Ukraine National Guard Shares Video of Fighters Greasing Bullets In Pig Fat for Chechen ‘Orcs’

"The National Guard of Ukraine has shared video footage of “Azov fighters” greasing bullets
with pig fat for Chechen “orcs” deployed in their country on their verified Twitter account.

The Checehn Republic, a Muslim-majority federal subject of the Russian Federation headed by Islamist strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, is reported to have sent forces to Ukraine to support President Vladimir Patin’s ongoing invasion of the country, with Kadyrov sharing video footage which purports to show Chehen fighters replacing the Ukrainian flag with a Russian flag at a captured military facility.

The “Azov fighters” of the National Guard of Ukraine who have filmed themselves smearing bullets intended for “the Kadyrov orcs” with pig fat — which Muslims consider fundamentally unclean — are almost equally notorious, being former paramilitaries of the Azov Battalion, a volunteer militia with strong neo-Nazi links which was only integrated into the Ukrainian military proper in 2014." Breitbart

Other Developments Today...

"SATELLITE FIRM MAXAR SAYS LATEST IMAGES SHOW LARGE DEPLOYMENT
OF RUSSIAN GROUND TROOPS MOVING IN DIRECTION OF KYIV, APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES AWAY.

 

MAXAR SAYS RUSSIAN CONVOY EXTENDS MORE THAN 3.25 MILES (5 KM) AND CONTAINS FUEL, TANKS

 

FEDEX SAYS SERVICES IN AND OUT OF RUSSIA ARE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE -WEBSITE

 

....latest statements out of the Ukrainian presidential official include the following:

• 11 Russian troop transport ships are inbound to Odessa
• Each ship containing one battalion each
• landing to be attempted

In a Facebook post, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Ukraine has agreed to talks with Russia on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.

"We have agreed that the Ukrainian delegation will meet with Russian without prior conditions on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, in the area of the Pripyat River," Zelenskiy said. A delegation has already left Kyiv, Fedir Venislavskyi, a member of Zelenskiy’s party, said in televised comments." ZeroHedge

A group of 10 special operations forces veterans are staging in Poland

"Meanwhile, things may be covertly ratcheting up in terms of Western support for a Ukrainian
insurgency against the Russian advance and presence in Ukraine.

A group of 10 special operations forces veterans are staging in Poland and preparing to cross into Ukraine, where they plan to take up Zelensky on his offer to join a new foreign military unit, according to a US Army veteran arranging their passage." ZH

Turkey Readies Closure Of Straits To Russian Navy

"Sunday for the first time Turkey signaled it is ready to block Russian naval access to the
Black Sea...

" Turkey ’s foreign minister said Sunday that the situation in Ukraine had become a war, a legal distinction that paves the way for Ankara to potentially ban Russian warships from entering the Black Sea through a strategic chokepoint," The Wall Street Journal reports. The terms of the 1936 Montreux Convention is now expected to be triggered. Speaking to CNN Turk Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said:

“We came to the conclusion that the situation in Ukraine has transformed into a war,” and this means “We will implement all articles of Montreux transparently.”

Last Thursday - which was the first day of the all-out Russian invasion, Ukraine's government urged Turkey to close the Bosphorus and Dardanelles Straits for all Russian warship passage." ZH

Report That Kyiv Is 'Encircled' in Dispute

 "The big question has been whether Kyiv be able to hold out under the barrage from the

Russians, before the Russians’ shortcomings would force them to have to quit. We wrote earlier about how Vladimir Putin had already been calling for peace talks.

 Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko is reported to have said that the city was “encircled,” and citizens couldn’t be evacuated. “We can’t do that, because all ways are blocked,” he finally said. “Right now we are encircled.”

But his office’s press secretary is disputing this report, saying they are not “blockaded,” that that’s a lie and that Klitschko would be out with a statement disputing that.

 That said, as we noted, the Russian advance on the city has been slower than expected." RedState

Ukraine Claims It Shot Down A Russian IL-76 Transport Plane

"Ukrainian forces claim to have shot down a Russian Il-76 Candid airlifter flying near the
country’s capital Kyiv tonight, although there is no independent confirmation of this so far. Il-76s are generally used for heavy transport and paratrooper operations," PopulistPress

Russian Navy seize two boats as war goes to the seas

"THE RUSSIAN NAVY has captured two Ukrainian civilian ships, as the war between the countries continues.

According to the service, the tanker "Athena", which was in the territorial sea of ​​Romania, 22 miles from Snake Island, received an open channel of communication and security of navigation command to approach the Russian warship for inspection. 

The ship-owner of the tanker "Athena" immediately informed all authorities in Ukraine.

