Ukraine Invasion: Part 38

[MagicFox]

🇺🇦 38th thread for information sharing, solidarity and community 🇺🇦

[Igotjelly]

Zelensky meeting Xi according to the Guardian.

[MagicFox]

@Igotjelly

Zelensky meeting Xi according to the Guardian.

Oh wow, I didn't expect that. That is heartening

[Greenshake]

@Igotjelly

Zelensky meeting Xi according to the Guardian.

Wow really? That is a huge step if true!

[Igotjelly]

From the Guardian.

[katem98]

@Igotjelly

From the Guardian.

Sky News also reporting this, seems huge really if true.

[Greenshake]

I would like a Chinese acknowledgment of this

[AskingQuestionsAllTheTime]

@Greenshake

I would like a Chinese acknowledgment of this

Yes, because Zelenskyy can plan it like anything but unless Xi plans it too it won't do any good.

[Natsku]

Yeah that just sounds like he's saying he intends on meeting with Xi, not that any meeting has been agreed. Would be good if one would be though.

[Surplus2requirements]

Apologies if this has been posted and I missed it but I found such a simple level of honesty very moving.

Latvian delegate at the UN Security meeting

m.youtube.com/watch?v=kYbQ0-If6OA&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.landyzone.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title

[blueshoes]

@Surplus2requirements

Apologies if this has been posted and I missed it but I found such a simple level of honesty very moving.

Latvian delegate at the UN Security meeting

m.youtube.com/watch?v=kYbQ0-If6OA&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.landyzone.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title

👏👏👏

[Igotjelly]

@Surplus2requirements

Apologies if this has been posted and I missed it but I found such a simple level of honesty very moving.

Latvian delegate at the UN Security meeting

m.youtube.com/watch?v=kYbQ0-If6OA&embeds_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.landyzone.co.uk%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title

Saw that earlier. Good for him calling out the bullshit.

Also saw that the Russian representative at the Security Council interrupted the minute silence 🤬

[notimagain]

Very long read from Politico - “A first-ever oral history of how top U.S. and Western officials saw the warning signs of a European land war, their frantic attempts to stop it — and the moment Putin actually crossed the border.”


www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/02/24/russia-ukraine-war-oral-history-00083757

[Surplus2requirements]

@Igotjelly

Saw that earlier. Good for him calling out the bullshit.

Also saw that the Russian representative at the Security Council interrupted the minute silence 🤬

That's so shocking, he couldn't stay silent even for his own dead?? It's beneath contempt.

[MMBaranova]

What a year. What a waste.

[MissConductUS]

@notimagain

Very long read from Politico - “A first-ever oral history of how top U.S. and Western officials saw the warning signs of a European land war, their frantic attempts to stop it — and the moment Putin actually crossed the border.”


www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/02/24/russia-ukraine-war-oral-history-00083757

Fascinating. We have always watched the Russian order of battle very closely.

[DrBlackbird]

@MMBaranova

What a year. What a waste.

That’s what I was thinking too. All those lives lost. Families torn apart. Cities razed to the ground. For what? One ageing man’s clumsy and insane grasp at being written into Russian history books?

[Mb76]

@DrBlackbird

That’s what I was thinking too. All those lives lost. Families torn apart. Cities razed to the ground. For what? One ageing man’s clumsy and insane grasp at being written into Russian history books?

Quite …

[MMBaranova]

24th February 2022 goes on the list of days that change life in one way or another. 23rd March 2020 was the one prior to that when I would have been in Spain, but wasn't because I had recently had coronavirus (early adopter for sure) and was not really back on my feet. England lockdown announced. I wasn't going anywhere.

Then a year ago having recently planned a summer trip to Ukraine I found that Putin was staging a regime decapitation in Kyiv, which wasn't. It instead became an invasion dash and after that a traffic jam. And then through various twists and turns, here we are.

I have kept in touch with relatives and passed on some things here to try to give some perspective. Many things I haven't because they are mundane, private or too awful. In late February 2022 I hadn't imagined that those far from the fighting would live with the threat of terror attacks from the skies.

Here's to hoping for a just end to the terror and the fighting in 2023. Who knows though?

