Ukraine: Civilian casualties as of 24:00 7 April 2022 (08.04.2022)

Ukraine: Russian soldiers are now not allowed to receive calls from Ukraine or Belarus

The newest update on information control from the Russian army. Is that Russian soldier are blocked from accessing phone-calls from either Ukraine or Belarus. Also, they can also only read the Red Star Daily. That says it all about the need to control the troops and the moral. As they cannot access or even talk to people who either has been on the front-lines or the ones who is stationed in Belarus awaiting their turn. That is telling… and not a good look on the total confidence of the troops in battle and the ones who is coming up next.

Ukraine News states it like this:

Russia intensifies propaganda among the personnel of military training centers. This is stated in a letter from the Chief of Missile Troops and Artillery of the RF Armed Forces Mikhail Matveevsky to the heads of training centers. In particular, Matvievsky demands that the ban on answering calls and messages from telephone numbers with the codes “+375, +380” (Belarus, Ukraine) be brought to the attention of the personnel. If the call is accepted, everything said by the interlocutor is by definition perceived as a lie and a provocation (regardless of the content of the conversation). After that, block the number of the interlocutor on your phone, then contact the mobile network operator also to block the subscriber. Propaganda should also include an explanation of the “pros” of participating in the war with Ukraine. Namely, about social guarantees and increased payments. All Ukrainian and “other” resources are declared to distribute fakes and inaccurate information” (Ukraine News, 07.04.2022).

The news of the front-line in a war is supposed to inspire and be reasons to get people to fight the war. Especially, if the war is justified and have reasons for it. However, we know the Russian-Belorussian war in Ukraine isn’t that, but only of the Kremlin dream of having a puppet regime in-charge in Kyiv. Therefore, the whole ideals and selling the narrative has to be jaded… and it is…

While that being said… you know things aren’t smooth and going after plan. When the army and the command is blocking calls from the ones who are at the front-lines and the ones who are stationed in Belarus. That just shows how bad it is. The Russian army doesn’t want their troops to know the truth or what they are going into.

The war is brutal and the Russian war-machine has shown the world what it does to civilians, how it rapes, torture and kills innocent civilians in this war. How it targets the elites, the representatives and kidnaps them. While installing puppets and new leadership in the territories they occupy.

Therefore, the truth of these acts is certainly something that either terrifies or inspires someone awaiting their turn to combat. These are trained soldiers and conscripts who doesn’t know what is coming to them. Because, the state isn’t allowing them. That is now evident and the Russian media or press is only telling the narratives the Kremlin wants. It is why we can easily say… the Russian soldiers before entering the war is not knowing the reality of it and neither of what is awaiting them.

The warnings of Zelensky will not reach them. Even if he has it in his speeches nearly everyday. No, the Russian soldiers soldiers cannot even pick up the phone and dial possible family, friends or co-workers who could already be in combat in Ukraine. They are not allowed too and that is a sign of how badly the war has gone. Peace.

Ukraine: Vefhofstadt MEP wants more aggressive EU Sanctions…

In Brussels and the European Parliament… there is voices of reason as the European Union is releasing the 5th Package of sanctions against the Russian Federation. As the Russian-Belorussia invasion is on the 41st Day in Ukraine. The brutality and the acts of war is vile from the Russian forces within Ukraine. There is no mercy and Kyiv is burning. The Ukrainian state is bleeding… and European Union should sanction thereafter.

What the Member of European Parliament Guy Vefhofstadt is saying is so needed. The way and manner of which his reacting is resounding. Hopefully most of Europe listens to this, as the EU is putting forward their meagre 5th Package of Sanctions against the Russian Federation. That it’s implication is close to zero and is a lot of hot air. That is clear by the reasoning of the MEP.

Here is what he said earlier today!

