Russia Ukraine Update Thread

a reply to: v1rtu0s0

Biolabs exist because the Soviet Union built them in Ukraine. The labs are NOT making bio/chem weapons.

Russia is borrowing the Chinese narrative except changing the US facilities responsible. Instead of blaming Ft. Detrick, Maryland thay are blaming Walter Reed Military hospital in DC.

Russia is also blaming the EU for bioweapons.

Interesting interview

a reply to: Xcathdra

If you believe that, I have some bridges for sale...

originally posted by: watchitburn
a reply to: Xcathdra

If you believe that, I have some bridges for sale...

explain and clarify please.

a reply to: watchitburn

If you believe Lavrov you've probably bought them!

* - Zelenskiy to the Poles: If God gives and we win, we will share our victory with you. It is our greatness and yours

* - President Zelensky to Polish Sejm on Polish help: When the war broke out, I had no doubts who would say to me: brother, you will not be left alone with the enemy. And it happened, and I am grateful for it

* - U.S. is sending another shipment of military aid to Ukraine in the next 24 hours via Europe: senior U.S. defense official

* - Non-stop shelling targeting Izyum all the day

* - Turkey is moving its embassy in Kyiv to the city of Chernivtsi amid reports of a planned Russian assault on the Ukrainian capital, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Tanju Bilgic was quoted as saying by state media on Friday

* - Russia is flying 200 sorties a day, not all over Ukraine. Some of them never enter Ukrainian airspace to launch cruise missiles from Russian territory says senior U.S. official

* - U.S. defense official confirms that Russia has struck airfields in Western Ukraine. Adds that Russia has launched about 810 missiles at Ukrainian targets since the invasion started across the country

* - 1582 residents of Mariupol were killed by the Russian army during 12 days of blockade of the city and shelling of residential areas, - Mariupol City Council

* - Hungarian Airforce intercepted the drone - fighter jets followed it trough Hungarian airspace - they did not shot it because they considered it was harmless - Hungarian Foreign minister said of a 6 tons military drone that crashed near Zagreb

* - Russian column was ambushed at Kamianske of Zaporizhiye region

* - .@POTUS says Russia would pay a severe price if it uses Chemical Weapons in Ukraine

* - Railway bridge blown up in Chuhuiv Kharkiv oblast

* - President Zelensky:Had a substantive conversation with @POTUS. Gave him the assessment of the situation on the battlefield, informed about the crimes of Russia against the civilian population. We agreed on further steps to support the defense of Ukraine and increase sanctions against Russia

* - Russia claims Ukrainian drone shot down in Crimea, illustrating the event with the drone with red star

* - Local citizens of Stolin distinct of Belarus confirm hearing 3 explosions close to Bukhlichi, not in Kopani. And aircraft activity over area

* - Russian occupation troops kidnapped mayor of Melitopol' Ivan Fedorov

* - Ukrainian Air Forces command says Russian bombardment at the border of Rivne region and Belarus targeted Bukhlichi, Verkhniy Terebizhiv settlements

* - Macron: Continued war in Ukraine means more sanctions

* - Parts of bombs have fallen in Volyn' regions several hundred meters from border of Belarus

* - Ukraine's Minister of Defense is saying Russia is preparing to strike settlements in Belarus, near the Ukrainian border, from Ukraine's airspace. To force the current leadership of Belarus to join the war against Ukraine. "Moscow is trying to tie you up by blood

* - Russian aviation targeted Byshiv village in Kyiv region

* - Ukrainian border guards say that Russian fighter jets took off from Dubrovytsa Belarus, and launched missiles from airspace of Ukraine over Horodychi and Tumeni villages towards village of Kopani in Belarus

* - President @VonDerLeyen says today's declaration will transform European energy by "switching suppliers and phasing in renewables". Council has given the nod for a Commission proposal in May to completely rid the EU of Russian fossil fuels by 2027

* - European Commission President: Putin's attack on Ukraine is an attack on our principles because it is against the freedom of countries and peoples

* - European Commission President: Ukraine is an inseparable part of Europe

* - President Michel says this is now a new Europe. "We can't deny that the actions that have taken place over the past days consecrate the emergence of a European defence. That has formally been initiated today in Versailles

* - European Union: We are discussing providing all forms of support to Ukraine

* - Russian UAV Forpost shotdown in Zhytomyr region

* - Russian airstrikes targeted Yatskivka and Rubtsi villages in Donetsk region today and yesterday

* - 39 killed in Zhytomyr region since the start of aggression. 25 military, 14 civilians, 4 of them - children. 330 civilians wounded. 33 objects of infrastructure destroyed - Head of regional administration

* - Mi-8 helicopter crashed in Valuyki, Bilhorod region

* - Ukraine still has 56 operational fighter jets in its inventory and Ukraine Air Force is still flying 5-10 sorties a day: senior US defense official

* - The Russian "Zvezda" channel broadcasts a video clip that says that the preparations of the Assad government's army to move and fight alongside the Russian army in Ukraine

As a reminder -

Just so people know and understand. Information from war zones can become confusing as there will no doubt be info released from the players (on both sides) involved that might not necessarily be true.

