Russian Putin Ukraine war

2022 - 3 - 4

Post cover
Image courtesy of "BBC News"

War in Ukraine: Zelensky urges Ukrainians to go on the offensive (BBC News)

In a rallying cry, the Ukrainian president says the country has withstood the invasion "together".

You can also get in touch in the following ways: Mr Zelensky had earlier addressed a video meeting of over 300 US lawmakers. Meanwhile, with further economic sanctions under discussion in Washington and Brussels, President Putin has warned Western leaders that the economic punishments being heaped on Russia are "akin to a declaration of war". - There has been intense fighting to the north-west of Kyiv, where Russian troops have been attempting to re-take the strategic Hostomel airfield The Russian invasion of Ukraine has entered its 11th day, with some experts suggesting the invasion may have stalled in places - despite President Vladimir Putin's insistence on Saturday that the operation is "going to plan." US officials are believed to be in discussions with political leaders in Poland over the possibility of Warsaw providing Ukraine with a number of MiG fighter jets.

Post cover
Image courtesy of "Globalnews.ca"

Putin warns against Ukraine no-fly zone, likens Western sanctions to ... (Globalnews.ca)

The Russian president said any attempt by another power to impose a no-fly zone in Ukraine would be considered by Russia to be a step into the military ...

Everything is going to plan.” NATO has rejected Kyiv’s request for a no-fly zone, on the grounds it would escalate the war beyond Ukraine. “There is not one conscript and we don’t plan for there to be,” Putin said.

Post cover
Image courtesy of "CBC.ca"

Putin likens sanctions to 'declaring war,' warns Ukrainian statehood ... (CBC.ca)

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that Ukraine's statehood is in jeopardy and likened the West's sanctions on Russia to "declaring war.

But the fight itself has been left to Ukrainians, who have expressed a mixture of courageous resolve and despondency. Western officials have said a main reason is a desire to not widen the war beyond Ukraine. Bennett's office said he spoke twice with Zelensky afterward. He gave no additional details, including where they would take place. "And if this happens, it will be entirely on their conscience." Bereft mothers mourned slain children, wounded soldiers were fitted with tourniquets and doctors worked by the light of their cellphones as bleakness and desperation pervaded. A third round of talks between Russia and Ukraine will take place Monday, according to Davyd Arakhamia, a member of the Ukrainian delegation. The U.S. State Department said Blinken underscored that the world is acting in unison in response to Russian aggression and ensuring that Moscow will pay a high price. Wang said China opposes any moves that "add fuel to the flames" in Ukraine, while Blinken said the world is watching to see which nations stand up for the principles of freedom and sovereignty. The U.S. Congress is also working on a $10-billion US package of military and humanitarian aid, and Schumer told Zelensky that lawmakers hope to send it to Ukraine quickly, the person on the call said. Schumer told Zelensky the U.S. lawmakers are inspired by him and by the strength and courage of the Ukrainian people, according to another person on the call who was granted anonymity to discuss it. Putin continued to pin the blame for all of it squarely on the Ukrainian leadership and slammed their resistance to the invasion.

Post cover
Image courtesy of "Aljazeera.com"

Ukraine no-fly zone would mean participation in conflict: Putin (Aljazeera.com)

Russian leader also says Western sanctions against his country following Ukraine invasion are akin to war declaration.

He has lashed out at NATO for refusing to impose a no-fly zone over his country, warning that “all the people who die from this day forward will also die because of you”. Everything is going to plan.” “There is not one conscript and we don’t plan for there to be,” Putin said.

Post cover
Image courtesy of "The Guardian"

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 10 of the Russian invasion (The Guardian)

Mariupol evacuation postponed as Russian troops fail to respect ceasefire; Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Nato 'has given green light for further bombing' after ...

Partial ceasefire talks in the cities of Volnovakha and Mariupol are “ongoing” after Ukraine accused Russia of continuing attacksdespite agreeing to allow civilians to flee. An emergency summit of the UN security council was summoned after the attack on Zaporizhzhia. The US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said the worldnarrowly averted a “nuclear catastrophe”and condemned Russia’s actions as “reckless” and “dangerous”. The US embassy in Ukraine says the attack on the nuclear plant is a war crime. The figure is currently above 1.3 million. Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the largest of its kind in Europe, was seized by Russian forces on Friday, after an attack that started a fire close to one of its six reactors.No release of radiation was reported,but Ukrainian officials said workers had not been able to check all the safety infrastructure in the wake of the attack. Britain has urged UK nationals to consider leaving Russia following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “If your presence in Russia is not essential, we strongly advise that you consider leaving by remaining commercial routes,” the Foreign Office said. Ukraine has said attacks on the cities continued on Saturday, meaning the evacuation of civilians had to be halted.

