Volodymyr Zelensky said the port’s citizens were being massacred in what would go down in history as an unspeakable war crime. He added: “To do this to a peaceful city is a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come.” Local authorities said the siege has killed at least 2,300 people, with some having to be buried in mass graves because constant shelling made funerals impossible. SCHOOL BLAST https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/...0720084117.jpg THE merciless war machine of Vladimir Putin plumbed sickening new depths yesterday by reducing a school to rubble. Around 400 civilians were sheltering when the building was hit by thermobaric TOS-1A rockets, which can melt human organs. In a Kyiv hospital Milana, 6, who was injured while her mother Diana was killed on 28 February, plays with a clown Last night the number of casualties was still unclear but rescuers said people remained trapped. The art school was the latest civilian target in the relentless bombardment of the strategically important port city of Mariupol. Just last week a theatre there being used as a refuge by families was bombed — despite being clearly marked with the word “children” in large Russian writing visible from the air. The search there for as many as 1,300 survivors goes on, while food and water supplies run desperately low, both inside and outside the stricken building Russia fires 'vacuum bombs' from TOS-1a launcher towards Mariupol |
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Belarus Rebel Fighters Join Ukraine Against Russia
BBC News 22 Mar 2022 Belarus has been an ally of Russia in its war in Ukraine. Belarus shares a border with Ukraine and has been used by Russian troops as a staging post for the invasion. But some Belarusians who oppose the government have gone to Ukraine to fight against the Russian invasion. The BBC spoke to some of these Belarusian fighters. Belarus Rebel Fighters Join Ukraine |
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Polish Citizens Join Army to HELP Ukraine...
Polish Citizens Join Army in Response to Russian Invasion of Ukraine BBC News 23 Mar 2022 With Russia invading Ukraine some Poles fear that they could be next to be targeted by President Putin. Poland has announced that it will increased military spending and there has been a sharp increase in people joining Poland’s territorial defence force. While some are choosing to join up others are making sure that their cars are filled with fuel and that they have a bag packed ready to flee the country. |
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Russian Special Forces Fighter Dubbed Agent Stalin is Killed in New Blow to Putin
Documents found by Ukrainian forces in a captured armoured vehicle revealed the killed forces were Captain Konstantin Druzhkov, Islam Abduragimov and Shamil Aselderov Russian Soldier Drives Tank Over His Commanding Officer in Protest Against War WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES Colonel Yuri Medvedev was seen in a Russian video being transported to hospital in Belarus after the alleged incident - it's been reported he suffered serious leg wounds Vladimir PUTINS' Defence Minister Vanishes With 'Heart Problems' as War Stalls Sergei Shoigu has not been seen for 12 days and old footage or pictures have been shown of him on TV, say reports in opposition media - he was mentioned in a Kremlin report on March 18 but no visuals of him were shown Daily Mirror 23 MAR 2022 https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...2west-News.jpg Russian special forces fighter dubbed Agent Stalin is killed in new blow to Putin, One of the slain Russian special forces soldiers in Mariupol Documents found by Ukrainian forces in a captured armoured vehicle revealed the killed forces were Captain Konstantin Druzhkov, Islam Abduragimov and Shamil Aselderov An elite Spetsnaz fighter who used Stalin’s real name as an alias was among three special forces fighters killed in the battle for besieged Mariupol. The GRU spetsnaz are seen as Russia ’s top special forces fighters and were deployed to Ukraine to bring death and fear to its people. According to local sources, three of its troops were “liquidated” by the Azov regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine. The trio were named as Captain Konstantin Druzhkov, 33, Islam Abduragimov, 19 and Shamil Aselderov. Their documents were discovered in a captured Tigr armoured vehicle. Druzhkov was married to someone from the Donbas region of Ukraine and served in the military intelligence HQ of Russia’s southern military district. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...2west-News.jpg Konstantin Druzhkov, GRU Spetsnaz fighter reported killed in Mariupol He had been involved in fighting in the Donbas in 2014 and used the pseudonym Konstantin Dzhugashvili on a social media account concealing his real identity. Dzhugashvili was the real family name of the Soviet Union’s brutal wartime leader, Josef Stalin, who died in 1953 aged 74 of a stroke. The GRU are notorious in Russia and one of their squads was behind the poisoning with Novichok of its former spy Sergei Skripal - who had defected to Britain - in Salisbury in 2018. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...2west-News.jpg Shamil Aselderov was among those said to have been killed in the fighting In the Cold War, a GRU agent under diplomatic cover in London, Captain Yevgeny Ivanov triggered the fall of a Tory government after he seduced Christine Keeler, the lover of British war minister John Profumo. Mariupol has been "comprehensively trashed" by missiles fired by Vladimir Putin's forces for several weeks, with thousands feared dead in its streets. Civilian buildings including a theatre where families were hiding have been targeted in recent days, while President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said the siege was "a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come". https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...2west-News.jpg Islam Abduragimov's documents were among those found in a captured Russian vehicle Tens of thousands remain trapped inside Mariupol, a port on the Azov Sea, as Ukrainian troops and volunteers bravely defend their homeland against the advancing invaders. Over the weekend Ukraine rejected a call to surrender the besieged city of Mariupol after Moscow gave Kyiv until the early hours of March 21 to lay down their arms. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...2west-News.jpg The captured Russian armoured vehicle taken in Mariupol Russian Soldier Drives Tank Over His Commanding Officer in Protest Against War... https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...2west-News.jpg https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...2west-News.jpg Wounded Colonel Yuri Medvedev was 'run down by one of his own Russian soldiers driving a tank https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...2west-News.jpg Colonel Yuri Medvedev was taken to hospital by his soldiers... A Russian soldier reportedly drove a tank over his commanding officer in a protest about the horrific army war losses. Colonel Yuri Medvedev was seen in a Russian video being transported to hospital in Belarus after the alleged incident. The commander has reportedly suffered serious leg wounds. The serviceman had accused the commander over the death of half of his comrades-in-arms, reported Ukrainian journalist Roman Tsimbalyuk. It is suggested some 750 out of 1,500 were killed, with many more wounded. “A soldier, choosing a convenient moment during the battle, ran over his brigade commander, Colonel Yuri Medvedev, with a tank, injuring both his legs,” said Tsimbalyuk. Vladimir Putin's Defence Minister Vanishes With 'Heart Problems' as War Stalls... https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...tary-Forum.jpg Russian President Vladimir Putin pictured with his Defence Minister Sergei.. Vladimir Putin's defence minister has vanished with "heart problems" as the Kremlin's war effort in Ukraine stalls. Sergei Shoigu has not been seen for 12 days and old footage or pictures have been shown of him on TV, say reports in opposition media. On March 18, Shoigu, 66, was mentioned in a Kremlin website report saying he and Putin had discussed “the progress of the special operation in Ukraine” with permanent members of the security council. But videos and pictures were not shown. On the same day, state-controlled Channel One aired a story about Shoigu presenting awards. The defence minister has reportedly vanished from public view amid suffering health problems Yet an image used with the report was the same as shown on 11 March. Earlier in the war, he had been more visible and frequently quoted. His circle said he was unwell - with heart problems, investigative news outlet Agentstvo was told by a source close to the minister. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...StPetersbu.jpg Shoigu is seen as one of Putin’s closest and most loyal allies. