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Former Sen. Cory Gardner: Russia is a terrorist state
The case for Russia’s designation is clear. In the days surrounding New Year’s alone, Russia fired 500 missiles and drones over primarily civilian targets in Ukraine, killing dozens and injuring hundreds more
The indiscriminate bombardments hit schools, shopping malls, kindergartens, and hospitals (including a maternity ward in the city of Dnipro), as well as critical infrastructure like gas and power lines, which have no military value and are off-limits under the international laws of war. Some of these missiles were delivered from North Korea, in violation of multiple UN Security Council resolutions that Russia itself supported but now has gravely violated.
https://kyivindependent.com/cory-gardner-russia-is-a-terrorist-state/
#terrorism #Imperialism #RussiaInvadedUkraine #WarCrimes #StandWithUkraine
Situation in Avdiivka becomes 'critical in some places'
Russia intensified its attacks against #Avdiivka in October 2023, reportedly suffering heavy losses in an attempt to encircle the city mere kilometers from occupied Donetsk. In spite of the casualties, reports began emerging recently that Russian forces are making steady advances.
"The situation is very difficult, very tense. We could say that a few weeks ago, the situation was difficult but (still) under control," Barabash said on air.
The official added that this does not mean "that everything is lost" but stressed that Russia continues throwing large forces against Avdiivka.
https://kyivindependent.com/official-situation-in-avdiivka-becomes-critical-in-some-places/
#RussiaInvadedUkraine #Imperialism #WarCrimes #StandWithUkraine
Ukraine 'waiting for' missiles with 300-500 km range from allies
Ukraine expects to receive F-16 fighter jets and missiles with a range between 300 and 500 kilometers "in further military aid packages" from its allies
According to Naiev, F-16 jets and the long-range missiles "will allow Ukraine's Defense Forces to achieve even greater success on the battlefield and liberate our territory from the enemy."
#RussiaInvadedUkraine #Imperialism #WarCrimes #F-16 #StandWithUkraine
Media outlets like Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNN, Fox, that have disseminated incitement to genocide, dehumanizing narratives, justifications for war crimes & Israeli propaganda & disinformation must be held accountable. Incitement & complicity in #genocide are crimes.
--- Craig Mokhiber on x/twitter, Feb 3
#propaganda #media #dehumanization #WarCrimes #Gaza #genocide
Odesa port exports in January almost at pre-war levels
Over 20 million metric tons of cargo has been exported from these ports via Ukraine's temporary Black Sea corridor in the last six months, Kubrakov said.
The shipping route was opened in August 2023, weeks after Russia's unilateral termination of the Black Sea grain deal threatened Ukraine's ability to ship out its grain.
According to Kubrakov, 661 vessels have exported the cargo to 32 countries around the world. Of the 20 million metric tons, 14.3 million metric tons are agricultural products produced by Ukrainian farmers.
https://kyivindependent.com/minister-odesa-port-exports/
#RussiaInvadedUkraine #Imperialism #WarCrimes #Odesa #exports #shipping #maritime #StandWithUkraine
Poland reiterates support for 20-billion-euro Ukraine military aid fund
Poland supports a proposal for EU member states to create a fund to provide Ukraine with 20 billion euros ($21.5 billion) in military aid in the next four years, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told reporters in Brussels on Feb. 3.
EU foreign ministers are still discussing establishing a dedicated fund for Ukraine within the European Peace Facility, used to reimburse member states' expenses on military aid to other countries.
"There was an agreement on the civilian side, 50 billion euros - very good news. But we still have to decide how to implement our military support, both bilaterally and through the European Peace Facility," Borrell said ahead of an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers on Feb. 3.
#Simples #RussiaInvadedUkraine #WarCrimes #EU #StandWithUkraine
When a government attempts to discredit The Hague, it's a sign something has gone terribly wrong in that country.