You know why strategy doesn’t work? Because progressive packages of sanctions, with an autocrat, doesn’t work. That works with an democracy, with democrats who have a public opinion, a real public opinion. In Russia there is no longer a real public opinion. The reality is that it doesn’t work, because the fifth package is, what, coal. It’s ridiculous, it’s only three percent of imports from Russia. Swift, the ban, ridiculous. More than 50 percent of the financial institutions are still outside the ban. And oligarchs… The oligarchs, yes, we extend a little bit the oligarchs. The oligarchs will escape finally the sanctions, or lose a little bit of their money. You need to tackle the 6000 people around Putin, the real people working with Putin. And we have the list, Alexei Navalny, foundation of Navalny has made the list of 6000 people. These people you need to tackle. And so I have a request to you. I’m sorry that I’m telling it to you because I think that 90 percent of you agree with me. I’m pretty sure about that. So I wanted to say it to Michel and to Von der Leyen. In the name of 212: it’s time to change your strategy. It’s time to have an extra European Council as fast as possible, and to go for the full package of sanctions immediately, so that you can really make a difference. All the rest will not work. All the rest will prolong the war. All the rest will mean more killings on Ukrainian side. And finally, a little advice to my friends in Germany. I think after the horrors of the Second World War there has emerged – I’m finishing – a strong and democratic Germany, a very strong and democratic Germany. But from such a Germany I expect leadership. Leading by example and not dragging their feet, as we see it today” Guy Verhofstadt, MEP (06.04.2022).

The former Belgian Prime Minister and MEP speaks his heart out. He is surely tired of the bickering and the lacking results of the previous 4 packages from the EU. As an MEP and a former head of state. He wants to see results and actually help Ukraine. Not only doing lip-service and signs of solidarity.

Alas, the MEP wants to do things that really hurt Kremlin and the people around Putin. Not just damage certain industries or have some smaller collateral damage, which doesn’t even implicate the ones in power in Moscow. That’s why the European Council should reconsider their strategy, because Putin and Kremlin isn’t afraid. They are not really touched by this…

It is time to do it… the vile and war-crimes of Russia inside Ukraine should get a proper retaliation from the EU. If they are concerned about the lives of Ukraine. That is if they want Russian Federation to be really touched and not only lose minor percentages. Which is what the EU is doing now and for the fifth time. This is why the Russians aren’t stopping or losing steam. No, they are just brushing it off.

Since, Europe is still buying gas and funding the war-chest. While giving away small tokens and help to Ukraine. They are helping both parties to prolong the war, but not helping the one with what it needs in the middle of war. Instead, they are prolonging the agony… and people are dying endlessly.

The EU could do what the MEP says, but I wouldn’t count on it. If it didn’t cost the EU and the implications of it… the EU would have sanctioned this yesterday. That’s why EU will do it as a last resort, but not expect them to do it. That’s why Putin has the upper-hand and his gamble has paid off. Europeans will not risk losing the energy dependency and stop buying Russian gas. Therefore, the Russian Federation will not default and they will get funding to continue the war. Peace.

Ukraine: Civilian casualties as of 24:00 5 April 2022 (06.04.2022)

Ukraine: Zelensky’s plea for more weapons and stronger sanctions from the West

Well, not exactly participates… Tries to block everything constructive and use global architecture in order to spread lies and justify the evil it does. I’m sure the world sees it. I hope the world will draw conclusions. Otherwise there will be only one institution left in the world to guarantee the security of states. Namely – weapons” (Zelensky, 06.04.2022).

President Volodymyr Zelensky has come out with another speech in the midst of war. The 41st day of the Russian-Belorussian invasion of Ukraine. The war continues even after the retreats in Kyiv oblast. The Russians are still using their barbaric means in Donbass and elsewhere. The Ukrainian President has held this plea before and it is still so true.

We know the Czech Republic and Estonia have offered more weapons and military equipment. There is reports of support from the European Union and United States. Though they are careful with the types of military support and at what basis. Clearly, they are not considering what the arms and the possible support could do for Kyiv against Moscow. As Ukraine is on the front-line against furthering the war-machine of Russia.

Because it is hard to believe that Kremlin and Russia only wants Ukraine under their occupation. No, if history has learned us anything. The Russian leaders would like to re-invent the USSR and take other neighbour counties as well. Meaning the Ukrainians could only be the beginning. Thats’ why Zelensky’s statement today is also so power.