As such take everything as a possibility and NOT as absolute truth.

The very first casualty in a war is the truth and all warfare is based on deception

twitter.com...

Totally professional and not a joke.
Biden administration is briefing social media "influencers" on the Ukraine conflict...

a reply to: watchitburn

Most likely to combat Chinese disinformation since tiktok is owned by China.

a reply to: watchitburn

Shocking! US President on Twitter?

Goodness.

Oh, wait.....

originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: v1rtu0s0

Biolabs exist because the Soviet Union built them in Ukraine. The labs are NOT making bio/chem weapons.

Russia is borrowing the Chinese narrative except changing the US facilities responsible. Instead of blaming Ft. Detrick, Maryland thay are blaming Walter Reed Military hospital in DC.

Russia is also blaming the EU for bioweapons.

The BSL-3 laboratory in Odessa was designed and constructed by Black & Veatch. It is the first BSL-3 laboratory in the region and the first to be commissioned, accredited and operational under the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP).
“Completing the construction effort under budget definitely exceeded our expectations,” said Doug Gorsline, DTRA BTRP Ukraine Project Manager.

Source

No clue to the bio weapon aspect but this level 3 lab is fresh built, paid for and run by the US.

"Monitoring station" as some say.

originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: v1rtu0s0

Biolabs exist because the Soviet Union built them in Ukraine. The labs are NOT making bio/chem weapons.

Russia is borrowing the Chinese narrative except changing the US facilities responsible. Instead of blaming Ft. Detrick, Maryland thay are blaming Walter Reed Military hospital in DC.

Russia is also blaming the EU for bioweapons.

I hear this argument..so what has taken them so long to secure and destroy the "high-threat pathogens" as they are referred to by the WHO. It seems after 20+ years they could break out the incinerator at least once. I find it extremely hard to believe they would still need to be active after so long if said goal was simply securing and shutting down old labs.
Sometimes you have to question whether we have been above board in our bioresearch especially given the tomfackery in Wuhan BSL2 lab that we absolutely know from the NIH.

As to the semantics war everyone is playing, one man's bioresearch is another man's weapon. Nobody calls it a weapon though. It's just GoF for the good of humanity of course.

originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: watchitburn

Shocking! US President on Twitter?

Goodness.

Oh, wait.....

Well, only most.

But thats fine, amirite.

* - Russian army shelling targeted Zolote village in Luhansk region

* - First buses evacuated from Bucha arrived at Bilohorodka

* - Gas supply interrupted in Popasna as result of Russian army shelling

* - Ukraine's intelligence services claim that Russia's president Putin allegedly gave an order to stage a security incident at Chernobyl NPP, captured by the Russian forces on 25 February, and to blame the incident on Ukrainian forces

* - Apparently "The Central African forces express their willingness to help Russia and Russian soldiers in the fight against Ukraine"

* - President Zoran Milanović said on Friday that a drone that fell in a Zagreb suburb on Thursday night was a serious incident and that an investigation was underway, however, the assessment is that the event was not directed against Croatia

* - Kremlin's spokesperson says that Russians who are ashamed of Russian war against Ukraine are actually non-Russians

* - Territorial defense and police detained 29 Russian servicemen near Romny, Sumy region

* - Woman killed, 2 wounded as result of shelling of Russian army at Zolochiv town of Bohoduhiv district of Kharkiv region

* - Map of evacuation corridors from towns of Kyiv region

* - Ukrainian army cleared Viktorivka village of Chernihiv region from Russian troops

* - Poland's PM @morawieckim says EU Commission is ready to assign more than 1 bln € to tackle the refugee crisis and support countries that host people from Ukraine

* - UN Commissioner on Refugees: The number of refugees from Ukraine — tragically — has reached today 2.5 million. We also estimate that about two million people are displaced inside Ukraine. Millions forced to leave their homes by this senseless war

* - Kharkiv governor: Russian forces bombed residential neighborhoods in the city 89 times in one day

* - Republican senators are calling on the Biden administration and NATO to get Polish fighter jets into Ukraine as the country tries to fend off Russia's invasion

* - The MH17 trial resumes in The Hague again today with the defence handing out large piles of papers to the judges

