Russian invasion of Ukraine imminent, BBC reports
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Ethnically Russians and Ukrainians are practically indistinguishable. The language is also not directly related to the identification as many Ukrainians have Russian as the first language and many Russians living in Ukraine are fluent in Ukrainian. So, it is mostly political self-identification.
300 Ukrainians killed in Russian airstrike on Mariupol theatre, say officials - National | Globalnews.ca
About 300 people died in a Russian airstrike last week on a theatre being used as a bomb shelter in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, the city’s government said.
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Ukrainian authorities in the besieged ruins of Mariupol said Friday that about 300 people died when a Russian airstrike blew up a theatre where hundreds of civilians were sheltering — a catastrophic loss of civilian life that, if confirmed, is likely to further crank up pressure on western nations to step up military aid.
In a vain attempt to protect those inside the grand, columned theatre from missile and airstrikes that Russia has rained down on cities, an enormous inscription reading “CHILDREN” in Russian was posted outside the building and was visible from the air.
The desperate escape of the last journalists in Mariupol:
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We reached an entryway, and armored cars whisked us to a darkened basement. Only then did we learn from a policeman why the Ukrainians had risked the lives of soldiers to extract us from the hospital.
“If they catch you, they will get you on camera and they will make you say that everything you filmed is a lie,” he said. “All your efforts and everything you have done in Mariupol will be in vain.”
The officer, who had once begged us to show the world his dying city, now pleaded with us to go. He nudged us toward the thousands of battered cars preparing to leave Mariupol.
It was March 15. We had no idea if we would make it out alive.
20 days in Mariupol: The team that documented city’s agony
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — The Russians were hunting us down. They had a list of names, including ours, and they were closing in.
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We reached an entryway, and armored cars whisked us to a darkened basement. Only then did we learn from a policeman why the Ukrainians had risked the lives of soldiers to extract us from the hospital.
“If they catch you, they will get you on camera and they will make you say that everything you filmed is a lie,” he said. “All your efforts and everything you have done in Mariupol will be in vain.”
The officer, who had once begged us to show the world his dying city, now pleaded with us to go. He nudged us toward the thousands of battered cars preparing to leave Mariupol.
It was March 15. We had no idea if we would make it out alive.
These are the exact arguments Putin has made for invading Ukraine in the first place- and "reuniting" it with "Greater Russia"
These are not arguments but simple facts. Anybody who knows the region can confirm it. Though I do not see the logic how it justifies the invasion. Can you ethnically separate Canadians from Americans? There are also truly little differences in English. So, by the same logic is it perfectly fine for US to invade Canada if they disagree with some Canadian policy? It is quite opposite for civilized countries. Similarity provides an additional barrier to hostilities.
The closest analogy with our North American experience is the Revolutionary War. The former Russian region/colony (Ukraine) was reluctantly granted independence in 1991 because Moscow had no means to keep it. After about thirty years the Metropolis (Moscow) changed its mind and has decided to get it back. In fact, it is a delayed war for Independence and as in the American case it will be marking the true birth of independent Ukrainian state.
They weren`t deported. They were abducted.
Russia needs to replenish its population after the losses on the battlefield.
This is what badass looks like:
Girl: Ali was killed in action
Man: sad. Was he hit by a tank?
G: yes, straight in the head. I can’t find his head…
Girl: Ali was killed in action
Man: sad. Was he hit by a tank?
G: yes, straight in the head. I can’t find his head…
Needless to say, Something about chicks grabbing a rifle and fighting the fight, showing feisty behavior, is kinda hot.
Bad ass chicks are hot.
Over the last month, Russian forces have assaulted the people of Ukraine. In addition to news of attacks on civilians and families displaced, there are now initial reports that Russian forces have committed sexual violence.
This month, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba claimed that Russian soldiers had committed “numerous” rapes against Ukrainian women. Last week, Ukrainian MPs charged that Russian forces were targeting women and girls specifically and that elderly women had been raped.
Russian armed forces have recently perpetrated sexual violence in other conflicts.
I am just telling you what Putin's justification was to invade. No more nor less. These were his arguments, not mine.
Yes they were abducted and the only repopulation will be in Siberian labour camps or cemeteries. This is Putin’s way of integrating new immigrants.
Sharkman had posted this originally and stated they were deported. I had merely parroted Sharkman's report.
Kill list of 13 Russian commanders as generals 'pushed to front line' in Ukraine
Major General Oleg Mityaev, Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky, Major General Vitaly Gerasimov and Major General Andrei Kolesnikov have been killed by Ukrainian forces during the Russian invasion of the country
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Major General Oleg Mityaev, Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky, Major General Vitaly Gerasimov and Major General Andrei Kolesnikov have been killed by Ukrainian forces during the Russian invasion of the country.
The latest senior figure to die in the war is Lieutenant General Andrey Mordvichev, one of Putin's most trusted leaders.
Five generals are among the senior Russian military figures to perish in Ukraine as Vladimir Putin sends his forces to die in his illegal invasion.
Russian commander deliberately run over by own soldiers has DIED
Western officials believe Colonel Yuri Medvedev was brutally taken out after his 37th Motor Rifle Brigade suffered huge losses.
Russian brigade commander in Ukraine - Colonel Yuri Medvedev - said to have been killed by his own troops.
Western officials said the mutiny was down to the scale of losses being suffered by his brigade in Ukraine.
20 out of Putin's 120 battalions stationed in or around the country said to have been rendered inoperative.
According to breaking news, the big attack in which a Russian warship was sunk in Berdyansk was imaged by satellite, Russia's silence continues, which did not make any explanation.
Images of the ambush near Kyiv were shared on social media, and there were US volunteers as well as Ukrainian female volunteers in the attack.
6 generals were killed.
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