You say 'War'? Wat war?
March 10, 2022
I get a lot of questions about why Russians have little or no reaction to the war. The short answer is that Russians know nothing about the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
To understand the situation in Russian media space after the introduction of full-scale censorship, I will cite without any comment the newsfeed of the TASS news agency in the column “The war in Ukraine. Online.” March 10, 2022, 14.30-16.30 (Moscow time zone).
More than 760 international students from Kharkiv universities have been evacuated from Ukraine to Poland by train.
The cathedral mosque in Donetsk came under fire on Wednesday evening; the building was partially damaged, there were no casualties.
The UK is making it easier for refugees from Ukraine to enter the country, who will get visas in a simplified procedure.
[U.S. Undersecretary of State Victoria] Nuland indirectly confirmed the Pentagon’s bioweapons program in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry has said.
One of the tasks of the U.S. and its allies is to create bio-agents capable of selectively targeting various ethnic groups, particularly Slavs, the Russian Defense Ministry has said.
Documents in possession of the Russian Armed Forces confirm numerous cases of transferring biological samples of Ukrainian citizens abroad, the Russian Defense Ministry claims.
An analysis of materials confirms the transfer of more than 140 containers with bat ectoparasites from a bio-laboratory in Kharkiv to foreign countries, the Russian Defense Ministry has said.
In a telephone conversation with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in Ukraine.
The International Monetary Fund has transferred $1.4bn in emergency financing to Ukraine.
The crisis in Ukraine has damaged the foundations of the peace and security architecture, and collective mediation efforts must be engaged within the framework of the UN Charter, said António Guterres, the world body’s Secretary-General.
At a meeting in Antalya with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu,, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stressed that NATO expansion has triggered an unprecedented increase in military tension in Europe.
The meeting between Russian and Ukrainian Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Dmytro Kuleba in Turkey was another positive step toward peace, Chinese Foreign Minister and State Council member Wang Yi said.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has signed a law on the principles of compulsory seizure of property rights of the Russian Federation and its residents on the territory of Ukraine.
Some 6,700 residents of the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics, who have been evacuated from the war zone, crossed the Russian border in the Rostov region overnight.
A sustainable ceasefire, in which humanitarian corridors would be opened without obstacles, should operate in Ukraine, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said.
Turkey considers the main result of the meeting between Russian and Ukrainian Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Dmitro Kuleba in Antalya to establish contact between them. It is ready to organize a ministerial meeting in the republic again.
The imposition of additional sanctions over the Ukraine crisis could worsen the food and energy crises in the world, said Wang Yi, a member of the State Council and China’s Foreign Minister.
On Thursday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron held telephone talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a source at the German Cabinet Office said.
“Germany and France demanded an urgent ceasefire from Russia in the conversation. Macron and Scholz insisted that any solution to the crisis must follow through talks between Ukraine and Russia,” the report said.
The meeting between Russian and Ukrainian Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Dmitro Kuleba took place in Antalya in a challenging environment, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, who also took part in their talks.
Chinese authorities are concerned about the humanitarian situation in Ukraine. This was stated by a member of the State Council, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The Chinese government is calling for a ceasefire and an end to hostilities in Ukraine as soon as possible.
Russia has never wanted war, still does not, and wants it to end, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.