Russian Invasion of Ukraine - *News Feed* Thread

SQ22 · Sat Feb 26, 2022 10:33 am

On top of the general discussion about the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, a second thread which will be for news and a reference guide will take place below. This second thread is for easy reference to the latest news without getting lost in the general discussion thread.

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DanielsBrawley · Sat Feb 26, 2022 10:40 am

Might seem insignificant but I’m of the opinion every little bit helps. Russia loses F1 race and Champions League final. FIFA is being pressured to kick Russia out of the World Cup as well.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/60520933

OA260 · Sat Feb 26, 2022 11:23 am

Russia seeks explanation from France over seized ship -RIA

The Russian embassy in France is seeking explanations from the French authorities over the seizure of a Russian cargo ship in the English channel, Russia's RIA news agency quoted the embassy as saying today.

A ship that French authorities said could belong to a Russian company suspected of violating trade sanctions linked to the war in Ukraine was seized by French sea police early on Saturday.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0226/1283116-ukraine/

bananaboy · Sat Feb 26, 2022 1:58 pm

Turkey to block Black Sea access to Russian navy vessels.

https://twitter.com/zelenskyyua/status/ ... 74598?s=21

"I thank my friend Mr. President of (Turkish flag) @RTErdogan and the people of (Turkish flag) for their strong support. The ban on the passage of (Russian flag) warships to the Black Sea and significant military and humanitarian support for (Ukrainian flag) are extremely important today. The people of (Ukrainian flag) will never forget that!"

Nice one, Turkey.

lightsaber · Sat Feb 26, 2022 3:06 pm

Russian invasion of Ukraine expected to push up food prices:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets ... NewsSearch

And the disruptions could drag on for months or even years, as crop production in the area could be halted and take a long time to restart.

doug_or · Sat Feb 26, 2022 4:40 pm

Turkey did not close strait to Russian warships.

“Turkey hasn’t made a decision to close the straits to Russian ships yet,” a senior Turkish official tells me

So guess Zelensky was making a request with that tweet

https://mobile.twitter.com/ragipsoylu/s ... LK4gw&s=19

OA260 · Sat Feb 26, 2022 6:59 pm

https://news.sky.com/story/chelsea-owne ... b-12552700

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich to relinquish stewardship of club

lightsaber · Sat Feb 26, 2022 7:46 pm

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SQ22 · Sun Feb 27, 2022 11:40 am

Germany to Create Special €100 Billion Armed Forces Fund which will be made available in 2022 on top of the regular budget. Annual defence spending will be above 2,00 % of GDP from now on.

Germany to Create Special €100 Billion Armed Forces Fund

OA260 · Sun Feb 27, 2022 1:29 pm

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-inva ... s-12552959

Ukraine claims control of key city Kharkiv after fierce clashes with Russian forces

Thunderboltdrgn · Sun Feb 27, 2022 2:02 pm

An Ukrainian delegation will meet a Russian dito at the Ukraine-Belarussia border.

https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1497933773828239366

Oleksandr Lukashenko has called Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The politicians agreed for the Ukrainian delegation to meet with the Russian delegation with no preconditions on the Ukraine-Belarus border in the vicinity of Pripyat river.

sebolino · Sun Feb 27, 2022 2:15 pm

Russian nuclear deterrent forces on alert

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/ ... ystem-live

Virtual737 · Sun Feb 27, 2022 4:57 pm

EU now totally close airspace to Russian aircraft:

https://twitter.com/TreLarat/status/1497975911580372999/photo/1

OA260 · Sun Feb 27, 2022 6:54 pm

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-inva ... s-12553645

Ukraine invasion: England will not play Russia in any international football fixture 'for the foreseeable future', FA announces

T4thH · Sun Feb 27, 2022 8:26 pm

Now confirmed: Bosperos is blocked for Russian warships.

“We came to the conclusion that the situation in Ukraine has transformed into a war,” said Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, speaking on CNN Turk. “We will implement all articles of Montreux transparently.”

Warships, based in the Black sea have the right of returning, all others are not allowed to cross.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/russia-ukraine-latest-news-2022-02-26/card/uDQCa9dMZsNGZLQsfWYg

cpd · Sun Feb 27, 2022 11:44 pm

It is said by the Mayor of Kyiv that the city is encircled:

https://www.smh.com.au/national/austral ... e5l#p53e5l

cpd · Mon Feb 28, 2022 5:10 am

SMH reports that Russian nuclear forces will now be based in Belarus after a vote went through:

https://www.smh.com.au/national/austral ... e90#p53e90

This is a dangerous escalation.

The earlier report that Kiev/Kyiv was encircled looks to have been Russian false information:

https://www.smh.com.au/national/austral ... e8j#p53e8j

SMH has revised the earlier report.

bennett123 · Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:01 am

https://www.aeroflot.ru/gb-en/news/62271

https://www.aeroflot.ru/gb-en/news/62272

Still a few places that they can fly.