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...A-CONFLICT.jpg Irina Moprezova, 54, reacts in front of a house that was damaged in an aerial bombing in the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv However, strains have appeared over the conduct of the war with him and other leading army and security chiefs. Shoigu’s daughter Ksenia, 31, appeared with her baby in pictures recently in Ukrainian blue and yellow colours. In June last year his sister Larisa Shoigu, 68, died of Covid. It comes as furious Putin has started a witch-hunt of his most trusted inner circle to find the “guilty men” responsible for the failure of his war strategy. The Russian president is said to be “incandescent” as his military plans were leaked to the West, who shared them with his Ukrainian enemies. The failure is seen as one of the main reasons several of his top generals and elite forces have been eliminated during the four weeks of warfare. Putin is said to be growing weary of his close ally and vacation friend Sergei Shoigu, Russia ’s defence minister, who is in overall charge of the stalling military operation. Long-time ally FSB security service head Alexander Bortnikov- spoken as a stand-in should Putin fall in a coup - is also under pressure, as is Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian general staff. Another target of Putin’s fury is Igor Kostyukov, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed forces, who may face imminent removal. A source said: "He is incandescent that US and UK intelligence appear to know the Russian army’s next moves all the time, starting with predicting the invasion before he was ready to acknowledge it." It comes as the Kremlin admitted more than 10,000 Russian soldiers have so far been killed in Ukraine, with thousands more injured. RELATED: https://i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk/inco...ior-Minist.jpg Putin sends in 'execution squads' to kill own troops if they try to flee Ukraine war The shocking claims come after a string of reports of incredibly low morale amongst Russian troops after what was supposed to be a 'lightning invasion' comes towards its second month of bitter fighting https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...2west-news.jpg Vladimir Putin's daughter's marriage collapses along with her medical company dreams The war in Ukraine has ‘devastated the hopes of Vladimir Putin’s eldest daughter to open a money-spinning elite medical centre’ for super-rich foreigners in Russia .....AWWWW DE DUMS....:censored: |
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World War 3 Fears as Russia Warns of Universal Nuclear War if West Defends Ukraine
Biden's Chemical Weapons Warning -Nato Will Respond if Russia Uses Chemical Weapons - Unprecedented Day of Emergency Summits in Brussels. ‘A Grimmer Phase of The War’ The Controlled Kremlin state TV have issued warnings that any NATO peacekeeping troops could lead to WW III-Nuclear War - Abductions Russia intimidating politicians, journalists and activists in Ukraine, says UN - Suspected war crimes Priest gunned down at a checkpoint one of 2,472 cases - Ukrainian prosecutor BBC News 25 MAR 2022. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...2west-news.jpg Russian MP and ex-commander of the Airborne Forces, Col-Gen Vladimir Shamanov, called on Vladimir Putin to secure the Ukraine-Poland border. Russian state TV has issued a chilling nuclear threat to the west if NATO puts peacekeepers into Ukraine, saying World War Three might be around the corner. Moscow's tightly-controlled state TV went into propaganda overdrive, warning alliance leaders meeting in Brussels today against deploying any troops into Ukraine, even if they were there to maintain peace. These chilling threats come four weeks into Russia's invasion, as Putin's forces continue to bombard countless Ukrainian cities with air raids, but Kyiv's resistance holds fast. Moscow continues to cover up the extent of its losses in the war, having not updated its official death toll in weeks. The ratcheting up of rhetoric saw blunt, undisguised warnings from the Kremlin's mouthpieces on state TV, worrying that Poland would seek a NATO mandate for peacekeepers. They also went on to claim Poland would seek a land grab, to snatch back Ukrainian territory that was once part of Poland, such as the city of Lviv. TV presenter Vyacheslav Nikonov claimed that Russian truck drivers stuck on the border had spotted “an accumulation of American and Polish troops. Want all the latest news and analysis from Ukraine? Sign up to our World News Bulletin here “As for me Poland strives not just to fulfil a peacekeeping mission, but to stake out the territories which they consider belonging to them historically.” Olga Skabeyeva, host of state-owned Rossiya 1's show 60 Minutes said: “If NATO members send peacekeepers to Ukraine… “They should understand that this will represent a direct clash between the armed forces of Russia and NATO. “And how this collision will end is probably not worth explaining … this is called World War Three.” Despite threats of ratcheting up the warfare, Russia's invasion continues to stall and stutter in the face of logistical and morale issues and huge Ukrainian resistance. Early reports suggested that the Kremlin intended to take Ukraine in a 'lightning invasion' lasting days. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...2west-news.jpg Military historian and retired colonel Yury Knutov, threatens use of tactical nuclear weapons if NATO deploys 'peacekeepers' in Ukraine But now, a month into the invasion, Putin's men find themselves negotiating with the government they failed to oust. Russia's threats were echoed on other Kremlin-controlled shows. On Channel 1, Colonel Yury Knutov, repeated the same claims. He said: “If there are any sane people left in NATO, they will not approve [a peacekeeping] operation [in Ukraine]. “Why? Because [a collective] NATO decision will mean a de facto declaration of war on Russia ... this would be a Casus belli, meaning war between Russia and NATO. “To win this war, whether we like it or not, we will have to use tactical nuclear weapons in the theatre of operations. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...2west-news.jpg Olga Skabeyeva, Russian television host and Kremlin-mouthpiece, who attacked UK foreign secretary Liz Truss for riding on a tank in Estonia “This will then entail the use of powerful strategic nuclear weapons … which means universal nuclear war.” Russia's state TV mouthpiece also warned the same outcome would come about if Poland acted independently, and not under the NATO umbrella. Throughout its unsuccessful invasion of Ukraine, Russia has repeatedly made threats towards the west about intervention. On top of the invasion not going as planned, reports from The Financial Times and Washington Post suggest that Russia had been begging China for military equipment and financial support to help it get around sanctions, since it all began on February 24. China, along with India, is one of the few powers yet to denounce Putin's bloody invasion into Ukraine. The butcher of Chechnya, veteran Colonel General Vladimir Shamanov, told Channel 1 that Putin should secure Ukraine' s western border with Poland. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...TICS-PUTIN.jpg Russian President Vladimir Putin Brit in Ukraine reveals Mariupol horror as Russian shelling continues Destruction of Ukraine from above - BBC News Nato to Boost Forces in Eastern Europe |
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Russia to Scale Back Invasion & Reasserts Right to Use Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine
Senior politician Dmitry Medvedev says Moscow’s nuclear doctrine does not require enemy state to use such weapons first Powerful Blows Dealt to Russian Forces, Says Zelenskiy; Ukraine’s president says more than 16,000 Russian troops have been killed, though Russia claims the total is 1,351 The Guardian UK 26 MAR 2022. https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.A...=0&w=293&h=163 Dmitry Medvedev The Kremlin again raised the spectre of the use of nuclear weapons in the war with Ukraine as Russian forces struggled to hold a key city in the south of the country. Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president who is deputy chairman of the country’s security council, said Moscow could strike against an enemy that only used conventional weapons while Vladimir Putin’s defence minster claimed nuclear “readiness” was a priority. The comments on Saturday prompted Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in an appearance by video link at Qatar’s Doha Forum to warn that Moscow was a direct threat to the world. “Russia is deliberating bragging they can destroy with nuclear weapons, not only a certain country but the entire planet,” Zelenskiy said. Putin established the nuclear threat at the start of the war, warning that western intervention would reap “consequences you have never seen”. Western officials have said the threats may be simply an attempt to divert attention from the failure of Putin’s forces to secure a swift occupation of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and to make advances in other key areas of the country. An adviser to Ukraine’s defence ministry, Markian Lubkivskyi, claimed on Saturday that Russia would soon lose control of the southern city of Kherson, the first major centre to fall to the Kremlin since the war began on 24 February. He said: “I believe that today the city will be fully under the control of Ukrainian armed forces. We have finished in the last two days the operation in the Kyiv region so other armed forces are now focused on the southern part trying to get free Kherson and some other Ukrainian cities.” Russia has approximately 6,000 nuclear warheads – the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world. In an interview on Saturday, Medvedev said Russia’s nuclear doctrine did not require an enemy state to use such weapons first. He said: “We have a special document on nuclear deterrence. This document clearly indicates the grounds on which the Russian Federation is entitled to use nuclear weapons. There are a few of them, let me remind them to you: “Number one is the situation, when Russia is struck by a nuclear missile. The second case is any use of other nuclear weapons against Russia or its allies. “The third is an attack on a critical infrastructure that will have paralysed our nuclear deterrent forces. “And the fourth case is when an act of aggression is committed against Russia and its allies, which jeopardised the existence of the country itself, even without the use of nuclear weapons, that is, with the use of conventional weapons.” Medvedev added that there was a “determination to defend the independence, sovereignty of our country, not to give anyone a reason to doubt even the slightest that we are ready to give a worthy response to any infringement on our country, on its independence”. Russia’s defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, who had not been seen for 12 days before a brief appearance on Friday and an address to his generals on Saturday, also spoke about the nuclear threat contained within Russia’s arsenal. In a video, uploaded on social media by the Russian defence ministry, Shoigu said he had discussed issues related to the military budget and defence orders with the finance ministry. He said: “We continue ahead-of-schedule delivery of weaponry and equipment by means of credits. The priorities are long-range, high-precision weapons, aircraft equipment and maintenance of engagement readiness of strategic nuclear forces.” Chernobyl nuclear disaster fears as Russians shell Ukrainian town where staff work The Rescue Express - the trains helping millions of Ukraine’s people reach safety - BBC News |
