/r/WorldNews Live Thread for Ukraine-Russia Crisis

Live thread for aggregating news and updates to the Ukraine-Russia crisis of 2022.
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  2. Our@CBSNewsteams in Kyiv and Kharkiv report hearing big booms, as a NATO official says the Russian attack has begun, per@CBSDavidMartin. We are waiting for a response from President Biden.
    — Weijia Jiang (@weijia)February 24, 2022
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  3. Livestream of the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city and close to the Russian border
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  9. Chilling close from #Putin, clearly aimed at the U.S. & #NATO: “A couple words for those who would be tempted to intervene. #Russia will respond immediately & you’ll have consequences that you’ve never had in your history.”
    Charles Lister
    @Charles_Lister
    Wow - as the UNSC convenes for emergency session, #Putin gives a public address & declares an invasion of #Ukraine to “de-nazify” and “demilitarise” the country. The war has begun — very tough days ahead.
    NEW - massive explosions being reported in #Ukraine’s capital #Kyiv, as well as #Kramatorsk & #Odessa.
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  10. Anti aircraft weapons and explosions currently visible in this stream, located in Kharkiv
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  21. Now that airspace is closed, foreigners stuck in Ukraine who need to leave should call their respective embassies for advice and assistance. For US citizens, the number is +1-606-260-4379
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  22. Other sources seem to suggest this speech by President Putin is, in fact, new, as it is making new statements compared to the one given two days ago. This thread appears to be translating the remarks:
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  24. #Ukraine🇺🇦: latest footage from the front in#Donbass. Sounds of intensified shelling can be heard in the village of Talakivka, east of#Mariupol.pic.twitter.com/7QsuKXJary
    — Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge)February 24, 2022
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  25. Many Ukrainian positions across Mariupol is currently being bombarded by rocket systems.
    — Fuad Alakbarov ⁠⁠ (@DrAlakbarov)February 24, 2022
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  26. The statements from Putin appear to be from an earlier recording. Our apologies for the misstatement.
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  27. Just spoke to senior Democratic aide, who says Rubio's outline below is "consistent" with U.S. intel. Follows warnings from Blinken and Milley that attack could begin tonight.
    Marco Rubio
    @marcorubio
    Replying to @marcorubio
    In the hours to come #Russia will -conduct strikes on air defense systems -move to cut off #Kyiv from eastern #Ukraine -move to cut off Ukraine’s military forces on the line of contact in the east to prevent them from falling back to defend Kyiv
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  29. President Putin is making an emergency address to Russia right now.
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  30. The UN session live stream can be found here
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  31. The UN Security Council meeting is beginning.
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  32. Unconfirmed:
    The Russian air force’s radio net for bombers reportedly is active.
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  33. 🧵”The Russian disposition of forces suggests that its general staff intends to conduct two major pincer movements into Ukraine. The lesser of the two will advance from the north on the capital, Kyiv. The larger attack will seek to encircle Ukrainian forces near Donbas.”https://t.co/zqsALYi4gg
    — Laura Rozen (@lrozen)February 24, 2022
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  34. Somone in military uniform after everybody run away at Kalanchak outpostpic.twitter.com/NXgWBdyBvo
    — Fuad Alakbarov ⁠⁠ (@DrAlakbarov)February 24, 2022
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  35. Unconfirmed tweets that Russian bombers have begun an attack.
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  36. Footage from Kalanchak checkpoint, which is under Russian attack.