T4thH · Mon Feb 28, 2022 12:41 pm

Singapore banks stop trading of Russian resources.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-28/singapore-banks-halt-russia-commodity-lending-as-sanctions-mount

T4thH · Mon Feb 28, 2022 3:22 pm

Switzerland is leaving neutrality, follows EU bans of Russia.
https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Schweiz-schliesst-sich-EU-Sanktionen-an-article23162193.html

OA260 · Mon Feb 28, 2022 4:35 pm

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-inva ... a-12554194

Ukraine invasion: More UK sanctions on Moscow revealed - as Britons advised against all travel to Russia

T4thH · Mon Feb 28, 2022 5:52 pm

FIFA an UEFA have suspended Russia. UEFA has additonal canceled contract with Gazprom.
(Source in German, use your implemented translator)
https://www.n-tv.de/sport/fussball/FIFA-und-UEFA-suspendieren-Russland-article23162890.html

T4thH · Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:50 pm

Daimler Truck has stopped cooperation with Kamaz (cooperation: Kamaz Ruz). Impacts 1000 workers.
https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/ukraine-krieg-daimler-truck-stoppt-kooperation-mit-russischem-lkw-bauer-kamaz-a-876519be-b0cf-4d83-b239-4ed77e2ec9b0
Volvo (trucks) has stopped the production in Russia. 700 workers and 600 for maintenance duties impacted.
VW stops delivery of new cars, already transfered to Russia (please note, no statement till now from VW).
https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/ukraine-krieg-reaktionen-deutscher-firmen-101.html

Mortyman · Mon Feb 28, 2022 10:11 pm

Norway has decided to donate up to 2,000 M72 LAW anti-tank weapons to Ukraine in adittion to previous announced helmets and other protective gear.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/ ... _IJmE3UpjA

Aaron747 · Tue Mar 01, 2022 1:17 am

Major tone sharpening from China's MOFA spokesperson today...highlights:

AFP: Last week, you said that Ukraine was a sovereign country, but do you also think that the Ukrainian government is legitimate? If it is, are you calling on Russia to respect a democratically elected government?

Wang Wenbin: The sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries should be respected and upheld, and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter should be jointly upheld. This a principle China always follows and a basic norm governing international relations that all countries should adhere to. At the same time, China believes that one country’s security cannot be at the expense of others’ security; still less should one country flagrantly undermine others’ sovereign security for his own military advantage and absolute security. All countries’ legitimate security concerns should be respected.

AFP: On the nuclear issue again, in early January, Russia, China, France, the UK and the US reached a statement pledging to avoid a nuclear conflict, and stated that nuclear weapon should only be used as a deterrent. Do you think that Putin’s order possibly violated this pledge?

Wang Wenbin: I already stated China’s position just now. I reiterate China’s consistent belief: a nuclear war cannot be won and mustn’t be fought.

AFP: Russia’s war on Ukraine is obviously not just targeting military sites, but is also hitting civilian targets. So in this context, is it not time for China to clearly condemn Russia’s aggression against a democratically elected government?

Wang Wenbin: All countries’ sovereignty and territorial integrity should be respected and upheld and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter should be jointly safeguarded. This is a principle China consistently holds and a basic norm governing international relations that all countries should adhere to. At the same time we recognize the special historical complexities on the Ukraine issue and understand Russia’s legitimate security concerns. China calls for efforts to completely discard the Cold War mentality and forge a balanced, effective and sustainable European security mechanism through dialogue and negotiation.

Mr. Wang also emphasized several times that Russia is not an ally of China, rather a 'strategic partner'.

http://www.chinaembassy.or.th/eng/fyrth ... 646378.htm

cpd · Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:04 am

News Limited (Murdoch) reports a plot by a Putin aligned mercenary group to assassinate the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky:

https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/ru ... 5a1ca1d718

This is a disgrace.

T4thH · Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:15 pm

According Ukrainian official sources, invasion by Belarussia has started. One convoy with 33 units have shall have crossed the border.
https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Ukraine-meldet-Einmarsch-belarussischer-Truppen-article23164364.html
https://www.unian.ua/war/biloruski-viyska-zayshli-na-chernigivshchinu-novini-donbasu-11723482.html

bennett123 · Tue Mar 01, 2022 2:15 pm

https://www.aeroflot.ru/gb-en/news/62275

Result of airspace closure by Canada.

OA260 · Tue Mar 01, 2022 4:48 pm

Five people have died after Russia attacked a TV tower in Kyiv, hitting nearby broadcast facilities, Ukrainian officials say

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60542877?

SEAorPWM · Tue Mar 01, 2022 4:52 pm

TV/comm tower in Kyiv disabled, mo apparent injuries though:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 25953.html

art · Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:15 pm

SEAorPWM wrote:
TV/comm tower in Kyiv disabled, mo apparent injuries though:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 25953.html

The link now says 5 killed.

