Running Newsticker for the War in Ukraine

So Putin aka. The Liar of Leningrad as he must have been known in his youth now admits that there is a border with Ukraine a country his insecticide brain did not exist.
This is not very militarily significant ex pet that it should cause the Moskailiy to expend more resources defending more of their military assets.

I hope that the Ukes did not even accidentally hit civilian structures.

 

The Russian orchestrated Murder By Famine and then Stalin infesting Ukraine with Russians is why Ukraine had the pro Russian 5th column in the Donbas.

 

Yes. Ukrainians know why they are fighting -- to survive.

“Mass starvation has throughout history been mis-categorized as a natural phenomenon, or an unfortunate side-effect of conflict and political oppression. The numbers and names of the victims fade into the background, blurred traces of the horrors of history. Yet, this is both an inaccurate understanding of starvation crimes and an injustice to victims. Mass starvation is a process of deprivation that occurs when actors impede the capacity of targeted persons to access the means of sustaining life. In this article, we introduce key features of starvation and note that many of the acts that create conditions of mass starvation are already prohibited under different provisions of international law.”

"Just as with killing as an act of genocide, starving people need not culminate in the actual death by starvation of an entire population. What is required for starvation to count as genocide is that the perpetrator must demonstrate the intent to destroy a significant part of the population.

Deploying mass starvation to the scale and degree of lethality associated with extermination or genocide is rare. There are few unambiguous cases. It was used as a tool of genocide throughout the Holocaust; in the genocide of the Herero and Nama under German colonial rule in present-day Namibia (1904); the Armenian genocide (1915–1916); Ukrainian Holomodor (1932–1933); and the Nazi Hungerplan (1941–1945) and its constituent elements including the starvation of Soviet prisoners of war, and the elimination of ‘useless eaters’ in Ukraine."
JICJ, The Purposes of Starvation: Historical and Contemporary Uses, By Bridget Conley, Alex de Waal,
Journal of International Criminal Justice, Volume 17, Issue 4, September 2019, Pages 699–722, https://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqz054, Published: 03 February 2020.
https://academic.oup.com/jicj/article/17/4/699/5721410

 

Netanyahu bows to U.S. pressure to distance Israel from Putin

Under pressure from the U.S., Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering sending defensive arms to Ukraine, a move Russia has made clear would cross a red line and out of step with Netanyahu’s long and friendly relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/...Oj3Ea7AK3rxxSwxHBraEZVbKwu7Dej/wCTnwjySoBAAA=

 

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 28, 2023

Click here to read the full report.
Key Takeaways

• Russian authorities appear to be escalating their promotion of false flag information operations in an effort to distract from their lack of tangible battlefield gains and slow down the provision of Western tanks and other aid in advance of expected Ukrainian counter-offensives.
• US Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl stated that the US has no indication that Russian forces will use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized the role of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) in supporting the war in Ukraine during an address to the FSB board.
• The Kremlin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko are likely attempting to intensify efforts to falsely portray Russia as open to negotiations to end its war in Ukraine.
• Lukashenko may facilitate Sino-Russian sanctions evasion schemes during his official trip to Beijing, China from February 28 to March 2.
• Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks near Svatove and Kreminna and likely made limited advances north of Kreminna.
• Russian forces made tactical gains in northern Bakhmut and continued ground attacks around Bakhmut and in the Avdiivka-Donetsk City area.
• Ukrainian officials continue to report potential Russian preparations for renewed offensive operations in Zaporizhia and Kherson oblasts, though ISW has not observed indicators that Russian forces plan to renew offensive operations in these directions.
• Armenian authorities detained a Russian citizen in Yerevan for an act of protest against the war in Ukraine committed in Moscow in July 2022.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky enacted a Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council decision to sanction 109 Russian citizens involved in the forced deportation of Ukrainian children. . . .

Ukrainian forces continue to target Russian concentration areas in the rear of Luhansk Oblast. Geolocated footage published on February 28 allegedly shows the aftermath of a Ukrainian HIMARS strike on a Russian ammunition warehouse in Kadiivka.[29] . . . .

Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces may be preparing for offensive operations in Zaporizhia and Kherson oblasts. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces are defending in Zaporizhia and Kherson oblasts but are trying to create conditions that will allow Russian forces to conduct offensives in some unspecified areas of this part of the front.[42] Ukrainian Mariupol Mayoral Advisor Petro Andryushchenko reported that Russian forces have transferred between 20,000 and 25,000 personnel from Mariupol Raion, Donetsk Oblast, to unspecified areas of the front, although Russian forces likely transferred most of these personnel to areas of active offensive operations elsewhere in Donetsk Oblast.[43] Russian forces have conducted infrequent localized attacks in Zaporizhia Oblast in recent months but have not conducted any meaningful offensive activity in Kherson Oblast since withdrawing from the west (right) bank of the Dnipro River in November 2022. ISW has not observed indicators that Russian forces are preparing to resume prolonged offensive activity in Zaporizhia Oblast or any offensive activity in Kherson Oblast.