#cartoon #comic #politics #war #HumanRights #Gaza #WarCrimes
Is Congress Really Going to Abandon Ukraine Now? - The Atlantic
Tens of millions of other people—Poles, Germans, Romanians, Finns, Estonians, Swedes, Slovaks, Lithuanians, Czechs, Latvians, Norwegians—are also in range of Russian conventional missiles, whether launched from Belarus, Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine, or Russia itself. Anyone in Europe could also be hit by Russian nuclear weapons, of course, as Russian television propagandists so frequently like to remind us.
Dmitri Medvedev, a former Russian president, in recent months has:
- Threatened Poland with the loss of its statehood
- Threatened Sweden and Finland with nuclear and hypersonic missiles
- Said the Baltic states belong to Russia anyway.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/us-congress-support-ukraine-war/677256/
#Warmongering #RussianAggression #Imperialism #WarCrimes #Torture #nuclear #war #StopRussianAggression #StandWithUkraine
Russia shows no intent to return bodies of POWs allegedly on crashed Il-76
Russia shows no willingness to return bodies of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) allegedly killed in an Il-76 plane crash on Jan. 24, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) spokesperson Andrii Yusov said in a comment to Suspilne, published on Jan. 30.
As of now, there is no evidence of the presence of the POWs on the crashed plane apart from Russia's claims.
"At the moment, there is no readiness to transfer the bodies from their (Russia's) side. Nevertheless, such efforts continue from our side,"
#RussiaInvadedUkraine #WarCrimes #il-76 #crash #StandWithUkraine
Ukraine may receive first new long-range bombs from US this week
The U.S. is expected to deliver the first batch of new long-range bombs to Ukraine on Jan. 31, Politico reported, citing a U.S. official and three other people familiar with the matter.
The Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bombs (GLSDB) can reportedly strike at a range of 160 kilometers, expanding Ukraine’s long-range capabilities, alongside Storm Shadow/SCALP and ATACMS missiles.
Russia claimed that it had shot down a #GLSDB in March 2023, but a U.S. official then told Reuters that none of these weapons had been delivered to Ukraine so far.
#RussiaInvadedUkraine #WarCrimes #LongRange #bombs #StandWithUkraine
Russia launches 5 attacks with chemical weapons on southeastern front lines in past day
Russian forces launched five attacks with munitions containing #poisonous #chemicals against Ukrainian soldiers on the southeastern front lines in the past day, Oleksandr Shtupun, the spokesman for the Tavria group of forces, said on Jan. 30.
Russia has recently increased its use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, with 81 cases documented only in December, according to the Ukrainian military. The 1925 Geneva Protocol prohibits the use of chemical and biological weapons in war.
The munitions used by Russian troops in southeastern Ukraine on Jan. 29 were likely K-51 grenades with #chloropicrin, according to Shtupun.
Support for Ukraine 'not charity'
International support for Ukraine is not charity but an investment in global security, #NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said during a visit to the Pentagon on Jan. 29.
“NATO allies are providing unprecedented support to Ukraine, and it’s important that we continue to do so”
“Our support is not charity; it’s an investment in our own security because the world will become more dangerous if (Russian) President Putin wins in Ukraine.”
Stoltenberg noted that NATO allies and partners, when combined, have contributed more financial assistance to Ukraine than the U.S. has alone.
https://kyivindependent.com/nato-chief-support-for-ukraine-not-charity/
#RussiaInvadedUkraine #WarCrimes #Imperialism #RussianImperialism #StandWithUkraine
China is watching allies' resolve on Ukraine
"If Putin gets what he wants in Ukraine, Taiwan might be the next country to be invaded by an authoritarian neighbor," he said.
“It’s not only making Europe more vulnerable, but all of us, also the United States, more vulnerable, if Putin gets what he wants in Ukraine.”
