ONGOING ARMED CONFLICT Russia Declares Open War on Ukraine And Launches Missles on Major Cities
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A Russian thermobaric multiple rockets launcher has been spotted by CNN team south of Belgorod, Russia, near the Ukrainian border early Saturday afternoon.
The TOS-1 or TOS-1A Multiple Rocket Launcher seen by CNN is capable of launching rockets with thermobaric warheads.
There is no evidence that thermobaric weapons have been used in the conflict in Ukraine.
These types of weapons do not use conventional ammunition. Instead, they are filled with high-temperature, high-pressure explosive. They are sometimes called “vacuum bombs” because they suck in the oxygen from the surrounding air to generate a powerful explosion and a large pressure wave that can have enormous destructive effects.
Thermobaric weapons have been used in Chechnya, with horrifying consequences, according to Human Rights Watch. Their use has been condemned by number of non-governmental organizations
Barechested members of the notorious Azov battalion of Ukraine. They will fight until the last man standing.
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Azov Brigade - Wikipedia
Good afternoon. In the next couple of hours I will be posting updates on latest World War III developments.
In a shocking move Putin has ordered his military command to put nuclear forces on a "special" state of alert.
This is after what Moscow calls "aggressive statements" by Nato countries.
Russia's leader had already issued a coded warning that he was willing to use nuclear weapons as he began his invasion of Ukraine.
Last week, he warned that "whoever tries to hinder us" would see consequences "you have never seen in your history".
These words were widely interpreted as signalling a threat to use nuclear weapons if the West stood in his way.
The very public shift to high alert status is a way for Moscow to send a warning. Moving to alert status is likely to make it easier to launch weapons more quickly. But it does not mean there is a current intent to use them.
Russia has the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world but also knows that Nato also has enough to destroy Russia if they were used.
But the aim is likely to try and deter Nato support for Ukraine by creating fears over how far he is willing to go and creating ambiguity over what kind of support for Ukraine he will consider to be too much.
Here's a quick summary of where Russian troops have advanced in Ukraine in the last few hours
Fighting has broken out on the streets of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, after Russian forces entered the city.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has previously said it was targeting only military infrastructure, saying in a statement: “The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation do not strike cities and towns, they take all measures to save the lives of civilians.”
But Zelensky said Sunday: “They lied when they said they would not target civilian population. Since the first hours of the invasion, Russian troops have been hitting civilian infrastructure.”
“This is terror,” he added, while Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Russia was committing "war crimes."
Meanwhile, the commander of Ukrainian forces in Kharkiv, Oleg Synegubov, has claimed that dozens of Russian troops have surrendered amid continued fighting in the city, which is some 20 miles from the Russian border.
Battles have also raged in the capital of Kyiv and the southern city of Kherson in recent days.
But Russian forces have been unable to capture any of Ukraine's major cities since launching their invasion on Thursday.
Russia is encountering "stiffer than expected" resistance from the Ukrainian military as well as unexpected difficulties supplying its forces, two senior US officials with direct knowledge tell CNN.
On the battlefield, Russia is suffering heavier losses in personnel and armor and aircraft than expected. This is due in part to the fact that Ukrainian air defenses have performed better than pre-invasion US intelligence assessments had anticipated.
In addition, Russia has yet to establish air supremacy over Ukraine, a senior defense official said, as the Ukrainian Air Force and air defense systems fight for control of the airspace.
Meanwhile in Berlin thousands have gathered in pro-Ukraine, anti-war protest in the centre of the city.
Demonstrators have filled a large area between the Brandenburg Gate and the Victory Column / Siegessäule and more people are arriving all the time. They say the crowd could end up reaching Alexanderplatz, three kilometres away.
Earlier this week, Germany also confirmed it would be sending 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger missiles to Ukraine.
Demonstrators have filled a large area between the Brandenburg Gate and the Victory Column / Siegessäule and more people are arriving all the time. They say the crowd could end up reaching Alexanderplatz, three kilometres away.
Earlier this week, Germany also confirmed it would be sending 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger missiles to Ukraine.
Young Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Praque in 2009. No one could have known this smiling comedian lad will lead the world in a crusade against one of the most vicious tyrants in human history. He is right now target number one in Putin's kill list.
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It will be a mircle if Zelenskyy survives but whatever happens he will rank among the most famous people in human history for standing up to Putin and his life will be celebrated for centuries to come and until there are people walking on this Earth or other planets.
Dude's fate goes into the history books for now and will be studied in universities across the world.
Dude's fate goes into the history books for now and will be studied in universities across the world.
EU to begin providing arms to Ukraine
The European Union has announced that it intends to begin shipping arms to Ukraine, the first time in its history it has taken such a step.
Speaking at a press conference this afternoon, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the move marked a "watershed moment".
She also announced a raft of new sanctions targeting Russia and Belarus, and a ban on Russia using European airspace.
Hurrah Hurrah for Anonymous !!!
TheWrap
Anonymous Hacker Collective Takes Credit for Cyberattacks Against Russian Government
Harper Lambert - Yesterday 7:31 PM (Saturday 02/26/22)
International hacking collective Anonymous claimed responsibility Saturday for a number of Russian website outages, including that of Russia's Ministry of Defense and the Kremlin.
"Anonymous has ongoing operations to keep .ru government websites offline, and to push information to the Russian people so they can be free of Putin's state censorship machine," @YourAnonNews tweeted. "We also have ongoing operations to keep the Ukrainian people online as best we can."
On Friday, several accounts claiming affiliation with Anonymous shared a video declaring a cyberwar against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
According to the account @YourAnonOne, the reported cyberattacks began as Russian forces invaded Ukraine. On Feb. 24, the group announced that it had taken down the state-controlled organization RT News, the Russian state-controlled television network. RT itself confirmed that a denial-of-service (DDos) attack had slowed or taken offline several state websites "for extended periods throughout the day," but did not corroborate Anonymous' claims of responsibility.
The Kremlin (via state media) denied that Anonymous was behind the outages, reported CNN.
Interesting that the Kremlin did not deny that there were outages.
TheWrap
Anonymous Hacker Collective Takes Credit for Cyberattacks Against Russian Government
Harper Lambert - Yesterday 7:31 PM (Saturday 02/26/22)
International hacking collective Anonymous claimed responsibility Saturday for a number of Russian website outages, including that of Russia's Ministry of Defense and the Kremlin.
"Anonymous has ongoing operations to keep .ru government websites offline, and to push information to the Russian people so they can be free of Putin's state censorship machine," @YourAnonNews tweeted. "We also have ongoing operations to keep the Ukrainian people online as best we can."
On Friday, several accounts claiming affiliation with Anonymous shared a video declaring a cyberwar against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
According to the account @YourAnonOne, the reported cyberattacks began as Russian forces invaded Ukraine. On Feb. 24, the group announced that it had taken down the state-controlled organization RT News, the Russian state-controlled television network. RT itself confirmed that a denial-of-service (DDos) attack had slowed or taken offline several state websites "for extended periods throughout the day," but did not corroborate Anonymous' claims of responsibility.
The Kremlin (via state media) denied that Anonymous was behind the outages, reported CNN.
Interesting that the Kremlin did not deny that there were outages.
Yes, most of their popular news propaganda sites have been down for days now. They took a bit hit but Putin will never admit defeat. Here is a great piece in the Guardian about him today. Do check it out.
www.theguardian.com
Vladimir Putin sits atop a crumbling pyramid of power | Vladimir Sorokin
Putin’s end goal isn’t Ukraine but western civilization – the hatred for which he lapped up in the black milk he drank from the KGB’s teat
www.theguardian.com