When the President speaks of sanctions and what is needed to stop the war-machine:

We are preparing a new package of powerful sanctions against Russia for everything it has done to our people. Now is a crucial moment, especially for Western leaders. And this is no longer about how our people will evaluate the new sanctions and what I will say about them. This is about how decisions on sanctions will be assessed in Western societies themselves. After what the world saw in Bucha, sanctions against Russia must be commensurate with the gravity of the occupiers’ war crimes. If after that Russian banks will still be able to function as usual… If after that the transit of goods to Russia will continue as usual… If after that the EU countries will pay for Russian energy resources as usual… Then the political fate of some leaders will develop not as usual. My advice to everyone: feel now that the moment is really crucial” (Zelensky, 06.04.2022).

We know that the gas and energy exports is feeding the Russian state. The Russians are getting lot of currency and profits from the sale of gas to Europe. The Europeans are indirectly paying and securing the funds of the Russian war-machine. The Europeans and the West might feel vindicated because of the previous packages of sanctions. However, these has not stopped or made enough effect to worry Kremlin. President Putin can get away it and use his extreme nationalism to further the campaign in Ukraine. Therefore, the sanctions has no value of today and after 41 days… they are only trying to stifle and stop, but they have not blocked the Russian from important sectors, which could have bankrupted the state much quicker.

He ends with a message to Russian soldiers:

We are aware that the occupiers outnumber us. That they have more equipment. We are aware of the attempts by Russian leaders to recruit new fools all over Russia among cadets of military schools, people with combat experience and conscripts to send them all to slaughter in another offensive. But we have no other choice – the fate of our land and our people is being decided. We know what we are fighting for. And we do everything to win” (Zelensky, 06.04.2022).

The Russian soldiers should be warned. The Ukrainian forces has proven this. As they have been able to stagnate and stop the Russian war-machine. That’s why the Russians had to change strategy. Because, the Ukrainian forces are able to outmanoeuvre them. This is why they have been able to fight and compete for so long. However, the Western government didn’t to further their support and give the army support to Ukraine. It is necessary so that Ukraine can continue to fight. Yes, the Western power and EU has given some, but they could give more. Especially, since they are not willing to help with the MIG-29 Jets or a “No-Fly-Zone”. They need to give better and more advanced equipment, which can counter the Russians. Just like the Turkish drones has helped the war-effort to hit Russian convoys towards Ukraine. Peace.

Ukraine: Civilian casualties as of 24:00 4 April 2022 (05.04.2022)

Ukraine: Russians call the Bucha massacre “fake and staged” as Medvedev supporters this narrative…

An aircraft picture taken from a computer game. A drone downed by a jar of pickles. ‘Dead heroes’ who surrendered to a Russian warship. A Mariupol maternity home. And now Bucha” (…) “it’s all fake news hatched by the cynical imagination of Ukrainian propaganda-makers” (…) “Numerous PR agencies and ‘troll factories’ sponsored by Western governments and their tame non-profits and NGOs get a lot of money for cooking it all up” (…) “enraged beasts from nationalist battalions and territorial defense forces are ready to casually kill their own civilians in a bid to dehumanize Russia and tarnish its image as much as possible” – Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev (05.04.2022).

It is really sick to say this… however… nobody should be shocked by this in 2022. The Russian forces has said they didn’t target civilians while sending missiles, artillery shots and bombing civilian targets. That is well known now and evident by how the Russian-Belorussian forces has acted since the invasion of Ukraine.

Medvedev is just showing what Kremlin and Moscow is willing to do. They are willing to be a barbaric occupying force in Kyiv oblast. Still, while they are leaving and the dead is left to rot on the streets. The Russian media and spokespeople are either saying it indirectly the victims fault or done by the Ukrainians themselves.

Why would Kyiv administration loot, rape and destroy their own territory? Why would the Ukrainian government kill the elderly, innocent civilians and torture them?

Why would anyone do that to their own to score points in international media?

That sound foolish and it is… it makes more sense for the invading forces to detain, torture and kill civilians to insight fear and go after the ones who is defiant against their rule. As the Ukrainians would resist the invading forces and it would be a means of retaliation against a hostile population. That was the case here and people clearly suffered under the reign of Russian forces in Kyiv oblast.

