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❗️Russia knocks out broadcast of Ukrainian TV channels with precision strikes on telecommunications infrastructure. (Video from Kiev)
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❗️Ukraine threatens Belarus with a preemptive missile strike.
"If necessary, and a decision is made by the Commander-in-Chief to do this, it will be accepted," said Alexei Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council.
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"If necessary, and a decision is made by the Commander-in-Chief to do this, it will be accepted," said Alexei Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council.
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🗺 Here is a map which highlights progressive gains by Russian forces in Ukraine since the start of the "special military operation".
All maps which purport to show the state of the conflict should be treated with skepticism.
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All maps which purport to show the state of the conflict should be treated with skepticism.
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The New York Times has put out a map where Ukrainians fleeing to the West are labelled "refugees" and people fleeing from Donetsk and Luhansk towards Russia are labelled "migrants."
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Spotted in Washington DC: reportedly a recruitment flyer for the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces. The QR code links to a pdf document where applicants are asked to provide personal information.
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No evidence to suggest that Russia is targeting civilians in Ukraine, says military expert Bill Roggio:
On Russia's attacks on civilians inside cities. This will be controversial, but here it is. I will use Kharkiv as the baseline. Short answer is so far this isn't a concerted effort to inflict mass casualties. To be clear, civilians have been killed. Here is what I am seeing.
First, the UN estimates 136 civilians killed in the first 6 days of fighting. Given that Russia has launched offensives on 5 fronts, and fighting has been ongoing for 6 days, this is not evidence of mass killing, but the opposite. The numbers would be low if tripled.
The Russian military certainly has the ability to punish the cities that have been bypassed and refuse to surrender. RUSMIL has no shortage of artillery. If RUSMIL was conducting a campaign of vengeance, the number of civilians killed would easily be in the thousands.
We would most certainly be seeing videos of rolling Russian artillery and rocket fire, and leveled cities. What we have seen are scattered instances of Russian strikes. Take Kharkiv, for instance.
In Kharkiv it is estimated that 26 people have been killed in a series of strikes since the war began. If Russia was intentionally targeting civilians in the city, we should expect scores if not hundreds of casualties a day.
I don't pretend to know what the targets of the strikes in Kharkiv are. Perhaps these are errant/inaccurate strikes, or misidentified targets, or perhaps strikes designed to strike fear in civilians of what may be coming if the city/government doesn't surrender.
This all can change in a heartbeat. If Russia feels that it needs to escalate attacks against civilians in an effort to break their will, I have no doubt that Putin will order it.
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On Russia's attacks on civilians inside cities. This will be controversial, but here it is. I will use Kharkiv as the baseline. Short answer is so far this isn't a concerted effort to inflict mass casualties. To be clear, civilians have been killed. Here is what I am seeing.
First, the UN estimates 136 civilians killed in the first 6 days of fighting. Given that Russia has launched offensives on 5 fronts, and fighting has been ongoing for 6 days, this is not evidence of mass killing, but the opposite. The numbers would be low if tripled.
The Russian military certainly has the ability to punish the cities that have been bypassed and refuse to surrender. RUSMIL has no shortage of artillery. If RUSMIL was conducting a campaign of vengeance, the number of civilians killed would easily be in the thousands.
We would most certainly be seeing videos of rolling Russian artillery and rocket fire, and leveled cities. What we have seen are scattered instances of Russian strikes. Take Kharkiv, for instance.
In Kharkiv it is estimated that 26 people have been killed in a series of strikes since the war began. If Russia was intentionally targeting civilians in the city, we should expect scores if not hundreds of casualties a day.
I don't pretend to know what the targets of the strikes in Kharkiv are. Perhaps these are errant/inaccurate strikes, or misidentified targets, or perhaps strikes designed to strike fear in civilians of what may be coming if the city/government doesn't surrender.
This all can change in a heartbeat. If Russia feels that it needs to escalate attacks against civilians in an effort to break their will, I have no doubt that Putin will order it.
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Reports surface of African and Indian students being insulted and kicked off an evacuation train bound for Western Ukraine.
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❗️Putin tells Modi that Ukrainian security forces are preventing Indian students in Kharkiv from leaving the city and essentially using them as a human shield.
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Russian Ministry of Defense provides its first casualties report since the start of the military operation in Ukraine:
— 498 Russia troops killed, 1597 injured.
— 2,870 Ukrainian troops killed, 3,700 injured, 572 taken prisoner.
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— 498 Russia troops killed, 1597 injured.
— 2,870 Ukrainian troops killed, 3,700 injured, 572 taken prisoner.
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Ukraine's special operations command issued a warning to Russian soldiers that they will be "slaughtered like pigs" without the option of surrendering.
As was noted by Fox News producer Joe Shikhman — that is public admission of a war crime.
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As was noted by Fox News producer Joe Shikhman — that is public admission of a war crime.
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❗️Zelensky replaces civilian governor of Odessa with Maxym Marchenko, ex-commander of the far-right Aidar Battalion, subject of an Amnesty war crimes report in 2014.
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“We are tracking a massive campaign by Neo-Nazis to bring foreign fighters to Ukraine. North Americans & Europeans coordinating meetups, carpools, and border-crossing--largely to Ukraine's Azov Battalion.”
— Rita Katz
Director of CITE Intelligence Group
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— Rita Katz
Director of CITE Intelligence Group
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“American media has spent years warning about neo-Nazi extremists in the US but says almost nothing about Ukraine’s problem in that area which is much, much more flagrant.”
— Max Abrahms
Associate Professor,
Northeastern University
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Associate Professor,
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Chechen special forces have reportedly captured a major military base, causing over 2500 Ukrainian troops to flee, leaving behind massive stockpiles of ammunition, tanks, and armored vehicles.
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❗️Second round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks gets underway in Belarus.
Unlike in the first round two days ago, this time delegations can be seen shaking hands.
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Unlike in the first round two days ago, this time delegations can be seen shaking hands.
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