Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[dBSPL]

Turkish-owned ship hit by bomb off coast of Odessa, no casualties - Turkish authority​

Reuters

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ANKARA, Feb 24 (Reuters) - A Turkish-owned ship was hit by a bomb off the coast of Ukraine's port city Odessa on Thursday, Turkey's Maritime General Directorate said, adding there were no casualties and the ship was safely en route into Romanian waters.
Russia on Thursday launched a ground and air offensive into Ukraine.
"Upon information that the Marshall Islands-flagged Turkish-owned Yasa Jupiter ship was struck by a bomb off the coast of Odessa, it was learned that the ship has no request for help, is en route to Romanian waters, has no casualties and is safe," the authority said on Twitter.

Odessa is a city where Turkish trade is intense and many Turkish students continue their education in schools there. Hundreds of Turkish citizens were caught in the middle of the war in Odessa. The state took those who wanted, but it was not made compulsory. A TAF A400M plane had landed in Odessa last night. I'm not sure if cargo planes will be used for the rest.

 

[siegecrossbow]

As Russia launches an operation in Ukraine, prompting outrage and sanctions from the US and several other nations in the West, China has indicated that an "independent power" like Russia does not need Beijing's backing for actions in Ukraine, clarifying that it was not supporting nor condemning Moscow for its actions.

"As for the US suggestion that Russia has China's backing to act, I believe Russia will be very unhappy to hear such a statement," Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told the media during a regular press briefing on Thursday, according to a report by RT.

The state-run Russian broadcaster quoted Chunying as saying that Russia was a permanent member of the UN Security Council and an independent power. Moscow's actions, she added, were based on its own judgement and national interests.

Relations between China and Russia were based on non-alignment, non-confrontation and non-targeting of third parties, she said, adding that "China is not interested in, and has no intention of following, the Cold War mentality of either friend or foe," according to RT.

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China would not support this out of principle (helping parts of a sovereign nation secede) but it will not condemn Russia either.

 

[dexter]

 

[kingQamaR]

That's nothing unusual. War is an ugly thing and people have a natural and healthy revulsion to it. However, people are also short-sighted and concerned exclusively with their day-to-day lives. They have no conception of the long term strategic threats they face that require decisive action.

A fascist coup in a neighbouring country with a very highly developed historical nuclear weapons program is a threat that cannot be ignored forever. Putin tried every avenue to make peace and the last straw was Zelensky declaring that Ukraine would seek a nuclear weapon.

This isn't Iran which has to start a weapons program from scratch, this is a country with a very sophisticated nuclear and missile industry and the experience of producing and stockpiling a very large portion of the Soviet Union's nuclear arsenal.

Russia is simply responding to an existential threat.

Ukrainian Pm is Jewish I highly doubt he’d be a fascist?

You either watch to much RT propaganda or your just a sad loser who disliked anyone from west or Ukraine of there right to do so join do what they want for there country

Putin doesn't care. His ambition is to regain all those Baltic states which he thinks, and stated in yesterday's broadcast, should be part of the Russian empire. As always, this European war is about land.

Putin wants to demilitarize a country that has not used weapons against Russia and would never win a war against Russia by itself. Putin is a monster tyrant. And you apologists reason Ukrainians dying now. ’!

 

[RescueRanger]

Russia has gained control of the entire area around Chernobyl. - Source: AJN

 

[Messerschmitt]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1496877608373424131

 

[RescueRanger]

Ukrainian Pm is Jewish I highly doubt he’d be a fascist?

You either watch to much RT propaganda or your just a sad loser who disliked anyone from west or Ukraine of there right to do so join do what they want for there country

Ukraine has a history of courting fascism.

 

[Gripen9]

Well hopefully they don't cause the Russians don't have the logistics to sustain this offensive in the long run.

I guess you are ready to fight the Russians till the last Ukrainian?

 

[The SC]

I'm really curious to see once and for all what the effect of these "devastating" and "crushing" sanctions from the West will be. The West is in a lot of trouble if they turn out to be a flop; they won't have anything left to threaten anyone with.

They can't come up with worst than CAATSA.. but they will target individuals and some companies,,

 

[ghazi52]

Putin orders attack​

In a televised speech at 05:55 Moscow time (02:55 GMT), Mr Putin announced a "military operation" in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. This area is home to many Russian-speaking Ukrainians. Parts of it has been occupied and run by Russian-backed rebels since 2014.

Mr Putin said Russia was intervening as an act of self-defence. Russia did not want to occupy Ukraine, he said, but would demilitarise and "de-Nazify" the country.

He urged Ukrainian soldiers in the combat zone to lay down their weapons and go home, but said clashes were inevitable and "only a question of time".

And he added that any intervention from outside powers to resist the Russian attack would be met with an "instant" and devastating response.

 

[Messerschmitt]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1496910952004038666

 

[RescueRanger]

Russia launches invasion of Ukraine - Putin's troops 'seize control' of Chernobyl nuclear disaster site

Ukraine reported troops pouring across the borders with Russia and Belarus from the north and east, and landing on the coasts from the Black Sea in the southwest and Azov Sea in the southeast.

news.sky.com

 

[ghazi52]

Russian troops seize Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Exclusion Zone Management spokesperson says​

From Olga Voitovich in Kyiv


Russian troops have seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management spokesperson, Yevgeniya Kuznetsovа, tells CNN.

“When I came to the office today in the morning [in Kyiv], it turned out, that the [Chernobyl nuclear power plant] management had left. So there was no one to give instructions or defend," she said.

 

[Hack-Hook]

Threatening to use nuclear weapons = inferiority complex?

If I remember correctly, every time we talk about China's anti-ship ballistic missiles, people from some countries threaten to use nuclear weapons against China.

only people who are irresponsible enough to use Nukes are US of A rulers

 

[dBSPL]

Ukrainian air defense system radar