    Ukrainian soldiers and civilians are running away.#Ukrainepic.twitter.com/G2b2gWTkiF
    — Fuad Alakbarov ⁠⁠ (@DrAlakbarov)February 24, 2022
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  37. Update: initial reports of attacks at border checkpoints in Crimea by Russian ground forces - livestream video is now down, missile strikes landing in Mariupol.
    — Patrick Fox (@RealCynicalFox)February 24, 2022
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  38. Senator Marco Rubio is suggesting that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has begun. He is currently vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
    In the hours to come#Russiawill
    -conduct strikes on air defense systems
    -move to cut off#Kyivfrom eastern#Ukraine
    -move to cut off Ukraine’s military forces on the line of contact in the east to prevent them from falling back to defend Kyiv
    — Marco Rubio (@marcorubio)February 24, 2022
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  39. ⚠️ Per NOTAM, flights by civil aircraft are now restricted inside Ukraine.pic.twitter.com/vJf6MCWXks
    — Flightradar24 (@flightradar24)February 24, 2022
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  40. Screen cap of a cam feed:
    Explosions are heard in Ukraine port city of Mariupolpic.twitter.com/hMx7LDuOS1
    — Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1)February 24, 2022
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  41. ABC News:
    Russian military leaders have gone to command center
    In another indication that an invasion of Ukraine may be very close to taking place, Russian military leaders have gone to their command center, and cyberattacks are underway, according to a U.S. official.
    Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, believes any invasion has to happen during the night, the official said.
    -ABC News’ Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz
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  42. According to locals, shelling is happening in Mariupol.#Ukraine
    — Fuad Alakbarov ⁠⁠ (@DrAlakbarov)February 24, 2022
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  45. US calling out Russian pretexts in real time:https://t.co/IVVhMyTxsw
    — Kylie Atwood (@kylieatwood)February 24, 2022
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  46. Video posted tonight from Crimea, per video author. Caption says, "Hundreds of vehicles go to the border with Ukraine."pic.twitter.com/DzHnJSEU1Z
    — Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter)February 24, 2022
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  47. Surreal night in Kyiv. Everyone glued to their phones, trying to figure out what's next as Russian troops approach the border. After Russian recognition of DNR/LNR people increasingly understand that everything is on the table.
    — Neil Hauer (@NeilPHauer)February 24, 2022
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  48. This was reportedly in Kharkiv airport
    BREAKING: Tractors blocking runways in eastern Ukraine to prevent the landing of enemy aircraft - ZN
    — BNO News (@BNONews)February 24, 2022
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  49. Per reporting on the ground, CNN correspondent Frederik Pleitgen reports that he observed military vehicles in the Belgorod region (near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv) with their license plates backwards or turned around, possibly to mask movements.
    "This is a significant development." -@erinburnettreports that Russia has banned civil aircraft from airspace around northeastern Ukraine, while@fpleitgenCNNgives an update on Russian troop movement on the ground.pic.twitter.com/ZLb72tJSOA
    — OutFrontCNN (@OutFrontCNN)February 24, 2022
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  50. Television in Russian-held Eastern Ukraine (Donetsk) is now claiming that Ukrainian forces are shelling them. Any of these manufactured reports could be the trigger for Russia’s full-force attack.
    — Frida Ghitis (@FridaGhitis)February 24, 2022
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  52. In the full clip, while Secretary Blinken does confirm that he has reason to believe Russia could attack tonight, when pressed on this question again, he does not confirm a specific time and date.
    After responding to@LesterHoltNBCin the affirmative if he believes Russia will launch a full invasion of Ukraine tonight, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he can't put an exact date or time on it, but says everything is in place.