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Sweden Deploys Terror Jet to Belarus Border to Crush Putin & Deployed Hundreds of Troops Near Russia's Border To Deter Russian Aggression
-- Swedish Air Force jet deployed over Belarus border in threat to Putin Finland Joins The WAR to Stop Putin - Supplies Weapons to Ukraine Putin Wanted to Block Ukrainian NATO Membership. Now More Countries are Eager to Join EU Leaders Send a Message to China: Use Your Leverage to Stop Putin Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi said: “China is the most important country, they can be crucial in the peace process.” Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin said: “China is a major player and we have to make sure China is on the right side of history with this war.” The 27 EU leaders are discussing the possibility of imposing new sanctions on Russia. 26 Mar 2022 UK news https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/...d/AAVwqM5.jpeg © Getty Sweden The Scandinavian country is not a member of NATO, but could be ready to trade in its neutral status in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. News of Stockholm’s decision to send a jet was revealed by twitter. They wrote: “Swedish Air Force Korpen active over Poland border area with Belarus. “Sweden part of surveillance of Belarus and Ukraine!!! “This is a huge political statement!.” Sweden deploys 'terrible' jets to Belarus border to crush Putin Sweden Deployed Hundreds of Troops Near Russia's Border To Deter Russian Aggression... Sweden has redeploys its troops to the island of Gotland near Russia. The Scandinavian country has sent hundreds of troops to reinforce a crucial island in the Baltic Sea as its defense minister warned that Sweden should not be naive and could be attacked. An emergency contingency unit of Sweden’s armed forces landed on Gotland on Friday and Saturday by plane and passenger ferry, bringing troops and equipment to an island many have compared to an aircraft carrier in the middle of the Baltic Sea. The deployment comes amid rising jitters in Nordic and Baltic countries about Russia’s intentions on its border with Ukraine, and how that could spill over to neighboring countries. Swedish media noted at the weekend increased Russian naval activity in the Baltic Sea as troops were sent to Gotland. Vladimir Putin sends nuclear submarines into North Atlantic days after chilling threat |
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Putins' Plan to Split Ukraine Like Korea as Battle Rages For Moscow-Held Regions
Ukraine's head of military intelligence Kyrylo Budanov said despot Vladimir Putin was planning to carve-up his country to "create North and South Korea in Ukraine" Russia and Ukraine to Return to Negotiating Table - Zelenskiy Seeks Peace ‘Without Delay’ -----Ukraine ready to discuss neutral status Ukraine: UK Lawyer Appointed to Probe WAR Crime Claims BBC. 8MAR. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...A-CONFLICT.jpg Vladimir Putin wants to split Ukraine in two like North and South Korea, a military official has claimed. Ukraine 's head of military intelligence Kyrylo Budanov said the despot was planning to "create North and South Korea in Ukraine". Mr Budanov was referring to the carving-up of Korea into two separate states after World War Two. He predicted Russian forces will be pushed back with a new phase of military action that he called "Ukrainian guerilla safari". He said: "In addition, the season of a total Ukrainian guerrilla safari will soon begin. "Then there will be one relevant scenario left for the Russians, how to survive." Russia and Ukraine to Return to Negotiating Table - Zelenskiy Seeks Peace --Talks may start on Tuesday - Russian spokesman https://www.dreamteamdownloads1.com/...ABAAEAAAIBRAA7 https://www.dreamteamdownloads1.com/...ABAAEAAAIBRAA7 https://www.dreamteamdownloads1.com/...ABAAEAAAIBRAA7 https://www.dreamteamdownloads1.com/...ABAAEAAAIBRAA7 https://www.dreamteamdownloads1.com/...ABAAEAAAIBRAA7 https://www.dreamteamdownloads1.com/...ABAAEAAAIBRAA7 https://www.dreamteamdownloads1.com/...ABAAEAAAIBRAA7As we've been reporting, face-to-face talks between Ukraine and Russia are expected to take place this week. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has now said it's unlikely they will begin on Monday, but may start on Tuesday. He said the Russian delegation is leaving for Turkey, which will host the talks, on Monday. Face-to-face meetings "allow for conducting talks in a more focused, tighter and meaningful way," he said. "Regrettably, we cannot say there have been any significant achievements or breakthroughs so far," he added. UK Lawyer Appointed to Probe WAR Crime Claims The UK's attorney general has appointed a war crimes lawyer to advise Ukraine over the Russian invasion. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...m123914636.jpg https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...-Chernihiv.jpg Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accused of violating international law, including targeting civilians Suella Braverman said Sir Howard Morrison would become an independent adviser to Ukraine's chief prosecutor, Iryna Venediktova. Sir Howard served as a judge on the International Criminal Court in The Hague for more than 12 years. It comes as Russian forces continue to be accused of violating international law by targeting civilians. -- Could Putin be prosecuted for war crimes? ,,, Are Russia's attacks war crimes? Earlier this month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of committing war crimes after it launched air strikes in Kharkiv that hit an opera house, a concert hall and government offices. The ICC's chief prosecutor later said evidence was being collected on whether the Russian military had committed war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. But Russia is not a member of the ICC, so any Russian nationals indicted by the court would have to be extradited by the Kremlin. Asked by MPs in the House of Commons on Thursday about alternative ways of prosecuting war criminals other than the ICC, the attorney general said "all options are on the table", although she insisted the ICC was the UK's preferred option. "I will always defer and support my counterpart in Ukraine, the prosecutor general, in terms of my efforts to support her in terms of her choice of route for redress," she said. "But whilst we welcome the focus on accountability, we do believe that the ICC is the right place for those responsible for committing these atrocious crimes in Ukraine to be held accountable for their actions." Announcing Sir Howard's appointment, Ms Braverman said the UK was committed to "showing that the atrocities we see being committed day after day in Ukraine will not be forgotten". Ms Venediktova welcomed Sir Howard's help, saying his experience and knowledge of international criminal law "speaks louder than words". During his time as a judge, Sir Howard oversaw cases such as that of the Serbian war criminal, Radovan Karadzic. The attorney general's office said Ms Braverman was in regular communication with Ukraine's prosecutor general and they planned to meet in person next month. On a trip to The Hague last week, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab accused Mr Putin of responding in "ever more barbaric ways" in Ukraine and offered the ICC financial and technical help for prosecuting alleged war crimes in the country. Boris Johnson has used similar language, describing the Russian military under Mr Putin's orders of using "barbaric and indiscriminate" tactics. Russia denies targeting civilians and says it is carrying out a military operation against "neo-Nazis" in Ukraine. Ukraine poised to unleash deadly new weapon to rain hellfire on Putin's troops and tanks Russian military leader admits war has failed on live TV as Putin's grip on army unravels |
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Russia-Ukraine WAR: GCHQ Head Says Some Russian Soldiers Refusing to Carry 0ut 0rders ---Putin Misled Over Russian Military Performanc