* - Satellite images from today show family homes ablaze in the town Moshchun, less than five miles north of Kyiv. A video from recent days verified by @nytimes also show destroyed homes on the ground in the same town

* - Deutsche Bank: Statement on Russia, we are winding down business in Russia

* - Geolocation of ambush of Russian military vehicles in Zalissya, Kyiv Oblast

* - Ukrainian drone destroyed Russian command post in Kyiv region

* - Ukrainian Joint Forces Operation troops have almost completely destroyed battle-tactical group of 102th regiment of 150th Rifle Division near Mariupol

* - 1 wounded as result of random shelling by Russian army on Mykolaiv city

* - The US Treasury: Sanctions on Russian figures and entities, including members of the "Doma"

* - .@USTreasury's new sanctions further isolates the severely damaged Russian economy by prohibiting trade in products that are key to the economic and financial interests of all Russian elites" per @SecYellen

* - Yahotyn, Zhytomyr, Pyryatyn, Kyiv(23:18). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!

As a reminder -

Just so people know and understand. Information from war zones can become confusing as there will no doubt be info released from the players (on both sides) involved that might not necessarily be true.

As such take everything as a possibility and NOT as absolute truth.

The very first casualty in a war is the truth and all warfare is based on deception

a reply to: JinMI

From your link:

Black & Veatch completed Ukraine’s first Biological Safety Level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory in Odessa on time and under budget. The new facility enhances the government’s existing disease surveillance systems to detect, report and respond to bioterrorism attacks, epidemics and potential pandemics.

The BSL-3 laboratory in Odessa was designed and constructed by Black & Veatch. It is the first BSL-3 laboratory in the region and the first to be commissioned, accredited and operational under the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP).

“Completing the construction effort under budget definitely exceeded our expectations,” said Doug Gorsline, DTRA BTRP Ukraine Project Manager.

Bradley Karn, DTRA BTRP Program Manager, added, “More important was the quality of the effort. Black & Veatch was able to renovate a decades-old facility into a state-of-the-art diagnostics laboratory that will become the nexus of Ukraine’s biosurveillance network.”

The BSL-3 laboratory was specifically designed and constructed to support work with especially dangerous pathogens that can be naturally occurring or introduced through a bioterrorism attack. It serves as a central location for research, consolidation and training on the proper handling of dangerous pathogens. The lab also provides the Ukrainian Ministry of Health a safe environment to confirm diagnosis of suspected dangerous pathogens, enhancing public health while deterring bioterrorism.

As integrating contractor, Black & Veatch is responsible to DTRA and the Ministry of Health for the full rollout of the BTRP in Ukraine. Black & Veatch is ensuring the mission’s success by training Ukrainian personnel in molecular diagnostics, biosafety, operations and maintenance, and laboratory management techniques. This training, along with three years of gradually decreasing sustainment and transition support, will provide Ukrainian scientists with the necessary resources to manage the BSL-3 laboratory and the Ukrainian biosurveillance system going forward.

a reply to: JinMI

Don't understand that?

originally posted by: Xcathdra

absolutely no evidence was submitted by Russia.

Russia tries to connect the US to bats and disease outbreaks.

Not to mention, lets play devil's advocate here for a moment, and imagine there were bioweapons labs in Ukraine. Does anyone at all think the best first course of action is to shell these facilities? What kind of moronic leadership would think that that's a wonderful idea?

More and more this gets drawn out, more and more Ukraine situation will get off the news. And fizzled out.

It’s just nature of the media, especially here in the U.S.

Rinse repeat.

a reply to: Imhere

and Russia.

a reply to: alphabetaone

Putin is desperate - plain and simple.

* - Satellite images from today show family homes ablaze in the town Moshchun, less than five miles north of Kyiv. A video from recent days verified by @nytimes also show destroyed homes on the ground in the same town

* - 1 wounded as result of random shelling by Russian army on Mykolaiv city

* - Ukrainian drone destroyed Russian command post in Kyiv region

* - Ukrainian Joint Forces Operation troops have almost completely destroyed battle-tactical group of 102th regiment of 150th Rifle Division near Mariupol

* - Geolocation of ambush of Russian military vehicles in Zalissya, Kyiv Oblast

* - The US Treasury: Sanctions on Russian figures and entities, including members of the "Doma"

* - .@USTreasury's new sanctions further isolates the severely damaged Russian economy by prohibiting trade in products that are key to the economic and financial interests of all Russian elites" per @SecYellen

* - Yahotyn, Zhytomyr, Pyryatyn, Kyiv(23:18). Red Alert: aerial threat. Sirens sounding. Take cover now!