Post cover
Image courtesy of "Bloomberg"

Ukraine Update: U.K. Premier Says More Pressure Needed on Putin (Bloomberg)

Writing in the New York Times, Johnson said the conflict would not become a NATO one, and reiterated the military alliance would not send troops in. NATO is ...

Post cover
Image courtesy of "CNN"

March 5, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news (CNN)

Ukrainian authorities have put plans to evacuate civilians from the Mariupol region on hold, citing Russian violations of an agreed pause in fire.

He said “the world is watching to see which nations stand up for the basic principles of freedom, self-determination and sovereignty.” Blinken underscored on the call that Moscow will “pay a high price” for its “premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified war” in Ukraine, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement. China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the “evolution” of the situation in Ukraine is “something China does not want to see,” in a phone call with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, according to a statement from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Saturday.

Post cover
Image courtesy of "Aljazeera.com"

Latest Ukraine updates: Moscow resumes offensive on Mariupol (Aljazeera.com)

Ukraine-Russia news from March 5: Ceasefire fails in the key city, allegations of violations by both Russia and Ukraine.

“Any armed attack on and threat against nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes constitutes a violation of the principles of international law. “Under the current circumstances, we are suspending PayPal services in Russia,” President and Chief Executive Dan Schulman said in a statement. Putin’s shelling of Europe’s largest nuclear plant takes his reign of terror one step further,” US embassy Kyiv said in its post. Mariupol is its population, it is you and me,” Boychenko was quoted as saying in a statement. Oleksiy Danilov said more than 840 children have been wounded in the war. Brazil will require, among other documents, a certificate attesting to the person’s clean criminal record. And I will defend as well as any other member of parliament and citizen of Ukraine – we will defend our country,” he added. “Many of the villagers are absolutely terrified. The troops guided civilians across a river where a bridge had been destroyed by the fighting. Most probably, in the next 5-6 days, the military operation will be extended to much more territory, including Odesa,” he predicted. But we don’t have such a situation, and I hope we won’t”. It doesn’t, of course, mean that they won’t ever be used, and we are beginning to see some indications of Russians using greater tactical airpower,” he said.

Post cover
Image courtesy of "The New York Times"

Opinion | Boris Johnson: Russia's War on Ukraine Must Fail (The New York Times)

This is not a NATO conflict, and it will not become one. No ally has sent combat troops to Ukraine. We have no hostility toward the Russian people, and we have ...

The Times is committed to publishing a diversity of letters to the editor. Fifth, we should always be open to diplomacy and de-escalation, provided that the government of Ukraine has full agency in any potential settlement. We must act quickly to coordinate our efforts to support the government of Ukraine. We cannot allow the Kremlin to bite off chunks of an independent country and inflict immense human suffering and then creep back into the fold. We must go further on economic sanctions, expelling every Russian bank from SWIFT and giving our law enforcement agencies unprecedented powers to peel back the facade of dirty Russian money in London. We must go after the oligarchs. In our defense and foreign policy review, published a year ago, we warned that Russia remained the most acute security threat, and we announced the biggest increase in our defense spending since the end of the Cold War. That’s a welcome development, but it is not going to be enough on its own to save Ukraine or keep the flame of freedom alive. Mr. Putin is attempting the destruction of the very foundation of international relations and the United Nations Charter: the right of nations to decide their own future, free from aggression and fear of invasion. Last year’s agreement among the United Kingdom, America and Australia to help deploy nuclear submarines for the Australian Navy demonstrated our shared resolve to meet the challenges we face in the Indo-Pacific. We despair of the decision to send young, innocent Russians into a futile war. But it is precisely because of our respect for Russia that we find the actions of the Putin regime so unconscionable. The truth is that Ukraine had no serious prospect of NATO membership in the near future — and we were ready to respond to Russia’s stated security concerns through negotiation.

Post cover
Image courtesy of "CTV News"

How could the war in Ukraine end? Five scenarios to consider (CTV News)

As Russia advances into Ukraine and concerns over a growing death toll and fears of a wider conflict mount, CTVNews.ca asked several experts how the war in ...

“And that is scary to imagine because right now Russia is only using a fraction of its air force over Ukrainian airspace… He's sort of set them on this course in a way that really hurts them in the pocketbook,” explained Way. “But what that suggests is that the Ukrainian army really is defending in place. But if you see what's happening in Kharkiv right now, it is looking more and more like the Russian military is fighting a war of attrition against defenders that have dug in to draw a very painful concession from Ukrainians.” Putin capitalized on the coincidence claiming he restored Russia, according to Gassner, who says his popularity soared because of it. at the same time there appears to be quite low morale among Russian soldiers,” Way told CTVNews.ca

Explore the last week