At the same time, maritime border guards recorded the fact of a sharp and illogical change of course by another ship under the Ukrainian flag. The Princess Nicole dry cargo ship from Romanian waters was also headed for Snake Island....Almost as soon as both civilian ships approached Russian warships, the AIS was turned off and they stopped communicating." EXPRESS

Ukrainian Politicians Increasingly Brandishing AK-47s on Live TV

"Oleksiy Goncharenko is a Ukrainian member of parliament. He’s also, like thousands of
Ukrainians, a reluctant makeshift soldier. In a live appearance with Indian outlet India Ahead News, Goncharenko said he was prepared to kill Russian occupiers with a rifle he brandished during the appearance. "I’m ready and I’m prepared to meet Russian occupants. And not only me. I’m with four MPs, all of them are with weapons in their hands." Vice

 

 

Radioactive Waste Facility in Kyiv Struck by Russian Missile

"A Russian missile hit a radioactive-waste burial facility in Kyiv overnight, the State Nuclear
Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine posted on Facebook. The organization said there is “no way to assess the scale of the destruction” at the moment but it believes there’s no immediate threat to human life caused by the radiation alone (though Kyiv obviously remains a war zone)." DR

Russians Scramble To Pull Money From ATMs As Bank Runs Begin

 "Hours following the western announcement to suspend some Russian banks from SWIFT
and to launch sanctions on the Russian central bank, we have seen scenes across Russia reminiscent of a bank run as locals lined up at cash machines around the country to withdraw foreign currency amid growing fears the ruble could collapse when it resumes trading on Monday." ZH

Courageous Russian Tennis Player Sends Brutal Message to Putin in Front of the World

 "Russian tennis star Andrey Rublev just made himself a marked man by coming out against Putin’s invasion of Ukraine....After a match in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, Rublev wrote “No war please” on a camera — an act of defiance that carries huge risk, even for a major tennis star....Rublev, the seventh-ranked player in the world, made the anti-war gesture shortly after advancing to the final at the Dubai Championships by beating Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz." WJ

Ukraine Unveils 'Babushka Battalion' to Fight Russia as Elderly Pick Up Arms

"A group of older women has been volunteering in Ukraine since Russian separatists began
conflict in some regions of the country eight years ago.

These women have been referred to as “babushkas” — a Russian word referring to a grandmother or older woman....Smahlenko said she attended the training in preparation of defending her country.

“I am ready to fight if Russia does invade, even if I have to get into a fistfight with them,” Smahlenko said. “They are not our brothers.” WJ

Russian troops enter Ukraine's 2nd largest city

"Street fighting broke out in Ukraine’s second-largest city Sunday and Russian troops put increasing pressure on strategic ports in the country's south following a wave of attacks on airfields and fuel facilities elsewhere that appeared to mark a new phase of Russia's invasion.

Following its gains on the ground, Russia sent a delegation to Belarus for peace talks with Ukraine, according to the Kremlin. Ukraine's president suggested other locations, saying his country was unwilling to meet in Belarus because it served as a staging ground for the invasion.

Until Sunday, Russia's troops had remained on the outskirts of Kharkiv, a city of 1.4 million about 12.4 miles south of the border with Russia, while other forces rolled past to press the offensive deeper into Ukraine.

Videos posted on Ukrainian media and social networks showed Russian vehicles moving across Kharkiv and Russian troops roaming the city in small groups. One video showed Ukrainian soldiers inspecting Russian light utility vehicles damaged by shelling and abandoned by Russian troops on a street." JapanToday

Trump warns 'world war' could be next as Russia continues invasion in Ukraine

"Former President Trump warned that Russia’s multi-front invasion in Ukraine could lead to
"world war" and told Fox News Digital that the Biden administration is going to have to "do a lot more than just sanctions" to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin." FOX

Russians shell medical vehicle, driver and patient reportedly burned alive

"Russian soldiers fired at an ambulance on Saturday near the city of Kherson, killing two
people and injuring one more. 

Russian forces shelled the medical vehicle, blowing it up. A driver and a patient were burned alive, Segodnya news site reported. The patient was injured due to Russian shelling earlier that day." MichaelSavage.com

Putin puts Russia’s nuclear forces on alert

"In a dramatic escalation of East-West tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President
Vladimir Putin ordered Russian nuclear forces put on high alert Sunday in response to what he called “aggressive statements” by leading NATO powers." AP

Ukrainian ambassador: Russia ‘handing out gas masks’ ahead of potential chemical attack

"Russian forces are distributing “gas masks” among their troops in eastern Ukraine, according
to a senior Ukrainian official who suggested that Russian forces might orchestrate a chemical attack under false pretenses.

Ambassador Oksana Markarova told reporters at the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington that “occupation forces are also handing out, actively, gas masks to local militants and the Russian military in Donetsk Oblast,” citing Ukrainian intelligence reports." WE

"Bring Only A Passport" - Ukraine Removes Age Limits To Enlist In Army As Fighting Intensifies

"Ukrainian defense forces waged an intense battle on Saturday to keep the capital, Kyiv, and
other cities across the country, out of Russian hands. 

Outmanned and outgunned, Ukraine has removed age restrictions to join the military, according to the country's Minister of Defense Alexey Reznikov." ZH