--Top Russian colonel killed as Putin loses '17,000 troops' in Ukraine conflict -Putin advisers ‘afraid to tell him truth’ about Ukraine Humiliated Putin and High Command Flee to Bunkers Over Nuclear War Fears Russian sniper seen 'relaxing between kills' before being captured in Ukraine Ukrainian mum 'repeatedly raped' by drunken Russian troops as son sobbed nearby Freed Ukrainian Soldier Who Told Russian Warship 'Go F*** Yourself' Given Medal The Guardian UK 31 MAR 2022. Putin Advisers ‘Afraid to Tell Him Truth’ About Ukraine Error Says GCHQ head Sir Jeremy Fleming speech says Russia’s president miscalculated the scale of resistance The Russian defence ministry announced a local ceasefire on Thursday to allow civilians to be evacuated from Ukraine’s besieged port city of Mariupol, according to Agence France-Presse. A humanitarian corridor from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia, via the Russian-controlled port of Berdiansk, would be opened from 10am (7am GMT), the ministry said on Wednesday. Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has warned that Russia is massing its forces for a big offensive in the eastern region of Donbas. He said Ukraine was “prepared” for it and added that any Russian withdrawal of troops from around Kyiv had been forced by the fierce resistance of Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian Mum Repeatedly Raped' by Drunken Russian Troops as Son Sobbed Nearby The 33-year-old woman said that she was raped multiple times by two Russian soldiers who could barely stand while they held a gun to her head and threatened to kill her GCHQ Head Says Some Russian Soldiers Refusing to Carry 0ut 0rders https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/pr...pg?imwidth=640 Freed Ukrainian Soldier Who Told Russian Warship 'Go F*** Yourself' Given Medal https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...P_00701JPG.jpg Border guard Roman Hrybov's act of defiance on Snake Island where he told a Russian warship to "go f*** yourself" was shown around the world and it has become a symbol of Ukraine resistance... A Ukrainian border guard who refused to surrender to a Russian warship telling them to “go f*** yourself” has been given a medal for his services after being released in a prisoner exchange. Roman Hrybov was based on the tiny Snake Island in the Black Sea with 13 other soldiers when he refused to give up despite being outnumbered and being bombarded from sea and air by the Russians. On being told to put down their weapons, the response from Hrybov by radio that “Russian warship, go f*** yourself”, was broadcast around the world. Initially it was feared that the soldiers had died as the radio recording suddenly cut out but it was later revealed that some had survived and were taken prisoner. President Volodymyr Zelensky said at first that all the soldiers would be given posthumous medals. :clapper::clapper::clapper: GCHQ Chief Warns China Over 'Alignment' With Russia https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...m123957020.jpg China should not to become "too closely aligned" with Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, the head of UK cyber-intelligence GCHQ has warned. Sir Jeremy Fleming said China's long-term interests are not served by an alliance with Moscow. In a rare public address during a visit to Australia, Sir Jeremy also said Russia had "massively misjudged" the situation in Ukraine. He said Vladimir Putin's advisers are "afraid to tell him the truth". Sir Jeremy said China's aspirations to become a leading player on the global stage were "not well served by close alliance with a regime that wilfully and illegally ignores" international rules. The speech at the Australian National University in Canberra comes after Downing Street said Boris Johnson had a "frank and candid" discussion with China's President Xi Jinping last week. Sir Jeremy said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a clear "strategic choice" to align with China as it grows more powerful in opposition to the United States. He said the Kremlin regards China in the current crisis as a supplier of weapons, technology, and a potential market for its oil and gas. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...1127236267.jpg Jeremy Fleming, GCHQ Director |
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Russian Troops Leave Chernobyl - Russian Forces Regrouping For Attack - Nato
- - Russian troops occupying the former nuclear power plant at Chernobyl have left, the plant's staff say. Russia Redeploying Forces From Georgia, UK Says Germany Rejects Putin’s Gas Supply ‘Blackmail’ - - Russian forces in Ukraine are regrouping to double down on their attacks in the east of the country, according to Nato Russian Warplanes That Violated Swedish Airspace Were Armed With Nuclear Weapons BBC News 1APR 2022. Russian Troops Leave Chernobyl https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...nobylagain.jpg There have been concerns about safety at the former plant since the Russian occupation... According to Ukraine's state nuclear company Energoatom, staff at the plant said there are currently no "outsiders" at the site. Earlier, it said some Russian forces had set off towards the Belarusian border, leaving a small group behind. The announcement appears to confirm reports by senior US defence officials on Wednesday of a withdrawal. Russian troops seized Chernobyl at the beginning of their invasion of Ukraine. "This morning, the invaders announced their intentions to leave the Chernobyl nuclear power plant," Energoatom said in a statement. The company also confirmed reports that Russian troops had dug trenches in the most contaminated part of the Chernobyl exclusion zone, receiving "significant doses" of radiation. There are unconfirmed reports that some are being treated in Belarus. Reuters news agency quoted workers at the plant as saying some of the soldiers had no idea they were in a radiation zone. The Russian military, however, said that after capturing the plant radiation levels at the plant itself had stayed within a normal range. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a statement that it was unable to confirm the reports. Its director did, however, say it was in close consultations with Ukrainian authorities on sending a mission to the Chernobyl plant in the next few days. Analysis by Victoria Gill, Science Correspondent While "Chernobyl" is a word that evokes apocalypse, nuclear experts stressed throughout this saga that there was no risk of "another Chernobyl". There is no working nuclear reactor on the site. As Prof Claire Corkhill from Sheffield University told me at the time, even if buildings containing contaminated material were pierced "we wouldn't be talking about plumes of radioactive smoke". She was much more concerned when Russian forces attacked a building at the working Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility on 4 March. That incident caused the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to plan a trip to Ukraine - essentially to ask Russian forces to keep nuclear facilities out of the line of fire. "What is a concern in Chernobyl now," Prof Corkhill told me, "is that we haven't had regular communication between the site and the IAEA, which basically keeps a [safety log] of where any potentially hazardous material is. We now need to go in and establish that none of that material is missing." Other scientists are concerned about the damage that may have been caused to a place that has become a wildlife refuge and a site of international research collaboration. Prof Nick Beresford, who studies the exclusion zone's landscape, says his Ukrainian colleagues now don't know if they will have labs to return to. "The zone itself, over the last nearly 40 years, has become a site for wildlife," he added. "Lots of rare species moved in when people moved out. We just don't know how this will have affected the wildlife." In recent days Russia has said it will scale down its operations in northern Ukraine around the capital Kyiv and focus its forces on the eastern Donbas region. Chernobyl is located north of Kyiv. But on Thursday Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Moscow was repositioning rather than withdrawing in order to regroup, resupply and reinforce its offensive in Donbas. "At the same time, Russia maintains pressure on Kyiv and other cities. So we can expect additional offensive actions, bringing even more suffering," he said. There was no change in Russia's objective to pursue a military outcome, he added. The occupation of the Chernobyl site since 24 February, the day of the invasion, has been dogged with concerns about power outages and problems for the staff, many of whom were trapped there for weeks and could not get home. Although no longer a working power station, Chernobyl was never fully abandoned and still requires constant management. It is the site of what is considered to be the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986. The Russian withdrawal follows an announcement several days ago by the mayor of Slavutych, a nearby town housing workers at the plant, that Russian troops had left the town. Russia Redeploying Forces From Georgia https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...1388627449.jpg A man rides past a destroyed Russian tank in Trostyanets, north-east Ukraine... "Russia is trying to regroup, resupply and reinforce," Jens Stoltenberg said. The UK said Russia was bringing in between 1,200 and 2,000 troops from Georgia as reinforcements. Moscow said on Tuesday that it would reduce military activity in northern Ukraine and focus on "liberating" the Donbas region in the south-east. Mr Stoltenberg said Russia's aim of pursuing a military outcome had not changed. "We see continued shelling of cities and we see that Russia is re-positioning some of the troops, moving some of them around, most likely to reinforce their efforts in the Donbas region," he said. "At the same time, Russia maintains pressure on Kyiv and other cities. So we can expect additional offensive actions, bringing even more suffering." Echoing Mr Stoltenberg's remarks, the UK's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace warned that Russia's change in tactics was "not a retreat". The UK also said bringing in troops from Georgia had not been part of Moscow's original plan. "It is highly unlikely that Russia planned to generate reinforcements in this manner and it is indicative of the unexpected losses it has sustained during the invasion," the defence ministry tweeted. Around 20% of Russian troops around Kyiv have started to reposition, according to a US senior defence official. The official added that the Russians had largely abandoned Hostomel airport, outside of