This is why it’s disgusting for Medvedev to say it’s staged and propaganda. Yes, there was news of the Snake Island and their demise early in the war. That has been refuted and the ones who was stationed on the island came back to Ukraine in a prisons exchange. Therefore, that is justified to question. However, the videos, the clips and what has come out of Bucha is different.

The same can be said about Irpin, Hostomel and Bucha. As well as other suburbs, towns and cities in Ukraine, which has been under control of Russian forces. The Russian army who is not forgiving and showing mercy. No, the Russians have bombed, destroyed and looted since entering Ukraine. They have raped, kidnapped, tortured and killed civilians as well. That will all be on record and for the International Criminal Court to decide what is war-crimes and not.

Medvedev and the like will defend Russia, but it doesn’t make it more true. That is their propaganda and lies to distort the picture of what is going down. So, that people will not accept or take it as facts. Because, who wants to detain, torture and kill their own for a publicity stunt? How sick are you?

That just shows what sort of narratives and where the Kremlin are these days. When the defenders of the war or “Special Operation” speaks like this. As the pictures, the brutality of the Russian forces is exposed to the world. Peace.

Ukraine: Statement by the UN Resident & Humanitarian Coordinator Osnat Lubrani, on behalf of the United Nations in Ukraine (04.04.2022)

We are all devastated by the images of people who have been killed and reports of horrifying violence against civilian men, women and children in Bucha, Irpin, and Hostomel near Kyiv and in other parts of Ukraine where they are caught in the hostilities. We echo the call of the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, for an immediate ceasefire and an independent investigation leading to effective accountability.

These disturbing reports and videos clearly raise questions about grave violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. It is essential that all reports of violence against civilians are independently verified: the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine is trying to visit these locations without delay. Anyone who has been engaged in violence against civilians must be held to account under international human rights and humanitarian law. An independent investigation is critical to determine the extent of these crimes and to ensure that the perpetrators are held to account.

The protection of civilians is a bedrock of the commitments by all Member States of the United Nations to people around the world. And in times of war there are further commitments, agreed by the international community under the Geneva Conventions. We will continue to closely monitor and report on attacks on schools, hospitals, medical workers and other civilian infrastructure, on the use of heavy weapons in residential areas and on the denial of humanitarian access.

Ukrainians have been enduring the living hell of war for more than a month. Thousands of civilians have died and many more children, women, elderly and people with disabilities are trapped by constant shelling, mined roads, without food, water or safe exit from besieged cities. We call for humanitarian pauses, for civilians to safely leave and so that we and our humanitarian partners can bring them life-saving relief supplies.

We continue to call for a ceasefire and peace in Ukraine. We know that words alone cannot comfort the loss of loved ones or replace action. This deadly war needs to stop: that is the only way to end this pointless loss of life and suffering.

Lviv, Ukraine

Monday 4 April 2022

Ukraine: The War-Crimes of the Russian Forces inside Ukraine needs to be investigated

Every day, when our troops come in and deoccupy certain territories, you see what is happening. It’s very difficult to talk when you see what they’ve done here. Every day people are found there in barrels, in cellars, strangled, tortured. Therefore, we believe that if they have something to think with, they need to think faster” – President Volodymyr Zelensky on a working trip in Kyiv oblast (04.04.2022).

We will see and hear about Bucha, Irpin and Chernihiv. Places we don’t really knew about, cities and towns of Ukraine, which will be known, because what the Russian forces did in the occupation of them.

The war crimes that happened within Kyiv oblast needs to be addressed. The grand scale of extra judicial killings, killing civilians who isn’t active in war. The despicable acts of the Russian forces, the invading forces that detained, tortured, raped and killed civilians. In Bucha the reports of 300 civilians was only the beginning, as well as the Ukrainian authorities found a mass-grave there.

There is report of additional 300 civilians who was tortured and killed around Chernihiv. This shows that the Russian forces isn’t only doing this one place, but it is their modus operandi. It is a genocidal war. They are killing Ukrainians and destroying their territory before retreating.

