Such protests are taking place elsewhere as well, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has also highlighted the courage of Ukrainians in his daily address.
“I am proud of every Ukrainian and Ukrainian protester who takes the national flag and shows the Russian soldiers that they will lose. They will definitely lose, because it is impossible to defeat people who are trying to stop military equipment with their bare hands.
Who are ready to pull the weapons out of the occupiers’ hands, even though it is not safe. But they have not lost the word “unity” and will never lose it. “
Zelensky also said a big thank you to all the neighboring countries and other European countries that are providing assistance to the Ukrainian refugees, whose number is already estimated at more than 1.2 million, at this difficult time. According to Zelensky, it is hoped that these people will be able to return to their homeland very soon.
Recent information from the Ukrainian armed forces suggests that some 10,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in 10 days of hostilities, and that Bellingcat’s investigative journalism center may be correct.
However, it is still difficult to say whether and how this information can reach Russia at all, because it has not been possible to get information from independent sources in Russia since last night.
One of the few channels that continues to broadcast in Russia despite restrictions is Current Time, or many other channels have been forced to suspend or restrict their operations.
Russia has enacted the so-called “false information” law, which provides for up to 15 years in prison for such violations. According to the latest information, the news agency Bloomberg has stopped operating in Russia, the broadcasting in Russia is suspended by the American CBS and ABC, the British BBC, as well as the Canadian broadcaster CBC.
Novaya Gazeta, considered one of the few independent Russian newspapers, said journalists were under threat because of the new laws, so the newspaper would not write about the Kremlin’s “special military operation” as called for in Ukraine. Novaya Gazeta has also deleted all previously published material on the subject.
In Russia, access to the social networking site Facebook has also been suspended since Friday.
CONTEXT:
Russian President Vladimir Putin recognizes Donetsk and Luhansk “People’s Republics” on February 21 independence from Ukraine. Putin threatened Ukraine, demanding that Ukraine immediately cease hostilities against the separatists, “otherwise all responsibility for the possible continued bloodshed will rest entirely with the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine.”
But on February 24, Putin announcedthat Russia has launched a “military operation” in Ukraine and called on the Ukrainian army to “lay down its arms”. Russia’s war in Ukraine has been going on for more than a week, and it is reported that Russia is still growing more brutal bombardment of Ukrainian cities.
Russia’s attack on Ukraine has provoked widespread international condemnation, and new sanctions are being imposed on Russia.
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