Kyiv, and are also moving away from the Chernobyl nuclear plant. But they said Russia was keeping the pressure on in the air, with air strikes continuing to fall on the cities of Kyiv and Chernihiv in the north. Bombs are also falling on towns and cities in the south, which is becoming the key battlefront, according to Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Vadym Denysenko, cited by Reuters news agency. On Thursday evening Ukraine's air force appealed for more support from Western countries, saying it was operating outdated equipment that was no match for Russia's more advanced systems, had sustained losses and urgently needed modern fighter jets and air defence systems. The air force urged provision of F-15 or F-16 fighter jets, which it said had the same advanced technology as the latest Russian fighter jets. Previous discussions had centred around Poland providing Russian-made Mig-29s but the plan was eventually dropped. It also called for the US Patriot or Norwegian Nasams missile systems. "Truth: Air superiority is the deciding factor in this war. Air superiority has played a key role in all wars since WWII," Ukraine's air force tweeted. Russia Concentrating Efforts in Donbas Map showing the Russian military advance into Ukraine from the east https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/c...p_640x2-nc.png Though UK intelligence reports say Russian troops have not made much progress in the east since the invasion began, Russia has said it will now concentrate its efforts on "liberating" the region. The region is home to the self-declared and Russian-backed people's republics of Luhansk and Donetsk, which are part of Ukraine but which Russia recognised as independent three days before invading. But Ukrainian troops have "stymied" and "frustrated" Russia's progress in the region, said the UK defence intelligence official. They added it remains to be seen whether the refitting and repositioning of troops will make a difference. But that this could mean the conflict is lengthy and more drawn out. Russian Warplanes That Violated Swedish Airspace Were Armed With Nuclear Weapons On March 2 early this month, two Russian planes flew over Swedish airspace reportedly carrying nuclear weapons in what has been suggested as an attempted act of intimidation by the Kremlin as its invasion flags https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...IA-UKRAINE.jpg Russian warplanes armed equipped with nuclear weapons violated Swedish airspace, according to reports. Two Russian planes flew over the country near Gotland, earlier this month, Swedish media have reported, in "a deliberate act of intimidation". On March 2, two Russian planes took off from the air base in Kaliningrad, escorted by two fighter jets. The four jets, two Sukhoi SU 27 and two Sukhoi SU 24's, then violated Swedish airspace over the Swedish Baltic Sea island of Gotland. According to TV4 Nyheter, the two planes carried nuclear weapons on board, something the pilots were in full knowledge of. The Swedish government later confirmed this as they summoned Russian officials over the act of aggression, demanding they answer for what happened. 'Putin has already lost' says head of British Army |
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Russian Troops Leave Chernobyl - Russian Forces Regrouping For Attack - Nato
- - Russian troops occupying the former nuclear power plant at Chernobyl have left, the plant's staff say. Russia Redeploying Forces From Georgia, UK Says Germany Rejects Putin’s Gas Supply ‘Blackmail’ - - Russian forces in Ukraine are regrouping to double down on their attacks in the east of the country, according to Nato Swedish Airspace Were Armed With Nuclear Weapons On 2 March early this month, two Russian planes flew over Swedish airspace reportedly carrying nuclear weapons in what has been suggested as an attempted act of intimidation by the Kremlin as its invasion flags BBC News 1APR 2022. Russian Troops Leave Chernobyl https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...nobylagain.jpg There have been concerns about safety at the former plant since the Russian occupation... According to Ukraine's state nuclear company Energoatom, staff at the plant said there are currently no "outsiders" at the site. Earlier, it said some Russian forces had set off towards the Belarusian border, leaving a small group behind. The announcement appears to confirm reports by senior US defence officials on Wednesday of a withdrawal. Russian troops seized Chernobyl at the beginning of their invasion of Ukraine. "This morning, the invaders announced their intentions to leave the Chernobyl nuclear power plant," Energoatom said in a statement. The company also confirmed reports that Russian troops had dug trenches in the most contaminated part of the Chernobyl exclusion zone, receiving "significant doses" of radiation. There are unconfirmed reports that some are being treated in Belarus. Reuters news agency quoted workers at the plant as saying some of the soldiers had no idea they were in a radiation zone. The Russian military, however, said that after capturing the plant radiation levels at the plant itself had stayed within a normal range. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a statement that it was unable to confirm the reports. Its director did, however, say it was in close consultations with Ukrainian authorities on sending a mission to the Chernobyl plant in the next few days. Analysis by Victoria Gill, Science Correspondent While "Chernobyl" is a word that evokes apocalypse, nuclear experts stressed throughout this saga that there was no risk of "another Chernobyl". There is no working nuclear reactor on the site. As Prof Claire Corkhill from Sheffield University told me at the time, even if buildings containing contaminated material were pierced "we wouldn't be talking about plumes of radioactive smoke". She was much more concerned when Russian forces attacked a building at the working Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility on 4 March. That incident caused the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to plan a trip to Ukraine - essentially to ask Russian forces to keep nuclear facilities out of the line of fire. "What is a concern in Chernobyl now," Prof Corkhill told me, "is that we haven't had regular communication between the site and the IAEA, which basically keeps a [safety log] of where any potentially hazardous material is. We now need to go in and establish that none of that material is missing." Other scientists are concerned about the damage that may have been caused to a place that has become a wildlife refuge and a site of international research collaboration. Prof Nick Beresford, who studies the exclusion zone's landscape, says his Ukrainian colleagues now don't know if they will have labs to return to. "The zone itself, over the last nearly 40 years, has become a site for wildlife," he added. "Lots of rare species moved in when people moved out. We just don't know how this will have affected the wildlife." In recent days Russia has said it will scale down its operations in northern Ukraine around the capital Kyiv and focus its forces on the eastern Donbas region. Chernobyl is located north of Kyiv. But on Thursday Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Moscow was repositioning rather than withdrawing in order to regroup, resupply and reinforce its offensive in Donbas. "At the same time, Russia maintains pressure on Kyiv and other cities. So we can expect additional offensive actions, bringing even more suffering," he said. There was no change in Russia's objective to pursue a military outcome, he added. The occupation of the Chernobyl site since 24 February, the day of the invasion, has been dogged with concerns about power outages and problems for the staff, many of whom were trapped there for weeks and could not get home. Although no longer a working power station, Chernobyl was never fully abandoned and still requires constant management. It is the site of what is considered to be the world's worst nuclear accident in 1986. The Russian withdrawal follows an announcement several days ago by the mayor of Slavutych, a nearby town housing workers at the plant, that Russian troops had left the town. Russia Redeploying Forces From Georgia https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...1388627449.jpg A man rides past a destroyed Russian tank in Trostyanets, north-east Ukraine... "Russia is trying to regroup, resupply and reinforce," Jens Stoltenberg said. The UK said Russia was bringing in between 1,200 and 2,000 troops from Georgia as reinforcements. Moscow said on Tuesday that it would reduce military activity in northern Ukraine and focus on "liberating" the Donbas region in the south-east. Mr Stoltenberg said Russia's aim of pursuing a military outcome had not changed. "We see continued shelling of cities and we see that Russia is re-positioning some of the troops, moving some of them around, most likely to reinforce their efforts in the Donbas region," he said. "At the same time, Russia maintains pressure on Kyiv and other cities. So we can expect additional offensive actions, bringing even more suffering." Echoing Mr Stoltenberg's remarks, the UK's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace warned that Russia's change in tactics was "not a retreat". The UK also said bringing in troops from Georgia had not been part of Moscow's original plan. "It is highly unlikely that Russia planned to generate reinforcements in this manner and it is indicative of the unexpected losses it has sustained during the invasion," the defence ministry tweeted. Around 20% of Russian troops around Kyiv have started to reposition, according to a US senior defence official. The official added that the Russians had largely abandoned Hostomel airport, outside of Kyiv, and are also moving away from the Chernobyl nuclear plant. But they said