We will know the full extent of the Bucha massacre and all the other acts as time goes. The investigations of what occurred is starting. The Ukrainian authorities are collecting the evidence and proof of the war-crimes. So, it can be sent to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and these sorts of crimes to be condemned.

However, condemnation isn’t enough… there is need for more direct support of the Ukrainian war effort. As these crimes and means of war will only be moved from one Ukrainian region to another. It will not change their ways or what they are doing.

These are war crimes and they will be recognized by the world as genocide. We are aware of thousands of people killed and tortured, with their limbs cut off. Raped women, murdered children. I believe this is genocide” (Zelensky, 04.04.2022).

The massacres of Ukraine needs to be the reason for the Western powers and the European Union (EU) to support Kyiv even more. NATO and EU needs to give what Zelensky has asked for. The depth of deprecation is apparently endless. The Russian forces can act as barbaric and be as evil as they pleases. There is no stop or no rules they cannot break. That is why this shows what sort of reign the Moscow is offering Ukraine.

Russia and Kremlin is clearly not trying to win hearts. They are there to enforce and make it “Russian” with total brutality. We can only hope the dead can haunt the Russians and bring them trouble for the rest of their lives. As they will not only answer for them in the after-life, but hopefully get into legal trouble in the future. The ones who participated and was part of the war-crimes. Should all answer for it and be marked for life. They shouldn’t be able to get away or run away from the crimes committed.

The Russian invading forces is clearly not coming in peace or coming to bring a prosperous future. No, they are coming with venom and death. Peace.

Ukraine: The brutal retreat of Russian forces in-and-around Kyiv

When the banner is unfurled, all reason is in the trumpet” – Ukrainian Proverb

We are now on the 38th Day of the Russian-Belorussian invasion of Ukraine. The atrocities are just so staggering. The ones calling for genocide is right on. That is tragic as the invading forces have been acting in the most brutal ways.

The Bucha massacre isn’t only the mass-grave outside with over 300 bodies. It is the total annihilation and destruction of the Kyiv oblast, as the towns and suburbs of Kyiv has been left depleted. They have looted, raped and killed civilians. While they have also kidnapped and arrested the ones who was elected officials and representatives of the Ukrainian state. Therefore, they tried to erase the Ukrainian statehood. That was a deliberate act.

Just as the video clip of what has occurred in the city of Bucha is shocking. The bodies are laying in the streets and beside their vehicles. They are just on the road-side and everywhere the soldiers was passing. These people where tied with their hands on their back and shot to die.

The same sort of reports comes from other cities where the Russians has retreated. This being in Irpin and Chernihiv as well. What is been shown to the world is mass killings and systematic annihilation of Ukraine. These wasn’t military targets or killed in action (KIA). This was citizens and civilians who was killed by them without any justification.

The acts of the Russian forces in the North-West of Kyiv shows what sinister atrocities was done. That cannot be dismissed or put under the rug. We know the Russian media and spokespersons will downplay it or say it didn’t happen. That this is manufactured and not true. However, the pictures and videos shows what they did as they retreated.

They also made a temporary headquarters in Bucha, which had a room where they did torture people and another where they shot them. The Russian forces really did war-crimes here and did it deliberately. There is no other way of stating it.

What happened in Bucha, Irpin or anywhere shouldn’t just be investigated. It needs to be addressed and challenge the Kremlin with it. As this is crimes against humanity and mass killings, which will be recorded for history. This shows how the Russians acts against the Ukrainian brothers. That is how the Russian army values life.

We know the Russian forces that have been retreated to Belarus has created an own market where they sell looted goods and stolen items for profits. Therefore, they can steal all kinds of stuff and sell it. If not it is also reported that the Russian soldiers has sent the stolen goods by mail to their homes within Russia. Therefore, there is nothing that cannot be touched or taken by them.

The pictures of Bucha proves it…. and they will be permanently imprinted in my skull, as a remembrance of what the Russian are capable of doing and does.

Ukraine is burning, looted and destroyed at will… because Russia has no heart and comes with a vengeance. Peace.