Yesterday.
Fox News.
“We not only fight for Ukraine we fight for this new world order for the democratic countries.”
Ukrainian Parliament member Kira Rudik
Gulp.
Anyone?
Meanwhile…
Putin doesn’t want to be part of the current international order. He wants to blow it up. It’s depressing to have to say this, but Cold War II is here.https://t.co/1NSFVj0bMY
— Wall Street Journal Opinion (@WSJopinion) February 28, 2022
With Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, a New Cold War Arrives (Wall Street Journal)
Zmiinyi (Snake) Island is located 30 miles south of Ukraine’s mainland in the Black Sea
BREAKING:
It’s official – 🇺🇦 Snake Island sailors are alive, Navy confirms.
They were taken prisoner by Russia.— Illia Ponomarenko (@IAPonomarenko) February 28, 2022
This afternoon.
On Friday, a Ukrainian official said all 13 guards stationed at Snake Island had been killed by Russian forces.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised to decorate the guards.
He said:
“On our Zmiinyi Island, defending it to the last, all the border guards died heroically.
“But they did not give up. All of them will be posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine.”
Friday: Snake Island: Ukraine says soldiers killed after refusing to surrender (BBC)
Saturday.
Dublin city centre.
Members of the Ukraine Irish community marched from the GPO, O’Connell Street to Dail Eireann, Kildare Street protesting the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Earlier: Derek Mooney: Undoing Two decades of Work In Five Days
Dublin, Ireland. Angry crowd harasses a car carrying the Russian ambassador as it tries to enter the Embassy.
Ireland, I am proud of you.❤️🇮🇪pic.twitter.com/nnuXM9kQL2
— Jimmy (@JimmySecUK) February 25, 2022
This evening.
Earlier…
This afternoon.
Orwell Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6.
Members of the Ukrainian community in Ireland protest outside the Russian Embassy as Russian forces arrive in Kiev.
Earlier: Under Siege
Meanwhile…
This afternoon.
Elgin Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Maria KaZimierkiewicz, a member of the Irish/Ukranian community, lays a wreath outside the Ukraine Embassy.
This afternoon.
Live webcam from Kiev, Ukraine.
It’s a silent war.
Meanwhile…
Servicemen of the Ukrainian National Guard take positions, Kyiv, 25 February 2022. (Gleb Garanich) pic.twitter.com/SYMuwh1RVY
— Plej Bona (@plejbonatw) February 25, 2022
Meanwhile…
“How long do you think you can hold out?”
“Forever.”
Former Ukrainian President @poroshenko takes up a Kalashnikov rifle alongside civilian defense forces as he speaks to @JohnBerman from the streets of Kyiv. pic.twitter.com/2gecdhGCLV
— New Day (@NewDay) February 25, 2022
Оболонь pic.twitter.com/24JiKGx0yO
— Алчевськ UA🇺🇦 (@AlchevskUA) February 25, 2022
This morning.
Obolon, Ukraine
Via BBC:
Social media videos are showing what appears to be Russian tanks driving through Obolon, an area just north of Kyiv’s city centre.
Just in the past hour, Ukraine’s defence ministry confirmed that Russian forces had infiltrated the residential district.
The videos appear to have been taken by locals in their homes. The BBC has verified that the setting in these videos is Obolon.
Videos show Russian tanks rolling through Kyiv district (BBC)
Meanwhile…
Via Russian state-owned RT:
Moscow is willing to negotiate terms of surrender with Kiev regarding the ongoing Russian military offensive currently taking place in Ukraine, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said.
According to Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his preparedness to engage in discussions with his Ukrainian counterpart, with a focus on obtaining a guarantee of neutral status and the promise of no weapons on its territory.
…The press secretary added that Putin would determine the timing of the negotiations, but gave assurances that Russia would only engage “if the leadership of Ukraine is ready to talk about it.”
“The operation has its goals – they must be achieved. The president said that all decisions have been made, and the goals will be achieved,” Peskov continued, suggesting that, if Kiev were to agree to meet the demands, the current military attack on Ukraine could be called off.