[Greenshake]

What do we make of Lukashenko going to China next week?

[ReleaseTheDucksOfWar]

sorry to butt in with the long info posts @greenshake, that's an interesting question. Hope it doesn't get lost. Just got the time at the moment so ill go ahead with the posts.

www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-24-2023

Key Takeaways

The Kremlin did not comment on the first anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, likely because Russia has failed to achieve any of its stated objectives and has not made significant territorial gains since July 2022.

A Russian source capitalized on China's release of a 12-point peace plan to inaccurately portray China as supporting Russia's war in Ukraine.

US intelligence reportedly continues to assess that China is seriously considering sending lethal aid to Russia amid continued pressure from Western sanctions regimes on Russia's defense industrial base.

Western governments made a variety of statements on the provision of military aid to Ukraine on February 24.

The Kremlin escalated its information condition-setting for a possible false-flag operation in occupied Transnistria, Moldova.

Russian forces continued to conduct ground attacks northwest of Svatove and near Kreminna.

Russian sources confirmed that Russian forces have split certain Airborne (VDV) force formations across at least two axes of advance.

Russian forces made marginal territorial gains around Bakhmut and continued to conduct ground attacks across the Donetsk Oblast front line.

Ukrainian officials suggested that Russian forces may feel insecure in east (left) bank Kherson Oblast.

Russian authorities continue measures to expand the capacity of Russian peacekeepers.

Russian sources likely attempted to shift the blame for scandals associated with Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) commanders to the conventional Russian military.

Ukrainian partisans likely blew up a railway segment near Poshtove, Crimea.

[DrBlackbird]

Johnson to run for NATO Secretary General

WTAF!?! Jesus. Has no one, I mean no one, told him that he is absolutely shit at running anything because the deluded narcissist clearly has not one tiny shred of insight into his incompetencies. Put him in charge of NATO and for sure we’d end up with WWIII.

[ReleaseTheDucksOfWar]

UNITED24 Media


⚡️ The USA introduced new sanctions against Russia
Sanctions have been imposed on more than 200 individuals and entities, including both Russia and third countries in Europe, Asia, including China, and the Middle East that support Russia's military efforts.
“Today's actions will raise tariffs on more than 100 Russian metals, minerals, and chemical products worth about $2.8 billion to Russia. It would also significantly raise the cost of aluminum smelted or cast in Russia to enter the US market to offset the damage to domestic production. of the aluminum industry, which is suffering from energy prices as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine,"

The US will impose a 200% tariff on Russian aluminum and its products, – the White House

In the UK, a minute of silence was observed in memory of the dead Ukrainians

Sweden will transfer 10 modernized Leopard 2A5 tanks to Ukraine, – Der Spiegel

Zelenskyy on China's peace plan: It seems to me that this is not China's peace plan, but thoughts about the current situation

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on allies to speed up arms deliveries

Zelenskyy about the scariest day for him: it was Bucha
“Probably Bucha. Probably what I saw at the time when we liberated. It was very scary. Since we have seen... That the devil is not somewhere, it is on earth...”

❗️Russia can invade another country. Putin needs to show "success". This may be where there is a weak point. For example, Moldova. There are data that Russia wanted to change the head of this state, — Zelenskyy

A country that has suffered a brutal attack cannot be left alone, – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview with BILD.

❗️The EU did not approve the 10th package of sanctions against Russia
For the third day in a row, representatives of the EU countries at a meeting in Brussels could not reach an agreement on the 10th package of sanctions. Restrictions on the import of rubber became a stumbling block.

Germany, France, and Great Britain are considering the possibility of concluding a "defense pact" with Ukraine, – The Wall Street Journal
In this way, the countries are trying to encourage Kyiv to start negotiations with Moscow, the newspaper writes with reference to sources

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canada will deliver four more Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
According to the German publication Spiegel, ten more Leopard 2A6 and 2A5 tanks are ready to be handed over to Sweden.
Germany is ready to send 18 combat vehicles to our country instead of 14, as previously planned.