T4thH · Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:20 pm

German carmaking giant BMW will stop building cars in the Russian territory of Kaliningrad and exporting to Russia until further notice.
https://nordot.app/871458415672180736

Mortyman · Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:44 pm

Former Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev has called on Russian diplomats to resign in protest of the war in Ukraine.

"I urge all Russian diplomats to resign in protest," he wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.

"Dear Russian diplomats, you are professionals and not free propagandists. "When I worked at the Foreign Ministry, I was proud of my colleagues," Kozyrev added. "Now it is simply impossible to support the bloody fratricidal war in Ukraine," the former minister wrote, rtv21.tv reports.

Kozyrev was foreign minister from 1991 to 1996 when Boris Yeltsin was president

https://en.rtv21.tv/ish-ministri-rus-u- ... oreheqjen/

T4thH · Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:57 pm

Maersk suspends all container shipping to Russia
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/maersk-suspends-all-container-shipping-to-russia

Mortyman · Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:02 pm

In the last 24 hours, Russia has been accused of using cluster munitions against, among other things, a kindergarten and a hospital in Ukraine.

The Norwegian intelligence service (E-service) now confirms that the weapons are used in Ukraine.

https://www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/0Gl ... -i-ukraina

OA260 · Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:07 pm

https://news.sky.com/story/apple-stops- ... e-12555128

Apple stops all product sales in Russia as RT and Sputnik removed from App Store

SEAorPWM · Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:08 pm

art wrote:
SEAorPWM wrote:
TV/comm tower in Kyiv disabled, mo apparent injuries though:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 25953.html

The link now says 5 killed.

And it took out a Holocaust memorial in the process:

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/uk ... index.html

:crying:

Chemist · Wed Mar 02, 2022 2:20 am

Biden states that US airspace now closed to Russian airlines, as part of his State of the Union address.

OA260 · Wed Mar 02, 2022 10:42 am

Nike makes online sales unavailable in Russia

https://www.reuters.com/business/retail ... 022-03-01/

ltbewr · Wed Mar 02, 2022 2:27 pm

Many companies, especially big companies like Ford, Apple, Disney based in the USA are suspending operations in Russia. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/compani ... li=BBnb7Kz

ltbewr · Wed Mar 02, 2022 3:42 pm

US teen who was running an online site tracking Eton Musk's personal aircraft now turning to tracking those of Russia's Oligarchs. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/02/business ... index.html

GDB · Wed Mar 02, 2022 5:15 pm

ltbewr wrote:
US teen who was running an online site tracking Eton Musk's personal aircraft now turning to tracking those of Russia's Oligarchs. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/02/business ... index.html

Good for him! To add to your next post JaguarLandRover are suspending deliveries to Russia, a gesture? Maybe and how will the oligarchs pay for some of their favourite tinted window rides?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ ... -elon-musk

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... ia-exports

OA260 · Wed Mar 02, 2022 6:01 pm

UAE suspends visa-free travel for Ukrainians

Gulf state’s decision reflects desire to preserve relationship with Russia

https://www.ft.com/content/502225bb-9bd ... 73f37e15eb

OA260 · Wed Mar 02, 2022 8:15 pm

$1 million bounty on Putin offered by Russian businessman

https://m.jpost.com/international/article-699098

Vio · Wed Mar 02, 2022 10:59 pm

Romanian Mig-21 Crashes in Romania (near the Black Sea). Helicopter sent for SAR purposes also crashed, killing everyone on board.

https://adevarul.ro/locale/constanta/ac ... index.html

T4thH · Wed Mar 02, 2022 11:09 pm

List of confirmed lost, abandoned, captured equipment of Russian and Ukranian army.
Only confirmed by picture losses e.g. are listed including the picture e.g.. ORYX has already done a great job prior, as seen in the Syrian war.
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html

marcelh · Wed Mar 02, 2022 11:42 pm

China asked Russia to delay Ukraine war after Olympics…

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/us/politics/russia-ukraine-china.html

OA260 · Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:45 am

UK confirms further sanctions against Russia
The British government has this morning announced an additional round of sanctions in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this time targeting the provision of insurance.
Russian companies in the aviation and space industry will no longer have access to UK-based insurance or reinsurance services, either directly or indirectly.

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-russ ... eblog-body

art · Thu Mar 03, 2022 11:19 am

Turkey airlifts additional TB2 UCAVs to Ukraine

The TB2 is the only UCAV in Ukrainian service and was first used by the country in October 2021 when a separatist D-30 122 mm howitzer in the breakway Donbass region was targeted and destroyed. Footage released by the Ukrainian government since the launch of offensive Russian operations on 24 February has shown the TB2s to have been heavily engaged in the fighting, destroying several ground vehicles including Buk surface-to-air missile systems.

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/air- ... to-ukraine

art · Thu Mar 03, 2022 5:03 pm

Formula 1 has confirmed it has terminated its contract with the Russian Grand Prix promoter following Russia’s invasion on Ukraine.
https://www.racetechmag.com/2022/03/f1- ... rand-prix/

Russia and Belarus athletes unable to compete at Winter Paralympic Games
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/60599739

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