Russian invasion of Ukraine imminent, BBC reports

[sene5hos]

A Ukrainian woman says a Russian soldier dragged her to an empty house and raped her.
CNN's Sara Sidner reports the harrowing story of women who claim that both their homes and their bodies were violated in this war.

Excuse my comments, but when I think of all poor women, I wish they transmitted STIs to these rapists.

 

[cloudsurf]

Unfortunately I think it is the other way round .
"Excuse my comments, but when I think of all poor women, I wish they transmitted STIs to these rapists."

 

[wetnose]

The Russians have a VERY long history of savagery and indiscriminate violence, even toward areas that they liberated - it's no wonder that Estonia sent nearly 1% of its GDP in military aid to Ukraine

Soviet war crimes - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[sene5hos]

Pro-Russia authorities in Ukraine’s Kherson say will seek annexation

The Moscow-installed authorities in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region said Wednesday they plan to appeal to President Vladimir Putin for the region to

english.alarabiya.net

The Moscow-installed authorities in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region said Wednesday they plan to appeal to President Vladimir Putin for the region to become part of Russia.

Kherson was the first major city to fall to Russian forces after the start of their military operation in Ukraine on February 24.

“There will be a request to make Kherson region a full subject of the Russian Federation,” said Kirill Stremousov, an official in the Moscow-controlled region, Russian news agencies reported.

He added that “by the end of the year” Kherson will be fully governed by Russian law.

 

[believe]

Russia has laws lol?

 

[anon_vlad]

More fake news from the Comedy News Network...CNN...brainwashing Americans and the world!!!...lol!

Reminds me of Elliot Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies personifying the role of Madman Zelenski!

Why do Republicans support Russians? "Better Russian than Democrat", right?

 

[wetnose]

Why do Republicans support Russians? "Better Russian than Democrat", right?

To be fair, not all Republicans support Russia.

But if there's a Russian supporter in Congress, chances are that he/she is Republican. Just look at the composition of House members who voted against the lend-lease program for Ukraine - see a pattern here????

These 10 Republicans Voted Against Lend-Lease for Ukraine

President Joe Biden is now expected to sign the lend-lease legislation after it passed the House and Senate.

www.newsweek.com

 

[EagerBeaver]

Russia Threatens Finland With Retaliation if it Joins NATO:

Russia will be "forced to take retaliatory steps" if Finland joins NATO, Russian foreign ministry says

Ukrainian counterattacks near the Russian border in Kharkiv are making Moscow "very worried," according to a senior Ukrainian official.

www.cnn.com

 

[sene5hos]

Russia Threatens Finland With Retaliation if it Joins NATO:

Russia will be "forced to take retaliatory steps" if Finland joins NATO, Russian foreign ministry says

Ukrainian counterattacks near the Russian border in Kharkiv are making Moscow "very worried," according to a senior Ukrainian official.

www.cnn.com

How Sweden and Finland went from neutral to Nato

Russia has threatened to retaliate, but Sweden is now set to join Finland as the 32nd Nato member.

www.bbc.com

Finland has made its first move towards joining Nato, and Sweden could follow within days - a monumental shift for two nations with a long history of wartime neutrality and staying out of military alliances.

Russia strongly opposes the two states joining and uses the expansion of the West's defensive military alliance as a pretext for its war in Ukraine.

If they do, it will end over 200 years of Swedish non-alignment. Finland adopted neutrality following a bitter defeat by the Soviet Union during World War Two.

Finnish public support for joining Nato was for years at around 20-25%.
But since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it has shot up to a record high of 76%, according to the latest opinion poll.
In Sweden, 57% of the population want to join, again far higher than before the war.

 

[sene5hos]

Update:

+ 6,000,000 Refugees.

 

[sene5hos]

Ukrainians say they don't have any regrets after deliberately flooding their village to prevent Russian tanks from reaching Kyiv.
Ukrainians say they don't have any regrets after deliberately flooding the village of Demydiv to stop Russian tanks from reaching Kyiv, the New York Times stated on Wednesday.

Just a day after the conflict began, Ukrainian troops on February 25 opened a nearby dam to flood Demydiv, north of Kyiv, and the encompassing countryside, Times stated said. Satellite imagery from March confirmed flooding in the Irpin River basin, northwest of Kyiv. But it was not right away clear who or what triggered the flooding till now after Ukrainians claimed credit score for the sacrificial protecting move.

 

[sene5hos]

SHOCKING video captures the moment a Russian tank is reportedly blown up, sending its turret hurtling 250ft into the air following a Ukrainian missile strike.

The captured dashcam footage, reportedly filmed in eastern Ukraine, shows Putin's war machine exploding in an enormous fireball as it drives along a road.