Kyiv would have been taken if the Russians had managed to land and capture the airfield in Gostomel, – Chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence Budanov

The World Bank allocates $2.5 billion to Ukraine in the form of grants, – the bank's statement

Canada has imposed sanctions against 129 individuals and 63 organizations from Russia

[ReleaseTheDucksOfWar]

Kyiv Independent Telegram


⚡️Polish PM: Ukraine to receive (kyivindependent.com/news-feed/polish-pm-says-ukraine-to-receive-more-pt-91-tanks-in-coming-days) 60 PT-91 tanks 'in coming days.'

⚡️Germany to give (kyivindependent.com/news-feed/germany-to-give-ukraine-4-more-leopard-2-tanks) Ukraine 18 Leopard 2 tanks instead of 14.

⚡️Zelensky: Three more European countries ready to train (kyivindependent.com/news-feed/zelensky-besides-poland-three-more-european-countries-ready-to-train-ukrainians-on-f-16-jets) Ukrainians on F-16 jets.

⚡️Russian Foreign Ministry: Attack on Transnistria would be an 'attack (kyivindependent.com/news-feed/russian-foreign-ministry-attack-on-transnistria-would-be-an-attack-on-russia)' on Russia.

⚡️EU approves 10th package of sanctions against Russia.
Late on Feb. 24, the EU agreed on a new package of sanctions against Russia over its aggression against Ukraine.

⚡️ Erdogan speaks (kyivindependent.com/uncategorized/erdogan-speaks-with-putin-over-phone-call) with Putin over phone call.

⚡️ ABC News: Biden says (kyivindependent.com/news-feed/abc-news-biden-says-ukraine-does-not-need-f-16-fighter-jets) Ukraine does not need F-16 fighter jet

⚡️ ABC News: Biden dismisses (kyivindependent.com/news-feed/abc-news-biden-dismisses-chinas-proposed-peace-plan) China’s proposed peace plan.
In an interview with ABC News on Feb. 24, U.S. President Joe Biden dismissed the peace plan China put forward for Russia’s full-scale war, noting that it would likely only work in Russia’s favor.

⚡️ General Staff: Ukrainian forces repel (kyivindependent.com/news-feed/general-staff-ukrainian-forces-repel-70-russian-attacks) 70 Russian attacks.

⚡️Official: Explosion reported (kyivindependent.com/news-feed/official-explosion-reported-at-russian-ammunition-depot-in-occupied-mariupol) at Russian ammunition depot in occupied Mariupol
Andriushchenko said, citing a local resistance group, that the depot was destroyed.








Such huge losses. It sits so badly that all these losses, all these people killed, are celebrated as necessary in Russia when from beginning to end this was a disastrously conceived and disastrously carried out invasion.

[ReleaseTheDucksOfWar]

Live: Ukraine Telegram


Ukraine has already identified more than 16,000 children who were deported to Russia. In 2022, the occupiers sent at least 400 of them to Russian families.
There are also cases when Russians changed the personal data of children, for example, when they took them to so-called re-education camps to avoid obtaining parental consent.

⚡️Ukraine will widen the lane along the border with Belarus and Russia to two kilometers. The entire strip will be mined. The State Border Guard Service said this is provided for by changes in the law that were supported by the Verkhovna Rada yesterday.

🇨🇳 CNN and The Wall Street Journal report that China is still negotiating with Russia to supply it with drones and ammunition. Negotiations are currently underway on the price and volume of supplies. Beijing has not yet made a final decision, but evidence suggests that the Chinese side is leaning toward it
The day before, Der Spiegel wrote that Russia is negotiating with China to supply lethal weapons and a batch of one hundred ZT-180 kamikaze drones, which can carry a warhead weighing 35 to 50 kg. These drones are similar to Iran's Shahed-136. A representative of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied this and claimed that China does not sell weapons to countries at war.
Today, an official announcement was made on the website of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that he will be in Beijing from February 28 to March 2. The visit is presented as building a long-term course of friendship and cooperation. Presumably, Lukashenka will promote the issue of providing Russia with weapons.


‼️For the first time in five days, the occupiers have deployed a ship with Kalibrs to the Black Sea, the Ukrainian Navy reports. The carrier is armed with eight cruise missiles.

[Greenshake]

@ReleaseTheDucksOfWar no problem, you do all the heavy lifting with your regular updates 🙂