Russia ready to negotiate with Ukraine – Kremlin (RT)
Meanwhile…
This guy is dressed like someone from call of duty while all the regular citizens are walking around as normal behind him 🤣🤣 https://t.co/Dc1dhmadXz
— Independent.ie (@philthrill69) February 25, 2022
Ah here.
“In upholding the values that we cherish, there will be a price,” says Taoiseach Micheál Martin on a potential increase in price or scarcity of sources of energy | Read more updates on Ukraine: https://t.co/FiZNY207w9 pic.twitter.com/Mvv55YzSDa
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) February 24, 2022
This afternoon.
The lights are going out all over Europe.
Any excuse.
We stand in solidarity with #Ukraine and with the Ukrainian people, many of whom have made Ireland their home. 🇮🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 pic.twitter.com/0igrYVvIwL
— Leo Varadkar (@LeoVaradkar) February 24, 2022
This afternoon.
Dail Eireann.
Meanwhile…
Varadkar also reminds the Dáil that SF opposed expelling a Russian diplomat from Ireland in the fallout of Salisbury; SF described that as a violation of Irish neutrality; Varadkar “welcomes Sinn Féin coming to its sense and finally realising what the Putin regime is”…
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) February 24, 2022
Ah here.
Meanwhile…
Ireland has pledged to support any EU sanctions targeting Russian business interests on its soil. “Ireland is militarily neutral but in this conflict is not neutral at all,” Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has told Ireland’s parliament.
— Shawn Pogatchnik (@ShawnPogatchnik) February 24, 2022
This 2020 analysis of Russian shadow banking in Dublin’s IFSC found that €118bn was funneled by 106 entities back to Russian interests from 2005 to 2017. https://t.co/rAUKp6H2aO
— Shawn Pogatchnik (@ShawnPogatchnik) February 24, 2022
Update:
“Tánaiste”.
— That’s FineGaelness! (@CronyZapponey) February 24, 2022
Pedant.
The Baltics?
This morning.
Government Buildings, Dublin 2.
“Our thoughts are with the innocent people of Ukraine in this their most difficult hour.
“The use of brute force in a pursuit of a warped goal is an affront.
“There are repercussions for global security and the economy.”
Taoiseach Micheal Martin this morning
Meanwhile…
Mr Martin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin “must be held accountable”, as he warned that the EU is to adopt tougher sanctions “than ever before to hit Putin and his henchmen where it hurts”.
Putin will be held accountable for ‘outrageous invasion’ – Taoiseach (RTE)
Earlier: Outcry
Meanwhile..
Has the Taoiseach forgotten when the warmongering #NATO bombed #Serbia for no good reason killing thousands…? – All for what? Just to suit a Neoliberal agenda that offered nothing to the people of Serbia or Kosovo…? https://t.co/TcpEtyYKLJ
— Mick Wallace (@wallacemick) February 23, 2022
Last night.
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. pic.twitter.com/T2mOYXwkyL
— Charles Lister (@Charles_Lister) February 24, 2022
Last night/this morning.
Meanwhile..
“I never thought I would be living through the nightmare that my grandmother, who lived through World War 2, was telling me about,” Lesia Vasylenko, Ukrainian MP tells Morning Ireland | Read more: https://t.co/CL4aiOuGLv pic.twitter.com/QFeOMsxkpx
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) February 24, 2022
This morning.
Ukraine’s ambassador to Ireland, Larysa Gerasko, held back tears this morning telling RTE she “cannot believe this is happening in the 21st century”,
“My thoughts are with my people, with my family,” she said. She condemned the “cynical” attack of Russia on her country, which she said started just as the Russian federation was making its speech to an emergency UN security council.
“Putin is testing Ukraine and the security architecture of the whole world,” she said.
Gerakso told RTE:
The devastating and tough sanctions have to be imposed now immediately. Millions of lives are at stake now, life of Ukrainians, the democratic world has to isolate Russia by all means. And Ukraine needs financial support and humanitarian assistance, and of course military.
The foreign minister, Simon Coveney, told RTE that EU diplomats, including the two Irish representatives, had moved to a safe place in Kyiv and would be meeting in the next half hour.