In the clip filmed from a car driving behind the tank, a huge blast erupts shortly up the road, and what appears to be a tank turret goes flying into the sky.

A number of figures, possibly Russian soldiers, are seen desperately scrambling for cover.

 

[wetnose]

SHOCKING video captures the moment a Russian tank is reportedly blown up, sending its turret hurtling 250ft into the air following a Ukrainian missile strike.

The captured dashcam footage, reportedly filmed in eastern Ukraine, shows Putin's war machine exploding in an enormous fireball as it drives along a road.

In the clip filmed from a car driving behind the tank, a huge blast erupts shortly up the road, and what appears to be a tank turret goes flying into the sky.

A number of figures, possibly Russian soldiers, are seen desperately scrambling for cover.

That turret probably weighs at least 15 tons - just imagine the sheer power of the explosion that could fling it 250 ft in the air.

 

[sene5hos]

Drone footage show a Russian Z tank "graveyard" littered with 52 vehicles that were blown up by Ukrainian troops in a single battle.

The woefully unprepared Russian battalion was bombed to smithereens trying to cross the river Donets in Ukraine in another humiliating setback for Vladimir Putin's forces.

The embarrassing news comes as Russian forces were forced back from the outskirts of the eastern city of Kharkiv.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the counteroffensive had "liberated" the country's second-biggest city and surrounding villages and given his troops a clear line to attack occupying forces in the strategic town of Izyum.

"The occupiers are gradually being pushed away," Zelensky said as he hailed the effort of his "superhuman" forces.

"I am grateful to all our defenders who are holding the line and demonstrating truly superhuman strength to drive out the army of invaders."

 

[sene5hos]

Russia Spending an Estimated $900 Million a Day on Ukraine War

The figure doesn't take into consideration how much Russia may have lost financially because of the severe economic sanctions.

www.newsweek.com

As Russia continues its military assault on Ukraine, the heavy toll on the Russian economy could be felt for years to come.

The invasion is now in its third month, and sustaining it requires approximately $900 million a day, Sean Spoonts, editor-in-chief of SOFREP, a media outlet focused on military news, told Newsweek.

Several factors play into that heavy price, according to SOFREP's estimate.
That includes paying the Russian soldiers who are fighting in Ukraine; providing them with munitions, bullets and rockets; and the cost to repair lost or damaged military equipment. Russia also must pay for the thousands of critical weapons and cruise missiles that have been used during the war, which run about $1.5 million apiece, according to Spoonts.

 

[wetnose]

The new face of modern combat. All modern militaries are going to deploy drones at the lowest level, for a myriad of tasks.

 

[sene5hos]

Russian soldier on trial in first Ukraine war-crimes case

A Russian soldier has gone on trial in Ukraine for the killing of an unarmed civilian

abcnews.go.com

KYIV, Ukraine -- A 21-year-old Russian soldier went on trial Friday in Kyiv for the killing of an unarmed Ukrainian civilian, marking the first war crime prosecution of a member of the Russian military from 11 weeks of bloodshed in Ukraine.

The soldier, a captured member of a tank unit is accused of shooting a 62-year-old Ukrainian man in the head through an open car window in the northeastern village of Chupakhivka during the first days of the war.

And it won't be the last.

 

[Fradi]

^^^^^
What exactly are they achieving with this.
This 21 year old while deserving to be held accountable is but a pawn he probably had no idea what he was fighting for or why he was there, more than likely scared out of his mind.
The real murderer is Putin and his cohorts, generals, prosecuting a 21 year old soldier does nothing, these soldiers mean absolutely nothing to Putin they are dispensable, this will not be a deterrent to other soldiers either they are being brain washed and ordered to do this.
Total waste of time and money but great for CNN.

 

[cloudsurf]

^^^^^
What exactly are they achieving with this.

Publicity and credibility to war crimes being committed by Russian soldiers. Will see if his testimony will implicate Russian officers.

 

[Fradi]

Publicity and credibility to war crimes being committed by Russian soldiers. Will see if his testimony will implicate Russian officers.

What if it does, do you think Russia will ever hand over any of their officers for trial. Russia will claim the soldier was tortured brainwashed or maybe that he isn’t even a Russian soldier but a Ukrainian actor and the whole thing is theatre.
I doubt there is anybody living in the so called West or NATO countries that needs more publicity to accept the fact that Putin and his regime are a gang of War criminals and murderers. Turn on CNN and watch.
Putting a 21 year old Russian soldier on trial in front of the world for me is stupid, a waste of time and achieves absolutely nothing.
Now if they were to capture one of Putins generals and put him on trial that would be entirely different.