The bloc's leader added that as a Norwegian, he remembered that when his country joined NATO, Russia also tried to frame it as a provocation and not as a country’s sovereign right to join a defensive alliance.
https://kyivindependent.com/stoltenberg-tells-us-that-china-is-watching-allies-resolve-on-ukraine/
#StopRussianAggression #RussiaInvadedUkraine #WarCrimes #invasion #China #Taiwan #StandWithUkraine
Ukrainian Navy Commander signals Kyiv would win faster if there's permission to fire Western weapons deep inside Russia
Kyiv would be able to win the war faster if it had permission to fire Western weapons against targets inside Russia, Sky News reported.
"We must have the capabilities to make sure that Russia will give up forever the thought of even looking in Ukraine's direction, including at sea,"
For example Ukraine's recent attacks on Russia's Black Sea Fleet have led to the "functional defeat" of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea
#RussiaInvadedUkraine #RussianAggression #WarCrimes #LongRange #weapons #StandWithUkraine
Increase in arson attacks at Russian enlistment offices likely signals 'disaffection' amid war, potential mobilization
The doubling of arson attacks on Russian enlistment offices in the past six months is likely attributed to a "greater sense of disaffection" among Russians as Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues and a potential second wave of mobilization looms
#arson #RussiaInvadedUkraine #RussianAggression #WarCrimes #mobilization #EnlistmentOffices #StandWithUkraine
'I wanted to save lives.' How pregnant medic kept working on front line amid heavy combat
In between rescue missions in eastern Ukraine, in the midst of heavy combat, Yuliia #Romanenko got some elating news: she was expecting a child.
But she did not even consider quitting her job as a combat medic with the 67th Mechanized Brigade, which was fighting near #Bakhmut, the hottest front at the time.
"I faced a dilemma: how to combine (pregnancy) with (military) service, with the desire and goal that brought me to the army," Romanenko said
"I joined the military with one aim — to save people. I did not want to stop."
Romanenko, 33, continued evacuating the wounded weeks into her pregnancy and saving lives close to the front line until the eighth month.
https://kyivindependent.com/how-pregnant-combat-medic-saved-lives-on-the-front-line/
Ukraine invites China to participate in Global Peace Summit
Ukraine has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to participate in the upcoming #GlobalPeaceSummit in Switzerland aimed at building support for the Ukrainian peace formula, Deputy Presidential Office head Ihor Zhovkva told Reuters in an interview.
China and Russia have strengthened their economic and political ties amid a Western push to isolate Moscow following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. China has offered to mediate the conflict but has not condemned Russia's actions and repeatedly abstained from voting in UN resolutions on the war in Ukraine.
https://kyivindependent.com/official-ukraine-invites-china-to-participate-in-global-peace-summit/
#RussiaInvadedUkraine #WarCrimes #InternationalLaw #torture #CiviliansTargeted #PutinWarCriminal #StandWithUkraine
PACE calls on European parliaments to recognize Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children as #genocide
The resolution text reads that "all Ukrainian children have the right to enjoy the rights and freedoms enshrined in relevant international #HumanRights instruments."
The document further emphasized that "the best interests of the child must prevail in all decision-making processes concerning them," reinforcing the principle that children should never be used as "a means of exerting pressure or as war trophies."
#WarCrimes #RussiaInvadedUkraine #UkrainianChildren #StandWithUkraine
No sign so far from crash site images that Il-76 plane had large number of passengers
Photos and videos from the site of the Russian Il-76 plane crash, in which Russia claims 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed, do not indicate any signs that there were such a large number of people on the plane
"I'm not an expert, but if there were even photos and videos of our prisoners of war, (Russia) would have already posted it," Lubinets said, referring photographic evidence of the crash site
He said on air that he was "very surprised" by how quickly Russia reacted to the crash which parallels the case of Olenivka, a Russian #POW camp where an explosion in July 2022 killed 57 Ukrainian POWs & injured over 100
https://kyivindependent.com/ombudsman-no-evidence-from-crash-site-images/
#WarCrimes #RussiaInvadedUkraine #Il-76 #disinformation #RussianPropaganda #StandWithUkraine