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    — Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter)February 24, 2022
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  53. CNN confirms Russia closing airspace to civilian aircraft along North east border with Ukraine. Until May 18.
    — Erin Burnett (@ErinBurnett)February 24, 2022
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  54. Multiple airlines, including European carriers, have tonight been informed by aviation risk management agencies that Ukraine 🇺🇦 - as a whole - is now considered a “Do Not Fly” ⛔️ area on the basis of “extreme tension and developments on Feb 23”
    — Alex Macheras (@AlexInAir)February 24, 2022
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  55. NEWS: Defense Official Says Russian Forces Ready to Launch Attack on Ukrainehttps://t.co/c6zIO9wKIb
    — Department of Defense 🇺🇸 (@DeptofDefense)February 24, 2022
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  56. U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN BELIEVES RUSSIA WILL INVADE UKRAINE BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER - NBC NEWS
    — Phil Stewart (@phildstewart)February 24, 2022
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  57. "Everything we've seen over the last 24-48 hours has Russia putting the final touches on having its forces in place across all of Ukraine's borders, to the north, to the east, to the south, to be ready for a full on invasion," says@SecBlinkenon NBC tonight.
    — Kylie Atwood (@kylieatwood)February 23, 2022
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  58. Website of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers reportedly hacked.pic.twitter.com/nNJss1KDEQ
    — Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter)February 23, 2022
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  59. Evening Recap, February 23, 2022:
    A lot of activity has picked up, mostly in the PM since our update last night.
    • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made another televised speech just an hour or so ago, where he indicated that an invasion by Russia had been approved (though there is ambiguity as to whether this suggests it will be carried out). He made a direct appeal to Russians asking them to find a way to avoid a war, but also indicating that the Ukrainian people were ready for war if it were to happen. This appears to be the first time President Zelensky has directly confirmed the prospect of a potential war.
    • Ukrainian officials also took the relatively unusual step of directly calling out what they called a false flag attempt in Crimea. The foreign minister and military intelligence accounts on Twitter both stated that Russia was attempting to use an explosion at the Titan chemical plant near the border between Russian-occupied Crimea and Ukraine as a pretext for a wider invasion, stating that Ukraine would not attempt to sabotage this plant with an explosion and also noting that workers had been evacuated already.
    • Ukraine's parliament approved a national state of emergency which went into effect 2 hours ago at midnight in Kyiv. Kyiv's mayor has also declared a local state of emergency to coordinate with the national government and military, and airports across Eastern Ukraine were closed until 7AM.
    • Russia has declared a NOTAM on its border with Eastern Ukraine, a notification warning airmen of hazardous conditions.
    • The self-declared and Russian-recognized Donetsk and Luhansk/Lugansk People's Republics both made appeals to Russia to aid in their defense. Certain unconfirmed social media reports suggest that they believe an escalation was imminent on Thursday. Both the DNR and LNR claim territory beyond the line of conflict to encompass the entirety of the Donetsk and Luhansk/Lugansk oblasts.
    • Ukraine made an emergency appeal to the UN Security Council, which will meet to discuss the matter. Russia currently holds the rotating chairmanship.
    • Cyber attacks hit a number of Ukrainian institutions as well as government websites in the morning. These attacks appear to have resumed recently. Cell service from at least one provider in Donetsk (controlled by the pro-Russian separatist Donetsk People's Republic) was temporarily down.
    The mood is apparently much more somber tonight, with a rumor in Kyiv that hostilities would commence at 4AM local time (it's currently almost 2:30AM there). Shelling continues in the Donbas and US officials earlier today said they believed that Russia had quite nearly all its pieces in place for a full scale invasion of Ukraine to commence.
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  60. WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - More than two-thirds of Americans think the United States should impose additional sanctions against Russia as it masses its forces along the border with Ukraine, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Wednesday.
    — Idrees Ali (@idreesali114)February 24, 2022
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  61. And the cyber incidents are spreading…to the Baltic states of course.https://t.co/o5veglykgo
    — Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes)February 24, 2022
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  62. At least five explosions heard in separatist-held east Ukraine city of Donetsk - Reuters
    — Idrees Ali (@idreesali114)February 24, 2022
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  63. #BREAKINGUN Security Council to hold emergency session on Ukraine Wednesday night, diplomats saypic.twitter.com/v80dkh8M7j
    — AFP News Agency (@AFP)February 23, 2022
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  65. In a press briefing, U.S. Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters that the U.S. will no longer engage with Russia in what he characterized as the ‘pretense of diplomacy’https://t.co/d8iGqKfYg9pic.twitter.com/T8tEHrQlgh
    — Reuters (@Reuters)February 23, 2022
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  66. "To the Ukrainian people, to President Zelensky, this evening, I reiterate our support, our attachment to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. In economic and financial matters, in terms of defensive equipment, France will continue to provide its support."
    Au peuple ukrainien, au Président Zelensky, ce soir, je redis notre soutien, notre attachement à la souveraineté et à l'intégrité territoriale de l’Ukraine. En matière économique et financière, en matière d'équipements défensifs, la France continuera d’apporter son soutien.
    — Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron)February 23, 2022
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  67. All that’s left to Zelensky and any other world leader: appeal to ordinary Russians for the sanity and humanity that have abandoned Vladimir Putin.https://t.co/GFuduJDg23
    — Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock)February 23, 2022
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  68. NOTAM referring to a "Notice to Airmen"
    Recent NOTAM shows#Russiahas closed its airspace along its border with#Ukraine
    — Michael A. Horowitz (@michaelh992)February 23, 2022
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  69. Finland is ready to apply for NATO membership if the question of national security comes up acutely, its PM says — Interfax
    — Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu)February 23, 2022
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  70. The mayor of Kyiv, Vitaly Klitschko, has declared an emergency for the Ukrainian capital effective midnight local time, saying an "operational headquarters has been set up to coordinate the actions of the executive branch, the military command and law enforcement agencies."
    — Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand)February 23, 2022
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  71. President Zelensky to Russians: we do not need war, not cold, not hot, not hybrid. If you attack us - you will see our faces, not backs. Thousands will diepic.twitter.com/Wv8hvOHfSE
    — Liveuamap (@Liveuamap)February 23, 2022
    President Zelensky to Russians: I believe there humans among you, civil society, real people. I understand this appeal will not be shown on Russian TV, but if Russian government doesn't want to talk - I believe Russian people wants to talkpic.twitter.com/xwR6q1bMNU
    — Liveuamap (@Liveuamap)February 23, 2022
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  72. France calls on its citizens to leave Ukraine immediately- Reuters
    — Idrees Ali (@idreesali114)February 23, 2022
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  74. UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT ZELENSKIY SAYS RUSSIA APPROVED OFFENSIVE AGAINST UKRAINE, PUTIN DID NOT REPLY TO INVITATION FOR TALKS via@Reuters
    — Andrew Osborn (@A_Osborn)February 23, 2022
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  75. "The rumour - from officials, foreign contacts, journalists - is that Russian action will began at 4am local time."https://t.co/ftY1VAmyU5
    — Alex Ward (@alexbward)February 23, 2022
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  76. Zelenskiy appeals - in Russian - to the Russian people, to artists, actors, journalists and civil society, to stop Putin launching a war.

