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the first one is spoopy af
Ukrainian Forces Have Mined Most of Mariupol, Holding Residents Hostage, DPR Says
Ukrainian forces have mined most of Mariupol and are holding residents hostage, according to the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
https://sputniknews.com/20220228/ukrainian-forces-have-mined-most-of-mariupol-holding-residents-hostage-dpr-says-1093439347.html
and:
Latvian Parliament Authorises Country’s Citizens to Fight in Ukraine Amid Russia’s Denazification Op
On 24 February, Russia began a special operation to demilitarize Ukraine, responding to calls from the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics for help in countering the aggression of Ukrainian forces.
Latvia's parliament has unanimously authorised Latvian nationals to fight for Ukraine if willing, a foreign ministry spokesperson said.
https://sputniknews.com/20220228/latvian-parliament-authorises-countrys-citizens-to-fight-in-ukraine-if-willing-1093439947.html
Kosovo asks for permanent US base, NATO membership
Kosovo Defense Minister Armend Mehaj has appealed to Washington to establish a permanent military base on his country’s territory to “guarantee peace, security and stability in the Balkans and beyond”.
Pristina also wants accelerated membership to NATO, but currently four members of the alliance - Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Spain - still don’t recognize Kosovo.
“The Republic of Kosovo and its citizens, we have proven … that we are worthy fighters in defense of the Euro-Atlantic values of freedom, peace and democracy, the values on which NATO stands and its mission,” Mehaj wrote.
https://t.me/rtnews/21341
>https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1449865871577554948.html
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Ukrainian Forces Have Mined Most of Mariupol, Holding Residents Hostage, DPR Says
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Ukrainian forces have mined most of Mariupol and are holding residents hostage, according to the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) militia spokesman Eduard Basurin.
It is still premature to talk about the liberation of Mariupol, as retreating units of Ukraine’s forces have been mining the city and not allowing residents to leave, said Basurin.
Thus, entering residential areas might entail human casualties, which we seek to avoid, he emphasized.
According to him, the Ukrainian military has resorted to holding civilians hostage because "they are afraid to answer for the crimes that they committed against the population not only of Donbass, but also of Ukraine."
"Therefore, it will be very difficult. It will be a negotiation process, we will convince them to lay down their arms. And the people who live there should not be held accountable for their crimes," Basurin added.
When the DPR was proclaimed in 2014, Mariupol, with a population of over 450,000, was the second largest city in the republic after Donetsk. However, the Kiev government has been at war with breakaway forces in the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk since spring of that year, when the new authorities in the Ukrainian capital sent troops to try to crush the Donbass uprisings by force. Since then at least 13,000 people were killed in the conflict and over 33,000 people were wounded, with 2.5 million civilians forced to flee their homes.
On 21 February, amid a Ukrainian military buildup near Donbass and reports of hundreds of violations of the ceasefire by OSCE observers, Russia recognised the Donbass breakaways as independent republics.
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https://sputniknews.com/20220228/ukrainian-forces-have-mined-most-of-mariupol-holding-residents-hostage-dpr-says-1093439347.html
AND:
Russia’s FSB: Ukrainians Report Attempts by Kiev to Use Their Compatriots For Sabotage in Russia
3 minutes ago
https://sputniknews.com/20220228/russias-fsb-ukrainians-report-attempts-by-kiev-to-use-their-compatriots-for-sabotage-in-russia-1093440666.html
⚡️ Ukrainian delegation has arrived for talks with Russia – negotiations expected to start in 30 mins (RIA Novosti)
https://t.me/s/rtnews
yeah, sth like this…
⚡️ Ukraine’s main goal of negotiations with Moscow is an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of Russian troops – Zelensky office
https://t.me/s/rtnews
RT News Livestream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0I5eglJMRI
Brazil to remain neutral in Russia-Ukraine conflict - Bolsonaro
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has refused to pick sides in the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia, but insists his country will help with “whatever is possible”.
Although he insisted he wouldn’t take sides between the “practically brother nations” in Sunday’s press conference, he noted “a big part of Ukraine’s population speak Russian”, and said Ukrainians had “placed the hope of their nation in the hands of a comedian.”
Brazil also voted for the UN Security Council resolution condemning Russia over Ukraine.
https://t.me/s/rtnews
Regional Internet Provider in Kazakhstan Shuts Down Russian TV Channels Amid Moscow's Op in Ukraine
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The regional internet provider in Kazakhstan has turned off the broadcasting of Russian TV channels due to “their position on the coverage of the situation in Ukraine”.
https://sputniknews.com/20220228/regional-internet-provider-in-kazakhstan-shuts-down-russian-tv-channels-amid-moscows-op-in-ukraine-1093441574.html
Bulgarian Defense Chief Faces Dismissal After Not Saying ‘War’
(Bloomberg) – Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov called for the resignation of his defense chief after the former military officer declined to use the word “war” in reference to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Defense Minister Stefan Yanev, a NATO-trained general who studied in the U.S. and served as caretaker prime minister twice last year, has repeatedly referred to the attack on Ukraine as a “special operation,” echoing language used by Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Thursday, he defended his terminology by saying he’s avoiding “militant rhetoric” so that “neither Putin nor NATO close the door for diplomacy.”
Petkov, who took office in November, said the cabinet member’s rhetoric and his penchant for expressing positions that diverge from the government’s was unacceptable. “A defense minister can’t use the word ‘operation’ instead of the word ‘war,’” Petkov told reporters in Sofia on Monday. “It can’t be called an operation when thousands of soldiers on both sides have already been killed.”
The rift reflects a divide within Bulgaria, which has close historical and economic ties with Russia and depends almost entirely on Russian gas and nuclear fuel supplies. Yanev had a run-in with the prime minister last month when he rejected an increased NATO presence in the country, a stance Petkov brushed off as the defense minister’s “personal the resignation today, with Bulgaria’s parliament like to vote on it Tuesday.
https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/bulgarian-defense-chief-faces-dismissal-after-not-saying-war
>>15743707 me
didn't mean to purple the text
Anonymous group claims to have hacked Russian news agency TASS
Reports are also suggesting other Russian media and Belarusian publications have been hit.
https://t.me/rtnews/21366
On TASS website it says:
"Dear Citizens. We urge you to stop this madness, do not send your sons and husbands to certain death. Putin is forcing us to lie and putting us in danger. They have isolated us from the world, stopped buying oil and gas. In a few years we will be living like North Korea. What do we need this for? To get Putin in the textbooks? It's not our war, let's stop him!
This message will be deleted and some of us will be fired or even imprisoned. But we can't take it anymore.
xxx Russia's Journalists
translated by deepl.com
don't know the last part.
yes this would be nice and am waiting for it.
now the website is back to normal