A Ukrainian official reported that Russian forces are vulnerable to Ukrainian strikes on the Kinburn Spit in Mykolaiv Oblast and may be preparing to withdraw from positions closer to the Dnipro River on the east (left) bank in Kherson Oblast. Ukrainian Southern Operational Command spokesperson Natalia Humenyuk stated that Russian shelling of Mykolaiv Oblast has become less intense because Russian forces are hesitant to go to the end of the Kinburn Spit to shell Ochakiv, Mykolaiv Oblast and surrounding areas.[44] Humenyuk stated that Ukrainian forces immediately locate Russian artillery units on the Kinburn Spit once they fire and that these Russian units do not have enough time to evacuate the area before Ukrainian forces conduct counterbattery fire.[45] Humenyuk also claimed that Russian forces are shelling Russian-occupied settlements on the east (left) bank in Kherson Oblast to give Russian occupation officials and forces the pretext to conduct evacuations from Oleshky, Skadovsk, and Nova Kakhovka and withdraw closer towards Crimea.[46] . . . .

Ukrainian forces continue to strike Russian force concentrations and logistics in southern Ukraine. Ukrainian Polohy Mayor Yuriy Konovalenko reported that Ukrainian forces struck a Russian force concentration area in the southern part of Polohy, Zaporizhia Oblast, on February 27.[49] Humenyuk reported that Ukrainian forces do not shell residential areas or critical infrastructure in southern Ukraine and strike Russian forces ensuring that local residents will not be affected.[50] . . . .

 

Response to ZOOM’s post # 6481 paragraph on FSB

• Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized the role of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) in supporting the war in Ukraine during an address to the FSB board

The Ukrainians over there and us Ukrainians in the West knew all along since 1991 the year of the modern independence of Ukraine that Russia had KGB now called FSB operatives and spies in Ukraine. Russia FSB agents and Spec Opps were the ones who murdered demonstrators in the Maidan.
Putin whined that Russia suffered deaths of agents and operatives in the war against Ukraine. Tough schiest katzap that is your fault for invading Ukraine.

 

I think I recall that an anti air system was being contemplated by Israel to be sent to Ukraine.

 

World
Business Insider
A Ukrainian drone operator being followed by a film crew feared his life could end at 'any moment.' He was killed the day before the documentary aired.

 

No answer?

 

A loss for his family and for his country in more than one way.

 

Sweden to supply Ukraine with 10 Stridsvagn 122 tanks - MIM-23 Hawk IRIS-T air defense systems


https://www.armyrecognition.com/def...-_mim-23_hawk_iris-t_air_defense_systems.html

This was talked about before good that Sweden is coming through.The Strdsvagn I understand is an upgrade to some degree of the of the German Leopard II tank.

 

I think Israel just agreed to send it over Russian protests.

 

The Swede's know they are on Putin's list.
Ukraine has proved that it is the first and best line of defense for the rest of Europe against further Russian aggression.
It is time to give Ukraine everything they need to win -- fast.

 

Yep....agreed.

Especially if the Chinos start providing hardware.

Then ....it's all options definitely on the table., long range ATACMS, F16s, Apaches,Abrams,Challengers,Leopards, you name it.

 

Then that is good.

 

Then that is a good development

 

They should have given them F16s a year ago, and every MIG NATO has should be made available right now.
The slaughter would have been over last February and countless lives saved -- most of them Russian lives.

 

You are worried about the Russian people. How sweet it is!

 

Might as well throw in Tigers, Lions, and Bears or any other useful weapon.
The people who believe that the US should not support Ukraine do not understand that Ukraine is fighting for the West at the same time it fights for its own survival.

 

No one cares about dead Russki conscripts.

Putlerstan khujlo certainly doesn't.

 

I feel bad for them. It's mostly Putin who deserves death but others pay the price for him.

 

I'm pro Ukraine but I take no POW's testimony as truth on either side. It's all pointless.

 

Heard a radio source confirming that Netanyahu had reluctantly agreed to provide the "David's Sling" system to Ukraine.
This source does not confirm that specifically. The devil really is always in the details -- especially "the when".

Netanyahu bows to U.S. pressure to distance Israel from Putin
Strengthening Russian-Iranian ties threaten the security not only of Ukraine, but also of Israel, according to senior politicians.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/netanyahu-putin-ukraine-israel-russia-iran-us-rcna72742

 

Not all Russians are evils murderers. There is Navalniy , Kasparov the chess king, and that lady I saw getting arrested for protesting the war against Ukraine. Every now and then the media will find and interview a good Russian. Unfortunately there does not appear to be any good Russians in the Kremlin or in the Duma or whatever the lower Russian house is called.