Russia was keeping the pressure on in the air, with air strikes continuing to fall on the cities of Kyiv and Chernihiv in the north. Bombs are also falling on towns and cities in the south, which is becoming the key battlefront, according to Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Vadym Denysenko, cited by Reuters news agency. On Thursday evening Ukraine's air force appealed for more support from Western countries, saying it was operating outdated equipment that was no match for Russia's more advanced systems, had sustained losses and urgently needed modern fighter jets and air defence systems. The air force urged provision of F-15 or F-16 fighter jets, which it said had the same advanced technology as the latest Russian fighter jets. Previous discussions had centred around Poland providing Russian-made Mig-29s but the plan was eventually dropped. It also called for the US Patriot or Norwegian Nasams missile systems. "Truth: Air superiority is the deciding factor in this war. Air superiority has played a key role in all wars since WWII," Ukraine's air force tweeted. Russia Concentrating Efforts in Donbas Map showing the Russian military advance into Ukraine from the east https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/c...p_640x2-nc.png Though UK intelligence reports say Russian troops have not made much progress in the east since the invasion began, Russia has said it will now concentrate its efforts on "liberating" the region. The region is home to the self-declared and Russian-backed people's republics of Luhansk and Donetsk, which are part of Ukraine but which Russia recognised as independent three days before invading. But Ukrainian troops have "stymied" and "frustrated" Russia's progress in the region, said the UK defence intelligence official. They added it remains to be seen whether the refitting and repositioning of troops will make a difference. But that this could mean the conflict is lengthy and more drawn out. Russian Warplanes That Violated Swedish Airspace Were Armed With Nuclear Weapons On March 2 early this month, two Russian planes flew over Swedish airspace reportedly carrying nuclear weapons in what has been suggested as an attempted act of intimidation by the Kremlin as its invasion flags https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...IA-UKRAINE.jpg Russian warplanes armed equipped with nuclear weapons violated Swedish airspace, according to reports. Two Russian planes flew over the country near Gotland, earlier this month, Swedish media have reported, in "a deliberate act of intimidation". On March 2, two Russian planes took off from the air base in Kaliningrad, escorted by two fighter jets. The four jets, two Sukhoi SU 27 and two Sukhoi SU 24's, then violated Swedish airspace over the Swedish Baltic Sea island of Gotland. According to TV4 Nyheter, the two planes carried nuclear weapons on board, something the pilots were in full knowledge of. The Swedish government later confirmed this as they summoned Russian officials over the act of aggression, demanding they answer for what happened. |
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Brit High Velocity Missile Rips in Half Russian Helicopter
A British Starstreak high velocity anti-air missile has brought down its first Russian helicopter with footage showing the aircraft split in two, it is reported Daily Mirror 2 APR 2022 https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...of-Ukraine.jpg https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...-of-Russia.jpg A Russian helicopter has been shot down by an ultra modern British missile in its first use after being supplied to the Ukraine army. Footage shows Starstreak, a high-velocity portable anti-air missile, hitting the helicopter and ripping it in half over the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, it is reported. The Starstreak is the UK’s most advanced manned portable missile system and hits targets with three kinetic darts. A video showing the tail of a Mi-28N helicopter being snapped off has been verified, reported The Times, with a Ministry of Defence source saying it showed a Starstreak in action in Ukraine. The source also said that the anti-air missile system has been used in Ukraine for almost a week. https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.D...=0&w=185&h=159 The Starstreak missile has been provided to Ukraine forces by the British Vladimir Putins’ negotiators have said this week that Russian forces would ease back from attacks on Kyiv and northern Ukraine although shelling has continued and there is a fear that they are simply regrouping. It comes as Ukraine has managed to retake some territory taken from the Russians especially around Kyiv. Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said in a video address that the military situation in the east remained extremely difficult and Russia was preparing for new strikes in the Donbas region and the city of Kharkiv. He added that Russian troops in the north of the country were pulling back, slowly but noticeably. The helicopter was shot down in the Luhansk region of Ukraine Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the UK's defence secretary, Ben Wallace, said Starstreak missiles would be sent to help protect the country. In a statement to MPs, he said: "In response to a Ukrainian request, the Government has taken the decision to explore the donation of Starstreak high-velocity manned portable anti-air missiles. "We believe that this system will remain within the definition of defensive weapons but will allow the Ukrainian force to better defend their skies. "We shall also be increasing the supplies of rations, medical equipment and other non-lethal military aid." https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...of-Ukraine.jpg The Starstreak missile has been used in Ukraine for almost a week, it is reported SAS - SILENT BUT DEADLY,,, https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com...1313443362.jpg Ukraine Receives 6,000 Fastest Starstreak Anti-Aircraft Missiles in the World and 4,000 NLAW From UK British Starstreak missile system arrives in Ukraine, ready to be used British Starstreak missile shoots down first Russian helicopter in Ukraine |
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Horror at Mass Killings' in Ukraine as Men Slaughtered With Bodies Littering Streets
'They were executed': Ukrainian officials call Russian actions war crimes As Russian forces withdraw from the areas around the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, some of the horrors of what they have done are being revealed with bodies being discovered littering the streets of towns 3 Apr 2022 Guardian News WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES: https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...A-CONFLICT.jpg Ukrainian officials allege that Russian troops have committed war crimes as they retreat from previously occupied areas such as Bucha, Hostomel and Irpin Horrifying details are emerging of mass killings and men being slaughtered in the street, in the previously Russian occupied areas around Kyiv. As the Kremlin’s forces pull out of towns and villages around Kyiv, Ukraine ’s forces and journalists from the west are able to step foot back in them for the first time since they were taken early in the invasion. However, they have been greeted with horror scenes of dead bodies littering the streets. At least 280 people were found dead in the village of Bucha, after Russian forces left the settlement. An AFP reporter in the village counted dozens of bodies and one man whose hands were tied. Their bodies littered the streets, greeting those who entered the village. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...ed-by-Russ.jpg A Ukrainian soldier walks past the body of a civilian, who according to residents was killed by Russian army soldiers, as it lies on the street, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Bucha Dead bodies litter the streets of Bucha In the recaptured town of Bucha, reached by news agency Reuters, the sprawled remains of more than a dozen bodies lined one road. A mass grave in the grounds of a church was still open, with hands and feet poking through the red clay heaped on top. Bucha's mayor, Anatoliy Fedoruk, said more than 300 residents had been killed. British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said she was appalled by atrocities in Bucha and voiced support for the International Criminal Court's inquiry into potential war crimes in Ukraine. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba accused Russia on Sunday of carrying out a deliberate "massacre" in the town and called on the G7 to impose "devastating" new sanctions on Moscow. "We are still gathering and looking for bodies, but the number has already gone into the hundreds. Dead bodies lie on the streets. They killed civilians while staying there and when they were leaving these villages and towns," his ministry quoted him as saying on Twitter. Russia denies targeting civilians and rejects war crimes allegations. The photos show the widespread destruction and horrific actions of the Russian armies amidst fears this is only the beginning. A video believed to be of one such village shows Ukrainian troops having to slalom their trucks down the streets to avoid all the dead bodies that lay there. The haunting images show a significant number of dead, cast across the street and at the road side with no one to move their bodies. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...A-CONFLICT.jpg EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / A dead body lies on the ground in a street in Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, as Ukraine says Russian forces are making a "rapid retreat" from northern areas around Kyiv and the city of Chernigiv, on April 2, 2022. - The bodies of at least 20 men in civilian clothes were found lying in a single street Saturday after Ukrainian forces retook the town of Bucha near Kyiv from Russian troops, AFP journalists said. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...A-CONFLICT.jpg Russian forces withdrew from several towns near Kyiv in recent days after Moscow's bid to encircle the capital failed, with Ukraine declaring that Bucha had been "liberated". https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...S262430531.jpg As Russia pulls its troops out of occupied towns, the truth about their actions is being slowly revealed The video ends with two more bodies, of two people who died together. More horrifying reports are coming from the liberated regions around Kyiv and in Kyiv Oblast. Anastasiia Lapatina, a Ukrainian journalist, said: “Russians are shooting civilians after tying their hands behind their backs. Ukraine: Dozens of Bodies Buried in Mass Grave in Mariupol |