    Seems like it might already be too late for that.pic.twitter.com/m55dpmVNvN
    — Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7)February 23, 2022
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  77. Ukrainian President Zelensky is giving a live address https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUjHRSr2I88
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  78. Ukrainian President Zelenskiy says he tried to call Putin today, but he did not respond
    — BNO News (@BNONews)February 23, 2022
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  79. The request for assistance by Moscow from the so-called DPR/LPR breakaway regions announces a very dangerous additional step against#Ukraine’s sovereignty that would put thousands of lives at risk.

    The EU strongly urges#Russiato refrain from any further escalatory actions.
    — Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF)February 23, 2022
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  80. Update: Symantec now says they have seen targets of the new wiper attack in Ukraine, Latvia AND Lithuania. Targets include finance and government contractors, Symantec says.https://t.co/fIagH5u6SM
    — Dustin Volz (@dnvolz)February 23, 2022
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  81. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says Russia has "instrumentalized" energy in its geopolitical spat with Ukraine and the West.pic.twitter.com/88x8oqguom
    — DW News (@dwnews)February 23, 2022
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  82. Ukraine has requested an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council due to the appeal by Russian occupation administrations in Donetsk and Luhansk to Russia with a request to provide them with military assistance, which is a further escalation of the security situation.
    — Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba)February 23, 2022
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  83. NEW: Russian convoys and towed artillery are moving south and positioned within 50 miles of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, per satellite photos today.

    📷:@Maxarpic.twitter.com/edxqfbs70t
    — Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch)February 23, 2022
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  84. Ominous signs on#Ukraine

    • Separatists request Russia mil. help
    • >Ru troops/artillery moving in (US)
    • 🇺🇦in State of Emergency
    • Kharkiv airport closed(Local rprts)
    • Ukraine received intel:Kyiv cud be attacked tonight (WSJ)
    • Internet disruptions in Donetsk@netblocks
    — Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam)February 23, 2022
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  85. (Reuters) - The Biden administration is not expected to target Russia's crude oil and refined fuel sector with sanctions cutting off trade, due to concerns about inflation and the harm it could do to its European allies, global oil markets and U.S. consumers, officials say.
    — Phil Stewart (@phildstewart)February 23, 2022
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  87. Ukraine says another sweeping cyberattack underway as state websites and banks hithttps://t.co/UiieuxnhBGpic.twitter.com/JZi1JDlssn
    — Reuters (@Reuters)February 23, 2022
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  88. Link to new post HERE
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  92. The leaders of the DNR and LNR have officially requested military assistance from Russia
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  94. Pentagon press secretary Jack Kirby is currently holding a press conference regarding the Ukrainian crisis
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  95. Ukrainian defense intelligence is echoing Kuleba's concerns regarding this plant and declaring that Ukraine has no plans to sabotage the facility
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  96. Ukraine's foreign minister reporting concern that the evacuation of a chemical plant in Russian-controlled Crimea may be a precursor to a false flag to initiate conflict
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