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M0RE EVIDENCE -- TORTURE BUNKERS
International condemnation of Russian 'war crimes' is growing 3 Apr 2022 Sky News Images have emerged of Ukrainian civilians lying dead on the streets of Bucha, with residents saying the victims were killed by Russian soldiers without any apparent provocation. Russia has denied committing the atrocities and described the footage as a "staged performance". The UK has joined the United States, France and Germany to call for an international investigation. Sky's Defence and Security Editor Deborah Haynes visited Bucha - a warning her report contains images of dead bodies throughout. |
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Chilling Satellite Images Show Mass Graves in Ukraine Amid Civilian Slaughter
Pictures show the grave site with an approximately 45-foot long trench in the southwestern section of the area near the Church of St. Andrew and Pyervozvannoho All Saints in Bucha Daily Mirror 4 APR 2022 https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...All-Saints.jpg Chilling satellite images show mass graves in a Ukrainian town as outrage spreads over brutal deaths of civilians. Pictures show the grave site with an approximately 45-foot long trench in the southwestern section of the area near the Church of St. Andrew and Pyervozvannoho All Saints in Bucha. Global outrage spread on Monday over civilian deaths in Ukraine including evidence of bound bodies shot at close range and a mass grave found in areas retaken from Russian troops, as artillery bombarded the country's south and east. Taras Shapravskyi, deputy mayor of Bucha, a town around 40km northwest of Kyiv, said 50 of some 300 bodies found after the Kremlin's forces withdrew late last week were the victims of extra-judicial killings carried out by Russian troops. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...e-in-Bucha.jpg Chilling satellite images in Bucha Reuters reporters saw one man sprawled by the roadside, his hands tied behind his back and a bullet wound to his head, though the agency could not independently verify those figures or who was responsible for the killings. Ukrainian authorities were investigating possible war crimes as Moscow said killings were "staged" to sully Russia's name. Pictures of the destruction and apparent killings of civilians sparked shock and condemnation and looked set to galvanise the United States and Europe into fresh sanctions against Moscow. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...All-Saints.jpg This image was captured on March 31 But it was not clear how quickly a new package could come together or if it would include Russian energy exports. The atrocities were also set to overshadow peace talks between Russia and Ukraine due to restart by video link on Monday. Asked whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would be held accountable for the civilian killings , Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said others also shared the blame. "I think all the military commanders, everyone who gave instructions and orders should be punished," he told CBS' "Face the Nation" news program. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...3-Apr-2022.jpg Russian troops are accused of barbaric war crimes in areas they controlled in Ukraine United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an independent investigation. "Putin and his supporters will feel the consequences," said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, adding that Western allies wouldagree on further sanctions in the coming days. Germany's Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said the European Union must discuss banning the import of Russian gas - a departure from Berlin's prior resistance to that idea. French President Emmanuel Macron said there were very "clear clues pointing to war crimes" by Russian forces and that new sanctions was needed, and Japan said it would consult with allies on that issue. Macron said new sanctions should include oil and coal. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...due-to-war.jpg The wreckage of vehicles is seen amid the destruction at the military airport in the town of Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv |
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Chilling Satellite Images Show Mass Graves in Ukraine Amid Civilian Slaughter
Pictures show the grave site with an approximately 45-foot long trench in the southwestern section of the area near the Church of St. Andrew and Pyervozvannoho All Saints in Bucha Hunt for Butchers of Bucha after 'women and children raped and shot by Russians' Daily Mirror 4 APR 2022 https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...All-Saints.jpg Chilling satellite images show mass graves in a Ukrainian town as outrage spreads over brutal deaths of civilians. Pictures show the grave site with an approximately 45-foot long trench in the southwestern section of the area near the Church of St. Andrew and Pyervozvannoho All Saints in Bucha. Global outrage spread on Monday over civilian deaths in Ukraine including evidence of bound bodies shot at close range and a mass grave found in areas retaken from Russian troops, as artillery bombarded the country's south and east. Taras Shapravskyi, deputy mayor of Bucha, a town around 40km northwest of Kyiv, said 50 of some 300 bodies found after the Kremlin's forces withdrew late last week were the victims of extra-judicial killings carried out by Russian troops. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...e-in-Bucha.jpg Chilling satellite images in Bucha Reuters reporters saw one man sprawled by the roadside, his hands tied behind his back and a bullet wound to his head, though the agency could not independently verify those figures or who was responsible for the killings. Ukrainian authorities were investigating possible war crimes as Moscow said killings were "staged" to sully Russia's name. Pictures of the destruction and apparent killings of civilians sparked shock and condemnation and looked set to galvanise the United States and Europe into fresh sanctions against Moscow. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...All-Saints.jpg This image was captured on March 31 But it was not clear how quickly a new package could come together or if it would include Russian energy exports. The atrocities were also set to overshadow peace talks between Russia and Ukraine due to restart by video link on Monday. Asked whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would be held accountable for the civilian killings , Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said others also shared the blame. "I think all the military commanders, everyone who gave instructions and orders should be punished," he told CBS' "Face the Nation" news program. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...3-Apr-2022.jpg Russian troops are accused of barbaric war crimes in areas they controlled in Ukraine United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an independent investigation. "Putin and his supporters will feel the consequences," said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, adding that Western allies wouldagree on further sanctions in the coming days. Germany's Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said the European Union must discuss banning the import of Russian gas - a departure from Berlin's prior resistance to that idea. French President Emmanuel Macron said there were very "clear clues pointing to war crimes" by Russian forces and that new sanctions was needed, and Japan said it would consult with allies on that issue. Macron said new sanctions should include oil and coal. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...due-to-war.jpg The wreckage of vehicles is seen amid the destruction at the military airport in the town of Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv |
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Suspected Butcher of Bucha Commander Who Led Russian Forces in Massacred Town
--Ukraine Civilians Had Tongues Cut Out by Russian Troops, Zelensky Tells UN WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Lt Colonel Azatbek Omurbekov leads the 64th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade which occupied the Kyiv region where troops are accused of massacring the local population, it is alleged The Rescue Mission to Evacuate Sick Ukrainian Children From Russian Bombs Red Cross Aid Convoys Held Up by Russia Forces Outside Mariupol A Red Cross aid convoy has been trying to reach the besieged eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol but have been held up by Russian forces. BBC News 5 Apr 2022 https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...2west-news.jpg The Russian commander behind the atrocities in Bucha has been named. Lieutenant Colonel Azatbek Omurbekov is suspected to be the commander of Russian operations in Bucha It comes as "mounting evidence" of war crimes committed by Russian forces in the city near capital Kyiv will be discussed by a United Nations Security Council today. The Ukrainian President - who was seen holding back tears as he visited the aftermath on Monday - will address the council, which is pushing to ensure "justice is done". Volodymyr Zelensky surveyed the alleged atrocities near capital Kyiv, describing the discovery of raped women and murdered children among the dead. He was accompanied by defending servicemen after invading troops had retreated from the area. US President Joe Biden called for Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to face a war crimes trial, adding he is now seeking further sanctions against Russia. "This guy is brutal and what's happening in Bucha is outrageous and everyone's seen it," he said in an impassioned speech last night. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...t-in-Bucha.jpg A satellite image shows Yablonska Street in the aftermath of the massacre Ukrainian officials have vowed to hunt down the "butchers of Bucha" after hundreds of dead civilians were discovered. Kyiv intelligence sources have named Lt Colonel Azatbek Omurbekov - who leads the 64th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade which occupied the region - as the commander in the area. Growing evidence points to barbarism in Bucha with local women and children raped and shot and demands are growing for accountability over atrocities by Vladimir Putin's forces. Zelensky has warned that worse evidence of mass killings of civilians by Moscow will emerge as the Russian president repositions his troops to the south-east. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...A-CONFLICT.jpg President Volodymyr Zelensky (front) walks in the town of Bucha It will be his first address to the Security Council, whose presidency is held by the UK, with members including Russia and China. The Ukrainian leader accused Moscow of committing "real genocide", as he appeared visibly emotional, flanked by his soldiers and wearing a bullet-proof vest. Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of the office of the President of Ukraine, said Mr Zelensky "will give all the evidence" to the international community at the Security Council meeting. "If these awful atrocities will not change the agenda of all the world, what will change?" the adviser asked on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Mr Zhovkva said Ukraine needs "additional weapons", including tanks and missiles, to "liberate more cities" from Russia control. Dame Barbara Woodward, Britain's UN ambassador, called images coming from Bucha "harrowing, appalling, probable evidence of war crimes and possibly a genocide". She cited hundreds of bodies being dumped in the streets or in mass graves and allegations of rape. Ukrainian reporter Evgeny Spirin said: “Some of the killed children had their arms tied up. Children….They were tying up children. There were shot dogs." https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...3-Apr-2022.jpg Wreckage of war in the streets of Ukraine He added: “Irpen, Bucha, Dmitrievka. How to live with this, and is it worth living at all? How do I explain this to myself, how? “They must cease to exist. They must all be destroyed, each and every one of them, turned into dust, into mud, into clay, all of them.” Ukrainian activists and web sleuths have identified the presence of Omurbekov’s forces - which are normally based in the far east of Russia - and a number of other Russian military units. https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incomin...All-Saints.jpg A mass grave site in Bucha, Ukraine Tortured and murdered civilians: how Russia’s occupiers have taken Kyiv region residents' lives away The rescue mission to evacuate sick Ukrainian children from Russian bombs - BBC News Red Cross Aid Convoys Held Up by Russia Forces |
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Russian ‘Barbarians’ Target Wastern Ukraine as Ukraine Veterans Prepare For Battle in Occupied Luhansk
STOP Being Spooked by PUTIN-He WONT STOP at Ukraine -NATO Must Step Up --- MP Tobias Ellwood -Chair UK Defence Committee RAGES at NATO to step up to save Ukrainians & 'vital' port of Odesa ---NATO must step up to save the "vital" grain export port of Odesa as the Russian onslaught on Ukraine continues, Tobias Ellwood insisted. Russia Will Regard Weak Sanctions as Permission to Attack', says Zelenskiy BBC News 7 APR 2022. Ukraine Veterans Prepare For Battle in Occupied Luhansk ---The sound of Russian artillery grew louder as we drove to a Ukrainian frontline position in Luhansk. The rumble of shelling interspersed with the occasional burst of small arms fire. We were within 500 metres of the Russian positions. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...1005_roman.jpg Roman says his troops are ready for a fight with regrouping Russian soldiers https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...i074199139.jpg https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...7f72ceed2f.jpg A maze of trenches makes the front line feel like something from the First World War https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...i074916489.jpg Anatoly, a 52-year-old soldier, peered through a periscope from his trench to view the Russian positions. He told me "I see the Russians, they look like me". https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cp...i074480972.jpg Western nations have supplied Ukraine with over 17,000 javelin... This may be a conflict in the 21st century but, at times, with its maze of trenches, it feels more like something from the First World War. Russia's military offensive in eastern Ukraine is already intensifying. You can see it in the long queues of traffic driving west towards relative safety; you can feel it in the deserted streets as you drive through the towns and cities of the Donbas; and you can hear it with the increasing sound of Russian artillery. Russia is redeploying more of its forces from northern to eastern Ukraine. The objective is to step up the battle in the Luhansk and Donetsk - parts of which were already controlled by Russian backed separatists. Russia will take advantage of its shorter supply lines - something which proved a problem in its failed offensive on the capital Kiev. Russia and its proxies now control around 90% of Luhansk and more than half of Donetsk - the old industrial heartlands of Ukraine. There is smoke rising across a landscape already scarred by mining and factories. Ukrainian forces have been fighting a war here for the past eight years. Their units include some of the country's most battle hardened troops. Western officials say Ukrainian forces stationed in the Donbas are the best trained and equipped units. As the Russian offensive pushes from the north, east and south there is a real danger they may soon be encircled and cut off. Ukraine has already lost ground to Russia. But they are digging in for the fight. As we travelled east towards the frontline we saw new defensive positions and trenches being dug. But he was ready to hold the line. He said "if they try to take our position, I will kill them. If I don't kill them, they will kill me. It's the rules of war." ---Donbas: Ukraine tells residents in the east to evacuate Maps: Tracking the Russian invasion https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/c...4_640x2-nc.png https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/c...p_640x2-nc.png Most of the men we talked to believed that their well-prepared trenches and defences will give them the upper hand against the invaders. Andrej, a 27-year-old soldier, was kept company in his gloomy dug out by his pet dog Lucifer. He told me "we have good weapons and good fortifications and if Russia attacks us here they will lose". The troops say they've been supplied with western weapons such as javelin anti-tank missiles. They were grateful, but were hoping for more. Andrej said that President Putin is a "psycho" but he added that his dead Russian soldiers would be good fertiliser for the soil. The troops looked weary from the fighting, but all said morale was high. Roman, a deputy commander, had spent four years studying psychology at Lviv University. As well as fighting he was able to offer his men mental health support. But he said "usually people don't need my help. They have a good motivation for fighting for their family, friends and home, unlike the Russians", who he dismissively described as "zombies". The Ukrainian troops are all well aware that Russia is redeploying more forces to the east. They know that worse is to come. But Roman believes that Ukraine's forces are more tactically astute. He said that Russia's military doctrine had not progressed since World War Two, relying on artillery. That Russian artillery though is already forcing tens of thousands of people to leave their homes. STOP Being Spooked by PUTIN-He WONT STOP at Ukraine -NATO Must Step Up.... NATO must step up to save the "vital" grain export port of Odesa as the Russian onslaught on Ukraine continues, Tobias Ellwood insisted.... https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.j...=0&w=272&h=153 Tobias Ellwood says the west needs to not be ‘spooked’ by Russia The chair of the Defence Select Committee told Western leaders to stop being "spooked" by Vladimir Putin, as the Russian President has threatened retaliation for any action he feels is a threat from Western nations. Peace talks are ongoing but the civilian massacre of Bucha in Ukraine has caused outright condemnation for alleged war crimes committed by Russian troops. Tobias Ellwood then went on to explain how important it was for NATO to get involved and control the port of Odesa, so exports can continue. Russia Ukraine conflict: Mass graves discovered amid new claims of war crimes on eastern border... & MP Tobias Ellwood -Chair UK Defence Committee WARNING |
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